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Congrats on the upset over the Buckeyes.
Also, I'm unsurprised that my Golden Eagles now suck really bad. That's what happens in my dynasties too if I don't control them. They slide into oblivion.
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#20 Tulane at SMU
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DALLAS, TEXAS --- "You can't be overconfident", said Ron Draggo to his team. The message he told them over and over this week. Everyone's out to knock us off and we can't play like we have a straight, easy cakewalk to the BCS. We might not even have the ability to be ranked that high. First up is SMU in conference play.
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Tulane got off to a quick start with the ball first. Their running attack was again led by Donny Richardson and Tulane got inside the one in about three minutes and then D.J. Ponder fired a 1 yard score to Jarmon Fortson. SMU did nothing and had a horrid punt. Tulane's next drive was sparked by two big plays: a D.J. Banks sweep for 31 yards and a pass to Fortson for 29. Next play: Richardson from two yards out. TD. Tulane up by two scores. SMU started to drive and got picked off by Jordan Garrett. 14-0 Tulane after one.
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Tulane took complete control of the game in the second quarter. A 33 yard field goal started out the quarter, then with a short field to play with, Ponder hits Fortson again for a 7 yard score. SMU would then take just four plays to score themselves, but was aided by 23 yard pass + 15 yard penalty. SMU strangely went for two and Lunday pounded it in to make it a 24-8 game. Dan Thomas, who coach Ron Draggo really seems to like and is impressing alot of people, did it again. He runs an option with D.J. Ponder, gets the pitch, breaks a tackle, jukes away a defender and gets a block at the 10 and goes 50 yards for a score. SMU would be intercepted again by Cody Leford. Now with a short field again, Ponder hits Jordan Sullen for a 29 yard TD, the first of Sullen's career. That would be the last time Ponder saw the field as Tulane took a 37-8 lead into the half.
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The second half was a snoozer. SMU scored on it's opening drive of the half on a 17 yard TD pass, and then Dan Thomas found the endzone for the second time in a clock-chewing festival in the mid-4th quarter. The defense came alive and sacked Braden Smith for SMU seven times in the second half with senior Josh Smith recording 2 of those. The Tulane defense had a sack party on the day, getting nine sacks in total. The strangest one was left tackle Lawrence Abrams, who was playing as a DT with the second team who managed to sack Smith before he could cross the line on a scramble. All in all, Tulane looked sharp against SMU.
FINAL SCORE: #20 Tulane 44, SMU 16
PLAYER STATS
D.J. Ponder: 192.1 QBR, 8-for-15 passing, 130 yards, 3 TD, 14 yards rushing
Dan Thomas: 10 carries, 115 yards, 2 TD (11.5 average) [Keep in mind, I almost cut this guy]
Donny Richardson: 15 carries, 113 yards, 7.5 average, TD, 29 rec yards
J.T. McDonald: 74 rush yards / Payton Jason: 34 rush yards / Duplessis: 14 rush yards (11yd carry in 2nd qtr; longest of career)
Jarmon Fortson: 3 catches, 36 yards, 2 TD / Jordan Sullen: 29 yards rec, TD
Gregory Hallinsworth: 5 tackles
Jordan Garrett: 4 tackles, INT
JJ Black: 3 tackles
Sammy Boudreaux: 3 tackles
Cody Leford: INT
SACKS - Josh Smith 2, Devin Williams 2, Lawrence Abrams (LT) 1, Chris Asomnu 1, Cedric Wilson 1, Kristifer Rhymes 1, Darryl Farley 1
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WEEK FOUR AROUND THE NCAA
C-USA SCORES
Southern Miss, 41, Rice 13 [Rice led 13-9 at the half.. Davis 3 2nd half TDs]
UConn 23, Memphis 12
UCF 41, Marshall 7 [Rainey: 28 carries, 130 yards, 2 TD, 4 rec, 48 yards, TD]
Tulsa 41, UAB 14 [Kinne 2 pass TDs, Tulsa returns another INT back for six]
Houston 31, UTEP 13 [Hollingshead 14/27, 242 yards, 2 TD]
NCAA SCORES
Clemson 38, #25 USF 20
North Carolina 16, #24 NC State 13 OT
UCLA 39, #23 Oregon 25
#12 LSU 38, #4 West Virginia 37
#22 Florida State 32, #1 Oklahoma 7
#11 Ohio State 30, #16 Miami (FL) 27
Eastern Kentucky 45, Bowling Green 12 [Youngblood: 5 TDs]
North Texas 22, Nevada 10 [NT: 3-0, 2-0 WAC]
TOP 25 UPDATE: 1. Florida, 2. 'Bama, 3. Georgia Tech, 4. Texas, 5. Notre Dame, 8. LSU, 10. Oklahoma, 11. Ohio State, 19. Florida State, 20. Tulane (only 9 points from #19).. 23. Georgia, 24. Ole Miss, 25. Colorado
AP poll crazyness
1. Florida, 2. Bama, 3. GT, 4. LSU (jumps 7 spots), 8. Florida State (jumps 13 spots), 16. Tulane (drops 2 spots)
HEISMAN: Kellen Moore, John Chiles, Tavarres King, Frankie Hammond Jr., Kirby Moore
UP NEXT: UAB (0-3) preview
2011, Game 5
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UAB Blazers (0-3, 0-2 C-USA)
Date: September 24th
Time: 6:00pm
Stadium: Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
The Line: Tulane by 21
Coverage: Versus
Keys to the Game
Tulane: Don't let your 6th ranked offense be abused by their 100th ranked defense, don't risk injuries, don't be overconfident
UAB: Don't turn the ball over (99th worst on the year), run the ball, somehow score more than 12.3 points (118th in the NCAA).
UAB Starting Lineup
The C-USA Injury Report
Might as well do one of these. This also may answer questions to why Houston's offense isn't so hot.
Houston's starting RB now: rJR #26 Chris Wilson, 86 OVR [90 SPD, 87 BTK, 80 CAR]
dawg_gone's theory of star players going down doesn't effect Houston's RBs.. Beall is 4th on the return charts and has no career returns. The backup isn't even on the depth chart.
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Notes: Barnett returns, Richardson and Thomas impress while he's gone
NEW ORLEANS -- Stephen Barnett will return from injury after going down against Navy in week two. The man who stepped into his place, Donny Richardson has leaped from 3rd to 2nd on the depth chart while Dan Thomas has worked hard on the practice field since spring and has seen his name go from 6th to 4th on the depth chart.
Richardson has put up these numbers in just three games: 71 carries, 435 yards, 6.1 average, 6 TDs, 156 yards after contact, and five runs over 20 yards. His YPC may look high, but two players have higher YPC with 15+ carries.
J.T. McDonald has 15 carries for 102 yards (6.8 avg), but it's not him who has the highest.
It's Dan Thomas.
The electrifying freshman has come out of nowhere and has an NCAA-high 8.3 yards per carry. Thomas has 19 carries this year for 158 yards and 3 TD's. Dan Thomas has quite the story, he almost was cut from the 70-man active roster but instead of cutting him, Draggo liked the freshman and gave him the 70th roster spot and in only seeing the field in three games - he's looked pretty darn good. Another reason these guys are breaking out is their size.. Thomas is 6 foot 1, and weighs under 190 pounds. Donny Richardson is a huge 6'4" and weighs about 205 pounds.
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Two QBs have perfect day, Wave rolls to 45-14 win over UAB
ALABAMA --- Despite three fumbles, the Green Wave exploited UAB's pass defense and went 18-for-19 for 318 yards and 3 TD's through three different QBs. D.J. Ponder was 5-for-5 for 84 yards before leaving with an injury. Joe Kemp went a perfect 11-for-11 for 201 yards and 2 TD's. And Ryan Griffin actually did end up with a TD pass (the in-game scoring summary said rush TD), on a late 25 yard TD pass to J.T. McDonald, finishing 2/3 for 33 yards and a TD.
Stephen Barnett did not play much: 11 carries, 67 yards, 2 TD - Coming off an injury, we don't need to reinjure him, so his short day went well. Dan Thomas took the load late, having 17 carries for 57 yards and a TD, but three of those carries were from 1st to 3rd and goal (where he then scored), gaining 4 yards on just three carries, so his numbers look a little crappy.
Jarmon Fortson had the play of the day catching a 47 yard TD pass, beating his man, spinning to make the catch and then dragging the UAB CB another 5 yards into the endzone. Fortson also caught another TD pass.
From the "How'd you get a sack" police: Erik Madison (CB/S), true freshman Ralph Hall (4 tackles, sack, MLB), and Lawrence Abrams (Starting OL/third string DT) should have techinally gotten .5 of a sack with Josh Smith, but he didn't.
Tinzen Ubekista hit his career long: a 57 yard field goal which just cleared the upright.
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Jarmon Fortson's 47 yard spin and run TD catch
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K/P Tinzen Ubekista celebrates his 57 yard field goal by jumping like a madman
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NCAA Upsets: #25 Colorado 23, #10 Oklahoma 10 | Penn State 41, #16 Iowa 23 | Oregon 28, #17 Cal 17 | USF 27, #22 Miami 24 | Fresno 23, #24 Ole Miss 10 | Arky 24, #15 aTm 21 OT | #2 Alabama 41, #1 Florida 36
NCAA Update
Tulane up to #17
Alabama new #1, GT #2, Texas #3, Notre Dame #4, Oregon State #5
Tulane up to #15 in the AP (peak: #14, was 16th last week)
UP NEXT: Houston (2-3, 1-1) Game Preview
2011, Game 6
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Houston Cougars (2-3, 1-1 C-USA)
Date: October 1st
Time: 12:30pm
Stadium: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Line: Tulane by 10
Coverage: CBS College
Keys to the Game
HOUSTON: Give Hollingshead time to throw, put the ball in Tyrone Carrier's hands
TULANE: Play smart, don't fumble the ball three times again
Houston Starting Lineup
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Tulane likes the following: trick plays for TDs, sacks and Jarmon Fortson
Something's not right in Houston, if they lose this game, that would drop them to 2-4, and that's not the usual Cougars way. With a victory, Tulane will go to 6-0 (3-0) and has a weak schedule down the road until what could be top ten vs. top ten at LSU in late November. But that's a ways off.
Gus Johnson got to call the game for CBS College Sports, because that's what he does. That's not eerily important, however. What is important is the actual game. 2-3 Houston at 5-0 #17 Tulane. Tulane got the ball first and moved down the field like a snail. They stumbled at Houston's six yard line and lined up for a field goal, and in the words of Gus Johnson.. "And here comes the field goal try, NO IT'S A FAKE and KEMP will throw to a wide open man and it's SANDERS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!! Oh my Tulane!" Oh my Tulane indeed, ol' Draggo rolled the dice from the right hashmark and Joe Kemp found a wide open Sanders for six. A little while later, Tulane whips out the Wildcat and Fortson throws it back to Ponder for a 13 yard gain and then runs for six yards (he would have three carries on the day).
Two field goals gave Tulane a 13-0 lead mid-way through the 2nd, until Houston's offense awoke after a D.J. Ponder INT, and Hollingshead connected with James Cleveland for a 24 yard score. So, Tulane's just going to kneel it and play it safe? Heck no. Ponder fires a long one to Banks to the eight yard line with under 10 seconds to go. 8 seconds.. incomplete pass. Next play, Ponder throws the ball to Fortson who runs the comeback route correctly and gets the unguarded TD. Play it safe? I don't know how to that. Tulane led 20-7 at the half.
The third quarter, Houston would awake completely. Despite the fact that DE Harry CiGar got his first ever INT on Hollinsghead, he led his team to two scoring drives, a 35 yard FG and a 19 yard TD pass to speedy Tyrone Carrier, the Cougs were back in this one and they were only down 20-17 entering the final quarter.
A Tulane punt put Houston at it's own two yard line and Houston looked to run an option pass in the endzone. [rock] Needless to say, the Tulane blitz won the battle as Hollingshead dropped to the turf and the officals called safety. 22-17 Tulane. Ponder & Tulane took their time but then put the dagger in the game with a 30 yard TD pass to Jarmon Fortson, his second TD of the day, putting him over 100 yards recieving and almost 150 total yards.
Houston would try to score again but Devin Williams' back-to-back sacks ended Houston's hopes and Tulane milked the clock. Dan Thomas ran the ball down to the 3 yard line. He got the ball with under 30 seconds to go, Draggo expected the freshman to walk in for the score. He didn't. Thomas cut the ball dead right and ran out of bounds at the one yard line. A class act.
FINAL SCORE: Tulane 29-17
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Brock Sanders' TD reception from Joe Kemp on the fake field goal. | Devin Williams safety in the 4th quarter has Hallinsworth's approval.
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The record-breaking sack for Devin Williams
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- D.J. Ponder went 16/30 for 249 yards, 2 TD's and a pick. Joe Kemp threw a TD on his only attempt.
- The rushing game did OK. Stephen Barnett got 16 carries for 77 yards. Thomas 10 for 72. Richardson 6-23, and McDonald 3-15.
- Jarmon Fortson did it all today. 6 rec, 114 yards, 2 TD, 11 rush yards, 14 pass yards (1/1). Brock Sanders caught a TD.
- Devin Williams had 6 tackles (4 for loss), and his 21st, 22nd and 23rd sack in his third year as a Green Wave. He broke Tulane's all-time record with the sack in the 4th quarter. He also recorded the safety.
- Utopians DE Harry CiGar and SS Gregory Hallinsworth had INTs
- Ubekista: 2/2 FG, 3/3 XP, 48.0 average/punt, a good day.
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NCAA & C-USA UPDATE
Spoiler: show
UP NEXT: UTEP (0-4) preview.. Tulane could be favored to win by about 40.
2011, Game 7
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UTEP Miners (0-4, 0-3 C-USA)
Date: October 8th
Time: 12:30pm
Stadium: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Line: Tulane by 31
Coverage: CBS College
Keys to the Game
UTEP: Somehow manage to win
TULANE: Don't lose
UTEP Starting Lineup
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Barkley: "This team is turrible, turrible, turrible. Just down right turrible."
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Fortson Who?: There's more than one good receiver on this team, Harrison catches trio of TD's
Tulane rolls out "Wild Wave" a little more, and how the hell does Devin Figaro (WR) intercept a pass?
NEW ORLEANS -- UTEP is bad. The question was not if Tulane was going to win, but were they going to cover the 31 point spread? Tulane didn't look like they would do it early, only holding a 7-0 lead at the end of the 1st, and early in the 2nd, but then things started to click, despite a few unnecessary turnovers. Ponder had a pair of picks, and the Wave coughed it up twice on returns. Despite all of that, the Green Wave had no problem handing UTEP their 4th conference loss of the season and keeping their goose egg in the win column, and Tulane kept theirs in the loss column.
Coming into the day, all anyone talks about for Tulane's receivers is Jarmon Fortson. Yes, Fortson still had a nice day, he was mainly double covered in the end zone and he never found it, despite having 94 total yards (17 pass (1/1 again), 17 rush, 59 receiving). In today's game, it was the tight end show. George Harrison broke through and had a 3 TD game, something only Casey Robottom has done under Draggo's career in Tulane.
Needless to say, it was the George Harrison show. Tulane got the game rolling with D.J. Ponder's newly designed QB run, and it worked successfully for a 25 yard TD run. Coach Draggo stated that Ponder is a great runner and we're not using him completely as a duel-threat QB. Today, Ponder looked pretty darn good running the ball. Tulane only led 7-0 after one, but in the second, Harrison had a pair of TD's, a 2 yard TD and a 6 yard TD. On the 6 yard TD, Ponder was pressured, broke through a would-be tackler, planted his feet and threw a perfect strike to an open Harrison. UTEP added a field goal to make it 21-3 at the half.
Harrison's last TD came on a 1 yard TD in the mid-3rd, giving Tulane a 28-3 lead. Ubekista added a 25 yard field goal. Ubekista had a not so good fourth quarter. Draggo called on the kicker to attempt a 60 yard field goal - but it fell about two yards short. This led to Frazier's 3 yard TD run for UTEP. Then Ubekista nailed the right crossbar on a 29 yard field goal later on. Keeping it a 31-10 game. Dan Thomas found the end zone on a 2 yard TD, his only carry of the day to make it a 38-10 game with 1:30 to go.
Then, Devin Figaro was in as a second-team DB in a 5 DB set, and yes, Figaro has defensive skills (I've thought about moving him a couple times), and picks off a pass and returns it 18 yards inside the 20. Then J.T. McDonald scored with :21 left, making it a 45-10 game, and that was the final.
FINAL SCORE: 45-10 TULANE
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Wild Wave is officially in Tulane's playbook, and this certain play went for a 33 yard gain for Barnett.
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The anatomy of a TD: Ponder evades the defender and finds George Harrison for a six-yard TD pass in the second quarter, Harrison's 2nd TD of the day
STATS
D.J. Ponder: 143.0 QB Rating, 15/26 passing, 194 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT, 58 yards rushing, TD
Stephen Barnett: 17 carries, 112 yards
McDonald, Thomas: TD runs | Nathan Austin: 33 rush yards | Richardson: 51 rush yards
George Harrison: 5 rec, 27 yards, 3 TD
D.J. Banks: 5 rec, 69 yards, 18 rush yards
Jarmon Fortson: 1/1 passing, 17 yards, 17 yards rushing, 2 rec, 59 yards
Cody Ledford: 6 tackles
Darryl Farley: 5 tackles, INT
JJ Black: 5 tackles (TFL)
Sammy Boudreaux: 4 tackles
Cedric Wilson: 3 tackles (3 TFL), 2 sacks
Eluko, CiGar: 1 sack each
Devin Figaro (WR): INT
NCAA & C-USA UPDATE:
Spoiler: show
UP NEXT: Some sort of news story
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Tulane cracks top 10 for first time in 13 years
Green Wave in position to crash the BCS
NEW ORLEANS --- When the Coaches and AP poll came out Sunday afternoon, Tulane didn't expect them to jump from #12 to #9 in the Coaches and from #11 to #8 in the AP. However, the AP does have something right, Tulane is ahead of Ohio State, a team they beat 38-35 when Ohio State was #3.
In the coaches, Tulane leapfrogged Nebraska (who lost), 2-loss Oklahoma, and one-loss Wisconsin (to #2 Oregon State).
The top ten in the coaches looks like this:
1. Georgia Tech (38)
2. Oregon State (22)
3. Notre Dame (1)
4. LSU
5. Ohio State
6. Texas
7. Alabama
8. West Virginia
9. Tulane
10. Oklahoma
(bold - undefeated)
In the AP, Tulane leapfrogged West Virginia, Ohio State, and Florida State. The AP finally got Tulane over Ohio State, but Oklahoma strangely sits at #6 still, despite the fact they have lost to an unranked Colorado team and a lower ranked Florida State. The AP also has LSU #1, so the AP is defiently building for a huge showdown on November 26th. If the game were played today, it would be #8 Tulane at #1 LSU.
There are two other undefeated teams, and that is the Big East's Boston College, who finally joined the polls this week. And the other is Buffalo, who is 7-0 with wins over UConn and Pittsburgh notably.
Also for the first time in a long time: there are no teams from the WAC or Mountain West in either top 25. It looks like the reign of the WAC and Mountain West isn't happening this year.
2011, Game 8
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Rice Owls (2-4, 2-1 C-USA)
Date: October 15th
Time: 3:30pm
Stadium: Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas
The Line: Tulane by 12
Coverage: ESPNU
Keys to the Game
RICE: Play smart, give Fanuzzi time to throw, don't drop passes
TULANE: Don't be upset by an upset-minded team, force turnovers, pound the rock
Rice's wins: at Marshall (39-29), Tulsa (40-39)
Rice's losses: at #6 Texas (23-49), Purdue (4-2, 20-28), at Baylor (3-4, 28-38), at Southern Miss (2-4, 23-41)
Analysis: Rice is starting to pick up steam as Nick Fanuzzi has played the best two games of his career in the last two weeks. Rice can definitely score some points, but can they stop Tulane from scoring? Rice isn't one to overlook, as their record isn't a good way to show how they've played. Losing to Texas, Purdue, Baylor and Southern Miss aren't bad losses at all. The win over 5-1 Tulsa defiently has Rice upset-minded.
Rice Starting Lineup
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Looks like Stephen Barnett's 100 percent again, but Tulane doesn't lead at the half for the first time this year
Fanuzzi & Rice looks to upset #9 Tulane
HOUSTON, TEXAS -- Oh Rice. Rice rice baby. The Green Wave return to Rice where they struggled in the first half in 2009, then pulled away and won it by 17 points thanks to Andre Anderson's head-turning 259 yards on the ground, but he only had one TD. In that game, Kevin Moore threw for 3 TD's stealing some of Anderson's spotlight as he actually didn't even have 100 yards passing. In 2010, Rice sucked when they visited the Superdome, leading to Draggo's first ever shutout, 45-0. (Yes, McNeese State scored 7 on us in 2009). On that day in 2010, Devin Williams had four sacks. Why am I talking about the past stats? Because this game's stats have some similarities in a way. More on that later.
On to the game, Rice had the ball first, and on their first play out after a big Sam McGuffie pass, DE Harry CiGar intercepted Nick Fanuzzi's batted pass. Two picks in three weeks for a DE? That's pretty good. Tulane wasted no time thanks to a 29 yard run and a 16 yard reception by Barnett and Ponder found WR/TE Taylor Echols for his 2nd TD of the year, and it's only his second catch. He's pretty good at that TD thing. Feeling confident, the Tulane defense came out on the field. And Rice's drive, once again, took just one play. Rice ran a screen pass, and Fanuzzi found Shane Turner, Turner had one man to beat - true freshman Erik Madison. And Turner broke through the freshman's tackle and took it 76 yards for the score. Looks like Rice came to play after all. But, we pounded it with Stephen Barnett and it didn't seem like much later that Ponder found wide open Richardson for a 13 yard TD. The rest of the quarter was a snoozer, even though Tulane drove down the field, their first play of the 2nd qtr. was a field goal from 19 yards out. 17-7 Tulane in the early 2nd.
Rice finally got going as their freshman reciever Landon Kirby snuck open 3 receptions of 14+ yards and eventually Shane Turner found the endzone for a TD run. Tulane was intercepted by DB Ben after a few rushes, and we had a ballgame. Rice tied it up with a 24 yard field goal. And then the teams traded punts to go into the half, with #9 Tulane and Rice tied at 17.
Tulane got the ball first to start the second half and melted on that clock and their drive was kept alive by a 28 yard run by Barnett, putting him over 150 on the day. Ponder found Banks in the endzone for a 20 yard score, Tulane up 24-17, mid-way through the third. The teams then traded punts a little, then Tulane started to drive again, using the ground game. The fourth quarter came. Barnett got 20, almost breaking a TD of over 20 yards, but that's the third time he's been caught inside the 15 after a run like that today. Next play, Ponder hits open Jarmon Fortson for a 10 yard TD, Ponder's fourth TD pass of the day and he only has about 10 completions. Barnett hits 200 yards on the drive. Nice day, but no TD's.
And here came Rice. They drove inside our twenty-five. Then we brought the pressure. Fanuzzi breaks away from one defender, back ten yards from the original line of scrimmage, but he's nailed by Devin Williams, his second sack of the day for a devastating fifteen yard loss. Fourth and long. Fanuzzi looks for the true freshman, Kirby, he's got a shot at it, but Kirby can't get to the ball in the endzone. Tulane has to punt, but it lands at Rice's 7. And then Rice makes a bad move. A screen pass from their own 7. Not a good idea. Devin Williams wins the battle and that's Williams' second SAFETY in three weeks. 33-17 Tulane. Another three and out Tulane. Rice scores on a TD run by Turner, 33-23. 2pt no good. 2:06 left. Onside kick. Rice gets it back. But they cannot pass to save their lives. Four and out.
And that would be the ballgame. Trying to melt Rice's timeouts, Stephen Barnett reaches his final yardage mark on the day: 234. And he finds the endzone for the first time in a long time, on a 2 yard TD run with :44 left to go. 40-23 Tulane. That'd be the final. On Rice's desperation drive, Williams gets four sacks, meeting his total from last year's game. Huh. Also, Ponder throws 4 TD's - or one for every three complete throws, similar to Moore's 2009 game. Barnett runs for a bunch and only one TD - similar to Anderson's 2009 games. Huh. Must be something about playing Rice.
FINAL SCORE: #9 TULANE 40, RICE 23
[Technical Difficulties: EA Sports World doesn't want to upload my pictures from my PS3 right now, this message will be gone when pictures are here]
STATS
D.J. Ponder: 202.6 QB Rating, 12/17 passing, 134 yards, 4 TD, INT, 25 rush yards
Stephen Barnett: 32 carries, 234 yards, 7.3 average, TD, 16 rec yards
Donny Richardson: 16 rush yards, 2 rec, 12 yards, TD
D.J. Banks: 3 catches, 40 yards, TD / Jarmon Fortson: 3 rec, 49 yards, TD / Echols: TD catch
Gregory Hallinsworth: 8 tackles
Cody Ledford: 6 tackles (TFL)
Erik Madison: 5 tackles
Devin Williams: 4 tackles (all for loss), 4 Sacks, safety (all four sacks in final quarter-and-a-half)
Sammy Boudreaux: 4 tackles
Harry CiGar: 4 tackles, TFL, INT
RICE: Fanuzzi 21-39-334, TD, INT | Shane Turner: 42 rush yards, 2 TD, 97 rec yards, TD | FR Landon Kirby: 6 rec, 95 yards | Jon Oliver: 11 tackles, Sack
C-USA & NCAA UPDATE
Spoiler: show
UP NEXT: Another news story about our ranking.
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Wave want to play at home: Screw crashing the BCS, let's just play in the title, Tulane no. 4 in first BCS rankings
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -- Well, well, well. Tulane fans, to say it lightly, the Green Wave might be playing at home in the comforts of the Superdome in January.
In the Sugar Bowl? No.
The BCS National Title.
It's not far out of reach by any means now, as the Green Wave knew that their BCS ranking was gonna be a good one when the Coaches poll put them at #5 and the AP at #4. The Green Wave are starting to be rewarded for their undefeated record and it's showing. The same can go with Boston College, who jumped almost ten spots in the polls this week, as they are undefeated. Buffalo is at #25 in the AP, so if they keep winning a jump is in order.
But for Tulane, they need to not overlook a thing. They don't need to think about the showdown with #2 LSU in late November, or the team that is 0.001 out of #1 in the BCS. They gotta finish it out, and we'll see where the marbles fall.
BCS TOP TEN
1. Georgia Tech (0.996)
2. LSU (0.995)
3. Notre Dame (0.992)
4. Tulane (0.981)
t5. Alabama (0.972)
t5. Ohio State (0.972)
7. Texas (0.967)
8. Oklahoma (0.963)
9. West Virginia (0.955)
10. Florida State (0.947)
2011, Game 9
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Memphis Tigers (4-3, 3-0 C-USA)
Date: October 22nd
Time: 6:00pm
Stadium: The Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Line: Tulane by 11
Coverage: CBS College
Memphis's wins: at MTSU (41-28), SMU (27-19), at UCF (34-32), ECU (20-10)
Memphis's losses: at Ark State (27-37), #7 Bama (10-38), UConn (1-6, 12-23)
Analysis: Senior QB Bryon Ingram has passed for 1245 yards this season, but has only 4 TD's and has 7 picks. When in doubt, Memphis runs the ball. Brandon Ross has run the ball into the endzone for 9 scores. Cam Baker is Ingram's main target with 55 catches for 743 yards and 2 TD's. Baker, however is marked as questionable for the game. Last year against Tulane, Baker had a huge day. Memphis' O-line is the leader of the offense. Their D-line lacks and their top LB is out with an injury and talent lacks there, too. Actually, Memphis' whole defense is just average so we could be looking at another shootout like last year's 45-38 game.
Memphis Starting Lineup
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No easy games for Tulane's OOC in 2012
NEW ORLEANS -- Tulane might be the number four team in the land but they are still scheduling hard as they still need respect from the NCAA.
Navy, Ohio State and LSU all return from this year's OOC schedule, along with a return trip to 2009's BYU game up to Provo, Utah.
Tulane will travel to Navy and BYU and get Ohio State and LSU at home. LSU will most likely remain near the end of the season, but in 2010, it was the first game of the season.
This year, Navy is playing hard football but is 1-4, Ohio State and LSU are in the top 10, and BYU beat #12 Washington on opening weekend on the road, but since have been beaten up due to injury and sit at 3-4.
Tulane's projected OOC schedule:
at Navy
Ohio State
<possible conference games>
at BYU (week ~4-9)
LSU (week 14ish)
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Quickie Report: Memphis week
No Richardson? No problem, Barnett takes the load as Tulane falls behind in early scare, but still beats Memphis 29-14
MLB Darryl Farley lost for the rest of the season: who will step up in his spot?
Memphis put up a fight to the #5 team in the country, including taking a surprising 14-6 lead on the Green Wave in the mid-2nd quarter until Stephen Barnett scored the first of his two TDs (2-pt no good), and then Ponder hit Fortson for a 43 yard TD had a 19-14 lead at the half. Then in the second half, Stephen Barnett broke a tackle on his way to a 30 yard TD run, to put the Green Wave up 12, then Ubekista's 3rd and longest FG of the day, from 52 yards, put the Green Wave up 29-14 late as the #5 team in the nation kept their dreams alive.
It looked like early that Byron Ingram was going to have a great day.. he started 6-for-9 passing with 2 TD's, but then Memphis players started losing his passes and the Tulane secondary stiffened their coverage and he finished just 10-for-30.
Stephen Barnett had the best day of anyone, scoring twice and it looks like the injury-prone RB is finally injury-free for the Green Wave. Darryl Farley, however, broke his tailbone and will not be back for the rest of the season but may play if Tulane reaches a BCS bowl.
D.J. Ponder: 17/36 passing (started badly), 264 yards, TD, INT
Stephen Barnett: 30 carries, 146 yards, 2 TD
Jarmon Fortson: 10 catches, 198 yards, TD
Kristifer Rhymes: 8 tackles, 3 TFL, Sack
- Clemson upsets #1 Georgia Tech on Thursday Night, 19-7
- #4 Ohio State outlasts #21 Penn State 41-36
- #25 Nebraska upsets #6 Texas 21-17
- C-USA: Southern Miss upsets Miss. State | SMU upsets Tulsa | UTEP wins first game beats Rice | Houston's Hollingshead throws 5 TDs, UH steamrolls Marshall, back to .500
>> LSU new #1 in BCS, Notre Dame at #2, Tulane sits at #3.
>> Jarmon Fortson enters Heisman watch at #5 ... [Season Stats: 43 receptions, 719 yards, 10 TD, 40 rush yards]
Next up: ECU preview (Friday Night, at ECU (3-5, 1-4)
2011, Game 10
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ECU Pirates (3-5, 1-4 C-USA)
Date: Friday, October 28th
Time: 6:00pm
Stadium: Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, North Carolina
The Line: Tulane by 14
Coverage: ESPN
ECU's wins: Western Carolina (FCS, 37-9), North Carolina (21-9), UTEP (45-42)
ECU's losses: South Carolina (3-30), at Southern Miss (23-30), at Houston (17-20), at Memphis (10-20), UCF (15-35)
Analysis: QB Rio Johnson is injured so true sophomore Benny Carter will make his first ever start against Tulane, who only has a 32.3% completion percentage in his career. ECU's strength should be their running game with Marquan Brown. ECU has a good trio of wide recievers: Joe Womack, Jacobi Jenkins and Michael Bowman. TE Brian DeLuca has also had a good year. ECU's offensive line is banged up and weak besides possible 1st-day draft pick Steven Baker, who plays at left tackle. ECU's defense is a major hit and miss and starts two true freshman. ECU's special teams are solid, as they are 11-for-14 on field goals this year, and their freshman punter boots an average of 42.2 yards a punt.
ECU STARTING LINEUP
QUICK NOTES
>> True Freshman OLB Jason Nolen will replace the injured Darryl Farley at middle linebacker against ECU, if he performs well, he will be named the starter for the upcoming weeks. If not, senior Jeremy Minor and true freshman Ralph Hall will step in and fight over the starting job. Farley broke his tailbone and may return in time for a January bowl game, if Tulane reaches one. Either way, Farley will fall short of another 100-tackle season. Also this ends the redshirt junior from heading to the NFL Draft early, as some projected him as a 3rd-4th round pick, due to the injury, Farley has said "there is no chance he is declaring".
>> Sophomore safety Samuel Brooks has been upgraded to a game-time decision, if he can play, it will be the first time he has taken the field since opening night against Rutgers (27-21 victory), Erik Madison will start at safety if Brooks is ready to go or not, but Brooks will see time in the secondary if he's ready to play. Brooks has been out with an abdominal tear.
>> One-year and quick impact player junior wide receiver Jarmon Fortson could be Tulane's first early draft entry under coach Ron Draggo as he has been scouted as a first-rounder as he is currently projected as a finalist to the Heisman ceremony by ESPN.com. Fortson said however, "He has not really thought about the draft yet.", scouters like Fortson's playmaking ability and catch-it-all hands, reminding them of former top 50 draft pick, Jeremy Williams.
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Slow start turns into blowout victory over injury-beaten ECU, Wave roll 41-3
ECU can not overcome previous injuries, and losing their starting RB for the game early
Quickie Recap:
>> Tulane limped to a 7-0 lead in the 1st quarter, on a 8 yard TD run, ECU surprisingly drove it down inside our 15, elected not to kick a field goal on fourth and three and Christian Martindale sacked Benny Carter, ECU's sophomore QB who was making his first ever start. Not easy for his coach to say, "Alright kid, your first start is against the number 3 team in the nation - go beat 'em!" Carter actually played pretty well.. 11/21 for 111 yards, no TDs, no picks, but he was sacked twice on third and short (led to a punt) and fourth and short (costly turnover on downs)
>> A little trickery never hurt anyone.. Emanuel Eluko (SR DT) snuck onto the field in a goal line situation as an extra "blocker" at ECU's 6-yard line. The ECU defense obviously didn't realize he was an eligible reciever and the 6'3", 289lb defensive tackle snuck out of the Tulane offensive line, and broke free into the endzone while an ECU linebacker picked him up late and Eluko caught an easy TD pass, even though he's only got 53 CTH. Eluko let go his inner-MC Hammer and broke into a dance after scoring the TD. Good for you, Emanuel.
>> The rest of the first half.. D.J. Ponder who took 11 carries today scrambled in for an untouched 7 yard TD to put the Green Wave up 21-zip, and ECU kicked a 28 yard field goal with :02 left to cut the lead to 18.
>> Then the Wave rolled.... in the second half, at least. Ponder found a wide open D.J. Banks in the back of the endzone for a 14 yard TD pass and he dragged a foot in bounds. Nice effort, I guess. The XP got blocked, ECU's lone highlight, really, of the night. Donny Richardson broke into the endzone in the late third on a 3 yard TD run.
>> And a sixth different player scored.. after five TDs have been occured by five different players (not counting D.J. Ponder being a part of TD passes), freshman Dan Thomas came in late and scored on his lone carry of the day - a 4 yard TD where he stiff armed a much larger defender and waltzed into the endzone.
- Final Score: #3 Tulane 41, ECU 3.. so much for Friday Night Upset.
> D.J. Ponder: 14-for-19 passing, 211 yards, 2 TD, 11 carries, 32 yards, TD
> Stephen Barnett: 12 carries, 138 yards, TD
> Donny Richardson: 8 carries, 29 yards, TD
> Jarmon Fortson: Carry, 22 yards, 5 rec, 100 yards
> D.J. Banks: 4 catches, 51 yards
> Nolen: 3 tackles, TFL | Martindale, Williams: Sack each
> Hallinsworth: 2 tackles, FF, FR
C-USA & NCAA UPDATE
Spoiler: show
UP NEXT: Bye Week Recap
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We might be the no. 3 team - but we're surely not recruiting like one
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -- Tulane is playing with the big boys. They are ranked number three in the nation, they've beat BCS-conference teams, won big, won small, they've won 'em all so far this year. But in one category - they aren't winning.
Recruiting.
Tulane's success under Ron Draggo has helped somewhat with Tulane's recruiting but so far this year - Tulane has a goose egg in their commits. Zero. Zilch. Nothing. Nada. No one. Yet, at least. Tulane looked to reel in Louisiana's Michael Whitlock, a five-star offensive tackle, but Tulane ended up being third but Whitlock went to Turner Gill's Penn State Nittany Lions.
But, he's not the only top prospect looking at Tulane. Tulane currently seems to have four or five soft commits from three and four-star prospects, all from the state of Louisiana. "We've got to start winning in our home state in the recruiting war - then we'll take the region. It might take awhile, but we'll become the next southern recruiting power.", said coach Ron Draggo.
Draggo says that he hopes that this incoming class will help Tulane help give interest to more big-name prospects by hauling in some nationally-recruited prospects. They aren't five-stars, but maybe someday they will be recruiting and getting some of the highly-recruited players.
WEEK 11 (BYE WEEK) UPDATE
C-USA NEWS
Entering the week:
East Standings: UCF (4-2), Southern Miss (3-2), Memphis (3-2)
West: TULANE (7-0)
> Head to Head in the East: UCF beat Memphis and Southern Miss.
- UCF 34, UAB 7 - Memphis 41, Rice 27 - UTEP 37, Southern Miss 31 OT
Now: UCF (5-2), Memphis (4-2)
NCAA NEWS
#2 LSU makes case for #1, travels to #5 Alabama and wins 24-14.. Jefferson 23/34, 207 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT
#1 Notre Dame yawns past lowly Akron, 41-10.. Walker 5 rec, 162 yards, 2 TD
#4 Ohio State beats Purdue
#8 Washington travels to #10 USC and wins 34-23
BCS TOP 25
1. LSU (1.000)
2. Notre Dame (0.993)
3. Tulane (0.989)
4. Ohio State (0.983)
5. Washington (0.978)
6. Oklahoma
7. Florida
8. Alabama
9. Texas
10. Virginia Tech
11. Oregon State
12. aTm
13. Georgia Tech
14. Nebraska
15. Arkansas (8-1) <-- lost to Alabama on week 3
16. USC (6-3)
17. Georgia
18. NC State
19. Wisky
20. Cal
21. Florida State
22. Penn State
23. Maryland
24. Clemson (5-4, was #14, steamrolled by Florida State)
25. Boston College
HEISMAN WATCH
Jordan Jefferson, QB, LSU (25 TD, 1 INT, 2 rush TD) ... probably the Heisman winner
Russell Wilson, QB, NC State (32 TD, 6 INT, 2 rush TD)
EJ Manuel, QB, Florida State (30 TD, 13 INT, 4 rush TD)
Jonathan Coleman, WR, Boston College (75 rec, 1043 yards, 14 TD)
Terrelle Pryor, QB, Ohio State (21 TD, 8 INT, 5 rush TD)
NEXT UP: Tulsa (7-3) preview
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Five Reasons Tulane needs to be careful on Senior Day against Tulsa
NEW ORELANS, LOUISIANA --- Tulane's won the C-USA West title, they'll be playing for the title at home, and look to play in the BCS at home (Sugar/National Championship), they are 10-0, and looking good. They've got a huge game coming up against #1 LSU in two weeks but they've got a game before "the Game" and here's why they need to be careful..
1. This game has no implication on Tulane's season (or so they might think) - Tulane's got the C-USA West title, they are looking forward to playing LSU for the Tiger Rag, if they lose this game, they still get to play LSU and for the C-USA title and still could play in the BCS. Tulane needs to not look ahead, is what we're trying to say, there are still other games to play. Tulane could still play in the Hawai'i Bowl, if they aren't careful.
2. Tulsa's got nothing to lose - Tulsa's got second place wrapped up in the West, they're going to a bowl game, and are clawing near the top 25 (in the top 35 or so now) - why not pull out everything you got? They have absolutely nothing to lose. If they win - they're still second, if they lose - they're still second.
3. Tulane cakewalked through last year's game for three quarters, then Tulsa "rallied back" - Last year, Tulane went way out in front, 42-0, started to look ahead then Tulsa threw down 28 straight points and they easily could have tied it if they didn't stumble and run out of time. They can't go up by 21 or so and think, "We've got this", and start to celebrate. You got past them once doing this, but you might not get past an improved team the second time.
4. Admit it, you're thinking about playing in the title already - Tulane players can not think, "We're the best around, nothing's ever gonna keep us down, we're going to win easy and then beat LSU, win the C-USA and play for the title at home." Not quite yet, Green Wave. You've got three games to play, not three meaningless games. Three important games. This one's just as important.
5. Admit it, you're already thinking about going to play #1 LSU - And Tulane can't do this either. They can't start thinking about maybe the game of the year for a spot in the national title. They can't think about that yet. Tulsa's tough, get past them, enjoy the BYE, prepare and then you can play LSU.
Ron Draggo has always told his team to "never look ahead", he says. Against Navy earlier this year, it looked like Tulane was looking a little bit ahead to Ohio State but blew out the Midshipmen thanks to a big second half. If Coach Draggo keeps his team in the mindset of playing Tulsa for a full four quarter game, then he might be the best coach around keeping his players thinking week-to-week.
We've seen it before, but we'll have to see if we see it again.
2011, Game 11
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Tulsa Golden Hurricane (7-3, 5-2 C-USA)
Date: Saturday, November 12th
Time: 12:30pm
Stadium: The Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Line: Tulane by 10
Coverage: CBS College
Tulsa's wins: at Troy (17-10), Oklahoma State (20-14), UAB (41-14), Houston (30-17), Marshall (29-17), UCF (22-14), UTEP (47-17)
Tulsa's losses: at #6 Oklahoma (17-40), at Rice (39-40), SMU (29-32)
Analysis: If Tulsa wants to win, then G.J. Kinne needs to play games like he did against UAB and UTEP. Kinne has 17 pass TDs and 10 picks on the year, and 2 rush TDs, with his favorite target being 5'8" speedster Demaris Johnson. He has 63 catches for 908 yards and 6 TDs this year. On the ground the Hurricane go with Charles Opeseyitan, who has 4 rush TDs this year, and 4 receiving TDs, so he's a duel-threat guy. Tulsa knows how to score on defense. They have 7 defensive TDs this year, 3 by Reid Singleton (DB), 2 by Jake Pierce (DB).. all five of those for those guys being on INTs, 1 by Willie Carter (LB) (fumble return), and Leonard Key (FS) (INT return). Also Dustin Bennett who has 8 sacks on the year needs to come up big. Tulsa's kicker/punter is also good.. Fitzpatrick is 20/25 on the year, his career long is 53 yards. He also punts for an average of around 43 yards a punt. Demaris Johnson returns kicks and averages 23 yards a return.
TULSA STARTING LINEUP
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Game of the Year: Part One
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -- Yes, I'm actually doing a game report in more than one post. Tulsa comes in to New Orleans with nothing to lose or gain but respect from the nation. Tulane looking for a BCS bowl. We're not there yet...
Tulane won the toss and defered, Tulsa went three and out. Five plays later, Stephen Barnett rumbled and stiff armed and juked his way to the endzone on an impressive 33 yard run. D.J. Ponder accounted for 21 rushing yards on this drive.
Tulsa stalled again and punted again, to Tulane's two-yard line. Not a good spot to start. Draggo calls play action and Taylor Echols is wide open out of the tight set.. looks to be a 20 yard gain and it slips through his hands. Ponder then sneaks for five for a third and five. Pass again. Sacked. To inside the one. It was reviewed and the ball never went past the line. Whew. So we had to punt with our team at the one, and it may have been better to take a safety as this left a huge lane open for speedster DeMaris Johnson. Ubekista actually hit a 56 yard punt but Johnson went 57 yards for the score. Never even touched.
That was the first quarter.
The second quarter started with a Green Wave punt, then a long Tulsa drive ending with a Opeseyitan TD run. Then the teams traded punts. Then Tulsa went pass happy and got 3 on a 30 yard field goal. 14-10 Tulsa at the break.
"I'm not happy with how we're playing right now.. we're shutting them down but we can't get nothing started.. come on guys, we got to get our heads in the game.. we're not to Baton Rouge yet..", said coach Ron Draggo at the half.
Tulane came out good. Two plays, 26 yards. Then D.J. Ponder was presurred and picked off. Tulsa did nothing and punted, luckily. But once more, Tulane was stuck inside their own ten. Two plays, loss of four. Not good. Third down, we pass and Ponder's taken down in the endzone for a safety. On the play, he got hurt and did not return. That means senior Joe Kemp has to step in for Ponder, who hasn't really done that great today.
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Now we had to stop Tulsa. Being down 16-10 isn't a good thing. And we could not. Tulsa marched their way down the field, including a costly 15 yard PI on a 32 yard completion, which really helped them out. Kinne found his big TE Brown who was wide open for a 2 yard score. 23-10 Tulsa.
And at this point and time, all of New Orleans had a sick feeling in their stomach as the #3 team in the nation trailed by 13 with 2:28 to play in the third quarter..
Now it was time for Joe Kemp to lead us back into this game. Or so we hoped. We got the Barnett train back going. 3 carries, 21 yards. Kemp to Banks for 21. Richardson got 10. Kemp to Harrison for 15. And then Barnett runs to a side where no one is and walks in for a 15 yard TD run, his second of the day. Relief. 23-17 Tulsa, 0:55 left in the third.
They had to stop Tulsa. Fourth quarter. Third and ten. Kinne fires and he finds a wide open man behind the first down marker. Can't tackle him. He gets thirty-six yards. Then they got ten more. Then they lost two, got pushed back for 10 more. Then Kinne fired.. to Demaris Johnson for a 23 yard score. 29-17 Tulsa. And hey, they're going for two. HB Draw. Tulane's fooled. 2 points. 31-17. 5:11 left.
Now we go pass happy. Kemp starts to lead us down the field. We get past midfield. He's pressured, wobbly pass, Banks is open but the Tulsa DB picks it off. "Oh shit.", muttered everyone in the stands.
"Oh shit.", muttered Ron Draggo.
Tulsa 31, #3 Tulane 17
4:02 to play - 4th quarter
Tulsa ball at their own 39
Good spot to stop? I think so.
Weeeaaak!! I want to know what happens next lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iron Dragon
Oh shit is right Mr. Draggo :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Iron Dragon
Washington went up to #5 in the polls??? HAHAHAHAAA :D:D:D
Oh shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iron Dragon
I disagree. It's the WORST spot to stop.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Iron Dragon
You will..Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingpin32
Yes, that's what I thought when I was playing this game back in December. I was really surprised what was going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
Not for long..Quote:
Originally Posted by Jayrah
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
That's how I originally did the report (mainly because EASW went down at that time).Quote:
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Game of the Year: Part Two
Haven't read part one? Do it now.
Anyways, where were we? Ah yes, Joe Kemp had just fired one to a Tulsa defender down by two scores. Not always the best way to win a game.
Anyways, there's 4:02 to go. Tulsa goes conservative. 6 yards for Opeseyitan. Incomplete pass. Well, that's not conservative. Tulsa on third and four.. no one open, Kinne scrambles and brought down two yards short. Punt. And it was a bad one. 3:39 to go.
Kemp hits Fortson. 22 yards. Figaro for 10. Richardson for nine. Banks for 16. Down to the four yard line. 2:14 to play. Kemp looks.. and finds a wide open diving Donny Richardson. 4 yard TD. 31-24 Tulsa. 2:10 to go. Two timeouts.
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We kick it deep. Johnson to their 26. Opeseyitan gets four for Tulsa. 1:38 to go.. Kinne will throw it.. incomplete. Third down. Strange playcalling. Kinne.. to Opeseyitan. Behind the LOS. Gotta tackle him.. Tulane misses. 9 yard gain. Oh damn. 3 yard run. Timeout. Loss of four. Timeout. Third and 11. 1:17 to go. If Tulsa gets this, it's game over..
Kinne stepped back, they would throw, they want to end it now. He looks for Demaris Johnson.. but FRESHMAN Jason Nolen steps in front of the pass and picks it off and returns it to the Tulsa 31 yard line!! We're not done yet!!
Minute and two seconds. No timeouts. Barnett runs for 5. Kemp to Figaro gets 7. Kemp to Figaro again.. 18 more to the one yard line!!!! Spiked with :20 to go. Incomplete pass to Fortson. Third and goal. Draggo calls for senior FB Duplessis to run it in.
Snap gets in Kemp's hands.. here comes Tulsa, handoff's clean.. Duplessis hit at the one..
..breaks the tackle.. AND INTO THE ENDZONE HE GOES!! Touchdown Tulane!! DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?? Tulane rallies from 14 down in the final three minutes and with the XP they tie it.
And it was good. 31-31. 13 seconds to go. Game's not done yet. Johnson returns it to the 35. 10 seconds. Kinne to Kelley for 21. Hold your horses. Timeout Tulsa.. 3 seconds to go. Hail Mary time. Kinne has plenty of time.. throws deep, it's long enough but it's knocked down looking for Demaris.
Overtime. Coin toss. Tulane wins. Defense we go.
Kinne looks to throw on the first OT play. Twenty-two yards. Stellar defense. Kinne sneak. One yard. Then a pass.. nothing there. Third and goal. Do I smell a stand? Nope. Kinne runs around the blob of Tulsa and Tulane players for the easy score.
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Don't worry, we'd make it look easy too. Kemp to Fortson, 8 yards and then Barnett just runs away from everyone for a 17 yard score. XP good. Overtime two.
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Kemp finds Harrison for a 16 yard gain. Then he'd find D.J. Banks for a 9 yard score. This overtime thing is pretty easy, isn't it??
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45-38 Tulane. First lead in ever. Kinne to Mills.. three yards. Loss of one. Third and seven. Sack for a 3 yard loss. Well, this is it. The call on CBS by Mr. Gus Johnson..
"Kinne into the shotgun. Opesetyitan next to him. Four WRs. Fourth and ten. Twenty-five yard line. This could do it. Kinne gets the snap. He looks, pumps one to the endzone.. tipped.. and OH CAUGHT KELLEY OH KELLEY OFF THE HELMET OF A TULANE DEFENDER CAUGHT TOUCHDOWN WOOOWWWW!"
You've got to be shitting me. But I'm not. Freeman Kelley rips the ball basically off Gregory Hallinsworth's helmet and somehow makes the catch and finds the endzone. One of the craziest plays all year. Jeez.
Three overtimes. Here we go. 45-45 with the XP and it was good.
Tulsa's got to go again on offense. Two incomplete passes. Third and ten. Kinne would look.. fires one to a man..
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.. AND HE FINDS DEVIN WILLIAMS! AND HE GOES THE DISTANCE! DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES??? YES!!! TULANE HAS WON IT ON A 75-YARD INT RETURN BY DEVIN WILLIAMS! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
Tulane 51, Tulsa 45 3OT
What a crazy game. Who woulda thunk it? Not the performance or the way we wanted to do it, but a win's a win. 51-45. This might just be the game of the year. Now we can focus on LSU.
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SENIOR Joe Kemp: 15/24 passing, 172 yards, 2 TD, INT [Ponder: 11/21, 171 yards, INT | left game with injury, did not return]
Stephen Barnett: 14 carries, 104 yards, 3 TD
Duplessis (SR): TD run, 3 'cakes
D.J. Banks: 8 catches, 94 yards, TD
Jarmon Fortson: 5 catches, 71 yards
George Harrison: 5 catches, 88 yards
Devin Figaro: 5 catches, 66 yards
Donny Richardson: 2 catches, 13 yards, TD
Abrams, Patterson: 5 'cakes
Jones, Ray (SR): 4 'cakes
Erik Madison: 7 tackles, TFL
Gregory Hallinsworth: 6 tackles
Cody Leford: 6 tackles
Jason Nolen: 5 tackles, INT
SR Cedric Wilson: 4 tackles (2 TFL)
SR Emanuel Eluko: 3 TFL, 2 sacks
Black, Boudreaux: 3 tackles each
Harry CiGar: 2 TFL, Sack
Devin Williams: 2 tackles, INT, GW Def TD in 3rd OT
SR Jeremy Minor: 2 tackles
TULSA: Demaris Johnson 6 rec 116 yards TD - 93 KR yards - 67 PR yards TD
UP NEXT: Bye Week Recap
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AROUND THE NCAA WEEKS 12 & 13
WEEK 12
C-USA UPDATE
> OOC Navy whips ECU 27-7, OOC Northwestern 34, Rice 16, OOC Fresno 13, UTEP 10
> Houston gets 6th win with 41-3 win over UAB, Hollinshead's finally getting his play on the right track..
> UCF pounds SMU 47-7 .. Weatherford throws 4 TDs.. they are still without Rainey
> Southern Miss beats up Memphis 38-7 .. UCF takes East title.. Assad: 10 rec, 83 yards, TD, 2 4th quarter punt return TDs (38, 78 yards)
NCAA UPDATE
#1 LSU beats Ole Miss 34-10
#2 Notre Dame survives Hawai'i vacation 34-24 (UH: 17 points in final 3:10)
#4 Ohio State handles lowly Illinois 41-7
Frauds: #5 Washington falls to #19 Cal | #6 Oklahoma falls to Texas Tech | #11 Oregon State falls to Miami (FL)
>> BCS: LSU (1.000), ND (0.994), Tulane (0.989), Ohio State (0.983), Florida (0.978), Alabama (0.969) (Florida lost to Alabama..)
>> Bowl projection: The one in our stadium, vs Big East leader #22 Boston College (8-2, 4-2)
WEEK 13: Rivalry Week
C-USA UPDATE
OOC games: #8 VT 45, Tulsa 20 | UCF 38, Army 20
Houston 32, Rice 27
Memphis gets 6th win, beats Marshall 21-10
UTEP upsets SMU denies them their sixth win 37-17
ECU handles 1-win UAB
NCAA UPDATE
Lone Star Showdown: #9 aTm 27, #6 Texas 10
The Game between schools in Georgia: #12 GT 27, #14 UGA 24
"The Game": #4 Ohio State 27, Michigan 3
#1 LSU rips apart #11 Arkansas 41-17.. Jefferson 23/32 302 yards 4 TD
de facto Big East title game: #22 Boston College 42, Syracuse 10 (and yet, they aren't bowl elligible)
#2 Notre Dame survives Stanford 34-29
Eastern Kentucky becomes bowl elligible
de facto Sun Belt title game: FIU 17, FAU 13
>> Polls.. stay the same. aTm jumps 'Bama.
UP NEXT: Tiger Rag Preview
2011, Game 12
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#1 LSU Tigers (11-0, 8-0 SEC, SEC West Champions)
Battle for the Tiger Rag
Date: Saturday, November 26th
Time: 8:00pm
Stadium: Tiger Stadium, "Death Valley", Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Line: LSU by 9
Coverage: ABC
LSU's wins: Houston (27-14), App St. (FCS, 48-10), at West Virginia (38-37), at Miss State (18-0), #5 Florida (51-17), Kentucky (53-10), Auburn (42-17), at Tennessee (33-6), at #7 Alabama (24-14), at Mississippi State (34-10), #13 Arkansas (41-17)
LSU's losses: None.
Series History: 2-0 LSU
Injuries:
rSR WR Terrance Toliver: 4 weeks
rSR LT Greg Shaw: Out for season
rSR OLB Shomari Clemons: 2 weeks
[they all start]
Analysis: LSU is hands down the best team in the nation. And that's why they are #1. Jordan Jefferson is on his way to a Heisman trophy and this team is loaded. Jefferson has 30 TDs and only 2 INTs on the entire season, he's also ran for two. And if they have too, Russell Shepard will play at QB and he's just as good. Michael Ford is their starting runningback who has 663 yards and 7 TDs on the year. Cody Moore is his backup who's pretty good too. 99 OVR WR Toliver is out for the game, so that's good. Too bad they have a 1000-yard reciever in Rueben Randle, and Chris Toliver and Morris Claiborne are good too. And their TE is good too.. 46 rec, 713 yards, 8 TD on the year. Shaw, their starting LT is out, and their backup is just as good. In fact, their whole offensive line is good. Actually this whole team is good. Conclusion: If we win, we need a miracle. Or something. This team has killed every team it's faced since they starting to get going and have beat the #5 team in the nation by 34. Oh my. Their kicker is 19/20 on field goals, by the way..
LSU STARTING LINEUP
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Ponder out for LSU game; Kemp to make 4th career start in Death Valley
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -- D.J. Ponder will not be suited up to play LSU Saturday night as a hand injury will keep him out from playing quarterback against the #1 team in the nation.
Instead Joe Kemp will be making his fourth career start, who has been a viable backup ever since Ron Draggo has taken over the Green Wave. Kemp threw for 174 yards and 2 TD's in relief for Ponder in Tulane's three OT win against Tulsa. He started three games last year in place of Kevin Moore when he got injured. On Saturday night, Ryan Griffin will backup Joe Kemp if he's needed.
The redshirt senior has 11 TD's and just 3 INT's under Ron Draggo. He's had a 71% completion percentage the last two years, going 70-for-99 since the beginning of last season. Kemp is 9 yards short of 1000 passing yards under Draggo.
Kemp has been fighting for the starting job since 2009, when he was beat out by Kevin Moore, and then this year he was beat out in a close race by D.J. Ponder (155/255, 2179 yards, 21 TD, 8 INT, 252 rush yards, 2 TD this year).
If Ponder's injury lingers, Kemp may start in the C-USA title game against UCF.
That's a heart attack game right there. Did it get an ESPN Classic score?
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EXPOSED... "BY THE TEAM OF THE CENTURY"
Green Wave not surprisingly rolled by "unstoppable" #1 LSU.. and heck, they are down three starters..
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA --- LSU is unstoppable. They beat the #5 Florida Gators by 34 like it was nothing and Jordan Jefferson is putting his name down in history as he easily sealed the Heisman trophy on Saturday night in a 38-3 cruising of #3 Tulane. LSU "exposed" the #3 team in the nation, but they've exposed everyone since SEC play has started for them, as Tulane lost after an amazing performance by LSU - on all sides of the ball.
Needless to say, this game really will hurt Tulane. This game was a nationally televised whipping. Game of the Week hoopla. And Tulane, yes, we know is without their starting QB, that's an issue, but they got pounded. Luckily, it was by a team that has pounded every one. A loss to Tulsa would have done worse but they way they got rolled may but them back in the Liberty Bowl, or even the Hawaii Bowl if they lose the C-USA title.
Tulane actually led 3-0 in the 1st quarter, but that 1st quarter FG drive was their best of the entire game, as LSU went into entire dominance. LSU held Tulane to negative rushing yards for the first time in Ron Draggo's 39th game as the Tulane head coach. In fact, this is the first time they've been held to under 100 rushing yards. That stat is amazing first of all, and now it's wiped away. LSU's front seven was just too good and too athletic for Tulane.
After leading 3-0, Tulane got rolled. Michael Ford found the endzone from two yards out, then Jordan Jefferson found Mitch Joseph for a TD, and LSU only led 14-3 at the break.
Third quarter.. Joseph again 3 yards from Jefferson. Then Joe Kemp was picked off by redshirt Junior DB Ron Brooks and he went 60 yards for the score. Untouched. That about sealed it at the 28-3 score. That looked like that was going to be the final. Looked like.
In the fourth quarter, Les Miles made a ballsy move and decided to call a HB pass from Tulane's seven. CiGar ripped the ball loose, recovered it. Whew, Tulane thought. And then the RB stripped it right back and took it back to Tulane's 11. Then Jordan Jefferson found wide open sophomore Jay Tanner for a TD. Tanner easily had his best game so far against Tulane.. 4 rec, 57 yards, TD. That made it 35-3. Tulane gave the ball away inside their own 30 late in the game and the game was capped off by a 19 yard field goal.
"It was a big slap in the face. To come in 11-0 and then get thumped like that. LSU's the best team out there, that's why they are #1. They are well-coached, they are extremely talented and I watched a bunch of first-round picks and a Heisman winner beat us, and we had no answer.", said coach Ron Draggo after the game.
And with that, Tulane's 11-1. Next up.. UCF.
PLAYER STATS
Joe Kemp: 17/31 passing, 184 yards, 2 INT, sacked four times, -29 rush yards
Griffin: 3/8 passing, 23 yards, sacked once, -9 rush yards
Stephen Barnett: 10 carries, 10 yards, 11 rec yards
J.T. McDonald: 6 carries, 9 yards
Jarmon Fortson: 4 catches, 42 yards
George Harrison: 4 catches, 48 yards
Cody Leford: 13 tackles (2 TFL)
Cedric Wilson: 10 tackles (2 TFL)
JJ Black: 9 tackles (TFL)
Jason Nolen: 8 tackles
Harry CiGar: 7 tackles
Emanuel Eluko: 4 tackles, Sack
Samuel Brooks: 4 tackles (back, finally)
Hallinsworth, Boudreaux: 2 tackles each
LSU: Jefferson 19/23 176 yards 3 TD | Ford 31 carries 152 yards TD 4 rec 34 yards | Joseph 7 rec 61 yards 2 TD | Ryan Baker 10 tackles (4 TFL), 3 sacks