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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