Week 10 Recaps

[s--k]

I'll get them done, but will be slower and take longer this week.

Until then please post anything from the games you want to draw attention to. Me doing recaps shouldn't make y'all lazy! Remember the what have we learned thread or the misleading final thread, etc. Contribute with what you saw, heard or read:

 

[s--k]

AAC

34-26 Temple dominated more than the score shows. Owls scored on first 6 possessions. The game featured a lot of long drives, each team had just 3 first half possessions. 17-6 HT after Navy completed a 19p 68y FG drive to end the half. Temple stretched it to 31-13 through the 3rd. FD even at 20 and TY close to even 393-362 for Tem, but Tem had 371y through 3 qrt and Navy had just 218 through the same 3 qrt. Mids gained 144 on their final 3 drives where they scored 2 TDs to make the game appear closer. Tem D 5 sacks. Nutile 22-30-289-4-1, Tem leading rusher had just 40y (team rushed for 104, 3.7). A Jennings 5-127-2TD. Navy's man-coverage pass D got burned all night. Abey 6-9-111-0-1 (knocked out game in 4th), replaced by Lewis 6-9-110-2-0. Abey led rushing with just 60y on 25att (2.4). Navy ran for just 136y (2.6). Coach Ken “they beat the crap out of us”. Navy had been 12-0 playing at ‘the Linc’.

41-14 Memphis traded scores with Tulsa early, 14-14 in the 2nd qrt. It was 21-14 HT. Tul would have just 18y in the 3rd qrt and 59y for the entire half as Mem pulled away on 70 and 90y TD drives plus 57 and 59y FG drives (both kicked from in the RZ). 28-17 FD and 524-302 (6.8-4.6) TY for Mem. Ferguson 27-39-298-4-0. Henderson 14-124. Skipper 18-31-157-0-1 (sacked 3x). Brewer 21-119. Skipper 12y rushing, President 11y TD on 2 att.

52-27 Houston jumped out 21-0, but ECU started to climb back scoring on 3 of their 4 next possessions (the empty was a missed FG) to make it as close as 28-17 in the 3rd. Then Dunbar took a slant 75y for TD, ECU fumbled at H24 and Bonner took a 62y pass to the house for 42-17 lead. ECU was at H24, but threw a 74y pick-six....52-17 (UH earlier had a 1p 22y TD ‘drive’ after INT). ECU added 10 garbage pts late in the 4th. 33-16 FD and 504-472 (5.1-9.8) TY for ECU. ECU ran 98 plays, UH just 48! ECU had 40-20 TOP and was 12 of 22 3rd down, but –3 TOs. King started for UH 15-21-330-3-0, just 14 RY. Catalon returned and was 9-77-TD. Dunbar 6-171-TD and Bonner 7-147-TD. Minshew replaced Sirk in 1st qrt 52-68-463-3-1 (only sacked 1x). School record for att and compl, yards 3rd most. ECU leading rusher had just 18y. Two 100y Pirate WRs.

37-20 USF led just 17-7 at HT with a 256-162 y edge. USF got up 34-7 and 37-14 while scoring on their first 4 drives of the second half. On their 5th and final drive, they started near midfield after recovering the onside kick with 6-1/2m left. They drove to UC26 with a 1st down, but instead of taking a knee they kept running. On 2nd and 7 from the 11 Tice was running to the corner EZ, but fumbled into the EZ for a TB with :32 left. 28-22 FD, 602-324 (7.8-4.7) TY for USF. Flowers 24-37-385-3-1, leading rusher with 16-131. Career high PY, broke school rec for TY. Shirreffs 17-23-133-1-1 (sacked 4x), rushed 28y net. Pindell played the 4th qrt 3-4-37, 19y TD rushing.

17-16 Cincinnati snapped a 5 game losing streak. UC got up 3-0, then Banks had a 53y TD run. UC hit a 39y TD pass 10-7 before Tulane made two FGs. 13-10 HT Tul. UC got a 3rd qrt TD for the lead then would miss a 41y FG in the 4th keeping the score 17-13 UC. Tul would kick a 26y FG after having 1st and goal. 17-16 when UC punted to the T15. Tul drove 11p 67y and had a 4th-and-1 at the C14. Wave lined up to go for it (or draw UC offsides) but Tul false started. Then Tul missed 36y FG with 1-1/2m left. UC broke some runs killing clock and got to the T9 before taking knees. 19-16 FD and 456-328 (7.4-5.6) TY for Cincy. Moore 18-27-248-1-0, 39 rushing. Doaks has emerged as #1 RB 17-149. Banks 17-24-196-0-0, leading rusher 75y. Hiiliard just 18-40. WR Mooney 7-115. Tul FG K Glover made 37, 19, 26y FGs, but missed the potential game winner from 36.

31-24 UCF was fueled by big plays throughout, but had to hang on late. UCF’s opening drive was SOD at S11 and SMU’s Proche took a short pass and ran down the sideline for a 86y TD. 7-0. UCF threw INT, but SMU punted. After punts, UCF went 6p 95y (keyed by 46y pass) to tie 7-7 near end of 1st qrt. SMU had drive to open the 2nd and were about to score TD and retake the lead when the RB fumbled at the 1 into the EZ for TB. 3 plays later UCF hit a 80y TD pass on 3rd and 10 for 14-7 lead. SMU punted. UCF was backed up, but bailed out on 3rd-and-9 with PI on Wyatt, but 2 plays later Wyatt got a 36y pick-six. 14-14. Punts. UCF’s Killins broke a 34y TD run. 21-14. SMU driving, had a false start from the UC25, then two plays later missed a 47y FG wide (5 yards closer it may’ve been good). With :12 left UCF wanted more, they got a 12 and 21y pass plays to set up a 54y att with :01 left, but it was blk’d. 21-14 HT UCF 382-250 y edge. SMU opened with a 45y FG. 21-17. Killins ripped a 64y TD run. 28-17. The next drive was a key moment in the game. SMU D was on their heels and it appeared UCF was going to take firm control. On a 69y drive, Wyatt forced a fumble which SMU recovered at the S10 to stay in the game. Ponies would go 11p 93y to make it 28-24. UCF was quickly back deep in SMU terr with a 63y pass to end the 3rd, but after having 1st-and-goal settled for a 19y FG. 31-24. SMU drove to UC41, but Sutton dropped a 3rd down conv and they punted. UCF punted. SMU drove to UC38, but Quinn (ncaa leader in receptions) dropped a 4th down conv. SMU came up with huge 12y sack on 3rd down and UCF punted again. SMU was SOD at their own 34 with 3m left. SMU had 1 timeout and UCF took knees. Scott Frost had a private plane waiting for him so he could leave the sideline if needed as his wife was expecting to give birth any moment. Asked at HT if it was a distraction, he said “maybe”. 23-21 FD, 615-489 (8.1-5.5) TY for UCF. 3rd downs helped keep it close, 26% for UCF – SMU 43%. Milton 23-40-412-1-2 (sacked 2x), added 44 RY w/ TD. Career high yards passing 7th most sch history. Killins 14-145-2TD, Career high yards. Smith 7-141, ssn high catches. Hicks 27-51-283-1-0. Jones 19-84-TD. Proche 7-173-TD, Quinn 11-47.

 

[s--k]

ACC
27-24 FSU jumped out 14-0 early as Eric Dungey was injured on the 5th play, went to the locker room and was able to return on Cuse second possession of the 2nd qrt. He threw a 47y TD pass on 4th-and-2 thanks to a blown coverage. But FSU got their third 50-60y TD of the day to go back up by 14. Dungey hit Ishmael on a 34y TD pass. 21-14 FSU. FSU fumbled a punt setting Syr up at the F11 w/ 1m left. After gaining just 7y Syr opted to go for it on 4th instead of FGA from the F4 and were SOD to end the half. They traded FGs in the 3rd. Syr SOD at midfield and FSU had 1st down at the 19, but kicked 38y FG. 27-17. Syr would go on 14p 75y drive converting 3rd down 3x for TD with 3m left. 27-24. FSU recovered the onside kick, but went 3-and-out. Syr worked down the field 10p 57y in 1-1/2 m to the F25, but their FGA was missed (Syr 1-3 FG, had a 1st qrt att blk’d). 21-13 FD, 463-343 (4.9-6.1) TY for Syr. Syr has been outstanding on 3rd down D all year; FSU was just 1 of 13, Syr 11 of 25. Each D got 3 sacks. Blackmon 12-19-136-1-0. Akers 22-199-2TD. Dungey 24-43-278-2-1, 109 RY TD (career high rush). Ishmael and Philips each topped 100y on 12 catches each. Derwin James credited with 4 pbu.

40-36 Virginia wins in a rainy crazy game. UVA got a 36y FG thanks to a great opening KO ret. The rest of the 1st qrt was all about punts til GT hit a 49y pass enroute to 7-3 lead. GT attempted an onside kick, again setting UVA up with great field position which they converted for 23y FG. UVA’s two scoring drives covered just 54y. 7-6 GT. GT blk’d a punt, but had to punt back. UVA fumbled and 4p 14y later GT had 14-6 lead. But UVA would ret the KO 92y for TD! 14-13 HT. On the opening play of the 3rd Marshall ripped a 78y TD run then on UVA’s first play GT got a 27y pick-six and led 28-13 :35 into the half! UVA responded with a 8p 78y TD drive and then Marshall threw INT and UVA had a TD 2 plays later, 2pt good. 28-28 less than 5m into the 3rd! The 4th qrt would be just as wild. UVA made 33y FG 31-28...then got another INT, although they punted which was downed at the G3. GT fumbled and fell on it in the EZ for safety. 33-28. GT took the lead back on a 33y Jeune TD catch with 4m left (2pt good). 36-33. UVA wasted no time, scoring on a 27y TD pass. 40-36. GT advanced to V32 thanks to a fantastic Jeune 4th-and-16 catch, but then an incomplete, no gain, sack and then SOD with just :15 left. 16-15 FD, 399-357 (5.4-5.2) TY for GT. UVA D got 5 sacks, GT 0. Benkert 21-43-260-3-1. Ellis leading rusher with just 48. Zaccheaus 9-98. Marshall 6-22-179-1-2, leading rusher with 29-143-2TD. Jeune 3-96-TD. UVA LB Micah Kiser 18 tkl. GT LB Jordan-Swilling 11 tkl, tfl, forced fumble, fumble recovery, INT, TD.

38-31 Clemson wins a tough one. CU threw INT on 3rd play and NCSt got 40y TD pass on 3rd-and-10. 7-0. CU tied it with a zig-zagging 77y punt ret, but NCSt came right back with a long TD drive. 14-7. CU converted 3rd down 2x and a 4th down on their way to a 12p 71y tying TD drive. 14-14. Another long NCSt TD drive made it 21-14 before CU came right back with a 26y FG. 21-17. Each team missed FGs before HT. CU kept NCSt pinned deep in the 3rd which paid off on a 49y TD drive for a 24-21 CU lead. Feaster then broke a 89y TD run for 31-21 Tigers end of 3rd. NCSt got back on track with a 6p 65y TD drive to cut it to 3. But Finley would throw INT leading to short CU TD drive. 34-24 mid 4th. NCSt drove to the C9 with a first down, but had to settle for 22y FG with under 2m left CU recovered the onside kick. Bryant gained 7, then went backwards twice and CU punted with 1-1/2 left. NCSt started on their own 20 with no timeouts. They made it to the C28 and faced a 4th-and-10 with :27 left. Finley connected to about the C10, but after Finley audibled NCSt WRs were not set when the ball was snapped so illegal shift negated the play. On 4th-and-15 their final pass was INT’d which the CU player tried to return getting to the NC36. 27-19 FD and 491-415 (5.8-5.7) TY edges for NCSt. CU was 7 of 16 3rd down, NCSt just 3 of 13. Doren was bitter about the penalty disparity (6-69 to 3-23) and alleged CU was using a laptop on their sideline for a "technology advantage" - which is supposedly illegal per ACC rules. NCSt player said post game “we knew the refs would be against us”. The final illegal shift penalty was clear and correctly called. Bryant 20-38-191-1-1, 88RY 2TD. Feaster 7-105 (89 on 1 play). Cain 9-84-TD. Finley 31-50-338-3-2. Harmon & Meyers comb’d 17-260-2TD. CU DL Ferrell 12 tkl, 5 TFL with sack.

48-37 Notre Dame was up comfortably before WF made it look closer. Irish 710 yards were 10 away from nearly 50 year school record (had the record before taking knees at the end). It was fairly close early with ND using short fields from KO ret and INT to lead 17-10. But 31-10 HT and later led 42-16. WF gained 352y on their final 5 drives scoring 4 TDs. 34-30 FD for WF – 710-587 (8.5-6.7) TY for ND with 380 RY and 330 PY. Wimbush 15-30-280-1-0 leading rusher 12-110. WR Claypool 9-180-TD. Adams just 5-22. Kelly said Adams wasn’t feeling 100% coming in (not injury related) and they were cautious with his workload. Wolford 28-45-331-2-1, added 59 RY TD. WR Bachman 8-116-TD. Colbum 20-120-TD.

28-10 Miami forced 4 turnovers and kept pressure on Jackson often while Hokie receivers struggled to get open. VT didn’t cross midfield until their 4th drive while UM was building a 14-0 lead, VT got on the board. 14-3 HT. Each team had an empty RZ drive in the first half with UM SOD at V5 and VT fumbled at the M14 (was after getting Rosier INT to start drive). Rosier opened the 3rd with back-to-back INTs. VT turned the first into a TD 14-10, but were SOD on 4th-and-2 when a mistimed snap hit a in-motion Hokie turning the ball back over. A controversial play happened after what should’ve been 3rd down, but VT hit Rosier who was carrying out a hand-off fake, VT D hit the QB who probably didn’t know who had the ball and refs called a 15y personal foul. Next play UM hit a 43y TD to the TE for a 21-10 score. It may not have mattered as VT’s shortcomings in other areas were difficult for them to overcome. VT didn’t sustain any 2nd H drives until their final possession which ended at the M14 with :08 left. 22-21 FD for VT – 429-299 (7.4-4.0) TY for UM. UM 38-21% 3rd down and sacked Jackson 4x, VT D got 2 sacks. Rosier 10-21-193-2-3, 84 RY, TD. Homer 14-95-TD (long 64). Jackson 20-32-192-0-2. McMillian 15-52. Cam Phillips 7-101.

ACC weekly release
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si.../documents/2017/9/1/2017_m_footbl_release.pdf

 

[s--k]

Not sure if anyone looks over the weekly releases from the conferences?

Here is the latest AAC link, (most others don't update their weekly release until later into the week)

http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.c...s.com/documents/2017/8/21/2017_release_0a.pdf

I won't have anything else until tomorrow evening probably.

 

[s--k]

Big Ten


45-17 Wisconsin drove 72y on their opening possession, but IU Scales made a great INT in the EZ. From there IU drove 80y for 7-0 lead. UW went 3-and-out, IU kicked 26y FG. 10-0! UW drove 7p 73y with Hornibrook 4-4 passing to cut it to 3 pt game. IU would fumble on their own 21 and 2 plays later UW had the lead 14-10 mid 2nd qrt. UW drove to the I36, but a hold and sack forced them to punt before HT. UW 192-164 HT yards. UW opened with a FG and TD drive while IU punted. 24-10. IU got TD near end of 3rd to cut it to 7. 24-17. Then IU self-destructed. INT at their own 27, forced 3rd and long on D, but facemask pen gave UW 1st down leading to a 7p 27y TD. 31-17. Very next IU play was INT again. 8p 33y UW had another TD 38-17. IU would be sacked on 4th down at their own 16 leading to a 4p 16y TD. 45-17. Talk about a 4th quarter to forget for the Hoosiers! UW 407-266 (5.5-4.8) TY edge. Hornibrook 13-20-158-2-1 (sacked 3x). Taylor 29-183-TD. Lagow 20-34-226-2-2 (sacked 4x). IU leading rusher had just 29y. Cobbs 5-62-TD. UW fumbled 3x, but recovered all 3. IU was –3 TOs.

27-24 Michigan St had a several hour weather delay. PSU scored on a nice drive second time they had the ball and MSU tied aided by a good KO ret and penalty for a short field. 7-7. PSU faced 4th-and-7 at the M28, went for it and a short pass went 27y tackle breaking catch and run for 14-7 lead. After the weather delay MSU was SOD, PSU punted. MSU tied on a 33y pass to a diving Davis. 14-14. MSU got an INT at the P36, but punted before HT. MSU converted 3rd-and-18 and 3rd-and-11 on the way to a 21-14 lead. PSU had first down at M15, but kicked 26y FG. 21-17 Sparty. McSorley hit Thompkins for a wide open 70y TD pass to close the 3rd. 24-21 Nits. MSU tied off a short field FG (again good return and PSU penalty)...24-24, then McSorley threw INT at M21, then Lewerke gave it back at the P7. PSU drove to M31 faced 4th down, but pass incomplete with 4m left. MSU driving a roughing the passer call on what would’ve been 4th down from the P37 assisted in an eventual game winning 34y FG as time expired. MSU 474-466 (5.9-6.8) TY. MSU was 10 fo 18 3rd down, PSU 4 of 12. Lewerke 33-56-400-2-1 (sacked 2x), 25 RY. Scott 14-43-TD. Davis 12-181-TD. McSorley 26-47-381-3-3 (sacked 3x)(2nd highest career PY). Barkley 14-63 (long 36), 3rec 33y, 1-1 passing 20y. Hamilton & Thompkins each had 100+ rec. PSU had 8 first half possessions, Barkely got 6 rushes for 0 yards (did catches and have a pass att).

29-10 Purdue led 13-10 HT with 184-159 y edge. Pur muffed a punt at their own 26, but ILL went backwards on penalties and punted. Pur got a FG then a 91y TD drive for 22-10 lead (2pt no good). Pur added a TD off a short field following INT. 25-15 FD and 435-250 (6.0-4.0) TY for Pur. Blough was injured, likely out the year in the 4th qrt. 16-24-194-0-0, 16 RY. Sindelar 2-2-32-1-0. Knox led with 14-85-TD. Cam Thomas started for ILL, but George also played, sometimes alternating with Thomas. They comb’d 12-27-170-1-1 (sacked 5x). Foster led 17-73 RY. Boiler D had 9 TFL. Bentley 12 tkl 2.5 tfl.

31-24 Rutgers has now won 3 out of their last 4, their best stretch since joining the Big Ten. UM got up 7-0. Rut tied it then went ahead on a 50y FG. 10-7. RU got a 52y pick-six with 5m left in the first half, but UM scored before HT. 17-14 Knights. UM scored the next 10...24-17 in the 4th qrt. RU would tie, then with 7-1/2 left got the 31-24 lead. UM had a TD called back by penalty and their drive ended on 3 straight RU pbus. 385-346 (5.6-5.4) TY for UM. RU D got 4 sacks. UM 0. Rescigno 8-17-107-1-1. Gus Edwards 21-109, Knights ran for 239 (5.2). Bortenschlager 11-20-150-1-1. He left with injury and walk-on transfer Brand 8-12-68-0-0 taking over for the final drive. Terps ran for 167 (4.5) by committee.

55-24 Iowa got a pick-six on the first play and it was on! OSU would never lead. They tied 7-7 and Iowa responded with a 30y FG, OSU would tie with a FG of their own. 10-10. Iowa drove 11p 80y for 17-10 lead. A 44y TD reception by Dixon made it 17-17. Iowa broke serve and had to punt, but OSU fumbled twice, recovered both and punted to I11. After a 3rd and 8 incompletion Bosa was called for roughing the QB and targeting (ejected). Iowa got a 25y TD pass next play. 24-17. Barrett threw an INT at O41. 3 plays later it was 31-17 :30 left before HT. First half yards were 251-235 for OSU. Each punted twice to start the 3rd before Iowa went for a trick play on 4th and 3 from the O20, lined up for a FG, Iowa motioned everyone out, the P took the snap and lofted a ball to the C who tripped and fell at the 2. Stanley threw a TD pass next play with an OSU trying to sack him to no avail. 38-17. OSU went 3-and-out and Iowa scored again. 45-17. Another INT handed Iowa a FG. OSU drove to I23, but that drive ended on a 4th INT on a one-handed Beckem-esque grab. Iowa P faked from his own 15, SOD and OSU got a TD pass with 4m left. OSU onside kicked and Iowa’s backups ran 5 straight for 47y TD drive to end the scoring. 24-20 FD and 487-371 (7.0-5.8) TY for Iowa. OSU had two injuries to their OL in the first half, although Jones and Knox were able to return. But Iowa was playing with 2 Frosh OL and their unit performed vs a DL that is better than what Schiano had in the NFL, go figure. Stanley 20-31-226-5-0. Wadley 20-118, Butler 10-74. Barrett lV 18-34-208-3-4, leading rusher with 63y.

31-24 Northwestern has won 3 games in OT, first time a team in ncaa history has done such. NW converted 4th down on their opening drive leading to 7-0 lead. Lee threw a bad INT, but Thorson gave it right back. NU converted 4th-and-1 twice on their way to a TD. NW got some big plays for their 14-7 lead and NU answered back with big plays of their own. 14-14. NW kicked a 24y FG right before HT. Lee threw another bad INT and NW att a 44y FG but missed. NW had 13-9 FD and 280-178 TY edge at half (127-80 RY advantage). NU opened with a 49y pick-six to get on top 21-17. NU would then go 18p 79y in 9-1/2m, but settle for a 23y FG. 24-17. Early in the 4th Lee was hit and the ball was INT’d at NW16. NW would drive 13p 84y, converted 4th-and-1 and get TD with 5m left. 24-24. NU was driving had a 1st down at NW45, but had to punt with :45 left and we go to OT. NW ran 6 straight times and a 7th QB sneak on 4th down gave NW the 31-24 lead. NU’s OT possession didn’t go well with 2 incomplete and a sack, SOD on 4th-and-12 at the 27. NW had good success running 232y (5.2). NU did not, 112y (3.6). TY 475-337 (5.9-4.9) for NW. NW just 1 of 11 3rd down, NU 5 of 15. Thorson 19-35-243-0-2. Jackson 31-154-TD. Lee 21-38-225-2-3.

33-10 Michigan went 7p 83y for TD keyed by a 47y Higdon run (big runs would be theme for Michigan). Min went 10p 75y (9 runs, 1 pass) responded back to tie 7-7. Gophers would gain just 60y on their other 5 first half drives. Then 77y and 60y Mich TD runs made it 20-7 (Nordin missed xpt again). Mich missed a 49y FG. 20-7 HT. Min’s first 4 drives of the second half netted NEG –18y! While Mich scored on back-to-back drives to make it 33-7. Min’s final drive started with 8m left and went 12p 62y 12m ended in a 23y FG with 2m left. 427-164 (8.5-2.9) TY for Mich. Peters 8-13-56-1-0 (sacked 3x). Hidgon 16-200-2TD, Evans 13-191-2TD. Croft 5-12-74-0-0 (sacked 5x). R Smith 18-38-TD. Mich S Khaleke Hudson had 15 tkl, B1G record 8 TFL (tied ncaa record) with 3 sacks and forced fumble.

Big Ten weekly release
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools.../2017-18/misc_non_event/football-20171106.pdf

 

[s--k]

BIG Xll

38-9 Baylor gets their first win. BU punted on their first 3 drives, but then had 75, 74 and 56y TD drives. KU moved the ball ok at times, kicking 38 and 40y FGs (also a 48y miss). 21-6 HT. KU drove 64y for FG to open the 3rd, but would gain just 21 on their next 4 drives and 49y total for the half. BU enjoyed good field position throughout the second half because of KU struggles and added 17pts on mostly short fields. 20-15 FD and 455-289 (6.6-4.2) TY for BU. BU 7 of 16 to KU 3 of 16 3rd down. Brewer 23-29-315-3-0. Williams 23-62-TD. Mims 5-122. Carter 17-33-155-0-1. Herbert 10-71 (long 43). Sims 7-42. KU D did have 9 TFL.

42-35 Kansas St comes back with Skylar Thompson at QB replacing Alex Delton who was injured for the second straight week. KS had 10-0 lead and 17-14 HT. TT took a 21-17 lead, but KS got 25y pick-six to go back on top. 24-21 Cats. Two long drives for TT made it 35-24 early 4th. KS kicked 30y FG with 9m left....35-27... and then TT missed a key 31y FG with 3-1/2 left. KS connected on a 54y pass to the T26, PI moved the ball to the T8 and some of the tightest formation QB sneaks you ever saw resulted in a TD with :42 left – 2 pt conv pass good. 35-35. TT opted to take a knee with 1 timeout and :42 left (Kingsbury expressed hesitation with even attempting a FG that direction due to wind and prior issues this game/ssn). Seems questionable he would waste a potential scoring possession and risk OT. In OT KS got a TD pass and TT was SOD with 3 of their final 4 passes being incomplete. Raiders had 527-408 (6.3-6.4) TY. Delton 13-20-167-1-1, 23y rushing prior to injury. Thompson 5-8-96-1-0 (Sacked 2x). Barnes 10-45. Pringle 6-95-2TD, Schoen 5-103. Shimonek 34-53-405-4-1. King 16-71. Coutee 12-189-2TD. Bill Snyder spoke very highly of the job Thompson did, even though he was just 5 of 8, the 5 he connected on were great throws and critical (did have a 37y TD pass called back on a drive they punted).

20-16 West Virginia jumped out 20-0 lead, while ISU O struggled not crossing midfield on their first 4 drives, 20-3 HT. ISU came out with a TD then two drives for FG to trail by 4 (FGs kicked from the 1 and 7 yard lines!). WV was about to ice the game, but threw INT in EZ with 5m left. ISU couldn’t advance and was SOD and WV killed the clock. In addition to the INT in the EZ, WV was previously SOD at I34, missed FG from the I17 and ended the game at the I18. 524-350 (7.3-5.1) TY for WV. Grier 20-25-316-2-1, 28 rushing. Crawford 25-102. WR White 4-167-TD. Kempt 27-40-249-1-1. Montgomery 26-115.

62-52 Oklahoma – the 114 pts were the highest in the series featuring 1400+ yards. It was tied 38-38 HT with each team scoring on 6 of 8 first half possessions apiece. The second quarter had 52 pts and 540 yards! OSU fumbled in the 3rd at their own 10 leading to a OU FG. The next OSU possession was INT’d in the EZ. Those two empty possessions allowed OU to take a 10 pt lead. OU extended to 10 twice in the 4th and OSU cut it to 3 twice. Mayfield threw INT in the EZ with 3m left giving OSU some life. OSU faced 3rd-and-20, but lost an INT on a deflection, however OU was called for targeting on the receiver before the INT giving the Cowboys a second chance. They faced 4th-and-8 with 1m left and Rudolph elected to take a deep shot and for the first time probably all game, overthrew the receiver near the goal line. OU running out the clock busted a 53y TD run for the final margin. TY 785-661 (10.3-7.5) for OU – most yards ever all’d OSU history. OSU lost 3 TOs, OU lost 2. OSU D got 5 sacks, OU D 2. Mayfield 24-36-598-5-2. Anderson 21-111-TD, Sermon 10-81-TD. Marquise Brown 9-265-2TD. Mark Andrews 3-102. Rudolph 28-54-448-5-2. Hill 30-228-2TD. Washington 7-128-TD. I believe OU CB Jordan Thomas left the game injured and did not return.

24-7 TCU opened with a 7-0 lead aided by two Tex 15y personal foul penalties, TCU went for 4th-and-1 at the Tex21 on the drive. Tex’s MVP could be P Dickson pinning TCU deep several times as he has consistently done all season. TCU did drive 16p 84y, but Tex D forced a FG from the 1. 10-0. Tex had their best drive f the game in the 2nd qrt and moved into TCU territory for the first time leading to a 47y FGA (short). TCU took that drive 70y for a 17-0 lead. Tex hit a 33y TD pass to trail 7-17 HT. TCU had a 240-181 yard edge at HT. Neither O could do anything in the second half. In the 4th TCU converted 4th-and-1 for a 31y TD run and 24-7 lead. Tex best chance to score in the second half was SOD at TC35. 17-14 FD and 343-263 (4.7-3.8) TY for TCU. TCU D had 7 sacks and 12 TFL. Hill 18-26-146-0-0 (sacked 2x), rushed for 43y. Anderson 18-99-TD. Buechele 21-44-1-0. Leading Tex rusher was Young with just 31y.

 

[B.A.R.]

Awesome job, as always. Much needed this week to help catch me up.

 

[s--k]

Awesome job, as always. Much needed this week to help catch me up.

You're welcome, glad it helps.

 

[s--k]

MAC

44-16 Bowling Green scored on their first 3 drives. BG did benefit from 2 Kent fumbles leading to 2 FGs on just 7 yards of offense. BG led 20-9 with 189-165y edge HT. BG dominated the second half with three straight TD drives. BG turned another Kent TO into a 4p3y FG drive. BG generally drove the field for their TDs, Kent TOs led to easy FGs for Falcons. Kent –4 TOs. 401-284 (6.2-4.2) for BG. Doege 14-18-174-2-0 (sacked 3x). Clair 8-111-TD, Cleveland 17-60-TD. Bollas 16-35-140-0-3 (sacked 4x) and leading rusher 18-84-TD.

45-28 Ohio took opening drive for TD and MOh threw INT at O21. OU used big plays for a 14-0 lead. MOh converted 3rd-and-21 and went on for TD. 14-7. OU three-and-out and MOh got 4p 54y drive to tie 14-14. OU drive stalled and MOh threw INT ret’d to M4, couple plays later OU had TD. 21-14. Punts. MOh jumped offside on 4th-and-1 and OU would go up 28-14. MOh drove 10p 72y for TD with :11 left in the half. OU missed a 51y FG. 28-21 OU HT with a 279-249y edge. Punts, MOh drove 10p 95y to tie 28-28. OU converted a 3rd-and16 enroute to a 35-28 lead end of 3rd. OU drive started at own 31, D PI was called on MOh then two unsportsman like conduct towards a ref penalties were called on LB McMullen was ejected and after 45y in penalties OU moved to the M24 leading to a 42-28 lead. MOh final drives of the 4th qrt were SOD at M46, M28 and O27. OU added a FG on a short field. FD 26-21 OU, TY 448-443 (6.1-6.4) for MOh. 3rd down conv same. MOh-2 TOs. Rourke 21-33-294-3-0, 54RY w/ 3TDs. Ouellette 20-80. Cope & White comb’d 10-179-2TD. Bahl 28-51-350-3-2. Smith 10-84-TD. Gardner 10-166-3TD.

35-28 Central Michigan completes improbable comeback! WM was in control of the game with a 21-7 HT lead on a cold rainy night. WM had 259-91 yard edge in the first half! CM was aided by a facemask penalty on their opening drive of the 3rd and got a TD. 21-14. CM would muff a punt leading to a short WM TD drive. 28-14. WM would then fumble at the C4 and later fumble at their own 43 leading to a 29y CM rushing TD. 28-21 in the 4th. WM was sacked and punted, but CM popped a 35y run and 2 plays later tied the game mid 4th! CM kicked a line drive kick which hit a WM player at the 50 and CM fell on it, although Chips QB punted after pretending to go for it on 4th-and-1. WM punted it back and CM hit a 77y TD pass with 2-1/2 left for the 35-28 lead. WM drove as far as the C42, but suffered some dropped passes and SOD. TY 409-357 (6.3-5.0) for CM. The ncaa leading sacker CM’s Joe Ostman DNP, but CM still got 3 sacks. Morris 12-30-243-2-0, 27 rushing. Ward 17-132-TD. Corey Willis 5-148-TD. Goddard 6-18-42-0-1, only 10 RY. Franklin 26-229-2TD.

56-14 Eastern Michigan snaps their 6 game losing streak. EM led 28-7 with 3 of Ball’s first 4 drives being 3-and-out netting NEG yards. 35-14 HT. EM shut Ball out in the second half. FD 24-19, TY 448-326 (7.9-5.3) for EM. Roback 15-21-263-3-0. Eriksen 21-114-TD. Plitt 11-21-169-2-1. Huntley 16-75.

27-17 Toledo opened with 8p 81y TD drive, but NIU tied on their second possession 12p 70y. Tol would later fumble into the EZ following a 99y drive! NIU threw INT in Tol terr and Rockets drove for a FG before HT. 10-7. NIU opened the 3rd with a 7p 80y TD drive to lead 14-10, but Tol would score back-to-back TDs to enter the 4th with a 24-14 lead. NIU blk’d a punt at the T11, but they had to settle for FG. 24-17. Tol drove for 34y FG. 27-17. NIU threw INT at T33 and then missed a 47y FG with 4m left. NIU got ball back at their own 20 with 1-1/2m left, but ran out of time at the T25. FD 25-23 for NIU, but TY 527-430 (7.4-5.1) for Tol. NIU ws 8 of 17 3rd down, Tol just 4 of 13. Woodside 23-31-361-0-0. Swanson 29-116-3TD. WR Johnson 10-166. Childers 23-43-235-0-0, rushed 49y w/ TD. RB Jones 14-80.

MAC weekly release
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...11/7/MAC_Football_Weekly_Release_11_06_17.pdf

 

[Timh]

Great stuff s-k, greatly appreciate your effort.

 

[s--k]

Great stuff s-k, greatly appreciate your effort.

Sure thing. I should get quite a few more done tonight.

 

[s--k]

CUSA

30-25 FAU looked sharp early jumping out 14-0 early off a 74y drive and 19y “drive” following INT ret. FAU would later add a FG off another Herd INT. Mar drove and missed a 31y FG and made a 28y FG. 16-3 HT. Mar actually had 11-10 FD and only a 202-209 TY deficit at half, but –2TOs and missed FG, but were 67-43% 3rd down. Mar opened the 3rd with a TD drive, then recovered an onside kick, scoring a second TD but missed the xpt so tied 16-16. FAU was cold and went 3-and-out, but Mar couldn’t keep their momentum and punted. FAU did a reverse throwback and found Singletary wide open for 60y TD reception to go back ontop 23-16. Traded punts, then Mar threw their 3rd INT at the M41 and with 6 straight runs FAU had a 30-16 lead early 4th. Heavy rain now. Mar faked a punt at their own 33, Mar drive was kept alive by PI on 4th down. Then on 4th-and-10 from the F15 Litton found TE Yurachek diving in the EZ for a TD. 30-23. Mar D forced a punt getting the ball back with 3m left. Mar threw their 4th INT and the game appeared over with 2-1/2m left and no Herd timeouts. FAU started taking knees and after 2nd down Kiffin appeared to realize they couldn’t completely run the clock out. After a 3rd kneal down, FAU called timeout at their own 24 with :14 left and told the punter to run out of the EZ for a safety. Only problem is he ran straight back and only used :06 (instead of killing more time running around in the EZ potentially). So FAU had to KO from their own 25. The ball was fielded at midfield and had Mar fallen down they would’ve had one hailmary att, but instead they lateralled around until the ball was finally dead. 21-17 FD and 381-353 (4.8-5.6) TY edges for Mar. Driskel 11-17-104-0-0 (WR threw the 60y TD pass). Singletary 28-203-TD. Litton 20-39-253-2-4. King 22-72. Brady 8-82, Williams 4-122.

31-17 Vanderbilt and WKU traded TDs throughout the first half. VU had 21-14 HT lead with 277-191y edge. WKU opened the 3rd with a 17p 63y FG drive..21-17 while VU punted then muffed a punt. WKU was SOD at the V35 and two plays later VU got a 45y TD run. 28-17. VU added FG early 4th and WKU was SOD at V20 and INT’d at V7 on their final two drives. FD 22-19 edge for WKU, TY 394-349 (7.0-4.2) for VU. Shurmur 14-21-220-2-0. Webb 23-104-TD. White 31-50-324-0-0. WKU Leading rusher had just 19y. WR Jackson 7-135. VU D had 6 sacks and 12 TFL. WKU 8 of 21 3rd down, VU 5 of 11.

52-21 UAB had it rolling scoring TDs on their first SEVEN possessions including a 1p 9y “drive” following INT and also a pick-six on D. 42-7 HT. Rice did punt from U39, fum at U34 and end the half at the U6. They also had a 36y TD called back then punted. Rice gained 149y on their final two drives scoring TDs on each. Rice finished with 463-439 (7.8-7.7) TY, but was –3 TOs. AJ Erdely 20-21-197-3-0 (CUSA record compl %). RB Brown 17-140-3TD. Rice Glaesmann started, but threw an INT and was benched early. Smalls 14-22-227-1-1, leading rusher with 99y w/ TD. Cephus 4-100-TD.

6-0 Old Dominion wins their first ever shutout and the ODU D yielded their fewest yards this year (231). ODU got FG on their opening drive then were SOD at the C27 next possession and gained 146y in the first half. Char had just 93 first half yards and did miss a 48y FG. 3-0 HT. ODU kicked a FG from the C14, then later missed one from the C29. ODU didn’t advance further than the O45 in the 2nd half. 20-8 FD and 326-231 (4.1-4.7) TY ODU. ODU 7 of 19 3rd down, Char 2 of 12. Larussa started and went 5-5-25-0-0. Williams 15-25-153-0-0, 24 rushing. Lawry 25-98. Klugh 7-16-62-0-0, 30 rushing. Lemay 12-68.

24-23 North Texas got up first 7-0, but LT converted a 4th down on their way to a FG near end of 1st qrt. 7-3. LT would again convert a 4th down enroute to a 10-7 lead. NT threw an INT in the EZ on 1st down and LT would later go up 17-7. NT took some momentum into the locker room when they starting their drive at the N25 with :39 left. Fine guided them to a 48y FG as time expired. 17-10 Tech. NT did have 15-10 FD and 209-168 TY edges, 67-38% 3rd down despite trailing. LT went 3-and-out and NT tied 17-17. LT responded with a 37y FG and would later add a 35y FG early in the 4th. 23-17. NT converted a 4th-and-1 at their own 31 and went on for a TD...24-23. LT missed a 53y FG and NT was able to kill the final 2-1/2m. FD 26-19 and TY 415-315 (5.3-4.6) for NT. Fine 23-37-211-1-1, 16y rushing. Wilson 20-165-2TD. Smith 16-28-168-0-0, 29 rushing. RB Scott 16-64-TD, Craft 8-30.

14-7 FIU won a defensive struggle. UTSA came in with the #11 D in the country, but it was the FIU D in the first half that held UTSA to just 98y while FIU gained 183. FIU fumbled twice in UTSA terr and UTSA missed a FG. 0-0 HT. FIU took their opening 3rd qrt drive 15p 93y for 7-0 lead. UTSA fum the KO and FIU was in the EZ 1p 18y later. 14-0. UTSA got on the board early 4th with a 75y drive, then McGough threw an INT at UTSA 31 and Roadrunners drove with a 1st-and-goal at the F2, but FIU D stuffed them 4 straight runs to hold on to the lead with 7m left. FIU went 3-and-out and UTSA took over at the F40, but 3 straight incompletions led to SOD at F26 and this time FIU was able to kill all but the final :16. UTSA got near midfield and started lateraling until the ball was finally dead. UTSA 19-18 FD, but FIU 315-261 (5.1-4.2) TY. McGough 18-25-215-2-1. FIU Leading rusher had just 45y. Owens 8-72-TD. Sturm 13-21-105-1-0 (sacked 4x), leading rusher with 82y. FIU LB Treyvon Williams had 13 tkl, 4 TFL with 2 sacks.

24-10 Tennessee got a KO ret to midfield and UT went 9p 49y for 7-0 lead and that was all the offense until SM drove 10p 77y for a 27y FG. 7-3. UT responded with a 38y FG before HT. 10-3. SM O continued to struggle and two TOs and resulting returns to the S20 and S19 led to 2 UT TDs off of just 39y of offense. 24-3. The latter TD was scored after UT kicked a FG, but a bogus “leaping” penalty was called when the SM player simply jumped straight up in the air, did not have a running start, did not land on players, or fall towards the line of scrimmage, all he did was take 1 step and jumped straight up. Hopson went nuts after the replay, was called for unsportman like conduct and UT got a free first down and later the TD. UT’s next 5 possessions gained a total of just 12y. SM did go 10p 95y for TD and was later SOD at T39. FD 18-14 and TY 279-210 (3.7-3.6) for SM. SM was 7 of 20 3rd down, UT just 2 of 13. Guarantano 9-13-102-0-0. Kelly 20-79-2TD. Howard 7-22-100-0-1, Griggs 6-11-61-0-0 (comb’d 39RY while sacked 4x). RB Smith 20-51. WR Robertson 8-122. SM was called for 14 penalties totalling 120y...UT 3 for 29y. SM D only allow’d fewer yards once this year, to UTEP so SM held the Vols 100y below their avg.

30-3 Middle Tennessee D limited UTEP to 46 first half yards, but MT O wasn’t real consistent either, but led 17-0 HT. MT got a good punt ret then a penalty helping set up a 2p 24y TD drive. 24-0. In the 4th UTEP was SOD at their own 29 and MT “drove” 5p 29y for their final TD. MT FD 18-6 and 400-137 (6.1-2.5) TY for MTSU. Stockstill returned to start for the first time since week 2 and went 13-30-190-3-1. RBs Thomas 9-68-TD and Anderson 12-68. WR Lee 6-80-TD Metz 10-23-48-0-0 (sacked 3x). Fields 17-87. 137y UTEP gained were the fewest allow’d by MT this ssn.

CUSA weekly release
http://www.conferenceusa.com/documents/2017/8/28/Aug282017FBRelease.pdf

 

[VirginiaCavs]

Great stuff as always amigo. Hopefully you allow me to satisfy my curiosity and ask you what you asked me. What path of education and work have you undertaken for yourself and how may that be related to your interest in doing this awesomely useful grindwork?

 

[s--k]

MWC

21-0 Army shut out AF ending AF’s 3rd longest active and 5th longest all-time scoring streak. The Army – Navy game will now determine the outright champion of the Commander-in-Chief trophy which Army has not won since 1996. 20-12 FD and 392-190 (6.6-4.0) TY for Army. AF avg’d 350 RY per game, Army held them to 95. AF QB noted that Army had “more energy, more pep” on the field and on the sideline and his team was “flat the whole game”. It was 7-0 when Army missed a 30y FG (AF had missed a FG earlier as well). Then AF missed a would-be TD on a wideopen receiver. Soon after Army made it 14-0. Army was SOD at the AF22. With the score 14-0 AF was SOD at the AR16 on their next to last drive and Army would drive from there for their final TD. Army did not attempt a pass. Bradshaw 23-265-TD (most rushing yards in history by Army QB). Worthman 6-11-95-0-0, 34RY (2.8). McVey 10-39. Each team only had 6 possessions in the game (not counting the final Army victory formation). Army 10 of 12 3rd down (0-1 4th down), AF just 3 of 11 (2 of 3 4th down).

24-10 Utah State benefits from 4 NM fumbles. NM fumbled on 3 of their first 4 drives and the 5th was SOD. USU drove 9p 62y for TD and then after a USU fumble, NM got on the board with a 8p 17y FG drive. 7-3. USU RB Hunt busted a 65y run before HT for a 14-3 lead. USU made a FG in the 3rd and NM missed one. 17-3. USU added a scoop and score D TD before NM scored a garbage TD on their final drive. NM had 21-12 FD and 340-243 (4.3-5.1) TY. NM 4 fumbles occurred at the U4, U38, U10 and U30. NM lost 2 TOs...an INT at their own 25 and fumble at the U42. Love 13-24-114-0-1 (no Meyers). Hunt 14-117-2TD (65 on 1 play). Tuioti and Jordan comb’d 12-21-75-0-0. Jordan leading rusher 16-85.

31-23 UNLV QB Johnny Stanton started again and he passed for career high 244y. UNLV opened with a 8p 68y TD drive, but struggled the rest of the first half to sustain drives. Haw punted on their first 4 possessions before kicking two FGs. 7-6 HT. Haw onside kicked to open the 3rd, recovered but punted and UNLV had to punt back, Haw drove 3p 46y for TD and the 13-7 lead. UNLV would score 3 straight TDs helped by their own onside kick recovery 28-13 entering the 4th qrt. Haw made it 28-20 then UNLV drove for a 32y FG converting a 4th down along the way. Haw kicked a 27y FG with 2m left and this onside kick was recovered by the receiving team for a change. UNLV was forced to punt with 1m left and Haw drove as far as the LV23, but their final pass fell incomplete. FD even at 23, UNLV 412-400 (5.6-5.3) TY. 3rd down identical at 44%. UNLV was 2 of 3 on 4th down. Stanton 18-26-244-2-0, 27 RY w/ TD, Armani Rogers did play 2-5-37-0-1. Thomas 24-98-TD. Presley 4-95-TD. Brown 24-47-269-1-0, 10RY. Saint Juste 20-111-TD. Collie 8-85-TD.

41-14 Boise St was in a close one early, but it didn't last. Nev scored on 70+y TD drives 2 of their first 3 poss, but they couldn’t stop Boise who scored on every drive of the first half and their first 6 overall. 31-14 HT. Nev only had one potential scoring drive in the second half end on an INT. Boise’s first 3 drives of the second half were TD, SOD at N12 and FG from N24. 24-17 FD and 479-302 (6.9-4.6) TY for Boise. Rypien 20-27-258-2-0, Cozart 3-5-35, 24RY. Rypien and Cozart each caught a pass as well. Mattison 12-64-2TD. Wilson 5-80-TD. Gangi 24-37-160-1-3, 19 RY. RB Moore 17-106-TD.

16-13 Wyoming - the first half rain turned to snow after halftime and had a big impact on how the game was played. CSU drove to W24 with 1st down, but had to kick 41y FG. CSU drove again into Wyo terr, but punted. Wyo had a 12p 61y drive for 25y FG. 3-3. CSU would answer 12p 75y for TD. 10-3. CSU drove across midfield, but a penalty brought them back and they punted with 1m left. Wyo started at their own 20 and was able to get a 43y FG as time expired to trail by 4 HT. 10-6. Wyo opened the 3rd with a FG to cut it to 1. CSU converted a 4th down at W28, but ultimately settled for a 33y FGA, but a bad hold resulted in a SOD. After a Wyo punt, CSU drove right back down and this time kicked a 27y FG to lead 13-9. Allen fumbled at midfield and CSU drove to W35, but was SOD on 4th-and-6. Wyo took over with 7m left with Allen connecting to a diving receiver for 17y then got a 15y CSU penalty on their way to a TD and 16-13 lead. CSU punted from their own 25 with 2-1/2 left and Wyo killed the clock. FD even at 18, CSU 345-294 (5.0-5.4) TY. Allen 10-20-138-0-0, leading rusher with 60y. Stephens 8-14-110-0-0. Dawkins 29-154.

52-7 San Diego St scored often, the only thing that could stop them in the first half was halftime. It was 35-0 and SJ only crossed midfield once in the half. SJ used a trick play WR throw for a 54y TD reception to open the 3rd, but Penny broke his second long TD run of the game to make it 42-7. SJ was SOD at the Aztec25 and were set up for another opportunity following SDSt fumble at the same 25, but threw an INT. No garbage pts or yards here, SJ’s final 2 drives were three-and-out. SDSt ended the game at the SJ14. 554RY was a school record for SDSt (had 336RY in first half). 31-8 FD and 648-200 (8.3-4.7) TY for Aztecs and they were 11 of 13 on 3rd down. TOP was 43-17! Chapman 4-5-77-1-0. The last 2 weeks Chapman has completed just 9 total passes for 160y. Penny 20-234-3TD. Washington 16-134-2TD. Aaron 11-21-113-0-2. Nevens 15-46. SJSt had two LBs with 16 tkl each.

20-13 Fresno St scored on their opening drive 3-0. BYU was SOD at F43 and FS hit a 50y pass on their way to a 10-0 lead. BYU D slowed FS and the Cougar O had two long drives for FGs. 10-6 HT. FS took their opening drive for FG and BYU responded with a TD for 13-13 tie. Into the 4th FS went 14p 88y converted 3rd down 3x and led 20-13. Tanner Mangum was injured and both teams punted. Hoge was in for BYU and he led them as far as the FS26, faced 4th-and-1 with 5-1/2 left, but were SOD. FS would punt and BYU fumbled at their own 25 with 3m left. BYU had 2 timeouts...FS picked up one first down and called timeout on 4th-and-2 at the B6 with :20 left. They appeared to consider kicking a FG or going for it, they went for it gained 2 yards which ended the game without another play being run. FS 21-16 and 336-310 (4.8-5.2) TY. Each team 50% 3rd down. McMaryion 14-20-174-0-0. RB Hokit 13-59. Mangum 20-33-163-0-0, Hoge 3-10-51. Canada 12-84-TD.

MWC Weekly release:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...nts/2017/11/6/MWFB_Weekly_Release_11_6_17.pdf

 

[s--k]

Great stuff as always amigo. Hopefully you allow me to satisfy my curiosity and ask you what you asked me. What path of education and work have you undertaken for yourself and how may that be related to your interest in doing this awesomely useful grindwork?

Best describe myself as an auto mechanic of sorts. I set my own hours and am selective on work. Education is trade school.

So none of that is related to this. I just love college football. This time of year I am highly unproductive in just about every other aspect in my life because I eat, sleep and breathe as much college football as I can occupy my time with. The key to all of it is a fantasy wife who allows and I think partially understands the obsession like nobody else ever would. Alot of rough years between us early on during weekends in the fall, but my consistency in what I do and her willingness to accept it have led to the best marriage I could ever have.

 

[VirginiaCavs]

You sound very happy amigo!

 

[s--k]

I get burned out every year towards the end of the season. As much as I love it I overdose and the bowl break is very necessary and I don't come back quite as interested once the bowls start. But so far life is good.

 

[s--k]

PAC12

48-17 Utah started slow and Josh Rosen did not travel. UCLA fumbled a punt leading to a 4p 16y TD late 1st qrt. UCLA hit a 42y pass and got in position for a 37y FG. Utah O started to get it going with a nice TD drive for 14-3 lead. UCLA’s Modster would go 3-of-3 to pull within 4 late 2nd qrt. Utah had a 1st and goal but with :07 left on 4th down settled for 25y FG. 17-10 HT Utes. UCLA would go 3-and-out 4 straight while Utah scored 3 straight TDs making it 38-10 through 3 qrt. FD 24-12 and 506-249 (7.0-5.2) TY for Utah, 50% to 25% 3rd down. Surprisingly Utah only had 1 sack (UCLA D got 2). Huntley 15-22-234-4-0, 93RY. Moss 23-153-2TD. Modster 8-12-103-1-0. Olorunfunmi 16-63.

24-21 Washington State dialed up some snow at the end of the first qrt, first time Stanford has played in snow since 1936 against Columbia in NY! SU’s first three drives only gained 31y, but WSt only gained 42 over their first three as well. Then Love broke a 52y run on the first play of the second qrt for a 7-0 lead. Love would have just 17y on 15 att outside of that run and Stan would have just 56y the rest of the first half. WSt scored back-to-back TDs to close the first half. 14-7 HT. WSt came out with a first down at the S14, but had to settle for a 41y FG. SU would drive for a TD. 17-14. SU would get a 52y pick-six for the 21-17 lead! SU’s next 4 drives would not gain a single first down and WSt drove 11p 95y for the 24-21 lead with 7m left and SU could do nothing to try and answer. WSt ended the game at the S23. FD 25-9 and 430-198 (5.6-4.2) TY for WSt, 50% to 25% third down. Falk 34-48-337-3-1 (sacked 3x). Morrow 16-66. Martin 7-67-TD. Costello 9-20-105-0-1. Love 16-69-TD. WSt D had 11 TFL.

37-23 Cal – OSU used a trick play WR screen across field throw to Nall for their 7-0 lead. Cal would score 17 straight to lead 17-7. Ore St nailed back-to-back 49y FGs for 17-13 score. With :31 left Cal kicked their own 49y FG. 20-13 HT. Cal did have 254-170y edge. Cal fumbled at the O8 to open the 3rd, but OSU went three-and-out and Cal added FG. 23-13. OSU drove for TD near end of 3rd. 23-20. Cal quickly moved down field to make it 30-20. After an OSU punt Cal added another TD early 4th. 37-20. OSU made some nice chunk plays and had 1st down at C13, but kicked 31y FG. 37-23. Cal ran out the last 6m. FD 34-18 and 475-299 (6.2-5.2) TY for Cal with 60-38% 3rd down. Bowers 24-30-259-2-0. Laird 33-214-TD. Wharton 8-121-TD. Garretson 13-25-169-0-0. Tyner leading rusher 8-41-TD. Nall 12-35, but was leading receiver with 4-54-TD. OSU LB Manase Hungalu had 20 tkl!

41-30 Arizona St started slow. CU jumped out 10-0 (also dropped a would-be 76y TD then punted) - while ASU missed FG and SOD at A49. CU was SOD at A28 and ASU would take that 6p 72y for TD. 10-7. CU scored to make it 17-7 with 1m left, but ASU had enough time to go 7p 77y for a 25y TD pass with :07 left. ASU even recovered an onside kick, but missed a 55y FG. 17-14 CU HT. Teams traded FGs. 20-17. CU hit a 54y TD pass to extend the lead to 10. The CU D was wearing out entering the 4th. ASU got a 37y FG to cut into lead. 27-20. CU then had their punt blk’d and ASU got a 40y TD drive to tie. 27-27. CU got a 60y catch and run from Lindsay to the A15, but settled for 28y FG mid 4th. 30-27. 4 rush+1pass for 75y ASU had the lead 34-30. CU could only gain one first down and punted. CU rushed 7p for 85y and got a TD with :46 left. CU threw a hailmary as time expired that was INT’d. 27-23 FD and 583-454 (6.6-5.7) TY for ASU. Of ASU’s 381 RY, 191 came in the 4th qrt. ASU D had 5 sacks. Wilkins 18-34-202-2-0, 95RY w/ TD. Richard 25-189. Harry 6-81-TD. Montez 23-41-345-1-1, 24RY. Lindsay 23-80-2TD. Fields 6-128-TD.

38-3 Washington was in a close one early. Ore drove for 30y FG while UW missed FG. Ore drove to W18, but fumbled. And UW started taking control from there. A 64y record breaking punt ret for Pettis opened the flood gates. Gaskin broke a 43y TD run. 17-3 HT. Ore had no O in the second H never crossing midfield while UW scored TDs on three straight drives. 19-16 FD and 451-278 (7.8-4.1) TY for UW, 54-44% 3rd down. Browning 11-19-204-2-1 as UW ran some max protect plays to allow him time on some downfield throws. Gaskin 17-123-TD. Pettis 4-87-TD. Burmeister 7-13-31-0-1 (sacked 2x – Herbert DNP). Freeman 24-122.

49-35 USC was up big, but didn’t put the Cats away. USC at times played like one of the best teams in the PAC12 and other times played sloppy and undisciplined, they had 2 sideline warnings in the first half. USC was SOD at A17 to open, but blk’d a punt for TD, then on the 3rd possession threw an INT on 2nd down from the A1 in the EZ. They faced a 4th-and-1 at their own 42 and Helton sent out the punt team, but yielded to crowd and player displeasure, called timeout and went for it and converted. USC would lead 21-6 HT. UA fumbled at the SC4 to open the 3rd, USC extended it to 28-6 mid 3rd. Then UA went 6p 75y w/ 32y Tate TD run. 28-13. USC three-and-out. UA went 5p 57y w/ 30y TD pass. 28-20. USC broke off a 42y TD run. 35-20. UA 4p 75y keyed by Tate 54y run. 35-27. USC three-and-out. UA 6p 47y, 2pt good. 35-35 mid 4th. USC easily moved down the field 7p 72y to retake the lead 42-35 with 6m left. On the first play of the UA drive Tate threw a horrible INT. SC RB Jones ripped a 52y run and they scored next play. 49-35 3m left. Tate threw another INT to end any comeback. USC finished the game at the A7 before taking knees. USC was called for 14 penalties 123y! UA just 3 for 32y. FD 30-25, 642-380 (8.2-5.1) TY for USC. Trojans played man cover zero about the whole game trying to corral Tate, it led to 5 sacks, but you can’t stop Khalil Tate, you can only hope to contain him. Darnold 20-26-311-2-1. Jones 27-194-3TD. Ware 14-122-TD. 10 SC receivers caught a pass. Tate 14-31-146-2-2, leading rusher 26-161-TD. Taylor 12-51. Brown 8-78-TD receiving.

PAC12 Weekly Release
http://static.pac-12.com.s3.amazonaws.com/sports/football/pdf/2017/FB_Release_11-07-17.pdf

 

[TahoeLegend]

Good job as usual SK.

I will add a note on the CSU/Wyo game. The CSU staff lost their nerve in the 4th quarter and it cost them the game. With about 6 min or so left Wyo fumbled and CSU recovered on about the Wyo 35. It was hard to tell because it was snowing the hardest. CSU was up by 3 and for some reason they didn't even try to run any offense just gave it on a straight ahead run into the middle three straight times. On fourth down and about 6 or 7 they did the same thing and by then Wyo knew what they were going to do and stuffed it. No idea why if they were not going to try to make it they didn't punt. They acted like they though because it was snowing nothing they had no choice but to just run into the middle even though Wyo knew that's what they were going to do. A strange attitude for a team located at high altitude.

Wyoming got the ball and did the opposite. They started attacking immediately and marched down the field and won the game.

Not sure what the mental state of CSU will be this week after the coaches gave up on the team in their biggest rivalry game, but I won't be on them.

 

[s--k]

Thanks Tahoe.

Yeah I saw them do that. Think they ran it on 4th and 6 and gained 4. At first I thought a prior error on the earlier FG made them gun shy, but that was too far for a FG. Kind of was watching out of the corner of my eye, but certainly seemed odd how they handled it and agree it cost them the game. Thanks for bringing attention to that.

 

[s--k]

I'm not going to get SEC recaps outside of the nonconference ones already posted. Since it is the best conference everybody probably knows what happens in their games.

Sun Belt coming up

 

[booksbestfriend]

I smell a hint of sarcasm.

 

[s--k]

Sun Belt

24-21 Troy - Idaho missed a FG on their opening drive then after a Silvers fumble, ID drove 50y for TD. 7-0. Silvers then threw INT at the ID3, but Idaho punted back and Troy went 6p 59y to tie 7-7. Troy got bailed out on 3rd-and-25 with a targeting call and kicked a 40y FG before HT. 10-7 with a 197-143y edge for Trojans. Troy took opening drive 3rd qrt for TD. 17-7. Idaho was SOD at the T33, next possession Idaho SOD at T34. Third possession Idaho converted 3rd down 3x and went 8p 91y for TD 4th qrt. 17-14 Troy. Late 4th Troy drove to ID12, 4th-and-5, kicked a 29y FG, but Idaho ran into the K, not 4th-and-inches Troy put the O back on the field, converted a QB sneak then got a TD next play to lead 24-14. With 4m left Idaho started at their own 19. They worked down to a 1st and goal at the T4...Linehan rolled out under pressure and threw an INT that was ret’d for Troy TD, but replay showed he as actually down on a sack. Unfortunately Linehan was injured and had to leave so Mason Petrino enters. He was roughed on his first throw. Next play he was sacked, but a Troy unsportaman like (taunting?) was called. Finally, next play Petrino threw a tight pass to the corner goal line – side line for a TD with :23 left. 24-21. Onside kick recovered by Troy. ID 22-20 FD, but Troy 395-378 (5.9-5.6) TY. Silvers 20-30-212-1-1. Chunn 18-113-2TD. Linehan 23-34-282-2-0 (sacked 5x). Duckworth 13-64. Onunwar 9-111-2TD. Idaho has a bye this week, Linehan’s status for next week is questionable.

21-17 Georgia State ret’d a fumble for a D TD on the first play of the game. 7-0. GaSo responded with a 17p 80y TD drive! (converted 3rd down 5x). 7-7. The next 11 possessions were punts with little O to be had. A good punt ret set up GaSo at midfield with :47 left and they drove for a 48y FG. 10-7. GaSt missed a 32y FG to open the 3rd. GaSo went on another epic drive, 15p 80y (converted 4th down 2x) to lead 17-7. Manning connected with Hart on a 70y pass and had TD 2 plays later. 17-14 Eagles end of 3rd. GaSt threw an INT at their own43, ret’d to the 28, but GaSo fumbled it back. GaSt then drove to attempt to tie, but missed a 53y FG with 5m left. GaSo fumbled again, this one at their own 36 and on 3rd down Manning connected with Hart for the go-ahead TD. 21-17 2-1/2 left. GaSo wasn’t done. Aided by PI, GaSo was at the 15 with :19 left. After gaining 11y they had two shots, the first pass was thrown away, the final play Werts was tkl’d trying to scramble from pressure. Heartbreaker. FD 19-15 for GaSo, but 368-336 (6.0-4.3) for GaSt. Manning 22-37-319-2-1 (sacked 4x). Leading rusher had 49y. Hart 8-191-TD. Werts 22-28-147-1-0, leading rusher with 63 w/ TD. Fields + Ramsby comb’d 22-84. GaSt did miss 2 FGs, but benefitted from 3 critical fumbles by GaSo.

52-45 ULM got up 7-0, then 1p 39y after a AP fumble for 14-0 1st qrt lead. AP got a FG, but ULM ran KO back 95y. 21-3. AP scored 2 straight TD to only trail 21-17. ULM went back up 28-17, then Moore broke a 75y TD run with 1m left in the half. ULM was at the AP20, but threw INT in EZ. 28-24 HT. AP opened with a TD for the 31-28 lead. ULM punted and AP was SOD at LM17 and then ULM went 10p 80y converting 4th down along the way to retake 35-31. Lamb hit a 60y pass enroute to a TD for 38-35 App St lead end 3rd. ULM made a 44y FG to tie. 38-38. AP punted and ULM drove 12p 60y with 4th down conv to go up 45-38. AP tied with just :53 left off a 9p 43y drive. 45-45. Evans hit Turner for a 50y TD pass going up 52-45 with just :30 left. Turner came from out of bounds to make the catch with a flag thrown, but refs determined he was forced out and the TD stood. AP was able to get as far as the LM39, but their final pass into the EZ was incomplete. 28-25 FD and 569-508 (8.1-7.8) TY for ULM. Evans 24-32-256-3-1, 47TY w/ 2TD. Gore 18-103-TD. Turner 6-134-2TD. Lamb 20-29-339-4-0 (sacked 3x) still 21RY. Moore 21-114-2TD. Lewis 7-87-3TD.

45-35 New Mexico State trailed 17-21 HT. TxSt scored first off a wildcat trick play throw 7-0. NMSt tied 7-7 and TxSt came right back 11p 75y. 14-7. NMSt punted 3 straight, while TxSt was SOD at N35 and fumbled at N28. NMSt would hit 3 big plays quickly going 81y to tie. 14-14. TxSt got a 76y TD run to back on top. NMSt managed a 35y FG to make it 21-17 HT. Teams traded punts to open 3rd and then NMSt took their first lead 24-21 on an 81y Rogers 4-of-4 drive. After an INT NMSt got another TD off a short field. 31-21. TxSt scored TD to cut it to 3 at the end of the 3rd. Rose took a short pass 68y leading to a 38-28 score. TxSt used another trick play, a zone read to the RB, who threw a jump pass to a wide open receiver and a 69y TD. 38-35 with 9m left. Rogers went 5 of 6 on way to the final TD and 45-35 score. FD 30-26 and 622-563 (7.6-6.3) TY for TxSt. Rogers 29-46-474-3-0, 33RY w/ TD. Rose 19-81-TD. Scott 7-130-TD. Damien Williams 31-47-321-2-1 (sacked 3x - also lost 2 fumbles). Back-to-back weeks of career high yards. King 11-129-TD.

39-38 Arkansas comes from behind! Ark did get out 7-0. CC came back with a 14p 7m drive (conv 3rd down 3x) to tie 7-7. CC moved 88y aided by several Ark 15y penalties and led 14-7! Ark tied on a 60y screen pass TD. 14-14. Ark got up 17-14. Ark appeared to have a hail mary before HT that was tipped several times and caught for TD, replay ruled the Ark player was down before crossing the goal line. 17-14 HT. CC went up 21-17 then scoop-and-scored a fumble to lead 28-17! Ark responded and made a key 2 pt conv. 28-25 CC. A 32y FG extended CC’s lead to 31-25. CC converted 4th-and-2 and got a TD 38-25 early 4th! Ark got an 88y TD run. 38-32. With nearly 8m left Ark started their 11p 76y drive resulted in a TD and the 39-38 lead with 2m left. CC went 4-and-out and Ark took knees. FD even 21-21, Ark 523-359 (8.7-5.4) TY edge. CC was 8 of 15 3rd down, Ark just 3 of 9. Kelley 16-25-264-1-0. Hammonds 7-119-TD (88 on 1 play). Whaley 12-81-TD. 11 diff receivers caught a pass. CC starting QB Keane was hot early, but injured 9-11-113-TD. His backup Anderson came in to replace 6-17-115-2TD, 37RY. RB Hairston 9-45. WRs Williams 7-95-TD and Jones 4-106-TD.

19-14 ULL started Tr Fr Levi Lewis for his first action of the year. ULL went up 3-0 and Lewis hit a 54y TD pass for 9-0 lead. Lewis threw for another TD for 16-0 early 2nd qrt and added a 20y FG later. USA punted on their first 5 drives never crossing midfield in the first half until their final possession going 10p 80y for a TD with :38 left. 19-7 HT. Shoe on other foot, now ULL punted on their first 4 drives of the second half. USA threw an INT at the UL16 to open the 3rd and early 4th threw another INT at the UL3! USA’s final drive went 12p 89y in 1-1/2m resulting in a 18y TD pass on 4th down. ULL recovered the onside kick. FD 23-16 for USA. TY 374-368 (5.8-5.3) for ULL. Lewis 8-15-110-2-0, leading rusher 129y. Trey Ragas added 84RY. Dallas Davis started 1-6-7-0-0, was benched for Garvin 22-35-274-2-2. ULL D got 3 sacks.

Weekly Sun Belt release
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...ce_Football_Weekly_News_and_Notes_Week_11.pdf

 

[B.A.R.]

Good job as usual SK.

I will add a note on the CSU/Wyo game. The CSU staff lost their nerve in the 4th quarter and it cost them the game. With about 6 min or so left Wyo fumbled and CSU recovered on about the Wyo 35. It was hard to tell because it was snowing the hardest. CSU was up by 3 and for some reason they didn't even try to run any offense just gave it on a straight ahead run into the middle three straight times. On fourth down and about 6 or 7 they did the same thing and by then Wyo knew what they were going to do and stuffed it. No idea why if they were not going to try to make it they didn't punt. They acted like they though because it was snowing nothing they had no choice but to just run into the middle even though Wyo knew that's what they were going to do. A strange attitude for a team located at high altitude.

Wyoming got the ball and did the opposite. They started attacking immediately and marched down the field and won the game.

Not sure what the mental state of CSU will be this week after the coaches gave up on the team in their biggest rivalry game, but I won't be on them.

Good post.

Chalk up another 'downvote' for CSU coaching, in my book.

 

[B.A.R.]

He made me wait all week for the #FunBelt

 

[s--k]

Sometimes I find myself looking back for a game result, so maybe this could help someone else doing the same:

week 10
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/index.php?threads/week-10-recaps.132779/
week 9
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/index.php?threads/week-9-recaps.132636/
week 8
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/index.php?threads/week-8-recaps.132480/
week 7
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/index.php?threads/week-7-recaps.132333/
week 6
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/index.php?threads/week-6-recaps.132218/
week 5
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/index.php?threads/week-5-recaps.132083/
week 4
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/index.php?threads/week-4-recaps.131966/
week 3
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum...x-scores-recaps-misleading-finals-etc.131833/
week 2
N/A
week 1
http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum...isleading-finals-recaps-bad-beats-etc.131490/