Coach Mau and his Career [Archive]

mauboy

12-09-2005, 04:49 PM

Here's a quick look at what my roster looks like before we get the season underway. We had one of the worst recruiting rank in the nation at 105th. So I don't really expect to have too many true freshman starting; if any at all.

OFFENSE

Quarterback:

Senior, Lynn McDaniel(4/4) will be getting all the snaps this year pending that he can pass his classes. He barely has a 2.0 GPA. I suspect he'll run the option better than anything as he's got good acceleration and agility for a QB. He's got an average arm strength and accuracy wise.

Backing him up is Freshman, Doug Clare(1/4). He is not very good, but has as good of potential than Lynn does. Doug is a pocket passer more than anything as he's not very quick with his feet.

Overall: D+

Running Back:

Senior, Bam Bradford(6/6), perhaps the coolest name on the team, will be getting the bulk of the carries this season. He too like McDaniel has maxed out his potential as a senior. Bam is an above average back who's got great hands out of the backfield. He'll be relying on elusiveness more than outrunning the defense. I expect Bradford to be our best player this season on the offensive side.

Gerome Oslzewski(2/6) will be giving Bam breaks occasionally. Gerome is a sophomore with potential to be as good as Bradford. He will be the starter next season most likely unless some freak of nature freshman can beat him out.

Overall: C+

Full Back:

Overall: C

Wide Receiver:

Brandon May(4/7) is a possesion receiver with hardly any speed at all. He's a sophomore and he'll be doing most of the catching along with Ricky Davis(3/5) who happens to be even slower than May. Another notable is Thad Matthews(2/7), the fastest of the group, but the least developed. Next season will definitely be funner to watch when these guys improve. They're all sophomores, so we should be set in the WR department for the next few seasons. (NOTE: Less WR Recruiting)

B- (Could be the best WR tandem in the Mountain West next season)

Offensive Line:

There truly is only one player to talk about here, and quite possibly the only player on the whole team who has the potential to be in the NFL. Gil Shaw(2/9) is a sophomore this year and will be handling the right side of the line in the tackle position. He's a great pass blocker and an above average run blocker. His great work ethic will allow him to improve over the next few years.

Overall: C+ (Will go up when Shaw improves)

Sophomore Keith Garmon(5/7) is also a sophomore who can play pretty well when he wants. He's got above average ability as both a pass and run blocker. He'll be Mr. Consistent this season. He'll be the Right Guard, so as you may notice, our right side is a little stronger, so we may do the bulk of our plays to the right.

Tight End:

Nothing really of note to talk about here.

Overall: C-

mauboy

12-09-2005, 04:52 PM

DEFENSE

Defensive Ends:

Junior, Art Pritchett (4/6) will be getting the majority of the sacks this season. He's got pretty good moves at the line and can tackle well.

On the other side, Laveranues Perry(3/6) is just like Pritchett but he is only a sophomore.

Overall: C

Defensive Tackles:

Eh. Scary bad. We may need to clog up the middle with our poor linebackers in hopes that teams won't dominate us in the middle. Eek.

Overall: D/D-

Linebackers:

Junior Inside Linebacker, Michael Jordan(3/6) will be busy with the defensive tackles in front of him. He's a pretty quick Backer who will be getting most of the tackles this year.

Junior Brian Byson(4/5) and Freshman Eason White(3/8) will be handling the duties of containing the outside runs. White has potential to be a pretty good player and will probably be considered one of the best LB's in school history when his career is said and done.

Overall: C+

Defensive Backs:

Senior, Eric Davis(6/6) will be the leader among the cornerbacks. He's perhaps one of the quickest guys after the snap, but he most likely won't catch anybody on a breakaway. He's got awful hands and average tackling ability.

No one really should be noted in the Safety department. I suspect we'll be getting burnt quite a bit downfield.

Overall: D+/C-

Special Teams:

Les Bolden(4/4) is the definition of average. He'll make a few more than he'll miss, but he won't be able to kick anything with accuracy beyond the 40 yard distance. Junior, Javin Tensi(1/5) will be the kicker next season after red shirting this season.

Devin Brown(4/4) is a senior, much like Bolden, he won't amount to much with his strength, but may surprise a few with his above average accuracy. Freshman, Karsten Parent(1/5) will own the job next season after red shirting this year.

Overall: C-

Overall as a team: C-

A quick prediction for the season, we'll go right around .500.

mauboy

12-09-2005, 05:18 PM

For our recruiting service, we're going to focus on the West Coast and the Great Plains. We've hired Gridiron.com to help us with the recruiting this season. They've got good quality players listed in their program at quite a few positions we need; perhaps we can nab a top player. We're definitely looking forward to recruiting some of these youngsters.

We plan to focus on getting a quarterback, running back, offensive line, and pretty much every defensive position minus the linebackers.

Schedule:

1 Central Florida
2 OPEN
3 at East Carolina
4 Colorado State
5 at Air Force
6 OPEN
7 Wyoming
8 at Texas Christian
9 UNLV
10 Brigham Young
11 at Utah
12 OPEN
13 at New Mexico
14 Connecticut
15 OPEN

We picked up a big game against Connecticut; they'll be our highest rated non conference foe this year. Good luck us.

ahnyung

12-09-2005, 06:10 PM

sounds good startin with a not so good ,but potentially good team. Here is to hoping your hb dosnt get injured

mauboy

12-09-2005, 06:36 PM

It was a defensive battle for the first quarter and a half against a very potent running attack from Central Florida. We were able to hold UCF scoreless until finally with 6 minutes to go in the half, they made a field goal to lead 3-0. We responded with a few good plays for a total of three first downs, but eventually got called for tripping then got sacked to stop any sort of chance we had at tying up the ball game.

UCF made a nice punt return to mid-field which started out a stellar drive into the end zone to end the half.

After 3 quarters of play, UCF increased their lead to 13-0. We started out with the ball to begin the 4th quarter and we drove it all the way down to the 5 yard line before our running back fumbled it which of course was recovered by the defense.

We were able to come up big on defense with a interception by free safety, Alex Brown. With 9 minutes to play in the game, we were faced with a big 4th down play. We ran the ball on 4th and 2 but came up short after a gain of 1. A

fter another defensive stop and a nice return with 5 minutes to go we decide to capitalize on a good drive with a touchdown run by the fullback Charlie Izzo. So with just under two minutes go and all three of our timeouts to go, we needed to get the ball back. 13-7 and we end up kicking it deep rather than an onside kick in hopes it would pay off.

After a 3 and out and no idea how to utilize timeouts..... We got the ball back at mid field with 20 seconds to go. Gosh, I was clicking timeout but it didn't help, apparently. 20 seconds to go and we go into deep pass mode down by 6. An interception on the final play of the game finishes it off. We start the season with a heartbreaker and go to 0-1.

A number of good things happened, but not more than bad things. We were outgained by a small margin, 351 to 299. We had more rushing yards with 161; with QB Mcdaniel getting most of them with 118 yards rushing on 16 carries. Bam Bradford was limited in his rushes because of a small injury, he had 11 carries for 41 yards. McDaniel was 14 of 22 passing for 130 yards and a pick.

We had quite a solid effort on the defensive side with six total sacks. DT Uwaezuoke along with DE Pritchett had two sacks each. Leading tackler was Alex Brown who had 9 tackles and a pick.

For our next game we'll need a healthy Bam Bradford for the whole game if we want to win this. I was limited in my playcalling to running with ineffective back-up Hubbert who ran 11 times for 14 yards. Olsz we retain his backup position next week as Hubbert was quite pitiful.

Next up in week 3, AT East Carolina who lost their first game of the season as well.

mauboy

12-09-2005, 06:59 PM

We just received news from the doctor that Bam Bradford's status is not promising. He's got knee inflammation and is doubtful for the next game. He'll be fully recovered in 7-9 weeks. I guess we'll have to stick with Tubbert or Olszewski. We've also received word that our #2 Wide Out Brandon May will be sitting out because he wasn't able to raise his GPA up over 2.0(1.98!!). After all this, we're only underdogs by 2 points.

The Top 5 to begin Week 3 is:

1. Miami
2. LSU
3. Florida St.
4. Florida
5. Michigan
110.(probably around) SDSU! Woot!

Game Three Coming up AT East Carolina.

mauboy

12-09-2005, 07:58 PM

Week 3 AT East Carolina:

Our opening drive was a good one. With two big runs by McDaniel totalling 44 yards and a screen pass to #3 receiver Ricky Davis which ended being a 41 yard touchdown pass! We take a quick 7-0 lead while only taking three minutes off the clock.

Even after FOUR turnovers in the first half we were able to get two more field goals before finally East Carolina was able to get a touchdown. That score left two minutes on the clock for the Aztecs offense. We only needed 1:40 of that to get a touchdown pass to Darryl Dee who got drilled by two corners. Dee is last on the depth chart, but came up big when we needed him most! McDaniel had over 200 yards passing in the first half along with 92 yards rushing on 6 attempts. Three fumbles came between Olszewski and Hubbert, but at least Olszy is running the ball well so far with 4 carries for 41 yards.

The second half strategy is to control the clock to keep this 20-7 lead.

Olszewski continued to stay hot on the ground throughout the 3rd quarter as he scored a touchdown on a 20 yard run play. 27-7.

McDaniel also continues to stay hot on the next drive. After some healthy gains on the ground, McDaniel threw his 3rd touchdown of the game, 2nd to Ricky Davis to extend the lead to 34-7. Some impressive stats for McDaniel so far!

The rest of the 4th quarter is quiet as neither team scored to make the final score 34-7. Quite the performance on the defensive side! There were no TO's in the 2nd half after four in the first half alone. The defense held East Carolina to a total of 214 yards while we gained 236 yards...on the ground alone. We ended up with 584 yards of offense! McDaniel had 348 yards passing with 3 TD's and 1 interception. He also had 16 carries for 163 yards. Olszewski had 18 carries for a 77 yard day and a TD. Ricky Davis led the receiving corps with 6 receptions for 154 yards and 2 TD receptions!

On the defensive side we didn't have a whole lot happen except the other team couldn't do anything through the air as we held the QB to 17/30 passing with 108 yards. Excellent job. Let's see this carry over to next week against our first conference foe, Colorado St.

mauboy

12-09-2005, 08:28 PM

Week 4 VS Colorado State(0-2)

PREGAME NEWSFor this week we were told the injury caused to Hubbert was very serious. He was injured last week vs ECU, and he was taken out for the rest of the game because of spinal compression in his neck. He'll be OUT for 10-12 weeks, which is pretty much the rest of the season. This means for the next few weeks while Bam Bradford is doubtful, we'll need Olszewski to step up big. For this game, we removed Freshman running back Billy Redman's redshirt status and made him the backup to Olszewski if Bam Bradford doesn't start.

GAME TIME

After marching down the field Colorado State had to settle with a field goal attempt from 27 yards out...But they missed it to give us the ball! The Aztecs then drove down most of the field before having to punt it back.

At the end of the first quarter the Rams scored a touchdown on a 45 yard pass to the tight end. 7-0 them.

After another punt by us, Colorado State marched down the field effortlessly again but our defense came up big and forced the Rams to kick another field goal, which they missed yet again, this time from 33 yards out.

This time we drove down the field to score a touchdown. Ricky Davis caught a 35 yard pass from McDaniel which tied the game at 7 with six minutes to go in the half.

Small change on offense. Olszewski has been absolutely pathetic so far this game, running three times for -9 yards. Bam Bradford started the game, I let him run one play in which he ran for 18 yards. I'm going to give Bam a few more carries; I want to be real careful with him though. I'll be putting Redmond behind Bam for the rest of the game... for now.

The Rams took the ball all the way back deep into our territory and this time around they're able to make the field goal to take the lead 10-7.

After a few stupid penalties on our offense we were forced to punt it from deep in our own territory. After a 60 yard punt, the Rams set themselves up for one last drive in the half. They gained 40 yards on a 3rd down and long play with 20 seconds left. This set them up for yet another field goal...only to miss it yet again. The Rams go into the half with a 10-7 lead.

mauboy

12-09-2005, 09:21 PM

2nd Half

After a defensive stop we got the ball, but more stupid holding penalties pushed us back to the 6 yard line. Miscommunication between the back and QB caused a safety. The Rams lead extended to five as they lead 12-7. But good came out of it as on the first play of the Rams they fumbled it which was recovered by us on the 16 yard line. On a 2nd and 1 call, Bam Bradford fumbled the pitch from McDaniel, but was able to recover it after a loss of eight. We had to settle for a field goal to make the score 12-10.

The rest of the 3rd quarter would be scoreless as the game goes into the 4th with the score still 12-10, Colorado St.

After a pick by SS Michael Williams, we were able to move the ball down a little bit to the 24 yard line where Coach Mau had to make a crucial 4 and 1 call. After a little fight with the offensive coordinator upstairs, Mau called in the field goal unit. Kicker Lee Bolden after a perfect snap nailed the 42-yard field goal to give the Aztecs a 13-12 lead with 11 minutes to go in the game.

On the Rams next drive, OLB Brian Byson came up huge with an interception to give us the ball back at around mid field.

On 4th and 1 again on the 24, Mau stared up to the booth again contemplating once again to go for it. This time he decides to do so. The play was sent down, and it was spread, QB keeper right. McDaniel gave the call in the huddle, on two. The line sets up, motion, hut-hut... Wait, it was pitched to the running back for some reason, and he's stopped in the back field for a loss of three. Turnover on downs. (Arlie, if you're reading this, this has happened to me more than a few times now when the play is still drawn up as a keeper or whatever play is on the screen and a different play is run. What's up?). 6 minutes to go in the ball game and the Aztecs still hold a slim one point lead.

The Rams converted two 3rd down and long plays because the defense changed the call before the snap. The Rams were at mid field now with three and a half minutes to go.

Another 3rd down conversion after a changed defensive play with under three minutes to go. The ball is now on the 34 yard line for the Rams and they're threatening big time.

1st and 10 is a deep pass down the side line which falls incomplete.
1:50 - 2nd and 10 - Our defensive call is a 4-3 Pass defense, mid-zone coverage with a blitz from LB Davis. A quick slant is caught for 5 yards. Timeout called by us to stop the clock at 1:26.
1:26 - 3rd and 5 - Defensive call is 4-3 Pass Defense, short zone, blitz again by Davis. The play is a pass to the middle of the field, caught and FUMBLED! Recovered by Colorado State though for a 14 yard gain. 1st and 10 on the 15 yard line.

1st and 10 is a short 2 yard gain, time out called by Colorado state with :52 seconds left.

:52 - 2nd and 8 - The quarterback looks around and sees nobody open, scrambles to the outside and sees his Tight End wide open for a 12 yard gain....but there's a flag on the play. It'll be OFFENSIVE pass interference! 15 yard penalty. Pushes it back to the 28 yard line for 2nd and 23.

:39 - 2nd and 23 - Nickel Defense, normal coverage, man. Pass is incomplete.

:32 - 3rd and 23 - Nickel Pass Defense, Mid-zone coverage. The Quarterback scrambles around and tries to take it himself before he's tackled for no gain! Time out CS.

:25 - 4th down - The 46 yard field goal is NO GOOD, wide right!!! We take a knee to end the game! A huge 13-12 victory for us!

We were outgained by nearly double...513-298. McD was 18 of 26, 183 yards with a TD. He also led the rushing attack with 16 rushes for 110 yards. Bam was pretty worthless during his 8 carries for 23 yards. He had 18 yards in his first rush, and 5 in his last 7. Pathetic. Our offensive line is just not getting it done. Despite giving up 513 yards, the defense came up huge all game, forcing 4 turnovers; 2 fumbles and 2 picks.

We're now 2-1 with a road game against a 0-3 Air Force team.

The Top 5 has really shaken up with two of the top five teams losing.

1. Miami
2. Wisconsin
3. Florida State
4. Georgia
5. Kansas State

Miami and Florida state meet this week.

mauboy

12-09-2005, 09:55 PM

First Half
Air Force took the ball 82 yards for a touchdown. They ran the ball 10 times for 82 yards. Not a single thing could stop the from creaming my arse all the way down the field. Hopefully we can answer back with some lightning! We don't. We punt away and on 3rd down for Air Force Freshman Linebacker stand out Eason White picked it off and ran it 41 yards to the 25 yard line for the Aztecs.

A few Bradford runs later, McDaniel faked an option pitch to Bam Bam and ran it in for a score for 6 points. Tied up at 7, still in the first quarter.

On the next play from scrimmage, Air Force completed a 15 yard gain to the WR but the hit from SS Bryant caused a fumble which was recovered by defensive end Perry who returned it all the way for a touchdown! 14-7 in a matter of seconds.

17-7 Aztec lead after a 3 and out for AF.

Air Force takes the ball 80 yards for a touchdown to shrink the lead to 3, 17-14.

Another 3 and out for us and Air Force takes it yet again to the house for another 7 points to take the lead 21-17. We aren't able to do anything on offense. Still 6 minutes left in the half though.

After two changes of possesion, we go the ball back with under three minutes to go in the half. Passing every single down of the drive we were able to score with 14 seconds left on the clock with a 10 yard touchdown pass to Ricky Davis! The lead is back to us, 24-21 at the half.

mauboy

12-09-2005, 10:14 PM

Second Half
Midway through the 3rd quarter Air Force capitalizes on a costly SDSU fumble and scores a touchdown after a 2 yard run. AF lead 28-24.

The rest of the 3rd quarter is scoreless. Still 28-24 AF.

Another Air Force touchdown extends their lead to 11 with only 7 minutes to go in the game. 35-24.

And the defense has left the building. Another TD, 42-24. We can't stop them, nor can we run anything on offense.

We pretty much got dominated on both sides of the ball. It was my fault as a coach that I got away from the running game. Bradford had 96 yards on 9 carries. I'm definitely not looking forward to looking at the ESPN SDSU message board to listen to all those nerds cut down on my coaching skillz.

We're now 2-2, and 1-1 in conference play.

mauboy

12-09-2005, 10:27 PM

We're at Week 7 and we're not looking good at all. We're riddled with injuries EVERYWHERE. QB McDaniel scratched his cornea and my coaching staff suggests we bench him for a week.

Bam Bradford is still injuried, but willing to play. The staff says let him rest another week.

We've got other players hurt too, and we now have lost Brian Bryson due to grades. May too still is suspended for not bringing his GPA up enough. (It was my fault. I accidently missed the Scheduling Hours for the students due to a bye week. Oops.

Week 7 is against Wyoming at our house. Wyoming sports a 3-2 record, 1-1 in conference play. So this week is a big one for us.

*Stopping here for the night. Need to do something else for a while at least.*

Top 5 in GDCS: I skipped last weeks polls, so there is quite a difference from the previous poll.

1. Miami
2. Vanderbilt (Out of no where! There were 8 last week, and beat up on LSU)
3. Iowa
4. Missouri
5. Oregon State

mauboy

12-10-2005, 02:57 PM

RECRUIT WATCH:

There are a few players that I will keep my eye on for the rest of the season.

6'0, 199 lbs, Quarterback(Athlete) J. Barker from Franklin, CA. He's the #416 ranked player in the nation. Through 3 games so far, he's got 770 yards passing with 4 TDs and 4 INTs while completing 62% of his passes. He also has 244 yards rushing. Hopefully he'll continue to stay interested in our school throughout the year. We'll most definitely try hard for him when the time comes.

6'2", 253 lbs, OLB D. Franklin. 2 games in, he has 2 sacks, 13 tackles and a pick. He's the #409 ranked player in the nation.

I'll add two players every week, or at least when I remember.

WEEK 7 vs. Wyoming

McDaniel has 807 yards passing with 5 TDs and 3 INTs. He's also the leading rusher through 4 games with 433 yards averaging 7.73 YPC. Our focus this game will be more on the running game, and I hope I can stick to it all game unlike two weeks ago when I completely left the running game at the doors in the 2nd half. We're favored by 6 points this week. I say we win by at least 15.

McDaniel(QB) and Bradford(HB) are both questionable going into the game. Both will be playing today after my decision.

After a field position battle for the first quarter and a half, we were able to gain some yards to get into field goal range. We kicked the field goal but it was blocked so the score stayed 0-0 with under 5 minutes to play in the half. Our defense has been causing QB Ferragamo trouble all day as he is 0 for 10 so far in the game. Very impressive. All 46 yards of offense has been gained on the ground for Wyoming.

With just over three minutes to go in the half, we stopped the offense to force a turnover on downs on a big stop at our own 44 yard line. Good field position once again, can we capitalize this time?

A quick screen to the wide out gained us 24 yards, then a few running plays later we were forced to kick another field goal, this time from 45 yards out.

It fell short, so with just over a minute to go in the half Wyoming had one more chance to score. They ran a deep route and gained 25 yards to move them into our territory. After another completion they moved to the 37 yard line with :17 to go in which they attempted a 55 yard field goal. The field goal missed leaving us with 9 seconds to do something... We called a streak pattern and completed a 47 yard bomb, but time ran out before we could call a time out to send out the field goal unit. 0-0 at the Half!

A solid drive from Wyoming allowed their running back to score from 12 yards out to make the score 7-0 with just over 5 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter.

Early in the 4th quarter we ran a few deeper routes and connected for some good gains. In the end Bam Bradford was able to take the ball in for a score to tie up the ball game at 7.

A 51 yard touchdown pass for Wyoming gives them the lead right back. Our defense gave up their fifth completion of the day and it happened to cost them big time. That leaves us 7 minutes to tie up the game. We still have all three timeouts available. 14-7 WYO.

We were able to drive down the field quickly, but had to settle for a field goal with under 5 minutes to play. 14-10. Good game!

The kick is high and two yards deep in the end zone, it will be taken out, shakes of a tackle and BOOM gets nailed and the ball is loose! The pile is taken apart and SAN DIEGO STATE has the ball on the 8 yard line with 4:40 still on the clock! Great field position, but we need a touchdown.

We get a quick gain of 5 to make it 2nd and goal on the 3. After a loss of two by Bam we run the option for a no gain! 4th and goal... Big decision with 3 minutes to play. We go for it. We run another option in a different formation... here goes.

McDaniel takes the snap and sprints to the outside where he's met by a linebacker, but got the pitch off and Bam Bradford is met by another linebacker for a loss of two, TOD with just under 3 minutes to play. 1st and 10 for Wyoming on the WYO 7 yard line.

I honestly don't know how timeouts work, I call the timeout as soon as the play is ran when the clock is already stopped and somehow 30 seconds still runs off the clock. Twice it's happened. We're left with 52 seconds left and it's still Wyoming ball with a 3 and 5 coming up.

After a big stop we get the ball back with 18 seconds to go on our 43 yard line. After a few tries with the deep ball and a sack, the game was over. We lose another nail biter 14-10 and fall to 2-3 on the season.. What a dissappointment.

McDaniel did all that he could today but the lack of a running game caused the loss. McD was 16-33 with 338 yards passing, no TDs or picks thrown. Leading rusher with 5 carries was McDaniel for 38 yards. Bam had 19 carries for 33 yards. Nothing worked at all up front.

In two weeks we've got quite possibly the worst team, UNLV in the nation as they're ranked 115 in offense and 113 in defense. They're 0-6 on the season too. We're ranked 62 on offense and 56 on defense, right in the middle, better than I thought we'd be. But we have to take care of business against another decent team in TCU. They're 3-3 for the season, but 2-1 in conference play. If we want a shot at the conference title, this is a must win game as Utah keeps playing well and is 3-0.

mauboy

12-10-2005, 03:05 PM

Recruit Watch

QB Barker - 1900 yards passing, 10 TDs and 9 picks along with almost 700 yards rushing.

LB Franklin - 36 tackle and 4 sacks and a pick.

TE J. Brinker is an athlete, and would be a great addition to our team as we're very untalented at the TE position. He's 6'4" and weighs 215 pounds. He resides in Oakland, California. So far in his high school season he as 11 receptions for nearly 200 yards and 3 touchdowns.

SS A. Harper - He is from Fall River, California and stands at 5 foot 10 weighing 173 pounds. He's been playing both ways this year; he's got a pick on the defensive side while recording 34 tackles. Offensively, he's got 23 receptions for almost 400 yards. We'll see what he's got to offer us come February.

TOP 5 in GDCS:

1. Miami
2. Iowa
3. Vandy
4. Mizzou
5. Texas (They're a one loss team and move into this position due to a Oregon State loss to an unranked opponent.)

Roger Kaputnik

12-10-2005, 03:13 PM

mauboy

12-10-2005, 04:02 PM

Week 8

McDaniel and Bam Bradford will both get the start despite still being injured. There also a few other injuries on the defensive side of the ball that may allow TCU to cover the 16 point spread quite easily.

On the second play of the game, TCU was able to go 63 yards for the score on a quick slant. Yikes. Hopefully this isn't the start of what could be a looong game.

After the first quarter of play, TCU still has the lead, 14-0. TCU scored quickly during their second possession of the game. But two interceptions for our defense has kept us in the game currently has us on the oppenents 47 yard line to start the 2nd quarter.

After a big roughing the passer penalty(McDaniel got knocked out of the game with an injury) on 4th down from the 38 yard line, we were able to get some momentum going for a 11 yard connection from True Freshman Chris Peirce to Ricky Davis! 14-7 with plenty of time to go in the half.

After two huge gains on passes, TCU had the ball within the 10 yard line, but the defense decided to actually play defense and held the Frogs to a field goal to make the score 17-7.

We come right back with some big gains of our own and on 3rd and goal from the 6 yard line we do a little pass from the trips formation. The True Fresman pass was completed to TE Nick Lewis who dazzled the crowd with a few little jukes and got into the end zone for a touchdown. The score is now 17-14 with under 7 minutes to play in the half. Looks like a high scoring game is now in effect.

For some reason TCU went for it on 4th and Goal from the 6 yard line and failed to score leaving the Aztecs with the ball with hardly any time left in the half. 17-14 at the half.

To start the half Bam Bradford decided to show up. In his first 13 carries, Bam had 12 yards total. In his first two carries of the 2nd half, he's gained 7 yards and 49 yards to move the 'Tecs within the 3 yard line for 1st and Goal. After 3 plays, we failed to get into the endzone and settle for a 23 yard field goal to tie up the ball game at 17.

TCU comes right back down the field for a TD, 24-17.

After yet another 3 and out for our offense, we punted away to TCU who could not be stopped until they went for it on 4th down from the 35 and coverted. They moved the ball down some more until finally settled on a field goal to extend there lead to 10, making it 27-17 with under two minutes left in the 3rd quarter. Big drive coming up for this Aztec offense.

After moving the ball down the field very easily, we had a 2nd and Goal on the 5, the pass was caught on a curl route, but the WR fumbled the ball and was recovered by TCU.

On the very next play, TCU ran the ball up the middle only to fumble it right back to us. 1st and Goal yet again on the 5 yard line. Let's run this one in. After two very unsuccessful run attempts, we were forced to go to the air on 3rd and Goal from the 11. The pass was off target forcing us to kick another field goal. The kick was good to make the score 27-20 with 12 minutes to play in the game.

TCU drove down the field yet again and thanks to a few penalties we held them to 3 points. 30-20 with 7 minutes to play.

We were forced to punt in our next possession. After one first down, TCU punted back to us with 3:30 left on the clock. Need two scores with the freshman at the helm. We were unable to come up with anything as we threw a pick forced another punt but got sacked in the endzone for a safety to make the final score 32-20.

We got outgained 568-290. Nothing special happened as we pretty much got manhandled in every phase of the game.

2-4 on the season now with UNLV(0-6) next on the schedule.

mauboy

12-10-2005, 04:07 PM

Injury Updates
After McDaniels injury against TCU, he'll be missing about a month's worth of games due to a scratched cornea.

RB Hubbert is still out for at least another month.

RB Bam Bradford is probable with recovery coming 0-2 weeks.

WR Lewis(toe) and DE Perry(tummy) are out for at least a month with injuries.

CB Davis is still out with hyperextension in his ankle.

WR May is back from his academic suspension. Freshman LB Eason White is now struggling to keep his grades up, and if he doesn't improve he'll be suspended. LB Bryson is still suspended for bad grades.

mauboy

12-10-2005, 04:49 PM

Week 9 VS UNLVFavored by 26 points, we are.

Senior QB Dennard will get the start this week as he fits our offensive scheme moreso than the True Freshman, Peirce. I'm going to let the offensive and defensive coordinators call the plays this week except in crucial situations.

Midway through the first quarter UNLV came up big on a 50 yard field goal to score first in the game, 3-0.

An interception deep in UNLV territory allowed us to get an easy touchdown from Bam Bradford's 1 yard touchdown run. 7-3.

43 yard field goal for UNLV cuts the lead to one, 7-6 with a 5 minutes to go in the half.

The rest of the half is quiet. We were only able to capitalize on one of the three turnovers committed by UNLV, but we still have a 7-6 lead as UNLV starts with the ball in the 2nd half.

Ricky Davis recieved a pass from Senior QB Dennard for a 56 yard touchdown to extend our lead to eight as we near the end of the 3rd quarter. 14-6. Our defense is playing very well too at the moment.

After a quick 3 and out for UNLV, the Aztecs marched down the field and scored with a Dennard to Thad Matthews touchdown from 33 yards out. 21-6! We're cruising now.

Defense gives up a few big plays and the Rebels are able to get a TD to get back into the game 21-14 after the 2 point conversion. There's still 14 minutes to go in the game at this point; I'm starting to get a bad feeling.

After a 50 yard punt which was downed on the 2 yard line, we ran a power run straight up the middle with Bam and he took it to the house for 98 yards! But after further review he stepped out of bounds at the 26 yard line; so only a gain of 24. Two plays later the UNLV defense comes up with an interception...

UNLV takes the ball 26 yards for a touchdown. Tie ball game at 21 with over seven minutes remaining.

With good field position after a nice return we were forced to punt after 3 quick plays. We were then able to hold the Rebels to a 3 and out and we begin our drive on the 21 yard line with just over four minutes to go in the game. Time for me to take over the playcalling as we've done zilch so far this fourth quarter.

A few big 3rd down conversions has brought us to the 32 yard line with under two minutes to go. Time to milk the clock and kick a game winning field goal.

1st and 10 - Counter loses 4 yards.

2nd and 14 - TE Screen gains 7 yards.

3rd and 7 with 1:19 to go - Pitch to Bam results in a 2 yard loss.

49 yard field goal try for Bolden. The snap is good and the kick is.... GOOOOOOD! 24-21 with a minute to go in the game!

Let's hold 'em now.

No need to hold them as we recover a fumble on the kick off! Woot! That's ball game.

We squeak out a close one against UNLV at our house to improve our record to 3-4. Bradford is our player of the game with 34 carries for 142 yards. Bam was definitely a work house in this game, as the OC really wanted to keep working him hard. Our defense held the Rebels to under 300 yards and forced four turnovers, three of them being interceptions.

Next week we face conference leaders BYU(4-1), then next week we've got Utah(3-1). Win these two and we're back in the mix of things and a possible bowl bid!

mauboy

12-10-2005, 04:56 PM

Recruit Watch

QB Barker - No change in stats.
LB Franklin - No Change in stats.
SS Harper - No change.
TE Brinker - No change.

WR C. Wade - An athlete who's 6 feet tall weighing at 193. 21 receptions, under 400 yards, and 3 TDs. He also plays a little defense at time, getting 6 pass deflections. Next to Lewis and May, this guy would definitely shine if he came here to SDSU!

New Top 5 in GDCS Vandy loses big to Florida

1. Miami (9-0)
2. Mizzou (9-0)
3. Texas (8-1)
4. Iowa (8-0)
5. Pittsburgh (7-0)

Some controversy has begun, Texas has one loss, but is ranked ahead of 8-0 Iowa, and 7-0 Pittsburgh. The computer ratings rank Iowa as #2, so things could definitely change in the coming weeks.

mauboy

12-10-2005, 05:43 PM

Week 10

We face a very good offensive unit in BYU. They're 19th in the nation in offense, but 70th in defense. We're 78th and 72nd respectively. Should be a BYU blowout, but things can happen. BYU is favored by 18 points. Bradford is 100% healthy at the start of the game and Dennard will get another start this week. The coordinators will be calling the game to start.

Aztecs threw a quick interception to start the game but the SDSU defense came up big also and held BYU to a field goal. 3-0 early on.

5 rushes for 39 yards for Bam Bradford was a part of an 80 yard scoring drive for the Aztecs as we take a 7-3 lead, still 10 minutes to go in the first quarter.

Second play from scrimmage for BYU and fumble was recovered by SDSU on the 26 yard line! On 3rd down, Dennard over threw his intended receiver and got picked off.

A 61 yard pass play caught by Powell of BYU allowed the Cougars to get another 3 points to make the score 7-6 with a little time left int he 1st quarter.

Early in the 2nd quarter BYU drives down the field for an easy 7 points to take the lead 13-7. Dennard got knocked out of the game bringing in True Freshman, Pierce into the game

After a BYU missed field goal, the Aztecs moved down the field and missed a field goal of their own to keep the score at 13-7.

Towards the end of the half when things started to get scary again, we were forced to punt deep in our own territory, but the punter saved the day with an 86 yard punt!!! This left BYU with no choice but to run the clock out.

Bad start to the 2nd half as our secondary blew an assignment and allowed BYU to score a quick touchdown to make it 21-7(2 point conversion).

A disappointing finish to our solid drive, which resulted in a 21 yard field goal to make it 21-10.

After a very nice defensive stand, we were able to drive the ball again for a 39 yard field goal try...But we missed it. 14 minutes to go in the game and we're still down 21-10.

Another solid defensive stand allowed us to drive down the field yet again and this time we end the drive with a 14 yard touchdown pass from Pierce to ever-so-steady Ricky Davis. 21-17 with plenty of time on the clock, 7:22.

ONCE AGAIN, the defense comes up huge, but this time it's an interception on the BYU 16 yard line! Just under 6 minutes to go as we look to take the lead.

1st and 10 on the 16 - We decide to go for the homerun while the BYU team is reeling. Play action pass, right through the hands of the tight end.. Damn, that would have been 6 points.

2 and 10 - Draw to Olszewski... 7 yard gain.

3 and 3 on the BYU 9 yard line, big play - Quick slant in trips is the play... Gains us two yards and we're at a critical point again. We're going to go for it on 4th and 1 on the 7 yard line as we're down by four with 4 minutes to play.

4 and 1 - Rollout to TE is complete for two yards and a first down. 1st and Goal to go! 5 yard line.

Three pathetic plays later and we have to kick a field goal on 4th and Goal from the 13. Makes me wish I kicked a field goal with 4 minutes to go. Now there is just under three minutes to go.

The kick is returned 44 yards into our territory! Oh, no! But the defense makes three big stops for short gains and BYU is forced to punt with 1:30 left on the clock. The punt goes into the endzone for a touchback and it's time for True Freshman, Pierce to lead us to victory!

On 2nd down and 10, Pierce avoided the rush and whipped it down field to Freshman, Haynes for a 46 yard gain! 1:06 and counting and the ball is on the 34 yard line of BYU! We quickly get to the line and spike the ball. 1:02 on the clock now.

2nd and 10 - Draw to Bam doesn't work as it loses us a yard. Clock running.

3rd and 11 - A pass play fails as Ricky Davis can't run the route correctly. We're forced to kick a 53 yard field goal with a kicker who's got no leg.

The snap is good....the kick is up....TWEEEET - False Start! CRAP!

58 yard field goal now.... We decide to go for it rather than kick it.

4th and 11 - The defense blows the coverage but Matthews can't haul it in for a sure 6! And that's the ball game!

Pierce almost came up huge at the end, but only failed as we fall to 3-5 on the season. Now whatever hopes we had for a bowl game has just shot down. Bradford had 21 carries for 87 yards and a TD. Nothing else really happened worth mentioning, except Pierce sucks.. 12 for 32 passing, 141 yards and a TD, no INTs.

mauboy

12-10-2005, 05:49 PM

Team Stats

PASSING

# POS NAME G ATT CMP CMP% YDS YDS/ATT TD INT LG GP BP SACK RATING
11 QB Lynn McDaniel 6 144 86 59.7% 1172 8.1 5 3 48 3 5 12 135.4
09 QB Carson Dennard 2 31 17 54.8% 253 8.2 2 3 59 0 1 4 125.3
07 QB Chris Pierce 3 75 31 41.3% 374 5.0 3 2 46 1 4 7 91.1

RUSHING
# POS NAME G RUSH YDS YPG YPC TD LG CR MH FUM FLOST
47 RB Bam Bradford 8 121 492 0.0 4.07 3 49 1 2 3 1
11 QB Lynn McDaniel 6 62 489 0.0 7.89 1 25 0 0 4 2
44 RB Gerome Olszewski 8 43 141 0.0 3.28 1 37 0 1 1 1
28 RB Tony Hubbert 4 15 20 0.0 1.33 0 9 0 0 0 0

RECEIVING

# POS NAME G ATT REC YDS YPG YPC YAC TD LG GC DP DP% IR
80 WR Ricky Davis 7 71 36 583 0.0 16.2 69 7 59 2 3 4.2 5
88 WR Thad Matthews 8 60 26 397 0.0 15.3 97 1 48 1 3 5.0 3
47 RB Bam Bradford 8 44 25 219 0.0 8.8 108 0 21 0 5 11.4 1
81 WR Kenyatta Haynes 7 22 14 181 0.0 12.9 10 0 46 0 1 4.5 1
87 TE Kevin Roberts 8 15 8 97 0.0 12.1 12 0 36 0 1 6.7 0
86 WR Ron Lewis 3 11 7 81 0.0 11.6 1 0 16 0 2 18.2 0
89 TE Nick Lewis 8 15 5 79 0.0 15.8 10 1 23 0 3 20.0 0
82 WR Darryl Dee 8 12 6 62 0.0 10.3 5 1 30 0 1 8.3 1

Defense

# POS NAME G TAK SOLO AST SACK STF HUR DP PD INT DEF-TD MISSTAK OOP BPA
55 OLB Eason White 8 66 49 17 0 2 7 1 6 1 0 0 0 0
26 FS Alex Brown 8 49 38 11 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 2
49 ILB Michael Jordan 8 34 29 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
38 SS Michael Williams 8 32 19 13 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 0 1
93 DE Art Pritchett 8 29 26 3 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 OLB Brian Bryson 4 29 18 11 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
27 CB Eric Davis 6 26 15 11 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
33 FS Andy Nugent 8 25 13 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
23 CB Carl Harrison 8 21 6 15 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 10 0 4
97 DT Audray Uwaezuoke 8 20 16 4 6 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 ILB Kevin Kozlowski 6 18 15 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
98 DE Laveranues Perry 7 11 9 2 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0

mauboy

12-10-2005, 06:37 PM

Week 11 - UTAH

I suspect we get beat again, but Utah is only favored by 7 points. If we play like we did against BYU, we may squeak out a win.

Bam Bradford suffered another injury and this time it's a leg fracture. It looks like we've got a real fragile RB, but he's tough enough and is okay to play. Dennard is out for the with torn cartilidge in his ankle. Our backup DT at the beginning of the season who's now starting is out too with knee problems.

Could be a long day... To kickoff! This will be shorter in length as we're not really shooting for anything anymore :(

The first quarter was scoreless with the Aztecs having two chances at a score, one resulted in an interception and the other a missed field goal. A late first quarter drive ended in a 2nd quarter touchdown as Utah ran a screen on 4th and goal from the 3 to score. 7-0.

Field goal for Uah, 10-0 half way through the 2nd Q.

TD Utah - 17-0. :( Closing in on halftime.

A very nice drive to start the 2nd half ends in a field goal, 17-3. It was big play after big play, then crap crap crap, short FG.

FG Utah - 20-3

TD SDSU! 20-10 - 10 minutes to go in the game.

With 5 minutes to go in the game, the Aztecs get the ball back and take three minutes to score a touchdown to pull the game closer, 20-17.

We try for the onside kick, but fail. The defense comes up with three stops and the ball is punted back to us to the 18 yard line, 1st and 10 with 41 seconds to go(Timeouts are still not working correctly for me).

After two nice gains, we fail to reach field goal range and lose with the final score being, 20-17. It was a good comeback though. I'm proud of my guys.

We have our last conference game against a 4-5(4-3) New Mexico squad and finish out at home against UCONN.

mauboy

12-10-2005, 06:39 PM

RECRUIT WATCH

QB Barker, 3000 yards passing, 16 TDs, 11 INT, 800 yards rushing.
LB Franklin, 55 tackles, 8 sacks, 2 INT
TE Brinker, 16 receptions, 240 yards, 4 TDs
SS Harper, 43 tackles, 31 receptions, 655 yards receiving
WR Wade, 34 Rec., 542 yards, 6 TDs

GDCS POLL

1. Miami
2. Mizzou
3. Iowa
4. Pittsburgh
5. Texas

Week 12
We're off this week, but there's still a big conference game. Utah vs BYU, this game will pretty much decide the Conference Champ of the Mountain West Conference. BYU ended up winning convincingly, 24-8. TCU is also 6-1, so they're tied up with BYU, but BYU only has two losses on the season while TCU, three.

Week 13 GDCS Poll

1. Miami (11-0)
2. Pittsburgh!(10-0)
3. Texas (9-1)
4. Mizzou (10-1)
5. Iowa (9-1)

Both Iowa and Missouri lose their spots to Texas after they lost their games. Pittsburgh continues their undefeated season and will likely face Miami and get blown out in the Championship game, unless they lose Southern Miss(8-3) in their final game of the year.

mauboy

12-10-2005, 07:15 PM

Week 13 Game VS New Mexico

16-3 at the half as New Mexico leads after kicking 3 field goals in the first half.

Another field goal for NM makes it 19-3.

TD for the Aztecs and 2-point conversion makes it 19-11, 3rd quarter(Normally I wouldn't do 2 point conversion, but I'm just doing it for fun... testing out plays).

Another TD led by Pierce, who ended the scoring drive with a TD pass to TE Roberts. 2 point conversion no good. 19-17. 14:28 left in the game.

We take a 20-19 lead on a 39 yard field goal. 3 minutes remaining in the game after a 7 minute drive.

New Mexico drove down the field smoothly, but missed the game winning field goal from 39 yards out! But no! Flag on the play!

New Mexico ball, Q4, 4-2-SDSU21 (00:31) 19-20
Anthony Hoernschemeyer misses the 39 yard field goal. It will be San Diego State ball at the
SDSU 21

Holding against TE Nick Lewis on San Diego State. The Penalty is for 10 yards, and an automatic
first down.
The Offense will accept the penalty. It is now First and 10 at the San Diego State 11.

Holding against the TE who was in on the play for whatever strange reason... 30 yard field goal is good this time around and that's the ball game... Damn. We fall to 3-7. We've lost 5 games this year by 4 points or less.. Next season we'll have to run a better 2 Minute Drill.

mauboy

12-10-2005, 07:33 PM

Week 14 vs Connecticut

UConn needs a win here to get into a Bowl Game this year. They stand at 5-4 and the only thing that is standing in their way is a scrappy 3-7 Aztec team.

A defenseless first half allowed for both offenses to shine. UConn has the lead 24-17 going into half time.

We take our opening drive of the second half for a quick 7 points to tie it up at 24.

No scoring oppurtunities were made until the Aztecs started at the 20 yard line and made their way to the Red Zone and settled for a field goal. 27-24 Aztecs with 5 1/2 to play.

That proved to be enough as the defense came up with an interception late in the game to seal the victory! We shut out a good offense in the 2nd half! Wowza! Good way to end our season.

We end the season at 4-7.

mauboy

12-10-2005, 07:42 PM

GD Championship Series Rankings
An interesting scenario as arisen. Texas faces off with Missouri in the Championship Game for the Big 12. They're #3 and #4 respectively. Would a win push them into the National Championship game VS Miami(if they win their game vs 7-4 Boston College)? Quite possible according to the polls. We'll see what happens!!!

1. Miami (11-0)
2. Pittsburgh (11-0)
3. Texas (10-1)
4. Virginia Tech (10-1)
5. Ohio State (10-1)

Iowa got upset against in-state rival, Iowa State!

mauboy

12-10-2005, 07:58 PM

Championship Week
Texas Blows Mizzou out of the water 54-23. Miami wins easily.

Strangely enough Texas lost ground on Pittsburgh who didn't play this week. So it will be a Miami-Pittsburgh matchup in the National Championship Game!

Recruit Watch

QB Barker ends up with 3500 yards, 19 TDs, 16 INTs, and over 1000 yards rushing.
LB Franklin, 66 tackles, 10 sacks, 3 picks.
TE Brinker, 24 receptions, 338 yards, 5 TDs
SS Harper, 66 tackles, 809 receiving yards
WR Wade 40 rec, 775 yards, 7 TDs

I'll be keeping my eyes on these guys once recruiting season comes around. It will be interesting to see if the guys I like most come to my school. I hope to get at least two of them.... Please!

Notable Bowl Games

BYU (9-2)Vs California (7-4) in the Nevada Bowl - California pulls off the upset, 24-21!

Utah (8-3) Vs San Jose State (7-4) in the California Bowl - SJSU also pulls off a big win, beating Utah easily 22-7.

TCU (8-4) Vs Washington (6-5) - The Horned Frogs are the underdogs in this one, and the Huskies show why with a convincing 37-16 win.

Miami (11-0) Vs Pittsburgh (11-0) ROSE BOWL - Miami 25 point favorites in this one. 62-26 final. Ouch. Miami whupppped 'em up! Poor Pittsburgh. At least they got that far!

Texas took care of business against Virginia Tech, beating them 51-10.

Final Rankings

1. MIAMI! (12-0)
2. Texas (11-1)
3. Pittsburgh (They move down in MY poll to 10th! 11-1)
4. Notre Dame (11-1)
5. Mizzou (11-2. Big win against Georgia in the Dallas Bowl).

mauboy

12-10-2005, 08:04 PM

To the Off-Season We Go.

Our final team stats we pretty dreadful. Bam Bradford ended up with 749 yards rushing. Ricky Davis, our leading receiver finished with 9 TDs! And Freshman, Eason White, ended up with 92 tackles on the year. Well on his way to a great SDSU career!

GRADES

Team Performance: D
Talent: F
Recruiting: F
Board Expectations: D
Prestige: D
OVERALL: F

Well, considering none of it can really be blamed on me except the team performance, I'll shrug this off and expect not to be fired.

Job Offers

I turned down the only job offer I received, which was from North Texas(4-7). I just didn't want to move into Texas, because I hate that state! So, I'm sticking with SDSU in California.

mauboy

12-10-2005, 08:16 PM

Coach Signings

I'm going to try and nab a better Offensive Coordinator and Special Teams Coach.

We're going after 33 year old UNC Alum, Mike Bernet to replace our current bad OC. We've offered him $375,000. After two weeks, we're his top offer.

I offered 46 year old Michigan Alum, Morris Bryson a $100,000 contract. He's considering our offer as well and it's his top.

mauboy

12-10-2005, 09:17 PM

Coach Signings

We signed both coaches, and I am pumped. While Bryson is barely an upgrade to what we had, OC Bernet brings a LOT to the table. He's an improvement in pretty much every category compared to what we had before! He's a great motivator, too!

Transfer Bidding: First Week of Three

We probably won't nab any good players in this, but we'll give it a shot.

DE Muhsin Collins(2/6, SO) and CB Victor Forde(2/7, SO) are both VERY INTERESTED in coming to San Diego State U. Both of these guys have good potential, and if they signed, I wouldn't have to worry about those two positions as much during the recruiting days.

I offer both of them a scholarship and cross my fingers.

DE Corey Moore(4/6) is a Freshman who would also be a good signing if we can nab him. He only has a High interest in coming here, but who knows! Let's give it a shot.

I offer scholarships to a few random guys as well.

Transfer Biddings: Week Two of Three

Both Collins and Forde are still very interested in coming here, so we haven't lost all hope.

We've offered a scholarship to another Transfer who's very interested in SDSU. He's a ILB named Ron Leclair(2/7, SO).

We're also on two players list, listed as Medium Interest. We've offered both them schollies, RB, Fred Phillips(4/8 FR), and QB, Kaipo Alston (5/8 FR). Both these guys would be DEADLY in the Mountain West Conference.

Transfer Biddings: Week Three of Three

Kaipo Alston signed elsewhere, but a chance at FOUR players; THREE of them VERY interested.

Transfer Biddings: END

We landed ZERO out of the FOUR we really went after.

Recruiting: Week One of Ten:VIEW ATTACHMENT FOR SCREENSHOT!

After reviewing the players that were 10/10 interested in us, we've decided to recruit the following players(*S* means scholarship offered):

QB Larry Papac (3/5)
6'6" WR Karon Keating (3/5 *S*)
6'4" Athlete WR Wes Heckard (3/5 *S*)
OT Jeff Wells (3/5 *S*)
CB Mark Ward (3/5 *S*)
Athlete WR Brandon Stevens (3/5)
C Bob Moegle (2/5 *S*) Our worst position by far. I'll need to find at least one center.

Now I'm looking for the players I scouted during last season.

QB John Barker(3/5 *S*) - He's interested in us, for sure. 7/10. We'll recruit him nice and hard and offer him a scholarship.
LB Danny Franklin(3/5*S*) - 7/10 Interest - Not the biggest need for our team at the moment, but nonetheless we'll hit him hard.
TE Jonathan Brinker(3/5 *S*) - 9/10 interest from this Tight End. This position is a must need as well, we'll do the same as Barker and Franklin, recruit hard, plus Scholarship.
SS Allen Harper(3/5 *S*) - 9/10 interest. This is a big need - same as above. Hard hard hard.
WR Chad Wade(3/5 *S*) - 9/10 interest. Not a great need, but with all the injuries I suffered last season, it's a good idea to have depth.

After all that, we're left with $23,000 of our $52,500 allowed. Seven more scholarships to offer as well still. We'll go after 9/10 interested players, and also go after the more higher rated players at the moment. Once we get to the end of the recruiting stage, we'll go after lesser rated guys.

C Ty Williams (3/5 *S*)
QB Darnerian Delhomme (3/5 *S*) This guy is very quick. He'd be a great guy to take over for McDaniel.
WR Garret Hankton (3/5 *S*)
Athlete CB Bake Slaughter (3/5 *S*)
TE John Currie (3/5) This guy is 6'7", 248, quite the monster. But he's a dumbarse, which is why I'm not going to offer him a scholarship at this point. 1.7 GPA doesn't cut it.
Carl Griffith (3/5 *S*)

8/10 Interested Now. Not much left in the bank, $9000 with 2 scholarships to offer.

NONE

7/10 - I'm mainly looking for a good defensive tackle; another area which we need to improve on. But I'm not finding any rated 3 or better.

CB Sam Senser (4/5 *S*) The last name alone makes me want this guy. With that last name he's got to be a great DB!

Surprisingly there is only one DT who is 8 interested or higher, that wants to come to SDSU. And I'm not going after him because he's rated a 1/5.

6/10 Interest is the lowest I'll go in the first week of recruiting. This is interesting, because now I've got two players that are rated 5/5. I'll just recruit them with no scholarship offers; but could you imagine! :) A 5 Star Running Back and OLB. Sadly, still no sight of a DT. I may have to go down another interest level.

RB Bill LeFavor (5/5)
OLB Larry Rideaux(5/5)
DE Mike Stanley (3/5 *S*) Built like a DT at 6'5" 281 lbs. I may try him out at DT if at all possible.

That concludes our recruiting week one! Wow. I thought I went through it pretty fast but it still took me over an hour. This is probably the only week I'll do tonight, sadly.

mauboy

12-10-2005, 11:40 PM

Recruiting: Week Two of Ten:

Players I scouted during last season:

QB John Barker(3/5 *S*) - He's still very interested in us. He went from 7 to 9 in interest. Looks like we might have a winner here. Just imagine this: 4.38 40! Just got to get him to study a little more.
LB Danny Franklin(3/5*S*) - He went up from 7 to 8 interest. Push push push.
TE Jonathan Brinker(3/5 *S*) - 9 to 10. We'll keep pushing him hard.
SS Allen Harper(3/5 *S*) - 9 to 10 in interest. This would be a nice addition. We'll keep at him.
WR Chad Wade(3/5 ) - WITHDREW SCHOLARSHIP AND RECRUITING DUE TO LOSS OF INTEREST! Down to 3/10.

10/10 Interested Players

QB Larry Papac (3/5) - Full on recruiting. No scholarship yet.
QB Darnerian Delhomme (3/5 *S*) - We'll keep going after him until a QB signs with us.
6'6" WR Karon Keating (3/5 *S*)
6'4" WR Athlete Wes Heckard (3/5 *S*) - Sticking to him.
WR Garret Hankton (3/5 *S*)
WR Athlete Brian Watkins (3/5)
Athlete WR Brandon Stevens (3/5)
OT Jeff Wells (3/5 *S*)
C Ty Williams (3/5 *S*)
C Bob Moegle (2/5 *S*)
ILB Zola Dean (3/5) - Recruiting him lightly. Looks like a good player.
CB Mark Ward (3/5 *S*)
FS Carl Griffith (3/5 *S*)

9/10 Interested

Athlete CB Bake Slaughter (3/5 *S*)
C Lou Riley (3/5)

8/10 Interested

TE John Currie (3/5)

7/10 Interested

CB Sam Senser (4/5 *S*) - We'll keep at him for now.

6/10 Interested

RB Bill LeFavor (5/5 *S*) - Offered him a scholarship in hopes that he'll become more interested. This is a long shot signing, but worth a shot!
OLB Larry Rideaux(5/5)
DE Mike Stanley (3/5 *S*)

Player Visits

QB Delhomme - Get to know Hankton.
WR Hankton - Get to know Delhomme.
C Ty Williams - You may block for Delhomme some day!
CB Jones
FS Griffith

mauboy

12-10-2005, 11:58 PM

Recruiting: Week Two of Ten:

Players I scouted during last season:

QB John Barker(3/5 *S*) - Nobody else is actively pursuing him. Good for us. May sign soon!
LB Danny Franklin(3/5*S*) - No change here. 8/8
TE Jonathan Brinker(3/5 *S*) - May sign soon(means nobody else is looking at him at the moment)!
SS Allen Harper(3/5 *S*) - We're still on his top 10 list....But so is USC.

10/10 Interested Players

QB Larry Papac (3/5) - No change.
QB Darnerian Delhomme (3/5 *S*) - Looks to be signing soon! No other teams are interested in him at the moment! Good, good.
6'6" WR Karon Keating (3/5 *S*) - May sign soon!
6'4" WR Athlete Wes Heckard (3/5 *S*) - May sign soon!
WR Garret Hankton (3/5 *S*) - May sign soon!
WR Athlete Brian Watkins (3/5)
Athlete WR Brandon Stevens (3/5)
TE Dicky Sikahema (3/5)
OT Jeff Wells (3/5 *S*) - Lost Cause.. Losing interest in us, withdrawing scholarship.
C Lou Riley (3/5) - Moved to 10/10 interest.
C Ty Williams (3/5 *S*) - No change.
C Bob Moegle (2/5 *S*) - No change.
ILB Zola Dean (3/5) - No change.
CB Mark Ward (3/5 *S*) - No change.
CB Athlete Aaron Pelleur
FS Carl Griffith (3/5 *S*) - No change.

9/10 Interested

Athlete WR John Tomich (3/5) - Fast player with good hops.
Athlete CB Bake Slaughter (3/5 *S*)

8/10 Interested

TE John Currie (3/5)

7/10 Interested

CB Sam Senser (4/5 *S*) - No change in Senser. We're still not on his top 10 list of schools.

6/10 Interested

RB Bill LeFavor (5/5) - SIGNED WITH USC
OLB Larry Rideaux(5/5 *S*) - Outside chance. Offering LeFavor's scholarship to Larry now.
DE Mike Stanley (3/5 *S*) - Still an outside shot.

Player Visits

CB Ward
TE Brinker
SS Harper
WR Heckard
QB Barker

I kind of expect a signing or two this week, but won't be disappointed if there isn't one.

mauboy

12-11-2005, 12:08 AM

Recruiting: Week Three of Ten:

Signings

NONE

NOTES: No big changes this week. A few players that were on the verge of signings started getting recruited again, so we're back to just hoping we're on the top of those guys' lists! Other than that, like I said, not a lot of changes.

Players I scouted during last season:

QB John Barker(3/5 *S*) - Nobody else is actively pursuing him. Good for us. May sign soon!
LB Danny Franklin(3/5*S*) - No change here. 8/8
TE Jonathan Brinker(3/5 *S*) - May sign soon(means nobody else is looking at him at the moment)!
SS Allen Harper(3/5 *S*) - We're still on his top 10 list....But so is USC.

10/10 Interested Players

QB Larry Papac (3/5) - No change.
QB Darnerian Delhomme (3/5 *S*) - Other teams are showing interest again.
6'6" WR Karon Keating (3/5 *S*) - "
6'4" WR Athlete Wes Heckard (3/5 *S*) - "
WR Garret Hankton (3/5 *S*) - "
WR Athlete Brian Watkins (3/5)
Athlete WR Brandon Stevens (3/5)
TE Dicky Sikahema (3/5)
OT Jeff Wells (3/5 *S*) - Lost Cause.. Losing interest in us, withdrawing scholarship.
C Lou Riley (3/5) - Moved to 10/10 interest.
C Ty Williams (3/5 *S*) - No change.
C Bob Moegle (2/5 *S*) - No change.
ILB Zola Dean (3/5) - No change.
CB Mark Ward (3/5 *S*) - No change.
CB Neil Folson (3/5) - Added this week.
CB Athlete Aaron Pelleur
FS Carl Griffith (3/5 *S*) - No change.

9/10 Interested

Athlete WR John Tomich (3/5) - Withdrawing due to lack of interest in our school.
Athlete CB Bake Slaughter (3/5 *S*)

8/10 Interested

TE John Currie (3/5) - No change.

7/10 Interested

CB Sam Senser (4/5 *S*) - No change.

6/10 Interested

OLB Larry Rideaux(5/5 *S*) - No change.
DE Mike Stanley (3/5 *S*) - No change.

Player Visits

WR Keating
OLB Tatum
CB Folsom
QB Papac
CB Slaughter

mauboy

12-11-2005, 12:22 AM

Recruiting: Week Four of Ten:

Signings

TE Jonathon Brinker - My first ever recruit. Glad to have you on board, bud!

NONE

NOTES: One signing. Everything else pretty much stayed the same this week.

Players I scouted during last season:

QB John Barker(3/5 *S*) - Being pursued by other teams now. 9/10 interest.
LB Danny Franklin(3/5*S*) - No change here. 8/10
TE Jonathan Brinker(3/5 *S*) - SIIIIGNED!
SS Allen Harper(3/5 *S*) - No change. 10/10

10/10 Interested Players

QB Larry Papac (3/5)
QB Darnerian Delhomme (3/5 *S*)
6'6" WR Karon Keating (3/5 *S*)
6'4" WR Athlete Wes Heckard (3/5 *S*)
WR Garret Hankton (3/5 *S*)
WR Athlete Brian Watkins (3/5)
Athlete WR Brandon Stevens (3/5)
C Lou Riley (3/5)
C Ty Williams (3/5 *S*)
C Bob Moegle (2/5 *S*)
ILB Zola Dean (3/5)
CB Mark Ward (3/5 *S*)
CB Neil Folsom (3/5)
CB Athlete Aaron Pelleur (3/5)
FS Carl Griffith (3/5 *S*)

9/10 Interested

OG Horace Young (2/5) - Going to start recruiting the little guys now.
Athlete CB Bake Slaughter (3/5 *S*)

8/10 Interested

TE John Currie (3/5) - No change.
OT Jeff Wells (3/5)

7/10 Interested

CB Sam Senser (4/5 *S*) - No change.

6/10 Interested

OLB Larry Rideaux(5/5 *S*) - No change.
DE Mike Stanley (3/5 *S*) - No change.

Player Visits

C Moegle is the only one coming to visit that is on the recruiting list.

mauboy

12-11-2005, 12:37 AM

Recruiting: Week Five of Ten:

Signings

NONE!

NOTES:We lost a few guys that we were recruiting. Namely Franklin, Barker and Slaughter. I would have liked all three of these guys, but I can't get 'em all. No change pretty much everywhere. It's all going to come down to which place appeals more to the recruits. The fight is on now!

Players I scouted during last season:

QB John Barker(3/5) - Signed with Fresno State.
LB Danny Franklin(3/5) - Signed with Kansas.
SS Allen Harper(3/5 *S*) - No change. 10/10

10/10 Interested Players

QB Larry Papac (3/5 *S*) - Offering scholarship to this fine young gentleman.
QB Darnerian Delhomme (3/5 *S*)
6'6" WR Karon Keating (3/5 *S*)
6'4" WR Athlete Wes Heckard (3/5 *S*)
WR Garret Hankton (3/5 *S*)
WR Athlete Brian Watkins (3/5)
Athlete WR Brandon Stevens (3/5)
C Lou Riley (3/5)
C Hines Gent (3/5 *S*) - Offered scholarship.
C Ty Williams (3/5 *S*)
C Bob Moegle (2/5) - Removed Scholarship.
ILB Zola Dean (3/5)
CB Mark Ward (3/5 *S*)
CB Neil Folsom (3/5 *S*) - Offered Scholarship.
CB Athlete Aaron Pelleur (3/5 *S*) - Offered Scholarship.
FS Carl Griffith (3/5 *S*)

9/10 Interested

ILB Brian Burchfield (2/5)
Athlete CB Bake Slaughter (3/5) - Signed with Utah State.

8/10 Interested

OG Horace Young (2/5) - Losing interest.
TE John Currie (3/5)

7/10 Interested

CB Sam Senser (4/5 *S*)

6/10 Interested

WR Chad Wade (3/5) - Makes his way back into our recruiting somehow!
OLB Larry Rideaux(5/5 *S*)
DE Mike Stanley (3/5 *S*)

Player Visits

LB Dean
WR Stevens
The others are not being recruited.

mauboy

12-11-2005, 12:53 AM

Recruiting: Week Six of Ten:

Signings:

SS Allan Harper - This is a good signing for us. We needed a better blitzer and tackler.

NOTES: We signed on another recruit, but lost Senser, Currie, Papac, and Rideaux. We open up three more scholarships and will likely offer to those who have been recruited for a while and have high interest.

Players I scouted during last season:

SS Allen Harper(3/5 *S*) - SIGNED - I signed TWO players that I kept my eye on during the season. That's cool. 2/5.

10/10 Interested Players

QB Larry Papac (3/5) - Signed with Utah State.
QB Darnerian Delhomme (3/5 *S*) - No one else pursuing, may sign soon!
6'6" WR Karon Keating (3/5 *S*) - Same as Delhomme!
6'4" WR Athlete Wes Heckard (3/5 *S*)
WR Garret Hankton (3/5 *S*)
Athlete WR Brandon Stevens (3/5 *S*) - Scholarship offered.
C Lou Riley (3/5 *S*) - Schollie offered.
C Hines Gent (3/5 *S*)
C Ty Williams (3/5 *S*)
C Bob Moegle (2/5)
ILB Zola Dean (3/5 *S*) - Schollie offered.
CB Mark Ward (3/5 *S*)
CB Neil Folsom (3/5 *S*)
CB Jerry Harper (3/5)
CB Athlete Aaron Pelleur (3/5 *S*)
FS John Levens (3/5)
FS Carl Griffith (3/5 *S*)

9/10 Interested

WR Athlete Brian Watkins (3/5 *S*) - Offered a scholarship since he's losing interest.
ILB Brian Burchfield (2/5)

8/10 Interested

OG Horace Young (2/5) -
TE John Currie (3/5) - Washington Signee.

7/10 Interested

CB Sam Senser (4/5) - Signed with Arizona State.

6/10 Interested

WR Chad Wade (3/5)
OLB Larry Rideaux(5/5) - Oregon State Bound.
DE Mike Stanley (3/5 *S*)

Player Visits

FS Levens
CB Pelleur
No one else of interest.

mauboy

12-11-2005, 01:05 AM

Recruiting: Week Seven of Ten:

Signings:

C Ty Williams - I think Ty is the better of the two centers.
C Lou Riley

NOTES: We got two centers this week and it's likely one of them will be starting and the other may be a backup, or redshirted. Depends. We lost six guys to other colleges this week. Two of them weren't really recruited that hard, as they're unlisted. It's really time to go after the lower rated players. Make or break week here. I think I'll lose over half my recruits this week, just a feeling.

10/10 Interested Players

QB Darnerian Delhomme (3/5 *S*) - 6 other teams like him now. It's a roller coaster ride with this kid.
6'6" WR Karon Keating (3/5 *S*)
6'4" WR Athlete Wes Heckard (3/5 *S*)
WR Garret Hankton (3/5 *S*)
WR Athlete Herbert Franks (3/5 *S* - New recruit, offered scholarship.
Athlete WR Brandon Stevens (3/5) - San Jose St. Signed.
C Lou Riley (3/5 *S*) - SIGNED
C Hines Gent (3/5 *S*) - Scholarship withdrawn due to two signings, sorry bud. No longer recruiting.
C Ty Williams (3/5 *S*) - SIGNED
C Bob Moegle (2/5)
ILB Zola Dean (3/5 *S*)
CB Mark Ward (3/5 *S*)
CB Neil Folsom (3/5 *S*)
CB Jerry Harper (3/5) - Gone to conference foe BYU.
CB Athlete Aaron Pelleur (3/5) - Going to New Mexico.
FS John Levens (3/5)
FS Carl Griffith (3/5 *S*)

9/10 Interested

WR Athlete Brian Watkins (3/5) - Conference foe UNLV.
ILB Brian Burchfield (2/5)

8/10 Interested

OG Horace Young (2/5)

7/10 Interested

WR Chad Wade (3/5)

6/10 Interested

DE Mike Stanley (3/5 *S*)

Player Visits

Nobody of notice.

mauboy

12-11-2005, 01:15 AM

Recruiting: Week Eight of Ten:

Signings:
TWO BIG SIGNINGS!

QB Darnerian Delhomme!!
ILB Zola Dean!! This will allow me to move to 3-4, not this season, but next.

NOTES: We lost six players again this week. Three noteworthy, Levens, Stanley, Folsom.

10/10 Interested Players

QB Darnerian Delhomme (3/5) - SIIIGNNED! Yes. Domination with option coming soon!
6'6" WR Karon Keating (3/5 *S*) - May sign soon.
6'4" WR Athlete Wes Heckard (3/5 *S*) - May sign soon.
WR Garret Hankton (3/5 *S*)
WR Athlete Herbert Franks (3/5 *S*)
ILB Zola Dean (3/5) - SIGNED!
CB Mark Ward (3/5 *S*)
CB Neil Folsom (3/5) - BYU, this guy is going to be good in our conference.
FS John Levens (3/5) - Fresno State.
FS Carl Griffith (3/5 *S*)

9/10 Interested

WR Athlete Brian Watkins (3/5) - Conference foe UNLV.
ILB Brian Burchfield (2/5)

8/10 Interested

OG Horace Young (2/5)

7/10 Interested

6/10 Interested

DE Mike Stanley (3/5) - Signed with Washington St.

Player Visits

NObody of interst.

mauboy

12-11-2005, 01:21 AM

Recruiting: Week Nine of Ten:

Signings:

WR Garret Hankton - Good signing for us.

NOTES: Lost four players this week, nobody really of any importance though.

10/10 Interested Players

6'6" WR Karon Keating (3/5 *S*) - Still may sign soon.
6'4" WR Athlete Wes Heckard (3/5 *S*) - Still may sign soon.
WR Garret Hankton (3/5 *S*) - Signed.
WR Athlete Herbert Franks (3/5 *S*)
CB Mark Ward (3/5 *S*)
FS Carl Griffith (3/5 *S*)

Player Visits

Again, nobody of importance.

mauboy

12-11-2005, 01:34 AM

Recruiting: Week Ten of Ten:

Final Signings:

CB Mark Ward - He is good.
CB Justin Hakim
WR KaRon Keating - Nice!
WR Herbert Franks
OLB Vincent Tatum - Woot!
CB Sid Williams - Sheesh. Good stuff.
WR John Tomich - Good one.
FS Carl Griffith - Got my secondary set for 3 years.
CB Keith Dingle

NOTES: I did pretty well in this recruiting season, I think. Let's see what the papers say about it though. Jonathan was my highest rated recruit this year, ranking at 446.

Tomorrow I'll do the training. I have been at this all night, I can't do anymore. I wish I could though.

Note: I didn't even notice until I glanced at my roster, but there is a player who got a great improvement! I'll let you know who, tomorrow!

Jayhawk_Football

12-11-2005, 10:28 AM

Looks like a breakout year for the aztecs might be just a couple seasons away, keep up the good work coach!

mauboy

12-11-2005, 07:59 PM

Looks like a breakout year for the aztecs might be just a couple seasons away, keep up the good work coach!
Yeah, hopefully the A.D. allows me to become the next Urban Meyer.

mauboy

12-12-2005, 12:20 PM

Quick Notes:

OLB Eason White has ratings of 4/9 now. A one point improvement in the current and potential sides of things. With a little improvement during the training portion he could be a stud this year and the next two years after! I'm looking forward to see this kid play after a decent season last year(92 tackles.

Junior RB Olszewski went from 2/6 player to a 2/9. He'll really need to train hard this year to become a legitimate starter. Currently Hubbert would start as he's still his average self at 4/4. If Olszewski improves in training, he'll definitely be getting the majority of the carries; I hope he does as Hubbert stunk in his few carries last year before he got hurt.

We have no Quarterback who is ready to step it up this year and start. Pierce is now a 1/1 from last years 1/4. Redshirt Freshman, Clare is still a 1/4 from last year who may have a chance to start. Newly recruited QB Delhomme isn't quite ready either at 1/4. Delhomme has horrible work ethic so I may never even see him on the field despite his speed, which actually is a lot lower than I expected! Junior Noland Hall is actually faster than Delhomme and has a decent shot to start next year at 1/4 as well. He's a smart kid with good work ethic.

OT Gil Shaw took a hit in his potential and is now 2/6 from his 2/9 to start last season!

Freshman Recruits Info

TE Jonathon Brinker has the most potential of all incoming recruits, but is the least developed of them, sitting at 1/7. He'll likely be redshirted this year.
ILB Zola Dean is a good youngster at 2/6, he's got things to learn but can do so behind the likes of Eason White and Bryson. Pending a good training, Dean may start next season. His only competition at ILB is Michael Jordan, a player who's reached his potential already at 3/3. I'd really like to start Dean this year, but we'll see.

The rest of the recruits have all landed in the potential of 5 out of the possible 10. Most of them are also 1/5 and a few are 2/5. The 2/5 include a few possible backup players like, CB's Sid Williams and Justin Hakim. There are six freshman with 1/5's.

TRAINING TIME COMING UP!

*sorry about the mess.. it's jumbled around. In the future I'll have it more organized...

mauboy

12-12-2005, 02:29 PM

Season Two Depth Chart: OFFENSE

QB - This is going to be an interesting battle all season for the starting job. We may need to do what Tennessee did with Claussen and Ainge.

1. FR Darnerian Delhomme (2/4)
2. JR Doug Clare (3/3)

RB - Olszewski will be running for a majority of the time with Hubbert giving him a break now and then.

1. JR Gerome Olszewski (5/7)
2. SR Tony Hubbert (4/5)

FB - Banfield is actually a decent blocking full back. With a much improved offensive line, we're looking pretty good at a quick glance!

1. SO Bill Banfield (3/5)
2. SO Webster VanEeghen (1/3) Weird nAame.

WR - We're pretty deep here this season. I may or may not redshirt the freshman WR, Hankton(2/5), I have not decided yet. If I don't redshirt him, he'll be the #4 Wideout. Mr. Consistent for us last season will be our #1 Receiver.

1. [JR] Ricky Davis (5/6)
2. JR Brandon may (3/6)
3. JR Thad Matthews (3/6)
4. SO Kenyatta Haynes (1/4)
5. SO Ron Lewis (1/3)

TE - I'm not going to redshirt Brinker this year, we're going to throw him into the mix right away.

1. JR Kevin Roberts (3/5)
2. FR Jonathan Brinker (2/6)

Offensive Live - I think our offensive line is really improved from last year's horrendous front five.

LT
1. JR Gil Shaw (5/6)
2. SR Dan Whitley (2/4)
LG - A little controversy here. Do I start the younger player with better potential or do I keep as is?
1. JR Keith Garmon (5/5)
2. SO Kordel Posey (4/6)
C - Riley is a JUCO recruit. Our other center recruit is another good player, Ty Williams(2/6). With Riley already there, I'm going to give Ty a redshirt year to focus on school.
1. JR Lou Riley (4/6)
2. SO Todd Isenbarger (1/2)
LG
1. SO Carl Smith (5/7)
2. SO Kordell Posey (4/6)
LT - Easily our weakest part of the line. But still not awful as Ingram has potential still.
1. JR Garry Ingram (2/5)
2. SR Dan Whitley (2/4)

mauboy

12-12-2005, 03:01 PM

Season Two Depth Chart: DEFENSE

LE

1. SR Art Pritchett (3/6) - 6 sacks
2. SO Preston Morgan (2/5)

DT - We're going to run a 3-4 this year.

1. SR Audray Uwaezouke (4/4) - 8 sacks last season
2. JR Doug Plum (1/3) - This is the reason we're going to 3-4 mainly.

RE

1. JR Laveranues Perry (3/5) - 2 sacks, injured most of last season.
2. SO Preston Morgan (2/5)

LOLB

1. SO Eason White (5/9)
2. FR Vincent Tatum (1/5)

MLB - Top Two are starting in 3-4 Defense.

1. FR Zola Dean (2/6)
2. SR Michael Jordan (2/4)
3. [FR] Dwight Justice (1/3)

ROLB

1. SR Brian Byson (4/4)
2. FR Vincent Tatum (1/5)

Defensive Backs - Top 2 are starting. 3 is Nickel DB. We've got some good depth here with a lot of young players who are still developing. In two years we'll be solid here.

1. FR Mark Ward (3/5)
2. FR Sid Williams (2/4)
3. [FR] Cedric Moore (2/4)
4. JR Carl Harrison (2/2)

Free Safety - Redshirting FR Carl Griffith[/b] (2/6)

1. JR Andy Nugent (3/4)
2. JR Charles Taylor (2/5)

Strong Safety[/b]

1. FR Allen Harper (3/4)
2. SO Roger Fuqua (1/5)

Punter and Kicker

Kicker - Les Bolden (4/6)
Punter - Karsten Parent (2/5)

mauboy

12-12-2005, 03:21 PM

Preseason Talk

After being ranked the 60th best recruiting class we're definitely on the rise. Last season we were ranked 105th best recruiting class. An obvious improvement. There will be a few freshman starters this year, including QB Delhomme and LB Zola Dean and CB Mark Ward. These three players will make big contributions to the team and will also have great futures here at San Diego State U.

As a whole, I like how our team looks. We're easily better thatn last season's team which lost five or so games by 7 points or less. With this squad we should be able to make up those points and get into a bowl! A bowl-ed prediction!

Other predictions:
LB Eason White will be named All-Conference first team this year after being named Third Team Defense last season! WR Ricky Davis will also make first team to make it back to back seasons on First Team!

Expectations by Athletic Director - Don't finish last and don't get blown out by Air Force. *I think I can handle that.

We're going to stick with GridIron.com as our recruiting service again this year. It seems like they did a good job for us last year.

Our budget for the year will be focusing our main needs for next season which are Defensive Lineman, Health, and Academics.

I'm pretty much all set for the next season, just need to schedule a game or two and we're under way!!

mauboy

12-12-2005, 03:31 PM

Scheduling Effort

We're going to be playing the Cincinatti Bearcats for the next two seasons during Week 14. They're not the greatest team, but they're still ranked higher than us.

During Week 3 of the next two seasons, we'll be taking on Central Florida, another team that is a little better than us, but not too overwhelmingly better.

REDSHIRTS

JR QB Neil Hall (1/3)
FR RB Dickie Reese (2/4)
FR CB Keith Dingle (1/5)

I would have liked to redshirt freshman Hankton(2/5) but we would be short on WR's. That means he'll be our #3 or 4 receiver this season.

Roster Breakdown

12 Seniors
22 Juniors
19 Sophomores
27 Freshman

Offensive and Defense Strats

On offense, we're going to be going to Smash Mouth football this year compared to last years Option. On the defensive side we're doing 3-4 as mentioned in previous posts. It should be a good season for us. I'm very optimistic.

Season Schedule

1 Connecticut
2 OPEN
3 at Central Florida
4 at Colorado State
5 OPEN
6 Texas Christian
7 Brigham Young
8 OPEN
9 at Utah
10 Nevada-Las Vegas
11 at Air Force
12 at Wyoming
13 at New Mexico
14 Cincinnati
15 OPEN

mauboy

12-12-2005, 04:33 PM

WEEK ONE VS UCONN

It's opening day! We get the ball to start the game in our home stadium. This is Delhomme's first start as an Aztec, so it will be a very interesting day for the fans and the coaching staff.

The first play of the game was just a run up the middle and Olszewski took it 12 yards before he was tackled. Off to a good start. But then the next three plays didn't amount to a first down and we were forced to punt.

Our defense started out well forcing UConn to a 3 and out.

It's a scoreless first quarter as our offense is doing much better than their offense, but we just keep coming up short. The most successful drive of ours ended on the 25 yard line as Delhomme threw his first interception of his career; likely not his last either. Our defense has held UConn to 18 yards, all on the ground. The QB's are 0-4 passing so far, so the defense has been STELLAR so far.

2nd Quarter

From what looked to be an Eason White interception turned into a first down for UConn as CB Moore was called for defensive holding. White has been an animal so far this game, but I can't see the game log to say how many tackles.

The defense still comes up big after the penalty and gives the ball back to the offense.

Delhomme is making a good case to bench him as we near the end of the half, he's 4 of 11 with 37 yards and an interception. I'll keep sending him out there, but if he keeps this score at 0 we're going to make a change in the 2nd half.

After another big defensive interception deep in our territory(15 yard line), Delhomme decides to start throwing the ball well, completing big plays for 20 yards, 23 yards, 8 yards and before we knew it, we were on the oppenents 28 yard line with 1st and 10 and 1:07 remaining in the half.

Sadly, the next play was picked off on a broken route from the receiver, thus causing the pick. That should end the half barring a meltdown from a solid defense.

0-0 at the half. We'll need to keep running the ball and only let Delhomme throw the ball in 3rd and long situations. Olszewski is proving to be effective so far, rushing the ball 22 times for 79 yards. Delhomme is 7/15 with 83 yards and 2 INTs.

3rd Quarter 0-0

The opening drive for UConn is stopped as the defense caused the 3rd turnover of the game as SS Allen Harper came up with the pick at midfield. Great field position.

A big 3rd down conversion from Delhomme to WR Brandon May allowed us to get 1st and Goal on the 3 yard line where we ran the ball three times before finally Olszewski got into the endzone for six. 7-0 SDSU lead mid way through the 3rd quarter!

A UConn punt was returned 41 yards into UConn territory which set up a 45 yard field goal attempt for Les Bolden which he nailed to make it 10-0 with the four minutes to go in the 3rd quarter.

A quick drive down the field on a tired Aztec defense ended with a TD to make the score 10-7 SDSU.

Fourth Quarter 10-7 SDSU - We just ran a first down to end the 3rd Q.

With six minutes to go and what seemed to be another 3 and out for us turned into an 81 yard touchdown pass. 3rd and 10 after no gains on runs by Olszewski, Delhomme hooked up with speedy Brandon May who took it to the house for six! What a huge play for us. 17-7 and Delhomme's numbers have drastically improve thanks to that one pass. :)

That would be all the scoring for the rest of the game as the final score is 17-7, Aztecs win.

Olszewski ran a few times....49 times to be exact. I don't know if he never got tired or what, but that is a lot! It's okay to run 49 times if you end up with 213 yards.

Offensive Game Ball: Olszewski, 49 carries, 213 yards, 1 TD.
Defensive Game Ball: DE Pritchett, 3 sacks on the day.

Our defense played fantastic, only allowing 205 yards on the day! Not only did they stop them, they picked the ball off four times! Eason White ended up with 8 tackles on the day along with 3 hurries and 1 pass deflection.

mauboy

12-12-2005, 05:16 PM

Week Three AT Central Florida

Week Three Polls - Top 5

1. Texas
2. Michigan
3. Oklahoma
4. Notre Dame
5. LSU

Miami was #3 last week, but lost, dropping them down to 16.

Game Time News
We've lost our Outside Linebacker for a while due to academic probation. I'm not too thrilled about this as I put a lot of effort into improving his grades. This allows Freshman LB Vincent Tatum(1/5) to step in and try to get the job done. This hurts us defensively but we have to stay in the 3-4 as our DT depth isn't suffice. We should still win this ball game in the same style as the UConn game. With the help of our 4th ranked defense we're favored to win this game by 9 points.

First Quarter AT Central Fla.

A very tame first quarter as it was pretty much punting back and forth with Delhomme throwing a crucial interception which could have been points for us instead. 0-0 at the end of 1.

Second Quarter

The second quarter goes much like the first except there was an actual chance for points from the leg of Les Bolden, but he missed a 40 yard try to the right. UCF drove down the field part ways but ended up punting the ball leaving Delhomme and the Aztecs with just under two minutes to go in the half.

Our two minute drill ended in another Delhomme interception. We were moving the ball down the field into opponent territory, but fell short. That ends the half at 0-0. Sound familiar? It ended in a good way last time as well, let's hope the same happens here.

Delhomme is 9 of 15 for 119 yards, 2 INTs.
Ricky Davis, 3 catches for 44 yards.
Olszewski, 19 carries for 52 yards.

I don't know what we can do in the 2nd half to get the offense rolling down the field to get some good tries for points. We're just not doing things well right now. We just need to stop turning the ball over, we've got three of them, two on picks and one fumble lost which was deep in opponent territory as well.

Our defense continues to play very well, picking right up where they left off last week. They've given up 149 first half yards and have recovered a fumble. We still win comforatbly I'm guessing... or hoping.

mauboy

12-12-2005, 05:43 PM

Third Quarter 0-0 Score

Nearing the end of the 3rd quarter is when some action finally started happening, in favor of the Aztecs. On 3rd and 2 at mid field we finally decided to do something different rather than a short pass or run, we went deep and converted with a 38 yard pass which set us up inside the 20 yard line.

A 3rd and 6 completion falls short as May could only get three yards forcing us to kick a 24 yard field goal which Bolden made to finally put us on the board and in the lead, 3-0. The drive lasted 6 minutes which put us into early 4th quarter.

Fourth Quarter 3-0 Aztecs

The second play of the resulted in a 55 yard pass play, which landed UCF on our one yard line. An outstanding tackle by Zola Deal on the first and goal play resulted in a four yard loss; which didn't matter as they ran the ball in the next play for six leaving us behind 7-3 with over 10 minutes to play.

It was back and forth for the next eight minutes which put the game clock at just over two minutes. That leaves hopefully enough time for Delhomme to step it up and lead us to victory.

Four unsuccessful plays later concludes the football game and we're left with our first loss of the season; which of course is by less than 7 points. One BIG play given up by the defense causes us to lose the game. Damn.

Olszewski was inneffective the whole second half. We just aren't blocking well for him at all. Delhomme has lost his starting job for the time being.

The only good thing that happened was Eason White who tallied up nine tackles and a pick. We were outgained 322 yards to 286.

mauboy

12-12-2005, 05:54 PM

Recruit Watch

Last year I kept my eye on a few players throughout the season. These players were interested in me while I was interested in them.

DE A. Wonsley is ranked 358 overall and would be a very nice addition as we lose a good one next season. He's got 19 tackles, and one sack so far this year in his high school games.

QB D. Downs is ranked into the 1000's and would probably be just a backup QB for life. But I was interested in him because of his stats so far; 60% completion, 670 yards, 6 tds and only 1 interception.

Week Four Notes

Top 5

1. Texas
2. Michigan
3. Oklahoma
4. LSU
5. Notre Dame

Injury News

LB Michael Jordan is out for 3-5 weeks with a torn tendon. We'll definitely mis him. This puts us in a bind as we'll now have to start LB Justice (1/3) in the 3-4 defense. We'll probably have to go to a 4-3 defense at times now.

Game News
We've got our first conference game against Colorado State, at their house. Like us, they're 1-1 on the season and are beatable. They've got a decent QB with above average WR's. The defense is much like ours, undeveloped and young. It will be another good battle. CSU us favored by 6 points in this one.

mauboy

12-12-2005, 07:01 PM

Week Four AT Colorado St.

We decided that it was in our best interest to keep Delhomme at the helm as he's still pretty much the best option we have.

1st Quarter

After a quick 3 and out for CSU, we drove down the field and were held to a field goal to take a quick 3-0 lead. Finally, a first half score!

After a big hit which caused a fumble, recovered by... Eason White... we were able to set ourselves up for another field goal try, which split the uprights for another three points to make the lead 6-0.

CSU drove down the field to kick a field goal as time ran out in the first quarter. The lead is still ours at 6-3.

2nd Quarter

Bolden's leg is being put to a lot of use tonight as he kicks in his third field goal to make the lead 6 again at 9-3.

All field goals so far as CSU settles for a field goal to make it 9-6 with four minutes to go in the half.

We settle for our shortest field goal of the night, a 22 yarder to increase our lead back to 6, 12-6 with a minute to go. We had three chances to get into the endzone but nada.

A quick three incomplete passes allowed us to get the ball back and make a few long passes to move back deep into CSU territory. We're in field goal range(13 yard line) but we're going to take a shot into the end zone with 18 seconds left.

1st and 10: Incomplete Pass
2nd and 10: 12 seconds to play in the half, a chance for one more shot into the endzone... Thad Matthews hauls it in with a fade into the endzone!! That gives us a 19-6 lead going into half time!

Delhomme is 8 of 20 for 214 yards passing. Olszewski is ineffective again with his 13 carries for 24 yards. Ricky Davis has four catches for 100 yards.

3rd Quarter

We start off with the ball and decide to be sneaky by going deep on the first play in the half. It worked out great except Ricky Davis fumbled it and CSU recovered. Oops. Our defense, who has only let up 142 yards so far this game will just have to put a stop to them.

Colorado State took advantage of the turnover and turned it into six points to shrim the lead back down to six, 19-13.

We punt the ball 26 yards giving CSU great field position at the 48 yard line. Two plays later a 52 yard bomb gives them the 20-19 lead. Where'd our defense go? And our offense.

Finally a big play defensively after a first down catch by CSU is fumbled into our hands deep into CSU territory. This only allows Delhomme to throw an interception on 3rd and 7.

4th Quarter

The fourth quarter starts with us having the ball on the CSU 7 yard line with 3 and 4 to go. To make sure we don't turn the ball over through the air we decide to keep it on the ground with Olszewski. We get nowhere and settle for three more points.

A huge turnover allowed us to get the ball back aroun mid field. After two losses on runs, we decide to go deep and it pays off big as Delhomme hit WR Brandon May for 42 yard touchdown pass. 29-20, and I can get comfortable again. 11:32 to go in the game.

Eason White picked up his second interception of the season on the next defensive series. This allowed us to run some time down.

Once again we give up a long pass which resulted in a 48 yard touochdown. Ugh! Our DB's must be tired or something. The lead is two with 8 minutes to play. 29-27.

After another 3 and out series by us, CSU continued throwing deep on the first play and gained 28 easy yards for a 1st down and close to field goal range. Horrible defense.

3rd down and 9 for CSU at our 29 yard line, 4:47 left go. We go pass defense and they run a draw for a gain of 8. Settle for a field goal and the lead goes to CSU with 4 minutes to play. 30-29. What a seesaw battle!

A big 3rd down conversion allowed us to keep the ball with under three minutes to play. 1st and 10 at our 40 yard line 2:46 remaining.

And bam! We connect for a 30 yard pass down field. 2:19 to go and we're on the CSU 30 yard line. Time to run the ball in hopes of some positive yardage. I'm putting in Hubbert too as Olszewski sucks today, 26 carries, 42 yards. Ugh!

The change of running back helps as Hubbert breaks one open for 19 yards to put us on the 11 yard line, 1st and 10! Under two minutes to go.

Three short runs later we are on the 6 yard line looking at a 24 yard field goal for the win, at least the lead anyways. Thirty seconds still remains on the clock. The kick is good!!! That would be Bolden's 6th field goal on the day! Can you say special teams player of the week? 6 for 6 today! 32-30, the lead is ours now.

Our defense finally actually plays defense and closes out the game to seal the victory!! That puts us at 1-0 in the conference and 2-1 on the season. Good game!

Delhomme - 14/34, 376 yards! 2 TDs, 1 interception thrown. Practically every completion of his was over 25 yards. He could not hit a short pass for the life of him.
Olszewski - 27 carries, 46 yards
May - 4 receptions, 135 yards, 1 td
Ricky Davis - 4 rec, 100 yards
Eason White - 6 tackles, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 INT! What a game for him!

We outgained CSU 430 to 402 yards.

mauboy

12-12-2005, 07:19 PM

WEEK 5 GDCS POLL: Top Five

1. Oklahoma
2. Michigan
3. LSU
4. Georgia
5. Notre Dame
6. Texas(How'd they get down here being #1 all season in the media polls.. :) They're still undefeated. Must've had cupcakes so far).

We're off for the week.

Bryan Swartz

12-12-2005, 07:57 PM

Hell of a game, and a nice win there. You've got a good dynasty going.

mauboy

12-12-2005, 08:08 PM

WEEK 6 VS TCU

Top 5 GDCS

1. LSU
2. Notre Dame
3. Texas
4. Georgia
5. Clemson

Lots happened last week as Texas defeated #1 Oklahoma. Michigan fell to unranked Iowa. Notre Dame faces Michigan next week now, so there could be more shakeup soon.

Game Notes vs. TCU

We're back home finally after having two away games. TCU is 2-2, 1-1 in conference play. They're ranked 63 in offense and 21st defensively. We're ranked 71st offense, and 9th defensively! Impressive defense we have....or sad offenses we've faced.

The way Olszewski's been running, we'll be under close watch in this game and won't hesitate to put Hubbert into the mix. The Academic reports came in and Delhomme came into our office with a GPA of 1.99. He will not be playing for at least three weeks. Bryson continues to be under the 2.0 mark as well. Crap. That's about all I can say. We've got some key players on Academic watch right now, but I can't do a whole lot as I was trying to save even more key players from getting on the list to begin with.

This should be an interesting rest of season if everyone starts to fail. :(

Red Shirt freshman, Doug Clare(3/3) will be making the start this week against TCU. He's a much better passer than Delhomme, so this might not hurt as that much. TCU is favored in this game by 6 points. Let's make those people who bet against us pay for it! GAME TIME!

mauboy

12-12-2005, 08:58 PM

Week 6 VS TCU

1st Quarter

After a few punts, we were able to put something together after some nice passes by Clare. That something being a field goal of course, but Bolden couldn't put it through from 34 yards out.

Just before the 1st quarter ended TCU threw one deep and scored a TD to take the lead 7-0. We seem to always get beat deep even when I have a pass defense on. Ah, well. It happens.

2nd Quarter

After 6 carries for 4 yards we've decided to give Hubbert the ball to see what he can do with it.

Of course that works. Hubbert gets the next three touches and gains 13, 19, and 10 yards to put us on the 15 yard line, 1st down.

On 3rd down, we run a play action pass and TE Kevin Roberts hauled it in from 15 yards out for a touchdown. 7-7 lots of time in the half.

With three minutes left on the clock we receive a punt and return it to our 19 yard line. Time for some magic.

After two first downs we couldn't make anything happen and forced to punt. TCU will have 56 seconds to work with. They'll just run the ball and take the tie game into the half.

Halftime

Doug Clare had a quick start, but has cooled off since, he's 9/22 for 104 yards and 1 TD.
Hubbert cooled off as well, 6 carries for 44 yards, just 2 yards on his last three carries.
Olszewski has 9 carries for 20 yards.
TCU - 192 yards
SDSU - 162 yards

3rd Quarter

The first play of the 2nd half is a pass play for TCU and that was picked off by none other, Eason White! We'll get the ball on our 40 yard line. We get a first down before we're forced to punt.

A quick three and out resulted in a 27 yard punt for TCU and to make matters worse for them they were called for a 10 yard penalty which put us on their 20 yard line to start the drive!

First play from scrimmage is a play action post and Ricky Davis hauls it in for a quick six! 14-7 Aztecs!

TCU comes right back down the field and makes a gutsy call going for it on 4th and 1 from the 21 yard line. They run it up the middle against our 5-2 blitzing defense and get the one yard they needed for a first down and ten to go.

3 plays later TCU settles for a field goal to make it 14-10 with 5 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter.

4th Quarter

Nothing happened through the end of the 3rd and deep into the 4th quarter. We just punted the ball from mid field to the 6 yard line. TCU just got a first down and they have the ball on the 18 yard line with 5 minutes to play.

A 20 yard gain with a roughing the pass penalty puts TCU on our 36 yard line with over four minutes to play; we're clinging onto this 14-10 lead. The defense needs to come up huge in these next few plays.

Another first down puts them at the 25 yard line.

1st and 10 - No gain.
2nd and 10 - 4 yards.
3rd and 6 - 5 yards!
4th and 1 - Argh, screen for 15 yards to the 1 yard line. 1st and Goal to go.

Touchdown on the next play, 17-14 TCU leads with 2:20 left to play.

Ugh. We can never come up big on the last drive of the game as Clare throws into coverage and gets picked off with 1:26 to go. Considering I don't know how to properly use timeouts, this game is over.

Never mind that. I called the plays and let the 'computer' call my timeouts. 36 seconds to go with and 70 yards to go for a TD, 40 yards to go for field goal range.

C'mon Clare!

Nothing. Game over. 14-17, we lose! ANOTHER loss within 7 points. Jeez. I must suck as a coach. :(

Outgained 405 to 298 yards. It's very frustrating sometimes to watch this team. I think for the next few games I'm going to let the OC call the plays, see if I'm doing something wrong.

Olszewski improved a little bit, only because of a 40 yard run though. 21 carries for 81 yards.
Eason White had 7 tackles and a pick.

Up next: 1-4 BYU. Hopefully we can get back on track with a big win against 'em.

mauboy

12-12-2005, 09:32 PM

Week 7

GDCS Top 5

1. LSU
2. Notre Dame
3. Oklahome (1 loss)
4. Georgia
5. Purdue (1 loss)

Game Time

Pritchet is out for 2-4 weeks with Hip/pelvis fracture. This hurts, he's leading the team with four sacks, only one sack since the first game when he had three.

1st Quarter vs BYU @ Home

After a great defensive stand to start the game we return the punt to BYU's 30 yard line and the OC took the team in for a quick score after six plays. 1 yard touchdown run for Olszewski.

BYU went right down the field and scored to tie 7-7.

A few plays later for our offense Clare threw it into the defenders arms which was returned 21 yards for a touchdown. I think it's time I take over as we're only eight minutes into the game and there has been too much action for me to handle. I like keeping it slow and close! 14-7 BYU.

To close out the 1st quarter we knocked in a field goal to put the score at 14-10 BYU.

2nd Quarter

BYU answered our field goal with one of their own to extend the lead back to seven, 17-10. Halfway through the 2nd quarter.

Clare is now hurt and we're going to go with Pierce now(2/2). Great.

We were able to run the two minute drill quite well to end the half with a touchdown to tie up the game at 17.

3rd Quarter

We're outgaining BYE 201 to 177 so far this game and we'll get the ball to start the 2nd half.

Clare is back in the ball game now. Clare leads us to the endzone after a good punt return that led us to the 12 yard like of BYU. The strike was to Ricky Davis to take the lead 24-17.

A field goal for BYU makes it 24-20.

Eason White is a turnover magnet as DE Perry jarred the ball loose for White to recover deep in BYU territory.

4th Quarter

The offense capitalizes on the turnover and scores a TD on Olszewski's 4 yard run. 30-20.

Dragos, the next QB backup comes in the game after an interception. He took over for an injured Clare on a short yardage play and threw to Oszlewski for the score. 36-20(missed extra point).

BYU marches right down and scores with four minutes remaining in the game and get the 2 point coversion to make it 36-28.

A three and out for us let BYU get the ball back and go for another TD to make it 36-34, 2-point conversion pending. This is the last time I let the computer call my plays all game. I was going to start taking over but decided to see what happened in the end. Dannng it.

2-point conversion is.....GOOD.. DDDDAMN IT!

What on earth is this melt down. OT we go.

BYU scored a touchdown on 3 plays in OT. :( 43-36 and it's our turn now.

1st play of our drive we score !!! Tied it up!

After two sacks in a row in Double OT we had 3rd and 35 from the 50 yard line.. Pathetic attempt for a touchdown coming up. NOthing happens.

We have to stop BYU now. :( NOt going to happen at this rate. I'm so pissed off right now.

Game over, TD BYU, 49-43 final. Ugh. Not going to write a summary after that crap. I mean seriously, how does Bolden miss two extra points! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH

Jayhawk_Football

12-12-2005, 09:45 PM

I am throwing things at my monitor in your honor. These virtual Aztecs are breaking my heart!

ahnyung

12-12-2005, 10:54 PM

Oh geez not again! Well at least Eason White can be counted on. Come on Aztecs!

bigguy9854

12-13-2005, 09:12 AM

You Can Do It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mauboy

12-13-2005, 06:22 PM

Recruit Watch

ILB P. Zalenka - 33 tackles, 2 sacks, 5 tfl
FB (A)D. Andrie - 164 yards rushing, 3 TDs
QB Downs - 1200 yards, 14 TDs, 3 INTs
DE Wonsley - 31 tackles, 3 sacks

Week 8 GDCS Top 5

1. LSU 6-0
2. Notre Dame 7-0
3. Georgia 5-0
4. Oklahoma 6-1
5. USC 5-1

Week 8 is OPEN

We have 3-3(2-0) Utah next, so we'll get a week off to rest up for them. If we win we'll be 2-2 in conference play and still be in the hunt for a conference championship. Lots of things can happen still!

mauboy

12-13-2005, 07:55 PM

Week 9

GDCS Top 5

1. Notre Dame 8-0
2. Georgia 6-0
3. LSU 6-1
4. USC 6-1
5. Kansas State 7-1

Game AT Utah 4-3(3-0)

We're not going to make any noise for the conference title this year unless we win out and Utah loses another along with Air Force who is 3-1 in conference play.

Yikes. Utah is favored by 25 points! I hope I can keep it close and possibly squeak out a victory. Delhomme is back from his academic suspension, as is LB Bryson. So we're going to be better on both sides of the ball. Pritchett is doubtful with his hip/pelvis fracture and will be okay 0-2 weeks. Hopefully he can still play as he leads the team with 5 sacks.

We'll need to contain QB Walt Crow(7/7) and prevent him from going to the air early on. That is of course, if he plays; he's doubtful and is set to return in 5-7 weeks with a complete ligament tear in his foot. If he does not play, we'll be in MUCH better shape as they will need to bring in a much less talented player.

1st Quarter

After back and forth punts and two consecutive plays where it resulted in interceptions we finally made something happen on 2nd and 22 after a illegal crack block, we went in the air and scored on a 85 yard pass play from Delhomme to Brandon May. 7-0 SDSU! Bolden finally made an extra point after missing the last two; jerk.

2nd Quarter

A huge interception by our defense deep in our territory allowed us to get the ball back for a chance to some more points! We do drive down the field, but after a non-pass interference call we had to settle for a field goal try from 45 yards out. Bolden with the kick....GOOD! 10-0 with only 1:55 left in the half!

We took the 10-0 lead into the half as we downed the ball after receiving a punt. A great first half by our defense. Utah QB, Crow, is seeing some playing time but not enough to make a difference in this game. For the game we're outgaining them on offense 211 to 204, a small margin. But we've forced two big interceptions and have sacked the opposing quarterback twice so far.

Delhomme, back from his suspension, is 3 of 7 for 135 yards. The first completion being the 85 yard touchdown, the 2nd being off a screen pass to Olszewski for 44 yards. As long as we make a big play every now and then we'll be all right. The defense needs to keep coming up big otherwise Utah will come right back. Also, Olszewski needs to keep doing what he's doing, he's got 14 carries for 72 yards at the moment, along with 2 catches for 50 yards.

3rd Quarter

A big Pritchett sack made the Utah offense settle for a longer field goal attempt, which they end up falling short on giving us the ball back half way through the 3rd quarter; score still 10-0.

A second big sack by Pritchett makes it 3rd and 12 for Utah at their own 11 yard line, forcing them to pass it.. And they do convert the 3rd down. Dang.

The defense comes up big later later on in the drive and forces the Utes to punt it and leaving us with the ball at our 20 yard line with only 2 minutes to go in the 3rd.

4th Quarter

5 minutes into the 4th quarter Utah finally puts together a good drive and scores six to make the score 10-7.

We are forced to punt after only gaining one first down. A 51 yard punt puts Utah on their own 11 yard line. We need a big defensive series here if we don't want to lose this game.

2nd and 10 - Utah QB Hadl forced out of the pocket was forced to run only to be DRILLED by Pritchett who forced a fumble, picked up by Michael Jordan who returns it 11 yards for the TOUCHDOWN!! 17-7 just like that with 6:43 to play.

After a few big plays for Utah they have to settle for a field goal after Eason White stopped the running back for a loss on 3rd and short. 17-10 with just over 4 minutes to play. Time to run for a few first down and close this game out!

A nice run by Olszewski(17 yards) was pointless three plays later as on 3rd and long he fumbled the ball into Utah's hands allowing Utah to get good field position on our 34 yard line with 2:12 to go. Once again our defense needs to come up huge.

1st and 10 - Knocked down pass by our defense.
2nd and 10 - Incomplete pass!
3rd and 10 - The pass forced incomplete after a big hit by the SS. A holding penalty was called and it will be declined to make it 4th down.
4th and 10 (1:36 to go) - The secondary comes up big as they forced the QB to run who was stopped by Eason White for no gain! Turnover on downs. 1:08 to play.

Ouch. This needs to be fixed by Arlie. Perhaps it's known already, but Utah had 3 timeouts and they didn't call one of them after I took a knee. That seals the victory as we hold on to win 17-10 in Utah!

This puts us at 3-3(2-2) and Utah at 4-4(3-1). We were outgained 384 to 311, but we came up big when we had to. I didn't pass much as I didn't need to with Olszewski running like an animal for the most part. Delhomme was 5 of 11 for 147 yards with a TD and pick. Olszewski had 32 carries for 152 yards.

Eason White continued his defensive dominance, 7 tackles, 1 stuff, 1 hurry, 2 pass deflections. Pritchett had 2 big sacks.

Next Week we host a 3-4(2-3) UNLV team. A win here would put us back into the mix of things as Air Force took a loss to BYU this week. Utah is the only 1 loss team in the conference.

Week 10 GDCS top 5

1. Notre Dame 9-0
2. Georgia 7-0
3. USC 7-1
4. Purdue 7-2
5. Kansas St. 8-1

WVUfan

12-13-2005, 09:50 PM

This dynasty is alot of fun! Keep it up!

mauboy

12-13-2005, 11:18 PM

Week 10 VS UNLV

I hope we can make it consecutive wins against this Rebels team. If we want to win we'll have to slow down Studwell who's been throwing the ball well all season, almost 2000 yards so far this season with 13 TDs and only 4 INTs. In the end, I see our offensive line absolutely dominating this poor defensive front of the Rebels. I expect Olszewski and Hubbert to have a field day against these guys.

1st Quarter

A long, steady drive of 70 yards gave us a 7-0 lead with 5 minutes left in the 1st quarter. Some solid running by both backs and a few nice passes by Delhomme allowed us to score.

2nd Quarter

A costly Olszewski fumble gave UNLV the ball on our 12 yard line, but a holding penalty on the Rebels allowed us to play good pass defense and force UNLV to kick a field goal to make the score 7-3 with over 12 minutes to play in the half.

Some more impressive running by Olszewski and Hubbert set us up for a 3rd and Goal which after two unsuccessful runs, we had to go to the air. Clare(in for some reason. Must be because of short yardage play.. I'll have to change that) froze up the defense on a play action and TE Kevin Roberts went out on a swing pass to catch it for six points. 14-3 Tecs, with 6 minutes to go in the 2nd quarter.

Sid Williams picks off the ball near midfield and returns it 10 yards to the Rebels 48 yard line for a 1st and 10 Aztecs! 2:37 remaining in the half. Let's get my first blowout as a head coach!

A first down and three consecutive incompletions, we have to settle for a lonnnng field goal attempt, 47 yards. Bolden will have to get all of this to make it a 14-point game.

The kick is up... and it's...Good! 17-3 as we near half time.

3rd Quarter

UNLV on their first drive took it all the way down for a score, making a risky call on 4th and Goal from the 2-yard line and converting it for a touchdown to make it 17-10. The Rebels won't go down without a fight it looks like.

We answer right back with another long field goal by Bolden, 46 yards out this time. 20-10. Back to a two score ball game.

We have to settle for another field goal try after an impressive drive, but this time Bolden misses the 40 yard field goal. Scores stays at 20-10 with about a minute to go in the 3rd quarter.

4th Quarter

With 11 minutes to go in the game, and UNLV expecting us to keep running the ball to run the clock out we decided to mix things up after they punted the ball to our 26 yard line. A little play action pass deep route to TE Kevin Roberts is taken alllll the way to the house for a 74 yard touchdown pass to pretty much seal this game; 27-10 Aztecs with just under 11 minutes to go now. Glad to see Bolden could make the extra point to make it a 3 possession game. Whew!

With under 9 minutes to play it's time to give Hubbert the ball for the rest of the game. Olszewski finished with 28 carries for 123 yards and a TD. Good game for him.

Bolden hit his third field goal of the game to make it 30-10 with under 6 minutes to play.

30-13 after a field goal for UNLV.

After a few lucky plays, the Rebels managed to put themselves over 300 yards of offense on the day while we gained nearly 400. It was a very impressive win for us, to put us back into bowl contention at 4-3(3-2). Glad to have my first blowout victory too. Yipee.

This was Delhomme's first real solid performace. He was 12-20 for 212 yards and a TD, which one of them was taken away by Clare substituting him on the two yard line.

New Mexico BLEW OUT Utah, 39-3 to make it 5-way tie for first place..Well, Air Force is in first with five wins and everyone else four. But still, good enough for me to get my hopes up again for a conference title.

GDCS Top 5

1. Georgia 9-0
2. Notre Dame 9-1
3. USC 8-1
4. Oklahoma 7-2
5. Nebraska 8-2

Notre Dame loses a spot as they lose bad to Oklahoma 56-16. Oklahoma jumped from 9 to 4. Texas only has only one loss so for this season, but they're ranked 6th behind two 2-loss teams.

In the computer ratings, we move up to our highest ever 49th! A win AT Air Force would definitely help our standing a little more. Let's Git 'r Dun!

mauboy

12-14-2005, 12:23 AM

Week 11 AT Air Force

A win this week would put us in first place, granted it may be sharing first, but first place for real, nonetheless! Air Force is led by a very weak QB, Walt Peterson(1/3), who has thrown 11 touchdowns and 14 picks this season. I expect our moderately good secondary to have a few picks today. They're normally starting QB is hurt and doubtful for this game, and it would be nice if he stayed sidelined.

Looking at Air Force's depth chart, they've got a real good looking Freshman Red Shirt Quarterback, Babe Nugent(4/8). I'm surprised he isn't starting, but of course he'll get four excellent seasons when he's a little better with each season. That could be scary for us! We'll have to get even better in the secondary next season.

Much like UNLV, their D-Line is pretty pitiful and I once again expect to run all over them with Olszewski and our stellar O-Line. We are favored 5 points this week, surprisingly. Our offense ranks 81st while our defense is 28th. It went down quite a bit from the previous few games before last week's nice performance. Air Force is pretty poor in both categories, 66th and 82nd respectively. Let's get the show on the road.

1st Quarter

We open the game up with a nice return and a penalty against Air Force to put us on our 48 yard line! After six carries for 41 yards for Olszewski, Delhomme connected to WR Brandon May from 10 yards out for six quick points to open up the game! 7-0.

Air Force forces themselves all the way down the field for six points. Ties up the game at seven a piece.

We march right back down the field and settle for a field goal to take back the lead with 3 minutes to go in the 1st quarter, 10-7.

The next play from scrimmage was fumbled by Air Force, recovered by the Aztecs, but we weren't able to gain much and had to settle for a 51 yard field goal attempt. Bolden NAILS it in for three points, 13-7 nearing the end of the 1st quarter.

2nd Quarter

Air Force not letting down a bit as they take it down for another touchdown, taking the lead 14-13 with 12 minutes to go in the half.

Our defense is no where to be found as they give up ANOTHER touchdown and we fall back even further, 20-13 after the missed extra point, that could cost them. It seems we've lost our good blocking full back for the game as well. We'll be hurting a little bit on the ground now, sadly.

The half ends ugly as each team was trying to make something happen to finish out the half; Delhomme threw a pick followed by Peterson throwing a pick followed by Delhomme throwing another pick. That ended the half. Delhomme is struggling to get the ball to the receivers so far this game, 5 of 17 for 91 yards.

Olszewski has 16 carries for 63 yards, so we'll try to keep giving him the ball as long as we can. 20-13, Air Force.

3rd Quarter

Ugh. Another let down by our pass defense. Peterson is really tearing apart with his ... Umm.. talent? Despite not being a good player he's playing damn well so far, throwing 3 tds with 2 ints. 27-13. We need to come back strong here or we're in trouble.

A 55 yard run play by Olszewski sets up anothe Bolden field goal, this time from 46 yards out. Thankfully he knocks it in for three. 27-16. Lots of time remaining in quarter number three.

Delhomme gets drilled as the offensive line lets through the defense who knocked the ball loose and recovered it deep in our territory. A few plays later Air Force takes it in for six. 34-16. I gotta make sure this doesn't get ugly. Damn.

Too late, another fumble, this time on the kickoff return..... We're having a HUGE meltdown here. This time our defense steps it up and forces Air Force to kick a field goal, 37-16. Big time for a score here... Or it's over. Still 5 minutes remaining in the 3rd.

.....After a first down catch, Brandon May's fumble is recovered by Air Force. That must be our 18th turnover of the game. Gawd.

Un. Real. We're unable to score when we had 1st and Goal on the 1 yard line. Full back was stuffed, Olszewski stuffed, stuff again, and stopped again. Sad; that shows how this game has gone for us so far. We're not playing that badly but we just can't do anything right today.

4th Quarter

FINALLY, with 8 minutes to go we get something going and score a touchdown Delhomme to May for the 2nd time today. 37-23.

After aggressive defensive play calling, Air Force took advantage and was able to score a touchdown to pretty much end this one with five minutes to play.

Final score is 44-30. Unbelievable game. There were so many fumbles it's not even funny. We lost THREE fumbles when fumbling four times. Delhomme threw one pick at a very crucial point in the game and another when we were driving and another at the end of the 1st half when he was just trying to make something happen. He still ended up with three TD passes and over 300 yards passing.

Olszewski did what he could to help this team, but it wasn't enough to make up for 6 turnovers, two of which were DEEPPPPPPPP in our own territory. Olszy had 22 carries for 117 yards. May had 6 catches for 163 yards and 2 TD catches. Thad Matthews had the other touchdown catch, which occured at the end of the game when it was already over.

I hope this doesn't cause our season to completely flop... :(

GDCS Top 5

1. Georgia 8-1
2. Notre Dame 9-1
3. USC 8-2
4. Oklahoma 8-2
5. Nebraska 8-2

Everything stays the same even with TWO teams losing. Georgia keeps the top spot after losing to #6 LSU, who stayed at #6. This will be an interesting finish to the season.

Week 12 VS Wyoming who is 2-6 on the year

mauboy

12-14-2005, 10:13 AM

Week 12 AT Wyoming

WR Brandon May will be out with bad grades, so that means Hankton and Matthews will need to step it up today. DE Perry is out for 3-5 weeks with an elbow injury. It should be a relatively easy football game, but I've seen worse things happen... We're favored by 3 this week and I'm guessing we win by 13, comfortably.

1st Quarter

A field goal for Wyoming gives them a 3-0 lead with three minutes to go in the 1st quarter. I'll be calling the plays on offense now as the OC couldn't do much.

2nd Quarter

After a costly fumble by Delhomme on our own 20 yard line, Wyoming took advantage and took the lead to 10-0. We just can't hold onto the ball very well.

ANOTHER FUMBLE! Oooh, my. We're in for a blowout. But our defense actually forced Wyoming to punt after a three and out to give us the ball back on our 20.

Olszewski with a big run, but then he fumbled it again, this time it is recovered by the Aztecs and we still hold onto the ball at the Wyoming 27 yard line. A holding penatly forced us to punt it; we're half way through the 2nd quarter.

After another three and out we punted it from WYO 45 yard line and knocked it onto the 1 yard line! 1st and 10 for Wyoming in their own 1 yard line. Let's get a safety and turn things around.

Three incomplete passes later we get the ball back on our 39 yard line after a monster punt, 64 yards. Argh. Four minutes to go in the half.

A false start on our 48 yard field goal attempt forces us to just go for it on 4th down, which we don't get. That will pretty much send us into the half down 10-0.

So far it's Wyoming's 122 yards against our 103 yards. Olszewski has 13 carries for 75 yards, so he'll keep getting the touches as long as he doesn't fumble it again in which I'll take him out.

3rd Quarter

Wyoming scores again, 17-0. :( Not looking good for us.

A gutsy 4th and 2 call by our team from the 11 yard line paid off as Delhomme connected to Matthews for six points to make the score 17-7 with 5 minutes to play in the 3rd quarter.

A nice defensive stop gave us nice field position on our 40 yard line with time to go in the 3rd. Time to get back in this thing.

A holding penalty on our first play killed us as we weren't able to get anything going. That put us into the 4th quarter.

4th Quarter 17-7 Wyoming

We were able to finally get something going only to have to kick a field goal from 42 yards. Bolden made it to cut the lead to seven, 17-10 with seven minutes to go. Just need the defense to continue to play big here.

A horrible Bolden kick on the kickoff lets Wyoming return it to the 50 yard line...

FUMMMMBLLLLE! PRITCHETT RECOVERS! Finally something goes our way and it's first and 10 on our 22 yard line. 6:33 remaining in the game.

With 3:30 left to go in the game Bolden knocked in another three points on a 40 yard field goal. We weren't able to get close enough to the first down to go for it, score is now 17-13. A touchdown will win it for us now. Our defense will come up big, I know it.

AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW! A fumble on the kickoff gives us the ball back on the 15 yard line! Wooooow. What a turn of events here in Wyoming. We just need to put the ball into the end zone now!

2:48 left, 1st and 10 on 15 yard line - Screen gets us 6 yards.
2nd and 4 - 9 yard line - Run by Olszewski goes 4 yards for 1st and goal on the 5.

1st and Goal - 5 yard line - 2 yard run.
2nd and Goal - 3 yard line - play action little out.. Incomplete.. Crap. I thought they'd blitz. They got me there.
3rd and Goal - Goal line run is stopped for a 4 yard loss by a 3-4 defense.. Ouch.
4th and Goal - Pass. We end up 3 yards short of the endzone.... Turnover on downs, 1:21 to go with all timeouts remaining.

Unbelievable way to end the game ... A fumble on a nice punt return to the Wyoming 37 yard line with 23 seconds to go to end it. How lovely.

Final score 17-13. We are a fumbling machine! That's all we do is FUMBLE FUMBLE FUMBLE. I'm going to lose my head by the end of my career. Time to get out of SDSU, it's a cursed place. I may take a job elsewhere next year if anybody lets me.

Our defense had a GREAT game but costly offensive fumbles put too much pressure on our defense deep in our zone. The offense lost this game. The defense only prevented it from being worse. Delhomme was 19 for 41 with 233 yards and a TD. Olszewski had a good first half followed by a sub par 2nd half. 30 carries for 106 yards for Olszy. Our receivers had three costly drops.

The defense allowed 213 yards while Eason White had another 7 tackle game with a stuff and a TFL. Our defense had NO sacks that game! While our OLine gave up 7 sacks. Pathetic game overall by the offense.

We're @ New Mexico and @ Cincinatti to close to close out the season. I'm going to make them quick.

GDCS Top 5

1. Georgia 9-1
2. Oklahoma 9-2
3. Nebrask 9-2
4. Texas 9-1
5. Notre Dame 9-1

mauboy

12-14-2005, 10:38 AM

Week 13 @ New Mexico 5-5

If we win our last two games we have an outside shot of a bowl game. You never know.

I let the coordinators call the game and boy I'm glad I did.....Not. 27-0 at halftime.

2nd Half

Final Score 33-14. 4-6 now.

GDCS Top 5

1. Georgia 9-1
2. Oklahoma 9-2
3. Texas 9-1
4. Nebrask 9-2
5. Florida 8-2
7. Notre Dame 9-1

mauboy

12-14-2005, 10:47 AM

Week 14 @ Cinci

1st Quarter: 7-0 Aztecs!
Halftime: 10-7 Aztecs.
End of 3rd: 21-10 after an interception return for a TD for Cinci. Cinci leads.
Final: 28-13. We had it then our defense just couldn't stop anything, even if they were playing against 60 year old women they wouldn't have stopped 'em.

We finish another season with a 4-7 record.

Week 15 GDCS Top 5

1. Georgia 9-1
2. Texas 10-1
3. USC 9-2
4. LSU 9-2
5. Florida 8-2
10. Notre Dame 10-1 - Strange how they fall this far down with only 1 loss.

mauboy

12-14-2005, 10:48 AM

Notre Dame lost their season finale to Boston College to explain why they were so low in the GDCS; they were #2 in the media polls so they had it all wrong!

Here's our offensive stats.

mauboy

12-14-2005, 11:05 AM

Here's our defensive stats.

mauboy

12-14-2005, 11:34 AM

GDCS Controversy

Georgia lost to LSU in the championship game.
Texas lost to #10 Kansas State in their championship game.

Georgia still remains as the #1 team in the GDCS poll while LSU comes from 6th and hops over everyone for the #2 spot and the right to play in the National Championship Game! Wowza. All top 7 teams have two losses. Interesting way to end the season.

RB Jacoby Johnson from Oklahoma won the player of the year award. He had 2188 yards rushing with 22 TDs and 348 yards receiving while scoring 2 TDs. That's a decent season!

On 1st Team MWC we had:

Jr OG Keith Garmon
Sr DE Art Pritchett

2nd Team:

Jr RB Olszewski
Jr TE Kevin Roberts
So LB Eason White
Fr CB Marc Ward

3rd Team:

So OG Carl Smith
Jr K Les Bolden
Sr DT Uwaezuoke

6 out of 9 of these guys will be returning next year, so we should be even better!

Championship Game

Georgia wins the rematch against LSU. Georgia is crowned the national champions in 2006.

mauboy

12-14-2005, 11:37 AM

Evaluation
Well, we did better than last season.

Team Performace - D
Talent - D
Recruiting - C(Oh, yeh!)
Board Expectations - D
Prestige - C
Overall - D

Well, we finished the season on a four game losing streak, I hope I can stick around another year. I changed my mind on wanting to leave just because I have grown to like these guys.

mauboy

12-14-2005, 02:16 PM

Job Offers
None

Coach Offers

I decided to get a new OC who could Scout QB's really well(Green). So I got him for the same price as the old guy. Tony Gabriel is our new OC. Welcome.

Transfers

We had one player that was very intersted in us. He goes to Auburn right now and he's pretty good. (So) QB Dwight Garay (4/6). We offered him a scholarship as he'd be a nice addition to our team. A much needed one, anyways.

TRANSFER SIGNED!
QB Dwight Garay has decided to come to our school to play! This will be a huge upgrade over anything we have right now.

Recruiting: Week 1 of 10:

We went after mainly 3 star recruits. A few 4 stars and one five star. View the screenshot for our watch list.

mauboy

12-14-2005, 02:35 PM

Recruiting: Week 2 of 10

We're making a good effort on a few guys. Surprisingly, QB McCord continues to get more and more interested(according to our sources..Even though he's still 6/10) in our school. Hopefully we'll be able to snatch him, that would be amazing.

*this screen shot actually depicts week 3 of 10. I advanced without taking a shot of the Week 2 stuff, but here it is anyways.

Signings

None.

mauboy

12-14-2005, 03:00 PM

Recruiting: Week 4 of 10

Signings:
None.

*I'm keeping this short and sweet rather than using a lot of time to list all of the players like I did last season. I'm also getting frustrated at the game when it doesn't allow me to advance stages during recruiting without quitting and loading it back up. Which takes a minute or two.

mauboy

12-14-2005, 03:37 PM

Recruiting Week 5 of 10

Signings:

None.

Big News:

It is a sad day here at San Diego State University. I just have received news that OLB Eason White will declare for the draft. He feels he'll be a top pick in the upcoming draft and has told me that he and his family want to get paid the big bucks. I wish him the best of luck. I just wish he could have waited one more season, I don't feel like he was quite ready yet. :(

Recruiting Week 6 of 10

Signings:

None

Recruiting Week 7 of 10

Signings:

ILB Johnny Wonsley - 3 Star Linebacker who will definitely be playing on our defense one day.

Recruiting Week 8 of 10 - We need to start getting more signees or we're going to have a small freshman class this year.

Signings:

WR Bruce Pace - We didn't really need any receivers, but you can never have enough.
CB Leonard Hayes - Our needs don't want to sign with us so we'll keep getting players we don't really need.

Recruiting Week 9 of 10

Signings:

ILB Scott Jue - Our 2nd recruit that is an ILB. These two guys may be a good tandem a few years down the road.

Recruiting Week 10 of 10 - I was nervous about this last week, as there were a few guys out there that I still wanted. An OLB to help replace Eason White, who is going to be missed greatly! A QB who seems to be a better passer than anybody I have except the transfer. And two running backs both who could give Olszewski good breaks now and then.

Signings:

FB Justin Griggs - Whew. Will be a good replacement for Banfield next season. 3 stars.

I had a few other 3 star players sign along with four 2-star recruits. Looks to be a recruiting season that was a little worse than last season's. We'll probably be around 70th overall this time around. Maybe with our first winning season, I can change that.

mauboy

12-14-2005, 04:00 PM

Notes:

WR John Tomich, a freshman who didn't play much last season improved greatly over the summer becoming quite possibly our number one receiver before training day. He was a 1/5 last season and now is a 4/9. Hopefully he can train even harder and become a legitimate threat.

At linebacker, we've got a bunch of undeveloped young players. Tatum and Zola Dean look to be our top LB's, but even so they're still only rated 2's with potentials of 5 and 6.

Proceeding to Next Season

We were ranked 89th this year in the recruiting effort. Dang.

Our training regiment seemed to go okay.

Delhomme (3/5) will be slated as the starter this year while Garay has to sit out a year for transferring.

Our offensive line is very solid with everybody rated 4 or better. This bodes well for Senior RB Olszewski(5/8), it also bodes well for WR John Tomich who could be one of the best wide receivers in the nation (6/10) next season. I wish I could have red shirted him last season, but we were short on receivers. He'll be the #1 WR this year with Brandon May and Thad Matthews behind him. Ricky Davis lost some skill over the summer and is now 3/4.

Our defensive ends should be solid this year with Sr Perry(4/6) coming back and Jr Preston Morgan (4/5) who backed up Pritchett and Perry last season. Our DT's will be pretty bad, as we'll have Sr Rutkowski (2/3) playing NT and Kipps(1/2) backing him up in our 3-4 Defense.

mauboy

12-14-2005, 04:10 PM

New Season

We've gone with one of the best recruiting services this year, we want to get some better recruits next season, especially on the defensive line and Gridiron.com never gave us anything to look at.. Recruiting Power hopefully will give us what gridiron didn't.

Expectations

Once again, our expectations are pretty low, finish 7th. Have faith!

Philosophiesp/b]

We're going to go with a balanced offense and 3-3-5 on defense.

[b]Scheduling

No new additions as we have 11 games already scheduled.

1 at Connecticut -
2 at Central Florida -
3 OPEN -
4 at Utah -
5 Cincinnati -
6 Air Force -
7 at Texas Christian -
8 Wyoming -
9 at Brigham Young -
10 Colorado State -
11 Nevada-Las Vegas -
12 OPEN -
13 at New Mexico -
14 OPEN -
15 OPEN -

mauboy

12-14-2005, 04:30 PM

Week 1 AT UCONN

I've got a good feeling this game despite UConn being favored by 8 points. Olszewski will run the ball well along with Delhomme throwing the ball well to Tomich.

1st Q

UConn has a damn good RB in Greg Adams. He had some good runs on the opening drive but in the end UConn had to settle for 3 points. 3-0.

Ouch, after a punt Greg Adams took the first hand off 69 yards for a touchdown. 10-0.

Ut-oh. 17-0 after Adams manhandled us once again. He's got 8 carries for 130 yards so far. Ouch. We'll have to put 11 guys in the box from now on.. or something.

2nd Q

We had a chance to score a TD but Delhomme threw a pick instead allowing UConn to drive down the field for another score to start the blowout. 24-0.

Haltime score is a dreadful 34-7.

I'm still convinced we're a good team and just ran into too good of a team for us too handle at the moment. We'll win more this year than lose, GAURANTEED!

The final score to this one was 44-14. We showed lots of good signs for our first game of the season, but more bad signs. We turned the ball over 7 times. That's unacceptable, but acceptable after falling down so quickly. I didn't care anymore after the 1st quarter. It was just a game to see how we would look for the rest of the season and I still believe we'll be all right. Delhomme had over 50% completion, and nearly 300 yards before being taken out by Clare who failed miserably in 2 attempts, both of which ended up intercepted.

*I will probably be done for a day or two with this dynasty as I have life happening starting tomorrow. I may be able to sneak in a few games.. possibly more, who knows.*

mauboy

12-14-2005, 11:02 PM

Week 2 @ Central Florida

We're favored by a dozen this week, so I hope we can follow through with that.

1st Q

We start with the ball and put up a solid drive for six points to make it 7-0 early on.

UCF answered right back with a touchdown of their own to tie it at 7.

A 3 and out later, UCF got the ball back and took it down the field for a field goal, 10-7.

2nd Q
A fumble on the kickoff, recovered by UCF allows Central Florida to score another TD to push it to 17-7.

Ugh. We give up another touchdown. Our defense is just not as good without Eason White who's probably enjoying the sideline for the Colts or something. Good for him. 24-7.

Luckily we made a few defensive stops before the end of the half and took the ball 3 plays for 59 yards for a touchdown- Delhomme to TE Kevin Roberts. 24-14 on the way to the locker rooms for halftime.

3rd Q

After a nice defensive stop to start the half, we got the ball back at mid field after a nice return. We were able to go down the field within the 10 yard line but were stopped and held to a field goal. We're right back in it, 24-17 with lots of time in the 3rd to go.

6 plays and 86 yards later the Aztecs tie the ball game up as the 3rd quarter almost comes to an end. 24-24 following a 64 yard screen play to Olszy that set up his 6 yard Olszewski touchdown run.

4th Q

The defense was able to come up with a big interception to give us the ball on our 30 yard line, 1st and 10!

Nothing good came out of the drive except the 54 yard punt that was downed on the opponents 4 yard line with 12 minutes to play.

1st and 10 - SACK, 3 yard loss.
2 and 13 on the 1 - Pitch to the right stopped for a 1 yard gain.
3rd and 12 - 8 yard pass play. A punt to midfield returned 17 yards for first and 10 on the 33 yard line for the Azzies!

Kevin Roberts hauls in his 2nd TD catch of the day to give us our first lead since the opening drive, 31-24. Nice comeback.

The first play from scrimmage for UCF is a caught pass but he was drilled by the SS who forced the ball loose and that was picked up DT Rutkowski who took it to the house 18 yards out and that is all she wrote! 38-24 with 9 minutes to play.

Finally the turnover Gods aren't against me so badly today.

When it looked to be over after a 4th and Goal on the 1 yard line for UCF was held strong by our defense, Olszewski just had to give the ball up to UCF on the next play to allow UCF to get into the endzone after just one try. 38-31 with 3:14 to play. NOt over quite yet.

We go three and out and punt it 43 yards to the 37 yard line of UCF with 1:32 to play. Eeks.

Central Florida was able to go down the field and get a chance to score but with 8 seconds to play on the 18 yard line they went for the end zone and got picked off to end the game. What a great victory for us. Down 24-7 early on and come back to win 38-31.

Delhomme - 14-34, 301 yards, 3 TDs and an INT. Good game.
TE Kevin Roberts - 2 receptions, 52 yards, 2 TDs
TE Brinker - 1 catch, 25 yards TD.
RB Olszewski - 21 carries, 78 yards, 1 TD AND A LOST FUMBLE!!!!! His millionth of his career.

DE Perry - 2 sacks
Zola Dean replacing White nicely with 7 tackles.

mauboy

12-15-2005, 12:00 AM

Week Four @ Utah

We begin our conference play this year against Utah who is 1-2 so far this season. They're favored to whoop us by twenty, but that won't happen if I've got somethin to say about it. Hopefully our team does as well!

1st Q

Utah gets off to a quick start and scores on a field goal, 3-0 early on.

We go three and out but the defense comes up with an interception deep in Utah territory allowing Olszewski to run it in for a TD later on. 7-3 SDSU

2nd Q

Utah opens up the 2nd quarter with a field goal to lessen our lead to 7-6.

I'd really like to bench Olszewski, but I don't have anything by 1 star players behind him. He fumbled another one deep in our territory. Gerome "Fumbilitis" Olszewski he shall forever be known as.

TD Utah three plays later thanks to Olszy. He better make up for it big time. 13-7 Utes.

*sigh* 22 yard touchdown run against a much depleted defense. They're really pretty bad now. We're just young and inexperienced, our offense has to really carry this team. 20-7 with 7 mintues to go in the half.

We were able to take it alllllll the way down to the 2 yard line for 4th and 1; we decided to go for it and we're stopped for a no gain. T.O.D. First and 10 for Utah on their own 2 yard line. That may have cost me the game right there. It seemed like the right move.

After another try for the endzone we came up short as Delhomme threw a pick to end the half on the Utah 10 yard line :(

3rd Q

Bolden kicks a 48 yard field goal to make it 20-10 with 8 minutes to play here in the 3rd.

27-10 following a Utah TD with 3 minutes to play in the 3rd.

4th Q

Another Utah TD puts them up 34-10. A pretty pathetic football team out there. Our offense continues to be okay, but our defense just can't handle anybody with any sort of offense.

Final is 34-16.

mauboy

12-15-2005, 12:14 AM

Week 5 against Cininatti

I've come upon a problem and won't be able to play this game. I had to click Sim Season in order to get by this week as there was no way my depth chart could be filled as I had one injury too many.

We couldn't win the simmed game, the final score being 20-9. I'll have to do some HEAVY recruiting for the defensive line. We're really quite solid in the secondary in terms of talent, our linebackers are undeveloped but also good players. I still believe we can salvage this season and win a few more.

mauboy

12-15-2005, 12:27 AM

Week 6 against Air Force

A quick scoring drive for the Aztecs gave us a 7-0 lead early on.

2nd Q

Scoreles 2nd quarter allows us to maintain our 7-0 lead going into the half.

3rd Q

Scoreless 3rd quarter! Still 7-0 Aztecs!

4th Q

Three minutes to play in the game and we still hold our lead, we're punting the ball now from the Air Force 42 yard line. I'm hoping for a brilliant punt here. Like 41 yards. Nope, 21 yard punt. Nicely done.

3 Minutes to play for Air Force.. Plenty of time for them to tie up the ball game. Defense needs to play like they have been all game!

4th and 4 on our 32 yard line with 44 seconds to go in the game.

The play - INCOMPLETE PASS! We shut out 2-2 Air Force!! 7-0 Aztecs win! 1-1 in conference play and 2-3 overall. I'm so glad we were able to get out of that funk.

mauboy

12-15-2005, 03:20 PM

Week 7 @ TCU

TCU is 3-1 on the season, 2-0 in conference play. We'll definitely have our hands full with the Horny Frogs, I mean Horned Frogs. QB Trung Germany(7/7) will keep our corner backs busy all game. We'll need to get pressure on him from DE Preston Morgan, our sack leader with 5. Perry continues to be sidelined with a groin injury, torn muscle. We may be over matched in this game, but hopefully our defense can step it up big like against Air Force.

1st Quarter

No defense on the first drive for us as TCU marched right down the field with ease getting a quick six points. 7-0.

The rest of the 1st quarter is scoreless so TCU stays ahead 7-0.

2nd Quarter

So far we've thrown three interceptions, two from Delhomme and one from Clare(who was slated to start for some reason. I didn't change it in the depth chart). But finally we took advantage of a TCU turnover and settled on a field goal from 32 yards out to make it 7-3 half way through the 2nd Quarter.

An 8 play, 56 yard drive was capped off with a 1 yard touchdown run by Olszewski to give us the lead with three minutes to go in the half. 10-7.

We go into the half with the lead and we'll start the 2nd half with the ball. 10-7.

Nobody is really having a standout day so far, Olszy has 14 carries for 52 yards and a TD.

3rd Quarter

4th and Goal on the 3 for TCU and they go for it. The computer always runs a screen on me in this situation and succeeds every single time. 14-10 TCU with time remaining in the 3rd.

After a failed fake field goal attempt by TCU we were able to get the ball back at our 44 yard line. On the first play, Delhomme connected to John Tomich on a curl who snaked up the field for a first down and more...56 yards for a touchdown! 17-14 with 2 minutes left in the 3rd Q.

4th Quarter

After a drive cut short by our improving defense, TCU punted the ball to our 4 yard line. The first play we ran it for a yard. Olszewski took the next handoff and broke a tackle up the middle and took it outside and TOOK IT ALL THE WAAAY! 95 yards for the touchdown and a 24-14 lead!! Still lots of time on the clock though, 14 minutes.

Nice game for Olszewski, coming up on 200 yards for the day.

And the defense comes up big again, forcing a fumble on the first play TCU's drive, giving us the ball on TCU's 24 yard line! 1st and 10

After a few nice plays, we had to settle for a field goal after being on the 1 yard line with 1st and Goal to go. Olszewski got stuffed twice and we had an incomplete pass. 27-14 with 11 minutes to play in the game. I'm still nervous.

I was right to be nervous. TCU marched down the field for an easy six. 27-21 9 minutes to go.

The nerves were calmed on the kickoff return as it was returned into TCU territory! Lets get a few yards and kick a field goal to make it a two possession game again.

After a few nice pickups we found ourselves on the 10 yard line and a 4th down. This brought out Bolden who knocked in the field goal for another 3 points. 30-21, 5 minutes to go.

TCU got to mid field before being held by our defense to 4th down with under four minutes to go. They punted it beautifully to our 1 yard line. If we get safetied they're right back in it. Time to give the ball to Olszewski. Or maybe a play action?

A play action pass fell incomplete, 2nd down was a run up the middle that went no where for 0 yards. We decide to punt on 3rd down with two minutes to go. We'll let TCU's offense go against our defense. We punt it 54 yards to TCU's side of the field and it's time for the defense to come up big.

And the defense does just that on the first play, a sack by DE Morgan, which I believe makes six on the season! One a game for him so far.

TCU does manage to convert on 4th down later on in the drive and eventually score a touchdown with 29 seconds to go. They'll have to get the onside kick to have a chance now.

And we recover the onside kick to seal the victory! What a big win for us! That puts us at 2-1 in conference play and 3-3 overall. I'm pumped. Everyone's pumped.

30-28 final.

Olszewski was the player of the game easily, he nearly got 200 yards rushing but fell short with 31 carries for 195 yards and 2 much deserved TDs.

Delhomme had a decent game after an awful 2 interception start. 13/30 227 yards, 1 TD/2 INTs.

Also a nice day for our receivers as well.

REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP
WR J. Tomich 4 96 24.00 28 1 53 0
RB G. Olszewski 7 84 12.00 59 0 36 0
WR R. Davis 3 57 19.00 8 0 23 0
WR T. Matthews 3 38 12.70 10 0 22 1
WR B. May 3 25 8.30 6 0 12 0

We've got a 1-4 Wyoming team next. We should win this one, but knowing our team I can't count on anything. We beat the good teams but lose to the bad ones. Maybe we can turn it around.

mauboy

12-15-2005, 04:42 PM

Week 8 VS Wyoming

Our first drive got off to a fine start but Delhomme threw one into traffic at the 15 yard line which got returned 85 yards for the TD. A bad start for us as Wyoming gets off to a quick 7-0 lead. Ouch.

After a few nice runs by Olszy, we went to the air in an attempt to catch the defense off guard and we did jsut that as Delhomme connected with Tomich for 47 yards and a touchdown! Tied up at 7. Still early in the game.

After a 3 and out we marched down the field and were poised to score another touchdown until Thad Matthews fumbled after an 8 yard reception giving Wyoming the ball.

2nd Quarter

I think the referees have something against me. We've had three first downs called back due to some B.S. call(well maybe they were, but whatever man!). This has forced to punt it on numerous occasions. I won't let these refs take over the game.

The first play for Wyoming after a punt turned out to be a 66 yard touchdown play as our defense changed from a soft zone coverage into a blitz which allowed them to go deep on our arse. I can't wait until this is fixed in the patch. 14-7 Wyoming with 12 minutes to play in the 2nd Quarter.

A holding penatly on our SS allowed Wyoming's drive to continue. Those refs again!

Two plays later a 33 yard touchdown pass. Ugh. 21-7. We're getting beat up by an inferior opponent. 6 penalties for 41 yards against us so far.

Tomich is now hurt with 4 minutes to play in the half. Great. At least we're relatively deep at the WR position.

21-7 going into the half, Wyoming leading.

3rd Quarter

Bolden knocks in a field goal to make the score 21-10. We're still pretty much beating up Wyoming, but they're coming up with the big plays at the right team. We need a turnover on defense to get back into this thing. There's still 7 minutes to go in the 3rd yet, so I'm not in panic mode at all.

We do just that on our 40 yard line, on 3rd and 1 we send some blitzers who make a big hit on the opposing running back forcing a fumble! 1st and 10 at around mid field after a 7 yard run return!

Olszewski takes it 13 yards out for a touchdown after a massive hole created by the offensive line. 21-17, we continue our dominance but we continue to be behind, making a comeback though of course. 4 minutes to play in the 3rd still. Plenty of time to blow 'em out.

RB Long of Wyoming has 16 carries for a whopping 6 yards. *raises eyebrows* Nice!

After the kickoff the Wyoming offense tries to catch us off guard but is unsuccessful and a Rutkowski sack forces a fumble which is recovered by Zola Dean on the Wyoming 21 yard line!!!! Goooo Aztecs!

We get to the three yard line for first and goal and get stuffed on 1st and Goal for a 1 yard loss. A play action pass out of Goal Line formation is unsuccessful as we're sacked for a 4 yard loss. 3rd and Goal on the 8 yard line now... Hopefully we can connect from this far out.

3rd and Goal - Pass to the corner of the end zone to Thad Matthews is CAUGHT! Touchdown Aztecs! 24-21 and we finally have the lead! 1:33 left in the 3rd.

4th Quarter

Our 8th penalty is another one that brought back a first down play after a 22 yard gain. Our offensive line is way above average for the conference but they just can't seem to do anything right today. This makes it 2nd and Long for us on our 40 yard line which will probably make us eventually punt. Which it does, but not before we gained 10 yards to make me feel a little better.

Talk about defense stepping it up again:

Wyoming ball, Q4, 2-9-WYO24 (10:44) 21-24
Offense: Medium Pass, Set: Pro Set, Play: PS-TE-playact-SE-in
Defense: Stop Pass, Set: 3-4, Play: 34-pass-Man-B7
QB B. Asad gets sacked for a 3 yard loss (DE B. Rutkowski). He fumbles the ball after a hit
by B. Rutkowski. It's recovered by P. Morgan of San Diego State. He returns it 21 yards for the touchdown!

I was wondering mid way through the game if we're just not that good, and we aren't great, but we're easily better than Wyoming. I am glad it's finally showing to be that way! We're missing some key players too, but we're still a decent squad.

With just over two minutes to play Wyoming has the ball on the 2 yard line with 4th down and goal to go. We go into Goal Line defense but a pass GL D in hopes that we can stop the screen that I'm predicting will come.

We're still unable to stop the screen, this time it was to the TE who got it into the endzone for six. 1:42 to play and it's our ball at the 40 yard line after a shanked kick out of bounds. 31-28 Aztecs.

After a first down we were able to knee it and run the clock out to seal the Vic-Tor-Ree! Wooot! 4-3 on the season and we're not slowing down! 3-1 in conference play.

That was quite an impressive display by our team. We fell down early but came back strong to win this one moderately comfortably(can I say that? lol). Olszewski and Delhomme had stellar games on the offensive side. Preston Morgan and DE Rutkowski came up big on the defensive side.

Delhomme was 13 of 30 with 189 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT.

Olszewski had 33 carries for 156 yards, 1 TD.

DE Rutkowski had THREE sacks and THREE FORCED FUMBLES along with 6 tackles altogether. Wowza! Player of the Week in the NATION.

In the end we outgained Wyoming 332 to 301. Good defensive effort by our team. No, no. Great defensive effort minus a few dumb boneheaded plays. Thanks to the referees, Wyoming was able to stay in the game. I'm writing to the NCAA Referee Association...or something.

We go to BYU next week, who's 3-4 on the season and 1-3 in conference play.

mauboy

12-15-2005, 05:43 PM

Week 9 @ BYU

This game means a lot to us, and not so much to BYU who is spiraling down to the bottom. We're tied for 1st place with Air Force and TCU. BOTH of whom we beat! Oooh, yeah.

Sadly, I've learned that Preston Morgan will be suspended due to bad grades. I alloted him 12 hours of study time with freakin' tutors, but he must've been skipping them. That will definitely hurt us on the defensive front.

We also found out that WR Tomich's injury is very serious and he will be out 10-12 weeks which is pretty much for the rest of the season; he may be okay for the bowl game if we get one.

We've got 10 guys on the injury list... This really needs to be tweaked... 8 of them won't be playing this week; which will probably bite us in the butt. It doesn't make much sense though as I am maxed out in Medical Help.. Ah well. We'll need a another good game from Olszewski to win this one.

1st Quarter

A failed 4th and 1 by our offense set up BYU with a short field which they didn't take too much advantage of settling with a 48 yard field goal to make it 3-0.

After a 3 and out for us, our defense also stepped it up. Backups to Perry/Morgan, DE's Tillman and Rutkowski both come up with a sack to force BYU to punt.

Once again I didn't notice Clare starting over Delhomme.. I didn't change it.. What the heck. Clare ends up with some yards passing which led us to a 3 yard touchdown run for Olszewski to give us a 7-3 lead as we near the end of the 1st quarter.

On the kickoff, BYU fumbles it, and it's picked up by backup center, Riley, who returns it 16 yards for the score. 14-3 just like that.

2nd Quarter

Delhomme connected to Ricky Davis for a 28 yard strike to increase the lead to 20-3(Boldeennnnn!!! Argh) with 12 minutes to play in the half. We're looking good so far, despite all the injuries and failed players.

After the defense's second interception on the day, Delhomme connected to Brandon may from 11 yards out for his 2nd TD of the day. 27-3, 10 minutes to play in the half yet. Eek. Blowout city at BYU. I can see some of the fans leaving already. Poor kids.

BYU closes out the half with a field goal, 27-6.

Statistically we're not doing that great, but our big plays have given us this lead. We outgained BYU 140 to 136 in the first half.

3rd Quarter

BYU starts the half with a good drive and TD to make it 27-13.

Nothing happened the rest of the 3rd, except at the end of the 3rd we were driving down the field.

4th Quarter

On 3rd and Goal Delhomme throws a pick in the endzone. Damn. It would have been nice to get a field goal there at least; bad call by me apparently. Dang.

We were able to stop 3rd and 1 on our 23 yard line forcing BYU to kick a field goal, 27-16 with 9 minutes to play in the game.

Another BYU field goal pulls the Cougars to 8 points. 27-19. We can't afford to give the ball up here. We need a few first downs to close out this game. Five minutes to play.

We're unable to come up with a first down and BYU will have the ball on the 37 yard line with under 4 minutes to play... Eek. We need a big stop here, or at least on the 2-point conversion, assuming they score.

Ugh. Two minute drive, touchdown. They converted a 3rd and 5 for 44 yards through the air. 27-25, less than two minutes to go. Here comes the 2-point attempt....YES, finally we stop a 2-point conversion! It stays 27-25 with 1:31 to play. BYU has all three timeouts remaining and we have the ball on the 20 after they decided to kick it deep.

Annnnnd that's the ball game folks. We finish the game with the ball in our hands and improve our record to 5-3. This is our first 5-win season with me as the head coach. "I'm so proud of my players who played their hearts out today." That also puts us at 4-1 in conference play which still leaves us tied with Air Force, who we beat, I should remind ya. ;)

We were outgained by a good margin today, 390 to 227, but that was only because I started to get real conservative with the play calling, which almost cost us the game. Olszewski didn't have the game I wanted him to have, 22 carries 44 yards, 1 TD.

DT Mervyn Kipps(1/2) came up nicely for us with two sacks on the day with his first start of the season.

We've got Colorado State and UNLV coming up as our next two games. I wish we could get a week off to rest our players and let them heal up, but it's not going to happen the easy way! Winning, that is.

mauboy

12-15-2005, 06:05 PM

Week 10 Vs 5-1 Colorado State(3-1)

These Rams have a few good players on the defensive line, but our offensive line should be able to contain them barring any injuries. Colorado State is ranked 23 in the GDCS. it should be an interesting game, hopefully our defense can step up big this week!

Big game.. Coming later! I've got city league basketball and I need to study some, but I'll definitely play this game before the end of the night. Can everybody notice when I'm enjoying the game? When I write a lot it means we're winning, and when we're playing horribly I write less. Too funny.

ahnyung

12-15-2005, 06:50 PM

Great job! I have a quick question though are you still callin all the plays?

mauboy

12-15-2005, 10:17 PM

Great job! I have a quick question though are you still callin all the plays?
I am. We have been doing lots better when I am doing the playcalling. When we got up 27-3 I gave the OC/DC the reigns and look what happened. I don't think I'll be doing that again. I'll have the next game up hopefully in the next hour; weeee haw, I'm excited.

ahnyung

12-15-2005, 11:01 PM

nice

mauboy

12-15-2005, 11:10 PM

Week 10 vs Colorado State

This game is a re-do after getting a runtime error 3022. If you want to see what happened in the first game. Read way down below. Hopefully it won't happen again or it looks like this dynasty will come to an end... Pllease... I'm going to just sim through the game at a brisk pace as I shouldn't get any chance whatsoever to win this game.

20-0 at the half this time around, CSU still killing us.

2nd half

The final ends up being 30-3 this time, instead of this game:

Week 10 vs Colorado State - 1st Try Before Real Time Error

This one is going to be reeeeal tough to win. Our defense is completely depleted from either injuries or morons who can't get C's in their classes. We've got red and orange all across the board. If we can come up with some big turnovers we may stay in this game, otehrwise I don't see how we have a chance.

1st Quarter

CSU scores first, a TD after great field position on a nice punt return. 7-0.

A Olszewski fumble................... lets CSU get good field position again and score yet agian, 14-0. Still two minutes left in the 1st quarter.

2nd Quarter

We drove down the field quite smoothly until Delhomme was forced to run the ball and got hit hard which caused a fumble on the CSU 7 yard line. Not good.

11 plays, 93 yards CSU TD. 21-0. Damn, we just couldn't make the big 3rd down stop, twice.

We finally score on a 24 yard field goal, 21-3. Yipee! 7 minutes to play in the half. We need to get the ball back and score once more before halftime.

The defense does make a 3 and out stop on the next drive for CSU.

But nothing came out of it as we're called back on an ineligible receiver down field on a 19 yard gain and a no call on jersey grabbing on a deep route. *sigh* Punt.

*********************!!! Damn it. They march right down the field and score before half, 28-3 and that about wraps it up. Our defense is just too depleted. It'd be a much better game if we had half our guys on defense playing. Bummer.

Nothing is going right for us going into the half. *shrug*

3rd Quarter

Hey, hey! A defensive play! Zola Dean returns a fumble 20 yard for a touchdown, 28-10 just like that. Not even a minute into the 2nd half.

Bummer, another big chance for a score but we were held up on 3rd and short making Bolden come in for a 50 yard field goal , which he missed wide left.

That does it. Blown assignment in the secondary lets CSU go 79 yards for the TD. 35-10. Man we were playing well so far in the half up to that point.

35-13, 4th quarter now.

4th Quarter

Final score 42-13 as we get blown out by an, actually average ball club. I swear if we had Perry and Morgan on the ends with two of our CB's in their as well, we'd have put up a much better fight. Now I've got to deal with Delhomme being hurt. Ugh. He didn't make it through the game then Clare came in and threw junk all game, going 4 of 17, 2 INts with the offensive coordinator making the calls most of the 2nd half.

Sad game. Hopefully we can still get a bowl bid. That would be huge for us.
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mauboy

12-15-2005, 11:11 PM

Ummmmm.... Run Time Error 3022.... NOOO!!!! It happened when the rest of the week started to sim, so I wonder what's going to happen. Obviously the previous game won't have happen, but c'mon. Damn.

mauboy

12-15-2005, 11:45 PM

Week 11 vs UNLV

We're favored 9 points this week. It should be a good game, Perry is listed as probable and will play as long as I have something to say about it. Delhomme is not hurt as the RT Error replay game he didn't get hurt.

Nobody else is back, hopefully next week we can get Morgan off the suspended list. I could really use him back.

1st Quarter

After a breakdown in the secondary let up a 50 yard gain for UNLV, they had to settle for a field goal to take the early lead 3-0.

We tie it right back up with a field goal of our own after a nifty drive of 11 plays for 67 yards. 3-3.

FS Griffith makes a pick on the 13 yard line and returns it 87 yards for the score! 10-3 Aztecs!

2nd Quarter

10-6 after another field goal for UNLV.

Bolden knocks in a 43 yard field goal to make the lead 7 again. 13-6 with 6 minutes left in the half.

Three and out for UNLV led to a 2 play drive, 64 yards and a TD from Delhomme to Ricky Davis from 31 yards out! 20-6 with five minutes to play in the half.

Delhomme and Davis connect again for a 12 yard score to nearly close out the half. 27-6.

Wow. What a weird finish to the half. With 59 seconds to go, we intercept it deep in UNLV territory only to fumble the ball which was returned 59 yards with 9 seconds to play and the Rebels kick a field goal to make it 27-9 to end the half.

3rd Quarter

A field goal mid way through the 3rd quarter increases our lead to 21, 30-9.

Another UNLV field goal makes it 30-12. Three minutes to go in the 3rd.

An Olszewski TD pretty much seasls the game, 37-12 to start the 4th.

4th Quarter

A Delhomme to Thad Matthews strike makes it 44-12 with 10 minutes to play in the 4th.

ANOTHER FG for UNLV makes it 44-15.

Final score is 44-22 as UNLV got a bit lucky there at the end to get their only TD of the game.

Delhomme had three TD passes, good game for him. This really improves our shot, if not gaurantees a bowl bid. Woohoo! Bring out the champagne.. Wait, I don't want to lose anymore players, never mind. Bring out the orange juice!

mauboy

12-15-2005, 11:51 PM

Notes

We're 6-4 now with a week off before we face New Mexico. A win would be nice, but I'm happy with the way the season has gone with all the crap that's happened with injuries and suspensions. Both Tomich and Morgan stay suspended... Dang... Hopefully we can get them back for the Bowl Game. Well, Tomich is injured anyways, but still, it'd be nice to have him if he was okay by then.

We've still got an outside shot at a share of the conference title, otherwise we'll be happy with 2nd Place, or 3rd depending on if Air Force and CSU win out.

This is a bye week for us, and we'll take it! We needed it big time as we were all very worn out.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 10:05 AM

Week 13 vs New Mexico

1st Quarter

The first quarter is pretty lame except the TD for New Mexico to take a 7-0 early on.

2nd Quarter

Another New Mexico touchdown gives them a 14-0 lead. We're not playing well as an offensive unit at all. Olszewski fumbled it again earlier in the 2nd quarter. It'll be nice to have him gone except we don't have any replacements for him that are ready.

ANOTHER TD for UNM to make it 21-0. We're getting smoked, not much time left in the half for them to score again at least.

Scratch that. Field goal for UNM, 24-0. Sheesh.

3rd Quarter

YES! A field goal for us, 24-3.

YES again! Allen Harper returns an interception for the touchdown to make it a game again with 12 minutes to go in the 3rd still. 24-10.

A 35 yard punt return sets up two sacks for UNM to force us to punt after having the ball on the 17. Nice.

Bummer, UNM takes the ball down the field 80 yards for the TD. 31-10. Mid way through the 3rd q.

4th Quarter

Final score is 40-17 New Mexico wins easily. That makes it tough for us to get a bowl bid, but still should with a 6-5 record. Nobody on our team had a good game whatsoever, except maybe Harper who returned the interception for a TD, but that's it, really.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 01:11 PM

Notes

We finish 3rd in the conference this year behind 1st place Air Force and 2nd place Colorado St. who lost to UNLV(whom I beat.. Not beat... Killed). Strangeness :) It was a good year overall and we ARE BOWL BOUND!

We're playing in the California Bowl against.... wait for it.... wait for it.... Virginia Tech!! Ooh, my goodness. That is going to be a TOUGH one for us.

We've got lots of our players back due to weeks off, but it's going to be tough tough. Nobody is suspended academically anymore either.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 02:03 PM

Week 18 - SDSU (6-5) Vs Virginia Tech (6-5)

VT is ranked 15th in the nation offensively and 26th defensively. We'll have our hands full on both sides of the ball, but like I said before we'll have lots of our players back from suspension and injuries so we may be all right in the end. Who knows! Both our DE's are here and ready to roll, Morgan and Perry look to be a force this game. We're also moving DE Rutkowski to the Nose Tackle position on 3-4 defense as he's better than either of the DT's we have currently. DE Rutki(2/3) has 7 sacks on the season which leads the team.

Offensively we'll need our star players to step it up this game, WR John Tomich(6/10) the sophomore needs to be careful and not get hurt early on, if he can stay in and make some plays for us we may keep up with the VT Offense. We also need Olszewski to hold onto the ball for the whole game, no more silly fumbles! Delhomme will have to give us his best performance of the year for us as well. I expect our defense to make some big plays to keep us in the game!

1st Quarter

We start out with the ball and run the ball from the get-go. It looks like our offense matches up well with the defense, we've got a good OLine who can stop the DLine from doing too much as they're rated around the same we are. The DBacks look to be of our caliber as well, so it could be a great game.

2 yard gain on the ground to open up the game. 5 yard run for Olszy. 3rd and 3. Defensive holding allows us to get a first down!

2nd and 10 later, 14 yard run by Olszewski for another first down! We're on VT's 49 yard line now.

1st and 10 - 8 yard run! Strong start for Olszy so far!

2nd and 10 - A 5 yard gain is negated as a personal foul call on one of our offensive lineman bring it back some.

3rd and 12 - Incomplete. Punt. 51 yards for a touchback.

VT's offense is loaded. QB Dave Moore(8/9), WR Maurice Hayes(8/9), RB Darrell Ayanbadejo(7/8). We'll most definitely have our hands full.

VT drives right down the field 80 yards for a touchdown. A few nice 3rd down conversions for VT allowed them to get the TD. 3rd and 10 draw, they get 11 yards. 3rd and 12 pass, 29 yard gain. We need to make those stops to stay in this game, or it's going to be a long one.

We were driving down the field quite nicely until Delhomme threw a pick on 1st and 10 from the 50 yard line. 1st and 10 for VT on their 25 yard line now.

Woop - 4 plays, 75 yards TD for VT. Damn. These guys are too good for us, obviously.

7 plays, 78 yards later we answer back with a TD of our own as the 1st quarter comes to an end. 14-7! Woot! Lets play some D now.

2nd Quarter

2 plays 81 yards...... *sigh* TD VT, 21-7 now just like that. We got burned again. I may just have to stay in pass defense all game just to prevent those and hope the DL can make some plays.

We were able to make some defensive stops finally but nothing clicked on offense. VT settled for a field goal to make it 24-7 with five minutes to play in the half.

VT gets the ball back before the end of the half and takes it in for another TD. 31-7. Damn. I wish I had a worser team to play. :)

Halftime Score: 31-7

3rd Quarter

38-7 after a 2 play drive which resulted in a 78 yard touchdown run. What the hell. LOL.

Hah! Eat it. Tomich, 1 play later 75 yard touchdown catch. 38-13, we're back in it!! Missed the two. Going for two the rest of the way. That is, if I score ever again.

38-16 after a field goal by Bolden. 8:30 left to play in the 3rd quarter.

41-16 FG for VT.

48-16 - Letting the coordinators call the game now. Damn.

4th quarter

Delhomme got PWNZRD by the Tech defense, throwing 7 picks.

55-16, TD VT

55-19, FG SDSU

58-19 final score as VT Kills us pretty badly.

Overall not a very good game for us, as you can tell. Our defense needs to improve next season if we want to stay in next year's bowl game. Yeah, you heard me right, we're going again next season!!

We were only outgained 410 to 724. Not too bad..... heh.....

Delhomme had 330 yards with 2 Tds and 7 interceptions.

Tomich had 6 receptions for 180 yards. I hope the scouts didn't see his performance and tell him to go Pro. That would be sad.

Georgia defeated USC in the national championship game. So the Bulldogs are champs again. Back to back for them.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 02:06 PM

We finish the season 6-6, my highest win total as a coach. Next season I'm going to schedule a 12th game in hopes for more wins!

Here are the offensive stats for the season: Link below.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 02:08 PM

Defensive stats.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 02:13 PM

We had no first team players this season...

2nd Teamers

RB Sr Olszewski
OT Sr Gil Shaw
DE SR Rutkowski! He started the season as a backup and thanks to injuries and morons, he was able to shine in his last season.
CB So Mark Ward - He actually probably won't start next season as there are more talented guys behind him. If they improve, Ward will be a backup.

3rd Team

TE Sr Kevin Roberts
FS So Carl Griffith
DE Jr Preson Morgan - 1st teamer next year if he can get his head into the books.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 02:15 PM

Evaluation on the 2007 Season

Team Performance - D
Talent - D
Recruiting - D
Board Expectations - B
Prestige - C
Overall - C-

Our best season in my evaluation part. We easily exceeded the board's expectations. Maybe I can get a coaching offer somewhere this year. I don't know if I'd accept a job though. I am once again, getting to like my players. It will be a down year without a good running back next season though. I'll make my decision soon though.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 02:22 PM

Job Offers:

Arkansas State
Akron
Houston
Cincinatti
Kansas

This is interesting. I definitely wouldn't do Arkansas St., Akron or Houston as they aren't very good at all by the looks of things.

Kansas and Cincinatti are in better conferences, but on the lower end of them. Kansas has a good sophomore QB. Above average running backs and WR's. An offensive line comparable to ours. A defense also comparable to ours.

Cinci's team is comparable to our team overall...

It was a tough decision, but I'm going to stick around for another season or three depending on how my offers look then.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 02:36 PM

Coaching

It's obvious to me that one of our weaknesses is the developing skills of my coaches. They just aren't very well-rounded developers. I'm going to try finding better coaches once again this year.

I'm offering SDSU Alum, Isaac Parker a $450,000(He wanted 500, but I don't have tons of money to offer) contract to coach our offense. He's a stellar coach and would be a very nice addition. He's fantastic at developing WR, RB, and offensive lineman. He can even scout them very well too!

We offer Oscar Dixon a contract of $425,000, $75,000 less than what he wanted. I hope we get him. He's pretty good too!

After one week, both of the coach's like our offer best, as we're the only ones to offer them anything.

Same thing for Week 2.

We get both coaches to sign! Nice. These are two good coaches, WAY better then my orange coaches in the past, that's for sure.

Transfers

Defensive Ends from around the country notice our void at the DE position and they come flocking to our school showing high interest in transferring here. We offer the best of the three DE's who were Very interested in coming here. His name is Charlie Marion(3/7).

OLB Jeff Brady(4/6) is also showing very high interest. He'd definitely be an upgrade to our linebacking core after Eason White went pro last year.

In the end nobody came to our school. Bummer.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 03:04 PM

Recruiting: Week One of Ten

We've got 21 scholarships to hand out this year, and $63,000 to spend per week.

After offering all 21 scholarships to three star players and a few 4 stars, we had no signings. Which is to be expected for the first few weeks.

Recruiting: Week Two of Ten

The group of 10 interest players grew over the week, but nobody signed. Things are looking good right now.

Recruiting: Week Three of Ten

One again no signings, but we're still holding lots of interest for twenty some players. We also didn't lose any our of currently recruited players this week once again. That's good news.

Recruiting: Week Four of Ten

25 players still interested in us, 10/10.
And 10 others still very interested.

Nobody signed. Nobody lost.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 03:22 PM

Recruiting: Week Five of Ten

I expected this week to be a big one in terms of signing and losing recruits... And I was definitely right to think that:

Signings:

K Ben Ephraim
DE Brian Dantzler
DE Seth Triplett
WR John Roche
RB Rick Monroe (May be a good replacement for Olzsewski)
RB Mike Denson (See Above this line)
QB Don Mucker

Recruited Lost:

C Drew Rodriguez - Fresno State
CB Josh Brown - Vanderbilt
WR Anthony Parks - Utah State
DE Ron Kacyvenski - Hawaii

Recruiting: Week Six of Ten

I suspect this will be a bigger week in losing players than it will be signing them. I hope not, but I just have a feeling.

Signings

OT Boobie Bland
FS George Williams

Recruits Lost

RB Joe Garner - Wash State
OG Derek Villapiano - Utah
OLB Lance Mularkey - Hawaii
QB Sammy Smith - Utah State
OG Kenneth Willis - Fresno State
DT Maurice Roy - Fresno State

That's a good amount of players lost, but they were all players that weren't offered scholarships or any effort. I was right though, we definitely lost more than we signed even though they were meaningless players.

Recruiting: Week Seven of Ten

My prediction is we sign four players this week and lose a handful more. I'm still needing a few DT's to sign. There are a few 1 star players interested. But I'm better of with recruiting lots of DE's and moving them to DT. Sheesh.

Signings:

WR Gary MacPherson
DE Larry Clark
DT Craig Jones

Perfect. For two years down the road, we should be set on the D-Line.

Recruits Lost

DT Irv White - Florida State
OLB Antonio Gray - San Jose State
TE Marques Richards - Wash State
WR Larry Jones - Utah State
SS James Rentzel - Fresno State
SS Kevin Zorn - Utah

Only three of these guys I really cared about, but even so, I can live with SS's and TE's.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 03:34 PM

Recruiting: Week Eight of Ten

Hmm.... I'm guessing we'll sign one or two players. Nothing too extravagent. We'll lose more than a handful as well.

Signings

DE Anthony Adamson

We've landed our fourth defensive lineman of the recruiting season, which is good. After last season I never want to be short again!

Lost

WR Eric Brown - Florida State
FB Andy Pinkston - Nevada-Las Vegas
OT Herman Byrum - Washington
SS Steve Alt - New Mexico
ILB Bobby Manning - Fresno State
TE Eric Johnson - New Mexico

Recruiting: Week Nine of Ten

I need to sign a few OL before the time is up too.

Players committing to San Diego State
WR Erik Houston

Players recruited that committed to other schools
OT Don Murphy - Texas Tech
OT Melvin Taylor - Purdue
RB Harold Robinson - Maryland
K Natrone Whitehead - San Jose State
OT Tim Hand - California
OT Terry Williams - Brigham Young
WR Randy Baynham - Wake Forest

Recruiting: Week Ten of Ten

Players committing to San Diego State
FB Jim Williams
WR Mike Hudson
DE Mel Tonnemaker
ILB Michael Dawkins
DT Reyna Lewis

Overall, I think it was a pretty good recruiting year.

RB Mike Denson, 3-stars
Westmont (Campbell, CA)
National Rank: 867, Regional: 173, Position: 36

OT Boobie Bland, 3-stars
Tennyson (Hayward, CA)
National Rank: 595, Regional: 110, Position: 58

DE Larry Clark, 3-stars
Williams (Williams, CA)
National Rank: 527, Regional: 93, Position: 39

WR John Roche, 3-stars
Phoenix (AZ), Soledad, CA, HS - CA
National Rank: 666, Regional: 125, Position: 64

DE Mel Tonnemaker, 3-stars
San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)
National Rank: 1063, Regional: 231, Position: 64

WR Erik Houston, 3-stars
Chadwick (Palos Verdes Pen., CA)
National Rank: 548, Regional: 99, Position: 46

K Ben Ephraim, 3-stars
Reseda (Reseda, CA)
National Rank: 489, Regional: 84, Position: 17

DE Seth Triplett, 3-stars
J.F. Kennedy (Granada Hills, CA)
National Rank: 567, Regional: 103, Position: 42

DE Anthony Adamson, 3-stars
Snow (UT), Atwater, CA, HS - CA
National Rank: 492, Regional: 85, Position: 37

QB Don Mucker, 3-stars
Bella Vista (Fair Oaks, CA)
National Rank: 1381, Regional: 313, Position: 126

WR Gary MacPherson, 3-stars
Pacific Grove (Pacific Grove, CA)
National Rank: 667, Regional: 126, Position: 65

WR Mike Hudson, 3-stars
Monta Vista (Cupertino, CA)
National Rank: 790, Regional: 151, Position: 92

FB Jim Williams, 3-stars
Arroyo Grande (Arroyo Grande, CA)
National Rank: 749, Regional: 141, Position: 39

There were a few other signings as well, nothing too important. Just two stars and one stars.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 04:16 PM

Pre Training

We ranked as #61 in the recruiting this year. A step up from last season, but not our best yet as my first recruiting season landed us at #60 if I recall correctly.

We're going to be in deep doo-doo at the running back position. We've got no one rated above a 1(out of 10!). Hopefully after training we'll be okay.

Preston Morgan(2/2) doesn't look to be a starter this year, as he got worse over the summer.

I got some nice DE/DT Freshmen. Lots of potentials of 5's and 6's. Watch out in a few years!

In the secondary, we've got all orange players with potentials of four and five. Mostly five's. Last year we had two players with potentials of six, but not anymore.

Post Training and Depth Chart

Quarterback

1. Jr Dwight Garay(4/6), the transfer from last season will be starting this year. He went from 5/5 to 4/6 during the training.
2. Jr Delhomme(3/5)

Running Back

1. Fr Rick Monroe(2/4) - Low endurance and durability. May see Denson more than Monroe.
2. Fr Mike Denson (2/5)

Monroe is a little further along than Denson at this point, but both will be getting equal amount of carries as the season progresses; most likely anyways.

Full Back

1. Sr Bill Banfield (4/6)
2. Sr Justin Griggs (3/4)

WR's

1. Sr John Tomich (7/10) - I half expect him to go Pro after this season. Actually, more than half expect.
2. Jr Garrett Hankton (3/5)
3. Jr John Roche (3/4)
4. So Bruce Pace (3/4)

Tight End:

1. Brinker (5/6)
2. Hunter (1/2)

The receivers beyond Hankton are all interchangeable basically, all rated three's. So we're deep with those types of receivers.

Offensive Line

Starters, left to right:

Fr Boobie Bland (2/7)
Sr Carl Smith (6/7)
Jr Ty Williams (4/6)
Sr Kordell Posey (5/6)
Fr Pat Boyd (2/5)

Defensive Line, left to right

LDE Jr Anthony Adamson (4/5)
NT Sr Preston Morgan (3/5) - He was 2/2 for some reason pre-training, went back to last year's totals
RDE Fr Larry Clark (3/6)

Clark, Triplett(2/6), Dantzer(2/5) are all pretty good, but Clark has developed nicely quickly, so he'll be starting this year while the other two freshman will be redshirting most likely. Or at least one of them.

Linebackers

LOLB So Bert Woodson (3/5)
ROLB Vince Tatum (2/4)
MLB Zola Dean (4/6)
MLB Johnny Wonsley (3/6)

Backups: Jue(2/6), Lamb(2/4)

Secondary

CB:
1. Jr Hakim (3/4)
2. Jr Williams (3/5)
3. So Pelle (3/5)

Safety:

1. FS Jr Carl Griffith (4/5)
1. SS Jr Allen Harper (2/5)

Kicker:

1. Fr Ephraim (5/8!) Nice. I like a good kicker.

Punter:

1. Parent (4/5)

mauboy

12-16-2005, 04:27 PM

We went with the same recruiting service as last season.. The best in the West.

We're going with Run n Gun and a 3-4 defense this year.

Scheduling

We requested both home and away games for each team we offered:

Duke (62)
Baylor (53)
Arizona St (51)
Bowling Green (83)

All four accepted the games.. So our schedule for the season is this:

Team Schedule

1 Arizona State -
2 at Baylor -
3 OPEN -
4 Nevada-Las Vegas -
5 at New Mexico -
6 at Wyoming -
7 OPEN -
8 Texas Christian -
9 Colorado State -
10 at Utah -
11 Brigham Young -
12 at Air Force -
13 Bowling Green -
14 OPEN -
15 Duke -

Red Shirts

ILB Dawkins (1/5)
DE Triplett (2/6)
OG DeLong (2/6)
WR Houston (2/5)
QB Mucker (2/3)

Team Breakdown:

Freshmen - 21
Sophomores - 9
Juniors - 28
Seniors - 20

mauboy

12-16-2005, 05:19 PM

Week One vs Arizona State

ASU is favored by 17 points, but I honestly don't think it will be that bad. We've got a good team all around. Should be a good game. This is Garay's first start since he transferred to be an Aztec! Go Garay!

We'll have to contain RB Jason Muncie(8/10) if we want to have a shot.

1st Quarter

7-0 following a fumble by RB Monroe :(

Jeebuz.. Another fumble, he's benched. At least we recovered it this time, but still! Denson and Reese(2/3) will get the handoffs for now.

2nd Quarter

14-0 after another ASU TD.

It's crazy. I just can't stop anything, they're not waaaaaay more talented than us, but they are a little bit. We just can't stop anything really, the runs, the 3rd and longs, nothing.

Another TD after 3rd down and goal from the 8 yard line. 21-0 with 9 minutes to play in the half.

Ephraim makes his first field goal(39 yards) try of his career as an Aztec. 21-3 with 5:31 left in the half.

We end the half getting block on a field goal attempt from only 38 yards out. Dang. We moved the ball down the field quite nicely that time. We're playing a lot better now than in the first quarter.

ASU QB Gill has yet to throw an incompletion, he's 13 of 13. That's insane.

3rd Quarter

ASU starts out with the ball and goes for a quick six points to make it 28-3 early on in the 2nd half. DAngit.

We go right back down the field and kick a 42 yard field goal, good. 28-6.

With the 3rd quarter coming to an end we come up with an 11 play drive for 72 yards and a Garay to Tomich touchdown. 28-13 to start the 4th quarter.

4th Quarter

35-13 with 10 minutes to go. 4th and Goal on the 1 for ASU gets them a 1 yard touchdown catch. Bummer. That would have been a huge stop. Oh, well.

The final score is 42-13. I didn't expect to win, really, but I didn't expect to lose this badly. We did play a lot better in the 2nd half, but after getting the touchdown to take a 35-13 lead it was officially over. After that nothing went well.

A few good things came out of the game though. RB Denson had 12 carries for 82 yards. Tomich had 5 receptions for 104 yards and a TD.

If Garay doesn't do better next week I'll have no problem starting Delhomme who at least was a little better than these numbers for the most part:

13/39 196 yards and a TD. I mean, I threw quite a bit mid range, but a lot of short range passes too.

0-1 for the season with a game @ Baylor coming up next.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 06:07 PM

Week 2 @ Baylor(0-1)

Baylor is favored to beat us by 8 this week. I expect to win this one quite easily by the looks of things. We're more talented on the offensive side of the ball. On defense we're practically identical.

1st Quarter

After punting it back and forth, Baylor gets six points on a fumble returned for a TD. 7-0.

14-0. Baylor takes it in for a TD.

Baylor takes advantage of a fumble by WR Hankton at mid field and got a field goal to make it 17-0. We're a turnover machine again this year. Fumble there fumble here, fumble everywhere.

2nd Quarter

Another field goal for Baylor after an interception on Garay's first incompletion on the day. 20-0.

4th and Goal on the 2 for Baylor and they run it in for another TD. 27-0, 5 minutes remaining in half. What the he(ll)ck.

Ah, craptastic. 30-0 at the half as Baylor caps the half with a 58 yard field goal.

We're not doing awful, we're just not coming up with and 3rd down conversions when we most need them. Garay is doing better, 16/24 with 135 yards and a pick.

2nd Half

A 39 yard TD pass to Bruce Pace gives us our first points of the game, 30-7 to start the 2nd half.

4th Quarter

30-15 with 12 minutes remaining in the game. Garay connected to WR Kennedy for a score from 5 yards out, 2 point conversion is good.

A huge safety allows us to pull within 13 points with 9:50 minutes to go! After the free kick it is our ball at mid field!! Wooohooo. Let's go O!

Denson catches his 5th ball of the afternoon and takes it 33 yards for the score!!! 30-24 with 8 minutes to play! And we've got a ball game!

PACHOW! Anthony Adamson with a sack on 3rd and 11 to force a punt. 3 and Out and 1st and 10 for us on our 34 yard line. 6:23 to go in the game.

A big play coming up with 5:39. It's 3rd and 1 at the baylor 43 yard line. We gotta keep it on the ground here I'd say.

3rd and 1 - Loss of 1.
4th and 2 - We go for it. A quick out to the receiver, John Roche, he hauls it in and picks up 10 yards! Fiiiiiirst dooown!

FUMBLLLEEE, Garay fumbles it on the Baylor 16 yard line after a nice gain for a first down... Baylor Ball with 4:16 remaining. We're still alive, but our hearts just sank a mile.

A great defensive series as we get the ball back with 2:43 remaining on our 36 yard line. Time to roll, baby!

A 3rd down conversion for us. 1st and 10 at our 48 yard line with 1:52 to go.

1st and 10 - Shotgun, screen... Gain of 5
2nd and 5 - Shotgun, medium pass, curl. Tomich can't bring it in. That was Garay's 58th pass of the day.
3rd and 5 - Single back, screen...Sacked!
4th and 10 - 1:08 to go. Post play, PASS INTERFERENCE, first down and 10 with 56 seconds to go. Ball on the Baylor 45 yard line. I'm shakin' here ladies and gentlemen.

1st n 10 - 14 yard pass play, time out! 44 seconds to go. 31 yard line.

1st n 10 - Incomplete
2nd n 10 - 1st and 10, 12 yard gain!!!!
1st n 10 - 31 seconds to go, 19 yard line - 8 yard gain! 23 seconds to go! Timeout called. Our last.

2nd n 2 - Incomplete in the end zone.. In and out of Pace's hands.
3rd n 2 - Incomplete again. Oooooh, crap. Last play of the game coming up!
4th n 2 - Shotgun, TE Ins, Med-Pass, 11 yard line - The snap, back the pass... Looking, looking...Incomplete.. BALL GAME. Baylor wins a thriller. 30-24. MMMMMMAAAAANNNNNNN.

We were losing 30-0 at the half. What a game.

Garay was 42 of 65!!!! for 384 yards, 3 TDs, 1 interception. Man. What a game. I didn't want to run the ball, and I'm glad I didn't. It was a helluva game. Wow. Wow. Wow.

I'm just glad the bug that I caught didn't ruin my game. Baylor punted on 4th down and downed it. But the next play it was 1st and 10 for baylor. The game log skipped 4th down and it was their ball. But we stopped them anyawys, but still, I could've used those 2 minutes that Baylor had the ball for.

I'd post more, but I have to go.

mauboy

12-16-2005, 11:18 PM

Week 3

Off.

Week 4 vs UNLV(1-1)

UNLV is favored by four points. I doubt they'll come close to losing by that amount.

I doubt Garay will come close to his 65 attempts from last game, but he'll still have a good game against UNLV's suspect secondary. The Rebels' offense isn't that good either, not good enough to keep up with ours; I think, I hope.

1st Quarter

UNLV gets held to a field goal after a nice start, 3-0.

Our first play of the game is a 9 yard pass to Tomich who fumbled it into the arms of UNLV. Our defense made a nice stop again holding the Rebels to another field goal. 6-0. NO more stupid plays!

The rest of the quarter is a bunch of punting.

2nd Quarter

We begin the second quarter in the middle of a drive, 2 plays 19 yards so far. 1st and 10 our 43 yard line.

Nothing came out of that drive.

We tie up the game with a 6 play, 55 yard drive, and a 2 yard TD by FB Banfield. Ephraim misses his first extra point.. Better be his last. 6-6 with 10 minutes to go in the 2nd Q.

We get pushed way back in our territory and eventually get saftied... 8-6 and now it's UNLV's ball on our 23 yard line after a nice return.

The Rebels close out the half with a 51 yard field goal, 11-6, halftime.

3rd Quarter

17-6(missed the 2-point conv.) as UNLV scores a TD. Argh. Stupid mistakes made us punt away the ball and now we can't stop a measly running game. Pathetic.

The rest of the quarter goes quietly scoreless. 17-6 our ball to start the 4th at midfield'ish.

4th Quarter

With 10 minutes in the game, we finally get somethign to happen on 2nd and 25 following a tripping penalty. Garay connects to Tomich for 76 yards out for six. 17-12, 2 point pending. We decide to just kick the extra point, 17-13.

UNLV, 3 and out on their drive.

First play, play action pass deep again to Tomich; we caught the defense on their heels again as we connect 73 yards this time, but fall six yards short of the end zone. 1st and Goal. 3rd and Goal and four yards closer, we try running the ball. Unsuccessful. Field goal is good. 17-16 with 6 minutes to go.

3 and out again for the Rebels. Our ball, 5:20 left.

We keep it on the ground for the first two plays with Denson, he run for 4 yards and 21 yards before we went back to the air with the accurate arm of Garay. But the ball went back to Denson on a screen pass that goes for 22 yards for another first down. 1st and 10 on the 27 yard line with just over three minutes to play.

On what looked to be a broken play, Pace got open on a post for a 21 yard gain! 1st and Goal again! Run-run-run, to make sure I don't throw a pick.. but we're the Fumbilitis Aztecs.... Hmm..

1st and Goal - 3 yard run.
2nd and Goal - 2 yard gain.
3rd and Goal on the 1 - TOUCHDOWN, Monroe, the 3rd down back. 2 point conversion is good! 24-17 with just under two minutes to play in the game.

A few plays later, 1st and 10 at mid field for UNLV. 1 minute to go.

2nd and 10
3rd and 10 - 1st down.

Later on... 2nd and 10 at the 34 yard line with 44 seconds to go.
3rd and 6, with 36 seconds left.

Picked off Vincent Tatum, he returns it 36 yards, 1st and 10 with 20 seconds to play.... Boom! That's the ball game. Another come back that we actually won! Yay. 1-0 in the conference, 1-2 overall.

A hell of a game by Garay who led this team once again, this time to victory.

We outgained their offense 472 to 322. Goody good.

Garay was 27 of 43 for 402 with a TD and INT. Another impressive game as he had a good completion %.

Denson was solid on the ground - 15 carries for 79 yards.

Tomich(POG) showing off his studliness with 7 catches and 189 yards with a TD.

We've got New Mexico at their house. I plan on whomping these guys as we got whupped by 'em last season. They ruined a better bowl game, in which we could've faced an easier opponent(:) )

mauboy

12-17-2005, 12:02 AM

Week Five @ New Mexico

Can we expect another nice performance by Garay? Likely.

We'll have to stop RB Herschel Prebola(6/7) if we want to win. He's a runner.

1st Quarter

It took two minutes for UNM to get a touchdown. 7-0.

We come back a few possessions later with a 23 yard touchdown pass from Garay to Denson. 7-7 midway through the first quarter.

We seem to always be the victim of 50+ yard field goal makes. 52 yard field goal is good. 10-7 UNM

2nd Quarter

Another FG for the Lobos, this time from only 46 yards out. 13-7 early on in the 2nd quarter.

We come back with a field goal, 47 yarder. 13-10 with 7 minutes to play in the half.

New Mexico gets lucky and moves their way down the field for a touchdown as we near the end of the half. 1 minute to go. 20-10.

3rd Quarter

Ut-oh. 27-10. New Mexico puts together a solid drive. Could we jsut not be that good of a team? Or is this a setup for another comeback for a good finish?

After 8 straight runs and three first downs, we freeze the defense with a 23 yard play action pass for a TD, Garay to Roche. 27-16(seriously..another missed EP. I may be better off going for two every time, eh?). Halfway through the 3rd.

Ouch. A fumble by reliable Denson allows a short drive for New Mexico which results in a touchdown. 34-16. That hurts a little. Time to start the 4th quarter, too. Too late.

Thanks to a missed tackle, we were able to score quickly, 66 yard TD to Kennedy. We're goin' for two....Well, maybe not. 34-23.

We just can't stop the New MExico offense. 41-23 with 11 minutes to play in the game.

52 yard FG for NM again, 44-23. And that will be the final. We fall to 1-1 on the season in conference play and 1-3 overall. What a bugger.

I think I should have been a beta tester. :)

mauboy

12-18-2005, 12:21 AM

Week Six @ Wyoming(1-2)

It looks to be a make or break week for us. If we lose we aren't standing too well and will likely need to win out to get a bowl bid, but if we win we can afford to lose another one down the road. Let's win! One-two-three, break!

1st Quarter

After a long smooth drive it ends on a Denson fumble on the 6 yard line. We get the ball back and go back down the field and this time settle for three points on a Ephraim field goal. 3-0

2nd Quarter

After a turnover we were able to hold the Wyoming offense to another punt in which we took right back down the field for another three points. 6-0.

The rest of the half is quiet besides a big interception for Tatum on our 16 yard line. 6-0 still.

3rd Quarter

Some mistackling later, Wyoming finally got on the board after a 35 yard touchdown pass. 6-6 after a missed extra point, we're midway through the 3rd.

We answer back with a touchdown of our own, Garay to Tomich, 32 yard strike. 13-6.

Garay has been really special for us, I feel, so far this season... Ever since that 65 pass attempt game against Baylor.

Wyoming comes right back with a touchdown as well. 13-12(another missed extra point.. hmm.. lol thanks). No defense on that drive after quite the game up to that point(150 yards before that drive, now 221.).

4th Quarter

Mike Denson making it real easy to forget about Olszewski from the previous seasons. Coming into today, Denson was averaging 5.05 yards per carry and today he's got 24 carries for 149 yards so far! Yah. Impressive for a 2/5 guy. Another run, 16 yards this time to set up first and goal on the six yard line.

Dwight Garay capitalizes the drive with a TD to WR Pace. 20-12 with 9 minutes to play.

Just when it seemed to be over on 3rd and 23 for Wyoming on the 11 yard line convert a first down on a 27 yard slant. Dammmn.. Still 1:48 to go, now nearing mid field.

But in the end defense stepped it up and got a pick to close out the game.

20-12 final. We go to 2-1 in conf. play and 2-3 overall.

Garay was 17 of 23 with 217 yards, 2 TDs and an INT.
Denson had 32 carreis for 174 yards. No touchdowns. Also to catches for 69 yards.
Tomich 5 catches for 77 yards and a TD.
We had five sacks as a team, and DE Clark had two of them.

mauboy

12-18-2005, 10:53 AM

Week Seven - Open
Utah is 5-0 and ranked 23rd at this point. And won again this week for 6-0 and are ranked 14th now! Nice! That will be a huge game in a few weeks.

Week Eight vs TCU (3-2)

TCU favored by 18 in this one. I don't know, it won't be that bad though I don't think. Garay has been playing real well since his first game so I don't see how he won't keep us in the game along. Denson is hot as well. So we've got a good as shot as anybody. Heck they lost to UNLV last week, who we beat.

1st Quarter

After -6 yards gained for TCU, we get the ball back and move right down the field for a quick three points. We were held short on third and five with a 3 yard pass gain. 3-0.

TCU basically went down the field with so much ease that there was nothing I could even do to stop them. 7-3.

To end the 1st quarter we're sitting on TCU's 41 yard line with 2nd and 5 to go.

2nd Quarter

Kennedy receives a 5 yard touchdown pass from Garay to take the lead back, 10-7. It was a 13 play, 74 yard drive with Denson getting 20 yards on the ground.

We were able to come up with a big stop in the red zone against TCU who eventually settled for three. 10-10 with two to play in the half.

After an awful series to start the half(started on the 5 yard line after a 7 yard return), in which we got one first down before punting it 27 yards with a return of 17 and a face mask to give TCU the ball on our 14 yard line. They score on the first play for 17-10 lead.

Denson's 5th lost fumble on the season lets TCU return it 36 yards for the TD. Damn. It's time to rely on Garay's arm the rest of the game. 24-10.

Thankfully we were able to come down the field and get a field goal from 47 yards out. Whew. 24-13 with 7:30 to go in the 3rd.

4th Quarter

31-13 with 14 minutes to go. Our defense has given up. :(

So has our return team apparently, who fumbled the return. Miraculously they missed the FG from 23 yards out.

A 40 yard pass catch is cancelled out as Roche fumbled the ball which was returned 59 yards deep into our territory. Time to fast forward this game. :(

38-13 final score. Awful. Considering we were in it to start the 4th quarter, practically. A few ugly passes by Garay and fumbles by everyone else. We lost three fumbles..maybe four. I'll have to look after the week sim.

Three lost fumbles, three interceptions for SIX stinkin' turnovers. All of them were very costly as they were either deep in opponents territory our really deep in ours. Gaawd.

We need to get back on track with Colorado State before we face an undefeated, 12th ranked Utah team.

We go to 2-2 in Conf, and 2-4 overall.

mauboy

12-18-2005, 11:32 AM

Week 9 vs Colorado St.

1st Quarter

Another lost fumble for Denson puts him on the bench and will give Monroe some playing time. CSU got a field goal after only gaining two yards on their drive, thanks of course to Denson's fumble.

We went down the field and tied it right back up at 3-3.

2nd Quarter

Tomich received a pass from Garay from 11 yards out to complete the 5 play 44 yard drive for the TD. 10-3.

CSU answers back with a TD of their own. 10-10. We just couldn't stop the run that drive, we kept expecting pass, pass, pass, but never got ONE single ball thrown.

A 33-yard Ephraim field goal gives us the lead right back at 13-10 with 3:30 left to go in the half.

Meh. TD CSU after another awful defensive series. 17-13 with not much time left to go in the half.

A 9 play 73-yard drive ends with a 33 yard field goal for us to make it 17-16.

24-16 as CSU gets another TD. 4th quarter coming soon..

4th Quarter

Our 8 play, 58 yard drive ends in a 50 yard field goal for Ephraim! His fourth FG on the day. 24-19 now, with 12 minutes to go.

30-19 now after the unstoppable Rams drive. 2 point conversion no good. 7 minutes to play in the game.

The final score is 33-19 as we lose a big game. That pretty much seals up the season as a losing season unless we win out. 2-5 now, with 2-3 conference record. Pathetic season so far. We are way better than this, but nothing is clicking.

Things aren't going to get much better against a 6-1 Utah team who just lost to 5-2 TCU. Both those teams should be ranked at week's end. And TCU almost is, but they are ranked 24 in the computer ratings, whilst Utah is 17.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 10:07 AM

Week 10 vs 6-1 Utah

We probably won't stand a chance against this good all around team.

1st Quarter

7-0, Utah after a 3rd and 17 conversion. Ugh.

We come back after Denson carried the ball 3 times for 39 yards which allowed us to kick a field goal. 7-3.

Utah comes back down with three of their own. 10-3, first quarter nearing the end.

2nd Quarter

After Denson's 55 yard run, Garay threw a pick allowing Utah to go down the field again to score three more. 13-3.

The half ends with the score still, 13-3. We missed a 40 yard field goal that would have helped big time, but no.

3rd Quarter

We can't stop Utah as they score a touchdown, 20-3 midway through the 3rd.

We were finally able to capitalize a drive with a touchdown, 20-9 after a missed extra point. Ugh.

Right back down the field Utah goes, 27-9 at the end of the 3rd.

4th Quarter

The final score is 34-12.

Denson had a good game, but only because of three runs. A 55 yard gain, a 39 yard gain, and a 22 yard gain, which gave him three carries for 116 yards while the rest of the game he had 14 carries for 21 yards. Total of 17 carries for 139 yards. He was ineffective more often than not, so it was tough to keep running with him while we were behind.

Freshman DE Dantzler picked up two sacks on the day. Nothing else worth bringing up.

We've got BYU, Air Force, and Bowling Green to finish out the season. We're now 2-6 with no hope for anything.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 10:46 AM

Week 11 vs 5-3 BYU

1st Half

After some horrible plays, like a 75 yard fumble recovery returned for a TD for BYU allowed them to take a lead into halftime, 26-13.

Denson is still running well, 12 carries for 90 yards.

2nd Half

The second half went even worse as we were shut out while BYU still scored a crap load on us. The final score was 44-13.

Week 12 @ Air Force

The expectations from the board were not to get blown out by Air Force. Air Force isn't good enough to blow us out, let alone beat us.

1st Half

I guess Air Force is lucky, but both touchdowns were on account of our mistakes on offense, like usual. 20-10, AF at the half.

2nd Half

We start the half with a TD to make it 20-17.

Three field goals for us allow us to take a 26-20 lead with a minute to go in the game and our defense came up with two sacks to finish it off. A shutout in the 2nd half. Nicely done, defense.

QB Garay - 16/29, 226 yards, 1 TD. he finally didn't throw a pick.
RB Denson - 18 carries, 96 yards, 1 TD.
WR Tomich - 8 catches, 71 yards.
DE Dantzler - Two sacks for consecutive weeks.
DE Clark - 1 sack, total of 9 on the season. He may get first team all conference.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 10:58 AM

Week 13 vs 3-6 Bowling Green

Utah is 9-1 and ranked 10th. Way to represent!

1st Half

3-0 early on, Aztecs lead.

3-3 at the half.

2nd Half

Garay connects to Tomich for a TD. 10-3, Aztecs

Another Ephraim FG, 43 yarder. 13-3.

19 yard field goal, Ephraim. 16-3.

16-10 to start the 4th quarter.

16-13, our lead with 7 minutes to play.

That would be the final as we win 16-13. That's a good way to end the season, on a 2-game win streak. Hopefully we can continue that next season!

mauboy

12-19-2005, 11:07 AM

2008 Stats

Our 2008 was quite a dissappointment, but that's to be expected as a head coach. Our conference is tough with oppenents like TCU and Utah who threaten to be a top 25 team every year. I hope we become a force like them soon.

Garay wasn't as good as I had hoped. He still has one more year with us and will for sure be playing QB again next season unless a miracle occurs. Delhomme will continue to be his backup.

Denson could be a pretty good back if he'd just hold onto the ball. He lost 7 fumbles, but that was the price to pay as he averaged over 5 yards a carry. It's funny, Monroe was slated as the starter to start the season, but after a quick fumble in the first game Denson got to show what he's made of. Monroe averaged 3.5 ypc and only had ONE fumble. His only fumble came in the first few minutes of our season opener. I probably could have had more faith in him but Denson just showed more spark.

We hope very much that Tomich doesn't go pro, but I wouldn't blame him if he did. He ended up with almost 900 yards and 5 TDs on 64 receptions.

You can find the rest of the season stats listed in this word document. I find this to be the easiest way to show everyone the stats.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 11:27 AM

Week 15 vs 2-8 Duke

I completely forgot about this game, and will post the end of season stats afterward.

1st Half

17-0 at the end of the first quarter, Duke leads. We've got two turnovers already, early on. Both within our own 20 yard line. I expect us to come back and win still.

2nd Half
Another fumble within our own 20 allows another TD. 24-3, Duke. LOL Horrible game.

31-3 following a 66 yard TD. Unreal.

The final is 31-10. Just by memory, I think we had five turnovers, three fumbles, two interceptions. Duke is awful, I guess we are even worse! The end of season stats will only make the stats we have look worse than they already are, so I'll let the previous post's Stats be the only ones I show you.

This game was awful. Neither team gained over 300 yards.

We finish the season 4-8.

I DECIDED TO ADD THE SEASON STATS. Here they are....

mauboy

12-19-2005, 12:04 PM

2008 Season Awards

The MWC Freshman of the Year goes to:

DE Larry Clark of San Diego State U. Clark had 10 sacks this season!

MWC 1st Team:

Sr OG Carl Smith
Fr DE Larry Clark

2nd Team:

Jr FS Carl Griffith
Fr Punter Karsten Parent

3rd Team:

Jr QB Dwight Garay
Jr WR John Tomich
Jr C Ty Williams

Ah, well. We failed pretty badly this year. It will be easy to top this season next year, without a doubt.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 12:15 PM

2008 Post season

#6Utah finished their season with a win, but not a GDCS Bowl Game win. They defeated #23 Arizona State 31-16. I suspect they'll finish #4 when all is said and done.

BYU Defeated New Mexico St.
Colorado St lost.
#24 TCU beat Arizona
UNLV lost to Miss. St bad.

Evaluation

Team Performance: D
Talent: D
Recruiting: C
Board Expectations: C
Prestige: C
Ovearll: D

Well, what can I say? We sucked. I got the grades I should've gotten. *sniffle* Don't fire me.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 12:38 PM

Job Offers

Air Force wants us to coach them next season. I'm not going to take it for sure as I don't want to make a lateral move to the same conference.

Temple Owls also want to hire me. It would be interesting taking them on, but I'm declining that as well.

My career record as a coach is now 18-28 with one bowl appearance, which we lost.

Our defensive coordinator who was damn good has opted out of his contract to look elsewhere. That's sad news, so now we need to find another one.

We took a step up in the coaching vacancy and got someone who's barely better than Dixon from last season. Billy Thomas is Yellow in a few categories, but Green in most of them including, Defensive Gameplanning, Scout DL, Scout DB, Develop LB.

Transfer Weeks:

We offer to a TE and QB. Both potentials of 6 and will both be sophomores for my team two seasons from now when they're eligible to play.

We sign none of them. On to recruiting!

mauboy

12-19-2005, 01:10 PM

Recruiting - Week 1 of 10:

We spent the whole first week scouting players. We've made no recruiting pitches at all, just scouting the majority of the most interested players.

Week 2 of 10:

No signings.

We started the recruiting process this week, scoping out the more interested players first, then we worked our way down to the rest of the guys who were interested, but not as much.

Now for an amazing coincidence. I just moved to a little town called Little Chute, WI. What are the chances that I get a player that is very interested in my school from the same city? Insane in the membrane. Anyhow, I offered him a scholarship despite he is only a 2 star player.

No signings during week 2.

Week 3 of 10:

No signings.

This week will be the same as last week, minus a few changes in scholarship offers depending on interest.

Week 4 of 10:

I'm hoping for a few signings this week. I'm surprised Mike Denson's buddy from a national camp hasn't signed with us. He sent an email about his interest, but he still hasn't signed on. He's only a 2 star, but he'll be fine for us.

Email: John Tomich did not declare for the draft and will be playing his senior year with us. I expect a huge season out of him! 1500 yards!!!

No signings this week.

Week 5 of 10:

Players committing to San Diego State
CB Kaipo Woodson (3 Star)

Players recruited that committed to other schools
OT Ronde Copeland - Wisconsin
OG Karl Saimes - Utah
SS Rueben McFarland - Hawaii
C Jed Machurek - Arizona State
TE Ken Adkins - Hawaii
OLB Gene Ulbrich - Utah State
FB Anquan Williams - Fresno State

We lost a good amount of players this week to other schools, but most of them weren't recruited, just scouted.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 01:33 PM

Week 6 of 10:

Players committing to San Diego State
OG Bobby Jordan (3 stars)
OLB Brad Blakley (2 stars)

Players recruited that committed to other schools
WR Carl Garcia - Arizona State
ILB Blair Matthews - Wash State
C Tom Owens - New Mexico
K Keith Garrett - Fresno State
SS Chuck Drummond - Arizona State

Only two players sign this week. One happens to be RB Mike Denson's buddy who sent me an email before the recruiting process.

Only one of the players lost were recruited. SO that's good news.

Week 7 of 10:

We need some players this week! More than five would be nice. Anything less is going to make me worry for our future years... I may have to get out of here while I can after the next season or two.

Not good.

Players committing to San Diego State
SS Dennis Loville

Players recruited that committed to other schools
WR Greg Pea**** - Miami
OG Jon Aiken - San Jose State
WR Jerry Wheatley - New Mexico
ILB Karl Lang - San Jose State
ILB Rickey Williams - Hawaii
WR Billy Anderson - Arizona State
WR Victor Baker - Stanford
RB Tony Simnjanovski - San Jose State
OT Derek Ramsey - Marshall

After signing only two players, we're going into panic mode. Well, not really after finding out they were just random players that we lost.

Week 8 of 10:

10 out of the 11 offered scholarships are 10/10 interested in me still, so hopefully I can get half of them and then a few more after this week.

Players committing to San Diego State
OG Ed Johnson (3 stars)
WR Don Harris (3 stars)
WR Jerry Johnson (3 stars)

Players recruited that committed to other schools
WR Mike Moulds - San Jose State
WR Todd Whigham - Utah
OG Dan Ezerins - Arizona State
CB Stew Thomas - Boise State
SS Chad Malone - Colorado
OLB Scott Mitchell - Tulane
CB Dee Braxton - Boise State
OLB Matt Joseph - Colorado State

We lost four players who we offered scholarships too. Two signed.

Week 9 of 10:

This is it right here. Need some big time week here. I hope for 9 out of 9 schollies offered to sign, but I doubt it will happen.

Players committing to San Diego State

OG Lou Adamson
OG Orpheus Johnson
ILB Todd Smith

Players recruited that committed to other schools
CB Jim Dixon - California-LA
WR Dean Murphy - California
CB Simeon Lewis - Alabama Birmingham

We got three more 3 star players. Not bad. We need a few more in the last week though. Let's get 'em! We only have 10 recruits signed so far, we need 5 more in the final week. That would be nice.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 01:36 PM

Signed Recruits

Our highest rated recruit was 4-star OG Bobby Jordan. Surprise for me!

Here are the rest:

OG Bobby Jordan, 4-stars
Encinal (Alameda, CA)
National Rank: 418, Regional: 69, Position: 29

WR Jerry Johnson, 3-stars
Elk Creek (Elk Creek, CA)
National Rank: 679, Regional: 120, Position: 64

WR Greg Konz, 3-stars
Florin (Sacramento, CA)
National Rank: 823, Regional: 149, Position: 99

WR Don Harris, 3-stars
Culver City (Culver City, CA)
National Rank: 605, Regional: 102, Position: 55

CB Kaipo Woodson, 3-stars
Weed (Weed, CA)
National Rank: 818, Regional: 147, Position: 52

OG Orpheus Johnson, 3-stars
Rancho Verde (Moreno Valley, CA)
National Rank: 1051, Regional: 214, Position: 69

SS Dennis Loville, 3-stars
Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA)
National Rank: 527, Regional: 87, Position: 52

ILB Matt Grant, 3-stars
Lena-Winslow (Lena, IL)
National Rank: 957, Regional: 201, Position: 81

OLB Brad Blakley, 3-stars
Lamar County (Barnesville, GA)
National Rank: 1076, Regional: 249, Position: 80

ILB Todd Smith, 3-stars
Heights (Wichita, KS)
National Rank: 745, Regional: 142, Position: 72

OG Ed Johnson, 2-stars
Selma (Selma, CA)
National Rank: 512, Regional: 84, Position: 43

OG Lou Adamson, 2-stars
McFarland (McFarland, CA)
National Rank: 1086, Regional: 223, Position: 71

RB Travis Roche, 2-stars
Camanche (Camanche, IA)
National Rank: 1275, Regional: 241, Position: 64

JHopkins19

12-19-2005, 01:50 PM

Just wanted to throw in my two cents and say keep going and good luck! I've been following your career since the beginning, looking forward to see where this dynasty goes

mauboy

12-19-2005, 01:57 PM

Training Period

I won't announce any changes from last season as they seem to really flunctuate from here to after training.

Depth Chart - OFFENSE

We are quite solid all around except like last season, running back. Denson had a good year last year and I hope he can improve his numbers a little bit and keep his fumbles down!

Click attachment to view Depth Chart! Looks good!

mauboy

12-19-2005, 02:03 PM

Depth Chart - DEFENSE

With our new defensive coordinator who specializes in the 4-4 defense, we may switch to that. I'll have to get a better feel once opening day comes around.

Click attchmt.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 02:13 PM

The expectations from the board are the same as last year, don't finish last and don't get blown out by Air Force. With this squad, it's gonna be tough to lose, I think! The only team we'll have trouble with this season in the conference is Utah. Possibly TCU also, but we should have a good year finally! For sure!

We redshirt about 10 freshmen in all. I also redshirted Senior Delhomme(4/5) because he'll be behind Garay, so it will let me have a good QB next season once Garay is gone. I've got two players that are 3/4 that can back up Garay. If for some reason I have to bring Delhomme back, then I will, no problem.

I don't need to do any changes in scheduling this year, as I have 12 games lined up already.

I've got seven starters already getting academic help from tutors. If we lose even half these guys, we're in trouble. I have to go and do a lot of hours for these guys.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 02:18 PM

Holy Crap. I'm a moron for not saving at all during the off season and I just got the boot out of my game............

Ouch........ I think it will take me back all the way to the last game of last year...

I have to go to an interview right now, but after that I'll see what I'm going to do about this.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 04:16 PM

Well.... This sucks.

IT went all the way back to week 10 against Utah. I think I'll just sim it all as fast as I can and get back to this point tonight sometime.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 10:36 PM

Well, we won one game more this time around for a 5-7 record compared to last time's 4-8. In the previous run we lost to Duke, but beat them this time. We also beat BYU, Air Force and lost to Bowling Green when winning last time.

*shrug* We still got killed by Utah, who still ended up with 1 loss, so that's good. They can still represent!

I'm not going to go into much detail this time around, I'll just tell you the recruits at the end.

mauboy

12-19-2005, 11:42 PM

Instead of a new DC we needed a new OC, which we did and got a decent one, who scouts better than he develops, but that is okay. Lenny Alexander. He's blue in developing WR/TE's and Green in developing QB's. So that's good.

Recruit Signings - I let the computer do the recruiting for me. It seems they did the job just fine. I was ranked 71st the first time around and this time it's 67, so not much of a difference there.

The following recruits ended up coming to San Diego State:

OG Karl Saimes, 3-stars
East (Salt Lake City, UT)
National Rank: 619, Regional: 107, Position: 51

OG Dan Ezerins, 3-stars
Life School (Mesa, AZ)
National Rank: 572, Regional: 97, Position: 46

OLB Matt Joseph, 3-stars
Sonora (Sonora, CA)
National Rank: 757, Regional: 134, Position: 70

OG Orpheus Johnson, 3-stars
Rancho Verde (Moreno Valley, CA)
National Rank: 1051, Regional: 214, Position: 69

OG Shane Garmon, 3-stars
Sierra (Manteca, CA)
National Rank: 912, Regional: 178, Position: 66

WR Todd Whigham, 3-stars
Rio Hondo Prep (Arcadia, CA)
National Rank: 420, Regional: 70, Position: 43

WR Dean Murphy, 3-stars
Bishop Quinn (Palo Cedro, CA)
National Rank: 716, Regional: 127, Position: 72

WR Randy Blount, 3-stars
San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno, CA)
National Rank: 678, Regional: 119, Position: 63

P Eric Plum, 2-stars
American (Fremont, CA)
National Rank: 579, Regional: 99, Position: 9

OG Reggie Diehl, 2-stars
Pima (Pima, AZ)
National Rank: 873, Regional: 166, Position: 65

OLB Anthony Haley, 2-stars
Paris (Paris, MO)
National Rank: 1205, Regional: 226, Position: 81

OG Ed Johnson, 2-stars
Selma (Selma, CA)
National Rank: 512, Regional: 84, Position: 43

FB Frank Collins, 2-stars
Edison (Huntington Beach, CA)
National Rank: 1822, Regional: 397, Position: 75

SS Quinn Williams, 1-stars
Battle Ground (Battle Ground, WA)
National Rank: 1125, Regional: 234, Position: 77

K Vernon Bernard, 1-stars
Canyon Springs (Moreno Valley, CA)
National Rank: 972, Regional: 197, Position: 26

mauboy

12-20-2005, 12:28 AM

Week One vs Arizona State - I clicked save, yes!

I've finally reached back to this point.. Everything is pretty much the same as before. Denson will be starting, Delhomme got redshirted so he can play next season while Garay plays now. Our defensive line is good this year; it's all around. We should surprise everyone this season. It all looks the same pretty much. :)

ASU is favored by 7 points this week, not as much as last year, by ten.. It was 17 last year. We need to contain a pretty average offense and play well against a decent defense.

1st Quarter

After a first down for ASU, we force a fumble and recover it on the Sun Devils 45 yard line! We need to come up with these plays all year if we want to make some noise.

Nothing came out of the turnover, a touchdown was called back thanks to a hold by TE Brinker; forcing us to punt later on.

Denson sealed his fate for the season. I'm not going to trust a guy who fumbles as much as he does. He lost a fumble in the 1st quarter and will be benched for Jr Dickie Reese(3/5) as Monroe is being redshirted this season. Denson was running decent, 8 carries for 38 yards, but those damn fumbles.. I won't put up with it this year.

2nd Quarter, 0-0 still

Arizone St scores right away to start the 2nd quarter as our secondary blew the coverage and the Sun Devils scored on a 39 yard pass. 7-0. Dang.

So far this game, we've been called for three holding penalties, two of them on TE Brinker, the other on OG Boobie Bland. They're good players making stupid mistakes. It's most definitely costing us on offense as we'removing the ball down the field pretty well.

Ephraim gets us our first points of the day. 7-3.

A 3rd and 8 conversion allows ASU to score a TD later on in the drive to make it 14-3 with 8 minutes go to in the half.

Ephraim missed a 30 yard field goal, inches to the left. What a loser. He should not be rated 8/8.

21-3. What on Earth. This Oline, which is the only good thing about this ASU offense is completely dominating my Dline, which is pretty good...or so I thought.

Ah, hell. Great start to what was supposed to be a good year.

3rd Quarter

Another offensive line holding stalls our drive... Ugh... Our OL is supposed to be better than last season's but they're not playing like it.

Our fifth holding........ Seriously........ We're basically 5 minutes into the 3rd quarter and we've already got five holding penalties this game. That is just plain awful.

Yes, our 6th hold with time to go in the 3rd after we got safety'd. :( 23-3.

4th Quarter

On a short route, Tomich was able to break a few tackles and take it 78 yards for the touchdown. John is having quite the game. 23-10.

We get the ball back with seven minutes to play in the game.. We need to make some more stuff happen!

We try to run a screen on our first play, but what do you know, our seventh holding penalty called...... Unreal. I don't think i've seen anything like this.

ASU scored two more times after our failed drives to make the final score a blowout, 36-10.

*sigh*

Garay ended up with nearly 400 yards passing, but he threw a costly interception at the end of the game along with a touchdown. We only had 45 yards rushing on 20 attempts between our backs. If we want to compete this year, we'll need more yards and less fumbles. Denson. Ugh.

bigguy9854

12-20-2005, 07:23 AM

Great diary. You have a reader here. I hope you can turn things around coach. Don't worry, just have faith in your team and the plays that you call and everything will be just fine.

mauboy

12-20-2005, 11:06 AM

Week 2 @ Baylor

Thanks bigguy. :)

Last season was a big battle for us and Baylor. They took a 30-0 lead into halftime and only came out winners while we failed to score a touchdown from 10 yards out to make the final score 30-24. This year will be different. We're actually favored to win this game, the spread is four.

1st Quarter

We score first towards the end of the first quarter with the leg of Ephraim. 3-0.

2nd Quarter

We gave the start to good ol' Denson, but now we regret it. On a nice 12 yard gain on a screen which would have been good enough for first and goal, but instead Denson fumbled the ball and most definitely has lost his job for the season until Reese can prove that he can't do it.

Baylor capitalizes on the turnover and gets a field goal to tie up the game at three. 3-3.

Baylor goes 72 yards on the drive for a touchdown with seven minutes left in the half. 10-3 Baylor.

Baylor gets the ball back on a Garay fumble from a sack, and gets a quick field goal to make it 13-3. We need to stop turning the damn ball over.

Oh, great. Fumble on the kick return. We held them to two yards before they kicked a field goal with two minutes to go in the half. 16-3.

8 plays, 66 yards, and 1:21 later, Garay connects with WR Keating from two yards out for the score! 16-10 as we go into the half.

Garay going into the half is 16/29 with 226 yards and a TD. Nice game. I suspect we'll keep throwing with the lack of a running game.

3rd Quarter

The third quarter goes down quietly, but we had chances to make lots of noise as we intercepted two passes, but both deep in our own territory. It's still 16-10 goin' into the 4th quarter.

4th Quarter

After a great defensive series from the Baylor 6 yard line which forced them two more yards back, we were able to force them to punt to mid field which we then took the ball 9 plays, 53 yards for a touchdown. An 11 yard pass from Garay to Roche! 17-16, with 10 minutes to play in the game.

Pa-chow! First play for Baylor is picked off by Cid Williams, our ball at mid field again.

3 and out for Baylor after we turned it over on downs at the 34 yard line. 6 to play.

3 and out for us with less than five minutes to go.

Baylor ball at the 24 yard line with 4:30 to go. Need a big play again!

Dantzler comes up big with a 10 yard sack on 3rd and 11! Which forces Baylor to punt with just over two minutes to play.

After two first downs, we were finally forced to punt from our 37 yard line. 4th and 4. A 14 yard punt to the 23 yard line for Baylor, 31 seconds left to play in the game.

Eight sacks allowed us to seal this victory and shut down Baylor completely in the 2nd half.

Garay was 28/49, 303 yards and two TDs.

RB Reese played very well as Denson lost his job, 13 carries for 78 yards. Tomich, 8 catches for 80 yards.

So DE Mel Tonnemaker came up huge on the defensive side of the ball, three sacks! Conference Freshman of the Year, Clark, added two sacks to bring his total to three on the season.

We move to 1-1 on the season with an impressive defense game against Baylor.

mauboy

12-20-2005, 11:11 AM

Here's our schedule since I forgot to post it bfeore. I wish we had a week off this week, but we don't. We should be all right.

1 Arizona State L 36-10
2 at Baylor W 17-16
3 Bowling Green -
4 at Wyoming -
5 at Brigham Young -
6 at Utah -
7 New Mexico -
8 OPEN -
9 at Colorado State -
10 OPEN -
11 Nevada-Las Vegas -
12 Texas Christian -
13 at Air Force -
14 Duke -
15 OPEN

MirageAg99

12-20-2005, 11:11 AM

Good to see you back up and running. Keep up the good work and remember, save, save, save. :)

bigguy9854

12-20-2005, 11:48 AM

Nice way to squeek past the Bears. Let's go for two in a row!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mauboy

12-20-2005, 11:53 AM

Week 3 vs 1-0 Bowling Green - We're favored by six points this week.

Tomich is starting to get under a 2.0 in his schooling, but we put a lot of effort in making sure he doesn't fall below it in three weeks. We lost our backup MLB Wonsley due to grades, and DE Adamson(4/7) remains injured.

1st Quarter

We open the game with a 10 play, 54 yard drive which ended in a field goal from Ephraim. 3-0.

A Reese fumble on our own 6 yard line allowed BG to get an easy touchdown two plays later. 7-3. So everyone we play at RB is going to fumble like a mad-man. Dang it. I guess I should just play Denson who shows more bright spots than anybody, pretty much.

2nd Quarter

We make a nice stop after a solid drive for BG, we hold them to a field goal, 10-3 to start the 2nd quarter.

We received a punt on the 35 yard line and WR Houston took it 65 yards for the score! Tie ball game 10-10 with six minutes to go in the half.

3rd Quarter

7 plays, 77 yards later we have to settle for a field goal from Ephraim to take a 13-10 lead with the 3rd quarter coming to an end.

It was a very quiet 3rd quarter until the end.

4th Quarter

Garay's 2nd interception on the day results in a short drive for BG that results in a field goal from 48 yards out to tie the ball game at 13.

We come right back down the field, 55 yards for a field goal of our own. 35 yard field goal is good by Ephraim to give us the lead again, 16-13 with 9 minutes to go in the game.

We get the ball back after a punt-touchback and move a little ways down the field go punt it ourselves with four minutes to go in the game. Bowling Green ball on their own 26 yard line.

We were able to hold them to 3 and out with less than three minutes to go. Our ball at our 41 yard line! Just need one or two first downs to close out the game!

2:11 to play.

We're forced to make a big decision, we can seal the game right now, or punt the ball on 4th and 1 on BG's 37 yard line with 54 seconds to go.

In the end we decide to punt, they only have one timeout and they'd possibly have to go down the whole field pending a good punt.

A 23 yard punt makes it 1st and 10 for BG on their own 14 yard line with 47 seconds to play in the game!

Bowling Green couldn't get anywhere as the secondary kept knocking the ball away and eventually with no time remaining intercepted a pass to end the ball game for good! We move to 2-1 on the season!! And it's time for conference play.

Our offense didn't really click all afternoon, Garay threw two picks. It was our defense once again that allowed us to win this game. They held BG to only a field goal in the 2nd half to seal the victory! Woot woot!

Garay was 24/37 for 249 yards, no TDs, 2 INTs. The running game was non-existent, but the short passing game worked well.

Tomich had 9 catches for 53 yards.
Denson had 8 catches for 128 yards!

Another big day obviously for our defense totalling only five sacks this time, DE Tonnemaker with his fourth sack of the season which now leads the team.

We're going in hot against a poor Wyoming team, who's 1-1 on the year.

mauboy

12-20-2005, 12:42 PM

Week 4 @ 1-1 Wyoming - SDSU faves by 7

We should beat these guys, but our injuries may allow this game to be closer than it should.

We're missing a few key defensive players still, DE Adamson, DE Dantzler and a few others.

1st Quarter

After a 70 yard pass play to WR Roche, Garay connected with WR Kennedy 9 yards out for the score. 7-0.

The rest of the quarter goes down quietly.

2nd Quarter

Linebacker Woodson recovers a fumble forced by Triplett and returned it 47 yards for the Touchdown! 14-0 early on in the 2nd q.

The defense comes up big again, this time it's cornerback Jeff Calhoun who picked it off and returned the interception 77 yards for the TD! Wooohooo.. 21-0, still with 13 minutes to go in the half.

Wyoming gets their first score on a field goal from 39 yards out. They're still moving the ball down the field on us with ease, but as long as we keep coming up big, we don't need to worry about it too much. 21-3.

5 plays, 60 yards, 1:40 later we responded with a touchdown, Garay to Tomich, two yards out. But the prevoius play was a 40 yard pass play by the same two players. 28-3 with plenty of time to go in the half.

Wyoming gets a 43 yard field goal to make it 28-6 with three minutes to go.

We were able to finish the half with a 24 yard field goal, 31-6 at the half.

3rd Quarter

This will allow me to put my backups in midway through the 3rd if we can maintain this lead.

*sigh* Just when we were about to put this game on the ice, Denson had to fumble the ball... What to do, what to do. I may have to bring Monroe(2/5) off the redshirting and just play him everyday, though I'm not convinced that would be the best thing to do either. The fumble was returned 37 yards into our territory. But our defense stepped it up and stopped them and forced them to miss a field goal from 49 yards out.

With nothing happening so far through the third quarter, 4 minutes to go, we decide to start pulling out our starters, one by one, starting with Tomich and our DE's.

A few players later after a few substitutions, we give up a 64 yards touchdown pass... 31-13 as we near the end of the 3rd quarter.

4th Quarter

The game is over now as Mel Tonnemaker picked up a fumble and returned it 36 yards for a score. That's the THIRD defensive touchdown of the game! !!! 38-13.

41-13 as Ephraim knocked in a 39 yarder.

44-13 after a 54 yard field goal! Niccce. Stud.

Our defense, obviously the players of the game! 3 Touchdowns on defense, six turnovers, 3 fumble recoveries, 3 interceptions. Very impressive. The offensive MVP easily goes to Garay who had a helluva game to lead our team to 3-1 on the season.

Garay - 29/38, 335 yards, 2 TDs! Very impressive in the route of Wyoming. He had over 200 yards in the first half, which is where most of the yards came from as he didn't play most of the 4th quarter.

Our running game is non-existent, but who needs one when Garay is throwing so well? Well, we do. :) We had 26 rushes total for 40 yards.. Whoop-dee do.

We've got a big BYU game coming up before going to Utah who will probably be a tough game despite them having a loss, but that was to 10th ranked Ohio State, which they got shut out 19-0.

mauboy

12-20-2005, 01:37 PM

Week 5 @ 3-1 BYU - BYU favored by 3

To start the week, we're ranked 59 in the computer rankings. I suspect if we keep winning like this, we'll be in the top 25 in no time! ;)

Triplett, Tonnemaker, and Clark all have four sacks. They said before the game they're betting that each of them will lead the day in sacks; so I expect huge games out of all my DE's. Triplett has been playing DT all season so far, and doing a decent job. We do give up big plays on runs, but they're worth it for when I get a big sack.

1st Quarter

Drew Kennedy hauls in a 10 yard pass from Garay to give us the lead mid way through the 1st quarter. He got drilled by two DB's when he made the catch and still held on! 7-0. Garay so far, 7/9, 51 yards, 1 TD.

After moving down the field effortlessly, Air Force is forced to kick a 42 yard field goal, which is made. 7-3 nearing the end of the 1st Quarter.

WR Roche beats his man down the sideline, Garay tosses it up and its caught, Roche is going to score! 61 yard touchdown! 14-3!

2nd Quarter

13 plays, 72 yards, 62 on the ground, Air Force comes back down and scores a TD of their own. 14-10. We could not stop the run, even blitzing basically everyone on a run defense, even so, nothing could be stopped.

With two minutes to play in the half and more effortless running game, Air Force managed to make a 50 yard field goal after we finally were able to stop them. 14-13.

Our first play from the 45 yard line we a corner pass to Kennedy who snuck between two defenders and took it 55 yards for the touchdown! 21-13! TE Brinker leaves the game and likely not to come back. Dang. We already lost our SS Harper for the game.

Air Force had 1:48 to get down the field, but they only made it to mid field where they went for it on 4th and 2 and failed allowing us to get the ball back with 43 seconds to play at our own 48 yard line! Let's score again!

We get nothing though. So we take a 21-13 lead into half! Garay struggled towards the end of the half making his numbers only 12 of 22 for 189 yards and 3 TD passes. :)

No running game yet. 1 carry for 3 yards. We haven't needed it at all. We'll start to go to it more as we get into the 2nd half because we want to run the time down now.

3rd Quarter

With 1st and Goal on the two, we weren't able to run it in after two attempts, and went to the air to Tomich, who couldn't pull it in, thus forcing us to kick a field goal. 24-13. We had 25 yards rushing on the ground during that drive. Basically two big runs and five minimal runs.

The defense was able to force and recover a fumble at mid field allowing us to move down the field into 1st and Goal again. A sack, 10 yard run, and 2 yard run later, we were forced to kick a field goal again. 27-13. 2:10 left in the 3rd.

4th Quarter

BYU has the ball on our 41 to start the 4th quarter. 1st and 10.

Free safety, Griffith comes up big with an interception ! Huge play as we take it the other way now with 13 minutes to go in the ball game.

With 6 minutes to go, we make it a 3 possession ball game with Ephraim's leg, 22 yards out. 30-13. I feel so much better now. Whew.

That is the final, we were outgained 413 to 390, but the score board says differently as the final score is a blow out 30-13! Oooh, yeah! 4-1 baby. Bring it on Utah!

Garay was the offensive player of the game. 22 of 36, 332 yards, 3 TDs.

Our defense got dominated up front, giving up 256 yards rushing, but they came up with the stops when they needed to.

WR's

WR J. Roche 6 catches, 118 yards, 1 td
WR D. Kennedy 5 catches 108 yards, 2 tds
WR J. Tomich 6 catches 62 yards

Bowling Green came up with another victory, pushing them to 3-1. This will help us out with our SOS. Utah is next now, who was off this week giving them two weeks to size up their game plan against us! This win pushed us to the computer rank of 46. Utah is 45th with a 2-1 record. Bring it on, bab-aaay..

mauboy

12-20-2005, 02:22 PM

Week 6 @ 2-1 Utah - Utah is faves by 6

We received some votes in the media poll this week, 3 points worth! :) ASU has lost all the games they've played except against us. Each loss was by less than 7 points, so I suspect they'll inch their way back up eventually.

SS Harper is out due to grades, Wonsley is back from suspension.

We're going to have to stop last season Heisman Candidate, QB Tony Biakabutuka. He's not doing so hot this year thanks to injuries, but he's healthy now and looking to take it out on someone. HOpefully not us. Utah has a good QB, and WR Corps. They've got an awful running back who won't do much against us, I imagine. The defense is inexperienced, but they are talented at the SS and one DE. It should be a good one!

1st Quarter

Roche catches the ball and gains 8 yards before fumbling it into the arms of Utah at mid field. Not a good start. Dang.

Utah converts a 4th and 1 at the 30 yard line which allowed them to get into the endzone for six. 7-0 on a 5 yard run! Argh.

Oh, pfft. 3rd and Goal from the 17 is converted for a TD for Utah. 14-0. Still some time left in the 1st quarter.

After a good drive, we settle for three on a 36 yard field goal. 14-3 with a minute to go in the 1st.

ANOTHER 3rd and 17 is converted DEEP in Utah territory, 22 yard pass against our stellar dime defense. Utah has some good receivers, damn.

2nd Quarter

Utah goes down the field some more and misses a 47 yard field goal. Our ball.

10 plays, 46 yards later we kick another field goal, this time from 43 yards out and drill it. 14-6. Still early in the 2nd.

3 and out and a nice return by Houston gives us the ball at the Utah 41 yard line.

After a few nice gains, we finally get into the end zone on a Garay to TE Alston touchdown pass, 1 yard out. 14-13. 6minutes to go in the half.

Utah answeres back with a 41 yard field goal which was helped by a 49 yard catch earlier in the drive. 17-13 Utah.

With two minutes to go, Garay fumbled on a sack giving the ball back to Utah at our 41 yard line. Dang, we were moving too!

Utah took advantage and took it in for a score, 23-13 after the missed extra point. Halftime.

I'm throwing the ball way too much and not giving any carries to Reese, 3 carries 15 yards.. I need to do that in the 2nd half to come back.

3rd Quarter

After a huge interception on our own 6 yard line, we decide to go on the ground and I'm once again reminded why I'm forced to pass all the time as Reese fumbles his first carry of the half giving the ball back to Utah who scores on the first play.... 30-13. Damn.

33-13 after another score, this time a field goal. Utah pretty much manhandling us. Our mistakes our killing us, earlier we had a 30 yard catch called back to a holding penalty.

And to start the drive we have a 35 yard pass catch called back due to a holding. Mother*****rs.

4th Quarter

36-13 after another field goal.

Game over as Garay can't complete a pass and throws a pick. 10 minutes to go in the game.

Later on another holding penalty calls back a 28 yard pass. What the hell. There is going to be some action taken after this week. SOMEBODY ain't starting next week on the OL.

Final score is 46-13, Utah massacres us. Such a downer that game was. Man.

We're now 4-2 and 2-1 in conference play.

mauboy

12-20-2005, 03:06 PM

Week 7 vs New Mexico - We're even this game. Finally a dang home game after three straight away ones.

I expect a 20 point win.

1st Quarter

Hankton takes in a 5 yard touchdown pass from Garay to take an early 7-0 lead after a quick 3 and out by UNM.

It's 10-0 after another defensive stop and nice drive. A 23 yard field goal is good by Ephraim. He's been pretty solid this year. Most importantly, no missed extra points!

2nd Quarter

After some nice running by Reese, we go play action pass and Garay connects with Kennedy in the end zone from 14 yards out. 17-0. Reese has 6 carries for 61 yards, 35 of those yards coming on this drive.

20-0 with 5 minutes to play in the half after another Ephraim field goal.

New Mexico gets on the board with a touchdown in the closing minute of the half. 20-7.

3rd Quarter

We stick with what was working to start out the half, 49 yards rushing during the drive which resulted in a 51 yard field goal! 23-7 after Ephraim's leg booted another FG.

23-10 after a UNM field goal to end the 3rd quarter.

4th Quarter

With just three minutes to play and our ball at the UNM 33 yard line, 3rd and 3 to go, we go to the air and Hankton takes in his second touchdown of the day with a 33 yard catch from Garay. That seals the game. 30-10 with two minutes to go.

A fumble allowed us to get another 3 points off Ephraim's leg. A big 33-10 victory gets us rolling the ball in the right direction again! That moves us one win away from a bowl bid with five games remaining, Colorado State next after the bye week. We're 5-2(3-1).

Garay 16 of 26, 192 yards, 3 TDs.
Reese, 27 carries, 123 yards.

After drilling the OL all week, there were no holds this game!

Bye week now. yay

mauboy

12-20-2005, 09:46 PM

Week 9 @ Colorado State - CSU faves by 2.

This is a big game for us. If we win, we're pretty much bowl eligible and standing tall in the conference race as well. This is going to be a pretty even battle. Both teams match up real well and I expect it to come down to the wire.

1st Quarter

The usually dependable Ephraim misses a 36 yard field goal. Bummer.

The rest of the first quarter just had a missed field goal by CSU and some punts.

2nd Quarter

12 plays, 71 yards, 35 on the ground, we finally get into the end zone after a few tries in goal situation. Garay connected with Tomich from 5 yards out for six points! 7-0!

CSU comes right back with a touchdown of their own, 19 yard touchdown pass. Dang. It was on third and short and I picked a run defense. Good call.

We get stuffed for a loss on 3rd and 1 from the 24 yard line forcing Ephraim back onto the field for a field goal try, which he missed! 0 for 2 in the game! Hopefully this doesn't cost us in the end. Two minutes remain in the half.

After missing our field goal, CSU went down the field and made a field goal to take the lead into the half, 10-7. CSU ball to start the 2nd half.

3rd Quarter

After a nice punt return CSU gets some more points as they get three points on a field goal to extend the lead to 13-7 with four minutes to go in the 3rd.

8 plays, 57 yards later and a touchdown pass from Garay to Roche gives us a 14-13 lead with a little time remaining in the 3rd.

4th Quarter

Dickie Reese has three giant carries right in a row, 15 yards, 25 yards, 20 yards and that puts us on the 15 yard line of Colorado State. I wonder what we shall do now, hmm, run?

But he had to be subbed in for because he was tired, and Denson did nothing with the ball and eventually we kicked a field goal, which Ephraim finally made. This one only from 31 yards out. 17-13! 11 minutes to go in the game!

Hankton recovers the fumble on the kickoff and it's Aztec ball on the 13 yard line!!! Let's put this game away once and for all!

After a defensive pass interference and a six yard gain we were 2nd and Goal on the 1. The defense came with an all out blitz goal line defense and we went into the air for an easy score, Garay to Tomich! His 2nd TD catch of the day. 24-13 with 10 minutes to play.

CSU on the first play ran a reverse that should have been a loss but he made a fantastic move running it 64 yards before he was finally caught by Zola Dean. The next play however, the RB was drilled and Adamson recovered the fumble! Boo yah!

The final score is 24-13 in a victory over the Colorado State Rams! What a victory! OUr defense comes up nicely again in the 2nd half only allowing 3 points!

Garay was 21/35, 161 yards, 3 tds, 1 int.
Tomich had 2 TD catches.
The player of the game went to Garay but it could have easily gone to Reese had he gotten a touchdown. But he had 29 carries for 174 yards! Impressive.

At the beginning of the week we were ranked 49 in the computer polls and I suspect we'll possibly jump to the top 40! But we don't, we go to 44th. We are receiving votes again in the media poll, and Utah as well, but moreso than us. Utah is ranked 23 in the GDCS with a 5-1 record. We're now 6-2, and 4-1 in conference play.

We get a much needed week off to rest up a few guys who are close to being ready to play without any injury. We may be able to rest a few guys two weeks in a row as we have a lowly UNLV team coming to town before a good TCU team. We'll play it by ear.

mauboy

12-20-2005, 10:41 PM

Week 11 vs 4-5 UNLV - Aztecs faves by 3.

After our bye week we jumped to 40th in the computer polls. We come into this game with lots of injuries still on the defensive side of the ball. The only offensive player injured is Tomich, who's been injured with a hurt finger for a few weeks, it hasn't really dampened his play at all.

But on the defense, Adamson, Dantzler, Triplett, Wonsley, Tatum all have injuries. Tatum is the only one listed as out for the week, but the rest of the guys were suggested not to play. I figure I'll let them all play a quarter or two depending on the score and all that jazz.

1st Quarter

Garay was 5 for 5, 68 yards on the first drive, and on a play action pass which sent Dickie Reese to the corner of the endzone who ended up wide open and Garay hit him in stride for the TD! 7-0 early on.

Hankton is on the receiving end of Garay's next touchdown pass. Garay is HOT today. 9/11 124 yards, 2 TDs so far.

One more score and we're going to start benching our defensive players to give them the rest they need.

2nd Quarter - 14-0 SDSU

UNLV takes advantage of decent field position and goes 59 yards for a touchdown. 14-7. Dang. I guess there will be no resting of starters yet.

A 38 yard field goal capitalizes a 61 yard drive, which Reese ran for 43 yards. 17-7 with three to go in the half.

The Rebels answer back with a 49 yard field goal of their own. 17-10 with a minute to play in the half.

3rd Quarter

Nothing much happened until 8 minutse to play in the 3rd where Ephraim knocked in a 38 yard field goal. 20-10.

UNLV comes back with a 40 yard field goal. 20-13. We can't seem to stop them when we score. At least we keep a touchdown lead.

A 3rd and 23 by us is converted until Kennedy fumbled into the Rebels hands. This is what we didn't need.

We were able to hold them to a 30 yard field goal as the 3rd quarter nears the end. 20-16.

4th Quarter

I'm no loner comfortable with our lead, so we need to go down the field and get some points.

We're unable to get anything going on our drive. Punted away, 57 yards to the 23 for UNLV, 13 minutes to go.

Wow. A bomb of a pass was caught by UNLV only to be fumbled on our 10 yard line giving us the ball back after a 70 yard pass play. Ouch for the Rebz.

We go down the field smoothly, getting some impressive runs from Reese to allows us to get to the 2 yard line after gaining a few on 3rd and Goal. We kick a field goal and... get our lead back to 7 again. 23-16, eight minutes remaining.

DE Mel Tonnemaker comes up with his first interception of his career, and returns it 10 yards to the UNLV 28 yard line. First and Ten to go! 6 minutes to play.

We try to stab the Rebels in the heart with a play action pass into the end zone... We complete the pass, but only for 28 yards, to the 4 yard line. 1st and Goal.

Dickie Reese takes a pitch to the left side for six yards out for the TD on 2nd and Goal. Just what the doctor ordered. 30-16! Five minutes to go. We're on our way to a 7-2 record.

30-16 is the final. We move to 7-2!

22/34, 344 yards for Garay, 2 TDs, no picks either. Pretty impressive showing.

Reese though comes up real big, 25 carries, 158 yards, 2 TDs(1 receiving) which earned him the Player of the Game! Congrats, bud.

Triplett, and Tonnemaker both had two sacks! Triplett and Tonnemaker lead the team with 7 sacks on the season with Clark on their rears with six.

mauboy

12-20-2005, 11:40 PM

Week 12 vs 5-3 TCU - Aztecs faves by 3

We're a little healthier this week, but we lose our starting CB to grades. Sid Williams will sit out until the bowl game, sadly. We should be okay though in the secondary without him. We're also delegating Adamson to backup duties as he's without a sack this season as he's started most of the season injured. We're definitely looking a little better defensively with Tatum back from injury, fully healed. Dantzler will also be starting on the DL over Adamson. Things should go a little better this game! Let's git r dun.

1st Quarter

Ouch, 3rd and 3 at mid field is taken 51 yards on a pass for TCU as they get on the baord quickly. 7-0.

Ephraim misses a 28 yard field goal!!! Arrgh, I should have gone for it on 4th and 2 now... hindsight! Our defense needs to stop them this time down.

The rest of the quarter goes scoreless.

2nd Quarter

We come up just short to make it 4th and 3 at the TCU 46, we punt with 13 minutes left in the half. Touchback. Argh.

Punt. Punt. Punt. Punt.

With three minutes to play after an interception, we weren't able to do much with it but was able to get three points on a 46 yard field goal by Ephraim. 7-3.

Pfft. Damn. 14-3 as TCU gets a TD as the half comes to an end. 11 yard TD pass on 3rd and 9.

3rd Quarter

Great start to the 2nd half for us as we fumble the ball on the kick return. TCU ball on our 18 yard line right off the bat. We can pretty much call it a game if they get a touchdown.

Thankfully we hold them to three. 17-3. Whew.

Aww, man.. 1st and goal on the three yard line. Incomplete on the first play. 2nd and Goal, pass complete for 1 yard gain. 3rd and Goal, pass complete for 1 yard. Now it's fourth and Goal. We go for it with a run to the outside with Reese annnnnd...STUFFED for no gain. 1st down for TCU on their 1 yard line.

They managed to convert 3rd and 6 on the 5 to keep the drive going. On a QB keeper no less. But we do stop them on the next set of downs to get the ball back on our 35 yard line after a 50 yard boot.

We punt it after one first down to the TCU 23 yard line. 5 minutes to go in the 3rd. We need to make something happen. A big defensive play would be nice.

Speak of the devil, we intercept the next pass. WHOA, major bug! Unless of course the quarterback can throw it 60 yards. We didn't return the interception for any yards and now we have the ball on our 19 yard line. It went from their 23 to our 19. 57 yard difference. I guess it could happen on a slant.

Two first downs later we punt it 56 yards to the 3 yard line of TCU. We need to make a big stop here and get excellent field position. Two minutes to play in the 3rd quarter now.

At the end of the 3rd quarter we get the punt and return it 7 yards to the TCU 41 yard line after a shanked punt. Here we go! This is it.

4th Quarter

Ooh, snap. Interception returned 16 yards and now it's TCU ball at mid field just like that. Nothing happens for them though.

A 19 yard touchdown is called back on an ineligible receiver downfield! AAAH! It ended up not mattering as Garay connected with Brinker for a touchdown. 17-10 with 9 minutes to play in the ball game. We're really killing these guys, but they made the big plays early on.

We're outgaining them 418 to 248. Ugh.

LB JOHNNY WONSLEY comes up with a pick and returns it 16 yards to the TCU 30 yard line. 3rd and Long for TCU caused them to force something and it cost them. It would have been 3 and out otherwise.

Oooh, boy. 3rd and 15 pass play for 14 yards brings up 4th and 1. We got for it on the TCU 21 yard line. We're going to run it outside with Reese who's having a decent game on the ground...DANG. Nothing gained. Wowza. 7 minutes to play. I'm getting sick.

3 and out, our defense continues to play awesome defense. I should have kicked a field goal and known that the defense would stop them.

A 44 yard punt is rendered nearly useless as Houston returns it 37 yards to the TCU 33 yard line. Let's do it now!!!!!

YES! A 21 yard gain on 3rd and 8 brings us to the 11 yard line. WHEW. Still 4 minutes to play. Lets get it in now!

1st Down!!! We gained 5 yards on the 3rd and 5. 1st and Goal...... JEEZ what to do! W HAT TO DO!

GARAY TO ROCHE, TOUCHDOWN!!! We only needed one play to get the touchdown. Our short game wasn't helping at all in crunch time so we went to the air and it worked. 17-17! 2:39 to play. Eek. Lets get another big stop on defense.

1st and 10 for TCU, on their 11 yard line after a short return! Yummy.

They run for the first two plays, four yards each, bringing up a big 3rd down and two yards to go.... Do they go to the air or keep it on the ground with 1:51 to go?

On the ground they go, 5 more yards. I had to play a neutral defense so they don't beat me deep. I'm shakin' here.

Oooh, man. We get beat deep despite pass defense. 50 yard gain to our 32 yard line. *huff* *huff* 1:20 to go.

LARRY CLARK COMES AROUND THE CORNER AND NAILS QB PRIOLEAU and forces a fumble! Picked up by Tonnemaker! Aztec ball, 1:07 to go, SDSU 36 yard line. We can't force anything. Keep it short. Call timeouts. Let the leg of Ephraim win this one.

Wee freakin' haw. Here we go.

1st and 10 after a defensive holding on our 46 yard line. Keeping it short still.

A 17 yard completion on 3rd and 10 brings us to the TCU 37 yard line! We're in Ephraim's range, we just need to get a few more extra yards...27 seconds to go, 2 timeouts we have.

7 more yards, this time to Kennedy. 30 yard line. One more play before the field goal try.

Incomplete pass. 3rd and 3, 13 seconds to go. Here comes Ephraim and his monster leg.

48 yard field goal. The snap is good....the kick is up.... and... ITS GOOD!!!!!!!!!! 20-17! 5 seconds to play! And the kickoff is held to nothing and that is the ball game!! WWWWOW! What a comeback and win! WWOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!

8-2 on the season! That beats our previous record of six by two games now. We still have two more games to go. One against a good Air Force team and a bad Duke team. We still have a chance at the conference title if Utah can lose their last game to TCU! That will be a huge game.

Air Force is in 3rd with a 5-2 conference record and a 6-4 overall record.

Today's Game heroes:

Garay - 34 of 69!! 398 yards, 2 tds and 1 INT.
Reese - 17 carries, 81 yards
Roche 7 catches, 119 yards and 1 TD
Tomich 8 catches, 95 yards

LB Tatum is welcomed back with three big stuffs on the defensive side.
DE Clark takes the sack lead back with two sacks on the day. He's got 8 now and Tonnemaker/Triplett have 7 each.

We outgained TCU 489-308. Not too shabby! :)

Wow. Can you tell I'm excited! :)

mauboy

12-20-2005, 11:48 PM

Season Notes

I'm surprised I wasn't listed as one of the coaches that have a shot at the Coach of the Year Award. Oh, well.

Had Ephraim not missed so many field goals down the stretch, he would have likely been announced as a possibly Steel Kicker Finalist.

Tomich left off the finalist list for Best Hands Award. Ah, well. He wasn't having the greatest season, but still solid.

Dwight Garay is announced on the finalist list for GOLDEN ARM AWARD. NICE! He is indeed having a great season. 2906 Yards, 19 TDS, 7 INTS, 57.3% completion. Not as good as some of the other guys listed, but Garay still has two games to show himself off, one against a real bad Duke(1-9) team.

We're now ranked 31st in the GDCS. Utah is now ranked 8th in the GDCS! Nice. Impressive back to back seasons for them at this point.

We're also receiving more votes in the Media Polls, both of which after another win it'd probably be enough to get into the top 25. :) :) :)

mauboy

12-21-2005, 12:52 AM

Week 13 @ Air Force - Air Force favorites by 14 points. No effin' way. :)

Our defense continues to be injured. They should all be healthy come the bowl game, but we need them now too, so they're going to be starting until there is no need for them. Air Force is a balanced team, with a below average defense that shouldn't be able to stop our pass attack but a good offense that we match up well with. Except of course their stud Sophomore RB, Jones(8/10). This guy is crazy good, and we'll definitely have to contain him to win this one.

1st Quarter

1st and 10 - Reese, 21 yard run.
1st and 10 - Reese, 15 yard run.
1st and 10 - Reese, 24 yard run.
1st and 10 - Garay to Roche, 13 yards. TD! Just like that. 5 easy plays, 7-0!

We stop Air Force on 4th and 1 from our 45 yard line and go down the field for a 22 yard field goal by Ephraim. 10-0.

Ephraim misses a 54 yard field goal on 4th and 9.

Air Force scores a TD on a 54 yard pass play. Defensive break down. 10-7 just like that.

8 plays, 86 yards, Garay to Hankton TD makes it 17-7 as the 1st quarter comes to an end.

2nd Quarter

Garay making a good case for Golden Arm Award so far, 11/14, 134 yards, 2 Tds.

Air Force comes right back with a quick touchdown. 17-14.

First play, screen, 57 yard gain for Reese from Garay sets up a 21 yard field goal for Ephraim after we came up short on 3rd and goal. 20-14 with nine minutes to go in the half.

Air Force QB Babe Nugent(7/7) is hot as hell this game as well as Garay. Nugent leads AF down the field for a TD that takes a 21-20 lead. Nugent is 10/12, 196 yards, 2 TDs. Ugh. Defense? None.

Reese reaches the 100 rushing mark with 5 minutes to go in the half. He's got 12 carries for 107 yards at this point. We've got 1st and 10 on our 44 yard line. We end up punting thanks to a Boobie Bland hold.

We need to prevent Air Force from scoring before the half is up, there's 3 minutes to go.

Never mind. 1 play. 79 yards. Touchdown. Jones just took a hand off and basically went untouched alllllll the freakin' way. Wowza. 28-20 with over two minutes to go. lol

After an awful return to the 7 yard line we set up our offense.

Woot. 3 plays, 93 yards later, a 6 yard TD pass to Brinker makes it 28-27. Minute to play in the half... now lets stop them from scoring.

We do stop them. Whhhheeeewwww...... 2nd half should be darned interesting.

3rd Quarter

Ugh. We come up with a defensive stop again for the third time of the game, but we had to go and fumble it on a nice catch and run. Air Force ball on our 40 yard line now.

Whew. Air Force kicks a field goal on 4th and 1 from 49 yards out and comes up short. Let's roll now.

3rd and 14. The snap. Garay looks at the post route from Roche, he catches it! He's goign to go all the way. Wait! The DE of Air force pokes the ball out, fumble! Air Force recovers on the AF 4 yard line! Ugh.. lolol

1st and 10, 4 yard line. Blitz mania, sack! 3 yard loss only. NOt enough. Eek.
2nd and 13, 1 yard line. 1st down catch, 13 yards. Dang. They had a false start on the prior play that didn't go back a half yard ;) lol

Later in the drive...Nugent back the pass, looking, looking... pass is complete to LINEBACKER WONSLEY, INTERCEPTION, look at him go, and he. Could. Go. All. The. Way! Touchdown Aztecs! 33-28! 36 yard interception returned for a TD. Nice! 34-28 after the extra point. Man oh man. That couldn't have come at a better time.

Three and out! Nice! Good defense. Lets get another score.

Nothing does. But! But! A 57 yard punt lands on the ONE YARD LINE! Air Force ball on the 1 yard line... Gosh. I got beat in this situation last time, but I'm going to go run defense and blitz a little bit. Nah, I go normal, 4-4, one man blitz.

They get out of the squeeze quite easily.

Later on. 3rd and 4 at their 30 yard line. Nugent gets picked off again, this time by SS Harper! 1st and 10 at our 48 yard line! Yowza. Minute to go in the 3rd quarter.

Argh. Garay throws his first pick of the game and it's Air Force ball on their 35 yard line now.

4th Quarter

Air Force moves down the field quickly.

On 2nd and goal from the 7, Adamson comes up with a sack, his first and probably one of the biggest plays of this game so far. 3rd and Goal now on the 10 yard line. A 5 yard gain on the next play forces Air Force to get three points.

34-31 with 11 minutes left to go in the game. Lots of time. Let's get some yards now.

We get one first down before being forced to punt. 1st and 10 now for Air Force on their 19 yard line.

3rd and 4 turns into not only a first down but a 74 yard touchdown for Air Force. Unreal. Blown coverage, c'moooonnnnn.......38-34, 8:25 in the game.

After a nice return and a 15 yard face mask, we've got good field position. 1st and 10 on the AF 40 yard line.

28 yard run for Reese on the first play. 1st and 10 on the 12.

A few plays later, we have 1st and Goal. We go to the air and Brinker reels in a Garay pass from two yards out for a touchdown!! 41-38. This is the most insane game evah! 6:23 remaining.

POW! Three and out for our defense! Our ball at our 44 yard line with 4:45 to go. WWHOOO. Deep breath.

Brinker hauls in a 9 yard catch for a first down with 3:36 to go in the game. 1st and 10 at the AF 42 yard line.

Reese nearly scores a touchdown, but settles for a 16 yard gain instead. 1st and 10 again.

3rd and 2... 2:26 left on the clock. 18 yard line. Reese comes up with two yards for the first down! 16 yard line, 2:10 to go and we'll run the clock out as much as possible and hopefully get a touchdown to seal the victory!

1st n 10, 1 yard run.
2nd n 9, loss of 1
3rd n 10, loss of 1
4th n 11, field goal attempt. 35 yards out. good. 44-38 with 1:03 left for a very potent Air Force offense. That's a lot of time. Too much.

They're going to have to go 86 yards for the touchdown under a minute if they want to win this.

Whoa. A 65 yard catch to the 2 yard line is called back due to an ineligible receiver. Thank you. What a gift. Deep zone coming.

Picked off! No! Roughing the passer. Air Force keeps the ball, 1st and 10 at the AF 43 yard line. 24 seconds left.

3 yard run as the QB got rushed out. 14 seconds left.
21 yard run as the QB got rushed out again. 7 seconds left. 32 yard line. Oooh, boy....

BALL GAME! A short gain finishes this ball game up! What a game! What a win for the Aztecs! Whaaaaaa-hoooo! 9-2. What a season.

What a nerve-racking game this was. 584 yards of offense for us, while Air Force gained 642 yards. Wow. 1226 yards of offense today. Unreal.

Garay - 25/40, 404 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT.
Reese - 24 carries, for 150 yards. That's an impressive last five games. 123 yards, 174 yards, 158 yards, 81 yards, 150 yards. In his first six games of the season he averaged a whoppin' 40 yards a game. Nice improvement.

Utah won there game to win the conference as we come right behind them in 2nd place with our only conference loss being to Utah. They're now ranked 7th in the GDCS while we remain at 31.

Wow! That game really took a lot out of me! I have to get up early too, but I will be playing the last game of the season at some point tomorrow, probably early afternoon. And I'll most likely get that bowl game in as well.

Good Night! Yes, for sure a good night.

bigguy9854

12-21-2005, 07:28 AM

Great job! See, I told you that you can do it. Those were some nerve recking games and you almost got a conference title under you belt. You Can Do IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go AZTECS!!!!!!!!!!!!

mauboy

12-21-2005, 09:55 AM

Week 14 vs 1-9 Duke

These guys are pretty bad, if we don't win by ten, or even win at all, I will never ever schedule a cupcake team again because I seem to play the good teams a little better than the easy teams.

1st Quarter

After our first drive fell short, we had to punt which then allowed Duke to go all the way down for six points. Ugh. My worst fears are coming true. 7-0 early on.

Just when I thought Duke was going to blow us away, Wonsley comes up with a nice pick. Whew.

We take the drive, 6 plays 53 yards before having to settle with a 47 yard field goal... Ephraim's kick is short. 7-0 with a little bit left to go in the 1st. Wait! Penalty on the play. Illegal substitution. Accepted. Ephraim on 4th and 4, knocks in the 42 yard field goal! Nice. 7-3 now.

2nd Quarter

Duke answers our field goal with one of their own. 10-3.

Uff-da. 16-3(missed EP) after a Duke touchdown with three minutes to go in the half. Things are not looking up. We keep getting stopped around mid field and having to punt while Duke eats up the clock with long successful drives.

With 1 minute to go we get stopped on the Duke 45 yard line and forced to punt yet again.

Ooh, crap. With 20 seconds to go Duke set themselves up for a 60 yard field goal....which they nail! 19-3 at the half!

We really need to stop this now EXPLOSIVE Duke team. They've got 362 yards of offense in the first half! Unreal! Where'd our team go?

3rd Quarter

Bam! After finally stopping Duke and forcing a punt we finally put a good drive together. Reese caps off a 5 play 44 yard drive with a 13 yard touchdown run. 19-10.

Oooh, no no no. An interception by Ward is called back on a defensive holding penalty. Dang! That would have been nice.

We end up stopping them on their next set of downs thanks to a 9 yard sack by Clark.

3rd and 10 at mid field for us, as another drive looks to come to a halt. We send Tomich on an out and up, and he breaks free! Garay lofts it up and Tomich hauls it an takes it for a score!!! 19-17! Still 4 minutes to play in the 3rd quarter. Whew! I was worried for a while.

The defense makes another three and out! 1st and 10 for us at the 30 yard line. 70 yards to go. We punt it back to them.

Duke tries to go for the end zone from mid field but gets picked off by Griffith on the 5 yard line, no return.

4th Quarter

Eight plays, 95 yards! A 13 yard touchdown pass from Garay to Tomich capped off a great drive which had Reese gaining 52 yards on the ground. Oh, man. Ephraim's extra point is blocked. I was gonna go for two, I should have now.. lol

23-19 with 12 minutes to go.

Duke goes three and out until the 3rd down incompletion, Triplett was called for Roughing the Passer. Argh.

3rd and Goal on the seven yard line. Huge play coming up. We go 3-4 defense as that has been working the best so far this half...

Incomplete pass after a nice blitzing play that disrupted the passer. 23-22 Aztec lead after a Duke field goal. 6 minutes to go in this one. Exciting game.

We get held to a three and out after not being able to gain a yard on 3rd and 1. Ah, crap.

1st and 10 - Delay of game for Duke.
1st and 15 - 4 yard loss on a run.
2nd and 19 - On the 32 yard line now...Incomplete pass! Just under four minutes to play now.
3rd and 19 - Incomplete again! Great defense down the stretch.

1st and 2nd down for us are two failed runs. 3rd and 11 is false start. 3rd and 16 will be a draw play...No gain again. For some reason Reese got benched to start that drive. Argh and wouldn't come back in after I placed him back in. Weird. Punt it away to the Duke 29 yard line.

1:52 left on the clock for Duke to take it into field goal territory. We need a huge stop.

1st - incomplete pass
2nd - Ugh . 49 yard gain to our 22 yard line.... Just over a minute to go now after an incomplete pass to make it 2nd down and 10 again.

A 40 yard field goal is good... the score now 25-23 with 30 seconds remaining.

We get a minimal return to the 19 yard line...

1st and 10 we go for a deep post to Tomich or Hankton, and Hankton reels in the pass! 1st and 10 and more! 47 yards! 34 yard line of Duke with 25 seconds to go. 2 time outs left as well.

We run a screen play which went for 5 yards. Now we're into better range for Ephraim. 19 seconds left to go, we go with the leg of Ephraim to help us win this game.

47 yard field goal attempt.. Snap is good.. Kick is up........

IT'S GOOOOOOOOD! GO CRAZZZZZZZZYYYYYYY! GO CRAZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYY!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!

THE AZTECS FINISH THE SEASON WITH 10 WINS!!!!! 10-2 SEASON CAPPED OFF WITH A GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL BY EPHRAIM! MY HERO!!!!

Woooooohoooooooo!!!

Garay 18-31 for 267 yards and 2 TD passes.
Reese, the player of the game who continues his studliness over the past two months. 19 rushes for 161 yards!
Tomich had 7 catches for 112 yards and 2 TD catches.

What a victory that was. Wow wow wow......*SAVE!*

mauboy

12-21-2005, 10:21 AM

Team Notes

I haven't quite finished the regular season left, there is still one more left to go. Here are the stats for the season, view the attachment.

Sophomore's Clark and Tonnemaker both ended up with 9 sacks on the season.

Garay is sitll in the hunt for the top quarterback award. He's got the 3rd highest amount of yards out of all QB's. 3577 yards. He's close to the top in TD's as well with 25.

Utah will likely be left out of the GDCS Bowls again this year as they're ranked 7 in the GDCS polls. We're 31st. It will be interesting to see the awards.

edited: forgot to attach stats

mauboy

12-21-2005, 10:39 AM

2009 Awards Ceremony

The Golden Arm Award goes to.....*drumroll*.....

Greg Fuqua of Florida State. He had 3242 yards passing, 29 TDs, 7 interceptions. A good year for the #3 team in the nation.

The Player of the Year Award in the Mountain West Conference goes to....

QB Dwight Garay of San Diego State University!

1st Team MWC

Sr QB Dwight Garay
Sr WR John Tomich
Sr FS Carl Griffith

2nd Team

Sr WR John Roche
Sr C Ty Williams
So K Ben Ephraim
Sr CB Sid Williams
Sr CB Mark Ward

3rd Team

DE Seth Triplett

Wow. What ripoffs. The sack leaders of the whole conference were left off the list, Clark and Tonnemaker. I'm going to be sending them a notice saying they're on my first team list.

mauboy

12-21-2005, 10:53 AM

Bowl Bound

We've been invited to the Nevada Bowl to face Washington State(7-4). The home of one of the best backs in the country, Sophomore Joe Garner(7/10). He garnered over 1500 yards rushing and 9 TDs. We'll have our hands full...

Our defensive line is healthy for the big game as is our secondary. The only problems we're going to have on the defensive with injuries are LB Tatum and backup Sr DE Adamson(4/5). On offense however, Reese is hurting a little bit along with offensive linemen, Delong(3/6) and Ezerins(3/7). WR Hankton is also nursing a hurting thumb.

Washington State will be favored in this game by 13 points. We won't have to worry about the quarterback dominating us as he's below average, but the receivers may make something happen. Like I said before as well, RB Joe Garner will be the key. We have to stop him to win.

Washington State comes in as a consistent team on defense and offense, ranked 30th in both categories. The Aztecs, however, rank 40th offensively, but 95th defensively.

mauboy

12-21-2005, 11:39 AM

Week 18 - Bowl Game vs 7-4 Washington St.

1st Quarter

We get the ball to start the game, so we'll stick with our running game to start and go to the air when we need too. Reese is just too hot not to stick with him at the moment.

No where to go on the first carry from Reese. His second carry he got four yards but he was also penalized with an unnecessary roughness, which made it 3rd and 21 for us.

We go to the air... Garay connects with Hankton and Garrett Hankton is brought down 24 yards later! 1st down.

Two unsuccessful players later we face 3rd and 10 at the 48 yard line. Incomplete. Punt to the 12 yard line. 1st and 10 for Washington St.

WSU runs a wishbone, which Air Force did as well and completely killed us with it. Hopefully we learned from our past mistakes and stop these guys. 3rd and 1, converted to keep the drive alive.

3rd and 1 converted again on a short gain from Garner. WSU has the ball on their own 37 yard line.

WSU took it 14 plays for 51 yards before finally having to punt, which went into the endzone for a touchback! Finally we stopped them after they tried passing the ball on 2nd and 3rd.

After a first down, we're forced to punt on 4th and 1 from out 39 yard line. So close to a first down.

WSU punts it back to us 11 plays later as the 1st quarter comes to an end with the score 0-0.

2nd Quarter

Drew Kennedy comes up with a 41 yard catch after Reese got stuffed the play before for a 7 yard loss(2nd and 17).

1st and 10 for the Aztecs on the 26 yard line of the Cougars. We get no where and eventually kick a 46 yard field goal which Ephraim misses! Wide left. 0-0 still.

This Cougar club is pretty one-dimensional at this point in the game. They've been run-run-run. I've been able to do heavy blitzing without worrying about the quarterback beating me with his arm. This has been a back and forth battle so far with as having the only chance so far to score; the missed field goal.

Seven minutes remain as we've got the ball back after a punt, our 18 yard line, first and 10. But we punt it back after 3 and out. 29 yard line for WSU with just over 5 minutes to go.

Another punt for the Cougars with 3 minutes left in the half. We'll get another shot starting at our 17 yard line this time.

We try something different and it doesn't pay off as we go deep to Tomich and it gets picked off, Cougar ball, their 44 yard line. But the defense continues to dominate as they force off another punt..this one rolls into the endzone so 1st and 10 for us again with less than a minute to go in the half.

Drew Kennedy breaks a few tackles on the short route and gets tackled after gaining 47 yards! 41 seconds left and the ball spotted at the WSU 33 yard line! A first down and 15 seconds later, we've got the ball on the 17 yard line with 26 seconds to go. We're going to go in the air deeper to try to get a TD out of this, otherwise we'll take three.

Tomich catches it down the sideline! FUMBLE! Recovered by WSU! Oooooh, man oh man. What a lucky break the Cougars get. Aw, crap. That's the half then.

We're outgaining WSU 170 to 136. Nothing much happening. Garner has 16 carries for 42 yards. Reese has 7 carries for 6 yards.

3rd Quarter

Washington State finally solves our defense as the go to the air while we're hoping for runs, and they get down to the 9 yard line where they throw another one this time for a touchdown. 7-0, WSU!

After great field position and a first down to the 40 yard line of WSU, we get two holding penalties in a row to make it 2nd and 30 back in our territory. We get 10 of those yards back making it 3rd and 20. Incomplete, forced to punt from the 48 yard line. We punt it 44 yards to the 4 yard line! Here we go. Big stop now.

We don't get a big stop right away but later on stop them, forcing them to punt it back to us. 1st and 10 at the 18 yard line for the Aztecs.

REESE FUMBLES! Aaaaaahhhh. WSU ball on our 14 yard line.

14-0 just like that! Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.

FUMBLE on the kickoff return! WSU Ball on our 14 yard line again! ****! BS!

21-0 JUST LIKE THAT. Oh, man. Whatever happened? We're having a complete meltdown.

4th Quarter

We're buried back on our 3 yard line and Reese GETS BURIED in the endzone. Jeez. Everything just fell apart. 23-0.

We get an interception and finally a score on a 7 yard pass from Garay to Tomich. 23-6 pending the 2 point conversion. No good. 23-6 it is. 9 minutes to play in the game.

Bam bam bam. We get the ball back and pass pass pass right back into the ball game with 6:40 left to go. 23-13.

We get the ball back after a touchback with 5 minutes to play. Whoo! Getting exciting for the fans now, eh.

We arrive to 4th down, 10 yards to go on our 40 yard line. We have to go for it. Under four minutes to play. Incomplete. Ball back to the Cougars.

We stop them with two minutse to play, no timeouts left for us though. We need to score quick and get the ball back on an onside kick.

We get nothing going and that will be the ball game. 26-13(field goal as time expired. those jerks) after a rotten 3rd quarter. A rotten three minutes to start the 3rd quarter, that is. It was a great season for us. WE played a lot better than they did, they just got the damn breaks! That's what cost us all of last year and we let the mistakes get us today. It's okay, I'm proud of what we did.

mauboy

12-21-2005, 11:54 AM

Off season and post season stuff

-Utah actually got a GDCS Bowl Game. They face a 11-1 Colorado team.

-I don't know yet if I'll take another job offer. We had a good season. It may be time to take on some better talent, perhaps.

-LSU wins the national championship while Utah upsets Colorado to get some major respect for the MWC! We want a BCS bid! We want a BCS bid! Heh.

-I'm saying good bye to a crap load of seniors. 27 of them to be exact! We have 32 freshman, a lot of them are good, but I suspect next season could be a down year. Who knows though, we've got good young players.

Evaluation:

Team Performance: B (How not an A?)
Talent: D (I can't believe I'm penalized for having a bad team)
Recruiting: D
Board Expectations: B (They said not to finish last. Hmm.)
Prestige: A
Overall: C+ (my highest grade yet)

-My only job offer came from Tulsa, I immediately declined and will enjoy another season as the HC of the Aztecs.

mauboy

12-21-2005, 12:03 PM

Coach Hiring

Both offense and defensive coordinators opted out of their contacts. I underpaid them to get under my budget last season, so I understand the moves.

We get both coaches we offered for, a little under what they wanted, but that's all right. We've got $120,000 left over for the budget.

Transfer Watch

RB Drew Seymour(5/8) from Virginia, as high interest in joining our ranks.

We sadly sign nobody during this period.

mauboy

12-21-2005, 12:26 PM

1st Week of Recruiting

All out scouting with some recruiting of the more talented players out there.

No signings.

2nd Week of Recruiting

No signings. We start recruiting the players who are 10/10 interested.

3rd Week of Recruiting

Not much changed here. No signings. No different in the recruitment.

mauboy

12-21-2005, 01:01 PM

4th Week of Recruiting

No signings again. Next week will tell us what's up!

5th Week

No signings yet again.

6th Week of 10

We've got 20 or so players with 10 interest in us. I reckon we should get 75% of those players.

Finally, some action...

Players committing to San Diego State
OT J.T. Elam - 3 star
OT Ted Luce - 3 star

Players recruited that committed to other schools
OLB Mikhael Jensen - New Mexico St
TE Bob Liwienski - Utah State
OLB Ron Paige - Nevada-Las Vegas
RB J.P. Brown - New Mexico
TE Mike Lewis - Stanford
DE Tyrone Jefferson - Stanford

7th week of 10

Can't believe I only signed two last week. We didn't lose any other scholarship offers either. How many will sign this week? LEt's find out.

Players committing to San Diego State

Players recruited that committed to other schools
OT Fred Humphrey - Nevada-Las Vegas
WR Casey Philyaw - Boise State

no signings! Only two losses. They're all apparently waiting for smoething better..eh?

Week 8!
Ooh, boy. bad week again.

Players committing to San Diego State
OLB Corey Petruziello
OLB Cecil Bly

Players recruited that committed to other schools
OLB John Moore - Washington
OT James Hoambrecker - California-LA
CB Oliver Stepnoski - Fresno State
OLB LaMarcus Perriman - Stanford
OT Darrell Stewart - San Jose State
FB Leland Podolak - New Mexico St
OLB Nate Crutchfield - San Jose State
OT P.J. Sanders - Nevada-Las Vegas
OG Lemual Johnson - Hawaii
CB Bobby Glenn - Ohio
CB Dave Wilkerson - Florida Int
QB Chukie Witkowski - Wake Forest

We sign two offered players, and four turned us down.

mauboy

12-21-2005, 01:08 PM

Week 9

Players committing to San Diego State
OLB Fred Abramowicz
OLB James Joiner

Players recruited that committed to other schools
TE Gary Thomas - Wisconsin
OLB Doug Hicks - Utah State
WR Kevin Adamson - New Mexico
CB Steve Witcher - Utah State
CB Hugh Taylor - Western Michigan

Great more, linebackers. We don't have any glaring needs, but we do need running backs and quarterbacks. We have a good shot at landing two qbs and two rbs, so it's not over yet.

week 10

We've got 7 recruits at this point. This is the final week, so we'll need about 5 signings for me to be happy.

And what looked to be an unsuccessful recruiting year, turned out to be okay afterall.

Players committing to San Diego State - Final Week.
OG Gary Joseph
CB Fred Rogers
CB Fred Dawson
CB Roy Rhinehart
QB Mark Wong
WR Sam Alexander
QB John West
QB Mark Engemann
QB HartLee Schobel
RB Pete Graham

mauboy

12-21-2005, 01:09 PM

Recruit Overview

OT J.T. Elam, 3-stars
Alisal (Salinas, CA)
National Rank: 599, Regional: 126, Position: 64

OT Ted Luce, 3-stars
Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo, CA)
National Rank: 496, Regional: 97, Position: 47

OLB Corey Petruziello, 3-stars
Dixon (Dixon, CA)
National Rank: 670, Regional: 146, Position: 101

OLB Cecil Bly, 3-stars
James Logan (Union City, CA)
National Rank: 807, Regional: 165, Position: 115

QB Mark Wong, 3-stars
Iroquois West (Gilman, IL)
National Rank: 1171, Regional: 265, Position: 95

QB John West, 3-stars
Gehlen Catholic (LeMars, IA)
National Rank: 1111, Regional: 216, Position: 90

WR Sam Alexander, 3-stars
Tuba City (Tuba City, AZ)
National Rank: 1165, Regional: 259, Position: 91

OLB Fred Abramowicz, 3-stars
Half Moon Bay (Half Moon Bay, CA)
National Rank: 873, Regional: 186, Position: 117

CB Fred Dawson, 3-stars
Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo, CA)
National Rank: 978, Regional: 210, Position: 74

OLB James Joiner, 3-stars
Petaluma (Petaluma, CA)
National Rank: 658, Regional: 139, Position: 100

OG Gary Joseph, 3-stars
St. Francis (Sacramento, CA)
National Rank: 815, Regional: 167, Position: 76

OLB Paul Smith, 3-stars
De La Salle (Concord, CA)
National Rank: 459, Regional: 88, Position: 77

CB Roy Rhinehart, 3-stars
El Cajon Valley (El Cajon, CA)
National Rank: 856, Regional: 181, Position: 49

CB Fred Rogers, 2-stars
Alhambra (Alhambra, CA)
National Rank: 865, Regional: 183, Position: 51

QB HartLee Schobel, 2-stars
St. Paul (Norwalk, OH)
National Rank: 1513, Regional: 334, Position: 135

QB Mark Engemann, 2-stars
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, OH)
National Rank: 1379, Regional: 312, Position: 125

RB Pete Graham, 1-stars
Catholic Memorial (West Roxbury, MA)
National Rank: 1551, Regional: 224, Position: 84

mauboy

12-21-2005, 01:37 PM

Offense Depth Chart - Depth Chart is posted in attachment.

We've got the 74th best recruiting class. A little worse than last years class. We've got 27 freshman counting last years redshirt freshmen. Our expectations are the same as last year, "don't finish last." But we're actually predicted to finish fourth this year compared to every season being 7th! Nice!

Depth Chart for Offense is Attached below. One thing I like what I see this year is our depth to the offensive line. We suffered a few injures last season which then I had to place guys here and there out of position.

I've got a great Freshman, who is going to redshirt this year. Fr J.T. Elam(3/6) will be backing up our tackles, but Fr Ted Luce (3/7) will be redshirted.

The WR position seems to be well-rounded again, but we don't have the big playmaker like we had in Tomich though. We'll see what happens.

Denson will get the nod on game one, but who knows what will happen. We've had two different starters in the last two years, Denson two years then Reese last year. Reese is listed 3rd on the depth chart at the moment.

Darnerian Delhomme, after being a freshman starter became a backup for two seasons, one year behind Garay and he actually redshirted his senior year. So here he is again as a senior. Hopefully he can be better than his first two seasons here.

mauboy

12-21-2005, 01:46 PM

Defense Depth Chart - posted in attachment.

We had a great class of linebackers come in this year through recruiting. We'll have one of the best linebacker corps in the MWC in two years, that's for sure.

Our corners will be average this year, probably a little below average.

Jr K Ephraim(6/8) will keep kicking the field goals, and Sophomore Eric Plum(7/7) will be punting again this year.

There are players that aren't on the depth chart because they're being redshirted, so you aren't seeing every good player. For example, OG Gary Joseph(3/8) is redshirting.

Let's get the season underway shall we?

mauboy

12-21-2005, 01:52 PM

Scheduling

We are going to play some tougher teams this year. We're going to Boston College and Clemson, while Central Michigan will be coming to our house. I want to get into the top 25! We can only do that if we play good teams.

WEEK OPPONENT SCORE
1 at #22 Boston College -
2 at Clemson -
3 OPEN -
4 at Colorado State -
5 Air Force -
6 OPEN -
7 at Wyoming -
8 Texas Christian -
9 at Nevada-Las Vegas -
10 at Brigham Young -
11 Utah -
12 at Navy -
13 New Mexico -
14 OPEN -
15 Central Michigan -

mauboy

12-21-2005, 02:33 PM

Week One @ Boston College - BC favored by a whoppin' 20 points.

We get to play a good BC team. Last season they went 7-5 and this year they should do much better with ... wow, they're stacked. I should not have scheduled them, this is going to be a massacre! Let's just say that I hope we can keep up with them offensively.

1st Quarter

Not a good start for Delhomme as he throws a pick on the 2nd play of the opening drive. Ouch.

7-0 after a quick touchdown, Boston College leads.

After two nothing runs, we bring in Reese, the big time running back from last season. His first run he takes it for 17 yards and a first down!

7 plays, 48 yards ends in a Ephraim field goal. 7-3.

BC takes it down the field for another touchdown. 14-3. 7 minutes to go still, 1st quarter.

Delhomme isn't going to last much longer if he keeps it up. After what looked to be a nice drive, Delhomme threw another pick. His 2nd on the evening.

We were able to stop them this time forcing them to punt it 28 yards to our 18 yard line where Rogers received it, made a move or five and took it 82 yards for the touchdown! 14-10! 2:44 left in the first.

2nd Quarter

BC drove all the way down to our 31 yard line and on 2nd and 10, ILB Michael Dawkins came through the line untouched for a 5 yard loss on a sack, bringing up 3rd and 15. They sadly convert for the first down, and on the next play, the defense at it again as Triplett sacks the QB this time. 3rd and 11 is converted into a touchdown pass. 21-10. 13 minutes to play in the half.

We punt it back after our possession. On the first play of BC's drive Tonnemaker now gets a sack! That's the third sack of the day. We just need to stop them on 3rd down now. They're 4/5 on 3rd down conversions.

We decide it's time to give up on Delhomme who's 5/12, 50 yards, 2 interceptions so far. Time for Sophomore, Don Mucker(3/4) to come into play after our defense makes a stop here.

Mucker's first pass is a 6 yard completion for a first down after his scramble of four yards.

After a stupid defensive audible, BC scores on a 51 yard touchdown pass. 28-10. More than a minute to playin the half.

3rd Quarter

The whole third quarter is just a field position battle, punt after punt after punt. Scoreless third leaves it 28-10 Boston College.

4th Quarter

BC finally ends the scoreless half with a touchdown. 35-10, 9 minutes to go.

The final score ends up being 45-17. I should have known better to look at the BC team before agreeing to play with them. Oh, well. Last year we lost to a good Arizona St team to open the season, nothin' wrong with losing to a good quality team.

Pretty awful game all around. I suspect that Clemson will be just as difficult to play against, but it can't be that much worse than this one.

Reese was the only shining spot of the day, 21 carries for 99 yards. Neither quarterback is a sure thing for next week to start. So, we'll just keep platooning them until one performs better than the other. Weeee! Controversy.

mauboy

12-21-2005, 03:10 PM

Week 2 @ Clemson (0-0) - Clemson is favored by 17 points. Not as bad as last game! There is hope after all!

Delhomme gets the start again this week. This tiem Reese starts over Denson. Clemson is just barely worse than Boston College. So maybe they'll make some mistakes that BC normally wouldn't allowing us to WIN!

1st Quarter

Our defense holds Clemson to a 3 and out to start the ball game.

Once again our defense stops Clemson, and this time Houston returns the punt 37 yards into Clemson territory, the 47 yard line. 1st and 10.

Ah, poo. Our 38 yard field goal is blocked after failing to convert 3rd and 2. Clemson ball on their 30 yard line.

Bootie Bland(4/7) is going to be benched if he gets called for anymore holds. He had two last week and one now causing us to have 1st and 20 instead of a 2nd and 2. This year I actually have guys I can replace him with, so I'm not scared to do it this time around.

We get back into field goal range and this time from 32 yards out we actually make it! 3-0 Aztecs.

2nd Quarter

7-3 as Clemson goes down the field for six.

With less than four minutes to go, we intercept a Clemson pass and it's our ball on our 14 yard line, 1st and 10. It was a hail mary pick, they weren't getting anywhere with their drives at all so far. But neither am I.

We had 4th down and 16 on our 35 yard line.. We bring in Ephraim for a 53 yard field goal. The snap, nope, wistle blows.. False start! Arrgh. 58 yarder then? Why not? What could go wrong with less than a minute left in the half.

The kick is up! AND GOOD!! 58 yards! Ephraim. 7-6, almost half time.

Our defense breaks down and gives up a 50 yard pass, but we were able to keep them from getting into the endzone, thus they settled for a field goal as we head into half time. 10-6! *growl*

3rd Quarter

We get to mid field before having to punt it. A 51 yard punt is stopped on the two yard line! Woohoo. Go defense go!

First play there is a holding call.. 2nd play they run a screen, but they have no time against my BLITZERS! SACKED, SAFETY! 10-8!

13-8 after Clemson got a few 3rd downs to bring them to field goal range. 2 minutes to play in the 3rd quarter. We've got a good game.

BOOBIE BLAND IS GONNNNNNNE! HOLDING #2 of the game. 4 on the season. Buh bye buddy. You just lost your job to a freshman. F'in loser. J.T. Elam(3/6) will be a good filler! No problem there.

Aww, fark. A first down pass is cancelled out thanks to fumble on WR Marshal. Damn. This could hurt us big time.

4th Quarter

We get the ball back after a 41 yard Clemson punt that is downed on our 3. Yummy.

We punt it 44 yards after a 3 and out, that punt is returned 22 yards to our 24 yard line. Eeks. We need to hold them to a field goal to stay within one score.

But we can't hold them from a touchdown. 21-8, 10 minutes to go in the ball game. They got the 2 pointer.

We have to punt. And with 6 minutes to go, we get the ball back on our 9 yard line. NOt very good field position for the most part today.

Nothing else would come up for the rest of the game. The final score is 21-8 as Clemson defeats the freakin' Aztecs.

We were in this game the whole way, but we weren't able to get a TD! Ah, well. Bad start, but it's a long season.

Pronk

12-21-2005, 05:25 PM

Great stuff.. I am really enjoying reading your dynasty.. :)

bigguy9854

12-22-2005, 06:45 AM

Don't worry coach, you will bounce back soon.

mauboy

12-22-2005, 01:04 PM

Week 4 @ Colorado St - Rams 13 point favorites

I don't see how they're favored by that much, and I also don't see them scoring that much on us either.

1st Quarter

After a 3 and out for CSU, they punted it to us which we returned to the CSU 24 yard line, gained two yards and eventually kicked a 40 yard field goal for a quick 3-0 lead.

CSU comes back with three o their own after a lucky 46 yard gain which has been all of their yards so far this game.

After a good drive, it ends with WR Marshal fumbling it into the hands of the CSU defenders. 1st and 10 for CSU at their own 10 yard line now.

WR Houston continues to dominate the special teams game returning a punt 69 yards for the touchdown. He already had a 31 yard return earlier in the game. He's a stud! And he's only a sophomore! He had a TD last year too, I recall. 10-3 Aztecs.

2nd Quarter

10-6 after a CSU field goal with 10 minutes to go in the half.

On our drive to answer the Rams field goal, we ran the ball with Reese a few times and Reese had to come out, so we remembered two seasons ago when Denson would catch a lot of balls out of the back field. We ran a screen which went for 46 yards for the touchdown! 17-6.

CSU after a few changes of possession comes back towards the end of the half to make it 17-13 after an impressive drive.

Delhomme making quite an impression on me so far, he's 14 of 17(an incomplete pass on a hail mary to end the half), 144 yards and a TD.

3rd Quarter

We take advantage of having the ball to start the half and take it 56 yards before finally getting three points of Ephraim's leg for a 20-13 lead. Reese has 14 carries, 100 yards so far! He's so good, it's weird.

WR Mike Hudson receives the ball from Delhomme from 13 yards out for a touchdown! 27-13 with a little time remaining in the 3rd quarter. *This just in* "Vegas accidently had the wrong team listed in the box for who was favored in the game." Boo yah!

CSU comes right back with a touchdown of their own, making it 27-20 as time runs out in the 3rd.

4th Quarter

After back to back punts, Houston takes a 40 yard punt from CSU and takes it 30 yards to midfield! Good field position and a good chance to put this game away.

But that doesn't happen as Delhomme throws a pick on 3rd down.

We were able to get the ball back and a 21 yard drive(nice punt return, this time by rogers) is capped off by a 46 yard Ephraim field goal. 30-20 with five minutes to play in the game.

We hold CSU to a three and out, but they do the same on us and get good field position on our 46 yard line with under two minutes to play.

Johnny Wonsley makes sure CSU doesn't do anything else for the rest of the game by getting an interception to put the nail in the coffin.

That's the ball game. 30-20, and we're on our way to winning the conference.

Delhomme was 25/35, 254 yards passing, 2 TDs and a pick thrown.
Reese ran 29 times for 135 yards.

Both of our earlier opponents have won every game and are each 3-0.

mauboy

12-22-2005, 01:49 PM

Week 5 vs Air Force - AF by 5

Here's our one big game of the year against Air Force, who every year the board hopes we don't get blown out by these guys. They're picked to beat us yet again, but like last year, that's doubtful. It should be another high scoring affair like last year, but I suspect we'll come out on top again. Once again, they've got Junior RB Don Jones(10/10!) who we'll need to contain in order to win this game.

1st Quarter

After a few changes in possession, Air Force comes up with a touchdown to take a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter.

Ouch, Air Force comes back with another touchdown. 14-0.

2nd Quarter

14-7 after a good, solid drive by the young Aztec team. 4 minutes to go in the half.

Air Force answers back with a 48 yard field goal to make it 17-7 with over a minute to go in the half.

3rd Quarter

Pretty even battle so far this game, stat-wise, we're just not coming up with the big plays.

Argh! Air Force gets another touchdown after 3rd and goal on the 10 yard line. 24-7.

24-10 after an Ephraim field goal. 4 to play in the 3rd.

4th Quarter

A 6 play, 71 yard drive is capped off with a big play from Delhomme to Kennedy, 50 yards out! 24-17 with 9 minutes to go in the game.

LB Fred Abramowicz(lol at name), comes up with a big interception during our defensive stand! Aztec ball at mid field. after a ten yard return. The Cougars had good field position, our 35 yard line after a nice return and penalty. Well, na na na our ball now.

After two punts, Houston returned the Cougar punt 30 yards for a first and 10 at our 44 yard line with 3:30 to go!

Delhomme throws an interception on the AF 12 yard line! Ooh, no! We were going to tie it up too! 1:50 to go. 3 Timeouts for us.

A quick 3 and out later, we've got the ball back at our 29 yard line with over a minute to play. A huge 56 yard punt and no return will make it tough for us.

With 42 seconds left and things not looking good with 4th and 10 on our 41 yard line. We do a mid route on a post and Houston slipped a tackler and broke to the outside where he took it 59 yards for the touchdown! TIE BALL GAME ! WOwzers! 27 seconds to go for AF to take it down and score.

OVERTIME!

Overtime

Ugh, all Air Force needed was three plays to get a TD.

Yay, we only needed TWO plays for a touchdown.

2nd OT

We start out this time only with a field goal after we couldn't do anything whatsoever.

Air Force, goes incomplete pass, incomplete pass, incomplete pass and false start then finally kicks a 48 yard field goal to tie it up. Dang!

3rd OT

AF goes incomplete, 4 yard run loss, incomplete! 47 yard field goal is good!

We go incomplete, 10 yard first down catch.
9 yard run. 2nd and 1 is a no gain. No gain again on a QB scramble. Ouch. 4th and 1. I wanna go for it.

Ouch. We don't get the first down again from one yard out. Game over. Dumb coaching mistake by me.

Game over, 40-37 Air Force wins.

bigguy9854

12-23-2005, 06:21 AM

You should have took the 3 but if you are in this situation again, you know what to do next time but hey, you have a lot of balls to go for the win. Even though I know better to go for the win, I would have done it myself in that situation myself. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but you live to play another day!!!!!!!!!

mauboy

12-23-2005, 06:31 AM

Heh.. Yeah.

Well, I'm trying to get my file uploaded to a site so then I can continue to play it at my mom's house over christmas break. Otherwise, I will see you all in a week or so.

mauboy

12-27-2005, 02:55 PM

It'll still be a few days before I can start it up again. The Uploading to a website didn't work as the site could only hold 35 MB and the file was apparently 35.++, so barely over. Sorry, ya'll! ;)

mauboy

01-01-2006, 10:09 AM

Should be back up and running sometime this afternoon when I get back home!

mauboy

01-01-2006, 05:03 PM

All right, the Aztecs are back!

Week 6 - No game.

For those of you who can't remember or too lazy to look back a little, we're 1-3 so far this season, 1-1 in the conference. We've lost pretty badly in our losses except our Overtime thriller against AF, but the season is still young.

Week 7 @ Wyoming 0-4 - WYO favored by 1, somehow.

I say we win quite comfortably. But we'll need a consistent game from Delhomme who's having his best year as an Aztec, but that isn't saying much. 1000 yards, 6 TDs, 5 picks.

1st Quarter

The first quarter is pretty boring as we were able to hold Wyoming to no points, but they did the same to us. Wyoming got to our 32 yard line twice, but punted and turned it over on downs during those two drives.

2nd Quarter

We get on the board first with a field goal from Ephraim. 3-0.

Ephraim's leg gets us another three points, this time from 53 yards out. 6-0 with a few minutes to go in the half. Dickie Reese continues to be stellar has heck, 14 carries, 80 yards at the moment.

The defense continues to hold Wyoming to zero points in the first half.

Delhomme has pretty much stunk in the first half minus the first drive of the game. Reese finishes the half with 80 yards rushing.

3rd Quarter

A quick start to the half with Reese running the ball 20+ yards twice during the drive before WR Houston fumbled the ball after a 14 yard gain, giving Wyoming the ball on their 25 yard line.

The rest of the 3rd quarter goes down quietly, as the score remains 6-0!

4th Quarter

After a few more nice runs by Reese, who now has 146 yards on the ground, the drive stalls, giving Wyoming the ball back with under 10 minutes to play in the game. Still, 6-0 WYO ball on their 6 yard line to start the drive.

A few stupid defensive holdings, and a nice gain later, Wyoming finally gets on the board with a 9 yard touchdown pass. 7-6 with six minutes to play. Nice time to make lots of mistakes. Good job defense.

Delhomme throws a pick on the first play of our next drive, and that leads to yet another defensive holding penalty, which eventually didn't matter as LB Abramowicz intercepted the Wyoming football. Still four minutes to play. 7-6.

After a nice 6 yard passing gain, our TE was called for a hold and we knew then it was just time to keep the ball on the ground and hope for some good gains from Mr. Consistency, Reese.

On the next play, Reese took the handoff and broke a few tackles for a 21 yard gain and a first down. A few running plays later and another first down, we've got 1st and 10 on our 46 yard line with two minutes to play.

We keep it on the ground, this time to Denson who takes the pitch for 14 yards! 1st and 10 again.

Delhomme after an incomplete pass finally gets out of his funk with a 12 yard pass play on a curl route. First and 10 now on the 28 yard line with just over a minute to play. Time to keep it on the ground with Reese or Denson and finish the game with a game winning field goal, perhaps.

We won't need to worry about kicking a field goal as on 2nd and 8, Denson took it to the house from 26 yards out! 26 yard touchdown run and that gives us a 12-7 lead with under a minute to play. Two point conversion is good! 14-7!

Four incomplete passes later wraps up the Aztec victory! 14-7 win puts us to 2-1 in conference play.

30 carries for Reese for 180 yards! He continues his nice season, 5 games 579 yards.
Denson backed him up nicely this game, 6 carries, 42 yards and the game winning touchdown.

We've got a good TCU team next week. We'll have to prepare well for them.

mauboy

01-01-2006, 06:02 PM

Week 8 vs 4-2 TCU - TCU by 15... eek

Utah is in first place all alone at 3-0(4-2). We'll get them in a few weeks, but first we need to take care of tough business with the Horned Frogs at our house.

Our defense should be able to keep us in the game, but it will depend on Delhomme if we want to win this one; otherwise I'll be bringing in Mucker.

1st Quarter

First drive of the game for us.. 3 carries from Reese, 33 yards. 2 passes, 2 completions for Delhomme, 29 yards one of the completions being a touchdown pass to Houston for a quick 7-0 lead!

We're unable to hold TCU until they got to 3rd and Goal on the 4 yard line and fumbled the ball into the hands of an Aztec defender! 1st and 10 to go for us after an 11 yard fumble return.

After a 9 play 53 yard drive, we kick a field goal and it's good from 50 yards out. 10-0 with the first quarter coming to a close.

2nd Quarter

We get the ball back with 10 minutes to go after a TCU missed field goal to keep it 10-0, Aztec lead.

The rest of the half goes pretty boringly, as we throw an interception at midfield with 30 seconds to go in the half giving TCU a few shots for a score, but they get sacked and get a short gain to end the half. It's still 10-0.

Delhomme was having a good game up to his interception at the end of the half. He's 10 of 16, 137 yards a TD and pick. Reese has 11 carries for 55 yards so far. Another good game for him so far.

10-0 at the half.

3rd Quarter

Follwing an interception for our defense, Ephraim misses a 48 yard field goal to the right leaving the score at 10-0 midway through the 3rd.

Another forced turnover the our defense and Ephraim gets a chance to redeem himself, this time from 38 yards out, and he drills it. 13-0 with two minutes to play in the 3rd quarter. Our defense really coming up big again this week..

The defense comes up with another 3 and out to end the 3rd quarter which will allow Reese to add onto his 112 yards on the day! :)

4th Quarter

CB Justin Hakim comes up big as TCU forces a ball deep allowing Hakim to pick it off. The senior has been getting playing time off and on throughout his career and he gets his biggest interception of his career and of our year. He's got two picks in his career, both coming this year.

13-0 with 13 minutes to go in the game. We just need to get another little score to ice the game.

Dickie Reese gets a touchdown from 5 yards out. That touchdown capitalized a 16 play, 80 yards over 7 minutes of game clock! That pretty much seals this game up, the score now 20-0! 6 minutes to go.

We get our third and fourth interception on the defense as we SHUT DOWN TCU! SHUT OUT! 20-0!

35 carries for Dickie Reese for 165 yards! Stellar game.

It's tough to lose games when your defense forced FIVE turnovers! Woohoo. We move to 3-1 in the conference and even up our overall record at 3-3.

mauboy

01-01-2006, 06:58 PM

Week 9 @ UNLV - Vegas finally gets us right, but still, we're only favored by 1.

Hopefully Reese can keep up his Top 20 YPG up; he's averaging 124 YPG this season so far. UNLV is 4-2, 2-2 in the conference, so they're a decent team, but not better than AF or TCU, so we should be able to handle them, but we've shown in the past that we can't always win the easy ones.

1st Quarter

UNLV started the game with the ball and they went three and out.

We decide to be not like us, and go with a deep play action pass to start the game off and complete it for 43 yards. Good start for us.

Nothing else happened and we had to settle for a 39 yard field goal to take an early 3-0 lead on the Rebels.

After an impressive 3 and out, we drove back down the field and settled for another field goal to increase our lead to 6-0. Ephraim drilled the 35 yard field goal.

After yet another defensive stop, we get the ball back on our 18 yard line. On the first play we do a short pass, but Dickie Reese breaks a tackle after the catch and nearly takes it all the way for the touchdown. He was stopped on the 16 yard line of UNLV! 66 yard catch and run for Reese!

TE Alston catches a 17 yard pass from Delhomme to make it 13-0 with some time left in the 1st quarter still!

16 yards gained for UNLV during the 1st Quarter. 13-0.

2nd Quarter

After only 6 yards on 6 carries, Reese finally picked it up a bit, carrying his next 5 touches 47 yards. The time in the 1st half is running down. There is three minutes to go with it being our ball at midfield, 3rd down. Incomplete pass forces us to punt the ball back to the Rebels.

Just when it looked like UNLV was going to score, the defense comes up huge with LB Wonsley coming up with a huge pick on the 7 yard line! That ends the half! Not before Reese broke open to big runs to finish off the half. He ends the half with 15 carries for 91 yards. Nice! All-American? The defense held UNLV to 122 yards in the first half. They're playing real well in the last three games!!!

3rd Quarter

Reese gets over 100 yards...receiving after a 20 yard gain when he broke a few more tackles. He's got 4 catches for 108 yards, and 18 rushes for 94 yards. It only takes him two more carries to get 100 yards on the game, the first being five yards, the second being a nice 15 yard gain to put us on the UNLV 19 yard line! 1st and 10.

We eventually settle for a field goal from Ephraim, 16-0 nearing the end of the 3rd quarter.

After an injury to one of our DB's, the backup that came in and allowed UNLV to get a 56 yard touchdown pass to make it 16-8 after a successful 2 point conversion. Quick quick score, two play drive. Bummer.

4th Quarter

Ephraim gives us a 19-8 lead with 8 minutes to play in the game after a 9 play, 59 yard drive.

With five minutes to play after us punting the ball back to UNLV, the Rebels took a catch and fumbled it into the hands of our defense on their first play. This pretty much ends it!

During this drive, we get some yards from Reese that set up a 49 yard field goal for Ephraim, making it 22-8 with under three minutes to go.

An interception by Peelle, who had one to finish up the game last week, completes a near perfect game by our defense.

We go three and out on our series and punt it away. The first play of UNLV's next drive they go deep and it's picked off and returned 71 yards for the touchdown. 29-8. THAT completes the near perfect game by our defense.

Well, they get a 56 yard gain on the last play of the game to get over 300 yards on the game. That sucks.

The final score is 29-8. Dickey Reese had 32 carries for 150 yards; yet another great game on the ground for him. Reese also had 112 yards receiving. Quite an all around day for him as he's the player of the game yet again.

We move to 4-1 in the conference and for the first time in the season go above .500 with a 4-3 record overall.

Utah wins their game against Air Force to stay undefeated in conference play.

mauboy

01-01-2006, 08:06 PM

Week 10 @ 2-6 BYU - BYU favored by 8.........

If Reese gets over 106 yards this game, he'll get over the 1000 yards rushing mark for the season in just eight games. That would be impressive for a guy who didn't even star the season, but should have after last year. He's just a 2 star guy... amazing year for him.

Our defense has been stepping it up and they could be higher than 32nd overall minus that stupid 56 yard gain to end the last game. Ah, well.. Those are just stats.

The team we faced first, Clemson, happens to have the #1 defense in the nation and we stayed with them right to the end...But they're 5-3 and barely ranked in the top 25.

1st Quarter

Oh, cripes. BYU goes down the field quite easily and comes up with six points after converting a few 3rd downs. 7-0.

We were unable to answer back with a score, but we were able to put the ball on the five yard line after the punt.

Pfft. A 2 yard loss is nullified by a stupid offsides penalty and the next two plays their speedy QB got first downs with 20+ yard gains. We'll need to contain him now, eh. But we won't as they get another rushing touchdown from their own Reese. 14-0 with five to play in the 1st.

We finally stopped BYU after having punted ourselves. We start the 2nd quarter with the ball deep in our territory, the 6 yard line.

2nd Quarter

Two first downs later, we punt it back to the Cougars.

3rd down 9 we get aggressive on defense and it pays off as Clark sacks the quarterback which forced a fumble and we recovered it and returned it 6 yards to the BYU 8 yard line!

3 plays, nada yards. 3 points is what we settle for. 14-3 early on in the 2nd.

We get the ball back and get 1st and Goal and get only another three points. 10 plays, 56 yards. 14-6. Four minutes to play in the half.

We get the ball back on our 2 yard line with over two minutes to go. A chance to get some more points, but we gotta get outta this tight spot first. And we do with a 12 yard quick pass play.

23 yard run on the next play by none other than Dickie Reese.

17 yard run on the next play, Reese again.

4 yard run for Dickie which also got a personal foul, 15 yard face mask moving us to the 27 yard line with a minute fifty left.

With 28 seconds left in the half we've got a 4th and 4 on the 11 yard line of BYU and have to settle for our THIRD field goal of the half. 14-9 at the half.

Reese having a crazy good game already, 16 carries for 102 yards. He only needs four more yards to eclipse the 1000 yard rushing mark on the season. He may be a top 10 rusher after this game. Who knows. Delhomme continues to be pretty worthless, but he hasn't turned the ball over at least. Plus, we get the ball to start the 2nd half. I'm happy.

3nd Quarter

After a few punts back and forth, our defense finally comes up bigger than a forced punt, an interception by Peelle! 1st and 10 for the Aztecs on the BYU 40 yard line. Five minutes to go in the 3rd.

FINALLY! Delhomme connects to Houston in the end zone for the lead taking touchdown. 16-14 with a few minutes to go in the 3rd quarter. 25 carries for Reese, 121 yards to show for it.

The 3rd quarter ends as BYU punts the ball to our 22 yard line. 1st and 10 for us after a big 3rd down and 8 stop, which came 1 yard short of the first down.

4th Quarter

We get held to a 3 and out being held on 3rd and 1.

A 15 yard loss thanks to a Dantzler sack makes it 3rd and 20 for BYU which they threw an incomplete pass on giving us the ball back on our 47 yard line for good field position.

Two running losses by Reese later, we're forced to punt it back to the Cougars.

OOOH ****! First play, short pass and the BYU WR cuts it up the field for an 82 yard touchdown! BYU gets the 2 point conversion to make it 22-16 with 8 minutes to play in the game. Ugh! Our defense was actually doing GREAT up to that play.

We get the ball back and move it to mid field before we're forced to punt again after coming up short on the screen pass.

BYU starts the drive on the 4 yard line with just under 7 to play.

They get a first down but then on 2nd and 10 later they cough up the ball after a Larry Clark smackdown! Aztec ball on the BYU 28 yard line with 5:35 left in the game. Whew! Still alive.

4th and 2, we go for it and do a play action curl which Delhomme throws into the defenders hands and they return it 36 yards before being tackled. What a roller coaster game this has been. A roller coaster 4th quarter at least!

The first play for BYU is fumbled! Abramowicz comes up with a huge hit jarring the ball loose and the Aztecs get the ball right back!!!! 3:40 to go and the roller coaster ride continue, ball back on the 33 yard line of BYU.

On 2nd and 9 we go to the air with a deeper route and Houston is WIDE OPEN! NOTHING BUT GREEN! TOUCHDOWN!!!!! 22-22 with two fifty on the clock! Houston with his second TD of the game. Extra point is good. 23-22! 32 yard touchdown pass.

The first play for BYU is a deep route and Dantzler chases the QB around and finally brings him down for a 14 yard loss!! 2nd and 24 on the 15 yard line now with 2:08 to play in the game.

Larry Clark comes up with a sack on the very next play for a loss of 3 yards! 3rd and 27 with under two to play.

Delay of game. Major choke job for BYU in progress. 3rd and 32.

Major choke job for the Aztecs in progress after a 47 yard gain.

The next play Hakim comes up big and gets his 3rd pick of of the season!! Aztec ball on the 32 yard line and 1:21 on the clock. Knee, knee, knee. Game!

A 23-22 victory! What a win as we move to 5-1 in the conference with the Utah game coming up next! Utah is still undefeated in the conference.

Reese with 33 carries for 130 yards. He didn't do a whole lot with the ball in the 4th quarter, it's possilbe that he had negative yardage in the 4th.

Delhomme finally had a decent game as well, 14 of 24, 124 yards, 2 tds, 1 int.

Larry Clark is the POG with 3 sacks 6 tackles, and THREE forced fumbles. BYU had 7 fumbles in the game, losing three of them.

Dantzler had 2 sacks and leads the team this season with 6 sacks in all.

mauboy

01-01-2006, 09:06 PM

Week 11 vs 6-2 Utah Utes faves by 6

Reese is 11th in the nation for YPG with 128 ypg. He's 15th in yards with 1024 but that will go up since he's played less games than a few of the rushers ahead of him. Weird thing with Reese; he's got 0 created runs, 12 missed holes, and 1 TD. He just can't seem to hit the holes that well, and I can only imagine how we'd be with a stud like Olszewski! I miss him a little bit, but not so much since Reese hasn't lost a fumble yet this season! *knock on wood*

Utah comes to our house this week with the conference lead at stake. Our 40th ranked defense goes up against their 12th ranked offense, while our 80th ranked offense goes against their 16th ranked defense. On paper it says they kill us, but talent-wise we're a little better except at running back, which our DLine should contain pretty well. They've also got a good WR, but, shrug, he can't catch them if the QB is always laying on the ground! booyah! okay, lame.

1st Quarter

We have 3rd and 8 on the Utah 14 yard line when we get sacked and fumble the ball, but we recovered....after a 14 yard loss. 4th and 22 now and a longer field goal; bummer.

But Ephraim drills the 46 yard field goal to give us a 3-0 lead midway through the 1st quarter.

Utah takes two minutes to get three points of their own to tie it at three.

We take two minutes as well to get three more points after a nice 46 yard screen pass gain. 6-3 nearing the end of the 1st quarter.

With neither team seemingly wanting to play defense, Peelle proved that not to be true with an interception to end the 1st quarter and giving us the ball at our 44 yard line.

2nd Quarter

We can't come up with a touchdown but we do get a 34 yard field goal from Ephraim to take a 9-3 lead. All field goals so far this game. Weeeee! Delhomme 7 of 11 for 99 yards so far. Not bad.

Clark comes up with a sack forcing Utah to punt it deep into our territory, the three yard line; and that's where we'll start our drive with seven minutes to go in the half.

We get a gain of 8, loss of 6, gain of 6 and go three and out. Punting it 36 yards only to have the return be 30 yards. 1st and 10 for Utah on our 17 yard line.

Utah gets a 16 yard gain, 1 yard loss on a sack, and a 2 yard run for the touchdown to take a 10-9 lead with 5 minutes left in the half.

3 and out for us. The defense is stopping Reese REAL WELL. He's got 15 carries for 31 yards after starting out with 7 carries for 32 yards. Ugh!

Utah takes the ball to mid field before being forced to punt which ends up on our 5 yard line. We get scared and just hand it off in a big I formation and Reese gets a big block and runs it 20 yards before getting tackled. Timeout! 35 seconds left. Just in case! :)

We just run the ball two more times and end the half with a 10-9 score, Utah leading.

Reese, 19 carries, 57 yards now, a little more respectable. Delhomme 11 of 15, 122 yards.

3rd Quarter

A defensive battle for the second half as we punt back and forth until finally Utah hits a 51 yard field goal with four minutes to go in the 3rd quarter. 13-9.

The rest of the quarter goes scoreless as we punt the ball to the Utah 6 yard line as the quarter ends.

4th Quarter

They convert a 3rd and 12 on the 4 yard line, which caused me to swear real loud. The refs gave me a warning. Screw them!

The next set of downs, 3rd and 9, converted! Curse again!!

Next set of downs, 3rd and 12, major blitz because zone or little blitz doesn't work....!! 11 yard gain! WHEW. Houston returns the 43 yard punt 36 yards into Utah territory on the 45 yard line!

A running loss, few yard gain on a pass and a 5 yard loss on a sack forces us to punt, which is fair caught on the 18 yard line after a weak 33 yard punt. 11 minutes to play still.

Utah moves down the field once again beyond mid field where we finally stop them forcing them to punt deep into our territory once again... this time it's first and 10 for us on our 5. Yipee.

3 'n out. Utah ball on our 48 yard line. Still 7 minutes to go.

Utah gets one first down then settles on a 47 yard field goal attempt, which is good. 16-9 with 3:30 to play in the game. Ugh. Nerve racking considering we can't move down the field on the defense. We've got 197 yards of offense today. We'll need Delhomme to step it up big here.

The drive starts out well with a 16 yard completion.

A first down after two short pass plays. 1st and 10 on our 46 yard line with 2:41 on the clock.

3rd and 1 on the 45 yard line of Utah now. 1:55 left to go, we give the ball to Reese for the first time this drive, and he gains 20 yards on the pitch! 1st and 10 again, 25 yard line.

Delhomme throws a pick on a screen play on 2nd and 9 on the 24.... Hmm.... Damn it.

We still have all three timeouts remaining at least.

We get the ball back after 3 plays, 26 seconds(a timeout didn't work after a play once.. grr) to go on our 35 yard line. Game over after we can't get anything going.

We lost 16-9 thanks to a sh***y throw by Delhomme deep in Utah territory. Thanks Delhomme. You just lost your job for the season....maybe.

Reese had 77 yards rushing. Not a great performance considering he had 27 carries.

We move to 5-2 in the conference and 5-4 overall. We need another win to become bowl eligible at least, so the last three games are important; and we should easily win two of them.

Utah moves to 7-2 overall and they're now ranked #22 in the GDCS.

bigguy9854

01-02-2006, 09:57 AM

Keep your head up coach. You will get those darn utes one day!!!!!!

mauboy

01-02-2006, 10:40 AM

Keep your head up coach. You will get those darn utes one day!!!!!!
Ain't that the truth. It seems I can never beat 'em. Maybe next year when everyone is a lot better.

mauboy

01-02-2006, 11:29 AM

Week 12 @ 3-5 Navy - Aztecs faves by 1

This should be a cupcake game for us. I really don't see how they will be able to stop our OL from dominating up front and our defensive line smothering their OL. We shall see though. I'd like to see Reese make up for his under 100 yard performance last week with a 200+ this week.

1st Quarter

Navy takes the opening kickoff 71 yards on nine plays for the touchdown. Not a good start defensively. Pretty pathetic actually. 7-0 Navy

5 carries for 45 yards later for Reese we get to settle for a field goal to make it 7-3. Ephraim nails the 37 yarder after a false start penalty.

We get the ball back and drive down to the field before the drive stalls on the Navy 40 yard line, we're faced with a decision and we decide to go for it on 4th and 2. It pays off as the tight end broke down the field and actually scored! 40 yard touchdown pass to Alston from Delhomme(Yeah, I started him again... One more chance). 10-7.

2nd Quarter

Navy comes back with a 52 yard field goal to tie it up at 10.

Reese continues to run the ball well allowing us to kick a field goal to take back the lead. But Ephraim missed it from 32 yards out, short! But there's a flag on the field! Illegal substitution on Navy. First down Aztecs!

The next play, Denson takes the handoff 9 yards for the touchdown. 17-10. Wish Reese got the handoff instead, oh well. After that drive Reese has 13 carries for 84 yards.

Navy RB Davey has 9 carries for 89 yards so far this game and he helped Navy get into field goal position and they did hit it to make it 17-13 with five minutes to go in the half.

The half ends with Navy threatening to score, but they couldn't do anything as the time ran out.

Reese has 18 carries for 94 yards so far. Denson, six carries 24 yards. We get the ball to start the 2nd half, so let's get a touchdown or field goal at least.

3rd Quarter

We do get a 27 yard field goal from Ephraim to make the lead 7 now, 20-13. Reese had 26 yards rushing on that drive bringing his total to 120.

Nearing the end of the 3rd Quarter Reese fumbled the ball and we actually didn't recover giving Reese his first lost fumble on the season. He's got 26 carries for 151 yards so far this game but now it's Navy's ball on our 14 yard line. This score is on him.

Navy does get a touchdown as time runs out in the 3rd. 20-20.

4th Quarter

Reese better make up for that fumble.

Reese does help us get three points as he gained 30 yards on the ground for us. He just doesn't have the breakaway speed to get the touchdown. Twice he had one man to beat but had to settle for a run in the teens for yardage. 23-20, still early in the 4th quarter.

Reese makes good on my asking him for 200 yards this week. He gets 29 yards on our next drive to make his total 213 yards on 34 carries. We score a touchdown on a Delhomme pass to WR Kennedy. 30-20 with 6 minutes to go in the ball game.

We're unable to stop Navy as they march down the field in two minutes for a touchdown. 30-27 with 4 minutes to play.

We get a few first downs and move our way to mid field where we eventually punt it, the ball is downed at the 11 yard line, so Navy has 47 seconds to go with only 1 timeout remaining.

Navy gets two big plays moving them into field goal range and they get to kick a 53 yarder with 11 seconds to play in the game...and they make it! Tied up just like that. Dang. 30-30 OT we go.

Overtime

We get a field goal after we come up short on 3rd down and 4, three yard gain. We were going to run it on 4th and 1 but we had a false start penalty forcing us to kick a field goal. 33-30, Navy's turn.

The first play for Navy is PICKED OFF!!! AZTECS win it. What a game. Reese ends the game with 248 yards rushing! Such a good game for him. He carried the ball 40 times. This makes up for his lackluster performance last weekend against Utah.

This win gives us a bowl bid and a chance to make a bigger statement if we win out, we could be ranked by season's end. Probably not though with 4 losses under our name. Perhaps if we were named Miami or something.

Utah sneaks out of BYU with a win after being behind going into the fourth quarter.

mauboy

01-02-2006, 11:34 AM

News

The awards finalists came out after our battle with Navy and we've got one players on the list. I thought it would be Ephraim for sure, but it was not.

Our punter, Eric Plum, is up for the coffin corner award.

Reese now has 1349 yards on the season, but still only one touchdown. He's averaging 135 yards per game which is good for 6th in the nation. With two more games to go against below average defenses, Reese still has a shot to be the nation's leading rusher, an outside shot, but a shot nonetheless.

We've got two more games, New Mexico and Central Michigan. We win these two we'll be 8-4 and standing tall. Let's do it!

mauboy

01-02-2006, 12:20 PM

Week 13 vs 6-3 New Mexico - Aztecs favored by 3

I imagine we'll coast this game and win comfortably. But each game we've been favored we haven't done that well, at least if my memory serves me right. This game also dictates who is going to finish 2nd in the conference.

1st Quarter

We stop Navy first and we go down the field for a field goal thanks to some nice running by both backs, Reese and Denson. 3-0.

Thanks to a nice 37 yard run by Denson, that sets up another field goal for us, 6-0.

We have the ball to end the first quarter on the 31 yard line of NM, 1st and 10.

2nd Quarter

We eventually get down to the 2 yard line for 4th and Goal. Sick of kicking field goals, we give the ball to Reese on the outside who gets stuffed for a loss. 1st down for New Mexico.

Peelle picks up another interception deep in New Mexico territory to give us 1st down on their 14 yard line.

Denson eventually gets the touchdown as Reese brought us closer to the goal line. 13-0 midway through the 2nd quarter.

New Mexico gets more than half their yards on the next drive as they go down the field for three points. 13-3 with under three minutes to play in the half.

We go right back down the field thanks to the arm of Delhomme to get three points back. 16-3 as we go into the half.

Delhomme having a good day so far, only throwing 2 incomplete passes out of 11 attempts.

3rd Quarter

We start the 2nd half with the ball and we take advantage of the weak secondary of New Mexico as Reese keeps getting stuffed in the backfield. Delhomme had 75 yards in the air during the drive that set up a 5 yard run for Reese giving him his 2nd touchdown on the season. 23-3 now early on in the 2nd half. Delhomme is now 12 of 15 for 204 yards on the day.

Nearing the end of the 3rd quarter, New Mexico finally gets into the end zone making it 23-10.

4th Quarter

Ephraim misses the 49 yard field goal after we rushed the ball for 49 yards during the drive, all running plays.

Delhomme continues his great game with 86 yards passing on the drive. His stats go to 19 of 23, 306 yards and 1 touchdown as he connected to Marshall in the endzone for a touchdown. 30-10 as we pretty much wrap up the game there with seven minutes to go.

Denson gets his 2nd touchdown of the afternoon as we get another touchdown. Big games from both backs today. 37-10.

The game

603 to 225 yards of offense we outgained New Mexico. Our offense really clicked all game.

Reese had 36 rushes for 168 yards and a TD!

7-4 now with Central Michigan left to go.
Denson had 23 carries for 97 yards and 2 TDs, Denson was named POG.
Delhomme was 21 of 25, 344 yards and a TD.

With this game, Reese is now #3 in the nation in rushing yards with 1517 yards, behind the leader by less than 70 yards now. Reese IS leading the nation in carries, with 333, the next player behind him has 312 carries. Reese is a machine, eh?

mauboy

01-02-2006, 01:12 PM

Week 15 vs 6-4 Central Michigan - Central Michigan favored by 3.

Central Michigan has some good players, but they don't have a well rounded enough team to beat us. That's the way I see it.

We're getting some votes this week in the Coach and Media polls, whilst ranked 34th in the GDCS. We could make it to the top 25 if we win today and win our bowl game against whoever. :)

1st Quarter

Four plays, 1:30 later Central Michigan gets into the end zone, thanks to some horrible pass defense. 7-0 very early on.

Reese's first carry goes for ten yards before he gets nailed and fumbles it into the arms of CMU. Great.

We were thankfully able to hold the Chippewas to a field goal. 10-0.

Before the first quarter comes to an end, we finally got something going and Delhomme connected to WR Houston for a 2 yard touchdown pass and catch. 10-7.

2nd Quarter

Ephraim's leg ties the ball game up at 10 as we start off the 2nd quarter.

With under a minute to play, we get the ball through the up rights for three more points to take the lead for the first time today, 13-10 after a 43 yard field goal by Ephraim.

Central Michigan comes right down the field after a nice 50 yard gain to get a field goal themselves to tie it up at 13 as we go into the half.

3rd Quarter

We start the 2nd half with a 7 minute drive which ended in a touchdown pass on 3rd and Goal to the fullback, Williams. 20-13.

On 3rd and 5 for Central Michigan, they go to the air and LB Abramowicz picks it off and returns it 57 yards for the touchdown!! 27-13 just like that.

We get the ball back after a huge hit that caused a fumble! 1st and 10 on the CM 27 yard line!

We have to settle for a field goal after getting to 4th and Goal. 30-13 with little time remaining in the 3rd quarter.

4th Quarter

33-13 after Ephraim nailed yet another field goal. His 4th of the day.

Dickie Reese dives into the end zone for his first touchdown of the game and third of the year. He's got 33 carries for 119 yards on the day.

That will be the ball game at 40-13! What a blowout win for us to close out the season.

Reese got one more carry which took him to 34 carries for 142 yards on the day, with a touchdown.

Reese finishes the season with 1659 yards, 3 TDs, and averaging 4.52 yards per carry. Not too shabby for a 2 star player.

We finish 8-4 and I imagine we'll play a decent team in a bowl game which may be good enough for us to be ranked if we win it! So excited I am.

mauboy

01-02-2006, 01:37 PM

2010 News - Stats in Word Document below.

We had a pretty good season offensively and defensively. Reese finished the season with 1659 yards! We do have lots we can still improve on though, such as OL Luce who missed 26 blocks! But at least he had no false starts. As you can also see, Boobie Bland didn't start a game after he had 4 holds in the first two games of the year.

No big time standouts defensively as LB Wonsley led the team with 84 tackles, but he also had 4 picks which is right behind Peelle who had 5 to lead the team. Clark and Dantzler both had 7 sacks to lead the team. They will both be seniors next season and I expect them to have huge seasons as they try to make a bid for the NFL Draft in two years.

We finished with the 33rd ranked defense in the nation and 64th offensively. Not too shabby considering our horrible start.

Reese finished 4th in the nation in rushing yards thanks to having no conference championship game to play. Impressive to say the least though!

Bowl Bound

We're playing in the San Fransisco Bowl against Arizona!

Awards

3rd Team - Nationally

Jr Kicker, Ephraim (34-38 FGs)

1st Team - MWC - Reese gets beat out for first team to a player who only had 1300 yards rushing, but 16 touchdowns... heh!

Jr Kicker Ephraim
So Punter Plum

2nd Team - MWC

So WR Houston - 827 yards receiving and 5 TDs.
So OG Ezerins - He's going to be hella good if he sticks around for two more years.
Jr DE Larry Clark - 7 sacks
Sr CB Peelle - 5 INTs

3rd Team

Sr RB Dickie Reese
Jr DE Dantzler - 7 sacks

That's all, surprisingly. I'm very surprised Wonsley was left off the lists. Oh, well. Let's just kill Arizona in the bowl game!

mauboy

01-02-2006, 02:37 PM

Bowl Game against 6-5 Arizona - Wildcats surprisingly favored by 16 points. I say NO WAY to that.

They've got a great running back, but that is all. The rest of the team is as bad as a MWC team, so we'll stand a great chance against these guys if we can stop RB Heinrich(8/10).

1st Quarter

We get the ball to start the game and we get a good return to our 43 yard line as we set up our offense.

We run the ball to the 33 yard line where we face a 4th and 1 call, which we go for it by pitching to Reese who runs it for a first down after a 5 yard gain.

We can't convert on 3rd and 3 forcing a 38 yard field goal, which Ephraim nails. 3-0 early on.

Arizona has a pretty good offensive line, that may over power our defensive line allowing Heinrich to dominate us all game like he has during the first drive. 3 carries for 36 yards which set up a 13 yard touchdown pass. 7-3.

We get a nice play on 3rd and 3 from our 45 yard line, a 41 yard gain to move us into the red zone. Delhomme hit WR Houston on the play.

A play action pass works well from 14 yards out as Delhomme hits Kennedy in the end zone to take the lead back, 10-7 with two minutes left in the first quarter.

2nd Quarter

Arizona answers back with a field goal to tie it up at 10 as the 2nd quarter gets underway.

We get beyond midfield but we have to punt the ball, and it's downed on the 14 for Arizona.

We get a big interception near mid field from DE Clark to give us the ball back at the our 40 yard line. 1st and 10, woot.

After a few nice gains and some stupid penalties, we were able to come up with a 45 yard field goal which Ephraim BOOMED it through. He's so good! :) 13-10 with 5 minutes to go in the half.

Arizona gets a touchdown after converted a 3rd and 10 at mid field. They take the lead with over a minute to go in the half, 17-13.

The half ends with the score 17-13.

Reese has 15 carries for 65 yards so far.
Delhomme is 8 of 18 for 145 yards.

3rd Quarter

Arizona starts off with the ball and they take it all the way down the field for a touchdown. A very impressive drive for them. 24-13.

Heinrich has 23 carries for 142 yards so far. We just can't stop him, but finally we do deep in our territory to hold the Cats to a field goal. 27-13 with some time remaining in the 3rd quarter. This is an important drive for us. We need to get some points.

We get to midfield before punting it to the 12 yard line of Arizona. Ugh. Lets go defense. Big play.

4th Quarter

3 and out for Arizona as the 4th quarter gets going.

It doesn't matter as Delhomme throws an interception on the 2nd play of the drive giving the ball back to Arizona. Now we really need a big stop at our 40 yard line.

34-13 as Arizona clinches this game with 10 minutes to go. Damn, damn.

We still are breathing as Houston catches a touchdown pass from Delhomme to make it 34-20 with over 5 minutes to go.

WE were unable to get the ball back before it was too late, and the final score ends up 34-20 as Arizona comes up with the expected win, I guess. Bummer for our boys.

Reese had 22 carries for 127 yards.
Delhomme went 18/40 for 208 yards, 2 TDs, 1 Int.

Our defense was not able to stop the offensive attack of the Wildcats. The DLine was not able to come up with any sacks at all. Sad game overall.

We finish a good season at 8-5 after an 0-2 start.

mauboy

01-02-2006, 02:56 PM

2010 Notes

Evaluation

Team Performance: C
Talent: D
Recruiting: D
Board Expects: B
Prestige: A
Overall: C

2011 Start - Coaching offers

Wow. Some good offers this year! What to do, what to do?

Toledo, no.
Georgia Tech! Maybe.
Arizona State! Maybe.

Two top conferences, GT and ASU are in, so I will look more deeply into the offers to see if I think it's worth it to leave yet. GT had a good recruiting class last year, ranking 26th, ASU not so much, and they finished the season 4-7, where GT was 5-6.

Hmm.. If I was going to accept a job, I'd accept the GT job.

After long deliberation, we will be staying in California. The family doesn't want to move across the country...not yet! At least one more season in SDSU. I want to win the conference at least once before I leave here and at least win a bowl game. I'm 0-3 in bowl games. Poopy.

mauboy

01-02-2006, 03:05 PM

Coach Signings

We need to sign an offensive coordinator as our current one opted out of his contract.

We sign a good coach who develops everyone quite nicely on the offensive side. Glad to have Tom Williams.

Transfers

We've got some interest in guys that are better than our current players, so we'll go after a few!

We get no transfers to come here despite their high interests. Ah, well! :) Time to move onto recruiting, where it's at, baby!

mauboy

01-02-2006, 03:46 PM

Recruiting

Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 all go down quietly as we don't sign anybody, nor lose any of our recruits.

Week 6

We find out the RB Don Jones of Air Force will be declaring for the NFL draft, so that helps us out big time! The fans of SDSU CHEER LOUDLY from that news.

We also lose out on a TE that we were recruiting, it would have been nice to sign him, but it's all good.

It's going to be tough to make any signings with only 5 scholarships to offer this year. Ah, well.

Week 7

Players committing to San Diego State

Players recruited that committed to other schools
CB Mel Jackson - Wash State
CB Eddie Crumpler - Stanford

Both of these players were offered scholarships and Jackson was one of the top DB's in the nation, and he wanted to come here, for a while at least. Not anymore.

Week 8

We lose one more player that we offered a scholarship too, no signings yet.

Players committing to San Diego State

Players recruited that committed to other schools
CB Nick Montoya - New Mexico St
CB Herb Hickerson - New Mexico St
CB Leon Jolley - Arizona State
RB George Ramsey - Stanford

Week 9

We really need to make some moves otherwise we may have the worst recruiting class in the nation with NO SIGNINGS. That would be pretty crappy.

Our first signing is for a position that is MUCH needed. We welcome QB Cecil Coleman, and we hope that he's ready to play as a true freshman! :)

Players committing to San Diego State
QB Cecil Coleman

Players recruited that committed to other schools
QB Ben Winfrey - San Jose State
TE Bill Levingston - San Jose State
CB Mike Hunter - Nevada-Las Vegas
CB Bernard Zereoue - Nevada-Las Vegas
WR Sonny Dalton - New Mexico St
RB Grant Hill - Utah

Week 10

NO SIGNINGS! ONE signing going into the final day as we accept walk-ons. Eek. What a piss poor recruiting class, at least we were loaded though in freshmen and sophomores.

Final Week - We get three to sign in the final week, thankfully.

The following recruits ended up coming to San Diego State:

QB Micah Lane, 3-stars
Venice (Venice, CA)
National Rank: 987, Regional: 210, Position: 102

WR Blair Shuler, 3-stars
Charter Oak (Colvina, CA)
National Rank: 818, Regional: 172, Position: 89

QB Cecil Coleman, 3-stars
Maxwell (Maxwell, CA)
National Rank: 592, Regional: 123, Position: 36

SS Vernon Stablein, 2-stars
Westside (Clear Fork, WV)
National Rank: 1581, Regional: 231, Position: 79

Here's our class breakdown:

15 seniors
28 juniors
28 sophomores
24 freshmen

mauboy

01-02-2006, 04:04 PM

Post Training - Depth Chart - picture attchd

QB Cecil Coleman(4/5) is starting as a true freshman. He really improved his game during the training period. He's going to be a huge player for us this year!

Jr RB Matt Rogers(3/4) will be getting the handoffs to start the season, but there is always Denson(2/4) and Monroe(2/5) to back him up just in case.

Sr WR Pace (5/5), Jr Houston(4/6), Jr MacPherson(4/6) will be the receivers for the year.

Sr Boobie Bland(5/7) and So JT Elam(5/7) will be the offensive tackles this year. We've got very good players backing them both up, so if either of them suck it up, I will not hesitate to bring in one of them.

Jr Ezerins(5/7) will be starting at OG along with one of four players, all of who could start.. There will be controversy there.

Jr Center, Karcher(3/5) will get the starts this year after being a backup last season.

DE's Jr Triplett(4/6), Sr Clark(4/5) and Sr Dantzler(4/5) will continue to be the forces on the defensive line, one of them will be playing at the DT position.

Our linebackers are Sr Wonsley, So Smith, Jr Haley, and Jr Joseph in a 3-4 defense.

Our corners will be the weakest part of the team this season, as we don't even know right now who will be starting. Senior Leonard Hayes(3/4) looks to be the only one who is for sure starting....the rest, shrug.

Safeties are Sr FS George Williams(3/5), and So FS Kirk Wynn (4/6).

Kicker is Sr Ephraim(7/8) again and Punter is Jr Plum again as well.

Looks to be a season which we have most definitely improved from last year.

The only question is, can we get a consistent running game with a new starter? QB Coleman is definitely more talented than Delhomme ever was, so we should improve there. Our WR's have improved from last year as well. Our OL is full of huge players, all of whom should dominate this conference. Could this finally be the year we win the conference and a bowl game? I say yes!

mauboy

01-02-2006, 04:26 PM

Defense Depth Chart
Attached

mauboy

01-02-2006, 04:40 PM

2011 Season

We had one of the worst recruiting classes in the nation at 113 overall. Ouch. Except we got what we really need at the QB position with Coleman. Life saver he is!

We're going to run a 3-4 defense this year after last season's failure with a 4-3.

On the offensive side, we're going to try something new as well, and something the OC excels at teaching, the Vertical Passing game. Should be an interesting year! Something new for me as a coach. We started as an option team, went to a running game mainly, then eventually made our way here. Interesting!

Scheduling

We need four games this year to total 12.

We ask Central Michigan for two games, New Mexico St. for two, South Carolina for two, and Idaho for two.

South Carolina is the only team that declined our offer. So we go after San Jose State, who has been taking our recruits a lot over the past few years. So we'll beat 'em to show those recruits who's boss.

SJSU accepts and the season is ready to roll.

mauboy

01-02-2006, 04:42 PM

Team Schedule
WEEK OPPONENT SCORE
1 at Central Michigan -
2 New Mexico St -
3 OPEN -
4 Colorado State -
5 OPEN -
6 at Texas Christian -
7 at Brigham Young -
8 OPEN -
9 Utah -
10 at Nevada-Las Vegas -
11 Air Force -
12 Wyoming -
13 New Mexico -
14 San Jose State -
15 Idaho -

We have some easy games this year in our OOC games, but that's the way I want it this year as I think we have a real good shot now to go undefeated!!!!11

mauboy

01-02-2006, 05:39 PM

Week 1 @ Central Michigan - CMU faves by 3

Our list of players on Academic Probation is VERY VERY long, we have to mix and match about 10 players who are potential players with study hall hours. We had to use half of our hours for the year on this week, which sucks. Hopefully the list will shrim down as the season progresses, but man, what a bunch of morons I've got, eh?

1st Quarter

We stop Central Michigan to a 3 and out which we then took the ball down the field a little and settled for a 50 yard field goal which Ephraim nailed, of course. 3-0 early on.

After another 3 and out for the Chippewas we drive right back down the field all the way to the 1 yard line where we had 4th and Goal. We go for it and pitch it to Rogers to the right who gets nothing on the play and it's a turnover on downs. Argh..

Let's get a safety to make me happy.

We don't get a safety but we get the ball back after three plays for the 3rd time in a row. Our defense looking good so far against a decent offense attack.

Ephraim gets another field goal as our offense sputters during our Goal Line attack. 6-0 with a little time to go in the 1st quarter.

2nd Quarter

CMU finally gets a first down as the 1st quarter came to an end. They started with good field position after a fumble by one of our receivers on a nice pass gain. So now they've got the ball on our 35 yard line, which they eventually got a little further to settle for a 48 yard field goal, which they make. 6-3 early on in the 2nd quarter.

We're unable to get in the endzone yet again and hit a 44 yard field goal to make it 9-3 with 10 minutes to go in the 2nd quarter.

CMU takes advantage of our short zone defense and goes deep for a 57 yard touchdown pass. 10-9. Crap.... dumb me.

Ephraim misses his first field goal of the day and season from 42 yards out this time. He's 3 for 4 on the day. The score is still 10-9.

The half ends on a missed field goal for CMU, which only happened because Coleman threw a pick. Other than the interception, Coleman is playing pretty well. He's 16 of 23 for 192 yards. RB Rogers has 15 carries for 64 yards. He's been playing well too, but we just can't come up with anything other than a darn field goal.

We're outplaying the Chippewas so much, but it's not showing up on the scoreboard. We're outgaining them so far 245 to 138. I suspect we'll still win this game.

3rd Quarter

Matt Rogers ends our opening drive with a 2 yard run. 12 plays, 68 yards, 58 yards on the ground, most of them coming from Rogers. 16-10 now.

The first play of CMU's offense results in a Scott Jue interception. 1st down for the Aztecs on their 38 yard line! Woot.

Thanks to some more stellar throws by Coleman, we were able to settle for an easy 26 yard field goal from Ephraim. 19-10 now.

4th Quarter

The defensive dominance continues for us as we get the ball back at the CMU 43 yard line after stopping them to a 3 and out deep in their territory. CMU has only 162 yards so far. :)

Ephraim's 36 yard field goal attempt comes up short as he misses his 2nd field goal of the game. Score stays at 19-10.

Coleman connects to WR Wigham for a touchdown from 3 yards out. 26-10 with 7 minutes to go. CMU still under 200 yards on the day.

George Williams picks one of and runs it back 72 yards for the touchdown on a CMU hail mary. 33-10. 6 minutes to go. CMU still has 162 yards of offense.

We make another interception as LB Joseph comes up with the pick. 5 minutes to go. We should be able to run the clock down to the final minute.

Joseph makes another interception as the clock dwindles down. This followed a Coleman interception, which was his 2nd pick thrown on the day. I meant to run the ball, but oops. :)

That would be the final score, 33-10.

Coleman finishes 32 of 44 for 352 yards. 1 TD, 2 INTs. I'm glad that we've got a high completion % QB finally. Not only that, but he's got some nice wheels too, running the ball

Rogers debut goes well, 36 carries for 121 yards and a TD.

Pace gets 7 catches for 112 yards.

1-0 after outgaining the Chippewas 507 to 168. Good balance. :)

mauboy

01-02-2006, 06:31 PM

Week 2 vs New Mexico State - Aztecs favored by 16... ouch for NMSU

We've lost WR MacPherson for a few months, so we'll need some of our backups to step it up, which should not be a problem.

This is going to be a real ugly game for New Mexico State, they've got no defensive line whatsoever. I feel bad that I asked them to play me.

1st Quarter

After a 48 yard run by Rogers, we settle for a Ephraim field goal. This occurs way too much. Ephraim kicks too many field goals, we need to get better in the red zone! 3-0

NMSU takes advantage of the short field thanks to a fumble by Rogers. They get a field goal to tie it up at 3.

2nd Quarter

The Aggies are moving the ball surprisingly well and get another field goal after forcing us to punt. 6-3 with 12 minutes to go in the half.

NMSU continues to move the ball down the field with ease against our defense to get another field goal increasing their lead to six, 9-3 now with 3 minutes to go in the half.

We move quickly down the field thanks to the arm of Coleman, but we can't convert on third down forcing us to kick a 47 yard field goal, which Ephraim makes, the score now 9-6 with 50 seconds to play in the half.

The Aggies go to the air on the first play and that proves to be a mistake as Joseph makes his 3rd pick of the season, returning it 10 yards back to the 15 yard line! Woot.

Aw, crap, we run out of time as we tried going to the end zone with 11 seconds to go. The time runs out after an incomplete pass. I thought we'd have time to have one more play, but apparently not. Half time it is.

3rd Quarter

Rogers has done nothing since his 48 yard run, so he'll need to step it up this half, as does our defense! They've almost given up more yards today than the did all of the first game.

The defense starts out on the field in the 2nd half and forces a 3 and out to give the ball to our offense quickly.

Like during the first series of the game, Rogers ran his second handoff 37 yards this time compared to 48 yards before. This leaves us with 1st and 10 in the red zone now.

We're forced to kick a field goal after a false start and a sack. The field goal is blocked the and returned 24 yards for NMSU. Damn. 9-6 still.

We get the ball back after the Aggies punt it alllll the way back to our 1 yard line. That won't stop us from going down the field. Coleman took charge and passed for 83 yards during the drive over 13 plays including the 19 yard strike that resulted in a touchdown to Murphy! 13-9. 4 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter.

Coleman leads the way again, as he connects with TE Alston this time from 3 yards out for the touchdown. 20-9 as we near the end of the 3rd quarter. Coleman having a helluva game. The defense doing real well now too, still holding the Aggies to under 200 yards so far, only giving up 9 yards so far in the half.

4th Quarter

NMSU finally gets something going as the move down the field only to have their field goal BLOCKED by TE Alston. Weehaw.

Matt Rogers gets the hand off and busts through the line full steam ahead and he goes 62 yards for the touchdown! That wraps up this game! 27-9 with 4 minutes to go. Rogers is definitely better than Reese, since he can actually break open a play and score from 20+ yards out. Reese's career long was I believe under 30 yards! Unreal. I'll look it up if I remember to.

On the Aggies last drive of the game they get over the 300 yard mark on offense, but still come up with no points to end the game. The final score is 27-9 as we move to 2-0 on the season.

Woops, scratch that as the Aggies get the ball back only to be sacked twice for 13 yard losses total bringing them back under the 300 mark, 293 yards total offense. Hah! Eat it baby!

Rogers has 31 carriers today for 197 yards! Impressive, very impressive.

Almost as impressive is Coleman's numbers. 21 of 27 for 208 yards and 2 TDs.

Our offense outgained the Aggies 439 to 293.

We've got a bye next week to get ready for the conference games.

mauboy

01-02-2006, 07:02 PM

Week 4 vs 1-1 Colorado State - Rams favored by 4....hmmm, I don't think sooo!

DON'T READ - SKIP TO NEXT POST, THIS GAME HAD A RUNTIME ERROR

With the 4th ranked defense in the nation, we take on the Rams next at our house. Dantzler and LB Joseph have been big keys for us so far. DE Dantzler has 5 sacks already while Joseph has 3 picks! Keep it up, big boys!

1st Quarter

After a good defensive battle for the first 12 minutes of the game, we finally get down the field and kick a 36 yard field goal which is made by Ephraim for a 3-0 lead!

2nd Quarter

The Rams come right back down the field to kick a field goal for themselves. Tied up at 3 now.

We go 74 yards on the next drive only to settle for another field goal. 6-3 with 10 minutes to go in the half.

As the half comes to a close, we get another field goal, this time a 27 yarder for Ephraim. We're so close to getting into the endzone but we just can't get over the hump. 9-3 with less than a minute to go in the half.

3rd Quarter

Coleman makes his first horrible throw of the half as we start out with the ball in the 2nd half. Coleman threw an interception at midfield to give CSU the ball.

CB Art McCrary comes right back though and gets the ball back with an interception of his own.

Ephraim nails his 4th field goal of the game making it 12-3 with 9 minutes to go in the half. This one was from 40 yards out.

The Rams go down the field and get a 50 yard field goal to make the score 12-6 with some time remaining in the 3rd quarter.

But as the kickoff came about, there was a runtime error 91......................... damn................ I'm 94% sure I saved it before this game, but still.. Damn.

mauboy

01-02-2006, 07:41 PM

Let's do it again...

Week 4 vs 1-1 Colorado State - Rams favored by 4....hmmm, I don't think sooo!

With the 4th ranked defense in the nation, we take on the Rams next at our house. Dantzler and LB Joseph have been big keys for us so far. DE Dantzler has 5 sacks already while Joseph has 3 picks! Keep it up, big boys!

1st Quarter

After punting it back and forth we finally get into the red zone but not before a stupid penalty on Alston which was unecessary roughness making us kick a long field goal from 49 yards out, but thankfully Ephraim is the man. It's 3-0 with five minutes to play.

The game so far is going much like the first time around, so I'm glad about that.

2nd Quarter

The Rams come back down the field and hit a 43 yard field goal to tie it up at 3 early on in the 2nd.

Houston gets a catch from 6 yards out from Coleman for the touchdown! 10-3! We finally score a touchdown! RB Rogers dominating the game so far, 11 carries 78 yards.

The Rams come back with a touchdown of their own tying the game at 10 with 3 minutes to go in the half.

10-10 is the way it stays as we go into the half. CSU gets the ball to start it. Rogers has 106 yards on 14 carries, so we need to continue to get him the ball.

3rd Quarter

The Rams start the half with a field goal taking the lead 13-10.

Ephraim makes a 43 yard field goal to tie it right back up midway through the 3rd quarter.

4th Quarter

Rogers starts to turn it on as he touched the ball 6 times and ran it 52 yards to move us into a goal line situation. 2nd and Goal on the 10.

Coleman sets up and throws it to Houson in the endzone, TOUCHDOWN! 20-13! Still over 11 minutes to play though.

Coleman connects with Houston in the endzone for the 3rd time in the game for another touchdown. 27-13 as we extend the lead with 7 to play in the ball game.

After a quick 3 and out CSU punted it and we gave it right back to them as CB Fred Rogers fumbled into the hands of the Rams with five minutes to play. This would have been the end of the game but noooo, we keep them alive.

On 4th and 3 with the end of the game coming to an end, the Rams not only convert, they go 57 yards for the touchdown giving them 300+ yards on the day... dannnnnnnnng!

That will be the end of the game as the Rams don't get the onside kick. We move to 3-0 thanks to a 27-20 win over CSU.

Rogers the player of the game, easily... 32 carries for 213 yards, no scores.
Coleman had three touchdown passes, all to WR Houston. We get another week off before we face a good TCU team.

mauboy

01-02-2006, 08:34 PM

Week 5

We've got the bye. We now have the #3 defense in the country along with the #28 offense. This is good enough for us to be ranked 26th in the GDCS Polls.

Week 6 @ 2-2 TCU - I don't know how, but TCU is favored by 20.

A bye week allowed for the top two teams give up plenty of yards giving us the #1 spot in the nation defensively going into week 6! We'll have our hands full against TCU, that's for sure.

We also move up to #20 in the GDCS Polls and #12 in the Computer polls! Nice.

Rogers is 2nd in the country in YPG, averaging 177 YPG so far this season.

We'll have to contain DeAndrew Beckham(9/10) if we want to win this game. That's all we have to do as that's all they have on offense. It will be a tough task though.

1st Quarter

We stop TCU on their first drive, but Coleman gives the ball back after an interception. Thankfully, the defense came up big again forcing them to punt it back to us nearing midway through the 1st quarter.

Rogers is now hurt. He had 5 carries for 0 yards so far. He's definitely out for the game. Damn.

We go 9 plays, 58 yards before Ephraim nails a 44 yard field goal giving us the lead, 3-0 as time runs out in the 1st quarter.

2nd Quarter

We weren't able to stop the Horned Frogs until they got within our 10 yard line, where we held them to a 25 yard field goal. 5 minutes to play in the half. 3-3

TCU scores a touchdown with 30 seconds remaining in the half. The defense just could not come up with a big stop. No answers yet for Beckham so far. :(

That will be the half with the score 10-3, TCU lead.

3rd Quarter

We need to do something with the ball to start the half. Hopefully Coleman can step it up a bit.

We don't.

Our defense still has no answer for the TCU offense as they get into the endzone again. 17-3 midway through the 3rd.

We answer back with a 3 minute drive, 8 plays, 79 yards as Coleman hit Pace for a 23 yard touchdown pass and catch! 17-10 and its a game again.

Still, we have no answer for the TCU offense until Abramowicz crushed Beckham in the backfield forcing a fumble, which the LB recovered! 1st down and 10 for the Aztecs on our 30 yard line now. A minute to go in the 3rd.

4th Quarter

We have to punt it after coming up a yard short of the first down on our 39 yard line. We punt it to the 12 yard line though, giving TCU tough field position.

After romping down the field yet again, TCU turned it over again, again it's Abramowicz who comes up with an interception this time! 1st down Aztecs on our 23 now.

Coleman steps it up and takes a big hit as the Aztecs set up a flanker screen to Houston who took it 42 yards for the touchdown. I nearly said game tying touchdown but usually sure-handed Ephraim, missed the extra point. 17-16! Ugh. 9 minutes to go still.

TCU has 467 yards of total offense this game, we just can't stop Beckham or the QB since we're so focused on the run.

After just continuing to dominate on offense, TCU went down the field only to fumble it again, but this time they recovered, but not before they lost 6 yards on the play. They eventually punted it back to us with over 4 minutes to play to our 14 yard line.

WE get a first down but have to punt the ball as the clock goes under 3 minutes. A nice return for TCU gives them the ball on their 41 yard line to start the drive.

We were able to stop them, except a huge face masking penalty gave the Horned Frogs a first down.

Currently we've got a 2nd and 11 to go with 2:22 on the clock. We've got one timeout left and the ball is on our 24 yard line. *huff and puff*

We're able to hold them to fourth down where they nail a 40 yard field goal. The lead goes to 4, 20-16 forcing us to go the length of the field with no timeouts left and less than two minutes remaining.

We face a critical 4th and 1 on our 44 yard line with just under a minute to play and that will be the end of the game as Coleman couldn't hit a wide open Houston on a quick out route. *sigh*

3-1 we go as we lose this one.

That's the last game of the day for me as I've got to get ready for bed since I've got class tomorrow.

mauboy

01-03-2006, 01:59 PM

Week 7 AT 4-2 BYU - BYU is favorites by 5

Despite a loss, we stay ranked in the GDCS Polls and also some votes in the media/coach's poll.

This year's BYU team is pretty average, if not below average. They've got a decent OL, but that's about it, no outstanding skill players...but neither do I, so it may be a good game, but I still say we win comfortably despite having no RB Rogers for the game.

1st Quarter

BYU gets on the board first with a quick touchdown. The defense continues to struggle. Our rank of 17 will continue to fall as we play better teams, I guess! :) 7-0

Denson receives a 12 yard touchdown pass from Coleman as we tie the ball game up midway through the first quarter. It looked like we were going to have to punt it earlier in the drive, but a 63 yard pass to Pace gives us a first down after 3rd and 15. 7-7

BYU comes right back with another six. 14-7

We come back with a 63 yard drive which ended with a 26 yard field goal from Ephraim to end the 1st quarter.

2nd Quarter

We've made a change on defense, and hopefully it'll pay off; otherwise we're going to have to make lots more changes.

After two sackless games in a row, Dantzler comes up with his sixth sack of the season to bring up fourth down for the Cougars.

This time we go 82 yards down the field for a 25 yard field goal. Can't get the touchdown within 10 yards for some reason. 14-13 with 8 minutes to play in the half. Coleman is nearing 200 yards passing on the day already.

Erik Houston returned a BYU punt 67 yards for the touchdown to give us a 20-14 lead!

Dantzler comes up big again on defense with a sack for a 13 yard loss this time! His 7th sack of the season.

Just as the half nearly comes to an end, we were able to hold BYU to a field goal after they got to the 3 yard line. 20-17 with less than a minute to play in the half.

We fumble the kickoff giving BYU another chance to get some points before the half comes to an end.

My, oh, my! They get the ball down to the 1 yard line where they attempt a 19 yard field goal and miss it, leaving us with the lead as we head into the half.

Coleman needs to continue his good game, 14 of 23 for 213 yards and a TD.

3rd Quarter

We take the ball all the way down the field through the perfect arm of Coleman who went 6 for 6 during the drive for 70 yards but Houston who caught a pass ran it 12 yards to the 1 yard line where he fumbled the ball into BYU hands! DAMN! 1st down for BYU.

BYU takes advantage of the turnover and goes 80+ yards for the touchdown. 24-20.

4th Quarter

We can't get anything going on offense which allowed BYU good field position. The result is a touchdown for the Cougars taking a 31-20 lead with 11 minutes to play.

After having to punt the ball thanks to a holding penalty after getting a first down on fourth down, BYU held the ball for a few minutes before finally punting it back with less than 4 minutes to play in the game with the score still 31-20.

We turn the ball over on downs allowing BYU to get another field goal making it 34-20 with two+ minutes to go.

We finally get something going with less than a minute to play, a 54 yard touchdown catch after a defensive breakdown. 34-27 with 46 seconds to go. We'll need the onside kick. I'd have a better chance if the stupid running time on extra points didn't happen, we're at 38 seconds now.

Well, we could have gotten the ball back with a better clock management system, we had all three timeouts left and the clock runs out. There's no way that more than 20 seconds runs out f'real, but ah, well. It's a text game, can't expect everything to be perfect.

34-27 final, BYU wins and we're off to a horrible run now, 3-2 on the season after a nice 3-0 start.

I'm guessing the loss of Joseph for a few weeks doesn't help, but he couldn't have made that much of an impact to go from #1 to #23 in defense in just two weeks.

The polls won't be liking us much after that letdown. We lose despite 348 yards passing for Coleman, but we were held under 100 yards rushing, so that hurts.

A much needed bye week coming up.

bigguy9854

01-03-2006, 02:25 PM

Tough losses coach. You just hang in there and you will be in another bowl.

mauboy

01-03-2006, 03:03 PM

Week 9 vs 5-2 Utah - Utes by 20

Ouch, Utah looks to win their 4th in a row against us as we look to break a 2 game losing streak. Vegas has us losing by 20 points, which I think is a little too much, but we'll see.

We're still miraculously hanging in the polls with a few votes, so a few wins and we'll be back into the mix of things.

Rogers will likely be coming back for next weeks game, so he'll have missed only two games on the season, which is two more than we wanted, but that's all right.

Utah is a lot better than us offensively, they bring some good receivers and a great back to the game. We're going to have a tough time stopping these guys.

1st Quarter

Two completions, 20 yards for Coleman, except on the 2nd completion, RB Monroe fumbled the ball in our territory where Utah recovered. Great start! Him and Denson lose their jobs for the year. They both will be backing up Graham for the rest of the season until Rogers gets back. Graham's a slow back, but he's a good runner.

Sylvester Smith(8/10) is the man to stop on Utah, he's a great running back with lots of talent.

We were able to hold Utah to a 49 yard field goal as they gain 9 yards on the drive. 3-0 early on.

We get the ball down to the 4 yard line for 4th and 2. Because it's such a big game, we decide to just kick the field goal to get the sure 3. 3-3 midway through the 1st quarter.

Reese last year was the only running back who didn't have that big of a problem holding onto the football, but other than that everyone we've had fumbles like a mad man. Graham fumbles deep in our territory after a niec first down gain. Utah ball in our red zone. Yipee.

RB Smith gets into the endzone on a 6 yard touchdown run. 10-3 Utah as the 1st quarter comes to an end.

2nd Quarter

It's Coleman's turn to fumble it on our next drive. Utah ball again in our territory, this time on the 33 yard line.

Utah turns it over on downs as they go for it on 4th and 1 only to get stuffed in the backfield! Whew! That's the kind of play we needed.

Doesn't matter as we try to catch Utah off guard by going deep, and it didn't as Coleman throws an interception for our 4th turnover of the half.

But, we do come up with a defensive stop, getting the ball back on our 17 yard line after a punt.

We convert a big 4th and 11 play on our 38 yard line with a nice 12 yard screen pass play. Whew!

With 5 minutes to play in the half we come up on another 4th down call, this time on the 11 yard line, 4th and 1.

Probably a mistake, but we go for it and fail to get the first down. Sad.

LB Michael Dawkins comes up with an interception to halt Utah's drive in our red zone to keep the score at 10-3 as we go into the half.

Dumb DUMB ME! I just thought I'd see what happens if we passed it once... picked off and returned for a touchdown with 20 seconds left in the half. 17-3 and we're screwed now.

I'm dizzy. guh.

3rd Quarter

We stop Utah to a long three and out(Utah had 3 penalties for 25 yards total) and get the ball back where we drove down the field and eventually Coleman hit FB Williams with a 1 yard strike for six points. 17-10. The drive consisted of 54 yards on the ground, so good to see we can still run the ball without Rogers.

We come up with a 4th and 1 after we couldn't get a yard on 3rd down. We've got the ball on the Utah 29 yard line. I don't feel good about kicking a field goal, but I do anyways. Ephraim nails the 47 yarder to make it 17-13(should be 13-10, huh? LOL)

We're outgaining Utah 311-157 so far this game, Utah has been getting lucky with the short field position, but that's the way football goes. 3 minutes to play in the 3rd.

Which of course after the kickoff, Utah gets the ball in our territory after a nice return.

But SS Wynn comes up with a pick on 3rd down and 7, it would have been a 3 and out anyways on an incomplete pass. We're absolutely killing them defensively...now if our offense can come up big here.

5 plays 59 yards later Graham fumbles it for the 2nd time today and loses it. Utah gets the ball back on their 3 yard line! The offense was clicking. ****! No more running.

I don't know how much longer the defense will hold Utah, but they do. Giving us the ball back as the fourth quarter gets rolling.

4th Quarter

We don't get anything going after one first down at mid field, punting it 44 yards to the 5 yard line for Utah, 1st and 10. Still 11 minutes to play with the score still 17-13 Utah lead.

24-13 as Utah moves down the field effortlessly for a touchdown. I knew we'd eventually not be able to stop them.

After a great return to the Utah 40 yard line, we set up a play action curl pass that broke down but Pace sprinted down field to get open where Coleman hit him for a 32 yard pass to move us into 1st and Goal with over 7 minutes to play. Not dead yet!

A costly first down holding penalty on the tight end makes us go to the air more than we wanted too, forcing us to kick a field goal eventually.

Ephraim MISSED it left from 36 yards out. Atta boy. That about ends it with under 6 minutes to go.

HOuston comes up big again this week with a 69 yard punt return for a touchdown with over 4 minutes to play! I accidently clicked TIMEOUT once too only leaving us with two timeouts as we near the end of the ball game.

I wanted to go for two, but just in case Utah gets down the field for a field goal I wanted to be able to tie it up that way. 24-20, 4 to play.

Utah tries to catch us off guard while we blitz all expecting a run and goes deep, but falls incomplete leaving them with a costly 2nd and 10 with the clock stopped. Woot!

They do pass again! This time they complete it for a 23 yard gain. Damn. Gutsy coach I tell ya.

6 yard losso n the next running play. 2nd and 16 now.

Ah, boo after two little gains Utah had 4th down on the 33 yard line where they NAILED the 51 yard field goal. 27-20 with just under two minutes to go. Still alive!

We go 0 for 3 on the next three plays on our 20 yard line to make it 4th and 10 with less than a minute to go. Pffft. Here we go.

Incomplete. We lose another close one, this one could have been avoided too, had I made a better decision at the end of the 1st half.

The final is 30-20 as Utah kicked a field goal with 5 seconds to play. *******s.

We move to 3-3 and I now predict that we win out just because there aren't any more tough games except a 6-1 New Mexico who's played nobody and could lose out.

Hopefully Rogers is back next week, we need him back badly.

mauboy

01-03-2006, 03:47 PM

Week 10 AT 3-4 UNLV - We can't afford to lose another game anytime soon as it would be detrimental to me. We're favored 2 points in this one.

Rogers will not be starting this week, but may see some action, but likely not as we should handle the Rebels with ease.

1st Quarter

The Rebels take advantage of a Coleman interception and go 14 yards on 5 plays for the touchdown. 7-0 nearing the end of the 1st quarter.

2nd Quarter

A pretty pitiful 2nd quarter as nobody gets even a chance at some more points. The rest of the 1st half is scoreless after a first quarter TD by UNLV. 7-0 at the half.

188-131 UNLV is outgaining us so far. We've got 11 carries for 32 yards so far, yipee. Rebels ball to start the half.

3rd Quarter

We finally catch a break as UNLV fumbles the ball and we get it on the 27 yard line of the Rebels. Yay

We gain a grand total of two yards and miss a 49 yard field goal. Still 7-0.

With under 8 minutes to go in the 3rd, UNLV gets their 2nd touchdown of the afternoon. 14-0! Our offense rocks...not. The freshman quarterback, Coleman can't connect to anything, with nearly all of the passes being short ones. He's 8 of 26 on the day. Great game.

TWo minutes later we kick a field goal to make it 14-3. Coleman finally made some completions, four of them for 49 yards.

Our defense can't really make a stop, but on a 3rd and 10 where UNLV gained 6 yards to move to our 23 yard line but got called for a hold, we took the penalty and it paid off as they only get 4 yards on the next play. They go ahead and miss the 45 yard field goal. Still 13-3 as we near the end of the 3rd quarter. *woah, I just looked at this paragraph again and I need more periods... lol...but I'll leave it as is to confuse everyone*

WoW! We run a short route that turns into a broken play and Houston went zipping down the field where Coleman hit him on the run and he took it to the house. 73 yard touchdown pass, one play, 8 seconds, TOUCHDOWN! 13-10.

4th Quarter

LB Jue recovers a fumble and returns it 37 yards to the UNLV 13 yard line, giving us 1st and 10! 13 minutes to go yet.

Coleman has been showing all season that he can run the ball pretty well and he shows it off here where he scrambles 13 yards for the touchdown. 17-13 just like that.

Jue comes up big again on defense as he returns an interception for 17 yards to the Rebels 40 yard line. The pass was lofted about 45 yards down field where Jue picked it off, heh.. The Rebels starting to get desperate already.

1st and 10!

Alston gets a 6 yard touchdown reception from Coleman who's now having a damn good game after his worthless 8 of 26 start. He's now 18 of 40 with 274 yards and 2 TDs. 10 completions in his last 14 attempts, that's more like it. 24-13 with 7 minutes remaining in the ball game.

Our defense continues to look poorly overall as they give up a 15 yard pass on 3rd and 5 for the touchdown. Someone missed an assignment which allowed for the TD to make it 24-19(missed 2) with still four minutes to go.

We get some strong running from Graham and Monroe who both carry it 51 yards for four first downs to ice this game up. The final score is 24-19. What a big comeback and win for us. We move to 4-3 now, and will still be alive for a decent bowl game.

Coleman finished with 280 yards and 2 TDs. Jue had an interception and fumble recovery.

mauboy

01-03-2006, 04:38 PM

Week 11 vs 5-5 Air Force - Aztecs favored by 3.

We finish out the season now with 5 straight games at home. Nice. I didn't even realize that.

We should be able to beat Air Force this year after losing last season in a OT thriller. Rogers will get some handoffs in the backup spot, other than that, not much else as he's still hurting a little.

1st Quarter

Air Force's average offense goes 80 yards for a touchdown to start off the game. Our defense continues to struggle against average offenses. 7-0 just like that.

Graham... benched after having a nice start of 4 carries and 37 yards, but on his 4th carry of 8 yards he fumbled it in AF's red zone. Rogers will start gettign the bulk of the carries with Monroe helping him out.

Coleman connects with Alston from one yard out for the game tying touchdown as the first quarter comes to an end. 7-7

[2nd quarter[/b]

Air Force answers abck with a field goal, making it 10-7 early in the 2nd.

Coleman throws his 2nd touchdown pass of the game this time to Pace from 9 yards out. 9 plays, 85 yard touchdown, 74 of them in the air. 14-10.

Alston gets his 4th touchdown catch of the year from Coleman who gets his 3rd TD pass of the game. Nice game for the true freshman. 21-10 with 2:30 left in the half.

We get the ball back on our 19 yard line with just under 2 minutes to go in the half and we decide that since we're rolling that we might as well go for another score and on the first play, play action pass to Alston who catches it for a 43 yard gain to get us into Air Force territory.

Coleman leads us all the way to the 10 yard line with 8 seconds left where Ephraim kicks a 28 yard field goal to make it 24-10 at halftime. 22 of 31 for 268 yards for Coleman at the half. Impressive.

3rd Quarter

Ephraim gets his field goal block as we take the drive 74 yards down the field. Ephraim sucks this year compared to last. He's not making a good impression for those NFL scouts this year, 14 of 20 this season. Damn him. 24-10 still.

24-17 after a 3rd and 10 touchdown pass for 54 yards. Great defense in the secondary[/sarcasm[/]. That's a glaring need that will be solved in the off season, hopefully.

Ephraim gets on better terms with me as he hits a 51 yard field goal to take a 10 point lead. 27-17 as we near the end of the 3rd quarter.

4th Quarter

We've got 3rd and 15 with 5 minutes to go and we do a play action corner pass which works wonderfully as the defense bit on the fake, Coleman then hit Murphy on the numbers who took care of the rest running it 65 yards for the touchdown. 4th touchdown of the day for Coleman which makes it 34-17.

Air Force gets a touchdown and the game would finish at 34-24.

Coleman had an excellent game. 33-47, 404 yards, 4 TDs, no interceptions. His best game of his young career by far.
Monroe proved to be a great backup running back, running it 11 times for -9 yards.
Rogers was a help running the ball, and he should get the bulk next week. He ran it 21 times for 61 yards. At one point he had 12 carries for 59 yards. The defense just keyed on the running game once it got to be a 17 point ball game.

We move to 5-3 and things are looking up again. 3-3 in conference play doesn't look great, but it's good for fourth, but we still play two guys ahead of us, CSU and New Mexico, both of whom we should kill now that Rogers is back full time...hopefully.

mauboy

01-03-2006, 05:22 PM

Week 12 vs 0-8 Wyoming - Favored by 15, we are.

I should win this game by 100, but I'll settle with a 10 point win too. If this game goes the way it should, I'm going to whizz through it, otherwise you'll get detail if it stays close. Rogers is 100% healthy, so we'll be seeing him alllll game.

Our offense rank is 36th in the nation and defense is still pretty good at 33! NOt too shabby, eh.

1st Quarter

Rogers takes our first drive in his hands as he gets 9 carries for 33 yards. He kept getting 3-4 yards every time so I gave it to him all drive until he came out which was at the 2 yard line where Coleman hit Houston in the end zone for a 2 yard touchdown pass. 7-0.

3rd and 5 for us on the 29 yard line, we set up a screen to Rogers who juked out a few defenders and raced up the side line for a 71 yard touchdown catch! 14-0 midway through the 1st quarter. Not going to be typing much more as I'm goign to try speeding things up. I will still call the plays as I've been bitten in the ass in the past when I hand things over to the OC.

2nd Quarter

Wyoming gets a touchdown as they go for it on 4th and goal from the 2. 14-7 at the start of the 2nd quarter.

Coleman continues his near perfect(8/10, 131 yards, 3 TDs) game going.. 21-7 as Coleman hit Pace from 14 yards out.

Ephraim nails a field goal as time expires in the half. We got the ball back at midfield after Wyoming went for it on 4th and 2 and got BOOOOOMED(sacked) giving us the ball back with 24 seconds left. 24-7 at the half.

3rd Quarter

Ephraim starts out the 2nd half with another field goal. 27-7.

We get it back on the 45 yard line of WYO. The first play we go to the air with a short pass(I swear) and Pace breaks a tackle and takes it all the way for a 45 yard touchdown play. 34-7. I'm going to bench my starters very soon.. Still early in the 3rd quarter it is. Coleman's got 4 TDs. Nice.

We get the ball back as Wyoming fumbles it on their first play of the drive.... Oops.

Rogers needs two carries(3 except he got a gain of 0 on one of them), one for 13 yards and the 2nd a 10 yard touchdown run to make it 41-7...8 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter. Didn't I say something about winning by 100? Hmm.

I've got ahead and benched all the players who were slightly hurt, which happened to be one player, Joseph, the linebacker who's now back from his injury. Looks like he makes all the difference!

Rogers is now benched, 19 carries for 88 yards for the big guy.

4th Quarter

Wyoming just surpassed the 200 yard mark on the day. But nothing happens for a while until a 17 play drive for 54 yards that resulted in a 40 yard field goal for Ephraim to make it 44-7.

Coleman runs in a touchdown from 7 yards out on 3rd and goal. 51-7 with less than two minutes to go.

Wyoming gets some more yards to total up to 280 yards on the day. Good defense today as we win 51-7! The defense forced three turnovers, Dantzler gets his 8th sack while Clark had two sacks making it THREE on the season. What a weak season for Triplett(4 sacks) and Clark.

Coleman finished 15 of 22 for 229 yards, 4 TD passes, 1 TD run. Yowza!

We move to 6-3 and get our 3rd consecutive bowl bid! Woohoo. Way to go Aztecs.

mauboy

01-03-2006, 05:26 PM

Week 13 News

Cecil Coleman is named as an award finalist for the Golden Arm Award! Nice!

Coleman's stats through 9 games:

209 of 333(62.8%) completions
2564 yards
21 TDs, 7 INTs
144.0 Rating

Pretty impressive for a true freshman, no? His yards are good for 17th best in the country, too. He's still got three relatively easy games to improve his totals! :)

mauboy

01-03-2006, 06:08 PM

Week 13 vs 5-4 New Mexico - We're favored by 3.

With a win and a Colorado State loss, we could still get 2nd place! So we're going to be rooting for Air Force to beat 'em this week.

This game should be much like the Wyoming game except we probably won't score that much. :)

1st Quarter

On the first drive, DE Triplett finally comes alive as he sacks the QB and forces a fumble which Clark recovered!

We get nothing and turn it over on downs but CB Dawson gets it back with an interception.

We give the ball back as we converted a 3rd and long, but WR Houston fumbled it giving it back to NM.

Both QB's struggle throughout the first quarter but New Mexico finally strikes first with a field goal at the end of the 1st quarter, 3-0.

2nd Quarter

Ephraim ties it up with a 44 yard field goal. 12 minutes to play in the half, 3-3.

New Mexico fumbles the return giving us the ball back on the 12 yard line!

Matt Rogers gets into the end zone from 1 yard out. 10-3. Good game for Rogers so far, 15 carries for 75 yards.

New Mexico hits a 51 yard field goal with under two minutes left in the half. 10-6.

3rd Quarter

We start the 2nd half with a field goal as Rogers gets back to his normal ways clearing the 100 yard mark on the day so far. 13-6.

Our defense melts down up to the point where they held them in the red zone to three points. 13-9 midway through the 3rd quarter.

Rogers shows off his all around game by catching one from Coleman and taking it all the way down the field for a 41 yard touchdown. I didn't even realize he was in the spread formation. Nice. 19-9(EPHRAIM! JERK FACE). Coleman's numbers are finally improving a little. 12 of 24 with a touchdown and no picks, 156 yards.

4th Quarter

Our defense, run defense to be specific, gave up 60 yards on that drive that allowed New Mexico to pull within three, 19-16 now.

Coleman throws a pick in NM territory, but it's returned 10 yards to bring it back to midfield. Aaaarggh. 11 minutes to play.

Thankfully, New Mexico misses the 51 yard field go to tie it up. We get the ball back with 8 minutes to play now.

We're forced to punt once we get to midfield. We punt 51 yards for the touchback. 6 minutes to go.

Triplett comes up with a huge sack on 2nd and 6 at mid field, the sack was for a 7 yard loss. 3rd and 13 coming up on the NM 48 which they throw an incomplete passing, forcing them to punt it back to us.

4 minutes to go now, 1st down and 10 for us at the 9 yard line following the punt.

The New Mexico defense comes up big not allowing any first downs, we punt it back to them with 2:38 left. Ball on the NM 41 yard line, 1st down.

21 yard gain.
1st and 10 - incomplete
2nd - incomplete
3rd - Scott Jue sack!! Woot.
4th and 11 on the 39 yard line of SDSU - AAAAGH! TOUCHDOWN New Mexico, 39 yards out! What in the hell happened?

23-19, New Mexico leads, 1:21 left in the game....

New Mexico wins it as we choke... Two scrambles for Coleman for no yards and a pass completion for 0 yards ends the game. Unbelievable finish.

6-4(4-4) now as we finish quite possibly 5th place.

We do finish 5th as CSU ended up losing, and they tie with 3 teams for 3rd place, including New Mexico. UGH. What a horrible season this has been. We've still got two more games against SJSU and Idaho, which should be very easy games... I just can't believe this performance.

mauboy

01-03-2006, 06:52 PM

Week 14 vs 5-5 SJSU - We're favored by 2

SJSU has a great WR, but that's about it. WR P.J. Peterson will look to run deep on our piss poor secondary all game.

1st Quarter

Safety Wynn denies Peterson a deep ball by pickin it off and returning it 17 yards! Woot.

Coleman, uh, gives the ball back after trying to go deep himself. First down for SJSU on the SJSU 10 yard line now. There goes any chance of getting the Golden Arm award for the young kid. Maybe in the next three seasons.

SJSU scores a touchdown to take a 7-0 lead with four minutes to play in the 1st.

We come right back with a good drive that ends with an Ephraim field goal making it 7-3.

2nd Quarter

Jue makes a nice interception to give us the ball back with 10 minutes to go in the half.

Coleman continues to redeem himself since the interception in the 1st quarter, he gets his first TD of the game this one to FB Williams. 10-7 with 5 minutes to play in the half.

We get the ball back with just over a minute to go after a 4th and 2 fumble which we recovered on the 24 yard line.

Let's go Coleman! C'mon baby.

We get two tries on goal line tries after driving it 78 yards where we failed to get into the end zone. Ephraim hits the 21 yard field goal to give us a 13-7 lead going into the half.

Coleman is impressive thus far, 17 of 22, 188 yards, 1 TD, 1 Int.

3rd Quarter

Not only did SJSU get the lead to start the 2nd half, they really took the lead once we fumbled the kickoff which they returned for a touchdown giving them a quick 21-13 lead after 15 seconds! OOUUUUCH!

Hudson receives a pass from Coleman from five yards out for the touchdown catch. 21-19 as we kick the extra point to make it 21-20. That'll be the end of the 3rd quarter. Rogers ran the ball lots of times and got 51 yards rushing during the drive pushing him over 100 yards on the day.

4th Quarter

Wonsley comes up with an interception as SJSU tries to go 50 yards into the endzone. 1st and 10 at the 20.

Cecil Coleman hits HOuston in the end zone for the touchdown from 3 yards out! What a drive! What a drive! 43 yards on the ground for Rogers and 37 in the air for Coleman. What a balanced kick ass drive to give us the lead back. We go for 2 and get it to make it a 7 point game. 28-21 with 7 minutes to play in the game.

SJSU kicks a 37 yard field goal with 3 and a half left in the game only to miss it giving us the ball back! Woohoo!

SJSU will get the ball back with a minute to play and two timeouts at the 22 yard line after a good punt from Plum, probably his only good one all year.. lol it was only 47 yards, but still, he's stunk all year long.

This game ends interestingly as SJSU was able to get into our territory but after that nothing happened except two sacks by our defense, one of them Triplett, giving him 7 on the season.

28-21 is the final after a stupid 14 point swing that nearly cost us the ball game, but we overcame that and won it.

26-34 262, 3 TDs, 1 INT for Coleman. Impresive as hell, that high %.

Rogers finished with 31 carries for 150 yards. Good to have him when he's healthy, holy cow.

7-4 now. Looks a heckuva lot better than 6-5. ;)

mauboy

01-03-2006, 07:12 PM

Week 15 vs 1-9 Idaho - We're favored 18 points.

Going to quickly get this one over with. I hope to win by at least 21.

1st Quarter

Houston receives a punt from Idaho after they went 3 and out and took it to the house giving us a quick 7-0 lead.

We get it back after a Dawson interception and Ephraim hit a field goal to make it 10-0.

Idaho answers back with a touchdown making it 10-7.

We get another field goal before the 1st quarter comes to an end. 13-7 thanks to the legs of Rogers who has 10 carries for 67 yards already.

2nd Quarter

Before the half ends scoreless, we finally get something going and Coleman got a screen pass out to Rogers who took it all the way for the touchdown from 42 yards out. 20-7, three minutes to go in the half..

We get another shot at a score as we get the ball back near midfield with 1:14 on the clock.

Coleman moves the ball down the field nicely and we get 3 more points before the half comes to a close. 23-7.

3rd Quarter

26-7 as Ephraim hits another field goal.

Rogers gets hurt a little, so we take him out to save him for the bowl game. He finishes with 19 carries for 123 yards.

Coleman connects with Pace from 12 yards out for the Touchdown, making it 33-7.

4th Quarter

Ephraim gets another field goal, his fifth, 36-7.

Houston gets another touchdown from Coleman, 43-7. 5 minutes to go...yes I tried to get Coleman another TD.. heheh.. it was 3rd and goal from the 7 tho..I'm not going to run it :)

We keep Idaho under 200 yards, nearly under 150 until they got a 25 yard gain on their final drive. That should help our defensive ranking as we win 43-7 in a route of Idaho.

mauboy

01-03-2006, 07:36 PM

End of Regular Season Stats and Notes - Stats attached.

We finish the season a respectable 8-4. Coleman, easily the team MVP led us the way when Rogers became hurt, who could have easily been the team MVP had that not happened. But that's the way it goes.

Coleman nearly came out with the Golden Arm Award. 3268 yards, 28 TDs, 9 INTs, plus 2 rushing touchdowns.

Rogers finished with a respectable season, gaining 1081 yards in just 7 starts, and two games where he was a backup.

We nearly got back into the top 25, but missed out. A win could possibly put us into the top 25, maybe.

All American - 3rd Team

Fr QB Cecil Coleman! Oooh, yeah. Stud man makes 3rd team.

MWC - 1st Team - POY Year in MWC - Fr QB CECIL COLEMAN! (Also named Freshman of the year).

Fr QB Cecil Coleman, of course.
Jr WR Houston - 853 yards, 8 TDs.
Sr OT Boobie Bland - After having such an awful first three seasons, Bland finally steps up and has a good senior year.
Sr Kicker Ben Ephraim - 28 of 34 after a rusty start.

2nd Team MWC

Jr RB Matt Rogers - Coulda been first team with a full season, ah well! **** happens. Good year for the kid anyhow.
Sr FS George Williams - 75 tackles, 4 INTs
Jr DE Seth Triplett - 7 sacks

3rd Team

Sr DE Dantzler - 8 sacks, 7 sacks in the first 5 games then nothing after that pretty much. Loser.
So CB Fred Dawson - 2 Ints, 12 pass deflections

A good year for our players.

Our defense finishes ranked 19th in the nation and 42nd offensively. Definitely our best season numbers-wise. Let's finish it off with a bowl win!

Bowl Bound

We're going to the Charlotte Bowl where we'll face North Carolina! North Carolina got screwed out of a better bowl, as they're 10-2 and ranked 12th in the country. Ouch, looks like I'll have to wait another year to win a bowl game.

mauboy

01-03-2006, 07:42 PM

Defensive Stats attached.. and other stats

mauboy

01-03-2006, 08:31 PM

Bowl Game vs 10-2 North Carolina - Tar Heels favorites by 11

After looking more closely at the UNC squad, I really like our chances. We're better at the QB and WR positions, along with our OL. Our DL will be able to make some plays while or OL should be able to dominate up front. The only problem will be tryin to stop the running back in So RB R.J. Ware(6/10).

Denson will be out for this game, but that's okay because I don't like him anyways. Rogers is good to go along with Dantzler who is banged up a little.

We also move Smith to backup Abramowicz who will get the start today after noticing how many stinkin' out of position plays Smith had. I can't afford too many mistakes today. The team that makes the least mistakes, will win today!

1st Quarter

UNC started out with the ball. We hold them to three and out barely as on 3rd and 11 they gained 10 yards. 1st and 10 for us at the 33 yard line on our end.

Rogers gets 33 yards on the ground on 6 carries, which is good enough to get us into field goal position where Ephraim makes the 39 yarder. 3-0! 10 minutes to play in the 1st.

RB Ware comes back with 61 yards on the ground for UNC but they come up short of the endzone and settle for a field goal that ties it up at 3-3. 4 minutes to go in the 1st quarter.

We have to punt it to UNC as the 1st quarter expires. We came up just short of the first down.

2nd Quarter

Ware breaks a 46 yard touchdown catch and run on a screen play giving North Carolina a 10-3 lead early on in the 2nd quarter.

We punt again as Coleman can't get anything going. 3 and out.

This time it's a tight end screen play that burns us on 3rd down, a 45 yard gain that puts UNC in the red zone.

3rd and 7 on the 17 yard line and the QB scrambles for UNC who breaks it open and scores a touchdown. 17-3. Ouch. Nice play though.

Ugh, another three and out as nothing is working on 3rd and short for us.

UNC goes 3 and out right after that, so we've got the ball back now with 8 minutes to go on our 11 yard line.

3 'n out again for us, now UNC gets good field position at their 48 yard line to start. 5 minutes to go in the half. We need another big stop here on defense.

We do get a big stop, three and out and a punt that goes into the end zone for a touchback. We need to get something going on offense now! The defense did their part, Coleman needs to do his. Show America that All-American player from the regular season.

3:55 left in the half. Rogers keeps getting eaten up as he loses yards on a few plays. He's got 13 carries for 30 yards in the game. Coleman isn't doing much better with 6 of 14 for 50 yards. We punt it away again with 1:55 on the clock.

We get the ball back, but do nothing with it and go into the half down 17-3. We're not out of it at all. We've shown signs of life at times on offense and defense. All we need to do is come up with a big turnover some time in the 2nd half and we'll be right back in it.

3rd Quarter

We get good field position to start the 2nd half, bringing it up to our 43 yard line.

We get one yard before having to punt it. The punt is downed on the 7 yard line. Lets make a big stop! Let's go D! Let's go D!

3 and out for UNC as they punt it back to us to the 45 where Houston returns it 5 yards to the UNC 40 yard line. Great field position!

AGH! Coleman scrambles and fumbles it for the 8th time this season, 4th lost fumble and it's UNC ball after great field position. It was the first play of the drive, hot damn.

North Carolina not able to do much with the ball punting it back to us and we get the ball back at the 28 yard line.

On 3rd and 1 at midfield we run the first QB sneak of the year and it seems to have caught UNC off guard as we gain 20 yards on it. Hmm. I should've done this earlier in the year.. lmao

1st down at the 30 yard line of UNC now.

Oooh, my.. After a nice pass and catch Murphy fumbles it into the arms of the UNC defenders. Now I really need to catch a break. C'mon BBCF! Give me a break! LOL

Thanks BBCF! The next play from scrimmage, DE Clark gets into the backfield and nails the FB of UNC and knocks the ball loose, giving us the ball back one play later on the 22 yard line.

Aaaaahhh.. I knew I shouldn't have thrown it on first down. Picked off UNC. What on Earth. 3 plays, 3 Turnovers in a row. 6 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter and still no scoring in the 2nd half so far.

UNC gets down the field a bit, far enough to attempt a 57 yard field goal on 4th and 5 which is BLOCKED! ......

"Offsides, defense. First down"

Are you kidding me!?!?

The defense still holds them to a field goal as the score goes to 20-3 with over a minute to go in the 3rd quarter.

4th Quarter

The game is over after a 56 yard screen pass touchdown play. Damn! 27-3 Tarheels with 11 minutes to go.

I've not seen such bad luck in one game before.

We finally get on the board in the 2nd half with a 48 yard field goal from Ephraim. 27-6.

30-6 after a UNC field goal with 2 minutes to play.

That would be the final as we can't get into the end zone as the clock runs out.

What a piss poor way to end the season. We played so awful it's not even funny. We got no breaks. Offsides, I mean, seriously! Booooo REFS! They were obvoiusly ACC referees. Heh.

Coleman finished 16 of 40 for 206 yards and a pick. Poor.
Rogers had 18 carries for 48 yards. Pathetic.

That does it. It might be the end for me at San Diego State. I'm sick of this luck. If I get a good offer I'm prolly going to take it, despite the fact that I want to see Coleman again next season. He may be reason enough to stick around for another year. Damn.

See you all next year.

mauboy

01-03-2006, 08:47 PM

2012

EVALUATION

Team Performance: C
Talent: D
Recruiting: F
Board Expectations: B
Prestige: B
Overall: C (Again)

Air Force offers us a job again - Declined.
TCU - Declined
Army - Declined

Nothing worth changing schools this year. Bummer. I guess I get to see Coleman try for the Heisman ;)

New Coach

We get the former DC of VT, Luckman, to come be our DC this year.

Transfers

Wow, tons of kids want to be an Aztec this year. Not just bad player, but GOOD players.

We offer 6 kids scholarships to play here. All of them are VERY HIGH's! Hopefully I can get one or two, that would be awesome as they have potential ratings of 7 and 8's!

We go into the last week with still 6 shots at good players!

Annnd, the emails come flooding in.

Transfers elsewhere.
Transfers elsewhere.
Transfers elsewhere.
Transfers elsewhere.
Transfers elsewhere.
Transfers elsewhere.

Dang, not one of the six good players.

Recruiting should go lots better this year as I have 4 times the amount of scholarships and money to offer the recruits. Last year was a weird year, I guess.

mauboy

01-04-2006, 01:03 PM

Recruiting

1st Week

We get our first GREEN player to be interested in us. He's a strong safety by the name of Paul Blake. 10 interest, the only green guy that interested in us until 7 interest where we have a BLUE WR, Terrell Baker. Wow.

SS Paul Blake also happens to be the player who really wants to come here because we were his favorite team when he lived in San Diego before moving out to Rhode Island. Nice. We should definitely get him.

This could be our biggest recruiting year yet!

It's our scouting week, so nothing happens here.

2nd Week

Nothing happened, but we've started to recruit players quite heavily. With some luck we'll start signing them within the next few weeks.

3rd Week

Pretty boring week once again, but we're definitely gaining interest in some players.

Week 4

Players committing to San Diego State

Players recruited that committed to other schools
OT Leon Adams - Fresno State
TE JT Dawson - San Jose State
QB Lamar Shelton - Hawaii
DT Dennis Leaf - Washington

We lose a few players that we were recruiting. That's a real bummer. At least I found out this week that Air Force lost a player to the NFL Draft. They're going to be hurting even more next season. Tee-hee.

Week 5 - I'm going start recruiting running backs like mad after this week. I'm going to also focus on getting some DE's/DT's as I lose two of my three starting DL. Triplett is a senior this year so we'll definitely be needing help after this season.

We lose more recruits to that stinkin' SJSU school. Jerks!

Players committing to San Diego State

Players recruited that committed to other schools
OT Al Hunter - Brigham Young
FS Solomon Lyman - Iowa State
DE Kurt Moore - San Jose State
QB Eric Rivera - San Jose State
OT Bobby Johnson - Cincinnati

mauboy

01-04-2006, 01:17 PM

Week 6 - This has been the worst recruiting season in terms of the amount of guys I'm losing that I was really going after. I'm hitting them in the right spot for recruiting, but they just don't like me, I guess. At least SJSU didn't take any of my guys. I've also lost Blake as a potential recruit. He's got no more interest in coming here, sadly.

Players committing to San Diego State

Players recruited that committed to other schools
RB Frank Papale - Wisconsin
WR Terrell Baker - Utah
ILB Hakim Harrison - Stanford
K R.Jay Beebe - Utah
ILB Ricky Kattus - Illinois
OG Trent Dantzler - Stanford
WR Reggie Comella - Utah State
WR Sam McCutcheon - Hawaii
OLB Mitch Brown - Boise State
QB Jim Bergey - Miss State

Week 7

This is it. We better sign at least five guys this week, or there is something wrong with SDSU that I don't know about. Sheesh.

The list of lost players just keeps growing as we lose a bunch more.

Players committing to San Diego State

Players recruited that committed to other schools
FS Tremain Davis - Boise State
WR Bob VanNote - San Jose State
QB Brady Porter - Mississippi
ILB Jason Brackens - Bowling Green
ILB Terry Pickard - South Carolina
CB John McCaffrey - Colorado State
C Glen Williams - Fresno State
RB Richard Okeafor - Stanford

mauboy

01-04-2006, 01:35 PM

Week 8

Tough recruiting class to get this year. I can't sign anybody and I'm really hurting at a few positions such as DE, DT, CB and RB(Beyond Rogers). I really need to get a few this week.

Well, we get a first few players.

Players committing to San Diego State
WR George Moss
FS Tony Stingley

Players recruited that committed to other schools
ILB Lou Phillips - Stanford
ILB Ben Blankenship - Western Michigan
FS Travis Carter - Stanford
CB Fred Harris - Arizona
QB Mike Marion - Boise State
CB Jon Wilson - Nevada-Las Vegas

Both Stingley and Moss will be playing at one point in their career, they're both 3 star players. Both athletes as well.

Week 9

We still have the potential to sign 13 guys, all of who are interested in us with 10! C'mon. Come to SDSU! We're going to win a national championship(you think they'll fall for that?).

We get quite possibly the biggest signing of the year with the RB, Carlson. We also don't lose any players of importance. We also get a good kicker to backup Sr Bernard(6/6) and step in as a starter next season.

Players committing to San Diego State
K Terry Turner
RB Lamar Carlson

Players recruited that committed to other schools
SS Paul Blake - Maryland
WR Bob Rodgers - Arizona State
CB Bill Hearst - New Mexico

Final Week

I sense a huge week coming up for us. We're going to get 8 guys, I predict....please!

Players committing to San Diego State
WR Gabe Bates
CB Onterrio Hill
QB Charles Waters
CB Vinny Hope
SS Junior Craig
FS James Stephens
QB I.M. Meade
CB Nick Mills
ILB Anthony O'Connell
ILB Chris Hill

Players recruited that committed to other schools
RB Itula Cullors - Texas
K Mike Toneff - California-LA
WR Gene Pendergrass - Fresno State
ILB Mike Davis - Boise State

I was close with my guess, but we got 10 guys. No DE's or DT's as you can notice. Bummer. We'll have to rely on our bad one's this year.

RB Lamar Carlson was listed as a 3 star player, but now he's a 2 star player.. dang.

FS Tony Stingley, 3-stars
Lincoln (Lincoln, AR)
National Rank: 897, Regional: 200, Position: 46

CB Vinny Hope, 3-stars
Bishop Garcia Diego (Santa Barbara, CA)
National Rank: 1073, Regional: 212, Position: 109

QB Charles Waters, 3-stars
Paramount (Paramount, CA)
National Rank: 716, Regional: 132, Position: 67

ILB Chris Hill, 3-stars
Thibodaux (Thibodaux, LA)
National Rank: 1557, Regional: 347, Position: 99

WR George Moss, 3-stars
Etna (Etna, CA)
National Rank: 681, Regional: 124, Position: 66

WR Gabe Bates, 3-stars
Gonzales (Gonzales, CA)
National Rank: 818, Regional: 163, Position: 96

K Terry Turner, 3-stars
Menlo-Atherton (Atherton, CA)
National Rank: 383, Regional: 61, Position: 13

QB I.M. Meade, 3-stars
Drummond (Drummond, MT)
National Rank: 560, Regional: 93, Position: 43

SS Junior Craig, 2-stars
Galileo Academy (San Francisco, CA)
National Rank: 813, Regional: 161, Position: 43

FS James Stephens, 2-stars
Saratoga (Saratoga, CA)
National Rank: 1052, Regional: 205, Position: 53

CB Nick Mills, 2-stars
Calvary Temple (Modesto, CA)
National Rank: 1072, Regional: 211, Position: 108

ILB Anthony O'Connell, 2-stars
Grapeland (Grapeland, TX)
National Rank: 1254, Regional: 224, Position: 85

CB Onterrio Hill, 2-stars
Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos, CA)
National Rank: 957, Regional: 187, Position: 86

RB Lamar Carlson, 2-stars
Katy (Katy, TX)
National Rank: 858, Regional: 148, Position: 42

ONTO TRAINING NOW.

Xenophon

01-04-2006, 01:44 PM

Looks like some decent recruits this year Coach.

Go Aztecs

mauboy

01-04-2006, 02:00 PM

Offensive Depth Chart - Pic Attached

Like last year, we've got one of the better offensive linemen we've had in my career especially at the Guard position. They'll be blocking for Coleman again this year, who improved a little in the off season. Next season could be a great year for him, but he'll have to settle with a good year this year.

Both starting tackles are Juniors this year and will be very good next year if they improve some yet.

Ezerins and Saimes will start at the guard positions, Ezerins being a SR while Saimes a JR. Karcher will be the center, who is a senior.

I think we're a little better this year on offense, which could be scary for the other MWC teams.

mauboy

01-04-2006, 02:07 PM

Defense Depth Chart - Pic attached.

Our DL will struggle a little, but Sr Triplett and True Freshman Hampton should be able to hold their own at the DE positions.

Our OLB's are plenty better than our ILB's, but Dawkins will get the start as an ILB. Sophomore Bly will get playing time when we go to 3-4, which will be the majority of the time.

Petruziello, a sophomore, will be the big guy on the outside getting the bulk of the tackles this year. He's a helluva tackler, the best on the team.

Our secondary will struggle again this year, but it can't be much worse than last year's team who let up quite a few big plays.

mauboy

01-04-2006, 02:11 PM

Looks like some decent recruits this year Coach.

Go Aztecs
Quite possibly. A few of these didn't really turn out but some of them turned out real nice like these guys:

DE Johnny Hampton(3/6), DE, a walk-on, since he didn't come in as a recruit.
QB I.M. Meade (2/5), he will be a good backup for Wong and Coleman, but he probably won't see the field for at least a few years.
Kicker Terry Turner(5/8), he could easily start this year, but the senior kicker will be getting the kicks as Turner isn't as good as Bernard quite yet.
DT Kevin Greenwood(1/5), this could finally be what we need two years down the road. Greenwood will be the first DT to start for us in a few years. We've been having to stick DE's in that position lately.

mauboy

01-04-2006, 02:19 PM

2012 Season

The rankings for best recruiting class came out and we were given a rank of 70. Not bad, considering all of our signings came in the last two weeks pretty much. After much debate, we go back to the best recruiting service possible, as it seems we've been struggling to land a few guys, so we'll go back to the best of the best in the west.

As always, our A.D. tells us not to embarrass the program, well, we usually don't, buddy, oh pal.

We're going to go with the West Coast Offense this year, as we don't have any real good deep threats this year. Rogers should do well this year though!

Defensively, we're going to stick with the 3-4, as we were ranked one of the top 20 teams last season defensively, don't change it if it ain't broke.

We don't need to change anything this season with the schedule, as we have 12 games already. One thing interesting this year is that we play Utah as our first conference opponent! That will definitely be a fun game!

Team Schedule

1 at Central Michigan -
2 New Mexico St -
3 Idaho -
4 Utah -
5 OPEN -
6 at Air Force -
7 Texas Christian -
8 at Wyoming -
9 Brigham Young -
10 at Colorado State -
11 at Nevada-Las Vegas -
12 OPEN -
13 New Mexico -
14 San Jose State -
15 OPEN -

Class Breakdown

26 Seniors
19 Juniors
22 Sophomores
25 Freshman

mauboy

01-04-2006, 03:06 PM

Week 1 @ 0-0 Central Michigan - CMU faves by 5

Well, I got news that Coleman has completely stopped going to class, his GPA is down to 1.68, I'm going to have to put all the time I can into getting him to pass his classes. Damn, kid. Rogers, too, is having problems in the classroom. I should have focused more on academics in training, I guess. I put lots of points into him as well along with OT Luce. Gosh!

Central Michigan sports a good, balanced team. They're much like us offensively, but a little worse defensively. It will be a good battle to start off the season.

1st Quarter

We hold the Chippewas to short drive and get the ball back on the 47 yard line to start out.

Rogers gets nearly all the action on the first drive of the game, 7 carries for 15 yards and a touchdown run from 3 yards out. The play they got us into scoring position though was a pass from Coleman to Whigham for 34 yards. 7-0 early on.

CMU eventually gets on the board with a field goal making it 7-3 as we near the end of the 1st quarter.

2nd Quarter

Wow, a boring 2nd quarter as there is no score until we get a chance with two minutes to go on the 38 yard line of CMU after a punt.

We do score, on 3rd and 8, Houston ran an out route where Coleman hit him nicely but the defense missed a tackle and Houston ran it 40 yards for the touchdown. 14-3 as the half comes to a close. Coleman is 9 of 14, 139 yards, 1 TD so far. Nice to see he's a good QB still. :)

3rd Quarter

Ouch. Midway through the 3rd quarter, following a punt, CMU just needed one play as they burned our DB's for a 72 yard touchdown pass. 14-11 after the 2 point conversion is good.

Rogers gets his 2nd touchdown run after a nice drive following the CMU touchdown. 21-11 now with a few minutes to go in the 3rd. Rogers gets over the 100 yard mark with 29 carries for 104 yards. Not that impressive, but he's showing signs.

CMU comes back strongly with a touchdown of their own. 21-18 as we go into the 4th quarter.

4th Quarter

Coleman connects to MacPherson from 13 yards out to answer CMU's touchdown. 28-18, 10 minutes to play in the game.

That would actually be the last scoring play of the game as we win 28-18. Coleman finishes up quite nicely with a good game. 21 of 29 for 293 yards and 2 TDs. Rogers had a lot of carries, 41 of them for 143 yards and two touchdowns. He's off to a good start.

1-0 start. That's good. I'm curious how Rogers and Coleman will do in class over the next two weeks though, if they get benched, our season may be in trouble, but we do have a good back up QB in Wong and a decent RB in Graham and Monroe. But there fumble machines, so I don't want to have to resort to them.

mauboy

01-04-2006, 04:30 PM

I totally screwed up and X'd out of the windows as the last game came to an end. So I just lost all my work for Week 2's game. You didn't miss a whole lot, but here it is in a shortened version.

Week 2 vs 0-0 NMSU - We're favored by 11 in this game.

In the first half, Bernard hit three field goals to make it 9-0 midway through the 2nd quarter. Then finally we got a touchdown through the arm of Coleman. 16-0.

We traded touchdowns after that a few times, 23-14.

In the fourth quarter we get another touchdown from Coleman to ice up the game. 30-14.

Coleman had a great game, throwing three touchdowns and 1 INT. He was 28 of 43 for 322 yards. The running game was completely inneffective against a bad defense, Rogers had 31 carries for 67 yards. He made his game look better by getting a 30 yard run late in the game, before that he was 28 carries for 33 yards. It was pretty awesome!

Our defense didn't give up more than 300 yards, and we're now ranked 32nd in the country in defense.

Anyhow, we're 2-0 now and we've got another bad team coming up, Wyoming.

mauboy

01-04-2006, 05:24 PM

Week 3 vs 0-2 Idaho - Aztecs by 8

Wow! Both Rogers and Coleman get their grades up high enough to play football for at least another 3 weeks! I'm so happy. We do lose our sure-handed receiver in Blount for a while though as he couldn't get his grades up high enough.

We should easily win this ball game, much like the NMSU game, possibly by more than that one though.

We are getting injured quite a bit though on defensive side. Everyone is fine to play, but they probably shouldn't, our coaches say. So I bench most of them knowing that weshould be fine without 'em.

1st Quarter

TE Alston burns the Idaho secondary and scores on a 52 yard touchdown pass from Coleman. 6-0 with early on as Bernard misses the extra point....fantastic.

After 6 carries from Rogers, we decide it's best to bench him for Monroe or Graham. Rogers has 3 yards on those six carries, awesome!

The secondary showing that they suck as they give up a 59 yard touchdown pass on a pass defense play... buncha losers they are. 7-6 as we near the end of the 1st quarter.

I've also brought back in Rogers as Graham is unable to do anything with three carries. Must be the OL. I'll have to look into that after this game before we run into a good Utah team

2nd Quarter

At least we have Coleman to break some runs, he's got 2 runs for 24 yards so far, while the rest of the backs have 2 yards!!! TWO yards on 10 carries.

Whigham gets a touchdown catch from Coleman to make it 13-7. Coleman is 7 of 8 for 98 yards already. Smashin'.

Coleman gets another shot quickly after an interception by the Aztec defense. It takes him two tries, the first one being an incomplete pass. The second pass was a completion to Hudson for a 38 yard touchdown pass and catch! Booyah! 20-7. Still 10 minutes to play in the half.

After running the ball five times during our next drive and gaining a mere 2 yards, we decide to just let Coleman take over the game by himself..and he does. He gets his fourth touchdown pass of the game, this one from 27 yards out to MacPherson. Each of his touchdowns have all been to different receivers. Very impressive. 27-7. 6 minutes to go in the half.

Idaho answers back with a mighty 26 yard field goal. 27-10 with a few minutes to play in the half.

We get the ball to midfield where the clock runs out for the half..

Coleman having a decent game...16 of 21(3 misses coming on the last 2 minute offense drive) for 241 yards and 4 touchdown passes. Yowza!

Rogers having an excellent game...getting eaten up, 11 carries for 2 yards and Graham 3 carries for 0 yards.

I don't know what the matter is, it's weird.

3rd Quarter

After getting a punt, Rogers gets his longest run of the day... four yards! Then six yards! But then he went back to the 0's twice setting up a 3rd and long which Coleman couldn't connect to anybody forcing us to punt. Yay.

We give Monroe a shot to get some yards and he takes advantage of the oppurtunity. Getting 3 carries for 15 yards to lead the the backs in yards for the game. But Coleman steals the show gaining 19 more yards on the ground putting him int he lead with 6 carries for 52 yards. We get deep into Idaho territory and eventually eventually kick a field goal on 4th n goal. 30-10.

Monroe continued to take advantage of his touches, getting 2 more carries for 26 yards putting him at 41 yards on the game. Finally some sort of life in our running game.

4th Quarter

We win 30-10 as nothing happens for the rest of the game, except on our last drive, Monroe and Graham came to life gaining lots of yards on the ground. It was strange.

Coleman finished 24/34 with 308 yards passing, 4 TDs, 1 INT.
Rogers-15 carries 12 yards.
Graham-7 carries 35 yards
Monroe-13 carries 57 yards
Coleman-6 carries 52 yards

Not an awful running day as a whole when you put them all together, but that's only thanks to Coleman. It WAS an awful running day, we'll need to step it up big time against Utah next week.

We move to a healthy 3-0 as we play Utah at our house next week.

mauboy

01-04-2006, 06:22 PM

Week Four vs 2-1 Utah - Utes faves by 19

Utah suffered a heartbreaking loss last weekend against now 3-0 Tennessee. I'm skerred.

We've got the 48th best offense, and 28th best defense. Hopefully Coleman can keep us close in this game as we open the conference season up with Utah.

Our offense will have some problems as Utah has some good pass rushers and run-stoppers. They also have a good linebacking corps along with a stellar secondary. Definitely one of the better Utah defenses I've seen in my coaching tenure.

This also may be the best offense we've ever faced. Utah still has Sylvester Smith who ate us up last year. They don't have a great QB, but they don't need one with the receivers and linemen they have. Hopefully we can hold these guys and come up with some big defensive plays!

1st Quarter

We get the ball and go to the air quickly, getting 8 yards on the first play. Hudson catches the second pass and breaks a tackle and shoots down the field for a 64 yard touchdown!! 7-0 within in a minute! The extra point was deflected, but still made it through(cool that the pbp says that).

We're able to hold Utah to 3 points after Smith ran down the field all over our arses. We were able to come up with a big sack from True Freshman Hampton, his second on the season. That made it 3rd and long for Utah which they gained some yards to get into field goal territory again making a 49 yarder. 7-3.

We get near midfield before being held to a one yard gain on 3rd and 4 forcing us to punt. The punt is downed at the 21 yard line after a weak 34 yard punt. 9 minutes to play in the 1st quarter still.

After some nice running, Utah for some reason goes back to the air where they get sacked by SS Wynn for an 11 yard loss, making it 2nd and 21 now. Woohoo.

They don't get a first down and punt it back to us, 55 yard punt downed on our 3 yard line. Dang.

We run it for the first time in the game and Rogers gets the pitch and takes it six yards before he gets tackled. 2nd and 4.

After one first down we have to punt it and Utah gets the ball back at mid field with 4 minutes to go in the 1st still. Sheesh. Long first quarter...or maybe just a lot of typing :)

After a huge 3rd down conversion for Utah, they get into the endzone to take a 10-7 lead as we near the end of the 1st quarter.

2nd Quarter

Oooh, boo-hoo! We complete a nice pass for 35 yards before Whigham fumbled it to Utah who picked it up and ran it back for a touchdown, 76 yards out! 17-7 just like that. Damn!

Utah gets the ball back again and zips right down the field for another touchdown. 24-7. Utah has every single bit of momentum going for them right now. The Aztec crowd is no where to be found with 9 minutes to play in the half. How sad is this?

We get the ball way down into Utah red zone where we failed to get any points as we go for it on 4th and Goal from the 2. We get stuffed and turn it over on downs. Man. I can't do ANYTHING! Coleman is doing everything he can do, he's having a great game except he's not coming up with the BIG play except the 2nd play of the game.

The defense finally makes a stop giving us the ball with just over two minutes to play in the half. Ball on our 35 yard line.

We have a fourth down and one near midfield, and we FAKE it for the first down! That's the way to do it, eh? 1st and 10 at the Utah 45 yard line with under a minute to play.

At the half we're outgaining Utah 240-216, 26 of those Utah yards came in the last second of the half when they decided to go deep, deep in their own field. Ah, well. 24-7 at the half with Utah getting the ball to start it off.

Coleman 16/26 for 221 yards, 1 TD, no picks. He's doing all he can to keep us in it, but it's not enough as Rogers can't do much with the running game, running 9 times for 15 yards.

3rd Quarter

31-7 as Utah gets on the board quickly to start the 2nd half. Ouch.

Utah is just too good this year for us to beat 'em. We're just not talented enough.

We get something going but have to settle for a field goal making it 31-10.

Utah really sticking the dagger in us as they go for it on 4th and 3 at mid field and get it. *sigh*

Again, they twist the dagger as they convert a 3rd and 16...

We were able to hold them on the 13 yard line to force a field goal...which they missed! Woohoo, some momentum with 5 minutes left in the 3rd.

What a drive for Coleman!!! Connecting with his receivers all the way down the field, throwing it 13 times for 87 yards in all as we use up all but one minute in the 3rd quarter to bring it back within 14 points. Coleman connected with TE Alston from 10 yards out for the touchdown! 31-17. Coleman 28/41 for 348 yards, 2 Tds!

4th Quarter

Utah gets great field position after the return, our 45 yard line. How dissappointing as we needed to play big on special teams, but we haven't all game as they've been getting nice returns nearly every time.

LB Paul Smith takes advantage of a bad throw, he picks it off and returns it 10 yards to give us 1st and 10 on our 30 yard line! We blitzed 'em, but stayed in a mid zone defense, hah. Eat it, baby!

We get to the Utah 34 yard line where we face a decision...a 52 yard field goal, or go for it on 4th and 7... Damn. I just can't kick it.. We go for it I say!

We come up a few yards short on the short pass to Hudson. Damn. Utah ball.

We're able to stop Utah with 10 minutes to go giving us the ball back on our 12 yard line.

We punt after not gaining any yards on 3rd and 2 as Coleman had to scramble...He gained 0 yards on the scramble, what a little jerkabee! :)

Our ball two minutes later as we force a quick 3 and out where Utah passed it 3 times. Nice. Our ball on our 45 yard line, good field position thanks to a 33 yard return by Houston.

Nooo! More horrible luck! We just seem to get every ounce of bad luck in our close games. We get the ball to the 25 yard line of Utah and gain 15 yards for the first down before Houston fumbles it into the arms of Utah. Stays 31-17 with four minutes to go. We needed that, and that basically wraps it up for Utah. Damn damn.

Utah goes pass crazy with the time under four minutes and take advantage of our blitz rushing linebackers as they get into field goal position and nail a 47 yarder after they finally started running the ball. They officially wrap it up with that FG, 34-17.

It is over, 34-17 as Coleman threw a few incomplete passes in Utah territory to end it.

Quite the effort by our All American Quarterback, showing that he is indeed worth that title. Throwing it nearly 70 times in the game and nearly gaining 500 yards, he just put all he could into this game and came up short still thanks to the receivers fumbling.

Coleman - 38 of 64, 473 yards, 2 TDs, no INTs. Each receiver had a drop today, with a few of them getting two drops. If we catch half of those passes we get at least another TD.

We completely abandoned the running game because I knew Coleman would be able to carry the load on his own, and also because Rogers wasn't doing jack ****. 11 carries for 18 yards for Rogers.

Coleman was second in the nation in pass yards, I suspect he'll be #1 after this affair.

We outgained Utah 497 to 428 and held the great running back to 107 yards on 28 carries. I'm quite happy with that, but we just couldn't come up with the stops early on in the game.

The game was much closer than the score showed, we were so close to pulling within 7 points... And it seems like it never pays off for me to go for it within the 2 yard line on 4th down, so I think I'll never go for it again and just get the 3 points instead. I would have kicked the 51 yarder then to hope to pull within 8, but it didn't work out that way.

We're now 3-1 after that loss. It was a fun game to play despite the loss. We almost we able to rally for the win. Utah is just too damned talented.

mauboy

01-04-2006, 06:31 PM

Week 5

We get a nicely timed bye week. Coleman was indeed the nation's leading passer with nearly 1400 yards through four games.

Utah takes a huge loss to BYU, leaving the window open for us to still get first place in the conference if we can win our games! Nice! But we've got probably our 2nd toughest challenge of the year against a good Air Force team. TCU will be a tough one as well, but not as much as this next one I imagine.

For Week 6, we get back Blount, which will help a little with the drops as Blount has the best hands on the team.

mauboy

01-04-2006, 07:23 PM

Week 6 @ 3-1 Air Force - AF faves by 10

Our offense matches up well with the AF defense. We should definitely be able to gain some yards again this week with Coleman throwing the ball. Rogers will need a good game if he wants to continue to be the starter.

Defensively, we should not have any problem stopping them...but who knows what'll happen with the luck we have.

1st Quarter

After the receiver fell down, the Air Force defense picked off a Coleman pass and returned it 19 yards to our 7 yard line. Not a good start.

1 play, touchdown. 7-0 Air Force.

After some nice running by Rogers, Coleman throws his 2nd pick of the afternoon! Oooh, boy. What's going on kid? Rogers has 5 rushes, 54 yards(45 yard run too).

A pathetic defensive effort as AF goes down the field 75 yards where they kick a field goal making it 10-0. At least we held them deep in our territory, eh.

After punting it we finally force a 3 and out on defense! Yay!

Rogers making a good case in letting Coleman take over the game like two weeks ago against Utah. Rogers fumbles it on our side of the field. Our 3rd turnover in the 1st quarter alone! Unreal.

KIRK WYNN! Next play for Air Force is picked off and returned 73 yards for the touchdown! 10-7! Thank You Lord!

2nd Quarter

Our defense comes back to Earth as they allow AF to move down the field with ease once again... but the defense holds their ground as AF goes for it on 4th n 2 on the 8 yard line. They gained ONE yard on a short pass, 1st down AZTECS!

Air Force gets the ball back after exchanging possessions a few times. They take it down the field for another touchdown making it 17-7 with 7 minutes to go in the half.

We coem right back with a TD as well! Houston catches one from 8 yards out from Coleman on 3rd down and goal. 17-14 with just over three minutes left in the half. Coleman finally turning his horrible performance into something nearly respectable.

AF moves down the field into our side of the field where they punt it to our 4 yard line. Ouch. Just over a minute and a half to go.

Rogers busts open a big run on 1st and 12(false start), 46 yard run! Giving him over 100 yards on the day, thanks to two nice runs in the half. Now we've got some time to get into the end zone, over a minute to play still in the half.

We don't get anything going as we punt it with under a minute to go.

Air Force plays it stupid and goes to the air where Abramowicz nails the receiver as he catches it and forces a fumble. 1st down with 38 seconds to go on the 17 yard line of AF.

We need ONE play. Blount gets into the endzone after catching it from Coleman, 17 yards out! 21-17 as we go into the half!!

This game looks to be a repeat of that game a few years back where it was like 53-47 as a final... I can't remember.. heh

Coleman having a decent game now after throwing two picks. 13/23, 144 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTS.

Rogers, 12 rushes, 108 yards.

3rd Quarter

With six minutes to play in the 3rd, we finally make something happen as we pick of an Air Force pass in their territory. 1st and 10 for us on their 42 yard line.

Despite his good numbers as a receiver, I think Alston just made his last start of the season as he made his second penalty of the game and at least fourth of the season. Every penalty he makes always brings back a nice gain for us. So, after this game, the TE, Alston won't be starting again, but backing up a Freshman perhaps.

With no time left in the 3rd Quarter, Air Force finally gets the scoring started in the 2nd half as they kick a field goal to make it 21-20 as we start the 4th quarter.

4th Quarter

Coleman starting to get ice cold as he keeps throwing incomplete passes giving Air Force the ball back.

We're able to hold AF at midfield, forcing them to punt it back to us to the THREE yard line. Yikes.

On 3rd and 10 Coleman had to break it outside away from the defense and he heaved it down the field to MacPherson for a 42 yard gain. Whew!

We then lose two yards on 3 plays and punt it away.

3 and out for AF.

A 33 yard run by Rogers gets us into Force territory, the 31 yard line. Nice run, his third big run of the game. Looks like he may be back, huh?

We come up short on the run on 3rd and 2 forcing us to kick a 41 yard field goal, which Bernard hits. 24-20 with five minutes to go in the game.

We force the Cougars to punt it after they couldn't convert the 3rd and 6. Just over three minutes to play after a 54 yard field goal from AF to our 27 yard line.

We go three and out and punt it back to AF with under two minutes left in the ball game. The return is fumbled, but Air Force gets it back on their 31 yard line. 1:28 left in the game for them to go the length of the field for the must need touchdown.

Incomplete.
Incomplete.
4 yard scramble.
4th and 6! INCOMPLETE! Our ball!

Still some time for Air Force though as they have three timeouts. 3 plays, no yards forces us to make a decision... a 52 yard field goal or a punt that will likely be kicked into the end zone. Field goal attempt is...GOOD!!! 7 point lead with 30 seconds to go.

Not enough time for the Cougars as we win it 27-20!!!

Nice win for us, 4-1 now on the season.

It was a pretty piss poor game for Coleman, but a good performance by Rogers. 27 rushes for 156 yards for Rogers, and Coleman was 16/35 199 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs.

mauboy

01-04-2006, 08:16 PM

Week 7 @ 3-2 TCU - TCU faves by 16

TCU is better offensively than AF is, but not by much. Their defense is about the same as AF, so it could be another great game ahead of us(Much like the USC-Texas game that is on right now as I do this dynasty).

A win may put us into the Top 25 as we're getting plenty of votes from the Media and Coaches polls.

Just like last season, we'll have to stop RB Beckham if we want to win this one.

1st Quarter

After a fumble by TCU we take advantage of the TO and Coleman comes up with a 10 yard QB keeper for the touchdown! 7-0 early on.

We are able to get the ball back on our 15 yard line as we force TCU to punt! Let's go "O".

We punt it back, but the Frogs give it back as FS VanWagner comes up with an interception at our 45 yard line!

MacPherson pulls in a pass on a fade route and runs it 33 yards for the touchdown! 14-0! Coleman's 2nd TD on the day, 1 running and 1 passing.

2nd Quarter

TCU faces a critical 4th and 2 at our 28 yard line. They chose to go for it and they were DENIED as they throw an incomplete pass. Another score would be huge as they'd have to go to the air more thus giving the ball less to their best player, Beckham.

Rogers took the first handoff for 72 yards for the touchdown, but freshman TE Dodrill gets called for a penalty bringing back the long play! Ouch! No matter who I play at TE, I'm screwed. Time to just bring back in the better TE then. lol

We don't get any scoring done as we take it all the way to the 36 yard line where we turned it over on downs after not converting 4th and 5.

Our ball after TCU punts it to our 3 yard line. Let's get a 97 yard drive, yeah?

On a WR screen, Coleman throws a pick giving TCU the ball on our 12 yard line. Owza.

TCU needs one play to get into the endzone with a 12 yard pass. 14-7 with 7 to go in the half.

Alston just got himself benched again as he FUMBLED the ball on our first play on the next drive. TCU ball again on our 12 yard line, again.

We play tough defense and hold them to three. 14-10 with 5 to go in the half.

TCU got the ball back to midfield before punting it back to us with two minutes to play.

We got into TCU territory but punted away eventually to end the half.

14-10, Aztec lead! Coleman is 17/27 for 154 yards with a TD and pick.

Rogers has 7 carries for a minimal 2 yards. Woot.

3rd Quarter

The defense comes up huge as TCU had 1st and Goal, the Frogs get 3 points. 14-13 with 8 minutes to go in the 3rd.

AGH! A 65 yard touchdown pass is called back due to a holding penatly on the Center, Karcher. Pity as we punt it two plays later.

We punt away and TCU fumbles it into the hands of LB Beebe! 28 yard line 1st and 10 for us!

Another nice gain is called back due to a hold by Ezerins this time. Sheesh! Our 6th penalty on the day.

We get some yards anyways as we overcome 3rd and 19 with a 20 yard pass play! It was a short pass play just to get back into field goal range, but Houston broke a tackle and got the 1st.

We're on the 1 yard line with 3rd and Goal. We run the ball with Rogers to the inside and he gets stuffed for a loss of 2. Field goal unit comes on.

17-13 with a few minutes to go in the 3rd.

We hold TCU on their drive and they punt it to the 4 yard line where it's downed for us.

4th Quarter

Coleman throws a couple nice passes and gets a nice 20 yard QB keeper to get us to midfield for a 1st down.

We don't get much more and are forced to punt, and we do, 1st down for TCU at their 9 yard line. 13 minutes left.

TCU takes it all the way down to our 35 yard line where they punt it into the endzone. Whew. I was sick of starting within our 10 yard line.

Coleman keeps throwing the ball very well, 13 of 15 in the 2nd half so far, but he can't get us a 1st down on 3rd and 6 as we come up 2 yards short at the 50 yard line. Punt to the 18 yard line following a crap punt of 32 yards. Over six minutes to play in the ball game. 17-13 still.

TCU moves down the field smoothly and are currently at our 21 yard line facing a 2nd and 10 with 3:28 on the clock.

Ugh. 21 yard touchdown catch for TCU to give them the 20-17 lead! Eeks. 3 minutes to play in the game. Time for Coleman to step it up big.

Coleman tries to do too much as he fumbles the ball and TCU has it with under two minutes to go on our 34 yard line. Three timeouts won't be enough to get us back the ball I'm guessing. Too much field to work with.

We are able to hold them to a 3 and out and a putn thanks to a loss on a run.

1st and 10 at the 20 yard line followin ga punt into the end zone. 1:01 on the clock still. C'mon now Colezy!

We can't get into field goal position and we lose the thriller. *(%^@*$%&(*^@#$5!

Gosh! 4-2 now. What a bummer loss.

33-48, 259, 1 TD, 1 INT for Coleman.

Ugh, I'm so displeased right now. But we should be able to win the rest of the conference games, no problem. Well, maybe BYU will be aproblem, but that's it.

mauboy

01-05-2006, 02:27 PM

Week 8 at 0-5 Wyoming - We're favories by 14

This game will get us back on track, no problem. No need to have a pre-game talk about it as we should mutilate 'em.

1st Quarter

Bernard gets 3 as we take advantage of the opening kick fumble by Wyoming. 3-0 very early on.

The first play for Wyoming is picked off by Wynn! Oopsie daisies.

Coleman and Rogers lead the way down the field for a touchdown, making it 10-0. Coleman to Rogers from 1 yard out for the TD.

Bernard nails another field goal as the 1st quarter nearly comes to an end, 13-0.

2nd Quarter

VanWagner gets an interception and takes it all the way for the touchdown from 71 yards out! 20-0! Ouch.

Whigham recieves a pass from Coleman on 3rd and Goal from 4 yards out for the touchdown. 27-0.

34-0 as Coleman gets another touchdown pass, this one to Blount. We're not gaining a lot of yards, we're just getting good field position.

34-0 at the half. We're outgaining Wyoming 215 to 105 at the half. The WYO QB is 1 for 12 for 5 yards.

Rogers can't do a whole lot on the ground, 16 carries for 48 yards. He should reach 100 yards on the game eventually, as we'll run it more in teh 2nd half.

3rd Quarter

VanWagner gets his 2nd pick of the game giving us the ball at mid field with a few minutes left in the 3rd quarter..

Rogers breaks a nice 18 yard run for the touchdown. 41-0 with a minute left in the 3rd.

I wasn't trying to score on a pass, just wanted the first down on a quick out, but Rogers broke a few tackles after receiving a pass on a hook route taking it 32 yards for the touchdown. 48-0. That is Coleman's 4th TD of the game.

Wyoming answers back with three plays(68 yard run) and a 1 yard touchdown run to make it 48-7.

A safety makes it 50-7 with three minutes in the ball game.

That would be the end of the massacre of Wyoming.

50-7 as Coleman throws 4 TD passes after going 25/31 for 246 yards. He was very efficient today.

Rogers was relatively innefficient as he had lots of carries for not so many yards. 42 carries for 92 yards.

The Wyoming QB's combined for 4 of 26 for 98 yards. 93 of those yards came in the final 6 minutes of the game! They were 1 for 20 before they finally started to 'turn it on'.

We outgained this Cowboy squad 394 to 224.

mauboy

01-05-2006, 03:11 PM

Week 9 vs 5-2(4-0) BYU - We're faves by 6

We need to beat BYU to stay in the hunt for 1st place. TCU is also 4-0 though, so our chances are nearly gone anyways. Air Force will try to upset TCU this week.

BYU isn't that great, but they've got a great win against a great Utah team, so we won't take this game lightly at all.

Backup RB, Graham is out for the game due to grades.

BYU does have two good defensive players, otherwise they're quite comparable to us. The offense, we'll have to stop their decent running attack, they don't have anyone too special, just a decent line to pave the way for Bobby Reese.

1st Quarter

Coleman leads us down the field for 71 yards before having to turn it over to Bernard for a 27 yard field goal. 3-0

BYU takes advantage of good field position and get the lead with a touchdown. 7-3.

True Freshman DE Johnny Hampton comes up with a big sack for a 13 yard loss sending BYU to punt as the 1st quarter comes to an end.

2nd Quarter

Cecil Coleman gets the QB draw call from 3 yards out and gets into the endzone for six. 10-7. This drive was led by Rogers who had a few carries for 55 yards, including a 43 yard run.

BYU answers back with a touchdown taking the lead back to make it 14-10 with 8 minutes to play in the half.

BYU gets another score, this time a field goal to make it 17-10 with a few minutes to play in the half.

The rest of the half would go quietly as BYU has the 17-10 lead going into halftime.

We cannot stop the run...at all. They've got 17 carries for 120 yards already. It's pretty pathetic. We'll need to open up more holes for Rogers otherwise we're in for a long 2nd half.

3rd Quarter

We had the ball on the BYU 11 yard line before fumbling it into the Cougar defense's hands. Damn.

BYU drives right down the field after the fumble and get another field goal making it 20-10 with 3 minutes to play in the 3rd quarter.

4th Quarter

We don't get anything going and punt it to BYU who immediately gave us the ball back as Abramowicz comes up with a big interception.

Once again though, we get nothing going punting it to the BYU 18 yard line.

We get it back with 10 minutes to go after a punted touchback.

Perfect, Coleman forces a pass and throws an interception, BYU ball on our 25 yard line. Not what we wanted there. If they score a TD, this one is over.

We do miraculously hold them to a 3 plays few yards, field goal, 23-10 with 7+ minutes to play.

A nice 45 yard kick return gets us in to BYU territory on their 44 yard line to start the drive. Lets take advantage!

Coleman leads the way with a few nice scrambling runs and passes one to Hudson for the score making it 23-17 with just under six minutes to go! That was a quick quick drive! 55 seconds to be exact.

BYU gets STUFFED on a 3rd and 1 on their own 18 yard line! 4th and 1 and they punt it away where we return it to the 46 yard line on our side of the field. Here we go! 4 minutes to go, plenty of time, even if we don't score here.

Hudson slips a few tacklers on a reception on 3rd and 4 and takes it up the field for a 37 yard gain, 1st and 10 on the 11 yard line now!

Coleman scrambles out and runs it into the endzone for a touchdown! 23-23 pending the extra point. Can you say Vince Young!?

24-23 after the made extra point. 2:30 left to go though, plenty of time as we only took a minute off the clock.

Michael Dawkins comes up with a sack on 2nd and 10! 3rd and 14 comin' up.

Abramowics comes up with his 2nd pick of the day!!! Our ball on the BYU 29 yard line! Less than two minutes to play!

On 3rd and 14, Rogers takes the pitch and breaks it to the outside where he gains 14 yards for the first down and that SEALS the victory!! booyah!

Coleman is 27 of 44, 276 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT. He came up big on the ground though, getting 7 rushes for 40 yards and 2 TDs!

We move to 6-2 and already wrap up a bowl game.

TCU holds of a surging Air Force team that scored 21 in the 4th quarter. TCU remains undefeated in the conference while BYU has one loss along with Utah.

mauboy

01-05-2006, 04:03 PM

Week 10 @ 4-2 Colorado State - CSU faves by 6

This should be another good close game, until we pull away at the end...:)

TCU and Utah are matched up this week for the battle for 1st. If Utah wins there will be up to a 4 way tie for first, not including us, since we've got 2 losses.

CSU doesn't have much of an offense, nor a defense, so we shouldn't have much of problem with moving the ball.

1st Quarter

Rogers gets hurt on his first carry of the game so that leaves us with Monroe and senior Bill Warner(2/3). So, we may be passing quite a bit today.

1st Quarter

The first quarter is uneventful as neither team really got into a position to score, but CSU is threatening as they're on our 20 yard line facing a 3rd and 2.

2nd Quarter

They convert for the first down.

CSU gets into the endzone on 3rd and goal from 3 yards out. 7-0.

We come back and move down the field through the legs of Monroe, but we're eventually held thanks to a 5 yard loss on a running attempt on 3rd and 2. Ugh. We go for it but lose yards again on a sack, CSU ball on their 40 yard line now.

14-0 after CSU gets a big play against our secondary setting them up for a 5 yard run. 6 minutes to play in the half.

Lafleur returns the kick 84 yards to the CSU 5 yard line(I didn't realize this when I ran a reverse play...lol...loss of yards).

But we still get into the end zone through the arm of Coleman and the hands of Blount. 14-7 with 4+ minutes to play in the half.

We get another shot to score with 1:30 left, the ball on our 38 yard line to start.

Blount slices through the defenders as they sent nearly everyone on blitzes, gain of 41 as we get into the red zone with under a minute to play.

14-10 after a 24 yard field goal by Bernard as time nearly runs out in the half. We had 3 chances to get into the endzone but a costly sack moved us too far back to get into the end zone. Ah, well. Good finish to the half. We're getting outgained 293 to 137. LOL

3rd Quarter

Monroe takes a nice hit and has to leave the field, but he'll be okay to come back in if he has too. Warner taking his first two carries for a total of 23 yards! Nice. But fumbling one of the carries.

On first and 10 Warner gets the pitch, gets 9 yards and fumbles again! This time we lose it on the CSU 19 yard line.. ugh.. I think a hurt Monroe will be better than that crap.

Coleman gets taken out of the game, and we let Wong take over for a while then we'll bring Coleman back in once I feel more comfy.

Wong leads us down the field and gets us to the 13 yard line where we eventually have to settle for a field goal. Time for Coleman to come back in once we get the ball back. 14-13 with 4 to play in the 3rd.

Ugh. Blount fumbles on the punt return giving the ball back to CSU in our territory. THAT would be our FIFTH fumble of the game, THREE of them we've lost!! What on Earth! Where's the discipline?

Heh, LB Petruziello comes up with an interception two players later to give us the ball back! Whew! 3rd Q comes to an end.

4th Quarter

Whew, Coleman fumbles it, but we recover, thankfully. 6th fumble on th day.

Coleman throws a pick giving it back to CSU! Unbelievable game! There've been about 20 turnovers it seems like... Let me find out exactly. We've got four TO's, CSU has turned it over 3 times, twice on fumbles.

*shakes head*

I'm going to bring Wong back into the game, just because he was playing well when he was in, and Coleman doesn't seem like he's okay to play... but we need to get the ball back first.

CSU gets a touchdown, taking a 21-13 lead with 12 minutes to go in the game. They took advantage of the short field after the INT. Damn.

Meltdown alert as Wong throws his first pass into the hands of CSU. Ugh! Coleman, back in!

We luckily hold them to a field goal, making it 24-13 with 10 minutes to play yet. Let's break out of this AWFUL funk!

UGH! Coleman takes us down all the way into the endzone but the 15 yard touchdown pass is called back thanks to a penalty on our PENALTY DRIVEN OLINE! 3rd and goal now on the 20....

We get a field goal making it an 8 point game. 24-16... 6 to go

We FINALLY get the ball back on our 4 yard line with less than two minutes to go.... *sigh* We have to score a touchdown and almost 100% get the 2 point conversion as we probbaly won't have enough time to get the ball back again.

Here goes nothing.

After a 23 yard run by Coleman on a scramble and a 20 yard pass to Blount, we get to mid field, where we now face a 3rd and 10...

4th down after the incompletion.. Could be our last chance with 45 seconds to go.

Well, we get 7 yards on the next play and that would be the end of it as the timeout system is still so fuc'd up its not even funny.

24-16 as we lose our 3rd conference game. 6-3.

Our defense is just awful. We've got one player with 3 sacks and everyone else that has a sack only has 1 except Villapiano with 2. Ridiculous.

We also can't expect to win ball games by turning it over FIVE times. We fumbled the ball 6 times, losing three of 'em. What kind of pathetic handling is that?

Coleman finished with a piss poor game, 18 of 35, 220 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT.
Wong finished 7 of 10, 54 yards and an INT. Was good up to that pick.

Monroe and Warner combined for 20 carries and 82 yards. Not bad.

****! That's about all I have to say after that real frustrating game.

mauboy

01-05-2006, 04:33 PM

Week 11 @ 3-4 UNLV - Rebels faves by 2

Well, Rogers is out for a few weeks, so no Rogers today. Monroe and Warner will be getting the handoffs this week. Yipee!!

Coleman will be playing through an injury, an elbow sprain. He'll be 100% in 2-4 weeks, but like I said, we're playing him.

UNLV isn't very good, but we're not playing so hot lately, so it should make for a great game!!!

1st Quarter

Coleman getting eaten up alive during the first two drives as he's sacked three times. The OL doesn't even want to play today..buncha losers. Luckily we've got the 24th ranked defense in the country to TRY to keep us in the game.

UNLV strikes first, 7-0 after a lonnng drive.

UNLV will strike second too as we fumble the kickoff return...!!

2nd Quarter

They do indeed get another touchdown on 6 plays. 14-0.

UNLV's below average offense continues to kill our defense.... What in the hell is going on? 21-0!

WEEEHAW! Touchdown, Coleman to Dillon. 21-6, nice drive for Coleman as he had 3 completions for 41 yards on the drive. Yay! The missed extra poing does NOT please me one bit. When we're down like this, you don't go missing extra points. I have a very capable freshman behind you Bernard. You miss a short field goal or another EP you're done!!! DONE! I'm not in the mood for this ****!

Way to go defense, give up a 54 yard pass getting them into our field on 3rd and long. Great defense, guys.

The defense does step it up a little, holding them to three points after a 44 yard field goal. 24-6 with two minutes to play in the half.

Coleman goes 0-3 on the 6 yard line after 1st and goal, allowing us to only get three points. 24-9 as we go into the half.

3rd Quarter

We get the ball to start the half at least.

More stupid penalties by our OL forces us to kick a field goal after having it 1st and goal on the 4! AAARGH! 24-12 early on in the 2nd half.

We continue to dominate the last 15 or so minutes with a touchdown after travelling 92 yards down the field. Coleman connected with Monroe in the endzone for the score! 24-19 midway through the 3rd.

We continue to tear apart the Rebels defense as we go down the field again, this time 81 yards and Coleman connected to Whigham for the score. After an awful awful start, Coleman is finally playing REAL well. As you can see. :) 26-24. 2 minutes left in the 3rd.

Cecil BLy comes up nicely on defense, intercepting a Rebel pass and returning it 16 yards to the UNLV 15 yard line. 1st down! :)

Monroe takes a screen on 3rd and 10 and squeaks into the endzone for six more points. 15 yard touchdown pass for Coleman, who's playing wonderfully after a 2 for 13 start. 33-24 as we start the 4th quarter.

4th Quarter

Just when it seemed like UNLV wouldn't be able to do anythign for the rest of the game, they come storming down the field into the red zone before having the field goal BLOCKED! Suckah's! Woot, nothing is going wrong for us now.

Let's get into the endzone one more time.

3rd and Goal!!! Coleman throws a pick! ooh, no! 7 minutes to play in the ball game.

But we force them to a quick 3 and out only to fumble it on the punt return. What the heck? lol

33-27 as UNLV lost 1 yard on their drive but they still get three points.

The Rebels come up huge on a 4th and 4 at mid field with under two minutes to play, gaining 15 yards and moving it deeper into our territory. Ugh.

ABRAMOWICZ AND THE REST OF THE DEFENSE! Thank yoU! :) Bet I scared you. We got a total of 5 sacks on the day, easily our highest total of the season. Abramowicz comes up with a huge interception to end this ball game. Like I said, thank you guys.

33-27 final as we couldn't come up with a score in the 4th quarter, but that didn't matter, we scored 24 points in the 3rd which was all we needed.

A nice game from Coleman, finally. Passing for 359 yards and 4 TD passes while completing 27 of 46 passes. Not the greatest completions %, but he started out awfully. He also threw an interception, but ran twice for 42 yards!

Monroe handled the running duties, getting 15 carries for 73 yards.

On defense DE Villapiano came up with three sacks! Nice for a freshman playing out of position at DT.

We move to 7-3 after coming dangerously close to going 6-4.

mauboy

01-05-2006, 04:46 PM

Week 13 Notes

QB Cecil Coleman is a heisman candidate this year. He's up for the POY award and also the Golden Arm Award. :) Another good season for the young kid.

Eric Plum is up for the best Punter.

Week 13 against New Mexico, comin' up later.

mauboy

01-05-2006, 07:11 PM

Week 13 vs 2-8 New Mexico - Even......how? lol

Well, we are still missing stupid-head Graham due to grades, so we're still shorthanded in the running back department, unless I pull off a redshirt freshman, which I don't want to do as long as Monroe keeps running the ball decent enough. Rogers is back, but I don't know if I want his 2.92 yards per carry in my backfield. Monroe is averaging over 4 YPC, so we'll give him the start this week.

1st Quarter

New Mexico gets on the board with their second drive of the game. 3-0 after the field goal.

Monroe hasn't given me any reason to keep him in the starting role in his first four carries for 2 yards, but Coleman as usual, picks up the slack and leads the team down the field for a touchdown pass, this one to Whigham. 7-3 nearing the end of the 1st quarter.

2nd Quarter

After accepting a 3rd and 15 penalty for Offensive Pass Interference to push New Mexico out of field goal range, it does not pay off as NM gets 34 yards on the next play for a first down on 3rd and 30. Pathetic secondary. 10-7 as New Mexico eventually scores the TD.

Monroe gets the easy touchdown from 1 yard out as he gets his 7th yard of the day on 6 carries. Warner has actually started getting the bulk of the carries lately, and he's got two carries for 13 yards already. 14-10 with a few minutes to play in the half.

New Mexico answers back with a touchdown, taking back the lead, 17-14 with less than a minute to play.

3rd Quarter

Houston takes the reverse hand off 38 yards before fumbling it on the NM 10 yard line. Great. 1st down for NM now.

Nothing happens for the rest of the quarter, just a bunch of punting.

4th Quarter - NM still leading 17-14

Uh-oh. New Mexico gets into the endzone to take a 24-14 lead. We're playing pretty poorly. Coleman is playing well, but everyone else isn't.

Coleman generates his frustration by putting together a good enough drive to get us three points to pull within 7. 24-17 with 8 minutes to go.

DE Villapiano comes up with an interception after the ball was tipped at the line! This stops a solid drive that was starting to come together for New Mexico, whew!! That's big.

Houston slips away from a few tacklers and breaks it open for a 53 yard touchdown catch! Tie ball game just like that. Three plays after the interception, whoo-hoo. 24-24 with 5 to go.

A holding penalty on first down hurts New Mexico and helps us hold them to a quick three and out. 2:43 left in the ball game, 1st and 10 for us at our 34 yard line.

We face a dangerous call, but decide to punt on 4th and 4 on the NM 47 yard line. I wanna go for it, but there's just over a minute to go, I don't want to give them a chance to score if we don't get it. NM ball on the 20 yard line after the touchback.

Uuhhh, so freakin' close. New Mexico misses a 47 yard field goal for the win after they were able to break open a few runs....ugh.... OT We Go.

OT
New Mexico on offense first.

After a gain of two, incomplete and a fumble for a loss of 5, New Mexico has to try for a field goal, which they miss wide right!!! All we need is a FG now.

All we need though is two plays as Coleman hits Whigham from 13 yards out for the game winning touchdown! 30-24 final score!

Such a strange game. It looked like we weren't going to have a chance there for a while, but we came back. We didn't play so well in the 1st three quarters, but finally came together for the win to push us to an 8-3 record and a possible Top 25 spot.

Coleman was 28 of 36 for 307 yards and 3 TD passes! Great game, no picks either. He also had 7 carries for 48 yards.

Warner had 7 carries for 56 yards. He'll be starting next week as Monroe finished with 16 yards on 14 carries! Awesome, dude.

Villapiano, the DPOG with a sack, interception and two forced fumbles. Nicely done, bud.

We're allowing way too many sacks, giving up six this game, and I believe six last game as well. No wonder Coleman got hurt.

mauboy

01-05-2006, 07:37 PM

Week 14 vs 6-4 San Jose State - We faves by 4

Good way to end the season before we head into the bowl season...with a win against a decent but not that good foe.

Coleman is fully recovered from his elbow strain, and looks to take the lead in Passing Yarsd in the nation. He's only down by 13 yards to a player that's played his 12 games of the season already. So he looks to finish as the best.

I planned on starting Warner for the week, but he's a bit injured so we're going to give him the rest before the big bowl game that I really really want to win.

1st Quarter

Rogers sucks, I forgotted. He fumbles it and SJSU returns it 25 yards to our 6 yard line. Let's hold 'em D.

We don't, 7-0 early on.

We run only once on our next drive as Coleman takes it all the way down the field for the touchdown pass to Ebenezer Dodrill from three yards out! 7-7 just like that.

2nd Quarter

14-7 as SJSU takes advantage of the lost fumble from Coleman as he was sacked.

We only need one play to tie it back up, a 72 yard out to Monroe is good for six points. 14-14, once again, just like that.

We hold SJSU to a punt and we go driving down the field again, this time Coleman hits MacPherson with a 31 yard touchdown pass! His 3rd touchdown of the game already. He's really showing off out there! He's great a good shot to be the player of the year!!! 21-14. Five minutes left in the half.

We get the ball back on the 6 yard line with two minutes to go. That's enough time for Coleman to go 94 yards for ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN! His fourth of the game goes to Rogers this time! Wowza at his first half numbers. 28-14 at the half!

Coleman is 22 of 29 for 306 yards! 4 tds. Those numbers are as if the game was over! But it's halftime!

3rd Quarter

Our drive comes to a halt and we settle for a field goal! Dang! 31-14 early on in the 2nd half. Rogers has 10 carries for 75 yards, and Monroe 6 for 22 yards(this just to show you that I'm not only passing passing passing, but passing passing running...:) )

Nothing can be stopped as we kick another field goal after 55 yards rushing by our two backs. 34-14 now.

4th Quarter

ANother field goal for Bernard, 37-14 midway through the final quarter. We almost have 600 yards of offense while SJSU doesn't even have 200 yet. Am I supposed to feel bad? I don't. This is a great game to get rid of those frustrations from those horrible losses.

We record a safety, making it 39-14.... lol Coleman has been on the bench watching Rogers rack up the yards! Rogers with over 200 yards rushing in the game with 5 minutes to play.

Rogers finishes the game with 39 carries for 262 yards on the ground! Wowza! What a great game for the Senior. Has he found his stroke just in the nick of time as we head into the bowl game? He also had 3 catches for 89 yards and his only TD.

We finish with a 9-3 record in this record breaking football game(at least I think it would be).

Coleman finishes 28 of 38 for 346 yards and 4 TD passes.

Will we win my first bowl game as a head coach???? Does Coleman win the POY Award? Stay Tuned!

bigguy9854

01-05-2006, 08:15 PM

Good season coach!! Time to get a bowl victory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

mauboy

01-05-2006, 10:28 PM

Season Stats and Notes - Offensive and Defensive Stats Attached to Word Doc below. ****Should I post pictures(more hassle) or should I just post the stats through a document? It doesn't matter to me, really, just let me know whatch y'all prefer. I'll change it up next season if there a unanimous decision to change it :)****

We finished the season pretty well in the nation for offense and defense thanks to the last game of the year.

Offensively, we were 27th in the nation.
Defensively, we were 14th in the nation.

I do believe those are the bests for me.

I forgot to post the offensive stats and stuff for the last game..

SJSU-198 yards
SDSU-669 yards

Annnnd, WHHHYYY do all these recruits keep going to them? That's my only question! LOL, Ah, well, as long as we keep kicking their asses.

Coleman finished the season with this impressive line:

313 of 483 (64.8%)
3608 Yards (7.5 per attempt)
31 TDs
8 INTs
145.4 Rating

He was sacked way too many times(36), but that's going to happen with all the passes we made this year!

To go along with all those passing yards, Coleman also had 67 rushes for 419 yards and 3 touchdown runs.

You'll see that senior Center, gave up 24 eff'n sacks. Holy crap. I should've put one of my stellar OG's over there. Ah, well. Maybe I'll do that for the bowl game.

Check out the attachment for the rest of the Offense along with the defensive stats.

mauboy

01-05-2006, 10:46 PM

End of Season Notes

Player of the Year Award

Goes to Mike Robinson of Ohio State. The guy threw one more touchdown than Cecil and ran one more than him too. But Coleman threw for plenty more yards. Obviously, Robinson played on a much better team in a much better conference, so I don't blame the media with this pick at all. I wish I could find out what place Coleman got in the voting.

Golden Arm Award

QB Mike Robinson again.

All Americans - 2nd Team

QB Cecil Coleman - Nicely done, little stud.

1st Team MWC - Coleman named POY for the 2nd straight season. Perhaps he could get 4 straight? That would be sweetness.

So QB Cecil Coleman
Sr OG Dan Ezerins - A heckuva season for him, 20 pancakes.

2nd Team MWC

Fr DE Dee Villapiano - 6 sacks, nice season for a true freshman
Jr FS Robert VonWagner - 5 picks 1 returned for TD

3rd Team

Jr WR Todd Whigham - 56 Rec, 606 yards, 6 TDs
Jr LB Fred Abramowicz - 79 tackles, 5 ints
Jr CB Fred Dawson
Jr Punter Eric Plum - 44.3 average, 39.1 net

Nice to see only one of the players listed as all conference players are going to be graduating, and we have decent replacements for Ezerins, so...interesting!

mauboy

01-05-2006, 10:52 PM

BOWL BOUND

We get into the Central Texas Bowl this year and will face 6-5 Tulane! A foe worthy of killing, perhaps? We'll see as I scout them up.

Tulane will be favorites, by 8 points.

RB Drew Seymour(7/9) will be the guy to stop. But his injury may help us out a little, as he's got a broken toe.

Other than him, there is absolutely nothing to worry about when I look at their depth chart, honestly. They're no better than New Mexico or Air Force in our conference.

Coleman will pick apart their secondary, IMHO! ;) Of course that's my opinion, he's 2nd team all american, how can he not? :p

Anyhow, let's get to the game!

mauboy

01-05-2006, 11:35 PM

Bowl game vs Tulane

You've heard my thoughts already in the above post..

Rogers will get the start after his tremendous game three weeks ago.

1st Quarter

We start out with a run to the outside with Rogers, no yards.
2nd play is a completion, but no yards were gained.
3rd down is a screen pass to Rogers who takes it in and hurdles a defender and gets 12 yards and the first down! Holding on the defense, declined. First down!

Next play Coleman scrambles for a 23 yard gain! Nice.

After a few nice carries by Rogers, we found ourselves on the 18 yard line where we had 1st and 15 after an ineligible receiver down field on OG Joseph who's playing center, but maybe not for long.

On the 1st and 15 we go to the air and Coleman hits Hudson in stride who takes it into the endzone for six! 7-0 on the opening drive ! Me = Excited! Coleman 4 for 4, 40 yards, 1 TD.

Three and out for Tulane.

3rd and 12 at the Tulane 28 yard line we set up a screen and Rogers takes it in and gets GREAT blocking and goes UNTOUCHED into the endzone for the touchdown! Annnd no penalties, yay. 28 yard touchdown pass makes it 14-0! Coleman 8 of 9, 89 yards, 2 TDs. Rogers has 11 carries for 43 yards. Impressive start for both skill players. 4 minutes to go in the 1st.

Tulane not going to go down easily as they answer back with a touchdown of their own. 14-7 nearing the end of the 1st quarter.

We have to punt it away to Tulane who takes it down the field and gets into position for a 51 yard field goal. Our defense, who's got lots of blocked field goals on the season blocks this one giving us the ball back on the 44 yard line.

We have to punt it away again after only gaining a yard, but the Coffin Corner candidate nails a 54 yard punt which is downed on the Tulane 1 yard line! Safety time?

They gain a yard and will have to punt after an incomplete pass...wait, nope, holding on the defense, automatic first down... Damn!

We do get them to punt later on in the drive and we get the ball back on the 3 yard line with 5 minutes to play in the half.

Someone in the Tulane secondary blew an assignment as Coleman connected with Hudson for the 2nd time in the game for a 35 yard touchdown pass and catch! Wahoo 21-7 as we near the end of the half, 1:20 left. That was an impressive 94 yard drive.

Villapiano comes up with a sack, seventh on the season.

That would be pretty much it for the half.

Rogers has 19 carries for 59 yards
Coleman is 14/20, 174 yards, 3 TD passes

Our offense is outgaining Tulane 265 to 152. Good game all around for our boys. Two quarters away from my first Bowl Win!

3rd Quarter

Tulane starts the scoring first as they take the opening drive down the field goal and get a 52 yard field goal to stay in the game. 21-10.

Coleman continues his great game, but our receivers continue to fumble the ball, and it's Tulane's ball on their own 25 yard line. We were moving down the field nicely once again, but as usual, the receivers find a way to ruin it.

We get the ball back after a quick 3 and out anyways and Coleman, being Coleman the All American, takes us down the field once again, and hits WR Hudson, ONCE AGAIN for the touchdown! This one is from 19 yards out! Amazing game between these two guys. Hudson is the #3 receiver, it's insane! 28-10. 4 minutes left in the 3rd. Coleman nearing the 300 yard mark.

Blount puts the nail in the coffin as he returns the Tulane punt 56 yards for the touchdown! 35-10 and this one is OVER!

4th Quarter

That's enough of Rogers. Pathetic game by him, but oh well, can't expect him to do that great everytime. He just got his 30th carry and lost 7 yards putting his total to 67 yards. Time to bring in Monroe/Graham/Warner for some carries.

35-17 as Tulane puts together a nice drive with 5 minutes to play.

That would be the final score!

Coleman, easily the player of the game as we dominate Tulane on both sides of the ball until it came to the end when Tulane got some mercy yards.

Coleman was 23 of 31 for 302 yards, 4 TD passes. Such a great season for him! Quite the nice finish, too.

We finish the season 10-3 and we'll find out if we break the Top 25 as we play out the rest of the bowl games. We SHOULD, as we were 26-28 with the votes we received. So! :)

mauboy

01-05-2006, 11:50 PM

2012 Season Notes

San Diego State University ended up 24th in the Media Polls and 25th in the Coaches Poll! Hip-hip-Hooray!

Coleman finished with 3910 yards, 35 TDs, 8 INTs. Let's see if he can duplicate those numbers, maybe even improve on them next season!!!!

Evaluation

Team Performance: B
Talent: D
Recruiting: D
Board Expectations: A
Prestige: A
Overall: B-

The overall grade is my best yet, beating the C+ I got a four or five seasons back. It's nice to be on the higher end of things!

Our prestige started at 43 at the beginning of the season and is now 44! A jump of one.. maybe it'll go up after the file flips over. Hmm. We'll see. Nope, it didn't. Heh.

I'm going to be looking at the job offers before I call it a night.

Job Offers for Coach Mau

Nevada and Toledo both offered and I've declined. Another season with SDSU it looks like.

mauboy

01-06-2006, 12:06 AM

2013 Off Season

Okay, a few more things! LOL I'm just too excited to go to bed yet.

We have to sign a new Offensive Coordinator and we sign quite possibly the best one out there, he's got great developing in most categories except RB where's he's only green. If Coleman improves just a little, watch the heck out!

Transfers

Wow. The list of interested players is WAAAY up there. There are some guys that are rated 8's and 9's that are even very interested, holy smokes!

We offer a number of players scholarships including a 7/9 RB who currently plays at USC! He's a sophomore who hasn't used up his Redshirt year, so, wow, if we get him, I'll win a national championship ;). j/k

We offer five scholarships, we'd offer more but we can't offer more than one at each position! Here goes, advancing...

We add in a RS Freshman QB a scholarship, just in case......

We don't get the RB, unfortunately, but we've still got a chance at a few other players still! Four of them to be exact.

Final Week Of Transfers:

Nope.
Nope.
Nope.
And Nope.

Bummer. Ah, well! We can still do well in the MWCrap(minus Utah, who are becoming major players! They're consistently ranked in the top 20 year in and out, they finished 12th this year. I remember in a few of my first few years they finished top 5!).

mauboy

01-06-2006, 01:22 PM

Recruiting Season Is Here

I have not once used the change positions, other than played a player out of position. I think this year though, I'll use it, just to see wud up. I imagine some of my 10 receivers could be good DB's perhaps. So, I will do that when the time comes around, I know I've got athletes on my team.

1st Week of Recruiting

As always, it's just scout week. Almost all the interested players are 3 stars or lower, but when it comes to '6' interest, I've got a 5 star SS interested, so I'll play him hard and hope to land him.

Week Two

Nada happened here.

Week Three

We're now hoping for some recruits from here and out, maybe one or two a week, but I'd like more if at all possible. I am seeing a lot of players that I could really use this season, and the recruits, if they are smart, will see that and come here!

We sign none but lose a few non-important players.

Week Four

We find out this week that Utah has taken a hit in their backfield for the upcoming season. They lose Sylvester Smith to the NFL Draft. Smith was a senior and poised to have his best season. Too bad.

No signings again.

Week Five

I don't want what happened last year to happen.. I'd rather know now if the kids want to come to school here rather than in the final week of signings. C'mon kids!

Players committing to San Diego State
DE Avon Morin

We lose three players to other colleges. They made the wrong choices, yes they did.

mauboy

01-06-2006, 01:42 PM

Week Six

I have a feeling this will be a good week for us. Last week we got a good DE in Morin, who looks to have a shot at starting this year with Johnny Hampton. I'd like that duo, assuming Morin pans out after the training period.

Players committing to San Diego State
RB Dennis Bennett

I really wanted a running back this off season, well, I've got one. I'm hoping for at least one more though, since it seems like my recent RB recruits have been all misses. I have a two other RB's on my list.

Week Seven

My gut feeling didn't come through last week, but we still have a lot of potential signees, according to my scouts who're all saying that we should have at least 10 recruits signing soon.

Players committing to San Diego State
TE Anthony Heitmann
DE Clarence Phillips

We get a good blocking TE in Heitmann. Phillips adds more depth to an already good position. It looks like these guys will be possibly moving over to DT if our current one doesn't pan out.

Week Eight

C'monnnnn 8 recruits this week!! *crosses fingers*

Nothing. We don't lose anybody worth importance either. Strange week.

Week Nine

I almost have a 100% feeling that I will sign this certain CB this week.

Players committing to San Diego State
ILB Zollie Milloy

We didn't sign the guy I thought we would, but we haven't lost him yet either. One more week of signings before the training period though. We've got 5 recruits so far.

Final Week

If we don't sign more than four recruits, I'll be pretty upset with this year's recruiting. I have all the confidence in the world that I will sign more than that though...so here goes:

Players committing to San Diego State
FS Joe Baker (#249th ranked recruit in the nation... nice)
CB Brenden Hodgins
ILB Fredd Hayward
CB Alexander Brunell
CB Randy Smith
WR Jim Nomellini

We not only get the CB I thought we would, we got two more! We should FINALLY be set in the secondary! Wahoo!

All Three Star players except the last one, who's a WR I don't care about.

The following recruits ended up coming to San Diego State:

CB Randy Smith, 3-stars
Tokay (Lodi, CA)
National Rank: 879, Regional: 182, Position: 58

ILB Zollie Milloy, 3-stars
De La Salle (Concord, CA)
National Rank: 659, Regional: 117, Position: 43

TE Anthony Heitmann, 3-stars
Kern Valley (Lake Isabella, CA)
National Rank: 545, Regional: 92, Position: 32

CB Alexander Brunell, 3-stars
Pitman (Turlock, CA)
National Rank: 919, Regional: 189, Position: 66

ILB Fredd Hayward, 3-stars
Central Catholic (Modesto, CA)
National Rank: 992, Regional: 210, Position: 50

DE Avon Morin, 3-stars
Palo Verde (Las Vegas, NV)
National Rank: 740, Regional: 138, Position: 50

DE Clarence Phillips, 3-stars
Monte Vista (Spring Valley, CA)
National Rank: 942, Regional: 198, Position: 58

RB Dennis Bennett, 3-stars
Deer Creek Mackinaw (Mackinaw, IL)
National Rank: 1604, Regional: 295, Position: 113

FS Joe Baker, 3-stars
New Caney (New Caney, TX)
National Rank: 249, Regional: 42, Position: 21

CB Brenden Hodgins, 3-stars
Lancaster (Lancaster, CA)
National Rank: 679, Regional: 122, Position: 37

WR Jim Nomellini, 2-stars
R.S. Ayala (Chino Hills, CA)
National Rank: 896, Regional: 186, Position: 133

mauboy

01-06-2006, 02:32 PM

Post Training - Depth Chart of Offense Attached.

Freshman FS Baker was indeed our best player after the training period. He's now rated as a 4/8! Nice! Finally, we'll be all right on the deep ball. But our corners will continue to struggle a little, even our newly recruited players are only as good as the players already had. None of the WR's will have anything to offer as a DB either, so we can't change many things up, sadly.

Redshirt freshman Carlson and Graham will be duking it out for the running back position. They're both rated as 2/5. Carlson is faster, but Graham is just a better runner overall, so he'll likely start out at the top of the depth chart to start the season..

Coleman is still listed as 4/6, so he's still a baller.

We're deep at the TE position, freshman Heitman(2/8) will likely be redshirted with two players that are more ready than him..

We're going to go with a West Coast offense along with 3-4 again on defense. I was suggested to go with 3-3-5, which I almost did, but I went back to something I feel comfortable with, the 3-4 D.

Scheduling Effort

We need four games this season.

UTEP agrees to 2 games.
Arkansas agrees to 1 game, week 1. :) We start out the season with a good opponent.. weehoo
Cincinatti and UAB also agree to a two game series. We're set to go!

mauboy

01-06-2006, 02:33 PM

Defense Depth Chart & Schedule

Attached below.

We're real good on the DE and LB positions along with the Safeties spots, like the last few years though, we're going to struggle on the corners with the DB's.

I do believe though, that we'll be a top 25 team defensively though once again.

Team Schedule
WEEK OPPONENT SCORE
1 at Arkansas
2 Alabama Birmingham
3 OPEN -
4 at Nevada-Las Vegas -
5 New Mexico -
6 Wyoming -
7 OPEN -
8 at Texas Christian -
9 at Colorado State -
10 Utah -
11 at Brigham Young -
12 Air Force -
13 OPEN -
14 at Cincinnati -
15 at Texas-El Paso -

mauboy

01-06-2006, 03:41 PM

Week One @ 0-0 Arkansas - Arkansas faves by 8

Coleman starts out the season with a tough task against a decent Arkansas defense. They'd probably be rated as the best defense if they played in the MWC, right above us...barely. We've got better defensive lineman, the linebackers are about the same, and they have better DB's, but we've got a better FS in Baker, who I'm very excited to see play.

We'll have to stop RB Brian Sikahema(7/9) if we wanna hold this above average offense under 28 points. If you take out Sikahema, you have an offense that looks much like ours.

We have to spend a lot of our Study Hall Hours this week on a few guys, mainly a few of our starters who're just below the mark, so they shouldn't have a problem coming back.

1st Quarter

Arkansas gets the ball to start the game and they take the ball just beyond midfield before punting it into the endzone. It's Coleman Time.

We lose 1 yard along with a 5 yard penalty forces us to punt it back to Arkansas.

Arkansas gets to our 41 before punting it into the endzone again. We need to move down the field a little. We'll get Coleman to throw some short passes this drive. Here weeee goooo!

Another penalty, offensive pass interference, forces us to punt it again. 6 minutes to go in the 1st as Arkansas gets good field position yet again.

Arkansas finally takes advantage of good field position and gets into the endzone. 9 plays 55 yards later it's 7-0.

2nd Quarter

We get to midfield before punting it 51 yard into the endzone as the 1st quarter comes to an end.

FR DE Avon Morin comes up with the first sack of the season for us as we hold Arkansas to a field goal after stopping them on 3rd and 2. 10-0.

So far Graham has 7 carries for -2 yards..Time to give Carlson hand offs... ugh

We finally get on the board thanks to a field goal from Sophomore kicker Turner. 10-3

We get the ball back on the kickoff as Arkansas fumbles it, we return it to the Arkansas 9 yard line.

Todd Whigham gets the first of many touchdown receptions from Coleman. That ties it up at 10! 6 minutes to play in the half. Now it's time to stop Sikahema who's got 10 carries for 95 yards...we just cannot stop the option!

Arkansas gets a HUGE return, returning it to our 4 yard line. But DE Morin comes up with his 2nd sack of the game making it 2nd and Goal on the six yard line now.

3rd and Goal on the 3 after a 3 yard run.

4th and Goal on the 1 after a 2 yard gain.

We do a mad 3-4 blitz, expecting a run, and they go to the air to get a touchdown. 17-10.

Coleman needs five plays to get back into the endzone to tie this game back up. This time Coleman scrambled for a three yard touchdown run. He still had 82 yards throwing on that drive. 17-17. 3 mintes left in the half.

The Razorbacks go three and out and give us the ball with just under two minutes to go at the 9 yard line following a MONSTER 65 yard punt. Sheesh.

We just run it three times, running the clock out, we'll take a tie at the half.

But that's not the way Arkansas wants to end the half as they have the ball at midfield with 16 seconds left, they get a big 30+ yard gain to put them into the field goal range and they knock it in for three. 20-17 at the half now.

Coleman is 13 of 18 for 144 yards and 2 TDs(1 running).

The run game is nearly non-existent.

3rd Quarter

Blair Shuler receives a pass from Coleman on 3rd and Goal for the touchdown! 24-20 as we take our first lead of the game. That was the first drive of the 2nd half. Coleman continues to be very impressive.

Arkansas needs two plays to get the lead back as our secondary gets beat...probably not the only time that'll happen this year. 27-24 a minute later.

I feel that the next team to make a mistake will lose this one. A mistake being a big turnover on their side of the field.

We get halted on the 34 yard line forcing us to kick a long field goal, 52 yarder. Turner has a good leg, but not that good as he comes up short.

4th Quarter

The fourth quarter opens up with a big decision for Arkansas as they face 4th and 1 on our 21 yard line. They decide to play it smart and kick the field goal, which they make. 30-24 at the start of the 4th.

We march right down the field and get a field goal for ourselves. 30-27 as Turner hits the 31 yard field goal. 12 minutes to play yet.

Arkansas faces a 3rd and 7 on the next drive and they run the option, which had been killing us all game, but finally we stop them for a 2 yard gain, forcing them to punt it.

But, on the next play, Coleman throws his first interception of the season. We were being ever so careful, sticking only with what was working all game, the short passes. Damn.. 1st and 10 for Arkansas at our 36 yard line. Could this be the mistake I was talking about that wins it for Arkansas?

Nothing bad happens as Arkansas goes three and out punting it to our 13 yard line. Whew! Nice defensive stop!

THAT is the mistake I was talking about as Coleman fumbles it into the hands of Arkansas. That is Coleman's 2nd fumble of the game, but the first one we didn't lose. 1st and 10 for Arkansas as they return the fumble to our 3 yard line with over 7 minutes to play.

Next play is a touchdown. 37-27 still with over 7 minutes to go.

Coleman paves the way for the touchdown, as he hits Moss in the endzone from 14 yards out! What a drive! 11 plays, 73 yards over 4 minutes of time leaving us 3 minutes to get the ball back for a field goal or perhaps a game winning touchdown. 37-34.

It takes us a little longer than we wanted, but we got the ball back with 1:17 left on the clock. An illegal use of hands puts us back on our 20 yard line instead of the 30. Dang.

Ugh.. A nice 23 yard gain on a quick slant is called back due to a hold on OT Elam. NOT THE TIME FOR THAT ****. C'mon

4th and 13, things are not looking good. We have to go with a deep route as there's only 30 seconds left.

The pass is complete to Shuler who sprints down the sideline for a 46 yard gain!! That puts us on the 37 yard line of Arkansas with 23 seconds left! We use our last time out!

Wow! Lets get a short pass gain and a field goal to tie it up.... Whew....

16 seconds left after spiking the ball. 3rd and 6 now. Dang, I wanted more yards than that. This would be a 51 yard field goal. One yard shorter than the one we missed earlier.

One more play... Please don't run out of time after this play.. Please Please Please.

Okay incomplete pass. 4th and 6 on the 33 yard line. We kick the field goal. Turner sets up...

the kick is up...

...it's on its way....

it's got the distance... is it straight?

.....

....

IT IS! GOOD! IT'S GOOD FROM 51 yards out! This ball game is going to OVERTIME!! HOLLLLYYYY COOWWWW!!

OT

Oooh, my lordy! Arkansas makes the mistake that will cost them the game! Our mistake was the game costing mistake up until now as the first play results in an interception for Arkansas which probably will be the game-costing mistake! Wow, what a change of events! Sophomore, Stingley comes up with a huge shoe-string catch for the interception. Wow. I'm still in shock!

1st and 10 - Delay of game(from typing all that previous stuff, maybe? lol)
1st and 15 - No yards gained on the run.
2nd and 15 - No yards again on the run.
3rd and 15 - We run a little hook and flat pattern in single formation.

WR George Moss takes it in, slips a tackle and gets caught from behind, but not before he got the first down!!! 19 yard gain. 1st and 10 again.

On 3rd and 9 from the 10 yard line, we go for the 28 yard field goal. Turner sets up.

Snap is good. Kick is up. And good!

AZTECS WIN !! AZTECS WIN!!!!!

Wait! There is a penatly! What on Earth!? Are the forces working against me??

38 yard field goal after the holding penalty now....

It's up. Straight! And good! There! NOW IT'S OVER!

What a thriller in Arkansas! Unbelievable! The twelve fans that showed up to the game for SDSU are going crazy! They storm the field and try to take down the field goal bars, but fail!

40-37 as the Aztecs upset the Razorbacks in overtime!

Coleman had an amazing game despite his two turnovers, 1 pick and fumble lost.

Coleman's numbers - 37 of 52, 415 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT!

The running game was not there today as the RB's combined for 24 carries for 34 yards. Carlson getting 36 yards on 17 carries.

Shuler, Moss, and Blount each recepted 8 passes, Shuler and Moss gaining 86 yards, and Blount with 66. Shuler and Moss both got TD catches. Great games by all of them, and last but not least. Carlson, he had 7 catches for 104 yards! He really kept us in the game, shedding tacklers after his catches. This West Coast Stuff works well with him in there.

We outgained Arkansas 456-359, great overall game! We were getting smoked in the 1st quarter, but after that it was all us.... for the most part.

LB Petrzuiello had 9 tackles. DE Morin had 2 sacks, the only two of the game.

Man. 1-0 after facing a decent Arkansas team! Yay! Me happy.

mauboy

01-06-2006, 05:06 PM

Week 2 vs 0-1 UAB - We're 1 point favorites

The first week win didn't come easy, as a matter of fact, we sort of paid for it with a few costly injures. We're without WR Whigham for 15-17 weeks, which is basically the whole season.

We also lose, Center Ed Johnson for 4-6 weeks. And also, our best corner in Rogers.

Luckily we don't play a very good team in UAB.

Graham gets the start at RB again this week, as he just IS the better running back. So, let's hope he does better than last week.

1st Quarter

UAB starts out with the ball, but not for long. They fumble it into our hands on their side of the field. Graham takes three carries for 15 yards, one of them being a 5 yard touchdown run. 7-0 early on.

UAB ties it up at 7 midway through the first quarter as we couldn't get the 4th down conversion on their 40 yard line.

2nd Quarter

UAB starts out the 2nd quarter with a field goal to take the lead 10-7.

We fumble the ball on the kickoff, UAB ball on the 24.

One play later, touchdown UAB.. just like that it's 17-7. Great.

With 5 minutes to go, we get three points to make it 17-10. Coleman having a stellar game. 15 of 18 for 128 yards so far.

We get another field goal after a LaFleur interceptoin. 17-13 with over a minute to go in the half.

17-13 would be the halftime score. We're playing pretty well, it's just those stupid first half mistakes that didn't let us get more points than we did.

3rd Quarter

Coleman takes us down the field midway through the 3rd quarter to give us a 15 yard touchdown pass to Shuler, who's having a heckuva start to his career. He's a sophomore though, but he hasn't played in a game yet. 20-17.

Carlson takes his 2nd rush of the game for a 15 yard touchdown run! 27-17 with a minute to play in the 3rd quarter.

4th Quarter

UAB gets back to within one score as they knock in a field goal to make it 27-20 early on in the 4th.

Graham gets hurt after 22 carries for 89 yards. He was having a good game... but it looks like he'll be out for a while says the announcer.

We miss Graham already as Carlson fumbles it on the 40 yard line where UAB picks it up and brings it all the way to the 3 yard line after a 37 yard fumble return. Ugh!!!

Ooooh, boy. Two consecutive penalties costs us two consecutive first down gains of 26 and 24. Unreal! The gods just don't want me to win this one apparently. We punt it away from our own 5 yard line with only 4:50 to go. 1st and 10 for UAB at our 25 yard line after a nice return.

FS JOE BAKER comes up with the interception on the very next play! 1st and 10 for us at our 15 yard line. Whew! What a savior Baker is!

Now we've got four minutes to go down field for the game winning score!

We march down the field and get conservative once we get inside the 20 yard line. We run the ball til we get to fourth down and try a 30 yard field goal with less 20 seconds left.

Turner nails it to give us the lead!

The time runs out on the kickoff and this game is over! 30-27 victory for the Aztecs as we move to 2-0! A nice start to the season.

Coleman put up some very impressive numbers. 33 of 39 for 244 yards and a TD, and also leading us to the game winning field goal.

DE Johnny Hampton is the POG with 2 sacks and 7 tackles.