Matt Barkley made his debut as the first true Freshmen QB to ever start the season opener for USC. Him and the entire Trojan offense seemed to have a tough time against Tomey's blitzing defense early. On the flip side of things, the defense also seemed to have a hard time against Spartan running back Lamon Muldron early in the game. They would eventually get their act together but at one point trailed 10-14 and 13-14 at halftime to an overmatched San Jose Spartans team.
The Trojans took the opening second half possession in for a TD on a 48 yard TD strike from Matt Barkley to Wide Receiver Bryce Butler. On the first play of the Spartan possession Taylor Mays got his second interception and took it down to the Spartan 10, where eventually Joe McKnight would run it in.
The Spartans struggled early in the second half throwing their second interception of the half on just their third offensive play giving the Trojans the ball deep in their own territory again, where Matt Barkley would hook up with Anthony McCoy for his third td pass to give the Trojans a 34-14 lead just a couple minutes into the second half.
The Spartans would score on their next possession, but never came close again. The Trojans adjusted their defense and got pressure on senior QB, Kyle Reed, all afternoon forcing 5 interceptions.
Taylor Mays had a dominating defensive day leading the team (tied with two others) with 10 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and even a forced fumble midway threw the third quarter.
Matt Barkley's debut was about what you would expect from a true freshmen completing just under 50% of his passes but 271 yard, 3 td passes, and best of all, zero interceptions.
The Spartan's brought pressure all game long holding the Trojans to a little over 4 yards a carry and also getting 2 sacks.
Joe McKnight led the Trojan running backs with 84 yards on 18 carries and two scores. Stafon Johnson also had a td and 55 yards, and Alan Bradford, CJ Gable, and Stanley Havili also got some carries.
The Spartan offense was led by running back Lamon Muldrow, who had 169 yards on 26 carries and 2 scores.
Next up for the USC Trojans is a big trip to Columbus to face the 7th ranked Buckeyes in a "collision in Columbus."
Team Stats: San Jose USC
Score: 21 54
First Downs: 10 18
Total Yards: 318 478
Rushes-Yards: 29-175 46-185
Passing Yards: 143 293
Turnovers: 6 0
TOP: 11:02 18:49
Blackshirts Look Soft!!!!!! The Nebraska defense struggled from the opening kick against Howard Schnellenberger's pro style offense. The linebackers looked bad except for the redshirt freshman Sean fisher who played great and will be the only one to receive a Blackshirt.
The husker offense on the other hand was crisp and explosive Roy Helu jr had 38 carries for 213 yards and looked like a true star. The young but talented receiving core had their moments highlighted by Meno Holt who had 89 yards on 3 reciptions and a 51 yard touchdown catch.
Nebraska plays Arkansas State next week.
Final stats:
Score:Fau-36 Neb-55
Firstdowns: Fau-22 Neb-19
Total offense: Fau-496 Neb-475
Rushing Yards: Fau-122 Neb-273
Passing Yards: Fau-374 Neb-202
Turnovers: Fau-3 Neb-2
Total yards: Fau-601 Neb-637
Indivdual Statistics:
Fau:
Passing:
Rusty Smith: 32-56 3 touchdowns and 2 ints
Rushing
A.morris: 22 ATT for 125 with 2 td;s
Reciving:
C.Gent:9 rec for 72 yards with 2 td'd
Nebraska:
Passing:
Zac Lee: 8-16 with 171 yards,2 TDs and 1 int
Rushing:
Roy Helu: 38 ATT for 213 yards with 4 td's
Receiving:
Meno Holt: 3 rec for 89 yards with 2 td's
Mauling the Hapless
Florida opens the season with a blowout win.
The gators were ready to get out on the field and start the 2009 campaign showing in their 61-7 win over FCS SE. The defense came out a little rusty as they gave up an opening drive touchdown to the visitors. From then on the Gator D put the clamps on the FCS offense and they would not score again.
From there on it was all Gators. Tim Tebow got all his work done before the 1st quarter ended leading the offense to scores on their first 3 drives. He hit Deonte Thompson for a 61yd TD catch on the first drive. He found Riley Cooper for a 16yd TD catch on the second drive. Then on his 3rd and final drive he took it in himself for a 5 yd TD run.
John Brantley came in and threw 2 TD passes in the second to Nelson and Cooper. Brandon James took a punt back 63yd in the 2nd also. In the second half it was all back-ups and all running. Chris Rainey found the end zone in the third on a 2yd run.
On a very strange play the Gators got a safety when punter Chas Henry had a beautiful punt that landed right at the 2 and stuck. As the Gators went to touch it up a FCS player ran in picked it up and then tried to run for it but he went into the end zone and never made it back out.
Florida finished with 514yds of total offense including 226yd rushing on 37 carries and 288yd passing on 11-15 and no interceptions. FCS SE had 146yd total with 69yd rushing and 77yd passing.
T. Tebow 6/6 138yd 2 TD
J. Brantley 5/9 150yd 2 TD
J. Demps 10 car 104yd 1 TD
C. Rainey 12 car 46yd 1 TD
E. Moody 9 car 52yd
R. Cooper 4 rec 81yd 2 TD
D. Nelson 3 rec 94yd 1 TD
D. Thompson 2 rec 84yd 1 TD
B. Spikes 7 tack 2 TFL 1 SK
M. Wright 7 tack 1 TFL
D. Munroe 1 tack 1 INT
RECRUITING TRAIL:
Before the game Florida got some great news as the #2 ***** CB in the country Rob Cronin and the #12 *** C Rod Baldwin committed to play at UF next year. [Reply]
thequick135 01:43 PM 09-12-2009
Texas wins glorified scrimmage
Colt McCoy led the way as the Longhorns dominated the UL Monroe Warhawks in a 52-10 win this Saturday. Malcolm Williams snagged two McCoy touchdown passees in the first quarter to put them out into a quick lead. McCoy then hit G Smith with an 8 yard strike to put them up 21-0.
No less than 15 seconds later, Sergio Kindle came around the edge to get the sack and forced fumble, while Lamarr Houston picked it up and took it to the house to give the Longhorns a 28-0 lead 1minute into the second quarter.
The only blemish on the day were two McCoy interceptions, one of which was taken back for a touchdown to give the Warhawks their lone touchdown.
The start of the second half saw Jordan Shipley take the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown, and for the whole game, he saw 146 kickoff return yards, 57 punt return yards and 65 receiving yards for 268 all purpose yards.
The defense looked stout as always, with Kindle picking up a team high three sacks with the whole team amassing 7 sacks total and one interception with a fumble recovery for a touchdown.
The longhorns look ahead to Wyoming next week in what looks to be another easy win for them.
Receiving
Malcolm Williams 6 catches 90 yards 2 td
Jordan Shipley 5 catches 65 yards
Brandon Collins 3 catches 50 yards 1td
James Kirkendoll 2 catches 41 yards
G Smith 2 catches 9 yards 1td
Defensive
Lamarr Houston 8 tackles 3 for loss 1 sack 1 fumble rec. and 1td
Sergio Kindle 7 tackles 2 for loss 3 sacks 1 forced fumble
Eddie Jones 3 tackles 2 for loss 2 sacks
D Beasley 5 tackles 2 for loss 1 sack
Curtis Brown 1 int
Player of the game:
Sergio Kindle 7 tackles 2 for loss 3 sacks 1 forced fumble and two pass deflections
Recruiting:
#2 **** DE Josh Wade from Laredo Tx is the first commitment to the Texas Longhorns
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gsauce44 02:38 PM 09-12-2009
CAL opens up the season with a 45-27 win over Maryland.
Cal came into the game thinking one thing and that was to give the ball to their impact player. And they did just that handing the ball to Jahvid Best 29 times on his way to 195 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns. After starting slow Best started to pick it up and scoring from one yard out on the second drive. Back up RB Shane Vereen proved he was a solid runner on his 12 att 94 yards and 2 touchdowns. Cal really didn't have much of a passing game as Kevin Riley job was to manage the game and convert on key 3rd downs. Maryland put up a good fight with a balance attack with Chris Turner who passed for 319 yards and 2 touchdowns and Da'Rel Scott who rushed for 119 yards but Maryland could never finish the drive as Cal defense made some key 3rd down stops. Cal plays FCS WEST next week.
CAL Maryland
FD 19 20
TOT Off 450 452
Rushing 43-300-5tds 27-133-2tds
Passing 10-15-150yards 23-34-319yards-2tds
TO 0 1
TOP 17:55 12.23
CAL
QB Kevin Riley 10-15 150 0tds 0ints 66% comp perc
RB Jahvid Best 29att 195 yards 2tds
RB Shane Vereen 12att 94 yards 2tds
WR Nyan Boateng 3rec 66 yards 0tds
SS Marcus Ezeff 11 tackles
FS Brett Johnson 7 tackles
MLB Mike Mohamed 3 tackles 67 yard fumble recover td
Mary
QB Chris Turner 23-34 319 2tds 0int 67% comp perc
RB Da'Rel Scott 20att 119 yards 0tds
RB Davin Meggett 3att 32 yards 2tds
WR Adrian Cannon 5rec 84 yards 0tds
TE Tommy Galt 5rec 67 yards 0tds
SS Jamari Mccullough 13 tackles
FS Terrell Skinner 10 tackles
CB Nolan Carroll 10 tackles
CB Anthony Wiseman 10 tackles
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Oklahoma State beats Georgia in early season showdown
OK ST 49
UGA 35
Key Performers:
Z. Robinson 33-42, 372 yards, 4 TDs, 1 Int
K. Hunter 25 Carries, 97 Yards, 2 TDs
D. Conner 10 Catches, 91 Yards
J. Blackmon 7 Catches 83 Yards, 1 TD
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Pielet 05:01 PM 09-13-2009
Just got back and played my game. Eeked out a victory against New Mexico (that can't be good in the future, let's hope I just have some rust from not playing for 3 days). Both DL's had 5+ sacks in an ugly game. My defense played horribly!
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DOSMedia4SC 08:12 PM 09-13-2009
Originally Posted by TheManInBlack38:
Hey man when u advancing today?
Good write ups guys. Really enjoy them.
I am going to advance right now actually.
I will be posting the new top 25, key performers, POW, Heisman candidates, ect. Just give me about 20 minutes to get all those stats up.
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DOSMedia4SC 09:18 PM 09-13-2009
Okay guys we have now advanced into week two. Sorry it took until the afternoon even though Pielet got his game done a few hours ago. I was up late last night because of the big win! :-)
It looks like everyone had a great week 1 and it was fun to read about everyones games. I would like to get into week 3 by tomorrow night, so I hope everyone can get that done, but if not, just let me know and we can work something out.
Here are some stats, results, POW's, leaders, and even more stuff...
Week 1 Results: (17) BYU 71 @ (2) Oklahoma 65 (4 overtimes)
Maryland 27 @ (15) California 45
FCS SE 7 @ (1) Florida 61 (5) LSU 38 @ Washington 24
Florida Atlantic 36 @ (21) Nebraska 55
Navy 34 @ (7) Ohio State 55
(13) Georgia 35 @ (9) Oklahoma State 49 Stanford 34 @ Washington State 44
UL Monroe 10 @ (3) Texas 52
New Mexico 28 @ Texas A&M 31
San Jose 21 @ (4) USC 54
Coach's Top 25
1. Florida 2. Texas 3. USC 4. LSU 5. Ohio State
6. Virginia Tech
7. Penn State 8. Oklahoma State
9. Oklahoma
10. Oregon
11. Ole Miss
12. Alabama 13. BYU 14. California
15. North Carolina
16. Georgia Tech
17. TCU
18. Georgia
19. Florida State 20. Nebraska
21. Boise State
22. Iowa
23. West Virginia
24. Utah
25. Kansas
Players of the Week: NCAA: Defense: Matt Moss- Texas A&M- 12 tackles (8 tfl) 5 sacks 2 ff Offense: Max Hall- BYU- 38-59 605 yards
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