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Week 2 Review

Rutgers Scarlet Knights (0-0) at #14 Indiana Hoosiers (1-0)


last meeting: last year we won 30-6 at home
series: 1-0 in our favor
coaches poll: Rutgers #35 and Indiana #14
the betting man says: Rutgers by 2
attendance: 45,200 (of 52,400)
weather: 84 degrees and fair
TV coverage: TV4


We won the coin toss and elected to receive. After returning the ball to our 27 yard line, we came out firing on the first play. Claude Altenburger bust up the middle for a 15 yard gain. On the very next play though, Claude showed his early-season jitters and fumbled the ball. We recovered, but the drive was stopped and we punted. The opening quarter was extremely tightly played defensively, and it took a big 33 yard run by Indiana to put themselves in scoring range. A few plays later the Hoosiers took a 7-0 lead.

Our offense was playing inconsistently, constantly following up every big play with a couple incomplete passes or stuffed runs. Finally we broke through with 5 minutes to go in the half. Seth Duffy found RB Claude Altenburger for a 4 yard touchdown to knot the game at 7-7. Duffy would again guide us to a score in our two-minute drill offense - A Ballard field goal put us up 10-7 at the break. I wasn't happy with our lackluster performance, but was at least pleased we were winning.

The third quarter was largely a punting contest, but we slowly picked up field position. Heading into the fourth quarter our offense starting moving the ball consistently again. Things went well until stalling at the 14 yard line, where we settled for another field goal. The score was now 13-7.

In the fourth quarter our superior atheletes took over. We were marching downfield, and with 5:36 to go Seth Duffy ran a 1 yard draw to put us up 19-7. The 2 point conversion would fail, but we felt comfortable. Indiana scored a late touchdown to make us panic, but we recovered an onside kick and kneeled on the ball. The true depth of our control of the game can be seen in our 21 first downs to Indiana's seven. Hey Indiana - Hoosier daddy?

Final Score: Rutgers 19, Indiana 14


Player of the Week nominees:
RB Claude Altenburger - 16 carries, 119 yards
QB Seth Duffy - 18 of 38, 200 yards, 1 TD 0 INT
T Dale Gourdine - 6 of 9 run blocking, 0 sacks allowed

Injury Report
injury-free!


Recruiting
This was another very productive week, we've got a lot of scholarship offers out already and I'm fairly confident we can land all of them.


Local Obligation Scholarships

none this season.


Blue-Chip Recruits

3. RB Juan Weydahl - #11 RB, #112 player nationally. scouted 75+
5'9" 184 lbs from Souderton, PA. A deceptively tough runner for his size, Juan appears to be a guy who can carry the load. Coming from a very good school, I'm confident he could become our starter by his 3rd year. His distance and academic preferences put us at the top of his list.
high school stats (through 5 games): 159 carries for 1,068 yards and 8 TD's. 25 catches for 344 yards, 2 TD's.


1. QB T.J. Houshmandzadeh - #4 QB, #18 player nationally. scouted 75-
6'3" 202 lbs from Philadelphia, PA. Ricky is a big-time passer from an extremely solid program. His proximity to us is amazing (just 49 miles), meaning only the horrible Princeton Tigers are closer. With his focus on distance and academics, this could be a slam-dunk acquistion of our next great QB.
high school stats (after 5 games): 57% completion, 1,032 yards (9.21 avg) and 6 TD's (0 interceptions). He's also run for 545 yards and 6 TD's.
offer status:no other offers

2. DE Winfred Bernard - #8 DE, #27 player nationally. scouted 92-
6'5" 253 lbs from Medford Lakes, NJ. Winfred appears to be a much better run stopper than pass-rusher, despite his somewhat light frame for the position. An excellent student, Winfred is most interested in Academics (Random Number Theory) and distance. Only Princeton is closer to him, so we should be able to lock up his services.
high school stats (after 5 games): 48 tackles, 9.5 sacks, 1 int.
offer status: Purdue has also offered a scholarship, Ohio State and Washington are showing interest.

---other scholarship offers---

G Chris Owens - #2 guard, #34 player nationally. scouted 92+
DT Lee Barnes - #4 DT, #39 player nationally. scouted 94+
T Ralph Stoughton - #9 tackle, #92 player nationally. scouted 78+

new offers:
CB Todd Nykolaisyn - #3 CB, #29 player nationally. scouted 83+
OLB Doug Cerda - # 3 OLB, #46 player nationally. scouted 78+
K Marc Langford - #7 kicker, #268 player nationally. scouted 90-



Conference Snapshot
Week 2 Results
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West Virginia 14 at MARYLAND 40
RUTGERS 19 at #14 Indiana 14 [TV4]
Pitt 19 at PENN STATE 20 [TV5]
Southern Methodist 35 at MIAMI 48
Western Michigan 0 at #3 SYRACUSE 52 [TV3]
Princeton 3 at NAVY 16
#13 Connecticut 10 at VIRGINIA TECH 44 [TV2]