Week 16
Recruits
Walk-on week. We should have our recruits now…
- Omar Heath, a running back from Enosburg Falls High School in Enosburg Falls, Vermont
- Cory Gilmore, a tight end from Athens Drive High School in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Britt Magee, a wide receiver from Cloudland High School in Roan Mountain, Tennessee
- Tyrus Flores, an offensive guard from Highlands High School in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania
- Oliver Alston, an offensive tackle from Northland High School in Columbus, Ohio
- Herman Moore, a defensive end from Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California
- Marshall Bethel, a defensive tackle from Salida High School in Salida, Colorado
- Kris Newsome, a cornerback from Anacostia High School in Washington, District of Columbia
- RB Heath is scouted as 48+, and comes as Vermont #3 player. Well, that’s it.
- TE Gilmore comes at 49++ (by a lousy scout). A great student too.
- WR Magee is a walk-on hopefully, because, well, he sucks.
- OG Flores is a perfect student. Period.
- OT Alston is scouted as 47+ and also a great scholarship player.
- DE Moore is perfect student coming as a walk-on.
- DT Bethel, just the same
- CB Newsome : see above
Already in : QB, RB, FB, TE, WR, WR, WR, C, G, T, K, DE, DT, CB
Still needed : RB, DE, S – 1 position as we have 3 WRs
Our Game : #20 Indiana (9-2) vs #3 Rice (11-0) (-7) on TV4
Glad we make it to the postseason, but this might come to an end even with all our starting offensive players back on the field (apart from QB Vallery of course).
They drive first and have already scored after 2 minutes : 0-7. After 5 minutes, score is 0-14. First positive play for us comes with a DV Kitchens interception in our end-zone. Come on guys, let’s move forward. This drive comes to a bad end, bud on a 4th down, QB Clayton goes for it and we score on a TD pass to RB Wittich : 7-14 ! Q2 is pretty well balanced until we completely melt down and allow a late Q2 TD : 7-21. They even conclude with a short FG : 7-24 at halftime.
Q3 starts as badly as Q1 as QB Clayton is intercepted. Later in Q3, I ma glad that we only concede a FG : 7-27. Penalties are killing us today, plus QB Clayton is intercepted again… DB Bergmann is once again making an interception and we are in FG range. Boom, QB Clayton passes to RB Wittich for the TD : 14-27. Damn it, QB Clayton is intercepted again while we were driving nicely. I thought we could make a comeback, but now it is very unlikely.Shortly after, we intercept them also, but with just over 5 minutes to play, that’s too late. And we let them score another TD for a final score of 14-34. Without QB Vallery, we are not a national contender.
Game Summary
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Game MVP: RICE 40 Raymond Kraut
Indiana 7 0 0 7 - 14
Rice 14 10 3 7 - 34
Team Statistics INDI RICE
First Downs 14 23
Total Rushes 31 40
Net Rushing Yards 64 153
Yards Per Carry 2.0 3.8
Rushing Yards 117 196
Tckld Loss/Yards 11-34 11-35
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-19 1-8
Pass Attempts 36 31
Completions 17 18
Passing Yards 224 240
Yards Per Attempt 6.2 7.7
Interceptions 3 3
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 3/0
Total Plays 67 71
Total Yards 288 393
Yards Per Play 4.2 5.5
3rd Down Plays 6/16 5/13
Penalties 6 7
Penalty Yards 48 50
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 39
Time Of Possession 28:38 31:22
Indiana Stats
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Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 22 77 3.5 28 0 10 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
12 Clayton 34 16 211 6.2 36 2 3
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
21 Wittich 5 85 17.0 64 36 2
86 Jones 5 75 15.0 26 30 0
Defense Tkl Asst Sack Int IntYd IntTD
53 Jeans 9 1 0.0 0 0 0
25 Crane 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
59 Wasserman 5 3 1.0 1 0 0
31 Bergmann 2 1 0.0 1 24 0
45 Kitchens 0 0 0.0 1 0 0
National Scene : Playoffs Round 1
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First Round Game 1 Stanford (10-2) 27, Syracuse (9-3) 17
First Round Game 2 Vanderbilt (11-1) 23, South Florida (10-2) 20
First Round Game 3 Marshall (10-3) 45, Texas (10-2) 22
First Round Game 4 Central Michigan (10-3) 26, Southern California (9-3) 21
First Round Game 5 Tulane (11-2) 38, Notre Dame (9-3) 31
First Round Game 6 Barrow (11-1) 35, Utah (9-3) 7
First Round Game 7 Northwestern (10-2) 55, Idaho (10-2) 19
First Round Game 8 Rice (12-0) 34, Indiana (9-3) 14