Week 4 Review
Alabama-Birmingham Blazers (1-1) at #19 Indiana Hoosiers (2-0)
coaches poll: Indiana #19, UAB #49
the betting man says: Indiana by 6
attendance: 35,500 (52,400)
weather: 64 degrees and rainy
TV coverage: TV5
Pre-exisiting Injuries
RB B.J. Konrad probable strained quadriceps 2 weeks
the game
One of the most defensive games I've been a part of, both teams made excellent use of their punters. UAB was the first offense to look capable, but missed a 45 yard field goal attempt early in the first quarter. Both teams would punt back and forth for the rest of the first quarter, with nary a scoring opportunity.
Eventually, we would score. After a huge 39 yard run by B.J. Konrad started the drive, Allen Salinas found FB Charles Lyle three times for a total of 15 yards. B.J. Konrad would put it in the endzone himself, and we led 7-0 at the half. We missed another scoring opportunity when missing a 44 yard field goal attempt as the half expired.
UAB got the ball to start the second half. On the third play, linebacker Mo Graham intercepted the ball and ran it back to the UAB 15 yard line. B.J. Konrad ran for 16 yards, but a holding penalty limited us to a field goal. 10-0.
UAB rolled down the field with stron running to pull within 3 points, 10-7.
late in the third quarter, Allen Salinas hit Russell Sailer for a 24 yard touchdown to go up 17-7.
The fourth quarter would see UAB pull within 7, but on our next series, facing 3rd and 19 from our 9 yardline, the game was put out of reach. A 91 yard touchdown pass to Russell Sailer made every national highlight reel. More importantly, Indiana was off to a 3-0 start, and ready for it's conference schedule!
Final Score: Indiana 24, Alabama-Birmingham 14
Stat Rundown
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Konrad 24 125 5.2 39 1 8 0
3 Salinas 8 -27 -3.3 2 0 3 4
5 Sailer 2 17 8.5 20 0 1 0
84 Parr 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
3 Salinas 30 16 304 10.1 91 2 1
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
5 Sailer 7 207 29.5 69 91 2
39 Lyle 5 22 4.4 15 10 0
20 Konrad 2 31 15.5 4 19 0
86 DeLay 1 25 25.0 3 25 0
80 Blades 1 19 19.0 0 19 0
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
90 Prescott 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
31 Nellums 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
58 Fleming 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
49 Banks 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
34 Jarvis 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Humphrey 4 3 1.0 0 0 0
71 Nason 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
43 Graham 3 0 0.0 1 30 0
Player of the Week Nominees
WR Russell Sailer - 7 catches, 207 yards, 2 touchdowns
RB B.J. Konrad - 24 carries, 125 yards, 1 touchdown
QB Allen Salinas - 16-for-30, 304 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT.
Injury Report
RB B.J. Konrad probable strained quadriceps 1 week
CB Nicky Fuller out hyperextended knee 3 weeks
Recruiting
I offered 5 new scholarships this week, expecting that we're going to lose some players we've gone after already. I've now tried to expand my search to everyone within 400 miles of the school. It means we've talked to players from a pretty wide variety of states at this point.
Current scholarship offers:
QB Kurt Vallery - #2 QB, #2 player nationally. scouted 99-
DT Vince Amaya - #16 DT, #195 player nationally. scouted 93+
FB Desmond McConell - #1 FB, #41 player nationally. scouted 89-
OLB Robert Jeans - #20 OLB, #363 player nationally. scouted 75-
WR Jim Sherman - #10 WR, #154 player nationally. scouted 91+
DE Rich Markley - #2 DE, #4 player nationally. scouted 86+
K Howard Cash - #18 kicker, #565 player nationally. scouted 85++
S Chad Dorrough - #13 safety, #328 player nationally. scouted 84+
RB Luther Rose - #28 RB, #348 player nationally. scouted 65+
Week 4 Results
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#3 Wisconsin 70, OREGON 7
#10 UCLA 49, Ohio State 6
MICHIGAN 41, #13 Notre Dame 9
#19 INDIANA 24 Alabama-Birmingham 14
Duke 42, ILLINOIS 37
PITT 41, Penn State 39
Utah 34, MINNESOTA 8
IOWA 38, Fairbanks 8
Wow. Wisconsin is
not to be messed with. Conference play begins next week, and things are sure to be interesting!