Howling at the moon Husky-style (2004 Northern Illinois TCY dynasty)

Dolemite73 · 01-18-2010, 07:04 PM

This will be a TCY/FOF 2004 Dynasty that will follow the careers of any Northern Illinois alumni that make it to the next level. My ground rules are as follows:

• I will use the I formation offense. The defense will likely be the 46 defense, as we want to concentrate on stopping the run and pressuring the QB.
• I take care of recruiting, the offensive game plan, and hiring/firing assistants. My assistants take care of everything else.
• Initially, I’ll only recruit prospects within a 200-mile radius of Chicago, Illinois, focusing mainly on the Chicago Public League schools.
If we win at least 6 games in a season, I’ll increase it by 50 miles per win over six.
• The Solecismic Eight will be in North Carolina (Crystal Coast Conference).
• Game setting will be on Starting Lineup (I am a relative novice to this game.
• Recruits must have an SAT of 1100, and GPA of 3.00.
• In any recruiting class, I can only sign 6 recruits from the outside of the greater Chicagoland area. The remainder must come from the city.

I have a lot of rebuilding to do, the team will be young and recruiting will not be easy this year coming off a mediocre Season. My Goal for 2004 will be to finish 6-5 and hopefully land a Bowl bid to restore some prestige to the program.

Dolemite73 · 01-18-2010, 07:08 PM

Syndicate Coordinator
Marco Chen, 44
Very Good at academic eligibility, poor at soliciting donations, and Good at syndicate investigation. Not bad for a syndicate coordinator at NIU.

Offensive Coordinator
Bryan Duggar, 39
His strengths are with the WR, OL, K and with rehabilitation from injuries and Congeniality. He is poor with QB’s and terrible with injuries.

Defensive Coordinator
Leland Pearce, 37
His strengths are with the LBs, DL’s and Congeniality. However, he is terrible with DB’s, Playcalling and Rehab.

Due to our recruiting radius, the following may be our two most important scouts:

Great Lakes Scout
Victor Pogue, 36
Very strong scout! His only weakness is QB’s. He is very strong everywhere else.

Mid West Scout
Kelly Schwartz, 36
I will be replacing this guy next year. He is Lousy or terrible in all positions except QB’s.

Overall, I am happy with my staff. They seem like good guys and the kids love them.

Dolemite73 · 01-18-2010, 07:27 PM

Starters are in BOLD. Redshirts are in RED

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Lewis, Jake             9    QB   Sr    31                63                 

Rivers, Norman          8    QB*  So*   12                41                 

McWilliams, Moe         14   QB*  Sr    17                17                 

Logan, Kyle             18   QB*  Fr    7                 21                 

Garrett, Clyde          12   QB*  So*   1                 16

Jake Lewis will be the man. Rivers will back him up and getting some talent here in the future is a priority.

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Grier, Randy            24   RB   Jr    33                50                 

Bader, Donovan          39   RB   So    25                38                 

Sellers, Mitch          30   RB   So    32                32                  

Stevenson, Anthony      44   RB   Sr*   49                49                 

Barr, Gerald            49   RB   Sr*   27                40

I actually have good talent here to run my power I offense. Stevenson is a between the tackles type runner with very little speed. Will attempt to get a speedster in here next year.

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Gaylor, Ross            40   FB   Sr    50                59                 

Shepherd, Marco         20   FB   So    13                19                 

Forbes, David           27   FB   Sr*   21                21                 

Morton, Mitchell        29   FB   So    29                46

Gaylor looks like a stud. Good lead blocker and good hands out of the back field.

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Bark, Cornell           81   TE   So    26                31                 

Hatcher, Rex            83   TE   Jr*   16                40                 

Shea, Arnie             89   TE*  So*   14                28                 

Fletcher, Gino          80   TE*  Fr    17                41

Not a lot to work with here. Bark is the man, but we will be recruiting heavily for a pass catching TE. Hatcher is a 6'7" 249lb beast, but unfortunately for now, he looks like Tarzan, but plays like Jane. Hope we can develop him.

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Elliott, Dean           88   WR   Fr    25                34                 

Tully, Colin            1    WR   So    19                44                 

Schary, Albert          5    WR   Jr    31               31                 

Glode, Keith            85   WR   Jr    36                39                 

Kueth, Bobby            4    WR   So*   13                44                 

Berry, Dwight           2    WR*  Fr    15            39                  

Kochansky, Mel          7    WR*  Fr    18                18

Need some talent here ASAP. Though Glode does not have the best hands, he is my only big play threat and is a solid third down receiver. We will be leaning on him heavily this year.

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Finley, Deion           57   C    Jr    24                24                 

Cochrane, Jonathan      58   C    So*   3                 49                 

Wannstedt, Wesley       61   G    Sr*   15                32                 

Sawyer, Kenny           79   G    So*   9                 40                 

Mazor, J.J.             76   G    Sr*   35                35                 

Dail, Mercury           75   G*   Fr    14                50                 

Campbell, Junior        71   T    So    31                45                 

Schiffer, Roy           65   T    Sr*   27                35                 

McKenzie, Willie        78   T    So*   4                 62                 

Garcia, Melvin          69   T    Fr    17                67

Good mix of experience and youth here. Some of our younger guys have some nice upside. My philosophy is to build a team from the inside out, so the respective lines will be the top priority of recruiting for the next few years.

Dolemite73 · 01-18-2010, 07:46 PM

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Russell, Kenyon         73   DE   Sr*   18                43                  
Cocozzo, Frank          77   DE   Sr*   21                38                
Hastings, Ben           92   DE   Fr    10                27                  
Sarmiento, Willie       90   DE   Sr    31                31                  
Tubbs, Billy            97   DE*  Fr    10                46                  
Armenta, Walter         74   DE*  Jr*   7                 43

Not a very good bunch. Russell is my best pass rusher and he is tall and rangy (6'7"). Tubbs gets the redshirt and he could be a good one in the future.

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Clark, Hardy            70   DT   Sr*   15                18                  
Perliman, Howie         95   DT   Sr    25                25                  
Naughton, Keith         94   DT   Sr*   37                37                  
Page, Hugh              91   DT   Fr    5                 35

Absolutely no depth. Will be a priority next season to get a good three technique DT.

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Cantrall, Winfred       43   ILB  Jr    24                24                  
Jameson, Darryl         93   ILB  So    20                33                  
Stuart, Jermaine        96   ILB* Jr*   14                18                  
Beyer, Jeffrey          52   ILB* Fr    0                 35                  
Brown, Joe              53   ILB* So    9                 30

Going to go with youth and upside here with my MLB. Jameson has some room to grow and at 6'4", he presents a huge target to work around for opposing QB's. Not a lot to work with other than him.

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Hartman, Kim            98   OLB  So    31                48                  
Robbins, Steve          54   OLB  Sr*   32                37                  
Swift, Isaac            45   OLB  Sr    43                52                  
Jarvis, Ryan            42   OLB  Sr    40                43                  
Wells, Blaine           99   OLB  Sr*   35                35

Strength of the defense. This unit is not bad at all, relatively speaking. Hartman could be a force down the road.

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Marshall, Tony          36   CB   So    15                41                  
Buckley, Britt          41   CB   So    28                48                  
Vance, Billy Joe        31   CB*  Jr*   13                34                 
Randle, Harvey          21   CB*  Jr*   10                30                  
Cunningham, Chris       25   CB*  Fr    13                20

Ugly. Will need an infusion of talent here. Could be a long year in the 46 defense and our CB's out on an island one on one with quality WR's.

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Coles, Joel             33   S    Sr    41                45                  
Hayes, Rusty            34   S    Jr*   16                30                  
Schulters, Antonio      48   S    So*   12                50                  
Witt, Clay              35   S    Fr    15                54

Going to go with experience here. Help will be needed.

Dolemite73 · 01-18-2010, 07:49 PM

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Kittner, Bert           16   P    Fr    12                38                  
Bensen, Alex            6    P    Sr    39                57                  
Preston, Tom            10   K    Jr*   24                26                  
Wahle, Mitchell         11   K    Jr    29                33                  
Kirk, Max               15   K    Jr*   28                45

Bensen should help us in the ever important field position battles.

Dolemite73 · 01-18-2010, 08:03 PM

Preseason Top 25 and MAC preview

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  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank  
Oklahoma                0-0     B12   2.00  2.50  0.00  1.12  5.62  1       
Miami of Florida        0-0     ACC   3.00  2.00  0.00  1.36  6.36  2       
Michigan                0-0     B10   1.00  5.00  0.00  0.52  6.52  3       
Ohio State              0-0     B10   5.00  3.50  0.00  0.68  9.18  4       
Florida State           0-0     ACC   4.00  5.50  0.00  0.12  9.62  5       
Georgia                 0-0     SEC   6.00  5.00  0.00  2.08  13.08 6       
Texas                   0-0     B12   8.00  6.50  0.00  1.20  15.70 7       
Southern California     0-0     PAC   9.00  8.50  0.00  1.88  19.38 8       
Florida                 0-0     SEC   10.00 8.00  0.00  2.04  20.04 9       
Nebraska                0-0     B12   7.00  12.50 0.00  1.04  20.54 10      
Tennessee               0-0     SEC   11.00 10.50 0.00  2.20  23.70 11      
Louisiana State         0-0     SEC   12.00 12.00 0.00  2.40  26.40 12      
Alabama                 0-0     SEC   15.00 13.00 0.00  2.28  30.28 13      
California-Los Angeles  0-0     PAC   14.00 14.50 0.00  1.92  30.42 14      
Penn State              0-0     B10   13.00 19.50 0.00  0.72  33.22 15      
Wisconsin               0-0     B10   17.00 15.50 0.00  0.80  33.30 16      
Notre Dame              0-0     IND   16.00 16.00 0.00  4.56  36.56 17      
Virginia Tech           0-0     ACC   18.00 18.50 0.00  1.56  38.06 18      
Oregon                  0-0     PAC   22.00 17.50 0.00  1.76  41.26 19      
Kansas State            0-0     B12   20.00 20.50 0.00  0.96  41.46 20      
Clemson                 0-0     ACC   19.00 23.00 0.00  0.04  42.04 21      
Iowa                    0-0     B10   25.00 22.50 0.00  0.48  47.98 22      
Texas A&M               0-0     B12   21.00 26.00 0.00  1.24  48.24 23      
Washington              0-0     PAC   24.00 26.00 0.00  1.96  51.96 24      
Washington State        0-0     PAC   28.00 25.00 0.00  2.00  55.00 25

MAC-NORTH

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Marshall                0-0     MAC   59.00 48.50 0.00  3.80  111.30 55      
Miami of Ohio           0-0     MAC   65.00 73.00 0.00  3.84  141.84 70      
Central Florida         0-0     MAC   81.00 75.00 0.00  4.44  160.44 79      
Akron                   0-0     MAC   108.00101.500.00  3.64  213.14 104     
Ohio                    0-0     MAC   110.00101.000.00  3.88  214.88 105 
Kent State              0-0     MAC   109.00112.000.00  3.76  224.76 113     
Buffalo                 0-0     MAC   118.00115.000.00  3.72  236.72 119

MAC-SOUTH

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Toledo                  0-0     MAC   60.00 66.00 0.00  4.08  130.08 64      
Bowling Green           0-0     MAC   58.00 68.50 0.00  3.68  130.18 65
Northern Illinois       0-0     MAC   69.00 65.00 0.00  4.04  138.04 67        
Western Michigan        0-0     MAC   89.00 76.00 0.00  4.12  169.12 82      
Ball State              0-0     MAC   100.00100.500.00  3.92  204.42 99 
Central Michigan        0-0     MAC   101.00105.000.00  3.96  209.96 102     
Eastern Michigan        0-0     MAC   111.00104.500.00  4.00  219.50 110

Dolemite73 · 01-18-2010, 08:11 PM

Here is a look at the NIU 2004 schedule. Home games are in BLUE:

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2004 Northern Illinois Schedule
   
Rival: Ball State
Stadium Capacity: 28,000
Season Tickets Sold: 17,200
   
Week  Opponent                 Result    Attendance  Weather     Television  
2     at (27) Maryland                                                
3     GOLDSBORO                                                       
4     at (49) Iowa State                                              
5     BOWLING GREEN                                                   
6     AKRON                                                           
7     at Central Florida                                              
8     CENTRAL MICHIGAN                                                
9     at Western Michigan                                             
10    at Ball State     
11    Bye                                              
12    TOLEDO                                                          
13    at Eastern Michigan

2004 Outlook - Nothing too deadly. I play Toledo and Bowling Green in DeKalb this year, which should really be in my favor. Out of the last 4 games, 3 of them will be on the road, so this should test our mettle. I could honestly see us getting to 7 or 8 wins if things shake out right.

Recoil · 01-18-2010, 08:26 PM

Always nice to see more TCY dynasties.

Best of luck with NIU.

Dolemite73 · 01-18-2010, 08:29 PM

Thanks, Recoil. Just picked this game back up after 3 years away. Always loved it. Hopefully I don't screw this up too much.

Dolemite73 · 01-18-2010, 09:08 PM

2004 Week 1

Bye Week
Record Overall 0-0 MAC South 0-0

Passing
N/A

Rushing
N/A

Receiving
N/A

Defense
N/A

Recap
N/A

Injuries
None

Recruiting

Visits
None

Commits
None

As I see it my recruiting priorities are in this order: QB, RB, TE, WR, C, DE, DT, ILB, OLB, CB, P and K. The #1 OLB in the state (Dave Vos, 60/100) seems really interested in coming to DeKalb. Academics are his main concern and I seem to meet his needs there. Also targeting the #1 QB in the state (Erik Bach, 73/100). Getting him would be a coup. Also made a few more calls and trying to arrange some visits.

Next weeks Schedule
Northern Illinois at #27 Maryland
Asheville at Western Michigan
Bowling Green at #2 Oklahoma
Boston College at Ball State
Buffalo at Eastern Michigan
Central Michigan at Indiana
Toledo at Minnesota

Maryland is going to be tough to deal with. Their best unit is their beastly Defensive line and seeing how we are a power running team, this will not bode well for us. Bowling Green has som moxie going to Norman to take on the #2 Sooners. Fairly tough schedule out of the chute for the MAC South.

bbgunn · 01-18-2010, 09:24 PM

Nice.... another TCY dynasty! We are taking over. Good luck with this. I'll be following.

Dolemite73 · 01-18-2010, 09:28 PM

BBgunn, you are one of my inspirations. I have read your dynasties and hope I can measure up. Just trying to figure out my battle rhythm now.

Dolemite73 · 01-18-2010, 11:06 PM

2004 Week 2

Maryland 48 Northern Illinois 9
Record Overall 0-1 MAC South 0-0

Leaders
Passing
Jake Lewis 11-18-108yds 0TD 0INT
Norman Rivers 3-8-30yds 0TD 1INT

Rushing
Anthony Stevenson 5att 3yds
Randy Grier 8att -10yds

Receiving
Keith Gload 2-61
Colin Tully 5-37
Albert Schary 2-14

Defense
Ryan Jarvis OLB 8 tackles 2 assists
Darryl Jameson ILB 5 tackles, 3 assist
Tony Marshall CB 5 tackles 2 assists 1 INT 1 TD
Frank Cocozzo DE 4 tackles 1 assist

Recap
The Huskies had a very long day against the Terrapin defense, as expected. The Huskies running attack was non-existant running for a grand total of -11 yards on 24 attempts. Maryland's dual threat QB Alfred Newsome shredded the Husky defense for 3 TD's in the air while rushing for 110 yards on the ground with another TD. The only bright spot all day was a spectacular 95 yard interception retun for a TD by CB Tony Marshall. QB Jake Lewis was effective while he was in, but when the route was on, luckily we pulled him to prevent an injury. Hopefully we can bounce back next week.

Injuries
Antonion Schulters S Hyperextended Knee 4 Weeks
Steve Robbins OLB Questionable Influenza 3 Weeks

Recruiting

Visits
None

Commits
None

Still trying to arrange visits. The Illinois Fighting Illini will be the bane of my recruiting existance. All of my blue chippers I am pursuing want to wear the Blue and the Orange.I still have a good chance of snagging the #1 QB in the state, but Nebraska is chasing him hard. Erik Bach wants to stay close to home, so this maybe what gets me over.

MAC South Scoreboard
Maryland 48 Northern Illinois 9
Western Michigan 24 Asheville 20
#2 Oklahoma 30 Bowling Green 0
Boston College 38 Ball State 10
Eastern Michigan 38 Buffalo 31
Indiana 21 Central Michigan 10
Minnesota 37 Toledo 7

MAC South Standings

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School                   W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
Eastern Michigan         1  0  0  1.000 38  31  1  0  0  1.000 38  31  Won 1       
Western Michigan         1  0  0  1.000 24  20  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Won 1       
Central Michigan         0  1  0  .000  10  21  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Lost 1      
Toledo                   0  1  0  .000  7   37  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Lost 1      
Bowling Green            0  1  0  .000  0   30  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Lost 1      
Ball State               0  1  0  .000  10  38  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Lost 1      
Northern Illinois        0  1  0  .000  9   48  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Lost 1

Next weeks Schedule
Goldsboro at Northern Illinois
Ball State at Purdue
Central Michigan at #23 Michigan State
Eastern Michigan at #8 Florida
Western Michigan at Virginia Tech
South Florida at Bowling Green
Toledo at Kansas

Some interesting matchups this week. Central takes on another Big 10 team while Eastern takes on SEC powerhouse Florida. Northern Illinois should get back on track against a fairly weak Goldsboro team. Toledo hopes to atone for a drubbing at the hands of Minnesota by traveling to Manhattan, KS to face the Jayhawks.

Dolemite73 · 01-19-2010, 06:21 AM

2004 Week 3

Northern Illinois 34 Goldsboro 7

Record Overall 1-1 MAC South 0-0

Leaders
Passing
Jake Lewis 18-33-223yds 2TD 1INT

Rushing
HB Anthony Stevenson 16att 76yds
HB Randy Grier 9att 42yds

Receiving
FB Ross Gaylor 4-32
WR Albert Schary 4-69-1 TD
HB Anthony Stevenson 2-23

Defense
FS Joel Coles 7 tackles
CB Britt Buckley 5 tackles
SS Rusty Hayes 4 tackles 1 assists
DE Frank Cocozzo 3 tackles 2 sacks

Recap
On a bright and sunny day before 21,000 fans, the Northern Illinois Huskies celebrated their first victory of the year against the Goldsboro Pig Pickers. The Pig Pickers opened up the scoring early in the first quarter with HB Cory Bushon busting through a porous Huskies run defense for a 24 yd scamper. Fortunately for the Huskies faithful, this would be the only highlight of the day for Goldsboro. On offense, QB Jake Long was was decent and efficient. He moved the ball against a game Goldsboro defense and threw for 2 scores while also rushing for a score. The stars of the game were the Huskies secondary. They shut down the potent Goldsboro passing attack holding QB Orlando Jacobs 6-19-83yds and also picked him off once.

Injuries
WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 18 weeks
FS Antonio Schulters - Hyperextended Knee - Out up to 3 Weeks

The injury to Gload is a devestating injury and will affect this team all year. Gload was our only big play receiver. Our lack of depth will be exposed. Hopefully we can have a couple of our kids step up.

Recruiting

Visits
P Daryl Greer – Oak Forest, IL Overall 873, position 50

Commits
None

Finally got my first visit. Daryl Greer is averaging 46.4 yards per kick and also kicks field goals as well. Marshall and Central Florida are after Greer, but since being close to home is important to him, I should have the inside track. This kid Idolizes Northwestern, so if they swoop in, I may be in trouble. Univ of Illinois is hosting 4 of my targets, so I will need to stay diligent keeping my foot in the door before it is closed.

MAC South Scoreboard
Northern Illinois 34 Goldsboro 7
Purdue 35 Ball State 7
#23 Michigan State 45 Central Michigan 20
#8 Florida 66 Eastern Michigan 0
Virginia Tech 52 Western Michigan 3
Bowling Green 21 South Florida 20
Toledo 34 Kansas 0

A game Central Michigan battles Michigan State hard all game long only to give up 17 unanswered points in the last 8 minutes of the game. Toledo travels to Kansas and demolishes the Jayhawks, which impresses me greatly considering how bad they lose last week. No other real shockers here.

MAC South Standings

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School                   W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
Eastern Michigan         1  1  0  .500  38  97  1  0  0  1.000 38  31  Lost 1      
Toledo                   1  1  0  .500  41  37  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Won 1       
Bowling Green            1  1  0  .500  21  50  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Won 1       
Northern Illinois        1  1  0  .500  43  55  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Won 1       
Western Michigan         1  1  0  .500  27  72  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Lost 1      
Central Michigan         0  2  0  .000  30  66  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Lost 2      
Ball State               0  2  0  .000  17  73  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Lost 2

Next weeks Schedule
Toledo at Eastern Michigan
Ball State at Missouri
Central Michigan at Wilmington
Northern Illinois at Iowa State
Western Michigan at Illinois

The Big 10 gets a chance to continue to beat on on the MAC South. Illinois has a high powered offense while Western Michigan has one of the worse run defense in the nation (ranked 113). Should get pretty ugly early. We face Iowa State who is struggling out the gate with an 0-2 record. There star running back Danny Wolfe is going to miss this game with a knee injury, so their backup HB Stanley Porter will have to step up. He is talented though and unless we stiffen our run defense, he could hurt us. Redshirt Sophomore QB Antoine Burbank leads the Iowa State attack. He has had an up and down season so far with 4 Ints. Defensively, they give up 35 points a game.

Dolemite73 · 01-19-2010, 09:29 AM

2004 Week 4

Northern Illinois 26 Iowa State 15

Record Overall 2-1 MAC South 0-0

Leaders
Passing
Jake Lewis 14-30-174yds 2TD 0INT

Rushing
HB Anthony Stevenson 17att 67yds
HB Randy Grier 15att 92yds 1TD

Receiving
FB Ross Gaylor 3-24
WR Colin Tully 3-18
WR Albert Schary 2-68

Defense
OLB Ryan Jarvis 8 tackles 1 forced fumble
DT Keith Naughton 7 tackles 2 assists 1 sack
CB Joel Coles 4 tackles 4 assists 2 pass defense
ILB Winfred Cantrall 4 tackles

Recap
On a rainy day in Ames, Iowa, the Northern Illinois Huskies handily defeated the Iowa State Cyclones. The story of this game was the resiliency of the Huskies Defense. They continually bent to the onslaught of the Cyclones attack, but did not break when it matter most. Iowa State continually exploited the weak Huskies defense by rushing for 134 yds. Iowa State QB Antoine Burbank was under constant pressure all day by the Husky pass rush (sacked 5 times), yet managed to throw for 265yds, 2 TD with 1 INT. On offense, the NIU running game punished the interior of the Cyclone defense for 203 yds. QB Jake Long was able to sell the play action pass effectively and made the throws necessary to move the chains. DT Keith Naughton was a monster on this day.

Injuries
WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 17 weeks
FS Antonio Schulters - Hyperextended Knee - Quest up to 2 Weeks

We got out of this game clean with no new injuries.

Recruiting

Visits
P Daryl Greer – Oak Forest, IL Overall 873, position 50
QB Erik Bach - Oak Park, IL Overall 94, position 10

Commits
None

My main QB target has come for a visit this week. He is the top QB in the state and someone I am hoping wants to stay close to home to play his college football. He would definitely look good in the Husky Red and Black. One thing I am noticing is Western Michigan is target some of my blue chip recruits. They are the only MAC team in my area as of now. Something I will have to keep an eye on going forward.

MAC South Scoreboard
Toledo 38 Eastern Michigan 13
Missouri 20 Ball State 17
Central Michigan 38 Wilmington 7
Northern Illinois 26 Iowa State 15
Illinois 20 Western Michigan 10

Western Michigan played a heroic game at Illinois. Western Michigan was down 13-10 late in the 4th quarter and were driving for the go-ahead touchdown when Illinois intercepted a tipped pass in the end zone and returned it 103yds for a TD. Ball State also played a tough game in Missouri. They had an opportunity to tie the game late in the 4th quarter, but a 43yd FG attempt was blocked to preserve a Missouri victory.

MAC South Standings

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School                   W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
Toledo                   2  1  0  .666  79  50  1  0  0  1.000 38  13  Won 2       
Eastern Michigan         1  2  0  .333  51  135 1  1  0  .500  51  69  Lost 2      
Northern Illinois        2  1  0  .666  69  70  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Won 2       
Bowling Green            1  1  0  .500  21  50  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Won 1       
Central Michigan         1  2  0  .333  68  73  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Won 1       
Western Michigan         1  2  0  .333  37  92  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Lost 2      
Ball State               0  3  0  .000  34  93  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Lost 3

Next weeks Schedule
Bowling Green at Northern Illinois (TV4)
Temple at Toledo
Colorado State at Eastern Michigan
Western Michigan at Ball State

Pretty cupcake schedule this week. NIU begins MAC conference play against the 1-1 Bowling Green Falcons. Bowling Green's best unit is their ball hawking secondary led by FS Jerome Clancy. Their secondary is is ranked in the upper third of college football should be a good test for our developing QB. Offensively, the Falcons have struggled this year especially in protecting their QB (7 sacks allowed). We will look to exploit this weakness.

Dolemite73 · 01-19-2010, 11:53 AM

2004 Week 5

Bowling Green 24 Northern Illinois 20

Record Overall 2-2 MAC South 0-1

Leaders
Passing
Jake Lewis 18-26-243yds 1TD 0INT

Rushing
HB Anthony Stevenson 17att 53yds
HB Randy Grier 12att 59yds 1TD

Receiving
WR Albert Schary 3-71
WR Colin Tully 3-34
FB Ross Gaylor 2-25

Defense
SS Clay Witt 8 tackles 1 assist
OLB Ryan Jarvis 7 tackles 3 assists
OLB Issac Swift 6 tackles 1 assists
CB Joel Coles 4 tackles 1 pass defended

Recap
What a game. With 2:28 left in the 4th quarter, NIU K Max Kirk hits a 54yd FG to put the Hukies ahead 20-17. Game over, right? Not so fast. Bowling Green's struggling QB Bernie Karo carved up the Husky secondary. On 3rd and 17 from their own 17 yard line with 1:41 left on the clock, Karo hits WR Charlie Singleton for a 29 yd pass. Then with 1:10 left on the clock, Karo hits 4th string WR Craig Craver for a 50yd bomb down the right sideline! A couple of runs off tackle and Bowling Green punches the ball in. Game. Set. Match.

Offensively, NIU QB Jake Lewis played his best game of the season, despite subpar play on the OLine (4 sacks). On the ground, the rushing game was efficient, rushing for 127 yds. Defensively, NIU was unable to get any sustained pressure on the opposing QB, exposing our pass defense. Also, again, Bowling Green was able to exploit our run defense.

Injuries
WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 17 weeks
WR Dean Elliott - High Ankle Sprain - Out 28 weeks
T Junior Campbell - Broken Foot - Out 8 weeks
FB Ross Gaylor - Thigh Bruise - Ques 2 weeks

Ouch. My WR's are being taken down weekly. And with my lack of depth, this is going to be a struggle from here on out moving the ball in the air.

Recruiting

Visits
P Daryl Greer – Oak Forest, IL Overall 873, position 50

Commits
QB Erik Bach - Oak Park, IL Overall 94, position 10

Mission accomplished! Having beat out Illinois, I get the 10th ranked QB in the country. This kid will be a stud too (73++ from a terrific scout). He could start as a freshman. Ball State stole a top ranked K I was wooing and Illinois has gotten hold of 3 recruits I was trying to get. Bummer.

MAC South Scoreboard
Bowling Green 24 Northern Illinois 20
Toledo 37 Temple 9
Colorado State 27 Eastern Michigan17
Ball State 24 Western Michigan 13

With the exception of the week 1 blow out by the hands of Minnesota, Toledo has demolished their last 3 opponents by a combined score of 109-22. Toledo is establishing themselves as the team to beat in the MAC South. NIU had better get their stuff together if they have any hopes of challenging Toledo for the MAC-South title.

MAC South Standings

Code:

School                   W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
Toledo                   3  1  0  .750  116 59  1  0  0  1.000 38  13  Won 3       
Bowling Green            2  1  0  .666  45  70  1  0  0  1.000 24  20  Won 2       
Ball State               1  3  0  .250  58  106 1  0  0  1.000 24  13  Won 1       
Eastern Michigan         1  3  0  .250  68  162 1  1  0  .500  51  69  Lost 3      
Central Michigan         1  2  0  .333  68  73  0  0  0  .000  0   0   Won 1       
Northern Illinois        2  2  0  .500  89  94  0  1  0  .000  20  24  Lost 1      
Western Michigan         1  3  0  .250  50  116 0  1  0  .000  13  24  Lost 3

Next weeks Schedule
Akron at Northern Illinois
Bowling Green at Temple
Kent State at Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan at Duke
Ball State at Toledo

Now the conference games start in earnest. Eastern Michigan has an interesting matchup with Duke. The MAC South has struggled against BCS conferences, so it will to see if Eastern can hang with Duke. NIU has a chance to redeem themselves against the 1-3 Akron Zips. Has struggle on both sides of the ball so far this year. The Zips have thrown 11 INT's this year and rank last in college football in running the football. Our porous run defense should be able to handle Akron's running attack.

DataKing · 01-19-2010, 04:02 PM

Living in the Chicago area, Northern has always been one of those teams I've had a passing interest in, so I'll be following along. Very nice job landing the Bach kid...now go find yourself the next Michael Turner.

Dolemite73 · 01-19-2010, 05:22 PM

Thanks DataKing.....Unfortunately, there are no stud HB in the Chicago area this year. That will be my focus recruiting next year.

Dolemite73 · 01-19-2010, 06:36 PM

2004 Week 6

Northern Illinois 21 Akron 14

Record Overall 3-2 MAC South 1-1

Leaders
Passing
Jake Lewis 13-21-153yds 1TD 0INT

Rushing
HB Anthony Stevenson 23att 118yds 1TD
HB Randy Grier 13att 78yds 1TD

Receiving
FB Ross Gaylor 4-36
WR Albert Schary 3-77 1TD
HB Anthony Stevenson 2-8

Defense
SS Clay Witt 5 tackles 3 assist 1 INT
OLB Ryan Jarvis 5 tackles 3 assists
OLB Issac Swift 5 tackles 1 assists 1 INT
CB Tony Marshall 1 tackles 1 assist 2 INT
DE Frank Cocozzo 2 tackles 1 assist 2 sacks

Recap
This game was a solid win, yet very unsatisfying. The game was not as close as the final score due to Akron scoring a touchdown very late in the game. Point blank, we should have won this game by 30. We punished Akron on the ground (230 yds). Our play action game was clicking. We got 9 freaking turnovers (7 INT, 2 Fum)! Yet, we only managed 21 points? Unreal and very frustrating.

Offensively, NIU QB Jake Lewis was efficient. The running game was productive and dominating. 2 untimely fumbles stopped productive drives though. Defensively, NIU secondary menaced the Akron WR's all day. Our defensive line pressured the opposing quaterback all day, yet was unable to stop the Akron running game. This roster just is not built to stop strong running backs.

Injuries
WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 15 weeks
WR Dean Elliott - High Ankle Sprain - Out 27 weeks
T Junior Campbell - Broken Foot - Out 7 weeks
FB Ross Gaylor - Thigh Bruise - Ques 3 weeks

No serious injuries reported this game. One kid had a concussion, but he is probable for the next game. Rub some dirt on it and get back out there, kid!

Recruiting

Visits
P Daryl Greer – Oak Forest, IL Overall 873, position 50

Commits
None

Things should be picking up here real soon on the recruiting trail. Illinois, the rat bastards, got the state's top DT to commit to them vice me. I felt I had a strong sales pitch too. May have to go to Indiana or Wisconsin (within my 200 mile radius) to find a run-stuffing DT.

MAC South Scoreboard
Northern Illinois 21 Akron 14
Temple 17 Bowling Green 10
Kent State 15 Central Michigan 14
Duke 44 Eastern Michigan 14
Toledo 41 Ball State 7

Toledo is on a roll. They are going to be very tough here the rest of the way. The MAC South goes through Toledo at this point. Duke again shows the talent disparity between the ACC and the MAC. Hopefully the gap can be closed in the near future.

MAC South Standings

Code:

School                   W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
Toledo                   4  1  0  .800  157 66  2  0  0  1.000 79  20  Won 4       
Bowling Green            2  2  0  .500  55  87  1  0  0  1.000 24  20  Lost 1      
Northern Illinois        3  2  0  .600  110 108 1  1  0  .500  41  38  Won 1       
Ball State               1  4  0  .200  65  147 1  1  0  .500  31  54  Lost 1      
Eastern Michigan         1  4  0  .200  81  206 1  1  0  .500  51  69  Lost 4      
Central Michigan         1  3  0  .250  82  88  0  1  0  .000  14  15  Lost 1      
Western Michigan         1  3  0  .250  50  116 0  1  0  .000  13  24  Lost 3

Next weeks Schedule
Northern Illinois at Central Florida
Bowling Green at Central Michigan
Toledo at Western Michigan
Eastern Michigan at Ball State

Looks like Toledo will continue their dominance at weak sister Western Michigan this week. NIU travels down to Orlando, Florida to face the struggling 0-4 Central Florida Golden Knights. The Knights are currently ranked 118th in the country and are lacking talent on offense. Their secondary is their strength, so our focus needs to be establishing the run to set up play action. Central Florida DT Tommie Summers is their best player on defense (6 tack, 3 sacks, 3 TFL's), so we will have to game plan for him on the OLine.

Dolemite73 · 01-19-2010, 08:22 PM

2004 Week 7

Central Florida 38 Northern Illinois 28

Record Overall 3-3 MAC South 1-2

Leaders
Passing
Jake Lewis 14-23-153yds 2TD 1INT
Norman Rivers 4-6-91yds 1TD 1INT

Rushing
HB Anthony Stevenson 16att 90yds 1TD
HB Randy Grier 9att 19yds

Receiving
WR Bobby Kueth 4-84
FB Ross Gaylor 3-17
WR Colin Tully 3-51 2TD

Defense
CB Joel Coles 9 tackles 1 assist 1 pass defended
OLB Ryan Jarvis 8 tackles 2 assists 1 INT
OLB Issac Swift 8 tackles 2 assists
DT Keith Naughton 6 tackles
DE Kenyon Russell 4 tackles 2 assist 2 sacks

Recap
This loss was a killer. We were manhandled in every facet of the game as our defense gave up 434 total yards. We could not stop the run and their top WR killed us with 132yds and 2 TD's. We may have to adjust our defensive philosophy going forward because not being able to control the line of scrimmage defensively is killing us. Penalties (9-50yds) did a lot to kill our momentum as well.

Offensively, NIU QB's played fairly well. backup QB Norman Rivers came in to relieved an injured Jake Lewis and played well. This should pay dividends going forward. The running game was again productive and seems to be coming into its own at the right time. 4 turnovers killed us and ultimately cost us the game. Defensively, Could not stop the Golden Knights at all. Though we had 4 sacks during the game, the pass rush was not consistent enough to help our struggling secondary. OLB Ryan Jarvis has started to emerge as our impact player on defense.

Injuries
WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 15 weeks
WR Dean Elliott - High Ankle Sprain - Out 27 weeks
T Junior Campbell - Broken Foot - Out 7 weeks
FB Ross Gaylor - Thigh Bruise - Ques 3 weeks

No new injuries reported this game. This is good, because next weeks game againt Central Michigan is critical to our bowl hopes.

Recruiting

Visits
P Daryl Greer – Oak Forest, IL Overall 873, position 50
OLB Seth Teel - Clifton, IL Overall UR, position 79
HB Vincent Gospe - Mount Prospect, IL Overall 349, position 32
WR Brock Ketchum (nice name) - La Porte, IN Overall UR, position, UR
C Ben Landgrebe - Chicago, IL Overall 845, position 45
C Antonio Kurtzman - Downers Grove, IL Overall 128, position 6
G Winston Thornton - Milwaukee, WI Overall 617, position 66
T Zack Lang - Effingham, IL Overall 330, position 38
K Dean Ashcraft - Urbana, IL Overall 366, position 8
DE Marvin Finch - Mahomet, IL Overall 207, position 19
OLB Renaldo Dawson - Bartlett, IL Overall UR, position 79
CB Leon Cross - Danville, IL Overall 231, position 22
S Melvin Castillo - Chicago, IL Overall UR, position 72
S Gus Kasay - Park Ridge, IL Overall 303, position 23

Commits
None

Geesh, when it rains, it pours. Lots of recruits here for homecoming weekend. Hopefully they see a good game and see how they can help us next years. Getting Kurtzman would be a coup. I am currently his favored school and hope I can close the deal while he is visiting. Would also love to get Gospe as well. He is 6'3" 215lb beast with the stats to match (199-1092 9TD in 8 games). Hope he likes Dekalb, IL. 50% of these kids are from the greater Chicagoland area, so I am doing ok in that respect. Just need to close the deal.

MAC South Scoreboard
Central Florida 38 Northern Illinois 28
Central Michigan 20 Bowling Green 19
Toledo 20 Western Michigan 18
Eastern Michigan 31 Ball State 28

Really good, tight games this week. Toledo showed that they are mortal in the MAC by squeaking out a victory against Western Michigan on a last second FG. Eastern Michigan improves to 2-1 in the division by beating Ball State in Ball State. Impressive.

MAC South Standings

Code:

School                   W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
Toledo                   5  1  0  .833  177 84  3  0  0  1.000 99  38  Won 5       
Eastern Michigan         2  4  0  .333  112 234 2  1  0  .666  82  97  Won 1       
Central Michigan         2  3  0  .400  102 107 1  1  0  .500  34  34  Won 1       
Bowling Green            2  3  0  .400  74  107 1  1  0  .500  43  40  Lost 2      
Northern Illinois        3  3  0  .500  138 146 1  2  0  .333  69  76  Lost 1      
Ball State               1  5  0  .166  93  178 1  2  0  .333  59  85  Lost 2      
Western Michigan         1  4  0  .200  68  136 0  2  0  .000  31  44  Lost 4

Next weeks Schedule
Central Michigan at Northern Illinois
Ball State at Bowling Green
Ohio at Toledo
Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan

This week should start separating the MAC South contenders from the also-rans. I can not afford anymore loses in the division, so my team needs to step it up. NIU plays host to the 2-3 Central Michigan Chippewas. The Chippewas features a very strong running attack (2 HB above 300yds for the year) plus a very good secondary. They run a 3-4 defense and OLB Ricardo Fiora is a one man gang (27 tack, 3 sacks, 6 TFL).

Dolemite73 · 01-19-2010, 09:56 PM

2004 Week 8

Northern Illinois 43 Central Michigan 17

Record Overall 4-3 MAC South 2-2

Leaders
Passing
Jake Lewis 15-24-226yds 2TD 1INT
Norman Rivers 2-2-15yds 1TD

Rushing
HB Anthony Stevenson 24att 143yds 1TD
HB Randy Grier 10att 40yds

Receiving
FB Ross Gaylor 4-37
TE Cornell Bark 3-71
WR Albert Schary 2-50 2TD

Defense
CB Tony Marshall 5 tackles 2 assist
OLB Ryan Jarvis 4 tackles 3 assists 1 pass defended
DT Keith Naughton 5 tackles 1 assist
SS Clay Witt 3 tackles 1 assist 1 INT 1 pass defended

Recap
Before a crowd of 21,000 fans on homecoming weekend, the NIU Huskies utterly destroyed the Central Michigan Chippewas. This was our most complete game of the year. Total domination on both sides of the ball. The Head Coach rode his coaching staff hard looking for ways to improve their sieve like run defense. Looks like it worked this game.

Offensively, NIU QB Jake Lewis was superb despite 2 interceptions. When the game was out of hand, we brought in Norman Rivers to clean up. The running game was the lynchpin that got the offense on track running for 255yds and averaging 5.2 YPC. TE Cornell Bark finally broke out this weekend with a nice game and our Offensive Line was dominant.

Defensively, we destroyed the Chippewas. their two touchdowns were off of a blocked punt returned for a TD and an interception returned for a TD. Our defense only gave up 3 points and 171 total yards. Nice day at the office! The secondary came up with 3 INT's and the Defensive line was strong for the first time all year against the run.

Injuries
WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 15 weeks
WR Dean Elliott - High Ankle Sprain - Out 27 weeks
T Junior Campbell - Broken Foot - Out 7 weeks
FB Ross Gaylor - Thigh Bruise - Ques 3 weeks

No new injuries reported this game.
Recruiting

Visits
TE Roger Schnieder - Chicago Heights, IL Overall 865, position 43
DT Ike Blaney - Highland Park, IL Overall 345, position 45

Commits
CB Leon Cross - Danville, IL Overall 231, position 22
K Dean Ashcraft - Urbana, IL Overall 366, position 8
P Daryl Greer – Oak Forest, IL Overall 873, position 50
C Antonio Kurtzman - Downers Grove, IL Overall 128, position 6
WR Brock Ketchum - La Porte, IN Overall UR, position, UR

I guess the kids were impressed by the shellacking NIU gave Central Michigan, huh? Very strong commitment led by the Kurtzman. This kid will most likely start for us next year. Even though Ketchum was not rated, my scout say he is severely underrated (55++), has nice size (6'2" 175lbs) and was a monster at his high school this year (55-1220-7TD). I expect big things from this kid in the future. Plus with a name like that, he can't help but succeed as a WR.

MAC South Scoreboard
Northern Illinois 43 Central Michigan 17
Ball State 20 Bowling Green 9
Toledo 62 Ohio 0
Eastern Michigan 21 Western Michigan 19

Eastern Michigan is establishing themselves as the closer competitor to the Toledo juggernaut in the MAC South. I personally think it is fools gold, but we will find out. Just did some digging and Toledo is on probation this year! So I need to concentrate on overtaking Eastern Michigan for the MAC South title and to play for the MAC championship.

MAC South Standings

Code:

School                   W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
Toledo                   6  1  0  .857  239 84  4  0  0  1.000 161 38  Won 6       
Eastern Michigan         3  4  0  .428  133 253 3  1  0  .750  103 116 Won 2       
Northern Illinois        4  3  0  .571  181 163 2  2  0  .500  112 93  Won 1       
Ball State               2  5  0  .285  113 187 2  2  0  .500  79  94  Won 1       
Central Michigan         2  4  0  .333  119 150 1  2  0  .333  51  77  Lost 1      
Bowling Green            2  4  0  .333  83  127 1  2  0  .333  52  60  Lost 3      
Western Michigan         1  5  0  .166  87  157 0  3  0  .000  50  65  Lost 5

Next weeks Schedule
Northern Illinois at Western Michigan
Bowling Green at Ohio
Central Michigan at Toledo
Ball State at Akron

Eastern Michigan has a bye this week, so I can attempt to use the momentum of this week's win to go into Western Michigan. Toledo should roll all over Central Michigan. Ball State and Bowling Green should have no issues with their opponents. NIU travels to Kalamazoo, MI to take on the 1-5 Western Michigan Broncos. The Broncos features a very strong, opportunistic secondary that has 12 INT on the year. The Broncos also are 6th in the Nation with a +9 Turnover ratio. Luckily for us, their offense is pretty inept and can't turn those turnovers into scores. Their running game is week (118th in the nation) and their QB is a turnover machine (9 INT). As long as we bring the same intensity that we had this week, we should easily beat the Broncos.

bbgunn · 01-20-2010, 12:29 AM

A winning record! Good job so far.

Dolemite73 · 01-20-2010, 05:36 AM

Thanks bbgunn. I found out why my defense was getting killed on the ground. For some strange reason, my defense was set for 3-4 vice 46. My LB's are not strong run stuffers and our front 7 were getting killed up front. Switched it back to 46. You saw the result last game.

Dolemite73 · 01-20-2010, 07:15 AM

2004 Week 8

Northern Illinois 23 Western Michigan 21

Record Overall 5-3 MAC South 3-2

Leaders
Passing
Jake Lewis 17-30-234yds 1TD 1INT

Rushing
HB Anthony Stevenson 16att 99yds 2TD
HB Randy Grier 6att 26yds

Receiving
WR Colin Tully 3-40
WR Conrad Alston 3-49
WR Albert Schary 3-39 1TD

Defense
DT Keith Naughton 7 tackles 2 assist 1 sack 1 forced fumble
CB Tony Marshall 7 tackles 0 assist
OLB Ryan Jarvis 7 tackles 2 assists

Recap
Redemption is the key word for this game. Late in the 3rd quarter, with the Huskies up 20-14, K Max Kirk, who has hit some big kicks this year, misses a 58yd FG (what the heck the computer AI was thinking will never be known). Western Michigan then drives down and punches in a TD to go ahead 21-20 with 11:25 left in the fourth quarter. The 2 defenses then stiffen up and it looks like our Huskies will have another tough loss. But not today. NIU gets the ball with 1:57 left on their own 9 yard line. Then QB Jake goes to work. On the game winning drive, Lewis went 2-3 for 62yds (punctuated by a 44yd dart to back up WR Bobby Kueth). Now in FG range, they hand the ball off to HB Stevenson to get to the the Broncos 19yard line. We opt for the FG with :20 left in the 4th Quarter. Since the K had missed one earlier, this 36yd kick is no gimmie. Hit it and we win. Miss it and we lose. Well, Max Kirk nailed it to put us ahead for good.

Offensively, NIU QB Jake Lewis was ably led his team to the game winning drive. He is really having an effective year. The running game was effective all game and HB Anthony Stvenson is making a bid for an All-Conference selection. The Offensive line did not allow a sack and held their blocks effectively in the running game.

Defensively, we fell back into old habits. We did not control our gaps and allowed a weak running team to gash our defense for 179yds. Our secondary did not allow any big plays in the passing game and our pass rush harassed the opposing QB all game. DT Keith Naughton has been a beast all year.

Injuries
WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 12 weeks
WR Dean Elliott - High Ankle Sprain - Out 24 weeks
T Junior Campbell - Broken Foot - Doubtful 4 weeks
DT Keith Naughton - Bruised Ribcage - Ques 6 weeks

Having Naughton injured is not going to help my run defense going forward. Out of all the potential injuries, his is a big one.

Recruiting

Visits
None

Commits
DT Ike Blaney - Highland Park, IL Overall 345, position 45
DE Marvin Finch - Mahomet, IL Overall 207, position 19

My defensive line gets a huge infusion of talent with these two signees. Blaney is a 3-technique DT who specializes in getting to the passer. Finch is a stud run stuffer off the edge that can funnel ball carriers back inside to the teeth of the defense. I expect huge things from these kids in the future.

MAC South Scoreboard
Northern Illinois 23 Western Michigan 21
Bowling Green 17 Ohio 16
Toledo 49 Central Michigan 10
Ball State 28 Akron 21

Ball State is right there with me, waiting for Eastern Michigan to slip up and lose a game. Though they have an overall record of 3-5, Ball State has a 3-2 record in the division and playing solid football. Toledo is so dominant, but it wont matter this year as they are on probation. Sucks to be them.

MAC South Standings

Code:

School                   W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
Toledo                   7  1  0  .875  288 94  5  0  0  1.000 210 48  Won 7       
Eastern Michigan         3  4  0  .428  133 253 3  1  0  .750  103 116 Won 2       
Northern Illinois        5  3  0  .625  204 184 3  2  0  .600  135 114 Won 2       
Ball State               3  5  0  .375  141 208 3  2  0  .600  107 115 Won 2       
Bowling Green            3  4  0  .428  100 143 2  2  0  .500  69  76  Won 1       
Central Michigan         2  5  0  .285  129 199 1  3  0  .250  61  126 Lost 2      
Western Michigan         1  6  0  .142  108 180 0  4  0  .000  71  88  Lost 6

Next weeks Schedule
Northern Illinois at Ball State
Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green
Western Michigan at Central Michigan

Huge game for us this week. A win here will propel us to compete for the division title and make us bowl eligible with 6 wins in my first year as coach. A loss puts us out of the division title talk and jeopardizes our bowl chances going forward. Ball State features a pretty diverse attack based on the Single back formation and play action passing. Defensively, they are not that strong and rely on their strong LB corps to control teams. They can be controlled at the line of scrimmage due to an undersized DLine. That will be our gameplan. Bowling Green will need to beat Eastern Michigan. We will be rooting for them!

Dolemite73 · 01-20-2010, 10:59 AM

2004 Week 9

Northern Illinois 16 Ball State 14

Record Overall 6-3 MAC South 4-2

Leaders
Passing
Jake Lewis 13-21-177yds 0TD 0INT

Rushing
HB Anthony Stevenson 26att 134yds
HB Randy Grier 11att 59yds
FB Ross Gaylor 4att 80yds 1TD

Receiving
WR Colin Tully 5-118
FB Ross Gaylor 2-17
WR Albert Schary 1-10

Defense
OLB Ryan Jarvis 5 tackles 2 assists 1 pass defended
ILB Winfred Cantral 4 tackles 1 assists 1 sack
CB Harvey Randle 3 tackles 2 assists 1 INT 1 pass defended

Recap
Tough physical game. For the life of me, I can not figure out how we compile 456 total yards on offense, yet manage 16 points. Will have to do some digging into my red zone stats and see what we are doing wrong. I am sure part of it are the 12 penalties for 92 yards and 3 lost fumbles have something to do with us not meeting our potential.

Offensively, NIU QB Jake Lewis was his usual, efficient self. He fed off of our running game and moved the chains when needed. Very steady play all year, which is a good thing for now. The running game put on a power running exhibition gaining 312yds on 5.5 YPC. Even FB Ross Gaylor got into the act with a long 75yd TD run for a touchdown, plowing over numerous players in the opoosing secondary. The Offensive line allowed 3 sacks, but their run blocking was stellar and they are starting to gel right at the most opportune time.

Defensively, we sut down the Ball State Offense, allowing only 206 total yds. Our DLine got steady pass rush all day long (3 sacks) and our LB's did a good job stuffing the run. Our secondary is proving to be our most consistent unit nabbing 3 INT's and not allowing any big plays in the passing game. On Special teams, K Max Kirk has proven to be a nice weapon and went 3/4 in FG's today.

Injuries
WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 11 weeks
WR Dean Elliott - High Ankle Sprain - Out 23 weeks
T Junior Campbell - Broken Foot - Ques 3 weeks
DT Keith Naughton - Bruised Ribcage - Prob 5 weeks

Getting Junior Campbell back will help our line with our pass protection, so I am glad to have him back.

Recruiting

Visits
None

Commits
C Ben Landgrebe - Chicago, IL Overall 845, position 45
OLB Renaldo Dawson - Bartlett, IL Overall UR, position 76

Getting 2 top-flight Centers is a good thing for our team. I will most likely be moving Landgrebe to Tackle due to his strength being pass blocking and his weakness being run blocking. Dawson has a very good rating from my scout (Terrific with LB's) and should be that stud run stuffing ILB that I will need in a few years.

MAC South Scoreboard
Northern Illinois 16 Ball State 14
Eastern Michigan 21 Bowling Green 13
Western Michigan 37 Central Michigan 14

Eastern Michigan keeps rolling along. Next week they have Central Michigan, so they more than likely will not loss next week either.

MAC South Standings

Code:

School                   W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
Toledo                   7  1  0  .875  288 94  5  0  0  1.000 210 48  Won 7       
Eastern Michigan         4  4  0  .500  154 266 4  1  0  .800  124 129 Won 3       
Northern Illinois        6  3  0  .666  220 198 4  2  0  .666  151 128 Won 3       
Ball State               3  6  0  .333  155 224 3  3  0  .500  121 131 Lost 1      
Bowling Green            3  5  0  .375  113 164 2  3  0  .400  82  97  Lost 1      
Western Michigan         2  6  0  .250  145 194 1  4  0  .200  108 102 Won 1       
Central Michigan         2  6  0  .250  143 236 1  4  0  .200  75  163 Lost 3

Next weeks Schedule
Toledo at Miami (OH)
Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan
Western Michigan at Bowling Green

Miami (OH) sits at 5-3 overall, but 4-1 in their division (tied with Marshall). They have a good chance of upsetting Toledo. If they can't beat them, hopefully they rough them up enough for me to be able to beat them in two weeks. I have a bye this week, then two season defining games. At home against Toledo and on the road at Eastern Michigan, which could decide who goes on to play in the MAC championship game since Toledo is forbidden from post season play.

bbgunn · 01-20-2010, 11:15 PM

Stevenson is a beast! And Lewis is not making many mistakes. Good run here.

Dolemite73 · 01-21-2010, 10:08 AM

Due to a hard drive crash, I will have to stop this dynasty and start another one. This sucks!

bbgunn · 01-21-2010, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dolemite73

Due to a hard drive crash, I will have to stop this dynasty and start another one. This sucks!

I feel your pain. That's always horrible.

Dolemite73 · 01-21-2010, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbgunn

I feel your pain. That's always horrible.

It was a kick in the groin, no doubt about that. I have a new dynasty up:

TCY/FOF Northern Illinois Huskies Dynasty (reloaded) - Front Office Football Central

01-18-2010, 07:27 PM	#3
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	2004 Huskies Offense Starters are in BOLD. Redshirts are in RED Code: Lewis, Jake 9 QB Sr 31 63 Rivers, Norman 8 QB* So* 12 41 McWilliams, Moe 14 QB* Sr 17 17 Logan, Kyle 18 QB* Fr 7 21 Garrett, Clyde 12 QB* So* 1 16 Jake Lewis will be the man. Rivers will back him up and getting some talent here in the future is a priority. Code: Grier, Randy 24 RB Jr 33 50 Bader, Donovan 39 RB So 25 38 Sellers, Mitch 30 RB So 32 32 *Stevenson, Anthony 44 RB Sr 49 49** Barr, Gerald 49 RB Sr* 27 40 I actually have good talent here to run my power I offense. Stevenson is a between the tackles type runner with very little speed. Will attempt to get a speedster in here next year. Code: Gaylor, Ross 40 FB Sr 50 59 Shepherd, Marco 20 FB So 13 19 Forbes, David 27 FB Sr* 21 21 Morton, Mitchell 29 FB So 29 46 Gaylor looks like a stud. Good lead blocker and good hands out of the back field. Code: Bark, Cornell 81 TE So 26 31 Hatcher, Rex 83 TE Jr* 16 40 Shea, Arnie 89 TE* So* 14 28 Fletcher, Gino 80 TE* Fr 17 41 Not a lot to work with here. Bark is the man, but we will be recruiting heavily for a pass catching TE. Hatcher is a 6'7" 249lb beast, but unfortunately for now, he looks like Tarzan, but plays like Jane. Hope we can develop him. Code: Elliott, Dean 88 WR Fr 25 34 Tully, Colin 1 WR So 19 44 Schary, Albert 5 WR Jr 31 31 Glode, Keith 85 WR Jr 36 39 Kueth, Bobby 4 WR So* 13 44 Berry, Dwight 2 WR* Fr 15 39 Kochansky, Mel 7 WR* Fr 18 18 Need some talent here ASAP. Though Glode does not have the best hands, he is my only big play threat and is a solid third down receiver. We will be leaning on him heavily this year. Code: Finley, Deion 57 C Jr 24 24 Cochrane, Jonathan 58 C So* 3 49 Wannstedt, Wesley 61 G Sr* 15 32 Sawyer, Kenny 79 G So* 9 40 *Mazor, J.J. 76 G Sr 35 35 Dail, Mercury 75 G* Fr 14 50 Campbell, Junior 71 T So 31 45 Schiffer, Roy 65 T Sr* 27 35** McKenzie, Willie 78 T So* 4 62 Garcia, Melvin 69 T Fr 17 67 Good mix of experience and youth here. Some of our younger guys have some nice upside. My philosophy is to build a team from the inside out, so the respective lines will be the top priority of recruiting for the next few years. Last edited by Dolemite73 : 01-18-2010 at 07:47 PM.

01-18-2010, 07:46 PM	#4
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	Here is the 2004 Huskies Defense Code: *Russell, Kenyon 73 DE Sr 18 43** Cocozzo, Frank 77 DE Sr* 21 38 Hastings, Ben 92 DE Fr 10 27 Sarmiento, Willie 90 DE Sr 31 31 Tubbs, Billy 97 DE* Fr 10 46 Armenta, Walter 74 DE* Jr* 7 43 Not a very good bunch. Russell is my best pass rusher and he is tall and rangy (6'7"). Tubbs gets the redshirt and he could be a good one in the future. Code: Clark, Hardy 70 DT Sr* 15 18 *Perliman, Howie 95 DT Sr 25 25 Naughton, Keith 94 DT Sr 37 37 Page, Hugh 91 DT Fr 5 35 Absolutely no depth. Will be a priority next season to get a good three technique DT. Code: Cantrall, Winfred 43 ILB Jr 24 24 Jameson, Darryl 93 ILB So 20 33** Stuart, Jermaine 96 ILB* Jr* 14 18 Beyer, Jeffrey 52 ILB* Fr 0 35 Brown, Joe 53 ILB* So 9 30 Going to go with youth and upside here with my MLB. Jameson has some room to grow and at 6'4", he presents a huge target to work around for opposing QB's. Not a lot to work with other than him. Code: Hartman, Kim 98 OLB So 31 48 Robbins, Steve 54 OLB Sr* 32 37 Swift, Isaac 45 OLB Sr 43 52 Jarvis, Ryan 42 OLB Sr 40 43 Wells, Blaine 99 OLB Sr* 35 35 Strength of the defense. This unit is not bad at all, relatively speaking. Hartman could be a force down the road. Code: Marshall, Tony 36 CB So 15 41 Buckley, Britt 41 CB So 28 48 Vance, Billy Joe 31 CB* Jr* 13 34 Randle, Harvey 21 CB* Jr* 10 30 Cunningham, Chris 25 CB* Fr 13 20 Ugly. Will need an infusion of talent here. Could be a long year in the 46 defense and our CB's out on an island one on one with quality WR's. Code: *Coles, Joel 33 S Sr 41 45 Hayes, Rusty 34 S Jr 16 30** Schulters, Antonio 48 S So* 12 50 Witt, Clay 35 S Fr 15 54 Going to go with experience here. Help will be needed.

01-18-2010, 07:49 PM	#5
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	Finally Special teams Code: Kittner, Bert 16 P Fr 12 38 Bensen, Alex 6 P Sr 39 57 Preston, Tom 10 K Jr* 24 26 Wahle, Mitchell 11 K Jr 29 33 Kirk, Max 15 K Jr* 28 45 Bensen should help us in the ever important field position battles.

01-18-2010, 08:11 PM	#7
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	Here is a look at the NIU 2004 schedule. Home games are in BLUE: Code: 2004 Northern Illinois Schedule Rival: Ball State Stadium Capacity: 28,000 Season Tickets Sold: 17,200 Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television 2 at (27) Maryland 3 GOLDSBORO 4 at (49) Iowa State 5 BOWLING GREEN 6 AKRON 7 at Central Florida 8 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 9 at Western Michigan 10 at Ball State 11 Bye 12 TOLEDO 13 at Eastern Michigan 2004 Outlook - Nothing too deadly. I play Toledo and Bowling Green in DeKalb this year, which should really be in my favor. Out of the last 4 games, 3 of them will be on the road, so this should test our mettle. I could honestly see us getting to 7 or 8 wins if things shake out right. Last edited by Dolemite73 : 01-18-2010 at 08:13 PM.

01-18-2010, 09:24 PM	#11
bbgunn College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Osaka, Japan via Honolulu, Hawaii via Birmingham, Alabama	Nice.... another TCY dynasty! We are taking over. Good luck with this. I'll be following. __________________ U of Hawaii \| U of Alabama \| Montreal Impact \| Montreal Canadiens \| West Ham \| West Indies cricket \| Portland Trail Blazers

01-18-2010, 07:08 PM	#2
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	Let's meet the staff Syndicate Coordinator Marco Chen, 44 Very Good at academic eligibility, poor at soliciting donations, and Good at syndicate investigation. Not bad for a syndicate coordinator at NIU. Offensive Coordinator Bryan Duggar, 39 His strengths are with the WR, OL, K and with rehabilitation from injuries and Congeniality. He is poor with QB’s and terrible with injuries. Defensive Coordinator Leland Pearce, 37 His strengths are with the LBs, DL’s and Congeniality. However, he is terrible with DB’s, Playcalling and Rehab. Due to our recruiting radius, the following may be our two most important scouts: Great Lakes Scout Victor Pogue, 36 Very strong scout! His only weakness is QB’s. He is very strong everywhere else. Mid West Scout Kelly Schwartz, 36 I will be replacing this guy next year. He is Lousy or terrible in all positions except QB’s. Overall, I am happy with my staff. They seem like good guys and the kids love them. Last edited by Dolemite73 : 01-18-2010 at 07:09 PM.

01-18-2010, 08:26 PM	#8
Recoil High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GA	Always nice to see more TCY dynasties. Best of luck with NIU.

01-18-2010, 08:29 PM	#9
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	Thanks, Recoil. Just picked this game back up after 3 years away. Always loved it. Hopefully I don't screw this up too much.

01-18-2010, 09:08 PM	#10
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	2004 Week 1 Bye Week Record Overall 0-0 MAC South 0-0 Passing N/A Rushing N/A Receiving N/A Defense N/A Recap N/A Injuries None Recruiting Visits None Commits None As I see it my recruiting priorities are in this order: QB, RB, TE, WR, C, DE, DT, ILB, OLB, CB, P and K. The #1 OLB in the state (Dave Vos, 60/100) seems really interested in coming to DeKalb. Academics are his main concern and I seem to meet his needs there. Also targeting the #1 QB in the state (Erik Bach, 73/100). Getting him would be a coup. Also made a few more calls and trying to arrange some visits. Next weeks Schedule Northern Illinois at #27 Maryland Asheville at Western Michigan Bowling Green at #2 Oklahoma Boston College at Ball State Buffalo at Eastern Michigan Central Michigan at Indiana Toledo at Minnesota Maryland is going to be tough to deal with. Their best unit is their beastly Defensive line and seeing how we are a power running team, this will not bode well for us. Bowling Green has som moxie going to Norman to take on the #2 Sooners. Fairly tough schedule out of the chute for the MAC South.

01-18-2010, 09:28 PM	#12
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	BBgunn, you are one of my inspirations. I have read your dynasties and hope I can measure up. Just trying to figure out my battle rhythm now.

01-18-2010, 11:06 PM	#13
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	2004 Week 2 Maryland 48 Northern Illinois 9 Record Overall 0-1 MAC South 0-0 Leaders Passing Jake Lewis 11-18-108yds 0TD 0INT Norman Rivers 3-8-30yds 0TD 1INT Rushing Anthony Stevenson 5att 3yds Randy Grier 8att -10yds Receiving Keith Gload 2-61 Colin Tully 5-37 Albert Schary 2-14 Defense Ryan Jarvis OLB 8 tackles 2 assists Darryl Jameson ILB 5 tackles, 3 assist Tony Marshall CB 5 tackles 2 assists 1 INT 1 TD Frank Cocozzo DE 4 tackles 1 assist Recap The Huskies had a very long day against the Terrapin defense, as expected. The Huskies running attack was non-existant running for a grand total of -11 yards on 24 attempts. Maryland's dual threat QB Alfred Newsome shredded the Husky defense for 3 TD's in the air while rushing for 110 yards on the ground with another TD. The only bright spot all day was a spectacular 95 yard interception retun for a TD by CB Tony Marshall. QB Jake Lewis was effective while he was in, but when the route was on, luckily we pulled him to prevent an injury. Hopefully we can bounce back next week. Injuries Antonion Schulters S Hyperextended Knee 4 Weeks Steve Robbins OLB Questionable Influenza 3 Weeks Recruiting Visits None Commits None Still trying to arrange visits. The Illinois Fighting Illini will be the bane of my recruiting existance. All of my blue chippers I am pursuing want to wear the Blue and the Orange.I still have a good chance of snagging the #1 QB in the state, but Nebraska is chasing him hard. Erik Bach wants to stay close to home, so this maybe what gets me over. MAC South Scoreboard Maryland 48 Northern Illinois 9 Western Michigan 24 Asheville 20 #2 Oklahoma 30 Bowling Green 0 Boston College 38 Ball State 10 Eastern Michigan 38 Buffalo 31 Indiana 21 Central Michigan 10 Minnesota 37 Toledo 7 MAC South Standings Code: School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Eastern Michigan 1 0 0 1.000 38 31 1 0 0 1.000 38 31 Won 1 Western Michigan 1 0 0 1.000 24 20 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1 Central Michigan 0 1 0 .000 10 21 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1 Toledo 0 1 0 .000 7 37 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1 Bowling Green 0 1 0 .000 0 30 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1 Ball State 0 1 0 .000 10 38 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1 Northern Illinois 0 1 0 .000 9 48 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1 Next weeks Schedule Goldsboro at Northern Illinois Ball State at Purdue Central Michigan at #23 Michigan State Eastern Michigan at #8 Florida Western Michigan at Virginia Tech South Florida at Bowling Green Toledo at Kansas Some interesting matchups this week. Central takes on another Big 10 team while Eastern takes on SEC powerhouse Florida. Northern Illinois should get back on track against a fairly weak Goldsboro team. Toledo hopes to atone for a drubbing at the hands of Minnesota by traveling to Manhattan, KS to face the Jayhawks. Last edited by Dolemite73 : 01-18-2010 at 11:15 PM.

01-19-2010, 06:21 AM	#14
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	2004 Week 3 Northern Illinois 34 Goldsboro 7 Record Overall 1-1 MAC South 0-0 Leaders Passing Jake Lewis 18-33-223yds 2TD 1INT Rushing HB Anthony Stevenson 16att 76yds HB Randy Grier 9att 42yds Receiving FB Ross Gaylor 4-32 WR Albert Schary 4-69-1 TD HB Anthony Stevenson 2-23 Defense FS Joel Coles 7 tackles CB Britt Buckley 5 tackles SS Rusty Hayes 4 tackles 1 assists DE Frank Cocozzo 3 tackles 2 sacks Recap On a bright and sunny day before 21,000 fans, the Northern Illinois Huskies celebrated their first victory of the year against the Goldsboro Pig Pickers. The Pig Pickers opened up the scoring early in the first quarter with HB Cory Bushon busting through a porous Huskies run defense for a 24 yd scamper. Fortunately for the Huskies faithful, this would be the only highlight of the day for Goldsboro. On offense, QB Jake Long was was decent and efficient. He moved the ball against a game Goldsboro defense and threw for 2 scores while also rushing for a score. The stars of the game were the Huskies secondary. They shut down the potent Goldsboro passing attack holding QB Orlando Jacobs 6-19-83yds and also picked him off once. Injuries WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 18 weeks FS Antonio Schulters - Hyperextended Knee - Out up to 3 Weeks The injury to Gload is a devestating injury and will affect this team all year. Gload was our only big play receiver. Our lack of depth will be exposed. Hopefully we can have a couple of our kids step up. Recruiting Visits P Daryl Greer – Oak Forest, IL Overall 873, position 50 Commits None Finally got my first visit. Daryl Greer is averaging 46.4 yards per kick and also kicks field goals as well. Marshall and Central Florida are after Greer, but since being close to home is important to him, I should have the inside track. This kid Idolizes Northwestern, so if they swoop in, I may be in trouble. Univ of Illinois is hosting 4 of my targets, so I will need to stay diligent keeping my foot in the door before it is closed. MAC South Scoreboard Northern Illinois 34 Goldsboro 7 Purdue 35 Ball State 7 #23 Michigan State 45 Central Michigan 20 #8 Florida 66 Eastern Michigan 0 Virginia Tech 52 Western Michigan 3 Bowling Green 21 South Florida 20 Toledo 34 Kansas 0 A game Central Michigan battles Michigan State hard all game long only to give up 17 unanswered points in the last 8 minutes of the game. Toledo travels to Kansas and demolishes the Jayhawks, which impresses me greatly considering how bad they lose last week. No other real shockers here. MAC South Standings Code: School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Eastern Michigan 1 1 0 .500 38 97 1 0 0 1.000 38 31 Lost 1 Toledo 1 1 0 .500 41 37 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1 Bowling Green 1 1 0 .500 21 50 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1 Northern Illinois 1 1 0 .500 43 55 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1 Western Michigan 1 1 0 .500 27 72 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1 Central Michigan 0 2 0 .000 30 66 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2 Ball State 0 2 0 .000 17 73 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2 Next weeks Schedule Toledo at Eastern Michigan Ball State at Missouri Central Michigan at Wilmington Northern Illinois at Iowa State Western Michigan at Illinois The Big 10 gets a chance to continue to beat on on the MAC South. Illinois has a high powered offense while Western Michigan has one of the worse run defense in the nation (ranked 113). Should get pretty ugly early. We face Iowa State who is struggling out the gate with an 0-2 record. There star running back Danny Wolfe is going to miss this game with a knee injury, so their backup HB Stanley Porter will have to step up. He is talented though and unless we stiffen our run defense, he could hurt us. Redshirt Sophomore QB Antoine Burbank leads the Iowa State attack. He has had an up and down season so far with 4 Ints. Defensively, they give up 35 points a game. Last edited by Dolemite73 : 01-19-2010 at 06:54 AM.

01-19-2010, 09:29 AM	#15
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	2004 Week 4 Northern Illinois 26 Iowa State 15 Record Overall 2-1 MAC South 0-0 Leaders Passing Jake Lewis 14-30-174yds 2TD 0INT Rushing HB Anthony Stevenson 17att 67yds HB Randy Grier 15att 92yds 1TD Receiving FB Ross Gaylor 3-24 WR Colin Tully 3-18 WR Albert Schary 2-68 Defense OLB Ryan Jarvis 8 tackles 1 forced fumble DT Keith Naughton 7 tackles 2 assists 1 sack CB Joel Coles 4 tackles 4 assists 2 pass defense ILB Winfred Cantrall 4 tackles Recap On a rainy day in Ames, Iowa, the Northern Illinois Huskies handily defeated the Iowa State Cyclones. The story of this game was the resiliency of the Huskies Defense. They continually bent to the onslaught of the Cyclones attack, but did not break when it matter most. Iowa State continually exploited the weak Huskies defense by rushing for 134 yds. Iowa State QB Antoine Burbank was under constant pressure all day by the Husky pass rush (sacked 5 times), yet managed to throw for 265yds, 2 TD with 1 INT. On offense, the NIU running game punished the interior of the Cyclone defense for 203 yds. QB Jake Long was able to sell the play action pass effectively and made the throws necessary to move the chains. DT Keith Naughton was a monster on this day. Injuries WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 17 weeks FS Antonio Schulters - Hyperextended Knee - Quest up to 2 Weeks We got out of this game clean with no new injuries. Recruiting Visits P Daryl Greer – Oak Forest, IL Overall 873, position 50 QB Erik Bach - Oak Park, IL Overall 94, position 10 Commits None My main QB target has come for a visit this week. He is the top QB in the state and someone I am hoping wants to stay close to home to play his college football. He would definitely look good in the Husky Red and Black. One thing I am noticing is Western Michigan is target some of my blue chip recruits. They are the only MAC team in my area as of now. Something I will have to keep an eye on going forward. MAC South Scoreboard Toledo 38 Eastern Michigan 13 Missouri 20 Ball State 17 Central Michigan 38 Wilmington 7 Northern Illinois 26 Iowa State 15 Illinois 20 Western Michigan 10 Western Michigan played a heroic game at Illinois. Western Michigan was down 13-10 late in the 4th quarter and were driving for the go-ahead touchdown when Illinois intercepted a tipped pass in the end zone and returned it 103yds for a TD. Ball State also played a tough game in Missouri. They had an opportunity to tie the game late in the 4th quarter, but a 43yd FG attempt was blocked to preserve a Missouri victory. MAC South Standings Code: School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Toledo 2 1 0 .666 79 50 1 0 0 1.000 38 13 Won 2 Eastern Michigan 1 2 0 .333 51 135 1 1 0 .500 51 69 Lost 2 Northern Illinois 2 1 0 .666 69 70 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 2 Bowling Green 1 1 0 .500 21 50 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1 Central Michigan 1 2 0 .333 68 73 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1 Western Michigan 1 2 0 .333 37 92 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2 Ball State 0 3 0 .000 34 93 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 3 Next weeks Schedule Bowling Green at Northern Illinois (TV4) Temple at Toledo Colorado State at Eastern Michigan Western Michigan at Ball State Pretty cupcake schedule this week. NIU begins MAC conference play against the 1-1 Bowling Green Falcons. Bowling Green's best unit is their ball hawking secondary led by FS Jerome Clancy. Their secondary is is ranked in the upper third of college football should be a good test for our developing QB. Offensively, the Falcons have struggled this year especially in protecting their QB (7 sacks allowed). We will look to exploit this weakness.

01-19-2010, 11:53 AM	#16
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	2004 Week 5 Bowling Green 24 Northern Illinois 20 Record Overall 2-2 MAC South 0-1 Leaders Passing Jake Lewis 18-26-243yds 1TD 0INT Rushing HB Anthony Stevenson 17att 53yds HB Randy Grier 12att 59yds 1TD Receiving WR Albert Schary 3-71 WR Colin Tully 3-34 FB Ross Gaylor 2-25 Defense SS Clay Witt 8 tackles 1 assist OLB Ryan Jarvis 7 tackles 3 assists OLB Issac Swift 6 tackles 1 assists CB Joel Coles 4 tackles 1 pass defended Recap What a game. With 2:28 left in the 4th quarter, NIU K Max Kirk hits a 54yd FG to put the Hukies ahead 20-17. Game over, right? Not so fast. Bowling Green's struggling QB Bernie Karo carved up the Husky secondary. On 3rd and 17 from their own 17 yard line with 1:41 left on the clock, Karo hits WR Charlie Singleton for a 29 yd pass. Then with 1:10 left on the clock, Karo hits 4th string WR Craig Craver for a 50yd bomb down the right sideline! A couple of runs off tackle and Bowling Green punches the ball in. Game. Set. Match. Offensively, NIU QB Jake Lewis played his best game of the season, despite subpar play on the OLine (4 sacks). On the ground, the rushing game was efficient, rushing for 127 yds. Defensively, NIU was unable to get any sustained pressure on the opposing QB, exposing our pass defense. Also, again, Bowling Green was able to exploit our run defense. Injuries WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 17 weeks WR Dean Elliott - High Ankle Sprain - Out 28 weeks T Junior Campbell - Broken Foot - Out 8 weeks FB Ross Gaylor - Thigh Bruise - Ques 2 weeks Ouch. My WR's are being taken down weekly. And with my lack of depth, this is going to be a struggle from here on out moving the ball in the air. Recruiting Visits P Daryl Greer – Oak Forest, IL Overall 873, position 50 Commits QB Erik Bach - Oak Park, IL Overall 94, position 10 Mission accomplished! Having beat out Illinois, I get the 10th ranked QB in the country. This kid will be a stud too (73++ from a terrific scout). He could start as a freshman. Ball State stole a top ranked K I was wooing and Illinois has gotten hold of 3 recruits I was trying to get. Bummer. MAC South Scoreboard Bowling Green 24 Northern Illinois 20 Toledo 37 Temple 9 Colorado State 27 Eastern Michigan17 Ball State 24 Western Michigan 13 With the exception of the week 1 blow out by the hands of Minnesota, Toledo has demolished their last 3 opponents by a combined score of 109-22. Toledo is establishing themselves as the team to beat in the MAC South. NIU had better get their stuff together if they have any hopes of challenging Toledo for the MAC-South title. MAC South Standings Code: School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Toledo 3 1 0 .750 116 59 1 0 0 1.000 38 13 Won 3 Bowling Green 2 1 0 .666 45 70 1 0 0 1.000 24 20 Won 2 Ball State 1 3 0 .250 58 106 1 0 0 1.000 24 13 Won 1 Eastern Michigan 1 3 0 .250 68 162 1 1 0 .500 51 69 Lost 3 Central Michigan 1 2 0 .333 68 73 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1 Northern Illinois 2 2 0 .500 89 94 0 1 0 .000 20 24 Lost 1 Western Michigan 1 3 0 .250 50 116 0 1 0 .000 13 24 Lost 3 Next weeks Schedule Akron at Northern Illinois Bowling Green at Temple Kent State at Central Michigan Eastern Michigan at Duke Ball State at Toledo Now the conference games start in earnest. Eastern Michigan has an interesting matchup with Duke. The MAC South has struggled against BCS conferences, so it will to see if Eastern can hang with Duke. NIU has a chance to redeem themselves against the 1-3 Akron Zips. Has struggle on both sides of the ball so far this year. The Zips have thrown 11 INT's this year and rank last in college football in running the football. Our porous run defense should be able to handle Akron's running attack.

01-19-2010, 04:02 PM	#17
DataKing Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Chicago	Living in the Chicago area, Northern has always been one of those teams I've had a passing interest in, so I'll be following along. Very nice job landing the Bach kid...now go find yourself the next Michael Turner. __________________ Current Games Diablo III (BattleTag: DataKing#1685) Allegiances: Chicago Bears - Detroit Red Wings - Kansas Jayhawks Awards: 2011 Golden Scribe - Other Sports Category (The Straight(away) and Narrow - A Forza Motorsport 3 Dynasty)

01-19-2010, 05:22 PM	#18
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	Thanks DataKing.....Unfortunately, there are no stud HB in the Chicago area this year. That will be my focus recruiting next year.

01-19-2010, 06:36 PM	#19
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	2004 Week 6 Northern Illinois 21 Akron 14 Record Overall 3-2 MAC South 1-1 Leaders Passing Jake Lewis 13-21-153yds 1TD 0INT Rushing HB Anthony Stevenson 23att 118yds 1TD HB Randy Grier 13att 78yds 1TD Receiving FB Ross Gaylor 4-36 WR Albert Schary 3-77 1TD HB Anthony Stevenson 2-8 Defense SS Clay Witt 5 tackles 3 assist 1 INT OLB Ryan Jarvis 5 tackles 3 assists OLB Issac Swift 5 tackles 1 assists 1 INT CB Tony Marshall 1 tackles 1 assist 2 INT DE Frank Cocozzo 2 tackles 1 assist 2 sacks Recap This game was a solid win, yet very unsatisfying. The game was not as close as the final score due to Akron scoring a touchdown very late in the game. Point blank, we should have won this game by 30. We punished Akron on the ground (230 yds). Our play action game was clicking. We got 9 freaking turnovers (7 INT, 2 Fum)! Yet, we only managed 21 points? Unreal and very frustrating. Offensively, NIU QB Jake Lewis was efficient. The running game was productive and dominating. 2 untimely fumbles stopped productive drives though. Defensively, NIU secondary menaced the Akron WR's all day. Our defensive line pressured the opposing quaterback all day, yet was unable to stop the Akron running game. This roster just is not built to stop strong running backs. Injuries WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 15 weeks WR Dean Elliott - High Ankle Sprain - Out 27 weeks T Junior Campbell - Broken Foot - Out 7 weeks FB Ross Gaylor - Thigh Bruise - Ques 3 weeks No serious injuries reported this game. One kid had a concussion, but he is probable for the next game. Rub some dirt on it and get back out there, kid! Recruiting Visits P Daryl Greer – Oak Forest, IL Overall 873, position 50 Commits None Things should be picking up here real soon on the recruiting trail. Illinois, the rat bastards, got the state's top DT to commit to them vice me. I felt I had a strong sales pitch too. May have to go to Indiana or Wisconsin (within my 200 mile radius) to find a run-stuffing DT. MAC South Scoreboard Northern Illinois 21 Akron 14 Temple 17 Bowling Green 10 Kent State 15 Central Michigan 14 Duke 44 Eastern Michigan 14 Toledo 41 Ball State 7 Toledo is on a roll. They are going to be very tough here the rest of the way. The MAC South goes through Toledo at this point. Duke again shows the talent disparity between the ACC and the MAC. Hopefully the gap can be closed in the near future. MAC South Standings Code: School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Toledo 4 1 0 .800 157 66 2 0 0 1.000 79 20 Won 4 Bowling Green 2 2 0 .500 55 87 1 0 0 1.000 24 20 Lost 1 Northern Illinois 3 2 0 .600 110 108 1 1 0 .500 41 38 Won 1 Ball State 1 4 0 .200 65 147 1 1 0 .500 31 54 Lost 1 Eastern Michigan 1 4 0 .200 81 206 1 1 0 .500 51 69 Lost 4 Central Michigan 1 3 0 .250 82 88 0 1 0 .000 14 15 Lost 1 Western Michigan 1 3 0 .250 50 116 0 1 0 .000 13 24 Lost 3 Next weeks Schedule Northern Illinois at Central Florida Bowling Green at Central Michigan Toledo at Western Michigan Eastern Michigan at Ball State Looks like Toledo will continue their dominance at weak sister Western Michigan this week. NIU travels down to Orlando, Florida to face the struggling 0-4 Central Florida Golden Knights. The Knights are currently ranked 118th in the country and are lacking talent on offense. Their secondary is their strength, so our focus needs to be establishing the run to set up play action. Central Florida DT Tommie Summers is their best player on defense (6 tack, 3 sacks, 3 TFL's), so we will have to game plan for him on the OLine.

01-19-2010, 08:22 PM	#20
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	2004 Week 7 Central Florida 38 Northern Illinois 28 Record Overall 3-3 MAC South 1-2 Leaders Passing Jake Lewis 14-23-153yds 2TD 1INT Norman Rivers 4-6-91yds 1TD 1INT Rushing HB Anthony Stevenson 16att 90yds 1TD HB Randy Grier 9att 19yds Receiving WR Bobby Kueth 4-84 FB Ross Gaylor 3-17 WR Colin Tully 3-51 2TD Defense CB Joel Coles 9 tackles 1 assist 1 pass defended OLB Ryan Jarvis 8 tackles 2 assists 1 INT OLB Issac Swift 8 tackles 2 assists DT Keith Naughton 6 tackles DE Kenyon Russell 4 tackles 2 assist 2 sacks Recap This loss was a killer. We were manhandled in every facet of the game as our defense gave up 434 total yards. We could not stop the run and their top WR killed us with 132yds and 2 TD's. We may have to adjust our defensive philosophy going forward because not being able to control the line of scrimmage defensively is killing us. Penalties (9-50yds) did a lot to kill our momentum as well. Offensively, NIU QB's played fairly well. backup QB Norman Rivers came in to relieved an injured Jake Lewis and played well. This should pay dividends going forward. The running game was again productive and seems to be coming into its own at the right time. 4 turnovers killed us and ultimately cost us the game. Defensively, Could not stop the Golden Knights at all. Though we had 4 sacks during the game, the pass rush was not consistent enough to help our struggling secondary. OLB Ryan Jarvis has started to emerge as our impact player on defense. Injuries WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 15 weeks WR Dean Elliott - High Ankle Sprain - Out 27 weeks T Junior Campbell - Broken Foot - Out 7 weeks FB Ross Gaylor - Thigh Bruise - Ques 3 weeks No new injuries reported this game. This is good, because next weeks game againt Central Michigan is critical to our bowl hopes. Recruiting Visits P Daryl Greer – Oak Forest, IL Overall 873, position 50 OLB Seth Teel - Clifton, IL Overall UR, position 79 HB Vincent Gospe - Mount Prospect, IL Overall 349, position 32 WR Brock Ketchum (nice name) - La Porte, IN Overall UR, position, UR C Ben Landgrebe - Chicago, IL Overall 845, position 45 C Antonio Kurtzman - Downers Grove, IL Overall 128, position 6 G Winston Thornton - Milwaukee, WI Overall 617, position 66 T Zack Lang - Effingham, IL Overall 330, position 38 K Dean Ashcraft - Urbana, IL Overall 366, position 8 DE Marvin Finch - Mahomet, IL Overall 207, position 19 OLB Renaldo Dawson - Bartlett, IL Overall UR, position 79 CB Leon Cross - Danville, IL Overall 231, position 22 S Melvin Castillo - Chicago, IL Overall UR, position 72 S Gus Kasay - Park Ridge, IL Overall 303, position 23 Commits None Geesh, when it rains, it pours. Lots of recruits here for homecoming weekend. Hopefully they see a good game and see how they can help us next years. Getting Kurtzman would be a coup. I am currently his favored school and hope I can close the deal while he is visiting. Would also love to get Gospe as well. He is 6'3" 215lb beast with the stats to match (199-1092 9TD in 8 games). Hope he likes Dekalb, IL. 50% of these kids are from the greater Chicagoland area, so I am doing ok in that respect. Just need to close the deal. MAC South Scoreboard Central Florida 38 Northern Illinois 28 Central Michigan 20 Bowling Green 19 Toledo 20 Western Michigan 18 Eastern Michigan 31 Ball State 28 Really good, tight games this week. Toledo showed that they are mortal in the MAC by squeaking out a victory against Western Michigan on a last second FG. Eastern Michigan improves to 2-1 in the division by beating Ball State in Ball State. Impressive. MAC South Standings Code: School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Toledo 5 1 0 .833 177 84 3 0 0 1.000 99 38 Won 5 Eastern Michigan 2 4 0 .333 112 234 2 1 0 .666 82 97 Won 1 Central Michigan 2 3 0 .400 102 107 1 1 0 .500 34 34 Won 1 Bowling Green 2 3 0 .400 74 107 1 1 0 .500 43 40 Lost 2 Northern Illinois 3 3 0 .500 138 146 1 2 0 .333 69 76 Lost 1 Ball State 1 5 0 .166 93 178 1 2 0 .333 59 85 Lost 2 Western Michigan 1 4 0 .200 68 136 0 2 0 .000 31 44 Lost 4 Next weeks Schedule Central Michigan at Northern Illinois Ball State at Bowling Green Ohio at Toledo Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan This week should start separating the MAC South contenders from the also-rans. I can not afford anymore loses in the division, so my team needs to step it up. NIU plays host to the 2-3 Central Michigan Chippewas. The Chippewas features a very strong running attack (2 HB above 300yds for the year) plus a very good secondary. They run a 3-4 defense and OLB Ricardo Fiora is a one man gang (27 tack, 3 sacks, 6 TFL). Last edited by Dolemite73 : 01-19-2010 at 08:30 PM.

01-19-2010, 09:56 PM	#21
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	2004 Week 8 Northern Illinois 43 Central Michigan 17 Record Overall 4-3 MAC South 2-2 Leaders Passing Jake Lewis 15-24-226yds 2TD 1INT Norman Rivers 2-2-15yds 1TD Rushing HB Anthony Stevenson 24att 143yds 1TD HB Randy Grier 10att 40yds Receiving FB Ross Gaylor 4-37 TE Cornell Bark 3-71 WR Albert Schary 2-50 2TD Defense CB Tony Marshall 5 tackles 2 assist OLB Ryan Jarvis 4 tackles 3 assists 1 pass defended DT Keith Naughton 5 tackles 1 assist SS Clay Witt 3 tackles 1 assist 1 INT 1 pass defended Recap Before a crowd of 21,000 fans on homecoming weekend, the NIU Huskies utterly destroyed the Central Michigan Chippewas. This was our most complete game of the year. Total domination on both sides of the ball. The Head Coach rode his coaching staff hard looking for ways to improve their sieve like run defense. Looks like it worked this game. Offensively, NIU QB Jake Lewis was superb despite 2 interceptions. When the game was out of hand, we brought in Norman Rivers to clean up. The running game was the lynchpin that got the offense on track running for 255yds and averaging 5.2 YPC. TE Cornell Bark finally broke out this weekend with a nice game and our Offensive Line was dominant. Defensively, we destroyed the Chippewas. their two touchdowns were off of a blocked punt returned for a TD and an interception returned for a TD. Our defense only gave up 3 points and 171 total yards. Nice day at the office! The secondary came up with 3 INT's and the Defensive line was strong for the first time all year against the run. Injuries WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 15 weeks WR Dean Elliott - High Ankle Sprain - Out 27 weeks T Junior Campbell - Broken Foot - Out 7 weeks FB Ross Gaylor - Thigh Bruise - Ques 3 weeks No new injuries reported this game. Recruiting Visits TE Roger Schnieder - Chicago Heights, IL Overall 865, position 43 DT Ike Blaney - Highland Park, IL Overall 345, position 45 Commits CB Leon Cross - Danville, IL Overall 231, position 22 K Dean Ashcraft - Urbana, IL Overall 366, position 8 P Daryl Greer – Oak Forest, IL Overall 873, position 50 C Antonio Kurtzman - Downers Grove, IL Overall 128, position 6 WR Brock Ketchum - La Porte, IN Overall UR, position, UR I guess the kids were impressed by the shellacking NIU gave Central Michigan, huh? Very strong commitment led by the Kurtzman. This kid will most likely start for us next year. Even though Ketchum was not rated, my scout say he is severely underrated (55++), has nice size (6'2" 175lbs) and was a monster at his high school this year (55-1220-7TD). I expect big things from this kid in the future. Plus with a name like that, he can't help but succeed as a WR. MAC South Scoreboard Northern Illinois 43 Central Michigan 17 Ball State 20 Bowling Green 9 Toledo 62 Ohio 0 Eastern Michigan 21 Western Michigan 19 Eastern Michigan is establishing themselves as the closer competitor to the Toledo juggernaut in the MAC South. I personally think it is fools gold, but we will find out. Just did some digging and Toledo is on probation this year! So I need to concentrate on overtaking Eastern Michigan for the MAC South title and to play for the MAC championship. MAC South Standings Code: School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Toledo 6 1 0 .857 239 84 4 0 0 1.000 161 38 Won 6 Eastern Michigan 3 4 0 .428 133 253 3 1 0 .750 103 116 Won 2 Northern Illinois 4 3 0 .571 181 163 2 2 0 .500 112 93 Won 1 Ball State 2 5 0 .285 113 187 2 2 0 .500 79 94 Won 1 Central Michigan 2 4 0 .333 119 150 1 2 0 .333 51 77 Lost 1 Bowling Green 2 4 0 .333 83 127 1 2 0 .333 52 60 Lost 3 Western Michigan 1 5 0 .166 87 157 0 3 0 .000 50 65 Lost 5 Next weeks Schedule Northern Illinois at Western Michigan Bowling Green at Ohio Central Michigan at Toledo Ball State at Akron Eastern Michigan has a bye this week, so I can attempt to use the momentum of this week's win to go into Western Michigan. Toledo should roll all over Central Michigan. Ball State and Bowling Green should have no issues with their opponents. NIU travels to Kalamazoo, MI to take on the 1-5 Western Michigan Broncos. The Broncos features a very strong, opportunistic secondary that has 12 INT on the year. The Broncos also are 6th in the Nation with a +9 Turnover ratio. Luckily for us, their offense is pretty inept and can't turn those turnovers into scores. Their running game is week (118th in the nation) and their QB is a turnover machine (9 INT). As long as we bring the same intensity that we had this week, we should easily beat the Broncos. Last edited by Dolemite73 : 01-19-2010 at 10:04 PM.

01-20-2010, 12:29 AM	#22
bbgunn College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Osaka, Japan via Honolulu, Hawaii via Birmingham, Alabama	A winning record! Good job so far. __________________ U of Hawaii \| U of Alabama \| Montreal Impact \| Montreal Canadiens \| West Ham \| West Indies cricket \| Portland Trail Blazers

01-20-2010, 05:36 AM	#23
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	Thanks bbgunn. I found out why my defense was getting killed on the ground. For some strange reason, my defense was set for 3-4 vice 46. My LB's are not strong run stuffers and our front 7 were getting killed up front. Switched it back to 46. You saw the result last game. Last edited by Dolemite73 : 01-20-2010 at 05:50 AM.

01-20-2010, 07:15 AM	#24
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	2004 Week 8 Northern Illinois 23 Western Michigan 21 Record Overall 5-3 MAC South 3-2 Leaders Passing Jake Lewis 17-30-234yds 1TD 1INT Rushing HB Anthony Stevenson 16att 99yds 2TD HB Randy Grier 6att 26yds Receiving WR Colin Tully 3-40 WR Conrad Alston 3-49 WR Albert Schary 3-39 1TD Defense DT Keith Naughton 7 tackles 2 assist 1 sack 1 forced fumble CB Tony Marshall 7 tackles 0 assist OLB Ryan Jarvis 7 tackles 2 assists Recap Redemption is the key word for this game. Late in the 3rd quarter, with the Huskies up 20-14, K Max Kirk, who has hit some big kicks this year, misses a 58yd FG (what the heck the computer AI was thinking will never be known). Western Michigan then drives down and punches in a TD to go ahead 21-20 with 11:25 left in the fourth quarter. The 2 defenses then stiffen up and it looks like our Huskies will have another tough loss. But not today. NIU gets the ball with 1:57 left on their own 9 yard line. Then QB Jake goes to work. On the game winning drive, Lewis went 2-3 for 62yds (punctuated by a 44yd dart to back up WR Bobby Kueth). Now in FG range, they hand the ball off to HB Stevenson to get to the the Broncos 19yard line. We opt for the FG with :20 left in the 4th Quarter. Since the K had missed one earlier, this 36yd kick is no gimmie. Hit it and we win. Miss it and we lose. Well, Max Kirk nailed it to put us ahead for good. Offensively, NIU QB Jake Lewis was ably led his team to the game winning drive. He is really having an effective year. The running game was effective all game and HB Anthony Stvenson is making a bid for an All-Conference selection. The Offensive line did not allow a sack and held their blocks effectively in the running game. Defensively, we fell back into old habits. We did not control our gaps and allowed a weak running team to gash our defense for 179yds. Our secondary did not allow any big plays in the passing game and our pass rush harassed the opposing QB all game. DT Keith Naughton has been a beast all year. Injuries WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 12 weeks WR Dean Elliott - High Ankle Sprain - Out 24 weeks T Junior Campbell - Broken Foot - Doubtful 4 weeks DT Keith Naughton - Bruised Ribcage - Ques 6 weeks Having Naughton injured is not going to help my run defense going forward. Out of all the potential injuries, his is a big one. Recruiting Visits None Commits DT Ike Blaney - Highland Park, IL Overall 345, position 45 DE Marvin Finch - Mahomet, IL Overall 207, position 19 My defensive line gets a huge infusion of talent with these two signees. Blaney is a 3-technique DT who specializes in getting to the passer. Finch is a stud run stuffer off the edge that can funnel ball carriers back inside to the teeth of the defense. I expect huge things from these kids in the future. MAC South Scoreboard Northern Illinois 23 Western Michigan 21 Bowling Green 17 Ohio 16 Toledo 49 Central Michigan 10 Ball State 28 Akron 21 Ball State is right there with me, waiting for Eastern Michigan to slip up and lose a game. Though they have an overall record of 3-5, Ball State has a 3-2 record in the division and playing solid football. Toledo is so dominant, but it wont matter this year as they are on probation. Sucks to be them. MAC South Standings Code: School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Toledo 7 1 0 .875 288 94 5 0 0 1.000 210 48 Won 7 Eastern Michigan 3 4 0 .428 133 253 3 1 0 .750 103 116 Won 2 Northern Illinois 5 3 0 .625 204 184 3 2 0 .600 135 114 Won 2 Ball State 3 5 0 .375 141 208 3 2 0 .600 107 115 Won 2 Bowling Green 3 4 0 .428 100 143 2 2 0 .500 69 76 Won 1 Central Michigan 2 5 0 .285 129 199 1 3 0 .250 61 126 Lost 2 Western Michigan 1 6 0 .142 108 180 0 4 0 .000 71 88 Lost 6 Next weeks Schedule Northern Illinois at Ball State Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green Western Michigan at Central Michigan Huge game for us this week. A win here will propel us to compete for the division title and make us bowl eligible with 6 wins in my first year as coach. A loss puts us out of the division title talk and jeopardizes our bowl chances going forward. Ball State features a pretty diverse attack based on the Single back formation and play action passing. Defensively, they are not that strong and rely on their strong LB corps to control teams. They can be controlled at the line of scrimmage due to an undersized DLine. That will be our gameplan. Bowling Green will need to beat Eastern Michigan. We will be rooting for them! Last edited by Dolemite73 : 01-20-2010 at 07:42 AM.

01-20-2010, 10:59 AM	#25
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	2004 Week 9 Northern Illinois 16 Ball State 14 Record Overall 6-3 MAC South 4-2 Leaders Passing Jake Lewis 13-21-177yds 0TD 0INT Rushing HB Anthony Stevenson 26att 134yds HB Randy Grier 11att 59yds FB Ross Gaylor 4att 80yds 1TD Receiving WR Colin Tully 5-118 FB Ross Gaylor 2-17 WR Albert Schary 1-10 Defense OLB Ryan Jarvis 5 tackles 2 assists 1 pass defended ILB Winfred Cantral 4 tackles 1 assists 1 sack CB Harvey Randle 3 tackles 2 assists 1 INT 1 pass defended Recap Tough physical game. For the life of me, I can not figure out how we compile 456 total yards on offense, yet manage 16 points. Will have to do some digging into my red zone stats and see what we are doing wrong. I am sure part of it are the 12 penalties for 92 yards and 3 lost fumbles have something to do with us not meeting our potential. Offensively, NIU QB Jake Lewis was his usual, efficient self. He fed off of our running game and moved the chains when needed. Very steady play all year, which is a good thing for now. The running game put on a power running exhibition gaining 312yds on 5.5 YPC. Even FB Ross Gaylor got into the act with a long 75yd TD run for a touchdown, plowing over numerous players in the opoosing secondary. The Offensive line allowed 3 sacks, but their run blocking was stellar and they are starting to gel right at the most opportune time. Defensively, we sut down the Ball State Offense, allowing only 206 total yds. Our DLine got steady pass rush all day long (3 sacks) and our LB's did a good job stuffing the run. Our secondary is proving to be our most consistent unit nabbing 3 INT's and not allowing any big plays in the passing game. On Special teams, K Max Kirk has proven to be a nice weapon and went 3/4 in FG's today. Injuries WR Keith Gload – Torn Elbow ligament – Out 11 weeks WR Dean Elliott - High Ankle Sprain - Out 23 weeks T Junior Campbell - Broken Foot - Ques 3 weeks DT Keith Naughton - Bruised Ribcage - Prob 5 weeks Getting Junior Campbell back will help our line with our pass protection, so I am glad to have him back. Recruiting Visits None Commits C Ben Landgrebe - Chicago, IL Overall 845, position 45 OLB Renaldo Dawson - Bartlett, IL Overall UR, position 76 Getting 2 top-flight Centers is a good thing for our team. I will most likely be moving Landgrebe to Tackle due to his strength being pass blocking and his weakness being run blocking. Dawson has a very good rating from my scout (Terrific with LB's) and should be that stud run stuffing ILB that I will need in a few years. MAC South Scoreboard Northern Illinois 16 Ball State 14 Eastern Michigan 21 Bowling Green 13 Western Michigan 37 Central Michigan 14 Eastern Michigan keeps rolling along. Next week they have Central Michigan, so they more than likely will not loss next week either. MAC South Standings Code: School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Toledo 7 1 0 .875 288 94 5 0 0 1.000 210 48 Won 7 Eastern Michigan 4 4 0 .500 154 266 4 1 0 .800 124 129 Won 3 Northern Illinois 6 3 0 .666 220 198 4 2 0 .666 151 128 Won 3 Ball State 3 6 0 .333 155 224 3 3 0 .500 121 131 Lost 1 Bowling Green 3 5 0 .375 113 164 2 3 0 .400 82 97 Lost 1 Western Michigan 2 6 0 .250 145 194 1 4 0 .200 108 102 Won 1 Central Michigan 2 6 0 .250 143 236 1 4 0 .200 75 163 Lost 3 Next weeks Schedule Toledo at Miami (OH) Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan Western Michigan at Bowling Green Miami (OH) sits at 5-3 overall, but 4-1 in their division (tied with Marshall). They have a good chance of upsetting Toledo. If they can't beat them, hopefully they rough them up enough for me to be able to beat them in two weeks. I have a bye this week, then two season defining games. At home against Toledo and on the road at Eastern Michigan, which could decide who goes on to play in the MAC championship game since Toledo is forbidden from post season play. Last edited by Dolemite73 : 01-20-2010 at 11:00 AM.

01-20-2010, 11:15 PM	#26
bbgunn College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Osaka, Japan via Honolulu, Hawaii via Birmingham, Alabama	Stevenson is a beast! And Lewis is not making many mistakes. Good run here. __________________ U of Hawaii \| U of Alabama \| Montreal Impact \| Montreal Canadiens \| West Ham \| West Indies cricket \| Portland Trail Blazers

01-21-2010, 10:08 AM	#27
Dolemite73 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	Due to a hard drive crash, I will have to stop this dynasty and start another one. This sucks!

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