The Coaching Career of Ryne Dezaron (NCAA 14)

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MEET COACH DEZARON

In 2013, Ryne Dezaron became the hottest name in the college football coaching circles. At age 37, Dezaron came out of nowhere to help Coach Peterson guide the Boise State Broncos to a National Title berth. Dezaron used his gift of Total Recall to memorize the BSU playbook and bring back the offense that had disappeared when Robert Prince took over as the Boise State OC. That Offense went on to lead the nation in scoring as well as lead the nation in yards gained and passing yards as well.

Now in 2014, Coach Dezaron must decide what team will help build his legacy. 9 teams lined up for his services, but there could only be one..

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YEARLY RECAPS

2013- OC Boise State (12-3)-Lost National Championship to Washington

2014- HC Eastern Michigan (10-3) Won the Hawaii Bowl vs Fresno State

2015- HC Cal (11-3) Won the Pac-12 Title, Lost in the the Rose Bowl to Iowa

2015- Took over the HC job at Georgia State.

2016-Lead Georgia State to a 7-6 record including a win in the Beef O'Brady's Bowl

2017-Lead Georgia State to a 11-2 record winning the Sun Belt as well as the New Oreleans Bowl.

2018-Went Independent and went 10-3 winning the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.

2019-Joined the SEC and went 12-3 winning the National Championship game over Oklahoma in OT.

2020-Went undefeated (14-0) repeating as National Champs beating Texas in the Title game.

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The University of Eastern Michigan has found their new Head Coach. After Ron English left after a 3-9 finish, to take the DC job in South Carolina. The Eagles were left with a opening. From Day 1 they knew who they wanted, the only problem was so did 7 other schools including Utah State who as recently as 2012 were a Conference Champion.

For EMU, the Eagles since 1990 was 6-6 in 2011 after going 0-12 in 09 and 2-10 in 2010. But rather then build off that .500 record, EMU instead went back to their losing ways going 2-10 in 2012 as well. All of these records and losing ways came playing in the Metro Atlantic Conference. Well with a new coach comes a major change. The Eagles are headed to C-USA.

Last year Conference USA took a huge hit as most teams left for the newly formed American Conference (once know as the Big East). The C-USA scrambled and came away with 7 teams, with 4 of those coming from the state of Florida, (FIU,FAU,UCF,USF) and the other 3 coming from Texas (UTSA,Texas State, and North Texas).

Today they added 3 new schools, this time all coming from the state of Michigan. Along with EMU, C-USA is also bringing in Western Michigan as well as Central Michigan, bringing the league total to 10 teams.

Coach Dezaron-

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I am extremely excited to start my new chapter in my coaching career at EMU, and can't think of a better way to do it, then to have the school start fresh in a new conference, however I am really excited that WMU and CMU are coming along as we can keep our school rivalries alive.

THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF CHANGE

With the MAC losing 3 teams to C-USA, they moved quick to fill some holes adding former member Ball State, as well as UMass and Western Kentucky of the American Conference. All 3 teams struggled to compete last season and will join the MAC East with Temple,Buffalo and Old Dominion and compete against the 6 Ohio schools leaving the MAC at 12
teams.

The American Conference was hit hard by the changes, as top schools, Northern Illinois and Cincinnati left for the Big Ten, and the 3 mentioned above for the MAC, the AC was left adding just 2 teams in Navy and Army to bring their total to 9 teams, as Arkansas State and Georgia State also moved on to the Sunbelt, joining the Louisiana and Alabama Schools.

The Big Ten is now the Big 15. Last year they added Notre Dame and Iowa State, however the Irish decided Independent life was what they wanted most and jumped ship. Now with Cincinnati and Northern Illinios in the mix, the 2 new schools will join the Leaders Division with OSU,PSU, Illinois,Northwestern, Purdue and Indiana , well the Legends Division will be made up of Iowa,Iowa State,Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Michigan State

The MWC, Pac-12 and Big 12 all shared rolls in teams on the move. BSU coming off their National Title game, is moving to the Pac-12 to replace Colorado, well the Buffs are head back to the Big 12 to replace UTEP who was a 1 year member. The Miners will head to the MWC along with Air Force who had a 1 year hiatus to give the MWC 16 teams total.

The SEC remains unchanged as well as the ACC after their big add last season.

I will post a complete look of the conferences through the year.

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Feel free to post. I will have some EMU Team news in the morning as well as my 1st game results..

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MEET YOUR 2014 EMU EAGLES

QUARTERBACK

RS SR Tyler Benz (84) will go into the year as the starter. Benz saw action in 2013 completing 45% of his passes for 656 yards with 5 TD's and 7 INT. He also carried the ball 69 times for 255 yards and 3 scores, giving him the ability to make plays with his feet as well.

SO Brogan Roback (83) will redshirt this season, giving Coach Dezaron a year to allow Roback to learn the offense. Roback played well last year as a true freshman for the Eagles throwing for 1411 yards 10 TD and 13 INT.

With Roback reshirting, this leaves the backup duties to a pair of Redshirt Freshman. Reginald Bell (78) is a 6'3 dual threat QB who can make plays with both his feet and arm. Bell could and will see action this year as Coach Dezaron will look to see if maybe he can emerge as a 4 year starter.

Brandon Bossard (76) is more like Roback, a pocket passer who will look to make plays with his arm. He will serve as the 3rd string QB this season as he too learns the new playbook, but could challenge Roback and Bell for he starting job/backup spot next season.

RUNNINGBACK

SR Bronson Hill (84) returns as the starter, after putting up over 1000 yards last season (1182) and scoring 6 TD's. Bronson also is a good receiving threat out of the backfield as well as he had 28 rec for 405 yards and 3 scores. At 5'10 and 210lbs he has the size to be a everydown back for the Eagles.

RS SO Juwan Lewis (75), RS JR Ryan Brumfield (73), and RS JR Tyler Allen (67) will serve as the backups. Lewis was the only player to see PT in 2013 and he finished with just 9 carries for 31 yards. Brumfield is expected to be the #1 return man this season, as he is considered more of a speed back.

FULLBACK

RS FR Jacob King (55) has been trust into the starting job because no one else could do it. At 6'2 and 206lbs he has the size to become a solid FB, and with his combo of speed (84) and hands (69) he could be a great outlet for Benz on short yardage situations.

FR Vince Cade (45) played halfback in high school but was moved to FB this spring. He will redshirt as he looks to improve on his blocking skills. At 5'11 and 205 lbs, Hill could be a future goaline back.

TIGHT END

After having Gabe Linehan win the Mackey award last year in Coach D's Offense, 6'3 SR Tyresse Russell (75) is excited to see what happens in 2014. With just 9 rec for 93 yards last year, Russell will look to be a big target for the Eagles QB's in the redzone.

JR C. Menet (68) and RS SO C. Gardner (65) will serve as the #2 and #3 TE this season. Neither player saw action last season, but with Coach Dezaron employing several 3 TE sets, both should see the field this year.

WIDE RECEIVER

This group of players took a huge hit when Demarius Reed was murdered last season. Reed was viewed as a starter going into 2014. With Reed gone, 6'2 JR Dustin Creel (75) and 5'10 RS JR Jay Jones (70) are expected to start, with JR Quincy Jones (70) at 6'3 210lbs expected to be a huge threat in the redzone.

RS SO Mitchell Dawkins (69), RS JR Matt Brown (68) and RS SR Julius Shelby (68) are expected to provide solid depth and should see the field often as Coach Dezaron likes to use 5 WR's often and rotate different players on different packages.

RS SO Efe Scott-Emuakpo (70) has decided to transfer to EMU for the 2015 season from Ball State. He will sit out this season. Emuakpo has the best combo of size (6'3) and speed (91) of anyone on the team and could be a potential starter in 2015. The Eagles will also have FR Anthony Bennett (62) who is redshirting this season.

O-LINE

The Eagles return a starting unit that has 5 Seniors. LT B. McFadden (80), LG J. Woods (75), C J. Erbes (66), RG C. Allison (83), RT L. Hansen (71). This unit will need to step up and be ready to play as they will be key in helping Coach Dezaron establish his high scoring offense.

FR LT Jeff James (73) was the #1 recruit to sign with the Eagles this past season, and didn't until Coach Dezaron had agreed to come to EMU. A instate kid from Grand Ledge Michigan, James is just the type of player Coach D wants to build his team around. By redshirting this season, James will have a chance to be a 4 year starter, starting next season. Joining James on redshirt will be will FR C's J. Adkins (66) and Z. Robbins (66), FR RG A. Allen (62)

Backing up the Starting Unit will be RS FR LT D. Brown (67), RS JR's LG K. Collins (69) and G. Parker (62), as well as RS SO RG J. Hurcombe (73) and RS SO RT A. Wylie (66)

D-LINE

RS JR Omar McFarlane (71) will start at LE, after registering 10 TFL and 3.5 sacks last season, well RS SR J. Rich (64) and RS SO J. Kincaid (68) will rotate at RE. SR's C. Maughmer (76) and T. Linser (69) will start in the middle at DT. Linser like McFarlane also had 3.5 sacks in 2013.

JR A. Pipkins (65) will the top backup at DT, well RS FR D. Powell (62) will backup at DE.

FR DE's B. Duncan (62), B. Johnson (63), C. Holland (62) along with DT's M. Moss (63) and S. Harris (62) will all redshirt this season.

LINEBACKER

JR I. Spearman (68), SO L. Robinson (70) and RS SR T. Brown (72) are the starting unit, well RS FR's D. Williams (63),and D. Dunlap (62), along with RS SO's A. Zappne (67), H. Matt (67) and A. Houston (65) provide solid depth. FR Josh Woods (62) will redshirt this season.

DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD

5'8 SR CB Darius Scott (77), SR FS K. Johnson (75), and SR P. Cotton (81) are viewed as the leaders of this unit. Scott led the team with 4 INT's last year including 3 returned for TD's. Cotton also recored 2 INT's well also deflecting 5 pass's, with with 25 Tackles is the returning leader in that catagory. 5'9 CB K. Bryant (72) will join them in the starting lineup, well RS JR CB's D. Moore-Young (70), K. Strange (69) and RS SR SS M. Swaim (71) provide solid depth. JR CB M. Smith (67) and RS FR FS D. Pace (69) will also see P.T. this season.

6'3 FR Geoff Jones is the only one from this unit red shirting this season. He is listed as a FS, but with both Cotton and Swaim graduating, Jones could move to SS and be a 4 year starter unless the Eagles can land someone this year in recruiting.

JR Dylan Mulder (81) returns as the kicker this season after connecting on 17/23 FG's last year (74%) including a 46 yarder. He was also 100% in EP's and had 9 Touchbacks on Kickoffs.

FR Johnny Cox (63) comes to take over the punting duties. A 2* prospect out of St Charles Illinois, Cox will need to work on his leg strength and accuracy (64 in both) to keep the job for all 4 years.

Coach Dezaron-

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I am pretty excited about this team. Benz has the talent to be a much better QB then he has shown. However as much as I am looking forward to helping him this season lead us to some Wins, I am even as excited about next season as the 3 returning QB's will all have 3 years of eligibility to showcase what they can do for us moving forward. Obviously both Roback and Bell have different advantages. Roback will be able to sit up in the press box and learn from watching, well Bell will learn on the sidelines and the field, as we look to get him some P.T. this season. Bossard provies us great depth, but I have already made it known it's okay if he chooses to transfer after this season or next. I am really excited to see Hill in action. He proved he can be a workhorse last season and I believe he could improve on those #'s this season. We have a solid O-Line and we have some key players on Defense. Overall I see this team capable of winning some games. Will we win 10 and win the C-USA. No I have my doubts. It's always hard the 1st year with a new team that's learning a new offense, but we will be better then 3 wins and I could see us winning 6-7 games and maybe make a low tier bowl game.

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2014 PRESEASON NEWS

After watching Boise State make it to the National Championship game, and play a rematch with their Week 1 loss to Washington, I am not sure how 2014 could be any better. Maybe a 10 win Eastern Michigan season

Well Conference Realignment and all the Coaching changes made news this spring, let's take a look at the top news heading into the fall, as we get ready for opening kickoff of the 2014 season.

TOP-25

Ohio State lost to Michigan in Week 15 and then again in the Big Ten Title game missing out on their chance for a 2013 National Title. Now in 2014 the Buckeyes are starting #1. Can Michigan do it again as they are scheduled to meet up once again in Week 15.

Virginia Tech feels like the BCS robbed them of a spot in the National Title. They failed to make it to the ACC Title game in 2013, but were #3 in the BCS rankings going into the Championship week. However when Alabama upset #1 South Carolina and Washington beat UCLA in the Pac-12 title game, the Hokies were jumped in the rankings leaving them out of the game. Now they start #2, but with a Week matchup against #18 Notre Dame, their season could be over before it gets started.

The 2013 National Champion Wasington Huskies will start 2014 at #3. However with new coordinators on both Offense and Defense and a schedule that now includes #20 BSU as well as #17 USC, #15 UCLA and #4 Oregon, the Huskies could have a hard time repeating.

The Oregon Ducks made a huge coaching change in the offseason after losing 4 games in 2013. Still loaded with talent and the ability to score, the Ducks will start the year at #4.

#5 Texas A&M, #6 Alabama, #7 South Carolina and #8 Florida all have the talent to be playing for a National Title. Problem is they all play in the SEC and end of beating each other, keeping any of them of getting there.

#9 Michigan has a pretty interesting schedule to start the year, not playing a Top-25 program until Week 11 when they face instate rival Michigan State. However with games in Week 1 against new Big Ten Cincinnati, and a Week 2 matchup with Miami FL, it won't be a cake walk.

#10 Florida State rounds out the Top-10. If they can beat #2 V.T. In Week 3 and #8 Florida in Week 14, then the Seminoles could put themselves in the Title talk, but those are big if's.

THE REST OF THE TOP-25

#11 STANFORD
#12 TEXAS
#13 NORTH CAROLINA
#14 CLEMSON
#15 UCLA
#16 OKLAHOMA
#17 USC
#18 NOTRE DAME
#19 GEORGIA
#20 BOISE STATE
#21 IOWA
#22 LOUISVILLE
#23 MISSOURI
#24 OLE MISS
#25 MICHIGAN STATE

MANZIEL FOR HEISMAN?

Johnny Football passed for 2927 yards with 28 TD's and 7 INT's, well rushing for 912 yards and 6 scores, but it still wasn't good enough to repeat at the Heisman winner.

This year he is back for his Junior season. Looking for a National Title and 1 more Heisman trophy before taking his show to the pros. However he will face some tough competition as SO QB Jameis Winston (FSU) is looking to improve on his 2795 yards, 31 TD's and 13 INT's he threw as a Freshman. Let us not also forget that like Manziel, Winston also makes plays with his feet as he rushed for 960 yards and 7 scores.

Both QB's will also be challenged by 3 RB's. UConn's SR Lyle McCombs will look to improve on his 1454 yards and 15 TD's on the ground, plus his 536 yards and 6 scores receiving.

Alabama's JR TJ Yeldon also had a big year last year rushing for 1511 yards and 11 scores, well adding another 3 scores and 200 yards on receptions. he starts the year #4 in the voting.

Round out the Top-5 preseason vote getters is South Carolina's Mike Davis. The JR had 1343 yards and 15 scores last season on the ground, and will look to improve on those #'s again this year.

CONFERENCE USA OUTLOOK

It appears that it's going to be a battle between UCF and USF once again for the Conference Crown. UCF won it last year going 8-4 Overall by 7-1 within the conference. Well USF went 9-3, their loss to the Knights kept them form winning the title.

UCF looks on paper to be the inside favorite again as they return QB B. Bortles who threw for 2982 yards along with 32 TD's and just 8 INT's. They also return their 1000 yard rusher in Stevie Johnson (1048 yds and 12 TD's), as well as WR R. Hall (59 rec 890 yards and 8 TD's).

Western Michigan played Toledo in the MAC Championship last season winning 9 games. This year the Broncos will start the year as the #3 ranked C-USA team, however they will do it with a new QB at the helm in SR Zach Wynn who is also the returning leading rusher as well. Wynn threw for 425 yards and 1 TD in 2013. With just 69 yards on the ground, the Broncos will use a pair of RS FR in Fabian Johnson (70) and G. Galloway (70) to lead their attack this year.

Well WMU is picked to finish #3, the EMU Eagles are picked to finish #9 out of #10 teams, with only UTSA picked to finish worse.

Between WMU and EMU we see FIU picked #4, North Texas #5, FAU, #6, CMU #7 and Texas State #8

EMU'S BRONSON HILL NAMED TO 1ST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

Bronson Hill enters CUSA as one of the top runners in the conference. With 1182 yards (5.1 Avg) and 6 scores last season on the ground and another 400 yards and 3 score from the air. Hill will look to finish out his college career on a high note. Joining Hill on the 1st Team All-Conference is SR RG C. Allison.

EMU however did have 6 player named to the 2nd Team, including 5 Defensive starters (DT's C. Maughmer,T. Linser, OLB T. Brown, CB D. Scott and SS P. Cotton) as well a LT B. McFadden.

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EMU ANNOUNCES 2014 SCHEDULE

The Eagles will start out the Coach Dezaron/C-USA era with a bang as they will travel to play instate rival Western Michigan in Week 1. With the Michigan-Mac Trophy up for grabs, both teams will be looking to get 2014 started on a positive note.

The Eagles could take home the hardware in Week 2 as they then travel to take on Central Michigan. EMU then will face #25 Michigan State on the road in Week 3, before finally getting to play their 1st home game in Week 4 against UMass.

Coach Dezaron-

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It is our hopes every year to be able to schedule either Michigan or Michigan State. This year it happened to work with the Spartans in Week 3. I found it odd that the CUSA scheduling committee would have use play WMU and CMU in Week 1 and 2, but that's there call. As far as playing UMass in our home opener. We were just hoping to find a team in which we might be able to get a win. Georgia State couldn't make it work and neither could Idaho , so we went with the next best option

EMU will have a bye in Week 5 before heading to South Bend to take on the #18 Notre Dame Irish in Week 6 before then having 2 more byes in Week 7 and 8.

Coach Dezaron-

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We are excited about our opportunity to play the Irish. We wanted to beef up our strength of schedule (went from a F to a C minus when we added this game). I am not happy about having bye weeks 3 out of 4 weeks, but again it was part of the CUSA scheduling.

If the CUSA scheduling already had you scratching your head with their choices so far, it gets even crazier yet. After back to back byes, Eastern Michigan will travel to Florida to take on FAU and FIU in Week 9 and 10, before returning home to finish out the season with 5 straight home games (Week 11-North Texas, Week 12-UTSA, Week 13-USF, Week 14-Texas State, Week 15-UCF)

Coach Dezaron-

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I guess I should be happy about playing our last 5 games at home. If we can somehow pull out 3 wins (UMass, FAU, FIU) we could have a great chance at winning 6 games, and if we can manage a win over WMU or CMU and go undefeated at home, we could have 8 wins total. That would be a great start to our rebuilding project.

COACH DEZARON AND EMU TARGETS INSTATE KIDS IN REBUILDING PROJECT!!!

Wanting to spend as much time on the field with his current team and help them to better themselves to win more football games, Coach Dezaron and his staff, has targeted 18 of their 23 current recruits from inside the state of Michigan, including 3* HB Joathan Greene (rated #76 best RB) as well as 3* Michael Gatewood (rated #78). Greene is from Gladstone, well Gatewood comes from East Lansing.

All 18 players are rated as 3* prospects and 15 of the 18 had EMU listed as one of their Top-3 schools to start the season. The other 3 targeted players from Michigan might be harder to get, as Coach Dezaron has his sights on 4* Athlete Shaun Robinson of Clawson (Ranked #19), and 4* Athlete Brian Brown of Monroe (Ranked #20) as well as 4* DE Larry Allen of Wayne (ranked #10).

Coach Dezaron-

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We are really excited about both Robinson and Brown. Robinson we project as a WR, and Brown is a very athletic QB. Who would come in and challenge to be the starter next season.

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