2010-2011 College Bowl Preview

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College Football
Bowl Preview
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Auburn (13 - 0) vs. Oregon (12 - 0)

January 10, 2011 - ESPN 7:30 PM CST
W Arkansas State 52!26 W New Mexico 72!0
Vegas Says: Auburn -3/74
W @ Mississippi State 17!14 W @ Tennessee 48!13
R 2010 Ranking
W Clemson 27!24 W Portland State 69!0
287.2 ypg ! 6th Run Offense 303.8 ypg ! 4th
W South Carolina 35!27 210.5 ypg ! 69th Pass Offense 233.7 ypg ! 48th W @ Arizona State 42!31
W ULM 52!3 497.7 ypg ! 7th Total Offense 537.5 ypg ! 2nd W Stanford 52!31
W @ Kentucky 37!34 42.7 ypg ! 6th Scoring Offense 49.3 ppg ! 1st W @ Washington State 43!23
W Arkansas 65!43 111.7 ypg ! 11th Run Defense 117.6 ypg ! 16th W UCLA 60!13
W LSU 24!17 250.5 ypg ! 105th Pass Defense 214.0 ypg ! 56th W @ USC 53!32
W @ Ole Miss 51!31 362.2 ypg ! 54th Total Defense 331.6 ypg ! 25th W Washington 53!16
W Chattanooga 62!24 24.5 ppg ! 54th Scoring Defense 18.4 ppg ! 14th W @ Cal 15!13
W Georgia 49!31 “Read the Mesh” ! One of the biggest problems for defenses W Arizona 48!29
that face that Oregon’s offense is the inability to read the
W @ Alabama 28!27 W @ Oregon State 37!20
mesh point. Nearly every play Oregon runs, QB Darron
W v SEC Ch. S. Car. 56!17
Thomas is sticking the ball into the belly of a running back,
Proj. Offensive Starters with a decision to follow ! that’s called the mesh point. Proj. Offensive Starters
Sometimes it’s a called run or QB pull, but most times
QB 2 Cameron Newton Jr. Thomas is reading what the defense is doing to determine QB 1 Darron Thomas Jr.
RB 5 Michael Dyer Fr. what he should do with the ball. For perimeter defenders this RB 21 LaMichael James So.
WR 89 Darvin Adams Jr. isn’t unusual to have to try to decipher what’s going on, but WR 23 Jeff Maehl Sr.
WR 81 Terrell Zachery Sr. Oregon has been running a midline option out of the gun, or a WR 4 Josh Huff Fr.
WR 18 Kodi Burns Sr. version of it, which forces defensive tackles to read the mesh. WR 10 D.J Davis Sr.
That’s not the strong suit for guys like Nick Fairley et al.
HB 43 Philip Lutzenkirchen So. TE 42 David Paulson Jr.
But, it might be the best way to slow down a guy like Fairley,
LT 73 Lee Ziemba Sr. LT 69 Bo Thran Sr.
so expect Oregon to put him in a position to have to read, not
LG 66 Mike Berry Sr. react. LG 77 Carson York So.
C 50 Ryan Pugh Sr. C 54 Jordan Holmes Sr.
RG 57 Byron Isom Sr. He’s the best, just ask hi! ! Cliff Harris, the sophomore RG 68 C.E. Kaiser Sr.
cornerback for the Ducks, is a confident lad and when you see
RT 75 Brandon Mosley Jr. RT 79 Mark Asper Jr.
the progress he’s made in two short years, you’ll begin to
Proj. Defensive Starters understand why. He’s the best cover guy in the Pac!10, no Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 45 Antoine Carter Sr. matter whether he’s facing quick, catch!and!run receivers or DE 58 Kenny Rowe Sr.
tall, big downfield threats. In this game, he’s going to see
DT 98 Zach Clayton Sr. DT 88 Brandon Bair Sr.
plenty of size as Darvin Adams and Terrell Zachery are
DT 90 Nick Fairley Jr. DT 99 Zac Clark Sr.
both 6’2” or taller. But, Harris can climb, meaning he knows
DE 94 Nosa Eguae Fr. when to go up for the football at its highest point and he can DE 45 Terrell Turner Jr.
LB 46 Craig Stevens Sr. match receivers on their cuts as well as anyone. Furthermore, LB 56 Josh Kaddu Jr.
LB 17 Josh Bynes Sr. keep an eye on #13 on punt returns. LB 55 Casey Matthews Sr.
LB 25 Daren Bates So. LB 35 Spencer Paysinger Sr.
O ! The Oregon fans will get angry at anyone who steals the O
CB 14 Demond Washington Sr. CB 13 Cliff Harris So.
from them, but the O in this instance has everything to do
S 4 Zac Etheridge Sr. with Auburn’s Onterrio McCalebb, the speedy sophomore FS 20 John Boyett So.
S 26 Mike McNeil Jr. back. As the season progressed, McCalebb proved he was the Rov 11 Eddie Pleasant Jr.
CB 15 Neiko Thorpe Jr. perfect complement to both QB Cam Newton and true CB 37 Talmadge Jackson Sr.
freshman hotshot Michael Dyer. With speed to get the
Scouting Report edge on nearly every defense he faces, McCalebb has made the Scouting Report
Josh Bynes speed sweep out of the shotgun one of the most valuable plays John Boyette
ILB, 6’3” 235 lb. in the Auburn arsenal. Late in the fourth quarter of the LSU FS, 5’10” 198 lb.
win, offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn called that same
Tough...more of a two down play and it went for a 70 yard game winning touchdown. The best playmaker in the
linebacker, although he does Pac!10 in the secondary...good
have a few interceptions this Conclusio" ! Auburn has been playing with “comeback from tackler...plays the ball well in
s e a s o n . . . w h e n f r e e , r u n s behind” fire all season long, but destroyed South Carolina in t h e a i r. . . n o t t h e b e s t
sideline to sideline well the SEC title game when everything was in perfect synch. I athlete...but does so much well
think Oregon can stay with the Tigers...for a while, but the
speed is too much for Oregon’s ‘D’ to handle for 60 minutes
Auburn - 35 vs. Oregon - 28

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U Conn (8 - 4) vs. Oklahoma (11 - 2)

L @ Michigan 30!10 W Utah State 31!24
Vegas Says: Oklahoma -17/55
W Texas Southern 62!3 W Florida State 47!17
R 2010 Ranking
L @ Temple 30!16 W Air Force 27!24
179.9 ypg ! 31st Run Offense 141.3 ypg ! 77th
W Buffalo 45!21 145.1 ypg ! 112th Pass Offense 336.8 ypg ! 4th W @ Cincinnati 31!29
W Vanderbilt 40!21 325.0 ypg ! 96th Total Offense 478.1 ypg ! 13th W Texas 28!20
L @ Rutgers 27!24 26.9 ppg ! 62nd Scoring Offense 36.4 ppg ! 17th W Iowa State 52!0
L @ Louisville 26!0 147.3 ypg ! 57th Run Defense 151.8 ypg ! 62nd L @ Missouri 36!27
W West Virginia 16!13 206.4 ypg ! 42nd Pass Defense 212.2 ypg ! 51st W Colorado 43!10
W Pitt 30!28 353.7 ypg ! 48th Total Defense 363.9 ypg ! 58th L @ Texas A&M 33!19
W @ Syracuse 23!6 19.8 ppg ! 23rd Scoring Defense 21.9 ppg ! 35th W Texas Tech 45!7
W Cincinnati 38!17 Big Z ! Going into the season, the ultimate key to U Conn’s W @ Baylor 53!24
success was going to be RB Jordan Todman. Suffice to
W @ South Florida 19!16 W @ Oklahoma State 47!41
say, he more than lived up to the billing. But, when people
W B12 Ch. ! Nebraska 23!20
question why this team was 8!4, instead of 10!2 or 11!1, the
fingers get pointed at quarterback Zach Frazer. It’s been
Proj. Offensive Starters Proj. Offensive Starters
one heck of a roller coaster ride for the senior, who started
QB 10 Zach Frazer Sr. his career at Notre Dame and will culmintate with one final QB 12 Landry Jones So.
RB 23 Jordan Todman Jr. opportunity to prove his critics wrong. He’s not accurate RB 7 DeMarco Murray Sr.
WR 80 Michael Smith Jr. with the football, having completed just over 52" of his WR 85 Ryan Broyles Jr.
WR 82 Kashif Moore Jr. throws. He turned the ball over at key times and he hasn’t WR 6 Cameron Kenney Sr.
WR 83 Isiah Moore Jr. throw for a ton of touchdowns #4 interceptions and only 5 WR 4 Kenny Stills Fr.
touchdowns$. Yet, Frazer knows what his role is for this
TE 94 Ryan Griffin So. TE 82 James Hanna Jr.
power running offense. Hand the ball to Todman and when
LT 71 Mike Ryan Jr. LT 59 Donald Stephenson Jr.
Frazer can take a little heat off of the Huskies star back, he
LG 66 Mathieu Olivier Sr. will attempt to with some play action. Just don’t expect a LG 64 Gabe Ikard Fr.
C 57 Moe Petrus Jr. ton of it, especially against this improving Oklahoma C 61 Ben Habern So.
RG 78 Zach Hurd Sr. defense. OU won’t bring as much pass rush pressure, such RG 75 Tyler Evans So.
RT 63 Adam Masters So. that it can devote an army near the line of scrimmage to RT 69 Eric Mensik Sr.
help on Todman. But, if Frazer finds some sort of rhythm,
Proj. Defensive Starters Proj. Defensive Starters
OU’s Jeremy Beal may need to introduce himself to Big Z.
DE 48 Trevardo Williams So. DE 56 Ronnell Lewis So.
DT 99 Kendall Reyes Jr. Still sho# ! Watching U Conn’s opening game of the DT 92 Stacy McGee So.
DT 54 Alex Polito Sr. season, it struck me how slow the Huskies’ secondary DE 84 Frank Alexander Jr.
DE 91 Jesse Joseph So. actually is. Denard Robinson ran all around them and it LB 44 Jeremy Beal Sr.
LB 32 Scott Lutrus Sr. appeared they were all standing still. That makes stopping LB 28 Travis Lewis Jr.
LB 8 Lawrence Wilson Sr. the Oklahoma receiving corps a minor miracle if it happens, LB 12 Austin Box Jr.
especially with speedy true freshman WR Kenny Stills on
LB 46 Sio Moore So. LB 56 Ronnell Lewis So.
the perimeter. The Californian has been all that he was
CB 5 Blidi Wreh!Wilson So. CB 32 Jamell Fleming Jr.
advertised to be and the Sooners will stretch the field with
FS 15 Jerome Junior So. him at least twice in this game. I don’t think the Huskies FS 20 Quinton Carter Sr.
SS 25 Harris Agbor Jr. can run with him and this could be a problem. SS 3 Jonathan Nelson Jr.
CB 24 Dwayne Gratz So. CB 19 Demontre Hurst So.
Ch$ch$changes ! OU OC Kevin Wilson was named the
head coach at Indiana and it presents a small problem for
Scouting Report the coaching staff and play calling in this one. QB coach Scouting Report
Zach Hurd Josh Heupel will call plays, which, at this point, is neither Jeremy Beal
RG, 6’7” 325 lb. good nor bad. Just different. Wilson had found a nice DE/OLB, 6’3” 267 lb.
This guy has the build of a rhythm with this unit and Heupel was right there alongside. Sooners moved him to 3!4 OLB
right tackle...a little stiff...good But, a different play caller is a different play caller, so keep about midseason...fits that
lift when he strikes...average an eye on OU’s offensive efficiency in the 1st half. well...not as good in space...has
feet...could transition to RT at Conclusio" ! Quite simply, the Huskies don’t have the great pass rush
next level...more power scheme defensive studs to stay with Oklahoma. They’ll compete quickness...shoulder rip is solid
and play hard, but don’t have enough firepower to win.
Oklahoma - 31 vs. U Conn - 17

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Stanford (11 - 1) vs. Virginia Tech (11 - 2)

W Sacramento State 52!17 L v Boise State 33!30
Vegas Says: Stanford -3/58
W @ UCLA 35!0 L James Madison 21!16
R 2010 Ranking
W Wake Forest 68!24 W East Carolina 49!27
W @ Notre Dame 37!14 256.3 ypg ! 30th Pass Offense 202.2 ypg ! 75th W @ Boston College 19!0
L @ Oregon 52!31 467.3 ypg ! 14th Total Offense 411.1 ypg ! 37th W @ NC State 41!30
W USC 37!35 40.3 ppg ! 8th Scoring Offense 35.5 ppg ! 19th W Central Michigan 45!21
W Washington State 38!28 125.4 ypg ! 24th Run Defense 148.9 ypg ! 58th W Wake Forest 52!21
W @ Washington 41!0 200.3 ypg ! 32nd Pass Defense 199.3 ypg ! 31st W Duke 44!7
W Arizona 42!17 325.8 ypg ! 24th Total Defense 348.2 ypg ! 40th W Georgia Tech 28!21
W @ Arizona State 17!13 17.8 ppg ! 11th Scoring Defense 19.1 ppg ! 16th W @ North Carolina 26!10
W @ Cal 48!14 Luck of the draw ! There’s a consensus that Stanford QB W @ Miami 31!17
W Oregon State 38!0 Andrew Luck is going to be the number one pick in the W Virginia 37!7
draft, no matter whether he declares early this season or W ACC Ch. ! FSU 44!33
waits until 2012. He has an opportunity to cement that
Proj. Offensive Starters ranking with a solid performance in this game, but the Proj. Offensive Starters
aggressive Virginia Tech defense presents a few hurdles for
QB 12 Andrew Luck Jr. him to cross. Luck has had plenty of time to throw the QB 5 Tyrod Taylor Sr.
RB 33 Stepfan Taylor So. football, but Virginia Tech DC Bud Foster doesn’t allow RB 34 Ryan Williams So.
WR 8 Ryan Whalen Sr. quarterbacks to ever get comfortable. So expect Luck to FB 31 Kenny Younger Sr.
WR 81 Chris Owusu Jr. face a ton of zone blitz early and often. The key for Luck is WR 81 Jarrett Boykin Jr.
TE 88 Konrad Reuland Sr. to find those blitzers early in the play’s development, as he’ll WR 19 Danny Coale Jr.
FB 48 Owen Marecic Sr. have to do at the next level, and then counter with sure TE 88 Andre Smith Sr.
LT 55 Jonathan Martin Jr. throws to areas where the DL is dropping into coverage. T 62 Blake DeChristopher Jr.
Also, keep an eye on Virginia Tech playing a good portion of
LG 71 Andrew Phillips Sr. G 68 Jaymes Brooks Jr.
robber coverage ! allowing a safety to “rob” the middle of the
C 72 Chase Beeler Sr. field on deep digs and in routes. Luck should have success C 60 Beau Warren Sr.
RG 52 David DeCastro Jr. because he can make nearly every throw possible, but if G 75 Greg Nosal Jr.
RT 53 Derek Hall Sr. Virginia Tech rattles him early it could be a tough day. T 72 Andrew Lanier Jr.
Proj. Defensive Starters Mirror Images ! Don’t adjust your set. Don’t think Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 98 Matthew Masifilo Sr. something’s wrong. When you see Stanford’s #48 playing DE 82 Steven Friday Sr.
NT 92 Sione Fua Sr. fullback and then playing linebacker, that’s the same guy ! DT 56 Antoine Hopkins So.
DE 95 Brian Bulcke Sr. Owen Marecic. A throwback to days of yore, Marecic is NT 91 John Graves Sr.
something special. He’ll be swapping paint with linebackers
LB 11 Shayne Skov So. DE 33 Chris Drager Jr.
on isolation plays and then with fullbacks on, well, isolation
LB 48 Owen Marecic Sr. plays. Virginia Tech’s power game is just as vaunted as LB 51 Bruce Taylor So.
LB 44 Chase Thomas Jr. Stanford’s, so Marecic is in for a long night of head banging LB 43 J. Gouveia!Winslow So.
LB 94 Thomas Keiser Sr. to say the least. LB 34 Tariq Edwards Fr.
CB 9 Richard Sherman Sr. CB 20 Jayron Hosley So.
Unknown soldiers ! The Virginia Tech receiving corps is
SS 26 Delano Howell Jr. S 2 Davon Morgan Sr.
about as unknown as any unit could be for a top 13 team in
FS 3 Michael Thomas Jr. the nation. Yet, that group holds the key to the Hokies’ S 15 Eddie Whitley Jr.
CB 31 Barry Browning Fr. offensive success in this matchup. Danny Coale and CB 21 Rashad Carmichael Sr.
Jarrett Boykin pair together well, with Coale as more of a
Scouting Report deep threat, averaging 20 yards per catch and Boykin as Scouting Report
Jonathan Martin Tyrod Taylor’s go!to receiver with 6 TDs. Stanford’s Jayron Hosley
LT, 6’6” 304 lb. secondary is good and has been tested, but with the focus CB, 5’11” 175 lb.
the front seven must put on stopping the running game, it’ll
Love the potential...ballerina have its hands full with ol’ what’s their names? P l a y m a ke r. . . g r e a t ball
like feet...a little light, but has skills...reads quarterbacks eyes
added pounds each year...more Conclusio" ! Most teams in the Pac!10 couldn’t answer well...breaks like he was shot
pass protector than mauler, but Stanford’s physicality up front, but Virginia Tech can. The out of a cannon...can turn the
physical in run blocking...quick question for Stanford is whether it can stop Taylor and the game on a dime with a big play
three headed RB monster. I don’t think it can.
Virginia Tech - 29 vs. Stanford - 23

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Wisconsin (11 - 1) vs. TCU (12 - 0)

January 1, 2011 - ESPN 4 PM CST
W @ UNLV 41!21 W @ Oregon State 30!21
Vegas Says: TCU -2.5/58.5
W San Jose State27!14 W Tennessee Tech 62!7
R 2010 Ranking
W Arizona State 20!19 W Baylor 45!10
W Austin Peay 70!3 202.8 ypg ! 74th Pass Offense 230.3 ypg ! 53rd W @ SMU 41!24
L @ Michigan State34!24 450.2 ypg ! 17th Total Offense 491.5 ypg ! 9th W @ Colorado State 27!0
W Minnesota 41!23 43.3 ppg ! 4th Scoring Offense 43.3 ppg ! 4th W Wyoming 45!0
W Ohio State 31!18 131.7 ypg ! 30th Run Defense 89.2 ypg ! 3rd W BYU 31!3
W @ Iowa 31!30 191.8 ypg ! 26th Pass Defense 126.3 ypg ! 1st W Air Force 38!7
W @ Purdue 34!13 323.5 ypg ! 22nd Total Defense 215.4 ypg ! 1st W @ UNLV 48!6
W Indiana 83!20 20.5 ppg ! 29th Scoring Defense 11.4 ppg ! 1st W @ Utah 47!7
W @ Michigan 38!28 Watt you say? ! Gregarious. Outgoing. Witty. Those are W San Diego State 40!35
W Northwestern 70!23 all adjectives those around the Wisconsin program use to W New Mexico 66!17
describe DE J.J Watt. Strong. Relentless. Great pass
rusher. Those are all adjectives that those who’ve faced him
Proj. Offensive Starters have used. As the only returning starter from last year’s Proj. Offensive Starters
defensive line, Watt carried a pretty immense burden, but
QB 16 Scott Tolzien Sr. after the season he had for the Badgers, he wore it well. He QB 14 Andy Dalton Sr.
RB 28 Montee Ball So. finished the season with seven sacks, but he tripled that RB 34 Ed Wesley So.
TE 84 Lance Kendricks Sr. number in tackles for a loss with an astonishing 21. He was, H 85 Jeremy Kerley Sr.
TE 82 Jake Byrne Jr. without question, the most disruptive defensive threat the Y 2 Curtis Clay Sr.
WR 1 Nick Toon Jr. Badgers had this season. The key for TCU is to then take X 13 Antoine Hicks Jr.
WR 85 David Gilreath Sr. Watt out of the game. How? Run right at him, especially Z 88 Jimmy Young Sr.
when he’s on the same side as hulking left tackle Marcus
LT 68 Gabe Carimi Sr. LT 61 Marcus Cannon Sr.
Cannon. Let Cannon pound on Watt as much as possible.
LG 74 John Moffitt Sr. LG 55 Kyle Dooley Jr.
Second, the Horned Frogs must avoid third down and long
C 66 Peter Konz So. situations, such that Watt can’t pin his ears back and sprint C 76 Jake Kirkpatrick Sr.
RG 70 Kevin Zeitler Jr. to QB Andy Dalton. And, finally, use a healthy dose of RG 78 Josh Vernon Sr.
RT 58 Ricky Wagner So. bubble screens and slip screens to the RBs to let him run RT 70 Zach Roth Sr.
Proj. Defensive Starters right out of plays. Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 93 Louis Nzegwu Jr. #85 ! The two #85s on the field might appear to be the DE 90 Stansly Maponga Fr.
DT 95 Patrick Butrym Jr. same guy, but Wisconsin’s David Gilreath and TCU’s NT 94 D.J Yendrey So.
Jeremy Kerley are major obstacles for each defense.
DT 87 Ethan Hemer Fr. DT 57 Cory Grant Sr.
Gilreath does a little more damage on special teams than
DE 99 J.J Watt Jr. DE 96 Wayne Daniels Sr.
Kerley, but Kerley can run, catch and throw in combination
LB 9 Blake Sorensen Sr. better than any one in college football #sans Cam Newton$. MLB 35 Tanner Brock So.
LB 10 Devin Smith Jr. Wisconsin wants to get Gilreath the ball in space and let his SLB 43 Tank Carder Jr.
LB 53 Mike Taylor So. quickness take over. TCU just wants to find as many SS 17 Tyler Luttrell Sr.
CB 29 Niles Brinkley Sr. different ways to get the ball to Kerley so he can impact the FS 3 Tejay Johnson Sr.
SS 2 Jay Valai Sr. game as much as possible. Kerley is a bit more difficult to WS 9 Alex Ibiloye Sr.
FS 7 Aaron Henry Jr. prepare for, given the fact that he’ll line up in a myriad of CB 27 Jason Teague Sr.
CB 26 Antonio Fenelus Jr. positions, including at Wildcat quarterback #see first quarter CB 7 Greg McCoy Jr.
of Utah game$. Either way, #85 will see the football. A lot.
Scouting Report Can you stop it? ! When Wisconsin RB John Clay went Scouting Report
John Moffitt down earlier this season, it seemed as if that would be the Marcus Cannon
G, 6’5” 323 lb. death knell for this Badger offense. But, not was that not LT, 6’6” 350 lb.
true, it was the direct opposite. The Badger offense and the
Moves well for a guard...the offensive line got better and better, with Montee Ball and Big...real big...moved over to
Badgers use him to pull when James White handling the rock. TCU knows what the left side this season...will be
t h e y r u n p o w e r. . . g o o d Wisconsin is going to do, can TCU stop it? We’ll find out. a RT o r a G a t t h e n e x t
technique in ZBS...strong as an level...physical and nasty...not a
ox...gets to 2nd level very well Conclusio" ! Having played, and lost, in last year’s Fiesta great pass protector at tackle
Bowl TCU will rebound with a cleaner and more focused
performance. Hey, Gordon Gee, take that!
TCU - 27 vs. Wisconsin - 20

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Arkansas (10 - 2) vs. Ohio State (11 - 1)

W Tennessee Tech 44!3 W Marshall 45!7
Vegas Says: Ohio State -3.5/57.5
W ULM 31!7 W Miami #FL$ 36!24
R 2010 Ranking
W @ Georgia 31!24 W Ohio 43!7
L Alabama 24!20 338.4 ypg ! 3rd Pass Offense 229.2 ypg ! 55th W Eastern Michigan 73!20
W v Texas A&M 24!17 489.3 ypg ! 10th Total Offense 448.8 ypg ! 18th W @ Illinois 24!13
L @ Auburn 65!43 37.3 ppg ! 16th Scoring Offense 39.4 ppg ! 11th W Indiana 38!10
W Ole Miss 38!24 157.4 ypg ! 69th Run Defense 94.3 ypg ! 4th L @ Wisconsin 31!18
W Vanderbilt 49!14 182.3 ypg ! 16th Pass Defense 156.3 ypg ! 4th W Purdue 49!0
W @ South Carolina41!20 339.8 ypg ! 34th Total Defense 250.6 ypg ! 2nd W @ Minnesota 52!10
W UTEP 58!21 22.8 ppg ! 44th Scoring Defense 13.3 ppg ! 3rd W Penn State 38!14
W @ Mississippi State
38!31 Let the Deuce loos% ! I went back to watch the 2010 Rose W @ Iowa 20!17
W LSU 31!23 Bowl last season and was so impressed with Ohio State QB W Michigan 37!7
Terrelle Pryor. He couldn’t have been more comfortable
throwing the football. He made plays outside the pocket.
Proj. Offensive Starters His throws were on time and accurate. Head coach Jim Proj. Offensive Starters
Tressel took the reins off and let him throw the ball when
QB 15 Ryan Mallett Jr. and where it wanted. I went back to watch the Wisconsin QB 2 Terrelle Pryor Jr.
RB 7 Knile Davis So. game from earlier this season and it couldn’t have been a RB 1 Dan ‘Boom’ Herron Jr.
WR 11 Cobi Hamilton So. more different Terrelle Pryor. The nose was diving on every FB 3 Brandon Saine Jr.
WR 3 Joe Adams Jr. throw. He didn’t appear to have any of the composure he WR 8 DeVier Posey Jr.
WR 4 Jarius Wright Jr. displayed that afternoon in Pasadena. Sure, his leg was a WR 12 Dane Sanzenbacher Sr.
TE 45 D.J Williams Sr. concern, but he played the Rose Bowl on a bum knee that TE 11 Jake Stoneburner So.
needed surgery after the game. The question for all
LT 65 DeMarcus Love Sr. LT 75 Mike Adams Jr.
Buckeye supporters has to be which Pryor is going to show
LG 71 Wade Grayson Sr. LG 65 Justin Boren Sr.
up for the bowl game? The good news, in some sense, is
C 64 Travis Swanson Fr. that Pryor rises to the level of the spotlight most times. C 50 Mike Brewster Jr.
RG 67 Alvin Bailey Fr. That’s why he nearly carried the Buekeyes to a win as a RG 70 Bryant Browning Sr.
RT 73 Ray Dominguez Sr. freshman against Texas and how he did it last year against RT 76 J.B Shugarts Jr.
Proj. Defensive Starters Oregon in the Rose Bowl. The Arkansas defense has Proj. Defensive Starters
improved steadily this season, but remember what Auburn’s
DE 91 Jake Bequette Jr. Cam Newton did to it? If the reins are loosened, that’s what DE 43 Nathan Williams Jr.
DT 54 Bryan Jones Fr. Pryor has the potential to do. DT 72 Dexter Larimore Sr.
DT 99 Lavunce Askew Jr. DT 54 John Simon So.
De$Knil% ! After the loss to Auburn, a game in which
DE 58 Damario Ambrose Sr. DE 97 Cameron Heyward Sr.
Arkansas star QB Ryan Mallett left with a concussion, the
LB 1 Anthony Leon Sr. Arkansas offensive staff needed to get more production out LB 51 Ross Homan Sr.
LB 34 Jerry Franklin Jr. of its run game. Luckily, RB Knile Davis was ready for his LB 36 Brian Rolle Sr.
LB 31 Jerico Nelson Jr. break!out role. The following week, Davis ran for 176 yards Star 26 Tyler Moeller Sr.
CB 21 Darius Winston So. and three TDs against Ole Miss and hit 110+ yards every CB 5 Chimdi Chekwa Sr.
S 4 Rudell Crim Sr. time out, but once, the rest of the way. If you’ve not seen FS 7 Jermale Hines Sr.
S 5 Tramain Thomas Jr. him run, he’s a more powerful DeMarco Murray and Ohio SS 19 Orhian Johnson So.
CB 6 Isaac Madison Jr. State’s linebackers could have their hands full stopping him. CB 1 Devon Torrence Sr.
Cam, Part two ! Arkansas’ loss to Auburn could be
Scouting Report summed up in one word ! Cam. Well, the Razorbacks are Scouting Report
DeMarcus Love going to see a different Cam in this game and one who could Brian Rolle
LT, 6’5” 315 lb. truly alter the Arkansas game plan ! OSU DE Cameron LB, 5’11” 218 lb.
Heyward. When Arkansas is in a passing situation, don’t
Due to Arkansas’ use of quick/ be surprised to see Heyward bump inside to a 3 technique to Run stuffer who can run...big
strong, plays both sides...may get matched up on a couple of freshmen. He needs a great hitter...can r un sideline to
r e m a i n a RT a t t h e n e x t game to get NFL scouts lathered up, so expect one here. sideline...fills gaps with as
l e v e l . . . d o e s n’t h a v e g r e a t much as he has...not a game
feet...will strike you...mauler Conclusio" ! Arkansas is happy to be in a BCS bowl game, changer, but a fine, solid LB
but Ohio State has a point to prove, especially against an
SEC team. With a greater sense of urgency, Ohio State wins
Ohio State - 31 vs. Arkansas - 21

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BYU (6 - 6) vs. UTEP (6 - 6)

December 18, 2010 - ESPN 1 PM CST
W Washington 23!17 Vegas Says: BYU -11.5/50 W Ark. Pine Bluff 31!10
L @ Air Force 35!14 R 2010 Ranking L @ Houston 54!24
L @ Florida State 34!10 163.8 ypg ! 46th Run Offense 149.5 ypg ! 69th W New Mexico St. 42!10
L Nevada 27!13 190.3 ypg ! 86th Pass Offense 221.5 ypg ! 60th W Memphis 16!13
L @ Utah State 31!16 354.2 ypg ! 80th Total Offense 371.0 ypg ! 72nd W @ New Mexico 38!20
W San Diego State 24!21 24.0 ppg ! 84th Scoring Offense 26.2 ppg ! 70th W Rice 44!24
L @ TCU 31!3 151.2 ypg ! 61st Run Defense 181.2 ypg ! 90th L @ UAB 21!6
187.8 ypg ! 21st Pass Defense 223.0 ypg ! 73rd
W Wyoming 25!20 L Tulane 34!24
339.0 ypg ! 33rd Total Defense 404.2 ypg ! 86th
W UNLV 55!7 21.4 ppg ! 32nd Scoring Defense 25.4 ppg ! 58th L @ Marshall 16!12
W @ Colorado State 49!10 W SMU 28!14
Reynolds Wrap ! The best NFL prospect in this game
W New Mexico 40!7 L @ Arkansas 58!21
is BYU’s left tackle Matt Reynolds. With prototype
L @ Utah 17!16 size and decent feet, he’ll be a top 60 pick in NFL Draft L @ Tulsa 31!28
when he decides he’s ready to go to the next level. But,
Proj. Offensive Starters against UTEP, he’s a major key given the fact that he has Proj. Offensive Starters
a banged up quarterback, much less a true freshman,
QB 9 Jake Heaps Fr. behind him. Furthermore, the Cougars have an QB 10 Trevor Vittatoe Sr.
RB 10 JJ Di Luigi Jr. opportunity to move the ball effectively, either on the RB 3 Donald Buckram Sr.
RB 33 Bryan Kariya Jr. ground or through the air, and Reynolds is the key. With WR 6 Marlon McClure So.
WR 2 Cody Hoffman Fr. his ability to solo block the edge, the Cougars can utilize WR 19 Evan Davis Sr.
WR 6 McKay Jacobson Jr. their running backs out on the perimeter to stay WR 2 Kris Adams Sr.
TE 84 Devin Mahina Fr. involved in the passing game, instead of helping TE 36 Jonny Moore Sr.
LT 70 Matt Reynolds Jr. Reynolds and company. UTEP’s front seven defenders LT 75 Lance Evbuomwan Sr.
will struggle in this game and will have a difficult time
LG 76 Braden Hansen So. LG 65 Anthony McNac Sr.
getting pressure from Reynolds’ side of the field.
C 60 Terence Brown Jr. C 63 Eloy Atkinson So.
RG 73 Jason Speredon Sr. Dyn!0!mit" ! Over the past four decades, the BYU RG 79 Tanner Cullumber Sr.
RT 75 Braden Brown So. Cougars have produced some solid running backs, but RT 70 Alex Solot Sr.
Proj. Defensive Starters never one that tr uly grasps your attention. Proj. Defensive Starters
Unspectacular, but productive. Unselfish and versatile.
DE 41 Matt Putnam Jr. Those traits describe RB JJ Di Luigi to a T. He’s DE 13 Robert Soleyjacks Sr.
NT 55 Eathyn Manumaleuna So. rushed for 819 yards and seven touchdowns, while DT 61 Gernard Reed Fr.
DE 37 Vic So’oto Sr. catching 42 passes this season for another 422. He’s the DT 99 Marcus Bagley Fr.
OLB 48 Jameson Frazier Jr. closest thing the Cougars have to a gamebreaking DE 46 Bernard Obi Jr.
ILB 51 Shane Hunter Sr. offensive threat and is the one player the Miners must LB 38 Isaiah Carter Jr.
ILB 44 Brandon Ogletree So. find a way to slow down. Watch for Di Luigi to do some LB 4 Jamie Irving Jr.
OLB 49 Jadon Wagner Jr. damage out of the slot when he’s matched up on the LB 52 Royzell Smith Jr.
CB 7 Brian Logan Sr. UTEP linebackers when the Miners are in their base CB 9 Antwon Blake Jr.
defensive set "especially on first down#.
SS 22 Andrew Rich Sr. S 29 Wiston Jeune Sr.
FS 23 Travis Uale Jr. Killer B’s ! The Miners are blessed to have two running S 2 DeShawn Grayson So.
CB 5 Brandon Bradley Sr. backs who can help keep the Cougars offense off the CB 5 Travaun Nixon Jr.
field. Donald Buckram was hyped as one of the best
Scouting Report backs in CUSA entering the season, but Joe Banyard Scouting Report
Andrew Rich has been the team’s leading rusher, piling up 155 yards on Trevor Vittatoe
SS, 6’3” 217 lb. 20 carries against Tulsa in the season finale. Both guys QB, 6’2” 220 lb.
need to take pressure off of a hurting Trevor Vittatoe
Not the dominating, physical against the 61st ranked run defense in the nation. Put up a ton of numbers since
specimen his size projects him he’s been a starter...inconsistent
to be...good, solid all!around Conclusio# ! Neither team is coming into this game at times...has escapability...will
player... with any true momentum, but BYU played much better make some poor throwing
down the stretch. If QB Jake Heaps doesn’t turn the decisions
ball over, the Cougars will take a win back to Provo.
BYU - 38 vs. UTEP - 28

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Northern Illinois (10 - 3) vs. Fresno State (8 - 4)

December 18, 2010 - ESPN 4:30 PM CST
L @ Iowa State 27!10 Vegas Says: NIU -1/59 W Cincinnati 28!14
W North Dakota 23!17 R 2010 Ranking W @ Utah State 41!24
L @ Illinois 28!22 264.8 ypg ! 7th Run Offense 157.0 ypg ! 55th L @ Ole Miss 55!38
W @ Minnesota 34!23 181.2 ypg ! 89th Pass Offense 214.3 ypg ! 67th W Cal Poly 38!17
W @ Akron 50!14 445.9 ypg ! 21st Total Offense 371.3 ypg ! 71st L Hawai’i 49!27
W Temple 31!17 37.9 ppg ! 13th Scoring Offense 30.0 ppg ! 45th W New Mexico State 33!10
W Buffalo 45!14 130.5 ypg ! 27th Run Defense 154.8 ypg ! 65th W @ San Jose State 33!18
202.1 ypg ! 35th Pass Defense 201.2 ypg ! 34th
W Central Michigan 33!7 W @ La. Tech 40!34
332.6 ypg ! 27th Total Defense 355.9 ypg ! 50th
W @ Western Michigan 28!21 19.1 ppg ! T!16th Scoring Defense 29.2 ppg ! 79th L Nevada 35!34
W Toledo 65!30 L @ Boise State 51!0
W @ Ball State 59!21 No Ring ! For most non!AQ teams, getting to a bowl W Idaho 23!20
W @ Eastern Michigan 71!3 game is a huge accomplishment. But, the only shot at a W Illinois 25!23
L v MAC Ch. ! Miami 26!21 championship is a conference championship. No team
wa s a s primed and ready to win a conference
Proj. Offensive Starters championship more than the Northern Illinois Huskies. Proj. Offensive Starters
QB 12 Chandler Harnish Jr. But, the inability to finish in the fourth quarter cost the QB 15 Ryan Colburn Sr.
RB 28 Chad Spann Sr. Huskies the MAC championship and sent them to Boise RB 8 Robbie Rouse So.
FB 34 Kyle Skarb Sr. to play a bowl game on blue turf. Now, there’s nothing FB 41 Austin Raphael Jr.
WR 1 Martel Moore So. wrong with going to a bowl, but the ring is the thing for TE 49 Vince Pascoe Sr.
teams with no shot to win the BCS crystal trophy. The
WR 80 Landon Cox Sr. WR 17 Jamel Hamler Jr.
loss in a title game can beat a team twice and Northern
TE 87 Jason Schepler Jr. Illinois can’t let Miami knock them off a second time. WR 82 A.J. Johnson Fr.
LT 62 Trevor Olson Jr. LT 70 Bryce Harris Jr.
LG 70 Logan Pegram So. On Edg! ! One of the best matchups in all of bowl LG 79 Devon Cunningham Sr.
C 71 Scott Wedige Jr. season is going to be the quick, speedy pass rushers C 74 Joe Bernardi Sr.
RG 72 Joe Pawlak Jr. from Fresno State against the edge protectors from RG 72 Austin Wentworth Fr.
RT 68 Keith Otis Jr. Northern Illinois. DE Chris Carter is seventh in the RT 60 Kenny Wiggins Sr.
nation with 11 sacks and DT Logan Harrell is right
Proj. Defensive Starters behind him with 10 sacks. The two present a ton of Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 54 Jake Coffman Sr. problems, especially if they line up on the same side. DE 43 Chris Carter Sr.
NT 58 Mike Krause Sr. The good news is that NIU’s OL has only given up 13 DT 50 Cornell Banks Sr.
DT 98 D.J. Pirkle Sr. sacks all season long. As such, the ability to keep QB DT 77 Logan Harrell Jr.
DE 95 Sean Progar So. Chandler Harnish upright is a key to the game for DE 94 Donahvaughn Pritchett Jr.
NIU.
OLB 37 Alex Kube Sr. LB 53 Kyle Knox Jr.
ILB 9 Devon Butler So. LB 54 Ben Jacobs Sr.
Run to Wi" ! One way the Huskies can keep some
OLB 36 Tyrone Clark So. pressure off of Harnish, and take the Fresno State LB 9 Travis Brown So.
CB 5 Chris Smith Sr. defensive line out of the game, is to run the rock right at CB 24 Desia Dunn Sr.
SS 38 Mike Sobol Sr. them. Ole Miss ran for 425. Illinois ran for 318. Nevada S 20 Lorne Bell Sr.
FS 20 Tommy Davis So. ran for 245. Boise State didn’t need to run it. Point S 16 Phillip Thomas So.
CB 33 Patrick George Sr. being, Northern Illinois can run right at the Bulldogs CB 10 Isaiah Green Jr.
and force them to like it and the Huskies possess one of
Scouting Report the best running games in the nation. RB Chad Spann Scouting Report
averages just under a 100 yards per game and is a short,
Jake Coffman Ben Jacobs
powerful runner with great vision and cutback ability.
DE, 6’5” 255 lb. MLB, 6’3” 225 lb.
Furthermore, Harnish will get his share of carries. IN
Tough...physical...will use his essence, NIU is going to bleed the clock with its run No t b i g f o r a m i ke
hands very well...gets off blocks game and Fresno State might be powerless to stop it. backer...tough will hit you in
because of his hands...relentless the mouth...always around the
edge rusher...leads team in Conclusio" ! NIU’s ability to run the football is too ball...experienced...high
sacks/TFL big of a hurdle to cross for the Bulldogs. In a mildly football IQ...leader for the def.
entertaining game, the Huskies get win #11.
Northern Illinois - 31 vs. Fresno State - 26

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Ohio (8 - 4) vs. Troy (7 - 5)

W Wofford 33!10 Vegas Says: Troy -1.5/58 W Bowling Green 30!27
L Toledo 20!13 R 2010 Ranking L @ Oklahoma State 41!38
L @ Ohio State 43!7 169.2 ypg ! 39th Run Offense 151.3 ypg ! 64th L @ UAB 34!33
L @ Marshall 24!23 158.4 ypg ! 105th Pass Offense 289.8 ypg ! 12th W Arkansas State 35!28
W @ Eastern Michigan 30!17 327.6 ypg ! 94th Total Offense 441.1 ypg ! 24th W @ MTSU 42!13
W Bowling Green 49!25 28.0 ppg ! 53rd Scoring Offense 32.9 ppg ! 27th W ULL 31!24
W Akron 38!10 115.0 ypg ! 14th Run Defense 170.8 ypg ! 80th L @ ULM 28!14
217.7 ypg ! 61st Pass Defense 247.6 ypg ! 101st
W @ Miami "OH# 34!13 W @ North Texas 41!35
332.7 ypg ! 28th Total Defense 418.3 ypg ! 93rd
W ULL 38!31 21.8 ppg ! 34th Scoring Defense 31.0 ppg ! 92nd L FIU 52!35
W Buffalo 34!17 L @ South Carolina 69!24
W @ Temple 31!23 Star in the Making ! Since the beginning of this W WKU 28!14
L @ Kent State 28!6 decade, the Troy Trojans have become a non!AQ version W @ FAU 44!7
of Pass Rusher U. Some guy named DeMarcus Ware was
good. Heard of him? Brandon Lang had a great career
Proj. Offensive Starters at Troy, as did Cameron Sheffield. But, those two had to Proj. Offensive Starters
be replaced this season and that opening was a huge
QB P. Bates/B. Jackson QB 6 Corey Robinson Fr.
question mark for the Trojans going into the 2010
RB 26 Vince Davidson Sr. RB 20 Shawn Southward So.
season. Consider that question answered. Sophomore
WR 15 Riley Dunlop Jr. Jonathan Massaquoi has been a godsend at defensive WR 3 Jerrel Jernigan Sr.
WR 11 Terrence McCrae Sr. end. He finished the regular season tied for 7th in the WR 9 Jason Bruce Sr.
WR 87 Steven Goulet Sr. nation with 11 sacks. Ohio doesn’t throw the ball WR 10 Tebiarus Gill Sr.
TE 88 Jordan Thompson So. exceptionally well, but it’ll still have to account for TE 87 Donnie Crosby Sr.
LT 60 Ryan McGrath Fr. Massaquoi’s ability to disrupt the edge and the LT 70 James Brown Jr.
LG 66 Jon Lechner Fr. perimeter running game. LG 77 Kyle Wilborn So.
C 65 Skyler Allen So. 3 the Hard Way ! Stopping Jerrel Jernigan has to be C 58 Tyler Clark Sr.
RG 77 Eric Herman So. bullet point number one on the Ohio defensive meeting RG 69 Tyler Graves Sr.
RT 78 Joe Flading Jr. board. Don’t worry if you don’t know who he is, the RT 74 Nathan Newland Sr.
NFL scouts certainly know of him. He’s thought to be
one of the top five senior wide receiving prospects in
DE 51 Dak Notestine Sr. the country. He’s got great speed and electrifying DE 94 Jonathan Massaquoi So.
NT 62 Marcellis Williamson Sr. quickness. In space, he’s a huge worry for the Bobcats’ DT 92 Emmanuel Dudley Sr.
DT 95 Ernie Hodge Sr. linebackers and secondary. A first year quarterback NT 49 Tony Davis So.
DE 36 Stafford Gatling Sr. needs a go!to receiver and QB Corey Robinson has DE 7 Mario Addison Sr.
OLB 30 Eric Benjamin Jr. that guy. Jernigan is also a threat to take a punt to the LB 42 Brannon Bryan So.
ILB 14 Jay Edwards Jr. house each and every return. Troy finds a million LB 25 Xavier Lamb Jr.
different ways to get him the ball and Ohio must find a
OLB 46 Alphonso Lewis So. LB 39 Daniel Sheffield Sr.
way to limit his impact.
CB 9 Julian Posey Sr. CB 19 Jimmie Anderson Jr.
SS 29 Donovan Fletcher Sr. Fletch ! Ohio’s best answer for Troy’s explosive, wide FS 22 Willard Ross Sr.
FS 42 Steven Jackson Sr. spread attack is strong safety Donovan Fletcher. He SS 30 Ladarrius Madden Jr.
CB 18 Travis Carrie So. leads the team with five interceptions and is second on CB 34 KeJuan Phillips So.
the team in tackles. Having to put such an emphasis on
Jernigan, Fletcher is that much more important in his
Scouting Report last game as a Bobcat. He won’t shadow the Troy Scouting Report
Boo Jackson receiver, but Fletcher’s going to be involved in every Corey Robinson
QB/WR, 6’1” 205 lb. aspect of helping to stop Jernigan and the Troy offense. QB, 6’ 214 lb.
Plays QB when team wants to Conclusio! ! Ohio is well coached and was playing Not a huge guy...big arm...quick
run option...also moved out to great football before getting tripped up on the road in release...has control of the
WR and looks to be more WR the finale against Kent State. But, Troy has players offense...doesn’t give off the
than quarterback...fluid that’ll push the boundaries athletically and stretch the vibe that he’s a rookie...finds a
athlete...will be used w/P. Bates Bobcats beyond their limits. Jernigan is going to be a way to make throws
factor in his last game as a Trojan.
Troy - 38 vs. Ohio - 21

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Southern Miss (8 - 4) vs. Louisville (6 - 6)

L @ South Carolina 41!13 Vegas Says: Louisville -3/57 L Kentucky 23!16
W PV A&M 34!7 R 2010 Ranking W Eastern Kentucky 23!13
W Kansas 31!16 203.4 ypg ! 21st Run Offense 180.5 ypg ! 30th L @ Oregon State 35!28
W @ La. Tech 13!12 254.8 ypg ! 31st Pass Offense 195.3 ypg ! 78th W @ Arkansas State 34!24
W Marshall 41!16 458.2 ypg ! 15th Total Offense 375.8 ypg ! 65th W Memphis 56!0
L East Carolina 44!43 37.6 ppg ! 15th Scoring Offense 26.0 ppg ! 71st L Cincinnati 35!27
W @ Memphis 41!19 113.3 ypg ! 13th Run Defense 142.2 ypg ! 51st W U Conn 26!0
248.8 ypg ! 103rd Pass Defense 162.5 ypg ! 9th
L UAB 50!49 L @ Pitt 20!3
W @ Tulane 46!30 29.4 ppg ! 81st Scoring Defense 18.7 ppg ! 15th W @ Syracuse 28!20
W @ UCF 31!21 L USF 24!21
Johnny on the spo! ! When the Jim Thorpe Award
W Houston 59!41 L West Virginia 17!10
Watch list was released earlier this summer, Johnny
L @ Tulsa 56!50 Patrick’s name was probably one that was unfamiliar to W @ Rutgers 40!13
most fans and followers, but the Louisville cornerback
Proj. Offensive Starters proved that he was worthy of being on that list with a Proj. Offensive Starters
solid 2010 season. He finished with five interceptions
QB 12 Austin Davis Jr. this season and will be the one guy USM QB Austin QB 13 Justin Burke Sr.
RB 29 Kendrick Hardy Fr. Davis must account for in the Louisville secondary. RB 15 Bilal Powell Sr.
TE 83 Johdrick Morris Sr. He’s got impressive length and can close quickly on the WR 1 Josh Bellamy Jr.
WR 27 William Spight Jr. football. Southern Miss won’t avoid him, but Patrick is WR 27 Doug Beaumont Sr.
WR 17 Kelvin Bolden Jr. the best player in the Louisville secondary "a secondary WR 14 Andrell Smith So.
WR 85 Quentin Pierce So. that is 9th in the nation against the pass# and going at TE 83 Cameron Graham Sr.
LT 72 Lamar Holmes Jr. him could spell trouble. LT 78 Byron Stingily Sr.
LG 68 Joe Duhon So. LG 79 Mark Wetterer Sr.
The best defense is Bilal Powell ! With a former
C 59 Cameron Zipp Sr. defensive coordinator at head coach, it’s no surprise that C 55 Mario Benavides So.
RG 55 Alex Michael Sr. the Louisville offense doesn’t throw the ball all that RG 65 Josh Byrom Sr.
RT 51 Darius Barnes So. often. Given the fact the Bilal Powell is the offense’s RT 76 Greg Tomczyk Sr.
Proj. Defensive Starters bellcow running back, it makes even more sense. The Proj. Defensive Starters
senior out of Lakeland, Florida is a downhill running
DE 9 Octavius Thomas Fr. beast. He’s not fancy. He doesn’t have much wiggle. DE 44 B.J. Butler Fr.
NT 32 John Henderson Sr. But, he runs hard. Real hard. He won’t dance in the DT 92 Brandon Dunn Fr.
DT 95 Anthony Gray Sr. hole and runs behind his pads for positive yards. The DT 93 Roy Philon Fr.
DE 91 Cordarro Law Jr. USM defense is solid against the run, but it hasn’t faced DE 90 Malcolm Tatum Sr.
OLB 56 Ronnie Thornton Jr. a back like him since facing South Carolina’s Marcus LB 24 Daniel Brown So.
ILB 42 Korey Williams Jr. Lattimore in the opener. Powell can’t have a 200 yard LB 52 Antwone Canady Sr.
OLB 22 Jamie Collins So. performance if Southern Miss hopes to win. The onus LB 5 Brandon Heath Sr.
CB 7 Deron Wilson Fr. of stopping Powell rests with USM LB Korey Williams. CB 42 Bobby Burns Sr.
Speaking of...
SS 8 Justin Wilson Sr. SS 29 Hakeem Smith Fr.
FS 26 Kendrick Presley Jr. Korey with a K ! The USM run defense has been stout FS 36 Shenard Holton So.
CB 2 C.J Bailey Sr. this season. Now, the defense hasn’t faced a number of CB 19 Johnny Patrick Sr.
good running backs, but it also has CUSA’s best
Scouting Report linebacker Korey Williams in the middle of the Scouting Report
Korey Williams formation. The junior from New Orleans finished the Johnny Patrick
ILB, 6’2” 243 lb. regular season with 80 tackles and eleven for a loss. CB, 6’ 186 lb.
Powell v. Williams is a great matchup and will be a key in
Solid tackler...seems to hit and this game. The USM front four must keep Williams Has great length and size to
tackle ever ything that clean and allow him to run to the football unabated. play corner at the next
moves...may be a two down level...good ball skills...breaks
backer at the next level...blitzes Conclusio" ! I love the fact that Charlie Strong has on the ball well...can cover well
well...average in coverage gotten Louisville back in a bowl game, but USM has in either man or zone
made bowl trips an annual occurrence. Experience wins.
So. Miss - 38 vs. Louisville - 31

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Utah (10 - 2) vs. Boise State (11 - 1)

W Pitt 27!24 Vegas Says: Boise State -17/61 W v Virginia Tech 33!30
W UNLV 38!10 R 2010 Ranking W @ Wyoming 51!6
W @ New Mexico 56!14 156.8 ypg ! 56th Run Offense 200.1 ypg ! 24th W Oregon State 37!24
W San Jose State 56!3 248.0 ypg ! 37th Pass Offense 319.4 ypg ! 6th W @ New Mexico State 59!0
W @ Iowa State 68!27 404.8 ypg ! 42nd Total Offense 519.5 ypg ! 4th W Toledo 57!14
W @ Wyoming 30!6 35.6 ppg ! 18th Scoring Offense 46.7 ppg ! 2nd W @ San Jose State 48!0
W Colorado State 59!6 104.2 ypg ! 8th Run Defense 103.5 ypg ! 6th W La. Tech 49!20
215.5 ypg ! 59th Pass Defense 155.8 ypg ! 3rd
W @ Air Force 28!23 W Hawai’i 42!7
L TCU 47!7 19.8 ppg ! 23rd Scoring Defense 13.6 ppg ! 4th W @ Idaho 52!14
L @ Notre Dame 28!3 W Fresno State 51!0
A Titan named Titus ! Boise State WR Austin Pettis
W @ San Diego State 38!34 L @ Nevada 34!31
will be an NFL player. He has the prototypical size to
W BYU 17!16 be a next level receiver. He’s the perfect intermediate W Utah State 50!14
level receiver. But, when the tape goes on, the one guy
Proj. Offensive Starters who’ll worry the Utes the most is the “other” receiver Proj. Offensive Starters
Titus Young. The slippery 5’11” 170 pound senior isn’t
QB 7 Terrence Cain Sr. the physical specimen his teammate is, but he’s the best QB 11 Kellen Moore Jr.
RB 4 Matt Asiata Sr. downfield threat the Boise State Broncos have ever had. RB 22 Doug Martin Jr.
WR 1 Shaky Smithson Sr. Young’s ability to get behind the defense is well known FB 47 Dan Paul Jr.
WR 85 Jereme Brooks Sr. and yet, he still gets behind the defense as he did against Z 2 Austin Pettis Sr.
WR 11 Luke Matthews So. Nevada. He’s averaging nearly 18 yards per catch and X 1 Titus Young Sr.
TE 81 Kendrick Moeai So. stretches defenses to their limit and he’s a bigger threat TE 85 Tommy Gallarda Sr.
LT 75 John Cullen Jr. on kickoff returns. The Utah secondary is a solid unit, LT 73 Nate Potter Jr.
but it’s got its hands full with Young deep down field.
LG 72 Caleb Schlauderaff Sr. LG 61 Joe Kellogg So.
C 77 Zane Taylor Sr. Cain is able? ! Outside of losing badly to TCU and C 66 Thomas Byrd Jr.
RG 54 Tevita Stevens So. then on the road to Notre Dame, the biggest loss the RG 59 Will Lawrence Sr.
RT 70 Tony Bergstrom Jr. Utes suffered over the past month of the season was RT 72 Matt Slater Sr.
Proj. Defensive Starters that of QB Jordan Wynn. With him on the shelf, Proj. Defensive Starters
Terrence Cain was inserted back in the starting lineup.
DE 96 Junior Tui’one Sr. That could present a myriad of issues for the Boise State DE 98 Ryan Winterswyk Sr.
DT 98 Sealver Siliaga Jr. defense. Cain is a bit more mobile than Wynn and by a DT 90 Billy Winn Jr.
DT 44 Dave Kruger So. bit more mobile, I mean he can run and Wynn can’t. NT 97 Chase Baker Jr.
DE 94 Christian Cox Sr. Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick didn’t kill Boise State, but DE 92 Shea McClellin Jr.
LB 52 Matt Martinez Jr. he was effective against them with his dual pass/run LB 52 Derrell Acrey Sr.
LB 32 Chaz Walker Jr. abilities. Cain isn’t Kaepernick, but presents a similar LB 36 Aaron Tevis Jr.
LB 18 Chad Manis Sr. problem for the Broncos. CB 21 Jamar Taylor So.
CB 27 Brandon Burton Jr. NS 17 Winston Venable Sr.
A whole lot of Shaky going o! ! Although Cain can
S 2 Brian Blechen Fr. S 8 George Iloka Jr.
present some issues for the Broncos, the biggest thorn
S 33 Justin Taplin!Ross Sr. in Boise State’s side in this one is going to be dynamic S 23 Jeron Johnson Sr.
CB 21 Lamar Chapman Sr. Ut a h t h r e a t S h a k y S m i t h s o n . He ’s s c o r e d CB 13 Brandyn Thompson Sr.
touchdowns returning a punt, receiving a pass and
Scouting Report throwing a pass. The Utes don’t throw him a ton of Scouting Report
Brandon Burton balls, but when they do he stretches the defense deep Nate Potter
CB, 6’ 185 lb. down field or horizontally sideline to sideline. The LT, 6’3” 300 lb.
Broncos didn’t tackle well against Nevada and if they fail
A Te x a n with to stop him, they’ll be some serious shakin’ goin’ on Wa s supposed to mo ve to
confidence...physical player guard this season, but too good
who probably is more of a zone Conclusio! ! I think if Boise State didn’t have the on the edge...a better athlete
corner...capable in man, but not Utah State game after the Nevada loss, it would lose this than you’d expect...decent feet
a lock down cover guy game. The Broncos got some confidence back in that and pass protector
win over USU and will take home another bowl win.
Boise State - 38 vs. Utah - 27

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Navy (9 - 3) vs. San Diego State (8 - 4)

L v Maryland 17!14 Vegas Says: San Diego State -5/60.5 W Nicholls State 47!0
W Georgia Southern 13!7 R 2010 Ranking W @ New Mexico State 41!21
W @ La. Tech 37!23 288.9 ypg ! 5th Run Offense 151.5 ypg ! 63rd L @ Missouri 27!24
L @ Air Force 14!6 117.8 ypg ! 118th Pass Offense 297.0 ypg ! 11th W Utah State 41!7
W @ Wake Forest 28!27 406.7 ypg ! 38th Total Offense 448.5 ypg ! 19th L @ BYU 24!21
W SMU 28!21 31.0 ppg ! 40th Scoring Offense 35.0 ppg ! 20th W Air Force 27!25
W v Notre Dame 35!17 156.4 ypg ! 66th Run Defense 141.6 ypg ! 50th W @ New Mexico 30!20
L Duke 34!31 W @ Wyoming 48!38
W @ East Carolina 76!35 22.3 ppg ! 38th Scoring Defense 22.8 ppg ! 44th W Colorado State 24!19
W Central Michigan 38!37 L @ TCU 40!35
W Arkansas State 35!19 Seventh Heave! ! Navy’s front seven has improved L Utah 38!34
W v Army 31!17 steadily throughout the season and that was no more W UNLV 48!14
evident than in the closing game of the season against
Proj. Offensive Starters A r m y. Ja b a re e Tu a n i, C h a s e B u rg e , B i l l y Proj. Offensive Starters
Yarborough and company were as good up front as
QB 4 Ricky Dobbs Sr. they’ve ever been. The Midshipmen held Army to 209 QB 14 Ryan Lindley Jr.
FB 39 Alexander Teich Jr. yards, nearly 50 yards under Army’s average. The RB 13 Ronnie Hillman Fr.
SB 21 Gee Gee Greene So. linebackers were flowing fast to the football and did a FB 23 Brandon Sullivan Sr.
SB 26 Aaron Santiago Jr. solid job wrapping up power running Jared Hassin. WR 80 Vincent Brown Sr.
WR 86 Brandon Turner So. Now, the challenge is quite different in this bowl game WR 1 DeMarco Sampson Sr.
WR 84 Greg Jones Sr. with San Diego State whippet quick freshman Ronnie TE 88 Gavin Escobar Fr.
Hillman toting the mail, but if the front seven plays off
LT 61 Jeff Battipaglia Sr. LT 60 Tommie Draheim Jr.
blocks as well as it did last Saturday, the Midshipmen
LG 65 Josh Cabral So. LG 71 Alec Johnson So.
will be in fine shape against San Diego State.
C 75 Brady DeMell Jr. C 50 Trask Iosefa Sr.
RG 68 John Dowd Jr. It’s a Thriller ! Yes, I’m aware that it was Vincent Price RG 68 Nik Embernate So.
RT 64 Ryan Basford Jr. who was the creepy voice on the Michael Jackson RT 79 Kurtis Gunther Jr.
Proj. Defensive Starters Thriller video. But, San Diego State WR Vincent Proj. Defensive Starters
Brown is the thriller for the Aztec offense. The 6’ 185
DE 98 Jabaree Tuani Jr. dynamo is one of the best receivers you’ve never seen. DE 99 Ernie Lawson Sr.
NT 93 Chase Burge Sr. He finished the season with 61 receptions for nearly 20 NT 55 Neil Spencer Jr.
DE 90 Billy Yarborough Sr. yards per catch. He has stellar hands and can break this DE 47 Jacob Tauanuu Sr.
OLB 29 Aaron McCauley Jr. game wide open getting behind the Navy secondary. LB 31 Logan Ketchum Jr.
ILB 54 Tyler Simmons Sr. MLB 44 Rob Andrews So.
ILB 44 Max Blue Jr. Air Force. Navy. Same thing, right? Right?!? ! LB 9 Miles Burris Jr.
OLB 31 Jerry Hauburger Sr. Earlier this season, the Aztecs placed themselves square CB 2 Leon McFadden So.
on the national landscape after a 27!25 win over the Air
CB 11 Kwesi Mitchell Jr. S 3 Darryn Lewis Sr.
Force Falcons in San Diego. The Aztecs got the win,
Rov 8 Wyatt Middleton Sr. but the Falcons ran all over the place. The Falcons’ S 22 Andrew Preston Sr.
FS 3 De’Von Richardson So. option game ran for 312 yards and that was without Air S 11 Brandon Davis Jr.
CB 15 Kevin Edwards Sr. Force’s best option threat at FB, Jared Tew. Navy’s CB 12 Josh Wade So.
option attack is even more dangerous with QB Ricky
Scouting Report Dobbs at the helm and that could be a major issue. Scouting Report
Ricky Dobbs Vincent Brown
QB, 6’1” 205 lb. Conclusio! ! Although the Aztecs have some WR, 6’ 185 lb.
experience stopping the option, Navy’s ground attack is
Smart and a great led by Dobbs, the nation’s best option decision maker. One of the most underrated
leader...makes tremendous The Aztecs have all the pressure playing at home in a receivers in the nation...great
decisions in this offense...best bowl game for the first time since 1998 and that hands...r uns his routes to
passer Navy has ever had in pressure can be the undoing of teams in a bowl. Navy perfection...lithe and be
this offense...tough runner has experience in this spot and wins a tight, fun game. struggle getting off of jam
Navy - 24 vs. San Diego State - 21

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Tulsa (9 - 3) vs. Hawai’i (10 - 3)

L @ East Carolina 51!49 Vegas Says: Hawai’i -10.5/73 L USC 49!36
W Bowling Green 33!20 R 2010 Ranking W @ Army 31!28
L @ Oklahoma State 65!28 219.3 ypg ! 15th Run Offense 109.1 ypg ! 106th L @ Colorado 31!13
W Central Arkansas 41!14 284.2 ypg ! 16th Pass Offense 387.8 ypg ! 1st W Charleston So. 66!7
W @ Memphis 48!7 503.5 ypg ! 5th Total Offense 496.9 ypg ! 8th W La. Tech 41!21
L @ SMU 21!18 39.7 ppg ! 10th Scoring Offense 39.9 ppg ! 9th W @ Fresno State 49!27
W Tulane 52!24 136.9 ypg ! 40th Run Defense 131.9 ypg ! 32nd W Nevada 27!21
305.7 ypg ! 119th Pass Defense 212.4 ypg ! 53rd
W @ Notre Dame 28!27 W @ Utah State 45!7
W Rice 64!27 29.9 ppg ! 84th Scoring Defense 22.7 ppg ! 43rd W Idaho 45!10
W @ Houston 28!25 L @ Boise State 42!7
W UTEP 31!28 Control Moni! ! It’s not often that one of the best W San Jose State 41!7
W Southern Miss 56!50 quarterbacks in the nation was a pizza boy in his college W @ New Mexico State 59!24
career. But, that’s exactly what Hawai’i signal caller W UNLV 59!21
Proj. Offensive Starters Bryant Moniz was doing last year as a walk!on to pay Proj. Offensive Starters
the bills for his family. To say he’s come a long way is
QB 4 GJ Kinne Jr. the most severe understatement of the bowl season. QB 17 Bryant Moniz Jr.
RB 23 Jamad Williams Sr. Moniz has gone from seventh string walk!on to 1st in RB 25 Alex Green Sr.
WR 3 Damaris Johnson Jr. the nation in passing yards in two short years. He fits WR 3 Rodney Bradley Sr.
WR 5 Ricky Johnson So. the offense to a T. He has the requisite quick release. WR 1 Greg Salas Sr.
WR 7 Thomas Roberson Fr. He’s tough as a two dollar steak. He reads defenses well. WR 21 Kealoha Pilares Sr.
HB 9 Charles Clay Sr. Moniz is no longer the pizza delivery boy and he’s the WR 81 Royce Pollard Jr.
focus of the Tulsa defense going into this game. The
LT 78 Tyler Holmes Jr. LT 51 Austin Hansen Jr.
Golden Hurricane pass defense is one of the worst in
LG 72 Clint Anderson Jr. LG 63 Brysen Ginlack Sr.
the nation and Moniz could riddle them with bullets all
C 53 Trent Dupy So. night long. It’s just a shame that Little Caesars wasn’t C 75 Bronson Tiwanak Sr.
RG 79 Eric Sproal Jr. sponsoring this bowl game. RG 66 Adrian Thomas Sr.
RT 73 Brian DeShane So. RT 50 Laupepa Letuli Sr.
Proj. Defensive Starters An y Wa y Po s s i bl" ! T h r o u g h o u t t h e n a t i o n , Proj. Defensive Starters
playmakers exist and thrive, but one of the nation’s most
DE 94 Tyrunn Walker Jr. explosive talents is Tulsa WR/KR Damaris Johnson. DE 90 Elliott Purcell Sr.
NG 90 Odrick Ray Sr. The junior leads the nation in total offense with over DT 95 Vaughn Meatoga Jr.
DE 93 Cory Dorris So. 2,300 yards, touching the ball in every conceivable way ! DT 49 Kaniela Tuipulotu Jr.
OLB 55 Shawn Jackson Fr. kickoff returns, punt returns, rushing and receiving. DE 94 Kamalu Umu Sr.
ILB 32 Curnelius Amick Jr. There’s no way possible for Hawai’i to avoid Johnson, so LB 24 Aaron Brown Jr.
ILB 40 Tanner Antle Sr. the onus is on the Hawai’i skill players to be perfect LB 50 Mana Lolotai Jr.
Spur 8 Brian Moore So. tackling out in space. If Johnson is out on his own with LB 41 Corey Paredes Jr.
Hawai’i defenders, forget it. Hawai’i’s back seven must
CB 24 Charles Davis Sr. CB 2 Lametrius Davis Sr.
rally to the football when Johnson is toting the mail. Or
Ban 20 Marco Nelson Fr. he’s going to be adding to his prodigious numbers. S 10 Richard Torres Jr.
FS 26 Dexter McCoil So. S 43 Mana Silva Sr.
CB 21 John Flanders Jr. Green with envy ! Perhaps no running back is as “hot” CB 8 Jeramy Bryant Sr.
as Hawai’i RB Alex Green. He’s averaging 171 yards
Scouting Report per game and at least two touchdowns in his last five Scouting Report
Charles Clay games. He provides the perfect balance of power and Greg Salas
RB/H/TE, 6’3” 235 lb. downhill running to Moniz’s gunslinging. If Tulsa plays WR, 6’3” 210 lb.
more traditional nickel to slow down Moniz, keep an
Versatile...Tulsa uses him in a eye on whether Green goes nuts on the Island. Big receiver...finds a way to get
multitude of ways...runs hard open...great hands...still must
with the football...projects to Conclusio# ! It doesn’t really trigger the meter for a prove he can get separation
TE/H at the next level... lot of people given it’s Tulsa and Hawai’i. But, I’m against man coverage.
telling you I won’t miss a second of this one. Points,
points & more points. You HAVE to love that in bowls!
Hawai’i - 54 vs. Tulsa - 47

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Toledo (7 - 5) vs. FIU (6 - 6)

L Arizona 41!2 Vegas Says: Toledo -1.5/56 L Rutgers 19!14
W @ Ohio 20!13 R 2010 Ranking L @ Texas A&M 27!20
W @ Western Michigan 37!24 156.0 ypg ! 58th Run Offense 189.2 ypg ! 28th L @ Maryland 42!28
W @ Purdue 31!20 203.5 ypg ! 73rd Pass Offense 213.2 ypg ! 68th L @ Pitt 44!17
L Wyoming 20!15 359.5 ypg ! 78th Total Offense 402.3 ypg ! 44th W WKU 28!21
L @ Boise State 57!14 27.6 ppg ! 54th Scoring Offense 28.3 ppg ! 52nd W @ North Texas 34!10
W Kent State 34!21 130.6 ypg ! 28th Run Defense 157.4 ypg ! 69th L @ FAU 21!9
238.9 ypg ! 93rd Pass Defense 205.9 ypg ! 41st
W Ball State 31!24 W ULM 42!35
369.5 ypg ! 62nd Total Defense 363.3 ypg ! 57th
W @ Eastern Michigan 42!7 28.1 ppg ! 71st Scoring Defense 26.9 ppg ! 65th W @ Troy 52!35
L @ NIU 65!30 W @ ULL 38!17
W Bowling Green 33!14 Turn the Pag! ! After losing starting quarterback W Arkansas State 31!24
W Central Michigan 42!31 Austin Dantin, it didn’t appear that Toledo WR Eric L MTSU 28!27
Page would continue to be the weapon that he’d been
with Dantin throwing him the football. However, Page
Proj. Offensive Starters proved that he was, and is, one of the most dynamic Proj. Offensive Starters
QB 2 Terrance Owens Fr. playmakers in the MAC. He finished the season with QB 13 Wesley Carroll Jr.
RB 24 Adonis Thomas Jr. 94 receptions and 1,081 yards with eight touchdowns, 33 RB 6 Jeremiah Harden So.
WR 11 Bernard Reedy Fr. of those receptions after Dantin separated his shoulder WR 4 T.Y. Hilton Jr.
WR 80 Tim Cortazzo Jr. and freshman Terrance Owens took over. Page isn’t a WR 5 Wayne Times So.
true downfield threat, but he dominates the short!to!
WR 12 Eric Page So. WR 82 Greg Ellingson Sr.
intermediate areas on the field. He’s tough to handle in
TE 9 Danny Noble Jr. man coverage and he is adept at finding the open areas TE 30 Jonathan Faucher Jr.
LT 74 Mike VanDerMeulen Jr. against zone. FIU’s secondary had better find a way to LT 71 Caylin Hauptmann So.
LG 78 Phillipkeith Manley Jr. account for him and limit his touches. LG 77 Cedric Mack Sr.
C 69 Kevin Kowalski Sr. C 76 Brad Serini Sr.
RG 65 Nate Cole Sr. Hilton Honors ! Page is Toledo’s offensive go!to RG 61 Curtis Bryant Jr.
RT 72 John Morookian Jr. guy...FIU’s T.Y Hilton is FIU’s go!to guy and then RT 54 Rupert Bryan So.
some. He’s the type of talent that has forced the FIU
Proj. Defensive Starters offensive staff to get creative and find different ways to Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 40 Alex Johnson Sr. get him the football out in space. He has 800+ yards DE 97 Tourek Williams So.
NT 94 Johnie Roberts Jr. receiving and over 200 yards rushing. Quite frankly, he DT 75 Andre Pound So.
DT 97 Malcolm Riley Jr. IS the FIU offense. As electric as he is productive, DT 96 Joshua Forney So.
DE 23 T.J. Fatinikun So. Hilton can change the complexion of the game with one DE 31 Jarvis Wilson Sr.
touch. Page is a whale of a receiver, but he doesn’t strike
OLB 45 Isaiah Ballard Jr. LB 13 Toronto Smith Sr.
fear into the opposing defense like Hilton will in
ILB 32 Dan Molls So. LB 34 Winston Fraser So.
Detroit. Everyone has to pitch in to help slow Hilton,
OLB 42 Archie Donald Sr. including the Rockets’ linebacking corps. Speaking of... Star 7 Anthony Gaitor Sr.
CB 2 Taikwon Paige Jr. CB 24 Emmanuel Souarin So.
SS 29 Jermaine Robinson So. Archie with no JugHead ! In the old comic, Archie SS 11 Ashlyn Parker Sr.
FS 43 Mark Singer Jr. always had JugHead on his side, but Toledo LB Archie FS 25 Jonathan Cyprien So.
CB 3 Desmond Marrow Sr. Donald doesn’t have a JugHead, but he does have a Dan CB 27 Jose Cheeseborough Fr.
Molls. The two Rockets’ defenders have combined for
Scouting Report 267 tackles ! Donald finished fifth in the nation with Scouting Report
134, while Molls finished eighth with 133 stops. The
Archie Donald Anthony Gaitor
Golden Panthers find a variety of ways to run the
OLB, 6’1” 245 lb. CB, 5’10” 175 lb.
football, putting maximum pressure on these two to
Tough...Western Pennsylvania have a great game. Great speed... wonderful in
tough...has led the team in co vera ge...competes...used
tackles for three straight Conclusio" ! Congrats to FIU for making a bowl for more this season to blitz off
seasons...obviously a great the first time ever, but this one is going to the Rockets. the edge...will be a demon on
tackler...limited athletically special teams at next level
Toledo - 31 vs. FIU - 21

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Air Force (8 - 4) vs. Georgia Tech (6 - 6)

December 27, 2010 - ESPN2 4 PM CST
W Northwestern St. 65!21 Vegas Says: Air Force -3/56 W South Carolina St. 41!10
W BYU 35!14 R 2010 Ranking L @ Kansas 28!25
L @ Oklahoma 27!24 317.9 ypg ! 2nd Run Offense 327.0 ypg ! 1st W @ North Carolina 30!24
W @ Wyoming 20!14 119.5 ypg ! 117th Pass Offense 87.5 ypg ! 119th L NC State 45!28
W Navy 14!6 437.4 ypg ! 25th Total Offense 414.5 ypg ! 34th W @ Wake Forest 24!20
W Colorado State 49!27 32.3 ppg ! 32nd Scoring Offense 27.6 ppg ! 54th W Virginia 33!21
L @ San Diego State 27!25 195.1 ypg ! 100th Run Defense 169.7 ypg ! 78th W MTSU 42!14
L @ TCU 38!7 L @ Clemson 27!13
L Utah 28!23 22.3 ppg ! 37th Scoring Defense 26.2 ppg ! 60th L @ Virginia Tech 28!21
W @ Army 42!22 L Miami 35!10
W New Mexico 48!23 Clark Kent he’s no! ! He’s lucky if he’s 5’7”. He’ll be W Duke 30!20
W @ UNLV 35!20 the smallest player out on the field, without question. L @ Georgia 42!34
But, AFA RB Asher Clark looms as large as Superman
for the Falcons offense. With FB Jared Tew out, Clark
Proj. Offensive Starters has been the focal point of the run game. He ran for Proj. Offensive Starters
QB 7 Tim Jefferson Jr. 1,o01 yards to lead the team and is the one perimeter QB 13 Tevin Washington So.
FB 39 Nathan Walker Sr. threat that Georgia Tech must account for in this game. BB 18 Anthony Allen Sr.
TB 17 Asher Clark Jr. AB 24 Embry Peeples Jr.
Sean the Center ! With Georgia Tech QB Josh Nesbitt
WR 16 Jonathan Warzeka So. AB 20 Roddy Jones Jr.
out with a broken arm, the leadership of the offense was
WR 4 Kyle Halderman Sr. turned over, in some sense, to the man in the middle ! WR 82 Kevin Cone Sr.
TE 82 Chaz Demerath Sr. center Sean Bedford. In this Georgia Tech offense, WR 5 Stephen Hill So.
LT 75 Jason Kons So. Bedford is the biggest key, especially against a 3!4 LT 75 Nick Claytor Jr.
LG 61 Tyler Schonsheck Sr. defensive front. If he can whip the Falcons’ nose tackles LG 52 Will Jackson Fr.
C 54 Michael Hester Jr. on the option runs, B back Anthony Allen will have C 79 Sean Bedford Sr.
RG 73 AJ Wallerstein Jr. plenty of room to run in the A gaps. It’s a zone scheme RG 77 Omoregie Uzzi So.
RT 74 Chase Darden Sr. up front and Bedford could get some zone blocking RT 73 Austin Barrick Sr.
help, but he has to show that he doesn’t need it. If he
Proj. Defensive Starters can control the middle, QB Tevin Washington can run Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 61 Zach Payne Jr. the midline and QB follow plays that are vital for this DE 94 Izaan Cross So.
NT 86 Ryan Gardner Jr. offense. DT 96 Logan Walls Jr.
DE 90 Rick Ricketts Sr. DE 92 Jason Peters Jr.
OLB 44 Patrick Hennessey Sr. The Wright Stuff ! You don’t often think of the Falcons LB 34 Steven Sylvester Jr.
when asked “what school has the best cornerback duo in
ILB 41 Brady Amack Jr. LB 51 Brad Jefferson Sr.
the nation”? But the answer to that question this season
ILB 32 Jordan Waiwaiole Jr. just might be Air Force with Reggie Rembert and LB 40 Julian Burnett So.
OLB 36 Andre Morris Sr. Anthony Wright manning those positions. Both are LB 41 Anthony Egbuniwe Sr.
CB 5 Anthony Wright Jr. ball hawks, but against the Georgia Tech option scheme, CB 26 Dominique Reese Sr.
S 6 Jon Davis Jr. they’re going to be huge factors playing the pitch. S 8 Mario Edwards Sr.
S 34 Anthony Wooding Fr. Rembert was first team All!MWC and Wright was S 2 Mario Butler Sr.
CB 8 Reggie Rembert Sr. honorable mention All!MWC, but they need to be All! CB 37 Jerrard Tarrant Jr.
Americans tackling in space to limit what Georgia Tech
does on the ground.
Scouting Report Scouting Report
Reggie Rembert Anthony Allen
Conclusio" ! Both teams lost their key to the offense
CB, 5’8” 185 lb. back during the season ! RB Jared Tew for AFA and RB, 6’ 229 lb.
Son of former NFL QB Josh Nesbitt for Georgia Tech. Neither offense Moved to the BB position this
player...high football IQ...best has really been slowed by those injuries, but in this one, season to replace Jonathan
playmaker for AFA ‘D’...tiny, the Tech offense will be a bit more productive against Dwyer...not true fullback, not
but has speed and quick feet to the Air Force run defense. In an incredibly competitive true tailback...more of a hybrid
win in man coverage bowl game, the Yellow Jackets come out ahead...by a who runs downhill hard.
stinger.
Georgia Tech - 28 vs. Air Force - 27

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NC State (8 - 4) vs. West Virginia (9 - 3)

W Western Carolina 48!7 Vegas Says: West Virginia -2.5/48.5 W Coastal Carolina 31!0
W @ UCF 28!21 R 2010 Ranking W @ Marshall 24!21
W Cincinnati 30!19 125.0 ypg ! 93rd Run Offense 162.2 ypg ! 49th W Maryland 31!17
W @ Georgia Tech 45!28 281.7 ypg ! 19th Pass Offense 214.4 ypg ! 66th L @ LSU 20!14
L Virginia Tech 41!30 406.7 ypg ! 38th Total Offense 376.6 ypg ! 64th W UNLV 49!10
W Boston College 44!17 32.6 ppg ! 29th Scoring Offense 26.7 ppg ! 65th W South Florida 20!6
L @ East Carolina 33!27 113.0 ypg ! 12th Run Defense 85.1 ypg ! 2nd L Syracuse 19!14
W Florida State 28!24 L @ U Conn 16!13
L @ Clemson 14!13 22.5 ppg ! 40th Scoring Defense 12.8 ppg ! 2nd W Cincinnati 37!10
W Wake Forest 38!3 W @ Louisville 17!10
The Last Rid! ! Since his Youtube high school
W @ North Carolina 29!25 W @ Pitt 35!10
highlights popped up on the internet six years ago, West
L @ Maryland 38!31 Virginia RB Noel Devine has been a highlight reel W Rutgers 35!14
waiting to happen. But, his amateur career comes to a
Proj. Offensive Starters close at approximately 10:30 PM local time after one Proj. Offensive Starters
heck of a ride. Devine has accounted for nearly 5,000
QB 16 Russell Wilson Jr. total yards and a boatload of memories along the way. QB 12 Geno Smith So.
RB 24 James Washington So. But, he can cement his legacy with one final show! RB 7 Noel Devine Sr.
FB 47 Taylor Gentry Jr. stopping performance. However, it won’t be easy FB 32 Ryan Clarke So.
WR 5 Jarvis Williams Sr. against the NC State defense that is one of the best in WR 9 Jock Sanders Sr.
WR 13 Owen Spencer Sr. the ACC against the run. Devine’s quickness is a major WR 1 Tavon Austin So.
TE 84 George Bryan Jr. problem for the athletic LB/secondary for State, but TE 6 Will Johnson Sr.
LT 70 Jake Vermiglio Sr. when has that not been the case? LT 64 Don Barclay Jr.
LG 64 Andrew Wallace So. The Last Ride? ! The reality for NC State is that it LG 77 Josh Jenkins Jr.
C 53 Camden Wentz So. might be losing the best quarterback the program has C 74 Joe Madsen So.
RG 72 Zach Allen So. seen since Philip Rivers was slinging it in the early RG 61 Eric Jobe Sr.
RT 79 R.J. Mattes So. 2000s. Russell Wilson is a junior, but he was drafted RT 57 Jeff Braun So.
by the Colorado Rockies in last year’s MLB draft. The
Proj. Defensive Starters general thought is that Wilson will move on to baseball Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 99 Jeff Rieskamp Jr. full time, especially after taking a pounding this season. DE 97 Julian Miller Jr.
DT 90 Natanu Mageo Sr. Wilson has been so important to the Wolfpack offense, NT 90 Chris Neild Sr.
DT 52 J.R. Swezy Jr. throwing, running, creating and leading. But, if it’s the DE 93 Scooter Berry Sr.
DE 97 David Akinniyi Sr. last time, expect him to air it out and make plays out of LB 30 J.T. Thomas Sr.
the pocket throughout the night.
OLB 42 Audie Cole Jr. LB 45 Anthony Leonard Sr.
ILB 56 Nate Irving Sr. Front of the Mountai" ! The Mountaineers defensive LB 31 Pat Lazear Sr.
OLB 35 Terrell Manning So. front may only consist of three guys, but Julian Miller, CB 8 Keith Tandy Jr.
CB 20 C.J. Wilson So. Chris Neild and Scooter Berry are the foundation BS 4 Sidney Glover Sr.
for one of the most underrated units in the nation. The
BS 27 Earl Wolff So. FS 2 Robert Sands Jr.
Mountaineers are third in the nation in total defense,
FS 30 Brandan Bishop So. SS 28 Terence Garvin So.
yielding as few as 251.3 yards per game. But, it’s the
CB 1 David Amerson Fr. three guys up front that create a ton of havoc for the CB 22 Brandon Hogan Sr.
Mountaineers’ defense. Neild isn’t your typical, two gap
Scouting Report nose tackle, but he’s disruptive, while Miller is the pass Scouting Report
George Bryan rushing threat off the edge. Berry is solid against the Robert Sands
TE, 6’5” 265 lb. run and the three together will be a nightmare for the FS, 6’5” 221 lb.
Wolfpack early in the game. Stout and physical, the
Sort of an anomaly in the A freakishly built safety...looks
Mountaineers defensive front could control this game
college game ! a true, hand in out of place with his size...a
early and dominate it late.
the dirt tight end...good hands physical hitter...needs a little
and will catch the ball down Conclusio" ! I think West Virginia will make Wilson work on coverage, but plays the
field...solid in!line blocker pay for leaving the pocket and Devine will carry WVU middle of the field well.
to a win in his final game.
West Virginia - 35 vs. NC State - 28

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Missouri (10 - 2) vs. Iowa (7 - 5)

W v Illinois 23!13 Vegas Says: Missouri -1/47 W Eastern Illinois 37!7
W McNeese State 50!6 R 2010 Ranking W Iowa State 35!7
W San Diego State 27!24 162.9 ypg ! 48th Run Offense 142.0 ypg ! 76th L @ Arizona 34!27
W Miami "OH# 51!13 238.2 ypg ! 43rd Pass Offense 237.4 ypg ! 45th W Ball State 45!0
W Colorado 26!0 401.1 ypg ! 45th Total Offense 379.4 ypg ! 61st W Penn State 24!3
W @ Texas A&M 30!9 30.3 ppg ! 44th Scoring Offense 29.1 ppg ! 49th W @ Michigan 38!28
W Oklahoma 36!27 146.9 ypg ! 56th Run Defense 103.5 ypg ! 6th L Wisconsin 31!30
L @ Nebraska 31!17 W Michigan State 37!6
L @ Texas Tech 24!17 15.2 ppg ! 6th Scoring Defense 16.4 ppg ! 7th W @ Indiana 18!13
W Kansas State 38!28 L @ Northwestern 21!17
Quick, do it now ! Missouri’s ability to throw quickly
W @ Iowa State 14!0 L Ohio State 20!17
and play “catch!and!run” is a real key in this game.
W v Kansas 35!7 Iowa’s defense isn’t known to change things up ! it’s L Minnesota 27!24
going to sit in the 4!3. No special alignments. No
Proj. Offensive Starters special gimmicks. For the Missouri Tigers, that’s a great Proj. Offensive Starters
thing. The way Missouri uses the quick passing game,
QB 11 Blaine Gabbert So. Iowa is going to eventually have to make some QB 12 Ricky Stanzi Sr.
RB 26 De’Vion Moore Jr. adjustments to not get blitzed by Missouri’s skill guys. RB
X 29 Jerrell Jackson Jr. Throw short and run. Throw quick and sprint. Make FB 36 Brett Morse Sr.
H 28 T.J. Moe So. the Hawkeyes chase. Missouri has a tremendous WR
Z 8 Wes Kemp Jr. advantage out on the edge and taking the quick route WR 7 Marvin McNutt Jr.
TE 82 Michael Egnew Jr. will be the best way to things off to a good start. TE 82 Allen Reisner Sr.
LT 72 Elvis Fisher Jr. Get off ! ! Missouri’s offensive line is perhaps one of the LT 77 Riley Reiff So.
LG 71 Jayson Palmgren Jr. best assets this team possesses and yet, no one really LG 63 Julian Vandervelde Sr.
C 62 Tim Barnes Sr. knows about this unit. The Iowa defensive line is much C 53 James Ferentz So.
RG 66 Austin Wuebbels Jr. more well known, and the matchup of these two units is RG 67 Josh Koeppel Sr.
RT 77 Dan Hoch Jr. a major factor to this game. The main reason is that RT 56 Markus Zusevics Jr.
Missouri linemen must hold their blocks for a
Proj. Defensive Starters significant amount of time when Missouri runs the Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 3 Jacquies Smith Jr. football. Often times, the Tigers are motioning a DE 94 Adrian Clayborn Sr.
DT 93 Terrell Resonno Jr. running back from the slot to come get the football and DT 95 Karl Klug Sr.
DT 90 Dominique Hamilton Jr. it takes a good long time for that play to develop. But, DT 93 Mike Daniels Jr.
the Iowa defensive linemen are great getting off of
DE 85 Aldon Smith So. DE 46 Christian Ballard Sr.
blocks, stacking and shedding. Missouri could have a
LB 25 Zaviar Gooden So. massive problem running the ball if it can’t stay on LB 48 Troy Johnson Sr.
LB 32 Will Ebner Jr. blocks for more than a two count. LB 44 James Morris Fr.
LB 6 Andrew Gachkar Sr. LB 42 Jeremiha Hunter Sr.
CB 19 Carl Gettis Sr. The Lone Ranger ! The Iowa offense is a hot mess. RB CB 28 Shaun Prater Jr.
Jewel Hampton decided to leave the team, which was
S 13 Kenji Jackson Jr. FS 30 Brett Greenwood Sr.
preceded by Brandon Wegher already having left the
S 11 Jarrell Harrison Sr. team in the summer. Star RB Adam Robinson is out SS 9 Tyler Sash Jr.
CB 20 Kevin Rutland Sr. of the bowl game for undisclosed discipline issues and CB 18 Micah Hyde So.
WR Derrell Johnson"Koulianos dealing with a
Scouting Report recent arrest for drug possession. The only guy left is Scouting Report
T.J. Moe QB Ricky Stanzi and the only guy he has to rely upon Julian Vandervelde
WR, 6’ 205 lb. is WR Marvin McNutt. Expect these two to hook up G, 6’3” 305 lb.
a number of times in this one to move the ball
Strong and physical receiver effectively. Extremel y physical...great
who can do his damage from point of attack lineman...can
the slot or on the Conclusio! ! From a record standpoint, the Hawkeyes combo off to the second
perimeter...excellent after the have underachieved this season and were “rewarded” level...solid pass protection...
catch...great matchup vs. Iowa with one of the top 15 teams in the nation. Missouri is needs to work a bit on feet
solid on both sides of the ball and has more offensive
firepower than the depleted Hawkeyes in this one.
Missouri - 24 vs. Iowa - 19

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East Carolina (6 - 6) vs. Maryland (8 - 4)

W Tulsa 51!49 Vegas Says: Maryland -7/68 W v. Navy 17!14
W Memphis 49!27 R 2010 Ranking W Morgan State 62!3
L @ Virginia Tech 49!27 126.2 ypg ! 91st Run Offense 124.9 ypg ! 94th L @ West Virginia 31!17
L @ North Carolina 42!17 319.3 ypg ! 7th Pass Offense 217.5 ypg ! 63rd W FIU 42!28
W @ Southern Miss 44!43 445.5 ypg ! 22nd Total Offense 342.4 ypg ! 85th W Duke 21!16
W NC State 33!27 38.2 ppg ! 12th Scoring Offense 30.7 ppg ! 42nd L @ Clemson 31!7
W Marshall 37!10 220.8 ypg ! 116th Run Defense 132.2 ypg ! 35th W @ Boston College 24!21
L @ UCF 49!35 W Wake Forest 62!14
L Navy 76!35 43.4 ppg ! 118th Scoring Defense 22.3 ppg ! 38th L @ Miami 26!20
W @ UAB 54!42 W @ Virginia 42!23
Jack of all Trades ! One of the main reasons the
L @ Rice 62!38 L Florida State 30!16
Pirates found their way to a bowl game, even after giving
L SMU 45!38 up points the way they did all season long, was the W NC State 38!31
contribution of versatile Dwayne Harris. Listed as a
Proj. Offensive Starters WR, Harris will get his hands on the ball in a multitude Proj. Offensive Starters
of ways and Maryland must account for #17 where ever
QB 4 Dominique Davis Jr. he may be out on the field. Don’t kick him the ball and QB 5 Danny O’Brien Fr.
RB 2 Jonathan Williams Sr. roll coverage over him, if you can. East Carolina will RB 23 Da’Rel Scott Sr.
WR 17 Dwayne Harris Sr. answer, so to speak, by putting him in motion, to avoid FB 36 Taylor Watson Jr.
WR 19 Andrew Bodenheimer So. facing a double team in the passing game. WR 82 Torrey Smith Jr.
WR 88 Lance Lewis Jr. No rest for the weary ! When was the last time you saw WR 7 Adrian Cannon Sr.
WR 22 Michael Bowman Jr. a team, 118th in scoring defense in the nation, make it to TE 89 Matt Furstenburg So.
LT 69 Willie Smith Sr. a bowl game? I’m not even going to research that LT 76 R.J. Dill So.
LG 63 Doug Polochak Sr. answer but the Pirates have given up 43 points per game LG 77 Andrew Gonnella Jr.
C 76 Dalton Faulds So. and gave up less than 27 points in a game only once. C 63 Bennett Fulper So.
RG 66 D.J. Scott Sr. Once?!? It’s not as if the Pirates were facing Auburn or RG 78 Justin Lewis So.
RT 67 Grant Harner Fr. Oregon either. Rice scored 62. Navy hit 76. Maryland’s RT 71 Paul Pinegar Sr.
offense isn’t setting records when it steps out on the
Proj. Defensive Starters field, but when it does so against East Carolina, it might Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 56 Derrell Johnson Fr. look like the marriage of 1985 Oklahoma Sooners, 1980s DE 15 Drew Gloster Sr.
DT 91 Josh Smith Sr. BYU and the 2010 Auburn Tigers. All the Pirates DT 96 A.J. Francis So.
DT 55 Robert Jones So. defense can do is force Maryland to drive the field DT 72 Joe Vellano So.
nearly every time it has the ball ! no big plays and no
DE 98 Matt Milner Fr. DE 95 Justin Anderson So.
cheap touchdowns. Perhaps, that’ll be a step in the
OLB 57 Lamar McLendon So. right direction. LB 1 Adrian Moten Sr.
ILB 9 Melvin Patterson Sr. LB 33 Alex Wujciak Sr.
OLB 47 Dustin Lineback Sr. Back to Basics ! Over the past two weeks of the LB 9 Demetrius Hartsfield So.
CB 38 Emanuel Davis Jr. season, the Terrapins got away from their bread and CB 21 Trenton Hughes Jr.
butter ! the running game. QB Danny O’Brien threw
SS 3 Bradley Jacobs Jr. S 6 Kenny Tate Jr.
the ball 92 times in the last two games of the season and
FS 26 Derek Blacknall Jr. looked pretty good doing it. However, the run game is S 2 Antwine Perez Sr.
CB 8 Jacobi Jenkins So. where Ralph Friedgen has always made his money and CB 22 Cameron Chism Jr.
his two backs can hammer the Pirates throughout this
Scouting Report game ! Davin Meggett and Da’Rel Scott. The two Scouting Report
Dwayne Harris have averaged just under 100 yards per game and should Alex Wujciak
WR, 6’ 205 lb. be huge factors in this matchup. East Carolina doesn’t LB, 6’3” 255 lb.
tackle well and teams that have run the ball well have
Love this guy...versatile...great obliterated this defense. Tough...good nose for the
with the ball in his ball...thumps when he gets
hands...quick..elusive...tough to Conclusio! ! I don’t think ECU could stop a junior there...passionate and high
tackle in space...playmaker... high offense this season and Maryland is going to run football IQ...could transition
stronger than you’d think roughshod on the ground. Expect Scott and Meggett to outside at next level
hit 200+ and 4 touchdowns in a Maryland browbeating.
Maryland - 45 vs. East Carolina - 34

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Baylor (7 - 5) vs. Illinois (6 - 6)

W Sam Houston St. 34!2 Vegas Says: Baylor -1.5/62.5 L v Missouri 23!13
W Buffalo 34!6 R 2010 Ranking W Southern Illinois 35!3
L @ TCU 45!10 200.5 ypg ! 23rd Run Offense 242.3 ypg ! 13th W Northern Illinois 28!22
W @ Rice 30!13 278.0 ypg ! 20th Pass Offense 143.4 ypg ! 115th L Ohio State 24!13
W Kansas 55!7 478.5 ypg ! 12th Total Offense 385.8 ypg ! 57th W @ Penn State 33!13
L v Texas Tech 45!38 32.6 ppg ! 29th Scoring Offense 32.1 ppg ! 34th L @ Michigan State 26!6
W @ Colorado 31!25 160.3 ypg ! 73rd Run Defense 131.3 ypg ! 29th W Indiana 43!13
W Kansas State 47!42 W Purdue 44!10
W @ Texas 30!22 29.8 ppg ! 83rd Scoring Defense 24.3 ppg ! 53rd L @ Michigan 67!65
L @ Oklahoma State 55!28 L Minnesota 38!34
RG III ! To those outside the state of Texas, he’s
L Texas A&M 42!30 W @ Northwestern 48!27
Robert Griffin, the only Baylor player anyone knows,
L Oklahoma 53!24 but here in Texas, he’s simply known as RG III. The L @ Fresno State 25!23
assumption of those on the outside looking in is that
Proj. Offensive Starters Griffin is the only player Baylor possesses, but that Proj. Offensive Starters
would inaccurate to say the least. However, what’s
QB 10 Robert Griffin III So. inarguable is the fact that Griffin is, by far, the most QB 2 Nathan Scheelhaase Fr.
RB 23 Jay Finley Sr. important player to come through the Baylor program RB 5 Mikel Leshoure Jr.
WR 1 Kendall Wright Jr. in a couple of decades. With a knee injury in his second FB 35 Jay Prosch Fr.
WR 2 Terrance Williams So. year on campus, the Bears signal caller rebounded in his WR 11 Jarred Fayson Sr.
WR 3 Lanear Sampson So. third year to take Baylor to a bowl game. His explosive WR 10 Eddie McGee Sr.
WR 15 Krys Buerck Sr. speed has returned and his accuracy and touch have WR 8 A.J. Jenkins Jr.
LT 59 Danny Watkins Sr. remained. Illinois has seen mobile quarterbacks this WT 71 Jeff Allen Jr.
season, no question, but Griffin presents a much better
LG 71 Cameron Kaufhold So. WG 72 Hugh Thornton So.
throwing dimension than Illinois is accustomed to
C 74 Philip Blake Jr. seeing on a regular basis. C 76 Graham Pocic So.
RG 79 Robert Griffin Jr. SG 66 Randall Hunt Sr.
RT 78 Ivory Wade So. When in doubt... ! During the season, Illinois running ST 78 Ryan Palmer Sr.
back Mikel Leshoure was a solid, if unspectacular
Proj. Defensive Starters running threat for the Illini. But, that all changed when Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 10 Gary Mason So. he started running one way for the Illini. The one way DE 97 Clay Nurse Sr.
DT 90 Nicolas Jean!Baptiste Jr. field against the Northwestern, that is. In that game, DT 94 Akeem Spence Fr.
DT 98 Phil Taylor Sr. Leshoure tore up the Wildcats with 330 yards on 33 DT 93 Corey Liuget Jr.
carries and he went from being a regionally known back
DE 13 Tracy Robertson Jr. LB 99 Michael Buchanan So.
to a nationally known superstar. He followed that
LB 26 Rodney Chadwick So. performance with a 19 carry/142 yard performance LB 38 Ian Thomas Jr.
LB 36 Chris Francis Sr. against Fresno State. He’ll see 25+ in this one and Baylor LB 2 Martez Wilson Jr.
LB 7 Antonio Johnson Sr. better figure out how to slow him down. LB 18 Nate Bussey Sr.
CB 27 Tyler Stephenson Fr. CB 31 Travon Bellamy Sr.
Battle of Hogs ! Two large men will play a huge "excuse
S 8 Tim Atchison Sr. S 9 Trulon Henry Jr.
the pun# role in this game ! Baylor DT Phil Taylor and
S 14 Byron Landor Sr. Illinois DT Corey Liuget. Taylor, a transfer from Penn S 3 Tavon Wilson Jr.
CB 5 Mikail Baker Sr. State, has been the foundation for a weak Baylor CB 26 Justin Green So.
defense, but he’s big and hard to move. Liuget, a
Scouting Report Floridian, has been more productive and is quicker off Scouting Report
Phil Taylor the ball. Keep an eye on these two throughout this one. Martez Wilson
DT, 6’3” 315 lb. Conclusio! ! With Baylor playing in its first bowl game MLB, 6’4” 250 lb.
One really big dude...tends to in 16 years in front of, let’s face it, a home crowd, the Tough...coming off of a neck
get winded, so conditioning is a Bears will come out fired up and ready to go. If Illinois injury that should probably
major issue...when on the field, can withstand the early barrage, it might survive and if have set him back this
great with his LeShoure can control the ball early in the game to keep year...lacks a bit of pop because
hands...strong...nimble feet Baylor off the field, it’ll have a chance. Unfortunately, of it, but still a playmaker
too much Griffin and RB Jay Finley will send Illinois
back to Champaign with a loss.
Baylor - 38 vs. Illinois - 31

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Oklahoma State (10 - 2) vs. Arizona (7 - 5)

W Washington State 65!17 Vegas Says: Oklahoma State -5.5/65.5 W @ Toledo 41!2
W Troy 41!38 R 2010 Ranking W The Citadel 52!6
W Tulsa 65!28 182.9 ypg ! 29th Run Offense 135.2 ypg ! 85th W Iowa 34!27
W Texas A&M 38!35 354.7 ypg ! 2nd Pass Offense 310.0 ypg ! 9th W Cal 10 ! 9
W @ ULL 54!28 537.6 ypg ! 1st Total Offense 445.2 ypg ! 23rd L Oregon State 29!27
W @ Texas Tech 34!17 44.9 ppg ! 3rd Scoring Offense 29.8 ppg ! 47th W @ Washington State 24!7
L Nebraska 51!41 137.3 ypg ! 41st Run Defense 136.7 ypg ! 39th W Washington 44!14
W @ Kansas State 24!14 W @ UCLA 29!21
W Baylor 55!28 27.8 ppg ! 68th Scoring Defense 21.6 ppg ! 33rd L @ Stanford 42!17
W @ Texas 33!16 L USC 24!21
Blackmon v. Wad! ! There aren’t going to be many
W @ Kansas 48!14 L @ Oregon 48!29
more one!on!one battles more interesting and
L Oklahoma 47!41 fascinating than this one ! Oklahoma State All! L Arizona State 30!29
American WR Justin Blackmon v. Arizona All!Pac!10
Proj. Offensive Starters CB Trevin Wade. Blackmon came out of nowhere this Proj. Offensive Starters
season to lead the nation in receiving, but he’s no longer
QB 3 Brandon Weedon Jr. an unknown commodity, often drawing double teams or QB 8 Nick Foles Jr.
RB 24 Kendall Hunter Sr. safety help over the top. Arizona, however, has a guy RB 5 Nic Grigsby Sr.
FB 37 Bryant Ward Sr. who can challenge him on every play. Wade is one of the FB 31 Taimi Tutogi So.
WR 81 Justin Blackmon So. best cover guys in the nation and his ability to run with WR 85 David Roberts Jr.
WR 9 Bo Bowling Sr. Blackmon is of major importance. But, Wade has to WR 82 Juron Criner Jr.
WR 25 Josh Cooper Jr. prove he can go up with Blackmon and make it awfully TE 88 A.J. Simmons Sr.
LT 75 Nick Martinez Jr. difficult for the OSU WR to make plays with the ball in LT 78 Adam Grant Sr.
the air. Blackmon has beat every “great” CB he’s faced
LG 70 Jonathan Rush Jr. LG 55 Conan Amituanai Sr.
this season ! Aaron Williams and Prince Amukamara
C 74 Grant Garner Jr. both got roasted. If Wade is next in line, Arizona has no C 64 Colin Baxter Sr.
RG 68 Lane Taylor So. shot of winning this game. RG 57 Jovon Hayes Sr.
RT 73 Levy Adcock Jr. RT 67 Phillip Garcia Sr.
Going Huntin’ ! Oklahoma State’s All!American Justin
Proj. Defensive Starters Blackmon is going to be a challenge for Arizona’s Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 91 Ugo Chinasa Sr. secondary. However, the key to winning this game is DE 44 Ricky Elmore Sr.
DT 95 Chris Donaldson Sr. whether the Arizona front seven can slow down All!Big DT 43 Justin Washington Fr.
DT 46 Shane Jarka Sr. 12 RB Kendall Hunter. The 5’9” senior found his DT 94 Lolomana Mikaele Sr.
2008 groove this season and when he’s gashing defensive
DE 50 Jamie Blatnick Jr. DE 42 Brooks Reed Sr.
fronts, the Cowboys’ offense has been at its best.
OLB 11 Shaun Lewis Fr. Stopping Hunter is the ultimate key for the Arizona LB 33 Jake Fischer So.
ILB 41 Orie Lemon Sr. defense, not stopping Blackmon. Hunter’s worst LB 40 Derek Earls Jr.
OLB 42 Justin Gent Sr. performance of the season was his 55 yards rushing LB 41 Paul Vassallo Jr.
CB 6 Andrew McGee Sr. against Oklahoma. Result? An Oklahoma State loss. CB 24 Trevin Wade Jr.
SS 10 Markelle Martin Jr. FS 9 Joseph Perkins Sr.
Gamechanger ! In the Texas A&M game, true
FS 12 Johnny Thomas Jr. freshman Shaun Lewis announced his presence with SS 3 Anthony Wilcox Sr.
CB 19 Brodrick Brown So. authority by picking off a pass that led to the game CB 1 Robert Golden Jr.
winning field goal. From that point forward, you could
Scouting Report make the argument that Lewis has been the team’s most Scouting Report
Orie Lemon valuable, and most productive, defensive player. Lewis Trevin Wade
ILB, 6’3” 235 lb. has gotten more comfortable with the scheme and is CB, 5’11” 180 lb.
around the ball all the time. Arizona must get a hat on
Love the smarts...high football the speedy OLB or he could change this game as well. Te a m s a v o i d h i m o n t h e
IQ...physical at the point of field...great ball skills...not a
attack...good tackler...came off Conclusio" ! Arizona has cratered over the last four b u r n e r, b u t a g u y v e r y
a knee injury last season to games of the season and it looked like a junior high team comfortable in man
have a great year in 2010. in last year’s bowl game. That won’t happen here, but coverage...will strike vs. run
OSU is just too explosive to lose this game.
Oklahoma State - 34 vs. Arizona - 24

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SMU (7 - 6) vs. Army (6 - 6)

L @ Texas Tech 35!27 Vegas Says: SMU -8/52 W @ Eastern Michigan 31!27
W UAB 28!7 R 2010 Ranking L Hawai’i 31!28
W Washington State 35!21 140.9 ypg ! 78th Run Offense 256.0 ypg ! 10th W North Texas 24!0
L TCU 41!24 273.8 ypg ! 22nd Pass Offense 82.1 ypg ! 120th W @ Duke 35!21
W @ Rice 42!31 414.7 ypg ! 33rd Total Offense 338.1 ypg ! 86th L Temple 42!35
W Tulsa 21!18 26.6 ppg ! 66th Scoring Offense 27.5 ppg ! 56th W @ Tulane 41!23
L @ Navy 28!21 140.6 ypg ! 48th Run Defense 141.5 ypg ! 49th L @ Rutgers 23!20
L Houston 45!20 W VMI 29!7
W @ Tulane 31!17 26.4 ppg ! 61st Scoring Defense 25.2 ppg ! 57th L Air Force 42!22
L @ UTEP 28!14 W @ Kent State 25!28
W Marshall 31!17 Only the Lonely ! When you look at the Army offense, L v Notre Dame 27!3
W @ East Carolina 45!38 there’s not a whole lot to like. QB Trent Steelman L v Navy 31!17
L @ CUSA Ch. ! UCF 17!7 doesn’t throw the ball exceptionally well. There aren’t
any true explosive threats to worry a defense. There
isn’t a wide receiver who is a capable deep threat. The
QB 2 Kyle Padron So. only asset Army possesses is fullback Jared Hassin. QB 8 Trent Steelman So.
RB 48 Zach Line So. After finally getting on the field after transferring and FB 7 Jared Hassin So.
WR 24 Aldrick Robinson Sr. sitting out a season, Hassin proved to be a beast. He’s SB 5 Patrick Mealy Sr.
WR 3 Darius Johnson So. 6’3” 235 and looks to run over anyone that gets in his way WR 13 Davyd Brooks Jr.
on the field. He doesn’t dance. He doesn’t avoid
WR 11 Cole Beasley Jr. WR 87 Austin Barr Jr.
contact. He always falls forward. Quite frankly, he’s the
WR 88 Bradley Haynes Jr. SB 23 Malcolm Brown So.
only reason the offense has been able to be competitive
LT 70 Kelvin Beachum Jr. this season. Army does look for different ways to get LT 73 Anees Merzi Sr.
LG 64 Bryce Tennison Jr. him the ball, but when the offense is hurting for LG 79 Frank Allen So.
C 63 Blake McJunkin Jr. production, #7 is getting the stone. C 57 Zach Peterson Sr.
RG 71 Kelly Turner Jr. RG 54 Seth Reed Sr.
RT 79 J.T. Brooks Jr. Hold the Lin! ! Now, I know SMU runs the Run and RT 67 Jason Johnson Sr.
Shoot offense; I’m well aware of that fact, but the most
valuable offensive player for this squad "as it is for Army#
DE 8 Taylor Thompson Jr. is SMU RB Zach Line. Coming out of seemingly Q 44 Josh McNary Sr
NT 9 Marquis Frazier Jr. nowhere, Line has rushed for 1,391 yards and 10 NG 93 Mike Gann Sr.
DE 92 Margus Hunt So. touchdowns this season. He’s been the run in the Run DE 96 Marcus Hilton Sr.
OLB 45 Youri Yenga Sr. and Shoot and he’s a weapon that the Army defense Wh 59 Chad Littlejohn Jr.
ILB 52 Pete Fleps Sr. must account for in this game. Line, similar to Hassin, ILB 50 Stephen Anderson Sr.
doesn’t have much in the way of moves, but he does
ILB 44 Taylor Reed So. Ban 94 Jarett Mackey So.
have a little more wiggle than the Army star. Watch the
OLB 56 Ja’Gared Davis So. Rov 9 Steve Erzinger Jr.
draw play to Line as it’s one of the best plays SMU runs.
CB 31 Bennie Thomas Sr. CB 14 Josh Jackson So.
SS 20 Ryan Smith So. Do what you do bes" ! With SMU throwing the ball 35 S 21 Donnie Dixon Sr.
FS 23 Chris Banjo Jr. to 40 times in this one, Army finally gets to unleash its S 6 Donovan Travis Sr.
CB 16 Richard Crawford Jr. best defensive asset ! Josh McNary. The senior out of CB 2 Richard King Sr.
Houston is a great pass rusher, but hasn’t really had a
Scouting Report ton of opportunities to rush the passer lately. Navy Scouting Report
Kelvin Beachum threw the ball only 11 times and McNary played in space Stephen Anderson
most of the game. This time, though, McNary will
LT, 6’3” 298 lb. MLB, 6’2” 222 lb.
probably bump heads with LT Kelvin Beachum, who
May be a right tackle at the struggles with serious speed off the edge. Pr o t o t y p e middle
next level...decent feet, but still linebacker...tough...stout...will
need some work if he wants to Conclusio# ! SMU isn’t as explosive offensively as it hit you in the face...somewhat
stay at LT...good at getting to was last year and Army can’t generate anything against a limited range...high football
2nd level in the running game defense with a pulse. SMU, though, has enough IQ...reads extremely well
offensive diversity to give Army some problems.
SMU - 23 vs. Army - 12

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Kansas State (7 - 5) vs. Syracuse (7 - 5)

W UCLA 31!22 Vegas Says: Syracuse -1/47.5 W @ Akron 29!3
W Missouri State 48!24 R 2010 Ranking L @ Washington 41!20
W v Iowa State 27!20 206.0 ypg ! 20th Run Offense 130.3 ypg ! 88th W Maine 38!14
W UCF 17!13 172.8 ypg ! 97th Pass Offense 178.0 ypg ! 92nd W Colgate 42!7
L Nebraska 48!13 378.8 ypg ! 62nd Total Offense 308.3 ypg ! 106th W @ South Florida 13!9
W @ Kansas 59!7 33.6 ppg ! 25th Scoring Offense 21.0 ppg ! 99th L Pitt 45!14
L @ Baylor 47!42 229.1 ypg ! 118th Run Defense 137.4 ypg ! 42nd W @ West Virginia 19!14
212.3 ypg ! 52nd Pass Defense 157.6 ypg ! 6th
L Oklahoma State 24!14 W @ Cincinnati 31!7
W Texas 39!14 28.5 ppg ! 74th Scoring Defense 18.1 ppg ! 13th L Louisville 28!20
L @ Missouri 38!28 W @ Rutgers 13!10
Hilliard’s Fines! ! Knowing Hilliard, Florida the way
L @ Colorado 44!36 L U Conn 23!6
I do, I’ll admit, it’s a dadgum miracle that a player from
W @ North Texas 49!41 there made his way to the big time. But, that’s what L Boston College 16!7
Daniel Thomas did and his two years at Kansas State
Proj. Offensive Starters were enough to put Kansas State football back on the Proj. Offensive Starters
map. Versatile. Powerful. Good vision. Strong. Good
QB 14 Carson Coffman Sr. feet. Thomas has the attributes to be an every down QB 12 Ryan Nassib Jr.
RB 8 Daniel Thomas Sr. back at the next level. He’s done a little bit of RB 3 Delone Carter Sr.
FB 37 Braden Wilson So. everything for the Wildcats this season ! running, FB 49 Adam Harris Jr.
WR 89 Aubrey Quarles Sr. receiving and throwing. But, against the Orange, WR 82 Van Chew Jr.
WR 3 Chris Harper So. Thomas will carry the ball as often as he can handle it. WR 15 Alec Lemon So.
TE 80 Travis Tannahill So. The Orange front seven is solid, but Kansas State and TE 85 Jose Cruz Sr.
LT 73 Manase Foketi Jr. Thomas, in particular, proved they could run the ball on LT 67 Justin Pugh So.
LG 59 Zach Kendall Sr. anyone. Syracuse defenders can’t get locked in 1!on!1 LG 75 Zack Chibane So.
battles in space or Thomas will pile up tons of yards
C 74 Wade Weibert Sr. C 70 Ryan Bartholomew Sr.
after first contact.
RG 67 Kenneth Mayfield Sr. RG 66 Andrew Tiller Sr.
RT 75 Clyde Aufner Jr. The Orange Answer ! The Orange’s answer to Thomas RT 74 Michael Hay Jr.
is Delone Carter. Now, Carter isn’t quite as big as
Proj. Defensive Starters Thomas, but at 5’11” and 215, he leaves a mark when he Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 46 Prizell Brown Sr. gets rolling downhill. He won’t wow anyone with a DE 54 Mikhail Marinovich Jr.
DT 94 Raphael Guidry Jr. series of moves, but he’s consistent. Carter has had four DT 51 Andrew Lewis Sr.
DT 95 Ray Kibble Jr. 100+ yard games and no one has truly shut him down. NT 94 Bud Tribbey Sr.
DE 40 Antonio Felder Sr. Syracuse will stay married to the run in a tough, physical DE 99 Chandler Jones Jr.
game like this, especially facing a Wildcat defense that is
OLB 50 Tre Walker Fr. LB 11 Marquis Spruill Fr.
one of the three worst in the nation against the run
ILB 26 Jarrell Childs So. LB 25 Derrell Smith Sr.
OLB 27 David Garrett Jr. The Question Mar" ! Nebraska’s Taylor Martinez ran LB 32 Doug Hogue Sr.
CB 16 Terrance Sweeney Sr. roughshod all night long on the Kansas State defense on CB 6 Da’Mon Merkerson Sr.
national television earlier this season, to a point where
SS 2 Tysyn Hartman Jr. FS 1 Phillip Thomas So.
Heisman talk sprouted up the very next day. The
FS 12 Ty Zimmerman Fr. SS 21 Shamarko Thomas So.
maddening aspect of that night was how clueless the
CB 8 Stephen Harrison Sr. Wildcat linebackers were in that game. They had no CB 35 Mike Holmes Sr.
clue on their reads. They didn’t close on the ball or
Scouting Report tackle well. It was a nightmare. Now, the only saving Scouting Report
Tysyn Hartman grace in this matchup is that Syracuse doesn’t run much Delone Carter
SS, 6’3” 206 lb. of what Nebraska ran this season. But, the key still stays RB, 5’10” 215 lb.
the same ! the Kansas State linebackers need to play
Likes to get involved in the run To u g h r u n n e r. . . c o m p l e t e
well or it’ll be a duplicate of that long night.
gmae...physical...not as sure in back...doesn’t do anything
coverage...not a man cover Conclusio# ! Syracuse’s defense has one job ! find exceptionally well, but does all
guy...decent size at the safety Thomas. If it’s able to slow the Wildcat star, then of it well enough...shorter and
position...average in space Syracuse will walk out with a program enhancing bowl stockier build
win. This defense is better than you’d expect and it’ll do
just that in a Syracuse win.
Syracuse - 24 vs. Kansas State - 17

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North Carolina (7 - 5) vs. Tennessee (6 - 6)

L v LSU 30!24 Vegas Says: North Carolina -2/50 W Tenn!Martin 50!0
L Georgia Tech 30!24 R 2010 Ranking L Oregon 48!13
W @ Rutgers 17!13 123.6 ypg ! 95th Run Offense 116.1 ypg ! 100th L Florida 31!17
W East Carolina 42!17 266.5 ypg ! 25th Pass Offense 249.8 ypg ! 36th W UAB 32!29
W Clemson 21!16 390.1 ypg ! 51st Total Offense 365.8 ypg ! 74th L @ LSU 16!14
W @ Virginia 44!10 24.9 ppg ! 78th Scoring Offense 27.0 ppg ! 61st L @ Georgia 41!14
L @ Miami 33!10 133.8 ypg ! 36th Run Defense 152.7 ypg ! 63rd L Alabama 41!10
204.7 ypg ! 39th Pass Defense 229.3 ypg ! 82nd
W William & Mary 21!17 L @ South Carolina 38!24
W @ Florida State 37!35 22.9 ppg ! 46th Scoring Defense 24.7 ppg ! 55th W @ Memphis 50!14
L Virginia Tech 26!10 W Ole Miss 52!14
L NC State 29!25 The Comeback is complet! ! Prior to the season, and, W @ Vanderbilt 24!10
W @ Duke 24!19 well, prior to the chaos that reigned this summer in W Kentucky 24!14
Chapel Hill, the prevailing thought was that the only
Proj. Offensive Starters player that stood between North Carolina and a BCS Proj. Offensive Starters
bowl game run was QB T.J. Yates. With all of the stars
QB 13 T.J. Yates Sr. on both sides of the ball, the common thought was that QB 8 Tyler Bray Fr.
RB 6 Anthony Elzy Sr. Yates was the one major liability. The irony of this RB 28 Tauren Poole Jr.
FB 38 Curtis Byrd So. season is just that ! Yates was, arguably, the team’s most FB 46 Channing Fugate Fr.
WR 83 Dwight Jones Jr. valuable player, keeping North Carolina in games until WR 6 Denarius Moore Sr.
WR 3 Joshua Adams Fr. the final gun. The lack of firepower cost the Heels WR 4 Gerald Jones Sr.
TE 89 Nelson Hurst So. dearly, but it wasn’t due to his incompetence in the TE 88 Luke Stocker Sr.
slightest. He threw for nearly 3,200 yards and had a
LT 68 James Hurst Fr. LT 71 Dallas Thomas So.
better than 2 to 1 TD to interception ratio. Tennessee’s
LG 64 Jonathan Cooper So. LG 74 Jarrod Shaw Sr.
young secondary is ripe to be had and he’s the perfect
C 65 Cam Holland Jr. candidate to light the Vols up like a Christmas tree. I’ll C 64 James Stone Fr.
RG 70 Alan Pelc Sr. admit, I didn’t think that was a sentence I’d ever write. RG 72 Zach Fulton Fr.
RT 66 Mike Ingersoll Sr. RT 70 Ja’Wuan James Fr.
Proj. Defensive Starters Swimming Pool! ! With a freshman at the helm Proj. Defensive Starters
against a still stout North Carolina defense, the key for
DE 97 Jared McAdoo Fr. the Tennessee Volunteer offense will be junior running DE 57 Gerald Williams Sr.
NT 91 Tydreke Powell Jr. back Tauren Poole. He’s had six games of 100+ yards DT 97 Malik Jackson Jr.
DT 90 Quinton Coples Jr. this season and has the speed to get to the edge and DT 52 Victor Thomas Sr.
DE 98 Donte Paige!Moss So. embarrass the North Carolina perimeter players. The DE 84 Chris Walker Sr.
OLB 52 Quan Sturdivant Sr. loss of UNC OLB Bruce Carter is huge for the Heels, LB 42 Lamarcus Thompson Sr.
ILB 48 Kevin Reddick So. especially as it pertains to slowing down Poole. If QB LB 56 Nick Reveiz Sr.
OLB 35 Herman Davidson Jr. Tyler Bray doesn’t have much success, it’ll be Poole’s LB 34 Herman Lathers So.
responsibility to carry the offense.
CB 4 Jabari Price Fr. CB 10 Marsalis Teague So.
SS 21 Da’Norris Searcy Sr. This Jackson doesn’t danc! ! As a sophomore second SS 17 Brent Brewer Fr.
FS 27 Deunta Williams Sr. year starter, Tennessee safety Janzen Jackson is the FS 15 Janzen Jackson So.
CB 16 Kendric Burney Sr. decorated veteran for the Volunteer secondary. With a CB 23 Prentiss Waggner So.
freshman and two other sophomores alongside, Jackson
Scouting Report is the wise, sage leader. He’s third on the team in Scouting Report
Deunta Williams tackles and brings a physical presence in the back four. Luke Stocker
FS, 6’2” 215 lb. He’s not the overall play maker that Eric Berry was the TE, 6’3” 315 lb.
last three seasons, but Jackson is making a name for
Prototype size to play either himself. Sort of a rare breed
free or strong...however, he’s nowadays...more a traditional
not a big hitter...decent tackler, Conclusio" ! It’s hard not to think about what could tight end...plays with his hand
but not as physical as you’d like have been for the Tar Heels this season. However, on the ground...good inline
a guy this size to be Butch Davis’ squad has never mailed it in and it won’t blocker...intermediate receiver
start now. The Tar Heels’ ‘D’ will win this one for UNC.
North Carolina - 23 vs. Tennessee - 16

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Nebraska (10 - 3) vs. Washington (6 - 6)

W Western Kentucky 49!10 Vegas Says: Nebraska -14/53 L @ BYU 23!17
W Idaho 38!17 R 2010 Ranking W Syracuse 41!20
W @ Washington 56!21 259.6 ypg ! 9th Run Offense 164.2 ypg ! 45th L Nebraska 56!21
W S. Dakota State 17!3 154.6 ypg ! 109th Pass Offense 200.3 ypg ! 77th W @ USC 32!31
W @ Kansas State 48!13 414.2 ypg ! 35th Total Offense 364.4 ypg ! 75th L Arizona State 24!14
L Texas 20!13 32.7 ppg ! 28th Scoring Offense 22.1 ppg ! 93rd W Oregon State 35!34
W @ Oklahoma State 51!41 144.3 ypg ! 52nd Run Defense 198.8 ypg ! 103rd L @ Arizona 44!14
W Missouri 31!17 L Stanford 41!0
W @ Iowa State 31!30 17.2 ppg ! 8th Scoring Defense 31.2 ppg ! 93rd L @ Oregon 53!16
W Kansas 20!3 W UCLA 24!7
L @ Texas A&M 9!6 Locker’s Redemptio! ! He was so bad in the first one. W @ Cal 16!13
W Colorado 45!17 Every time you opened another internet page after the W @ Washington State 35!28
L B12 Ch. ! OU 23!20 first meeting, Washington QB Jake Locker was getting
crushed. The so!called top QB in the 2011 NFL Draft?
Proj. Offensive Starters Really? The words cut deep. The critics pounced. Even Proj. Offensive Starters
QB T. Martinez/C. Lee supporters couldn’t mask the disappointment in Locker. QB 10 Jake Locker Sr.
It’s hard to argue with the fact that he took more heat
RB 10 Roy Helu Jr. Sr. RB 1 Chris Polk So.
than any player in the nation. But, with three wins in
WR 24 Niles Paul Sr. FB 24 Jesse Callier Fr.
the final three games, he may have found a little bit of
WR 84 Brandon Kinnie Jr. redemption by getting the Huskies to a bowl for the WR 15 Jermaine Kearse Jr.
Z 44 Mike McNeill Sr. first time since 2002. Nothing would force Locker’s WR 11 D’Andre Goodwin Sr.
TE 81 Ben Cotton So. naysayers to eat crow more than getting a little bit of WR 9 Devin Aguilar Jr.
LT 71 Jeremiah Sirles Fr. redemption in this game, one that he admittedly LT 56 Senio Kelemete Jr.
LG 68 Keith Williams Sr. butchered in September. His defense must help him, LG 65 Ryan Tolar Sr.
C 58 Mike Caputo Jr. but with some extra time to get some rest and a tad bit C 73 Drew Schaefer So.
RG 74 Ricky Henry Sr. healthier, Locker should be at his best for his final game RG 79 Colin Porter Fr.
RT 73 D.J. Jones Sr. for the Huskies. RT 71 Cody Habbern Sr.
Proj. Defensive Starters Polk the Hammer ! Locker’s right hand man for the Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 95 Pierre Allen Sr. past two seasons has been dynamic running back Chris DE 92 Everrette Thompson Jr.
DT 94 Jared Crick Jr. Polk. Due to his outpost in the Pacific Northwest and DT 74 Alameda Ta’amu Jr.
his being overshadowed by Oregon’s LaMichael James,
DT 55 Baker Steinkuhler So. DT 55 Sione Potoa’e Fr.
Polk has flown well under the radar and that’s a shame.
DE 34 Cameron Meredith So. DE 58 Hau’oli Jamora Fr.
He’s a strong downhill runner who has a bit of wiggle
LB 4 Lavonte David Jr. and a bit of power. Without Polk, the Huskies are a LB 40 Mason Foster Sr.
LB 46 Eric Martin So. three win team, but with him, the Huskies can run the LB 31 Cort Dennison Jr.
NB 28 Eric Hagg Sr. ball on anyone. Including the Huskers. LB 41 Victor Aiyewa Sr.
CB 21 Prince Amukamara Sr. CB 28 Quinton Richardson Jr.
S 7 DeJon Gomes Sr. Reed it and weep ! With an injury to key downfield S 8 Nate Williams Sr.
S 8 Austin Cassidy Jr. deep threat Niles Paul, the Huskers needed a player to S 29 Nate Fellner So.
CB 15 Alfonzo Dennard Jr. step up and make plays. Simply catch the ball CB 6 Desmond Trufant So.
downfield. That guy ended up being tight end Kyler
Reed. Yes, I said it “tight end”. Reed lined up at a
Scouting Report number of different spots, but he gets “lost” when he Scouting Report
Ricky Henry aligns at tight end. He has wide receiver speed but Mason Foster
RG, 6’3” 315 lb. because of where he lines up, he’ll get a mismatch nearly LB, 6’2” 242 lb.
The most physical guard in the every time. Keep an eye on #25 getting behind the More of an inside linebacker at
country...should’ve been an All! Washington secondary for a key touchdown. the next level...like the way he
American...tough and thumps...has made plays in
nasty...great run blocker...wins Conclusio! ! Washington is playing much better coverage, but like him as 2
leverage...good at 2nd level football than back in September, but it’s still not enough down player in NFL.
to knock off the Huskers in San Diego.
Nebraska - 38 vs. Washington - 28

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Clemson (6 - 6) vs. USF (7 - 5)

December 31, 2010 - ESPN 11 AM CST
W North Texas 35!10 Vegas Says: Clemson -5/40 W Stony Brook 59!14
W Presbyterian 58!21 R 2010 Ranking L @ Florida 38!14
L @ Auburn 27!24 146.4 ypg ! 73rd Run Offense 149.4 ypg ! 70th W WKU 24!12
L Miami 30!21 191.4 ypg ! 84th Pass Offense 162.5 ypg ! 101st W FAU 31!3
L @ North Carolina 21!16 337.8 ypg ! 87th Total Offense 311.9 ypg ! 103rd L Syracuse 13!9
W Maryland 31!7 23.8 ppg ! 86th Scoring Offense 23.5 ppg ! 88th L @ West Virginia 20!6
W Georgia Tech 27!13 131.7 ypg ! 30th Run Defense 131.9 ypg ! 33rd W @ Cincinnati 38!30
192.1 ypg ! 27th Pass Defense 187.8 ypg ! 21st
L @ Boston College 16!10 W Rutgers 28!27
323.8 ypg ! 23rd Total Defense 319.8 ypg ! 21st
W NC State 14!13 17.8 ppg ! 9th Scoring Defense 19.5 ppg ! 19th W @ Louisville 24!21
L @ Florida State 16!13 L Pitt 17!10
Harper’s Bazaar ! After a brilliant start to the 2010
W @ Wake Forest 30!10 W @ Miami "FL# 23!20
season, Clemson running back Andre Ellington was on
L South Carolina 29!7 his way to an All!ACC season. But, a foot injury ended L U Conn 19!16
his season and forced Jamie Harper to be the #1 back
Proj. Offensive Starters for the Tigers going forward. The perfect complement Proj. Offensive Starters
to Ellington, Harper became the hammer for the run
QB K. Parker/T. Boyd game. He averaged 23 carries and 100+ yards a game QB 13 Bobby Eveld Fr.
RB 8 Jamie Harper Jr. over the last four contests. He’s a great receiver out of RB 3 Mo Plancher Sr.
WR 6 DeAndre Hopkins Fr. the backfield, but being the number one back has FB 43 Richard Kelly Sr.
WR 18 Jaron Brown So. limited him, a bit from catching the ball out of the WR 81 Dontavia Bogan Sr.
WR 26 Marquan Jones Jr. backfield. No matter who starts this game for the WR 9 Evan Landi So.
TE 83 Dwayne Allen So. Tigers at quarterback, Harper is going to be that guy’s TE 45 Kevin Gidrey Sr.
LT 61 Chris Hairston Sr. crutch for a full 60 minutes. The Bulls run defense is LT 63 Jamar Bass Sr.
good, not great, but the problem, in some sense, for
LG 73 David Smith Jr. LG 55 Jeremiah Warren Jr.
Harper is that they can slow down a power back with
C 55 Dalton Freeman So. bodies. Keep an eye on #8 and the touches he gets. C 62 Sampson Genus Sr.
RG 74 Antoine McClain Jr. RG 79 Chaz Hine Jr.
RT 72 Landon Walker Jr. After the darkness... ! One of the most disappointing RT 64 Jacob Sims Sr.
aspects of Clemson’s 6!6 season was the fact that
Proj. Defensive Starters Da’Quan Bowers’ 2010 redemptive story wasn’t truly Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 93 Da’Quan Bowers Jr. made known to the country. Bowers received plenty of DE 7 Ryne Giddins Fr.
NT 98 Brandon Thompson Jr. recognition for the job he did on the field this season, NT 46 Cory Grissom So.
DT 99 Jarvis Jenkins Sr. but when you realize that he had this type of season DT 97 Terrell McClain Sr.
after 12 months of nothing but trials and tribulations,
DE 40 Andre Branch Jr. DE 58 David Bedford Sr.
you understand what type of young man this is. A 2009
OLB 34 Quandon Christian Fr. knee injury, the loss of a close friend and mentor and LB 57 Jacquian Williams Sr.
ILB 42 Corico Hawkins So. then the sudden death of his father all occurred in the LB 36 Sam Barrington So.
OLB 46 Jonathan Willard So. last 12 months, yet, Bowers channeled it all into one of LB 34 DeDe Lattimore Fr.
CB 12 Marcus Gilchrist Sr. the great seasons any Tiger defender has ever had. On CB 16 Mistral Raymond Sr.
SS 2 DeAndre McDaniel Sr. the field, the Bulls had better find a way to block him or S 8 Jon Lejiste So.
FS 31 Rashard Hall So. it could be a long night. S 1 Jerrell Young Jr.
CB 29 Xavier Brewer So. The Rooki! ! With USF QB B.J. Daniels out for the CB 2 Quenton Washington Jr.
rest of season, it looked like curtains for the Bulls
Scouting Report offensively, especially on the road against Miami. But, Scouting Report
DeAndre McDaniel freshman Bobby Eveld took over and led the Bulls to a Quenton Washington
SS, 6’1” 215 lb. program!altering win. He then reverted to freshman CB, 5’10” 190 lb.
form in a loss to U Conn, throwing 3 picks. Which
Former linebacker who loves to Rookie will show up? Tough on the corner...quick
fill in the alley in run and competitive...extremely
support...decent in coverage, Conclusio" ! Although there is a QB situation at fast and breaks on the ball as
but in zone, not a man cover Clemson, it’s still better than starting a freshman in a fast as anyone in the Big East
guy...physical and aggressive bowl game. Clemson’s too tough at home...and yes, this
is a home game played in Charlotte.
Clemson - 24 vs. USF - 17

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Notre Dame (7 - 5) vs. Miami (7 - 5)

December 31, 2010 - CBS 1 PM CST
W Purdue 23!12 Vegas Says: Miami -3/47 W FAMU 45!0
L Michigan 28!24 R 2010 Ranking L @ Ohio State 36!24
L @ Michigan State 34!31 120.8 ypg ! 96th Run Offense 190.4 ypg ! 26th W @ Pitt 31!3
L Stanford 37!14 257.4 ypg ! 29th Pass Offense 232.2 ypg ! 29th W @ Clemson 30!21
W @ Boston College 31!13 378.3 ypg ! 63rd Total Offense 422.6 ypg ! 31st L Florida State 45!17
W Pitt 23!17 25.8 ppg ! 73rd Scoring Offense 27.1 ppg ! 58th W @ Duke 28!13
W Western Michigan 44!20 146.8 ypg ! 55th Run Defense 170.8 ypg ! 81st W North Carolina 33!10
206.4 ypg ! 42nd Pass Defense 146.3 ypg ! 2nd
L v Navy 35!17 L @ Virginia 24!19
L Tulsa 28!27 20.5 ppg ! 29th Scoring Defense 19.7 ppg ! 21st W Maryland 26!20
W Utah 28!3 W @ Georgia Tech 35!10
Shoe’s on the other foo! ! Last year at this time, Notre
W v Army 27!3 L Virginia Tech 31!17
Dame was dealing with a coaching change after Charlie
W USC 20!16 Weis was let go at the end of the season. With all of the L South Florida 23!20
upheaval, the Irish turned down any bowl opportunities
Proj. Offensive Starters to focus on finding a new coach, Brian Kelly formerly Proj. Offensive Starters
of Cincinnati. This year, the scene shifts to the
QB 13 Tommy Rees Fr. opponent on the other side of the field, as Miami deals QB 12 Jacory Harris Jr.
RB 20 Cierre Wood So. with the firing of its head coach Randy Shannon. The RB 20 Damien Berry Sr.
WR 81 John Goodman Jr. Hurricanes lost three of the last five games, including FB 30 Patrick Hill Sr.
WR 6 Theo Riddick So. the last two games of the season at home. A trip to El WR 3 Travis Benjamin Jr.
WR 3 Michael Floyd Jr. Paso can either be a positive step toward improvement WR 85 Leonard Hankerson Sr.
TE 80 Tyler Eifert So. for the 2011 season or it can be an opportunity to mail it TE 84 Richard Gordon Sr.
LT 70 Zack Martin So. in one final time. New head coach Al Golden won’t take LT 74 Orlando Franklin Sr.
over until after the bowl game, so there’s not a whole lot
LG 59 Chris Stewart Sr. LG 66 Harland Gunn Jr.
for the Hurricanes to play for in this one, outside of
C 52 Braxston Cave Jr. pride and one final time to suit up for some. C 63 Tyler Horn Jr.
RG 78 Trevor Robinson Jr. RG 72 Brandon Washington So.
RT 75 Taylor Dever Sr. #1 with a bulle! ! Miami CB Brandon Harris is a RT 61 Joel Figueroa Sr.
top five defensive back in the NFL Draft regardless of
Proj. Defensive Starters whether he declares for the draft in 2011 or remains with Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 90 Ethan Johnson Jr. his class for the 2012 NFL Draft. But, one of the DE 57 Allen Bailey Sr.
NT 98 Sean Cwynar Jr. biggest tests of his Miami career is facing a guy who has DT 99 Marcus Forston So.
DE 89 Kapron Lewis!Moore Jr. an NFL future in his own right, Notre Dame’s Michael DT 92 Josh Holmes Sr.
Floyd. Harris is a staunch competitor and he’s
OLB 45 Darius Fleming Jr. DE 35 Olivier Vernon So.
confident that he can handle any challenge thrown his
ILB 58 Brian Smith Sr. way. But, Floyd could be a problem given his size and LB 31 Sean Spence Jr.
ILB 5 Manti Te’o So. length and he’s healthy, a major issue for the Irish pass LB 44 Colin McCarthy Sr.
OLB 56 Kerry Neal Sr. catcher during his career. I expect this to be the best LB 36 Kylan Robinson Sr.
CB 2 Darrin Walls Sr. matchup of the day. CB 8 DeMarcus Van Dyke Sr.
S 22 Harrison Smith Sr. SS 26 Ray Ray Armstrong So.
New and Improved ! When Brian Kelly took over as
S 17 Zeke Motta So. head coach for the Irish, the prevailing thought was that FS 7 Vaughn Telemaque So.
CB 4 Gary Gray Sr. the offense would take a big step forward due to Kelly’s CB 1 Brandon Harris Jr.
emphasis on that side of the ball. But, the pleasant
Scouting Report surprise has been the way the Irish defense has rallied Scouting Report
Manti Te’o over the second half of the season. After giving up 27 Allen Bailey
ILB, 6’2” 245 lb. points to Tulsa, the Irish gave up a total of 22 points the DE, 6’3” 285 lb.
rest of the season. Miami isn’t blessed with a ton of
Best Notre Dame defensive offensive talent, so the Irish ‘D’ should flourish again. Physical specimen...has all the
player since late tools to be great, but hasn’t
1990s...explosive to the Conclusio" ! I’m rolling dice because I truly think the been great...consistency is an
football...burst...high football U could pack it in. But, it won’t. Not here. Jacory issue...powerful...has
IQ...reads well Harris will have his best game of the year. burst...learning to use his hands
Miami - 21 vs. Notre Dame - 17

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Georgia (6 - 6) vs. UCF (10 - 3)

W ULL 55!7 Vegas Says: Georgia -6.5/55.5 W South Dakota 38!7
L @ South Carolina 17!6 R 2010 Ranking L NC State 28!21
L Arkansas 31!24 147.7 ypg ! 72nd Run Offense 192.5 ypg ! 25th W @ Buffalo 24!10
L @ Mississippi State 24!12 246.1 ypg ! 38th Pass Offense 191.8 ypg ! 83rd L @ Kansas State 17!13
L @ Colorado 29!27 393.8 ypg ! 48th Total Offense 384.2 ypg ! 58th W UAB 42!7
W Tennessee 41!14 34.3 ppg ! 23rd Scoring Offense 33.8 ppg ! 24th W @ Marshall 35!14
W Vanderbilt 43!0 149.2 ypg ! 59th Run Defense 110.4 ypg ! 10th W Rice 41!14
W @ Kentucky 44!31 W East Carolina 49!35
L v Florida 34!31 23.1 ppg ! 49th Scoring Defense 18.0 ppg ! 12th W @ Houston 40!33
W Idaho State 55!7 L Southern Miss 31!21
L @ Auburn 49!31 Gamechanger ! When UCF head coach George W @ Tulane 61!14
W Georgia Tech 42!34 O’Leary handed the reins of the 2010 offense over to a W @ Memphis 37!17
true freshman, it didn’t look good. But, Jeff Godfrey W CUSA Ch. ! SMU 17!7
isn’t your average freshman. Although BCS conference
schools wanted Godfrey to play defensive back, the
QB 11 Aaron Murray Fr. rookie from Miami wanted to play quarterback and QB 2 Jeff Godfrey Fr.
RB 4 Caleb King Jr. UCF gave him that opportunity. Trust me when I say RB 35 Ronnie Weaver Jr.
FB 49 Shaun Chapas Sr. he’s made the most of that opportunity. He threw for FB 32 Billy Giovanetti So.
WR 8 A.J. Green Jr. over 2,000, ran for over 500 yards and generally took WR 81 Kamar Aiken Sr.
WR 16 Kris Durham Sr. over the offense the second half of the season. Godfrey WR 14 Quincy McDuffie So.
will make things happen when he gets a bit of pressure,
TE 7 Orson Charles So. TE 88 Adam Nissley Jr.
so Georgia must not allow him to escape the pocket or
LT 77 Trinton Sturdivant Jr. LT 66 Abre Leggins Sr.
LG 71 Cordy Glenn Jr. Houston is UCF’s proble! ! I hate “Houston, we have LG 68 Theo Goins So.
C 61 Ben Jones Jr. a problem”, so I decided to turn it on its ear in some C 73 Jordan Rae So.
RG 60 Clint Boling Sr. sense. Georgia OLB Justin Houston, a finalist for the RG 77 Nick Pieschel Jr.
Bronko Nagurski Award, was the bright spot for the
RT 78 Josh Davis Sr. RT 76 Jah Reid Sr.
Georgia defense this season, finishing the season with
Proj. Defensive Starters 10 sacks to lead the SEC. He’s the best overall pass Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 93 Abry Jones So. rusher in this conference and he has proven that he has DE 48 David Williams Sr.
3!4 OLB written all over him at the next level. With
NT 94 DeAngelo Tyson Jr. DT 91 Victor Gray Fr.
Godfrey playing in his first bowl game, it’s imperative
DE 58 DeMarcus Dobbs Sr. DT 94 Wes Tunuufi Sauvao Sr.
that the Knights devote more than just a tackle or a
OLB 42 Justin Houston Jr. tight end to block Houston. If he disrupts the pocket DE 49 Bruce Miller Sr.
ILB 51 Akeem Dent Sr. early in the game, it could spell doom for the UCF LB 38 Derrick Hallman Sr.
ILB 45 Christian Robinson So. offense. LB 50 Josh Linam Jr.
OLB 50 Darryl Gamble Sr. LB 57 Lawrence Young Sr.
The Ocho Effec" ! It’s truly hard to argue with the fact
CB 19 Sanders Commings So. CB 20 Josh Robinson So.
that Georgia wide receiver A.J Green is the best
SS 9 Alec Ogletree Fr. receiver in the nation. He’s going to be a top 5 pick in S 40 Reggie Weams Sr.
FS 18 Bacarri Rambo So. the 2011 Draft, no question. That being said, the effect S 18 Kemal Ishmael So.
CB 2 Brandon Boykin Jr. that Green has on this game may not be what you’d CB 23 Justin Boddie Sr.
expect. Don’t expect Green to set records in this one,
Scouting Report but keep an eye on UGA tight end Orson Charles. Scouting Report
Orson Charles The athletic pass catcher is a former high school Bruce Miller
TE, 6’3” 240 lb. teammate of QB Aaron Murray who looks him up DE/DT, 6’2” 255 lb.
when Green is drawing or demanding double teams
One hell of an athlete...has a from opposing defenses. Charles will be the biggest H i g h m o t o r. . . b e t t e r t h a n
great rapport with Aaron beneficiary of Green’s presence against UCF. average athlete...good with his
Mu r r a y. . . g r e a t d o w n t h e hands...better rushing from
seam...will be one of the best, if Conclusio# ! UCF’s bowl game history isn’t long and inside in college...must be 4!3
not the best TE in 2011 lustrious, in fact, it’s nearly non!existent. But, that DE at the next level
changes with an upset here.
UCF - 34 vs. Georgia - 31

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South Carolina (9 - 4) vs. Florida State (9 - 4)

W Southern Miss 41!13 Vegas Says: South Carolina -3/54.5 W Samford 59!6
W Georgia 17!6 R 2010 Ranking L @ Oklahoma 47!17
W Furman 38!19 155.5 ypg ! 60th Run Offense 167.9 ypg ! 42nd W BYU 34!10
L @ Auburn 35!27 235.6 ypg ! 47th Pass Offense 219.1 ypg ! 61st W Wake Forest 31!0
W Alabama 35!21 391.2 ypg ! 50th Total Offense 386.9 ypg ! 55th W @ Virginia 34!14
L @ Kentucky 31!28 32.0 ppg ! 36th Scoring Offense 31.8 ppg ! 38th W @ Miami 45!17
W @ Vanderbilt 21!7 104.3 ypg ! 9th Run Defense 127.9 ypg ! 25th W Boston College 24!19
W Tennessee 38!24 L @ NC State 28!24
357.9 ypg ! 52nd Total Defense 349.1 ypg ! 41st
L Arkansas 41!20 22.9 ppg ! 46th Scoring Defense 19.9 ppg ! 25th L North Carolina 37!35
W @ Florida 36!14 W Clemson 16!13
W Troy 69!24 A Heave and a prayer ! The ‘ol ball coach is one of the W @ Maryland 30!16
W @ Clemson 29!7 best play callers the college game has ever seen. And, I W Florida 31!7
L v SEC Ch. ! Auburn 56!17 mean ever. Steve Spurrier’s done it all at Duke, Florida L v ACC Ch. ! V Tech 44!33
and now at South Carolina. But, honestly, how hard is it
Proj. Offensive Starters for Spurrier to signal to his quarterback ! THROW IT Proj. Offensive Starters
QB 5 Stephen Garcia Jr. UP HIGH FOR ALSHON. Alshon is Alshon Jeffery, an QB 3 EJ Manuel Jr.
RB 21 Marcus Lattimore Fr. absolute freak of nature who has blossomed into one of RB 23 Chris Thompson So.
the best receivers in the nation. But, during the second
WR 1 Alshon Jeffery So. FB 24 Lonnie Pryor So.
half of the season, teams started rolling coverage to
WR 81 Tori Gurley So. WR 83 Bert Reed Jr.
Jeffery’s side of the field to reduce his impact on the
WR 82 D.L. Moore So. game. This isn’t one of those times to play scared ! let WR 8 Taiwan Easterling Jr.
TE 47 Patrick DiMarco Sr. Jeffery get loose deep downfield, whether he’s got two TE 88 Beau Reliford Jr.
LT 76 Jarriel King Sr. or three DBs hanging all over him. Let him go make a LT 67 Andrew Datko Jr.
LG 77 Garrett Chisolm Sr. play...even if it’s a heave and a prayer. LG 62 Rodney Hudson Sr.
C 55 T.J. Johnson So. Who makes fewer mistakes? ! Although Florida State C 60 Ryan McMahon Sr.
RG 73 Rokevious Watkins Jr. QB EJ Manuel played well in Christian Ponder’s stead in RG 52 Bryan Stork Fr.
RT 66 Hutch Eckerson Sr. the ACC Championship game, he’s still a wild card in RT 77 Zebrie Sanders Jr.
Proj. Defensive Starters this game. And, it sort of goes without saying that Proj. Defensive Starters
South Carolina QB Stephen Garcia is about as Jekyll!
DE 98 Devin Taylor So. Hyde as any quarterback in the nation. Both guys have DE 98 Markus White Sr.
DT 42 Travian Robertson Jr. shown the ability to move the football effectively, but DT 93 Everett Dawkins So.
DT 91 Ladi Ajiboye Sr. they’ve both shown the propensity to make mistakes, DT 99 Jacobbi McDaniel So.
DE 83 Cliff Matthews Sr. especially Garcia. The saving grace for Garcia is the DE 49 Brandon Jenkins So.
LB 41 Josh Dickerson Sr. South Carolina running game; Manuel doesn’t have quite LB 16 Mister Alexander Sr.
LB 44 Tony Straughter Sr. that luxury. If the mistakes pile up early in the game, it LB 29 Kendall Smith Sr.
Spur 26 Antonio Allen Jr. could be a long night...for either team. LB 13 Nigel Bradham Jr.
CB 5 Stephon Gilmore So. On the Spo! ! The Florida State offensive line has CB 27 Xavier Rhodes Fr.
FS 3 Akeem Auguste Jr. grown up together, in some sense, and the one guy who FS 10 Nick Moody So.
SS 21 DeVonte Holloman So. has held down the edge for the past three years is left SS 4 Terrance Parks Jr.
CB 12 C.C Whitlock Jr. tackle Andrew Datko. This is going to be one of his CB 5 Greg Reid So.
most ardent tests as he faces South Carolina DE Devin
Taylor and Cliff Matthews. Taylor is a lithe, but long
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pass rusher who is still learning how to use his assets.
Devin Taylor Matthews is more stout and powerful. The dichotomy Rodney Hudson
DE, 6’7” 249 lb. between the two rushers is what makes this such a G, 6’3” 295 lb.
Long, long and really long...still challenge for Datko. He’s already lost one quarterback; Most complete guard in the
learning how to incorporate his he can’t lose another one. nation...solid run blocker...good
length into his game...once he Conclusio" ! Filling in for Christian Ponder, I just feet in pass protection...can
does, he’ll be a star...good burst don’t see Manuel leading the Seminoles to another bowl combo off to the next level on
off the ball...not great vs. run win as he did last year against West Virginia. run downs...
South Carolina - 31 vs. FSU - 27

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Texas Tech (7 - 5) vs. Northwestern (7 - 5)

January 1, 2011 - ESPNU 11 AM CST
W SMU 35!27 W @ Vanderbilt 23!21
Vegas Says: Texas Tech -9.5/60.5
W @ New Mexico 52!17 W Illinois State 37!3
R 2010 Ranking
L Texas 24!14 W @ Rice 30!13
137.8 ypg ! 82nd Run Offense 149.8 ypg ! 68th
L @ Iowa State 52!38 314.8 ypg ! 8th Pass Offense 242.6 ypg ! 40th W Central Michigan 30!25
W v Baylor 45!38 452.6 ypg ! 16th Total Offense 392.4 ypg ! 49th W @ Minnesota 29!28
L Oklahoma State 34!17 32.1 ppg ! 34th Scoring Offense 25.4 ppg ! 74th L Purdue 20!17
W @ Colorado 27!24 157.0 ypg ! 68th Run Defense 185.2 ypg ! 92nd L Michigan State 35!27
L @ Texas A&M 45!27 306.1 ypg ! 120th Pass Defense 230.5 ypg ! 85th W @ Indiana 20!17
W Missouri 24!17 463.1 ypg ! 116th Total Defense 415.7 ypg ! 92nd L @ Penn State 35!21
L @ Oklahoma 45!7 30.3 ppg ! 85th Scoring Defense 27.7 ppg ! 67th W Iowa 21!17
W Weber State 64!21 All Dunsmor! ! If you haven’t had the opportunity to L Illinois 48!27
W Houston 35!20 see Northwestern uber tight!end Drake Dunsmore L @ Wisconsin 70!23
play, you’ve missed out. In some sense, he’s been
shortchanged playing for a spread attack team that can’t
Proj. Offensive Starters truly utilize him the way an NFL team can use him in Proj. Offensive Starters
QB 12 Taylor Potts Jr. the future. But, he’s a matchup nightmare and he can QB 18 Evan Watkins Fr.
present a number of issues against the Tech linebackers
RB 25 Baron Batch Jr. RB 25 Stephen Simmons Sr.
and safeties. There isn’t one of these Tech linebackers
X 19 Lyle Leong Sr. WR 11 Jeremy Ebert Jr.
who can run with him and no safety has the size to be
H 11 Tramain Swindall Jr. physical with him. He’s not had a huge year numbers WR 5 Sidney Stewart Sr.
Y 17 Detron Lewis Sr. wise, but if Northwestern’s QB can get some time to WR 8 Demetrius Fields So.
Z 8 Jacoby Franks Jr. throw, he’ll have a big game. H 9 Drake Dunsmore Jr.
LT 65 LaAdrian Waddle So. LT 75 Al Netter Jr.
Missing Persa ! One could argue that the most
LG 78 Lonnie Edwards Jr. LG 72 Brian Mulroe So.
valuable player in the Big Ten in 2010 was QB Dan
C 73 Justin Keown Jr. Persa. Okay, John, then why on this earth do you have C 65 Ben Burkett Jr.
RG 66 Deveric Gallington So. Evan Watkins listed as the starting quarterback? On RG 63 Keegan Grant Sr.
RT 74 Mickey Okafor Jr. the last offensive play of the upset win over Iowa, Persa RT 70 Patrick Ward So.
Proj. Defensive Starters made one of his typical, Houdini!esque plays, throwing Proj. Defensive Starters
the game!winning touchdown...only to be felled with a
DE 54 Dartwan Bush Fr. torn achilles at the end of the play. Watkins moved into DE 94 Vince Browne Jr.
DT 95 Pearlie Graves Fr. the starting lineup the next week and struggled against DT 90 Jack Dinardo Jr.
DT 93 Colby Whitlock Sr. Illinois and struggled even more against Wisconsin. DT 98 Corbin Bryant Sr.
DE 41 Sam Fehoko Jr. With some time to get comfortable as the starter, DE 42 Kevin Watt Jr.
LB 45 Tyrone Sonier Jr. Watkins may more of an asset, but if Northwestern has LB 51 Bryce McNaul Jr.
LB 57 Brian Duncan Sr. issues out of the chute, it’s probably because the LB 44 Nate Williams Sr.
LB 30 Brett Dewhurst Jr. Wildcats miss their Persa. LB 41 Quentin Davie Sr.
CB 4 Derrick Mays Fr. Like Ronnie and Cadillac ! For some Texas Tech fans, CB 28 Justin Vaughn Sr.
S 16 Cody Davis So. those words are cringe!worthy. For others, it’s a bit S 32 David Arnold Jr.
S 5 Tre’ Porter Fr. refreshing. There’s been so much speculation since S 10 Brian Peters Jr.
CB 28 LaRon Moore Sr. Tommy Tuberville was hired as to when the running CB 26 Jordan Mabin Jr.
game/passing game balance would shift. Under Mike
Leach, it was more like one run to every two throws,
Scouting Report while under Tuberville, it’s more like four runs to every Scouting Report
Brian Duncan five throws. The biggest winners in that paradigm shift Drake Dunsmore
DE/LB, 6’1” 248 lb. are Baron Batch and Eric Stephens. Now, they’re TE/H, 6’3” 240 lb.
Made the transition to rush not going to both go over 100 yards, but they can take I love this guy at the next
end in a 4!3 from ILB...... burst the pressure off of QB Taylor Potts against this level...great hands...a poor
off the edge...projects to 3!4 Northwestern defense. man’s Owen Daniels...not a
OLB...moving back to MLB for Conclusio" ! Without Persa and injured RB Mike g r e a t b l o c ke r. . . g e t s o p e n
this game Trumpy, I worry that Northwestern won’t be able to against S & LB equally well.
move the ball at all. This will be a big win for Tubs.
Texas Tech - 38 vs. Northwestern - 17

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Michigan State (11 - 1) vs. Alabama (9 - 3)

W Western Michigan 38!14 W San Jose State 48!3
Vegas Says: Alabama -10/52
W FAU 30!17 W Penn State 24!3
R 2010 Ranking
W Notre Dame 34!31 W @ Duke 62!13
W No. Colorado 45!7 237.8 ypg ! 44th Pass Offense 260.3 ypg ! 28th W @ Arkansas 24!20
W Wisconsin 34!24 406.7 ypg ! 38th Total Offense 435.6 ypg ! 27th W Florida 31!6
W @ Michigan 34!17 31.3 ppg ! 39th Scoring Offense 34.6 ppg ! 21st L @ South Carolina 35!21
W Illinois 26!6 121.9 ypg ! 21st Run Defense 123.3 ypg ! 22nd W Ole Miss 23!10
W @ Northwestern 35!27 215.8 ypg ! 60th Pass Defense 172.7 ypg ! 12th W @ Tennessee 41!10
L @ Iowa 37!6 337.8 ypg ! 31st Total Defense 296.0 ypg ! 6th L @ LSU 24!21
W Minnesota 31!8 20.1 ppg ! 26th Scoring Defense 14.1 ppg ! 5th W Mississippi State 30!10
W Purdue 35!31 You may have Trent Ingram, but we have Edwi! W Georgia State 63!7
W @ Penn State 28!22 Bell ! Before you start losing your mind, I purposely L Auburn 28!27
called the Trent Richardson/Mark Ingram duo
Trent Ingram, as I did for Edwin Baker/LeVeon Bell.
Proj. Offensive Starters But, the way these teams utilize the two duos is pretty Proj. Offensive Starters
QB 8 Kirk Cousins Jr. similar. Both teams hang their hat on the power QB 12 Greg McElroy Sr.
running game and these four running backs epitomize
RB 4 Edwin Baker So. RB 22 Mark Ingram Jr.
“power running game”. When Ingram and Richardson
WR 7 Keith Nichol Jr. H 85 Preston Dial Sr.
have been healthy, they form the best pair in the nation.
WR 3 B.J Cunningham Jr. Baker and Bell don’t carry the same cache nationally as WR 8 Julio Jones Jr.
WR 2 Mark Dell Sr. Alabama’s pairing, but trust me, in the Big Ten, the WR 4 Marquis Maze Jr.
TE 83 Charlie Gantt Sr. Spartans runners are well respected. It’s almost like TE 89 Michael Williams So.
LT 59 D.J. Young Sr. looking at a mirror with these backs pounding the rock. LT 77 James Carpenter Sr.
LG 67 Joel Foreman Jr. LG 65 Chance Warmack So.
C 66 John Stipek Sr. Right on tim" ! Alabama WR Julio Jones has carried C 73 William Vlachos Jr.
RG 62 Chris McDonald So. an immense amount of pressure on his shoulders since RG 75 Barrett Jones So.
RT 77 J’Michael Deane Sr. he set foot on the Alabama campus three years ago. RT 76 D.J Fluker Fr.
Going into this season, there were some who thought he
Proj. Defensive Starters wasn’t near as productive as he should’ve been. I was Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 89 Colin Neely Sr. one of those people. But, he had his best season by far DE 92 Damion Square So.
DT 99 Jerel Worthy So. as a junior, catching 75 passes and going over 1,000 yards NT 99 Josh Chapman Jr.
for the first time in his career. He had three games of
DT 57 Johnathan Strayhorn Jr. DE 57 Marcell Dareus Jr.
10+ receptions and Michigan State’s defense will have
DE 91 Tyler Hoover So. LB 55 Chavis Williams Sr.
major issues covering Jones, in what could be his last
LB 43 Eric Gordon Sr. game at ‘Bama. If the Tide running game forces the two LB 30 Dont’a Hightower So.
LB 53 Greg Jones Sr. Spartan safeties into the box to stop it, Jones could have LB 5 Jerrell Harris Jr.
LB 10 Chris Norman So. a field day against the two Spartan corners. LB 41 Courtney Upshaw Jr.
CB 29 Chris L. Rucker Sr. CB 21 Dre Kirkpatrick So.
S 11 Marcus Hyde Sr. The Left Stuff ! The left side of the Michigan State SS 29 Will Lowery So.
S 39 Trenton Robinson Jr. offensive line will be on the spot against the Alabama FS 37 Robert Lester So.
CB 5 Johnny Adams So. defensive front. Left guard Joel Foreman was one of CB 24 DeQuan Menzie Jr.
my All!Americans and is a masher at the point of attack.
Left tackle D.J. Young is an experienced starter who
Scouting Report also stars dominating the edge. When Baker and Bell Scouting Report
Greg Jones run to that side, they’ve had a ton of success. But, most Marcell Dareus
ILB, 6’2” 245 lb. importantly, the Tide will throw a myriad of blitz looks DT/DE, 6’3” 305 lb.
Ta c k l e s a n y t h i n g t h a t and fronts that these two will have to pick up in passing Sat out first 2 games with agent
moves...was a former DE in situations. issues...ankle has slowed him
high school who learned to play down...seems to lack
standing up...leader...reads as Conclusio! ! With some time to get most of its stars explosiveness...rest should
well as any ILB...decent wheels healthy, the Crimson Tide will handle the pressure of a help...great opp. vs. MSU OL
New Year’s Day bowl game.
Alabama - 28 vs. Michigan State - 20

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Florida (7 - 5) vs. Penn State (7 - 5)

January 1, 2011 - ABC 12 PM CST
W Miami "OH# 34!12 W Youngstown State 44!14
Vegas Says: Florida -7.5/48
W South Florida 38!14 L @ Alabama 24!3
R 2010 Ranking
W @ Tennessee 31!17 W Kent State 24!0
W Kentucky 48!14 191.3 ypg ! 85th Pass Offense 231.3 ypg ! 52nd W Temple 22!13
L @ Alabama 31!6 356.8 ypg ! 79th Total Offense 374.1 ypg ! 68th L @ Iowa 24!3
L LSU 33!29 29.3 ppg ! 48th Scoring Offense 24.6 ppg ! 80th L Illinois 33!13
L Mississippi State 10 ! 7 129.9 ypg ! 26th Run Defense 164.6 ypg ! 76th W @ Minnesota 33!21
W v Georgia 34!31 173.0 ypg ! 13th Pass Defense 187.9 ypg ! 23rd W Michigan 41!31
W @ Vanderbilt 55!14 302.9 ypg ! 9th Total Defense 352.5 ypg ! 45th W Northwestern 35!21
L South Carolina 36!14 21.1 ppg ! 31st Scoring Defense 22.6 ppg ! 41st L @ Ohio State 38!14
W Appalachian State 48!10 What can Burton not do? ! It’s not a news flash that the W Indiana 41!24
L @ Florida State 31!7 Florida offense was less than...wait, who am I kidding, the L Michigan State 28!22
Florida offense was awful this season. Quarterback
problems. Dynamic offensive threats sending threatening
Proj. Offensive Starters texts. Shotgun snaps going awry. What could’ve gone Proj. Offensive Starters
wrong, went worse than anyone could’ve expected. The
QB Burton/Brantley/Reed QB 11 Matt McGloin Jr.
only positive, if that’s what you’d like to call it, was the
RB 2 Jeff Demps Jr. emergence of playmaker Trey Burton. Case in point, RB 22 Evan Royster Sr.
WR 6 Deonte Thompson Jr. against rival Georgia, Burton completed both of his FB 37 Joe Suhey Jr.
WR 8 Trey Burton Fr. attempts, ran 17 times for 110 yards and caught five WR 6 Derek Moye Jr.
WR 85 Frankie Hammond So. passes. He never got near those numbers again this WR 83 Brett Brackett Sr.
TE 11 Jordan Reed Fr. season, but may need to get that many touches for the WR 19 Justin Brown So.
LT 76 Marcus Gilbert Sr. Gators to put any defensive pressure on the Nittany Lion LT 67 Quinn Barham Jr.
LG 57 Carl Johnson Sr. defense. LG 74 Johnnie Troutman Jr.
C 55 Mike Pouncey Sr. C 68 Doug Klopacz Sr.
Royal Royster ! It’s not as if the Penn State offense is
RG 74 Maurice Hurt Sr. RG 61 Stefen Wisniewski Sr.
going to remind anyone of the 1994 Nittany Lions, but it
RT 73 Xavier Nixon So. has moved the ball a bit better than the Gators. RT 52 Chima Okoli Jr.
Proj. Defensive Starters However, senior running back Evan Royster hasn’t had Proj. Defensive Starters
the season he expected to have in his final season at Penn
DE 94 Justin Trattou Sr. DE 81 Jack Crawford Jr.
State. He hit the 1,200 mark in 2008 and 1,100 mark in
DT 99 Omar Hunter So. 2009, but he’ll be lucky to the hit the 1,000 mark in 2010. DT 85 Ollie Ogbu Sr.
DT 6 Jaye Howard Jr. Running against the Gators won’t be easy, but the Nittany DT 71 Devon Still Jr.
DE 44 Duke Lemmens Sr. Lions need Royster to take the pressure off of whoever DE 59 Pete Massaro So.
LB 16 AJ Jones Sr. starts at quarterback. LB 34 Nate Stupar Jr.
LB 52 Jonathan Bostic So. LB 48 Chris Colasanti Sr.
LB 43 Jelani Jenkins Fr. O Henry ! It’s not often that I find a significant key to LB 15 Bani Gbadyu Sr.
CB 1 Janoris Jenkins Jr. the game in the punting game, but Florida’s Chas Henry CB 8 D’Anton Lynn Jr.
SS 35 Ahmad Black Sr. has been the best punter in the nation. And, given the SS 28 Drew Astorino Jr.
ineptitude of the Gator offense in 2010, his importance
FS 10 Will Hill Jr. FS 10 Malcolm Willis Fr.
is taken to a different level. I expect this game is going to
CB 36 Moses Jenkins Jr. CB 2 Chaz Powell Jr.
be as low scoring as any bowl game this bowl season and
field position will be a big factor. Henry can flip the field
Scouting Report position with one solid punt and that could be the Scouting Report
Ahmad Black difference in a physical game like this one. Stefen Wisniewski
SS, 5’9” 190 lb. G/C, 6’3” 306 lb.
Conclusio! ! After last year’s “I’m retired...no, I’m not”
Has been a stellar playmaker Similar to his old man, will hit
situation, Florida head coach Urban Meyer stopped
for the past three you in the mouth...can play
after the “I’m retired” part this year. As such, I don’t get
seasons...plays as well as any both center and guard...appears
the “hey, let’s win one for Coach Meyer” vibe, but I do
safety in the middle of the to be shorter than 6’3” but wins
think the Gators will come out and compete, more so
field...size will be an issue leverage battles...strong
than they did against FSU in the regular season finale.
Florida - 23 vs. Penn State - 9

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Mississippi State (8 - 4) vs. Michigan (7 - 5)

January 1, 2011 - ESPN2 12:30 PM CST
W Memphis 49!7 W U Conn 30!10
Vegas Says: Mississippi State -5/59.5
L Auburn 17!14 W @ Notre Dame 28!24
R 2010 Ranking
L @ LSU 29!7 W U Mass 42!37
W Georgia 24!12 178.6 ypg ! 91st Pass Offense 249.8 ypg ! 35th W Bowling Green 65!21
W Alcorn State 49!16 394.3 ypg ! 47th Total Offense 500.9 ypg ! 6th W @ Indiana 42!35
W @ Houston 47!24 27.1 ppg ! 58th Scoring Offense 34.3 ppg ! 22nd L Michigan State 34!17
W @ Florida 10 ! 7 121.7 ypg ! 20th Run Defense 187.7 ypg ! 94th L Iowa 38!28
W UAB 29!24 236.4 ypg ! 89th Pass Defense 260.3 ypg ! 111th L @ Penn State 41!31
W Kentucky 24!17 358.1 ypg ! 53rd Total Defense 447.9 ypg ! 108th W Illinois 67!65
L @ Alabama 30!10 20.3 ppg ! 27th Scoring Defense 33.8 ppg ! 102nd W @ Purdue 27!16
L Arkansas 38!31 Catch him if you can...Iowa did ! I’ve got to give L Wisconsin 48!28
W @ Ole Miss 31!23 credit to the FWAA for being “creative” enough to find L @ Ohio State 37!7
room on the first team for Michigan’s All!American
“back” Denard Robinson. Of course, it was the same
Proj. Offensive Starters group that denied Cam Newton first team status, but I Proj. Offensive Starters
QB 14 Chris Relf Jr. digress. Robinson ran or threw the ball this season 495 QB 16 Denard Robinson So.
times, including a whopping 245 times on the ground
RB 28 Vick Ballard Jr. RB 2 Vincent Smith So.
and is without question the maize and blue straw
FB 35 Patrick Hanrahan Sr. WR 22 Darryl Stonum Jr.
stirring this drink. But, that style is dangerous against a
WR 8 Chris Smith So. physical defense like Mississippi State. Against a similar WR 12 Ray Roundtree So.
WR 3 Brandon Heavens So. defense in Ann Arbor earlier in the season, Robinson WR 6 Je’Ron Stokes So.
TE 85 Brandon Henderson Sr. was knocked out of the game on a hard hit by the Iowa TE 86 Kevin Koger Jr.
LT 79 Derek Sherrod Sr. defense. Once he went out, the Wolverines offense LT 77 Taylor Lewan Fr.
LG 61 Gabe Jackson Fr. lacked the same explosiveness, an explosiveness it needs LG 52 Stephen Schilling Sr.
C 70 J.C. Brignone Sr. in order to be competitive in this game. C 50 David Molk Jr.
RG 55 Quentin Saulsberry Jr. Big D ! The Mississippi State offensive line isn’t as RG 65 Patrick Omameh So.
RT 62 Addison Lawrence Jr. highly thought of as others in the nation, but this line RT 79 Perry Dorrestein Sr.
Proj. Defensive Starters could absolutely control the ball game, in particular All! Proj. Defensive Starters
SEC left tackle Derek Sherrod. Having myself not
DE 90 Pernell McPhee Sr. paid too much attention to Sherrod over the past couple DE 88 Craig Roh So.
DT 97 Josh Boyd So. of years, I was truly impressed with his skill set ! great DT 68 Mike Martin Jr
DT 94 Fletcher Cox So. feet, aggressive, gets to 2nd level, solid in pass DE 53 Ryan Van Bergen Jr.
DE 99 Sean Ferguson Jr. protection. Against a Michigan defense that hasn’t LB 42 J.B Fitzgerald Jr.
LB 48 Emmauel Gatling Sr. stopped anyone, expect RB Vick Ballard to pile up a LB 25 Kenny Demens So.
LB 50 Chris White Sr. ton of yards running behind Sherrod on the left side or LB 8 Jonas Mouton Sr.
LB 34 K.J. Wright Sr. on inside gap plays with him pulling and leading the way. CB 5 Courtney Avery Fr.
CB 13 Johnthan Banks So. White and Wrigh! ! Seniors playing in their first bowl SS 32 Jordan Kovacs So.
SS 4 Charles Mitchell Jr. are always interesting to me ! here it is the last time FS 20 Ray Vinopal Fr.
FS 5 Nickoe Whitley Fr. they’ll suit up, yet it’s the first time in a bowl game. It’ll HYB 4 Cameron Gordon Fr.
CB 25 Corey Broomfield So. be difficult to discern the emotion for Mississippi State CB 18 James Rogers Sr.
linebackers K.J Wright and Chris White, but know
that you’ll see them celebrate by tackling everything
Scouting Report that moves. The two play extremely well together and Scouting Report
Pernell McPhee have combined for 198 tackles on the season. The MSU Mike Martin
DE, 6’4” 285 lb. defensive front must keep them clean, though, for the DT, 6’1” 300 lb.
Will be a hot commodity as defense to shine Tough...physical...will use his
Tyson Jackson was a few years Conclusio" ! Robinson hasn’t seen an SEC defense this hands very well...gets off blocks
ago because he can be a 3!4 season and that speed will give him major issues. Plus, because of his hands...doesn’t
DE...decent burst...plays run the Michigan defense got pounded by physical offenses ever quit...best Michigan has at
well...leader in the last two games and MSU will control both lines in this point...high motor
a significant bowl win.
Mississippi State - 28 vs. Michigan - 24

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Miami (OH) (9 - 4) vs. MTSU (6 - 6)

L @ Florida 34!12 L Minnesota 24!17
Vegas Says: Miami -1/48.5
W Eastern Michigan 28!21 W Austin Peay 56!33
R 2010 Ranking
W Colorado State 31!10 L @ Memphis 24!17
96.8 ypg ! 114th Run Offense 178.5 ypg ! 32nd
L @ Missouri 51!13 250.3 ypg ! 33rd Pass Offense 193.6 ypg ! 80th W @ ULL 34!14
W Kent State 27!21 347.1 ypg ! 83rd Total Offense 372.1 ypg ! 70th L Troy 42!13
L @ Cincinnati 45!3 20.5 ppg ! 103rd Scoring Offense 26.9 ppg ! 62nd L @ Georgia Tech 42!14
W @ Central Michigan 27!20 121.4 ypg ! 19th Run Defense 193.8 ypg ! 99th W ULM 38!10
L Ohio 34!13 214.4 ypg ! 57th Pass Defense 190.8 ypg ! 25th L @ Arkansas State 51!24
W @ Buffalo 21!9 335.8 ypg ! 29th Total Defense 384.5 ypg ! 71st L North Texas 23!17
W @ Bowling Green 24!21 23.4 ppg ! 50th Scoring Defense 27.5 ppg ! 66th W @ WKU 27!26
W @ Akron 19!14 On Dasher... ! After missing the first four games of the W FAU 28!14
W Temple 23!3 season for taking a loan and not paying it back, MTSU W @ FIU 28!27
W MAC Ch. ! NIU 26!21 QB Dwight Dasher didn’t quite get back to the level
he reached last season. He was trying to throw for 800
Proj. Offensive Starters yards and run for 200 on every throw and run to make Proj. Offensive Starters
QB 16 Austin Boucher Fr. up for his absence. The pressure was immense for QB 9 Dwight Dasher Sr.
Dasher to make plays and it showed. But, late in the
RB 34 Thomas Merriweather Sr. RB 21 Phillip Tanner Sr.
season, he started to get it back together. After 12
FB 46 Justin Semmes Fr. WR 15 Sancho McDonald Jr.
interceptions in his first six games, he threw two in his
WR 11 Armand Robinson Sr. last three games, two games MTSU had to win to get to WR 37 Harold Turner Jr.
WR 8 Nick Harwell Fr. bowl eligibility. Miami’s defense is a disciplined unit and WR 4 Malcolm Beyah Jr.
TE 82 Kendrick Burton Jr. won’t allow Dasher to get loose, but the signal caller WR 80 Garrett Andrews Sr.
LT 66 Matt Kennedy So. must find ways to make plays to keep MTSU in this LT 78 Mike Williams Jr.
LG 56 Brandon Brooks Jr. game. LG 60 Brandon McLeroy Jr.
C 72 Brad Bednar So. C 50 Colin Boss Jr.
RG 70 Nate Williams Sr. He’s not Bobby Boucher ! As a freshman, Austin RG 79 Preston Bailey So.
RT 64 Josh Harvey Fr. Boucher didn’t plan on being part of the Redhawks RT 74 Mark Fisher Sr.
season with Zac Dysert in front of him. But, that
Proj. Defensive Starters quickly changed after Dysert was hurt late in the year Proj. Defensive Starters
DT 90 Austin Brown So. and Boucher had to take over in the two most DE 11 Jamari Lattimore Sr.
DT 79 Jordain Brown Jr. important games of the season ! a win over Temple and DT 47 Dwight Smith Sr.
a win in the MAC Championship game against NIU.
DE 93 Jason Semmes So. DT 94 Gary Tucker Sr.
All he did in those games was throw for just under 500
LB 10 C.J Marck So. DE 91 Emmanuel Perez Sr.
yards and throw the game winning touchdown against
LB 43 Jerrell Wedge Jr. NIU with 33 seconds left in the game. He’s a cool LB 59 Darin Davis Jr.
LB 30 Evan Harris So. customer and is going to have to be so facing explosive LB 52 Antwan Davis Sr.
NB 3 Dayonne Nunley Fr. pass rusher Jamari Lattmore. LB 32 Justin Jones So.
CB 24 Brandon Stephens Sr. CB 6 Rod Issac Sr.
FS 37 Pat Hinkel So. The RedHawks’ BallHawks ! Miami’s freshman DB SS 33 Kevin Brown Sr.
SS 22 Jordan Gafford Sr. Dayonne Nunley is tied for the team lead in FS 20 Jeremy Kellem Sr.
CB 6 D.J. Brown So. interceptions, which makes some sense. But, he’s tied CB 5 Arness Ikner Jr.
with linebacker Evan Harris, which doesn’t make a ton
of sense. However, with these two active players flying
Scouting Report around the football, Dasher had better not throw the Scouting Report
Armond Robinson ball across the middle late. It could spell trouble for Jamari Lattimore
WR, 6’1” 199 lb. MTSU. DE, 6’3” 231 lb.
Go!to receiver for the Fast, fast and really fast...will
RedHawks...good size...long Conclusio! ! Miami’s cinderella story is sort of tainted transition to a 3!4 OLB at the
with good hands..gets w i t h h e a d co a c h M i ke Ha y wo o d h e a d i n g to next level...tremendously active
open.tough & competitive...will Pittsburgh for the 2011 campaign. I don’t think Miami on the edge...needs rush moves
be a late rd. sleeper pick will be completely distracted by that move; it’ll be more other than just pure speed
Dasher’s doing in a MTSU win.
MTSU - 27 vs. Miami (OH) - 23

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LSU (10 - 2) vs. Texas A&M (9 - 3)

January 7, 2011 - Fox 7 PM CST
W v North Carolina 30!24 W Stephen F. Austin 48!7
Vegas Says: LSU -1/49
W @ Vanderbilt 27!3 W La. Tech 48!16
R 2010 Ranking
W Mississippi State 29!7 W FIU 27!20
177.2 ypg ! 33rd Run Offense 165.8 ypg ! 43rd
W West Virginia 20!14 155.4 ypg ! 107th Pass Offense 281.8 ypg ! 18th L @ Oklahoma State 38!35
W Tennessee 16!14 332.6 ypg ! 92nd Total Offense 447.6 ypg ! 20th L v Arkansas 24!17
W @ Florida 33!29 28.8 ppg ! 50th Scoring Offense 31.8 ppg ! 37th L Missouri 30!9
W McNeese State 32!10 135.8 ypg ! 38th Run Defense 117.0 ypg ! 15th W @ Kansas 45!10
L @ Auburn 24!17 165.8 ypg ! 10th Pass Defense 240.5 ypg ! 94th W Texas Tech 45!27
W Alabama 24!21 301.7 ypg ! 8th Total Defense 357.5 ypg ! 51st W Oklahoma 33!19
W ULM 51!0 17.8 ppg ! 9th Scoring Defense 20.3 ppg ! 27th W @ Baylor 42!30
W Ole Miss 43!36 Peterson v. Fuller ! As a former wide receiver/defensive W Nebraska 9!6
L @ Arkansas 31!23 back hybrid, I get absolutely giddy when there’s a matchup of W @ Texas 24!17
greats out on the perimeter. This game features one of the
best ! LSU All!American DB Patrick Peterson vs. All!Big
Proj. Offensive Starters 12 WR Jeff Fuller. Peterson hasn’t had the best second half Proj. Offensive Starters
of the season and the last time he faced a big, strong and
QB 9 Jordan Jefferson Sr. physical receiver, Alabama’s Julio Jones had ten catches on QB 17 Ryan Tannehill Jr.
RB 34 Stevan Ridley Jr. the day. Peterson allowed Jones too much separation and RB 32 Cyrus Gray Jr.
WR 10 Russell Shepard So. that cost him. Expect to see Peterson in bump coverage WR 8 Jeff Fuller Jr.
WR 2 Reuben Randle So. where he can stay hip!to!hip with Fuller. But, the one thing WR 25 Ryan Swope So.
WR 80 Terrence Toliver Sr. the A&M receiver can do is go up and beat his man to the WR 11 Terrence McCoy Sr.
TE 19 D’Angelo Peterson Jr. ball in the air. Frequently, A&M allows Fuller to take his man WR 80 Hutson Prioleau Fr.
LT 78 Joe Barksdale Sr. downfield and have QB Ryan Tannehill launch one high in LT 76 Luke Joeckel Fr.
LG 68 Josh Dworaczyk Jr. his direction. This should be a wonderful battle and the LG 71 Brian Thomas So.
outcome will play a major role in the overall outcome.
C 64 P.J. Lonergan So. C 70 Matt Allen Sr.
RG 53 T!Bob Hebert Jr. The Reunio! ! The key matchup in the trenches is center RG 61 Patrick Lewis So.
RT 76 Chris Faulk So. Matt Allen and A&M’s two guards Brian Thomas and RT 75 Jake Matthews Fr.
Patrick Lewis facing All!SEC DT Drake Nevis. For
Proj. Defensive Starters Allen, in particular, this is a huge game, as he transferred to Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 94 Kendric Adams Jr. A&M from LSU, having never set foot on the field for the DE 77 Lucas Patterson Sr.
DT 95 Pep Levingston Sr. Tigers. But, he’s become one of the five main reasons why NT 92 Jonathan Mathis Jr.
DT 92 Drake Nevis Sr. the Aggie offense has really excelled this season. Perhaps no DE 83 Tony Jerod!Eddie Jr.
DE 89 Lavar Edwards So. DT other than Nick Fairley has been as disruptive as Nevis. Jkr 40 Von Miller Sr.
With a shorter, squattier build, he’s a lot like Houston Texans
LB 23 Stefoin Francois Jr. LB 37 Michael Hodges Sr.
DT Earl Mitchell. He’s able to win leverage battles and
LB 11 Kelvin Sheppard Sr. LB 8 Garrick Williams Jr.
that’s an issue for these three Aggies who must not allow him
LB 22 Ryan Baker So. to upset the blocking scheme inside. LB 10 Sean Porter So.
CB 17 Morris Claiborne So. CB 7 Terrence Frederick Jr.
SS 1 Eric Reid Fr. X Factor ! Every game features an X factor ! a player or an S 2 Steven Campbell So.
entity that is flying under the radar that can truly change the
FS 37 Karnell Hatcher Jr. S 1 Trent Hunter Jr.
complexion of the game at any moment. Which X factor will
CB 7 Patrick Peterson Jr. CB 5 Coryell Judie Jr.
be the key in this one ! LSU WR Russell Shepard or Texas
A&M WR Ryan Swope? Both offenses find various ways
Scouting Report to get the ball in the hands of these two dynamos ! whether Scouting Report
Drake Nevis in the short, quick passing game or on speed sweeps out of Jeff Fuller
DT, 6’1” 292 lb. the gun. No matter how these two get their hands on the WR, 6’4” 215 lb.
ball, each has the speed and explosiveness to turn a short
To u g h . . . w i n s leverage Big and physical...doesn’t run
play into six points.
battles...reminds me of Mike exceptionally well...has
Patterson of the Eagles...low Conclusio! ! With this game over a month since Texas tremendous hands...catches
center of gravity...relentless up A&M last played, I think the momentum of the end of the ever ything in sight...gets
the field...difficult to double season has worn off. The LSU speed on defense will be the separation due to strength.
difference in my favorite bowl game of the season.
LSU - 28 vs. Texas A&M - 23

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Pitt (7 - 5) vs. Kentucky (6 - 6)

January 8, 2011 - ESPN 11 AM CST
L @ Utah 27!24 W @ Louisville 23!16
Vegas Says: Pitt -3/52
W New Hampshire 38!16 W Western Kentucky 63!28
R 2010 Ranking
L Miami 31!3 W Akron 47!10
W FIU 44!17 210.0 ypg ! 70th Pass Offense 274.2 ypg ! 21st L @ Florida 48!14
L @ Notre Dame 23!17 367.8 ypg ! 73rd Total Offense 437.3 ypg ! 26th L @ Ole Miss 42!35
W @ Syracuse 45!14 26.3 ppg ! 69th Scoring Offense 33.0 ppg ! 26th L Auburn 37!34
W Rutgers 41!21 121.3 ypg ! 18th Run Defense 1701. ypg ! 79th W South Carolina 31!28
W Louisville 20!3 182.9 ypg ! 17th Pass Defense 183.8 ypg ! 18th L Georgia 44!31
L @ U Conn 30!28 304.3 ypg ! 11th Total Defense 353.9 ypg ! 49th L @ Mississippi State 24!17
W @ USF 17!10 19.8 ppg ! 22nd Scoring Defense 28.5 ppg ! 74th W Charleston So. 49!21
L West Virginia35!10 Will the real Dion Lewis please stand up? ! Last year at W Vanderbilt 38!20
W @ Cincinnati 28!10 this very moment, I was the biggest Dion Lewis fan in the L @ Tennessee 24!14
world. After watching the Pitt star nearly single!handedly
carry the Panthers to a Big East title against Cincinnati, I
Proj. Offensive Starters couldn’t wait to see what was going to happen in 2010 as a Proj. Offensive Starters
sophomore. Outside of the finale against Cincinnati, yet
QB 12 Tino Sunseri So. again, Lewis was sort of a disappointment. For what reason, QB 12 Morgan Newton So.
RB 28 Dion Lewis So. who knows, but the good news is that the Dion Lewis we RB 20 Derrick Locke Sr.
FB 27 Henry Hynoski Jr. saw in that game against Cincinnati is the one Kentucky has WR 8 Chris Matthews Sr.
WR 82 Jon Baldwin Jr. to try to stop. Lewis showed his whole package against the WR 18 Randall Cobb Jr.
WR 87 Mike Shanahan So. Bearcats, rushing 42 times for 261 yards and four TDs. WR 16 La’Rod King So.
TE 85 Mike Cruz So. Kentucky’s front seven will struggle with his quickness and TE 89 Tyler Robinson Fr.
LT 77 Jason Pinkston Sr. burst to the perimeter, so he’s a huge factor...as long as it’s LT 52 Billy Joe Murphy Jr.
LG 54 Chris Jacobson Jr. the real Dion Lewis. LG 70 Stuart Hines Jr.
C 61 Alex Karabin Sr. Shut up and play ! Nothing is more grating on the nerves C 69 Matt Smith So.
RG 52 Lucas Nix Jr. than a player who wants to place blame on everyone else for RG 67 Larry Warford So.
RT 68 Jordan Gibbs Jr. his problems. Case in point, Pitt’s stud receiver Jon RT 75 Brad Durham Sr.
Baldwin. After the completion of the regular season,
Proj. Defensive Starters Baldwin went to work on the “reasons” for his lack of Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 97 Jabaal Sheard Sr. production in 2010. Let’s just say he threw everyone on the DE 96 Collins Ukwu So.
DT 98 Chas Alecxih Jr. Pitt sideline in the grease and then dropped this doozy “"the DT 53 Ricky Lumpkin Sr.
NT 94 Myles Caragein Jr. coaching staff# was purposely trying to disrupt my draft DT 98 Mark Crawford Jr.
DE 35 Brandon Lindsey Jr. stock”. Whaaa?? Baldwin has one final game with this DE 55 DeQuin Evans Sr.
coaching staff and can either mend fences, suck it up and
LB 38 Greg Williams Jr. LB 48 Ridge Wilson So.
play or pout through his last 60 minutes as a Panther. Pitt
LB 55 Max Gruder Jr. LB 46 Ronnie Sneed Jr.
needs him to shut up and play, especially against this
LB 32 Tristan Roberts Jr. Kentucky pass defense "18th in the nation against the pass#. LB 22 Danny Trevathan Jr.
CB 26 Ricky Gary Sr. CB 14 Anthony Mosley Jr.
SS 31 Dom Decicco Sr. A Tennessee peach ! After moving to wide receiver SS 21 Winston Guy Jr.
permanently, Kentucky’s Randall Cobb truly became the
FS 18 Jarred Holley So. FS 41 Mychal Bailey Jr.
all!around threat head coach Joker Phillips envisioned a few
CB 22 Antwuan Reed Jr. CB 24 Randall Burden Jr.
years ago. Cobb had 79 catches, ran 52 times, threw 10
passes and accounted for 16 total touchdowns. Pitt’s
Scouting Report defense MUST know where he is at all times or he’ll hurt Scouting Report
Jabaal Sheard them in all three phases ! run game, passing game and the Derrick Locke
DE, 6’4” 260 lb. return game. RB, 5’9” 190 lb.
Plays with a mean Conclusio! ! Dave Wannstedt’s retirement is offset by Hurt and missed four and a half
s t r e a k . . . u n f o r t u n a te l y, h e Kentucky QB Mike Hartline’s suspension, so this one is games...still averaged over 5
carries mean streak off the anyone’s guess. My thought is that Lewis and Ray Graham ypc...great vision...quick
field...many think he’s better "if healthy# will chip away at the Kentucky front seven, feet...doesn’t dance...excellent
than teammate Greg Romeus allowing the mercurial Baldwin to get a couple of shots deep receiver...wiggle
downfield to hurt the Wildcats.
Pitt - 28 vs. Kentucky - 21

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Boston College (7 - 5) vs. Nevada (12 - 1)

W Weber State 38!20 W Eastern Michigan 49!24
Vegas Says:
W Kent State 26!13 W Colorado State 51!6
R 2010 Ranking
L Virginia Tech 19!0 W Cal 52!31
133.3 ypg ! 87th Run Offense 305.9 ypg ! 3rd
L Notre Dame 31!13 175.3 ypg ! 93rd Pass Offense 229.6 ypg ! 54th W @ BYU 27!13
L @ NC State 44!17 308.6 ypg ! 105th Total Offense 535.5 ypg ! 3rd W @ UNLV 44!26
L @ Florida State 24!19 18.9 ppg ! 109th Scoring Offense 42.6 ppg ! 7th W San Jose State 35!13
L Maryland 24!21 80.2 ypg ! 1st Run Defense 124.6 ypg ! 23rd L @ Hawai’i 27!21
W Clemson 16!10 229.8 ypg ! 83rd Pass Defense 252.7 ypg ! 106th W Utah State 56!42
W @ Wake Forest 23!13 310.0 ypg ! 14th Total Defense 377.3 ypg ! 66th W @ Idaho 63!17
W @ Duke 21!16 19.5 ppg ! 19th Scoring Defense 22.1 ppg ! 36th W @ Fresno State 35!34
W Virginia 17!13 The irresistible force meets the immovable objec! ! In W New Mexico State 52!6
W @ Syracuse 16!7 my opinion, one of the most exciting aspects about bowl W Boise State 34!31
games is a matchup like this one. More to the point, I love W @ La. Tech 35!17
it even more when a defense, great against the run, faces
Proj. Offensive Starters an offense that can run the ball on anyone. That’s exactly Proj. Offensive Starters
what we have in this game. Boston College’s defense is the
QB 7 Chase Rettig Fr. QB 10 Colin Kaepernick Sr.
best team in the nation against the run, while Nevada’s
RB 2 Montel Harris Jr. offense is piling up over 300 yards per game on the ground. RB 34 Vai Taua Sr.
FB 36 James McCluskey Sr. Now, Boston College hasn’t had much experience facing a FB 19 Malcolm Shepherd Sr.
WR 3 Ifeanyi Momah Sr. Pistol offense with a QB pulling the trigger like Colin WR 4 Brandon Wimberly So.
WR 86 Bobby Swigert Fr. Kaepernick, but then again, Kaepernick and company WR 15 Rishard Matthews Jr.
TE 81 Chris Pantale So. haven’t faced as physical a defense like the one they’ll see TE 85 Virgil Green Sr.
LT 74 Anthony Castonzo Sr. in San Francisco. Boise State is the closest they’ve seen, T 78 Jeff Nady So.
LG 62 Ian White Fr. and if it hadn’t been for a second half full of poor tackling, G 62 John Bender Sr.
C 69 Mark Spinney Jr. Nevada may not have moved it on the Broncos either. C 67 Jeff Meads Jr.
Regardless, the key will be the Boston College linebackers
RG 78 Thomas Claiborne Sr. G 75 Chris Barker So.
staying free and unblocked so they can slow down
RT 77 Emmett Cleary So. T 79 Jose Acuna Sr.
Kaepernick on the edge. If they can, they’ll win this
Proj. Defensive Starters matchup. If not, uh oh. Proj. Defensive Starters
DE 56 Max Holloway So. Size vs. Speed ! During the spring, there was a rumor out DE 58 Ryan Coulson Sr.
DT 92 Dillon Quinn Fr. on the internet that Nevada DE Dontay Moch ran a 4.25 DT 93 Zack Madonick Jr.
DT 55 Damik Scafe Sr. 40 yard dash. Now, that’s faster than most defensive backs DT 47 Brett Roy Jr.
DE 47 Brad Newman Sr. and this guy puts his hand in the ground. Whether he runs DE 55 Dontay Moch Sr.
LB 94 Mark Herzlich Sr. a 4.25 or a 4.95, the fact remains that he can fly off the LB 33 Brandon Marshall Jr.
edge, but he’s facing, arguably, the best left tackle in the
LB 40 Luke Kuechly So. LB 52 James!Michael Johnson Jr.
2011 NFL Draft class ! BC’s Anthony Castonzo. The
LB 32 Kevin Pierre!Louis Fr. LB 31 Kevin Grimes Sr.
hulking Eagle left tackle is long and can move, so Moch
CB 4 Donnie Fletcher Jr. had better make sure he’s getting off the ball quickly to not CB 28 Isaiah Frey Jr.
SS 23 Jim Noel So. allow Castonzo to extend his arms on him. What a SS 20 Duke Williams So.
FS 27 Okechukwu Okoroha So. wonderful 1!on!1! FS 8 Marlon Johnson So.
CB 25 Chris Fox Sr. CB 6 Doyle Miller Sr.
The perfect balanc" ! As noted above, the Nevada
running game is a monster, but when the run game is
Scouting Report working, it makes WR Brandon Wimberly a huge Scouting Report
Anthony Castonzo weapon. He can fly and he can stretch teams deep Dontay Moch
LT, 6’7” 305 lb. downfield. The Wolf Pack doesn’t throw it much, but DE/OLB, 6’4” 245 lb.
when they do, Wimberly is the guy to watch, especially
Very light on his feet...pass If he’s as fast as they say he
deep in the Boston College secondary.
protection has improved is...he’ll be a first round
steadily over these 4 years...will Conclusio# ! Although Nevada had a ton of late season pick...allegedly runs a 4.25 in
be a first rounder in 2011...has momentum, it may have eroded since Nov. 26. However, I the 40...regardless, great speed
feet to be good in ZBS think it’s still haunted by the way it played in last year’s rusher...projects to 3!4 OLB
Hawai’i Bowl. The Wolf Pack bounce back for a big win.
Nevada - 31 vs. Boston College - 23

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A View from the Sideline presentation

Auburn (13 - 0) vs. Oregon (12 - 0)

Auburn - 35 vs. Oregon - 28

U Conn (8 - 4) vs. Oklahoma (11 - 2)

Oklahoma - 31 vs. U Conn - 17

Stanford (11 - 1) vs. Virginia Tech (11 - 2)

Virginia Tech - 29 vs. Stanford - 23

Wisconsin (11 - 1) vs. TCU (12 - 0)

TCU - 27 vs. Wisconsin - 20

Arkansas (10 - 2) vs. Ohio State (11 - 1)

Ohio State - 31 vs. Arkansas - 21

BYU (6 - 6) vs. UTEP (6 - 6)

BYU - 38 vs. UTEP - 28

Northern Illinois (10 - 3) vs. Fresno State (8 - 4)

Northern Illinois - 31 vs. Fresno State - 26

Ohio (8 - 4) vs. Troy (7 - 5)

Troy - 38 vs. Ohio - 21

Southern Miss (8 - 4) vs. Louisville (6 - 6)

So. Miss - 38 vs. Louisville - 31

Utah (10 - 2) vs. Boise State (11 - 1)

Boise State - 38 vs. Utah - 27

Navy (9 - 3) vs. San Diego State (8 - 4)

Navy - 24 vs. San Diego State - 21

Tulsa (9 - 3) vs. Hawai’i (10 - 3)

Hawai’i - 54 vs. Tulsa - 47

Toledo (7 - 5) vs. FIU (6 - 6)

Toledo - 31 vs. FIU - 21

Air Force (8 - 4) vs. Georgia Tech (6 - 6)

Georgia Tech - 28 vs. Air Force - 27

NC State (8 - 4) vs. West Virginia (9 - 3)

West Virginia - 35 vs. NC State - 28

Missouri (10 - 2) vs. Iowa (7 - 5)

Missouri - 24 vs. Iowa - 19

East Carolina (6 - 6) vs. Maryland (8 - 4)

Maryland - 45 vs. East Carolina - 34

Baylor (7 - 5) vs. Illinois (6 - 6)

Baylor - 38 vs. Illinois - 31

Oklahoma State (10 - 2) vs. Arizona (7 - 5)

Oklahoma State - 34 vs. Arizona - 24

SMU (7 - 6) vs. Army (6 - 6)

SMU - 23 vs. Army - 12

Kansas State (7 - 5) vs. Syracuse (7 - 5)

Syracuse - 24 vs. Kansas State - 17

North Carolina (7 - 5) vs. Tennessee (6 - 6)

North Carolina - 23 vs. Tennessee - 16

Nebraska (10 - 3) vs. Washington (6 - 6)

Nebraska - 38 vs. Washington - 28

Clemson (6 - 6) vs. USF (7 - 5)

Clemson - 24 vs. USF - 17

Notre Dame (7 - 5) vs. Miami (7 - 5)

Miami - 21 vs. Notre Dame - 17

Georgia (6 - 6) vs. UCF (10 - 3)

UCF - 34 vs. Georgia - 31

South Carolina (9 - 4) vs. Florida State (9 - 4)

South Carolina - 31 vs. FSU - 27

Texas Tech (7 - 5) vs. Northwestern (7 - 5)

Texas Tech - 38 vs. Northwestern - 17

Michigan State (11 - 1) vs. Alabama (9 - 3)

Alabama - 28 vs. Michigan State - 20

Florida (7 - 5) vs. Penn State (7 - 5)

Florida - 23 vs. Penn State - 9

Mississippi State (8 - 4) vs. Michigan (7 - 5)

Mississippi State - 28 vs. Michigan - 24

Miami (OH) (9 - 4) vs. MTSU (6 - 6)