Wally's & Wimpy's Thanksgiving Edition 2016

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F O O T B A L L Volume XXVII, Issue 11

D I G E S T Thanksgiving Edition 2016

This Week’s Chalk Setting the Table For The Conference C hampionships

Mo untaineers Take Aim At So oners & the Cyclones Herd Wraps Up Season With FIU And W. Ky

Buckeyes: Two Michigan Scho o ls Away Fro m the CF Playoffs?

Can Bama’s Perfect Record Survive the Iron B owl?

PAC 12 Up For Grabs In the Apple Cup & the Rumble in the Rockies NFL: Steelers Take On the Browns & Then Indy On Turkey Day

... OKLAHOMA VS WVU VS IOWA ST. ... MU VS. FIU ... W. KY VS. MU ...

WARNING: Reading material found in this football digest can be habit forming.

WALLY'S

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Presents

This Week's Match Ups

FAVORITE............................................ UNDERDOG Thursday, November 17 Louisville........................................nl..............................Houston Troy................................................9....................Arkansas State Friday, November 18 Memphis......................................7½...........................Cincinnati Boise State..................................27...................................UNLV Saturday, November 19 Boston College.............................7......................... Connecticut Appalachian State...................25½.......................... UL-Monroe Rice................................................1...................................UTEP Miami (FL)......................................3............................. NC State Texas Tech...................................3½.......................... Iowa State Iowa.............................................. 11.................................Illinois Northwestern..................................1.......................... Minnesota Wisconsin..................................27½................................Purdue Pittsburgh......................................8....................................Duke Texas A&M...............................26½...................................UTSA Nebraska..................................14½............................. Maryland Oklahoma.......................................3......................West Virginia Middle Tennessee...........................4............................ Charlotte BYU...........................................30½.................... Massachusetts Georgia.....................................21½........................UL-Lafayette San Diego State..........................7½............................ Wyoming Colorado State...........................4½.........................New Mexico Michigan......................................26................................ Indiana Notre Dame...................................1........................Virginia Tech Kansas State...............................2½................................. Baylor Georgia Tech............................10½................................ Virginia Florida State..............................20½............................ Syracuse Mississippi...................................9½...........................Vanderbilt New Mexico State......................9½......................... Texas State Oregon State.................................7................................ Arizona Washington..............................25½.......................Arizona State Colorado.....................................3½................ Washington State Stanford........................................ 11............................California Southern Miss...............................nl........................North Texas Old Dominion..................................8.................. Florida Atlantic Western Michigan....................34½................................. Buffalo Marshall.......................................2½...................................... FIU Arkansas........................................1............... Mississippi State Hawaii.............................................2...................... Fresno State South Florida................................13.................................... SMU Tulsa............................................2½...................Central Florida Temple.......................................15½.................................Tulane Ohio State....................................22...................Michigan State Texas.........................................22½............................... Kansas Clemson....................................21½.......................Wake Forest Tennessee................................14½...............................Missouri Georgia Southern...........................3.....................Georgia State USC...........................................10½.................................. UCLA TCU................................................4.................. Oklahoma State Penn State.................................27½...............................Rutgers Utah..............................................12................................ Oregon Air Force....................................10½...................San Jose State Utah State......................................4............................... Nevada Navy...............................................7..................... East Carolina LSU..............................................14................................. Florida

Thursday, November 17 Carolina Panthers.................. 4.................... New Orleans Saints Sunday, November 20 Indianapolis Colts................... 3........................Tennessee Titans Detroit Lions........................ 6½...................Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs.............. 7½.........................Tampa Bay Bucs NY Giants................................ 6............................ Chicago Bears Minnesota Vikings..................E....................... Arizona Cardinals Cincinnati Bengals................. 4................................. Buffalo Bills Dallas Cowboys...................... 7....................... Baltimore Ravens Pittsburgh Steelers................... 9.....................Cleveland Browns LA Rams..................................E........................... Miami Dolphins New England Patriots............. 14.................San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks................ 4½.................... Philadelphia Eagles Washington Redskins............ 3.....................Green Bay Packers Monday, November 21 Oakland Raiders.................... 5........................ Houston Texans

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by Kevin Kinder

DON’T TRUST ALL THE NUMBERS

West Virginia’s 24-20 win over Texas was a total advertisement for the danger of looking at statistics and making judgments about a game. Even a cursory look at the raw numbers would have pointed toward a Longhorn win, while not revealing many of the finer points that the Mountaineers rode to victory.

First, there was offensive output. The Longhorns ran an even 100 plays, topping their season average by 20.

They rang up 536 yards of total offense, with running back D’Onta Foreman gaining 167 on the ground. They kept the ball more than 11 minutes in the second quarter, and passed for 318. That had to add up to a win, right?

Now factor in WVU’s numbers. The Mountaineers had four turnovers, including three interceptions in the third quarter. West Virginia did force three countering Longhorn giveaways, but could not score off any of them. Two, in fact, were given right back via West Virginia bobbles. West Virginia’s primary running back averaged just 2.9 yards per carry, and it had 27 fewer offensive snaps than Texas.

So, just how did the Mountaineers keep the Texas Tower dark (it is lit with floodlights after ‘Horn wins) and fly out of Austin with the victory? By coming out on top in some key situations, by making a few big plays, and most importantly, by winning the battles that are truly important – not just the ones that dot the stat sheet.

While WVU did yield a lot of yardage to Foreman, he didn’t rip off multiple huge runs as he has in other games.

He had one 32-yarder, but West Virginia kept him to three and four-yard efforts on his other gains. Perhaps more importantly, the Mountaineers kept the lead throughout.

That kept UT from simply running him over and over again (even though he did have 35 attempts). Had the Horns ever gotten the lead, he might have had 50.

Also dotting the landscape were big special teams plays. Punter Billy Kinney was stellar, averaging a net 44.6 yards per kick. WVU blocked a field goal. It forced two other field goals in the red zone, turning a potential 14 points into six. And it shut Texas out in the final quarter.

This has, in many ways, become the calling card of the 2016 Mountaineers. In some manner, whether supported by the numbers or not, they have come out on top eight times in nine games. It hasn’t always been classically beautiful, but it has been supported by the one number that matters – the one on the scoreboard.

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FIT TO BE TIED 'Tis time to start thinking Thanksgiving.

After a presidential campaign that gave new meaning to the word eternity, it’s finally upon us.

Just a heads up reminder for you Wimpy and I will be off next week. To all of you hunters out there ... try not to shoot us. We have done the best we could this year.

In this edition which has to cover two weeks of games, Wimpy and I will try to wrap up our thoughts on the WALLY's homestretch of the TECHNICAL 2016 season before we ANALYSIS put out our final “playoff” edition the week after Thanksgiving.

Our final edition will give you our picks for the conference championship games.

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In the meantime, let’s look at the horses who are jockeying for position to get into those conference playoffs.

(Last week I received a very interesting call from BW in Charleston. He gave me a very interesting scenario for how things could end up. I had planned to review it this week, but this weekend's upsets of three of the top four teams upset his apple cart. Quite a dog day ...

Iowa +19½, Pitt +20, USC +8.)

Many of the conferences are going to end up being decided by tiebreakers. (Head to head matchups are almost always the first decider on who is declared the champion.)

This is an extraordinary year because of the number of teams who will finish tied at the top of the conference and division standings. You will need to dig down into the schedules to see who beat whom. Have fun figuring the scenarios out.

In the Big XII the stretch run is full of possibilities. It is the only conference in the NCAA’s FBS division whose teams schedule every other team in the conference during the season. Moreover, aside from the Sun Belt, it is the only conference that doesn’t have a championship game this year (the Big XII will institute one next season and the Sun Belt in 2018.)

In the Big XII three teams are still in the hunt: Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and

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WVU. Oklahoma has games remaining with both of these teams. It's quite likely that a tiebreaker will decide this one.

WVU passed Texas at the stretch and now has the Big Red team from Oklahoma in its sights this week in Morgantown. To paraphrase our President-Elect, "This one is YU-UGE! A win this weekend will make WVU great again." The 'Eers need to take it one at a time. (A win over Oklahoma would be a good tiebreaker to own.)

In the Big Ten, Michigan controls its own destiny in the East, but it remains to be seen whether the Wolverines can control the Bucks in Columbus. If OSU wins "The Game", Penn State wins because the Lions have the tiebreaker over the Bucks.

Wisconsin will get a rematch with that team in the Big Ten Championship game.

It figures to come down to the Badgers beating Minnesota at Camp Randall at the end of the season. (Again, a tiebreaking win is in favor of the Badgers over Nebraska.)

In the ACC the picture seems to be clear. My buddy BW is still quite happy with the job that his man Justin Fuente is doing with the Hokies, and he has a right to be. Even with their loss to Georgia Tech, the championship in this conference would seem to come down to two teams. Clemson will play Virginia Tech on December 3rd

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assuming that they can dispatch Wake Forest and Virginia, respectively. The two division champs might tie in the conference standings but VT beat UNC and Clemson beat Louisville. And so as discussed, the champ is decided by awarding it to the team that won in a head to head matchup.

In the PAC 12, one of the two Washington schools will represent the North division in the championship game. The Huskies have to go to Wazoo so anything could happen in the Apple Cup. In the South, the big game is scheduled for November 26 in Boulder: Utah plays Colorado and that one figures to decide who goes to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara for the championship game.

Utah controls its own fate, but if they lose to Colorado, it's possible that USC can enter the picture.

In the SEC, the Gators will have to beat LSU in Death Valley (remember the rainout?

- this game was scheduled to be played in the Swamp this year) to win the East and move onto the "Alabama Invitational." Probably not happening. I figure Tennessee will win it and get a beatdown rematch with Bama.

Even if Bama loses the Iron Bowl to Auburn, the Tide will be one of the few teams that can claim an outright divsion title.

That's about it for now ... see you in two weeks. Have a Happy Thankgiving!

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AS TIME GOES BY Wally asked me to go off the script this week and talk about the "futures" market since this edition covers more than one week. He asked me to give you the reader my picks for the teams that would make the conference championship games.

I will get get to WIMPY'S GUT that but before I do, SENSE I want to look into the crystal ball and go ahead a few years further.

Have you heard the talk about Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big XII? Itcan't happen until 2024, but might it happen?

What would happen if the Big XII dissolves with the departure of Texas and Oklahoma and why might it happen?

Right now there are 64 teams in the Power Five conferences. It’s been proposed that four 16 team conferences would provide a logical way to decide the final four

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teams in the College Playoffs. How are they going to determine the final four this year?

It comes down to politics - our true national sport. But as we are learning, a lot of folks have gotten sick of politicians.

Speaking of politicians - did Oklahoma president David Boren have a vision that those 64 teams will eventually end up in four 16 team conferences? Is that why he balked on the idea of taking two more teams into the Big XII? Did he surmise that Big XII expansion would just complicate the inevitable move to a Power Four structure?

Don't ask me where WVU would end up. Maybe someday there will be a group of teams that will get together and sign a Declaration of Independence. WVU's days as an Independent were pretty good in my memory.

One more look into the future. Where are coaches's salaries going?

Currently there are seven coaches who get paid $5,000,000 or more: Jim Harbaugh of Michigan ($9,004,000); Nick Saban of Alabama ($6,939,395); Urban Meyer of Ohio State ($6,094,800); Bob Stoops of Oklahoma ($5,550,000); Jimbo Fisher of Florida State ($5,250,000); Charlie Strong of Texas ($5,200,030) and Kevin Sumlin of Texas A&M ($5,000,000).

Are these salaries a good return on investment? What is a win worth?

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Take Michigan for example. You would expect three wins from scheduling alone, so to get to 12 costs $1,000,000 per win. If Texas wins its last two games that's what Charlie Strong will get paid for each Big XII win, so the 'Horns are just paying market prices. Crazy market. Is a win really worth that much? How long can this go on?

That's enough about the long term future and coaches' salaries for now. How about the next two weeks? Let's look ahead and see what teams will play in the conference championship games. Here goes ...

In the SEC we will have Tennessee vs Alabama. Alabama has clinched the SEC West. Tennessee will win its final two conference games and Florida will lose at LSU and give Tennessee the East title. (The Vols have the tiebreaking win over Florida.)

The Big Ten will have Penn State vs Wisconsin. Penn State will win out over Rutgers and Michigan State and get help from an Ohio State win vs. Michigan. (PSU owns the tiebreaker with OSU.) Wisconsin will also win out and capture the Big Ten West. That means that the Big Ten will have a pair of two loss teams playing for the title. But don't worry Buckeye fans.

Ohio State will pass the "I" test and get in the College Football Playoff, meaning that " 'I' will bring more money than you."

The ACC will have Clemson and Virginia Tech. The Tigers will win at Wake

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Forest and get in by virtue of its tiebreaking win over Louisville. Virginia Tech will also get in by winning its final conference game at home vs. Virginia. The Hokies own the tiebreaker with North Carolina.

The PAC Ten will feature a new face in Washington State and USC. Wazoo will get in by beating Washington at home and will play Southern Cal, a team that has the best talent in the conference. Wazoo will give USC help by beating Colorado this weekend, but the Buffs will bounce back to beat the Utes on Thanksgiving Week.

That leaves us with the Big XII - the conference without a championship game, until next year. I like WVU to win at home against Oklahoma and on the road against Iowa State over the next two weeks. Oklahoma will then have a week off after losing in Morgantown. Oklahoma State plays at TCU on Saturday, a game I think the Pokes will lose. Oklahoma State will have the next week off. So instead of a single championship game on December 3, the Big XII will have two. Baylor at WVU and Oklahoma State at Oklahoma. I think that two championships are better than one.

And playing every one in your conference every year is definitely a good thing. The way other conferences do it is like you seeing your neighbor outside in plain view and sending him a text.

That's all for now ... Happy Thanksgiving!

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ATLANTIC Conference W L PF PA Louisville 7 1 367 161 Clemson 6 1 281 147 Florida State 4 3 194 189 Wake Forest 3 3 113 137 NC State 2 4 132 159 Syracuse 2 4 116 216 Boston College 1 6 79 260 BOSTON COLLEGE (4-6) S-3 Georgia Tech . 14-17 S-10 a UMass ............ 26-7 S-17 a Virginia Tech .. 0-49 S-24 Wagner .......... 42-10 O-1 Buffalo .............. 35-3 O-7 Clemson ......... 10-56 O-22 Syracuse ........ 20-28 O-29 a NC State ....... 21-14 N-5 Louisville ......... 7-52 N-11 a Florida St. ....... 7-45 N-19 UConn .....................

N-26 a Wake Forest ..........

S-1 S-10 S-15 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-18 N-25

CINCINNATI (4-6) UT Martin ............ 28-7 a Purdue ............ 38-20 Houston ........... 16-40 Miami (OH) ........ 27-20 USF ................... 20-45 a UConn .............. 9-20 East Carolina .... 31-19 a Temple ........... 13-34 BYU ..................... 3-20 a UCF .................. 3-24 Memphis .................. a Tulsa ......................

CONNECTICUT (3-7) S-1 Maine ................ 24-21 S-10 a Navy ............... 24-28 S-17 Virginia ............ 13-10 S-24 Syracuse .......... 24-31 S-29 a Houston .......... 14-42 O-8 Cincinnati ........... 20-9 O-15 a USF ................ 27-42 O-22 UCF ................... 16-24 O-29 a East Carolina .... 3-41 N-4 Temple ............... 0-21 N-19 a Boston College .......

N-26 Tulane ......................

EAST CAROLINA (3-7) S-3 West. Carolina ... 52-7 S-10 NC State ............ 33-30 S-17 a South Carolina . 15-20 S-24 a Virginia Tech .. 17-54 O-1 UCF ................... 29-47 O-8 a USF ................ 22-38 O-22 a Cincinnati ....... 19-31 O-29 UConn ................ 41-3 N-5 a Tulsa .............. 24-45 N-12 SMU ................... 31-55 N-19 Navy ..........................

N-26 a Temple ...................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-6 O-15 O-21 O-29 N-4 N-19 N-26

TEMPLE (7-3) Army ................. 13-28 Stony Brook ...... 38-0 a Penn State ...... 27-34 Charlotte ........... 48-20 SMU ................... 45-20 a Memphis ......... 27-34 a UCF ................ 26-25 USF ................... 46-30 Cincinnati ......... 34-13 a UConn .............. 21-0 a Tulane ....................

East Carolina ............

W Oklahoma 7 Oklahoma State 6 West Virginia 5 Baylor 3 Kansas State 3 TCU 3 Texas 3 Texas Tech 2 Iowa State 1 Kansas 0

S-2 S-10 S-16 S-24 O-1 O-15 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-25 D-3

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-22 O-1 O-7 O-15 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

Overall W L PF 9 1 496 9 1 389 7 3 346 6 4 204 5 5 269 4 6 233 4 6 182

CLEMSON (9-1) a Auburn .......... 19-13 Troy ................ 30-24 S. Carolina St. .. 59-0 a Georgia Tech . 26-7 Louisville ....... 42-36 a Boston College 56-10 NC State .......... 24-17 a Florida St. ..... 37-34 Syracuse .......... 54-0 Pittsburgh ...... 42-43 a Wake Forest ..........

South Carolina .......

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South Florida Temple UCF Cincinnati East Carolina Connecticut WEST

Navy Houston Tulsa Memphis SMU Tulane

LOUISVILLE (9-1) Charlotte ......... 70-14 a Syracuse ...... 62-28 Florida State .. 63-20 a Marshall ........ 59-28 a Clemson ....... 36-42 Duke ................ 24-14 NC State .......... 54-13 a Virginia ......... 32-25 a Boston College .. 52-7 Wake Forest ... 44-12 a Houston .................

Kentucky .................

S-1 S-9 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-14 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-17 N-26

Conference W L PF PA 5 1 256 202 5 1 199 122 4 2 181 111 1 5 92 182 1 5 166 219 1 6 104 207 Conference W L PF PA 5 1 224 198 5 2 237 186 4 2 267 201 3 3 209 198 3 3 195 217 0 6 110 197

W 8 7 6 4 3 3 W 7 8 7 6 5 3

Overall L PF PA 2 440 314 3 325 204 4 310 206 6 188 249 7 283 330 7 165 269 Overall L PF PA 2 318 269 2 376 212 3 421 321 4 392 273 5 274 325 7 251 288

UCF (6-4) SC State .............. 38-0 a Michigan ......... 14-51 Maryland .......... 24-30 a FIU .................. 53-14 a East Carolina .. 47-29 Temple ............. 25-26 a UConn ............ 24-16 a Houston .......... 24-31 Tulane ................ 37-6 Cincinnati ........... 24-3 Tulsa ......................... a USF ........................

S-3 S-10 S-15 S-24 S-29 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-12 N-17 N-25

HOUSTON (8-2) Oklahoma ........ 33-23 Lamar ................. 42-0 a Cincinnati ....... 40-16 a Texas State ...... 64-3 UConn .............. 42-14 a Navy ............... 40-46 Tulsa ................. 38-31 a SMU ................ 16-38 UCF ................... 31-24 Tulane .............. 30-18 Louisville ................. a Memphis .................

SOUTH FLORIDA (8-2) S-3 Towson ........... 56-20 S-10 North. Illinois ... 48-17 S-17 a Syracuse ........ 45-20 S-24 Florida State .... 35-55 O-1 a Cincinnati ....... 45-20 O-8 East Carolina .... 38-22 O-15 UConn .............. 42-27 O-21 a Temple ........... 30-46 O-28 Navy .................. 52-45 N-12 a Memphis ......... 49-42 N-19 a SMU ........................

N-26 UCF ...........................

S-3 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-6 O-14 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-18 N-25

MEMPHIS (6-4) SE Missouri St. ...... 35-17 Kansas ............... 43-7 Bowling Green ... 77-3 a Ole Miss ......... 28-48 Temple ............. 34-27 a Tulane ............ 24-14 a Navy ............... 28-42 Tulsa ................. 30-59 a SMU .................. 51-7 USF ................... 42-49 a Cincinnati ...............

Houston ...................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

Conference L PF PA 0 336 211 1 280 218 1 191 121 3 209 215 3 168 182 3 207 178 4 219 219 5 276 291 6 179 240 7 117 307

BAYLOR (6-3) Northwestern St .... 55-7 SMU ................. 40-13 a Rice .............. 38-10 Oklahoma St. . 35-24 a Iowa State ..... 45-42 Kansas ............. 49-7 a Texas ........... 34-35 TCU ................. 22-62 a Oklahoma ..... 24-45 Kansas State ........... a Texas Tech ........... a West Virginia .........

PA 203 184 266 210 231 342 280

FLORIDA STATE (7-3) S-5 Ole Miss ......... 45-34 S-10 Chas. South. .... 52-8 S-17 a Louisville ...... 20-63 S-24 a USF .............. 55-35 O-1 North Carolina .. 35-37 O-8 a Miami (FL) .... 20-19 O-15 Wake Forest ..... 17-6 O-29 Clemson ......... 34-37 N-5 a NC State ....... 24-20 N-11 Boston College .. 45-7 N-19 a Syracuse ...............

N-26 Florida ....................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-29 N-3 N-12 N-19 N-26

Overall W L PF 8 2 441 8 2 413 8 1 290 6 3 342 5 4 279 5 4 337 5 5 353 4 6 459 2 8 246 1 9 200

PA 306 293 185 245 215 263 323 421 317 393

IOWA STATE (2-8) Northern Iowa 20-25 a Iowa ................ 3-42 a TCU .............. 20-41 San Jose St. ... 44-10 Baylor ............. 42-45 a Oklahoma St. 31-38 a Texas ............. 6-27 Kansas State .. 26-31 Oklahoma ...... 24-34 a Kansas ......... 31-24 Texas Tech .............

West Virginia ...........

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-29 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

KANSAS (1-9) Rhode Island ... 55-6 Ohio ................ 21-37 a Memphis ......... 7-43 a Texas Tech .. 19-55 TCU ................. 23-24 a Baylor ............. 7-49 Oklahoma St. . 20-44 a Oklahoma ....... 3-56 a West Virginia 21-48 Iowa State ....... 24-31 Texas ....................... a Kansas State .........

KANSAS STATE (5-4) S-2 a Stanford ........ 13-26 S-17 Florida Atl. ....... 63-7 S-24 Missouri St. ...... 35-0 O-1 a West Virginia . 16-17 O-8 Texas Tech .... 44-38 O-15 a Oklahoma ..... 17-38 O-22 Texas .............. 24-21 O-29 a Iowas State ... 31-26 N-5 Oklahoma St. ...... 37-43 N-19 a Baylor ....................

N-26 Kansas ....................

D-3 a TCU .......................

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S-1 S-10 S-17 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-25

NC STATE (5-5) William & Mary .. 48-14 a East Carolina .. 30-33 Old Dominion .. 49-22 Wake Forest ... 33-16 Notre Dame ...... 10-3 a Clemson ....... 17-24 a Louisville ...... 13-54 Boston College 14-21 Florida State .. 20-24 a Syracuse ...... 35-20 Miami (FL) ............... a North Carolina ........

North Carolina Virginia Tech Miami Pittsburgh Georgia Tech Duke Virginia

S-2 S-9 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

SYRACUSE (4-6) Colgate ............. 33-7 Louisville ....... 28-62 USF ................. 20-45 a UConn .......... 31-24 Notre Dame .... 33-50 a Wake Forest ... 9-28 Virginia Tech . 31-17 a Boston College 28-20 a Clemson ......... 0-54 NC State .......... 20-35 Florida State ........... a Pittsburgh ..............

WAKE FOREST (6-4) S-1 Tulane ................ 7-3 S-10 a Duke ............. 24-14 S-17 Delaware ......... 38-21 S-24 a Indiana ......... 33-28 O-1 a NC State ....... 16-33 O-8 Syracuse .......... 28-9 O-15 a Florida St. ....... 6-17 O-29 Army ............... 13-21 N-5 Virginia .......... 27-20 N-12 a Louisville ...... 12-44 N-19 Clemson ..................

N-26 Boston College ......

S-3 S-10 S-17 O-1 O-8 O-22 O-28 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26 D-10

NAVY (7-2) Fordham .......... 52-16 UConn .............. 28-24 a Tulane ............ 21-14 a Air Force ......... 14-28 Houston ........... 46-40 Memphis .......... 42-28 a USF ................ 45-52 Notre Dame ...... 28-27 Tulsa ................. 42-40 a East Carolina .......... a SMU ........................

Army .........................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-23 O-1 O-7 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

SMU (5-5) a North Texas .... 34-21 a Baylor ............. 13-40 Liberty .............. 29-14 TCU ..................... 3-33 a Temple ........... 20-45 a Tulsa .............. 40-43 Houston ........... 38-16 a Tulane ............ 35-31 Memphis ............ 7-51 a East Carolina .. 55-31 USF ...........................

Navy ..........................

S-1 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-14 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

TULANE (3-7) a Wake Forest ....... 3-7 Southern .......... 66-21 Navy .................. 14-21 Louisiana ......... 41-39 a UMass ............ 31-24 Memphis .......... 14-24 a Tulsa .............. 27-50 SMU ................... 31-35 a UCF .................. 6-37 a Houston .......... 18-30 Temple ..................... a UConn ....................

S-3 S-10 S-17 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

ILLINOIS (3-7) Murray State ...... 52-3 North Carolina .. 23-48 West. Michigan ..... 10-34 a Nebraska ........ 16-31 Purdue ............. 31-34 a Rutgers ............. 24-7 a Michigan ........... 8-41 Minnesota ........ 17-40 Michigan St. ..... 31-27 a Wisconsin ........ 3-48 Iowa .......................... a Northwestern ...........

S-1 S-10 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-7 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-25

TULSA (7-3) San Jose St. ..... 45-10 a Ohio State ........ 3-48 NC A&T ............. 58-21 a Fresno State ... 48-41 SMU ................... 43-40 a Houston .......... 31-38 Tulane .............. 50-27 a Memphis ......... 59-30 East Carolina .... 45-24 a Navy ............... 40-42 a UCF ........................

Cincinnati .................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-25

IOWA (6-4) Miami (OH) ........ 45-21 Iowa State ........... 42-3 N. Dakota St. ..... 21-23 a Rutgers ............. 14-7 Northwestern ... 31-38 a Minnesota ......... 14-7 a Purdue ............ 49-35 Wisconsin .......... 9-17 a Penn State ...... 14-41 Michigan .......... 14-13 a Illinois ....................

Nebraska ..................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-25

S-3 S-10 S-17 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-3 N-12 N-19 D-3

OKLAHOMA (8-2) Houston ......... 23-33 ULM ................. 59-17 Ohio State ...... 24-45 a TCU .............. 52-46 Texas .............. 45-40 Kansas State .. 38-17 a Texas Tech .. 66-59 Kansas ............. 56-3 a Iowa State ..... 34-24 Baylor ............. 45-25 a West Virginia .........

Oklahoma State ......

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-23 O-1 O-8 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-19 N-25 D-3

TCU (5-4) S Dakota St ..... 59-41 Arkansas ........ 38-41 Iowa State ....... 41-20 a SMU ................ 33-3 Oklahoma ...... 46-52 a Kansas ......... 24-23 a West Virginia 10-34 Texas Tech .... 24-27 a Baylor ........... 62-22 Oklahoma State ...... a Texas ....................

Kansas State ...........

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-29 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-25

OKLAHOMA STATE (8-2) S-3 SE Louisiana ... 61-7 S-10 Cent. Michigan . 27-30 S-17 Pittsburgh ...... 45-38 S-24 a Baylor ........... 24-35 O-1 Texas .............. 49-31 O-8 Iowa State ....... 38-31 O-22 a Kansas ......... 44-20 O-29 West Virginia .. 37-20 N-5 a Kansas St. .... 43-37 N-12 Texas Tech .... 45-44 N-19 a TCU .......................

D-3 a Oklahoma ..............

S-4 S-10 S-17 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-25

TEXAS (5-5) Notre Dame .... 50-47 UTEP ................. 41-7 a California ...... 43-50 a Oklahoma St. 31-49 Oklahoma ...... 40-45 Iowa State ......... 27-6 a Kansas St. .... 21-24 Baylor ............. 35-34 a Texas Tech .. 45-37 West Virginia .. 20-24 a Kansas ..................

TCU ..........................

WEST VIRGINIA (8-1) S-3 Missouri ......... 26-11 S-10 Youngstown St. .. 38-21 S-24 BYU ................. 35-32 O-1 Kansas State .. 17-16 O-15 a Texas Tech .. 48-17 O-22 TCU ................. 34-10 O-29 a Oklahoma St. 20-37 N-5 Kansas ........... 48-21 N-12 a Texas ........... 24-20 N-19 Oklahoma ...............

N-26 a Iowa State ..............

D-3 Baylor ......................

Conference W L PF PA 5 2 207 180 5 2 220 137 3 3 168 140 3 3 225 234 3 4 167 215 1 5 132 171 1 5 138 193

Overall W L PF 7 3 335 7 3 334 6 4 348 6 4 376 6 4 275 4 6 245 2 8 243

PA 264 212 193 352 256 242 322

NORTH CAROLINA (7-3) S-3 Georgia .......... 24-33 S-10 a Illinois .......... 48-23 S-17 James Madison ... 56-28 S-24 Pittsburgh ...... 37-36 O-1 a Florida St. ..... 37-35 O-8 Virginia Tech ... 3-34 O-15 a Miami (FL) .... 20-13 O-22 a Virginia ......... 35-14 N-5 Georgia Tech . 48-20 N-10 a Duke ............. 27-28 N-19 The Citadel ..............

N-25 NC State ...................

VIRGINIA (2-8) Richmond ...... 20-37 a Oregon ......... 26-44 a Connecticut .. 10-13 Cent. Michigan . 49-35 a Duke ............. 34-20 Pittsburgh ...... 31-45 North Carolina 14-35 Louisville ....... 25-32 a Wake Forest . 20-27 Miami (FL) ...... 14-34 a Georgia Tech ........ a Virginia Tech .........

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

PITTSBURGH (6-4) Villanova .......... 28-7 Penn State ...... 42-39 a Oklahoma St. . 38-45 a North Carolina 36-37 Marshall ......... 43-27 Georgia Tech .. 37-34 a Virginia ......... 45-31 Virginia Tech . 36-39 a Miami (FL) .... 28-51 a Clemson ....... 43-42 Duke .........................

Syracuse .................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-14 O-29 N-5 N-10 N-19 N-26

DUKE (4-6) NC Central ............ 49-6 Wake Forest ... 14-24 a Northewestern . 13-24 a Notre Dame ... 38-35 Virginia .......... 20-34 Army ................. 13-6 a Louisville ...... 14-24 a Georgia Tech 35-38 Virginia Tech . 21-24 North Carolina 28-27 a Pittsburgh .............. a Miami (FL) .............

S-3 S-10 S-17 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-20 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

MIAMI (6-4) Florida A&M ..... 70-3 Florida Atlantic . 38-10 a App. St. ......... 45-10 a Georgia Tech .. 35-21 Florida St. ...... 19-20 North Carolina .. 13-20 a Virginia Tech 16-37 a Notre Dame ... 27-30 Pittsburgh ...... 51-28 a Virginia ......... 34-14 a NC State ................

Duke .........................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-27 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

S-1 S-10 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

INDIANA (5-5) a FIU .................. 34-13 Ball State ........... 30-20 Wake Forest ..... 28-33 Michigan St. ..... 24-21 a Ohio State ...... 17-38 Nebraska .......... 22-27 a Northwestern .. 14-24 Maryland .......... 42-36 a Rutgers .......... 33-27 Penn State ........ 31-45 a Michigan .................

Purdue .....................

S-3 S-10 S-17 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

MARYLAND (5-5) Howard ............ 52-13 a FIU .................. 41-14 a UCF ................ 30-24 Purdue ............... 50-7 a Penn State ...... 14-38 Minnesota ........ 10-31 Michigan St. ..... 28-17 a Indiana ........... 36-42 a Michigan ........... 3-59 Ohio State .......... 3-62 a Nebraska ................

Rutgers ....................

MICHIGAN STATE (3-7) S-2 Furman ............ 28-13 S-17 a Notre Dame ..... 36-28 S-24 Wisconsin .......... 6-30 O-1 a Indiana ........... 21-24 O-8 BYU ................... 14-31 O-15 Northwestern ... 40-54 O-22 a Maryland ......... 17-28 O-29 Michigan .......... 23-32 N-5 a Illinois ............ 27-31 N-12 Rutgers .............. 49-0 N-19 Ohio State ................

N-26 a Penn State ..............

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

PENN STATE (8-2) Kent State ......... 33-13 a Pittsburgh ....... 39-42 Temple ............. 34-27 a Michigan ......... 10-49 Minnesota ........ 29-26 Maryland .......... 38-14 Ohio State ........ 24-21 a Purdue ............ 62-24 Iowa .................. 41-14 a Indiana ........... 45-31 a Rutgers ...................

Michigan State .........

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

MICHIGAN (9-1) Hawaii ................. 63-3 UCF ................... 51-14 Colorado .......... 45-28 Penn State ........ 49-10 Wisconsin .......... 14-7 a Rutgers ............. 78-0 Illinois ................ 41-8 a Michigan St. ... 32-23 Maryland ............ 59-3 a Iowa ................ 13-14 Indiana ..................... a Ohio State ..............

S-3 S-10 S-17 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

OHIO STATE (9-1) Bowling Green 77-10 Tulsa ................... 48-3 a Oklahoma ....... 45-24 Rutgers .............. 58-0 Indiana ............. 38-17 a Wisconsin ...... 30-23 a Penn State ...... 21-24 Northwestern ... 24-20 Nebraska ............ 62-3 a Maryland ........... 62-3 a Michigan State .......

Michigan ..................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

RUTGERS (2-8) a Washington .... 13-48 Howard ............ 52-14 New Mexico ..... 37-28 Iowa .................... 7-14 a Ohio State ........ 0-58 Michigan ............ 0-78 Illinois ................ 7-24 a Minnesota ....... 32-34 Indiana ............. 27-33 a Michigan St. ..... 0-49 Penn State ................ a Maryland .................

MINNESOTA (7-3) Oregon State .... 30-23 Indiana State .... 58-28 Colorado St. .... 31-24 a Penn State ...... 26-29 Iowa .................... 7-14 a Maryland ......... 31-10 Rutgers ............ 34-32 a Illinois ............ 40-17 Purdue ............. 44-31 a Nebraska ........ 17-24 Northwestern ........... a Wisconsin ..............

NORTHWESTERN (5-5) S-3 Western Mich ... 21-22 S-10 Illinois State ......... 7-9 S-17 Duke .................. 24-13 S-24 Nebraska .......... 13-24 O-1 a Iowa ................ 38-31 O-15 a Michigan St. ... 54-40 O-22 Indiana ............. 24-14 O-29 a Ohio State ...... 20-24 N-5 Wisconsin .......... 7-21 N-12 a Purdue ............ 45-17 N-19 a Minnesota ...............

N-26 Illinois ......................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

WISCONSIN (8-2) LSU ................... 16-14 Akron ................ 54-10 Georgia State ... 23-17 a Michigan St. ..... 30-6 a Michigan ........... 7-14 Ohio State ........ 23-30 a Iowa .................. 17-9 Nebraska .......... 23-17 a Northwestern ..... 21-7 Illinois ................ 48-3 a Purdue ....................

Minnesota ................

NEBRASKA (8-2) Fresno State .... 43-10 Wyoming ......... 52-17 Oregon ............ 35-32 a Northwestern ... 24-13 Illinois .............. 31-16 a Indiana ........... 27-22 Purdue ............. 27-14 a Wisconsin ...... 17-23 a Ohio State ........ 3-62 Minnesota ........ 24-17 Maryland .................. a Iowa ........................

S-3 S-10 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

EAST Michigan Ohio State Penn State Indiana Maryland Michigan State Rutgers

GEORGIA TECH (6-4) S-3 Boston College 17-14 S-10 Mercer ............ 35-10 S-17 Vanderbilt ........ 38-7 S-22 Clemson ........... 7-26 O-1 Miami (FL) ...... 21-35 O-8 a Pittsburgh ..... 34-37 O-15 Ga. Southern . 35-24 O-29 Duke ................ 38-35 N-5 a North Carolina 20-48 N-12 a Virginia Tech 30-20 N-19 Virginia ...................

N-26 a Georgia ..................

Conference W L PF PA 6 1 285 65 6 1 295 90 6 1 249 179 3 4 183 218 2 5 144 256 1 6 183 199 0 7 73 290

Overall W L PF 9 1 444 9 1 465 8 2 355 5 5 275 5 5 267 3 7 261 2 8 175

PA 110 126 261 284 307 271 380

TEXAS TECH (4-6) SF Austin ....... 69-17 a Arizona St. .... 55-68 Lousiana Tech . 59-45 Kansas ........... 55-19 a Kansas St. .... 38-44 West Virginia .. 17-48 Oklahoma ...... 59-66 a TCU .............. 27-24 Texas .............. 37-45 a Oklahoma St. 44-45 a Iowa State ..............

Baylor ......................

PURDUE (3-7) East. Kentucky 45-24 Cincinnati ......... 20-38 Nevada ............. 24-14 a Maryland ........... 7-50 a Illinois ............ 34-31 Iowa .................. 35-49 a Nebraska ........ 14-27 Penn State ........ 24-62 a Minnesota ....... 31-44 Northwestern ... 17-45 Wisconsin ................ a Indiana ...................

VIRGINIA TECH (7-3) S-3 Liberty ............ 36-13 S-10 Tennessee ..... 24-45 S-17 Boston College .. 49-0 S-24 East Carolina .. 54-17 O-8 a North Carolina .... 34-3 O-15 a Syracuse ...... 17-31 O-20 Miami (FL) ...... 37-16 O-27 a Pittsburgh ..... 39-36 N-5 a Duke ............. 24-21 N-12 Georgia Tech . 20-30 N-19 a Notre Dame ............

N-26 Virginia ...................

WEST Nebraska Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Northwestern Illinois Purdue

Conference W L PF PA 5 2 152 167 5 2 169 86 4 3 199 157 4 3 145 158 4 3 201 171 2 5 130 226 1 6 162 308

Overall W L PF 8 2 282 8 2 262 7 3 318 6 4 253 5 5 253 3 7 215 3 7 251

PA 226 127 232 205 215 311 384

INDEPENDENTS S-2 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 D-10 S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 S-30 O-8 O-14 O-20 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

ARMY (5-5) a Temple ......... 28-13 Rice ................. 31-14 a UTEP ............ 66-14 a Buffalo .......... 20-23 a Duke ............... 6-13 Lafayette ........... 62-7 North Texas .... 18-35 a Wake Forest .. 21-13 Air Force ......... 12-31 Notre Dame ....... 6-44 Morgan State ...........

Navy .........................

BYU (6-4) Arizona ........... 18-16 a Utah .............. 19-20 UCLA ............... 14-17 West Virginia .. 32-35 Toledo ............ 55-53 a Michigan St. .. 31-14 Mississippi St. ..... 28-21 a Boise State ... 27-28 a Cincinnati ........ 20-3 Southern Utah .. 37-7 UMass ......................

Utah State .................

BYU Army Notre Dame UMass

S-4 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

NOTRE DAME (4-6) a Texas ........... 47-50 Nevada ............ 39-10 Michigan St. ... 28-36 Duke ................ 35-38 a Syracuse ....... 50-33 a NC State .......... 3-10 Stanford ......... 10-17 Miami (FL) ....... 30-27 Navy ................ 27-28 Army ................. 44-6 Virginia Tech ........... a USC .......................

W 6 5 4 2

Overall

L 4 5 6 8

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-7 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-19 N-26

PF 278 270 313 231

PA 214 207 255 329

UMASS (2-8) a Florida ............ 7-24 Boston Coll. ..... 7-26 FIU .................. 21-13 Mississippi St. 35-47 Tulane ............ 24-31 a Old Dominion 16-36 Louisiana Tech 28-56 a South Carolina 28-34 Wagner ........... 34-10 a Troy .............. 31-52 a BYU ....................... a Hawaii ....................

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WVU AND MARSHALL ANTICIPATE A MEMORABLE BASKETBALL SEASON I recently had a chance to catch up with Hargrave Military Academy postgraduate basketball coach A.W. Hamilton, situated in Chatham, Virginia.

You might remember him. Yes, he’s THAT A.W. Hamilton, who played hoops at MU from 2002-2005 after transferring to Huntington from Wake Forest. Hamilby Mitch Vingle ton assisted Kevin Keatts, now the head coach at UNC Wilmington, at Hargrave before taking over the program.

But to the news.

First, Mountain State fans might know former South Charleston High standout Brandon Knapper, a WVU signee, decided to hone his skills at Hargrave.

Well, Hamilton had some very nice things to say about Knapper. And that’s not all. He had scoop on two Marshall basketball signees

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But let’s get to Knapper first.

Understand that Hargrave was ranked the nation’s preseason No. 1 prep team, according to NextUpRecruits.com – and Knapper has not only been starting, but averaging over 20 points a game.

Through his team’s 3-0 start, Knapper connected on 67 percent of his shots from the floor and 58 percent of his 3-point attempts.

“I’m really, really pleased with Brandon,” Hamilton said. “He’s had an incredible approach to this season and is off to an unbelievable start. He’s been lights-out. He’s been absolutely lights-out.”

Understand Hargrave isn’t for the faint of heart. Hamilton is coaching kids heading to Ohio State, Georgetown and Xavier. So Knapper is making a statement here.

“I’ve been very pleased and as we continue to go forward he’ll get even better,” Hamilton said. “He’s getting in much better shape. He’s learning how to play the point guard position a little bit more. He’s doing a really good job. I’m really proud of that kid.

“The thing that’s great about Brandon is he’s a really, really smart kid. He works hard in the classroom and on the court. He’s a studentathlete. And it’s always fun to be surrounded with a bunch of those guys.”

WVU’s Bob Huggins is waiting.

“We’re playing him at the 1 [point guard] and 2 [shooting guard],” Hamilton said of the 6-foot-1 Mountaineer signee. “Our style here is to kind of play two point guards, so we have him and Braxton Beverly, who is going to Ohio State, as a two-headed monster. And they play together.”

Of course, there are always aspects players

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can work on.

“One of the things Brandon had to work on was getting stronger, getting ready for how physical the game is going to be at West Virginia,” Hamilton said. “He’s absolutely bought in to that. We lift four times a week. We have our own strength coach. And he’s doing an incredible job getting into the weight room.

When you see him you’ll be able to tell right away he’s gotten bigger and stronger. He needs to continue to that.

“Then, defensively, he’s going through an adjustment. Going from prep or high school to Division I is the biggest leap. You have to learn how to guard the ball and keep guys in front of you. He has to be a guy who dives on loose balls, takes charges and things like that. That’s something he’s working on and has made a commitment to it. We watch film three, four times a week and he’s engaged and wants to get better. I’m really, really pleased with him.”

Hamilton paused before restarting.

“If he continues on this pace, which I’m almost 100 percent sure he will, I think he’ll be a major factor at West Virginia next year,” said the coach.

OK, Marshall fans, I hear ya. So what’s the good news regarding Thundering Herd sports?

Well, Hargrave has not one, but two MU signees in center Iran Bennett and forward Tanner Robinette. And… Well, I’ll just get out of the way and just let Hamilton speak of the former.

“Iran has a chance to be an NBA player,” said the coach. “There aren’t many guys like him in the country. He’s 6-9½ and 320 pounds. He has the best hands of a big man I’ve ever seen. He’s a great athlete who can move his feet. He’s a monster. He’s terrific and is getting better every day.”

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Does that qualify as good news, Herd fans? In his last game, Bennett had 17 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocked shots. He’s averaging 9.3 rebounds and 3.3 blocks.

“He’s a special player,” Hamilton said of Bennett. “That’s a wonderful, wonderful ‘get’ for Marshall. He could go down as one of the school’s all-time greats.”

Iran, by the way, is pronounced more like Iren, then I-ran. And Marshall fans can credit assistant Mark Cline for the aforementioned ‘get.’

“He got in here early,” Hamilton said of Cline. “Iran went to the Louisville game and loved it and fell in love with Coach [Dan] D’Antoni.

“Marshall is a good spot for Iran. I went there as a player and I know how good it was for me. I think the academics fit him well. The smaller environment fits him well. He can grow. We all felt it was a perfect fit for him.”

Then there’s Robinette, a 6-8 forward.

“He’s from Honaker, Virginia,” Hamilton said. “He’s the type of kid that’s going to be really good. He has nice touch around the basket.

Big, strong body. He doesn’t really play above the rim, but he has great post moves.

“He’s spent a lot of time working with [Golden State Warrior] David West on an AAU program he played with. He’s been wellcoached. I think he’ll be a guy in Conference USA and at Marshall that people will be excited about. He’s tough; he’s nasty; he boxes out and plays hard. Unbelievable kid. Marshall fans will really like Tanner Robinette.”

Knapper and Bennett both start, while Robinette comes off the bench for Hamilton.

Some hoops news as the regular season gets under way.

Follow Mitch Vingle at twitter.com/MitchVingle.

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EAST S-1 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-9 O-15 O-22 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

CHARLOTTE (4-6) a Louisville ........ 14-70 Elon .................. 47-14 East. Michigan . 19-37 a Temple ........... 20-48 Old Dominion .. 17-52 a Florida Atlantic 28-23 FIU .................... 26-27 a Marshall .......... 27-24 a Southern Miss 38-27 Rice ................... 21-22 Middle Tennessee ... a UTSA .....................

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

power rating

Alabama .................... 126.7 Ohio St ...................... 121.8 Clemson ..................... 120.5 Michigan .................... 120.2 Washington ............... 119.9 Oklahoma ................. 118.2 Louisville .................. 117.6 Wisconsin .................. 116.7 USC ............................ 116.3 Auburn ...................... 115.0 LSU ............................ 114.9 Texas A&M .............. 114.8 West Virginia ........... 114.5 Florida State ............. 114.3 Oklahoma St ............ 114.1 Tennessee .................. 114.0 N Carolina ................ 113.1 Arkansas .................... 112.9 Florida ....................... 112.4 Penn St ...................... 112.1 Mississippi ................. 112.0 Utah ........................... 111.7 Colorado .................... 111.5 Houston .................... 111.2 Baylor ......................... 111.1 Nebraska ................... 111.1 Wash St ..................... 111.0 Georgia ...................... 110.9 Virginia Tech ............ 110.8 Stanford .................... 110.8

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

power rating

TCU ........................... 110.5 Pittsburgh ................. 109.9 Kansas St .................. 109.7 Iowa ........................... 109.6 W Michigan .............. 109.5 Texas .......................... 109.1 Miami, Fl .................. 109.0 USF ............................ 108.6 BYU ........................... 108.5 San Diego St ............. 108.5 UCLA ........................ 108.3 Boise St ..................... 107.9 Oregon ....................... 107.6 Notre Dame ............. 107.5 Texas Tech ................ 107.2 Northwestern ........... 106.9 California .................. 106.8 N Carolina St ........... 106.7 Arizona St ................. 106.5 Temple ....................... 106.0 WKU ......................... 106.0 Michigan St ............... 105.9 Minnesota ................. 105.8 Memphis .................... 105.5 Maryland ................... 104.9 Miss St ....................... 104.8 Georgia Tech ............ 104.7 Navy .......................... 103.9 Indiana ....................... 103.7 Wyoming ................... 102.8

COACHES POLL PTS 1575 1495 1418 1332 1318 1231 1190 1147 994 923 909 861 745 572 559 542 541 538 473 438

21 West Mich. 10-0 431 22 Texas A&M 7-3 396 23 Boise State 9-1 355 24 N. Carolina 7-3 114 25 San Diego St 9-1 112 Other Receiving Votes: Houston 60; Navy 43; South Florida 43; Virginia Tech 39; Troy 28; Tennessee 20; Stanford 16; Pittsburgh 6; Arkansas 5; Toledo 3; Baylor 2; Iowa 1

AP TOP 25 RK TEAM RECORD 1 Alabama(61) 10-0 2 Ohio State 9-1 3 Louisville 9-1 4 Michigan 9-1 5 Clemson 9-1 6 Wisconsin 8-2 7 Washington 9-1 8 Oklahoma 8-2 9 Penn State 8-2 10 West Virginia 8-1 11 Utah 8-2 12 Colorado 8-2 13 Oklahoma St . 8-2 14 West Mich. 10-0 15 USC 7-3 16 LSU 6-3 17 Florida State 7-3 18 Auburn 7-3 19 Nebraska 8-2 20 Wash. St 8-2

PTS 1525 1455 1357 1323 1304 1214 1150 1064 961 920 807 797 659 634 584 582 569 543 504 501

21 Florida 7-2 435 22 Boise State 9-1 315 23 Texas A&M 7-3 238 24 San Diego St 9-1 97 25 Troy 8-1 63 Other Receiving Votes: Houston 49, North Carolina 40, Virginia Tech 36, Tennessee 21, Navy 20, Stanford 16, Western Kentucky 11, Pittsburgh 9, South Florida 8, Arkansas 7, Iowa 4, Ole Miss 2, Minnesota 1

PF 347 229 195 157 175 155 142

PA 167 165 213 175 213 196 165

W 8 7 6 4 3 3 3

1 3 3 4 5 6

330 248 196 141 139 153

196 235 193 207 212 270

8 5 5 4 3 2

Overall

L 3 3 4 6 7 7 7

PF 468 348 366 257 229 237 297

PA 263 282 326 344 362 358 332

3 5 5 6 7 8

504 316 337 238 240 242

328 303 310 311 351 383

WEST

Louisiana Tech UTSA Southern Miss North Texas UTEP Rice

6 4 3 2 1 1

WEST SOUTHERN MISS (5-5) S-3 a Kentucky ........ 44-35 S-10 Savannah St. ...... 56-0 S-17 Troy .................. 31-37 S-24 a UTEP ............... 34-7 O-1 Rice ................... 44-28 O-8 a UTSA ............. 32-55 O-15 a LSU ................. 10-45 O-29 Marshall ........... 24-14 N-5 Charlotte ........... 27-38 N-12 a Old Dominion . 35-51 N-19 a North Texas ............

N-26 Louisiana Tech .......

MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6-4) S-3 Alabama A&M ..... 55-0 S-10 a Vanderbilt ....... 24-47 S-17 a Bowling Green . 41-21 S-24 Louisiana Tech .. 38-34 O-1 a North Texas .... 30-13 O-15 West. Kentucky 43-44 O-22 a Missouri .......... 51-45 O-29 a FIU .................. 42-35 N-5 UTSA ................. 25-45 N-12 a Marshall .......... 17-42 N-19 a Charlotte .................

N-26 Florida .....................

LOUISIANA TECH (8-3) S-3 a Arkansas ........ 20-21 S-10 South Carolina St.53-24 S-17 a Texas Tech .... 45-59 S-24 a Middle Tenn. .. 34-38 O-1 UTEP ................... 28-7 O-6 West. Kentucky 55-52 O-15 a UMass ............ 56-28 O-22 a FIU .................. 44-24 O-29 Rice ................... 61-16 N-5 a North Texas .... 45-24 N-12 UTSA ................. 63-35 N-26 a Southern Miss ........

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

UTEP (3-7) New Mexico St .. 38-22 a Texas ............... 7-41 Army ................. 14-66 Southern Miss ... 7-34 a Louisiana Tech 7-28 FIU .................... 21-35 a UTSA ............. 52-49 Old Dominion .. 21-31 Houston Baptist . 42-10 a Florida Atlantic .. 31-35 a Rice ........................

North Texas .............

FLORIDA ATLANTIC (3-7) S-3 South. Illinois .. 38-30 S-10 a Miami (FL) ...... 10-38 S-17 a Kansas State .... 7-63 S-24 Ball State ........... 27-31 O-1 a FIU .................. 31-33 O-9 Charlotte ........... 23-28 O-15 a Marshall .......... 21-27 O-29 West. Kentucky .. 3-52 N-5 a Rice ................ 42-25 N-12 UTEP ................. 35-31 N-19 Old Dominion ..........

N-26 a Middle Tennessee ..

OLD DOMINION (7-3) S-4 Hampton .......... 54-21 S-10 a Appalachian St. 7-31 S-17 a NC State ......... 22-49 S-24 UTSA ................. 33-19 O-1 a Charlotte ......... 52-17 O-7 UMass ............... 36-16 O-22 a West. Kentucky . 24-59 O-29 a UTEP ............. 31-21 N-5 Marshall ........... 38-14 N-12 Southern Miss . 51-35 N-19 a Florida Atlantic .......

N-26 FIU ............................

NORTH TEXAS (4-6) S-3 SMU ................... 21-34 S-10 Beth.-Cookman 41-20 S-17 a Florida .............. 0-32 O-24 a Rice ................ 42-35 O-1 Middle Tenn. .... 13-30 O-8 Marshall ........... 38-21 O-22 a Army ............... 35-18 O-29 a UTSA ............. 17-31 N-5 Louisiana Tech 24-45 N-12 a West. Kentucky ... 7-45 N-19 Southern Miss .........

N-26 a UTEP .....................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

UTSA (5-5) Alabama State .. 26-13 a Colorado St. .... 14-23 Arizona State .... 28-32 a Old Dominion ... 19-33 Southern Miss . 55-32 a Rice ................ 14-13 UTEP ................. 49-52 North Texas ..... 31-17 a Mid. Tennessee 45-25 a Louisiana Tech . 35-63 a Texas A&M ............

Charlotte ...................

MARSHALL (3-7) Morgan State ...... 62-0 Akron ................ 38-65 Louisville ......... 28-59 a Pittsburgh ....... 27-43 a North Texas .... 21-38 Florida Atlantic 27-21 Charlotte ........... 24-27 a Southern Miss 14-24 a Old Dominion . 14-38 Mid. Tennessee .. 42-17 a FIU ..........................

Western Kentucky. ..

WESTERN KENTUCKY (8-3) S-3 Rice ................... 46-14 S-10 a Alabama ......... 10-38 S-17 a Miami (OH) ..... 31-24 S-24 Vanderbilt ........ 30-31 O-1 Houston Baptist .. 50-3 O-6 a Louisiana Tech . 52-55 O-15 a Mid. Tennessee 44-43 O-22 Old Dominion .. 59-24 O-29 a Florida Atlantic . 52-3 N-5 FIU .................... 49-21 N-12 North Texas ....... 45-7 N-26 a Marshall ..................

S-3 S-10 S-16 S-24 O-1 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

EAST

RK TEAM RECORD 1 Alabama (63) 10-0 2 Ohio State 9-1 3 Louisville 9-1 4 Michigan 9-1 5 Clemson 9-1 6 Wisconsin 8-2 7 Washington 9-1 8 Oklahoma 8-2 9 West Virginia 8-1 10 Penn State 8-2 11 Utah 8-2 12 Colorado 8-2 13 Oklahoma St. 8-2 14 LSU 6-3 15 Florida State 7-3 16 Auburn 7-3 17 Nebraska 8-2 18 Florida 7-2 19 USC 7-3 20 Wash. State 8-2

Conference

L 1 1 3 3 3 4 4

FLORIDA INTL. (3-7) S-1 Indiana ............. 13-34 S-10 Maryland .......... 14-41 S-17 a UMass ............ 13-21 S-24 UCF ................... 14-53 O-1 Florida Atlantic 33-31 O-8 a UTEP ............. 35-21 O-15 a Charlotte ......... 27-26 O-22 Louisiana Tech .. 24-44 O-29 Mid. Tennessee .. 35-42 N-5 a West. Kentucky . 21-49 N-19 Marshall ...................

N-26 a Old Dominion .........

S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

RAMBO's Power Ratings

W Western Kentucky 6 Old Dominion 5 Middle Tennessee 3 Charlotte 3 Florida Intl.

3 Florida Atlantic 2 Marshall 2

AKRON (5-6) S-3 VMI ..................... 47-24 S-10 a Wisconsin ........ 10-54 S-17 a Marshall ........... 65-38 S-24 Appalachian St. ... 38-45 O-1 a Kent State ........ 31-27 O-8 Miami (OH) ......... 35-13 O-15 West. Michigan ... 0-41 O-22 a Ball State ......... 35-25 O-27 a Buffalo ............. 20-41 N-2 Toledo ............... 17-48 N-9 Bowling Green .. 28-38 N-22 a Ohio .........................

Division

RICE (2-8) a W. Kentucky ... 14-46 a Army ............... 14-31 Baylor ............... 10-38 North Texas ..... 35-42 a Southern Miss 28-44 UTSA ................. 13-14 Prairie View ...... 65-44 a Louisiana Tech . 16-61 Florida Atlantic 25-42 a Charlotte ......... 22-21 UTEP ......................... a Stanford ..................

Overall

W 5 4 3 2 1 0

L 1 2 3 3 4 5

PF 146 142 138 122 99 130

PA 104 124 195 107 173 185

W 7 4 5 3 2 1

L 3 6 5 6 7 8

PF 293 224 298 198 155 191

PA 230 248 356 234 288 406

Western Michigan 5 Toledo 4 Northern Illinois 3 Eastern Michigan 2 Central Michigan 2 Ball State 1

0 1 2 3 4 4

232 182 178 121 126 121

91 120 130 153 192 163

9 7 3 5 5 4

0 2 6 4 5 5

407 363 280 267 284 244

174 205 288 271 292 255

EAST

Ohio Miami Akron Kent State Buffalo Bowling Green WEST

WEST EASTERN MICHIGAN (6-4) S-3 MS Valley State .. 61-14 S-10 a Missouri ........... 21-61 S-17 a Charlotte ........... 37-19 S-23 Wyoming ........... 27-24 O-1 a Bowling Green . 28-25 O-8 Toledo ............... 20-45 O-15 a Ohio ................. 27-20 O-22 a West. Michigan ... 31-45 O-29 Miami (OH) ......... 15-28 N-8 a Ball State ......... 48-41 N-16 Northern Illinois .......

N-22 Central Michigan ......

NORTHERN ILLINOIS (3-7) S-3 a Wyoming .......... 34-40 S-10 a USF .................. 17-48 S-17 San Diego St. .... 28-42 S-24 West. Illinois ..... 23-28 O-1 a Ball State ......... 31-24 O-8 a West. Michigan 30-45 O-15 Cent. Michigan .. 28-34 O-22 Buffalo ................. 44-7 N-1 Bowling Green .. 45-20 N-9 Toledo ............... 24-31 N-16 a Eastern Michigan .....

N-25 a Kent State ................

BOWLING GREEN (2-8) S-3 a Ohio State ........ 10-77 S-10 North Dakota ..... 27-26 S-17 Middle Tenn. ..... 21-41 S-24 a Memphis ............ 3-77 O-1 East. Michigan .. 25-28 O-8 a Ohio ................. 24-30 O-15 a Toledo ............. 35-42 O-22 Miami (OH) ......... 26-40 N-1 a Northern Illinois 20-45 N-9 a Akron ............... 38-28 N-15 Kent State ...................

N-25 Buffalo .......................

BUFFALO (2-8) S-2 Albany ............... 16-22 S-17 a Nevada ............ 14-38 S-24 Army ................... 23-20 O-1 a Boston College .. 3-35 O-8 Kent State ........... 20-44 O-15 Ball State ............ 21-31 O-22 a Northern Illinois .. 7-44 O-27 Akron ................. 41-20 N-3 a Ohio ................. 10-34 N-12 Miami (OH) ......... 24-35 N-19 a Western Michigan ....

N-25 a Bowling Green .........

MIAMI (5-6) S-3 a Iowa ................. 21-45 S-10 Eastern Illinois .. 17-21 S-17 West. Kentucky . 24-31 S-24 a Cincinnati ......... 20-27 O-1 Ohio ..................... 7-17 O-8 a Akron ............... 13-35 O-15 Kent State ........... 18-14 O-22 a Bowling Green . 40-26 O-29 a East. Michigan . 28-15 N-4 Cent. Michigan .. 37-17 N-12 a Buffalo ............. 35-24 N-22 Ball State ....................

BALL STATE (4-6) S-2 a Georgia State ... 31-21 S-10 a Indiana ............. 20-30 S-17 East. Kentucky .. 41-14 S-24 a Florida Atlantic .. 31-27 O-1 North. Illinois .... 24-31 O-8 a Cent. Michigan . 21-24 O-15 a Buffalo ............. 31-21 O-22 Akron ................. 25-35 N-1 West. Michigan . 20-52 N-8 East. Michigan ..... 41-48 N-16 a Toledo .....................

N-22 a Miami (OH) ...............

TOLEDO (8-2) S-2 a Arkansas State 31-10 S-10 Maine .................... 45-3 S-17 Fresno State ...... 52-17 S-30 a BYU .................. 53-55 O-8 a East. Michigan . 35-20 O-15 Bowling Green .. 42-35 O-22 Cent. Michigan .. 31-17 O-27 Ohio ................... 26-31 N-2 a Akron ............... 48-17 N-9 a Northern Illinois ... 31-24 N-16 Ball State ....................

N-25 a Western Michigan ....

KENT STATE (3-7) S-3 a Penn State ....... 13-33 S-10 NC A&T .............. 36-39 S-17 Monmouth .......... 27-7 S-24 a Alabama ............. 0-48 O-1 Akron ................. 27-31 O-8 a Buffalo ............. 44-20 O-15 a Miami (OH) ....... 14-18 O-22 Ohio ................... 10-14 O-29 a Cent. Michigan . 24-21 N-8 West. Michigan .... 21-37 N-15 a Bowling Green .........

N-25 Northern Illinois .......

OHIO (7-3) S-3 Texas State ........ 54-56 S-10 a Kansas ............ 37-21 S-17 a Tennessee ....... 19-28 S-24 Gardner-Webb .. 37-21 O-1 a Miami (OH) ......... 17-7 O-8 Bowling Green .. 30-24 O-15 East. Michigan .. 20-27 O-22 a Kent State ........ 14-10 O-27 a Toledo ............. 31-26 N-3 Buffalo ............... 34-10 N-15 a Central Michigan ......

N-22 Akron .........................

CENTRAL MICHIGAN (5-5) S-1 Presbyterian ........ 49-3 S-10 a Oklahoma St. ... 30-27 S-17 UNLV .................. 44-21 S-24 a Virginia ............ 35-49 O-1 West. Michigan . 10-49 O-8 Ball State ............ 24-21 O-15 a Northern Illinois 34-28 O-22 a Toledo ............. 17-31 O-29 Kent State ........... 24-27 N-4 a Miami (OH) ....... 17-37 N-15 Ohio ...........................

N-22 a Eastern Michigan .....

WESTERN MICHIGAN (10-0) S-3 a Northwestern .... 22-21 S-10 NC Central .......... 70-21 S-17 a Illinois .............. 34-10 S-24 Georgia South. .... 49-31 O-1 a Cent. Michigan . 49-10 O-8 North. Illinois .... 45-30 O-15 a Akron ................. 41-0 O-22 East. Michigan .. 45-31 N-1 a Ball State ......... 52-20 N-8 a Kent State ........ 37-21 N-19 Buffalo .......................

N-25 Toledo .......................

W A L L Y ' S

CHARLESTON EDITION

NORTH W Washington State 7 Washington 6 Stanford 5 California 2 Oregon 1 Oregon State 1

Conference

L 0 1 3 5 6 6

PF 317 300 188 237 242 154

PA 161 149 171 337 346 250

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W I M P Y ' S

Overall

L 2 1 3 6 7 8

PF 443 448 231 378 371 238

PA 243 179 194 456 435 325

Colorado USC Utah Arizona State UCLA Arizona

W 6 6 5 2 2 0

Conference

L 1 2 2 5 5 7

PF 224 263 234 203 192 130

PA 120 166 194 282 192 316

D I G E S T

EAST

SOUTH W 8 9 7 4 3 2

F O O T B A L L

W 8 7 8 5 4 2

Overall

L 2 3 2 5 6 8

PF 352 314 312 347 275 224

PA 179 225 230 378 258 383

Conference W L PF PA Florida 5 2 180 112 Georgia 4 4 167 192 Kentucky 4 4 185 237 Tennessee 3 3 189 213 South Carolina 3 5 126 168 Vanderbilt 1 5 79 111 Missouri 1 5 116 193

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WEST W 7 6 5 7 5 4 3

L 2 4 5 3 5 6 7

Overall PF PA 236 119 226 240 282 323 337 269 180 211 199 220 312 291

CALIFORNIA (4-6) A-26 Hawaii ................ 51-31 S-10 a San Diego St. .. 40-45 S-17 Texas .................. 50-43 S-24 a Arizona State ... 41-51 O-1 Utah .................... 28-23 O-8 a Oregon State .... 44-47 O-21 Oregon .............. 52-49 O-27 a USC .................. 24-45 N-5 Washington ...... 27-66 N-12 a Washington St. 21-56 N-19 Stanford ....................

N-26 UCLA ..........................

STANFORD (7-3) S-2 Kansas State ...... 26-13 S-17 USC .................... 27-10 S-24 a UCLA ............... 22-13 S-30 a Washington ........ 6-44 O-8 Washington St. . 16-42 O-15 a Notre Dame ...... 17-10 O-22 Colorado ............. 5-10 O-29 a Arizona ............ 34-10 N-5 Oregon State ..... 26-15 N-12 a Oregon ............. 52-17 N-19 a California ..................

N-26 Rice ............................

ARIZONA (2-8) S-3 BYU .................... 16-18 S-10 Grambling St. .... 31-21 S-17 Hawaii ................ 47-28 S-24 Washington ...... 28-35 O-1 a UCLA ............... 24-45 O-8 a Utah ................. 23-36 O-15 USC .................... 14-48 O-29 Stanford ............ 10-34 N-5 a Washington St. .. 7-69 N-12 Colorado ........... 24-49 N-19 a Oregon State ............

N-25 Arizona State .............

UCLA (4-6) S-3 a Texas A&M ...... 24-31 S-10 UNLV .................. 42-21 S-17 a BYU .................. 17-14 S-24 Stanford ............ 13-22 O-1 Arizona .............. 45-24 O-8 a Arizona St. ....... 20-23 O-15 a Washington St. 21-27 O-22 Utah .................... 45-52 N-3 a Colorado ........... 10-20 N-12 Oregon .............. 38-24 N-19 USC ............................

N-26 a California ..................

FLORIDA (7-2) S-3 UMass ................... 24-7 S-10 Kentucky ............. 45-7 S-17 North Texas ......... 32-0 S-24 a Tennessee ....... 28-38 O-1 a Vanderbilt ........... 13-6 O-15 Missouri ............ 40-14 O-29 Georgia ............. 24-10 N-5 a Arkansas .......... 10-31 N-12 South Carolina ... 20-7 N-19 a LSU ..........................

N-26 a Florida State ............

MISSOURI (3-7) S-3 a West Virginia ... 11-26 S-10 East. Michigan .. 61-21 S-17 Georgia ............. 27-28 S-24 Delaware State ..... 79-0 O-1 a LSU .................... 7-42 O-15 a Florida ............. 14-40 O-22 Mid. Tennessee 45-51 O-29 Kentucky ........... 21-35 N-5 a South Carolina . 21-31 N-12 Vanderbilt .......... 26-17 N-19 a Tennessee ...............

N-26 Arkansas ...................

OREGON (3-7) S-3 UC Davis ............ 53-28 S-10 Virginia .............. 44-26 S-17 a Nebraska .......... 32-35 S-24 Colorado ........... 38-41 O-1 a Washington St. 33-51 O-8 Washington ...... 21-70 O-21 a California .......... 49-52 O-29 Arizona State ..... 54-35 N-5 a USC .................. 20-45 N-12 Stanford ............ 17-52 N-19 a Utah .........................

N-26 a Oregon State ............

WASHINGTON (9-1) S-3 Rutgers .............. 48-13 S-10 Idaho .................. 59-14 S-17 Portland State ..... 41-3 S-24 a Arizona ............ 35-28 S-30 Stanford .............. 44-6 O-8 a Oregon ............. 70-21 O-22 Oregon State ..... 41-17 O-29 a Utah ................. 31-24 N-5 a California .......... 66-27 N-12 USC .................... 13-26 N-19 Arizona State .............

N-25 a Washington State ....

ARIZONA STATE (5-5) S-3 N. Arizona .......... 44-13 S-10 Texas Tech ........ 68-55 S-17 a UTSA ............... 32-28 S-24 California ........... 51-41 O-1 a USC .................. 20-41 O-8 UCLA .................. 23-20 O-15 a Colorado ........... 16-40 O-22 Washington St. . 32-37 O-29 a Oregon ............. 35-54 N-10 Utah .................... 26-49 N-19 a Washington ..............

N-25 a Arizona ....................

USC (7-3) S-3 Alabama .............. 6-52 S-10 Utah State ............. 45-7 S-17 a Stanford ........... 10-27 S-23 a Utah ................. 27-31 O-1 Arizona State ..... 41-20 O-8 Colorado ........... 21-17 O-15 a Arizona ............ 48-14 O-27 California ........... 45-24 N-5 Oregon .............. 45-20 N-12 a Washington ...... 26-13 N-19 a UCLA .......................

N-26 Notre Dame ................

GEORGIA (6-4) S-3 North Carolina .. 33-24 S-10 Nicholls State .... 26-24 S-17 a Missouri ........... 28-27 S-24 a Ole Miss .......... 14-45 O-1 Tennessee ......... 31-34 O-9 a South Carolina . 28-14 O-15 Vanderbilt .......... 16-17 O-29 Florida ............... 10-24 N-5 a Kentucky .......... 27-24 N-12 Auburn ................ 13-7 N-19 UL-Lafayette ...............

N-26 Georgia Tech ............

SOUTH CAROLINA (5-5) S-1 a Vanderbilt ......... 13-10 S-10 a Mississippi St. . 14-27 S-17 East Carolina ..... 20-15 S-24 a Kentucky .......... 10-17 O-1 Texas A&M ......... 13-24 O-9 Georgia ............. 14-28 O-22 UMass ................. 34-28 O-29 Tennessee ......... 24-21 N-5 Missouri ............ 31-21 N-12 a Florida ............... 7-20 N-19 Western Carolina ......

N-26 a Clemson ...................

OREGON STATE (2-8) S-1 a Minnesota ........ 23-30 S-17 Idaho State .......... 37-7 S-24 Boise State ......... 24-38 O-1 a Colorado ............. 6-47 O-8 California ........... 47-44 O-15 Utah .................... 14-19 O-22 a Washington ...... 17-41 O-29 Washington St. . 31-35 N-5 a Stanford ........... 15-26 N-12 a UCLA ............... 24-38 N-19 Arizona ......................

N-26 Oregon ......................

WASHINGTON STATE (8-2) S-3 E. Washington .. 42-45 S-10 a Boise State ...... 28-31 S-17 Idaho .................... 56-6 O-1 Oregon .............. 51-33 O-8 a Stanford ........... 42-16 O-15 UCLA .................. 27-21 O-22 a Arizona St. ....... 37-32 O-29 a Oregon State .... 35-31 N-5 Arizona ................ 69-7 N-12 California ........... 56-21 N-19 a Colorado ...................

N-25 Washington ..............

COLORADO (8-2) S-2 Colorado State .... 44-7 S-10 Idaho State .......... 56-7 S-17 a Michigan .......... 28-45 S-24 a Oregon ............. 41-38 O-1 Oregon State ....... 47-6 O-8 a USC .................. 17-21 O-15 Arizona State ..... 40-16 O-22 a Stanford ............. 10-5 N-3 UCLA .................. 20-10 N-12 a Arizona ............ 49-24 N-19 Washington State .....

N-26 Utah ............................

UTAH (8-2) S-1 Southern Utah ..... 24-0 S-10 BYU .................... 20-19 S-17 a San Jose St. .... 34-17 S-23 USC .................... 31-27 O-1 a California .......... 23-28 O-8 Arizona .............. 36-23 O-15 a Oregon State .... 19-14 O-22 a UCLA ............... 52-45 O-29 Washington ...... 24-31 N-10 a Arizona State ... 49-26 N-19 Oregon ......................

N-26 a Colorado ...................

KENTUCKY (5-5) S-3 Southern Miss ... 35-44 S-10 a Florida ............... 7-45 S-17 New Mexico St. .. 62-42 S-24 South Carolina . 17-10 O-1 a Alabama ............. 6-34 O-8 Vanderbilt .......... 20-13 O-22 Mississippi St. ... 40-38 O-29 a Missouri ........... 35-21 N-5 Georgia ............. 24-27 N-12 a Tennessee ....... 36-49 N-19 Austin Peay ...............

N-26 a Louisville .................

TENNESSEE (7-3) S-1 Appalachian St. 20-13 S-10 Virginia Tech .... 45-24 S-17 Ohio ................... 28-19 S-24 Florida ............... 38-28 O-1 a Georgia ............ 34-31 O-8 a Texas A&M ...... 38-45 O-15 Alabama ............ 10-49 O-29 a South Carolina . 21-24 N-5 Tennessee Tech .. 55-0 N-12 Kentucky ........... 49-36 N-19 Missouri ....................

N-26 a Vanderbilt .................

Conference W L PF PA Alabama 7 0 274 106 Auburn 5 2 198 117 LSU 4 2 154 86 Texas A&M 4 3 213 188 Arkansas 2 4 132 228 Ole Miss 2 4 197 202 Mississippi State 2 4 137 194 VANDERBILT (4-6) S-1 South Carolina . 10-13 S-10 Mid. Tennessee 47-24 S-17 a Georgia Tech ..... 7-38 S-24 a West. Kentucky .. 31-30 O-1 Florida ................. 6-13 O-8 a Kentucky .......... 13-20 O-15 a Georgia ............ 17-16 O-22 Tennessee St. .... 35-17 N-5 a Auburn ............. 16-23 N-12 a Missouri ........... 17-26 N-19 Ole Miss .....................

N-26 Tennessee .................

ALABAMA (10-0) S-3 USC ...................... 52-6 S-10 West. Kentucky . 38-10 S-17 a Ole Miss .......... 48-43 S-24 Kent State ............. 48-0 O-1 Kentucky ............. 34-6 O-8 a Arkansas .......... 49-30 O-15 a Tennessee ....... 49-10 O-22 Texas A&M ......... 33-14 N-5 a LSU .................... 10-0 N-12 Mississippi St. ..... 51-3 N-19 Chattanooga .............

N-26 Auburn ......................

Overall W L PF 10 0 412 7 3 320 6 3 247 7 3 363 6 4 288 5 5 354 4 6 281

PA 122 157 125 222 299 315 319

ARKANSAS (6-4) S-3 Louisiana Tech 21-20 S-10 a TCU .................. 41-38 S-17 Texas State .......... 42-3 S-24 Texas A&M ......... 24-45 O-1 Alcorn State ....... 52-10 O-8 Alabama ............ 30-49 O-15 Ole Miss ............. 34-30 O-22 a Auburn ............... 3-56 N-5 Florida ............... 31-10 N-12 LSU .................... 10-38 N-19 Mississippi State .......

N-26 a Missouri ...................

MISSISSIPPI STATE (4-6) S-3 South Alabama . 20-21 S-10 South Carolina . 27-14 S-17 a LSU .................. 20-23 S-24 a UMass ............. 47-35 O-8 Auburn .............. 14-38 O-14 a BYU .................. 21-28 O-22 a Kentucky .......... 38-40 O-29 Samford ............ 56-41 N-5 Texas A&M ......... 35-28 N-12 a Alabama ............. 3-51 N-19 Arkansas ...................

N-26 Ole Miss .....................

AUBURN (7-3) S-3 Clemson ............ 13-19 S-10 Arkansas State .. 51-14 S-17 Texas A&M ......... 16-29 S-24 LSU .................... 18-13 O-1 ULM ...................... 58-7 O-8 a Mississippi St. . 38-14 O-22 Arkansas ............. 56-3 O-29 a Ole Miss .......... 40-29 N-5 Vanderbilt .......... 23-16 N-12 a Georgia .............. 7-13 N-19 Alabama A&M ............

N-26 a Alabama ...................

OLE MISS (5-5) S-5 Florida State ...... 34-45 S-10 Wofford ............. 38-13 S-17 Alabama ............ 43-48 S-24 Georgia ............. 45-14 O-1 Memphis ........... 48-28 O-15 a Arkansas .......... 30-34 O-22 a LSU .................. 21-38 O-29 Auburn .............. 29-40 N-5 Georgia South. . 37-27 N-12 a Texas A&M ...... 29-28 N-19 a Vanderbilt .................

N-26 Mississippi State .......

LSU (6-3) S-3 Wisconsin ......... 14-16 S-10 Jacksonville St. . 34-13 S-17 Mississippi St. ... 23-20 S-24 a Auburn ............. 13-18 O-1 Missouri .............. 42-7 O-15 Southern Miss ... 45-10 O-22 Ole Miss ............. 38-21 N-5 Alabama .............. 0-10 N-12 a Arkansas .......... 38-10 N-19 Florida .......................

N-24 a Texas A&M ..............

TEXAS A&M (7-3) S-3 UCLA .................. 31-24 S-10 Prairie View ......... 67-0 S-17 a Auburn ............. 29-16 S-24 Arkansas ........... 45-24 O-1 a South Carolina . 24-13 O-8 Tennessee ......... 45-38 O-22 a Alabama ........... 14-33 O-29 New Mexico St. .. 52-10 N-5 a Mississippi St. . 28-35 N-12 Ole Miss ............. 28-29 N-19 UTSA ..........................

N-24 LSU ............................

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WIMPY'S

Troy Arkansas State Appalachian State Idaho UL-Lafayette Georgia Southern UL-Monroe New Mexico State South Alabama Georgia State Texas State

FOOTBALL

W 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 0

Conference L PF PA 0 173 85 0 167 75 1 171 70 2 191 152 3 132 136 3 131 143 3 181 200 4 107 201 5 108 149 5 108 150 5 82 190

W 8 5 7 6 4 4 4 2 4 2 2

Overall L PF 1 343 4 234 3 270 4 264 5 211 6 267 6 260 7 213 5 212 8 191 7 192

CHARLESTON

DIGEST

PA 194 219 180 314 244 264 397 384 233 258 367

S-1 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 N-5 N-12 N-26 D-3

IDAHO (6-4) Montana State .. 20-17 a Washington .... 14-59 a Washington St. . 6-56 a UNLV .............. 33-30 Troy .................. 13-34 a ULM ................ 34-31 New Mexico St. 55-23 a Appalachian St.19-37 a UL-Lafayette ... 23-13 a Texas State .... 47-14 South Alabama ........

Georgia State ...........

APPALACHIAN STATE (7-3) S-3 a Tennessee ..... 13-20 S-10 Old Dominion .... 31-7 S-17 Miami (FL) ........ 10-45 S-24 a Akron .............. 45-38 O-1 Georgia State ..... 17-3 O-12 a UL-Lafayette ..... 24-0 O-22 Idaho ................ 37-19 O-27 a Georgia South. 34-10 N-5 Texas State ....... 35-10 N-12 a Troy ................ 24-28 N-19 ULM ...........................

N-26 a New Mexico State ...

GEORGIA SOUTHERN (4-6) S-3 Savannah St. ...... 54-0 S-10 a South Alabama .. 24-9 S-17 ULM ................... 23-21 S-24 a West. Michigan . 31-49 O-5 a Arkansas St. ... 26-27 O-15 a Georgia Tech . 24-35 O-22 a New Mexico St. 22-19 O-27 Appalachian St. 10-34 N-5 a Ole Miss ......... 27-37 N-10 UL-Lafayette ..... 26-33 N-19 a Georgia State .........

D-3 Troy ..........................

NEW MEXICO STATE (2-7) S-3 a UTEP ............. 22-38 S-10 New Mexico ...... 32-31 S-17 a Kentucky ........ 42-62 S-24 a Troy .................. 6-52 O-1 UL-Lafayette ..... 37-31 O-15 a Idaho .............. 23-55 O-22 Georgia South. 19-22 O-29 a Texas A&M .... 10-52 N-12 a Arkansas St. ... 22-41 N-19 Texas State ...............

N-26 Appalachian State ...

D-3 a South Alabama .......

ARKANSAS STATE (5-4) S-3 Toledo ............. 10-31 S-10 a Auburn ............ 14-51 S-16 a Utah State ....... 20-34 S-24 Cent. Arkansas .. 23-28 O-5 Ga. Southern ... 27-26 O-15 South Alabama .. 17-7 O-29 ULM ................... 51-10 N-3 a Georgia St. ..... 31-16 N-12 New Mexico St. 41-22 N-17 a Troy ........................

N-26 a UL-Lafayette ...........

D-3 a Texas State ............

GEORGIA STATE (2-8) S-2 Ball State ........... 21-31 S-10 a Air Force ......... 14-48 S-17 a Wisconsin ...... 17-23 O-1 a Appalachian St. ... 3-17 O-8 Texas State ....... 41-21 O-15 a Troy ................ 21-31 O-22 UT Martin ............ 31-6 O-29 a South Alabama 10-13 N-3 Arkansas St. ..... 16-31 N-12 ULM ................... 23-37 N-19 Georgia Southern ...

D-3 a Idaho ......................

SOUTH ALABAMA (4-5) S-3 a Mississippi St. 21-20 S-10 Georgia South. . 9-24 S-17 a UL-Lafayette ... 23-28 S-24 Nicholls State ... 41-40 O-1 San Diego St. ... 42-24 O-15 a Arkansas St. .... 7-17 O-20 Troy .................. 21-28 O-29 Georgia State ... 13-10 N-5 a ULM ................ 35-42 N-19 Presbyterian ............

N-26 a Idaho ......................

D-3 New Mexico State ....

WYOMING (7-3) N. Illinois .......... 40-34 a Nebraska ........ 17-52 UC Davis ........... 45-22 a East. Michigan .. 24-27 a Colorado St. .... 38-17 Air Force .......... 35-26 a Nevada ........... 42-34 Boise State ....... 30-28 Utah State ......... 52-28 a UNLV .............. 66-69 San Diego State ....... a New Mexico ............

AIR FORCE (7-3) Abilene Chr. ..... 37-21 Georgia State ... 48-14 a Utah State ....... 27-20 Navy .................. 28-14 a Wyoming ........ 26-35 New Mexico ...... 40-45 Hawaii ............... 27-34 a Fresno State .. 31-21 a Army ............... 31-12 Colorado St. .... 49-46 a San Jose State .......

Boise State ...............

S-3 S-10 S-17 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

NEW MEXICO (7-3) South Dakota ... 48-21 a New Mexico St. 31-32 a Rutgers ........... 28-37 San Jose St. ..... 48-41 Boise State ....... 21-49 a Air Force ......... 45-40 ULM ................... 59-17 a Hawaii ............ 28-21 Nevada ............. 35-26 a Utah State ....... 24-21 a Colorado State ........

Wyoming .................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-23 O-1 O-8 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

BOISE STATE (9-1) S-3 a UL Lafayette ... 45-10 S-10 Washington St. 31-28 S-24 a Oregon State .. 38-14 O-1 Utah State ......... 21-10 O-7 a New Mexico .... 49-21 O-15 Colorado St. .... 28-23 O-20 BYU ................... 28-27 O-29 a Wyoming ........ 28-30 N-4 San Jose St. ..... 45-31 N-12 a Hawaii ............ 52-16 N-18 UNLV .........................

N-26 a Air Force .................

S-1 S-10 S-16 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-22 O-28 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

UTAH STATE (3-7) Weber State ........ 45-6 a USC .................. 7-45 Arkansas State . 34-20 Air Force .......... 20-27 a Boise State ..... 10-21 a Colorado St. .... 24-31 Fresno State .... 38-20 San Diego St. ... 13-40 a Wyoming ........ 28-52 New Mexico ...... 21-24 a Nevada ................... a BYU ........................

FRESNO STATE (1-9) S-3 a Nebraska ........ 10-43 S-10 Sacramento St. .. 31-3 S-17 a Toledo ............ 17-52 S-24 Tulsa ................. 41-48 O-1 a UNLV .............. 20-45 O-8 a Nevada ........... 22-27 O-14 San Diego St. ..... 3-17 O-22 a Utah State ....... 20-38 O-28 Air Force .......... 21-31 N-5 a Colorado St. ...... 0-37 N-19 Hawaii .......................

N-26 San Jose State .........

S-3 S-10 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-28 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

COLORADO STATE (5-5) S-2 Colorado ............ 7-44 S-10 UTSA ................. 23-14 S-17 N. Colorado ..... 47-21 S-24 a Minnesota ....... 24-31 O-1 Wyoming ......... 17-38 O-8 Utah State ......... 31-24 O-15 a Boise State ..... 23-28 O-22 a UNLV .............. 42-23 N-5 Fresno State ...... 37-0 N-12 a Air Force ......... 46-49 N-19 New Mexico ..............

N-26 a San Diego State .....

BALDWIN-WALLACE (4-6) S-1 Defiance ........... 42-0 S-17 a John Carroll .. 10-17 S-24 Mount Union .... 7-49 O-1 a Marietta ......... 56-62 O-8 a Wilmington ... 28-17 O-15 Muskingum ... 14-13 O-22 Otterbein ........ 30-33 O-29 a Capital .......... 41-42 N-5 a Heidelberg .... 27-37 N-12 Ohio Northern 31-21 S-3 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12

CAPITAL (4-6) a Wittenburg ...... 0-34 a Muskingum ... 34-16 Wilmington .... 35-21 a Otterbein ....... 42-41 Ohio Northern 21-58 Mount Union .... 0-45 a John Carroll .... 0-56 Baldwin-Wallace 42-41 a Marietta ......... 21-27 Heidelberg ..... 13-61

Princeton Harvard Penn Brown Cornell Yale Dartmouth Columbia

S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19

W 5 5 5 3 2 2 1 1

John Carroll Mount Union Heidelberg Ohio Northern Otterbein Capital Baldwin-Wallace Marietta Muskingum Wilmington

S-3 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12

HEIDELBERG (6-4) Cortland St. .... 28-30 Ohio Northern 45-14 a John Carroll ..... 14-42 Muskingum ... 27-24 a Mount Union .. 14-50 a Otterbein ....... 38-45 Marietta ........... 41-28 a Wilmington ..... 59-3 Baldwin-Wallace 37-27 a Capital .......... 61-13

JOHN CARROLL (9-1) S-3 a UW-Oshkosh ... 14-33 S-17 Baldwin-Wallace 17-10 S-24 Heidelberg ..... 42-14 O-1 a Wilmington ..... 67-7 O-8 Marietta ............. 42-7 O-15 a Ohio Northern 20-16 O-22 Capital .............. 56-0 O-29 a Muskingum ..... 31-3 N-5 Otterbein .......... 49-6 N-12 a Mount Union .. 31-28

Conference L PF PA 1 214 53 1 149 124 1 162 97 3 122 148 4 123 183 4 97 163 5 103 127 5 116 191

BROWN (4-5) a Bryant ........... 35-27 Harvard .......... 22-32 a Rhode Island 13-28 Stetson ........... 21-31 a Princeton ........ 7-31 Cornell ........... 28-21 a Pennsylvania 14-21 Yale ................. 27-22 a Dartmouth ..... 24-21 Columbia ................

S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-28 N-5 N-14 N-21

W 7 7 6 4 4 2 4 2

Overall L PF 2 308 2 248 3 235 5 191 5 210 7 182 5 180 7 154

PA 143 189 193 234 268 325 175 234

COLUMBIA (2-7) St Francis (PA) . 9-13 a Georgetown .. 14-17 Princeton ....... 13-48 a Wagner ......... 15-13 a Pennsylvania 10-35 Dartmouth .......... 9-7 Yale ................. 23-31 a Harvard ......... 21-28 Cornell ........... 40-42 a Brown ....................

S-3 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12

W 9 8 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 0

TEXAS STATE (2-7) S-3 a Ohio ............... 56-54 S-17 a Arkansas .......... 3-42 S-24 Houston ............. 3-64 O-1 Incarnate Word 48-17 O-8 a Georgia St. ..... 21-41 O-15 a ULM ................ 34-40 O-22 UL-Lafayette ....... 3-27 N-5 a Appalachian St. . 10-35 N-12 Idaho ................ 14-47 N-19 a New Mexico State ...

N-26 Troy ..........................

D-3 Arkansas State .........

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-15 O-20 N-5 N-12 N-17 N-26 D-3

MOUNT UNION (9-1) S-10 a NC Wesleyan 45-10 S-17 Marietta ............. 56-0 S-24 a Baldwin-Wallace 49-7 O-1 a Ohio Northern 38-21 O-8 Heidelberg ..... 50-14 O-15 a Capital ............ 45-0 O-22 Wilmington ...... 71-7 O-29 a Otterbein ......... 66-7 N-5 a Muskingum ..... 44-0 N-12 John Carroll .. 28-31 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19

CORNELL (4-5) a Bucknell ....... 24-16 Yale ................. 27-13 a Colgate ......... 39-38 a Harvard ......... 13-29 Sacred Heart .. 24-31 a Brown ........... 21-28 Princeton ......... 7-56 Dartmouth ...... 13-17 a Columbia ...... 42-40 Pennsylvania ..........

S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19

DARTMOUTH (4-5) New Hampshire .... 22-21 a Sacred Heart .. 35-10 Pennsylvania . 24-37 a Yale .............. 13-21 Towson ......... 20-17 a Columbia .......... 7-9 Harvard .......... 21-23 a Cornell .......... 17-13 Brown ............. 21-24 a Princeton ...............

S-3 S-10 S-17 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 D-3

UL-MONROE (4-6) Southern .......... 38-21 a Oklahoma ....... 17-59 a Ga. Southern .. 21-23 a Auburn .............. 7-58 Idaho ................ 31-34 Texas State ....... 40-34 a New Mexico .... 17-59 a Arkansas St. ... 10-51 South Alabama 42-35 a Georgia State . 37-23 a Appalachian State ..

UL-Lafayette .............

MOUNTAIN Boise State New Mexico Wyoming Air Force Colorado State Utah State

W 5 5 5 3 3 1

Conference L PF PA 1 223 131 1 201 198 1 263 202 3 200 201 3 196 162 6 154 215

W 9 7 7 7 5 3

WEST San Diego State UNLV Hawaii San Jose State Nevada Fresno State

W 6 3 3 2 1 0

L 0 3 4 4 5 6

W 9 4 4 3 3 1

PF 226 209 181 136 130 86

A-27 S-3 S-10 S-17 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

HAWAII (4-7) California .......... 31-51 a Michigan ........... 3-63 UT Martin .......... 41-36 a Arizona ........... 28-47 Nevada ............. 38-17 San Jose St. ..... 34-17 UNLV ................. 38-41 a Air Force ......... 34-27 New Mexico ...... 21-28 a San Diego St. ... 0-55 Boise State ....... 16-52 a Fresno State ...........

UMass .......................

S-3 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 N-5 N-12 N-19 N-26

NEVADA (3-7) Cal Poly ............ 30-27 a Notre Dame ..... 10-39 Buffalo .............. 38-14 a Purdue ............ 14-24 a Hawaii ............ 17-38 Fresno State .... 27-22 a San Jose St. ... 10-14 Wyoming ......... 34-42 a New Mexico .... 26-35 San Diego St. ... 16-46 Utah State ................. a UNLV ......................

Conference L PF PA 0 355 91 1 447 87 3 336 246 4 315 200 4 273 286 5 208 366 6 243 292 6 250 361 7 142 240 9 95 495

MARIETTA (3-7) Denison ......... 21-34 a Mount Union .... 0-56 a Muskingum ... 10-28 Baldwin-Wallace 62-56 a John Carroll .... 7-42 Wilmington .... 66-23 a Heidelberg .... 28-41 Ohio Northern 29-45 Capital ............ 27-21 a Otterbein ....... 21-49

TROY (8-1) Austin Peay ...... 57-17 a Clemson ......... 24-30 a Southern Miss 37-31 New Mexico St. .. 52-6 a Idaho .............. 34-13 Georgia State ... 31-21 a South Alabama 28-21 UMass ............... 52-31 Appalachian St. .. 28-24 Arkansas State ......... a Texas State ............ a Georgia Southern ....

UL-LAFAYETTE (4-5) S-3 Boise State ....... 10-45 S-10 McNeese State .. 30-22 S-17 S. Alabama ....... 28-23 S-24 a Tulane ............ 39-41 O-1 a N. Mexico St. .. 31-37 O-12 Appalachian St. . 0-24 O-22 a Texas State ...... 27-3 N-5 Idaho ................ 13-23 N-10 a Ga. Southern .. 33-26 N-19 a Georgia ...................

N-26 Arkansas State .........

D-3 a ULM ........................

S-3 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12

Overall W L PF 9 1 369 9 1 492 6 4 364 5 5 345 5 5 299 4 6 208 4 6 285 3 7 271 3 7 159 0 10 115

PA 124 97 276 234 315 400 292 395 256 544

MUSKINGUM (3-7) a Waynesburg .. 17-16 Capital ............ 16-34 Marietta ........... 28-10 a Heidelberg .... 24-27 Otterbein ........ 17-30 a Baldwin-Wallace 13-14 a Ohio Northern . 3-44 John Carroll .... 3-31 Mount Union .... 0-44 a Wilmington ..... 37-7

OHIO NORTHERN (5-5) S-10 a Utica (NY) ..... 30-34 S-17 a Heidelberg .... 14-45 S-24 a Otterbein ....... 16-10 O-1 Mount Union .. 21-38 O-8 a Capital .......... 58-21 O-15 John Carroll .. 16-20 O-22 Muskingum ..... 44-3 O-29 a Marietta ......... 45-29 N-5 Wilmington ...... 80-3 N-12 a Baldwin-Wallace 21-31

PA 42 222 237 203 197 195

Overall L PF 1 365 3 367 3 389 3 344 5 297 7 240 L 1 6 7 7 7 9

PF 368 344 284 239 222 185

PA 217 305 337 262 272 286 PA 152 354 434 361 301 341

SAN DIEGO STATE (9-1) S-3 New Hampshire . 31-0 S-10 California .......... 45-40 S-17 a North. Illinois .. 42-28 O-1 a S. Alabama ..... 24-42 O-8 UNLV ................... 26-7 O-14 a Fresno State ..... 17-3 O-21 San Jose St. ....... 42-3 O-28 a Utah State ....... 40-13 N-5 Hawaii ................. 55-0 N-12 a Nevada ........... 46-16 N-19 a Wyoming ................

N-26 Colorado State ........

SAN JOSE STATE (3-7) S-3 a Tulsa .............. 10-45 S-10 Portland State .. 66-35 S-17 Utah ................... 17-34 S-24 a Iowa State ....... 10-44 O-1 a New Mexico .... 41-48 O-8 Hawaii ............... 17-34 O-15 Nevada ............. 14-10 O-21 a San Diego St. ... 3-42 O-29 UNLV ................. 30-24 N-4 a Boise State ..... 31-45 N-19 Air Force ..................

N-26 a Fresno State ...........

S-1 S-10 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-12 N-18 N-26

UNLV (4-6) Jackson State ... 63-13 a UCLA .............. 21-42 a Cent. Michigan . 21-44 Idaho ................ 30-33 Fresno State .... 45-20 a San Diego St. ... 7-26 a Hawaii ............ 41-38 Colorado St. .... 23-42 a San Jose St. ... 24-30 Wyoming ......... 69-66 a Boise State .............

Nevada .....................

S-3 S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12

OTTERBEIN (5-5) a Buffalo State . 26-29 a Wilmington ..... 52-7 Ohio Northern .. 10-16 Capital ............ 41-42 a Muskingum ... 30-17 Heidelberg ..... 45-38 a Baldwin-Wallace 33-30 Mount Union .... 7-66 a John Carroll .... 6-49 Marietta ........... 49-21

WILMINGTON (0-10) S-3 a Bluffton ......... 20-49 S-17 Otterbein .......... 7-52 S-24 a Capital .......... 21-35 O-1 John Carroll .... 7-67 O-8 Baldwin-Wallace 17-28 O-15 a Marietta ......... 23-66 O-22 a Mount Union .... 7-71 O-29 Heidelberg ....... 3-59 N-5 a Ohio Northern . 3-80 N-12 Muskingum ..... 7-37

HARVARD (7-2) Rhode Island .. 51-21 a Brown ........... 32-22 Georgetown .. 31-17 Cornell ........... 29-13 a Holy Cross .... 17-27 a Princeton ...... 23-20 a Dartmouth ..... 23-21 Columbia ....... 28-21 a Pennsylvania 14-27 Yale ..........................

S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-12 N-19

PRINCETON (7-2) Lafayette ......... 35-31 a Lehigh .......... 28-42 a Columbia ...... 48-13 a Colgate ......... 31-17 Brown ............... 31-7 Harvard .......... 20-23 a Cornell ............ 56-7 Pennsylvania ... 28-0 a Yale ................ 31-3 Dartmouth ...............

PENNSYLVANIA (6-3) S-17 Lehigh ........... 28-49 S-24 a Fordham ....... 17-31 O-1 a Dartmouth ..... 37-24 O-8 Cent. Conn. St. 28-16 O-15 Columbia ....... 35-10 O-21 a Yale ................ 42-7 O-29 Brown ............. 21-14 N-5 a Princeton ........ 0-28 N-11 Harvard .......... 27-14 N-19 a Cornell ...................

S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-21 O-28 N-5 N-12 N-19

YALE (2-7) Colgate ........... 13-55 a Cornell .......... 13-27 Lehigh ........... 35-63 Dartmouth ...... 21-13 a Fordham ....... 37-44 Pennsylvania ... 7-42 a Columbia ...... 31-23 a Brown ........... 22-27 Princeton ......... 3-31 a Harvard ..................

S-17 S-24 O-1 O-8 O-15 O-22 O-29 N-5 N-11 N-19

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Importance of Hydration & Nutrition “Your body is your weapon, if you want it to fire, you must load it properly.”

An athlete’s body must be taken care of as if it were a weapon or a high powered automobile.

The more appropriate care an athlete provides for their body the more efficient it will operate.

For instance, a high powered automobile Chad Snodgrass needs high octane MS, SCCC, CSCS gasoline, just like the Assistant Strength human body needs Coach high quality foods and hydration levels. The human body cannot perform at high levels if it is being loaded with poor food choices and lack of fuel.

The human body is predominantly made up of water, being 45% to 70% of the body, athletes need to be consistent with their hydration levels. The

human body requires constant fluid to remain functional and requires large amounts to compete at a high level of activity.

Water affects the body and its athletic performance more than any other nutrient. Therefore, when consuming water, one will be able to compete at their top performance and will also be far less likely to be hindered by the effects of dehydration such as cramping.

Athletes should be consuming 16 ounces of water two hours prior to competition to enhance their hydration levels. Once competition has begun, coaches should encourage athletes to continue to consume water and or sports drinks during the practice, game, or training session.

There should be a consumption of 6 to 8 fluid ounces every 15 to 20 minutes. Once an athlete has become thirsty, they have already lost 1 to 2% of water in their body. At the culmination of the competition, athletes should replenish their fluids with half

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of their body weight in fluid ounces. competition without consuming a high For example, if an athlete weighs 200 density carbohydrate snack. They should pounds, following a training session, be consuming 1.8 grams of carbs per practice, or game, they need to drink pound of body weight 4 hours prior to 100 fluid ounces of water and or sports training and 0.8 grams 2 hours prior. Pre drink to attempt to regain their hydra- competition meals should be should be tion level. high in carbohydrates Most athletes do (i.e. pasta and meat not understand how sauce) and should be “Once an athmany calories they consumed 3-4 hours lete has become should be consumprior to the competiing on a daily basis. tion. Following trainthirsty, they If an athlete’s training or competition the have already ing is considered athlete should conMild (bowling, golfsume calories high in lost 1 to 2% of ing), they should be protein and carbohywater in their consuming 12-14 drate to assist in their calories/pound/day. recovery process. body” Moderate training Y e s , (jogging, tennis) rethere is a lot of inquires 15-17 calories/pound/day while formation regarding what to eat/when Heavy training (basketball, football, to eat, why eat that and not this? Drink soccer, running) requires 18-24 calo- how much? When do I drink? Try to ries/pound/day. keep everything simple when planning During Very Heavy training (two-a- your meals. Athletes should be consumday practices, training camps) athletes ing three large meals of high quality nushould be consuming 24-29 calories/ trition along with a snack every 2 hours pound/day. This is a basic guideline to (2-3 snacks per day). Proper hydration assists athlete on how many calories they levels and consumption of high quality should be consuming on a daily basis. nutrition is key to proper recovery from Again, this is a guideline and athletes, training and competition. Loading the as well as coaches, need to enforce high body with high quality gasoline (nutriquality foods and nutritional choices to tion) and the appropriate amount of oil their program. Athletes should never (water) will allow the body to perform at come to a training session, practice, or its highest rate.

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Overall W L PF PA

Shepherd 10 0 399 160 10 0 399 160 Fairmont State 9 1 314 163 10 1 330 166 Notre Dame 8 2 302 215 9 2 351 236 UVA-Wise 5 5 227 345 6 5 240 355 Glenville State 5 5 278 290 5 6 285 309 West Liberty 4 6 273 265 4 7 288 281 WV Wesleyan 4 6 237 232 4 7 244 270 Charleston 3 7 241 280 3 8 258 314 WV State 3 7 275 390 3 8 289 434 Urbana 2 8 210 332 3 8 264 339 Concord 2 8 179 263 2 9 197 282

WEEK 11 ROUNDUP

by Adam Zundell

#3 Shepherd 38, Urbana 14 URBANA, Ohio -- Shepherd won its third Mountain East Conference title in four years with a 3814 win over Urbana on Saturday afternoon at UU Stadium.

The Rams (10-0, 10-0) went up 14-0 in the first quarter and led by at least that margin the rest of the way in the victory. Shepherd likely has locked in a top seed in Super Region 1 and is in position to host a first round game in the NCAA Playoffs.

Brandon Hlavach had 133 yards and three touchdowns to lead the way for SU. Jeff Ziemba had 298 yards passing with two touchdowns. C.J. Davis led the receiving corps with seven grabs for 125 yards and a score. Tre Sullivan

CHARLESTON (3-8) S-3 a Notre Dame...........17-44 S-8 Shepherd.................22-38 S-17 a Glenville State.......28-35 S-22 WV State....................26-7 O-1 a Concord.................36-23 O-8 West Liberty............23-40 O-13 a Fairmont State.......13-21 O-22 Urbana.....................34-35 O-29 a WV Wesleyan........25-27 N-5 a Alderson-Broaddus.17-34 N-10 UVa-Wise.................17-10

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CONCORD (2-9) S-3 West Liberty............32-25 S-10 a Fairmont State.........0-28 S-17 Urbana.....................15-21 S-24 a WV Wesleyan........20-17 O-1 Charleston...............23-36 O-6 a UVA-Wise..............19-30 O-15 Notre Dame.............10-14 O-22 a Shepherd.................7-21 O-29 Glenville State...........8-19 N-5 a WV State...............45-52 N-12 a UNC-Pembroke.....18-19

GLENVILLE STATE (5-6) S-5 a Urbana...................44-24 S-10 WV Wesleyan..........31-28 S-19 a Charleston.............35-28 S-26 UVA-Wise................17-26 O-1 a Notre Dame...........28-34 O-8 a Shepherd.................7-38 O-13 a Alderson-Broaddus..7-19 O-24 a WV State...............43-26 O-29 a Concord..................19-8 N-3 West Liberty............24-41 N-10 a Fairmont State.......30-37

SHEPHERD (10-0) S-3 WV Wesleyan..........27-12 S-8 a Charleston.............38-22 S-17 UVA-Wise................64-13 S-24 a Notre Dame...........38-17 O-8 Glenville State...........38-7 O-15 a WV State...............70-24 O-22 Concord.....................21-7 O-29 a West Liberty..........38-27 N-5 Fairmont State........27-17 N-12 a Urbana...................38-14

UVA-WISE (6-5) S-1 a Tusculum...............13-10 S-10 Notre Dame.............29-35 S-17 a Shepherd...............13-64 S-24 Glenville State.........26-17 O-1 a WV State...............39-37 O-6 Concord...................30-19 O-15 a West Liberty..........28-27 O-22 Fairmont State..........3-58 O-29 a Urbana...................39-36 N-5 WV Wesleyan..........10-35 N-10 a Charleston.............10-17

WV STATE (3-8) S-3 Fairmont State........20-30 S-10 a Urbana...................37-24 S-17 WV Wesleyan..........14-35 S-22 a Charleston...............7-26 O-1 UVA-Wise................37-39 O-8 a Notre Dame...........21-48 O-15 Shepherd.................24-70 O-22 a Glenville State.......26-43 O-29 UNC-Pembroke.......14-44 N-5 Concord...................52-45 N-12 a West Liberty..........37-30

FAIRMONT STATE (10-1) S-3 a WV State...............30-20 S-10 Concord.....................28-0 S-15 a West Liberty..........21-20 S-22 a Alderson-Broaddus...16-3 O-1 Urbana.....................48-14 O-8 a WV Wesleyan........31-17 O-13 Charleston...............21-13 O-22 a UVa-Wise................58-3 O-27 Notre Dame.............23-19 N-5 a Shepherd...............17-27 N-10 Glenville State.........37-30

NOTRE DAME (9-2) S-3 Charleston...............44-17 S-10 a UVA-Wise..............35-29 S-17 a Malone...................49-21 S-24 Shepherd.................17-38 O-1 Glenville State.........34-28 O-8 WV State..................48-21 O-15 a Concord.................14-10 O-22 West Liberty............30-14 O-27 a Fairmont State.......19-23 N-5 Urbana.....................35-14 N-12 a WV Wesleyan........26-21

URBANA (3-8) S-1 a Glenville State.......24-44 S-10 WV State..................24-37 S-17 a Concord.................21-15 S-24 West Liberty..............8-21 O-1 a Fairmont State.......14-48 O-8 Cincinnati Christian.....54-7 O-15 WV Wesleyan..........20-21 O-22 a Charleston.............35-34 O-29 UVa-Wise.................36-39 N-5 a Notre Dame...........14-35 N-12 Shepherd.................14-38

WEST LIBERTY (4-7) S-3 a Concord.................25-32 S-10 a McKendree............15-16 S-15 Fairmont State........20-21 S-24 a Urbana.....................21-8 O-29 WV Wesleyan..........28-24 O-8 a Charleston.............40-23 O-15 UVA-Wise................27-28 O-22 a Notre Dame...........14-30 O-29 Shepherd.................27-38 N-3 a Glenville State.......41-24 N-12 WV State..................30-37

WV WESLEYAN (4-7) S-3 a Shepherd...............12-27 S-10 Glenville State.........28-31 S-17 a WV State...............35-14 S-24 Concord.....................7-20 S-29 a West Liberty..........24-28 O-8 Fairmont State........17-31 O-15 a Urbana...................21-20 O-20 a East Tenn State.......7-38 O-29 Charleston...............27-25 N-5 a UVA-Wise..............35-10 N-12 Notre Dame.............21-26

paced the defense with eight total tackles.

Urbana (3-8, 2-8) was held to just 71 yards rushing in the game. Marcus Graham had 269 yards passing with one touchdown. Trevon Saunders hauled in seven passes for 93 yards with a TD. Carlton Rematt had 10 total tackles for the Blue Knights, and Tommy Harris added 10 sacks, including 1.5 for a loss.

WV State 37, West Liberty 30 WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. -- West Virginia State won in a shootout for the second-straight week defeating West Liberty, 37-30, on Saturday afternoon at West Family Stadium.

The Yellow Jackets (3-8, 3-7) held a slim 24-20 lead at the half, and stretched the lead to 37-27 after three quarters. WVSU held West Liberty to just a field goal in the final quarter to hold on for the win.

Matt Kinnick was an impres-

sive 30-of- 38 for 367 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. Juwan Etheredge led a balanced WVSU rushing attack with 76 yards and a pair of scores.

Tyrell Henderson had 150 yards receiving and two touchdowns, and Quinton Gray had 122 receiving yards and a TD. Dennis Gardeck led the way defensively with seven tackles, and Trent Williamson and Brandon Garcia each added two TFLs on the day. WVSU held the Hilltoppers to just 71 yards rushing in the game.

Dakota Conwell threw for 435 yards and four touchdowns in a losing effort for the Hilltoppers (4-7, 4-6). Dan Monteroso had eight catches for 145 yards and two touchdowns. Anton McCallum added five catches for 119 yards and a score.

Kevin Melder had a game-high 11 tackles for WLU. Miles Young had nine tackles, including two for a loss.

Notre Dame 26, WV Wesleyan 21 BUCKHANNON, W.Va. -- Malik Grove connected with B.J. Baldwin for a 40-yard touchdown score to lift Notre Dame to a 26-21 win over West Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday at Cebe Ross Field.

The win caps a 9-2 (8-2 MEC) season for Notre Dame -- the best in program history. WVWC ends the season 4-7 overall and 4-6 in the MEC. West Virginia Wesleyan led throughout the day and late into the fourth quarter. The Falcons took over from their own 24 with 6:32 and went 76 yards in just seven plays for the game-winning score. WVWC managed just one first down on its next drive and Notre Dame managed to hold on for the victory.

Grove finished with 251 yards passing and four touchdowns, and also added 50 yards rushing. D.J. Greene contributed 100 yards on the ground on 29 carries. Mitchell

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Shegos grabbed 11 passes for 101 yards with one touchdown. Baldwin had two TD receptions on the day and finished with 93 yards.

Claudy Mathieu piled up 5.5 tackles for a loss for the Falcons, including 1.5 sacks. Onslow Williams was in on a pair of TFLs. WVWC’s Michael Anderson was limited to just 35 yards on 19 carries, but did have four catches for 58 yards. Ryan Deal had 272 yards passing and a pair of touchdowns. Chad Pinson had a team-high nine tackles, and Cody Goode had seven stops, including a pair of sacks. #18 UNC Pembroke 19, Concord 18 PEMBROKE, N.C. -- Matt Davis’ 37-yard field goal in the fourth quarter spoiled Concord’s upset bid as No. 18 UNC Pembroke edged the Mountain Lions, 19-18, on Saturday afternoon at Grace P. Johnson Stadium.

The Mountain Lions held the Braves to just six first downs and 144 yards of total offense, including just 48 passing yards. The game was tied 16-16 at the half and after three quarters, and the

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only points in the fourth quarter was a safety for Concord and Davis’ field goal.

Brian Novak was 14-of- 22 for 179 yards passing for CU. Jermeil Douse had six receptions for 120 yards.

Kevin Pierre led the strong defensive effort with seven total tackles, including 4.5 for a loss.

Akil Bordelon and Chaudlier Shepherd each picked off a pass. #22 Fairmont St. 37, Glenville St. 30 FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- Fairmont State withstood a late Glenville State rally and defeated the Pioneers, 37-30, on Thursday night at Duvall-Rosier Field.

The Falcons (10-1, 9-1) took a significant step towards their first NCAA Playoff berth with the win over the Pioneers (5-6, 5-5). Fairmont State entered the week fourth in the Super Region 1 rankings and needs to finish in the top seven for a berth.

Fairmont State led 35-10 early in the third quarter before Glenville State rallied. The Pioneers had the ball with over a minute to play, but D.J. Williams couldn’t handle a pass and it fell to Emanuel Ivey for the interception. Ivey

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Terrell Charles led the way for FSU with 149 yards rushing and three touchdowns, and also had a 13-yard ouchdown reception.

Cooper Hibbs threw for 275 yards and two scores. Fabian Guerra had 11 catches for 94 yards and a score. In addition to Ivey’s three picks, Marcus Porter had nine tackles and a TFL for the Falcons on defense.

Dante Roberts had 303 yards passing with three touchdowns and three interceptions. Dante Absher had 116 yards receiving and three scores. Marquis Walker was limited to 49 yards rushing and one touchdown.

Trow Brown had 10 tackles for GSC. Charleston 17, UVa-Wise 10 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The University of Charleston rallied from a 10-0 first half deficit and defeated the Cavs, 17-10, on Thursday night at UC Stadium.

Down 10-0 at the half, T.J. Matrascia recovered a fumble and took it into the end zone to get UC on the board. Brett Benes would later add a 22-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, and Marvin Elam plunged in from

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three yards out for the game-winning score with 6:38 left in the game.

The Golden Eagles (3-8, 3-7) won despite being held to -30 yards rushing in the game. Brant Griesel and Anthony Fontana combined for 178 yards passing and one touchdown. D’Andre Brooks had six catches for 79 yards. Rhakeem Stallings led the team defensively with 10 tackles, including two for a loss and four quarterback hurries.

Brycen Lee was limited to just 11-of- 35 passing from 169 yards.

Carlton Griffith had 84 yards rushing with a touchdown. Zachary Blair had 10 tackles and added two more TFL to his career total.

The 28-team field for the NCAA Division II Playoffs will be announced on Sunday evening. The MEC will likely get two teams into the playoffs for the second-straight year with Shepherd in line for the No. 2 seed in the region, and Fairmont State up for the No. 4 seed in the tournament. If those teams in fact remain in those seeds, those teams will be at home for the first round of the playoffs. Notre Dame College was seeded eighth last week in the regional rankings and has only slim hopes of making the playoffs.

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EAST HARDY SECURES TOP SEED IN CLASS A

With the exception of 12th-seeded Hurricane knocking off fifth-seeded University 38-14, the Friday night slate of playoff games went largely as expected with many of the top-seeded teams winning in blowout fashion. The playoff landscape would shift drastically in Saturday afternoon’s games, however, as three top-5 teams, one in each classification, were knocked out.

The biggest surprise happened in the Eastern Panhandle. Musselman, which entered the playoffs seeded third in AAA and had suffered its only in-state loss at the hands of top-seeded Martinsburg, was soundly beaten 36-0 by 14-seed Jefferson. The Cougars had entered the playoffs with a 5-5 record and lost the regular season matchup between the two teams 40-15.

Elsewhere on Saturday, AA 4-seed Sissonville scored two early defensive touchdowns to jump out to a 21-7 lead over 13 th -seeded Weir and held on to that margin at halftime. The Red Riders roared back in the second half and took a 29-21 lead midway through the final period. Sissonville drove 75 yards in less than a minute to score a touch-

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down with no time left on the clock, but the Indians were unable to convert the two-pointer, and Weir escaped with the 29-27 victory. In Class A, 12th-seeded Pendleton County knocked off 5-seed Cameron 50-30 to complete the Saturday afternoon upsets.

Friday night’s action was highlighted by a pair of 10-seeds knocking off 7-seeds, though neither could be classified as a major upset. South Charleston and Huntington traded leads for much of the night, but the Black Eagles came away with the 31-28 victory after stopping Huntington at the one yard line on 4 th -and- goal with less than 30 seconds to play, beating the Highlanders for the second time this season. The other one was not close, as Keyser dominated Nicholas County, racing out to a 41-0 halftime lead before cruising to a 50-12 victory.

South Charleston, Hurricane, Jefferson, Keyser, Weir, and Pendleton County were the only lower-seeded teams to pick up victories in the opening round.

Most of the rest of the contests were not close, with a few noteworthy exceptions.

In AA, top-seeded Bridgeport started slow and was in a scoreless tie at the half with Roane County before rolling to a 28-7 win. Point Pleasant withstood a late North Marion rally and held on for a 45-42, and James Monroe held off Winfield to win 38-28. Fairmont Senior had a big second half to put away Her-

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bert Hoover and win 48-27.

Tolsia, the fourth-seeded team in Class A, led 14-0 at the half and jumped out to a 20-0 lead early in the third quarter, but rival Tug Valley came storming back to tie the game just a few minutes later.

Tolsia scored one more touchdown late in the third and held on for a 26-20 win to advance to the quarterfinals.

Playoff Opening Round Top Performers Bryson Gilbert, RB, Fairmont Senior 211 yds on 12 carries, 3 TDs, Rec TD, INT return TD in win over Herbert Hoover Brady Ours, QB, Keyser 217 yds on 7-of- 11 passing, 2 TDs, 110 yds on 9 carries, 2 TDs, 100 yd INT return TD in win over Nicholas County Jaiden Smith, RB, St. Marys 241 yds on 24 carries, 3 TDs in win over Buffalo Games to Watch in Quarterfinals AAA #10 South Charleston at #2 Spring Valley The Black Eagles hung with Spring Valley before losing 29-15 when these two teams met in South Charleston midway through the season. #12 Hurricane at #4 Morgantown Hurricane made the long trip and knocked off University in the first round,

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and now they will be making the same trip in the second round and looking to do the same to Morgantown.

AA #10 Keyser at #2 Mingo Central Keyser made the long trip and handled business against a good team in the first round. Now, the Golden Tornado make an even longer trip and face a tougher test in the quarterfinals against a Mingo Central squad that has been strong, especially at home. #6 James Monroe at #3 Point Pleasant Both these squads held on late to secure wins at home in the opening round.

Point is looking to return to the semifinals for a second straight season after making it in AAA a year ago, while James Monroe looks to return for the first time since 2008.

A #8 Williamstown at #1 East Hardy The path to the championship becomes difficult very quickly for East Hardy against a Williamstown squad that, despite two losses, proved itself to be one of the best teams in Class A all season long. #6 Wheeling Central at #3 Fayetteville The Pirates were strong in their opening round win, but now they will welcome in the best Single A team they have faced this season in Wheeling Central.

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The full schedule for FNF Games of the Week.

All games will start at 7 p.m. with a pregame show at 6:55: August 26 – Spring Valley 55 - Cabell Midland 26 September 2 – Cabell Midland 29 - South Charleston 0 September 9 - Huntington 24 - George Washington 18 September 16 – Capital 42 - Cabell Midland 23 September 23. – Riverside 49 - St. Albans 28 September 30 – Huntington 49 - Ripley 24 October 7 – Cabell Midland 27 - Huntington 20 October 14 – Huntington 24 - Hurricane 13 October 21 – South Charleston 34 - Huntington 23 October 28 – Capital 30 - South Charleston 27 November 4 – George Washington 34 - Capital 18 When teams take the field on Friday night, you can keep up with scores around the state on Twitter and catch all the highlights on FNF Extra at 11:10 p.m. on WCHS-TV and online.

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AND THEN THERE WERE 24...

The country has selected a new president (Donald Trump). The great state of West Virginia will have a new leader come January as its governor (Jim Justice).

Meanwhile, on the West Virginia high school football scene we now know there will be at least two of the three classMark Martin es crowning a new Sports Director for state champion.

In Class A, last WCHS-TV and year’s winner MagWVAH-TV nolia didn’t make the postseason while returning Class AAA champ Wheeling Park was beaten on Friday night by George Washington in the Battle of the Patriots.

Three-time defending Class AA title winner Bridgeport has a shot at winning it again as the Indians advance to the next round thanks to a hard-earned win over Roane County.

THE LOCATIONS With just 24 teams now standing, it brings us to 12 games total this weekend, followed by six next weekend and then the three championship games. So do the

math, there are but 21 games left to be played, and enjoyed, in this 2016 season.

The locations this weekend are Martinsburg, West Huntington (Spring Valley), Morgantown and Charleston (Capital) in Class AAA. The places to be in Class AA are Bridgeport, Delbarton (Mingo Central), Point Pleasant and Fairmont (Fairmont Senior). Shifting to Class A it will be Baker (East Hardy), St. Marys, Fayetteville and Fort Gay (Tolsia).

REMEMBER THE TITANS What a season it has been for the Gilmer County Titans.

S teve Shuff, a Glenville State College Hall of Fame inductee this fall for his great basketball career, has guided the Titans to the school’s first-ever unbeaten season and playoff berth.

The historic opening round postseason game was played Saturday night at Morris Stadium in Glenville against Summers County.

The one-time Midland Trail Patriot multi-sports star lauds the efforts of Ike and Sue Morris for the facilities they have provided the young people of Gilmer County along with the students at GSC. S huff has a solid eight-member senior class, who he coached during their youth football days.

The likeable head coach, who also coaches the Titan basketball program, is looking forward to his team’s big challenge on Friday night against unbeaten St. Marys.

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Shuff feels blessed to be a part of the Gilmer County community where he has been since his college days in the ‘90s.

He was fortunate to play under the guidance of Gary Nottingham, the current head men’s basketball coach at West Virginia Wesleyan, during his time as a Pioneer.

He raves about Nottingham along with his high school coaches Steve Spicer, Jim Martin and John Flournoy.

INTERESTING MATCHUP

When Gilmer County invades St. Marys Friday night they will meet Jodi Mote’s Blue Devils at beautiful Bill Hanlin Stadium.

The venue was recently named in honor of the West Virginia coaching legend. Hanlin, who is in his 80s, serves now as one of Mote’s assistants.

As a young coach, Hanlin guided the 1963 St. Marys team to an unbeaten season in which his Blue Devils did not allow a point the entire season.

He left St. Marys to become the head coach at Glenville State and had some incredible teams, including the 1973 NAIA runner-up.

Hanlin left coaching during his career to become an administrator with the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission, which oversees the football playoffs and all high school sports in West Virginia.

NINE WOULD BE FINE

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A victory last Saturday in Austin against the Texas Longhorns gave WVU eight on the season.

And while eight is great, nine would be fine. The chance for No. 9 comes up Saturday night in Morgantown against Oklahoma.

Game time is set for 8 p.m.

MEN IN BLACK On Saturday Marshall donned black jerseys to pay tribute to the 75 who died in the November 14, 1970 plane crash.

Besides the jerseys, the number 75 was again placed on each helmet.

And this year each side of the helmet featured the logo for the Young Thundering Herd, which started the rebirth of the program in 1971.

Once more, the current Thundering Herd players played their hearts in the game surrounding the crash date and came away with the biggest and most important win of the season.

In case you missed it, Marshall took care of a solid Middle Tennessee team by a final of 42-17.

TALKING TURKEY By this time next week we will know what 12 teams are moving on in the postseason of Mountain State high School football.

Those teams will be the ones getting to not only eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day but stage a football practice.

It’s the dream of every coach in West Virginia.

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MORGANTOWN (9-2) Anacostia, DC ........... 59-0 a Brooke ...................... 36-0 Parkersburg South .................. 31-19 a Washington .............. 42-7 Martinsburg ................ 6-33 Musselman ................. 14-21 a Wheeling Park ......... 41-14 a Riverside ................... 32-14 John Marshall ............ 60-0 University .................. 41-28 Spring Mills ................ 25-7

A-26 S-2 S-9 S-16 S-23 S-30 O-7 O-14 O-21 N-4 N-11

SPRING VALLEY (10-1) a Cabell Midland ......... 55-26 Huntington .................. 13-17 St Albans .................... 70-14 a George Washington ... 54-21 a South Charleston .... 29-15 Hurricane ................... 36-0 Riverside ................... 49-0 a Ripley ........................ 47-6 Capital ........................ 21-0 a Greenbrier East ........ 58-14 Buckhannon-Upshur ... 54-7

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FAIRMONT SENIOR (8-2) a Robert C. Byrd ........ 49-12 a North Marion ............ 37-15 a B u c k h a n n o n - U p s h u r .................. 43-7 University .................. 28-7 Elkins .......................... 42-13 Weir ............................. 20-3 a Jefferson .................. 24-35 Bridgeport .................. 14-17 East Fairmont ............ 48-7 Herbert Hoover ........ 48-27

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Tolsia .......................... a Sissonville .................. a Nitro .......................... a Wayne ......................

Poca .............................

Chapmanville ............ a Scott ..........................

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POINT PLEASANT (11-0) a Lincoln County ........ 44-6 a Ripley ........................ 19-17 Gallia Academy, OH ... 61-12 Logan ........................... 41-12 a Mount View .............. 65-22 Parkersburg South ...... 39-12 Bluefield ..................... 45-24 a Man ........................... 41-0 a Westside ................... 52-14 Princeton .................... 62-13 North Marion .............. 45-42

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Cabell Midland ..........

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Hurricane ................... a Woodrow Wilson ................... a Spring Valley ............ a South Charleston ....

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GEORGE WASHINGTON (8-3) South Charleston .................. 6-13 Ashland Blazer, KY .......................... 49-6 a Huntington ............... 18-24 Spring Valley ............. 21-54 a Ripley ........................ 45-21 a Woodrow Wilson ...... 41-6 a St Albans .................. 56-20 Riverside ................... 21-6 a Hurricane .................. 35-2 a Capital ...................... 34-18 Wheeling Park ........... 37-6

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Musselman ................. a Hedgesville ............... a Sherando, VA .......... a Handley, VA ............. a Spring Mills ................

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KEYSER (8-3) Petersburg ................. a Berkeley Springs ......

Fort Hill, MD ............... a Weir ........................... a Allegany, MD ............

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Wirt County .................. a Parkersburg Catholic ............. a Marietta, OH ............. a Williamstown ..............

Calhoun County ......... a Magnolia .................... a South Harrison .........

Ravenswood ................ a Tyler Consolidated ..

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FAYETTEVILLE (11-0) a Clay County .............. 28-0 a Valley (Fayette) ........ 43-0 a Richwood ................... 49-6 Meadow Bridge .......... 58-8 a Oak Hill ....................... 56-0 PikeView ........................ 48-7 a Nicholas County ....... 4 4 - 4 2 Midland Trail ............... 5 1 - 3 1 a Buffalo ........................ 2 4 - 2 1 Greenbrier West ....... 5 3 - 1 8 Van ................................... 28-0

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Edison Local, OH ....... a John Marshall ...........

Keyser ........................ a Petersburg ................

Union Local, OH ....... a Fairmont Senior .......

Warren Local, OH ........................... a East Liverpool, OH ................. a Brooke ...................... a Sissonville .................

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Philip Barbour ........... a Liberty (Harrison) ..... a East Fairmont ...........

Bridgeport .................. a Lewis County ...........

Roane County ............ a Grafton .....................

Robert C. Byrd .........

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Jalen Hesen Martinsburg Bulldogs

Hurricane, West Virginia 6' 0" ... 215 lbs ... Tight End

Williamstown, West Virginia 6' 0" ... 185 lbs ... Wide Receiver ... Defensive End

Martinsburg, West Virginia 6' 2" ... 260 lbs... Guard ... Defensive End

Coach Jeremy Taylor comments, "Senior ...has great hands ... an exceptional route runner and blocker ... hard worker ... lives in the weight room ... excellent athlete overall ... very dependable ... does it right the first time ... one of the pillars of the school ... a role model to younger kids ... very involved with the community.”

Coach Terry Smith comments, " Senior... starts on both offense and defense ... also a team captain ... never misses a practice or film study ... works hard ... a leader by example ... just a really good person and student athlete ...

Honor roll student .”

Coach David Walker comments, “Junior ... a grinder ... very hard nosed football player ... has a great work ethic that shows when he plays ... a leader on the team and the school ... very polite and a good student in the classroom ... 3.0 GPA ... is also a member of the school’s basketball and track and field teams.”

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Congratulations, Playoff Qualifiers!

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#2 - Spring Valley Spring Valley 54-7

Spring Valley Nov. 18 7:30 pm

Jefferson 36-0

Martinsburg 69-0

#8 - G. Washington #9 - Wheeling Park

G. Washington 37-6

#7 - Huntington S. Charleston 31-28

Martinsburg Nov. 19 1:30 pm

#10 - S. Charleston #3 - Musselman

#1 - Martinsburg #16 - Hedgesville

#15 - Buck.-Upshur

Laidley Field Nov. 19 1:30 pm

#14 - Jefferson #6 - Capital

Capital 28-7

#11 - Cabell Midland

#4 - Morgantown #13 - Spring Mills

Morgantown 25-7 Morgantown Nov. 18 7:30 pm

#5 - University #12 - Hurricane

Hurricane 38-14

#2 - Mingo Cent.

Mingo Cent.

55-7

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JB Harless/ Mingo Central Nov. 18 7:30 pm

#9 - Independence

Lincoln 35-12

Wayne Jamison Stadium Nov. 18 7:30 pm

#10 - Keyser #3 - Pt. Pleasant

Bridgeport 28-7

#8 - Lincoln

#7 - Nicholas Co. Keyser 50-12

Pt. Pleasant 45-42

#1 - Bridgeport #16 - Roane Co.

#15 - Liberty (H)

Pt. Pleasant Nov. 19 7:30 pm

#14 - North Marion #6 - James Monroe

James Monroe 38-28

#11 - Winfield

#4 - Sissonville #13 - Weir

Weir 29-27

#5 - Fairmont Sr. #12 - Herbert Hoover

Fairmont Sr. 48-27

East-West Stadium Nov. 19 1:30 pm

#2 - St. Marys St. Marys 49-7

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#1 - East Hardy #16 - Tyler Cons.

Williamstown 55-27

East Hardy Nov. 18 7:30 pm

Tolsia 26-20

#5 - Cameron #12 - Pendleton Co.

Pendleton Co. 50-30

#10 - Summers Co. #3 - Fayetteville

#4 - Tolsia #13 - Tug Valley

#7 - Gilmer Co. Gilmer Co. 34-20

Fayetteville 28-0

East Hardy 54-22

#8 - Williamstown #9 - South Harrison

St. Marys/ Hanlin Stadium Nov. 18 7:30 pm

#15 - Buffalo

Tolsia Nov. 19 1:30 pm

Fayetteville Nov. 19 1:30 pm

#14 - Van #6 - Wheeling Cent.

Wheeling Cent.

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2016 OVERALL NFL RUSHING LEADERS (BY TOTAL YARDS)

2016 OVERALL NFL PASSING LEADERS (BY TOTAL YARDS) Rk 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

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Player Team Matt Ryan ATL Drew Brees NO Philip Rivers SD Kirk Cousins WAS Andrew Luck IND Derek Carr OAK Marcus Mariota TEN Carson Palmer ARI Russell Wilson SEA Blake Bortles JAX Aaron Rodgers GB Joe Flacco BAL Matthew Stafford DET Ben Roethlisberger PIT Andy Dalton CIN Jameis Winston TB Dak Prescott DAL Eli Manning NYG Case Keenum LA Carson Wentz PHI Ryan Tannehill MIA Trevor Siemian DEN Sam Bradford MIN Cam Newton CAR Ryan Fitzpatrick NYJ Brock Osweiler HOU Alex Smith KC Tyrod Taylor BUF Tom Brady NE Brian Hoyer CHI Cody Kessler CLE Colin Kaepernick SF

Pos Comp Att QB 236 346 QB 263 376 QB 229 369 QB 237 354 QB 221 347 QB 234 354 QB 203 317 QB 207 331 QB 203 304 QB 228 380 QB 233 369 QB 237 379 QB 214 318 QB 205 317 QB 193 288 QB 204 339 QB 187 280 QB 197 306 QB 191 313 QB 202 311 QB 173 265 QB 175 291 QB 197 283 QB 161 277 QB 168 298 QB 190 324 QB 179 271 QB 162 268 QB 121 166 QB 134 200 QB 119 178 QB 70 132

Pct 68.2 69.9 62.1 66.9 63.7 66.1 64.0 62.5 66.8 60.0 63.1 62.5 67.3 64.7 67.0 60.2 66.8 64.4 61.0 65.0 65.3 60.1 69.6 58.1 56.4 58.6 66.1 60.4 72.9 67.0 66.9 53.0

Att/G 34.6 41.8 36.9 39.3 38.6 39.3 31.7 41.4 33.8 42.2 41.0 42.1 35.3 39.6 36.0 37.7 31.1 38.2 34.8 34.6 29.4 32.3 35.4 34.6 33.1 36.0 33.9 29.8 33.2 33.3 25.4 26.4

Yds 3,247 2,992 2,886 2,716 2,565 2,505 2,482 2,444 2,442 2,421 2,410 2,374 2,373 2,357 2,349 2,349 2,339 2,241 2,169 2,121 2,117 2,028 2,022 1,994 1,983 1,818 1,816 1,769 1,635 1,445 1,241 938

Avg 9.4 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.1 7.8 7.4 8.0 6.4 6.5 6.3 7.5 7.4 8.2 6.9 8.4 7.3 6.9 6.8 8.0 7.0 7.1 7.2 6.7 5.6 6.7 6.6 9.8 7.2 7.0 7.1

Yds/G 324.7 332.4 288.6 301.8 285.0 278.3 248.2 305.5 271.3 269.0 267.8 263.8 263.7 294.6 293.6 261.0 259.9 280.1 241.0 235.7 235.2 225.3 252.8 249.2 220.3 202.0 227.0 196.6 327.0 240.8 177.3 187.6

TD 24 24 20 14 17 17 21 11 10 16 22 9 18 20 9 19 14 12 9 9 10 12 11 10 8 11 8 10 12 6 6 5

Int 5 7 11 7 7 3 8 8 2 11 7 9 5 7 3 10 2 8 11 5 7 7 2 7 13 9 3 3 1 0 1 2

1st 148 152 143 132 117 121 115 123 109 130 129 113 117 116 110 121 111 98 101 101 90 98 102 99 96 94 98 85 69 75 61 41

1st% 42.8 40.4 38.8 37.3 33.7 34.2 36.3 37.2 35.9 34.2 35.0 29.8 36.8 36.6 38.2 35.7 39.6 32.0 32.3 32.5 34.0 33.7 36.0 35.7 32.2 29.0 36.2 31.7 41.6 37.5 34.3 31.1

Lng 76T 98T 59 57 64T 68 60 58 59 51T 58 95T 73T 72T 54T 45T 83T 75T 65T 73T 74T 69T 46 78T 57 53 46T 84T 63 64 44 65T

20+ 40+ Sck Rate 46 14 24 115.1 40 6 13 107.0 36 11 25 92.0 35 4 12 94.8 37 3 33 93.9 32 6 11 99.1 37 6 14 99.6 28 3 26 86.0 27 5 19 99.4 26 3 21 80.6 25 4 22 93.9 24 6 20 78.3 30 4 20 101.6 32 7 14 98.8 33 9 25 98.0 24 3 22 87.5 25 6 13 106.2 25 7 11 88.4 31 8 23 76.8 27 4 19 87.6 30 8 20 91.3 20 5 19 85.0 26 3 24 99.9 22 3 23 82.0 27 2 17 67.6 18 2 17 74.1 18 3 18 90.3 20 3 23 87.7 22 4 10 125.5 13 1 4 98.0 13 4 15 95.7 12 4 11 82.2

Marcus Mariota led an inspired charge Sunday as the Titans dominated the Packers. He was 19-for-26 and had 295 yards, plus four important touchdowns.

R k Player Team 1 Ezekiel Elliott DAL 2 DeMarco Murray TEN 3 Melvin Gordon SD 4 David Johnson ARI 5 Matt Forte NYJ 6 Jay Ajayi MIA 7 Lamar Miller HOU 8 LeSean McCoy BUF 9 LeGarrette Blount NE 10 Devonta Freeman ATL 11 Jordan Howard CHI 12 Frank Gore IND 13 Spencer Ware KC 14 Isaiah Crowell CLE 15 Mark Ingram NO 16 Todd Gurley LA 16 Jeremy Hill CIN 18 Terrance West BAL 19 Christine Michael SEA 20 Matt Jones WAS 21 Carlos Hyde SF 22 C.J. Anderson DEN 23 Le'Veon Bell PIT 24 Devontae Booker DEN 24 Ryan Mathews PHI 26 Latavius Murray OAK 26 Jacquizz Rodgers TB 28 Tyrod Taylor BUF 29 Eddie Lacy GB 30 Jonathan Stewart CAR 31 Darren Sproles PHI 32 DeAndre WashingtonOAK

Pos RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB QB RB RB RB RB

Att 198 191 217 175 189 127 168 133 182 145 114 145 115 121 115 167 104 132 117 99 122 110 100 104 95 89 88 54 71 92 61 62

Att/G Yds 22.0 1,005 19.1 930 21.7 838 19.4 760 18.9 732 15.9 725 18.7 720 16.6 683 20.2 678 14.5 669 14.2 605 16.1 592 14.4 572 12.1 551 12.8 547 18.6 515 13.0 515 14.7 510 13.0 469 14.1 460 17.4 443 15.7 437 16.7 433 10.4 396 10.6 396 12.7 393 14.7 393 6.0 362 14.2 360 15.3 334 6.8 304 6.9 302

Avg Yds/G TD Lng 1st 1st% 20+ 40+FUM 5.1 111.7 9 60T 58 29.3 8 1 3 4.9 93.0 8 75T 45 23.6 4 2 2 3.9 83.8 9 48 48 22.1 6 3 2 4.3 84.4 9 58T 39 22.3 5 2 2 3.9 73.2 7 32 31 16.4 5 0 1 5.7 90.6 6 62T 36 28.3 8 3 2 4.3 80.0 2 45 34 20.2 3 1 1 5.1 85.4 6 53 29 21.8 6 1 2 3.7 75.3 12 41T 39 21.4 3 1 2 4.6 66.9 3 48 38 26.2 4 1 0 5.3 75.6 2 69 33 28.9 3 2 1 4.1 65.8 4 22 35 24.1 1 0 1 5.0 71.5 2 46 32 27.8 3 2 3 4.6 55.1 5 85T 27 22.3 4 1 0 4.8 60.8 2 75T 24 20.9 1 1 2 3.1 57.2 3 18 28 16.8 0 0 2 5.0 64.4 5 74T 23 22.1 4 3 0 3.9 56.7 3 35 24 18.2 4 0 2 4.0 52.1 6 41T 27 23.1 2 1 1 4.6 65.7 3 57 28 28.3 3 1 3 3.6 63.3 6 34 22 18.0 2 0 1 4.0 62.4 4 28 22 20.0 1 0 0 4.3 72.2 1 44 19 19.0 1 1 2 3.8 39.6 2 18 19 18.3 0 0 2 4.2 44.0 7 30 23 24.2 5 0 2 4.4 56.1 8 42 26 29.2 2 1 0 4.5 65.5 1 45 20 22.7 2 1 0 6.7 40.2 4 49 19 35.2 5 1 3 5.1 72.0 0 31 15 21.1 4 0 0 3.6 55.7 4 26 22 23.9 1 0 1 5.0 33.8 0 19 16 26.2 0 0 0 4.9 33.6 0 30 11 17.7 4 0 1

Tight end Delanie Walker was Mariota’s favorite target Sunday, racking up 124 yards and a touchdown grab on nine catches.

Ryan Mathews was a big part of the Eagles’ offense in a win over Atlanta.

Mathews rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on 19 attempts, coming up big for Philly.

* This week’s “By the Numbers” does not include stats from the Monday Night Game

Rk Team

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

2016 OVERALL NFL TEAM DEFENSIVE LEADERS (BY YARDS/GAME) G

Baltimore Ravens 9 Arizona Cardinals 9 Minnesota Vikings 9 Houston Texans 9 Denver Broncos 10 Philadelphia Eagles 9 Los Angeles Rams 9 Jacksonville Jaguars 9 Seattle Seahawks 9 Green Bay Packers 9 Chicago Bears 9 Dallas Cowboys 9 New York Jets 10 Buffalo Bills 9 Carolina Panthers 9 Tennessee Titans 10 New England Patriots 9 San Diego Chargers 10 Miami Dolphins 9 Washington Redskins 9 Kansas City Chiefs 9 Detroit Lions 9 New York Giants 8 Cincinnati Bengals 8 Pittsburgh Steelers 9 Atlanta Falcons 10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers9 Oakland Raiders 9 New Orleans Saints 9 Indianapolis Colts 9 Cleveland Browns 10 San Francisco 49ers 9

Pts/G TotPts Scr Pls

17.8 17.8 16.9 20.9 18.9 17.8 19.2 26.6 17.6 26 23.9 18.9 24.4 22.6 25.1 25.1 18.1 27.8 22.9 23.2 18.7 22.9 20.5 23.6 22.9 28.3 26.9 24.8 29.2 28.4 30.1 31.4

160 160 152 188 189 160 173 239 158 234 215 170 244 203 226 251 163 278 206 209 168 206 164 189 206 283 242 223 263 256 301 283

529 566 563 560 657 540 582 592 603 534 590 548 626 559 572 633 590 645 597 575 589 557 574 509 564 685 584 559 591 586 678 645

Yds/G

Yds/P 1st/G 3rd Md 3rd Att 3rd pct 4th Md 4th Att 4th Pct.

281.6 4.8 295.2 4.7 308.8 4.9 317.4 5.1 318.0 4.8 323.0 5.4 327.0 5.1 327.7 5.0 338.4 5.1 339.1 5.7 341.2 5.2 345.7 5.7 345.9 5.5 351.1 5.7 351.6 5.5 361.4 5.7 361.4 5.5 361.9 5.6 364.3 5.5 365.4 5.7 366.1 5.6 366.3 5.9 371.2 5.2 378.5 5.9 380.8 6.1 385.9 5.6 386.0 5.9 398.0 6.4 400.6 6.1 402.8 6.2 419.1 6.2 429.7 6.0

14.9 16.6 18.4 17.9 19.4 18.1 20.2 19.8 20.9 19.3 20.9 21.3 20.0 21.2 19.6 20.4 21.0 20.4 21.2 23.0 20.3 21.8 21.0 21.0 20.0 23.9 21.3 20.8 22.7 23.8 23.7 23.1

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124 128 119 123 140 110 122 136 130 112 124 105 125 112 118 129 118 129 117 109 119 115 133 101 120 134 115 108 109 105 128 132

32 37 40 37 38 36 41 43 44 38 39 41 39 38 37 38 42 40 33 46 44 49 41 41 38 44 35 33 42 42 50 47

8 4 1 0 4 5 5 4 3 7 8 3 1 2 6 4 4 7 3 4 4 3 4 1 3 9 4 2 3 1 4 1

11 8 7 6 11 14 6 8 8 10 9 6 6 9 8 8 13 11 6 8 10 6 8 5 7 14 5 6 8 2 6 3

73 50 14 0 36 36 83 50 38 70 89 50 17 22 75 50 31 64 50 50 40 50 50 20 43 64 80 33 38 50 67 33

Pen

67 69 49 62 65 60 53 63 58 67 58 48 54 75 68 98 65 88 65 65 51 69 60 57 67 67 76 69 56 70 58 57

P Yds

640 614 396 560 579 482 470 605 510 667 493 353 492 608 599 866 520 631 521 678 401 524 487 499 570 567 660 628 492 591 540 511

ToP/G

27:51 28:41 29:33 30:19 30:56 27:43 29:55 32:07 32:20 28:45 32:31 27:09 29:07 30:46 28:11 29:20 29:42 29:14 32:30 29:48 30:16 30:52 33:52 30:36 30:27 31:11 30:12 28:34 29:07 29:42 33:38 34:14

FUM Lost

13 6 15 7 13 8 10 4 13 10 15 7 12 6 8 2 10 3 7 3 9 3 15 6 15 3 16 6 9 3 3 2 12 4 13 8 13 3 14 6 16 9 9 3 9 1 7 3 13 6 14 5 14 9 17 7 13 9 11 5 7 2 13 8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

2016 OVERALL NFL RECEIVING LEADERS (BY TOTAL YARDS)

Julio Jones A.J. Green Amari Cooper Antonio Brown Mike Evans T.Y. Hilton Tyrell Williams Greg Olsen Stefon Diggs Brandin Cooks Kenny Britt Larry Fitzgerald Demaryius Thomas Odell Beckham Mike Wallace Emmanuel Sanders Marvin Jones Jarvis Landry Jordy Nelson Alshon Jeffery Doug Baldwin Kelvin Benjamin Terrelle Pryor Davante Adams Michael Thomas Brandon Marshall Michael Crabtree Jimmy Graham Jordan Matthews Delanie Walker Allen Robinson Rob Gronkowski

ATL CIN OAK PIT TB IND SD CAR MIN NO LA ARI DEN NYG BAL DEN DET MIA GB CHI SEA CAR CLE GB NO NYJ OAK SEA PHI TEN JAX NE

WR WR WR WR WR WR WR TE WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR TE WR TE WR TE

61 59 58 69 59 52 43 50 61 44 44 68 55 44 43 54 37 55 50 40 50 43 51 50 51 43 49 42 48 42 48 25

1,105 896 843 831 811 791 720 712 710 694 693 687 678 676 673 668 661 658 635 630 629 627 627 621 613 601 596 593 580 571 549 540

18.1 15.2 14.5 12.0 13.7 15.2 16.7 14.2 11.6 15.8 15.8 10.1 12.3 15.4 15.7 12.4 17.9 12.0 12.7 15.8 12.6 14.6 12.3 12.4 12.0 14.0 12.2 14.1 12.1 13.6 11.4 21.6

110.5 112.0 93.7 92.3 90.1 87.9 72.0 79.1 88.8 77.1 77.0 76.3 67.8 84.5 74.8 66.8 73.4 73.1 70.6 70.0 69.9 69.7 62.7 69.0 68.1 60.1 66.2 65.9 64.4 63.4 61.0 77.1

75T 54T 64T 51 45T 63T 51T 78T 46 98T 47 33 55T 75T 95T 41T 73T 42T 58 54 59 50 44 46 32T 41 56 40 54 47 35 53T

5 3 2 7 8 4 4 3 2 6 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 1 8 1 5 4 4 6 5 2 6 3 3 5 5 3

21 14 15 12 8 17 13 9 9 8 12 6 6 8 6 6 11 12 8 9 8 7 6 10 10 8 8 5 11 11 5 12

5 6 2 2 1 1 4 1 2 3 3 0 3 4 4 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1

47 38 35 42 49 34 31 35 38 27 33 40 32 29 30 35 28 31 34 31 30 33 34 30 31 31 35 30 27 21 36 19

77.0 64.4 60.3 60.9 83.1 65.4 72.1 70.0 62.3 61.4 75.0 58.8 58.2 65.9 69.8 64.8 75.7 56.4 68.0 77.5 60.0 76.7 66.7 60.0 60.8 72.1 71.4 71.4 56.3 50.0 75.0 76.0

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By what “vehicle” nickname was Auburn running back Carnell Williams known?

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Bowled Over 3. This bowl was first played in 1935. Only the Rose, Sugar and Orange Bowls are older.

To date it’s never hosted a BCS bowl game.

What bowl is it?

Born to Run 4. Corey Dillon played ten years in the NFL for Cincinnati and New England. During his college career he set a NCAA record by rushing for 222 yards in a single quarter against San Jose State. For what school did he play?

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A. Andre Ware B. David Klingler C. Case Keenum Half a Dozen Rings 6. Prior to getting hired as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Bill Belichick was an assistant NFL coach for five other teams. He has won four Super Bowls as New England’s head coach. For what team did he win two as an assistant?

Sophomore Jinx 7. Johnny Manziel was the first redshirt freshman to win the Heisman Trophy.

What quarterback was the first sophomore to win the award?

Fellow Alums 8. Vinny Testaverde played for Miami and won the Heisman. Eddie George played for Ohio State and won the Heisman. What military academy did both attend before playing college football?

2X3 9. What two quarterbacks have been named Super Bowl MVP three times?

Believe It or Not 10. By position more quarterbacks have won the Super Bowl MVP award than all other positions combined. True or False

Answers to Quiz 1. Cadillac 2. Arkansas & LSU 3. The Sun Bowl 4. Washington 5. B. David Klingler 6. New York Giants (under Parcells) 7. Tim Tebow 8. Fork Union (Virginia) 9. Joe Montana, Tom Brady 10. True (27 qbs - 50 Super Bowls)

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Old-fashioned Christmas Tea Ring Ingredients: 1/3 cup raisins 1/3 cup chopped dates 1/3 cup chopped pecans 1/3 cup brown sugar 2 tsp cinnamon 3 cups self-rising flour 1/3 cup shortening 3/4-1 cup milk 2 Tbsp melted butter

Icing: 1 cup powdered sugar 2 Tbsp milk 1/4 tsp vanilla 1/4 cup red candied cherries, cut in quarters

Directions: 1. Combine raisins, chopped dates, chopped pecans, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Mix well, set aside.

2. Place self-rising flour in a bowl. Add shortening and cut in until mixture crumbly. Add milk gradually to make a soft dough. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead gently 30 seconds. Roll dough out to a rectangle 1/4” thick.

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quarterback Allen Mitchell’s two-yard keeper, South Carolina was unable to score again until Navy had built a 38-7 lead. The Midshipmen finished the season with a 4-6-1 record. The Gamecocks finished with a 10-2 record and a No. 11 ranking after falling to Oklahoma State in the Gator Bowl.

Nov. 19, 1949 - Before 91,000 fans at Stanford Stadium, California clinched their second consecutive Rose Bowl berth with a commanding win over Stanford. Trailing 7-6 at halftime to the Cardinal, College Football Hall of Fame coach Lynn “Pappy” Waldorf and the Golden Bears steamrolled Stanford’s defense in the second half, despite a great defensive performance by Hall of Famer Bill McColl. Led by big Jack Swaner, playing in his first full game after being sidelined with injuries, Cal scored two touchdowns in each quarter of the second half. The Golden Bears lost to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, finishing the season with a 10-1 record and a No. 3 ranking. The Cardinal, led by Hall of Fame player-turned-coach Marchmont Schwartz, finished with a 7-3-1 record after a victory over Hawaii in the Pineapple Bowl.

Source: The National Football Foundation

SCHEDULED FOR TELEVISION Thursday, November 17

November 19 continued...

Louisville at Houston.........8:00 pm....... ESPN

Missouri at Tennessee.........3:30 pm......... CBS

Arkansas St. at Troy............9:30 pm.... ESPNU

Wash. St. at Colorado.........3:30 pm.........FOX

Friday, November 18 UNLV at Boise State...........9:00 pm..... ESPN2

Saturday, November 19

Texas at Kansas...................3:30 pm..... ESPN2 Indiana at Michigan...........3:30 pm....... ESPN Marshall at FIU..................7:00 pm......... ASN

UTSA at Texas A&M...........12:00 pm.. ESPNU

Clemson at Wake Forest......7:00 pm....... ESPN

Kansas State at Baylor........12:00 pm... ESPN2

Arkansas at Miss. State.......7:00 pm.... ESPNU

Ohio St. at Michigan St......12:00 pm..... ESPN

Chattanooga at Alabama.....7:00 pm..... ESPN2

Wisconsin at Purdue...........12:00 pm....... ABC

Arizona St. at Washington..7:30 pm.........FOX

Oklahoma St. at TCU.........12:00 pm........ FS1

Oklahoma at W. Virginia....8:00 pm......... ABC

Florida St. at Syracuse........3:30 pm......... ABC

N. Mexico at Colorado St...10:15 pm... ESPN2

Buffalo at W. Michigan.......3:30 pm.... ESPNU

USC at UCLA.....................10:30 pm..... ESPN

Va. Tech at Notre Dame......3:30 pm.........NBC

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Pittsburgh 24 - Cleveland 14 Since Cleveland’s franchise was reformed as the “New” Browns in 1999, the Browns have only put up six wins in 35 games against the Steelers. Since the 2016 season started the Browns have put up zero wins in ten games against the rest of the league. In the words of that poor mountaineer, Jed Clampett , “Pitiful, just pitiful.”

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Pittsburgh 27 - Cleveland 10 Cleveland fans finally had something to celebrate last week, when - for the first time this season - the Browns didn’t lose. It was their bye week. This week, the Pittsburgh Steelers must feel like they have a bye as they will get the pleasure of handing the Cleveland 11 its 11th straight loss.

Cincinnati 28 - Buffalo 27 It’s been a little over a month since the Cincinnati 27 - Buffalo 20 The AFC North is still up for grabs. Bills blanked the New England Patriots The Bengals can stay in the race but they during a four-game winning streak that made Rex Ryan’s team the talk of the NFL. need this one.

But yesterday’s heroes are today’s zeroes as Buffalo limps into Cincinnati coming off New England 34 - San Francisco 23 After struggling with the Seahawks three straight losses. Hence the saying if you defense, Tom Brady will think he’s playing bet on Buffalo, you’ll lose your bills. against a ten man defense this week. Colin Kaepernick is starting to play well again so New England 49 - San Francisco 13 Tom Brady vs. Colin Kaepernick. Do the 49ers will score some points, but his you really need to know anything else? team is no match for the Patriots.

Brady will be the last man standing.

Oakland 23 - Houston 13 My man Jason at Smokey Joe’s NET Oakland 24 - Houston 21 The Silver and Black are back! Whether has been smiling this year with the success of his Raiders. Unfortunately they are playing or not they will be back in Oakland still in a division with the red hot Chiefs and the remains to be seen. But we have seen Broncos so they can’t take any weeks off. enough of Derek Carr and his teammates to know that Raider Nation is headed to the They should keep pace this week. playoffs.

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Minnesota 34 - Detroit 27 George Richards owned a radio station in Detroit. George bought a Portsmouth, Ohio, NFL franchise in 1934 and moved it to Detroit. George needed a gimmick to popularize his team and so decided to play a Thanksgiving Day game.

A great tradition ... by George.

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Dallas 31 - Washington 20 Who’s Tony Romo? The Cowboys have a new gun in Dak Prescott and a new horse in Ezekiel Elliott. The Redskins are playing well, but this is a division game and the Cowboys have staked their claim to the NFC East.

Dallas 38, Washington 24 You’ve heard of a Turkey Shoot? This is a Turkey Day Shootout. Jerry’s Place will be filled with offensive fireworks in what should be a classic. The Cowboys are challenging the Patriots for the best team in the NFL moniker.

Detroit 20 - Minnesota 17 The traditional Thanksgiving game in Detroit pits two members of the NFC North, the old black and blue division.

Both teams are offensively challenged but the Lions are home and have a little more firepower.

Badge's - "By the Numbers" FANTASY PROSPECTS This opening week's hot players:

QUARTERBACK: It looks as though Ben Roethlisberger is feeling better after his knee

injury. Even though Mike Tomlin continues to find ways to loose look for Big Ben to have a good fantasy stat day against their division rival the Browns.

RUNNING BACK: I like Demarco Murray to have a big day against the Colts defense

this weekend. Make sure Murray is in your lineup.

WR/TE: I don’t usually go with too many tight ends but who can pass up Rob

Gronkowski this week. Look for Brady and Gronk to hookup quite often this week.

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S-11 S-15 S-25 O-2 O-9 O-16 O-23 O-30 N-7 N-20 N-27 D-4 D-11 D-18 D-24 J-1

S O U T H

New England Miami Buffalo NY Jets

W

7 5 4 3

L

2 4 5 7

BUFFALO BILLS a Baltimore .......... 7-13 N.Y. Jets ........... 31-37 Arizona .............. 33-18 a New England ......... 16-0 a L.A. Rams ....... 30-19 San Francisco ........... 45-16 a Miami .............. 25-28 New England .... 25-41 a Seattle ............ 25-31 Week 10 Bye a Cincinnati ... 1:00 pm Jacksonville 1:00 pm a Oakland ...... 4:05 pm Pittsburgh ..... 1:00 pm Cleveland ..... 1:00 pm Miami ............. 1:00 pm a N.Y. Jets ...... 1:00 pm Team

Houston Tennessee Indianapolis Jacksonville

W

N-6 N-13 N-20 N-27 D-4 D-11 D-17 D-24 J-1

3 5 5 7

HOUSTON TEXANS Chicago ............ 23-14 Kansas City ..... 19-12 a New England ......... 0-27 Tennessee ....... 27-20 a Minnesota ...... 13-31 Indianapolis ...... 26-23 a Denver ............. 9-27 Detroit ............... 20-13 Week 9 Bye N-13 a Jacksonville ... 24-21 N-21 a Oakland ...... 8:30 pm N-27 San Diego ..... 1:00 pm D-4 a Green Bay .. 1:00 pm D-11 a Indianapolis 1:00 pm D-18 Jacksonville 1:00 pm D-24 Cincinnati ..... 8:25 pm J-1 a Tennessee . 1:00 pm

E A S T

W

Dallas NY Giants Washington Philadelphia

L

8 5 5 5

1 3 3 4

Team

Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans Carolina

W

6 4 4 3

PA Net Pts

163 78 206 -2 203 34 244 -65

TD

29 24 29 19

MIAMI DOLPHINS a Seattle ............ 10-12 a New England ...... 24-31 Cleveland ......... 30-24 a Cincinnati ......... 7-22 Tennessee ....... 17-30 Pittsburgh ......... 30-15 Buffalo .............. 28-25 Week 8 Bye N.Y. Jets ........... 27-23 a San Diego ...... 31-24 a L.A. Rams ... 4:05 pm San Francisco ...... 1:00 pm a Baltimore .... 1:00 pm Arizona .......... 1:00 pm a N.Y. Jets ...... 8:25 pm a Buffalo ........ 1:00 pm New England 1:00 pm Pct

.667 .500 .444 .222

PF

161 264 239 174

PA Net Pts

188 -27 251 13 256 -17 239 -65

TD

15 33 26 19

T

0 0 1 0

Pct

.889 .625 .611 .556

PF

258 161 212 226

PA Net Pts

170 164 209 160

88 -3 3 66

TD

30 18 21 22

NEW YORK GIANTS S-11 a Dallas ............. 20-19 S-18 New Orleans ..... 16-13 S-25 Washington ...... 27-29 O-3 a Minnesota ...... 10-24 O-9 a Green Bay ...... 16-23 O-16 Baltimore .......... 27-23 O-23 a L.A. Rams ....... 17-10 Week 8 Bye N-6 Philadelphia ...... 28-23 N-14 Cincinnati ..... 8:30 pm N-20 Chicago ........ 1:00 pm N-27 a Cleveland ... 1:00 pm D-4 a Pittsburgh ... 4:25 pm D-11 Dallas ............ 8:30 pm D-18 Detroit ........... 1:00 pm D-22 a Philadelphia 8:25 pm J-1 a Washington 1:00 pm

DALLAS COWBOYS S-11 N.Y. Giants ........ 19-20 S-18 a Washington ... 27-23 S-25 Chicago ............ 31-17 O-2 a San Francisco .... 24-17 O-9 Cincinnati ......... 28-14 O-16 a Green Bay ...... 30-16 Week 7 Bye O-30 Philadelphia ...... 29-23 N-6 a Cleveland ....... 35-10 N-13 a Pittsburgh ....... 35-30 N-20 Baltimore ...... 1:00 pm N-24 Washington .. 4:30 pm D-1 a Minnesota .. 8:25 pm D-11 a N.Y. Giants .. 8:30 pm D-18 Tampa Bay ... 1:00 pm D-26 Detroit ........... 8:30 pm J-1 a Philadelphia 1:00 pm

S O U T H

T

0 0 0 0

PF

241 204 237 179

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS S-11 Detroit ............... 35-39 S-18 a Denver ........... 20-34 S-25 San Diego ......... 26-22 O-2 a Jacksonville ... 27-30 O-9 Chicago ............ 29-23 O-16 a Houston .......... 23-26 O-23 a Tennessee ..... 34-26 O-30 Kansas City ..... 14-30 N-6 a Green Bay ...... 31-26 Week 10 Bye N-20 Tennessee ... 1:00 pm N-24 Pittsburgh ..... 8:30 pm D-5 a N.Y. Jets ...... 8:30 pm D-11 Houston ........ 1:00 pm D-18 a Minnesota .. 1:00 pm D-24 a Oakland ...... 4:05 pm J-1 Jacksonville 1:00 pm

S-11 S-18 S-22 O-2 O-9 O-16 O-24 O-30

NFC Team

Pct

.778 .556 .444 .300

S-11 S-18 S-25 S-29 O-9 O-16 O-23

L

6 5 4 2

T

0 0 0 0

L

4 5 5 6

ATLANTA FALCONS S-11 Tampa Bay ....... 24-31 S-18 a Oakland .......... 35-28 S-26 a New Orleans .. 45-32 O-2 Carolina ............ 48-33 O-9 a Denver ........... 23-16 O-16 a Seattle ............ 24-26 O-23 San Diego ......... 30-33 O-30 Green Bay ........ 33-32 N-3 a Tampa Bay ..... 43-28 N-13 a Philadelphia ... 15-24 Week 11 Bye N-27 Arizona .......... 1:00 pm D-4 Kansas City . 1:00 pm D-11 a L.A. Rams ... 4:25 pm D-18 San Francisco4:05 pm D-24 a Carolina ..... 1:00 pm J1 New Orleans . 1:00 pm

T

0 0 0 0

Pct

.600 .444 .444 .333

PF

PA Net Pts

320 283 37 216 242 -26 265 263 2 221 226 -5

TD

36 27 32 25

CAROLINA PANTHERS S-8 a Denver ........... 20-21 S-18 San Francisco ........... 46-27 S-25 Minnesota ........ 10-22 O-2 a Atlanta ............ 33-48 O-10 Tampa Bay ....... 14-17 O-16 a New Orleans .. 38-41 Week 7 Bye O-30 Arizona .............. 30-20 N-6 a L.A. Rams ....... 13-10 N-13 Kansas City ..... 17-20 N-17 New Orleans . 8:25 pm N-27 a Oakland ...... 4:25 pm D-4 a Seattle ........ 8:30 pm D-11 San Diego ..... 1:00 pm D-19 a Washington 8:30 pm D-24 Atlanta .......... 1:00 pm J-1 a Tampa Bay . 1:00 pm

* Does Not Include Monday Night Games

Home

3-2 4-1 2-2 1-3

Road

4-0 1-3 2-3 2-4

Div

Pct

2-1 .667 2-1 .667 1-3 .250 1-1 .500

Conf

Pct

6-1 5-3 1-4 3-4

.857 .625 .200 .429

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS S-11 a Arizona ........... 23-21 S-18 Miami ................. 31-24 S-22 Houston .............. 27-0 O-2 Buffalo ................ 0-16 O-9 a Cleveland ....... 33-13 O-16 Cincinnati ......... 35-17 O-23 a Pittsburgh ....... 27-16 O-30 a Buffalo ............ 41-25 Week 9 Bye N-13 Seattle ............... 24-31 N-20 a San Francisco 4:25 pm N-27 a N.Y. Jets ...... 8:30 pm D-4 L.A. Rams ..... 1:00 pm D-12 Baltimore ...... 8:30 pm D-18 a Denver ....... 4:25 pm D-24 N.Y. Jets ....... 1:00 pm J-1 a Miami .......... 1:00 pm Home

5-0 3-3 2-2 1-4

Road

1-3 2-2 2-3 1-3

Div

Pct

3-01.000 1-2 .333 1-2 .333 1-2 .333

S-11 S-15 S-25 O-2 O-9 O-17 O-23 O-30 N-6 N-13 N-27 D-5 D-11 D-17 D-24 J-1

Conf

Pct

4-2 3-4 2-4 1-6

.667 .429 .333 .143

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS S-11 Green Bay ........ 23-27 S-18 a San Diego ...... 14-38 S-25 Baltimore .......... 17-19 O-2 Indianapolis ...... 30-27 Week 5 Bye O-16 a Chicago .......... 17-16 O-23 Oakland ............ 16-33 O-27 a Tennessee ..... 22-36 N-6 a Kansas City .... 14-19 N-13 Houston ............ 21-24 N-20 a Detroit ......... 1:00 pm N-27 a Buffalo ........ 1:00 pm D-4 Denver .......... 1:00 pm D-11 Minnesota .... 1:00 pm D-18 a Houston ...... 1:00 pm D-24 Tennessee ... 1:00 pm J-1 a Indianapolis 1:00 pm Home

Road

3-1 5-0 3-1 2-2 3-2 2-1-1 4-0 1-4

Div

Pct

2-1 .667 2-1 .667 2-1 .667 0-3 .000

Conf

Home

2-2 1-4 2-3 2-3

Road

4-2 3-1 2-2 1-3

Div

3-1 2-1 1-1 0-3

Pct

.750 .667 .500 .000

Conf

4-3 4-3 3-2 3-4

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS S-11 Oakland ............ 34-35 S-18 a N.Y. Giants ...... 13-16 S-26 Atlanta .............. 32-45 O-2 a San Diego ...... 35-34 Week 5 Bye O-16 Carolina ............ 41-38 O-23 a Kansas City .... 21-27 O-30 Seattle ............... 25-20 N-6 a San Francisco ..... 41-23 N-13 Denver .............. 23-25 N-17 a Carolina ..... 8:25 pm N-27 L.A. Rams ..... 1:00 pm D-4 Detroit ........... 1:00 pm D-11 a Tampa Bay . 1:00 pm D-18 a Arizona ....... 4:05 pm D-24 Tampa Bay ... 1:00 pm J-1 a Atlanta ........ 1:00 pm

1-1 0-1 3-1 0-3

Streak

Last 5

1L 4W 3L 2L

4-1 4-1 2-3 2-3

NEW YORK JETS Cincinnati ......... 22-23 a Buffalo ............ 37-31 a Kansas City ...... 3-24 Seattle ............... 17-27 a Pittsburgh ....... 13-31 a Arizona ............. 3-28 Baltimore .......... 24-16 a Cleveland ....... 31-28 a Miami .............. 23-27 L.A. Rams ............. 6-9 Week 11 Bye New England 8:30 pm Indianapolis .. 8:30 pm a San Francisco . 4:05 pm Miami ............. 8:25 pm a New England . 1:00 pm Buffalo .......... 1:00 pm Non-Con

2-1 2-1 2-1 1-1

Streak

Last 5

2W 1W 1W 4L

3-2 3-2 3-2 1-4

TENNESSEE TITANS S-11 Minnesota ........ 16-25 S-18 a Detroit ............. 16-15 S-25 Oakland ............ 10-17 O-2 a Houston .......... 20-27 O-9 a Miami .............. 30-17 O-16 Cleveland ......... 28-26 O-23 Indianapolis ...... 26-34 O-27 Jacksonville .... 36-22 N-6 a San Diego ...... 25-43 N-13 Green Bay ........ 47-25 N-20 a Indianapolis ... 1:00 pm N-27 a Chicago ...... 1:00 pm Week 13 Bye D-11 Denver .......... 1:00 pm D-18 a Kansas City 1:00 pm D-24 Jacksonville 1:00 pm J-1 Houston ........ 1:00 pm

5-1 4-3 3-2 3-4

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES S-11 Cleveland ......... 29-10 S-19 a Chicago .......... 29-14 S-25 Pittsburgh ........... 34-3 Week 4 Bye O-9 a Detroit ............. 23-24 O-16 a Washington ... 20-27 O-23 Minnesota ........ 21-10 O-30 a Dallas ............. 23-29 N-6 a N.Y. Giants ...... 23-28 N-13 Atlanta .............. 24-15 N-20 a Seattle ........ 4:25 pm N-28 Green Bay .... 8:30 pm D-4 a Cincinnati ... 1:00 pm D-11 Washington .. 1:00 pm D-18 a Baltimore .... 1:00 pm D-22 N.Y. Giants .... 8:25 pm J-1 Dallas ............ 1:00 pm

Non-Con

Pct

.833 .571 .600 .429

Non-Con

3-0 1-0 2-1-1 2-0

Streak

Last 5

8W 5-0 3W 3-2 1W 3-1-1 1W 2-3

WASHINGTON REDSKINS S-12 Pittsburgh ......... 16-38 S-18 Dallas ................ 23-27 S-25 a N.Y. Giants ...... 29-27 O-2 Cleveland ......... 31-20 O-9 a Baltimore ........ 16-10 O-16 Philadelphia ...... 27-20 O-23 a Detroit ............. 17-20 O-30 a Cincinnati ....... 27-27 Week 9 Bye N-13 Minnesota ........ 26-20 N-20 Green Bay .... 8:30 pm N-24 a Dallas ......... 4:30 pm D-4 a Arizona ....... 4:25 pm D-11 a Philadelphia 1:00 pm D-19 Carolina ........ 8:30 pm D-24 a Chicago ...... 1:00 pm J-1 N.Y. Giants .... 1:00 pm Pct

.571 .571 .600 .429

Non-Con

2-1 0-2 1-3 0-2

Streak

1L 1W 1L 1L

Last 5

2-3 3-2 3-2 2-3

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS S-11 a Atlanta ............ 31-24 S-18 a Arizona ............. 7-40 S-25 L.A. Rams ......... 32-37 O-2 Denver ................ 7-27 O-10 a Carolina ......... 17-14 Week 6 Bye O-23 a San Francisco ... 34-17 O-30 Oakland ............ 24-30 N-3 Atlanta .............. 28-43 N13 Chicago ............ 36-10 N-20 a Kansas City 1:00 pm N-27 Seattle ........... 4:05 pm D-4 a San Diego .. 4:25 pm D-11 New Orleans . 1:00 pm D-18 a Dallas ......... 1:00 pm D-24 a New Orleans 1:00 pm J-1 Carolina ........ 1:00 pm

N O R T H

Team

Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland

W

L

5 4 4 5 3 4 0 10

BALTIMORE RAVENS S-11 Buffalo ................ 13-7 S-18 a Cleveland ....... 25-20 S-25 a Jacksonville ... 19-17 O-2 Oakland ............ 27-28 O-9 Washington ...... 10-16 O-16 a N.Y. Giants ...... 23-27 O-23 a N.Y. Jets .......... 16-24 Week 8 Bye N-6 Pittsburgh ......... 21-14 N-10 Cleveland ........... 28-7 N-20 a Dallas ......... 1:00 pm N-27 Cincinnati ..... 1:00 pm D-4 Miami ............. 1:00 pm D-12 a New England . 8:30 pm D-18 Philadelphia .. 1:00 pm D-25 a Pittsburgh ... 4:30 pm J-1 a Cincinnati ... 1:00 pm

W E S T

Team

Kansas City Oakland Denver San Diego

W

7 7 7 4

L

2 2 3 6

DENVER BRONCOS S-8 Carolina ............ 21-20 S-18 Indianapolis ...... 34-20 S-25 a Cincinnati ....... 29-17 O-2 a Tampa Bay ....... 27-7 O-9 Atlanta .............. 16-23 O-13 a San Diego ...... 13-21 O-24 Houston .............. 27-9 O-30 San Diego ......... 27-19 N-6 a Oakland .......... 20-30 N-13 a New Orleans ........ 25-23 Week 11 Bye N-27 Kansas City . 4:25 pm D-4 a Jacksonville 1:00 pm D-11 a Tennessee . 1:00 pm D-18 New England 4:25 pm D-25 a Kansas City 8:30 pm J-1 Oakland ........ 4:25 pm

N O R T H S-11 S-19 S-25 O-2 O-9 O-16 O-20 O-31 N-13 N-20 N-27 D-4 D-11 D-18 D-24 J-1

W E S T

Team

Detroit Minnesota Green Bay Chicago

W

5 5 4 2

L

4 4 5 7

CHICAGO BEARS a Houston .......... 14-23 Philadelphia ...... 14-29 a Dallas ............. 17-31 Detroit ............... 17-14 a Indianapolis ... 23-29 Jacksonville .... 16-17 a Green Bay ...... 10-26 Minnesota ........ 20-10 Week 9 Bye a Tampa Bay ..... 10-36 a N.Y. Giants .. 1:00 pm Tennessee ... 1:00 pm San Francisco ...... 1:00 pm a Detroit ......... 1:00 pm Green Bay .... 1:00 pm Washington .. 1:00 pm a Minnesota .. 1:00 pm Team

Seattle Arizona Los Angeles San Francisco

W

6 4 4 1

L

2 4 5 8

ARIZONA CARDINALS S-11 New England .... 21-23 S-18 Tampa Bay ......... 40-7 S-25 a Buffalo ............ 18-33 O-2 L.A. Rams ......... 13-17 O-6 a San Francisco ...... 33-21 O-17 N.Y. Jets ............. 28-3 O-23 Seattle ................... 6-6 O-30 a Carolina ......... 20-30 Week 9 Bye N-13 San Francisco ........... 23-20 N-20 a Minnesota .. 1:00 pm N-27 a Atlanta ........ 1:00 pm D-4 Washington .. 4:25 pm D-11 a Miami .......... 1:00 pm D-18 New Orleans . 4:05 pm D-24 a Seattle ........ 4:25 pm J-1 a L.A. Rams ... 4:25 pm

T

0 0 1 0

Pct

.556 .444 .438 .000

PF

182 214 167 175

PA Net Pts

160 22 206 8 189 -22 301 -126

TD

CINCINNATI BENGALS S-11 a N.Y. Jets .......... 23-22 S-18 a Pittsburgh ....... 16-24 S-25 Denver .............. 17-29 S-29 Miami ................... 22-7 O-9 a Dallas ............. 14-28 O-16 a New England ...... 17-35 O-23 Cleveland ......... 31-17 O-30 Washington ...... 27-27 Week 9 Bye N-14 a N.Y. Giants .. 8:30 pm N-20 Buffalo .......... 1:00 pm N-27 a Baltimore .... 1:00 pm D-4 Philadelphia .. 1:00 pm D-11 a Cleveland ... 1:00 pm D-18 Pittsburgh ..... 8:30 pm D-24 a Houston ...... 8:25 pm J-1 Baltimore ...... 1:00 pm T

0 0 0 0

Pct

.778 .778 .700 .400

PF

205 245 239 292

PA Net Pts

168 223 189 278

37 22 50 14

TD

20 28 25 33

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS S-11 San Diego ......... 33-27 S-18 a Houston .......... 12-19 S-25 N.Y. Jets ............. 24-3 O-2 a Pittsburgh ....... 14-43 Week 5 Bye O-16 a Oakland .......... 26-10 O-23 New Orleans ..... 27-21 O-30 a Indianapolis ........ 30-14 N-6 Jacksonville .... 19-14 N-13 a Carolina ......... 20-17 N-20 Tampa Bay ... 1:00 pm N-27 a Denver ....... 4:25 pm D-4 a Atlanta ........ 1:00 pm D-8 Oakland ........ 8:25 pm D-18 Tennessee ... 1:00 pm D-25 Denver .......... 8:30 pm J-1 San Diego ..... 4:25 pm T

0 0 0 0

Pct

.556 .556 .444 .222

S-11 S-18 S-25 O-2 O-9 O-16 O-23 O-30 N-6 N-20 N-24 D-4 D-11 D-18 D-26 J-1 T

1 1 0 0

PF

205 175 223 141

PA Net Pts

206 -1 152 23 234 -11 215 -74

TD

22 20 25 15

DETROIT LIONS a Indianapolis ... 39-35 Tennessee ....... 15-16 a Green Bay ...... 27-34 a Chicago .......... 14-17 Philadelphia ...... 24-23 L.A. Rams ......... 31-28 Washington ...... 20-17 a Houston .......... 13-20 a Minnesota ...... 22-16 Week 10 Bye Jacksonville 1:00 pm Minnesota . 12:30 pm a New Orleans 1:00 pm Chicago ........ 1:00 pm a N.Y. Giants .. 1:00 pm a Dallas ......... 8:30 pm Green Bay .... 1:00 pm

Pct

.722 .500 .444 .111

PF

193 202 139 187

PA Net Pts

158 35 160 42 173 -34 283 -96

Home

16 3-2 27 3-2 18 2-1-1 20 0-4

TD

Road

2-2 1-3 1-3 0-6

Div

3-0 1-1 1-1 0-3

Pct

1.000 .500 .500 .000

Conf

5-2 3-3 3-3 0-7

CLEVELAND BROWNS S-11 a Philadelphia ... 10-29 S-18 Baltimore .......... 20-25 S-25 a Miami .............. 24-30 O-2 a Washington ... 20-31 O-9 New England .... 13-33 O-16 a Tennessee ..... 26-28 O-23 a Cincinnati ....... 17-31 O-30 N.Y. Jets ........... 28-31 N-6 Dallas ................ 10-35 N-10 a Baltimore .......... 7-28 N-20 Pittsburgh ..... 1:00 pm N-27 N.Y. Giants .... 1:00 pm Week 13 Bye D-11 Cincinnati ..... 1:00 pm D-18 a Buffalo ........ 1:00 pm D-24 San Diego ..... 1:00 pm J-1 a Pittsburgh ... 1:00 pm Home

4-0 2-2 4-1 3-2

Road

3-2 5-0 3-2 1-4

Div

Pct

2-01.000 2-1 .667 1-2 .333 1-3 .250

Conf

5-2 5-1 4-2 3-5

OAKLAND RAIDERS S-11 a New Orleans ........ 35-34 S-18 Atlanta .............. 28-35 S-25 a Tennessee ..... 17-10 O-2 a Baltimore ........ 28-27 O-9 San Diego ......... 34-31 O-16 Kansas City ..... 10-26 O-23 a Jacksonville ... 33-16 O-30 a Tampa Bay ..... 30-24 N-6 Denver .............. 30-20 Week 10 Bye N-21 Houston ........ 8:30 pm N-27 Carolina ........ 4:25 pm D-4 Buffalo .......... 4:05 pm D-8 a Kansas City 4:25 pm D-18 a San Diego .. 4:25 pm D-24 Indianapolis .. 4:05 pm J-1 a Denver ....... 4:25 pm Home

3-1 3-1 3-2 2-2

Road

2-3 2-3 1-3 0-5

Div

Pct

1-2 .333 1-2 .333 2-1 .667 2-1 .667

Conf

4-2 3-4 3-3 2-4

GREEN BAY PACKERS S-11 a Jacksonville ... 27-23 S-18 a Minnesota ...... 14-17 S-25 Detroit ............... 34-27 Week 4 Bye O-9 N.Y. Giants ........ 23-16 O-16 Dallas ................ 16-30 O-20 Chicago ............ 26-10 O-30 a Atlanta ............ 32-33 N-6 Indianapolis ...... 26-31 N-13 a Tennessee ..... 25-47 N-20 a Washington 8:30 pm N-28 a Philadelphia 8:30 pm D-4 Houston ........ 1:00 pm D-11 Seattle ........... 4:25 pm D-18 a Chicago ...... 1:00 pm D-24 Minnesota .... 1:00 pm J-1 a Detroit ......... 1:00 pm Home

Road

Div

Pct

Conf

Pct

.714 .500 .500 .000

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS S-11 Miami ................. 12-10 S-18 a L.A. Rams ........... 3-9 S-25 San Francisco ........... 37-18 O-2 a N.Y. Jets .......... 27-17 Week 5 Bye O-16 Atlanta .............. 26-24 O-23 a Arizona ............... 6-6 O-30 a New Orleans .. 20-25 N-7 Buffalo .............. 31-25 N-13 a New England ...... 31-24 N-20 Philadelphia .. 4:25 pm N-27 a Tampa Bay . 4:05 pm D-4 Carolina ........ 8:30 pm D-11 a Green Bay .. 4:25 pm D-15 L.A. Rams ..... 8:25 pm D-24 Arizona .......... 4:25 pm J-1 a San Francisco . 4:25 pm

0-2 1-2 0-1-1 0-3

Streak

Last 5

2W 2-3 4L 1-4 1T 2-2-1 10L 0-5

PITTSBURGH STEELERS S-12 a Washington ... 38-16 S-18 Cincinnati ......... 24-16 S-25 a Philadelphia ..... 3-34 O-2 Kansas City ..... 43-14 O-9 N.Y. Jets ........... 31-13 O-16 a Miami .............. 15-30 O-23 New England .... 16-27 Week 8 Bye N-6 a Baltimore ........ 14-21 N-13 Dallas ................ 30-35 N-20 a Cleveland ... 1:00 pm N-24 a Indianapolis 8:30 pm D-4 N.Y. Giants .... 4:25 pm D-11 a Buffalo ........ 1:00 pm D-18 a Cincinnati ... 8:30 pm D-25 Baltimore ...... 4:30 pm J-1 Cleveland ..... 1:00 pm Pct

.714 .833 .667 .375

Non-Con

2-0 2-1 3-1 1-1

Streak

5W 3W 1W 1L

Last 5

5-0 4-1 3-2 3-2

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS S-11 a Kansas City .... 27-33 S-18 a Jacksonville ... 38-14 S-25 a Indianapolis ... 22-26 O-2 New Orleans ..... 34-35 O-9 a Oakland .......... 31-34 O-13 Denver .............. 21-13 O-23 a Atlanta ............ 33-30 O-30 a Denver ........... 19-27 N-6 Tennessee ....... 43-25 N-13 Miami ................. 24-31 Week 11 Bye N-27 a Houston ...... 1:00 pm D-4 Tampa Bay ... 4:25 pm D-11 a Carolina ..... 1:00 pm D-18 Oakland ........ 4:25 pm D-24 a Cleveland ... 1:00 pm J-1 Kansas City . 4:25 pm Pct

.667 .429 .500 .333

Non-Con

1-2 2-0 1-2 0-3

Streak

1W 4L 3L 1L

Last 5

4-1 1-4 1-4 1-4

MINNESOTA VIKINGS S-11 a Tennessee ..... 25-16 S-18 Green Bay ........ 17-14 S-25 a Carolina ......... 22-10 O-3 N.Y. Giants ........ 24-10 O-9 Houston ............ 31-13 Week 6 Bye O-23 a Philadelphia ... 10-21 O-31 a Chicago .......... 10-20 N-6 Detroit ............... 16-22 N-13 a Washington ... 20-26 N-20 Arizona .............. 20-26 N-24 a Detroit ....... 12:30 pm D-1 Dallas ............ 8:25 pm D-11 a Jacksonville 1:00 pm D-18 Indianapolis .. 1:00 pm D-24 a Green Bay .. 1:00 pm J-1 Chicago ........ 1:00 pm Pct

20 4-0 2-2-1 1-1-1 .500 2-2-1 .500 24 3-2-1 1-2 2-1-1 .625 3-2-1 .583 14 1-3 3-2 2-1 .667 3-4 .429 21 1-4 0-4 1-3 .250 1-7 .125

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS S-12 L.A. Rams ........... 28-0 S-18 a Carolina ......... 27-46 S-25 a Seattle ............ 18-37 O-2 Dallas ................ 17-24 O-6 Arizona .............. 21-33 O-16 a Buffalo ............ 16-45 O-23 Tampa Bay ....... 17-34 Week 8 Bye N-6 New Orleans ..... 23-41 N-13 a Arizona ........... 20-23 N-20 New England 4:25 pm N-27 a Miami .......... 1:00 pm D-4 a Chicago ...... 1:00 pm D-11 N.Y. Jets ....... 4:05 pm D-18 a Atlanta ........ 4:05 pm D-24 a L.A. Rams ... 4:25 pm J-1 Seattle ........... 4:25 pm

Non-Con

Non-Con

4-0 1-2 1-1 0-1

Streak

Last 5

2W 3-1-1 1W 3-1-1 1W 1-4 8L 0-5

LOS ANGELES RAMS S-12 a San Francisco ......... 0-28 S-18 Seattle ................... 9-3 S-25 a Tampa Bay ..... 37-32 O-2 a Arizona ........... 17-13 O-9 Buffalo .............. 19-30 O-16 a Detroit ............. 28-31 O-23 N.Y. Giants ........ 10-17 Week 8 Bye N-6 Carolina ............ 10-13 N-13 a N.Y. Jets .............. 9-6 N-20 Miami ............. 4:05 pm N-27 a New Orleans1:00 pm D-4 a New England . 1:00 pm D-11 Atlanta .......... 4:25 pm D-15 a Seattle ........ 8:25 pm D-24 San Francisco ...... 4:25 pm J-1 Arizona .......... 4:25 pm