Akron:
The Zips football team held an 100-plus play intrasquad scrimmage on
Saturday morning at InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field. Similar to the squad's
scrimmage on Wednesday, today's session featured a variety of situational
sequences.
Ball State:
Ball State's football team wrapped up its Fall Camp Sunday, but will
continue preparations for the Aug. 30, season opener as classes begin Monday.
The Cardinal will face Eastern Michigan in a Mid-American Conference
game in the season opener at Scheumann Stadium in a 7 p.m. Thursday night game
on the 30th.
After the 8 a.m. Sunday practice, Ball State head coach Pete Lembo made
some comments on the day's session.
Bowling Green:
The Bowling Green State University football team completed its second
and final scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday night. Following practice we spoke
to head coach Dave Clawson and running back John Pettigrew.
Buffalo:
Head coach Jeff Quinn announced that junior quarterback Alex Zordich
will start UB's season opener at Georgia on Sep. 1.
Central Michigan:
MOUNT PLEASANT — Eight uniform combinations, including all-black and
all-gold uniforms, for the 2012 Central Michigan football season were debuted
in a surprise presentation during an evening football team gathering in the
Intercollegiate Athletics Center’s football team meeting room Wednesday night.
Designed by Adidas, the new uniform line features four outfits with the
same color jersey and pants - black, gold, maroon and white - and four additional
combinations created from mixing and matching the gold, maroon and white items.
See the photo gallery for a complete look at all of the possible combinations.
Eastern Michigan:
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University
football team received a day off from practice Sunday, Aug. 19, but instead the
player and coaches participated in media/photo day at Rynearson Stadium.
The Eagles lined up to have their photo taken on the field, as well as
all of the EMU newcomers posed with Head Coach Ron English for their usual
freshmen photo. Following that the squad moved into group shots along with
taking the complete team photo with the 2012 senior class sitting front and
center.
Kent State:
KENT, Ohio – The desperation heave to the end zone from freshman
quarterback Colin Reardon (Poland, Ohio) was broken up by junior cornerback
Darius Polk(Lynchburg, Va.), sealing a 67-60 victory for the defense and the
right to wear the navy blue practice jerseys throughout the 2012 season after a
highly competitive jersey scrimmage against the offense Saturday (Aug. 18) at
Dix Stadium.
Sophomore cornerback Dylan Farrington (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and freshman
safety Jordan Italiano (Canfield, Ohio) each killed drives by the offense by
recording interceptions. The defense posted four sacks in the win.
Massachusetts:
Media members from across the state came to McGuirk Stadium on Wednesday
as the UMass football team held its annual Media Day. One of the day's
highlight was the debut of one of the Minutemen's new uniform combinations for
the 2012 campaign.
Head Coach Charley Molnar, assistant coaches and players all spoke to
media members throughout the afternoon. The Minutemen also took head shots,
position group shots, and video board shots for Gillette Stadium.
Miami OH:
OXFORD, Ohio -- Miami's football team continued its preparations for
the season opener at Ohio State in two weeks with a lengthy scrimmage Saturday
morning at Yager Stadium. The RedHawks ran more than 150 offensive plays during
the two-hour plus session.
In contrast to last week when the defense dominated, the Miami offense
showed signs of life. With the focus on the running game, sophomore walk-on
Robert Williams III gained 98 yards on the ground, including the longest play
from scrimmage the entire day, a 59-yarder. Austin Boucher threw two touchdown passes,
both from 25 yards out. The first went to David Frazier, while the second was
hauled in by Willie Culpepper.
Northern Ilinois:
DeKALB, Ill. - Two weeks before kicking off the 2012 season at Soldier
Field versus Iowa, Northern Illinois held a 90-minute scrimmage in full pads
Saturday at Huskie Stadium under perfect weather conditions. With NIU's top two
receivers - Martel Moore and Perez Ashford - given the day off, the Huskie
defense got the better of the offense most of the day during the run-oriented
workout.
Northern Illinois Head Coach Dave Doeren said the fact that NIU defense
has the upper hand at this point is not surprising, given that the Huskies
return experienced players at every position on defense and the offense did not
have a single returning starter from 2011 on the field Saturday.
Ohio:
The Ohio University football team participated in its second scrimmage
Saturday morning inside Peden Stadium. Following the scrimmage, Ohio head coach
Frank Solich, quarterback Tyler Tettleton and wide receiver Chase Cochran
stopped by to talk with reporters.
The Bobcat defensive unit shined as it sacked Ohio quarterbacks six
times and redshirt sophomore Nathan Carpenter registered one interception.
Redshirt sophomore Kendric Smith collected a pair of sacks. In two scrimmages
during preseason camp, Smith has totaled three sacks.
Freshman quarterback JD Sprague led the way offensively as he went
6-of-8 for 72 yards. Redshirt freshman Derrius Vick threw the only touchdown
pass of the scrimmage as he hit redshirt senior Ryan Clark in the back of the
endzone for a two-yard pitch and catch.
Toledo:
A pair of talented senior inside linebackers, Dan Molls and Robert
Bell, are the heart and soul of the defense.
Molls finished 10th in the nation with 143 tackles in 2010, earning third-team
All-MAC honors. The early portion of his junior season was derailed, however,
by a leg injury that caused him to miss six games. He returned to play the
final five games in ship shape, averaging nearly 11 tackles per contest. Bell
was solid all season long, finishing second on the team with 78 tackles and
forcing a team-best four fumbles.
Molls and Bell are two of the reasons head coach Matt Campbell is so
high on the Rockets' defense.
"Danny Molls and Robert Bell are the foundation of our defense,"
said Cambell. "Those two guys have a great nose for the football, they
understand the game and they bring that attitude to our defense. Danny is a
sure tackler and a leader. He's exactly the kind of guy you need as a middle
linebacker on your football team. Robert has been making players since his
freshman year, but he really came into his own last year."
Western Michigan:
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - When head coach Bill Cubit called the team for the
customary 'all up' to signal the end of practice, the first thing he did was
check his watch. It was 11:49 a.m.
There isn't much significance to that exact time of the morning but in
two weeks there will be. He told the
team that at this time in two weeks, we will be 49 minutes into the 2012 season
opener at Illinois (the game begins at 11 a.m. CDT).
The message was clear. Time is
of the essence to prepare for not only the opener against yet another Big Ten
opponent (its 12th from the conference during Cubit's tenure), but also the
entire 2012 campaign.
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