Akron:
CLEVELAND – University of Akron quarterback Dalton Williams was named
Mid-American Conference East Division Player of the Week, the league office
announced on Monday.
A fifth-year senior transfer from Stephen F. Austin, Williams completed
27-of-54 passes for 313 yards, to go with a school-record-tying five touchdowns
in UA's 41-38 overtime loss at Florida International on Saturday night.
The five TD tosses matched the mark set by Luke Getsy versus Northern
Illinois on Sept. 24, 2005, and Williams was the first Zips QB to throw for 300
yards since Chris Jacquemain had 389 against Western Michigan on Oct. 6, 2007.
Additionally, Williams' 54 pass attempts were the third most in a game in
program history, while the 27 completions tied as the 12th highest in a contest
in the school record book.
Ball State:
MUNCIE — Ball State football coach Pete Lembo on Tuesday confirmed that
Jonathan Newsome’s two-game suspension was finished and said the defensive end
would start Saturday’s game at Indiana.
But Lembo also revealed a surprise at his weekly press conference when
he announced that senior cornerback Jason Pinkston, who has 24 career starts,
is in a major battle to maintain his regular spot in the lineup this week.
Newsome sat out the Cardinals’ first two games, against Eastern
Michigan and Clemson. He was arrested last month after marijuana was found in
his wallet during a routine traffic stop.
Bowling Green:
BOWLING GREEN -- Bowling Green State University football coach Dave
Clawson didn't mince words when talking about the play of his offensive line
Saturday night.
"We looked very undisciplined, and at times our offensive line was
almost dysfunctional," he said following the Falcons' 21-13 win over
Idaho. "We certainly have a lot of work to do to get ready for next
week."
The BG offense did finish with 373 yards of total offense and scored
three times. But the offense also committed 10 penalties -- seven by offensive
linemen -- that set them back 74 yards, beginning with a second-quarter
sequence of four consecutive penalties that resulted in a mind-boggling
1st-and-40 situation for the Falcons.
Buffalo:
Coming off their blowout win over Morgan State, it's a different kind
of week for UB football. Back on the practice field Tuesday, the Bulls (1-1)
don't play again until a week from Wednesday when they host Kent State (1-1) on
September 19th.
"It's like a half of a bye week kind of deal. We don't have a game
this Saturday which his weird. It's out of routine a little bit," said
wide receiver Alex Neutz. "That's why we're here today and tomorrow, we're
out here to try to keep our same routine, then we'll start our game week on
Friday."
Central Michigan:
Freshman quarterback Cooper Rush doesn’t say much in the locker room.
But on the field, he lets his play do the talking.
Passing-game coordinator Morris Watts said Rush is quiet around his
teammates, but that does not prevent them from noticing how well he can throw
the ball.
“Coop doesn’t say much, but they really like him,” Watts said. “And our whole football team, when they
started seeing him throw the ball, started saying he can really throw it. He
just gets the ball there and it’s on target.”
The 6-foot-3-inch, 216-pound quarterback will be redshirted this
season, but Watts said it is comforting to know Central Michigan has another
young quarterback waiting in the wings.
Eastern Michigan:
Twenty years ago, Eastern Michigan University changed its mascot from
the Hurons to the Eagles after the Michigan Civil Rights Commission recommended
all schools avoid the use of Native American mascots.
The Eastern Michigan band will wear uniforms with the former Hurons
mascot emblazoned on them this year.
The move was made in an effort to discourage negative imagery in the
depiction of Native Americans, but the unintended result has been a divisive
split between alumni, some of whom refuse to support the school financially
because of the decision.
Kent State:
Kent State football head coach Darrell Hazell confirmed during a
conference call Monday morning that starting cornerback Norman Wolfe is
sidelined indefinitely with a broken arm.
Wolfe was injured during the first quarter of Saturday’s loss at
Kentucky and did not return.
A former walk-on from Buchtel High School in Akron, Wolfe worked his
way into the mix in Kent State’s secondary as a sophomore in 2009. He then
started 17 games over the next two seasons and turned in a bevy of big plays
for the Golden Flashes, intercepting eight passes.
Massachusetts:
AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts football team’s chances
against Michigan — already small to begin with — took a hit Wednesday when top
receiving threat Marken Michel was ruled out of Saturday’s game in Ann Arbor
with a shoulder bruise.
“We’re going to hold him and try to get him back for 100 percent for
Miami (Ohio),” Molnar said.
Miami OH:
Miami (Ohio) quarterback Zac Dysert’s high school coach told him as a
sophomore that he couldn’t continue to play football and hockey.
“I quit football for three weeks,” he said.
His dad, though, convinced him that was the wrong choice.
Dysert returned to the gridiron — a place where he starred on the
highly competitive Ohio high school scene, became a four-year starter at Miami
and could follow his idol and former Miami quarterback Ben Roethlisberger into
the NFL.
Northern Illinois:
Welcome to "Follow the Huskies," your weekly look at NIU
Athletic events, along with links and information on how to keep up with your
favorite NIU team - whether on TV, radio, online or via social media. Huskie
All-Access returns with EXCLUSIVE television and radio content, including live
streams of Northern Illinois home athletics events, including men's and women's
soccer, men's and women's basketball, volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling.
Several NIU home football games broadcasts will be available live in 2012, as
will all Inside Huskie Football Radio shows, post-game men's and women's
basketball press conferences, and special features produced on NIU teams,
student-athletes and coaches. Archived content includes the "NIU Weekly"
radio show, head coach Dave Doeren's weekly press conferences and the Northern
Illinois IMG Radio Network broadcasts. Again this year, Huskie All-Access costs
just $6.95/month or $49.95 per year.We hope you'll "Follow the
Huskies" each week.
Ohio:
When Ohio administrators landed exiled former Nebraska football coach
Frank Solich to coach the wobbling Bobcats in December 2004, they had something
like this in mind.
Solich, separated from his beloved Cornhuskers in 2003 after three
decades of service, has long since made his home in Athens where he has begun
his eighth season. That makes him the fourth-longest serving coach in the
program's history.
Toledo:
Approximately 2,000 tickets still remain for Toledo's home-opening
football game with arch-rival Bowling Green on Saturday. The Rockets (1-1) host
the Falcons (1-1) in the Battle of I-75 at the Glass Bowl at 7:00 p.m. Gates
open at 5:30. Fans are urged to arrive early in order to avoid heavy traffic at
game time.
The Ticket Office at Savage Arena will be open this week from 8:30 a.m.
until 7:00 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.utrockets.com or by
phone at 419-530-GOLD (4653). Season tickets are also still available.
UT students have free admission with their valid student I.D. Students
enter at Southwest and Southeast gates only. Students are also urged to arrive
early to avoid lines into the stadium.
All Rockets fans are reminded to wear gold Rocket gear as part of the
"Be Bold, Wear Gold" promotion.
Western Michigan:
KALAMAZOO — A bell that once was a staple at Western Michigan football
games is home again.
The school says in a story on its website that the “victory bell” was
stolen years ago. The person who took it contacted the school, saying he had
the bell and wanted to return it. So the bell was recovered, restored and
brought back in public Friday, ahead of the team’s Saturday game against
Eastern Illinois.
The victory bell tradition at Western Michigan dates to 1939. That
original bell was donated to a World War II scrap-metal drive.
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