With a couple of days to digest what happened against in their 56-49
loss to the Miami RedHawks, the Akron Zips will concentrate on returning to
fundamentals defensively and moving on from a disappointing loss.
Offensively the RedHawks racked up more than 700 yards against the Zips
defense. In their past two games, the
Zips have given up better than 1,300 yards of offense. Although some might argue that was to be
expected against the Tennessee Volunteers, it can be argued that it should have
been a different story against Miami as their quarterback Zac Dysert ran wild
and completed passes at will.
“When everyone did what they were supposed to do from the standpoint of
assignments and technique, everything looked like a million dollars,” assistant
head coach and defensive coordinator Chuck Amato said.
Ball State:
MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State linebacker Travis Freeman said he felt
something different when he walked around campus after Saturday's dramatic win
against South Florida.
There was a buzz.
"Everybody is a little excited about how this season has
started," Freeman said. "Like just with the community . . . and the
fan support and the faculty and staff on campus. Everybody's excited. It's a
big time for them. Everybody feels good about where the football program
is."
The Cardinals felt the extra buzz as their program picked up some
high-profile exposure following the 31-27 victory against the Bulls (from the
Big East) and a 41-39 win Sept. 15 at Indiana (Big Ten).
Bowling Green:
BOWLING GREEN – The impact Anthon Samuel is having on the Bowling Green
State University football team in his young career is undeniable.
But the person who had the greatest impact on the Falcons’ star running
back is his father, who also was named Anthon. The senior Samuel for whom the
BG running back was named passed away when the Falcons running back was eight.
The impact was so great that Samuel honors his father by writing, “RIP
Dad” in silver marker on his jersey sleeve before every contest.
“My dad really got me started in football, so I do that every game to
honor him,” Samuel said. “Before every game I look at his picture, and I listen
to his favorite songs, and that motivates me.”
Buffalo:
BUFFALO, NY - Junior linebacker Khalil Mack was named the Mid-American
Conference East Division Defensive Player of the Week Monday, fresh off a
Saturday game at Connecticut where he recorded 3.5 tackles for loss, a forced
fumble and a sack. The weekly honor was the third of his career, and the first
of the 2012 season.
Mack continued to be a terror in the offensive backfield, as he pushed
his season total in tackles for loss to an astounding 11 through just three
games. Even more impressive than that, he has posted 4.5 sacks over that span
as well. In total, Mack has 24 total tackles through three games, and has made
the opposition pay for almost every single one. His 11 tackles for loss have
gone for 49 yards, and his 4.5 sacks have pushed the offense back 38 yards. His
sack of Chandler Whitmer forced a fumble late in the second quarter, and gave
Mack his eighth forced fumble as a Bull, setting a new career program record.
For the season, Khalil has 24 tackles (17 solo).
Central Michigan:
DeKALB, Ill. - A pair of second-half turnovers thwarted two Central
Michigan comeback attempts in a league-opening 55-24 loss at Northern Illinois.
The Chippewas (2-2, 0-1 MAC) came out of the half down just 10, and
struck quickly with a 92-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage when
Ryan Radcliff found Titus Davis for a short completion and Davis raced away to
bring Central Michigan within three, 24-21.
The defense came up with a big stop in the red zone on the Huskies'
(4-1, 1-0 MAC) ensuing possession, holding Northern to a field goal and giving
the offense the ball back with just a six-point deficit, 27-21.
With the Chippewas driving downfield and threatening to take the lead,
a Radcliff pass inside the red zone was tipped at the line of scrimmage and
picked off by Sean Progar. The first turnover of the game eventually led to a
Husky field goal and a 13-point deficit for the Chippewas.
Eastern Michigan:
The Eastern Michigan football program is at the forefront of a new
effort to decrease concussions by strengthening players’ necks.
Eastern Michigan head coach Ron English with his team before the
Illinois State game.
A report this week from Sports Illustrated details how coach Ron
English has created target neck sizes for players, depending on their position.
EMU players now devote 20-25 minutes in weightroom sessions to neck
strengthening, and EMU invested in six neck machines last year.
Kent State:
Spencer Keith insists that he believed.
Trailing by one huge point with 1:16 showing on the clock and facing a
fourth-and-10 from his own 33-yard line with no timeouts left, Kent State’s
much-maligned senior quarterback claims he knew a victory was coming.
Even though his status as the team’s starting quarterback was up in the
air all week long.
Even though he’d just thrown his first interception in nine games to
put Ball State in position for the go-ahead touchdown.
Massachusetts:
AMHERST — Against Miami (Ohio), it was true freshman linebacker Kassan
Messiah who stepped into the lineup for the University of Massachusetts
football team and made a statement. Saturday against Ohio University, it was
Joe Colton’s turn.
The true freshman safety, who walked on at UMass after playing at
Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, racked up 12 tackles against the
Bobcats in place of the injured Christian Birt.
Miami (OH):
OXFORD, Ohio -- Miami University quarterback ZAC DYSERT (Ada) was named
Mid-American Conference East Division Offensive Player of the Week Monday
(Sept. 24) for his statistical accomplishments against the University of
Massachusetts.
The senior quarterback had a hand in all four RedHawk touchdowns as
Miami defeated UMass in the season opener at Yager Stadium, 27-16. Dysert
completed nearly 55 percent of his 22 passes, throwing for 192 yards and three
touchdowns (49, 17 and 33 yards). He also ran the ball 12 times for 76 net
yards and scored one TD. In MAC career passing categories, Dysert now ranks
tenth in passing yardage (9,427), eighth in completions (855, also a school
record, passing Ben Roethlisberger with 854) and is tied for 19th in touchdown
passes (53).
Northern Illinois:
DeKALB, Ill. – Northern Illinois kicker Mathew Sims gave the Huskies
their fifth straight Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week
honor Monday when he was chosen as the MAC West Specialist of the Week by the
league office.
Sims won the award after scoring 17 points, including six on a
seven-yard rushing touchdown off a fake field goal, in the Huskies’ 55-24
victory over Central Michigan Saturday at Huskie Stadium. Sims, the first team All-MAC kicker a year
ago, won a MAC weekly award for the first time in his career.
With the Huskies leading 34-24 and 11:28 to play, Sims lined up for an
apparent 24-yard field goal attempt but instead received a lateral flip from
holder Ryan Neir and ran seven yards for his first career touchdown. Hit late in the end zone, Sims then got up
and made his fifth PAT of the game.
Ohio:
Ohio University’s football team should not to be confused with,
compared with, or even mentioned in the same breath with Ohio State University.
The teams’ expectations and histories diverged a century ago, and Ohio is not
contemplating a challenge to the Buckeyes for state supremacy.
But this season, both teams are off to 4-0 starts. And Ohio started the
season with a 24-14 victory at Penn State.
“We’re not at the level of their program by any stretch of the
imagination,” said Ohio coach Frank Solich. “No school in the MAC is. But that
doesn’t mean we can’t make strides to elevate our program.
Toledo:
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Laziness. Poor practicing. A failure by the coaches
to prepare their team.
Various opinions were offered two weeks ago when the University of
Toledo came out lifeless and proceeded to play a clunker in a win over a
Football Championship Subdivision team.
If Saturday was a challenge to fix those shortcomings, consider the
challenge fulfilled. Determined to not allow that meager performance to spill
into the rest of the season, the Rockets played a brilliant first quarter to
jump start a 37-17 win at Western Michigan.
In racing out to a 17-0 lead after one quarter, Toledo outgained the
Broncos 259-14, picked up 12 first downs to zero, and harassed stand-in
quarterback Tyler Van Tubbergen into three three-and-outs to start the game.
The Rockets, 4-1 for the first time since 2005, got 213 rushing yards
from David Fluellen, three field goals from Jeremiah Detmer, and a defensive
touchdown from reserve cornerback Jordan Haden.
Western Michigan:
KALAMAZOO, MI – A marketing ploy did not end well Saturday night at
Waldo Stadium.
In an attempt to keep up with the hottest college football fashion
trends and possibly catch the attention of future recruits, the Broncos came
out wearing shiny gray helmets and mostly-black alternate uniforms.
By 10:30 p.m., replica cardboard helmets littered Waldo Stadium and the
alternate uniforms were probably boxed up and on their way to the depths of
Hangar 51 for Indiana Jones to find years from now.
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