Arbiter 11-17-11 Wrap

The Gridiron Wrap Saturday, Nov. 19th

@ San Diego St.

Kick-off at 6 p.m.

2 for 1 Preview Saturday, Nov. 26th

VS Wyoming Kick-off at Noon

Inside this wrap SDSU roster & game preview Wyoming roster & game preview

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Aztec Defense 20 Nate Berhe Sophomore 5-10/185

29 Senior 5-11/170

Colin Lockett

24

Sophomore 6-0/175

Jake Fely

Miles Burris

Senior 6-3/205

Freshman 5-10/200

Senior 6-3/235

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Marcus Andrews Larry Parker

Demetrius Barksdale

26

Sophomore 6-0/190

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Sophomore 5-10/185

Jerome Long

Dontrell Onuoha

Senior 6-0/245

Senior 6-5/285

Freshman 6-2/250

93

94

Leon McFadden

2

Junior 5-10/185

97

Tommie Draheim

Emilio Rivera

Alec Johson

Nik Embernate

Kurtis Gunther

Bryce Quigley

Senior 6-4/290

Senior 6-4/295

Junior 6-3/300

Junior 6-4/300

Senior 6-8/285

Sophomore 6-5/260

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Ronnie Hillman

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No. NAME 29 Larry Parker 30 Darius Guillory 30 Adam Roberts 31 Logan Ketchum 32 De’Saan Hardwick 33 Pierre Romain 33 Brandon Wright 34 Walter Kazee 34 J.J. Whittaker 35 Dwayne Garrett 35 King Holder 36 Nick Tenhaeff 37 Vaness Harris 38 T.J. Hickman 38 Abelardo Perez 39 Adam Muema 39 Rene Siluano 40 Scott Graves 40 Chad Young 41 Khalid Stevens 42 A.C. Colquitt 42 Jake Fely 43 Brice Heers 43 Ross Williams 44 Rob Andrews 45 Andrew Feaster 45 John Ghandour 46 Robert Craighead

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HT CLASS 170 SR 180 FR 210 FR 225 SR 175 FR 140 FR 185 FR 175 JR 165 FR 190 FR 150 FR 225 SO 255 SO 185 FR 225 SR 190 FR 185 SO 205 JR 225 SO 195 JR 185 JR 200 FR 210 SO 205 JR 225 JR 210 SO 245 FR 235 FR

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No. NAME 46 Jacob Driver 47 Cody Galea 48 Josh Gavert 49 J.J. Autele 50 Chris Gordert 51 Jimmy Miller 51 Stan Sedberry 52 Nick Stenman 53 Emilio Rivera 54 Demetrius Barksdale 55 Bruce Leaupepe 57 Christian Parra 58 Aaron Brewer 59 Jordan Thomas 60 Tommie Draheim 61 John Wilson 62 Brandon Koletsky 64 Zack Dilley 65 Japheth Gordon 66 Riley Gauld 67 Garrett Corbett 68 Nik Embernate 69 Paul Rodriguez 71 Alec Johnson 72 Darrell Greene 73 Jordan Smith 74 Mike Matamua 75 Jonathan Henkel

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No. NAME 77 Joel Alesi 77 Reggie Jones 79 Kurtis Gunther 80 Larry Clark 81 Brandon Turner 82 David Lamar 82 Jay Waddell 83 Osmond Nicholas 84 Paul Pitts 85 D.J. Shields 86 Jesse Ben-Ron 86 Jemond Hazely 87 Bryce Quigley 88 Gavin Escobar 90 Everett Beed 91 Frederick Trujillo 92 Ryan Taylor 93 Larry Gibbs 94 Jerome Long 95 Chris Hokokian 96 Kenny Galea’i 97 Dontrell Onuoha 98 Zach Douglas 98 Sam Meredith 99 Jon Sanchez

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Tashaun Gipson

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Junior 5-11/195

Senior 6-0/208

Korey Jones

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Brian Hendricks

8

Senior 6-1/228

Blair Burns

20 Freshman 5-10/170

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Ben Durbin

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Josh Biezuns

Junior 6-3/272

Junior 6-3/286

Senior 6-2/260

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Cory Yriarte

Chuck Hayes

Charles Leno Jr.

Kyle Efaw

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Sophomore 6-3/289

Senior 6-1/282

Senior 6-2/291

Sophomore 6-3/294

Senior 6-4/227

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No. NAME 27 Jay Ajayi 28 Phillip Hogan 28 Dillon Lukehart 29 Lee Hightower 30 Travis Stanaway 31 Antwon Murray 32 Jonathan Brown 32 Jake Hardee 33 Tommy Smith 34 Taylor Loffler 34 Kirby Moore 35 Zach Keiser 35 Darian Thompson 36 Aaron Tevis 37 Ebenezer Makinde 38 Corey Bell 38 Raphiel Lambert 39 Drew Wright 40 Tyrone Crawford 41 Dan Goodale 41 Kharyee Marshall 42 Jamal Wilson 42 Matt Wilson 43 Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe 44 Chris Roberson 45 Travis Saxton 46 Bryan Douglas

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HT CLASS 208 FR 165 FR 200 FR 170 FR 203 SR 176 SR 220 SO 236 FR 227 JR 200 FR 205 SO 185 FR 180 FR 232 SR 172 SO 200 FR 210 JR 198 JR 276 SR 183 FR 216 SO 230 FR 228 SR 307 SO 232 JR 214 FR 162 FR

No. NAME 47 Dan Paul 48 J.C. Percy 49 Billy Derome 49 Brad Elkin 50 Dakota Shackleton 51 Mitchell McCarthy 53 Beau Martin 54 Michael Ames 55 Chuck Hayes 56 Dustin Kamper 58 Robert Ash 61 Joe Kellogg 62 Chris Tozer 63 Adam Sheffield 64 Brenel Myers 65 Matt Paradis 66 Thomas Byrd 67 Rees Odhiambo 68 David Cushing 69 Tyler Horn 70 Zach Waller 71 Greg Dohmen 72 Marcus Henry 73 Nate Potter 74 Cory Yriarte 75 Faraji Wright 76 Jake Broyles

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Aaron Tevis

Senior 6-0/239

Senior 6-3/234

94

36

Billy Winn

Michael Atkinson

Shea McClellin

Senior 6-4/273

Senior 6-4/300

Junior 6-1/320

Senior 6-3/255

90

99

Clayton Kirven

Tyler Strong

Nick Carlson

Senior 6-6/305

Sophomore 6-3/288

Junior 6-4/292

Dominic Rufran

33 Freshmen 6-0/185

72

51

60

26

Sophomore 6-0/182

92

Brandon Self

John Hutchins

Josh Doctoson

Senior 6-3/301

Senior 6-5/295

Freshmen 6-4/185

77

69

89

Mazi Ogbonna

2

Senior 6-0/200

Brett Smith

16 Freshmen 6-3/195

Alvester Alexander

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Tyrone Crawford

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Robert Herron

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Byron Hout

Lee Hightower Freshman 6-1/183

No. NAME 77 Spencer Gerke 78 Charles Leno 79 Bronson Durrant 80 Kyle Efaw 81 Nick Alexander 81 Dallas Burroughs 82 Samuel Ukwuachu 83 Troy Ware 84 Cory Brehm 84 Michael Frisina 85 Holden Huff 86 Kyle Sosnowski 87 Gabe Linehan 88 Chandler Koch 89 Tyler Shoemaker 90 Billy Winn 91 Greg Grimes 92 Shea McClellin 93 Justin Jungblut 94 Byron Hout 95 Darren Koontz 96 Jarrell Root 97 Chase Baker 98 Jeffrey Worthy 99 Michael Atkinson

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Sophomore 5-10/212

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HT CLASS 250 SR 222 JR 191 SO 194 SR 209 FR 210 FR 253 SO 291 JR 291 SR 212 SO 262 FR 299 JR 305 JR 300 FR 277 JR 286 SO 288 SR 296 FR 267 FR 256 FR 296 SR 270 FR 280 FR 300 SR 282 SR 291 JR 278 SO

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Junior 5-9/186

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Sophomore 6-0/189

Nate Poter

Mitch Burroughs

Sophomore 5-10/187

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Senior 6-3/263

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Senior 6-1/213

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Junior 5-10/195

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Luck Anderson

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San Diego sophomore running back Ronnie Hillman (13) is the nation’s second leading rusher (1,278 yards) heading into the matchup with Boise State this Saturday.

Aztec warriors can run and throw Lucio Prado Journalist

The football team looks to focus their sights on the San Diego State Aztecs this week after suffering its first loss of the season last Saturday on the blue.

The question fans are asking now is: can the players, knowing that their season will most likely end with with another trip to the MACCO Las Vegas Bowl,

respond with a win against a tough team with NFL talent like the Aztecs?

Saturday, the Broncos will be playing in Qualcomm stadium— an NFL stadium—against the talented Aztecs.

Aztec sophomore running back Ronnie Hillman is only 5 feet, 10 inches tall, but plays like a giant. Hillman ranks second nationally in rushing with an average of 149.75 yards per game. The sophomore ranks

eighth in all-purpose yards with an average of 175.75 yards a game and his 10.50 point per game average ranks in the top15 in the country.

A three-time league player of the week for the Mountain West, Hillman has reached the century mark on the ground in seven of the team’s eight games this year—churning out 1,000 yards for his second consecutive season. With 13 100-yard rushing games, 10 games with 150-

yard rushing and three games with 200-yard outputs, Hillman has managed to accumulate 2,730 total rushing yards on 461 carries. Not to mention his 30 touchdowns to go with it.

Hillman will definitely be playing on Sundays. If the Broncos hope to win, the key will be to slowing down this potent ground-game that starts and ends with Hillman.

Although Hillman is a threat on the ground, after watching

last week’s game the Broncos may want to concern themselves with San Diego State’s aerial attack.

The Aztecs feature a prototypical 6-foot,4-inch, 230-pound quarterback senior Ryan Lindley. Understanding that the Broncos’ secondary is beat up, Lindley must be licking his chops to get the opportunity to air it out on Saturday. Lindley has thrown for more than 2,500 yards in three years as starter.

He is the first Aztec to pass for more than 3,000 yards in backto-back years since 1995-96 and ranks second in San Diego State history in career passing yards, completions, attempts, passing touchdowns and total offense. Lindley has thrown for 1,957 yards this season and has 15 touchdowns. With an average of 220 passing yards a game, Lindley could have a huge outing against a beat-up Bronco secondary on Saturday.

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A game of Cowboys versus Broncos

What to think of a revitalized Wyoming team John Garretson

Online Sports Editor Coming back from San Diego, the Boise State Broncos (8-1, 3-1 in Mountain West) will not have much breathing room as they square-off against the Wyoming Cowboys (6-3, 3-1 MW) on Nov. 26 at noon.

The Cowboys have coasted under the Mountain West radar this year.

A team that went 1-7 in conference play and 3-9 overall, the Cowboys have seen a vast turnaround in their playing abilities since Boise State trampled them 51-7 last year, becoming a legitimate competitor in the Mountain West. The guiding light for the revamped Cowboys is freshman quarterback Brett Smith, who’s thrown for more than 2,000 yards with a 60.7 percent completion rate coupled with 14 touchdowns and only

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five interceptions. Smith has shown flashes of his speed on the gridiron, running for 378 yards and a team high eight touchdowns.

In the Cowboys’ backfield junior running back Alvester Alexander, who’s been a consistent factor in the Wyoming offense, continues to put up worthy numbers this season with 489 yards rushing for four scores and averaging 4.4 yards a carry. Alexander shares the carrying duty with junior Ghaali Muhammed, who has 379 yards, two touchdowns and 6.3 yards a carry and sophomore Brandon Miller with 297 yards, two touchdowns and 5.4 yards a carry. This is Alexander’s first year as running back for the Cowboys, he has played on the other side of the ball as safety and outside linebacker the past two seasons.

Smith’s go-to guy in the

receiving corps, junior Chris McNeill, has a lofty 42 receptions for 504 yards and four scores.

The defensive side of the Wyoming Cowboys seems to be just as potent as their offense, a squad led by senior defensive end/tackle Gabe Knapton, who has recorded 60 tackles total, 5.5 for a loss, five sacks and two fumble recoveries. Knapton’s counterpart, senior defensive end Josh Biezuns, also has been known to disrupt the offense as seen with his 44 tackles, 8.5 tackles for a loss, four sacks and four forced fumbles. Expect the tandem to create havoc for the Boise State offensive line.

It would be naïve to expect the Wyoming Cowboys to play like their performance last year against the Broncos and with TCU’s win against Boise State on the blue, it goes to show that conference games are no walk in the park.

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