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e-mail Dear TWIF, You’ve been harping that Ohio State needs a ‘statement’ win to end the season in its bowl game, like beating an SEC team or USC in the Rose Bowl. I disagree. The Buckeyes just need to win a bowl game, period, so that they can feel good about themselves heading into the off-season. Playing the SEC or the Trojans would just make them the butt of more jokes by the national media. This team is too average to put on the big stage again. Let’s just stay under the radar and start anew in 2009. Ralph, Pickerington Dear Ralph, You support like Jim Tressel

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coaches – defensively. While it’s conceivable the Buckeyes would get wiped out by USC or an SEC team, they still need to exorcise that demon. Everyone considers this Buckeye team soft and underachieving. Only a win over the big boys will take that stigma away. A win over North Carolina in the Orange Bowl won’t get it done. Bring on Florida, Alabama or Oklahoma. That’s the only kind of match-up I want to see. Dear TWIF, It amazes me how arrogant Browns fans have become! Their team is 3-6 and they talk about my Bengals like we’re the worst team on the planet. Hey, you’re only two

games ahead of us in the standings, you morons! Here’s a prediction: When we beat Cleveland, IN CLEVELAND, on December 21, that will be the day we pass the Browns in the standings. We’ll finish 6-10, while you’re headed for 5-11 or 4-12 now that the mighty Quinn has taken over! Roy, Cincinnati Dear Roy, I confess to not being the sharpest knife in the drawer, but the last thing I would do is try to defend the most dysfunctional franchise in the NFL. What are you thinking? As a Steeler man, I’ve obviously always despised the Browns. But the fact is, they’re legit from the standpoint of having quality players and they can beat any team in the league, as evidenced by the victory over the Giants. That was no fluke. While they’ve given a couple games away, they’ve not been an embarrassment week-in, and weekout, like Ohio’s other pro team (and I’m not referring to Ohio State). Just something to think about.

Dear TWIF, I know you follow high school football in the Cincinnati area pretty closely. Can anyone down there, such as Colerain or Elder, hang with St. Ignatius? John, Cleveland Dear John, Both Elder and Colerain can play with Ignatius, but I give the nod to Iggy because they took down what I was convinced was the state’s best team, Cleveland Glenville, last weekend. Caution: The road to Iggy in the state finals will likely have to include a win over Pickerington Central. The Tigers are the real deal, and give Central Ohio a legitimate, albeit rare, shot of claiming a state title.

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The Brady Quinn Era Has Finally Begun Sitting at 3-6 and completely eradicated from the playoff race, it is now officially the Brady Quinn era. With that said, the quarterback controversy that has been brewing ever since the Browns drafted Brady is finally OVER. No more media questions for Coach Romeo Crennel on when Quinn will play. And after witnessing Quinn in action last week against Denver, there probably won’t be any on whether Derek Anderson will get his job back. There is no chance we’ll see Anderson back under center for the remainder of the slate, unless, God forbid, Quinn is injured. The season has been washed away by torrents of erratic play and coaching, so with all hope lost on the season, you’d figure that general manager Phil Savage and Crennel would like to get a good look at Quinn. They’ll want questions answered, such as whether Quinn can throw the deep ball, if he can make the proper reads, if he can be consistent and if he can be a leader. My next thoughts go out to those analyzing Quinn: The seat that Crennel is currently sitting on is no longer “hot.” It is now in fact “scorching.” Crennel came from New England with his defensive guru reputation preceding him. Yet, the Browns have had anything but a good defense in Crennel’s three-plus seasons in Cleveland. And the defense is

regressing. The Browns gave up a combined 993 total yards in losing its last two to Baltimore and Denver – both losses coming after Cleveland held 13-point secondhalf leads. So Crennel’s job security is very un-secured. As well as it should be, along with the rest of those in the Browns front office. Owner Randy Lerner should be examining his team long and hard, from the top with Savage to the 53rd player on the Browns roster. Yes, this team might be in for a major overhaul after the season. Cleveland now travels to Buffalo for yet another nationally televised game on “Monday Night Football.” Don’t anticipate the losing skid to end. While the offense looked very respectable with Quinn against Denver, three drives still ended with field goals instead of what should’ve been TDs. And Buffalo is a much-improved team with a young and exciting defense. Its offense, while not the most explosive in the league, is good enough to rack up a lot of points against the Browns’ bad defense. Quinn will surely struggle to keep pace, as he did last week against the Broncos. Okay, let’s talk about something positive. The Ohio State Buckeyes have a lot to play for this week as they head to Illinois. The national

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championship is clearly out of the picture, but because of Penn State’s loss at Iowa last week, the hopes for a Big Ten cochampionship are certainly present. As is a berth in a BCS bowl. So a lot is on the line in OSU’s final two games. Win out and the Bucks are looking very good in regards to a fourth-consecutive league title, albeit a co-championship. But we’ll take it nonetheless. The Illini looked more cowardly than “Fighting” last week in a loss to Western Michigan, and I expect the Buckeyes to continue their misery. Though quarterback Juice Williams single-handedly beat OSU last year in the ‘Shoe, he doesn’t have Rashard Mendenhall’s services this year, which makes the Juice Illinois’ sole rushing threat. Thus OSU should have no trouble containing Mr. Williams this year. In conclusion, I foresee a 24-14 Buckeye win in Champaign. BCS bowl bound? It is still possible! Go Bucks!

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The Mighty Quinn’s Time Has Arrived OK, the season is officially over. Now what? The Browns effectively ruined any chance of qualifying for the playoffs by handing victories on a silver platter to both Baltimore and Denver. Cleveland is now 3-6. It’s November and Browns fans are already thinking about next year’s NFL Draft. Monday night at Buffalo could have been a meaningful game. The Bills are scratching and clawing for a division title or wild card berth, and had the Browns taken care of business the past two weeks, the same could have been said for them. And because of that, it’s hard to imagine Cleveland having any motivation at all against Buffalo. The Bills, on the other hand, took advantage of a weak early-season schedule to sprint out to a 5-1 start, but have slumped of late. They looked like world-beaters in wins against teams with a combined 12-28 record, but losses to Miami, the New York Jets and New England have certainly thwarted their momentum. Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if the Browns can intensely compete now that nothing but pride is at stake.

BROWNS OFFENSE VS. BILLS DEFENSE

That earlier statement about Browns fans having only the draft to look forward to? That’s not entirely accurate. There’s also Brady Quinn. Quinn performed admirably in the loss to Denver, but questions certainly remain, the most intriguing of which is this: Can he throw more than short passes and screens? And if he can,

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Cleveland at Buffalo When: Monday, November 17 will the Browns allow him to? Where: Ralph Wilson Braylon Edwards was held to just one Stadium catch against the Broncos, which had much to TV: ESPN do with offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski Time: 8:30 p.m. EST being afraid to let Quinn heave it deep. And Series: Browns lead series what’s the deal with Donte Stallworth? Why 9-5 did the Browns sign him if they didn’t plan Last Meeting: 2007, Browns to use him? won 8-0 in Cleveland The Bills ranked seventh in the NFL in yards allowed per game after Week 9, but were merely middle of the pack in points allowed MARTY MAKES and rather low in rushing yards surrendered. They are far from opportunistic, as their THE CALL low total of five interceptions attests. And they Buffalo Coach Losing takes a toll on a Dick Jauron don’t boast one defender with more than two team. But blowing two-TD sacks, though their team total of 14 is respectleads in successive home able. games is devastating. Most especially when it Buffalo features two talented linebackers in costs you the playoffs. Paul Posluszny and Kawika Mitchell, and a rangy Motivation plays a huge role in any given veteran safety in Cleveland native Donte Whitner. game. Perhaps playing on “Monday Night Cornerback Jabari Greer leads the team with two Football” will spark the Browns. But if they interceptions, both of which he returned for have indeed been emotionally crushed by touchdowns. their departure from the playoff race, then this Speaking of touchdowns, could be a blowout. look for the Browns to score at Because of injuries the Broncos had no least a couple in this one. But it running game against the Browns, but still won’t make up for the ones the passed the pigskin all over the place. Trent Bills will score on the porous Edwards and the Bills will likely do the same. Cleveland defense. The bet here is that the Browns will remain SLIGHT ADVANTAGE: motivated as they play before a national TV Bills audience. Just don’t bet on Cleveland to win.

BILLS OFFENSE VS. BROWNS DEFENSE

BILLS 31-20

the Browns allow 4.7 yards per rush, which is 30th So what happened? Earlier this year, the in the NFL. That should cure what is ailing Lynch Browns defense was rolling as and the Bills. In addition to that, the Browns’ mindset will Buffalo they figured out how to stop Strong Safety the run. And young corner- certainly be a factor here. Have they lost their Donte Whitner backs Eric Wright and Brandon confidence? Will they perform with intensity now McDonald had provided sound that there’s nothing tangible to play for? ADVANTAGE: Bills reason for optimism. But that now seems like eons ago. SPECIAL TEAMS The Browns were torched by the offensiveWarning to Browns opponents: Josh Cribbs ly challenged Ravens and the injury riddled has been unleashed. Broncos. And Denver passed at will, particularly One wondered when Cribbs would take one in McDonald’s direction. He has without a doubt to the house, but one must wonder no longer. He regressed as a cover man as the season has pro- piled up 247 yards on kick returns and returned gressed. one for a TD against Baltimore. He then performed So Bills quarterback Trent Edwards must brilliantly in the loss to Denver. be licking his chops, though his The Bills, meanwhile, have offense is having problems of its Buffalo Wide Receiver been solid on punt returns. Roscoe own. Edwards has managed games Lee Evans Parrish and Fred Jackson average well, but his seven touchdown passnearly 15 yards a return between es shows he has nobody to pass them, though kickoff returner to other than Lee Evans. And the Leodis McKelvin has been no more Buffalo running game has proven than average. less effective than expected. Bills punter Brian Moorman has Featured back Marshawn Lynch been among the best in the game, has yet to rush for 100 yards in any but placekicker Rian Lindell has game and managed just 16 yards been inconsistent, particularly on on nine carries against a bad Jets longer attempts. Browns placekicker defense. The Bills have also lost Phil Dawson has proven far more an AFC-leading 10 fumbles. While reliable. that’s not entirely Lynch’s fault, it’s SLIGHT ADVANTAGE: alarming nonetheless. Browns What also is disturbing is that

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@Cleveland .............28-10 Philadelphia ............41-37 @Green Bay ............27-16 Washington.............24-26 Cincinnati ................31-22 @Arizona ................24-30 @St. Louis ..............14-34 Tampa Bay ................13-9 @New York Giants ..14-35 Bye @Washington .................. San Francisco .................. Seattle .............................. @Pittsburgh ..................... New York Giants .............. Baltimore ......................... @Philadelphia ..................

NFC NORTH S-7 S-14 S-21 S-28 O-5 O-12 O-19 O-26 N-2 N-9 N-16 N-23 N-30 D-7 D-11 D-22 D-28

@Indianapolis .........29-13 @Carolina ...............17-20 Tampa Bay ..... 24-27 (OT) Philadelphia ............24-20 @Detroit....................34-7 @Atlanta .................20-22 Minnesota ...............48-41 Bye Detroit .....................27-23 Tennessee ...............14-21 @Green Bay ..................... @St. Louis ....................... @Minnesota ..................... Jacksonville ..................... New Orleans .................... Green Bay ........................ @Houston ........................

Detroit .....................34-21 @Tampa Bay .............9-24 Kansas City .............38-14 @Carolina .................9-24 @Green Bay ............27-24 Chicago ...................22-20 Bye @Philadelphia .........14-27 @Oakland..................24-0 New Orleans ...........34-20 Denver ............................. Carolina............................ @San Diego ..................... @New Orleans ................. Tampa Bay ....................... @Minnesota ..................... St. Louis ..........................

@San Francisco ......23-13 Miami Dolphins.......31-10 @Washington .........17-24 @New York Jets......35-56 Buffalo ....................41-17 Dallas ......................30-24 Bye @Carolina ...............23-27 @St. Louis ..............34-13 San Francisco .................. @Seattle........................... New York Giants .............. @Philadelphia .................. St. Louis .......................... Minnesota ........................ @New England................. Seattle ..............................

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Washington...............16-7 @St. Louis ..............41-13 Cincinnati ....... 26-23 (OT) Bye Seattle .......................44-6 @Cleveland .............14-35 San Francisco .........29-17 @Pittsburgh ............21-14 Dallas ......................35-14 @Philadelphia .................. Baltimore ......................... @Arizona ......................... @Washington .................. Philadelphia ..................... @Dallas ............................ Carolina............................ @Minnesota .....................

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@Atlanta .................21-34 Green Bay ...............25-48 @San Francisco ......13-31 Bye Chicago .....................7-34 @Minnesota ............10-12 @Houston ...............21-28 Washington.............17-25 @Chicago................23-27 Jacksonville ............14-38 @Carolina ........................ Tampa Bay ....................... Tennessee ........................ Minnesota ........................ @Indianapolis .................. New Orleans .................... @Green Bay .....................

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@San Diego ............26-24 Chicago ...................20-17 @Minnesota ............10-20 Atlanta.......................24-9 Kansas City ...............34-0 @Tampa Bay .............3-27 New Orleans .............30-7 Arizona....................27-23 Bye @Oakland..................17-6 Detroit .............................. @Atlanta .......................... @Green Bay ..................... Tampa Bay ....................... Denver ............................. @New York Giants ........... @New Orleans .................

Team Arizona Cardinals San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks St. Louis Rams

arIZOna CarDInalS

S-7 S-14 S-21 S-28 O-5 O-12 O-19 O-26 N-2 N-10 N-16 N-23 N-27 D-7 D-14 D-21 D-28

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S-4 S-14 S-21 S-28 O-5 O-13 O-19 O-26 N-2 N-9 N-16 N-23 N-30 D-7 D-14 D-21 D-28

Team Chicago Bears Minnesota Vikings Green Bay Packers Detroit Lions

CHICagO bEarS

NFC SOUTH S-7 S-14 S-21 S-28 O-5 O-12 O-19 O-26 N-2 N-9 N-16 N-23 N-30 D-7 D-14 D-21 D-28

Team New York Giants Washington Redskins Philadelphia Eagles Dallas Cowboys

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S-7 S-14 S-21 S-28 O-5 O-12 O-19 O-26 N-2 N-10 N-16 N-23 N-30 D-7 D-14 D-21 D-28

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Arizona....................13-23 @Seattle......... 33-30 (OT) Detroit .....................31-13 @New Orleans ........17-31 New England ...........21-30 Philadelphia ............26-40 @New York Giants ..17-29 Seattle .....................13-34 Bye @Arizona ......................... St. Louis .......................... @Dallas ............................ @Buffalo .......................... New York Jets .................. @Miami ........................... @St. Louis ....................... Washington......................

Pct .875 .667 .625 .556

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

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

Div 2-0 2-1 0-2 1-2

PHIlaDElPHIa EaglES

S-7 S-15 S-21 S-28 O-5 O-12 O-19 O-26 N-2 N-9 N-16 N-23 N-27 D-7 D-15 D-21 D-28

St. Louis ...................38-3 @Dallas...................37-41 Pittsburgh .................15-6 @Chicago................20-24 Washington.............17-23 @San Francisco ......40-26 Bye Atlanta.....................27-14 @Seattle....................26-7 New York Giants .............. @Cincinnati...................... @Baltimore ...................... Arizona............................. @New York Giants ........... Cleveland ......................... @Washington .................. Dallas ...............................

Pct .556 .556 .444 .000

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

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

grEEn bay PaCKErS

S-8 S-14 S-21 S-28 O-5 O-12 O-19 O-26 N-2 N-9 N-16 N-24 N-30 D-7 D-14 D-22 D-28

Minnesota ...............24-19 @Detroit..................48-25 Dallas ......................16-27 @Tampa Bay ...........21-30 Atlanta.....................24-27 @Seattle..................27-17 Indianapolis ............34-14 Bye @Tennessee ... 16-19 (OT) @Minnesota ............27-28 Chicago ............................ @New Orleans ................. Carolina............................ Houston ........................... @Jacksonville .................. @Chicago......................... Detroit ..............................

Pct .778 .667 .667 .444

Home 5-0 4-0 4-0 4-1

Road 2-2 2-3 2-3 0-4

Div 2-1 2-1 1-2 1-2

nEW OrlEanS SaIntS

S-7 S-14 S-21 S-28 O-6 O-12 O-19 O-26 N-2 N-9 N-16 N-24 N-30 D-7 D-11 D-21 D-28

Tampa Bay ..............24-20 @Washington .........24-29 @Denver .................32-34 San Francisco .........31-17 Minnesota ...............27-30 Oakland .....................34-3 @Carolina .................7-30 San Diego* .............37-32 Bye @Atlanta .................20-34 @Kansas City ................... Green Bay ........................ @Tampa Bay .................... Atlanta.............................. @Chicago......................... @Detroit........................... Carolina............................

*in London, home game for New Orleans

Pct .625 .250 .222 .222 S-7 S-14 S-21 S-28 O-5 O-12 O-19 O-26 N-2 N-9 N-16 N-23 N-27 D-7 D-14 D-21 D-28

Home 3-0 1-4 1-3 1-3

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

SEattlE SEaHaWKS

Div 2-0 1-2 2-1 0-2

@Buffalo .................10-34 San Francisco 30-33 (OT) St. Louis .................37-13 Bye @New York Giants ....6-44 Green Bay ...............17-27 @Tampa Bay ...........10-20 @San Francisco ......34-13 Philadelphia ..............7-26 @Miami ..................19-21 Arizona............................. Washington...................... @Dallas............................ New England .................... @St. Louis ....................... New York Jets .................. @Arizona .........................

Conf Non-Conf Streak 5-0 2-1 3W 5-2 1-1 1L 4-3 1-0 3W 3-4 2-0 1L WaSHIngtOn rEDSKInS

S-4 S-14 S-21 S-28 O-5 O-12 O-19 O-26 N-3 N-9 N-16 N-23 N-30 D-7 D-14 D-21 D-28

@New York Giants ....7-16 New Orleans ...........29-24 Arizona....................24-17 @Dallas...................26-24 @Philadelphia .........23-17 St. Louis .................17-19 Cleveland ................14-11 @Detroit..................25-17 Pittsburgh .................6-23 Bye Dallas ............................... @Seattle........................... New York Giants .............. @Baltimore ...................... @Cincinnati...................... Philadelphia ..................... @San Francisco ...............

Conf Non-Conf Streak 4-3 1-1 1L 4-2 1-2 2W 3-4 1-1 2L 0-7 0-2 9L mInnESOta VIKIngS

S-8 S-14 S-21 S-28 O-6 O-12 O-19 O-26 N-2 N-9 N-16 N-23 N-30 D-7 D-14 D-21 D-28

@Green Bay ............19-24 Indianapolis ............15-18 Carolina...................20-10 @Tennessee ............17-30 @New Orleans ........30-27 Detroit .....................12-10 @Chicago................41-48 Bye Houston ..................28-21 Green Bay ...............28-27 @Tampa Bay .................... @Jacksonville .................. Chicago ............................ @Detroit........................... @Arizona ......................... Atlanta.............................. New York Giants ..............

Conf Non-Conf Streak 4-2 3-0 3W 5-2 1-1 1W 4-3 2-0 2W 2-4 2-1 1L tamPa bay bUCCanEErS

S-7 S-14 S-21 S-28 O-5 O-12 O-19 O-26 N-2 N-9 N-16 N-23 N-30 D-8 D-14 D-21 D-28

@New Orleans ........20-24 Atlanta.......................24-9 @Chicago....... 27-24 (OT) Green Bay ...............30-21 @Denver .................13-16 Carolina.....................27-3 Seattle .....................20-10 @Dallas.....................9-13 @Kansas City . 30-27 (OT) Bye Minnesota ........................ @Detroit........................... New Orleans .................... @Carolina ........................ @Atlanta .......................... San Diego ........................ Oakland ............................

Conf Non-Conf Streak 3-2 2-1 1W 2-5 0-1 5L 2-5 0-2 2L 2-4 0-3 3L S-7 S-14 S-21 S-28 O-5 O-12 O-19 O-26 N-2 N-9 N-16 N-23 N-30 D-7 D-14 D-21 D-28

St. lOUIS ramS

@Philadelphia ...........3-38 New York Giants .....13-41 @Seattle..................13-37 Buffalo ....................14-31 Bye @Washington .........19-17 Dallas ......................34-14 @New England........16-23 Arizona....................13-34 @New York Jets........3-47 @San Francisco ............... Chicago ............................ Miami............................... @Arizona ......................... Seattle .............................. San Francisco .................. @Atlanta ..........................

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Who knows more about the NFL — The Bengals media or the Browns media? Let’s find out as Gregg Doyel and Kenny Roda go at it like Cats and Dawgs all season long.

Patriots. If he has to cheat to do it, Bill Belichick will find a way to beat Eric Mangini. Not that Belichick would cheat. Ever.

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Eagles. The odds were Eagles. First off, conagainst the Bengals grats to the Bengals winning once this year. Twice? In a row? for finally winning two weeks ago against Only $14 million lottery winners cash in on Jacksonville. But they still won’t have those odds. Carson Palmer in this one.

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Jets. I’m feeling a little Brett Favre magic. It’ll be just enough, as beating the mad scientist (a.k.a. Bill Belichick) and the Pats in their home is never easy.

Giants. As good as the Ravens have been this season, New York is going to win this thing in an Obama-like rout.

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Bills. Brady Quinn will be Bills. The Brady Quinn the most handsome quarera is here and so far, so terback in the stadium - unless I’m behind good. But the Mighty Quinn can’t beat the center for the Bills - but Buffalo is an Bills alone. Cleveland’s defense still stinks and ugly, ugly place for visitors. there’s no way Quinn and Co. can compensate for it on “Monday Night Football.” Pubco will print Ad with Pub Specific Colors

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Giants. These are two very excellent defenses going at it. And Baltimore rookie QB Joe Flacco has improved dramatically since Week 1. However, the G-Men at home will be too much for the Dirty Birds.

Cowboys. I’ve got a feeling that Tony Romo will play, and play well. But I also had a feeling that Ryan Leaf would be a better NFL player than Peyton Manning. So ignore me.

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Redskins. Without question, I’d for sure take Dallas if Tony Romo were to start. But I don’t know if he will, and the ‘Boys are reeling a bit.

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CONRAD BLUE: (C-100, M-85, Y-12, K-2) YELLOW: (C-0, M-0, Y-100, K-0)

Championship Chase!

TEAM AVG 1. Alabama .9814 2. Texas Tech .9715 3. Texas .8798 4. Florida .8640 5. Oklahoma .8444 6. USC .7896 7. Utah .7692 8. Penn State .6839 9. Boise State .6783 10. Georgia .6156 11. Ohio State .5910 12. Missouri .5584 13. Oklahoma St. .5340 14. Ball State .4163 15. Michigan St. .3888 16. N. Carolina .3817 17. BYU .3746 18. TCU .3512 19. Florida State .2593 20. LSU .2403 21. Pitt .1799 22. Cincinnati .1487 23. Tulsa .0715 24. Wake Forest .0611 25. S. Carolina .0577

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REC 10-0 10-0 8-1 9-1 9-1 8-1 9-1 10-0 9-0 8-2 8-2 8-2 8-2 9-0 9-2 9-1 7-2 9-2 6-3 7-2 7-2 7-2 6-3 7-3 8-1

PTS 1604 1574 1467 1437 1375 1311 1161 1157 1110 1009 963 913 880 677 623 602 597 584 552 380 318 269 124 117 84

PVS 1 2 4 5 6 7 3 10 9 12 8 13 14 16 11 17 19 18 15 24 25 NR NR NR NR

Others Receiving Votes California 73, Virginia Tech 44, Air Force 40, Georgia Tech 29, Arizona 7, Oregon 6, Western Michigan 6, West Virginia 5, Central Michigan 5, Iowa 5, Miami (FL) 5, Northwestern 3, Boston College 3, Maryland 3, South Florida 1, Wake Forest 1, Kansas 1.

No. 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.

TEAM Alabama (44) Texas Tech (17) Florida Oklahoma Texas USC Utah Penn State Boise State Ohio State Missouri Georgia Oklahoma State Brigham Young Michigan State Ball State North Carolina TCU Florida State LSU Pittsburgh Cincinnati South Carolina Tulsa Oregon State

REC 10-0 10-0 8-1 9-1 9-1 8-1 10-0 9-1 9-0 8-2 8-2 8-2 8-2 9-1 9-2 9-0 7-2 9-2 7-2 6-3 7-2 7-2 7-3 8-1 6-3

PTS 1508 1469 1348 1314 1300 1268 1104 1074 1028 936 883 842 808 679 660 590 543 475 426 409 311 183 155 144 71

PVS 1 3 5 4 7 6 9 2 10 12 13 14 8 16 17 18 19 11 24 15 NR NR NR NR NR

Others Receiving Votes California 50, Oregon 49, Georgia Tech 38, Virginia Tech 34, Air Force 25, Wake Forest 13, Northwestern 13, Arizona 11, Kansas 11, Maryland 9, Connecticut 8, Minnesota 8, Boston College 7, Iowa 6, Miami (FL) 5, West Virginia 5, Western Michigan 5.

PW .970 .980 .920 .820 .820 .720 .870 .620 .680 .740 .540 .540 .550 .430 .340 .440 .210 .400 .250 .170 .140 .210 .000 .170 .020

Legends Poll

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No. TEAM 1. Alabama (44) 2. Texas Tech (21) 3. Florida 4. Texas 5. Oklahoma 6. USC 7. Penn State 8. Utah 9. Boise State 10. Ohio State 11. Oklahoma State 12. Missouri 13. Georgia 14. Ball State 15. TCU 16. Brigham Young 17. North Carolina 18. Michigan State 19. LSU 20. Florida State 21. Pittsburgh 22. Cincinnati 23. Oregon State 24. South Carolina 25. Tulsa

2008 BCS Rankings: Week 4

BCS Harris Poll USA Today Computer Rankings PRV RK PTS % RK PTS % COMP AVG A&H RB CM KM JS 1 1 2808 .9853 1 1508 .9889 2 25 24 23 24 24 25 2 2 2768 .9712 2 1469 .9633 1 24 25 24 25 25 24 4 4 2471 .8670 5 1300 .8525 3 22 23 25 23 23 23 5 3 2531 .8881 3 1348 .8839 T-5 21 21 22 20 20 20 6 5 2427 .8516 4 1314 .8616 T-5 19 20 20 21 21 21 7 6 2329 .8172 6 1268 .8315 8 17 22 19 18 16 18 8 8 2034 .7137 7 1104 .7239 4 23 19 21 22 22 22 3 7 2073 .7274 8 1074 .7043 10 16 15 16 13 15 17 10 9 1940 .6807 9 1028 .6741 9 20 16 18 17 17 15 13 12 1581 .5547 12 842 .5521 7 18 18 17 19 19 19 11 10 1765 .6193 10 936 .6138 T-12 14 17 15 12 12 13 14 11 1585 .5561 11 883 .5790 T-12 15 13 14 14 13 11 9 13 1488 .5221 13 808 .5298 11 8 14 10 15 18 16 17 15 1231 .4319 16 590 .3869 15 11 3 11 7 14 14 18 16 1122 .3937 15 660 .4328 17 12 7 12 6 3 9 19 17 995 .3491 17 543 .3561 14 13 8 13 16 10 8 15 14 1335 .4684 14 679 .4452 T-19 7 12 7 0 0 7 12 18 975 .3421 18 475 .3115 16 9 10 8 10 11 12 22 20 708 .2484 19 426 .2793 18 5 5 5 11 9 6 16 19 806 .2828 20 409 .2682 T-21 0 11 0 5 8 4 NR 21 558 .1958 21 311 .2039 23 10 0 9 0 0 5 NR 23 331 .1161 22 183 .1200 T-19 4 6 6 4 5 10 NR 22 342 .1200 24 144 .0944 NR 0 0 0 0 0 0 NR 36 14 .0049 T-31 13 .0085 T-21 6 0 4 8 6 1 NR 24 147 .0516 23 155 .1016 T-26 1 0 0 1 1 0

Week 10

No. 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.

TEAM Alabama (13) Texas Tech (5) Florida Texas Oklahoma USC Penn State Utah Boise State Ohio State Oklahoma State Missouri Georgia BYU Michigan State LSU TCU North Carolina Florida State Ball State Pittsburgh South Carolina Cincinnati Tulsa California

REC 10-0 10-0 8-1 9-1 9-1 8-1 9-1 10-0 9-0 8-2 8-2 8-2 8-2 9-1 9-2 6-3 9-2 7-2 7-2 9-0 7-2 7-3 7-2 8-1 6-3

PTS 443 435 413 399 377 361 344 303 292 287 264 259 232 187 183 179 165 152 134 130 66 57 44 38 35

PVS 1 4 3 5 6 7 2 9 11 12 8 13 15 16 17 14 10 22 24 18 NR NR NR 25 23

Others Receiving Votes Virginia Tech 21, Oregon 16, Oregon State 13, Air Force 6, Boston College 5, Wake Forest 5, Georgia Tech 3, Arizona 2.

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powerade previewS Atlantic Division

(#16) North Carolina at Maryland

Kicking Up Their Heels

The ACC is a train wreck. What you have here is about eight teams who are decent, all of which are probably good enough to finish seventh in the Big 12 or SEC, if you’re seeking a relative comparison. So when we say the best two in the ACC may be squaring off this week, don’t get too excited. Still, this will be a good, solid game to watch. After going winless on the road last season, the Heels have already won twice away from home this season. Because of its defense, make it three.

PREDICTION: North Carolina 24-20 Legendary Insight “North Carolina’s been getting a lot of attention, while Maryland seems to be under everyone’s radar. Neither team is flashy, but I think the Tar Heels will pull it out because of their opportunistic defense.” – George Welsh

As a matter of... FACT

North Carolina has come from behind in all but one of its wins this season, while Maryland is 3-0 in games decided by seven points or less and has won two of their three ACC games with fourth-quarter game-winning field goals. A-28 S-6 S-20 S-27 O-3 O-11 O-25 O-30 N-8 N-14 N-22 N-29 D-6 A-28 S-6 S-13 S-19 S-26 O-4 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-15 N-23 D-6

CINCINNATI (7-2) Eastern Kentucky.....40-7 @Oklahoma...........26-52 Miami (OH)............45-20 @Akron..................17-15 @Marshall.............33-10 Rutgers..................13-10 @Connecticut........16-40 South Florida.........24-10 @W. Virginia.26-23 (OT) @Louisville..................... Pittsburgh....................... Syracuse......................... @Hawaii.........................

A-31 S-6 S-17 S-26 O-10 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-14 N-22 D-4

CONNECTICUT (6-3) Hofstra.....................35-3 @Temple......... 12-9 (OT) Virginia..................45-10 Baylor....................31-28 @Louisville............26-21 @North Carolina....12-38 @Rutgers..............10-12 Cincinnati...............40-16 West Virginia.........13-35 @Syracuse..................... @South Florida............... Pittsburgh.......................

A-30 S-6 S-20 S-27 O-2 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-22 N-28 D-6

OPINION

There’s often a fine line between a winning and losing record, and these teams serve proof. Amazingly, one of them may very well win the ACC and play in a BCS bowl.

LOUISVILLE (5-4) Kentucky..................2-27 Tennessee Tech.....51-10 Kansas State..........38-29 Connecticut...........21-26 @Memphis............35-28 Middle Tenn. St.....42-23 South Florida.........24-20 @Syracuse............21-28 @Pittsburgh............7-41 Cincinnati........................ West Virginia.................. @Rutgers.......................

RUTGERS (4-5) S-1 Fresno State............7-24 S-11 North Carolina.......12-44 S-20 @Navy...................21-23 S-27 Morgan State...........38-0 O-4 @West Virginia......17-24 O-11 @Cincinnati...........10-13 O-18 Connecticut...........12-10 O-25 @Pittsburgh..........54-34 N-8 Syracuse................35-17 N-15 @South Florida............... N-22 Army............................... D-4 Louisville........................ SOUTH FLORIDA (6-3) A-30 Tennessee-Martin....56-7 S-6 @Central Florida....31-24 S-12 Kansas...................37-34 S-20 @Florida Int.............17-9 S-27 @N.C. State...........41-10 O-2 Pittsburgh..............21-26 O-18 Syracuse................45-13 O-25 @Louisville............20-24 O-30 @Cincinnati...........10-24 N-15 Rutgers........................... N-23 Connecticut.................... D-6 @West Virginia...............

BOSTON COLLEGE (6-3) A-30 vs. Kent State*........21-0 S-6 Georgia Tech.........16-19 S-20 Central Florida.........34-7 S-27 Rhode Island...........42-0 O-4 @N.C. State...........38-31 O-18 Virginia Tech..........28-23 O-25 @North Carolina....24-45 N-1 Clemson................21-27 N-8 Notre Dame.............17-0 N-15 @Florida State................ N-22 @Wake Forest................ N-29 Maryland........................ *Cleveland Browns Stadium CLEMSON (4-5) A-30 vs. Alabama............10-34 S-6 The Citadel.............45-17 S-13 North Carolina St.....27-9 S-20 South Carolina St....54-0 S-27 Maryland...............17-20 O-9 @Wake Forest.........7-12 O-18 Georgia Tech.........17-21 N-1 @Boston College...27-21 N-8 @Florida State.......27-41 N-15 Duke............................... N-22 @Virginia........................ N-29 South Carolina................ *Atlanta (Georgia Dome) FLORIDA STATE (7-2) S-6 Western Carolina.....69-0 S-13 Chattanooga............46-7 S-20 Wake Forest.............3-12 S-27 vs. Colorado..........39-21 O-4 @Miami (FL)..........41-39 O-16 @N.C. State...........26-17 O-25 Virginia Tech..........30-20 N-1 @Georgia Tech......28-31 N-8 Clemson................41-27 N-15 Boston College............... N-22 @Maryland..................... N-29 Florida............................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-18 O-25 N-6 N-15 N-22 N-29 A-28 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-16 O-25 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-29

MARYLAND (6-3) Delaware..................14-7 @Middle Tenn. St..14-24 California...............35-27 Eastern Michigan...51-24 @Clemson.............20-17 @Virginia.................0-31 Wake Forest.............26-0 N.C. State..............27-24 @Virginia Tech.......13-23 North Carolina................ Florida State................... @Boston College............

SYRACUSE (2-7) A-30 @Northwestern......10-30 S-6 Akron.....................28-42 S-13 Penn State.............13-55 S-20 Northeastern..........30-21 S-27 Pittsburgh..............24-34 O-11 @West Virginia........6-17 O-18 @South Florida......13-45 N-1 Louisville...............28-21 N-8 @Rutgers..............17-35 N-15 Connecticut.................... N-22 @Notre Dame................. N-29 @Cincinnati.................... WEST VIRGINIA (6-3) A-30 Villanova................48-21 S-6 @East Carolina........3-24 S-18 @Colorado.... 14-17 (OT) S-27 Marshall...................27-3 O-4 Rutgers..................24-17 O-11 Syracuse..................17-6 O-23 Auburn...................34-17 N-1 @Connecticut........35-13 N-8 Cincinnati...... 23-26 (OT) N-22 @Louisville..................... N-28 @Pittsburgh................... D-6 South Florida..................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-27 O-4 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-29

DUKE (4-5) James Madison.......31-7 Northwestern.........20-24 Navy......................41-31 Virginia....................31-3 @Georgia Tech........0-27 Miami (FL).............31-49 @Vanderbilt.............10-7 @Wake Forest.30-33 (OT) N.C. State..............17-27 @Clemson...................... @Virginia Tech................ North Carolina................

NORTH CAROLINA (7-2) A-30 McNeese State.......35-27 S-11 @Rutgers..............44-12 S-20 Virginia Tech..........17-20 S-27 @Miami (FL)..........28-24 O-4 Connecticut...........38-12 O-11 Notre Dame...........29-24 O-18 @Virginia...... 13-16 (OT) O-25 Boston College......45-24 N-8 Georgia Tech...........28-7 N-15 @Maryland..................... N-22 N.C. State....................... N-29 @Duke............................ VIRGINIA (5-5) A-30 USC.........................52-7 S-6 Richmond................16-0 S-13 @Connecticut........10-45 S-27 @Duke.....................3-31 O-4 Maryland.................31-0 O-11 East Carolina.........35-20 O-18 North Carolina.16-13 (OT) O-25 @Georgia Tech......24-17 N-1 Miami (FL).... 17-24 (OT) N-8 @Wake Forest.......17-28 N-22 Clemson......................... N-29 @Virginia Tech................ VIRGINIA TECH (6-3) A-30 vs. East Carolina*..22-27 S-6 Furman....................24-7 S-13 Georgia Tech.........20-17 S-20 @North Carolina....20-17 S-27 @Nebraska............35-30 O-4 Western Kentucky.27-13 O-18 @Boston College...23-28 O-25 @Florida State.......20-30 N-6 Maryland...............23-13 N-13 @Miami (FL)................... N-22 Duke............................... N-29 Virginia........................... *Charlotte, N.C. (Bank of America Stadium)

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N.C. STATE (3-6) @South Carolina......0-34 William & Mary.....34-24 @Clemson...............9-27 East Carolina.30-24 (OT) South Florida.........10-41 Boston College......31-38 Florida State..........17-26 @Maryland............24-27 @Duke...................27-17 Wake Forest.................... @North Carolina............. Miami (FL)......................

A A-28 S-6 S-20 S-27 O-9 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-29

G I B ST A E PITTSBURGH (7-2) Bowling Green.......17-27 Buffalo...................27-16 Iowa.......................21-20 @Syracuse............34-24 @South Florida......26-21 @Navy...................42-21 Rutgers..................34-54 @N. Dame.... 36-33 (OT) Louisville.................41-7 @Cincinnati.................... West Virginia.................. @Connecticut.................

Coastal Division

WAKE FOREST (6-3) @Baylor.................41-14 Mississippi............30-28 @Florida State.........12-3 Navy......................17-24 Clemson..................12-7 @Maryland..............0-26 @Miami (FL)..........10-16 Duke............. 33-30 (OT) Virginia..................28-17 @N.C. State.................... Boston College............... Vanderbilt.......................

A-28 S-6 S-13 S-20 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-20 N-29

A-28 S-6 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-13 N-20 N-29

GEORGIA TECH (7-3) Jacksonville State..41-14 @Boston College...19-16 @Virginia Tech.......17-20 Mississippi State.....38-7 Duke........................27-0 Gardner-Webb.........10-7 @Clemson.............21-17 Virginia..................17-24 Florida State..........31-28 @North Carolina......7-28 Miami (FL)...................... @Georgia ......................

MIAMI (FL) (6-3) Char. Southern........52-7 @Florida..................3-26 @Texas A&M.........41-23 North Carolina.......24-28 Florida State..........39-41 Central Florida.......20-14 @Duke...................49-31 Wake Forest...........16-10 @Virginia...... 24-17 (OT) Virginia Tech................... @Georgia Tech............... @N.C. State....................

Rutgers at South Florida

Scarlet Knight Fever Returns

Two teams heading in opposite directions. After a brutal start, Rutgers has won three straight and very well could salvage its season with a bowl trip. USF, after another great start for the second straight season, is staggering again, losers of three of four. Rutgers started USF’s 2007 slide with an upset win over the then-No. 2 Bulls in Piscataway, and we’re inclined to think the Scarlet Knights will continue USF’s slide this week because of the recent play of senior quarterback Mike Teel and the Rutgers defense. USF has the revenge factor on its side, though. Hmmm. We’ll go with the hotter team.

PREDICTION: Rutgers 31-23 Legendary Insight “Rutgers is finally playing the way you’d expect while South Florida is underperforming given all its talent. I think USF will have last year’s loss on their minds. Look for that to carry them.” – Bill Mallory

i nd e p e nd e nt s ARMY (3-7) A-29 Temple.....................7-35 S-6 New Hampshire.....10-28 S-20 Akron.......................3-22 S-27 @Texas A&M.........17-21 O-4 @Tulane.................44-13 O-11 Eastern Michigan...17-13 O-18 @Buffalo....... 24-27 (OT) O-25 Louisiana Tech.........14-7 N-1 Air Force..................7-16 N-8 @Rice....................31-38 N-22 @Rutgers....................... D-6 vs. Navy*........................ *Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field)

NAVY (6-3) A-30 Towson..................41-13 S-5 @Ball State............23-35 S-13 @Duke...................31-41 S-20 Rutgers..................23-21 S-27 @Wake Forest.......24-17 O-4 @Air Force.............33-27 O-18 Pittsburgh..............21-42 O-25 SMU........................34-7 N-1 Temple.......... 33-27 (OT) N-15 Notre Dame.................... N-25 @Northern Illinois.......... D-6 vs. Army*....................... *Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field)

S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-29

NOTRE DAME (5-4) San Diego State.....21-13 Michigan................35-17 @Michigan State.....7-23 Purdue...................38-21 Stanford.................28-21 @North Carolina....24-29 @Washington..........33-7 Pittsburgh..... 33-36 (OT) @Boston College.....0-17 Navy............................... Syracuse......................... @USC.............................

WESTERN KENTUCKY (2-8) A-30 @Indiana...............13-31 S-6 @East. Kentucky....37-13 S-13 @Alabama...............7-41 S-20 Murray State............50-9 S-27 @Kentucky..............3-41 O-4 @Virginia Tech.......13-27 O-11 Ball State.................7-24 O-18 Florida Atlantic.......20-24 N-1 North Texas...........40-51 N-8 @Troy......................7-17 N-15 Middle Tenn. St.............. D-6 @Florida Int....................

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As a matter of... FACT

Rutgers has a season ticket waiting list of more than 12,000. Rutgers’ stadium is undergoing an expansion which will increase capacity by 14,000, to 56,000. Note: Students will continue to receive free tickets.

OPINION

We don’t profess to be city planners or anything, but isn’t the proposed expansion just cutting it a little close to existing needs? If the program ever becomes a national title contender, you’d expect more fans to come out of the woodwork, wouldn’t you?

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powerade previewS Minnesota at Wisconsin

Gopher Nine Wins!

Wisconsin was once ranked eighth nationally. Now, they need to beat Minnesota this week to be bowl-eligible. Minnesota won just one game a year ago. Now the Gophers, despite losing two in a row, are victories over the Badgers and Iowa from posting a nine-win season, which would be one of the greatest one-season turnarounds in history. Wisconsin is too goofy to figure out, as Coach Brett Bielema’s game management has left a lot to be desired. Actually it’s been awful (see losses to Michigan and Michigan State). We’re guessing Minnesota gets back on track.

PREDICTION: Minnesota 24-20 Legendary Insight “I don’t know how good Minnesota really is, but you have to appreciate what their coach has done in one year. Wisconsin’s too up-and-down but they’ll probably win because they’re at home.” – John Cooper

As a matter of... FACT

Minnesota ranks third nationally in turnover margin (+1.50), is 22nd in scoring defense (19 points per game) and are 23rd in red zone efficiency (.88, 29 of 33).

OPINION

When you can hold an opponent under 20 points, and not just force turnovers but score off them, chances are that you can win nine games in a season. Ask Minnesota.

North Division COLORADO (5-5) A-31 vs. Colorado State*.38-17 S-6 East. Washington..31-24 S-18 West Virginia.17-14 (OT) S-27 vs. Florida State**.21-39 O-4 Texas.....................14-38 O-11 @Kansas................14-30 O-18 Kansas State..........14-13 O-25 @Missouri...............0-58 N-1 @Texas A&M.........17-24 N-8 Iowa State.............28-24 N-15 Oklahoma State.............. N-28 @Nebraska..................... *Denver (Invesco Field) **Jacksonville, Fla. (Municipal Stadium) A-28 S-6 S-13 S-20 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22

A-30 S-6 S-17 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22

KANSAS STATE (4-6) North Texas.............45-6 Montana State.......69-10 @Louisville............29-38 Louisiana-Lafa.......45-37 Texas Tech.............28-58 @Texas A&M.........44-30 @Colorado.............13-14 Oklahoma..............35-58 @Kansas................21-52 @Missouri.............24-41 Nebraska........................ Iowa State......................

ILLINOIS (5-5) A-30 vs. Missouri*..........42-52 S-6 Eastern Illinois........47-21 S-13 Louisiana-Lafayette.20-17 S-27 @Penn State..........24-38 O-4 @Michigan.............45-20 O-11 Minnesota...............20-27 O-18 Indiana....................55-13 O-25 @Wisconsin...........17-27 N-1 Iowa........................27-24 N-8 vs. W. Michigan**..17-23 N-15 Ohio State........................ N-22 @Northwestern................ *St. Louis (Edward Jones Dome) **Detroit (Ford Field)

BAYLOR (3-7) Wake Forest...........13-41 Northwestern St......51-6 Washington St.......45-17 @Connecticut........28-31 Oklahoma..............17-49 Iowa State.............38-10 @Oklahoma State....6-34 @Nebraska............20-32 Missouri................28-31 @Texas..................21-45 Texas A&M..................... @Texas Tech...................

INDIANA (3-7) Western Kentucky..31-13 Murray State.............45-3 Ball State................20-42 Michigan State........29-42 @Minnesota.............7-16 Iowa..........................9-45 @Illinois.................13-55 Northwestern..........21-19 Central Michigan....34-37 Wisconsin...............20-55 @Penn State.................... @Purdue..........................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22

IOWA (6-4) Maine........................46-3 Florida Int.................42-0 Iowa State................17-5 @Pittsburgh...........20-21 Northwestern..........17-22 @Michigan State....13-16 @Indiana..................45-9 Wisconsin...............38-16 @Illinois.................24-27 Penn State..............24-23 Purdue............................. @Minnesota....................

TEXAS (9-1) A-30 Florida Atlantic.......52-10 S-6 @UTEP..................42-13 S-20 Rice.......................52-10 S-27 Arkansas................52-10 O-4 @Colorado.............38-14 O-11 vs. Oklahoma*.......45-35 O-18 Missouri................56-31 O-25 Oklahoma State.....28-24 N-1 @Texas Tech..........33-39 N-8 Baylor....................45-21 N-15 @Kansas......................... N-27 Texas A&M..................... *Dallas (Cotton Bowl) TEXAS A&M (4-6) A-30 Arkansas State.......14-18 S-6 @New Mexico........28-22 S-20 Miami (FL).............23-41 S-27 Army......................22-17 O-4 @Oklahoma State..28-56 O-11 Kansas State..........30-44 O-18 Texas Tech.............25-43 O-25 @Iowa State..........49-35 N-1 Colorado................24-17 N-8 Oklahoma..............28-66 N-15 @Baylor.......................... N-27 @Texas........................... TEXAS TECH (10-0) A-30 Eastern Wash...... 49-24 S-6 @Nevada...............35-19 S-13 SMU........................43-7 S-20 Massachusetts.......56-14 O-4 @Kansas State......58-28 O-11 Nebraska...... 37-31 (OT) O-18 @Texas A&M.........43-25 O-25 @Kansas................63-21 N-1 Texas.....................39-33 N-8 Oklahoma State.....56-20 N-22 @Oklahoma.................... N-29 Baylor.............................

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IOWA STATE (2-8) South Dakota St....44-17 Kent State..............48-28 @Iowa.....................5-17 @UNLV......... 31-34 (OT) Kansas...................33-35 @Baylor.................10-38 Nebraska.................7-35 Texas A&M............35-49 @Oklahoma State..17-59 @Colorado.............24-28 Missouri......................... @Kansas State...............

KANSAS (6-4) A-30 Florida Int..............44-17 S-6 Louisiana Tech.........29-0 S-12 @South Florida......34-37 S-20 Sam Houston St....38-14 O-4 @Iowa State..........35-33 O-11 Colorado................30-14 O-18 @Oklahoma...........31-45 O-25 Texas Tech.............21-63 N-1 Kansas State..........52-21 N-8 @Nebraska............35-45 N-15 Texas.............................. N-29 vs. Missouri*.................. *Kansas City, Mo. (Arrowhead Stadium)

MISSOURI (8-2) A-30 vs. Illinois*............52-42 S-6 SE Missouri State....52-3 S-13 Nevada...................69-17 S-20 Buffalo...................42-21 O-4 @Nebraska............52-17 O-11 Oklahoma State.....23-28 O-18 @Texas..................31-56 O-25 Colorado..................58-0 N-1 @Baylor.................31-28 N-8 Kansas State..........41-24 N-15 @Iowa State................... N-29 vs. Kansas**.................. *St. Louis (Edward Jones Dome) **Kansas City, Mo. (Arrowhead Stadium) NEBRASKA (6-4) A-30 Western Michigan.47-24 S-6 San Jose State.......35-12 S-13 New Mexico State....38-7 S-27 Virginia Tech..........30-35 O-4 Missouri................17-52 O-11 @Texas Tech.31-37 (OT) O-18 @Iowa State............35-7 O-25 Baylor....................32-20 N-1 @Oklahoma...........28-62 N-8 Kansas...................45-35 N-15 @Kansas State............... N-28 Colorado.........................

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OKLAHOMA (9-1) A-30 Chattanooga............57-2 S-6 Cincinnati...............52-26 S-13 @Washington........55-14 S-27 TCU.......................35-10 O-4 @Baylor.................49-17 O-11 vs. Texas*..............35-45 O-18 Kansas...................45-31 O-25 @Kansas State......58-35 N-1 Nebraska...............62-28 N-8 @Texas A&M.........66-28 N-22 Texas Tech...................... N-29 @Oklahoma State........... *Dallas (Cotton Bowl) OKLAHOMA STATE (8-2) A-30 vs. Wash State*.....39-13 S-6 Houston.................56-37 S-13 Missouri State.......57-13 S-27 Troy.......................55-24 O-4 Texas A&M............56-28 O-11 @Missouri.............28-23 O-18 Baylor......................34-6 O-25 @Texas..................24-28 N-1 Iowa State.............59-17 N-8 @Texas Tech..........20-56 N-15 @Colorado...................... N-29 Oklahoma....................... *Seattle (Qwest Field)

MICHIGAN (3-7) Utah........................23-25 Miami (OH)............16-6 @Notre Dame.........17-35 Wisconsin...............27-25 Illinois.....................20-45 Toledo.....................10-13 @Penn State...........17-46 Michigan State........21-35 @Purdue.................42-48 @Minnesota.............29-6 Northwestern................... @Ohio State....................

NORTHWESTERN (7-3) A-30 Syracuse.................30-10 S-6 @Duke....................24-20 S-13 Southern Illinois.......33-7 S-20 Ohio..........................16-8 S-27 @Iowa....................22-17 O-11 Michigan State........20-37 O-18 Purdue....................48-26 O-25 @Indiana................19-21 N-1 @Minnesota...........24-17 N-8 Ohio State...............10-45 N-15 @Michigan...................... N-22 Illinois..............................

S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22

PURDUE (3-7) Northern Colorado..42-10 Oregon........... 26-32 (OT) Central Michigan....32-25 @Notre Dame.........21-38 Penn State................6-20 @Ohio State.............3-16 @Northwestern.......26-48 Minnesota.................6-17 Michigan.................48-42 @Michigan State......7-21 @Iowa............................. Indiana.............................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22

WISCONSIN (5-5) Akron......................38-17 Marshall..................51-14 @Fresno State........13-10 @Michigan.............25-27 Ohio State...............17-20 Penn State................7-48 @Iowa....................16-38 Illinois.....................27-17 @Michigan State....24-25 @Indiana................55-20 Minnesota........................ Cal Poly...........................

G I B EN T

A-30 S-6 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22

South Division A-28 S-6 S-13 S-19 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-29

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22

MICHIGAN STATE (9-2) A-30 @California.............31-38 S-6 Eastern Michigan....42-10 S-13 Florida Atlantic..........17-0 S-20 Notre Dame..............23-7 S-27 @Indiana................42-29 O-4 Iowa........................16-13 O-11 @Northwestern.......37-20 O-18 Ohio State.................7-45 O-25 @Michigan.............35-21 N-1 Wisconsin...............25-24 N-8 Purdue......................21-7 N-22 @Penn State....................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-8 N-15 N-22

OHIO STATE (8-2) Youngstown State....43-0 Ohio........................26-14 @USC.......................3-35 Troy........................28-10 Minnesota...............34-21 @Wisconsin...........20-17 Purdue......................16-3 @Michigan State......45-7 Penn State................6-13 @Northwestern.......45-10 @Illinois.......................... Michigan..........................

MINNESOTA (7-3) Northern Illinois......31-27 @Bowling Green.....42-17 Montana State........35-23 Florida Atlantic..........37-3 @Ohio State...........21-34 Indiana......................16-7 @Illinois.................27-20 @Purdue...................17-6 Northwestern..........17-24 Michigan...................6-29 @Wisconsin.................... Iowa.................................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-8 N-15 N-22

PENN STATE (9-1) Coastal Carolina......66-10 Oregon State..........45-14 @Syracuse.............55-13 Temple......................45-3 Illinois.....................38-24 @Purdue...................20-6 @Wisconsin.............48-7 Michigan.................46-17 @Ohio State.............13-6 @Iowa....................23-24 Indiana............................. Michigan State.................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22

(#3) Texas at Kansas

This Week’s Upset Alert

If ever there was a trap game. . . Yes, you’ve read this script before. Despite it’s last-second loss to now-No. 2 Texas Tech two weeks ago, the Longhorns remain in the thick of the national title race. Thus, they’re doing a lot of other scoreboard watching, but they better keep an eye on their own because the fighting Manginos are not to be taken lightly. Yeah, we know the Jayhawks have no signature wins to date, but that’s exactly why we’re on upset alert. Texas has the nation’s best road record (32-7) over the last six years, so they’ll probably get the job done. . . but just barely.

PREDICTION: Texas 34-28 Legendary Insight “Kansas has really struggled defensively all season, so I’d expect UT quarterback Colt McCoy to have a big day. If Texas isn’t caught looking ahead, this will be a rout.” – Gene Stallings

As a matter of... FACT

A win over Kansas would give Coach Mack Brown his eighth straight 10-win season at Texas, a feat unmatched by any other program nationally. Overall, Texas’ 112 victories over the last 11 years are the most in the nation

OPINION

What more needs said? And Brown is kickin’ butt in the second-best conference. And the Longhorns are fun to watch! Yes, you can win and be entertaining at the same time!

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powerade SCHEDULES East Division A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 N-5 N-3 N-22 N-28

AKRON (5-4)

@Wisconsin...........17-38 @Syracuse.............42-28 Ball State................24-41 @Army.....................22-3 Cincinnati...............15-17 @Kent State.. 30-27 (OT) Bowling Green.......33-37 @East. Michigan....42-35 Toledo....................47-30 Buffalo............................ @Ohio............................. @Temple.........................

BOWLING GREEN (5-5)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-21 N-28

@Pittsburgh...........27-17 Minnesota..............17-42 @Boise State............7-20 @Wyoming............45-16 Eastern Michigan...21-24 @Akron..................37-33 Miami (OH)............20-27 @Northern Illinois..13-16 Kent State..............45-30 @Ohio......................28-3 Buffalo............................ @Toledo..........................

A-28 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-11 O-18 O-28 N-4 N-13 N-21 N-28

UTEP......................42-17 @Pittsburgh...........16-27 Temple...................30-28 @Missouri..............21-42 @Cent. Michigan....25-27 West. Mich.... 28-34 (OT) Army............. 27-24 (OT) @Ohio....................32-19 Miami (OH)............37-17 @Akron........................... @Bowling Green............. Kent State.......................

BUFFALO (5-4)

A-28 S-6 S-13 S-20 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-4 N-11 N-21 N-28

MIAMI (OH) (2-7)

Vanderbilt...............13-34 @Michigan...............6-16 Charleston Southern.38-27 @Cincinnati............20-45 Temple...................10-28 @Northern Illinois..13-17 @Bowling Green....27-20 Kent State..............21-54 @Buffalo................17-37 Ball State......................... @Toledo.......................... Ohio................................

OHIO (2-8)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-21 O-28 N-8 N-22 N-28

@Wyoming............20-21 @Ohio State...........14-26 Central Michigan....28-31 @Northwestern........8-16 VMI........................51-31 @West. Michigan...20-41 @Kent State...........26-19 @Temple................10-14 Buffalo...................19-32 Bowling Green.........3-28 Akron.............................. @Miami (OH)..................

A-29 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-21 N-1 N-12 N-22 N-28

@Army.....................35-7 Connecticut........ 9-12 OT @Buffalo................28-30 @Penn State............3-45 Western Michigan......3-7 @Miami (OH).........28-10 @Cent. Michigan....14-24 Ohio.......................14-10 @Navy........... 27-33 (OT) @Kent State.................... Eastern Michigan............ Akron..............................

TEMPLE (3-6)

West Division BALL STATE (9-0)

A-28 Northeastern...............48-14 S-5 Navy...........................35-23 S-13 @Akron.......................41-24 S-20 @Indiana....................42-20 S-27 Kent State...................41-20 O-4 @Toledo........................31-0 O-11 @Western Kentucky.....24-7 O-25 Eastern Michigan........38-16 N-5 Northern Illinois..........45-14 N-11 @Miami (OH)....................... N-19 @Central Michigan.............. N-25 Western Michigan................

A-30 @Minnesota................27-31 S-6 @Western Michigan...26-29 S-20 Indiana State.................48-3 S-27 @Eastern Michigan.......37-0 O-4 @Tennessee..................9-13 O-11 Miami (OH).................17-13 O-18 Toledo...........................38-7 O-25 Bowling Green............16-13 N-5 @Ball State.................14-45 N-12 Central Michigan.................. N-18 @Kent State......................... N-25 Navy....................................

A-28 Eastern Illinois............31-12 S-6 @Georgia....................17-56 S-13 @Ohio.........................31-28 S-20 @Purdue.....................25-32 S-27 Buffalo........................27-25 O-11 Temple........................24-14 O-18 Western Michigan.......38-28 O-25 @Toledo......................24-23 N-1 @Indiana....................37-34 N-12 @Northern Illinois............... N-19 Ball State............................. N-28 @Eastern Michigan..............

S-6 @Arizona...................16-41 S-13 @Eastern Michigan.....41-17 S-20 Fresno State... 54-55 (2 OT) S-27 Florida International....16-35 O-4 Ball State......................0-31 O-11 @Michigan..................13-10 O-18 @Northern Illinois........7-38 O-25 Central Michigan.........23-24 N-5 @Akron.......................30-47 N-15 @Western Michigan............ N-21 Miami (OH).......................... N-28 Bowling Green.....................

A-28 Indiana State.................52-0 S-6 @Michigan State........10-42 S-13 Toledo.........................17-41 S-20 @Maryland.................24-51 S-27 Northern Illinois............0-37 O-4 @Bowling Green.........24-21 O-11 @Army........................13-17 O-18 Akron..........................35-42 O-25 @Ball State.................16-38 N-1 @Western Michigan...10-31 N-22 @Temple.............................. N-28 Central Michigan..................

A-30 @Nebraska.................24-27 S-6 Northern Illinois..........29-26 S-13 @Idaho.......................51-28 S-20 Tennessee Tech............41-7 S-27 @Temple.........................7-3 O-4 Ohio............................41-20 O-11 @Buffalo............ 34-28 (OT) O-18 @Central Michigan.....28-38 N-1 Eastern Michigan........31-10 N-8 vs. Illinois*.................23-17 N-15 Toledo.................................. N-25 @Ball State.......................... *Detroit (Ford Field)

CENTRAL MICHIGAN (7-2)

EASTERN MICHIGAN (2-8)

KENT STATE (3-6)

A-30 vs. Boston College*.0-21 S-6 @Iowa State...........28-48 S-13 Delaware State.........24-3 S-20 @Louis-Lafayette...27-44 S-27 @Ball State............20-41 O-4 Akron............ 27-30 (OT) O-11 Ohio.......................19-26 O-25 @Miami (OH).........54-21 N-1 @Bowling Green....30-45 N-12 Temple............................ N-18 Northern Illinois.............. N-28 @Buffalo......................... *Cleveland (Cleveland Browns Stadium)

A-30 S-13 S-20 O-1 O-11 O-17 O-24 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-28

BOISE STATE (9-0)

Idaho State............... 49-7 Bowling Green......... 20-7 @Oregon................ 37-32 Louisiana Tech......... 38-3 @Southern Miss...... 24-7 Hawaii...................... 27-7 @San Jose State.... 33-16 @New Mexico St...... 49-0 Utah State.............. 49-14 @Idaho............................ @Nevada.......................... Fresno State.....................

FRESNO STATE (5-4)

S-1 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-25 N-1 N-7 N-15 N-21 N-28

@Rutgers................. 24-7 Wisconsin.............. 10-13 @Toledo......55-54 (2 OT) @UCLA.................. 36-31 Hawaii............ 29-32 (OT) Idaho...................... 45-32 @Utah State........... 30-28 @Louisiana Tech.... 35-38 Nevada................... 28-41 New Mexico State............ @San Jose State.............. @Boise State....................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-17 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-22 N-29 D-6

@Florida................. 10-56 Weber State........... 36-17 @Oregon State......... 7-45 San Jose State....... 17-20 @Fresno St.... 32-29 (OT) Louisiana Tech....... 24-14 @Boise State............ 7-27 Nevada................... 38-31 @Utah State........... 14-30 @New Mexico St.... 42-30 Idaho................................ Washington State............. Cincinnati.........................

HAWAII (5-5)

TOLEDO (2-7)

WESTERN MICHIGAN (8-2)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-23 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22

IDAHO (2-8)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-15 N-22

@Arizona.................. 0-70 Idaho State............. 42-27 Western Michigan.. 28-51 @Utah State........... 17-42 @San Diego State.. 17-45 Nevada................... 14-49 @Fresno State........ 32-45 @Louisiana Tech.... 14-46 New Mexico State.. 20-14 San Jose State....... 24-30 Boise State....................... @Hawaii...........................

A-30 S-6 S-20 O-1 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-29

Mississippi State.... 22-14 @Kansas.................. 0-29 Southeastern Louis.17-42 @Boise State............ 3-38 @Hawaii................. 14-24 Idaho...................... 46-14 @Army..................... 7-14 Fresno State........... 38-35 @San Jose State...... 21-0 Utah State........................ @New Mexico State......... Nevada.............................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-7 N-15 N-22 N-29

Grambling State..... 49-13 Texas Tech............. 19-35 @Missouri.............. 17-69 @UNLV.................. 49-27 @Idaho.................. 49-14 New Mexico St....... 45-48 Utah State.............. 44-17 @Hawaii................. 31-38 @Fresno State........ 41-28 San Jose State................. Boise State....................... @Louisiana Tech..............

LOUISIANA TECH (5-4)

NEVADA (5-4)

NEW MEXICO STATE (3-6)

S-13 S-20 S-27 0-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-29

@Nebraska............... 7-38 @UTEP................... 34-33 New Mexico........... 24-35 Alcorn State........... 45-10 @Nevada................ 48-45 San Jose State....... 14-31 @Idaho.................. 14-20 Boise State............... 0-49 Hawaii.................... 30-42 @Fresno State.................. Louisiana Tech................. @Utah State.....................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-11 O-18 O-24 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-21

UC Davis................ 13-10 @Nebraska............. 12-35 San Diego State..... 35-10 @Stanford.............. 10-23 @Hawaii................. 20-17 Utah State................ 30-7 @New Mexico St.... 31-14 Boise State............. 16-33 @Idaho.................. 30-24 Louisiana Tech......... 0-21 @Nevada.......................... Fresno State.....................

SAN JOSE STATE (6-4)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 O-3 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-29

UTAH STATE (2-8)

@UNLV.................. 17-27 @Oregon................ 24-66 Utah....................... 10-58 Idaho...................... 42-17 BYU........................ 14-34 @San Jose State...... 7-30 @Nevada................ 17-44 Fresno State........... 28-30 Hawaii.................... 30-14 @Boise State.......... 14-49 @Louisiana Tech.............. New Mexico State............

East Division

NORTHERN ILLINOIS (5-4)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 O-3 O-11 O-16 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22

CENTRAL FLORIDA (2-7)

A-30 S-6 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-26 N-2 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-29

South Carolina State...17-0 South Florida.... 24-31 (OT) @Boston College.........7-34 @UTEP......................13-58 SMU..........................31-17 @Miami (FL).............14-20 @Tulsa......................19-49 East Carolina.... 10-13 (OT) Southern Miss.............6-17 @Marshall.......................... @Memphis......................... UAB....................................

EAST CAROLINA (6-3)

A-30 vs. Virginia Tech*......27-22 S-6 West Virginia...............24-3 S-13 @Tulane....................28-24 S-20 @N.C. State...... 24-30 (OT) S-27 Houston.....................24-41 O-11 @Virginia...................20-35 O-18 Memphis...................30-10 N-2 @Cent. Florida.. 13-10 (OT) N-8 Marshall........... 19-16 (OT) N-15 @Southern Miss................. N-22 @UAB................................. N-28 UTEP.................................. *Charlotte, N.C. (Bank of America Stadium) A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-3 O-18 O-28 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-29

MARSHALL (4-5)

Illinois State..............35-10 @Wisconsin..............14-51 Memphis...................17-16 @Southern Miss........34-27 @West Virginia............3-27 Cincinnati..................10-33 @UAB........................21-23 Houston.....................37-23 @East Carolina.16-19 (OT) Central Florida.................... @Rice................................. Tulsa...................................

AIR FORCE (8-2)

Southern Utah...........41-7 @Wyoming................28-3 @Houston................31-28 Utah.........................23-30 Navy........................27-33 @San Diego State....35-10 @UNLV....................29-28 New Mexico.............23-10 @Army.......................16-7 Colorado State.........38-17 BYU.................................. @TCU...............................

BYU (9-1)

Northern Iowa..........41-17 @Washington..........28-27 UCLA.........................59-0 Wyoming...................44-0 @Utah State.............34-14 New Mexico...............21-3 @TCU........................7-32 UNLV.......................42-35 @Colorado State......45-42 San Diego State.......41-12 @Air Force........................ @Utah...............................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-2 O-10 O-18 O-25 N-8 N-22 N-29

West Division

MEMPHIS (5-5)

@Mississippi.............24-41 Rice...........................35-42 @Marshall.................16-17 Nicholls State............31-10 Arkansas State..........29-17 @UAB........................33-30 Louisville...................28-35 @East Carolina..........10-30 Southern Miss...........36-30 @SMU.......................31-26 Central Florida.................... Tulane.................................

SOUTHERN MISS (4-6)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-29

Louisiana-Lafayette...51-21 @Auburn...................13-27 @Arkansas State.......27-24 Marshall....................27-34 UTEP................ 37-40 (OT) Boise State..................7-24 @Rice........................40-45 @Memphis................30-36 UAB...........................70-14 @Central Florida..........17-6 East Carolina...................... @SMU................................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-2 O-9 O-18 N-1 N-15 N-22 N-29

Tulsa..........................22-45 @Florida Atlantic.......34-49 @Tennessee................3-35 Alabama State...........45-10 @South Carolina.......13-26 Memphis...................30-33 @Houston.................20-45 Marshall....................23-21 @Southern Miss........14-70 @Tulane............................. East Carolina...................... @Central Florida.................

UAB (2-7)

NEW MEXICO (4-7)

COLORADO STATE (4-6)

A-31 vs. Colorado*..........17-38 S-6 Sacramento State....23-20 S-20 Houston...................28-25 S-27 @California................7-42 O-4 UNLV.......................41-28 O-11 TCU...........................7-13 O-18 @Utah......................16-49 O-25 @San Diego State....38-34 N-1 BYU.........................42-45 N-8 @Air Force...............17-38 N-15 New Mexico...................... N-22 @Wyoming....................... *Denver (Invesco Field)...............

ARKANSAS STATE (4-5)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-11 O-18 N-1 N-8 N-22 N-29 D-6

@Texas A&M...........18-14 Texas Southern........83-10 Southern Miss.........24-27 Middle Tenn State....31-14 @Memphis...............17-29 Lou.-Monroe............37-29 @Lou.-Lafayette.......23-28 @Alabama..................0-35 @Florida Int.............21-22 Florida Atlantic.................. @North Texas.................... @Troy...............................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-30 O-7 O-18 O-25 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-29

@Texas....................10-52 UAB..........................49-34 @Michigan State........0-17 @Minnesota...............3-37 @Middle Tenn. St.....13-14 Troy..........................17-30 @West. Kentucky.....24-20 @Lou.-Monroe.........29-28 North Texas..............46-13 Lou.-Lafayette................... @Arkansas State............... Florida International..........

FLORIDA ATLANTIC (4-5)

This Week in Football • northeast ohio edition • Volume 4, Issue 11

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-23 N-1 N-8 N-15

TCU...........................3-26 Texas A&M..............22-28 Arizona....................36-28 @Tulsa.....................14-56 @New Mexico St.....35-24 Wyoming...................24-0 @BYU........................3-21 San Diego State.........70-7 @Air Force...............10-23 Utah.........................10-13 @UNLV....................20-27 @Colorado State...............

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22

Cal Poly...................27-29 @Notre Dame..........13-21 @San Jose State.....10-35 Idaho.......................45-17 @TCU........................7-41 Air Force..................10-35 @New Mexico............7-70 Colorado State.........34-38 @Wyoming..............10-35 @BYU......................12-41 Utah.................................. UNLV................................

SAN DIEGO STATE (1-9)

FLORIDA INT. (4-5)

A-30 S-6 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 N-1 N-8 N-22 N-29 D-6

@Kansas..................10-40 @Iowa........................0-42 South Florida.............9-17 @Toledo...................35-16 @North Texas...........42-10 Middle Tenn. St........31-21 @Troy......................23-33 @Lou.-Lafayette.......20-49 Arkansas State.........22-21 Lou.-Monroe..................... @Florida Atlantic............... Western Kentucky.............

A-30 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22 D-3

@Southern Miss......21-51 @Illinois...................17-20 Kent State................44-27 @Kansas State.........37-45 @Lou.-Monroe.........44-35 @North Texas...........59-30 Arkansas State.........28-23 Florida Int.................49-20 UTEP........................24-37 @Florida Atlantic............... @Troy............................... Middle Tennessee State....

LOU.-LAFAYETTE (5-4)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-9 O-18 O-28 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-28

HOUSTON (5-4)

Southern...................55-3 @Oklahoma State...37-56 Air Force.................28-31 @Colorado State.....25-28 @East Carolina........41-24 UAB.........................45-20 @SMU.....................44-38 @Marshall...............23-37 Tulane.....................42-14 Tulsa................................ UTEP................................ @Rice..............................

RICE (7-3)

A-29 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-22 N-29

SMU........................56-27 @Memphis..............42-35 @Vanderbilt............21-38 @Texas...................10-52 North Texas.............77-20 @Tulsa....................28-63 Southern Miss........45-30 @Tulane..................42-17 @UTEP....................49-44 Army.......................38-31 Marshall........................... Houston...........................

A-29 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-25 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-8 N-15 N-29

@Rice.....................27-56 Texas State..............47-36 @Texas Tech.............7-43 TCU...........................7-48 @Tulane..................27-34 @Central Florida.....17-31 Tulsa.......................31-37 Houston..................38-44 @Navy.......................7-34 Memphis.................26-31 @UTEP............................. Southern Miss.................

SMU (1-9)

TCU (9-2)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-16 O-25 N-1 N-6 N-22

@New Mexico............26-3 Stephen Austin..........67-7 Stanford...................31-14 @SMU.......................48-7 @Oklahoma.............10-35 San Diego State.........41-7 @Colorado State........13-7 BYU...........................32-7 Wyoming...................54-7 @UNLV....................44-14 @Utah......................10-13 Air Force...........................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-13 N-22

Utah State................27-17 @Utah......................21-42 @Arizona St.....23-20 (OT) Iowa State........34-31 (OT) Nevada.....................27-49 @Colorado State......28-41 Air Force..................28-29 @BYU......................35-42 TCU.........................14-44 New Mexico.............27-20 Wyoming.......................... @San Diego State.............

UNLV (4-6)

LOU.-MONROE (3-7)

A-30 @Auburn....................0-34 S-6 vs. Arkansas*..........27-28 S-13 Alabama A&M..........37-15 S-20 @Tulane...................10-24 O-4 Lou.-Lafayette..........35-44 O-11 @Arkansas State......29-37 O-18 North Texas..............35-23 O-25 Florida Atlantic.........28-29 N-1 Troy..........................31-30 N-8 @Mid. Tennessee St..21-24 N-15 @Mississippi..................... N-22 @Florida International....... *Little Rock, Ark. (War Memorial Stadium)

MID. TENNESSEE ST. (3-6)

A-28 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-30 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-8 N-15 N-22 D-3

Troy..........................17-31 Maryland..................24-14 @Kentucky...............14-20 @Arkansas State......14-31 Florida Atlantic.........14-13 @Florida Int.............21-31 @Louisville..............23-42 @Mississippi State..22-31 Lou.-Monroe............24-21 @Western Kentucky.......... North Texas....................... @Lou.-Lafayette................

TULANE (2-7)

S-6 S-13 S-20 S-25 O-4 O-11 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-29

@Alabama.................6-20 East Carolina...........24-28 Louisiana-Monroe...24-10 SMU........................34-27 Army.......................13-44 @UTEP....................21-24 Rice.........................17-42 @LSU......................10-35 @Houston...............14-42 UAB.................................. @Tulsa............................. @Memphis.......................

A-30 S-6 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-26 N-1 N-15 N-22 N-29

@UAB.....................45-22 @North Texas..........56-26 New Mexico............56-14 Central Arkansas.....62-34 Rice.........................63-28 @SMU.....................37-31 UTEP.......................77-35 Central Florida.........49-19 @Arkansas..............23-30 @Houston........................ Tulane.............................. @Marshall........................

A-28 S-6 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22 N-28

@Buffalo.................17-42 Texas.......................13-42 New Mexico State...33-34 Central Florida.........58-13 @So. Miss......40-37 (OT) Tulane ....................24-21 @Tulsa....................35-77 Rice.........................44-49 @Louisiana-Lafa.....37-24 SMU................................. @Houston........................ @East Carolina.................

TULSA (8-1)

UTEP (4-5)

UTAH (10-0)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-2 O-11 O-18 N-1 N-6 N-15 N-22

@Michigan...............25-23 UNLV.......................42-21 @Utah State.............58-10 @Air Force...............30-23 Weber State.............37-21 Oregon State............31-28 @Wyoming................40-7 Colorado State.........49-16 @New Mexico..........13-10 TCU.........................13-10 @San Diego State............. BYU..................................

WYOMING (4-6)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-13 N-22

Ohio.........................21-20 Air Force....................3-28 North Dakota State..16-13 @BYU........................0-44 Bowling Green.........16-45 @New Mexico............0-24 Utah...........................7-40 @TCU........................7-54 San Diego State.......35-10 @Tennessee...............13-7 @UNLV............................. Colorado State..................

NORTH TEXAS (1-9)

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-22 N-29

@Kansas State...........6-45 Tulsa........................26-56 @LSU.........................3-41 @Rice......................20-77 Florida Int.................10-42 Lou.-Lafayette..........30-59 @Lou.-Monroe.........23-35 Troy..........................17-45 @West. Kentucky.....51-40 @Florida Atlantic......13-46 @Middle Tennessee State. Arkansas State..................

A-28 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-7 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22 D-6

@Mid. Tenn. State....31-17 Alcorn State...............65-0 @Ohio State.............10-28 @Oklahoma State....24-55 @Florida Atlantic......30-17 Florida Int.................33-23 @North Texas...........45-17 @Lou.-Monroe.........30-31 Western Kentucky......17-7 @LSU................................ Lou.-Lafayette................... Arkansas State..................

TROY (6-3)

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powerade previewS (#6) USC at Stanford

Blue Moon Is Gone

Forget it. Don’t even go there. Stanford has absolutely zero chance of pulling off a monumental upset over USC a second straight year. That blue moon has come and gone. It doesn’t matter that Stanford is unbeaten at home this year. And yes, we know Stanford beat Oregon State, which in turn beat USC. Sorry, but the transitive theory (we knew freshman geometry would pay off somewhere down the road!) doesn’t work here. And we realize that Coach Jim Harbaugh’s Cardinal are a legitimate team this year, a mere win from bowl eligibility. But this is going to be a rout because USC hasn’t forgotten last season.

PREDICTION: USC 54-17 Legendary Insight “USC has revenge on its mind, but it needs to be careful because Stanford is one of those schizophrenic teams that is dangerous. This won’t be the blowout many are expecting.” – John Robinson

As a matter of... FACT

This year marks the first time Stanford has opened 4-0 at home since 1977, when Bill Walsh’s first Stanford team posted a 6-0 home record. That guy went on and did a pretty good job as an NFL coach, we recall.

OPINION

Coach Jim Harbaugh (former Michigan quarterback) has done a terrific job at Stanford, and might have gotten the U of M job last winter had he not bashed his alma mater for its lax academic policies. Thanks Jim; we’re thrilled with three-win RichRod!

East Division FLORIDA (8-1) A-30 Hawaii....................56-10 S-6 Miami (FL)...............26-3 S-20 @Tennessee.............30-6 S-27 Mississippi............30-31 O-4 @Arkansas..............38-7 O-11 LSU.......................51-21 O-25 Kentucky..................63-5 N-1 vs. Georgia*..........49-10 N-8 @Vanderbilt...........42-14 N-15 South Carolina................ N-22 The Citadel...................... N-29 @Florida State................ *Jacksonville, Fla. (Municipal Stadium)

ARIZONA (6-3) Idaho.......................70-0 Toledo....................41-16 @New Mexico........28-36 @UCLA..................31-10 Washington...........48-14 @Stanford.............23-24 California...............42-27 USC.......................10-17 @Washington St....59-28 @Oregon........................ Oregon State.................. Arizona State..................

A-30 S-6 S-13 S-27 O-4 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-22 D-6

CALIFORNIA (6-3) Michigan State.......38-31 @Washington St......66-3 @Maryland............27-35 Colorado State.........42-7 Arizona State.........24-14 @Arizona...............27-42 UCLA.....................41-20 Oregon...................26-16 @USC......................3-17 @Oregon State............... Stanford.......................... Washington....................

West Division ALABAMA (10-0) A-30 vs. Clemson*.........34-10 S-6 Tulane......................20-6 S-13 Western Kentucky...41-7 S-20 @Arkansas............49-14 S-27 @Georgia...............41-30 O-4 Kentucky................17-14 O-18 Mississippi............24-20 O-25 @Tennessee.............29-9 N-1 Arkansas State.........35-0 N-8 @LSU........... 27-21 (OT) N-15 Mississippi State............ N-29 Auburn............................ *Atlanta (Georgia Dome) ARKANSAS (4-6) A-30 Western Illinois.....28-24 S-6 vs. Louis-Monroe*.28-27 S-20 Alabama.................14-49 S-27 @Texas..................10-52 O-4 Florida.....................7-38 O-11 @Auburn...............25-22 O-18 @Kentucky............20-21 O-25 Mississippi............21-23 N-1 Tulsa......................30-23 N-8 @South Carolina....21-34 N-22 @Mississippi State......... N-28 vs. LSU*......................... *Little Rock, Ark. (War Memorial Stadium) AUBURN (4-6) A-30 Louisiana-Monroe...34-0 S-6 Southern Miss.......27-13 S-13 @Mississippi State....3-2 S-20 LSU.......................21-26 S-27 Tennessee..............14-12 O-4 @Vanderbilt...........13-14 O-11 Arkansas................22-25 O-23 @West Virginia......17-34 N-1 @Mississippi ..........7-17 N-8 Tennessee-Martin..37-20 N-15 Georgia........................... N-29 @Alabama......................

KENTUCKY (6-4) @Louisville..............27-2 Norfolk State...........28-3 Mid. Tennessee St..20-14 Western Kentucky...41-3 @Alabama.............14-17 South Carolina.......17-24 Arkansas................21-20 @Florida..................5-63 @Mississippi St.....14-13 Georgia..................38-42 Vanderbilt....................... @Tennessee....................

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A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-29

OREGON (7-3) Washington...........44-10 Utah State..............66-24 @Purdue....... 32-26 (OT) Boise State............32-37 @Washington St....63-14 @USC....................10-44 UCLA.....................31-24 @Arizona State......54-20 @California............16-26 Stanford.................35-28 Arizona........................... @Oregon State...............

S-1 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-8 N-15 N-28 D-6

UCLA (3-6) Tennessee..... 27-24 (OT) @BYU......................0-59 Arizona..................10-31 Fresno State..........31-36 Washington State....28-3 @Oregon...............24-31 Stanford.................23-20 @California............20-41 Oregon State...........6-34 @Washington................. @Arizona State............... USC................................

OREGON STATE (6-3) @Stanford.............28-36 @Penn State..........14-45 Hawaii......................45-7 USC.......................27-21 @Utah....................28-31 Washington St.......66-13 @Washington........34-13 Arizona State.........27-25 @UCLA....................34-6 California........................ @Arizona........................ Oregon............................

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USC (8-1) @Virginia.................52-7 Ohio State................35-3 @Oregon State......21-27 Oregon...................44-10 Arizona State...........28-0 @Washington St......69-0 @Arizona...............17-10 Washington.............56-0 California.................17-3 @Stanford...................... Notre Dame.................... @UCLA...........................

STANFORD (5-5) Oregon State.........36-28 @Arizona State......17-41 @TCU....................14-31 San Jose State.......23-10 @Washington........35-28 @Notre Dame........21-28 Arizona..................24-23 @UCLA..................20-23 Washington State....58-0 @Oregon...............28-35 USC................................ @California.....................

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WASHINGTON (0-9) @Oregon...............10-44 BYU.......................27-28 Oklahoma..............14-55 Stanford.................28-35 @Arizona...............14-48 Oregon State.........13-34 Notre Dame.............7-33 @USC......................0-56 Arizona State.........19-39 UCLA.............................. @Washington State........ @California.....................

WASHINGTON STATE (1-9) A-30 vs. Oklahoma St.*.13-39 S-6 California.................3-66 S-13 @Baylor.................17-45 S-20 Portland State..........48-9 S-27 Oregon...................14-63 O-4 @UCLA....................3-28 O-11 @Oregon State......13-66 O-18 USC.........................0-69 N-1 @Stanford...............0-58 N-8 Arizona..................28-59 N-15 @Arizona State............... N-22 Washington.................... N-29 @Hawaii......................... *Seattle (Qwest Field)................

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ARIZONA STATE (3-6) A-30 Northern Arizona...30-13 S-6 Stanford.................41-17 S-13 UNLV............ 20-23 (OT) S-20 Georgia..................10-27 O-4 @California............14-24 O-11 @USC......................0-28 O-25 Oregon...................20-54 N-1 @Oregon State......25-27 N-8 @Washington........39-19 N-15 Washington State........... N-28 UCLA.............................. D-6 @Arizona........................

LSU (6-3) A-30 Appalachian State..41-13 S-13 North Texas.............41-3 S-20 @Auburn...............26-21 S-27 Mississippi State...34-24 O-11 @Florida................21-51 O-18 @South Carolina....24-17 O-25 Georgia..................38-52 N-1 Tulane....................35-10 N-8 Alabama........ 21-27 (OT) N-15 Troy................................ N-28 vs. Arkansas*................. *Little Rock, Ark. (War Memorial Stadium) MISSISSIPPI (5-4) A-30 Memphis...............41-24 S-6 @Wake Forest.......28-30 S-13 Samford.................34-10 S-20 Vanderbilt..............17-23 S-27 @Florida................31-30 O-4 South Carolina.......24-31 O-18 @Alabama.............20-24 O-25 @Arkansas............23-21 N-1 Auburn.....................17-7 N-15 Louisiana-Monroe.......... N-22 @LSU............................. N-28 Mississippi State............ MISSISSIPPI STATE (3-6) A-30 @Louisiana Tech...14-22 S-6 SE Louisiana..........34-10 S-13 Auburn.......................2-3 S-20 @Georgia Tech........7-38 S-27 @LSU....................24-34 O-11 Vanderbilt..............17-14 O-18 @Tennessee.............3-34 O-25 Mid. Tennessee St..31-22 N-1 Kentucky................13-14 N-15 @Alabama...................... N-22 Arkansas......................... N-28 @Mississippi..................

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GEORGIA (8-2) A-30 Georgia Southern..45-21 S-6 Central Michigan...56-17 S-13 @South Carolina......14-7 S-20 @Arizona State......27-10 S-27 Alabama.................30-41 O-11 Tennessee..............26-14 O-18 Vanderbilt..............24-14 O-25 @LSU....................52-38 N-1 vs. Florida*............10-49 N-8 @Kentucky............42-38 N-15 @Auburn........................ N-29 Georgia Tech.................. *Jacksonville, Fla. (Municipal Stadium) A-31 S-6 S-13 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 N-29

SOUTH CAROLINA (7-3) A-28 N.C. State................34-0 S-4 @Vanderbilt...........17-24 S-13 Georgia....................7-14 S-20 Wofford.................23-13 S-27 UAB.......................26-13 O-4 @Mississippi.........31-24 O-11 @Kentucky............24-17 O-18 LSU.......................17-24 N-1 Tennessee................27-6 N-8 Arkansas................34-21 N-15 @Florida......................... N-29 @Clemson...................... TENNESSEE (3-7) S-1 @UCLA......... 24-27 (OT) S-13 UAB.........................35-3 S-20 Florida.....................6-30 S-27 @Auburn...............12-14 O-4 Northern Illinois.......13-9 O-11 @Georgia...............14-26 O-18 Mississippi State.....34-3 O-25 Alabama...................9-29 N-1 @South Carolina......6-27 N-8 Wyoming.................7-13 N-22 @Vanderbilt.................... N-29 Kentucky......................... VANDERBILT (5-4) A-28 @Miami (OH)........34-13 S-4 South Carolina.......24-17 S-13 Rice.......................38-21 S-20 @Mississippi.........23-17 O-4 Auburn...................14-13 O-11 @Mississippi St.....14-17 O-18 @Georgia...............14-24 O-25 Duke........................7-10 N-8 Florida...................14-42 N-15 @Kentucky..................... N-22 Tennessee....................... N-29 @Wake Forest................

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(#25) South Carolina at (#4) Florida

Welcome Home Gator Bait

There’s only one storyline here, so we’ll go with it. South Carolina Coach Steve Spurrier returns home to face the school he led to a national championship in 1996. The Gators, with quarterback Tim Tebow working his way back into the Heisman race, may be the nation’s hottest team on both sides of the ball right now. The Gamecocks, meanwhile, rank 91st nationally in turnover margin and feature a redshirt freshman at quarterback. That’s not a good combo for a team entering The Swamp.

PREDICTION: Florida 38-13 Legendary Insight “Florida’s operating on all cylinders right now, especially Tim Tebow. Plus, they’re still in the national title picture, so they’ll be very focused in this game.” – Pat Dye

As a matter of... FACT

12 of Coach Steve Spurrier’s 19 losses at South Carolina have been by a touchdown or less, including all three this season. Of the 12, eight have been against ranked teams.

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OPINION

The ole’ ball coach knows how to keep his team in games, but he just doesn’t have the horses to finish the job. That’s why many believe he’ll leave for a job where the recruiting is easier.

Presents

The Good Stuff

Buckeyes Must Stay Aggressive Offensively Penn State’s loss to Iowa last week validates my long-time assertion that Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel’s persistent big-game strategy of playing not to lose fails in the long run. And I fear it will start to sabotage his program. The play-it-close-to-the-Tressel-vest plan worked in 2002, especially in the national championship against Miami (FL). It hasn’t since. Note: In the 2006 win at Texas, in a rare exception to the Vest rule, he opened things up offensively from the opening possession. Result: Game over at halftime. Great win. It’s been the complete opposite since. Florida, LSU, USC and now Penn State. Iowa is not a good football team. The Hawkeyes don’t possess one-tenth the talent Ohio State has, yet they managed to score 24 points against the league’s best defense in pulling off the upset. The Buckeyes managed a pair of field goals against the Nittany Lions. Had Tress let quarterback Terrelle Pryor loose, as he did against Northwestern in the second half last week, OSU would be unbeaten in the Big Ten today. Let’s hope Tress allows the attacking style offense to carry over into the first half against

Illinois this week. The Illini have struggled this season, but they still score a lot of points and have a quarterback, Juice Williams, who can take over a game (as we saw last year in Columbus).

The play-it-close-to-theTressel-vest plan worked in 2002, especially in the national championship against Miami (FL). It hasn’t since. You may be questioning why I’m harping on this issue given that the Buckeye offense threw caution to the wind in the final 30 minutes at Northwestern. Perhaps those ultra-conservative days are a thing of the past, you suggest. I doubt it. What transpired against the Wildcats was more accident than strategy. The fake punt was called because of a strong wind, and the TD run on the game’s final play actually caused Tressel to grimace, as a national television audience witnessed. He did not want his

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team to score. Tress is not ‘built’ to go for any team’s jugular vein, and he doesn’t believe in style points. But that needs to change, else recruiting, especially the skilled positions, is going to suffer. Consider: Would you want your son playing for this Buckeye offense? OK, I would, but only because I’m an Ohio native and diehard fan to the nth degree. But the folks down South, on the East Coast and out West aren’t like me. To them, Sloopy is a Disney character. For Ohio State to remain a national power, it must find its wideouts, and often times its quarterbacks, outside the state borders. And I’m starting to wonder if it’s the same for linemen, though for now I’ll still opt to throw the coaching staff under the bus for the consistently anemic performance in the trenches. The majority of Buckeye fans will agree that most of Tressel’s OSU offenses, especially the 2008 version, have been somewhat painful to watch. Now if we feel that way, what do you suppose the nation’s top prospects are thinking?

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Buckeye Game Day

Last week we warned Ohio after another. State against taking a Cat nap. Well, Williams is back and Northwestern made us nervous. this time the Illini are hoping Fortunately, the Bucks took care to be rude hosts as they try to of business. salvage what has been a vastly This week we’ve got the jitdisappointing season. Because ters even worse. Illinois has the of losing to Western Michigan Juice and we know what that in Detroit last week, the Illini (#11) Ohio State at Illinois means. The Buckeye defense still need one win to become When: Saturday, November 15 had better buckle down and bowl eligible, and that alone Where: Memorial Stadium play assignment football like should provide motivation for Time: 12:00 p.m. EST they’ve never played before. them to pull off another upset TV: ESPN or ESPN2 Though Illinois’ upset over of the Buckeyes. Series: OSU leads 60-30-4 then-No. 1 Ohio State last More than anything, Last Meeting: 2007, Illinois won November didn’t ultimately though, we’re simply worried 28-21 in Columbus cost the Buckeyes a shot at the about the Juice. national championship, at the This ain’t no gimme, folks. time it was one of the most painful losses ever to witness. Not just because Ohio State lost, but how OSU OFFENSE VS. it lost. Led by quarterback Juice Williams, the Illini just slammed the ball down the Buckeyes’ ILLINOIS DEFENSE collective throat, draining the final eight minWe’re more confused than ever, but more utes off the clock to preserve a 28-21 win in the hopeful than ever as well. Horseshoe. Someone flip-flopped OSU Coach Jim The Buckeye defense, as well as OSU fans Tressel’s ‘play’ card last week, as the stuff that nationwide, just seemed to watch helplessly was supposed to be run in the first half, like the as Williams ran on draws, sneaks and improvi- deep passes and fake punt, were done in the sational scrambles to convert one third down second half, while the steady diet of first and

BREAKIN’ IT DOWN

second down dives were executed (actually they failed miserably as usual) in the first half. Hopefully, Tress and his staff have that mess all sorted out. Yes, we’re kidding. For sure, if the big boss lets quarterback Terrelle Pryor air it out like he did in the second half in Evanston, this game may not be as close as advertised. As for running back Beanie Wells, it appears he’ll have to keep getting his yards on his own, as the line continues to falter. Good news: The Illini defense is shaky, giving up 26 points and 350 yards a game. There’s no reason the Buckeyes shouldn’t be able to manufacture three TDs and a couple field goals. Advantage: Even

ILLINOIS OFFENSE VS. OSU DEFENSE

On one hand, it’s worth noting that Williams has not been as effective running this season due to the loss of running back Rashard Mendenhall to the NFL. Without question, that duo was as dynamic and dangerous as can be; everything Buckeye Nation hopes Pryor and Wells will become. Still, Williams can put on a hell of a one-

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man show when he wants, as he single-handedly beat Michigan in Ann Arbor early this season, accounting for more than 400 yards of offense. Surprisingly, Illinois leads the Big Ten in passing (272 yards per game) and has the second-best offense overall, averaging 33 points and 450 yards a game. Williams has 20 TD passes. Veteran Arrelious Benn is once again the main target with 60 receptions for 947 yards (15.8 avg.) and three scores. The Illini’s problem has been that they’ve gotten lulled to sleep against lesser competition. That won’t be the case this week. Advantage: Illinois

SPECIAL TEAMS

Illinois’ return teams are OK, as Benn returns both punts and kicks, averaging 10.1 and 21.6 yards respectively. A.J. Jenkins has the team’s only return for a score, covering 96 yards. The Illini kicking game is so-so as well. Matt Eller has made only 12 of 17 field goals, though one was from 51 yards. He has missed three from within 40, though. Punter Anthony Santella averages a suspect 39.6 yards, but seven boots have been longer than 50 and 10 have been downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line. Buckeye booters – punter A.J. Trapasso and kicker Ryan Pretorious – are better. The return teams are a wash. Advantage: Ohio State

Bucksline John Corby

One word this week for the Buckeyes: Revenge! OSU 38-17.

Larry Larson

Remember a year ago? The Buckeyes couldn’t stop the Illinois offense in the second half and QB Juice Williams is still around. RB Rashard Mendenhall isn’t, and that changes things just enough. OSU 24-21.

Dave Maetzold

Remember your mother telling you to drink your juice for breakfast? Well, Illinois juices it up for the Buckeyes with the offensive exploits of QB Juice Williams, but still fall short as OSU forces him into a costly mistake late in the game. OSU 23-20.

INTANGIBLES

The Buckeyes have the revenge factor, the goal of winning a fourth straight Big Ten championship and earning another BCS bowl bid. You’d think that would inspire. Advantage: Ohio State

Members of 610WTVN Radio in Columbus offer their predictions and comments on the Ohio State game.

Matt McCoy

You have to believe the Buckeye defense has been chomping at the bit to squeeze the Juice out of Illinois. James Laurinaitis, Malcolm Jenkins and crew will carry the day. OSU 23-13.

Dave Purdy

Juice Williams was nearly perfect last year in Illinois’ upset in Ohio Stadium. So the Buckeye defense must put the heat on him and force him to make mistakes. If that happens, and Beanie keeps running wild, Buckeyes win. OSU 24-17.

Joel Riley

Let’s get back into the Big Ten championship race! Illinois is certainly the right opponent to get that done, right? Buckeyes inch closer to a fourth consecutive league title. OSU 24-13.

THE WAY WE SEE IT

We ain’t gonna kid ya; we don’t like this game one bit. The Juice scares the bejesus out of us; it’s that simple. Still, we expect the Buckeyes to pull this one out in dramatic fashion. It might even take overtime.

OHIO STATE 27-21

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HEIDELBERG (3-6) Westminster..............................62-27 Bye Capital.......................................17-38 @John Carroll............................15-17 Otterbein....................................14-52 Ohio Northern..............................0-41 @Mount Union............................0-49 @Baldwin-Wallace............ 37-34 (OT) Wilmington................................20-23 @Marietta..................................42-40 @Muskingum.....................................

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NCAC PREVIEW

JOHN CARROLL (cont.) O-25 Ohio Northern............................14-21 N-1 @Mount Union............................7-41 N-8 @Muskingum............................14-15 N-15 Otterbein............................................. S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15

MARIETTA (2-7) @Thiel.......................................21-18 Bye @Wilmington...............................7-34 Baldwin-Wallace........................16-45 @Capital......................................6-38 John Carroll.................................6-31 @Ohio Northern..........................0-28 Muskingum...............................30-22 @Otterbein..................................0-55 Heidelberg.................................40-42 Mount Union...................................... MOUNT UNION (9-0) St. John Fisher............................33-3 Bye Ohio Northern..............................44-7 @Muskingum............................51-13 @Baldwin-Wallace.......................48-3 Capital.........................................49-7 Heidelberg...................................49-0 @Wilmington...............................55-0 John Carroll.................................41-7 @Otterbein................................49-20 @Marietta........................................... MUSKINGUM (3-6) Defiance.....................................35-10 Bye @Otterbein..................................7-48 Mount Union.............................13-51 @Ohio Northern........................35-21 @Wilmington.............................20-22 Baldwin-Wallace..........................7-42 @Marietta..................................22-30 @Capital....................................10-42 John Carroll...............................15-14 Heidelberg..........................................

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OHIO NORTHERN (4-5) Bye @North Central............................3-20 @Mount Union............................7-44 Otterbein......................................7-37 Muskingum...............................21-35 @Heidelberg................................41-0 Marietta.......................................28-0 @John Carroll............................21-14 @Baldwin-Wallace.......................7-10 Capital.......................................36-21 Wilmington......................................... OTTERBEIN (8-1) Bethany.....................................40-17 Bye Muskingum.................................48-7 @Ohio Northern..........................37-7 @Heidelberg..............................52-14 Baldwin-Wallace........................42-28 Wilmington................................30-14 @Capital......................................38-9 Marietta.......................................55-0 Mount Union.............................20-49 @John Carroll..................................... WILMINGTON (4-5) @Mount St. Joseph......................7-21 Bye Marietta........................................34-7 @Capital.....................................28-48 @John Carroll.............................17-31 Muskingum................................22-20 @Otterbein.................................14-30 Mount Union................................0-55 @Heidelberg...............................23-20 Baldwin-Wallace.........................27-21 @Ohio Northern..................................

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Great Scot! Battle For Second Place On The Line

Just nine points away from an undefeated season. Yes, the Wittenberg Tigers have lost three games, each by just three points, with the latest heart-breaking loss occurring last week at Allegheny, 30-27, in overtime. The Tigers (6-3, 4-2) still have second-place hopes alive in the North Coast Athletic Conference as they head to Amish country to battle the Wooster Fighting Scots. Wooster (7-2, 5-1) currently resides in second place and has won two straight including a 27-7 win at Oberlin last week. Dustin Sheppard rushed for 114 yards and three touchdowns for the Scots, but it won’t be as easy this week. Wittenberg allows a league-best 11.8 points a game.

PREDICTION: Wittenberg 17-14 NCAC featured PLAYER of the week

Brad McKinley Wittenberg Tigers

Position: Linebacker Ht: 5-8, Wt: 195 Grade: Sophomore Hometown: Hilliard, Ohio Noteworthy: McKinley earned NCAC Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording 11 tackles and recovering a fumble two weeks ago in a 23-0 win over Denison. It was Wittenberg’s second shutout on the season, and McKinley leads the Tigers with 102 tackles, including 10 for a loss.

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PANTHER PREVIEW

Ohio Dominican Panthers at Malone College Pioneers

A Historic Week For Reisert

The nationally ranked Ohio Dominican Panthers (6-3, 3-2) are coming off a 56-0 throttling of Urbana, but even more remarkably, Panther quarterback Chris Reisert made history. The senior from Cincinnati not only finished the game 21 of 26 passing for 381 yards and four touchdown strikes, but he also broke the career NAIA record for passing yards and TD passes. He now has 13,174 career passing yards and 117 career TD tosses. Up next for the Panthers are the Malone College Pioneers (6-2, 4-1), who lost their first Mid-States Football Association Mideast League game last week to St. Francis (Ind.), 45-24. So the Pioneers will be piping mad, but ODU is rolling along, winners of three straight. Make it four.

PREDICTION: ODU 27-24 featured pANTHER of the week OHIO DOMINICAN (6-3) A-30 @Marian College... 70-7 S-6 Bye S-13 @Campbellsville.. 50-14 S-20 Wisc.-Oshkosh.... 16-17 S-27 McKendree............ 59-0 O-4 @St. Francis.......... 0-35 O-11 St. Xavier............ 14-17 O-18 Bye O-25 Taylor.................... 24-6 N-1 @Walsh............... 24-22 N-8 Urbana.................. 56-0 N-15 @Malone.......................

Mike Noffsinger Running Back

Ht: 5-8, Wt: 155 Grade: Freshman Hometown: West Branch, Mich. Noteworthy: Noffsinger has come on strong of late and is now ODU’s leading rusher after playing in just four games. He has rushed for more than 100 yards each of the last three weeks and averages 86 yards per game in ODU’s passoriented offense.

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ALLEGHENY (4-5) @Juniata...................................34-18 @Westminster..............................2-6 Bye Oberlin......................................24-13 @Wabash...................................7-48 Carnegie Mellon........................14-41 @Dennison...............................10-13 Kenyon.....................................27-22 @Wooster.................................21-35 Wittenberg........................30-27 (OT) Ohio Wesleyan................................... DENISON (5-4) @Kalamazoo.............................49-27 Wabash....................................27-41 Bye Wooster....................................10-21 @Case Western Reserve..........14-45 @Hiram....................................31-13 Allegheny..................................13-10 Chicago....................................26-14 @Wittenberg...............................0-23 Kenyon.......................................21-7 @Earlham.......................................... EARLHAM (4-5) @Rose-Hulman........................35-42 @Manchester.............................7-40 Anderson..................................14-47 Bye @Wooster.................................14-16 @Wittenberg.............................13-45 Hiram........................................49-41 @Oberlin...................................56-23 @Kenyon..................................49-42 Ohio Wesleyan............................14-7 Denison.............................................

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HIRAM (2-7) @Gallaudet.......................20-14 (OT) Bye @Kenyon .................................45-39 @Carnegie Mellon......................6-41 Wittenberg..................................7-44 Denison....................................13-31 @Earlham.................................41-49 Case Western Reserve..............14-50 @Ohio Wesleyan........................7-31 Wabash......................................0-63 Oberlin............................................... KENYON (1-9) Case Western Reserve..............27-62 @University of Chicago............39-36 Hiram........................................39-45 Wabash....................................13-55 @Carnegie Mellon....................12-23 @Ohio Wesleyan........................8-24 Oberlin......................................28-31 @Allegheny...............................22-27 Earlham....................................42-49 @Denison...................................7-21 OBERLIN (2-7) Washington and Jefferson........35-49 Bye Case Western Reserve..............21-48 @Allegheny...............................13-24 Ohio Wesleyan..........................28-15 @University of Chicago..............7-33 @Kenyon..................................31-28 Earlham....................................23-56 @Wabash...................................7-60 Wooster......................................7-27 @Hiram.............................................

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WABASH (9-0) Bye @Denison.................................41-27 University of Chicago.................49-7 @Kenyon..................................55-13 Allegheny....................................48-7 @Washington...........................37-12 @Wittenberg.............................13-10 Wooster....................................45-24 Oberlin........................................60-7 @Hiram......................................63-0 DePauw.............................................

S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15

WITTENBERG (6-3) Olivet........................................22-10 Bye Washington..............................20-30 @Ohio Wesleyan........................32-0 @Hiram......................................44-7 Earlham....................................45-13 Wabash....................................10-13 @Carnegie Mellon....................21-14 Denison......................................23-0 @Allegheny.......................27-30 (OT) @Wooster..........................................

S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25 N-1 N-8 N-15

WOOSTER (7-2) @Waynesburg............................27-6 Bye Ohio Wesleyan............................20-2 @Denison.................................21-10 Earlham....................................16-14 @Case Western Reserve............7-28 Washington .............................38-13 @Wabash.................................24-45 Allegheny..................................35-21 @Oberlin.....................................27-7 Wittenberg.........................................

This Week in Football • northeast ohio edition • Volume 4, Issue 11

High School Scoreboard NORTHEAST OHIO

O-9 Lake Catholic . . . . . . . . . . 7-21 DIVISION I MENTOR (8-2) BRECKSVILLE-B’VIEW HTS. (7-3) A-22 Cardinal Mooney . . . . . . 34-20 O-17 @Padua Franciscan . . . . 10-20

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@North Royalton . . . . . . 35-20 Glen Oak . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-27 Brunswick . . . . . . . 37-38 (OT) Avon Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6 @Midpark . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-7 Berea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-19 @Olmsted Falls . . . . . . . 35-21 North Olmsted . . . . . . . . . 14-0 @Steele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-7 @Westlake . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-8

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-2 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Mansfield Senior . . . . . 51-35 @Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-14 @Breck-B’view Hts. 38-37 (OT) Nordonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-7 @Normandy . . . . . . . . . . . 38-7 Elyria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-14 Solon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-17 @Strongsville. . . . . . . . . 20-25 Lakewood. . . . . . . . . . . . 49-17 @Medina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-7

BRUNSWICK (9-1)

CANTON MCKINLEY (6-4)

A-23 A-30 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-4 O-10 O-17 O-25 A-23 A-30 S-5 S-11 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-11 O-17 O-24

Solon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24 vs. Indi. Cathedral (Ind.) 13-34 Uniontown Lake . . . . . . . 24-17 @Austintown-Fitch. . . . . 30-20 Massillon Jackson . . . . . 37-13 @Glenoak. . . . . . . . . . . . 24-19 Massillon Perry . . . . . . . 38-10 Hoover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-30 @Boardman . . . . . . . . . . 21-20 @Massillon Washington . 0-17

EUCLID (7-3)

@Lake Catholic . . . . . . . 35-18 @St. Edward . . . . . . . . . . 7-37 Willoughby South . . . . . 27-13 Bedford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-7 Eastlake North . . . . . . . . . 13-0 @Mentor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29 Cleveland Heights . . . . . . 34-7 @Shaker Heights . . . . . . 24-21 Maple Heights . . . . . . . . . 17-0 @Shaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-34

GLENOAK (8-2)

A-21 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

Twinsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7 @Brecksville-B’view Hts. 27-14 @Green . . . . . . . . 27-24 (2OT) @Massillon Jackson . . . 31-14 Austintown-Fitch . . . . . . . 27-0 Canton McKinley . . . . . . 19-24 @Uniontown Lake . . . . . 28-14 Boardman . . . . . . . . . . . 21-14 @Hoover . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14 Massillon Perry . . . . . . . . . 9-6

A-23 S-1 S-6 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-9 O-18 O-24

@St. Ignatius . . . . . . . . . 20-17 vs. T. Jefferson (Pa.) . . . 34-13 @Gahanna Lincoln . . . . . . 31-0 @Cleveland South . . . . . . 19-0 @Lincoln West . . . . . . . . . 40-0 John Adams . . . . . . . . . . . 37-6 John Marshall . . . . . . . . . 30-6 Collinwood . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-0 East Technical . . . . . . . . . 47-0 Cleveland East . . . . . . . . . 41-0

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

Wash. Dunbar (D.C.) . . . 41-22 Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-22 Wilson Sec (Ontario) . . . 48-17 @Massillon Perry. . . . . . . 21-0 Uniontown Lake . . . . . . . . 27-7 Boardman . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-9 @Austintown-Fitch. 45-42 (OT) @Canton McKinley. . . . . 30-20 Glenoak . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-10 @Massillon Jackson . . . . 26-7

GLENVILLE (10-0)

HOOVER (9-1)

A-28 S-5 S-13 S-20 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Strongsville. . . . . . . . . 27-30 Solon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-24 @St. Ignatius . . . . . . . . . 14-28 Archbishop Moeller . . . . 34-26 Euclid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-7 Shaker Heights. . . . . . . . . 51-0 @Maple Heights . . . . . . . 42-33 Massillon Washington . . 25-17 @Cleveland Heights . . . . . 35-8

NORDONIA (7-3)

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

Tallmadge. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-7 Wadsworth. . . . . . . . . . . 24-14 @Kenston . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-3 @Brunswick . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30 Twinsburg . . . . . . . . . . . 17-13 @Cuyahoga Falls . . . . . . 45-14 @Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17 Stow-Munroe Falls . . . . . 24-12 Mayfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-28 @Garfield Heights . . . . . 32-12

A-23 A-30 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-27 O-3 O-11 O-18 O-25

Strongsville . . . . . . . . . . 37-36 Euclid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-7 Woodson (D.C.) . . . . . . . . 33-0 Firestone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-7 @Elder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-52 Benedictine . . . . . . . . . . . 31-7 @Erie Cath Prep (Pa.) . . 33-20 St. Xavier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 @Archbishop Moeller. . . 29-33 @St. Ignatius . . . . . . . . . 12-34

A-23 A-29 S-6 S-13 S-20 S-26 O-4 O-11 O-18 O-25

Glenville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-20 @Northmont . . . . . . . . . . 23-3 @Buffalo Canisius (N.Y.) . 40-0 Mentor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-14 Athol Springs St. Francis 49-14 @Massillon Washington . 49-7 Warren G. Harding . . . . . . 49-7 La Salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-0 @St. Xavier . . . . . . . . . . 19-16 St. Edward . . . . . . . . . . . 34-12

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Elyria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-34 Midview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-12 @Vermilion . . . . . . . . . . . 28-7 @Olmsted Falls . . . . . . . 13-12 North Olmsted . . . . . . . . 15-12 Westlake . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-19 @Berea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-14 Midpark . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-19 Brecksville-B’view Hts.. . . 7-21 @Avon Lake . . . . . . . . . . 13-33

ST. EDWARD (6-4)

ST. IGNATIUS (9-1)

STEELE (8-2)

STRONGSVILLE (9-1)

A-23 A-28 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@St. Edward . . . . . . . . . 36-37 Mentor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-27 Toledo St. John . . . . . . . . 34-6 @Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-0 Valley Forge . . . . . . . . . . 45-12 @Medina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-7 @Lakewood . . . . . . . . . . . 22-9 Brunswick . . . . . . . . . . . 25-20 @Elyria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-27 Solon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-0

A-21 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-25 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Glenoak. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14 Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-0 Aurora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-6 Stow-Munroe Falls . . . . . . 21-7 @Nordonia . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17 @North Royalton . . . . . . 28-14 Valley Forge . . . . . . . . . . 33-17 @Parma . . . . . . . . . 56-55 (OT) Normandy . . . . . . . . . . . 35-17 @Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-7

TWINSBURG (8-2)

WILLOUGBY SOUTH (8-2)

MASSILLON WASHINGTON (6-4) A-22 Bishop Watterson . . . . . 29-23

A-22 A-30 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-11 O-17 O-25

Buchtel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-29 vs. Jordan (Utah) . . . . . . 24-27 Normandy . . . . . . . . . . . 45-14 @Ursuline . . . . . . . . . . . 13-23 Akron Garfield . . . . . . . . . 34-0 St. Ignatius . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49 Brantford (Canada) . . . . . 69-7 @Warren G. Harding . . . . 30-7 @Mentor . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-25 Canton McKinley . . . . . . . 17-0

A-29 S-5 S-12 S-20 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

DIVISION II ARCHBISHOP HOBAN (6-4)

A-21 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3

Mayfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-26 @Euclid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-27 University School . . . . . . 41-38 @Villa Angela-St. Joseph57-49 Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-17 @Lakeside . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-7 @Eastlake North. . . . . . . 53-35 @PainesvilleRiverside . . 61-14 Chardon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-9

Akron Garfield . . . . . . . . 27-26 @Walsh Jesuit . . . . . . . . 38-21 Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28 @St. Vincent-St. Mary . . 12-20 Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63-0 Holy Name . . . . . . . . . . . 38-33 @Elyria Catholic . . . . . . . 38-28

O-24 N.D.-Cathedral Latin. . . . 24-14

AVON LAKE (8-2)

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-18 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Maple Heights . . . . . . . 38-26 Dover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-38 @Elyria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-22 @Brecksville-Broad. Hts . 6-11 Olmsted Falls . . . . . . . . . . 34-7 @North Olmsted . . . . . . . 12-6 Midpark . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-30 @Berea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-25 Westlake . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-14 Steele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-13

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Buckeye . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 @Fairview . . . . . . . . . . . 38-21 Southview . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-7 Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-13 @Copley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-7 Tallmadge. . . . . . . . . . . . 21-20 @Revere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 @Barberton . . . . . . . . . . 10-24 Wadsworth. . . . . . . . . . . . 14-0 Medina Highland . . . . . . 20-14

A-21 A-30 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Lakeside . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-7 vs. Woodland Hills (Pa.) . 6-27 @Hubbard . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13 @Canfield. . . . . . . . . . . . 14-20 Chaney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-7 Beaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-0 @Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7 Niles McKinley . . . . . . . . . 23-8 @Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17 Warren JFK . . . . . . . . . . . 21-7

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

CLOVERLEAF (8-2)

HOWLAND (7-3)

LEXINGTON (10-0)

Mount Vernon . . . . . . . . . 49-7 Shelby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-14 @Willard . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-16 @Mansfield Senior . . . . . . 33-7 Orrville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-20 @Clear Fork . . . . . . . . . . 41-21 @Wooster . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-6 Mansfield Madison. . . . . 48-15 West Holmes . . . . . . . . . . 56-6 @Ashland. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9

LOUISVILLE (10-0)

A-21 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

Ravenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-15 @Hoover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-0 @Archbishop Hoban . . . . 28-3 @Canal Fulton NW . . . . . . 33-7 West Branch . . . . . . . . . 45-28 @Carrollton . . . . . . . . . . 55-13 Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-0 @Marlington . . . . . . . . . 49-22 Canton South . . . . . . . . . . 18-6 Minerva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-0

A-21 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-16 O-24

@Normandy . . . . . . . . . . . 0-14 Geneva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-7 Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44 @Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-28 @Ashtabula Edgewood . . 34-3 @Willoughby South . . . . 17-28 @Chardon . . . . . . . . . . . 28-10 Lakeside . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-14 Eastlake North . . . . . . . . 41-14 Painesville Riverside . . . . 28-7

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24 A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24 A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12

MADISON (7-3)

MAYFIELD (9-1)

Bedford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-13 @Willoughby South . . . . 26-20 @Olmsted Falls . . . . . . . 14-21 Solon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0 @Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-0 Garfield Heights . . . . . . . . 31-0 @Stow-Munroe Falls . . . . 31-0 Cuyahoga Falls . . . . . . . . . 35-0 @Nordonia . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-0 Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-6

MEDINA HIGHLAND (9-1)

Rocky River . . . . . . . . . . 40-15 Buckeye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-7 Brookside . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-7 @Tallmadge . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Revere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-7 @Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-7 Barberton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-8 @Wadsworth . . . . . . . . . 24-21 Copley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-14 @Cloverleaf . . . . . . . . . . 14-20

ROOSEVELT (8-2)

Kenston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-0 @Stow-Munroe Falls . . . . 0-14 Barberton . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-28 @Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-7

Division I

Region 1 (1) Cleveland St. Ignatius (9-1) (8) Lakewood St. Edward (6-4)

Region 3 (1) Hilliard Davidson (9-1) (8) Grove City (6-4)

St. Ignatius (37-0)

(4) Cleveland Glenville (10-0) (5) Brecksville-Broadview Hts. (7-3)

St. Ignatius (8-7) Glenville (35-8)

Davidson (38-7)

(4) Columbus Brookhaven (9-1) (5) Worhington Kilbourne (8-2)

Davidson (21-7) Kilbourne (14-6)

(2) Upper Arlington (9-1) (7) Marysville (7-3)

UA (28-16)

(3) Pickerington Central (10-0) (6) Delaware Hayes (7-3)

Central (38-21)

Region 4 (1) Cincinnati Colerain (9-1) (8) Cin. Archbishop Moeller (6-4)

Colerain (17-10)

T’burg (20-11)

(4) Huber Heights Wayne (7-3) (5) Cincinnati Woodward (10-0)

Wayne (52-0)

(2) Canton GlenOak (8-2) (7) Canton McKinley (6-4)

GlenOak (14-7)

(2) Clayton Northmont (9-1) (7) Kettering Fairmont (7-3)

Northmont (28-27)

(3) Brunswick (9-1) (6) Macedonia Nordonia (7-3)

B’wick 14-0)

(3) Cincinnati Elder (9-1) (6) Centerville (7-3)

Elder (52-27)

(2) Strongsville (9-1) (7) Euclid (7-3)

S’ville (35-28)

(3) Mentor (8-2) (6) Willoughby South (8-2)

Mentor (31-2)

Region 2 (1) North Canton Hoover (9-1) (8) Massillon Washington (6-4)

Hoover (14-7)

(4) Twinsburg (8-2) (5) Amherst Steele (8-2)

S’ville (17-3)

Hoover (13-10)

GlenOak

(28-3)

Division II

Region 5 (1) Mayfield (9-1) (8) Kent Roosevelt (8-2)

Mayfield (27-7)

(4) Warren Howland (7-3) (5) Akron Archbishop Hoban (6-4) (2) East Cleveland Shaw (9-0) (7) Madison (7-3)

Hoban (16-13, OT)

Central

Colerain (23-0)

Elder (13-10)

Region 7 (1) Col. St. Francis DeSales (10-0) (8) Col. Bishop Watterson (5-5)

DeSales (20-17) DeSales (31-23)

Hoban (21-10)

(4) Columbus Marion-Franklin (9-1) (5) Columbus Beechcroft (9-1)

Marion-Frank. (34-28 OT)

Madison (35-0)

(2) Louisville (10-0) (7) Columbus Independence (7-3)

Louisville (60-24)

(3) Logan (10-0) (6) Dublin Jerome (6-4)

Logan (23-7)

T’madge (27-7)

(3) Parma Padua Franciscan (8-2) (6) Tallmadge (7-3)

T’madge (24-17)

Region 6 (1) Toledo Central Catholic (10-0) (8) Powell Olentangy Liberty (7-3)

Liberty (34-7) Highland (35-0)

(4) Medina Highland (9-1) (5) Avon Lake (8-2)

Highland (35-23)

(2) Sylvania Southview (10-0) (7) Lewis Center Olentangy (7-3)

Southview (28-14)

(3) Lexington (10-0) (6) Lodi Cloverleaf (8-2)

Lex’ton (28-14)

S’view (38-24)

Division III

Region 8 (1) Cincinnati Winton Woods (9-1) (8) Dayton Dunbar (8-2) (4) Cincinnati Turpin (9-1) (5) Kings Mills Kings (7-3)

L’ville (7-0)

Winton Woods (58-12) Winton Woods (44-9) Kings (27-24)

(2) New Carlisle Tecumseh (10-0) Tecumseh (44-21) (7) Mount Orab Western Brown (10-0) Anderson (3) Cincinnati Anderson (8-2) Ander. (55-7) (6) Trenton Edgewood (8-2)

Region 9 (1) Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (7-2) Walsh Jesuit (24-21) (8) Mogadore Field (8-2) Walsh Jesuit (21-17) (4) Youngstown Liberty (8-2) Chagrin Falls (21-0) (5) Chagrin Falls (7-3)

Region 11 (1) Dover (9-1) (8) New Philadelphia (8-2)

Dover (45-0)

(4) Canton South (7-3) (5) Canal Fulton Northwest (8-2)

Canton South (20-7)

(2) Aurora (8-2) (7) Chardon ND-CL (5-5)

(2) Newark Licking Valley (9-1) (7) Rayland Buckeye Local (7-3)

Licking Vall. (37-6)

(3) Poland Seminary (8-2) (6) Granville (8-2)

Poland Semin (27-24)

Region 12 (1) Thornville Sheridan (10-0) (8) Franklin (6-4)

Sheridan (33-7)

(2) Circleville Logan Elm (10-0) (7) Bexley (7-3)

Logan Elm (21-14)

(3) Chillicothe (7-3) (6) Canal Winchester (9-1)

Chill. (13-7)

Aurora (30-14) Aurora (14-7)

(3) Hubbard (8-2) (6) Ravenna (7-3)

Hubbard

Region 10 (1) Avon (10-0) (8) Defiance (8-2)

Avon (7-0)

(4) Bellevue (8-2) (5) Tiffin Columbian (8-2)

Columbian

(2) Clyde (9-1) (7) Sunbury Big Walnut (8-2)

Big Walnut (18-17)

Coventry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-6 @Southeast . . . . . . . . . . . 42-0 Ravenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-12 @Akron Springfield . . . . 48-21 Crestwood . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-7 @Norton . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-13

A-22 A-30 S-6 S-13 S-19 S-26 O-3

(21-18)

Big Walnut St. Mary’s

SHAW (9-0)

@Collinwood . . . . . . . . . . 46-0 Cleveland JFK. . . . . . . . . . 46-6 @Cleveland Heights . . . . 35-13 @Villa Angela-St. Jos. . . . 13-7 Bye Admiral King . . . . . . . . . 52-14 Bedford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-27

(17-12)

(21-14)

O-11 @Southview . . . . . . . . . . 42-12 O-18 @Warrensville Heights . . 22-21 O-24 Euclid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-23

TALLMADGE (7-3)

A-22 @Nordonia . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28 A-29 Ellet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-7 S-5 Firestone . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-21

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(31-13)

Dover (35-14)

Licking Vall. (41-7)

E’moor (28-6) (4) Columbus Eastmoor Academy (9-1)E’moor (48-19) (5) Germantown Valley View (7-3)

Avon (13-6)

(3) Tipp City Tippecanoe (9-1) (6) St. Mary’s Memorial (8-2) S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

(40-12)

(24-16)

S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

Medina Highland . . . . . . . . 2-3 @Barberton . . . . . . . . . . 21-14 @Cloverleaf . . . . . . . . . . 20-21 Wadsworth. . . . . . . . . . . . 21-7 Copley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-7 @Revere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-7 Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-14

Logan Elm

PADUA FRANCISCAN (8-2)

A-22 A-29 S-6 S-12 S-19 S-27 O-3

West Geauga . . . . . . . . . 26-19 @North Olmsted . . . . . . . 40-0 @Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-21 Warrensville Heights . . . . 55-6 @Walsh Jesuit . . . . . . . . 10-14 @Lake Catholic . . . . . . . 35-28 Notre Dame-Cath Latin . 38-14

(28-14)

O-11 @Villa Angela-St. Joseph . 35-7 O-17 Archbishop Hoban . . . . . 20-10 O-25 Holy Name . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-0

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N.D.-CATHEDRAL LATIN (5-5)

Division IV

Region 13 (1) Steubenville (10-0) (8) Coshocton (9-1)

Steubenville (61-29)

(4) Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (8-2) Mooney(14-6) (5) Cuy. Va. Christian Academy (9-1)

Steubenville (28-14)

(2) Massillon Tuslaw (9-1) (7) Leavittsburg LaBrae (9-1)

Tuslaw (28-0)

(3) Perry (9-1) (6) Wooster Triway (8-2)

Perry (41-7)

Region 14 (1) Fostoria (9-1) (8) Sparta Highland (6-4)

Fostoria (33-12)

(4) Genoa Area (10-0) (5) Huron (8-2)

Genoa (47-21)

(2) Lorain Clearview (10-0) (7) Ottawa-Glandorf (6-4)

Glandorf (56-12)

(3) Marion Pleasant (9-1) (6) Pemberville Eastwood (8-2)

Pleasant (20-7)

Perry (47-0)

Genoa (28-14)

Glandorf (28-21, OT)

Division V

Region 17 (1) Youngstown Ursuline (10-0) (8) Cleveland Cuyahoga Heights (9-1)

Ursuline (27-7) Ursuline (35-14)

Region 15 (1) Martins Ferry (9-1) (8) Columbus Bishop Hartley (6-3)

Martins Ferry (20-6)

(4) Belmont Union Local (9-1) (5) St. Clairsville (7-3)

Union Local

(2) New Lexington (9-1) (7) Pomeroy Meigs (8-2)

New Lexington (42-14)

(3) Ironton (7-3) (6) Williamsport Westfall (8-2)

Ironton (41-31)

Martins Ferry (49-14) (25-6)

N. Lexington (38-6)

Region 16 (1) Coldwater (10-0) Coldwater (42-0) (8) Cincinnati North College Hill (7-3) Coldwater (35-7) (4) Plain City Jonathan Alder (8-2) Oak. (12-10) (5) Dayton Oakwood (7-3) (2) Clarksville Clinton-Massie (10-0) Badin (33-27 OT) (7) Hamilton Badin (7-3) Alter (42-7) (3) Brookville (10-0) Alter (35-7) (6) Kettering Archbishiop Alter (8-2)

Region 19 (1) Portsmouth West (10-0) (8) West Lafayette Ridgewood (8-2)

Portsmouth West (26-7) Ready (17-0)

(4) Gates Mills Gilmour Academy (9-1) G’mour (48-21) (5) Creston Norwayne (8-2)

(4) Johnstown-Monroe (8-2) (5) Columbus Bishop Ready (6-2)

Ready (21-17)

(2) Columbiana Crestview (9-1) (7) Apple Creek Waynedale (8-2)

(2) Wheelersburg (9-1) (7) Minford (8-2)

Wheelersburg (14-6)

(3) Nelsonville-York (8-2) (6) Baltimore Liberty Union (9-1)

Lib. Union (15-14)

Crestview (41-12) Kirtland

(3) Kirtland (10-0) (6) North Lima South Range (8-2)

(41-13)

Kirtland (63-7)

Liberty Union (14-7)

(4) Sherwood Fairview (9-1) (5) Bucyrus Wynford (10-0)

W’ford (40-34)

Region 20 (1) Cin. Hills Christian Academy (10-0) Cin. Hills (43-21) (8) Lees Creek East Clinton (7-3) West Jeff. 20-10) (4) West Jefferson (8-2) West Jeff. (20-7) (5) Casstown Miami East (9-1)

(2) Findlay Liberty-Benton (10-0) (7) Delphos Jefferson (9-1)

Liberty-Benton (34-0)

(2) Anna (9-1) (7) Maria Stein Marion Local (8-2)

Marion Local (13-3)

(3) Waynesville (8-2) (6) West Liberty-Salem (9-1)

W’ville (34-9)

Region 18 (1) Hamler Patrick Henry (10-0) (8) Ashland Crestview (9-1)

Patrick Henry (38-7) Patrick Henry (21-0)

Liberty-Benton (42-10)

(3) Liberty Center (9-1) (6) Archbold (8-2)

A’bold (26-6)

Division VI

Region 21 (1) Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (10-0) (8) Columbiana (7-3)

Hopewell-Loudon (41-14)

(4) Mogadore (9-1) (5) Leetonia (8-2)

Mogadore

(2) Norwalk St. Paul (10-0) (7) East Canton (7-3)

St. Paul (56-7)

Hopewell-Loudon (30-0) (30-14)

St. Paul (34-0)

(3) McDonald (10-0) McDonald (6) Berlin Center Western Reserve (8-2)

(21-7)

Region 22 (1) Ada (10-0) (8) West Unity Hilltop (8-2)

Ada (56-8)

(4) Pandora-Gilboa (9-1) (5) Mt. Blanchard Riverdale (8-2)

Gilboa (49-0)

(2) Carey (9-1) (7) McComb (7-3)

Carey (35-28)

(3) Delphos St. John’s (8-2) (6) Arlington (7-3)

St. John’s (24-7)

DIVISION III

AURORA (8-2)

A-21 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

Avon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-27 @Crestwood . . . . . . . . . 40-14 @Twinsburg . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27 Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-24 Beachwood . . . . . . . . . . 46-12 @Kenston . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-0 West Geauga . . . . . . . . . . 27-7 @Chagrin Falls . . . . . . . . 49-27 Pepper Pike Orange . . . . . 35-6 @Wickliffe . . . . . . . . . . . 47-19

A-21 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3

@Aurora. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-24 Wellington . . . . . . . . . . . 41-13 @Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . 42-6 @Fairview Park Fair . . . . 43-12 Rocky River . . . . . . . . . . 41-16 @Vermilion . . . . . . . . . . 41-18 Midview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-8

AVON (10-0)

Ada (42-14)

St. John’s

O-10 Firelands . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-20 O-17 @North Ridgeville . . . . . . 42-7 O-24 Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-6 A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

BELLEVUE (8-2)

Perkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-16 Ashland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-20 Clyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-20 @Fostoria. . . . . . . . . . . . 14-38 Upper Sandusky. . . . . . . . 48-7 @Norwalk . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-7 @Galion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-21 Shelby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-14 @Willard . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-27 Columbian . . . . . . . . . . . 14-26

CANAL FULTON NORTHWEST (8-2)

A-22 Orrville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-13 A-29 Firestone . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-24 S-5 @Chardon . . . . . . . . . . . 37-16

(21-14)

S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33 @Canton South . . . . . . . 17-14 @Minerva. . . . . . . . . . . . 33-27 Carrollton . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-27 @West Branch . . . . . . . . 42-33 Marlington . . . . . . . . . . . 19-21 Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-14

A-21 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Dover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-17 Canfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-6 @Ravenna . . . . . . . . . . . 28-31 Minerva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-6 Canal Fulton NW . . . . . . 14-17 @West Branch . . . . . . . . 35-10 Marlington . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-7 @Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-14 @Louisville. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 Carrollton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-7

CANTON SOUTH (7-3)

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Marion Local (40-14)

(2) Malvern (10-0) (7) Bridgeport (6-4)

Malvern (49-14)

(3) Shadyside (8-2) (6) Beallsville (9-1)

Shadyside

Region 24 (1) Mechanicsburg (10-0) (8) Hamilton New Miami (7-3)

Mechanicsburg (42-0)

(4) Covington (8-2) (5) Lockland (7-3)

C’ton (56-12)

(2) Sidney Lehman Catholic (8-1) (7) Ansonia (7-3)

Lehman Catholic (42-7)

Malvern

CHAGRIN FALLS (7-3)

DOVER (9-1)

A0-21 Canton South . . . . . . . . . 17-26 A-29 @Avon Lake . . . . . . . . . . 38-35 S-5 Canton Central Catholic . 48-12 S-12 @Warsaw Riverview . . . . 42-7 S-19 Coshocton . . . . . . . . . . . 53-14 S-26 Cambridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 69-7 O-3 @Claymont . . . . . . . . . . . 61-0

(53-24)

(14-3)

Mechanicsburg (40-14)

Lehman (3) Portsmouth Sciotoville Comm. (9-1)Springfield CC (28-19) (6) Springfield Catholic Central (7-3)

Woodridge . . . . . . . . . . . 27-21 @NDCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-33 @Berkshire. . . . . . . . . . . . 24-0 West Geauga . . . . . . . . . . 22-0 Pepper Pike Orange . . . . 42-13 @Beachwood . . . . . . . . . . 49-0 Wickliffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-14 Aurora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-49 @Kenston . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-0 @Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-27

@Benedictine . . . . . . . . . 14-35 Chagrin Falls . . . . . . . . . 33-27 @University School . . . . 21-13 @New Albany. . . . . . . . . 13-35 Bedford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29 Trinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-10 @Padua Franciscan . . . . 14-38 Holy Name . . . . . . . . . . . 20-19 Lake Catholic . . . . . . . . . 31-14 @Archbishop Hoban . . . 14-24

POLAND SEMINARY (8-2)

A-21 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

Hubbard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-14 Normandy . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-3 @Beaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-8 @Lakeview . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-0 Niles McKinley . . . . . . . . . 36-8 Chaney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-0 Howland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10 Steubenville . . . . . . . . . . 20-39 @Olentangy Orange . . . . . 28-7 @Canfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7

A-21 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Louisville. . . . . . . . . . . 15-29 @Streetsboro . . . . . . . . . . 34-7 Canton South . . . . . . . . . 31-28 @Norton . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-24 Southeast . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-34 Crestwood . . . . . . . . . . . 41-25 @Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . 12-19 Coventry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-0 @Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-38 @Akron Springfield . . . . 25-12

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-18 O-24

@Licking Valley . . . . . . . 48-14 Archbishop Hoban . . . . . 21-38 @Cuyahoga Falls . . . . . . . 35-7 Lake Catholic . . . . . . . . . . 14-7 Padua Franciscan . . . . . . 14-10 Bye @St. Vincent-St. Mary . . . 6-10 Benedictine . . . . . . . . . . 35-21 Buffalo Canisius (N.Y.) . . 49-14 @Warren G. Harding . . . . 21-9

RAVENNA (7-3)

WALSH JESUIT (7-2)

DIVISION IV

CARDINAL MOONEY (8-2)

A-22 A-30 57-0 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-11 O-17 O-25

@Mentor . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-34 vs. Covington Catholic (Ky.). . .

Elyria Catholic . . . . . . . . 59-14 @Warren G. Harding . . . . 17-0 @Lake Catholic . . . . . . . 35-14 Buffalo (N.Y.) . . . . . . . . . . 13-0 Benedictine . . . . . . . . . . 31-14 St. Vincent-St. Mary. . . . . 33-7 @Ursuline . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10 Bishop Watterson . . . . . . 28-0

CUYAHOGA VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (8-2)

Region 23 (1) Hannibal River (10-0) Hannibal River (38-7) (8) Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans (6-4) Hannibal River (45-14) (4) Glouster Trimble (8-2) Trimble (26-7) (5) Caldwell (8-2)

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-27 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

A-22 A-29 S-6 S-13 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

O-10 @Meadowbrook . . . . . . . . 69-6 O-17 Greenville . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-20 O-24 @New Philadelphia . . . . . 30-7

FIELD (8-2)

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

Waterloo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-0 @Manchester . . . . . . . . . 20-55 @Rootstown . . . . . . . . . 54-21 Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24 @Crestwood . . . . . . . . . 44-13 Akron Springfield . . . . . . . 28-7 Norton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-6 @Southeast . . . . . . . . . . . 31-6 Ravenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-18 @Coventry . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-7

A-21 A-30 S-5 S-12

@Poland Seminary . . . . 14-24 @Warren JFK . . . . . . . . . 35-30 Howland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7 Salem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-12

HUBBARD (7-3)

(42-6)

S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Lakeview . . . . . . . . . . . 23-21 @Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . 36-14 Youngstown East . . . . . . . 21-6 @Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-33 Struthers . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-48 Niles McKinley . . . . . . . . . 28-0

A-21 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . 56-21 @Niles McKinley . . . . . . . 48-9 Campbell Memorial . . . . . 40-7 @Struthers. . . . . . . . . . . 32-14 Salem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-7 Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-0 @Lakeview . . . . . . . . . . . 20-16 Hubbard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-28 Howland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 @Girard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-36

LIBERTY (8-2)

O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Kenston . . . . . . . . . . . 48-21 Beachwood . . . . . . . . . . 55-20 @West Geauga. . . . . . . . 21-11 Chagrin Falls . . . . . . . . . 27-14

S-12 @Hillsdale . . . . . . . . . . . 21-12 S-19 West Salem Northwestern 14-7 S-26 @Rittman . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-7 O-3 @Waynedale . . . . . . . . . 31-21 O-10 Chippewa . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-12 TRIWAY (8-2) O-17 @Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-19 A-22 West Holmes . . . . . . . . . . 14-7 O-24 Smithville . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-10 A-29 @Orrville . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-34 S-5 Waynedale . . . . . . . . . . . 15-12 GILMOUR ACADEMY (9-1) S-12 Akron Manchester . . . . . 26-13 A-23 LaBrae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-21 S-19 @Cuy. Va. Christian Acad.12-35 A-30 John Adams . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26 S-26 @Fairless . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-7 S-5 @Hawken . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-7 O-3 @Indian Valley . . . . . . . . 57-14 S-13 Cleveland Central Catholic 21-0 O-10 Tuscarawas Valley . . . . . . 45-6 S-19 @Warrensville Heights . . . 41-6 O-17 @Tuslaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7 S-26 @Conneaut . . . . . . . . . . 35-15 O-24 Timken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-0 O-4 Ashtabula Edgewood . . . . 49-8 O-10 @Jefferson Area. . . . . . . . 33-7 TUSLAW (9-1) O-18 Painesville Harvey . . . . . 56-13 A-22 @South Range . . . . . . . . 29-28 O-24 @Geneva . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-0 A-29 @Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-14 S-5 Chippewa . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-14 DIVISION VI BERLIN CENTER WESTERN S-12 @Indian Valley . . . . . . . . . 27-7 S-19 Tuscarawas Valley . . . . . . 42-6 RESERVE (8-2) S-26 Cuy. Va. Christian Acad. . 18-13 A-22 @Mathews . . . . . . . . . . . 28-26 O-3 @Timken . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-6 A-29 @Newcomerstown . . . . . . 49-0 O-10 @Akron Manchester. . . . 24-21 S-5 Chalker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-14 O-17 Triway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13 S-12 Salineville Southern . . . . 30-21 O-24 Fairless. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-6 S-19 @Wellsville. . . . . . . . . . . 27-24 S-26 @Jackson-Milton . . . . . . 56-26 DIVISION V O-3 McDonald. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-47 ASHLAND CRESTVIEW (9-1) O-10 Leetonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-40 A-22 West Salem Northwestern 29-0 O-17 @Lowellville . . . . . . . . . . . 45-7 A-29 Loudonville . . . . . . . . . . . 27-0 O-24 Sebring McKinley . . . . . . 51-19 S-5 @Lucas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-0 S-12 Mapleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-0 COLUMBIANA (7-3) S-20 @St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-47 A-23 @Steubenville Cath. Cent.27-13 S-26 @Monroeville . . . . . . . . . 41-14 A-29 Leetonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19 O-3 @New London . . . . . . . . . 33-6 S-5 Struthers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7 O-10 South Central . . . . . . . . . . 56-7 S-12 @Columbiana Crestview 12-10 O-17 Collins Western Reserve 48-24 S-19 @United . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3 O-24 @Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . 57-0 S-26 N. M. Springfield . . . . . . 24-27 O-3 Mineral Ridge. . . . . . . . . . 14-0 COLUMBIANA CRESTVIEW (9-1) O-10 @David Anderson . . . . . . 57-6 A-22 @Monroe Central . . . . . . 20-19 O-17 @South Range . . . . . . . . 30-34 A-29 @Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . 42-0 O-24 East Palestine. . . . . . . . . 39-13 S-5 @Oak Glen (W.Va.) . . . . 55-20 EAST CANTON (7-3) S-12 Columbiana . . . . . . . . . . 36-42 S-19 @East Palestine . . . . . . . 34-28 A-22 @Richmond Heights . . . . 7-41 S-26 South Range . . . . . . . . . 31-28 A-29 @Sandy Valley . . . . . . . . . 54-7 O-3 David Anderson . . . . . . . . 55-0 S-5 Malvern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 O-10 @Mineral Ridge . . . . . . . . 35-0 S-12 Garrettsville Garfield . . . . 13-2 O-17 @N. M. Springfield. . . . . . 41-7 S-19 @Rootstown . . . . . . . . . 47-25 O-24 United . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-35 S-26 @Streetsboro . . . . . . . . . 35-55 O-3 Windham . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-12 CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS (9-1) O-10 @Waterloo . . . . . . . . . . . 33-19 A-22 @Columbia . . . . . . . . . . 40-12 O-17 Woodridge . . . . . . . . . . . 53-36 A-29 Rhodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-6 O-24 Mogadore. . . . . . . . . . . . 20-14 S-5 East Technical . . . . . . . . . 56-0 S-12 Kirtland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14 LEETONIA (8-2) S-19 @Newbury . . . . . . . . . . . 34-28 A-21 David Anderson . . . . . . . 34-14 S-26 Hawken . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-28 A-29 @Columbiana. . . . . . . . . . 19-6 O-3 @Fairport Harding . . . . . 47-25 S-5 Mathews . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-17 O-10 @Grand Valley . . . . . . . . 56-22 S-12 @Sebring McKinley . . . . 41-21 O-17 @Richmond Heights . . . 31-14 S-19 Salineville Southern . . . . . 34-6 O-24 Independence. . . . . . . . . . 34-7 S-26 Wellsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21 O-3 @Lowellville . . . . . . . . . . . 20-6 URSULINE (10-0) O-10 @B. C. Western Reserve 40-34 A-22 East Technical . . . . . . . . . 48-6 O-17 McDonald. . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21 A-29 @Bethlehem (Pa.) . . . . . 44-21 O-24 @Jackson-Milton . . . . . . 20-14 S-6 @Lake Catholic . . . . . . . 53-14 S-12 Massillon Washington . . 23-13 MCDONALD (10-0) S-19 Chardon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-0 A-22 @Youngstown Christian. 43-20 S-26 Warren G. Harding . . . . . . 33-7 A-29 Windham . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-21 O-3 @Canton Central Catholic 42-7 S-5 Mineral Ridge. . . . . . . . . . 25-0 O-9 Buchtel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-6 S-12 @Wellsville. . . . . . . . . . . 41-19 O-17 Cardinal Mooney . . . . . . . 10-7 S-19 Jackson-Milton . . . . . . . 61-30 O-24 St. Vincent-St. Mary. . . . . 34-7 S-26 @Sebring McKinley . . . . . 69-0 O-3 @B. C. Western Reserve . 47-6 WAYNEDALE (8-2) O-10 Salineville Southern . . . . 21-20 A-22 @Tuscarawas Valley. . . . . 55-7 O-17 @Leetonia . . . . . . . . . . . 21-13 A-29 Danville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-22 O-24 Lowellville . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-6 S-5 @Triway . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-15 S-12 @Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6 MOGADORE (9-1) S-19 Rittman . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-13 A-22 @Mineral Ridge . . . . . . . . 27-7 S-26 @Smithville . . . . . . . . . . 35-21 A-29 Holy Trinity (Canada) . . . 52-31 O-3 Norwayne . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-31 S-5 @Norton . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-28 O-10 @Hillsdale . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-6 S-12 Rootstown . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-7 O-17 Chippewa . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-13 S-19 @Garrettsville Garfield . . . 34-6 O-24 West Salem N’western . . . 35-0 S-26 Woodridge . . . . . . . . . . . 40-21 O-3 Streetsboro . . . . . . . . . . 38-35 SOUTH RANGE (8-2) O-10 @Windham . . . . . . . . . . . 35-6 A-22 Tuslaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29 O-17 Waterloo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-6 A-29 Independence. . . . . . . . . . 28-7 O-24 @East Canton. . . . . . . . . 14-20 S-5 @Marlington . . . . . . . . . . 14-7 S-12 @N. M. Springfield. . . . . . 20-0 ST. PAUL (10-0) S-19 @David Anderson . . . . . . 53-7 A-23 @St. Mary Central Catholic51-7 S-26 @Columbiana Crestview 28-31 A-30 Calvert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-14 O-3 East Palestine. . . . . . . . . 29-22 S-6 Huron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-14 O-10 @United . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-21 S-12 @Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . 63-0 O-17 Columbiana . . . . . . . . . . 34-30 S-20 Ashland Crestview . . . . . . 47-0 O-24 Mineral Ridge. . . . . . . . . 27-14 S-27 Mapleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-0 O-3 @South Central . . . . . . . . 78-6 KIRTLAND (10-0) O-10 @Coll. Western Reserve 55-13 A-23 @Beachwood . . . . . . . . . 56-15 O-18 New London. . . . . . . . . . . 34-6 A-29 Fairport Harding . . . . . . . 54-21 O-24 @Monroeville . . . . . . . . . 56-14 S-5 Wickliffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-6 S-12 @Cuyahoga Heights . . . . . 14-7 S-19 @Richmond Heights . . . . 33-6 S-26 Independence. . . . . . . . . 34-13 O-3 @Cardinal . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-0 O-10 Berkshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-6 O-17 @Newbury . . . . . . . . . . . 62-28 O-24 Grand Valley. . . . . . . . . . . 63-6

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Warren JFK . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27 @Norwayne . . . . . . . . . . 33-17 St. Thomas Aquinas. . . . 35-16 @Tuscarawas Valley. . . . . 42-7 Triway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-12 @Tuslaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18 Fairless. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-7 Timken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-20 @Indian Valley . . . . . . . . . 36-0 Akron Manchester . . . . . 21-14

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Margaretta . . . . . . . . . . . 37-14 Vermilion . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-12 @Fairview Park Fairview . 34-6 @Buckeye . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7 Black River . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-6 Brooklyn. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-14 @Lutheran West . . . . . . 21-19 @Brookside . . . . . . . . . . . 63-7 Oberlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-7 @Columbia . . . . . . . . . . 32-14

A-22 A-29 S-6 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-4 O-10 O-17 O-24

Vermilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-6 @Norwalk . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-7 @St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-21 @Port Clinton. . . . . . . . . 55-19 Milan Edison . . . . . . . . . 41-14 @Clyde. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26 @St. Mary Cent. Catholic . 37-0 Perkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-21 @Oak Harbor . . . . . . . . . . 51-6 Margaretta . . . . . . . . . . . 41-20

A-23 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26 O-3 O-10 O-17 O-24

@Gilmour Academy . . . . 21-28 East Palestine. . . . . . . . . 62-13 @Garrettsville Garfield . . . 24-0 @Champion . . . . . . . . . . . 38-8 @Campbell Memorial . . . . 42-0 Struthers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-6 Newton Falls . . . . . . . . . 51-14 @Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . 60-8 Girard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-14 Steubenville Cath. Cent. . . 47-0

A-22 A-29 S-5 S-12 S-19 S-26

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MELVIN FELLOWS

Garfield Heights High School Garfield Heights, Ohio

Defensive End • 6-5, 245 Senior • GPA: 3.0 College of Choice: Verbally committed to Ohio State Commit Date: April 24, 2008 Who Lost Out?: Illinois, Louisville, Marshall, Michigan, Notre Dame, USC and West Virginia The Scoop: Fellows is one of the most heavily recruited players in the Midwest. He’s a tough, physical player, but also a bit of a project. He tends to tackle with his head lowered and doesn’t have a great first step, but Fellows is a heck of a run stuffer and his big body will make it tough for Big Ten blockers to move around. He’ll likely redshirt his freshman season unless he corrects some of his mechanics prior to fall camp 2009.

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Northeast Ohio playoff Previews By Marty Gitlin

DIVISION I

DIVISION II

St. Ignatius (11-1) vs. Strongsville (11-1)

Archbishop Hoban (8-4) vs. Tallmadge (9-3)

Remember former Cleveland Browns quarterback Mike Pagel? That’s his dad. We’re talking about Strongsville quarterback Kellen Pagel. And he sure made pop proud last week by leading the Mustangs to a 17-3 win over mighty Mentor. Pagel completed 16 of 28 passes for 209 yards and connected with wideout Alex Kovach eight times for 114 yards. The Mustangs’ reward? A date with St. Ignatius, which is arguably the team to beat in Division I after handing Glenville an 8-7 loss, avenging a Week 1 defeat to the Tarblooders. So we’re in for a treat as Wildcat quarterback Andrew Holland is one of the state’s best. He’ll be matching pass for pass with Strongsville’s Pagel in what should be a thriller.

Okay, Archbishop Hoban is good. Quite good. You must be to beat Mayfield. Hoban’s 16-13 overtime win last week was achieved against one of the premier defenses in the state and set up this showdown between two of the state’s top running backs. For sure, few tailbacks have enjoyed success against the Wildcats stout defense. But Hoban’s Laymon Carter III rushed for 73 yards and a critical 3-yard touchdown in overtime to seal the win. Carter has nothing on Tallmadge’s Tyler Fortner, though. Fortner exploded for 256 rushing yards and three scores in the 27-7 win over Madison last week. Fortner has rushed for 2,565 yards and 25 TDs this season. Remarkably, he has 519 yards rushing in two playoff games.

Prediction: St. Ignatius 13, Strongsville 10

Prediction: Archbishop Hoban 23, Tallmadge 20

DIVISION II

Medina Highland (11-1) vs. Sylvania Southview (12-0)

Some players perform brilliantly during the regular season only to fade once the competition stiffens in the playoffs. Then again, there’s Medina Highland’s Chris Snook. He rushed for 175 yards and two touchdowns, blocked a punt that led to a TD and returned an interception for yet another score in a 35-0 win over Olentangy Liberty last week. The West Virginia University recruit now sets his sights on Sylvania Southview, which remained unbeaten with a 38-24 win over previously unbeaten Lexington. Southview quarterback Alex Pidcock accounted for 340 total yards and engineered scoring drives on all five first-half possessions.

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DIVISION II

St. Francis DeSales (12-0) vs. Louisville (12-0)

Just the way it should be! It’s the No. 1 seed St. Francis DeSales vs. the No. 2 seed Louisville. Their paths have proved quite similar. Both were forced to muscle their way to hard-fought victories last week as DeSales overcame MarionFranklin, 31-23, and Louisville blanked Logan, 7-0. DeSales fans were starting to think basketball season when the Stallions fell behind early. But DeSales scored two touchdowns in a 15-second span of a 28-point second quarter to take control. Louisville, meanwhile, needed no such offensive heroics. The Leopard defense blanked a Logan team that entered averaging 34.3 points. Behind such defensive stalwarts as Corey Whaley, Bryan Kuhn, Joe Poyser and Colin Davis, Louisville has held seven of its 12 opponents to seven points or less.

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Prediction: St. Francis DeSales 17, Louisville 12

DIVISION IV

Steubenville (12-0) vs. Perry (11-1)

The Big Red was a big pain in the rear last week for the big bullies of Division IV, Cardinal Mooney, as Steubenville dashed to an impressive 28-16 win over the Cardinals. And the Big Red achieved it through the talents of quarterback Dwight Macon and senior fullback Branko Busick. Each racked up more than 100 rushing yards and combined for three touchdowns against traditional D-IV powerhouse Mooney. So Perry will certainly have its hands full this week. But, the Pirates have plenty of their own momentum following a 47-0 thumping of Tuslaw last week. In the victory, senior running back Mike Hanhauser rushed for 168 yards and five TDs, while senior quarterback Vinny Hokevar added 108 yards on the ground.

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Hopewell-Loudon (12-0) vs. St. Paul (12-0)

Hopewell-Loudon has been a nightmare for Mogadore. The Chieftains sent Mogadore home from the playoffs for the second straight year with a 44-14 decision last week. But, Mogadore can take solace in the fact that everybody loses to the Chieftains, who have won 26 of their last 27 games. Quarterback Tyler Brown is a big reason for many of those Chieftain wins. He passed for 202 yards and four touchdowns last week and now has fired 36 scoring passes this year. Hopewell-Loudon now gets to face St. Paul for a second-consecutive postseason. The Flyers blanked McDonald last week, 34-0, and held the Blue Devils to just 159 total yards. Matt Wilde led St. Paul with 204 rushing yards and four TDs and the Flyer defense forced six turnovers.

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Army Strong Players of the Week This Week In Football’s Top Statewide Efforts For Round Two Of The Playoffs Mike Hanhauser Perry Running back

Rushed for 168 yards and five touchdowns in a 47-0 win over Tuslaw.

Tyler Fortner Tallmadge Running back

Rushed for 256 yards and three touchdowns in a 27-7 win over Madison.

Chris Snook Medina Highland RB/LB

Rushed for 179 yards and two touchdowns and returned an interception for a TD in a 35-0 win over Olentangy Liberty.

Ben Madden Kirtland Quarterback

Nine of 15 passing for 140 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for 89 yards in a 41-13 win over Columbiana Crestview.

Alex Kovach Strongsville Wideout

Brendan Gallagher Aurora Quarterback

15 of 24 passing for 182 yards and two touchdowns in a 14-7 win over Hubbard.

Seamus Hennessey St. Ignatius Placekicker

Made two field Eight receptions for goals of 21 and 37 yards in an 114 yards and a touchdown in 8-7 win over Glenville. a 17-3 win over Mentor.

Armand Dehaney Walsh Jesuit RB/DB

Rushed for a touchdown, returned a kickoff for a TD and intercepted a pass in a 21-17 win over Chagrin Falls.

Mark Miller Elder Quarterback

14 of 15 passing for 180 yards and a touchdown in a 13-10 win over Clayton Northmont.

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Greg Tabar Colerain Running back

Rushed for 146 yards in a 23-0 win over Wayne.

Tyler Williams Colerain Fullback

Rushed for 69 yards and three touchdowns in a 23-0 win over Wayne.

Malon Johnson Eastmoor Academy Quarterback

13 of 20 passing for 191 yards and three touchdowns in a 28-6 win over Sheridan.

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Rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown in a 24-16 win over Upper Arlington.

Storm Klein Licking Valley Fullback

Rushed for 188 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-7 win over Poland Seminary.

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Three words that describe Three people i’d love to me on the field are… aggres- have over for dinner are… sive, tough and intense. Denzel Washington, Eddie George and Rihanna. Three words that describe me off the field are… polite, Money is… something caring and comical. that I don’t have. one word my mother would use a pet i wish i could to describe me is… messy. own is… a wolf. The best nickname i ever had The last book i read was… “Sugarbear.” was… “1984” by George Orwell. something few people know about me is… that I play the drums. a TV marathon i could watch all day is… “The My greatest fear is… probably Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” heights. It’s so hilarious! My greatest strength is… music.

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My pick to win the super bowl is… the Denver My favorite pre-game meal is… My greatest weakness is… orga- Broncos. either chicken or fish. nization. The best wide receiver in the nFl My favorite dessert is… cheesei really lose my cool when… peo- is… Braylon Edwards. cake. ple lie to me. Head shot courtesy of norwalk High School. action photo courtesy of truckerlookbook.com.

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A Wild And Crazy Jim Tressel Emerged!

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Mark “Munch” Bishop brings an energy and charisma to afternoon sports that can only be done by a true fan. he lives and dies with every local team and can talk as knowledgably about the Browns of the Jim Brown or the Tim Couch era. “Munch” has been a household name in Cleveland Radio and is a huge Buckeye supporter. he started in radio in 1979 in Columbus and is still active in the market, along with Cleveland, for 25 years strong.

All right now! me!” As you can imagine, I was emoI feel some sadness tionally devastated in regards to about Beanie, though, and football due to the two Browns it comes from that spectacdebacles in four days. So, I was ular TD run. It is why he on the edge when I settled down will bolt from Columbus to watch the Bucks and Wildcats after this season and tangle! become a first-round NFL All seemed good after the draft choice. early Ohio State touchdown drive. I also knew, as did the ‘Cats, Everything appeared that they could not to be going well even stop TP. THANK YOU after Northwestern Long passes from MR. PRYOR for some Terrelle Pryor. drove the distance nifty rambles to pick on the Buckeye ‘D’ Blitz packages on up those important to tie the score at downs on thirddefense. A fake first seven. For sure, I did and-long! punt. And, even not think Wildcat But what hapquarterback Mike Todd Boeckman pened next almost Kafka could beat the was heaving long completely set me Buckeyes! off. Remember, I was Of course, passes! I enjoyed still reeling from the the WILD AND what a treat to witBrowns past two perness BEANIE AS HE formances! CRAZY Jim an RIPPED OFF THE Up 14-7 in the awful lot! 55-YARD TD run! first half, OSU forced Vintage Wells. And a fumble, and gets… it occurred after he had rushed for a field goal! A FREAKIN’ FIELD just four yards on eight carries. GOAL! Coach Jim Tressel had to Beanie served notice: “You can- have heard me screaming from not tackle me, you cannot catch Cleveland, as I wanted to offer a

bounty for ANYONE to jump from the stands, take his play sheet, and rip it to shreds! PLEASE, Coach Tressel, stop settling for field goals. That is not asking too much as this is BIG TIME FOOTBALL! But then, as I must admit, something very, very cool happened. A WILD AND CRAZY JIM emerged! Long passes from Terrelle Pryor. Blitz packages on defense. A fake punt. And, even Todd Boeckman was heaving long passes! I enjoyed the WILD AND CRAZY Jim an awful lot! I must also say I felt bad for JoePa and his Nittany Lions. Losing to a “pretender” Iowa team means no national title game! My condolences go out to Happy Valley and Mr. Paterno. As always, enjoy every sandwich!

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