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Walking a thin line Injuries force Bulldogs to get young linemen ready for action By Scott Beder sbeder@thenewsstar.com RUSTON — Petey Perot is going to be a busy man this week. Louisiana Tech's offensive line coach is faced with the prospect of facing North Texas this Saturday without three of his starting offensive linemen. Starting guard Aaron Lips and Marcus Lindsey are dinged up with an ankle and shoulder injury respectively. Starting center Marcus Stewart is also hobbled with an ankle injury. None of the injuries are considered serious, but all three are expected to have a light workload in practice this week to heal. The injuries mean that inexperienced backups David Accardo, Bill Jones and Jacob Peeler will see extended practice time with the first team. "We've got to make sure those guys have an idea of what to do and understand what the defense is," Perot said. "We're going to play Saturday no matter what." Lips, a first-team All-Western Athletic Conference pick last year, injured his ankle three games ago against New Mexico State. The tough-as-nails Lips has made 40 consecutive starts and will no doubt make it 41 in Saturday's non-conference homecoming game, but he is far from 100 percent. "The young guys need to get some extra work and some are going to have to step up," Lips said. "I try to help them any chance I get. I like it if they ask me questions." Accardo and Jones are redshirt freshmen, while Peeler is a redshirt junior who was a junior college signee a year ago. "They are going to get a ton of reps because the other guys might not be able to practice," Tech head coach Jack Bicknell said. "We've got to get those guys ready to go." Lack of experienced backups in the offensive line was one of Bicknell's biggest concerns entering this season. That concern could be put to the test against North Texas. "No question we have to get the guys behind (the starters) a lot of quality reps," offensive coordinator Conroy Hines said. "We hope the first line is ready to go, but if they can't the second unit has to get it done." Accardo, a 6-5, 305-pounder from Mayde Creek High School in Houston, Texas, is the Bulldogs' most versatile backup, learning the left guard, right guard and center positions. "I'm pretty much the utility player," said Accardo, a distant cousin of former Bulldog greats Tom, Pat and Joe Hinton. "I came here as a right tackle and now I'm at guard and playing everywhere. There's a lot to look at." Accardo saw his first college action against New Mexico State when Lips first injured his ankle. He played much of the second quarter and all of the second half. He also got some mop-up duty against Hawaii two weeks ago. "(Playing) all the nerves out of it," Accardo said. "I feel more comfortable with the first string guys." Jones is a 6-6, 296-pound tackle from Alief Taylor High School in Houston, Texas. He also got his first college action three weeks ago against New Mexico State. "I'm not as nervous as I was, knowing I've already played a college snap," said Jones, whose father Bill was a linebacker at Stephen F. Austin. "I need to understand what the defense is doing and what their tendencies are." The 6-3, 277-pound Peeler signed with Louisiana Tech out of Holmes (Miss.) Community College where he never missed a snap in two seasons and was a first-team academic All-American and second-team All-American his sophomore season. Peeler also saw his first action for the Bulldogs against New Mexico State. "(Offensive line) is the one place we really don't have a lot of depth," Bicknell said. "We've got to work on it and get these guys ready to play and step up if called upon."

http://www.collegefootballnews.com/sun_belt/Sun%20Belt.htm North Texas … North Texas was horrible against FIU committing 15 penalties, managing 226 yards and going one of 14 on third down conversions, but forcing eight turnovers saved the day. This game goes to show just how far the team has fallen after last year and how the lack of a passing game has killed the ground game. Patrick Cobbs ran as well as he had all season long, but he has to earn every yard. …

Sun Belt well represented http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2195243

Maybe he read some of the threads and then formed an opinion

Turnovers lend NT a victory Eight takeaways by the Mean Green key Sun Belt victory Rian Johnson Staff Writer October 18, 2005 Photos by Jessica Marshall / The Beacon North Texas linebacker Brandon Monroe (4) tackels Florida International’s Samuel Smith (87) in Saturday’s 13-10 Mean Green victory. NT’s offense may not have been perfect in its 13-10 win over Florida International, but this week, it got the job done. For the second consecutive game, the Mean Green (2-3, 2-1) defense has all but scored touchdowns for its offense, providing NT with a short field several times throughout the last two games. Against Troy, the NT offense was not able to capitalize, but 10 days later, the offense managed to take advantage of some of the turnovers created by the defense. All 13 points Saturday night came off of Golden Panthers (1-4, 0-2) turnovers. The Mean Green’s lone touchdown came after NT linebacker Phillip Graves sacked the FIU quarterback resulting in a fumble, giving the Mean Green the ball at the Golden Panthers 23-yard line. “We gave our offense some good field position and they made a couple of key plays at key times that enabled us to win,” Graves said. “We are starting to get to where we can rely on one another more … we don’t have to worry about anything else except for our specific alignment, assignment, and technique. If you can do that stuff without having to think about it you can play so much better and faster.” Graves’ forced fumble was one of eight turnovers created by the Mean Green defense, six of which resulted in the Mean Green starting drives in Golden Panthers territory. NT coach Darrell Dickey said the key to defensive success for the Mean Green was the unit’s ability to cut down on assignment errors. “Saturday, we did not have as many busted assignments,” Dickey said. “We played with great effort and great intensity and when you do that and you’re in the right place at the right time, you are going to be able to create turnovers.” In addition to capitalizing on turnovers, the Mean Green offense showed another important feature Saturday night, the ability to play from behind. NT was down 10-0 in the second quarter, but managed to rally 13 unanswered points. Photos by Jessica Marshall / The Beacon NT defenders swarm FIU’s Robert Brown We showed a lot of character and a lot of heart Saturday,” Dickey said. “To fall behind 10-0, then fight, scratch and claw to get back into the game, then make some plays to win it just shows the character of our team.” Dickey said he was pleased with the team going on the road, coming from behind and getting the win, but said the Mean Green still has some improving to do. “We are still not playing the way we think we can play when all of our guys develop, but to go on the road against a team that it was their first home game in the Sun Belt conference and they were ready to play,” Dickey said. The win moves the Mean Green to .500 in Sun Belt play. Moreover, Troy’s loss to Louisiana-Monroe Saturday has the Mean Green controlling its own destiny as it vies for another Sun Belt championship, but Dickey said the Mean Green does not get into the conference standings. “I don’t think you can really focus on conference standings other than to realize that you are still in it,” Dickey said. “We have got to take these games one at a time.” The Mean Green’s next game is in Ruston, La. against Louisiana Tech. Game time is set for 3 pm. Saturday.

From a post on the Sun Belt Delphi board by Space Raider.

From a Nevada Appeal article COACHES DON'T LIKE SCHEDULE The nine-team conference is a tough one to schedule, and none of the coaches are ecstatic about this year's schedule. Because of nine teams and TV appearances, which means no travel partners, games in the WAC are being played on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. In the past, WAC teams would play a traditional Thursday-Saturday schedule for the most part, and you would either be at home or on the road for both games. The new schedule does call for split weekends for teams, meaning they could be at home on a weeknight and away on a Saturday or vice versa. "It's tougher," Fox said. "The travel is brutal. We play Boise on a Thursday night, and Hawai'i will come into Reno before we do." Boise State's Greg Graham agreed. "We have five split weekends; the most in the conference," he said. Louisiana Tech's Keith Richard was much more politically correct. The Bulldogs are the Eastern-most school in the conference, and all of their trips except to Las Cruces will be lengthy. "We knew this four years ago when we got into the conference," he said. Previously, the Bulldogs played in the Sun Belt Conference. Benson knows that the coaches are frustrated. "We knew it would be a challenge going in," Benson said. "We'll continue trying to work with it. Adding a 10th team will always be on the radar. There is an advantage to a 10-team league." Benson said that he's had two or three inquiries about future openings in the league. The University of Denver has shown some interest. "We are doing everything we can to build the WAC and make it a better league," Benson said. Obviously, if the WAC is going to jump at a 10th school, the conference would like it to be in close proximity of another member, which would make it easier for basketball. Article http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/200510...PORTS/110130063 Utah State thread http://mb4.scout.com/futahstatefrm3.showMe...cID=13875.topic WAC thread http://www.ncaabbs.com/forums/wac/invision...=ST&f=18&t=1390

Football: Pain of penalties UNT having a lot of yards eaten up by flags this season 08:25 AM CDT on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 By Brett Vito / Staff Writer North Texas coach Darrell Dickey had every reason to be upbeat on Monday. The Mean Green broke a three-game losing streak with a win over Florida International on Saturday and crawled back toward the top of the Sun Belt Conference standings. The mere mention of the number of yellow flags that flew in the Mean Green’s 13-10 victory was enough to sour Dickey’s mood, though. UNT committed a whopping 15 penalties for 146 yards against the Golden Panthers and nearly paid a heavy price when FIU hung with the Mean Green until a late field goal attempt sailed wide. The game might not have been so close if UNT had not committed so many penalties at critical junctures. “It’s a huge concern for me,” Dickey said. “I have to tell our guys that we have to pull off and be a smart football team ” UNT (2-3, 2-1) has reached that goal in a few games, while struggling to avoid repeatedly damaging its chances to win with penalties in others. The Mean Green were penalized just once for five yards against Kansas State and also had reasonable totals against Troy (five penalties for 45 yards) and Middle Tennessee (six penalties for 35 yards). It’s inordinately high number of penalties the Mean Green committed against FIU and Tulsa that concern UNT’s players and coaches. The Mean Green were flagged 12 times for 111 yards against the Golden Hurricane. UNT was at a decided disadvantage in both of those games because of penalties. FIU had just four penalties for 25 yards, while Tulsa had three for 30 yards. Those are the types of totals UNT hopes to get back to when it travels to Louisiana Tech on Saturday for the first of consecutive non-conference games. “We keep on getting penalties, so we are going to have to watch how we play and watch the things that we do,” UNT defensive back Ja’Mel Branch said. “You can’t really work on penalties. You have to keep that mentality that you have to beat your man and cut out some of the penalties.” The up-and-down nature of the number of penalties that have been called against the Mean Green has left UNT in the middle of the pack in the Sun Belt when it comes to penalty yards. UNT ranks fifth in the league with an average of 68.4 penalty yards a game. That total is actually down from last season when the Mean Green ranked sixth in the league with an average of 69.1 yards in penalties per game. What has been particularly frustrating for UNT is that it has committed a series of penalties at the worst possible points in games. An offensive pass interference penalty and an illegal formation call killed a drive that reached the FIU 39-yard line. A roughing the punter penalty gave FIU a first down after the Mean Green had pinned the Golden Panthers at their own 5-yard line. Those penalties were just an extension of a season’s worth of bad timing. UNT extended a Troy drive with a personal foul penalty after making a third-down stand. A second personal foul gave the Trojans a boost in a drive that resulted in what turned out to be the game-winning field goal in the Trojans 13-10 victory that ended the Mean Green’s 26-game Sun Belt winning streak. A pair of penalties and two sacks left UNT facing fourth-and-50 in its game against Tulsa. Branch said some of those situations have come about when UNT’s players have let their frustration show. The results were tough to reflect on for the Mean Green, who can look back and see how costly some of their penalties have proven to be throughout the season. “It hurt has us a little bit to have so many penalties,” UNT offensive lineman Jason May said. “They have killed some drives.” Watching some of those drives come to a premature end has been troubling for Dickey, who said he must do a better job of teaching the Mean Green the rules of the game and how get away with bending them. The Mean Green came all too close to finding out what the alternative can be on Saturday when a host of penalties nearly left UNT with a second loss in Sun Belt play. BRETT VITO can be reached at 940-566-6870. His e-mail address is bvito@dentonrc.com .

Feel better now ?

Mean Green Report from CBS Sportsline. http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/teams/page/NTX

Just stirrin' the pot with a rumor thread? Lovely If anyone were privy to inside info do you seriously beleive they'd share it on a message board?

Where does some of this c$#p come from?

Brett Vito: Messy or not, win over FIU huge for UNT 08:33 AM CDT on Monday, October 17, 2005 A few seasons ago, squeaking past a team like Florida International would have been a cause for concern rather than celebration for North Texas. The Golden Panthers are, after all, not exactly a juggernaut when it comes to the world of college football. FIU has only fielded a team since 2002 and has yet to win a Division I-A game in nine tries. None of that mattered to UNT after it rallied from a 10-point deficit for a 13-10 win at FIU Stadium on Saturday night. UNT came into the season with high expectations, but is now looking for a way to win from week to week and get back on track. Right now, a win is a win. “Our kids came into the season with a lot of expectations,” UNT coach Darrell Dickey said. “We haven’t played at the level we’re accustomed to. There’re a lot of reasons for that. This is the youngest team we’ve had in about five years, but we hung in there, kept playing hard and made just enough plays to win.” The win not only put UNT back on track after seeing its 26-game Sun Belt Conference winning streak end with a loss to Troy last week, it also put the Mean Green back in control of their destiny Troy had the chance to run the table and claim the Sun Belt title outright after beating the Mean Green, but slipped up against Louisiana-Monroe. The Trojans’ 27-3 loss to ULM left the Indians as the only unbeaten team remaining in the Sun Belt. The Mean Green still have a date with ULM (3-4, 3-0) on Nov. 19 at Fouts Field. Having their fate back in their hands was far more important than the details of a messy win over FIU for the Mean Green. UNT (2-3, 2-1) still has four games left in conference play. If the Mean Green win out, they can do no worse than tie for the conference title. At the beginning of the year, UNT didn’t appear as if it would need the help of the Indians — who just so happen to be a bitter rival – to move into position to claim a share of the conference title. UNT has some of the best offensive skill position players in the conference and a few key returning players on defense, but has struggled to find its rhythm. That trend continued against FIU. The Mean Green trailed 10-0 early before a few signs of progress began to show up later in the game. Running back Patrick Cobbs rushed for a season high 112 yards and UNT’s defense cranked up the pressure on FIU quarterback Josh Padrick, recording four sacks. Redshirt freshman quarterback Daniel Meager took care of the ball, was fairly efficient and tossed a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Johnny Quinn for the first scoring pass of his career. Those are the types of plays the Mean Green have struggled to make during a 2-3 start and are still too few and far between for a team that features the last two national rushing champions in Cobbs and Jamario Thomas. The Mean Green came into the game with an average of 102 rushing yards a game and didn’t exactly roll past that total while finishing with 147 yards against FIU. “They played tough and contained us,” Cobbs said. “They didn’t let us in the open. They hurt us at times and we hurt them at times. It was a chess match.” Fortunately for the Mean Green, their defense saved the night by forcing eight turnovers. “We need to keep moving on, progressing and trying to grow these guys up as fast as we can so we can have more nights where we come out in the win column,” Dickey said. UNT will have two weeks to continue that process before a season-ending run of four Sun Belt games. UNT will play Louisiana Tech this week and then take on LSU on Oct. 29 before resuming conference play. That extra time will give the Mean Green a chance to find a way to spark a struggling offense and continue the improvement they showed defensively against FIU. UNT will enter its series of four Sun Belt games to end the season with its destiny in its hands and a one-game winning streak in league play. After what UNT endured in its last three games, the scenario couldn’t be any better, even if the Mean Green’s performance against FIU could have been. BRETT VITO can be reached at 940-566-6870. His e-mail address is bvito@dentonrc.com

Opening Vegas line........ La Tech -16.5 v UNT http://www.vegasinsider.com/college%2Dfoot...ds/las%2Dvegas/ CollegeFootballPoll..........La Tech -14 v UNT http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/weekly_picks.html

Latest bowl projections from College Football News. The latest projected Sun Belt rep to the NO Bowl is............ http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2005/Bo...Projections.htm

Ladys are working on their own Sun Belt streak with 12 straight conference wins! Mean Green Sets A New School Record In 6-1 win Over UALR Courtesy: University of North Texas Release: 10/16/2005 Courtesy: Rick Yeatts Kelli Lunsford had two goals and an assist in the 6-1 win over Arkansas-Little Rock DENTON, Tex. (10/16/05) – Make it a baker’s dozen. The North Texas women’s soccer team cruised past Arkansas-Little Rock 6-1 and extended its unbeaten streak to 13 straight games, setting a new school record. The win is the sixth straight for the Mean Green (11-2-2, 6-0) and the 12th consecutive win against Sun Belt Conference opponents. The North Texas offensive was powered by Heather Hutyra and Kelli Lunsford who both scored two goals and tallied five points on the afternoon. The Mean Green jumped on top of the Trojans early, as Hutyra scored her 15th goal of the season 89 seconds into the game. Junior Kristen Campbell made it 2-0 North Texas in the eighth minute of play with her sixth goal of the season. Hutyra added her second goal of the game and 16th of the season in the 31st minute with a header on a cross from Campbell. UALR (2-12-1, 1-6) scored its only goal of the afternoon in the 48th minute on a penalty kick from Maria Ferrato. North Texas answered three minutes later as Lunsford buried her fourth goal of the season in the top right corner to make it 4-1. Lunsford tallied her second goal of the day on a penalty kick in the 55th minute extending the Mean Green lead to 5-1. Jamie Yates closed out the scoring for the Mean Green in the 67th minute off a feed from Lunsford. The Mean Green is 8-0-1 at home this season and will be going after their fourth unbeaten season in school history at home in the finale against Denver. The Sun Belt Conference showdown between the Mean Green and Pioneers is set for Friday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m.

Suprise, suprise that a BCS team could have several good QBs.

CUSA thread on lousy attendance at Houston, Rice, SMU games. http://www.ncaabbs.com/forums/confusa/invi...ST&f=22&t=30507

Not me MustangFanSMU. Other boards also have frustrated, depressed fans. http://www.ncaabbs.com/forums/confusa/invi...ST&f=22&t=30531 Shipped the remaining game tickets back addressed to the Athletic Director Jim Copeland. I'm not a bandwagoner, and am not going to go jump on and watch Texas or USC this year -- but I am finished supporting SMU football with my time and $. I love my alma mater, and it's a wonderful place to attend 4 years of school ... but showing up and supporting this team is just enabling an incapable and apathetic Athletic Director. Mr. Copeland, Please resign immediately ... while I know we at SMU like to have things nice and luxurious, enjoying my own freaking section at a football game is not one of those things. You've joked about SMU's inability to sell out, and have failed to generate any interest in the program. No radio commercials, no TV commercials -- nothing, zilch. You're enthusiasm for our school and program is very evident in our crappy attendance. I bet you didn't realize no one knew we were playing ECU ... and some people even thought we lost to a D-1AA school (That's not y'alls fault ECU people, SMU fans aren't exactly CFB researchers). Yes, winning cures all -- but you've failed at hiring a coach that can do that. A 2-5 start in a Coaches 4th year is unacceptable. You also went with the "local cheap guy" in hoops rather than hiring an Assistant that would've brought in notoriety and respectability. You have no backbone and refuse to stand up to our out-of-touch BOT and Faculty Senate who mistakenly believe we're on the same academic level as Harvard or even Duke. Our successful "country club" sports are even slouching. Please ... just get out. I love SMU, and am damn proud to have gone there, but it's embarassing to claim you're a fan September through November. That embarassment rests upon your shoulders. The University of Tulsa was able to turn around their program with a new coach... and guess what? They don't have the history that we do. And they're not in a recruiting hot-bed like us. What about UTEP? I know we can always hire a new coach, but if you're the one getting to pick -- I'd rather not have a new one. Mr. Bennett, I like you a lot. I really wished you had turned this around. I don't doubt you're one of the best Defensive Coordinators. But clearly, the SMU job was over your head. It's not your fault that SMU doesn't have the gall to go and pay $$$ to get a kind of proven coach that is the only type that will ever be able to turn this thing around. Or that they failed to do things in a fair amount of time to allow you to get the recruits we need. Don't get down on yourself, just leave while you can still salvage some credibility and get a DC job somewhere. In fact, I think your alma mater could use you right now. You're one of the most enthusiastic people I've seen, and you really need to go somewhere where people can enjoy that. President Turner, Please ... make a decision. Either clean house in the Athletic Department (except the Marketing folks, god knows they've tried... and with some real people at the helm, let's see what they can do) and make this COMMITMENT or drop us down to Division-3 football. This is embarassing, and this "Commitment" that was made to Athletics seems as genuine as a Jennifer Lopez marriage. You have done amazing things for SMU, but athletically -- our school is in shambles. Please get it through that faculty senate's thick skulls that we are nor never will be a Harvard. Also, they might find it odd and funny that a successful program in Hoops and Football would INCREASE the university's visibility -- bringing in more applicants, and therefore making the acceptance rate lower. Funny -- schools like Notre Dame, UVA, Duke, Wake, USC, and Miami don't complain about dropping in rankings with their revenue generating sports doing well (Hoops for some, Pigskin for others). Some SMUers will call me a bad fan, but I think it's worse to support something and someone that just repeats the same problems year after year after year. This is a program that used to compete for National Titles and used to beat teams like Arkansas, Texas, A&M, and even Notre Dame -- now we can't even beat ECU at home ... or draw more than 12,000 unless we rent fans from other nearby schools. The Death Penalty didn't kill us, our reaction to it did ... and unless we reverse what we did to correct our problems. Year after year, more and more fans are going to drop by the wayside like me. It's time to decide ... or else the NCAA is going to decide for us b/c we average 900 fans per game. Sorry for the rant y'all.

Home attendance averages thru Saturday's games. Number of home games in parenthesis. 20,418 - Troy (2) 20,378 - North Texas (2) 16,609 - Middle Tennessee (2) 16,604 - UL-Lafayette (3) 15,823 - UL-Monroe (3) 15,514 - Arkansas State (3) 15,473 - Florida International (2) 12,655 - Florida Atlantic (3) Attendance for this week's games only. 14,433 @FIU v UNT 12,944 @ASU v ULL 10,813 @ULM v Troy 10,117 @FAU v MTSU Sun Belt isn't alone with games under 15,000 attendance this week: 14,312 @Miami (Ohio) v Akron 13,153 @Tulane v UTEP (Game played at Ruston) 12,800 @ Houston v Memphis 11,715 @ Southern Methodist v East Caro. 10,893 @ Rice v Tulsa 8,377 @Nevada v Louisiana Tech 6,433 @Buffalo v Bowling Green

Louisiana Tech -7 vs North Texas Troy -14 vs Florida International MUTS -13 vs UL-Lafayette Arkansas State -14 vs Florida Atlantic UL-Monroe - Idle http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cfpred.txt

Defense spectacular for UNT 08:06 AM CDT on Sunday, October 16, 2005 By BRETT VITO / Staff Writer MIAMI – Florida International's offensive line has faced some pretty impressive competition this season, including Texas Tech and Kansas State. That fact alone made what the Mean Green accomplished in a 13-10 win over the Golden Panthers on Saturday night at FIU Stadium all the more impressive. UNT finished with five sacks and constantly hounded FIU quarterback Josh Padrick. FIU had allowed just five sacks on the season heading into its game against the Mean Green. UNT's breakout performance rushing Padrick played a key role in the Mean Green ending their three-game losing streak. "We had a good scheme coming in," UNT linebacker Maurice Holman said. "We wanted to come after him this game and see if they could take the pressure. We executed our plan." Holman was one of several players who spent large part of the night in FIU's backfield and was part of what turned out to be one of the key plays of the game. UNT was trailing 10-6 in the third quarter when junior linebacker Phillip Graves burst into FIU's backfield and leveled Padrick. Padrick fumbled the ball on the play and Holman was there to jump on it at the Golden Panthers' 23-yard line. UNT scored what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown a short time later on a 7-yard pass from Daniel Meager to wide receiver Johnny Quinn. Graves finished with two sacks, while junior defensive end Willie Ransom and sophomore defensive lineman Montey Stevenson each added one. FIU had prevented its opponents from getting to Padrick for most of the season, but had to make a few adjustments on its offensive line heading into its game against UNT. Starting left guard Ed Wenger had a concussion and did not start, although he did play. "They were using some twisting inside and a couple of other things we weren't used to," FIU head coach Don Strock said. "We adjusted in the second half, but they still got to us." The pressure UNT applied helped the Mean Green force eight turnovers, stopping multiple FIU scoring threats. UNT used several different blitz packages to apply pressure, but also benefited from rotating a host of defensive linemen into the game. Ransom moved into the starting lineup for the first time this season in place of senior Eli Hutchinson. Ransom responded with his first sack of the season. UNT had just six sacks on the year coming into the game. The improvement UNT made rushing the passer helped the Mean Green force Padrick into enough mistakes to negate his 243 passing yards. "[Defensive coordinator] Kenny Evans did a good job of game-planning for their protection scheme," UNT head coach Darrell Dickey said. "We got some guys free and made some things happen when we blitzed. When we didn't blitz, we got pressure with four guys. It was important for us to pressure Padrick because it could have been a long night if we didn't." • • •

You sure picked the right handle 'clueless'

Not exactly. You'd better recount

FIU beat FIU......the Mean Green certainly didn't