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From: Timothy Patel To: Coach joannes3000 Subject: Your future? Sent: 5/21/08 3:02PM Coach, I just checked out Firejoannes3000.com and I'm beginning to agree with them! Donations are down and I'm tired of answering angry e-mails from influential boosters. Either win next season or you won't be coaching here anymore! Timothy Patel Athletics Director ----------- Well, my time is nearly at hand. I've dropped to "in jeopardy" meaning that I will get fired unless expectations are met next season. I've put some feelers out there to see what kind of season I need to have in order to keep my job, because I'm leaning toward staying at Temple and trying to ride this out. I figure at least one of the following needs to happen in order for me to keep my job: 1. Win at least 10 games 2. Win at least a level 3 bowl game 3. Win a CC 4. Finish in the top 25 on the season-ending poll I should be able to win 10 games during the regular season alone. I scheduled a cupcake OOC with 5 very winnable games. I should also have at least 3 conference games against sim teams. Unless I get another tough draw, I should be able to win a level 3 bowl game. This is a big wildcard, however, and I don't like to stake my job on 1 game that could be against another UCLA type of team. I doubt I'll be able to win the CC next season, although I could be a darkhorse contender. I took UConn and Syracuse to the brink last season and beat Pitt. Like the bowl victory, however, this has too many variables to feel good about. I should be able to finish in the top 25 as long as I win my bowl game. I finished #31 this most recent season after going 9-5 and getting throttled by UCLA in our bowl game. But again, this is another big wildcard due to all the variables in play. ----------- Marquette is open in the West, and after reading over what I just typed I'm going to apply for the job if I'm able to see it. The west is wide open, unlike the East, and as much as I hate to abandon Temple which is on the cusp of being a contender, I can't afford to get fired and likely have to get a job at DIAA.

Sorry for the late update, but I had a calculus midterm to take care of along with the rest of my ridiculous schedule. --------- UCLA did what UConn couldn't do all game and what Syracuse couldn't do at the end of the game - they kept us out of striking distance, which takes us out of our element. UCLA stormed off to a 28-3 halftime lead and it was over. Even in game planning for it, we were still unable to slow down their ground game which led to our undoing, as both of their star RBs ran for over 140 yards each. Our passing offense did ok, but we were forced into it entirely too much since we were trailing almost the entire game. We ran for 94/1 and passed for 226/1/0, totaling 320 yards while our defense allowed 462 yards (375 on the ground). We also lost the turnover battle, giving up two while forcing zero. The end result was the most lopsided loss of the season for us. 38-17 L

I don't think I have that info archived, but it was easily itoward the very bottom of DIA, similar to where Wake Forest (#98) is right now.

Brought to you by: joannes3000.awardspace.com ------- After this season's terrific recruiting class, we have moved up several spots in my power rankings. In all of DIA we moved up 9 spots to #29, up from our #39 ranking last season. In the ACC we are now the #2 team, moving up 3 spots from #5 last season.

Season recap/recruiting needs Going into my 6th season at Duke, I laid out a simple battle plan of beginning to own the recruiting area around me. This wasn’t simple in terms of being able to do it, rather it was simple in terms of how to accomplish it. I wanted to be the #1 contender on as many recruits within 360 miles of Duke. That meant going into the likes of Georgia’s, Maryland’s, Virginia’s, South Carolina’s back yards for recruits in order to send a message – outside of elite Tennessee, recruiting goes through Duke in the southeast. --------------- Offense QB Jason Martin is the #9 rated QB prospect and has excellent game instinct; above average work ethic, elusiveness, and technique; and below average athleticism, stamina, and strength. He fits perfectly into our offense and projects to be an excellent starter for us in two seasons. Stud. RB Michael Berry has excellent strength and elusiveness; above average speed, work ethic, stamina, and hands; and average athleticism and technique. He is the #49 overall prospect and the #18 RB prospect, a stud that will immediately compete for time in the RB rotation. RB Robert Rosa has phenomenal strength, hands, and elusiveness; excellent technique; average speed; and below average athleticism, work ethic, and stamina. He is the #53 overall prospect and the #20 RB prospect. Rosa will benefit from RSing as a FR and should get right into the RB mix next season. WR Roger Boggs has phenomenal elusiveness; excellent speed and hands; average work ethic and technique; and below average athleticism and stamina. Boggs is the #110 overall prospect and #31 WR prospect. He is a rare receiving stud in our run-heavy offense that immediately becomes our #2 threat. WR Paul Lopez has phenomenal speed; excellent work ethic; above average hands; average stamina; and below average athleticism, elusiveness, and technique. He is a former RB that is nothing to write home about now, but his high work ethic projects him to be an above average part of our WR rotation. TE David Burke has excellent athleticism and strength; above average speed, stamina, blocking, and technique; average work ethic; and below average hands and game instinct. He is the #41 TE prospect and should develop nicely into a blocking TE. TE Carlos Garner has phenomenal technique; excellent athleticism, speed, blocking, and hands; above average work ethic; average strength and game instinct; and below average stamina. He is a stud that I originally intended to switch to WR, but he will murder opposing LBs from his natural position instead. Garner is the #71 overall prospect and #21 TE prospect. OL Charles Carter has phenomenal blocking; excellent strength; above average athleticism, game instinct, and technique; and average work ethic and stamina. He is the #39 OL prospect and projects to be a stud lineman. OL William Malone has phenomenal strength and technique; excellent athleticism, blocking, and game instinct; above average stamina; and average work ethic. Malone is a stud and an instant starter as a FR. He is the #102 overall prospect and #3 OL prospect. Defense DL David Haley has phenomenal game instinct; excellent strength and tackling; above average work ethic; average athleticism and technique; and below average stamina. He is the #68 DL prospect and projects to be an excellent part of our front line. DL Scott Michael has excellent work ethic, strength, game instinct, and technique; above average tackling; and below average athleticism and stamina. He is the #83 DL prospect and also projects to be an excellent addition to our DL. LB Albert Ayala has phenomenal tackling; excellent speed and strength; above average game instinct; and average athleticism, work ethic, stamina, and technique. He is the #119 overall prospect and #9 LB prospect. Ayala is a stud that will play immediately. LB Paul Rutledge has phenomenal technique; excellent work ethic, strength, tackling, and game instinct; average athleticism and stamina; and below average speed. Like Ayala, Rutledge is a stud that is ranked the #118 overall prospect and #8 LB prospect. He should get immediate playing time, although he needs to get a step quicker. DB Wayne Green has excellent work ethic; above average speed and elusiveness; and below average athleticism, stamina, hands, game instinct, and technique. He is the #116 DB prospect and projects to be an above average starter once he rounds out. DB William Pittman has phenomenal speed; excellent hands and elusiveness; above average work ethic; average athleticism; and below average stamina, game instinct, and technique. He is the #22 DB prospect and projects to be a stud once he refines his mechanics to match his raw abilities. ------------ This is clearly the best recruiting class we’ve had thus far at Duke. In my estimation, and backed by bhazlewood’s recruit rankings, I feel we landed 6 studs on offense and 2 more on defense. The only player I feel we settled for was WR Paul Lopez, but even he should play a nice role in our game plans. Our goal of locking up players in the immediate area went extremely well, as we didn’t lose any of our top targets to local schools. The only player we lost out on was a stud LB from the NE that ended up signing with Ohio State. The pittsky recruit rankings haven’t been posted yet, but here's how the recruit rankings fell for the conference using the bhazlewood recruiting service: Boston College – 87 (abandoned) Clemson - 77 Florida State - 40 Maryland - 69 NC State (sim) - 103 Wake Forest - 89 Duke – 12! Georgia Tech (sim) - 109 Miami (FL) - 24 North Carolina - 71 Virginia – 94 (abandoned) Virginia Tech (sim) – 82

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From: Timothy Patel To: Coach joannes3000 Subject: Congratulations, Coach! Sent: 5/16/08 3:00PM I just got off the phone with the organizers of the Independence Bowl and I've accepted their invitation. Great job this year, Coach. I think the exposure we will get playing in this game will really help out the program, not to mention recruiting next season. Keep up the good work! Timothy Patel Athletic Director Temple University -------- After the completion of the CC games we were ranked #25 and that, along with our 9-4 regular season was enough to land us in the level 3 Independence Bowl. Our opponent is Pac-10 South runner-up UCLA, not exactly a walk in the park. They finished the season 10-3, with their losses coming on the road against top 25 teams North Carolina and California, as well as losing a home game against #3 USC. I should've never opened my mouth about wanting a decent bowl matchup. --------- The tale of the tape: Temple OL vs UCLA DL - advantage UCLA. Our OL BLK/STR/TECH/STA average is 82/84/74/58, while UCLA's DL TKL/STR/TECH/STA average is 87/87/67/52. They have the raw talent advantage while we're more technically sound and a little better conditioned. It could be a long day for our front, but I think we can hang in there. Temple rushing offense vs UCLA rushing defense - push. Our top 3 runners all ran for over 1100 yards, averaged over 7.3 YPC, and ran for at least 11 TDs. They also performed well against human-coached teams, with only UConn preventing a 100 yard performer. UCLA's defensive front is a notch below UConn's, so I like our chances of getting our offense in gear, but it won't be easy. Temple passing offense vs UCLA passing defense - advantage Temple. I think it may be time to show off our passing game a little bit. Our WR SPD/HND/ELU/TECH/STA average is 84/81/75/75/53 while UCLA's DB SPD/HND/GI/TECH/STA average is 82/50/67/67/62. We also have an above-average QB, and TE Matthew Fontenot who is nearly on par with our WR averages. I'm not saying that we're going to venture completely away from our usual game plan, but I think we're going to sprinkle in a few more passes to see how the UCLA defense reacts. Temple DL vs UCLA OL - advantage UCLA. Our DL TKL/STR/TECH/STA average is 81/87/75/58, while UCLA's OL BLK/STR/TECH/STA average is 90/87/70/55. Much like the other line matchup, UCLA has the raw talent while we're better technicians. They have a tremendous STR advantage, which bothers me. Looking again at UConn as a measuring stick, UCLA is just a hair worse, meaning they will likely have their way in the trenches. Temple rushing defense vs UCLA rushing offense - advantage UCLA. UCLA's dominance up front will only make it harder to contain their dynamic duo of RBs Nathan Anthony and Vernon Goodwin. We will have to play very sound defense and get exceptional play from our LBs in order to contain this talented unit. Temple passing defense vs UCLA passing offense - advantage Temple. UCLA uses their passing game much like ours - as a compliment to their superior rushing attack. Our DBs match up very favorably with them, and we should be able to limit their passing yardage. --------- To me, UCLA is a team flying under the radar that is much better than their #32 ranking suggests. One look at their roster proved that and the fact that we'll be in for a fight. This will be very similar to our games against UConn and Syracuse - teams that feature a punishing running attack. So on the bright side, we stayed competitive against those teams even though we had a sizable talent disadvantage. On the not-so-bright side, we also lost those games by close margins. I think this game will come down to game planning, plain and simple. I will open up the passing game more than usual in this game in order to take advantage of one of the few mismatches we have in our favor. Not only that, but it will also help throw off the UCLA defense in general since we will be operating out of our two usual sets, which will force their coaching staff to make a hard decision - do you play to stop the run or the pass? Even if we get stymied in the 1st half, it will give their defense something to think about in the 2nd half. I'm hoping our defense can help keep us close so we can put the pressure on their defense in the 2nd half to stop us.

Quote: Quote: With 7 seconds to go and the clock stopped after completing a 15 yard pass for a 1st down, we sat at the 1 yard line. Rather than go for the win, however, we kicked the FG to go into OT. Not cool. Do you not get to control whether they go for the TD or FG? Only to an extent, and I already have my basic offensive tendencies set to "very aggressive". I won't even bother contacting CS about the issue because I'm sure they'll tell me that there wasn't enough time on the clock - typical play takes 10 seconds, and there were 7 ticks left - to get a play off, even though the clock was stopped due to the 1st down. Under "very aggressive" I'll go for a 4th down conversion fairly deep within my own side of the field but I can't go for the win on the opposing 1 yard line. :violin-1:

Our first division game was on the road against powerhouse UConn. It escapes me why we were favored by 1.5 on the road, but it made me hopeful for a close game. We took a 17-14 lead into halftime and held a 24-21 lead halfway through the 4th until we finally ran out of steam. UConn's trademark running attack finally broke down our defense late in the 4th. We had a chance late in the game, but were forced to punt with 3 minutes remaining and didn't get the ball back. We ran for 134/2 and passed for 117/1/0, totaling 251 offensive yards while our defense allowed 433 yards (422 on the ground). 24-31 L We came home for division game number two to face a West Virginia team that we've flirted with beating for the past two seasons. We finally broke through with a resounding win, which helped soften the fall from the loss against UConn. We had a slim 13-10 lead at the half and took a 20-17 lead into the 4th quarter. It was our depth that made the difference in the final frame, however, as we rattled off 21 points in the 4th. We ran for 443/5 and passed for 49/1/0, totaling 492 yards while our defense allowed 427 yards. 24-41 W Game 3 was a breather against sim-coached Rutgers. The game was fairly close until the 4th quarter, where we posted 19 points for the final margin. We ran for 474/6 and passed for 39/1/0, totaling 513 yards while our defense allowed 378 yards. 47-27 W Our fourth divisional game brings Pittsburgh to our home field, and the fans got one hell of a game. Pitt took a 24-21 lead into halftime. We took a 28-24 lead into the 4th quarter. Pitt scored a TD late for a 38-35 lead, but we came storming back with our 2 minute offense. With 7 seconds to go and the clock stopped after completing a 15 yard pass for a 1st down, we sat at the 1 yard line. Rather than go for the win, however, we kicked the FG to go into OT. Not cool. We got the ball to start the first OT and rambled in for a TD. We forced a fumble on 3rd down, but were unable to recover it, and Pitt went on to score a TD to send the game into a 2nd OT. We held Pitt to a FG in the 2nd OT, but fell 2 yard short of a 1st down on our possession. We went on to shank the 34 yard FG to lose a crushing game at home. We ran for 311/4 and passed for 208/2/0, totaling 519 yards while our defense allowed 420 yards. 48-45 (2OT) L We had no time to feel sorry, and neither did our fans, as Syracuse was in town for the regular season finale. Syracuse took a 21-10 lead at the half and had a commanding 35-10 lead going into the final frame. I laughed at the notion of scoring 25 unanswered points in the 4th quarter against a superior team, but I was the one laughing as the points kept rolling in. 7 points to open the quarter. Punt by Syracuse. 7 more points with just under 7 minutes left in the game. Punt by Syracuse. Another TD with just over a minute remaining plus a 2 pt conversion... Onside kick... Syracuse recovers. 1st down - 0 yards on a run, time out, 46 seconds remaining. 2nd down - incomplete pass, 37 seconds remaining. 3rd down - offsides by the defense. 3rd and 5 - 8 yard pass for the ball game. We ran for 318/4 and passed for 99/0/0, totaling 417 yards while our defense allowed 376 yards. We had a costly turnover, which was the only one in the game, and we managed to lose by one possession. 35-32 L --------- It's tough to say that we accomplished all that we could have or that I'm pleased with how our season wound up. I'm glad that we won 9 games and I'm also glad that we finally got over the hump and beat West Virginia. But geez, we lost to UConn by 7, Pitt by 3 in 2 overtimes, and Syracuse by 3. Not to mention that we only lost to USC by 14. Our 9-4 regular season record and #24 WIS ranking (pending CC game results) is the best in my tenure thus far. We should be looking at a level 3 bowl game as well, and unless we get some ridiculous draw, I like our chances of cracking 10 wins this season. Getting back to what could have been, however, I would've loved to have pulled at least one upset against one of the big 3 within our division (UConn, Pitt, Syracuse). Next season I fully expect to beat one of them.

Must mean that Chicago didn't want to go any higher than their reported offer(s), since he was supposed to be meeting with the Bulls tomorrow.

Conference play began with a home matchup against sim-coached Louisville. We were 25.5 point favorites and covered the spread with ease. We ran for 501/7 and passed for 62/0/0, totaling 563 yards while our defense allowed 261 yards. 14-49 W Next we traveled to Fort Collins to face another sim-team, this time it was 16.5 point dogs Colorado State. We had the spread covered two minutes into the second quarter in a blowout. We ran for 561/8 and passed for 29/1/0, totaling 590 yards while our defense allowed 311 yards. All three of my top RBs gained over 150 yards, with Herbert Fink going off for 195/4 on 17 carries. 61-12 W Our final interdivisional game was on the road as well, going to Cincinnati. We took a 21-10 lead at halftime and pitched a shutout in the 2nd half on our way to victory. We ran for 320/3 and passed for 59/1/0, totaling 379 yards while our defense allowed 331 yards. Our offense was sloppy today, converting only 4/7 3rd down attempts, which is not what I wanted to see heading into divisional play. 28-10 W ---------- So far, so good. We swept through interdivisional play as expected, although our WIS ranking fell from #7 to #14 due to the low quality wins against two sim teams. We won't have that problem for long, however, as we open divisional play on the road against #8 UConn. Our 7-1 record looks good right now, but we'll be lucky to win two games out of the last five. Buckle up, everyone. The rubber is about to meet the road. ---------- 5/11/08 at #8 Connecticut 7-1 5/12/08 West Virginia 5-3 5/13/08 at Rutgers 3-5 5/14/08 Pittsburgh 5-3 5/15/08 #10 Syracuse 8-0

I'm almost positive the Blazers would jump on a Marvin for Jack + Frye. They seem to still be on the fence as to what they want to do at SF (and with Webster), and if anything it would allow Marvin to get in a rotation with Webster. They don't need Jack, seeing as how that would still leave them with Blake and Rodriguez. That said, I don't know if Frye is our answer down low on offense or defense. From what I've seen of him in person, he isn't just a poor-man's Lamarcus Aldridge, he's also a weak-man's Lamarcus Aldridge.

Thank you, sir. Downloaded it the other day and I'm jamming to it right now as I work on calculus.

Quote: Quote: No, wait. That's not what I meant. Yes, it's ok to use western shootouts. Sorry, my mistake. Alot of people say The Wild Bunch, but I haven't seen that one in a long time and don't remember. I haven't seen the Wild Bunch but it is tough to beat Heat regardless. The Young Guns shootout holds a special nastalgia for me, though. The Wild Bunch takes the cake for me. Sam Peckinpah was way ahead of his time in regards to gun play.

We kick off season 38 with Arizona coming to town, led by former Syracuse coach huskerbob. Arizona is ranked slightly ahead of us in my preview (33 - 37), so we knew it would be a tough game. We had a meltdown in the 3rd quarter, surrendering 13 unanswered points and went into the 4th down 30-21. Thankfully, we returned the favor by blanking them 15-0 in the final quarter. We ran for 249/4 and passed for 166/1/0, totaling 415 yards while our defense allowed 429 yards. 30-36 W We headed off to Athens, OH to face a good mid-major Ohio squad (34 - 37). We got on track early and took a 27-14 lead into halftime before rolling to victory. We ran for 393/5 and passed for 35/1/0, totaling 428 offensive yards while our defense allowed 337 yards. 41-21 W After two strong wins to open the season, we took a very undeserving #7 WIS ranking back home to face a mighty USC squad led by one of the great coaches in GD - richramirez. I rate USC as the #2 team in the country, and we're not even in the neighborhood in terms of talent (we're ranked #37). We eventually lost the game, but it was a very respectable loss on our part. A great bit of info - we held the ball for the entire first quarter, with our offense in full gear and frustrating the USC defense. What's bad is that we opened the 2nd quarter by falling short on a 4th and 1 from inside the 10... I can only wonder what could have happened if we took the lead early. We ran for 140/0 and passed for 177/2/0, totaling 317 yards while our defense allowed 398 yards. 28-14 L Game 4 had us on the road again, this time to face a downtrodden Ole Miss team (78 - 37). We had a slim 21-14 lead at the half before our depth took over as the game progressed. We ran for 334/5 and passed for 24/0/0, totaling 358 yards while our defense allowed 261 yards. 35-17 W Our final OOC game sent us off to Hawaii to face the Warriors (81 - 37). We took a 30-7 lead into halftime and rolled for the blowout. We ran for 564/7 and passed for 10/0/0, totaling 574 yards while our defense allowed 309 yards. 51-27 W ---------- Our solid OOC schedule had us ranked #7 before the USC game, which quickly disappeared after we lost at home to them. We regained the #7 ranking after the Hawaii game, however, and are on a nice groove going into conference play with a 4-1 record. Two of our three interdivisional games are against sim teams and our other interdivisional game is against Cincinnati, so we have a very realistic shot at going into divisional play with a 7-1 overall record and a 3-0 conference record. Things get nasty once we get into divisional play, however, as we will still be lucky to win two games. Rutgers is still a sim, so that's an auto win there, and I like our chances against West Virginia at home. We also gave UConn a decent run for their money last season (38-23 loss), and with a coaching change we might have a chance at an upset on the road. In order to match our preseason goal of 9 wins, we'll have to beat the teams we should beat (Louisville, Colorado State, Rutgers, Cincinnati) and engineer an upset against either West Virginia or Connecticut. If we can get 9 wins during the regular season and don't get a nasty matchup in our bowl game I'd like to think we can crack double digit wins for the year and get my job security bumped up a notch. ---------- 5/8/08 Louisville 5/9/08 at Colorado State 5/10/08 at Cincinnati

From: John Baxter To: Coach joannes3000 Subject: Looking forward to next season... Sent: 5/5/08 2:59PM Coach, I just wanted to send you a quick note to congratulate you on the good season. I hope we can build on it for next season. Keep it up! John Baxter Athletics Director -------- For the second consecutive year, I've had my job security rise, after watching it nosedive early in my tenure. I'm now back at "very secure", and while this is as high as it gets on the scale, there is no cap. That means as long as I continue to do well I can continue to pad my security even though there will be no visual verification. This will help in the event that we start backsliding, but I honestly don't see that happening any time soon. Next on the list of things to do is to start dominating in and around the Maryland area, since they've been constantly out-recruiting me. They're not in the same division, so they aren't an immediate threat, but they are a threat during recruiting since they're in the same demographic region. South Carolina is on that list also, although they're a little further down the road. ---------- 37 joannes3000 12-2 7-1 3-2 8-0 17 Peach Bowl - Won 36 joannes3000 11-3 6-2 5-1 5-2 27 Emerald Bowl - Won 35 joannes3000 9-5 4-4 3-3 5-2 39 Alamo Bowl - Won 34 joannes3000 7-6 3-5 3-3 4-3 65 No bowl invitation. 33 joannes3000 5-8 3-5 2-3 3-5 66 No bowl invitation. Overall record / conference record / home record / away record / final WIS ranking / bowl

Quote: Did he say ANYTHING about bringing in a big name or big money player?? He didn't need to mention Marvin because Marvin isn't a RFA this year so we don't have to do anything with him. He doesn't have a massive salary either so it's not like he is some huge trading chip. Bibby, on the other hand, has a huge contract and if anyone is traded he is by far the most likely since he was only a temporary solution anyway but what I find hilarious (and tiresome) is that your first thought is that Marvin will be traded, not Bibby. I'm still not sure what Marvin has done to you but from the amount of time and energy you have spent hating on him I'm beginning to wonder what that might be. Not that it involves any big name players coming our way, but I remember reading in The Oregonian a few weeks ago that the Blazers would be looking hard to upgrade their team. With as many pieces they have to offer - both expiring contracts and young players - they're definitely in a good position to do something this offseason if they decide to do so. Kevin Pritchard (GM) was noted as saying that it would be a tough decision to do too much, however, given that the Blazers are progressing extremely well and realistically don't need to do anything other than bide their time until they mature into playoff contenders. That said, they did mention the desire to secure two positions - PG and SF. One name that was directly mentioned was Mike Bibby. It was mentioned, although I don't think it was Pritchard on the record, that Bibby would be the type of PG solution they could reasonably bring in. He'd be off the books soon enough if he doesn't work out and the Blazers don't feel they'd have to give up anyone from their core of Aldridge, Oden, or Roy to get him. Obviously, I think it would be worthwhile for us to explore options with the Blazers in regards to a Bibby trade if that's the avenue we go down. Like I mentioned, the Blazers have plenty of young talent and/or expiring contracts that I think we could use. They're clearly unhappy with their PG situation, so a trade for Bibby would realistically free up any of the following players: Jarrett Jack, Steve Blake, and Sergio Rodriguez. They also have Raef Lafrentz and his albatross contract to deal. As wonderful as this season has been, there's no way that we see Bibby as anything other than a stopgap for this season. Given the choice, I'd readily trade him to the Blazers and look to reload now. There's no way Bibby holds his value through next season and there's no way we resign him next season either. And as far as their SF needs, maybe we talk to them about Marvin also. He'd be a "hometown" guy for them and they could try him at SF. Personally, I'm not ready to give up on Marvin, but on the other hand, it'd be easier for me to cheer him on if he were a Blazer rather than a Hawk. I'd just have to get a Blazers jersey that says "Marvelous" rather than a Hawks one.

Oh, we got our revenge. Navy got the ball to start the game and after giving up a sack on the first play, they connected on a 30 yard bomb. Our defense connected with the receiver, however, and separated the ball from his clutches. 6 plays later, our offense put us up 7-0. Navy's second possession was nearing midfield when our defense forced another fumble that we recovered. 5 plays later, we were up 14-0. Navy got their act together and ended the 1st quarter knocking on our doorstep for a TD. Navy made good on their drive and opened the 2nd quarter with a TD to make it a 14-7 game. Our offense took the field again and put together a 10 minute TD drive that put us up 21-7 with just under 5 minutes to go. After watching our defense give up several key 3rd down conversions on the next possession, Navy was able to pull within a TD as we headed into halftime. Our quick start was nice, but I would've liked to have gone into the 2nd half with more than a 7 point lead. We got the ball to start the 3rd quarter, however, and our offense went into grind mode. 11 plays and 8 minutes later, we extended our lead with a TD. Our defense stepped up and forced a three-and-out, getting back to the fundamentals instead of going for the big play. Our offense kept grinding away and we ended the 3rd quarter just outside of their redzone. We opened the final quarter by finishing off our 3rd quarter drive with a TD. Sensing panic on the Navy sideline, our defense stepped up again by forcing a punt. We drained 4 minutes off the clock before having to punt, giving Navy the ball with 6:30 to go in the game. Facing a 21 point deficit, we knew Navy was going to start passing heavily and our defense was ready. No more points were scored after our opening TD, and the celebration was on at the Dome. --------- We ran for 283/5 and passed for 48/0/0, totaling 331 offensive yards while our defense allowed 297 yards. We won the TOP battle also, holding the ball for 36 minutes. And unlike our regular season matchup, we dominated the turnover battle, going +2 in that category. A close game at halftime wasn't close at the end, as our defense pitched a shutout in the 2nd half. --------- Our Peach Bowl win marks the 3rd consecutive bowl victory for Duke. Our bowl win also capped off our most successful campaign yet, having gone 12-2 this season. The final polls for the season have us ranked at a respectable #17. I think we're starting to separate ourselves a little bit from the pack, but now we need to prove that we can maintain this high level of play. I think we're up to the challenge.

Quote: Quote: But they weren't intimate with one another until she was 18... Give me a break. And he never did steroids either? There was heavy sarcasm in my original post.

Even though we landed a consensus top 20 recruiting class, the effects won't be as dramatic since it was a small group of players coming in (8 recruits). Now that we have a roster full of our own players, it's time to put up or shut up. We bumped up our OOC schedule to include #1 USC and have no sim teams on tap. I'd like to think that we can go 4-1, but a more realistic goal would be 3-2. With possibly 5 winnable games during conference play, we have a shot at matching last season's mark of 9 wins. With our increased SOS, it should be enough to get us to a level 3 bowl game this season and a chance to start regaining the job security I've lost over the past three seasons. --------- 5/3/08 Arizona 5/4/08 at Ohio 5/5/08 USC 5/6/08 at Ole Miss 5/7/08 at Hawaii

The pittsky recruit rankings were just released, so here's how the recruit rankings fell for them and the bhazlewood recruiting services: Syracuse - 28/30 Connecticut - 14/17 West Virginia - 39/45 Pittsburgh - 78/79 (coach was unfortunately absent during most of recruiting) Rutgers (sim)- 86/91 Temple - 15/20 South Florida (sim)- 116/94 Marquette - 66/60 Cincinnati - 53/46 Colorado State (sim)- 96/99 Depaul (sim) - 93/89 Louisville (sim) - 97/105

But they weren't intimate with one another until she was 18...

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