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NCAAF - Friday, January 4, 2013- 77th AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic - Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M
Here Comes the Boom: Aggies dominate Sooners, 41-13
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN - Photo up soon!
ARLINGTON - OU and A&M are no strangers on the gridiron. The Sooners and Aggies had played each other 30 times coming into today’s 77th AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. OU holds a 19-11 margin with the last match-up being on November 5, 2011 in Norman. Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel is the 8th Heisman Trophy winner to play in the Cotton Bowl. Only the Rose Bowl (11) and the Orange Bowl (10) have hosted more. Both head coaches were once on the same staff at OU. From 2003-2007, Texas A&M Head Coach Kevin Sumlin was OU Head Coach Bob Stoops’ assistant. This is the first the teams have faced each other in a bowl game due to being in the same conference until this season, when A&M moved the SEC. Both teams came into the game on five-game winning streaks.
Johnny Football didn’t waste much time getting the Aggies on the scoreboard. With 12:21 to play in the opening quarter, Manziel bobbed, weaved, and danced his way into the end for a 23-yard keeper. The Sooners with 16 plays, covered 69 yards, and answered back with a 23-yard field goal by Mike Hunnicutt with 6:38 on the clock. A&M took the 7-3 lead into the second quarter. Hunnicutt made it a one point game with a 24-yard field goal with 11:41 left to play in the opening half. It took the Sooners 18 plays to cover 87 yards and get that field goal. A little more fancy footwork by the freshman QB helped A&M extend the lead with 6:14 left on the clock. Manziel took the ball in from five yards out to make it 14-6. The Sooners would not be denied and battled back to six-yard touchdown pass from Landry Jones to Justin Brown at the 1:16 mark to trail 14-13 at the half. It was all A&M in the third quarter as the Aggie took an uncontested three touchdown lead over the Sooners. The first score came with 10:26 on the clock, a seven-yard run by Ben Malena. A little under four minutes later, Trey Williams took the ball in from 30 yards out to make it 27-13. A 33-yard pass from Manziel to Ryan Swope with 3:55 left in the third put the Aggies up 34-13. The only scoring in the fourth was credited to Manziel when he found Uzoma Nwachukwu for 34-yard touchdown pass with 9:03 left in the game. OU struggled to get down the field, but penalties and pressure on Jones, kept the Sooners out of the endzone. Manziel set an all-time FBS bowl record for rushing yards by a quarterback, a record previously held by Middle Tennessee State's Dwight Dasher. He set the Cotton Bowl record for single-game rushing yards with 169. The former record, which has held up since 1971, was previously held by Texas' Eddie Phillips. Since Manziel was all about breaking records, he also broke Texas Tech QB Graham Harrell's Cotton Bowl record for total offensive yards. Graham put up 407 yards in the 2009 Cotton Bowl. "To come in and go against a Big 12 rival and do everything we wanted as a team, and send these seniors out with a win, we couldn't feel a better," said Manziel after win. This match-up brought in a packed house of 87,025, second only to the 2009 Cotton Bowl where Texas Tech and Ole Miss drew a crowd of 88,175 at the final Cotton Bowl held at the namesake stadium in Dallas.
ARLINGTON - OU and A&M are no strangers on the gridiron. The Sooners and Aggies had played each other 30 times coming into today’s 77th AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. OU holds a 19-11 margin with the last match-up being on November 5, 2011 in Norman. Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel is the 8th Heisman Trophy winner to play in the Cotton Bowl. Only the Rose Bowl (11) and the Orange Bowl (10) have hosted more. Both head coaches were once on the same staff at OU. From 2003-2007, Texas A&M Head Coach Kevin Sumlin was OU Head Coach Bob Stoops’ assistant. This is the first the teams have faced each other in a bowl game due to being in the same conference until this season, when A&M moved the SEC. Both teams came into the game on five-game winning streaks.
Johnny Football didn’t waste much time getting the Aggies on the scoreboard. With 12:21 to play in the opening quarter, Manziel bobbed, weaved, and danced his way into the end for a 23-yard keeper. The Sooners with 16 plays, covered 69 yards, and answered back with a 23-yard field goal by Mike Hunnicutt with 6:38 on the clock. A&M took the 7-3 lead into the second quarter. Hunnicutt made it a one point game with a 24-yard field goal with 11:41 left to play in the opening half. It took the Sooners 18 plays to cover 87 yards and get that field goal. A little more fancy footwork by the freshman QB helped A&M extend the lead with 6:14 left on the clock. Manziel took the ball in from five yards out to make it 14-6. The Sooners would not be denied and battled back to six-yard touchdown pass from Landry Jones to Justin Brown at the 1:16 mark to trail 14-13 at the half. It was all A&M in the third quarter as the Aggie took an uncontested three touchdown lead over the Sooners. The first score came with 10:26 on the clock, a seven-yard run by Ben Malena. A little under four minutes later, Trey Williams took the ball in from 30 yards out to make it 27-13. A 33-yard pass from Manziel to Ryan Swope with 3:55 left in the third put the Aggies up 34-13. The only scoring in the fourth was credited to Manziel when he found Uzoma Nwachukwu for 34-yard touchdown pass with 9:03 left in the game. OU struggled to get down the field, but penalties and pressure on Jones, kept the Sooners out of the endzone. Manziel set an all-time FBS bowl record for rushing yards by a quarterback, a record previously held by Middle Tennessee State's Dwight Dasher. He set the Cotton Bowl record for single-game rushing yards with 169. The former record, which has held up since 1971, was previously held by Texas' Eddie Phillips. Since Manziel was all about breaking records, he also broke Texas Tech QB Graham Harrell's Cotton Bowl record for total offensive yards. Graham put up 407 yards in the 2009 Cotton Bowl. "To come in and go against a Big 12 rival and do everything we wanted as a team, and send these seniors out with a win, we couldn't feel a better," said Manziel after win. This match-up brought in a packed house of 87,025, second only to the 2009 Cotton Bowl where Texas Tech and Ole Miss drew a crowd of 88,175 at the final Cotton Bowl held at the namesake stadium in Dallas.
NCAAF - Friday, December 28, 2012 - Meineke Car Care Bowl - Minnesota vs. Texas Tech
Red Raiders bury Gophers, 34-31
Texas Tech quarterback Seth Doege #7 wins the MVP trophy
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
HOUSTON - The 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl marks the second time the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Texas Tech University Red Raiders have ever faced each other on the football field. The first meeting came in 2006 at the Insight Bowl in Tempe, Arizona, and it proved to be a game that went wire to wire. Halfway through the third quarter, the Red Raiders trailed 38-7, but an offensive rally put 37 unanswered points on the board, including the game-winning touchdown in overtime, to give Tech a 44-41 victory. The Tech comeback was the largest in the bowl game in NCAA history. Not to be overshadowed, the Minnesota Golden Gophers are quite familiar with the Big 12 lineup. Minnesota has played every school currently in the Big 12 conference with the exception of West Virginia. The Gophers hold a 31-12-1 record against current Big 12 teams. This bowl makes three-straight that Tech has faced an opponent from the Big 10. The Red Raiders captured a 41-31 victory against Michigan State in the 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl, and edged past Northwestern 45-38 in the 2011 TicketCity Bowl. Both Minnesota and Texas Tech started their 2012 seasons off with a bang. The Golden Gophers grabbed a 4-0 start, including a triple OT win against UNLV. Tech won its first four as well, and six of its first seven, which included a spectacular contest against TCU which resulted in a win in triple OT as well. The Gophers bring in a 6-6 record against Tech’s 7-5.
The Gophers struck first with a 41-yard field goal by Jordan Wettstein to take a 3-0 lead with 8:31 left in the first quarter. Tech immediately answered back with a 99-yard kick-off return for a touchdown by Jakeem Grant to lead 7-3. This was the longest kickoff return in bowl history, and first kickoff return for a touchdown in the history of the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas. Minnesota running back (Lewisville (TX) High School) Roderick Williams, Jr. helped the Gophers regain the lead with a 2-yard touchdown carry with 5:46 left to play. Tech answered back yet again with a 13-yard touchdown pass from Michael Brewer to Derreck Edwards with just over four minutes on the clock, to take a 14-10 lead into the second quarter. Less than a minute into the second quarter, Minnesota regained the lead again after a 3-yard run by Donnell Kirkwood. A 28-yard field goal by Ryan Bustin allowed Tech to tie the game at 17. Tech QB Seth Doege punched a 4-yard keeper through with 5 seconds to play in the opening half to give Tech a 24-17 lead at the half. The only scoring the third quarter came at the hands of the Gophers who put up seven more on a 17-yard pass from Philip Nelson to Devin Crawford-Tufts to re-tie the game at 24. Minnesota broke the tie in the fourth with a one-yard pass from Drew Goodger to go up 31-24. With 1:10 left in the game, Eric Ward hauled in a 35-yard pass from Seth Doege to tie the game for the third time at 31. As the clock hit 0:00, Ryan Bustin punched a final 28-yard field goal through to win another nail biter against the Gophers. Doege went 31-45-2 for 271 yards and a rushing touchdown. The Gophers dominated the run game with 54 rushes for 22 yards compared to Tech’s 24 for 145 yards. Tech’s game, like it has been since the days of former Head Coach Mike Leach, was in the air as the Red Raiders had 284 total passing yards. "My time around these guys...super proud of them. Really excited that they got a win, and got to finish out their careers on a high note," said Texas Tech Interim Head Coach/Offensive Line Chris Thomsen on the win for the seniors.
HOUSTON - The 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl marks the second time the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Texas Tech University Red Raiders have ever faced each other on the football field. The first meeting came in 2006 at the Insight Bowl in Tempe, Arizona, and it proved to be a game that went wire to wire. Halfway through the third quarter, the Red Raiders trailed 38-7, but an offensive rally put 37 unanswered points on the board, including the game-winning touchdown in overtime, to give Tech a 44-41 victory. The Tech comeback was the largest in the bowl game in NCAA history. Not to be overshadowed, the Minnesota Golden Gophers are quite familiar with the Big 12 lineup. Minnesota has played every school currently in the Big 12 conference with the exception of West Virginia. The Gophers hold a 31-12-1 record against current Big 12 teams. This bowl makes three-straight that Tech has faced an opponent from the Big 10. The Red Raiders captured a 41-31 victory against Michigan State in the 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl, and edged past Northwestern 45-38 in the 2011 TicketCity Bowl. Both Minnesota and Texas Tech started their 2012 seasons off with a bang. The Golden Gophers grabbed a 4-0 start, including a triple OT win against UNLV. Tech won its first four as well, and six of its first seven, which included a spectacular contest against TCU which resulted in a win in triple OT as well. The Gophers bring in a 6-6 record against Tech’s 7-5.
The Gophers struck first with a 41-yard field goal by Jordan Wettstein to take a 3-0 lead with 8:31 left in the first quarter. Tech immediately answered back with a 99-yard kick-off return for a touchdown by Jakeem Grant to lead 7-3. This was the longest kickoff return in bowl history, and first kickoff return for a touchdown in the history of the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas. Minnesota running back (Lewisville (TX) High School) Roderick Williams, Jr. helped the Gophers regain the lead with a 2-yard touchdown carry with 5:46 left to play. Tech answered back yet again with a 13-yard touchdown pass from Michael Brewer to Derreck Edwards with just over four minutes on the clock, to take a 14-10 lead into the second quarter. Less than a minute into the second quarter, Minnesota regained the lead again after a 3-yard run by Donnell Kirkwood. A 28-yard field goal by Ryan Bustin allowed Tech to tie the game at 17. Tech QB Seth Doege punched a 4-yard keeper through with 5 seconds to play in the opening half to give Tech a 24-17 lead at the half. The only scoring the third quarter came at the hands of the Gophers who put up seven more on a 17-yard pass from Philip Nelson to Devin Crawford-Tufts to re-tie the game at 24. Minnesota broke the tie in the fourth with a one-yard pass from Drew Goodger to go up 31-24. With 1:10 left in the game, Eric Ward hauled in a 35-yard pass from Seth Doege to tie the game for the third time at 31. As the clock hit 0:00, Ryan Bustin punched a final 28-yard field goal through to win another nail biter against the Gophers. Doege went 31-45-2 for 271 yards and a rushing touchdown. The Gophers dominated the run game with 54 rushes for 22 yards compared to Tech’s 24 for 145 yards. Tech’s game, like it has been since the days of former Head Coach Mike Leach, was in the air as the Red Raiders had 284 total passing yards. "My time around these guys...super proud of them. Really excited that they got a win, and got to finish out their careers on a high note," said Texas Tech Interim Head Coach/Offensive Line Chris Thomsen on the win for the seniors.
2012 Heisman Trophy Presentation Ceremony - Saturday, December 8, 2012 - New York City
Manziel Keeps Heisman Trophy in Texas
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M QB phenom Johnny Manziel went from Johnny Football to Johnny Heisman Saturday night as he made history becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. When the votes were tallied, Manziel pulled 474 first place rankings and 2,029 points from the panel of media writers and former trophy winners. Manziel beat out Notre Dame Linebacker Manti Te'o and Kansas State QB Collin Klein, who finished second and third respectively in the voting. Manziel's triumph marks a huge milestone in college football. Seniors have domominted the coveted individual player award for years. The 1980s saw the rise of more junior players receiving the trophy, and in 2007 former Florida QB Tim Tebow became the first sophomore to win the Heisman. Prior to Manziel, former Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson was the only freshman to come close to winning when he placed second to former USC QB Matt Leinert in 2004. Manziel became the second player from Texas A&M to win the Heisman with the first being John David Crow in 1957. The famed history of the Heisman Trophy, named after former Georgia Tech coach John Heisman, implies the the annual winner of the award has proven himself to be stand-put on the field. On his way to winning the Heisman, Manziel broke 2010 award winner Cam Newton's SEC record with 4,600 total yards of offense: 3,419 yards of passing, 1,181 yards of rushing, and 24 TDs. As he calmly took the stage and accepted his award, Manziel made sure all those watching knew he couldn't have accomplished what he did without the rest of his Aggie teammates. "I get the chance to stand up here when, really, there could be five offensive lineman standing up here in the spotlight because they really deserve just as much, if not more, credit," said Manziel. Manziel and the Aggies have one more game this season as they face Oklahoma in the AT&T Cotton Bowl on Jan. 4 at Cowboys Stadium.
Congratulations to Johnny Manziel and the entire Texas A&M football team and athletic program.
COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M QB phenom Johnny Manziel went from Johnny Football to Johnny Heisman Saturday night as he made history becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. When the votes were tallied, Manziel pulled 474 first place rankings and 2,029 points from the panel of media writers and former trophy winners. Manziel beat out Notre Dame Linebacker Manti Te'o and Kansas State QB Collin Klein, who finished second and third respectively in the voting. Manziel's triumph marks a huge milestone in college football. Seniors have domominted the coveted individual player award for years. The 1980s saw the rise of more junior players receiving the trophy, and in 2007 former Florida QB Tim Tebow became the first sophomore to win the Heisman. Prior to Manziel, former Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson was the only freshman to come close to winning when he placed second to former USC QB Matt Leinert in 2004. Manziel became the second player from Texas A&M to win the Heisman with the first being John David Crow in 1957. The famed history of the Heisman Trophy, named after former Georgia Tech coach John Heisman, implies the the annual winner of the award has proven himself to be stand-put on the field. On his way to winning the Heisman, Manziel broke 2010 award winner Cam Newton's SEC record with 4,600 total yards of offense: 3,419 yards of passing, 1,181 yards of rushing, and 24 TDs. As he calmly took the stage and accepted his award, Manziel made sure all those watching knew he couldn't have accomplished what he did without the rest of his Aggie teammates. "I get the chance to stand up here when, really, there could be five offensive lineman standing up here in the spotlight because they really deserve just as much, if not more, credit," said Manziel. Manziel and the Aggies have one more game this season as they face Oklahoma in the AT&T Cotton Bowl on Jan. 4 at Cowboys Stadium.
Congratulations to Johnny Manziel and the entire Texas A&M football team and athletic program.
NCAA Football - Saturday, November 24, 2012 - Missouri @ #9 Texas A&M
Johnny Football shuts down Mizzou, 59-29
Photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
COLLEGE STATION - There has been a buzz around college football for weeks touting Johnny Manziel, "Johnny Football," as a viable candidate for this year's Heisman Trophy. For the most part, Aggies Head Coach Kevin Sumlin has remained thoughful and guarded in his responses to continuous prompting from the media. Even with all that, there is no hiding the quiet confidence he has had, and continues to have, in his freshman QB. After Manziel delivered another stellar performance Saturday night against the Missouri Tigers, Sumlin was hard pressed to contain his pride. "I think the voters are going to recognize (the numbers),'' Sumlin said of Manziel, who has 4,600 yards of total offense. ''It doesn't matter what year you are when you're talking about those numbers and the league we are (in), I think tells you all you need to know.'' Manziel was pure fire on the field as he racked up 372 yards throwing, three passing TDs, and two rushing TDs of his own. The Aggies scored 21 unanswered first quarter points, and then added 21 more in the second while only spotting Mizzou 7, taking a nice 42-7 lead into the locker room at the half. Both sides scored a touchdown and field goal a piece, but a missed PAT on Missouri's side left the Tigers trailing 52-16. The Tigers tried to wake up and do something in the fourth starting with back-up QB Corbin Berkstresser taking in a TD from one-yard out. The Aggies, or whether Johnny Football, answered back with his own one-yard TD carry for the only A&M fourth quarter scoring. Mizzou succeeded in another TD on a 25-yard pass from Berkstresser to Dorial Green-Beckham with 7:15 left in the game, but could not reach the endzone after that. The Aggies rolled on to a 59-29 victory on Senior Night in front of 87K plus fans. Now they anxiously await for the end of the regular season and bowl game attendees to be announced. As for that prized trophy better known as the Heisman, as of yet, no freshman has won it, but with all the surprises the Aggies have brought to the field this season, one more wouldn't hurt.
COLLEGE STATION - There has been a buzz around college football for weeks touting Johnny Manziel, "Johnny Football," as a viable candidate for this year's Heisman Trophy. For the most part, Aggies Head Coach Kevin Sumlin has remained thoughful and guarded in his responses to continuous prompting from the media. Even with all that, there is no hiding the quiet confidence he has had, and continues to have, in his freshman QB. After Manziel delivered another stellar performance Saturday night against the Missouri Tigers, Sumlin was hard pressed to contain his pride. "I think the voters are going to recognize (the numbers),'' Sumlin said of Manziel, who has 4,600 yards of total offense. ''It doesn't matter what year you are when you're talking about those numbers and the league we are (in), I think tells you all you need to know.'' Manziel was pure fire on the field as he racked up 372 yards throwing, three passing TDs, and two rushing TDs of his own. The Aggies scored 21 unanswered first quarter points, and then added 21 more in the second while only spotting Mizzou 7, taking a nice 42-7 lead into the locker room at the half. Both sides scored a touchdown and field goal a piece, but a missed PAT on Missouri's side left the Tigers trailing 52-16. The Tigers tried to wake up and do something in the fourth starting with back-up QB Corbin Berkstresser taking in a TD from one-yard out. The Aggies, or whether Johnny Football, answered back with his own one-yard TD carry for the only A&M fourth quarter scoring. Mizzou succeeded in another TD on a 25-yard pass from Berkstresser to Dorial Green-Beckham with 7:15 left in the game, but could not reach the endzone after that. The Aggies rolled on to a 59-29 victory on Senior Night in front of 87K plus fans. Now they anxiously await for the end of the regular season and bowl game attendees to be announced. As for that prized trophy better known as the Heisman, as of yet, no freshman has won it, but with all the surprises the Aggies have brought to the field this season, one more wouldn't hurt.
NCAA Football - Saturday, November 17, 2012 - Sam Houston State @ #8 Texas A&M
Aggies trap Bearkats, 47-28
photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
COLLEGE STATION - Fresh off of the upset of #1 Alabama last weekend, the Aggies played host to the Bearkats of Sam Houston State University Saturday at Kyle Field. The Bearkats came into the game with a seven-game winning streak and ranked #3 nationally. After beating Northwestern State in Nachitoches, LA 56-17 last weekend, the Bearkats earned their second consecutive Southland Conference football championship. They reached the NCAA Div I National Championship game last year held in Frisco where they were the No. 1 seed. In the meetings between the Aggies and the Bearkats, the Aggies hold a 10-0-0 advantage. The only score of the first quarter came on a seven-yard pass from Johnny Manziel to Mike Evans to put the Aggies up 7-0. The Aggies broke the game open in the second quarter, though, starting with a 10-yard pass from Manziel to Evans with 10:43 to play. Manziel carried the next one in himself from four yards out with 4:11 to play in the first half making it 20-0 after a missed PAT by Taylor Bertolet. The last two A&M touchdowns were made within seconds of themselves and both with less than two minutes to play in the second. The first came at 1:49, a six-yard run from Trey Williams to make it 27-0. 25 seconds later, Manziel took in his second rushing touchdown of the game from one-yard out giving the Aggies a 34-0 lead at the half. A&M opened the third quarter in grand fashion with Johnny Manziel finding Uzoma Nwachukwu for an 89-yard touchdown pass with 13:34 still on the clock. Jameill Showers then came in for Manziel and found LeKendrick Williams for an 80-yard touchdown pass to put the Aggies up 47-0. The Bearkats finally cracked the board with 1:08 left in the third on a two-yard run by Tim Flanders. That would start the attempt of a Bearkats rally as they put all remaining points in the game. Less than a minute into the fourth quarter, a nine-yard pass from Brian Bell to K.J. Williams made it 47-14. A one-yard carry by Ridgeway Frank at 5:37 had the Bearkats trailing by 26 at 47-21. SHSU managed a final touchdown with 2:42 left in the game when Chris Grett carried the ball in from five yards out. The rally fell short and the Bearkats finished their season with a hard-fought loss on the road, while the Aggies have one more regular season game playing host to the Missouri Tigers next Saturday.
COLLEGE STATION - Fresh off of the upset of #1 Alabama last weekend, the Aggies played host to the Bearkats of Sam Houston State University Saturday at Kyle Field. The Bearkats came into the game with a seven-game winning streak and ranked #3 nationally. After beating Northwestern State in Nachitoches, LA 56-17 last weekend, the Bearkats earned their second consecutive Southland Conference football championship. They reached the NCAA Div I National Championship game last year held in Frisco where they were the No. 1 seed. In the meetings between the Aggies and the Bearkats, the Aggies hold a 10-0-0 advantage. The only score of the first quarter came on a seven-yard pass from Johnny Manziel to Mike Evans to put the Aggies up 7-0. The Aggies broke the game open in the second quarter, though, starting with a 10-yard pass from Manziel to Evans with 10:43 to play. Manziel carried the next one in himself from four yards out with 4:11 to play in the first half making it 20-0 after a missed PAT by Taylor Bertolet. The last two A&M touchdowns were made within seconds of themselves and both with less than two minutes to play in the second. The first came at 1:49, a six-yard run from Trey Williams to make it 27-0. 25 seconds later, Manziel took in his second rushing touchdown of the game from one-yard out giving the Aggies a 34-0 lead at the half. A&M opened the third quarter in grand fashion with Johnny Manziel finding Uzoma Nwachukwu for an 89-yard touchdown pass with 13:34 still on the clock. Jameill Showers then came in for Manziel and found LeKendrick Williams for an 80-yard touchdown pass to put the Aggies up 47-0. The Bearkats finally cracked the board with 1:08 left in the third on a two-yard run by Tim Flanders. That would start the attempt of a Bearkats rally as they put all remaining points in the game. Less than a minute into the fourth quarter, a nine-yard pass from Brian Bell to K.J. Williams made it 47-14. A one-yard carry by Ridgeway Frank at 5:37 had the Bearkats trailing by 26 at 47-21. SHSU managed a final touchdown with 2:42 left in the game when Chris Grett carried the ball in from five yards out. The rally fell short and the Bearkats finished their season with a hard-fought loss on the road, while the Aggies have one more regular season game playing host to the Missouri Tigers next Saturday.
NCAA Football - Saturday, November 3, 2012 - #23 Texas @ #18 Texas Tech
Horns handle Raiders, 31-22
photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
LUBBOCK - Over 60,000 excited fans packed into Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock Saturday for the highly anticipated intra-state rivalry between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the University of Texas Longhorns. With the stinging loss to K-State a week ago, the Red Raiders were ready to turn things around, but the Horns had other plans. Six minutes into the opening quarter, Texas took a 7-0 lead after Jaxon Shipley, younger brother of Texas great Jordan Shipley, took in a 6-yard pass from David Ash. Tech quickly answered back and tied the game with a one-yard carry by Kenny Williams. A two-yard run by Joe Bergeron with 3:27 left to play in the first gave Texas a 14-7 lead. The Raiders trailed by just four early in the second after a 29-yard field goal by Ryan Bustin, but the quickly became an 11 point deficit as Texas' Mike Davis coasted into the end zone after a 75-yard pass from Ash. Both sides traded off a field goal each before the half, leaving Tech trailing 24-13 at the half. It wasn't the worst deficit to be in, and had it not been for an unslightly amount of penalties, the Red Raiders very easily could have pulled off a rally. Tech QB Seth Doege took the Raiders into the red zone numerous times, but those pesky penalties had coaches, players, and fans seeing red. "It absolutely took us out of it," said Tech Head Coach Tommy Tuberville about the timing of the penalties. "Hopefully we can play better for the next three games and get into a good bowl game. It's just hard to play so well at times and then play so poorly at times and have inopportune penalties. It absolutely took us out of it." After a 33-yard field goal by Bustin, Doege found Eric Stephens for a 10-yard touchdown pass, but the pass attempt for two failed, and the Raiders then trailed 24-22 going into the fourth. After a costly holding penalty resulted in a touchdown for Tech being called back, the only fourth quarter points to be scored came at the hands of Mike Davis as he took a 25-yard pass into the endzone to secure the victory for Texas. Doege went 26 of 44 for 329 yards, but only one touchdown. The Raiders host Kansas on Nov. 10 as the last home game of this season. Game time is set for 11 a.m.
LUBBOCK - Over 60,000 excited fans packed into Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock Saturday for the highly anticipated intra-state rivalry between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the University of Texas Longhorns. With the stinging loss to K-State a week ago, the Red Raiders were ready to turn things around, but the Horns had other plans. Six minutes into the opening quarter, Texas took a 7-0 lead after Jaxon Shipley, younger brother of Texas great Jordan Shipley, took in a 6-yard pass from David Ash. Tech quickly answered back and tied the game with a one-yard carry by Kenny Williams. A two-yard run by Joe Bergeron with 3:27 left to play in the first gave Texas a 14-7 lead. The Raiders trailed by just four early in the second after a 29-yard field goal by Ryan Bustin, but the quickly became an 11 point deficit as Texas' Mike Davis coasted into the end zone after a 75-yard pass from Ash. Both sides traded off a field goal each before the half, leaving Tech trailing 24-13 at the half. It wasn't the worst deficit to be in, and had it not been for an unslightly amount of penalties, the Red Raiders very easily could have pulled off a rally. Tech QB Seth Doege took the Raiders into the red zone numerous times, but those pesky penalties had coaches, players, and fans seeing red. "It absolutely took us out of it," said Tech Head Coach Tommy Tuberville about the timing of the penalties. "Hopefully we can play better for the next three games and get into a good bowl game. It's just hard to play so well at times and then play so poorly at times and have inopportune penalties. It absolutely took us out of it." After a 33-yard field goal by Bustin, Doege found Eric Stephens for a 10-yard touchdown pass, but the pass attempt for two failed, and the Raiders then trailed 24-22 going into the fourth. After a costly holding penalty resulted in a touchdown for Tech being called back, the only fourth quarter points to be scored came at the hands of Mike Davis as he took a 25-yard pass into the endzone to secure the victory for Texas. Doege went 26 of 44 for 329 yards, but only one touchdown. The Raiders host Kansas on Nov. 10 as the last home game of this season. Game time is set for 11 a.m.
NCAA Football - Saturday, October 20, 2012 - #6 LSU @ Texas A&M, #20 Texas Tech @ #21 TCU
Aggies can't keep Tigers caged, 24-19
photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
COLLEGE STATION - The Texas A&M Aggies hosted border rival Louisiana State Saturday at Kyle Field in front of 87,429 fans. LSU led the series 27-20-3 going into today's game. The most recent meeting between the two teams came in the 2011 Cotton Bowl where the Tigers took home a 41-24 victory. LSU is the first Top 10 team to come to College Station since #7 Oklahoma State in 2011. The last time LSU came to College Station as a Top 10 team was in 1989 when they were ranked #7 and the Aggies were unranked. A&M handed the Tigers a 28-16 loss in what was R.C. Slocum's debut game. The Aggies jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the first off of a 2-yard carry by Christine Michael. A 32-yard field goal by Taylor Bertolet put the Aggies up 9-0 with 5:41 left to play in the opening quarter. The Aggies took a 12-0 lead midway through the second with a 50-yard field goal by Bertolet. Michael Ford put the Tigers on the scoreboard for the first time with a 20-yard touchdown run with 1:49 left in the opening half. A 29-yard pass from Mettenberger to Kadron Boone with 11 seconds to play in the opening quarter gave LSU a 14-12 lead at the half. Both sides were scoreless in the third before LSU added 10 more with a 28-yard field goal by David Alleman and a 47-yard touchdown run by Jeremy Hill. The Aggies tried to rally late in the final quarter, managing a five-yard touchdown by Ben Malena, but the rally fell short and the Tigers took a road win back to Baton Rouge. The Aggies face another set of Tigers when they travel to Auburn next Saturday. Game time set for 6 p.m.
COLLEGE STATION - The Texas A&M Aggies hosted border rival Louisiana State Saturday at Kyle Field in front of 87,429 fans. LSU led the series 27-20-3 going into today's game. The most recent meeting between the two teams came in the 2011 Cotton Bowl where the Tigers took home a 41-24 victory. LSU is the first Top 10 team to come to College Station since #7 Oklahoma State in 2011. The last time LSU came to College Station as a Top 10 team was in 1989 when they were ranked #7 and the Aggies were unranked. A&M handed the Tigers a 28-16 loss in what was R.C. Slocum's debut game. The Aggies jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the first off of a 2-yard carry by Christine Michael. A 32-yard field goal by Taylor Bertolet put the Aggies up 9-0 with 5:41 left to play in the opening quarter. The Aggies took a 12-0 lead midway through the second with a 50-yard field goal by Bertolet. Michael Ford put the Tigers on the scoreboard for the first time with a 20-yard touchdown run with 1:49 left in the opening half. A 29-yard pass from Mettenberger to Kadron Boone with 11 seconds to play in the opening quarter gave LSU a 14-12 lead at the half. Both sides were scoreless in the third before LSU added 10 more with a 28-yard field goal by David Alleman and a 47-yard touchdown run by Jeremy Hill. The Aggies tried to rally late in the final quarter, managing a five-yard touchdown by Ben Malena, but the rally fell short and the Tigers took a road win back to Baton Rouge. The Aggies face another set of Tigers when they travel to Auburn next Saturday. Game time set for 6 p.m.
Tech wins showdown in Cowtown in triple OT, 56-53
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
FORT WORTH - Both teams entered today's contest following impressive wins last Saturday. Playing host to then #5 West Virginia, the then unranked Red Raiders put on quite a show in Lubbock, dominating the Mountaineers 49-14, moving themselves to #20 nationally. The Frogs were on the road in Waco last Saturday taking on the Baylor Bears, which they handled easily bringing home a 49-21 to put them back in the Top 25 at #21. The last time the Raiders and Frogs faced each other was 2006 in Fort Worth with TCU winning 12-3. Tech holds a 28-23-3 edge over TCU over-all. A win for the Frogs today will move the TCU seniors to a 42-4 record and tie them for third in winningest classes at TCU with the 2009 seniors. Today's game was the third consecutive game for the Raiders on ABC while it marks the first appearance for the Frogs since the broadcast of the season opening win against OU in 2005. The Frogs wasted no time scoring going up 7-0 after a 19-yard pass from Trevone Boykin to Skye Dawson with 12:37 to play in the first. With a little under 5 minutes to play, the Red Raiders answered back with a touchdown of their own, a five-yard pass from Seth Doege to Eric Ward. Jaden Oberkrom's 32-yard field goal with 49 seconds to play gave the Frogs a 10-7 lead going into the second quarter. A four-yard run by Matthew Tucker with 8:13 to play in the second put the Frogs up 17-7. Tech then scored back-to-back touchdowns, a 33-yard pass from Doege to Darrin Moore and a 29-yard pass to Ward, to gain the lead at 21-17. TCU closed to gap to one before the half with a 41-yard field goal by Oberkrom. The only scoring in the third quarter came from the foot of Oberkrom, a 32-yard kick between the uprights to help TCU regain a 23-21 lead. The Frogs regained the lead seconds into the fourth quarter with a 45-yard field goal by Oberkrom An eight-yard pass from Doege to Alex Torres put the Raiders right back in the game. Texas Tech took a 10 point lead after a 47-yard run by Kenny Williams. The Frogs rallied back with a 60-yard touchdown pass from Boykin to LaDarius Brown and a 42-yard field goal by Oberkrom with 18 seconds left in regulation. TCU scored first in overtime with an eight-yard pass from Boykin to Josh Boyce. The Raiders answered with a six-yard touchdown pass to tie it at 43 and force a second overtime. After both sides were able to tie it again at 50, the game moved into the third overtime. TCU went on offense, but Tech's defense held them to a field goal. TCU's defense couldn't hold the Raiders who easily scored a touchdown to win the showdown in Cowtown 56-53.
FORT WORTH - Both teams entered today's contest following impressive wins last Saturday. Playing host to then #5 West Virginia, the then unranked Red Raiders put on quite a show in Lubbock, dominating the Mountaineers 49-14, moving themselves to #20 nationally. The Frogs were on the road in Waco last Saturday taking on the Baylor Bears, which they handled easily bringing home a 49-21 to put them back in the Top 25 at #21. The last time the Raiders and Frogs faced each other was 2006 in Fort Worth with TCU winning 12-3. Tech holds a 28-23-3 edge over TCU over-all. A win for the Frogs today will move the TCU seniors to a 42-4 record and tie them for third in winningest classes at TCU with the 2009 seniors. Today's game was the third consecutive game for the Raiders on ABC while it marks the first appearance for the Frogs since the broadcast of the season opening win against OU in 2005. The Frogs wasted no time scoring going up 7-0 after a 19-yard pass from Trevone Boykin to Skye Dawson with 12:37 to play in the first. With a little under 5 minutes to play, the Red Raiders answered back with a touchdown of their own, a five-yard pass from Seth Doege to Eric Ward. Jaden Oberkrom's 32-yard field goal with 49 seconds to play gave the Frogs a 10-7 lead going into the second quarter. A four-yard run by Matthew Tucker with 8:13 to play in the second put the Frogs up 17-7. Tech then scored back-to-back touchdowns, a 33-yard pass from Doege to Darrin Moore and a 29-yard pass to Ward, to gain the lead at 21-17. TCU closed to gap to one before the half with a 41-yard field goal by Oberkrom. The only scoring in the third quarter came from the foot of Oberkrom, a 32-yard kick between the uprights to help TCU regain a 23-21 lead. The Frogs regained the lead seconds into the fourth quarter with a 45-yard field goal by Oberkrom An eight-yard pass from Doege to Alex Torres put the Raiders right back in the game. Texas Tech took a 10 point lead after a 47-yard run by Kenny Williams. The Frogs rallied back with a 60-yard touchdown pass from Boykin to LaDarius Brown and a 42-yard field goal by Oberkrom with 18 seconds left in regulation. TCU scored first in overtime with an eight-yard pass from Boykin to Josh Boyce. The Raiders answered with a six-yard touchdown pass to tie it at 43 and force a second overtime. After both sides were able to tie it again at 50, the game moved into the third overtime. TCU went on offense, but Tech's defense held them to a field goal. TCU's defense couldn't hold the Raiders who easily scored a touchdown to win the showdown in Cowtown 56-53.
NCAA Football - Saturday, October 6, 2012 - IOWA STATE @ #13 TCU
Cyclones level Frogs, 37-23
photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
FORT WORTH - TCU played their first home Big 12 game Saturday against the Cyclones of Iowa State University. Today's game marked the first Big 12 game at Amon G. Carter Stadium since the 45-10 win against the Baylor Bears in September of 2010. The Frogs and Cyclones met the last time in the 2005 Houston Bowl where the Frogs won 27-24. The Frogs are 3-0 overall against ISU. TCU is in a three-way tie with LSU and Ohio State for the most true freshmen seeing action this season with 15. The 15 true freshmen playing are more than the TCU seniors on scholarship at 11. ISU came into the meeting 3-0 after completing their non-conference schedule already as well. The Cyclones were hungry for a win after losing their Big 12 opener to 24-13 to Texas Tech last Saturday. In a crazy set of opening drive plays, the Cyclones took a quick 7-0 lead with 13:48 to play in the first after a 51-yard pass from Jared Barnett to Josh Lenz. A 46-yard field goal by Edwin Arceo put ISU up 10-0. A seven-yard pass from Trevone Boykin to Aundre Dean with 1:50 on the clock put the Frogs trailing 10-7. ISU opened the gap with a 74-yard pass from Barnett to Lenz 43 seconds later. A missed extra point attempt gave the Cyclones a nine-point lead at 16-7. The only scoring in the second quarter came from a 38-yard field goal by Jaden Oberkrom to leave the Frogs trailing 16-10 at the half. The Cyclones struck first in the third quarter with a one-yard pass from Barnett to Lenz to make it 23-10. The Frogs answered back wih a one-yard run by Laderice Sanders and then a 50-yard field goal by Oberkrom to trail by three at 23-20 going into the fourth. ISU continued to come out swinging in the fourth. A 15-yard pass from Josh Lenz to Ernst Brun made it 30-20 with 13:33 left in the game. TCU managed a 39-yard field goal before ISU put the game away with a 20-yard interception returned by David Irving. The Frogs travel to Baylor to face the Bears next Saturday, the 13th @ 6 p.m.
FORT WORTH - TCU played their first home Big 12 game Saturday against the Cyclones of Iowa State University. Today's game marked the first Big 12 game at Amon G. Carter Stadium since the 45-10 win against the Baylor Bears in September of 2010. The Frogs and Cyclones met the last time in the 2005 Houston Bowl where the Frogs won 27-24. The Frogs are 3-0 overall against ISU. TCU is in a three-way tie with LSU and Ohio State for the most true freshmen seeing action this season with 15. The 15 true freshmen playing are more than the TCU seniors on scholarship at 11. ISU came into the meeting 3-0 after completing their non-conference schedule already as well. The Cyclones were hungry for a win after losing their Big 12 opener to 24-13 to Texas Tech last Saturday. In a crazy set of opening drive plays, the Cyclones took a quick 7-0 lead with 13:48 to play in the first after a 51-yard pass from Jared Barnett to Josh Lenz. A 46-yard field goal by Edwin Arceo put ISU up 10-0. A seven-yard pass from Trevone Boykin to Aundre Dean with 1:50 on the clock put the Frogs trailing 10-7. ISU opened the gap with a 74-yard pass from Barnett to Lenz 43 seconds later. A missed extra point attempt gave the Cyclones a nine-point lead at 16-7. The only scoring in the second quarter came from a 38-yard field goal by Jaden Oberkrom to leave the Frogs trailing 16-10 at the half. The Cyclones struck first in the third quarter with a one-yard pass from Barnett to Lenz to make it 23-10. The Frogs answered back wih a one-yard run by Laderice Sanders and then a 50-yard field goal by Oberkrom to trail by three at 23-20 going into the fourth. ISU continued to come out swinging in the fourth. A 15-yard pass from Josh Lenz to Ernst Brun made it 30-20 with 13:33 left in the game. TCU managed a 39-yard field goal before ISU put the game away with a 20-yard interception returned by David Irving. The Frogs travel to Baylor to face the Bears next Saturday, the 13th @ 6 p.m.
Aggies roast the Hogs, 58-10
photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
COLLEGE STATION - It was a packed house at Kyle Field as 86,442 fans braved the inclement weather to watch the Aggies host the University of Arkansas Razorbacks in the first meeting on a school field since the annual match-up at Cowboys Stadium began. The Aggies wasted little time before putting up their first points of the game. With 12:11 left to play in the first quarter, Johnny Manziel found Mike Evans for a four-yard touchdown pass. The Backs answered back with a 64-yard missile from Tyler Wilson to Knile Davis to even things up. A 26-yard field goal by Zach Hooker put Arkansas up 10-7 going into the second. It was all A&M for there, however; as the Aggies scored 51 unanswered points over the next three quarters of play. A&M opened the second quarter with back to back field goals from Taylor Bertolet put the Aggies back on top, 13-7. Manziel found Ben Malena for an 11-yard touchdown pass, and connected with Ryan Swope for an 80-yard score with 2:31 left in the first half. The two teams retired to their locker rooms as the half with A&M up 27-7. A 21-yard field goal, 10-yard touchdown run by Christine Michael and a 28-yard fumble recovery Tramain had the Aggies on top 44-10 after the third. The Razorbacks could do nothing to stop the Aggies' scoring frenzy. Manziel carried one himself to open the fourth, and with 2:57 left in the game, he connected wit Trey Williams for the final score of the game. Manziel finished the day with a school record 453 passing yards, and added 104 rushing yards to break the school and SEC records for total yards of offense with 577. The Aggies travel to Oxford to face Ole Miss at 6 p.m. October 6th.
COLLEGE STATION - It was a packed house at Kyle Field as 86,442 fans braved the inclement weather to watch the Aggies host the University of Arkansas Razorbacks in the first meeting on a school field since the annual match-up at Cowboys Stadium began. The Aggies wasted little time before putting up their first points of the game. With 12:11 left to play in the first quarter, Johnny Manziel found Mike Evans for a four-yard touchdown pass. The Backs answered back with a 64-yard missile from Tyler Wilson to Knile Davis to even things up. A 26-yard field goal by Zach Hooker put Arkansas up 10-7 going into the second. It was all A&M for there, however; as the Aggies scored 51 unanswered points over the next three quarters of play. A&M opened the second quarter with back to back field goals from Taylor Bertolet put the Aggies back on top, 13-7. Manziel found Ben Malena for an 11-yard touchdown pass, and connected with Ryan Swope for an 80-yard score with 2:31 left in the first half. The two teams retired to their locker rooms as the half with A&M up 27-7. A 21-yard field goal, 10-yard touchdown run by Christine Michael and a 28-yard fumble recovery Tramain had the Aggies on top 44-10 after the third. The Razorbacks could do nothing to stop the Aggies' scoring frenzy. Manziel carried one himself to open the fourth, and with 2:57 left in the game, he connected wit Trey Williams for the final score of the game. Manziel finished the day with a school record 453 passing yards, and added 104 rushing yards to break the school and SEC records for total yards of offense with 577. The Aggies travel to Oxford to face Ole Miss at 6 p.m. October 6th.
NCAA Football - Saturday, September 22, 2012 - Virginia @ #16 TCU
TCU spears Cavs, 27-7
photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
FORT WORTH -The #16 TCU Horned Frogs welcomed the University of Virginia Cavaliers in its second game after the $164 million renovation of Amon G. Carter Stadium. After wins against Grambling State and Kansas, the Frogs brought a record of 2-0, 1-0 Big XII against UVA's 2-1, 0-1 ACC record. Coming into today's game, the Frogs hold the nation's current longest winning streak at 10 games. This is also the tenth consecutive sell-out at Amon G. Carter Stadium. TCU and Virginia are meeting for the third time in their history, and the first time at TCU. This is the third time TCU has faced an ACC opponent since 1997, with the first coming at Virginia and then Clemson in 2009. There wasn't a lot of action in the first quarter, as TCU slowly moved out to a 7-0 lead after a 68-yard pass from Casey Pachall to Brandon Carter with 8:17 left to play. The second quarter didn't hold much more excitement than the first. Through interceptions and dropped passes, TCU was able to secure a second touchdown score with 9:43 to play in the first half with a six-yard pass from Pachall to Josh Boyce. TCU took that 14-0 lead into halftime. TCU put up six more points in the third on two field goals by Jaden Oberkrom, the first from 46 yards out, and the second from 47 yards. The Frogs thwarted a late quarter scoring attempt by the Cavs to lead 20-0 going into the final quarter of play. Virginia finally managed to put some points up in the fourth quarter with a five yard touchdown pass from Phillip Sims to E.J. Scott with 4:22 left in the game. The Frogs answered back with their own touchdown, a 17-yard pass from Pachall to LaDarius Brown, with 1:20 left to play. That would be the final score of the game as the Frogs went on to win 27-7 at home. TCU is on the road next weekend as they take on SMU in the Battle for the Iron Skillet. Game time is slated for 6 p.m. at Ford Stadium.
FORT WORTH -The #16 TCU Horned Frogs welcomed the University of Virginia Cavaliers in its second game after the $164 million renovation of Amon G. Carter Stadium. After wins against Grambling State and Kansas, the Frogs brought a record of 2-0, 1-0 Big XII against UVA's 2-1, 0-1 ACC record. Coming into today's game, the Frogs hold the nation's current longest winning streak at 10 games. This is also the tenth consecutive sell-out at Amon G. Carter Stadium. TCU and Virginia are meeting for the third time in their history, and the first time at TCU. This is the third time TCU has faced an ACC opponent since 1997, with the first coming at Virginia and then Clemson in 2009. There wasn't a lot of action in the first quarter, as TCU slowly moved out to a 7-0 lead after a 68-yard pass from Casey Pachall to Brandon Carter with 8:17 left to play. The second quarter didn't hold much more excitement than the first. Through interceptions and dropped passes, TCU was able to secure a second touchdown score with 9:43 to play in the first half with a six-yard pass from Pachall to Josh Boyce. TCU took that 14-0 lead into halftime. TCU put up six more points in the third on two field goals by Jaden Oberkrom, the first from 46 yards out, and the second from 47 yards. The Frogs thwarted a late quarter scoring attempt by the Cavs to lead 20-0 going into the final quarter of play. Virginia finally managed to put some points up in the fourth quarter with a five yard touchdown pass from Phillip Sims to E.J. Scott with 4:22 left in the game. The Frogs answered back with their own touchdown, a 17-yard pass from Pachall to LaDarius Brown, with 1:20 left to play. That would be the final score of the game as the Frogs went on to win 27-7 at home. TCU is on the road next weekend as they take on SMU in the Battle for the Iron Skillet. Game time is slated for 6 p.m. at Ford Stadium.
NCAA Football - Saturday, September 8, 2012 - Florida at Texas A&M
Gators take down the Aggies, 20-17
photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
COLLEGE STATION - It was arguably one of the most anticipated games of this college football season, the Texas A&M Aggies opening their season as part of the SEC by hosting the #24 Florida Gators. It was standing room only, and barely that, as 87,114 pumped up fans pushed Kyle Field to its capacity limit. With new Head Coach Kevin Sumlin at the reins, the Aggies looked focused and secure in their roles on the field as they took a 3-0 lead with 10:34 left to play in the first on a Taylor Bertolet field goal. Florida gained the lead with a little under four minutes to play in the opening quarter after a four-yard touchdown carry by Mike Gillislee. The Aggies answered right back minutes into the second quarter with an 11-yard touchdown run by Johnny Manziel to go up 10-7. A one-yard cary by veteran RB Christine Michael at 7:01 in the second, put the Aggies up by 10 at 17-7. The Gators snuck in a 51-yard field goal by Caleb Sturgis to trail 17-10 at the half. The Aggies of the first half were nowhere to be found in the third and fourth quarters. Although Florida didn't go on a scoring frenzy, they held A&M and scored just enough to get the job done. A 25-yard field goal by Sturgis in the third quarter, and a 12-yard touchdown run by Gillislee in the fourth secured a season opener win on the road, 20-17. The Aggies travel to Big D Saturday to take on SMU at Ford Stadium at 2:30 p.m. Limited tickets still available.
COLLEGE STATION - It was arguably one of the most anticipated games of this college football season, the Texas A&M Aggies opening their season as part of the SEC by hosting the #24 Florida Gators. It was standing room only, and barely that, as 87,114 pumped up fans pushed Kyle Field to its capacity limit. With new Head Coach Kevin Sumlin at the reins, the Aggies looked focused and secure in their roles on the field as they took a 3-0 lead with 10:34 left to play in the first on a Taylor Bertolet field goal. Florida gained the lead with a little under four minutes to play in the opening quarter after a four-yard touchdown carry by Mike Gillislee. The Aggies answered right back minutes into the second quarter with an 11-yard touchdown run by Johnny Manziel to go up 10-7. A one-yard cary by veteran RB Christine Michael at 7:01 in the second, put the Aggies up by 10 at 17-7. The Gators snuck in a 51-yard field goal by Caleb Sturgis to trail 17-10 at the half. The Aggies of the first half were nowhere to be found in the third and fourth quarters. Although Florida didn't go on a scoring frenzy, they held A&M and scored just enough to get the job done. A 25-yard field goal by Sturgis in the third quarter, and a 12-yard touchdown run by Gillislee in the fourth secured a season opener win on the road, 20-17. The Aggies travel to Big D Saturday to take on SMU at Ford Stadium at 2:30 p.m. Limited tickets still available.
NCAA Football - Sunday, September 2, 2012 - SMU at Baylor
Baylor ropes the Ponies, 59-24
photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
WACO - The SMU Mustangs took to the road Sunday for their first game of the new season in Waco against the Baylor Bears at Floyd Casey Stadium. All eyes were on the QB spot for the Bears, as fans have been anxious to see how the vacancy left by RGIII will be filled. The Bears were pumped up and came out ready to play, dominating the first quarter with 14 unanswered points. Less than four minutes into the game, Baylor took a 7-0 lead with a six-yard pass from Nick Florence to Lanear Sampson. A five-yard pass from Florence to Jordan Najvar with 6:27 left in the first put the Ponies in a hole, but they had three more quarters to stage a rally. SMU scored first in the second quarter with a 22-yard field goal by Chase Hover, to trail 14-3. Unfortunately, those were all the points Baylor would spot the Ponies before half-time as the Bears went on to put up another ten before the break. A 50-yard pass from Florence to Tevan Reese, followed by a 44-yard field goal by Aaron Jones gave the Bears a commanding 24-3 half-time lead. Baylor pounded the Ponies in the third with three back-to-back-to-back touchdowns to SMU's one, a 42-yard pass from former Texas QB Garrett Gilbert to Der'rikk Thompson, to slip further behind the Bears at 45-10. The Bears put up two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter, while SMU continued to struggle. Although the Ponies did attempt to close the gap, with two touchdowns of their own, the damage was already done. Baylor grabbed a 59-24 win at home. Up next for SMU will be Stephen F. Austin, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m.
WACO - The SMU Mustangs took to the road Sunday for their first game of the new season in Waco against the Baylor Bears at Floyd Casey Stadium. All eyes were on the QB spot for the Bears, as fans have been anxious to see how the vacancy left by RGIII will be filled. The Bears were pumped up and came out ready to play, dominating the first quarter with 14 unanswered points. Less than four minutes into the game, Baylor took a 7-0 lead with a six-yard pass from Nick Florence to Lanear Sampson. A five-yard pass from Florence to Jordan Najvar with 6:27 left in the first put the Ponies in a hole, but they had three more quarters to stage a rally. SMU scored first in the second quarter with a 22-yard field goal by Chase Hover, to trail 14-3. Unfortunately, those were all the points Baylor would spot the Ponies before half-time as the Bears went on to put up another ten before the break. A 50-yard pass from Florence to Tevan Reese, followed by a 44-yard field goal by Aaron Jones gave the Bears a commanding 24-3 half-time lead. Baylor pounded the Ponies in the third with three back-to-back-to-back touchdowns to SMU's one, a 42-yard pass from former Texas QB Garrett Gilbert to Der'rikk Thompson, to slip further behind the Bears at 45-10. The Bears put up two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter, while SMU continued to struggle. Although the Ponies did attempt to close the gap, with two touchdowns of their own, the damage was already done. Baylor grabbed a 59-24 win at home. Up next for SMU will be Stephen F. Austin, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m.
NCAA Football - Saturday, September 1, 2012 - Michigan vs. Alabama
Alabama routs Michigan in front of record crowd
photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN -
ARLINGTON - A record crowd of 90,413 were on hand Saturday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas to watch the battle between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the University of Michigan Wolverines. One look around the stands, and it was clear that is wasn't 50% red and 50% blue. Alabama fans were everywhere, and the stands looked more like 85-90% red and 10-15% blue. The defending National Champions dominated the entire first quarter, and first half for that matter. Bama cracked the scoreboard with 6:56 to go with a two-yard pass from AJ McCarron to Micheal Williams to take a 7-0 lead. Less than two minutes later, the Crimson Tide scored again on a 51-yard pass from McCarron to DeAndrew White. With 1:24 left to play in the opening quarter, Alabama rounded out their scoring with a nine-yard carry by Eddie Lacy to take a 21-0 lead going into the second. With a little under 10 minutes to play in the opening half, Bama added three more points after a field goal by Jeremy Shelley. C.J. Mosley helped add six more after his 16-yard interception return for a touchdown. The Wolverines finally managed to sneak into the end-zone with 2:20 left in the second with a six-yard carry by Denard Robinson to trail 31-7 at half-time. The second half of the game wasn't nearly as impressive as the first. Alabama opened the third quarter with a 22-yard Shelley field goal. Michigan answered back with seconds left on the clock with a 44-yard pass from D. Robinson to Devin Gardner to continue to trail 34-14. T.J Yeldon had the honors of scoring the final points of the game, a one-yard touchdown run with 5:32 to go in the fourth. As Wolverine fans looked on in despair, the Roll Tide did just that, they rolled right through, past, and over Michigan for a decisive 41-14 victory to start the 2012-13 season. The Crimson Tide will now get set to play Western Kentucky on Sept. 8, while Michigan licks its wounds and prepares for Air Force next weekend.
ARLINGTON - A record crowd of 90,413 were on hand Saturday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas to watch the battle between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the University of Michigan Wolverines. One look around the stands, and it was clear that is wasn't 50% red and 50% blue. Alabama fans were everywhere, and the stands looked more like 85-90% red and 10-15% blue. The defending National Champions dominated the entire first quarter, and first half for that matter. Bama cracked the scoreboard with 6:56 to go with a two-yard pass from AJ McCarron to Micheal Williams to take a 7-0 lead. Less than two minutes later, the Crimson Tide scored again on a 51-yard pass from McCarron to DeAndrew White. With 1:24 left to play in the opening quarter, Alabama rounded out their scoring with a nine-yard carry by Eddie Lacy to take a 21-0 lead going into the second. With a little under 10 minutes to play in the opening half, Bama added three more points after a field goal by Jeremy Shelley. C.J. Mosley helped add six more after his 16-yard interception return for a touchdown. The Wolverines finally managed to sneak into the end-zone with 2:20 left in the second with a six-yard carry by Denard Robinson to trail 31-7 at half-time. The second half of the game wasn't nearly as impressive as the first. Alabama opened the third quarter with a 22-yard Shelley field goal. Michigan answered back with seconds left on the clock with a 44-yard pass from D. Robinson to Devin Gardner to continue to trail 34-14. T.J Yeldon had the honors of scoring the final points of the game, a one-yard touchdown run with 5:32 to go in the fourth. As Wolverine fans looked on in despair, the Roll Tide did just that, they rolled right through, past, and over Michigan for a decisive 41-14 victory to start the 2012-13 season. The Crimson Tide will now get set to play Western Kentucky on Sept. 8, while Michigan licks its wounds and prepares for Air Force next weekend.
NCAA Football - Monday, August 6, 2012
New Coach ready to lead Aggies into the SEC
photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M Head Coach Kevin Sumlin, along with Sean Porter, Luke Joeckel, and Ryan Swope traveled to Birmingham, AL in mid-July for the SEC Media Days. When asked to comment on entering a new conference at a new university, and with two-quarterback situation to sort through, Coach Sumlin replied, "People forget, moving into Houston there was really a two-quarterback system that I inherited with Blake Joseph and Case Keenum, who split time before. We went through spring football. Basically went through the fall camp. I'm usually pretty comfortable about two weeks away from the first game being able to name the starter. Having been through this before as a head coach, and really as a coordinator, too, makes it a little bit easier, I'll put it that way. But as a coach, you always feel better when you have a starter that kind of leads your team through spring and goes through the summer and through fall camp. I will say this: You got to start somewhere. All those guys that become veteran quarterbacks, they had to figure out a place to get started. So we'll work through that. Fortunately we've got some guys that are competing for it. I feel real good about our athletic ability and our talent level at quarterback. So those guys will compete in two-a-days and we'll figure out who that is and name a starter a couple weeks, at the latest, before the Louisiana Tech game." When asked about his expectations for this year, he said, "My realistic expectations are to win. I said that from day one. Everybody talks to me and acts like I didn't know what I was getting into when I took the job. We had already entered into the SEC under the agreement when I took the job. I know, having been at Texas A&M 10 years ago, the potential of the university. Now, what we've got to do is we've got to continue to recruit at a high level. I think we have everything in place to do that from a game-day experience, from facilities that are being built down the road. But you owe it to your fans, you owe it to your seniors, you owe it to the players in your current program to go out there and put the best product on the field every week and give us an opportunity to be successful. I'm not a weatherman. I've been on really good teams. I've been on some bad teams. I'm not a guy that goes out and circles games on the schedule before the year happens, whether we've won every game or lost one game or lost them all. It changes. I'll say this, too. It will depend on how quickly, we talked about it, the buy-in from those three guys, but the other 85 guys to buy in to what we're doing. The quicker we get that, the quicker we'll have a chance to be successful in playing some of these games. There's no doubt, when you're facing a bunch of top-10 football teams, we have a ways to go based on where we were as a program last year and the things to clean up. We talk to our team all the time about two things. We don't need to worry about our SEC schedule, the teams we're playing, Florida, LSU, Alabama yet. We need to worry about us first. We've got enough things in our own program right now that we got to get fixed before we start worrying about playing those football games." A&M opens their season at Louisiana Tech on August 30 at 6:30 p.m. on ESPNU.
COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M Head Coach Kevin Sumlin, along with Sean Porter, Luke Joeckel, and Ryan Swope traveled to Birmingham, AL in mid-July for the SEC Media Days. When asked to comment on entering a new conference at a new university, and with two-quarterback situation to sort through, Coach Sumlin replied, "People forget, moving into Houston there was really a two-quarterback system that I inherited with Blake Joseph and Case Keenum, who split time before. We went through spring football. Basically went through the fall camp. I'm usually pretty comfortable about two weeks away from the first game being able to name the starter. Having been through this before as a head coach, and really as a coordinator, too, makes it a little bit easier, I'll put it that way. But as a coach, you always feel better when you have a starter that kind of leads your team through spring and goes through the summer and through fall camp. I will say this: You got to start somewhere. All those guys that become veteran quarterbacks, they had to figure out a place to get started. So we'll work through that. Fortunately we've got some guys that are competing for it. I feel real good about our athletic ability and our talent level at quarterback. So those guys will compete in two-a-days and we'll figure out who that is and name a starter a couple weeks, at the latest, before the Louisiana Tech game." When asked about his expectations for this year, he said, "My realistic expectations are to win. I said that from day one. Everybody talks to me and acts like I didn't know what I was getting into when I took the job. We had already entered into the SEC under the agreement when I took the job. I know, having been at Texas A&M 10 years ago, the potential of the university. Now, what we've got to do is we've got to continue to recruit at a high level. I think we have everything in place to do that from a game-day experience, from facilities that are being built down the road. But you owe it to your fans, you owe it to your seniors, you owe it to the players in your current program to go out there and put the best product on the field every week and give us an opportunity to be successful. I'm not a weatherman. I've been on really good teams. I've been on some bad teams. I'm not a guy that goes out and circles games on the schedule before the year happens, whether we've won every game or lost one game or lost them all. It changes. I'll say this, too. It will depend on how quickly, we talked about it, the buy-in from those three guys, but the other 85 guys to buy in to what we're doing. The quicker we get that, the quicker we'll have a chance to be successful in playing some of these games. There's no doubt, when you're facing a bunch of top-10 football teams, we have a ways to go based on where we were as a program last year and the things to clean up. We talk to our team all the time about two things. We don't need to worry about our SEC schedule, the teams we're playing, Florida, LSU, Alabama yet. We need to worry about us first. We've got enough things in our own program right now that we got to get fixed before we start worrying about playing those football games." A&M opens their season at Louisiana Tech on August 30 at 6:30 p.m. on ESPNU.
TCU gears up for inaugural Big XII season
photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
FORT WORTH - Head Coach Gary Patterson and the TCU football team met with Media Sunday afternoon on the TCU campus to discuss the upcoming inaugural season as members of the Big XII conference. When asked about how the transition between conferences will impact TCU's season, Patterson said, "I know the talent levels the Big 12 has. We are going to be younger this year, especially at linebacker. You find ways to win by that one point. That is what our motto is." He expanded on the youth of TCU, "We are going to be thin at cornerback, which is not exactly ideal for the Big 12. With a young team, we are going to learn real quickly who can grow up and who can't. The first thing we have to learn is to play hard. We have kids from Texas who can run and are talented. I'm glad we are going to have five weeks instead of four to think about those things." "You win championships with twos and threes. We have played Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech and Baylor. We understand how physical Kansas State is, and we understand KU (Kansas) has vasty improved. I don't want to take away anything from these kids and say we don't know how to win, because we do know how to win. Our senior class is 36-3. It is going to be about how we do in the first 3-to-5 years. Depth is the way you win championships," Patterson commented on having depth in the Big XII. With Amon G. Carter's multi-million dollar renovation in the final stages, Patterson had this to say about the new stadium, "The thing I probably feel the best about is when I got with the Mayor (Mike Moncrief) in 2008 and asked why TCU and Fort Worth were not on the same page. We both stepped up and got it together. We have a lot of people we have adopted as TCU fans. We will look back someday and thank the people who made this happen and allowed us to sell out our stadium. When people come into town, we need to treat them right. We need to win ballgames. Outside of that, though, we want them to come back because Fort Worth, the Metroplex and TCU wins. We are talking about the long-haul here." TCU opens their season at home on September 8 against Grambling State. Time TBA.
FORT WORTH - Head Coach Gary Patterson and the TCU football team met with Media Sunday afternoon on the TCU campus to discuss the upcoming inaugural season as members of the Big XII conference. When asked about how the transition between conferences will impact TCU's season, Patterson said, "I know the talent levels the Big 12 has. We are going to be younger this year, especially at linebacker. You find ways to win by that one point. That is what our motto is." He expanded on the youth of TCU, "We are going to be thin at cornerback, which is not exactly ideal for the Big 12. With a young team, we are going to learn real quickly who can grow up and who can't. The first thing we have to learn is to play hard. We have kids from Texas who can run and are talented. I'm glad we are going to have five weeks instead of four to think about those things." "You win championships with twos and threes. We have played Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech and Baylor. We understand how physical Kansas State is, and we understand KU (Kansas) has vasty improved. I don't want to take away anything from these kids and say we don't know how to win, because we do know how to win. Our senior class is 36-3. It is going to be about how we do in the first 3-to-5 years. Depth is the way you win championships," Patterson commented on having depth in the Big XII. With Amon G. Carter's multi-million dollar renovation in the final stages, Patterson had this to say about the new stadium, "The thing I probably feel the best about is when I got with the Mayor (Mike Moncrief) in 2008 and asked why TCU and Fort Worth were not on the same page. We both stepped up and got it together. We have a lot of people we have adopted as TCU fans. We will look back someday and thank the people who made this happen and allowed us to sell out our stadium. When people come into town, we need to treat them right. We need to win ballgames. Outside of that, though, we want them to come back because Fort Worth, the Metroplex and TCU wins. We are talking about the long-haul here." TCU opens their season at home on September 8 against Grambling State. Time TBA.
NCAA Football - Saturday, April 28, 2012 - Texas A&M Spring Game
Maroon & White Spring Game
Photo by: Patrick Green
JENNIFER MULHAUSEN
COLLEGE STATION - 15,000 Aggie fans filled the stands as the Texas A&M football team took to the grass at Kyle Field on Saturday as part of the Maroon & White Spring game. The offense wore white and the defense was in maroon. Ryan Swope, a Biletnikoff Award candidate, helped lead the offense with two crowd-pleasing touchdown runs of 63 and 50 yards, respectively. Swope had total catches for 156 yards and the two scores. Under the direction of first-year coach Kevin Sumlin, the offense racked up close to 600 yards in total. Senior Ben Malena led in rushing with 117 yards on 11 attempts and one touchdown. The defense stood up to the test as well sophomore Donnie Baggs tallying eight tackles and senior Steven Jenkins putting up nine stops on the day. Both sides played well and the White claimed a slim 48-44 win over the Maroon. The Aggies' 2012 football season will be their introductory year in the SEC. A&M opens the season on the road at Louisiana Tech on August 30, and the home opener is set for September 8 against Florida.
COLLEGE STATION - 15,000 Aggie fans filled the stands as the Texas A&M football team took to the grass at Kyle Field on Saturday as part of the Maroon & White Spring game. The offense wore white and the defense was in maroon. Ryan Swope, a Biletnikoff Award candidate, helped lead the offense with two crowd-pleasing touchdown runs of 63 and 50 yards, respectively. Swope had total catches for 156 yards and the two scores. Under the direction of first-year coach Kevin Sumlin, the offense racked up close to 600 yards in total. Senior Ben Malena led in rushing with 117 yards on 11 attempts and one touchdown. The defense stood up to the test as well sophomore Donnie Baggs tallying eight tackles and senior Steven Jenkins putting up nine stops on the day. Both sides played well and the White claimed a slim 48-44 win over the Maroon. The Aggies' 2012 football season will be their introductory year in the SEC. A&M opens the season on the road at Louisiana Tech on August 30, and the home opener is set for September 8 against Florida.
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