Game Report Posted: July 24, 2011 09:12
IT WAS A DONE DEAL WHEN
With 5 seconds remaining in the 2nd quarter, EMU had driven the ball into the redzone. Faced with a 4th and 1, down 17-7, they opted to attempt to convert the 4th down and try for a TD instead of a FG. The handoff gained zero yards. After the turnover on downs, UTEP scored a 94 yard TD on the very next play. The score was 24-7 at the half, and EMU was never able to overcome the swing in momentum.
GAME BALLS
Junior wideout Kinsman Thomas found himself wide open on a 77-yard long bomb, giving EMU the early 7-3 lead (which obviously didn't last). He piled up 128 yards on 5 receptions. ... Senior DT Brandon Slater's quarterback sack was one of the few bright spots of the day for the Eagles' defense.
KEY STATS
UTEP's run defense won the day. We went into the game planning on grinding down the opposition. Backup hallfback Corey Welch had a strong enough outing as the change-of-pace. But the #1 HB totaled only 28 yards on 14 carries, most of those coming in the 2nd quarter, which was utimately the quarter that decided the direction and outcome of the game.
NOTES
New head coach, Charlie Batch, got his career off to a poor start with this loss.
Game Report Posted: July 24, 2011 20:41
IT WAS A DONE DEAL WHEN
In such a thorough blowout, it was arguably a done deal as soon as the first whistle blew. But, if you had to really do a postmortem on this one, I'd say it was a done deal with Idaho's 4th touchdown. They raced out of the gates to a 21-0 lead. It immediately sent us into a passing-only offensive mode, which is the opposite of where we wanted to be. It was ugly early. But even when we finally got up off the mat and marched to our own scoring drive to cut it to 21-7, they responded a couple plays later with another touchdown. It sent the message that we wouldn't be allowed back into this contest.
GAME BALLS
Defensive end Brad Ohrman and defensive tackle Jabar Westerman were pretty much the only members of the team that showed up to play.
KEY STATS
Idaho's defense swarmed us, piling up 8 sacks. And, because we abandoned the run in the 1st quarter (combined with lost yardage from the sacks), we ended the day with -88 yards rushing. Against Idaho. Pitiful.
NOTES
Such an ugly day, nothing really worth noting.
| 2011 Schedule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WK | Opponent | Rank | COV | Result |
| 1 | ||||
| 2 | UTEP | NR | L 31-14 | |
| 3 | Idaho | NR | L 38-10 | |
| 4 | @ Michigan | NR | ||
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | NR | ||
| 6 | @ Akron | NR | ||
| 7 | @ Southern Miss | NR | ||
| 8 | @ Central Michigan | NR | ||
| 9 | @ Western Michigan | NR | ||
| 10 | Bowling Green | NR | ||
| 11 | Middle Tennessee State | NR | ||
| 12 | Miami (OH) | NR | ||
| 13 | ||||
| 14 | @ Northern Illinois | NR | ||
| 15 | ||||
| 16 | ||||
| 17 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nameplayer_name | COMPcomp | ATTatt | YARDSyds | TDtd | INTints | ||||||||
| Gillett Alex | 39 | 87 | 522 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Rushing | |||||||||||||
| Nameplayer_name | ATTatt | YDSyds | TDtd | LONGlong_run | FUMBfumb | ||||||||
| Welch Corey | 19 | 125 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||
| Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Nameplayer_name | RECrec | YDSyds | TDtd | LONGlong_rec | DROPSdrops | ||||||||
| Thomas Kinsman | 8 | 152 | 1 | 77 | 1 | ||||||||
| Defensive | |||||||||||||
| Nameplayer_name | TKLStackles | SCKSsacks | INTints | FFff | Def TDdef_td | ||||||||
| Cardwell Marty | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Preseason Coaches Poll | |
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| RNK | Team |
| No Preseason Coaches Poll has been set. | |
| Preseason Media Poll | |
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| RNK | Team |
| No Preseason Media Poll has been set. | |
| Final Coaches Poll | |
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| RNK | Team |
| No Final Coaches Poll has been set. | |
| Final Media Poll | |
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| RNK | Team |
| No Final Media Poll has been set. | |
| Final BCS Poll | |
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| RNK | Team |
| No Final BCS Poll has been set. | |
| C-USA Conference Standings | |||||
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| RNK | School | Record | Conf Record | PF | PA |