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[Cheese2121]

EMU DE Brad Ohrman sacks and strips the ball from QB Patrick Nicely / OLB Herb Waits scoops up the loose ball and returns it for the score.

Fantastic Freshman: Iannotti Leads Eagles to 34-9 Victory in MAC Opener

Eastern Michigan elects to burn redshirt on true freshman QB Mark Iannotti in week before game | Iannotti fantastic in college debut, throws for 200+ and 3 TD | Eastern Michigan heads to hostile Toledo for night game showdown

AP Ypsilanti – Eastern Michigan started off their conference schedule with a dominating win over the Akron Zips 34-9. The storyline of the week and the game was the decision by Eastern Michigan head coach Dan Clayton to burn the redshirt on true freshman QB Mark Iannotti and start him in the team's fifth game of the season. The Eagles passing game had suffered tremendously in recent weeks since junior starter QB Alex Gillett suffered a broken collarbone in week two and was lost for the season. Redshirt freshman QB Tyler Benz started the next two games and had a miserable showing, throwing for under 50% and having a 2:5 touchdown:interception ratio. Iannotti is considered to be the future for the Eastern Michigan program at the quarterback position.

Highly touted freshman signal caller Mark Iannotti did not disappoint in his debut throwing for 247 yards and three scores.

Eastern Michigan dominated their conference opponents for the majority of the game as Iannotti guided the offense on several early scoring driving. He quickly found a favorite target in junior WR Kinsman Thomas. The duo hooked up for 109 yards and a score on the afternoon. The Eagles running game, that has struggled in the past two weeks, found new life as senior HB Corey Welch ran for 84 yards.

Despite the stellar play of the offense, player of the game accolades still had to go to senior DE Brad Ohrman. The Niles, Michigan native had one of his best games of his career as he collected three sacks and a forced fumble. Ohrman leads the Eagles with six sacks on the season.

"Mark (Iannotti) played a fanastic game. There is no doubt in my mind that he is going to be a special player for us." -- Eagles Head Coach Dan Clayton

Eastern Michigan (3-2) will head on the road next week to meet conference foe Toledo (2-3) in a night time matchup. Lead by senior HB Adonis Thomas, the Rockets have a prolific offense loaded with senior talent. Junior WR Erik Page, the speedster from Perrysburg, Ohio, will be another player to keep an eye on. Toledo easily defeated the Eagles last year 42-7. Kickoff is scheduled for 7PM EST.

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Akron Zips at Eastern Michigan Eagles
Oct 1, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Akron Zips (1-4)	0	3	0	6	9
Eastern Michigan Eagles (3-2)	10	14	3	7	34

Team Stats Comparison
	AKR	EMU
Total Offense	311	344
Rushing Yards	85	97
Passing Yards	226	247
First Downs	19	18
Punt Return Yards	22	63
Kick Return Yards	144	48
Total Yards	477	455
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Converstion	7-16 (43%)	8-13 (61%)
4th Down Conversion	--	--
2-Point Conversion	0-1 (0%)	--
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1/0 (50%)	3/1 (80%)
Penalties	2-15 yds	2-20 yds
Posession Time	18:50	15:22

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		AKR	EMU
3:51	(EMU) S. Graham 23 yd FG	0	3
0:36	(EMU) H. Waits returned fumble 54 yds (S. Graham kick)	0	10
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		AKR	EMU
6:33	(EMU) K. Thomas 6 yd pass from M. Iannotti (S. Graham kick)	0	17
3:03	(AKR) A. Fox 38 yd FG	3	17
1:52	(EMU) K. Wheeler 14 yd pass from M. Iannotti (S. Graham kick)	3	24
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		AKR	EMU
4:31	(EMU) S. Graham 42 yd FG	3	27
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		AKR	EMU
4:32	(AKR) B. Alexander 7 yd run (2-pt failed)	9	27
2:36	(EMU) G. Hoskins 1 yd pass from M. Iannotti (S. Graham kick)	9	34

Akron Zips PASSING C/A YDS TD INT P. Nicely 23/34 226 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Staten 14 56 4.0 0 B. Alexander 6 14 2.3 1 A. Bailey 1 3 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. Greschel 7 83 11.8 0 A. Russell 5 47 9.4 0 N. Proctor 5 29 5.8 0 J. Root 2 30 15.0 0 J. Dillard 2 15 7.5 0 K. Sconiers 1 16 16.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK R. Ladrach 1 0 J. Anderson 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD S. Miller 5 0 0 0 N. Caponi 3 1 0 0 N. Rossi 2 1 0 0 M. Waller 2 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Fox 1/2 -- 3 38 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Z. Campbell 4 148 37.0 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Russell 5 121 24.2 0 J. Robinson 1 23 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Russell 3 22 7.3 0

Eastern Michigan Eagles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT M. Iannotti 18/31 247 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. Welch 13 84 6.4 0 D. Sherrer 9 36 4.0 0 D. Brooks 1 3 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD K. Thomas 7 109 15.5 1 G. Hoskins 6 79 13.1 1 N. Olds 2 36 18.0 0 K. Wheeler 1 14 14.0 1 D. Brooks 1 5 5.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK S. MacLeod 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Gillepsie 7 0 0 0 B. Ohrman 5 3 0 0 H. Waits 4 0 0 1 M. Caldwell 2 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG S. Graham 2/2 4/4 10 42 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Kartuz 3 122 40.6 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C. Welch 2 54 27.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C. Welch 4 63 15.7 0

2011 Eastern Michigan Schedule/Results

   
                                                                     
Opponent (record)      Result      Record
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vs Wyoming (0-1)       W 38-20       1-0
vs Navy (1-1)          W 42-20       2-0
at Michigan (3-0)      L 10-34       2-1
at Notre Dame (2-2)    L 10-26       2-2
vs Akron (1-4)         W 34-7        3-2
at Toledo
at Central Michigan
vs Western Michigan
vs Ball State
vs Buffalo
at Kent State
at Northern Illinois

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Next Game:

Saturday, October 8, 2011 @ 7:00pm

(3-2) at (2-3)

All Time Series Record (27-11 Toledo)
Last Meeting Toledo W 42-7 (2010)

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[LopaKa]

Bro I love your Around the NCAA layout, love the idea of the scrolling Top 25! So innovative. Love the decision to burn the redshirt of Iannotti, looks like it paid off!

[TheOtherPotterGuy]

Man your layout is pretty incredible. Great job against Akron!

[Cheese2121]

Quote: Originally Posted by LopaKa

Bro I love your Around the NCAA layout, love the idea of the scrolling Top 25! So innovative. Love the decision to burn the redshirt of Iannotti, looks like it paid off!

Thank you my friend! That means a lot coming from someone as talented with layouts as you. The scrolling feature was something I have toyed with with in the past to do score updates (which I have thought about adding into this dynasty as well. We will see on that.

Benz just wasn't there as a quarterback and I want us to be at least be semi-successful during conference play. Iannotti is the future of the team and actually I think more talented than the junior Gillett. Looking forward to what the future holds with him at the helm! Thank you for the continual support!

Quote: Originally Posted by TheOtherPotterGuy

Man your layout is pretty incredible. Great job against Akron!

Thank you! I played around with that HTML coding for a while before I found something I really liked. Definitely a big win for us to open up conference play and one we had to have. We are in for a much bigger challenge on the road against Toledo. Thank you for following and I hope you continue to check in!

[SEC Football]

That around the NCAA is as good as it gets man..

[kswgrad2012]

I keep feeling like your ATN is missing something. Doesn't the MAC have 13 teams in this game?

EDIT: Just figured it out. Your MAC Standings is missing Akron in the East.

[thesportsguru11]

Quote: Originally Posted by kswgrad2012

I keep feeling like your ATN is missing something. Doesn't the MAC have 13 teams in this game?

It should. Temple didn't move to the "Big East" until 2012. UMass wasn't in D-I yet.