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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Army 2012, Week 2 Around the League Update

Posted on July 31, 2011 at 08:38 PM.

Week 2 Around the League Update:

Here is a look into the 2012 Heisman Trophy race. Little change has been made, but 4 HBs are in the top 5 for the first time in a while.

Heisman Watch - Updated: Sep 8, 2012
NAME	POS	SCHOOL	SEASON STATS
Jared Hassin	FB	Army	13 Car, 28 YDS, 0 TD
Denard Robinson	QB	Michigan	30-58, 456 YDS, 8 TD
Silas Redd	HB	Penn State	13 Car, 91 YDS, 2 TD
Roy Finch	HB	Oklahoma	11 Car, 69 YDS, 3 TD
Michael Dyer	HB	Auburn	16 Car, 121 YDS, 4 TD

Defending National Champions Alabama finally stumbled and lost to Michigan 31-38 and fell from #1 to #9 this week. Here is the updated Coaches Poll.

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Sep 8, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	2	Boise State	2	0	1502
2	3	Wisconsin	1	0	1444
3	4	Oklahoma	1	0	1341
4	5	Auburn	1	0	1264
5	6	LSU	1	0	1189
6	7	Texas A&M	1	0	1138
7	8	Penn State	1	0	1046
8	9	TCU	1	0	978
9	1	Alabama	0	1	949
10	10	Florida State	1	0	912
11	11	Nebraska	1	0	868
12	12	Arkansas	1	0	787
13	13	Virginia Tech	1	0	728
14	14	Utah	1	0	688
15	17	Michigan	2	0	643
16	15	Arizona	1	0	616
17	16	Michigan State	1	1	528
18	18	Ohio State	1	0	465
19	19	South Carolina	1	0	419
20	20	Notre Dame	2	0	389
21	21	USC	1	0	334
22	22	Florida	1	0	295
23	23	Illinois	1	0	233
24	24	Nevada	1	0	233
25	25	Stanford	1	0	191

Army Update:

Army was hit up for 2 losses against Notre Dame last week when it was learned after the game that senior HB/FB Jared Hassin had sustained a sprained elbow that would leave him on the injured list for at least 4 weeks. That is a major blow to the 3rd rated rushing team in the country last year. Hassin led the country with 2027 yards rushing and 22 rushing touchdowns. Senior HB Malcolm Brown will be taking over rushing duties until Hassin's return. Last week Brown rushed for 80 yards on 19 attempts while Hassin could only muster 28 yards on 13 attempts before sustaining the injury.

Army 2012, Week 1

Posted on July 31, 2011 at 05:51 PM.

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It's a new season at Westpoint and there is plenty to talk about. First and foremost, after a disappointing effort to keep track of season 1 of this Dynasty, I will be doing a much better job this season attempting to update every 3-4 weeks. The BIG news around College Football has to be conference re-alignment...round 2. Army, Navy, and Notre Dame have finally stepped up and joined a conference leaving BYU as the only Independent team in Division 1 Football. The new conferences are as follows:

ACC
Boston College
Duke
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Florida State
Miami
Maryland
North Carolina
NC State
Virginia
Wake Forest
Virginia Tech

Big 12
Baylor
Boise State
Houston
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A & M
Texas Tech

Big East
Army
Cincinatti
Connecticut
Louisville
Navy
Notre Dame
Pitt
Rutgers
Syracuse
TCU
USF
West Virginia

Big Ten
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa

Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Wisconsin

C-USA
ECU
Marshall
Memphis
Rice
SMU
Southern Miss
Tulane
Tulsa
UAB
UCS
UTEP

Independent
BYU

MAC
Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
Miami Univeristy
Northern Illinois
Ohio
Toledo
Western Michigan

MWC
Air Force
Colorado State
New Mexico
Nevada
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV
Wyoming

Pac 12
Arizona
Arizona State
Cal
Colorado
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Utah
Washington
Washington State

SEC
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

Sun Belt
Arkansas State
FIU
Florida Atlantic
Mid Tenn State
Troy
UL Lafayette
UL Monroe
Western Kentucky

WAC
Fresno State
Idaho
Louisiana Tech
Hawai'i
New Mexico State
North Texas
Utah State

When asked why Army decided to make the move to the Big East, coach Ellerson replied "It was high time this team made the move to conference play. After last season, winning 10 games and getting the bid to play in the Military Bowl of all games, we decided as a program that the only way we can continue to rebuild this team is by winning conference championships and playing in big time bowl games." Coach Ian Shields, Army offensive coordinator, is said to be one of the biggest supporters of the move to an automatic qualifying conference. Shields is going into his fourth year as OC at Army and is in the final year of his contract. After producing one of the most dominant running teams of the season in 2011, his top RB Jared Hassin (SR) is also in the preseason top 5 for the Heisman trophy. Not only is Shields quickly rising as a star at West Point, but his hybrid Pro-Style/Option playbook is gaining significant attention around the country. Expect Shields to be a desirable pick up in the off-season for many teams in college football.

Joining the Big East has solidified a solid schedule for the upcoming season including key games against #20 Notre Dame, Navy, Rutgers, and #9 TCU. Here is Army's 2012 schedule.

Army 2012 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Sep 1	vs #20 Notre Dame
Sep 8	at Eastern Michigan
Sep 15	at Boston College
Sep 22	vs Cincinnati
Sep 29	vs Temple
Oct 6	at USF
Oct 13	vs Navy
Oct 20	at Connecticut
Oct 27	vs Pittsburgh
Nov 2	vs Air Force
Nov 10	at Rutgers
Nov 24	vs #9 TCU

With the 2016 class joining the team this fall, and the 2012 class a past memory, multiple positions will be manned by some new faces this year. Here is Army's 2012 updated Depth Chart.

Depth Chart -
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Justin Allen SR	Jared McFarlin JR	Anthony Stephans RS SO
TE	David Collins SR	Anthony Stephens RS SO	Taylor Sutherland FR
LT	Zachary Carrascoburge JR	Matthew Strack JR	Michael Kime SR
LG	Frank Allen SR	Michael Kime SR	Nick Bennett RS FR
C	Will Wilson SR	Tom Houser SR	Michael Kime SR
RG	Shelby Jackson JR	Will Allen FR	Tom Houser SR
RT	Colin Smith FR	David Evans RS FR	Matthew Strack JR
WR	Robert Wright JR	Patrick Laird RS SO	David Collins SR
QB	Trent Steelman SR	Gino Debaartolo RS FR	Deandre Bell RS FR
FB	Dan McGue RS JR	Jared Hassin SR	Jay Tully RS SO
HB	Jared Hassin SR	Malcolm Brown SR	Brian Cobbs SR	Raymond Maples JR
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Ryan Alexander SO	Victor Ripley JR	Charles Topib JR
LDT	Jarrett Mackey SR	Tala Atimalala RS FR
RDT	AJ Mackey SR	Charles Topib JR	Victor Ripley JR
RDE	Quentin Kantaris SO	Charles Topib JR	Shola Mustapha RS JR
WLB	Corey Watts JR	Ryan McCollum JR	Ross McDonald RS FR
MLB	Nate Combs JR	Ross McDonald RS FR	Jordan Sanders FR	Ryan McCollum
SLB	Alred Fields JR	Paul Jackson FR	Ryan McDonald RS FR
CB	Josh Jackson SR	David Jones FR	Tyki Nelworth JR
SS	Robert Speidel SR	Chris Darby FR	Luk Schumacher RS SO
FS	James Woodward SR	Luk Schumacher RS SO
CB	Justin Trimble JR	Ty Shrader SR
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Larue Davis FR
P	Eric Osteen SR
PR	Malcolm Brown SR	Josh Jackson SR	Justin Allen SR
KR	Malcolm Brown SR	Josh Jackson SR	Justin Allen SR
LS	Frank Allen SR

Friday, July 29, 2011

Army 2011, Week 11

Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:05 PM.

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It is now Week 11 and Army is rolling through their schedule. After a minor slip up against Vanderbilt, allowing them to score 24 unanswered points and win on a FG with 35 seconds to go, they went into their game against FCS East and gave the fans a show they would never forget. Hassin and Brown combine for 435 yards rushing and shout out the Rhinos 84-0. Here is an updated look at Army's 2011 schedule.

Army 2011 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Sep 3	at Northern Illinois	Won, 34-20
Sep 10	vs San Diego State	Won, 42-27
Sep 17	vs Northwestern	Lost, 38-24
Sep 24	at Ball State	Won, 42-10
Oct 1	vs Tulane	Won, 44-10
Oct 8	at Miami	Won, 34-14
Oct 22	at Vanderbilt	Lost, 38-35
Oct 29	vs FCS East	Won, 84-0
Nov 5	at Air Force	Won, 21-15
Nov 12	vs Rutgers
Nov 19	at Temple
Dec 3	vs Navy

Here is an updated look at Army's player stats this season.

Army 2011 Stats Stats -
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
Trent Steelman	104/97	1802	17.3	200.2	69	13	9	142.3
Jimmy Reitter	3/7	99	33.0	99.0	64	1	0	208.8
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
Jared Hassin	188	1240	6.5	74	10	13	137.7	2
Malcom Brown	102	703	6.8	78	7	12	78.1	0
Trent Steelman	85	317	3.7	68	4	5	35.2	6
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	DROPS	YDS/G	YAC
Robert Wright	31	598	19.2	2	54	6	66.4	130
David Collins	24	432	18.0	4	47	3	54.0	143
Austin Barr	23	427	18.5	4	69	3	47.4	117
Justin Allen	9	137	15.2	1	22	4	19.5	24
Malcolm Brown	7	148	21.1	2	57	1	16.4	111
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
Nate Combs	31	33	64	1.0	3	3	0	0
Jarrett Mackey	24	11	35	8.0	18	0	0	0
Steven Erzinger	23	32	55	0.0	2	1	2	0
Ryan Alexander	23	11	34	3.0	11	2	0	0
Quentin Kantaris	15	7	22	5.0	10	2	1	0
Chad Littlejohn	13	10	23	0.0	1	0	0	0
Justin Trimble	11	20	31	0.0	0	3	2	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
Josh Jackson	14	264	18.8	25	0	23	7.1	0
Malcolm Brown	5	107	21.4	24	0
Davyd Brooks	5	103	20.6	28	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
Alex Carlton	6	12	50	46	48	49	97	66
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
Eric Osteen	31	1337	51	43.1	39.9	1	3	8

And Head Coach Rich Ellerson made the move to move backup HB Malcolm Brown to start kick and punt returner and moved Josh Jackson to backup. "Jackson just isn't producing the way would expected him to at the returner position. Brown has been improving his game every week after losing his starting job to Hassin a few weeks into the season. He has shown me he is ready to do anything for this program and I am rewarding him with this opportunity."

Army Depth Chart - 2011
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Austin Barr SR	Justin Allen JR	Ryan Mumma JR
TE	David Collins JR
LT	Brad Kelly SR	Zachary Carrascoburge SO
LG	Frank Allen JR	Michael Kime JR
C	Will Wilson JR	Tom Houser
RG	Joe Bailey SR	Shelby Jackson SO
RT	Mike McDermott SR	Matthew Strack SO
WR	Davyd Brooks SR	Rober Wright SO	Jared McFarlin SO
QB	Trent Steelman JR	Max Jenkins SR	Jimmy Reitter SR
FB	Cedarius Williams SR	Jared Hassin JR
HB	Jared Hassin JR	Malcolm Brown JR	Brian Cobbs JR	Raymond Maples SO
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Ryan Alexander FR	Victor Ripley SO	Keegan Merrigan SO
LDT	Jarrett Mackey JR	AJ Mackey JR
RDT	Christoher Swain SR
RDE	Quentin Kantaris FR	Charles Topib SO	Shola Mustapha JR
WLB	Chad Littlejohn SR	Corey Watts SO	Ryan McCollum SO
MLB	Nate Combs SO	Andrew Rodriguez SR	Justin Schaaf SR
SLB	Steven Erzinger SR	Alfred Fields SO	Bill Prosko SR
CB	Josh Jackson JR	Justin Trimble SO	Tyki Nelwoth SO
SS	Danny Hinkson SR	Robert Speidel JR
FS	James Woodward JR	Tyler Dickson SO
CB	Antuan Aaron SR	Ty Shrader JR
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Alex Carlton SR
P	Eric Olsteen JR
PR	Josh Jackson JR	Davyd Broks SR	Malcolm Brown JR
KR	Josh Jackson JR	Davyd Broks SR	Malcolm Brown JR
LS	Will Wilson JR

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

NCAA 12 Dynasty: 2011 Army

Posted on July 27, 2011 at 08:11 PM.

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I am making this 7 weeks into my Dynasty so its a little delayed, but I figured this was a good place to keep track of my dynasty. I am 7 weeks into the season with Army. A 1 star team on the independent track with Navy, Notre Dame, and now BYU. At this point we are 6-1, a remarkable season considering the level of talent available on both sides of the ball.

2011 Army Schedule:

Army 2011 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Sep 3	at Northern Illinois	Won, 34-20
Sep 10	vs San Diego State	Won, 42-27
Sep 17	vs Northwestern	Lost, 38-24
Sep 24	at Ball State	Won, 42-10
Oct 1	vs Tulane	Won, 44-10
Oct 8	at Miami	Won, 34-14
Oct 22	at Vanderbilt	Lost, 38-35
Oct 29	vs FCS East
Nov 5	at Air Force
Nov 12	vs Rutgers
Nov 19	at Temple
Dec 3	vs Navy

2011 Army Depth Chart:

Army Depth Chart - 2011
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Austin Barr SR	Justin Allen JR	Ryan Mumma JR
TE	David Collins JR
LT	Brad Kelly SR	Zachary Carrascoburge SO
LG	Frank Allen JR	Michael Kime JR
C	Will Wilson JR	Tom Houser
RG	Joe Bailey SR	Shelby Jackson SO
RT	Mike McDermott SR	Matthew Strack SO
WR	Davyd Brooks SR	Rober Wright SO	Jared McFarlin SO
QB	Trent Steelman JR	Max Jenkins SR	Jimmy Reitter SR
FB	Cedarius Williams SR	Jared Hassin JR
HB	Jared Hassin JR	Malcolm Brown JR	Brian Cobbs JR	Raymond Maples SO
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Ryan Alexander FR	Victor Ripley SO	Keegan Merrigan SO
LDT	Jarrett Mackey JR	AJ Mackey JR
RDT	Christoher Swain SR
RDE	Quentin Kantaris FR	Charles Topib SO	Shola Mustapha JR
WLB	Chad Littlejohn SR	Corey Watts SO	Ryan McCollum SO
MLB	Nate Combs SO	Andrew Rodriguez SR	Justin Schaaf SR
SLB	Steven Erzinger SR	Alfred Fields SO	Bill Prosko SR
CB	Josh Jackson JR	Justin Trimble SO	Tyki Nelwoth SO
SS	Danny Hinkson SR	Robert Speidel JR
FS	James Woodward JR	Tyler Dickson SO
CB	Antuan Aaron SR	Ty Shrader JR
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Alex Carlton SR
P	Eric Olsteen JR
PR	Josh Jackson JR	Davyd Broks SR	Malcolm Brown JR
KR	Josh Jackson JR	Davyd Broks SR	Malcolm Brown JR
LS	Will Wilson JR

The lost to Northwestern was very two sided. They went into the 2nd quarter up 21-0, but I was able to bring it back to 28-17 at the half. Unfortunately I was unable to produce in the 4th quarter and lost by two touchdowns. After that game I switched from Army's option offense to a Army-CU hybrid Option/Pro offense. It has worked out pretty well so far. I moved Jared Hassin (Junior, FB) to starting HB and moved Malcolm Brown (Junior, HB) to backup. Hassin was producing huge numbers at the FB position under the option offense and Brown was struggling under the new hybrid offense.

2011 Army Season Stats:

Army Stats - 2011
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
Trent Steelman	74/135	1201	16.2	200.1	69	11	5	149.0
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
Jared Hassin	111	616	5.5	49	5	7	102.6	2
Malcom Brown	74	415	5.6	58	4	6	69.1	0
Trent Steelman	64	204	3.1	58	2	2	34.0	4
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	DROPS	YDS/G	YAC
Robert Wright	19	309	16.2	2	27	4	51.5	79
Austin Barr	16	277	17.3	3	69	3	46.1	96
David Collins	14	234	16.7	3	47	2	46.8	82
Malcom Brown	7	148	21.1	2	57	1	24.6	111
Davyd Brooks	7	91	13.0	0	16	0	30.3	6
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
Nate Combs	19	22	41	1.0	2	1	0	0
Steven Erzinger	14	21	35	0.0	1	1	1	0
Jarrett Mackey	14	8	22	6.0	11	0	0	0
Chad Littlejohn	11	5	16	0.0	1	0	0	0
Ryan Alexander	10	9	19	2.0	2	1	0	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
Josh Jackson	8	158	19.7	25	0	12	7.2	0
Davyd Brooks	5	103	20.6	28	0	0	0	0
Malcolm Brown	3	67	22.3	23	0	0	0	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
Alex Carlton	6	8	75	49	28	29	96	46
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
Eric Osteen	19	808	51	42.5	39.9	1	3	6

The Top 25 Coaches Poll:

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 22, 2011
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (38)	7	0	1502
2	2	Nebraska (22)	6	0	1488
3	3	Florida State (1)	6	0	1314
4	4	Boise State	6	0	1174
5	6	TCU	6	0	1119
6	11	Arizona	6	0	1098
7	5	Oklahoma	5	1	1090
8	8	LSU	6	1	988
9	9	Wisconsin	5	1	911
10	10	Texas A&M	5	1	870
11	12	Arkansas	5	1	789
12	13	Michigan State	5	1	749
13	15	Auburn	5	2	696
14	18	UCF	6	0	602
15	19	Texas	5	1	560
16	7	Ohio State	5	2	504
17	23	USF	6	0	496
18	20	Virginia Tech	6	1	488
19	14	Florida	5	2	458
20	21	Stanford	4	2	436
21	22	NC State	5	1	399
22	24	South Carolina	5	2	327
23	16	Iowa	5	1	300
24	25	Nevada	5	1	287
25	--	Gerogia Tech	6	1	263