football 2007

September 25, 2007: Week 3 Football Notes

Setting Up Franchises
Former Buffalo Bills running back Travis Henry, now a Denver Bronco, last week was ordered to provide $3,000 a month for a boy in DeKalb County, Georgia, whom he fathered out of wedlock three years ago, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Henry, 28, has fathered nine children by nine women in at least four Southern states and has been ordered by various judges to provide child support for seven of them, according to court records examined by the newspaper.

From the Buffalo News, August 28, 2007

Birth of a Name
From The Diesel:
Here is a link to an article on Yahoo. I didn't read the article but the headline provides me with the name for my BMTG NFL Team. My team will be called Mexican Dynamite Truck

Mexico dynamite truck explosion kills 34

Sampling of Majors
Here is this week's sampling of majors that are being pursued by current college football players:

Physical Education (Louisville)
Kinesiology (Arkansas)
Communication (Tulsa)
Biology (Tulsa)
Exercise Sports Science (Tulsa)

Oklahoma at Tulsa
At halftime, as Joe Schad interviews Bob Stoops as he is going off the field, he experiences trouble with the microphone. Afterwards a voice is heard, as the Tulsa players are shown running off the field, saying, "Ah, is there a mic issue there? Shit, I apologize."

At the start of the 3rd quarter, Sean McDonaugh said, "Well, we wanna apologize. At the end of the half, as Coach Stoops was going to the locker room, there was a word that should not made it onto the airwaves, but did. Caught on the microphone that was open, inadvertently. And we apologize that you had to hear some language that certainly is not appropriate for our air, and not up to ESPN's high standards. We regret it."

Miscellaneous
Louisville had an 8 yard punt. While covering the kick, the punter ran past his own 8 yard punt. After averaging about 21 yards for his 3 punts, he was benched.

Louisville had 555 yards passing and lost.
Texas Tech had 649 yards passing and lost.

Prediction Tracker
On NFL Draft Day and on the first Saturday of the college football season, the BMTG Big Four made the following predictions. These predictions will be tracked throughout the season.

1. Who will be the National Champions and who will they beat?

White Russian – Louisville over LSU
Brother Nature – Texas over Oklahoma
Diesel – Wisconsin over Georgia
Sandman – USC over West Virginia

How the predicted champions have done so far:

Louisville (2-2)
Week 1 – Win over Murray State 73 to 10
Week 2 – Win over Middle Tennessee 58 to 42
Week 3 – Loss to Kentucky 40 to 34
Week 4 – Loss to Syracuse 38 to 35
Next Game – at NC State (1-3)
Not ranked after 4 weeks

Texas (4-0)
Week 1 – Win over Arkansas State 21 to 13
Week 2 – Win over TCU 34 to 13
Week 3 – Win over UCF 35 to 32
Week 4 – Win over Rice 58 to 14
Next Game – vs. Kansas St. (2-1)
Ranked number 7 in the nation after 4 weeks

Wisconsin (4-0)
Week 1 – Win over Washington State 42 to 21
Week 2 – Win over UNLV 20 to 13
Week 3 – Win over Citadel 45 to 31
Week 4 – Win over Iowa 17 to 13
Next Game – vs. Michigan State (4-0)
Ranked number 9 in the nation after 4 weeks

USC (3-0)
Week 1 – Win over Idaho 38 to 10
Week 2 – bye week
Week 3 – Win over Nebraska 49 to 31
Week 4 – Win over Washington State 47 to 14
Next Game – at Washington (2-2)
Ranked number 1 in the nation after 4 weeks

2. Who will win the Heisman?

White Russian – DeSean Jackson, California
Brother Nature – John David Booty, USC
Diesel – Brian Brohm, Louisville
Sandman – Darren McFadden, Arkansas

How the predicted Heismans have done so far:

DeSean Jackson:
Week 1 – 4 rec for 45 yds, 1 run for 21 yds, 1 punt return for 77 yds and TD (vs Tennessee)
Week 2 – 5 rec for 39 yds, 2 runs for 78 yds and 1 TD, 2 punt returns for 24 yds (at Colorado St)
Week 3 – 5 rec for 28 yds, 1 run for 6 yds, 3 punt returns for -2 yds (vs. Louisiana Tech)
Week 4– 3 rec for 39 yds, 1 punt return for -1 yd (vs. Arizona)
Total – 17 rec for 151 yds, 4 runs for 105 yds and 1 TD, 7 punt returns for 98 yds and 1 TD

John David Booty:
Week 1 – 21 for 32, 206 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT, 1 run for 2 yds (vs Idaho)
Week 2 – bye week
Week 3 – 19 for 30, 144 yds, 2 TD, 1 run for -4 yds (at Nebraska)
Week 4 – 29 for 36, 289 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT, 1 run for -4 yds (vs. Washington State)
Total – 68 for 97, 629 yds, 9 TD, 2 INT, 3 runs for -6 yds

Brian Brohm:
Week 1 – 16 for 21, 375 yds, 4 TD, 1 run for 1 yd and TD (vs Murray St)
Week 2 – 25 for 39, 401 yds, 5 TD, 6 runs for 25 yds (vs Middle Tennessee)
Week 3 – 28 for 43, 366 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT, 6 runs for -7 yds (at Kentucky)
Week 4 – 45 for 65, 555 yds, 4 TD, 2 INT, 2 runs for -6 yds (at Kentucky)
Total – 114 for 168, 1697 yds, 15 TD, 3 INT, 15 runs for 13 yds and 1 TD

Darren McFadden:
Week 1 – 24 runs for 151 yds and 1 TD, 2 rec for 30 yds (vs Troy)
Week 2 – bye week
Week 3 – 33 runs for 195 yds, 2 TD, 3 rec for 16 yds (at Alabama)
Week 4 – 29 runs for 173 yds, 1 TD, 2 rec for 10 yds, 1 kickoff return for 25 yds (vs Kentucky)
Total – 86 runs for 519 yds and 4 TD, 7 rec for 56 yds, 1 for 2 passing for 42 yds and 1 TD, 1 KO ret for 25 yds

3. What are your draft day predictions?

White Russian	Marshawn Lynch will have a better season than Adrian Peterson. Brady Quinn gets caught with a prostitute.
Brother Nature	Leon Hall shocks everyone and kicks ass.
Diesel	Ginn plays 3 games. Quinn outperforms JaMarcus Russell.*
Sandman	Adrian Peterson is Rookie of the Year.
* Diesel maintains that he said Quinn outperforms Russell, but there are conflicting accounts of the official prediction, as it is possible that he said the "Detroit rookie QB" (Drew Stanton) would outperform Russell. Let this be a reminder to mean what you say and say what you mean.

How the players have done so far:

Marshawn Lynch, RB, Buffalo:
Week 1: 19 runs for 90 yds and 1 TD, 2 rec for 9 yds (vs. Denver)
Week 2: 18 runs for 64 yds, 1 rec for 21 yds (at Pittsburgh)
Week 3: 20 runs for 74 yds and 1 TD, 2 rec for 6 yds (at New England)

Adrian Peterson, RB, Minnesota:
Week 1: 19 runs for 103 yds, 1 rec for 60 yds and 1 TD (vs. Atlanta)
Week 2: 20 runs for 66 yds, 4 rec for 52 yds (at Detroit)
Week 3: 25 runs for 102 yds and 1 TD, 3 rec for 48 yds (at Kansas City)

Brady Quinn, QB, Cleveland:
Week 1: Did not play
Week 2: Did not play
Week 2: Did not play

Leon Hall, CB, Cincinnati:
Week 1: 4 tackles (vs. Baltimore)
Week 2: 4 tackles, 1 forced fumble (at Cleveland)
Week 3: 2 tackles, 1 interception returned 2 yds (at Seattle)

Ted Ginn, Jr., WR, Miami:
Week 1: 3 kick ret for 70 yds, 4 punt ret for 20 yds, 1 run for 7 yds (at Washington)
Week 2: 6 kick ret for 121 yds, 3 punt ret for 37 yds, 1 run for -3 yds (vs. Dallas)
Week 3: 1 rec for 15 yds, 3 kick ret for 80 yds, 2 punt ret for 6 yds (at N.Y. Jets)

Detroit rookie QB (Drew Stanton):
Week 1: Did not play
Week 2: Did not play
Week 3: Did not play

JaMarcus Russell:
Week 1: Did not play
Week 2: Did not play
Week 3: Did not play

4. Name the NFL final four (prediction made on draft day). Includes their current record.

White Russian	AFC - New England (3-0) & San Diego (1-2) NFC - Philadelphia (1-2) & San Francisco (2-1)
Brother Nature	AFC - San Diego (1-2) & Indianapolis (3-0) NFC - St. Louis (0-3) & New Orleans (0-3)
Diesel	AFC - Cincinnati (1-2) & Indianapolis (3-0) NFC - Chicago (1-2) & St. Louis (0-3)
Sandman	AFC - New England (3-0) & Baltimore (2-1) NFC - New Orleans (0-3) & Dallas (3-0)

football 2007