2009 Conference USA ... Week
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Thursday, Nov. 5 |
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7:30 |
Va Tech -11.5 at ECU |
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EC |
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Saturday, Nov. 7 |
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12:00 |
UCF at Texas -36 |
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2:00 |
FAU at UAB -4.5 |
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3:00 |
Rice at SMU -18 |
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3:30 |
UTEP -7.5 at Tulane |
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7:00 |
Memphis at Tenn. -26 |
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7:30 |
Houston -2 at Tulsa |
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Straight Up |
53-15 |
40-18 |
51-17 |
51-17 |
36-32 |
54-14 |
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ATS |
28-29-3 |
29-28-3 |
30-27-3 |
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31-26-3 |
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| ECU |
4 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
| UCF |
3 |
2 |
5 |
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| Marshall
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3 |
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5 |
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3 |
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UAB |
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| Memphis
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| SMU |
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UTEP |
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| Tulsa |
2 |
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4 |
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| Tulane |
0 |
4 |
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| Rice |
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Players of the Week
10/31 Case Keenum, QB UH
10/24
D Buckram, RB UTEP
10/17 Dwayne Harris,WR EC
10/10 Case Keenum, QB UH
10/3 Donald Buckram, RB UTEP & Case Keenum, QB UH
9/26 Case Keenum, QB UH
9/19 Albert McClellan, DE MU
9/13 Case Keenum, QB UH
9/5 Joe Webb, QB UAB
Games of the Week
10/31 UH 50, USM 43
10/24
UTEP 28, Tulsa 24
10/17 Navy 38, SMU 35 OT
10/10 UH 31, Miss St 24
10/3 UTEP 58, UH 41
9/26 UH 29, TTech 28
9/19 USM 37, Virginia 34
9/13 UH 45, Ok St 35
9/5 ECU 29, App. St 24
Scoreboard
Tuesday, October 27
East Carolina 38
at Memphis 19
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East Carolina runs past Memphis
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Memphis gets down early in loss to ECU
CFN Prediction: East Carolina 24-20
Line: East Carolina -4
Saturday, October 31
at Houston 50
Southern Miss
43
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Houston & Keenum beat USM in wild shootout
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Southern Miss comes up short in loss to UH
CFN Prediction: Houston 34-24
Line: Houston -6.5
SMU 27 .. at Tulsa 13
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SMU & Padron outgun the Golden Hurricane
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Tulsa lifeless in loss to the Mustangs
CFN Prediction: Tulsa 34-16
Line: Tulsa -17
at LSU 42
Tulane 0
Tulane QB Griffin not bad in blowout loss
CFN Prediction: LSU 41-10
Line: LSU -26
UAB 38
at UTEP 33
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UAB & Webb roll past the Miners
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UTEP can't keep up in stunning loss to UAB
CFN Prediction: UTEP 31-21
Line: UTEP -6.5
Sunday, November 1
at UCF 21
Marshall 20
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UCF passing game gets by Marshall
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Marshall blows late lead in loss to UCF
CFN Prediction: UCF 23-17
Line: UCF -4 |
GAME OF THE WEEK
at Houston 50 … Southern Miss 43
In a thrilling game with Houston cranking out 750 yards of total offense and Southern Miss ripping off 608, Case Keenum threw for 559 yards and five touchdowns including a 28-yard strike to Patrick Edwards with 21 seconds to play, just 36 seconds after USM took the lead on Gerald Baptise’s third touchdown catch of the game. The Golden Eagles still had one final shot, but the Hail Mary attempt was knocked down. The two teams combined for 38 points in the fourth quarter and 919 passing yards. James Cleveland caught 13 passes for 190 yards and two scores for the Cougars and Tyron Carrier added ten grabs for 88 yards.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Houston QB Case Keenum completed 44-of-55 passes for 559 yards and five scores with a touchdown
CONFERENCE ROUNDUP
East Carolina… East Carolina 38 ... at Memphis 19 ... Having a healthy Dominique Lindsay is the difference for an offense that needs a steadying force. The running game dominated the game, while the punting of Matt Dodge kept MU pinned deep, highlighted by a 73 yarder. While the Conference USA season is first and foremost on ECU’s minds, but it would be nice to come up with a good performance against Virginia Tech. It would make a big statement before going to Tulsa. ECU should roll through the final three games of the conference season, but beating the Hokies would be the highlight of the season.
Houston … at Houston 50 ... Southern Miss 43 ... Houston might not be playing any defense, but having a playmaker like Case Keenum, who keeps coming through clutch time and again, makes up for it. Yeah, the 559 passing yards were terrific, but the Cougars shouldn’t need such heroics to come up with wins and it should be far easier to get wins with 750 yards of total offense. That’s just going to be the way the Houston games are this year, and with road games up next against Tulsa and UCF, Keenum will have to keep firing to keep the Conference USA title hopes rolling.
Marshall … at UCF 21 ... Marshall 20 ... Marshall’s offense couldn’t get Darius Marshall going on the ground, and a week after a big game against UAB, QB Brian Anderson sputtered a bit. But the chances were there to come up with the win, being up 20-7 in the fourth quarter, but the defense couldn’t stop the UCF passing game. Now at 5-4, it’ll take a big run of wins to be assured of a bowl game making the home date against Southern Miss the team’s game of the year.
Memphis … East Carolina 38 ... at Memphis 19 ... The passing game was working, but not until it was too late. Will Hudgens threw well, bombing away for 313 yards, but the star of the game was punter Matt Reagan who averaged 51 yards per boot. The defense didn’t do its part allowing the three early scores and having problems with anything ECU wanted to do. Giving up 275 yards rushing and 222 through the air was just another day at the offense for the Tiger D, With Tennessee up next, Houston coming up in a few weeks, and three of the final four games away from home, it’s not going to be a pretty finishing kick.
Rice … Didn’t Play This Week
Southern Miss … at Houston 50 ... Southern Miss 43 ... There’s no reason to look too much into the defensive problems against Houston; the Cougars are going to do that against everyone. On the plus side, USM kept up the pace despite a record-setting day from Case Keenum and the Cougar attack with Martavious Young throwing extremely well. However, as good as Damion Fletcher was, rushing for 136 yards and a score, he was one of the few backs who didn’t go ballistic on the Houston run defense. Even with the loss, USM will win the East if it wins out starting with a road game at Marshall in two weeks.
SMU … SMU 27 .. at Tulsa 13 ... Kyle Padron might not be Bo Levi Mitchell throwing the ball, but he was strong on the move and he played like a grizzled veteran in his first start. He kept the chains moving, didn’t make any big mistakes, and made the two big pass plays needed to get up early. SMU is in a position for a bowl, but the errors have to stop. There were two fumbles and a whopping 14 penalties against Tulsa, and while the Mustangs can get away with that against Rice next week, they can’t against UTEP and Marshall.
Tulane … at LSU 42 ... Tulane 0 ... It was a blowout loss with the Green Wave painfully outmatched and outclassed, but there were some positives. Ryan Griffin didn’t come up with any scoring drives but he did a nice job of holding up under the pressure of the moment to complete 21-of-29 passes for 163 yards with a pick. That’s about all that was good about the ugly loss with the O line dominated by the LSU defensive front. After getting outscored 129 to 22 in the last three games, a nice performance against UTEP next week would be nice.
Tulsa … SMU 27 .. at Tulsa 13 ... No, Tulsa isn’t the strong offensive juggernaut of previous seasons, but it’s not that bad. After losing late to UTEP and coming up with a lifeless performance in a loss to SMU, the Conference USA title is gone and with Houston and East Carolina up next, a bowl game is in jeopardy. The offense has to do a better job of moving the chains and it’s time to start executing better. The team is better than it’s playing, and this has to be seen as a low point in what’s suddenly turning into a tremendously disappointing season.
UAB … UAB 38 ... at UTEP 33 ... Lamanski Ware made 14 tackles but the defense went bye-bye getting ripped apart by the UTEP passing game and having problems with RB Donald Buckram. Even so, the Blazers got the win by being opportunistic and by getting a huge day from Joe Webb … again. With winnable games against Florida Atlantic and Memphis up next, the Blazers can put themselves in a position for bowl consideration, but with the defense playing this poorly, getting by East Carolina will be a problem.
UCF … at UCF 21 ... Marshall 20 ... Where did the passing game come from? The offense was all about Brynn Harvey running the ball, but when Marshall stepped up and shut him down, Brett Hodges came up with his biggest performance of the year to get UCF in the bowl hunt. Now comes the beatdown from Texas before the key game against Houston, but with Tulane and UAB to close, the chance for six wins is strong. However, with the league’s best defense, UCF could give Texas and Houston some battles.
UTEP… UAB 38 ... at UTEP 33 ... UTEP cranked out yards in bunches and held UAB to a reasonably average 375 yards and lost. The turnovers were a problem, but there simply weren’t enough scores to come from all the long drives. The defense got 16 tackles from Da’Mon Cromartie-Smith, but it was too poor in the first half and the offense couldn’t pull itself out of the hole. Every time the Miners try to get in to the conference title race, it blows it. Now there are three straight road games, but two of them are winnable at Tulane and Rice. The SMU game will be a battle.
Thursday,
November 5
Virginia Tech at East Carolina
Saturday, November 7
Houston at Tulsa
Memphis at Tennessee
Rice at SMU
UTEP at Tulane
Florida Atlantic at UAB
UCF at Texas
Saturday, November 14
Houston at UCF
Southern Miss at
Marshall
UAB at Memphis
Tulane at Rice
UTEP
at SMU
Sunday, November 15
East Carolina at Tulsa
Saturday, November 21
UAB at East Carolina
Memphis at Houston
SMU at Marshall
UTEP at
Rice
Tulsa at Southern Miss
Tulane at UCF
Saturday, November 28
Southern Miss at East Carolina
Rice at Houston
Marshall at UTEP
Memphis at Tulsa
Tulane at SMU
UCF at UAB
Saturday, December 5
C-USA Championship Game