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MTSU
North Texas
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Troy
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UL Lafayette
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UL Monroe
Sun Belt Game of the Week
UL Monroe 33 ... Florida Atlantic 30 3OT
Calvin Dawson ran for a 31-yard touchdown in the third
overtime to answer Warley Leroy's third field goal of the game. The
Owls forced overtime with a rally from ten down in the final seven
minutes, getting a 36-yard Leroy field goal and with just over a
minute to play, a one-yard Charles Pierre touchdown run. Neither
team could get on the board in the first overtime and the two traded
field goals in the second. The two teams traded scores all game long
with Kinsmon Lancaster throwing for two ULM scores and FAU getting
two short scoring runs and a one-yard touchdown pass from Rusty
Smith.
Sun Belt
Player of the Week
UL Monroe RB
Calvin Dawson ran 26 times for 114 yards and two touchdowns, and
caught five passes for 26 yards in the overtime win over Florida
Atlantic.
Conference Roundup
Arkansas State
… For the second straight week the
offense has done absolutely nothing.
Basically, ASU proved against Middle
Tennessee and Troy that it's not one of
the top tier Sun Belt teams, and while
it's good enough to beat the FIU's and
North Texas's of the world, both games
coming up, the offense simply isn't
working at a higher level. It can't be
all Corey Leonard all the time. To go 0
for 13 on third down conversions at this
point in the year is a big problem.
FIU … What is FIU doing well
right now? Trying to turn things around
against Arkansas against homecoming
isn't a time to figure out what's
working, but what's not happing in a
passing game that's going beyond
inefficient. Wayne Younger pressed too
much, isn't getting any help from his
receivers, and threw five picks on
9-of-26 passing. He ran extremely well,
but more is needed from the running
backs over the final month.
Florida Atlantic … FAU couldn't
afford a letdown like the one against UL
Monroe. The Owls came up with a nice
comeback to force overtime, but they
didn't take advantage of all their
chances throughout the game and they got
burned. The run defense was better this
week considering it was dealing with
Calvin Dawson and the rumbling Warhawk
ground game, but it's going to have to
be a whole bunch better to beat Arkansas
State in the home finale next week.
Rusty Smith might not be razor-sharp,
but he's proving to be a star to build
around.
Middle Tennessee … The Blue Raider
might have put up 48 points on North
Texas, but it was a struggle with only
335 yards and 132 on the ground. The
defense made it happen with five
takeaways and several big plays to make
it a laugher in the second half, but it
took too long to put the game away.
Holding on to the ball for 37 minutes is
always a good thing, but to get through
the final three weeks, there will have
to be more yards and more good drives.
North Texas … The North
Texas offense moved well on Middle
Tennessee, but 13 penalties and five
turnovers were way too much to overcome.
The running game has to be established
over the last month. Jamario Thomas is a
good back who isn't getting nearly
enough work. He ripped off a 77-yard
touchdown dash right away, and finished
with 89 yards. That's inexcusable. The
defense, for the most part, didn't do a
bad job considering MT put 48 points on
the board.
Troy … The defense has been
unbelievable over the past month and
came up with its magnum opus in the win
over Arkansas State. It was a dominant
thing of beauty with five sacks and play
after play to snuff out drives. Now the
offense has to figure out how to stop
screwing up. A week after giving it away
seven times in the win over North Texas,
to turn it over four times this week is
inexcusable. To upset Georgia in two
weeks, ball security will be a must.
UL Lafayette … Didn’t Play This
Week
UL Monroe … With two straight
wins, and a huge road victory over a
strong team like Florida Atlantic, has
officially changed the season around
going into the tough home date with
Middle Tennessee. With a road trip
against Alabama ahead, a winning season
is too much to ask for, but the team
proved it had some fight this week on
both sides of the ball. To beat the Blue
Raiders next week, Kinsmon Lancaster
will have to connect on a few more big
passes to help loosen things up for
Calvin Dawson. Dawson had to fight
against the Owls for his yards.
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Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
| |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
| Troy |
5 |
0 |
178 |
61 |
6 |
2 |
276 |
189 |
W6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
| Florida Atlantic |
3 |
1 |
126 |
99 |
4 |
4 |
214 |
260 |
L1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Middle Tennessee |
3 |
1 |
133 |
68 |
4 |
5 |
234 |
220 |
W3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| UL Monroe |
3 |
2 |
119 |
112 |
3 |
5 |
176 |
250 |
W2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| Arkansas State |
1 |
3 |
72 |
102 |
3 |
5 |
192 |
230 |
L2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
| UL Lafayette |
1 |
3 |
122 |
168 |
1 |
7 |
195 |
302 |
L2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
| North Texas |
1 |
4 |
115 |
182 |
1 |
7 |
163 |
372 |
L2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| Florida International |
0 |
3 |
36 |
109 |
0 |
8 |
68 |
330 |
L8 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
| Saturday, October 27 |
| 2:00 PM |
at Arkansas 58 ... Florida
International 10
CFN Prediction: Arkansas 45-9
Ark. -39.5 |
| 4:00 PM |
UL Monroe 33 ... at Florida Atlantic
30 2OT
CFN Prediction: FAU 31-21
FAU -6 |
| 7:00 PM |
Middle Tennessee 48
...at North Texas 28
CFN Prediction: MT 31-14 MT
-13.5 |
| 7:00 PM |
Troy 27 ... at Arkansas State
0
CFN Prediction: ASU 26-23
Troy -4.5 |
Past
Sun Belt Games of the Week
Sept. 1 -
Florida
Atlantic 27 ... Middle
Tennessee 14
Sept. 8 -
SMU 45 ... North Texas 31
Sept. 15 - Florida Atlantic 42
... Minnesota 39
Sept. 22 - Western
Kentucky
20 ... at Middle Tenn. 17
Sept. 29 - Arkansas State
35 ... Memphis
31
Oct. 6 - Virginia
23 ... at Middle Tennessee 21
Oct. 13 - North Texas 31 ... UL Monroe
21
Oct. 20 - Florida
Atlantic 39 ... at UL Lafayette
32 OT
Oct. 27 - UL Monroe 33 ... at Florida Atlantic
30 2OT
Past Sun Belt Players of the Week
Sept. 1 - Florida Atlantic RB Charles Pierre
Sept. 8 - North Texas QB Daniel Meager &
WR Casey Fitzgerald
Sept. 15 - Arkansas State QB Corey
Leonard
Sept. 22 - Troy RB Kenny Cattouse
Sept. 29 - Middle Tennessee QB Dwight
Dasher
Oct. 6 - UL Lafayette QB Michael
Desormeaux
Oct. 13 - Arkansas State QB Corey
Leonard
Oct. 20 - Florida Atlantic QB Rusty
Smith
Oct. 27 - UL Monroe RB Calvin Dawson