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Florida International
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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
Middle Tennessee 43 ... UL Monroe 40
UL Monroe took a 40-37 lead with 57 seconds to play on a
six-yard touchdown catch from Zeek Zacharie. On the ensuing kickoff,
Bradley Robinson returned it 89 yards for a touchdown and the
improbable win. The Blue Raiders got an all-timer of a night from QB
Joe Craddock, who stepped in for ran injured Dwight Dasher and threw
four touchdown passes, highlighted by a 94-yard play to Jonathan
Grigsby and scoring plays of 42 and 66 yards to Desmond Gee. ULM
always had an answer, mostly from Calvin Dawson, who ran for scores
from 17, seven and 62 yards out. A one-yard Craddock run with 2:36
to play appeared to give the Blue Raiders the lead for good, but
Kinsmon Lancaster marched the Warhawks down the field finishing up
with his second touchdown pass of the game before Robinson came up
with his game-winner. ULM cranked out 624 yards of total offense to
Middle Tennessee's 499.
Sun Belt
Player of the Week
Middle Tennessee
QB Joe Craddock completed 22 of 29 passes for 401 yards and four
touchdown passes, and ran 11 times for 70 yards and a score in the
win over UL Monroe.
Conference Roundup
Arkansas State
… The team might not be playing well,
but the rally to beat FIU might be just
what it needs to kickstart a big final
month. Reggie Arnold continues to run
well when he gets a little bit of room,
but Travis Hewitt, stepping in for Corey
Leonard, has to start pushing the ball
deeper and come up with more through the
air. ASU got next to nothing going
against FIU outside of Arnold.
FIU … Just when it seemed like
FIU was finally going to pull off a win,
it gives up 17 points in the final five
minutes and can't cover a kickoff return
that set up a field goal in the loss to
ASU. The defense did what it had to do
for 55 minutes, coming up with the key
stops and getting a pick six from Lionel
Singleton, but it wasn't enough. The
offense couldn't close. The big problem
offensively continues to be a lack of a
running game. It can't all be Wayne
Younger carrying things.
Florida Atlantic … Didn’t Play
This Week
Middle Tennessee … Dwight Dasher
still might be the team's future and
leader of the offense, but Joe Craddock
certainly looked like a superstar when
he took over this week. He made all the
right decisions against UL Monroe,
accounting for 471 yards of total
offense and five scores, but while he's
the story, along with the kickoff return
for the game-wining touchdown, the
concern is the defense that allowed 624
yards of total offense. Things have to
tighten up considerably over the next
week against UL Lafayette before the
showdown at Troy.
North Texas … Didn’t Play This Week
Troy … Give the Trojans credit
for never backing down against Georgia,
even if they didn't have enough ammo to
keep up in the second half. Omar
Haugabook kept pressing and pressing,
and Jerrell Jernigan once again showed
what a weapon he can be for the attack
with 11 catches. Turnovers were a
problem yet again, giving up four to
make it 15 in three weeks, and those
have to stop to make sure there isn't an
upset to Western Kentucky next week.
UL Lafayette … Getting blasted by
Tennessee on homecoming is nothing to be
upset about. The running game was solid,
thanks to a few decent drives from
Tyrell Fenroy, and the offense was able
to control the all for stretches, but
this was an ugly blowout after the first
half. Now, with the season turning from
bad to ugly, coming up with a win over
Middle Tennessee would spark some sort
of positive momentum. Effectively
running the ball will be vital to
closing strong.
UL Monroe … ULM did what it had
to do to beat Middle Tennessee, but just
couldn't execute on the final kickoff.
Calvin Dawson was sensational, Kinsmon
Lancaster was effective, and everything
was working more than fine on offense,
but four turnovers and 15 penalties
proved to be just enough to keep the
Warhawks from grabbing the momentum.
With a week off against Grambling State
before dealing with Alabama, the team
needs to keep the offense humming to
have any prayer of making the battle in
Tuscaloosa interesting..
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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 |
3 |
310 |
233 |
L1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| Middle Tennessee |
4 |
1 |
176 |
108 |
5 |
5 |
277 |
260 |
W4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
| Florida Atlantic |
3 |
1 |
126 |
99 |
4 |
4 |
214 |
260 |
L1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| UL Monroe |
3 |
3 |
159 |
155 |
3 |
6 |
216 |
293 |
L1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| Arkansas State |
2 |
3 |
99 |
126 |
4 |
5 |
219 |
254 |
W1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
| UL Lafayette |
1 |
3 |
122 |
168 |
1 |
8 |
202 |
361 |
L3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
| North Texas |
1 |
4 |
115 |
182 |
1 |
7 |
163 |
372 |
L2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| Florida International |
0 |
4 |
60 |
136 |
0 |
9 |
92 |
357 |
L9 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
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Saturday, November 3 |
| 1:00 PM |
at Georgia 44 ...
Troy 34
CFN Prediction: Georgia 23-17 Georgia -16.5 |
| 3:00 PM |
at
Arkansas State 27 ... Florida International 24
CFN Prediction: ASU 38-13 ASU -17.5 |
| 4:00 PM |
at Tennessee 59 ...
UL Lafayette 7
CFN Prediction: Tenn. 44-17 Tenn. -30 |
| 7:00 PM |
Middle Tennessee 43
... at UL
Monroe 40
CFN Prediction: MT 27-21 MT -4 |
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
Nov. 3 - Middle Tennessee 43
... at UL
Monroe 40
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
Nov. 3 - Middle Tennessee QB Joe
Craddock
