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 Eastern
Michigan Eagles
Sep.
9. 3:30 pm.
East Lansing, MI.
Record/Rank: 1-10
2006
Schedule
| 8/31 |
at
Ball St* |
L,
20-38
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| 9/9 |
at
Mich St |
L,
20-52
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| 9/16 |
at
N'western |
L,
6-14
|
| 9/23 |
C
MICH* |
L,
17-24 ot
|
| 9/30 |
at
Lafayette |
L,
14-33
|
| 10/14 |
at
Bowl Grn* |
L,
21-24
|
| 10/21 |
TOLEDO* |
W,
17-13
|
| 10/28 |
at
W Mich* |
L,
15-18
|
| 11/4 |
OHIO* |
L,
10-16
|
| 11/11 |
NAVY |
L,
21-49
|
| 11/17 |
at
Kent St* |
L,
6-14
|
| 11/24 |
N
ILLINOIS* |
11
am
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HOME
GAMES IN BOLD CAPS
* MAC Conference Game
ALL TIMES EASTERN |
2005
Results (4-7
overall)
| 9/1 |
at
Cincy |
L,
26-28
|
| 9/10 |
LA-LAFAYETTE |
W,
31-10
|
| 9/17 |
at
scUM |
L,
0-55
|
| 9/24 |
at
C Mich* |
W,
23-20
|
| 10/1 |
KENT
ST* |
W,
27-20
|
| 10/8 |
at
Toledo* |
L,
3-30
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| 10/15 |
at
N Illinois* |
L,
8-24
|
| 10/22 |
MIAMI-OH* |
L,
23-24
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| 11/5 |
W
MICH* |
L,
36-44
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| 11/12 |
BALL
ST* |
L,
25-26
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| 11/19 |
at
Buffalo* |
W,
38-14
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HOME
GAMES IN BOLD CAPS
* WAC Conference Game
ALL TIMES EASTERN |
Gamebreakers
Pos - # - Name (Yr.)
QB
- 8 - Tyler Jones (So.)
RB - 24 - Dwayne Harrison (So.)
WR - 19 - Eric Deslauriers (Sr.)
TE - 16 - Ken Bohnet (Jr.)
LG - 63 - Khalid Walton (Jr.)
DT - 91 - Josh Hunt (Jr.)
DE - 99 - Kevin Howe (Sr.)
LB - 11 - Michael Richardson (Sr.)
LB - 44 - Daniel Holtzclaw (So.)
CB - 4 - Duan Bracey (Jr.)
K/P - 40 - Andrew Wellock (Sr.)
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Strengths/Weaknesses
OFFENSE:
7 returning starters
DEFENSE: 7 returning starters
Rating
Scale
(5 = strong, 1 = weak)
|
POSITION
|
RATING
|
|
OL
|
3
|
|
WR/TE
|
4
|
|
QB
|
2
|
|
RB
|
2
|
|
DL
|
3
|
|
LB
|
3
|
|
DB
|
1
|
|
K/P
|
4/4
|
|
K/P
RET
|
2
|
|
COACH
|
2
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History
vs. E. Michigan
MSU
leads, 6-0-0 (1.000)
|
Year
|
W/L/T
|
MSU
|
-
|
Opp
|
H/A
|
|
1898
|
W
|
11
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Ypsilanti
|
6
|
A
|
|
1898
|
W
|
24
|
Ypsilanti
|
6
|
H
|
|
1899
|
W
|
18
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Ypsilanti
|
0
|
A
|
|
1996
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W
|
47
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EMU
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0
|
H
|
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1999
|
W
|
51
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EMU
|
7
|
H
|
|
2002
|
W
|
56
|
EMU
|
7
|
H
|
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 The
Skinny on the Eagles 2006:
Phil
Steele: 97th nationally/6th MAC West
Street & Smiths: 6th MAC West
College FB News: 103rd nation
Schedule Strength: 95th
Coach: Jeff Genyk (3rd year, 8-14)
Series: MSU spanking EMU, 6-0-0
Website: www.emueagles.com/
Factoids: MSU has beat 154-14 in its last three meetings
in the past ten years. We've just beaten the Eagles into submission. It's
been a crying shame.
Best Player: The Eagles placekicker, Andrew Wedlock,
is on the Groza watch list as one of the best in the land. He's got three
years of experience, and kicked 39 field goals in the past two years alone.
He'll need about 14 field goals on Sept. 9 to beat MSU.
Best 2005 win: The 23-20 win in Mt. Pleasant was surprising
against the upstart Chips. My CMU buddies were bummin'.
Worst 2005 loss: They got their freaking ass handed to
them by Michigan. It was bad timing: after scUMs loss the weak before
to ND, they decided to pile it on against the EMUs.
2006 season clincher: If Eastern can pull out a victory at Western
Michigan late in the season, they could find themselves set up for a nice
home stand to cross over the .500 mark this year.
2006 biggest pitfall: Their back-to-back games vs Big
Ten teams MSU and Northwestern could end up breaking more bones than the
payout is worth. The Eagles could give up 100 points in two weeks.
2006 biggest creampuff(s): We'll see how the Eagles
fare this year having to travel to Katrinaville to take on Lafayette.
They spanked the Cajuns 31-10 last year in Ypsi, and we'll see if they
can get it done in the swamps.
Biggest weakness: Their secondary sucks; it will be the
worst MSU faces all year, and Drew Stanton should have an absoloute field
day pouring it on. The Eastern corners are 5-9 and 5-10, which is gonna
be tough against 6-7 Matt Trannon, 6-2 Kerry Reed, 6-3 TJ Williams, and
6-2 Devin Thomas. Ouch.
Biggest strength(s): That damn kicker is good. Maybe
he can defect before kickoff. But, also watch 6-5 wideout Eric Deslauriers,
who is a bonafide NFL high draft pick. He had 75 receptions for 8 TDs
and 11.7 yds per catch last year.
Road Trip to Ypsilanti: Best bar - The Sidetrack Bar
& Grill in downtown Ypsi has great beer on tap and is a nice old fashioned
pub in Old Town Ypsilanti. They've got Frog Island and every other beer
you need. It's pretty tough, however, to get fired up about Ypsi when
you have the Yellow Bellies just a few miles away. It's best just to avoid
this part of the state if you can.
 Chance
to win: Rating scale -
Drew Stanton
is licking his chops, looking at that Eagle secondary. The key is for
the Spartan offensive line to hold off an experienced Eagle defensive
line and LB crew. But, pitting a mid-level talented Big Ten vs. a lower-tiered
MAC team should give MSU the nod in that category. The ES sez: SHOULD.
We'll see how John L Smith can screw this up. Seriously, not even he can
mess this one up. The Spartans will jump to a 2-0 start behind long Stanton-to-tall
receivers passes. This is the perfect game for Javon Ringer and Jehuu
Caulcrick to POUND away as the game wears on. The ES sees a similar outcome
as three years ago, when MSU won by 51 points in Spartan Stadium, and
just poured it on as the game moved along. The Spartan defense should
be able to hold its own against an Eagle team with an inexperienced running
attack, a mediocre-at-best QB, but great receivers. EMU will get a score
up top on some wild throw, but mostly will get lots of long FG attempts.
MSU will win going away, 45-16.
Projection: Eastern Michigan University's most significant
athletic accomplishments in recent years have been: (1) Earl Boykins,
(2) Ben Braun, (3) Charlie Batch. The first two are basketball greats,
the third played for years in the NFL team of death for quarterbacks,
the Detroit Lions. If Ben Braun wuz coaching these gridders, and Charlie
Batch could hand it off to Boykins to squeeze through the line... well
maybe they'd have a chance. At least we could see Boykins get squashed
like a mosquito. Instead, we have reality, with Genyk coaching, and Jones
throwing it to DesLauriers. I wonder if any relation to the ES's old college
buddy, Paul DesLauriers. Anyhow, EMU has a legit shot to beat Ball State
in the season opener on the road, as well as Central, Lafayette, at Western,
Ohio, and at Kent State. That would put them at 6-6, and they need to
sneak another win or two to really turn heads. Hopefully that won't happen
in East Lansing. If so, John L Smith won't last the season.
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2005
Statistics
| MSU |
OFFENSE |
EAGLES |
| 372 |
Points |
240 |
| 33.8 |
Points/Game |
21.8 |
| |
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| 5470 |
Total
Yards |
3805 |
| 497.3 |
Total
Yards/Game |
345.9 |
| |
|
|
| 2220 |
Rush
Yards |
1355 |
| 201.8 |
Rush
Yds/Game |
123.2 |
| 453-4.9 |
Attempts
- Avg. |
359-3.8 |
| |
|
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| 3250 |
Pass
Yards |
2450 |
| 295.5 |
Pass
Yds/Game |
222.7 |
| 381-252-13 |
Att-Comp-Int |
422-262-6 |
| 66.1% |
Comp
% |
62.1% |
| |
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|
| -1 |
Turnover
Ratio |
+10 |
| |
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|
| 68-534 |
Penalties
- Yds |
63-558 |
| |
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| 284 |
1st
Downs |
213 |
| 25.8 |
1st
Downs/Game |
19.4 |
| |
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| 69-146 |
3rd
Down Conv. |
64-171 |
| 47% |
3rd
Down % |
37% |
| |
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| 5-16 |
FG
- FGA |
18-25 |
| MSU |
DEFENSE |
EAGLES |
| 316 |
Points |
295 |
| 28.7 |
Points/Game |
26.8 |
| |
|
|
| 4505 |
Total
Yards |
4496 |
| 409.5 |
Total
Yards/Game |
408.7 |
| |
|
|
| 1811 |
Rush
Yards |
2186 |
| 164.6 |
Rush
Yds/Game |
198.7 |
| 453-4.9 |
Attempts
- Avg. |
463-4.7 |
| |
|
|
| 2694 |
Pass
Yards |
2310 |
| 244.9 |
Pass
Yds/Game |
210.0 |
| 378-229-8 |
Att-Comp-Int |
358-224-11 |
| 60.6% |
Comp
% |
62.5% |
| |
|
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| 58-478 |
Penalties
- Yds |
71-604 |
| |
|
|
| 238 |
1st
Downs |
255 |
| 21.6 |
1st
Downs/Game |
23.2 |
| |
|
|
| 67-150 |
3rd
Down Conv. |
67-150 |
| 45% |
3rd
Down % |
45% |
| |
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| 5-9 |
FG
- FGA |
11-16 |
Score
by Quarters
| Team |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
OT |
Total |
| EMU |
61 |
84 |
50 |
42 |
3 |
240 |
| Opp |
92 |
50 |
73 |
80 |
0 |
295 |
| MSU |
105 |
114 |
73 |
74 |
6 |
372 |
| Opp |
68 |
89 |
63 |
90 |
6 |
316 |
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