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Football News and Notes for September 13
In the chaos caused this weekend when four FCS teams beat FBS teams, Boise State on the surface, almost scathed cleanly through their bye week.
The Broncos were seen as vulnerable after then No. 13-Virginia Tech lost Saturday at home to FCS team-James Madison, 21-16.
Boise State retained the number three ranking in both the AP and Coaches polls, albeit the Broncos received only one first-place AP vote after receiving eight last week.
Surprisingly, the lone first-place vote was not from Chadd Cripe of the Idaho Statesman. Rather, the first-place vote came from Pete DiPrimio of the Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel.
DiPrimio interestingly had Boise State ranked third in his previous week's poll, so in essence the Broncos did lose all eight first-place votes it had last week.
James Madison received 11 points in the AP poll, more than East Carolina, Nevada, NC State, Boston College, Northwestern and Baylor combined.
Amazingly, the Dukes got their 11 points from two voters...in California. Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News voted them 19th (7 pts), while Ray Ratto of the San Francisco Chronicle voted them 22nd (4 pts).
It will be interesting to see how long James Madison remains in these two voters' rankings as the season progresses.
When Appalachian State shocked then No. 5-Michigan at the Big House on September 1, 2007, FCS teams were not allowed to be voted into the AP poll.
The other FCS winners over FBS teams this past weekend were, Liberty (27-23 at Ball State), Gardner-Webb (38-37 OT at Akron), and South Dakota (41-38 at Minnesota).
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Perhaps there is a new name in the Heisman picture.
Michigan's Denard Robinson finished with 502 total yards, including the game-winning two-yard touchdown run with 27 seconds left, in the Wolverines' 28-24 victory at Notre Dame Saturday.
The quarterback passed for 244 yards (24-for-40), and ran 28 times for 258 yards.
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Joe O'Gorman highlights Hamilton's Jayson DiManche and his impact with the Salukis of Southern Illinois.
Follow me on Twitter @TrenUWest.
- Fred Sakai
The Broncos were seen as vulnerable after then No. 13-Virginia Tech lost Saturday at home to FCS team-James Madison, 21-16.
Boise State retained the number three ranking in both the AP and Coaches polls, albeit the Broncos received only one first-place AP vote after receiving eight last week.
Surprisingly, the lone first-place vote was not from Chadd Cripe of the Idaho Statesman. Rather, the first-place vote came from Pete DiPrimio of the Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel.
DiPrimio interestingly had Boise State ranked third in his previous week's poll, so in essence the Broncos did lose all eight first-place votes it had last week.
James Madison received 11 points in the AP poll, more than East Carolina, Nevada, NC State, Boston College, Northwestern and Baylor combined.
Amazingly, the Dukes got their 11 points from two voters...in California. Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News voted them 19th (7 pts), while Ray Ratto of the San Francisco Chronicle voted them 22nd (4 pts).
It will be interesting to see how long James Madison remains in these two voters' rankings as the season progresses.
When Appalachian State shocked then No. 5-Michigan at the Big House on September 1, 2007, FCS teams were not allowed to be voted into the AP poll.
The other FCS winners over FBS teams this past weekend were, Liberty (27-23 at Ball State), Gardner-Webb (38-37 OT at Akron), and South Dakota (41-38 at Minnesota).
***
Perhaps there is a new name in the Heisman picture.
Michigan's Denard Robinson finished with 502 total yards, including the game-winning two-yard touchdown run with 27 seconds left, in the Wolverines' 28-24 victory at Notre Dame Saturday.
The quarterback passed for 244 yards (24-for-40), and ran 28 times for 258 yards.
***
Joe O'Gorman highlights Hamilton's Jayson DiManche and his impact with the Salukis of Southern Illinois.
Follow me on Twitter @TrenUWest.
- Fred Sakai
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