Friday, November 10, 20006 Here are news and notes from OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span> Two years ago, Central\u2019s freshman quarterback, Dan LeFevour<\/span>, \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span> \u00a0<\/span> The University of Alabama-Birmingham may be 3-6 overall UC<\/span> Santa Barbara posted a 2-0 The Zags<\/span>, who open Friday night Last season, the Bulldogs played at No. 2-ranked \u00a0<\/span> DU<\/span> went 1-1 in exhibition play, <\/body> Friday, November 10, 20006 Here are news and notes from OffshoreInsiders.com \u00a0private clipboard.\u00a0 They are compiled from hometown newspapers and the team\u2019s own press releases. CFB Western Michigan-Central Michigan Michigan Live Two years ago, Western Michigan and Central Michigan had three conference wins between them. Times have changed. Much more than usual will be … Continue reading Friday Computer Trends<\/span>
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\nTimes have changed. Much more than usual will be at stake when the rivals meet
\nFriday night at Kelly\/Shorts Stadium, including first place in the Mid-American
\nConference West Division and a spot in the Nov. 30 MAC Championship Game at
\nFord Field in Detroit. Central has won all five of its conference games this
\nseason and is 6-3 overall, making the Chippewas bowl-eligible for the second
\nconsecutive year. The Broncos (7-2, 5-1) also are bowl-eligible for the second
\nstraight season. Ryan Cubit has thrown for 1,449 yards and 11 touchdowns, but
\nhe may not be Central\u2019s biggest worry \u2014 that would be Western linebacker
\nin sacks with 15, one shy of the MAC single-season record. While Western has
\nthe league\u2019s top defense, Central has the conference\u2019s top scoring offense,
\naveraging 28.7 points and 385 yards per game.
\nhas thrown a MAC-leading 17 touchdowns. Joe Duffy\u2019s sports betting selections
\nare at www.GodsTips.com<\/a> UTEP-UAB<\/span><\/span>
\nand 2-3 in Conference
\nAnd it may be a little down. But if there are any doubts about whether the
\nBlazers will be ready to play UTEP<\/span> on Saturday in a
\nnationally-televised game from Legion Field, head coach Watson Brown erased
\nthem this week. \u201cWe are late in the year and both UAB<\/span>
\nand UTEP<\/span> still have something to play for,\u201d said
\nBrown, who has been at UAB<\/span> for 12 seasons. \u201cOur backs
\nare against the wall, and I have told the team that we are in a playoff system
\nright now. If we win, we still have a chance. If we lose, we are going to be
\nplaying the rest of the games for pride.\u201d Throw in the fact that the Blazers
\nare participating in their final home game of the season against the Miners,
\nand have a reputation for being an athletic, hard-hitting club, and
\nit hopes to win out the remainder of the season and make an appearance in its
\nthird straight bowl game. Further, UAB<\/span> has held a
\ntime of possession advantage in 7 of their 9 games this season\u2014something that
\nproved the difference last week in the Miners\u2019 loss to Rice.
\nChris Williams and Sam Hunt have<\/span> been efficient. Williams is 91 of 162
\non the season for 1,069 yards (118.8 per game), 8 touchdowns and 7
\ninterceptions. Hunt, who is expected to return from an injury this week and
\nsplit time with Williams, is 35 of 55 for 414 yards (82.8 yards a game), 2
\ntouchdowns and one pick. Further, UAB<\/span> is 66th<\/sup>
\nin the nation in total defense, as opponents have averaged 336.9 yards a game.
\nIt is 78th<\/sup> in the nation in rushing defense, limiting opponents to
\n149.2 yards a game\u2014which may not spell good things for the Miners\u2019 struggling
\nrunning game. MasterLockLine.com<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/span>
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\nrecord in the exhibition season. The Gauchos recorded wins over
\n
\nwith an overall record of 15-14 and a Big West mark of 6-8. The Gauchos
\nfinished fifth-place in the league. UCSB<\/span> won eight of
\nits final 11 games in 2005-06 to finish over the .500 mark for the fourth time
\nin five seasons. Friday\u2019s home game against
\n
\nthe Thanksgiving holiday. Following the game against the Spartans,
\n
\n(Nov. 21). When the Gauchos return home they will have no small task as they
\nhost
\nthe defending Mountain West Conference champion, on Saturday, Nov. 25. By the
\ntime November comes to and end, UCSB<\/span> will have played
\nsix regular season games, the most ever for the month. UCSB<\/span>
\nenters the 2006-07 season<\/span> with a vastly different
\nroster than it finished the 2005-06 season. Gone are eight of the 13 players
\nfrom last season\u2019s team. In their place are two redshirt freshmen, a transfer
\nfrom a four-year school, two junior college transfers and four true freshmen.
\nIn fact, due to injuries, the Gauchos had only three returnees<\/span>
\nplay in the two exhibition games. Of the 400 minutes logged by
\nSan Diego and
\nnewcomers. UCSB<\/span> went 9-4 in home games during the
\n2005-06 season<\/span>. The Gauchos were a perfect 6-0 in
\nnon-conference home games last season. Since Bob Williams became head coach in
\n1998-99,
\n73-30 in home games overall and 29-11 in non-conference home games. Since the
\n2000-01 season<\/span>, UCSB<\/span> has
\ngone 21-5 in non-conference games at the Thunderdome<\/span>.
\nThe Gauchos went 8-4 in home games in 2004-05, but in each of the three years
\nbefore that, they finished 10-2 in home games. Stevie Vincent\u2019s
\nhandicapping and part of
\n<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Eastern Washington-Gonzaga
\nagainst
\nBatista, who combined were worth 47.5 points and 14.9 rebounds per game. But
\nafter four Sweet 16 appearances in eight seasons, the bar has been set. Nobody
\nreally believes Gonzaga is ever rebuilding. Truth is,<\/span>
\nthey\u2019re undergoing the next thing to it. Take the loss of Morrison and Batista
\nand a non-league schedule that can only be termed frightful, and the
\ncoming. Gonzaga returns its Nos. 3-8 scorers \u2014 Derek Raivio<\/span>,
\nSean Mallon<\/span>, Pierre Marie Altidor-Cespedes<\/span>,
\nJosh Heytvelt<\/span>, David Pendergraft<\/span>
\nand Pargo.Throw<\/span> in three promising additions \u2014
\nhustling 6-foot-9 JC<\/span> product Abdullahi<\/span>
\nKuso<\/span> and swingmen Matt Bouldin<\/span>
\nand Micah Downs (ineligible until well into December) \u2014 and the
\nsportsbooks are at <\/span><\/span>Samford<\/span><\/span>
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\nin what was the program\u2019s highest-ranked opponent.
\nto win the Ohio Valley Conference. The Bulldogs return four starters from last
\nseason\u2019s squad that finished with a 20-11 record and advanced to the
\nchampionship game of the OVC<\/span> Tournament. It was the
\nfirst time in school history that Samford<\/span> was picked
\nto win the OVC<\/span>.
\nlast 11 games of the year en route to the national championship title. The
\nGators head into this season as the first defending national champion since
\nin 1998 to bring back all five of its starters from the previous year.
\nconcluded 2005-06 Southeastern Conference play with a 10-6 record. Earlier this
\nweek, Samford<\/span> played host to
\nin its lone exhibition contest of the preseason and cruised to a 76-45 victory.
\nJoeDuffy.net<\/a>Denver-Colorado
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\ndefeating Colorado Christian 72-59 and falling to CSU-Pueblo, 84-46.
\nthree starters from last season\u2019s team that finished 16-15 overall, 7-8 in the
\nSun Belt Conference. Gone is one of the best players to ever don a Pioneer
\nuniform and its 2005-06 leading scorer and rebounder<\/span>
\nin Yemi<\/span> Nicholson. The Pioneers have five newcomers,
\nincluding two freshmen and three junior college transfers. DU<\/span>
\nwas picked to finish fourth in the West Division in a vote of the conference\u2019s
\n13 head coaches at the annual Sun Belt Conference Media Days. The Pioneers will
\nbe without the services of a pair of players expected to contribute this
\nseason. Junior guard Myke<\/span> Lattimore<\/span>
\n(
\nand junior center Adam Tanner (
\nwill miss at least the first four contests but are expected to be cleared to
\npractice on Nov. 21.
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