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FIU program lands series with Miami ... Conference USA
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Football Standings, Scores & Schedule |
10.29.05: Wake
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10.28.05: UTEP
QB Palmer gaining his own slice of respect ... C-USA
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10.27.05: Renewal
of USM-NCSU series set for television ... Conference USA
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10.26.05: Pirate
basketball set for lights, camera, action ... Conference USA
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10.25.05: Stokes'
first squad opening act for Homecoming ... Conference USA
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10.24.05: College
Football Headliners: Stars & Storylines ... Conference USA
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10.23.05: C-USA
Football Standings, Scores & Schedule |
10.22.05: C-USA
Football Standings, Scores & Schedule |
10.21.05: ECU
injury report a mixed bag for U of M game ... NCAA tinkers
with experimental basketball rules ... C-USA Football
Standings, Scores & Schedule |
10.20.05: Storm-weary
Tulane blown off course again ... Video company repents for
N.C. State incident ... C-USA Football Standings, Scores &
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News Nuggets, 11.08.05
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Holland beefs up rivalries with Wolfpack, Hokies
Less than five months after announcing
major upgrades in East Carolina's future non-conference football slates,
Terry Holland has further reinforced the scheduling agreements with a pair
of important regional rivals.
The ECU athletic director said in a
Monday press release that an additional game has been added to what had
previously been announced as an eight-game series with Virginia Tech and a
four-game series with N.C. State has been expanded to six.
The Wolfpack will replace Tech on ECU's
schedule for next season, with the Pirates and Hokies commencing their new
adjusted nine-game pact in 2007 in Charlotte.
"Virginia Tech worked with us to create
room on our 2006 schedule to add N.C. State,” Holland stated. “They have
been gracious to accommodate our scheduling needs and we look forward to a
great nine-year series beginning in 2007.”
East Carolina and N.C. State will play
in Raleigh in 2006, 2009 and 2013, with the Wolfpack traveling to Greenville
in 2007, 2010 and 2016.
After their 2007 match-up in the
Carolina Panthers' Bank of America Stadium, ECU and Tech will play four
games each in Greenville and Blacksburg. The eight-game home-and-home
portion of the series will begin at VPI's Lane Stadium in 2008, followed by
a trip to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium by the Hokies in 2009.
With the changes, ECU’s 2006
non-conference schedule now consists of home games against Virginia and West
Virginia and road dates at N.C. State and Navy.
In 2007, the Pirates will host both
N.C. State and North Carolina, play a road game at West Virginia and meet
the Hokies on middle ground in Charlotte.
With no nearby rivals in its league,
Conference USA, the enhanced non-conference schedules are expected to be a
boon to ECU's season ticket sales campaigns in future years.
The associated road games will also be
welcomed by fans who have clamored for games against respected regional
opponents within driving distance.
Revised ECU Non-Conference
Schedules (2006-2010):
2006
Virginia
West Virginia
at Navy
at N.C. State
2007
North Carolina
N.C. State
Virginia Tech (Charlotte)
at West Virginia
2008
West Virginia
TBA
at Virginia Tech
at Virginia
2009
Virginia Tech
at West Virginia
at North Carolina
at N.C. State
2010
N.C. State
Navy
at Virginia Tech
at North Carolina
From an
ECU Athletics release.
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ECU's Lee makes semifinal cut for Groza Award
The names on the paired down list of
those still under consideration for the Lou Groza Award indicate there is no
shortage of quality kicking specialists in Conference USA.
Four of the 20 players to make the
semifinal cut are from C-USA schools, including East Carolina junior Robert
Lee, who has made an immediate impact for the Pirates after transferring
from Trinity Valley (TX) Community College.
Through eight games, Lee has nailed 12
of 14 field goal attempts and converted all 21 of his PAT opportunities,
scoring 57 total points.
Lee is joined on the semifinal list,
which was announced Monday by the Palm Beach County (FL) Sports Institute,
by fellow C-USA players Brad DeVault of Tulsa, Darren McCaleb of Southern
Mississippi and Reagan Schneider of Texas-El Paso.
The Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker
Award, presented by the FedEx Orange Bowl, recognizes the top place-kicker
in NCAA Division I-A football. Voters for the award include Division I-A
head coaches, sports writers and sportscasters, conference representatives,
professional kickers and previous Groza Award finalists.
The three finalists will be announced
on Monday, Nov. 21, and will be honored at the 14th Annual Lou Groza
Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Palm Beach
Gardens Marriott. The recipient of the award will be announced on Thursday,
Dec. 8, during the ESPN Home Depot College Football Award Show in Orlando.
The award, now in its 14th year, is
named for NFL Hall of Fame kicker Lou "The Toe" Groza, who played 21 seasons
with the Cleveland Browns.
2005 Lou Groza
Award Semifinalists:
(Players from
Conference USA schools in bold)
NAME, SCHOOL
FGM FGA FG% LONG POINTS
Mike Barrow, Idaho
11 13 84.6 50 46
Dan Beardall, Utah
13 14 92.9 47 68
Kenny Byrd, New Mexico
12 14 85.7 46 67
Brandon Coutu, Georgia
17 22 77.3 58 76
Mason Crosby, Colorado
16 21 76.2 58 78
Jad Dean, Clemson
20 25 80.0 47 87
John Deraney, N.C. State 11
13 84.6 48 53
Brad DeVault, Tulsa
12 13 92.3 52 66
Connor Hughes, Virginia 16
19 84.2 50 73
Josh Huston, Ohio State 16
19 84.2 47 81
Robert Lee, East Carolina 12 14
85.7 51 57
Darren McCaleb, Southern Miss 14 16 87.5 47
67
Brandon Pace, Virginia Tech 14 17 82.4
44 79
Garrett Rivas, Michigan 17
22 77.3 47 74
Jason Robbins, Toledo
10 10 100.0 35 70
Kyle Schlicher, Iowa
13 16 81.3 52 70
Reagan Schneider, UTEP
14 15 93.3 49 72
Alexis Serna, Oregon State 22 24
91.7 47 94
Clint Stitser, Fresno State 10 11 90.9
44 59
Sam Swank, Wake Forest
18 22 81.8 51 81
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C-USA Football Standings, Scores & Schedule
(Through games
of Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005)
CONFERENCE
USA STANDINGS
EAST DIVISION
TEAM
C-USA ALL
Central Florida 5-1
6-3
Southern Miss
3-1 4-3
Marshall
3-2 4-4
Memphis
3-3 4-4
UAB
2-3 4-4
East Carolina
2-3 3-5
WEST DIVISION
TEAM
C-USA ALL
Texas-El Paso
5-1 7-1
Tulsa
4-2 5-4
Houston
2-3 4-4
Southern Methodist 2-4 3-6
Tulane
1-5 2-6
Rice
0-5 0-8
SCORES
[C-USA
teams in bold; ECU opponents in red.]
TUESDAY,
NOV. 1
UAB 37, Memphis 20
WEDNESDAY,
NOV. 2
West Virginia 45, Connecticut 13
SATURDAY,
NOV. 5
Southern Methodist 27, Rice 7
Central Florida 31, Houston 29
Texas-El Paso 41, Tulsa 38
Navy 49, Tulane 21
Clemson 49, Duke
20
Georgia Tech 30, Wake Forest
17
SCHEDULE
[C-USA
teams in bold; ECU opponents in red.]
TUESDAY,
NOV. 8
Southern
Mississippi at Marshall 7:30 pm
WEDNESDAY,
NOV. 9
West Virginia at
Cincinnati 7:30 pm
SATURDAY,
NOV. 12
Memphis
at Tennessee 2:00 pm
East Carolina
at Tulsa
3:00 pm
Tulane
at Rice 3:00 pm
Central Florida
at UAB
4:00 pm
Texas Southern at
Texas-El Paso 9:05 pm
Miami (FL) at
Wake Forest 3:30 pm
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