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Colorado Daily – New Hampshire Week
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September 9th
… CU in a few minutes …
Associated Press poll: Buffs back among “others receiving votes” (25 votes, good enough for No. 31 nationally)
… Note … in the USA Today/Coaches’ poll, CU received 20 votes, 34th overall …
From CBS Sports … Clemson was put to the test in Week 2 with a talented and dangerous Texas A&M team pushing the three-time ACC champions to the limit in a 28-26 win. But the Aggies aren’t the only SEC team continuing to push Clemson as Georgia has started to close the gap on the No. 2 spot in the AP Top 25.
There’s very little change in this week’s AP Top 25 — South Carolina and Florida out, Arizona State and Oklahoma State in near the bottom of the top 25 — but there is an interesting shift in terms of the battle at the top. Clemson has lost first-place votes to Alabama after each of the first two weeks of action, and heading into Week 3, the Tigers hold a narrow lead over the Bulldogs with a 23-point margin.
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Others Receiving Votes: Utah (2-0) 92; Texas A&M (1-1) 90; Boston College (2-0) 45; Houston (2-0) 32; Maryland (2-0) 30; Colorado (2-0) 25; Iowa (2-0) 23; Kentucky (2-0) 19; Duke (2-0) 10; North Carolina State (2-0) 9; Ole Miss (2-0) 5; Hawaii (3-0) 5; Washington State (2-0) 4; South Florida (2-0) 3; South Carolina (1-1) 2; Florida State (1-1) 1
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New Hampshire falls to 0-2 with loss to Colgate
… Related: “Dean, Defense Shine, But ‘Cats Fall to Colgate, 10-3” … from New Hampshire athletic department
From Fosters.com … With the offense sputtering for much of the game, the University of New Hampshire football team finally found the end zone late in the third quarter Saturday night.
However, the apparent touchdown was called back because of a holding penalty. The Wildcats then missed a makeable field goal on their next possession and twice in the fourth moved inside the Colgate 30 only to turn the ball over both times, once on a fumble and once on downs.
It was that kind of game for the Wildcats, who dropped a 10-3 decision to the Raiders at Wildcat Stadium and fell to 0-2 for the first time since 2002. They had won 13 consecutive home-openers.
“Not an easy game on the offensive side of the ball,” said coach Sean McDonnell. “I never felt we had a whole lot going and when we did they found a way to make a stop.”
UNH has been outscored in its first two games 45-10 and has scored only one touchdown. The Wildcats rushed for just 73 yards on 37 carries against Colgate, the favorite to win the Patriot League.
Christian Lupoli, making his first college start in place of the injured Trevor Knight, completed 14 of 24 passes for 133 yards. Neil O’Connor caught 10 of those passes for 111 yards after being held to two receptions on nine targets in the season-opener at Maine.
UNH finished with 206 total yards.
“People are putting eight or nine guys within eight yards of the line of scrimmage right now,” McDonnell said. “They are blitzing. They are attacking us. They are press covering our outside guys. … It’s frustrating.”
The Wildcats trailed 10-3 at halftime. Their only points came on a 30-yard field goal by Jason Hughes with 4:16 left in the second quarter that made it 7-3.
The big plays in the drive were a 12-yard gain by Lupoli on third-and-11 and a 30-yard completion from Lupoli to O’Connor that gave UNH a first down at the Colgate 25.
A pass interference call on third down moved the ball to the 11, but the drive stalled and they had to settle for three points.
“I mean it’s tough, we always want to score to help the team out and help the defense out,” O’Connor said. “The defense was awesome. Not being able to do that stinks. Our ultimate goal is to put points on the board. That’s how you win. You can’t win many games scoring three.”
UNH held Colgate to 214 total yards and the Raiders’ only touchdown was set up by a turnover.
Colgate scored on a 1-yard keeper by quarterback Grant Breneman with 10:05 left in the second quarter and a 40-yard field goal by Chris Puzzi with 30 seconds to go in the first half.
A fumble by Carlos Washington Jr. at the UNH 19 set up the Raiders’ touchdown eight plays and two fourth-down conversions later.
Colgate out-gained the Wildcats 161-71 in the first half and UNH managed only four first downs.
“It was obvious that our offense was struggling so we just tried to bring any type of juice, any type of energy to help those guys,” said linebacker Quinlen Dean, who was in on a game-high 16 tackles. “We were just trying to complement those guys and pick them up as best as we can.”
The Wildcats finally found the end zone late in the third quarter but an apparent 9-yard touchdown run by Evan Gray was called back because of a holding penalty.
UNH had to settle for a 36-yard field goal attempt by Mitch McPike that went wide and the Wildcats trailed 10-3 entering the fourth. They got as far as the Colgate 27 on their next possession but turned the ball over.
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Colorado Daily – New Hampshire Week
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September 9th
… CU in a few minutes …
Associated Press poll: Buffs back among “others receiving votes” (25 votes, good enough for No. 31 nationally)
… Note … in the USA Today/Coaches’ poll, CU received 20 votes, 34th overall …
From CBS Sports … Clemson was put to the test in Week 2 with a talented and dangerous Texas A&M team pushing the three-time ACC champions to the limit in a 28-26 win. But the Aggies aren’t the only SEC team continuing to push Clemson as Georgia has started to close the gap on the No. 2 spot in the AP Top 25.
There’s very little change in this week’s AP Top 25 — South Carolina and Florida out, Arizona State and Oklahoma State in near the bottom of the top 25 — but there is an interesting shift in terms of the battle at the top. Clemson has lost first-place votes to Alabama after each of the first two weeks of action, and heading into Week 3, the Tigers hold a narrow lead over the Bulldogs with a 23-point margin.
1. Alabama |
2. Clemson |
3. Georgia |
4. Ohio State |
5. Oklahoma |
6. Wisconsin |
7. Auburn |
8. Notre Dame |
9. Stanford … up 1 from last week |
10. Washington … down one from last week |
11. Penn State |
12. LSU |
13. Virginia Tech |
14. West Virginia |
15. TCU |
16. Mississippi State |
17. Boise State |
18. UCF |
19. Michigan |
20. Oregon … up three from last week |
21. Miami (FL) |
22. USC … down five from last week |
23. Arizona State … new to the poll |
24. Oklahoma State |
25. Michigan State |
Others Receiving Votes: Utah (2-0) 92; Texas A&M (1-1) 90; Boston College (2-0) 45; Houston (2-0) 32; Maryland (2-0) 30; Colorado (2-0) 25; Iowa (2-0) 23; Kentucky (2-0) 19; Duke (2-0) 10; North Carolina State (2-0) 9; Ole Miss (2-0) 5; Hawaii (3-0) 5; Washington State (2-0) 4; South Florida (2-0) 3; South Carolina (1-1) 2; Florida State (1-1) 1
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New Hampshire falls to 0-2 with loss to Colgate
… Related: “Dean, Defense Shine, But ‘Cats Fall to Colgate, 10-3” … from New Hampshire athletic department
From Fosters.com … With the offense sputtering for much of the game, the University of New Hampshire football team finally found the end zone late in the third quarter Saturday night.
However, the apparent touchdown was called back because of a holding penalty. The Wildcats then missed a makeable field goal on their next possession and twice in the fourth moved inside the Colgate 30 only to turn the ball over both times, once on a fumble and once on downs.
It was that kind of game for the Wildcats, who dropped a 10-3 decision to the Raiders at Wildcat Stadium and fell to 0-2 for the first time since 2002. They had won 13 consecutive home-openers.
“Not an easy game on the offensive side of the ball,” said coach Sean McDonnell. “I never felt we had a whole lot going and when we did they found a way to make a stop.”
UNH has been outscored in its first two games 45-10 and has scored only one touchdown. The Wildcats rushed for just 73 yards on 37 carries against Colgate, the favorite to win the Patriot League.
Christian Lupoli, making his first college start in place of the injured Trevor Knight, completed 14 of 24 passes for 133 yards. Neil O’Connor caught 10 of those passes for 111 yards after being held to two receptions on nine targets in the season-opener at Maine.
UNH finished with 206 total yards.
“People are putting eight or nine guys within eight yards of the line of scrimmage right now,” McDonnell said. “They are blitzing. They are attacking us. They are press covering our outside guys. … It’s frustrating.”
The Wildcats trailed 10-3 at halftime. Their only points came on a 30-yard field goal by Jason Hughes with 4:16 left in the second quarter that made it 7-3.
The big plays in the drive were a 12-yard gain by Lupoli on third-and-11 and a 30-yard completion from Lupoli to O’Connor that gave UNH a first down at the Colgate 25.
A pass interference call on third down moved the ball to the 11, but the drive stalled and they had to settle for three points.
“I mean it’s tough, we always want to score to help the team out and help the defense out,” O’Connor said. “The defense was awesome. Not being able to do that stinks. Our ultimate goal is to put points on the board. That’s how you win. You can’t win many games scoring three.”
UNH held Colgate to 214 total yards and the Raiders’ only touchdown was set up by a turnover.
Colgate scored on a 1-yard keeper by quarterback Grant Breneman with 10:05 left in the second quarter and a 40-yard field goal by Chris Puzzi with 30 seconds to go in the first half.
A fumble by Carlos Washington Jr. at the UNH 19 set up the Raiders’ touchdown eight plays and two fourth-down conversions later.
Colgate out-gained the Wildcats 161-71 in the first half and UNH managed only four first downs.
“It was obvious that our offense was struggling so we just tried to bring any type of juice, any type of energy to help those guys,” said linebacker Quinlen Dean, who was in on a game-high 16 tackles. “We were just trying to complement those guys and pick them up as best as we can.”
The Wildcats finally found the end zone late in the third quarter but an apparent 9-yard touchdown run by Evan Gray was called back because of a holding penalty.
UNH had to settle for a 36-yard field goal attempt by Mitch McPike that went wide and the Wildcats trailed 10-3 entering the fourth. They got as far as the Colgate 27 on their next possession but turned the ball over.
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