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Game Week: Kent State

Tim Riordan — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:13:44 -0000

Buffalo

vs. Kent

Kent State Golden Flashes at Buffalo Bulls

Wednesday, September 19th 2012 7:00 PM

UB Stadium, Amherst NY

Radio: WECK

TV: ESPNU & Watch ESPN

Buffalo will be taking on Kent State in a series that goes all the way back to October 23, 1937. The two teams have split the 18 games they have played. They are meeting for the first time since 2009 when Turner Gill, in his last game as UB's head coach, let the Bulls to a 9-6 win at Kent.

Numbers after the Jump

Team Numbers:

National	Conf	Actual	Category	Actual	Conf	National
17	2	252	<-- Rushing Offense	141.5	8	81
90	8	206	<-- Passing Offense	196.5	10	101
39	4	459	<-- Total Offense	338	10	101
25	1	39.5	<-- Scoring Offense	27.5	6	71
105	9	214	Rushing Defense -->	127.5	3	43
117	12	177.8	Pass Efficiency Defense -->	158.57	10	106
86	7	425.5	<-- Total Defense	427.5	8	88
110	11	39.5	Scoring Defense -->	34	6	T-96
116	11	29.33	Net Punting -->	34	8	97
51	4	10	<-- Punt Returns	5	11	91
46	4	22.25	Kickoff Returns -->	39.71	1	3
83	6	-0.5	Turnover Margin -->	2.5	1	3
53	5	211.5	<-- Pass Defense	300	10	108
15	1	170.43	<-- Passing Efficiency	118.96	8	95
4	1	4.5	<-- Sacks	2.5	4	40
27	3	7.50	<-- Tackles For Loss	6	6	T-54
23	4	1.0	Sacks Allowed -->	3	12	104

Names to know:

National	Conf	Actual	Player	Category	Player	National	Conf	Actual
3	1	174.5	Branden Oliver	Rushing	Trayion Durham	81	9	70.5
	16	46.5	Alex Zordich		Dri Archer	93	11	66
14	1	170.76	Alex Zordich	Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game)	Spencer Keith		10	103.15
57	6	239.00	Alex Zordich	Total Offense	Spencer Keith		13	163.00
96	11	174.50	Branden Oliver		Trayion Durham		20	70.50
T-33	4	6.5	Alex Neutz	Receptions Per Game	Josh Boyle		14	4.50
14	2	103	Alex Neutz	Receiving Yards Per Game	Josh Boyle	T-47	5	79.50
				Interceptions	Norman Wolfe Jr.	T-40	T-5	0.50
T-2	1	15	Alex Neutz	Scoring	Dri Archer	T-9	2	12
T-44	T-6	9	Branden Oliver		Freddy Cortez		T-13	6.50
10	2	179.5	Branden Oliver	All-Purpose Runners	Dri Archer	4	1	211
	10	103	Alex Neutz		Trayion Durham		16	85
T-5	1	1.5	Colby Way	Sacks	Zack Hitchens		T-9	0.50
T-55	6	0.75	Steven Means		Jake Dooley		T-9	0.50
	T-9	0.5	Dalonte Wallace		Clay Miller		T-9	0.50
	T-9	0.5	Lee Skinner		Roosevelt Nix		T-9	0.50
T-80	10	8.5	Witney Sherry	Tackles	Luke Wollet	T-15	T-3	11.0
	T-23	7.0	Jake Stockman		Luke Batton		T-19	7.5
T-10	T-1	2	Colby Way	Tackles For Loss	Roosevelt Nix	T-10	T-1	2
	T-22	0.75	Lee Skinner		Jake Dooley		T-9	1
	T-22	0.75	Steven Means		Zack Hitchens		T-22	0.75

Series History

Date		Opponent (record)	Result	Score
11/27/2009	@	*Kent (5-7)	W	9	6	3
11/28/2008	vs.	*Kent (4-8)	L	21	24	-3
11/24/2007	@	*Kent (3-9)	W	30	23	7
11/4/2006	vs.	*Kent (6-6)	W	41	14	27
11/12/2005	@	*Kent (1-10)	W	10	6	4
11/6/2004	vs.	*Kent (5-6)	L	7	33	-26
11/22/2003	@	*Kent (5-7)	L	24	34	-10
10/26/2002	vs.	*Kent (3-9)	L	12	16	-4
10/20/2001	@	*Kent (6-5)	L	13	35	-22
11/4/2000	vs.	*Kent (1-10)	W	20	17	3
10/30/1999	@	*Kent (2-9)	L	20	41	-21
9/26/1970	@	Kent (3-7)	L	21	27	-6
10/4/1969	vs.	Kent (5-5)	L	8	17	-9
9/21/1968	@	Kent (1-9)	W	21	13	8
9/16/1967	vs.	Kent (5-5)	W	30	6	24
9/17/1966	@	Kent (4-6)	W	27	23	4
10/22/1938	@	Kent State	L	0	52	-52
10/23/1937	vs.	Kent State	W	13	0	13
		Games / Average	17	18	23
		Wins / Big Win (2006)	8	41	14
		Losses / Big Loss (1938)	9	0	52

Big Names and Big Games of the Modern era

Big Running Performances
Bull	Year	Carries	Yards	Average
Jame Starks	2006	24	162	6.8
Jame Starks	2008	24	136	5.7
Brandon Thermilus	2009	29	123	4.2
Big Throwing Performances
Bull	Year	Att	Comp	Yards
Drew Willy	2007	44	34	334.0
Joe Freedy	2000	36	26	323.0
Big Reveiving Performances
Bull	Year	Rec	Yards	Avg
Drew Haddad	1999	8	150	18.8
Andre Forde	2000	10	158	15.8
Ernest Jackson	2007	9	118	13.1
Naaman Roosevelt	2008	8	124	15.5

Depth Chartin': Buffalo Bulls Depth Chart Week 2

Tim Riordan — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:00:18 -0000

Offense	1	2
WR	Alex Neutz	Devon Hughes
LT	Andre Davis	Pat Wilson
LG	Jansen Carlson	Bob Blogdett
C	Trevor Sales	Gabriel Barbe
RG	Graham Whinery	Dillon Guy
RT	Gokhan Ozkan	Jake Silas
TE	Gordon - Dennison	Reeder
QB	Alex Zordich	Joe Licata
RB	Branden Oliver	Murie - Potts
FB	Boomer Brock	Rashad Jean
WR	Cordeo Dixon	Ron Willoughby
WR	Fred Lee	John Dunmore
Defense	1	2
DE	Steven Means	Beau Bachtelle
NG	Cahill - Sokoli
DE	Colby Way	Dale Barksdale
OLB	Khalil Mack	Willie Mosely
ILB	Stockman - Pettigrew
ILB	Lee Skinner	Khari Brown
OLB	Isaac Baugh	Chatman - Wallace
CB	Najja Johnson	Carlos Lammons
SS	Okoye Houston	Adam Redden
FS	Witney Sherry	Minniefield / Brim
CB	Cortney Lester	Maqus Baker

And in the second Week Director White ended the suspension of Khalil Mack, and lo it was good for order was restored among the many linebacker.

Khalil Mack came back and things on the two deep now come much closer to what was expected before the august drama played out.

This will be the first game where Buffalo defensive coordinator Lou Tepper has his entire set of linebackers. Tepper who came up as a linebacker coach will no doubt make good use use of Mack.

Mack will be on the left side and Lee Skinner moved to the right inside linebacker slot.

The other inside linebacker is going to be manned by Jake Stockman or Scott Pettigrew.

Elsewhere in the defense Johnson and Lester switched sides at the corner.

Other than that the defense is pretty much set as is.

Offensively the changes are even fewer.

James Gordon and Alex Dennison are still splitting duty at tight end but this week Jake Reeder is "officially" the second line tight end.

Ron Willoughby is no loger splitting time with Dixon at wideout. Willoughby is now the second line receiver.

If this game plays out like it should, and like the FCS contests have played out under Jeff Quinn then you sill see a lot of the second line guys like Potts, Willoughby, and Redden.

Depth Chartin' : Buffalo Bulls Depth Chart Week 1

Tim Riordan — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:17:54 -0000

	1	2
Offense
WR	Alex Neutz	Devon Hughes
LT	Andre Davis	Pat Wilson
LG	Jansen Carlson	Bob Blogdett - Back
C	Trevor Sales	Gabriel Barbe
RG	Graham Whinery	Dillon Guy
RT	Gokhan Ozkan	Jake Silas
TE	Gordon - Dennison
QB	Alex Zordich	Joe Licata
RB	Branden Oliver	Murie - Potts
FB	Boomer Brock	Rashad Jean
WR	Dixon - Willoughby
WR	Fred Lee	John Dunmore
Defense
DE	Steven Means	Beau Bachtelle
NG	Wyatt Cahill	Kristjan Sokoli
DE	Colby Way	Dale Barksdale
OLB	Dalton Barksdale	Kendal Roberson
ILB	Lee Skinner	Khari Brown
ILB	Jake Stockman	Scott Pettigrew
OLB	Isaac Baugh	Imani Chatman
CB	Cortney Lester	Marqus Baker
SS	Okoye Houston	Adam Redden
FS	Witney Sherry	Minniefield / Brim
CB	Najja Johnson	Lammons / Striggles

Welcome to the party:

UB has some true freshman on the depth chart

Two true freshman will be starting. Tyler Grassman will take care of the punting duties and he will be taking snaps from fellow freshman Marcus McGill.

Ron Willoughby, a red shirt freshman gets a start, sort of. He and Cordero Dixon will share the starting responsibilities as wideouts.

Another redshirt freshman, Tony Daniel, will be the holder on special teams.

Wheel of linebackers:

There has, predictably, been a huge storm at linebacker since the dismissal of Wonderful Mounds, Jaleel Verser, and the one game suspension of Khalil Mack.

Mack is replaced by Dalton Barksdale.

Barksdale used his red shirt in 2010 and spent 2011 filling out the scout team. Barksdale saw action in five games, recording a tackle against Eastern Michigan. His time on the field was spent mainly with the special teams. Now he will be starting against the #6 team in the nation.

Jake Stockman replaces Jaleel Verser.

Last season as redshirt freshman Stockman had a big impact on special teams and also played some minutes with the defense. He looked very solid in the spring game, putting up seven tackles.

According the the game note safety Isaac Baugh is now our other outside linebacker.

Last year baugh started 11 games and recorded 36.

Because Baugh is over as a linebacker Okoye Houston gets the start at safety.

Two headed tight end:

Still no decision between Alex Dennison and James Gordon as two how starts at tight end.

Know Your Bulls: #52 Jake Stockman

Tim Riordan — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:00:16 -0000

Stockman via UB Athletics

Know your Bulls is a countdown to the kick off. If will look at every single UB football player on the roster. When the players number matches the number of days remaining then it's his turn in the spotlight.

Position: Linebacker

From: Joliet, Illinois

Played depth on defense and started on special teams

Jake Stockman is not a player that the casual fan hears a lot about. But last season the redshirt freshman had a big impact on special teams and also played some minutes with the defense.

In all Stockman saw action in ten games and recorded nine tackles.

During this seasons Blue and white game Stockman put up 7 tackles, matching the word done by Lee Skinner. After that game he landed on the depth chart as an inside linebacker behind Fred Branch and Scott Pettigrew.

Buffalo Spring Game Wrapup

Tim Riordan — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:30:46 -0000

Like Conrad said, it could have been so much better had they embraced the Hunger Games idea but it was still revealing.

Quarterbacks:

Zordich looked good, but still only completed 53% of his passes (albeit for 3 touchdowns and no interceptions). It was not a mind blowing day but a respectable showing. He also showed good elusiveness and looked a lot less likely to tuck it and give up quickly on a play than we saw two seasons ago.

Jerry Davis all but took himself out of the running for second line quarterback with a very pedestrian three completion day and 44 yards.

Joe Licata got off to a very shaky start. First he was mauled by Steven Means and then a couple of plays later did a terrible job reading the zone and got picked off. As the day went on he got a lot sharper and engineered a great two minute drive towards the end to get his touchdown.

His passes on that drive, and for most of the contest, were pretty on target.

Were that the whole day then I would say the order would be Zordich, Licata, Davis but Tony Daniel, who we've only mentioned in passing all spring had himself a great day. Maybe even a game changer as far as the depth chart is concerned.

	Comp	Att	PCT	Yds	Y/A	TD	INT
Alex Zordich	9	17	52.9%	183	10.8	3	0
Tony Daniel	19	25	76.0%	177	7.1	1	0
Loe Licata	7	13	53.8%	99	7.6	1	1
Jerry Davis	3	6	50.0%	44	7.3	0	0

Daniel spent the bulk of his game against the second and third line units but showed great decision making, an efficient arm, and a good feel for the pocket.

Give the day he was having it would have been nice to see one more series with him put up against the first teamers but the scrimmage it what it was.

On top of numbers which are arguably better than even the ones put up by Zordich he also carried the ball nine times for 62 yards. He did a particularly good job making the right choices on the read option plays.

	Carr	Yds	TF	Y/C
Oliver	16	77	0	4.8
Daniel	9	62	0	6.9
Murie	14	54	0	3.9
Zordich	5	34	0	6.8
Jean	7	24	1	3.4

Running Backs:

Branden Oliver had a respectable game but none of his carries were highlight reel material. He had a very quiet 77 yard day. The only backs to carry were Brandon Murie, Oliver and Richard Jean.

Brandon Murie had an OK showing, and he did spend a bit of time with the first units.

Rashad Jean was the very pleasant surprise. It was just two years ago that Buffalo fans were led to believe that the Full Back position was a thing of the past. Jean, who saw action as a blocking back last year carried the ball seven times. He scored the lone touchdown of the game on a goal line plunge (took him two tries). More notably is that he seemed to be an effective part the passing game.

Receivers:

Alex Neutz is not quite 100% yet but he is already looking dangerous. While the secondary that he spent the day torching was one of the more vulnerable ones in the MAC last season 112 yards on six receptions is still impressive.

	Rec	Tds	TD	Y/C
Neutz	6	112	2	18.7
Hughes	8	81	1	10.1
Johnson	6	?	?	?
Willoughby	5	?	?	?
Wiser	4	56	0	14.0
Dennison	2	54	1	27.0

Devon Hughes had a solid game which reinforces what we have been hearing out of camp. Hughes will be the guy who hopefully keeps teams from focusing all of their pass defense on Neutz. 10.1 yards per reception and a touchdown is enough to warrant the attention of defensive coordinators.

Rudy Johnson, a converted Quarterback, was a frequent target from Daniel. He and freshman Ron Willoughby combined for eleven catches.

Alex Dennison is hopefully done bulking up. I hardly recognize him wearing a tight ends frame. But he did not sacrifice too much quickness and had a very good touchdown catch in traffic.

Matt Wiser also looked very solid.

Offensive Line:

Looked good for the most part but Means, Mosely, and Mack were often able to break them down. There was a lot less running than I expected (61 passes, 51 carries Yes I am counting scrambles as carries, sue me). Perhaps the line is finally where Quinn thinks he needs it to be for this team to be a real threat through the air.

Offense Thoughts:

I know this is still technically a spread (yes I noted where everyone was) but it bears no resemblance to the awful scene from 2010. More effective use of the running game, which we saw last season, combined with a Tight End Threat and a solid Full Back make this offense a SINO (Spread In Name Only).

Defensive line:

Means was a beast, but he seemed to be alone out there. It's not too encouraging to see the line have such a quiet day. This needs to be a big year with two seniors.

Linebackers:

Mack had a great game (Six Tackles and Two Sacks) but Willie Mosely walked away with the game ball The senior linebacker had eight tackles, four sacks and a fumble recovery. Lee Skinner had eight tackles and Jake Stockman and Khari Brown each had seven tackles.

They were what we thought they would be, the unit that is going to have to help the line pressure the quarterback and help the secondary cover the short stuff.

Defensive Backs:

The Defensive Backs were pretty unimpressive. They were basically just a play thing for Alex Neutz and Devon Hughes. They had a few moments here and there but unless there is a marked improvement between here and September this season may look a whole lot like last season.

Tep's Defense:

A lot of drop back linebacker / lineman. I don't really like it but he's a coach and I run a blog so until I see otherwise, for myself, I'm going to assume he understands it far better than I do.

It's understandable that there are going to be some growing pains with two new defensive coaches, including a new coordinator.

Special Teams:

Patrick Clarke went 4-4, hitting field goals from 21 yard to 36 yards. Aside Clarke all that happened was a blocked extra point, and some rather tepid attempts to cover field goals.

Wrap up:

Surprisingly I like what I saw out of Zordich. I've been quietly on the Licata train but after this weekend there is no doubt who should be the starter when Coach Quinn releases his post spring depth chart.

I love the direction Alex Wood is taking the offense. You just can't have a high powered passing offense with the quarterbacks on the roster.You can have an effective, even dangerous, passing game but you cant lean on it. The use of the tight ends, and even the full back in the passing game is going to force the corners not to cheat deep when they have a shallow zones.

The defense is still clearly adjusting to Coach Tepper and Coach Linguist. Any individual improvement over last season is getting lost in the unit transition. Hopefully by kickoff in Athens they have it all worked out.

Poll

Daniel or Licata for #2

Daniel

15 votes

Licata

23 votes

38 votes | Poll has closed