A quick breakdown of all the Big Ten games from week one. Not included is the Ohio State game, which will be have its own wrap- coming later today
Appalachian State (34) at #5 Michigan (32)
Michigan had the Sports Illustrated curse going into the game as running back Mike Hart was one the five regional covers for the publication’s college football preview.
Every Michigan fan/ESPN commentator will tell you that Michigan lost because they played a terrible game.
That might be true, but I watched the end of the first half and much of the second half, and my thought was that App. State played a great game and not the other way around.
App. State lined up sophomore quarterback Armanti Edwards in the shotgun and threw quick screens to a surplus of WRs in the spread offense. Also, I thought the team speed of App. State was just as fast if not faster than Michigan’s. Edwards had a great game, completing 17 of 23 passes for 227 yards and threw for three touchdowns. Edwards also rushed for 62 yards on 17 carries and for a touchdown.
On the other side, senior quarterback Chad Henne looked terrible.
Senior RB Mike Hart, who missed almost two full quarters because of a thigh injury, tried to carry his team late in the game. With under five minutes left in the game, Hart had a 54-yard run for a touchdown, making the score 32-31. Hart finished with 188 yards on 23 carries and scored three rushing touchdowns.
After the touchdown, Edwards was intercepted by Brandent Englemon at the App. State 43 yard line. The game looked over, but then App. State blocked a Jason Gingell 43-yard field goal attempt.
App. State got the ball back with 1:37 left, Edwards drove his team down the field and set up a 24-yard field goal by Julian Rauch, making the score 34-32.
With less than 15 seconds left, Henne finally made a play and threw a bomb to Mario Manningham (46 yards down to the App. State 20). Gingell lined up for a 37-yard field goal, but the kicked was blocked again. Corey Lynch blocked the kick, picked it up and raced down the field.
The game was one of the biggest upsets in college football history. Check out what our fellow Big Ten Bloggers have to say about it:
Northeastern (0) at Northwestern (27)
Junior quarterback C.J. Bacher played well. Bacher completed 23 of 29 passes for 243 yards and threw for a touchdown and rushed for another. Junior running back Tyrell Sutton rushed for 108 yards on 24 carries and scored a touchdown. Sutton also caught four passes for 24 yards. The last two seasons, Sutton has rushed for 1,000+ yards and has caught 40+ passes.
We have one Northwestern blogger in our group of Big Ten Bloggers- see what he has to say:
Florida International (0) at #17 Penn State (59)
Senior quarterback Anthony Morelli (right) threw for three touchdowns, last year he had only 11. He completed 23 of 38 passes for 295 yards.
We have three Penn State bloggers in our group of Big Ten Bloggers- see what they are saying:
Bowling Green (32) at Minnesota (31)
Minnesota lost a heartbreaker to Bowling Green. BGSU sophomore quarterback Tyler Sheehan completed 34 of 51 passes for 388 yards and had two touchdown passes.
Senior Minnesota running back Amir Pinnix preformed well, rushing for 168 yards on 28 carries and scored two touchdowns.
We have two depressed Gopher blogs in our group- see what they are saying:
Indiana State (7) at Indiana (55)
IU sophomore quarterback Kellen Lewis threw for 285 yards and three touchdowns. Lewis also rushed for 59 yards on nine carries for 59 yards and another score.
We have one Hooiser blog:
Washington State (21) at #7 Wisconsin (42)
Wisconsin’s biggest question mark coming into the season was at quarterback. Senior QB Tyler Donovan played extremely well completing 19 of 29 passes for 284 yards and threw three touchdowns. Donovan also rushed for another scores.
Sophomore P.J. Hill, who rushed for 1,569 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2006, rushed for 84 yards and scored two touchdowns.
Wisconsin senior wide receiver Luke Swan caught eight passes for 170 yards and scored two touchdowns.
We only have one Wisconsin blog in our group, but it is a good one:
We still need blogs for Illinois, Purdue and Michigan State
UAB (18) at Michigan State (55)
MSU senior running back Jehuu Caulcrick had four rushing touchdowns. Caulcrick had only 10 carries and had 93 yards.
MSU junior quarterback Brian Hoyer completed 14 of 17 passes for 201 yards and threw a touchdown pass.
Purdue (52) at Toledo (24)
Purdue junior quarterback Curtis Painter, who threw for 3,985 yards and 22 touchdowns in 2006, threw for 244 yards and four touchdowns.
Missouri (40) vs. Illinois (34) at St. Louis
Illinois almost came back, quarterback Juice Williams left the game with a head injury and redshirt freshman QB Eddie McGee came in and looked solid.
McGee was 17-for-31 for 257 yards and a touchdown, but he was intercepted twice. McGee also fumbled twice.
Missouri junior quarterback Chase Daniel was great as always- going 37-fo-54 for 359 yards and threw three touchdowns.
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