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KANSAS STATE WILDCATS
Defense carries Wildcats to victory
By Ashley Dunkak Kansas State Collegian
Avenging last season's loss at University of California, Los Angeles, the Wildcats won their home opener with a score of 31-22. Though they struggled to pass and take care of the ball, the Wildcats prevailed on the strength of their defense and ground game.
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Despite an alarming number of fumbles (two) and sacks of the quarterback (six), the victory showed the character of K-State and served as a good start to the season.
"Wins are hard to come by,"said head coach Bill Snyder. "I do not care if you are the coach, the quarterback or the water guy. They are hard to come by, and they are important and good for everyone involved."
Snyder said he liked the way the defense responded to adverse situations. One instance he mentioned in particular was when K-State gave up a late touchdown on a 29-yard zinger from UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince to receiver Ricky Marvay with 1:19 remaining in the game to cut K-State's advantage to a mere two points. However, the Wildcats did not allow the two-point conversion.
Kansas State running back Daniel Thomas is tackled by UCLA safety Tony Dye and linebacker Akeem Ayers and defensive back Ryan Sublett during the second half of the game Saturday, Sept. 4, in Manhattan.
"There is some character there." Snyder said. "That takes more than just being a good football player. We have all been faced with adversities in our life, but it is how you respond to tough times that tells what kind of individual you are. That is what I was proud of our defensive football team for."
Captain and junior linebacker Alex Hrebec led the team with 12 tackles. The number is one thing, but to watch Hrebec in the game is a much better measure of what a great defender he is. On a punt return, UCLA junior Josh Smith broke loose for a 43-yard run, and he might have broken loose for more had Hrebec not hauled a good 50 yards down the field to back up defensive back Tysyn Hartman and drag Smith down.
The secondary and defensive line also made life very difficult for Prince and his receivers.
Junior defensive backs David Garrett and Terrance Sweeney had an interception apiece and combined for five pass breakups and nine tackles.
"We knew they would have a height advantage, so we had to be physical against them," Sweeney said. "We had to keep hitting them and keep hitting them and then get to the ball." pretty good idea of what they were going to do. It comes down to execution, and
fortunately it got the job done."
On the offense, passes came few and far between, but the running game did not disappoint. Although 313 yards rushing and 64 yards passing does not reflect the balance Snyder likes, nobody was complaining about that Saturday.
Senior running back Daniel Thomas gained ground in his strong yet smooth style for two lengths of the football field and then some, furthering his reputation as the best running back in the Big 12 Conference and maybe in the country.
"Daniel is such a quiet young guy," Snyder said. "Most of you have interviewed him and he doesn't have much to say, but he plays so hard. Second, third, fourth effort, that is just his way. I am awfully proud of him."
Adding to Thomas' 234-yard contribution was senior running back William Powell, who got his first touchdown amid six carries for 72 yards — not bad for his first game back from injury. Powell credits Thomas with elevating the team as a whole and also him personally.
"Daniel gets the whole team excited," Powell said. "I see him making plays, and that just makes me want to play that much harder. When he comes out and I go in, I don't want there to be any discrepancy. I want to get in there and be able to produce just like he does."
THE WAVE SEPTEMBER 10,2010
IOWA STATE CYCLONES
Quarterback leads strong offense in open
By Jake Lovett
Iowa State Daily
In Iowa State's 27-10 win over Northern Illinois last Thursday night, the ISU offense had 403 total vards.
A big reason — maybe even the biggest — the offense was so successful was the play of senior quarterback Austen Arnaud.
At coach Paul Rhoads' weekly news conference Monday, he addressed the quarterback's improved play in the opener.
"He did a great job of executing and running the offense, he did a nice job of running the football." Rhoads said. "I'm very pleased with Austen's first performance."
During the 2009 season, Arnaud completed 58.7 percent of his passes, good for eighth in the Big 12.
Arnaud was 27-of-36 passing for 265 yards Thursday night, but did throw two interceptions.
"He threw two bad interceptions, and they were bad decisions on his part," Rhoads said, "but he threw for 75 percent accuracy with 36 thrown balls, which is something he
didn't do a year ago."
Arnaud tweaked his throwing motion during the offseason, which he said may have led to the increase in completions.
Arnaud and running back Alexander Robinson also had a great deal of success running zone read plays Thursday night. On the play, Arnaud takes a snap in the shotgun and then either hands the ball off to Robinson or keeps it himself and runs straight ahead.
"It's just the look the defense gives me, most of the time reading a defensive end or a linebacker," Arnaud said. "A lot of that has to do with the running back pressing the line and seeing the cut as the line develops it."
Robinson rushed for 97 yards, including a 63-yard touchdown out of the zone read, and Arnaud had 45 yards. He also had a 53-yard touchdown run in the first quarter that was called back due to an illegal-formation penalty. Arnaud would later get a rushing score on a 2-yard run on a read play.
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
Tuberville happy with team despite close first game
By Mike Graham The Daily Toreador
Head football coach Tommy Tuberville said he had not been sleeping very well leading up to the Red Raiders' season-opening game against SMU Sunday.
While acknowledging there is still a lot of work to be done if Tech is going to be the team he believes it can be, the new head coach said he was looking forward to sleeping Sunday evening after his football team defeated SMU 35-27.
"I'm proud to be part of this team," Tuberville said during his postgame conference as the Goin' Band From Raiderland could be heard still performing in celebration of the victory.
Tuberville's first game as the head coach was not always smooth sailing.
SMU had the chance to tie the game
on its final possession of the game thanks in part to Tech's botched fourth-and-one conversion attempt from its own 34-yard line with about 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
Quarterback Taylor Potts appeared as if he was set up to run a quarterback sneak under center Justin Keown but the snap was mishandled and Tech lost two yards. SMU scored a touchdown and brought the game back within one possession thanks to that play.
"We're not an every down snap underneath the center and the quarterback" Tuberville said. "It wasn't anybody's fault but mine. I put us in a situation where it should have been a no-brainer. We should have lined up and punted the ball."
But all the other Red Raiders came to Tuberville's defense.
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