#1michiganfan's Dynasty Minnesota Golden Gophers

[#1michiganfan]

I'm going to start this dynasty mid-way through my first season. I am playing on 5 min quarters with my created AA sliders. I will update my info and how I'm doing this season later.

[#1michiganfan]

Minnesota Golden Gophers 6-0 (2-0) Rank- 28

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Schedule
1 Bye
2 Tulsa W 28-0
3 Troy St. W 21-0
4 @ Ohio W 21-10
5 UL Lafayette W 30-8
6 @ Penn St. W 35-10
7 @ Northwestern W 31-7
8 Michigan
9 Michigan St.
10 @ Illinois
11 Indiana
12 Wisconsin
13 @Iowa
14 Bye
15 Bye
16 Bye

Stat Leaders
QB Asad Abdul Khaliq- 27 of 56, 490 yds, 8 TD, 2 INT, 31 att, 0 yds, 1 TD
HB Marion Barber III- 125 att, 713 yds, 5 TD, 1 rec, 2 yds
FB Thomas Tapen- 35 att, 200 yds, 2 TD
TE Ben Utecht- 22 rec, 483 yds, 7 TD
WR Aaron Hosack- 6 rec, 76 yds, 2 TD
FS Eli Ward- 26 tack (4 TFL), 1 sack, 3 INT, 7 pd, 2 FF, 1 FR
CB Justin Isom- 18 tack (3 TFL), 2 pd
OLB Phil Archer- 14 tack (3 TFL), 1 sack, 2 FF
CB Thumaine Banks- 10 tack (1 TFL), 1 sack, 1 INT, 1 Def TD, 1 pd
DT Anthony Montgomery- 7 tack (4 TFL), 2 sacks

[Sportsfan10889]

Very cool man. Like the new look of it. Keep it up.

[#1michiganfan]

Very cool man. Like the new look of it. Keep it up. Thanks a lot! I hope it will start to draw more readers in. I will play my Michigan game tomorrow and I should update then.

[Sportsfan10889]

Thanks a lot! I hope it will start to draw more readers in. I will play my Michigan game tomorrow and I should update then.

Yeah, it should draw more readers. Just keep it up and good luck against the Maize' n Blue. ;)

[FSUSeminoles]

great job so far, gotta see if you can keep winning though

[#1michiganfan]

Michigan Wolverines 3-3 (0-2) Vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers 6-0 (2-0)
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Game Outlook
The Minnesota Golden Gophers come into this game undefeated played a good but struggling Michigan Wolverines. In order for the Golden Gophers to win this game their defense will have to come up big against the #15 ranked offense in the nation. They will also have to force several turnovers on the Wolverines. Minnesota's offense has stuggled this season and is rated last, and they need to do well offensivly also. This game will be tough for them and we will find out soon what will happen.

Prediction: Michigan- 24 Minnesota- 21

[#1michiganfan]

Michigan Wolverines 3-3 (0-2) Vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers 6-0 (2-0)
http://www.gophersports.com/PhotoArchive/2003-2004/mfball_Michigan/images/Barber%20Marion%20174.jpg

1st Quarter-Michigan elected to recieve the ball and game out strong. They came down and scored on a 2 yd. run by backup Bracken. But Minnesota came down and tied the score up with a few seconds to go in the quarter on a 19 yd. TD run by Jackson.
7-7 tie

2nd Quarter-Michigan started out by punting and on Minnesota's next possesion, their QB Asad Abdul-Khaliq got injuried and out for the game on a third in long incompletion. But when Michigan got the ball deep into Minnesota territory, SS Justin Farley got an INT in the endzone. That ended the first half.
7-7 tie

3rd Quarter-Minnesota punted on their first possesion and Michigan came down and scored on a 6 yd. TD pass from Navarre to Avant. Then Minnesota's backup QB Benji Kamrath threw an INT to Michigan CB Jeremy LeSueur. But when Michigan came into the redzone, OLB Terrance Campbell got an INT. Then Minnesota punted to end the quarter.
14- 7 Mich

4th Quarter-Things started looking bad for Minnesota after Michigan scored on a 59 yd. pass from Navarre to Edwards. Kamrath had not completed a pass yet, but looked good on the next drive capped off by a 7 yd. TD run by the FB Tapen. Minnesota forced Michigan to punt, and they got one more chance. Minnesota got into Michigan territory but with :49 to go Kamrath threw an INT to CB Markus Curry to end their chances of a comeback.

Final Score:Michigan- 21 Minnesota- 14

Player Stats
QB Benji Kamrath- 3 of 16, 82 yds, 2 INT
HB Marion Barber- 13 att, 44 yds
FB Thomas Tapen- 4 att, 16 yds
TE Ben Utecht- 3 rec, 104 yds
FS Eli Ward- 5 tack (1 TFL)
SS Justin Farley- 3 tack, 1 INT
OLB Terrance Campbell- 3 tack, 1 INT

Big Games
#2 Oklahoma- 35
#15 Texas- 28

#5 Notre Dame- 17
#11 Pittsburgh- 24

#8 Georgia- 24
#16 Tennessee- 62

#3 Miami- 22
#6 Florida St.- 31

Biggest Upset
Stanford- 24
#13 USC- 6

BCS Top 5
1. Ohio St. 3.05
2. Oklahoma 3.29
3. Florida St. 7.94
4. Kansas St. 11.67
5. Texas A&M 14.39

Next Game:Michigan St. 3-4(0-3) Rank- 70
Minnesota Rank- 35

[#1michiganfan]

What does everyone think? I worked really hard on it and I want to know if people like it.

[TexasAg]

Its good, I think you do a few things that maybe I should do, like putting the scores after the quarters and not leading the post with the final score. Maybe you could either remove the mascot names or reformat the title so that it doesnt wrap onto a second line.

For example you could go:

Michigan Wolverines (records)

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@ Minnesota Golden Gophers (records

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you dig? I think that would make it a little better, but overall its very nice.

[#1michiganfan]

Its good, I think you do a few things that maybe I should do, like putting the scores after the quarters and not leading the post with the final score. Maybe you could either remove the mascot names or reformat the title so that it doesnt wrap onto a second line.

For example you could go:

Michigan Wolverines (records)

Image

@ Minnesota Golden Gophers (records

Image

you dig? I think that would make it a little better, but overall its very nice. Thanks, I'll try to work on those things.

[Sportsfan10889]

Looks pretty good my friend. Keep it up.

One more week till mine starts up!!!!!!

[#1michiganfan]

Looks pretty good my friend. Keep it up.

One more week till mine starts up!!!!!! Thanks. I can't wait for you to start yours. ;)

I am thinking about using digital pictures, what does everyone think about that? I got the idea from Sportsfan10889.

[goblue96]

I have got one thing to say about this site:

M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A, MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA, YAAAAAAAA GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rah!

In other words, it looks good.

[#1michiganfan]

I have got one thing to say about this site:

M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A, MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA, YAAAAAAAA GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rah!

In other words, it looks good. Thanks a lot. I am working hard at this and I have came up with a newspaper, Minnesota Times, and I will post that soon.

[#1michiganfan]

Minnesota Times

Interview with Coach Sheltraw
Reporter: Coach, how do feel about the game against Michigan?

Coach Sheltraw: Well, I have to say that I am dissapointed with our game against Michigan. We were at home against a struggling Wolverine team and we could have won. We have to come out next week strong and build off of this loss.

Reporter: How will your team prepare for next weeks game against Michigan St.

Coach Sheltraw: We will just have to play hard and we expect to come away with a victory.

Reporter: What is your game plan against Michigan St.

Coach Sheltraw: No comment. (walks away)

Spotlight Player Of The Week
FS Eli Ward Sr (RS)
31 tack (5TFL), 1 sack, 3 INT, 7 pd, 2 FF, 1 FR

He has shown great senior leadership this season and has played extremely well. With how he has played, he earned the right to be the Minnesota Times Spotlight Player Of The Week.

[#1michiganfan]

Michigan State 3-4 (0-3) Vs. Minnesota 6-1 (2-1)
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Game Outlook
Minnesota has a great chance at getting their 7th win of the season because Michigan State has lost four straight and their starting quarterback Jeff Smoker is listed second on the depth chart so he will not start even though he is not injured. Michigan State is 110th in offense and and 95th in defense. They average -0.5 turnovers per game while Minnesota averages +0.7 turnovers per game. Minnesota expects to dominate this game and come out with a win.

Prediction: Minnesota- 35 Michigan State- 7

[#1michiganfan]

Sorry it has been so long since I have updated but I had tryouts for HS Varsity hockey. I made the team so my schedule will be packed so I won't be able to update as often.

[#1michiganfan]

Michigan State 3-4 (0-3) Vs. Minnesota 6-1 (2-1)

http://www.gophersports.com/PhotoArchive/2003-2004/mfball_MichiganState/images/Abdul-Khaliq%20Asad%20046.jpg

1st Quarter- To start off the game MSU choose to receive and fumbled but they recovered. Then they came down on a long drive and scored on a 2 yard TD run by Teague. Then Minnesota punted to end the quarter.
7-0 MSU

2nd Quarter- Minnesota started out with an INT by SS Justin Farley. Minnesota then turned over the ball on downs. MSU got an 8 yard TD pass from Stanton to Steckler. Minnesota yet again gave up the ball on turnover on downs. Minnesota's Justin Isom got a fumble recovery with a few seconds to go in the half, but they did not score.
14-0 MSU

3rd Quarter- Things were not looking good for Minnesota they got something going by getting a 22 yard TD pass -Khaliq to Utecht. Minnesota did good again by getting a 62 yard punt return for a TD by Jackson.
14-14 tie

4th Quarter- MSU started out with a 30 yard FG by Rayner. Minnesota tried to make something happen but they fumbled and MSU got it. MSU got a 4 yard TD run with 2:42 to go and it looked to be over for Minnesota. But they did not give up and they scored with 1:40 to go on a 2 yard run by Barber. They kicked to MSU since Minnesota had three timeouts and forced MSU to punt. Minnesota came down on the drive of the season and ended it with a 5 yard TD pass from -Khaliq to Hosack with 0:26 to go in the game. On the kickoff MSU fumbled and Minnesota recovered to clinch the victory. On the following play Barber scored on a 27 yard run while trying to run the clock out.

Final Score: Minn- 35 MSU- 24

Payer Stats
QB Asad Abdul-Khaliq- 9 of 18, 166 yds, 2 TD, 6 att, 61 yds
HB Marion Barber- 12 att, 91 yds, 2 TD, 1 rec, 7 yds
TE Ben Utecht- 7 rec, 154 yds, 1 TD
FS Eli Ward- 9 tack
SS Justin Farley- 4 tack, 1 INT
CB Justin Isom- 4 tack, 1 FR
OLB Phil Archer- 2 tack, 1 FF

Big Games
#3 Florida St.- 15
#15 Virginia- 41

#6Texas A&M- 17
#17 Nebraska- 57

#23 USC- 24
#10 Notre Dame- 45

Iowa- 26
#1 Ohio St.- 24

Biggest Upset
Florida- 16
#5 Arkansas- 10

BCS Top 5
1. Oklahoma 2.12
2. Kansas St. 7.88
3. Pittsburgh 9.71
4. Miami 13.87
5. Nebraska 15.48

Next Game: @ Illinois 3-5 (1-3) Rank- 66
Minnesota Rank- 35

[#1michiganfan]

How do I put Digital Pictures in my summary? I tried and I can't get it to work.