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...featuring Denver players from non-traditional areas like Tennessee and Kentucky. 2012 NCAA Program

I heard from some people who were there that the "injury" last week was a mysterious one that appeared only after he was benched by the head coach for the 2nd half of the game after committing a personal foul. After halftime, he was sitting on the bench when the coach told him that only players who were going to play could sit on the bench and that, since he was not going to play, he would have to go to another area on the sideline. At that point, he got up from the bench, took off his pads, and told the trainer that his shoulder was sore and that he needed to have ice applied to it.

I thought I had Bars in the list. Tanner is not listed on the UK roster. Thanks for the additions from Chattanooga!

Thanks. I found one player on the Samford roster and 2 on the Navy roster. I added them to the list.

There is a phrase for this kind of stuff in Texas: "Big hat, no cattle." Until the REAL team in the EAST plays a competitive DII team, we will never know.

Here is a list of DII players that I could come up with who are playing at the next level: MBA: Brad Bars (Penn St.) Ben Bartholomew (UT) Wesley Johnson (Vandy) Reggie Ford (Vandy) Charlie Byrge (Vandy) Fitz Lassing (Vandy) Andrew Fletcher (Louisville) Preston Bailey (MTSU) Spencer Wise (MTSU) Nathan Wade (Furman) Andrew Phillips (Furman) EJ Vinsang (Furman) Tee Griscom (Furman) BA: Chris Jordan (Alabama) Mike Berry (Auburn) AJ Green (Auburn) Alex Bullard (Notre Dame) Thad McHaney (Vandy) Ishmael Lewis (TSU) John Garrett (WKU) Barry Dabney (Navy) Mason Graham (Navy) Will Ballard (Samford) Ryan: Ernie Owusu (Cal) Nick Pollard (UT-C) Ryan Berry (TSU) Jonathan Brown (Carson-Newman) Ensworth: Tavarres Jefferson (MTSU) KP McDermott (UCLA) Orleans Darkwa (Tulane) Sam Cooper (Clemson) Jacob Carter (UT) Michael Dunn (TCU) JPII: Wesley Tate (Vandy) Devin Wilson (TSU) McCallie: Jay Fullam - Vanderbilt Midoho Okpokowuruk - Tenn Tech Drew Tompkins - Tenn Tech BJ Coleman - UTC Joel Bradford - UTC Thomas Green - UTC Blake Coddington - UTC Trace Walker - UTC Paden Gaines - Emory & Henry Keenon Rush - Wake Forest Joey Skogan - Wheaton Baylor: Kevin Cooper - Tennessee Austin Elrod - UTC

Rushing: O. Darkwa (TULN) - 16 CAR, 72 YDS, 3 TD Early in 4th. Tulane up 27-14.

Preston Bailey (MBA grad) started at offensive tackle for MTSU vs Minnesota tonight. He is red-shirt soph. Transferred from UT. The games is on ESPNU. He is #79.

Rushing: O. Darkwa (TULN) - 11 CAR, 39 YDS, 2 TD Tulane ahead 17-7 at half vs SE Louisiana. Game audio: http://den-a.plr.liquidcompass.net/standard_plr/audio_player.php?id=WISTAM&playerType=silverlight

MBA defense has 2 shutouts and EHS did not show much O vs Oakland. MBA offense has not been very impressive in 1st 2 games. I wouldn't go if you want to see a high-scoring affair but it should be a hard-fought game. EHS has to be doubly smarting after their playoff loss to MBA last year and after the opening loss to Oakland. They had high hopes to compete for the title last year. Both teams are playing a lot of inexperienced players. Has anyone heard if Antonio recovered during the week off? Did EHS make any changes to stimulate their offense? I think that MBA was somewhat intimidated by EHS until the playoff victory last year. They are much more confident this year.

I know Caleb was very upset that he had to leave MBA and I think there was more to it than just going to play for his granddad. From what I have heard, some personality conflicts between coaches had a major role in the Counce's departure. It came at a very tough time for Caleb.

Reigle and Kay are definitely the leaders on defense. One thing that nobody has mentioned is that MBA is starting the season without 3 seniors and 1 junior who were expected to be major contributors this year. Chase Pruett played a lot at wideout last year but decided not to come out his year. Connor Pagnani signed a lacrosse scholarship and is focusing on lacrosse instead of football. He is 6'4 or something and played a fair amount on D last year. Zemel Shropshire was the 2nd team LB last year but is no longer at school. The junior was Caleb Counce who left when he dad left the coaching staff (suddenly) after spring practice. Caleb played some TE last year and figured to play on both sides of the ball this year. The loss of these players opened up the door for some of the younger guys like Morphis and the freshmen.

It says in the paper that he went out at halftime. They were already down 20.

According to the stats posted by Oakland Patriots: http://www.highschoolsports.net/gamestats/Oakland-High-School-Murfreesboro-TN/38317938/Football/Varsity/Boys/ Ensworth had 23 yards rushing on 27 carries compared to 215 on the ground for Oakland. Oakland was up 20-0 at the half.

Any more details on this game?