According to the box score these are the players who started the game, which has little relationship with reality.
UCD
# Player Pos.
6 Alexander,Markeece DB
25 Fowler,William DB
32 Antzoulatos,Blake LB
47 Madruga,Macray LB
52 Collier,Zaire OL
62 Mirabella,Thomas OL
64 Rodriguez,Jace OL
70 Simonson,Eli OL
78 Staycer,Matthew OL
7 Hastings,Miles QB
3 Larison,Lan RB
19 Perez,Matteo RB
0 Simpson,Ian TE
23 Williams,Winston TE
1 Hutton,C.J. WR
4 Davis,Chaz WR
18 Tompkins,Trent WR
I'm almost at the point that I want us to jump to FBS simply to get accurate and live stats, consistently. Im not sure who deals with all that stuff but even when we played montana on ESPN 2 I swear it was like a snail was updating game info...
I was looking at the participants page because so many players are alleged to have played 62. Only 64 players can dress in the playoffs, so i thought the list would provide a playoff roster. Unfortunately I have no faith it is correct.
The NCAA final book for the game shows the same list.
I didn’t realize that Cade Cox did the punting against Illinois State. Plough mentioned that in the presser. Hang time was improved and distance too. Special teams performance is amplified when the competition gets stronger.
Thanks, saw that. I’m not going to make it. There are few flights that go into Sioux falls and Omaha is a 3 hour drive. If they make it to frisco my wife and i will go.
a former teammate and I were debating the trip, but neither of us pulled the trigger. From Bay Area, the Sioux (Falls or city) flights were both expensive and inconvenient (leave SFO before 6 AM or land after 11 PM). Omaha was reasonable, but driving a rental car 2 1/2 hours in the middle of nowhere in winter (Omaha shows snow showers Saturday) didn’t seem like a great option. I guess 5 hours when you count the drive back after the game. In the dark.
I was loving that he turned over a couple punts. A lost art in the NCAA!
For those who have only experienced the rugby-style punting of the last 10-15 years, "turning it over" is a spiral- nose up on the way up, nose down on the way down. The ball seems to carry farther like this. It can be a thing of beauty.
Absolutely! Many moons ago in my punt, pass, and kick days (ford dealership sponsored - don’t know if that event is still around), that is what I aspired to. Definitely a thing of beauty, it carries much better by reducing drag. Whelan would bang those when he had enough field to work with.
Just because it may be their last post-game wrap up at home this season (fingers crossed), the Band-Uh! gave another great performance after the Illinois State game at the Victory Bell: