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http://www.sanangelostandardtimes.com/sast...3832088,00.html Chiefs' Payne named offensive MVP By NATHAN WRIGHT nwright@sastandardtimes.com or 659-8246, Staff Writer June 5, 2005 ABILENE - Former Lake View High School running back Robert Payne rushed for 183 yards, and teammate Matt Phillips ran for two touchdowns for the South, but the North rallied for a 22-21 victory in the sixth annual FCA Myrle Greathouse All-Star Classic Saturday at Shotwell Stadium. Payne set game records for rushing attempts (27) and yards (183) as he was named the Gordon Wood Offensive MVP. Prior to the contest, Payne received the Jon Rhiddlehover Memorial Spirit Award. The award is given in the memory of Rhiddlehover, a former player and coach who died in 2000 after a long battle with cancer. ''It was an honor just to play in this game,'' Payne said. ''It was a blessing just to be here.'' Payne got plenty of help from Phillips, who completed 11 of 15 passes for 98 yards. He scored on a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs. The South took a 21-0 lead into halftime, but the North scored 22 unanswered points in the second half to win. ''In the first half everything was clicking,'' said Phillips, who is headed to the University of North Texas, an NCAA Division I-AA school in Denton. ''I had a great offensive line and receivers that could catch. In the second half, everything was flat.'' With two seconds remaining in the game, Abilene High's Matt Adams kicked a 55-yard field goal to give the North the victory. To start the game, Phillips took the first snap from Central's Caleb Steed and handed it off to Payne for a 3-yard gain. That would become a recurring theme throughout the first half. On the opening drive alone, Payne rushed 13 times for 58 yards, and Phillips completed 4 of 4 passes for 51 yards, including an 8-yard completion to teammate Christian Perryman. Phillips ran it in from a yard out to put the South ahead 7-0. After a punt by the North and fumbles by both teams, Phillips and Payne were both on the field again late in the first half. Payne, who said Saturday he is attending North Texas as a preferred walk-on, broke off an 84-yard run down to the North's 1-yard line, and Phillips took it in from there to give the South a 14-0 lead after the successful conversion. ''It was long,'' Payne said of the run. ''I hadn't been conditioning like I should've.'' Perryman caught two passes for 11 yards, and Central's Derreck Ratcliff had four tackles, one for a loss. Teammate Cody Bahlman had three tackles, one for a loss. Sweetwater's Jeremy Thompson rushed eight times and had 94 yards and a touchdown for the North. He scored on a 74-yard TD to begin the North's comeback from a 21-0 deficit.

Bobelok thanks so much for sharing this. Good stuff.

Does anyone know about which college stadium is the oldest in the country? Is Fouts in the top 10?

And er um Craig Hitman Jones? The play of this programs return to IA might have been his forced fumble in the miracle in the desert.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...l.230b229f.html Texas All-Stars slip in Oil Bowl 12:48 AM CDT on Sunday, June 19, 2005 By BEN MALCOMSON / The Dallas Morning News WICHITA FALLS–All-Star games often provide exciting, close, high-scoring games. That wasn't entirely the case in the 68th annual Oil Bowl game, as Oklahoma defeated Texas, 38-7, at Memorial Stadium on Saturday night. In a contest featuring outgoing high school football standouts, Oklahoma's All-Stars shined much brighter than Texas'. Even with 19 Division I recruits to Oklahoma's 13, the Texas All-Stars couldn't get anything going. Texas didn't score until four seconds remained in the first half and was held to 18 rushing yards on 21 carries while allowing 19 points in the first half. The most exciting play for Texas was an 18-yard fumble return in the fourth quarter by Waco linebacker Shon Brown, who is headed to Baylor, with the score 33-7 in favor of Oklahoma. As if things couldn't get any worse for Texas, it gave up a safety in the final minute of the game on a fumbled snap. Southlake Carroll quarterback Chase Daniel, who will attend Missouri in the fall, struggled, going 2-for-9 with an interception and a lost fumble in two quarters. It was that kind of night for the entire team. Texas posted its first points at the end of the second quarter after a 75-yard drive led by quarterback Blake Szymanski (a Baylor signee from Wichita Falls Rider) that closed the margin to 19-7 going into halftime. Texas couldn't contain Oklahoma's speedy running attack, as it chalked up 133 yards on 41 carries. The Oklahoma defensive line stymied Texas, frequently hurrying the quarterback and holding the Texans to 18 rushing yards. E-mail bmalcomson@dallasnews.com SUMMARY Oklahoma All-Stars 12 7 7 12 – 38 Texas All-Stars 0 7 0 0 – 7 FIRST QUARTER O–Felix Jones II 3 run (kick failed). O–Andrew Brewer 3 run (pass failed). SECOND QUARTER O–William Bencoma 1 pass from Brewer (Cole Reynolds kick). T–Jacob Lacey 16 pass from Blake Szymanski (Tyler Wolf kick). THIRD QUARTER O–Gerald Jones 9 run (Reynolds kick). FOURTH QUARTER O–Ryan Gallimore 40 pass from Rodney Bencoma (Reynolds kick). O–Reynolds 39 field goal. O–Texas safety. Category Oklahoma Texas First Downs 16 10 Rushing yard 133 18 Passing yards 128 126 Comp-Att-Int. 10-21-0 13-33-2 Punts Avg. 4-36.8 5-25.6 Penalties 9-40 6-34 Fumbles-lost 4-2 6-3 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Oklahoma: Ray Long, 8-34; Gerald Jones, 6-31; Felix Jones II, 6-21; Freddie Carolina, 6-17; Ryan Gallimore, 1-15; Andrew Brewer, 5-11; Tray Bowie, 4-8; Rodney Bencoma, 5-(-4). Texas: Anthony Hall, 5-12; Chase Daniel, 9-12; Blake Szymanski, 4-5; Jerome Hewitt, 1-2; Allen Hausey Jr., 2-(-13). PASSING–Oklahoma: Andrew Brewer, 8-14-0-78; Rodney Bencoma, 2-6-0-50. Texas: Chase Daniel, 2-9-1-31, Blake Szymanski, 11-24-1-95. RECEIVING–Oklahoma: Ryan Gallimore, 3-90; Freddie Carolina, 2-20; Jessie Meyer, 1-10, Charley Brown, 1-5; Gerald Jones, 1-2; Williams Bencoma, 1-1; Tray Bowie, 1-0. Texas: Brian Christian, 2-31; Jerome Hewitt, 4-28; Dale Van Hooser, 2-22; Brett Fields, 2-17; Jacob Lacey, 1-16; Stephen Arnold, 1-12; Anthony Hall, 1-0.

Oklahoma 38, Texas 7 WICHITA FALLS, Texas Andrew Brewer of Tulsa Jenks threw two touchdown passes tonight to lead Oklahoma to a 38-to-7 win over Texas in the 68th Oil Bowl between high school all-stars from the two states. Brewer was named the game's M-V-P. He threw for 79 yards on 8-of-14 passing. He had 22 yards rushing. It was the biggest loss ever in the series for Texas. Texas was shut down by a stout Oklahoma defense that limited Southlake Carroll's Chase Daniel to just 31 yards on 2-of-9 passing. He also threw an interception, fumbled twice and was sacked twice. Tulsa Union's Michael Cowan was named the game's defensive M-V-P, recording a sack, a fumble recovery and three quarterback hurries. Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/apps/pbcs.d.../506180322/1006 Normally, Don Hendrix doesn't have an "us against them" mentality when he coaches, but he may for one day. That's when he will walk the sidelines as the Oklahoma All-Stars head coach against a team of Texas All-Stars in the prestigious Oil Bowl in Wichita Falls, Texas on Saturday. Hendrix, the Hilldale High School coach for the last four years, is more excited about the chance to represent Oklahoma. "I've been to the game. It was years ago when I had a player made it," He said. "It's one of the top honors you can get as an Oklahoma high school coach. Only three are picked every year, so it's a once in a lifetime honor to be named." Hendrix won't be alone on the sidelines. Larry Childers, an assistant at Hilldale, will also be coaching in the game. Eufaula's Tray Bowie and Hilldale's Charley Brown are suiting up for the Oklahoma All-Stars in the 68th annual game. This is the first such all-star game for Childers in his 28 years as a coach. "I didn't think I get a chance to this, so I'm very humbled by it," he said. "Other coaches on our staff here would've like to have done this, too. They had other things going on at the time. It just worked out in my case. "I'm excited about this. I'm going to get to work with some great players who are going on to play college football. It's a tremendous honor." Two of those players are Bowie and Brown. Bowie, headed to Northeastern A&M, finished the 2004 season with 1,668 rushing yards, averaging 8.6 yards per carry, and 26 touchdowns. He also had eight receptions for 125 yards and two touchdowns. The 5-foot-10, 150-pounder ended his career with 4,400 rushing yards and 71 touchdowns. "I'm excited about playing against the best in Texas," Bowie said. "It's a great opportunity to play against Division I prospects." Brown, a 6-4, 235-pounder, has signed with University of North Texas in Denton. He had 19 catches for 320 yards and two touchdowns at tight end in 2004. "It's going to be fun to play in the game," Brown said. "I'm glad coach Hendrix is coaching in the game. He's a great coach." Both Brown and Bowie earned all-state honors after the 2004 season. "I think Tray is one of the better players in the state and Charley's very deserving to be in the game," Hendrix said. "He's got a big body and going to get bigger." Texas leads Oklahoma in the Oil Bowl series at 41-17-1 after its 40-10 victory last year.

SUE it doesn't appear that he is and I do not know why. I'll try to find out the scoop.

He's big enough - 260+ and he is evidently healthy this year after an injury plagued season last year. With the depth at linebacker he will have a tough time helping us there. I know Mitchell is still the man, but when things get real crowded up front McNac could surely open things up a bit for J-Mo and Patrick.

You know there were two plays last year that really changed my perception of Quinn from a good player to a superstar. One was when he caught that long touchdown pass against Baylor early in the game. I was right there in the corner of the endzone and was amazed at his closing speed to the ball. I had never thought of him as fast, always more of a possesion receiver. The other play was that freakshow touchdown catch at Arkstate in the mudbath on national TV. You remember - the one handed grab? What's ironic about Quinn is that he was not highly touted coming out of high school even though he led the State of Texas in receptions. He sort of looked like a thin Opie Taylor and wasn't considered very fast. Former Coach Kelvin Martin may have been the only college recruiter in the State of Texas that believed in him. I've always appreciated Coach Martin for his signing of Quinn and always felt sorry for the way Martin's coaching career ended. The receiver position was a real weakness prior to Martin getting here and he helped us to get things back on track. If you've seen some of the pictures on here of Quinn lately you wouldn't even remotely ever think of him as Opie Taylor. Which brings me to another point. Sports Illustrated has an article this month about defensive tackle Albert Means. Means was originally recruited by Alabama and thought to be the top recruit in the nation. Later, it was revealed that his high school coach had received bribes from an Alabama booster to convince Means to sign with Bama. A lot of people got in trouble over it and Means ended up transferring to Memphis - we actually played against him last year. He signed as a free agent with the Texans and was recently released. Anyhow the article talks about all of the trouble that Means' recruiting caused and in reality he was a decent player but certainly not the star that the recruiting services labled him to be. After he transferred to Alabama he put on weight and didn't work to become a better player. In a sense he became a victim of his own hype. Players like Johnny Quinn are what make me enjoy following North Texas football. You can throw Pat Cobbs, Brad Kassell and Scott Hall into that group as well. They are players who may not meet the size and speed measurements of Rivals and the BCS programs. They just have an intense drive to succeed regardless of the odds. This drives them to work out more, watch more film, lift more weights, make good grades, take on team leadership responsibilities. They become leaders on the field that you want to have representing your team when the chips are down. Thankfully for our program no one has figured out how to measure heart and desire.

PLAY-BY-PLAY, An Evening Honoring Sportscaster Bill Mercer, EVENT PROFILE. Date: August 18th Time: 7:00pm Location: UNT Gateway Center on the North Texas campus Ticket cost: $50 per person….$350 for a table of 8 …500 tickets will be available. Sponsor: Building Believers, Inc., who are sponsoring the event as a fund raiser for the organization. Dress: Black tie optional….valet parking available Featured speakers: Dave Barnett, ESPN sports, Craig Way, voice of Texas Athletics, Norm Hitzges, KTCK sports personality, Bill Blakeley, former UNT basketball coach, Jimmy Gales, former UNT basketball coach, Bill Conway, KOIT radio, San Francisco, Doug Adams, Colorado Symphony, Carl “Killer” Cox, former pro wrestler, Bob Baillargeon, former Fort Worth Ranger, Mickey Grant, movie producer, Russ Campbell, KNTU radio and Fred Graham, former North Texas sports information director. About Building Believers, Inc.: A non-profit organization that serves D/FW youth, both urban and rural, through fundamental basketball training. The organization stresses the teaching of valuable life lessons and skills through basketball. Former NCAA players concentrate on core principles of hard work, determination, perseverance, patience, respect for others, self-confidence, self-control, desire and purpose. To buy tickets: call 817-491-9602, on line at Hoophunter@hoophunter.com or a two locations in Denton. The Denton locations are: Joe Holland’s Denton Bicycle Center, 1700 N. Elm or Denton Athletics, 908 W. University Drive. Will call tickets can be purchased. About Bill Mercer: Mercer was the voice of North Texas athletics for over 30 years and has done broadcasting for the Dallas Cowboys, the Texas Rangers, the Chicago White Sox, as well as pro wrestling. Bill founded KDNT-AM radio in 1959 and has served as an instructor in UNT’s Department of Radio for many years. He also helped start the campus radio station, KNTU-FM. Many of Mercer’s colleagues and former students are expected to attend.

How about Kane Sweet from Clovis NM. He was SUMG's favorite player!

Looks like they will finally have a place for archived radio broadcasts as well as podcasts for ipod aficianados. A new group of Green Guys will be selected and their program will be available as well as the Darrell Dickey, Johnny Jones and Tina Slinker Shows. Looks good! Check it out: http://www.kntu.fm/index.htm

Found this on their message board: http://fiuathleticscom.proboards20.com/ind...read=1118751351

2001, 2002, 2003 or 2004? 1). 2002 - It was a huge year as the Mean Green defeated Cincy with a RS freshman QB and very good defense led by Brandon Kennedy. Probably the high level mark for UNT as a program. 2). 2001 - Big year as it was the first bowl game in 40 years and the start of something special. The turnaround after Louisiana Monroe was book worthy. Colorado State manhandles the Green but didn't take away from a special season. 3). 2004 - The year of Jamario. UNT lost Drew Smith and several key players prior to the season and still managed to go undefeated in conference. A flawed gameplan left the Mean Green overmatched against USM but still a pretty nice season with the emergence of Thomas after Cobbs was lost. 4). 2003 - BK wasn't the same but Cobbs came up huge. Lost to a talented Memphis team in the bowl but kept it respectable. I realize that many will put 2002 as #1 since we won that bowl game but I'm interested as to where you will put the others...

Ken welcome aboard. Great news, we are so looking forward to watching Justin and Collin play in the Super Pit.

Really good news GG. Thanks for sharing this!

Great game tonight, but man oh man the Rockets have been tough. This series was a lot tougher than I thought it would be. McGrady is a monster.

Good info. Welcome back Cooley. You've been missed.

Gak is right. As big a fan of the script as I have been, the new eagle head would be better in my book. It's really growing on me. Excuse me, I have to run to make a pistol duel scheduled with Cerebus over this issue...

http://www.unt.edu/newuntfeatures/mgblowout/

I respectfully disagree. We want to get our program to the point that schools like TCU look to us for key personnel. We should consider it an honor if TCU chooses Rick...they wouldn't have hired Helwig that's for sure. I agree that Dr. Pohl would be a huge loss, but remember that Dr. Pohl's boss is The Chairman of the Board of Regents Bobby Ray. Losing Ray - a huge supporter of athletics - is what scares me. I believe his term is up in 2007. Things are getting better, and we're in a much better`position then we were 5 years ago. Let's not be chicken littles and predict disaster if change does come.

Here's a link to a pic of Loewe on signing day. Scroll down the page to the 2nd picture. http://www.brazossports.com/baseball/111402baldwin.htm

http://www.aggiesports.com/basketball/mens...040905loewe.htm Loewe to transfer at end of semester -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated April 9, 2005 8:05 AM By ROBERT CESSNA Eagle Staff Writer AGGIE ROSTER STATUS Gone: Bobby Leach, 6-0; Justin Loewe, 6-4, jr. (will transfer); Antoine Wright, 6-7, sr. (declared for NBA Draft, but did not hire an agent and could return). Returning: Luis Clemente, 6-8, sr.; Edjuan Green, 6-7, sr.; Josh Johnston, 6-2, jr.; Joseph Jones, 6-9, soph.; Dominque Kirk, 6-3, soph.; Acie Law IV, 6-3, jr.; Logan Lee, 6-2, jr.; Marcus McIntosh, 6-0, jr. (was academically ineligible after 10 games); Marlon Pompey, 6-8, jr.; Chris Walker, 6-5, sr. (has graduated, but has a year of eligibility left); Slade Weishuhn, 6-9, fr.; Kenneth White, 6-1, soph. Signees: Martellus Bennett, 6-7, fr. (on football scholarship); Josh Carter, 6-5, fr.; David Devezin, 6-1, fr.; Jamar Finley, 6-6, jr. Texas A&M men’s basketball reserve guard Justin Loewe has been granted a release. Loewe, an all-stater from Caldwell, played in 19 games this past season, averaging only 2.8 minutes. He scored 19 points, hitting 6 of 20 field goals and 3 of 4 free throws. He appeared in only four games as a freshman, playing 12 minutes and scoring two points. “He just wants to play,” said his father, Harold Loewe, who was his high school coach. Loewe has had contact with Tulsa, Stephen F. Austin and North Texas, said his father. The sophomore was recruited and signed at A&M by Melvin Watkins, who didn’t have his contract renewed after the 2003-2004 season (7-21, 0-16 in the Big 12). The elder Loewe said the release benefits both parties. “I just think coach [billy] Gillispie’s style is more full-court defense, and that’s just not Justin,” Loewe said. “There’s nothing wrong with it, people win with it. And, people win with half-court [offense].” Loewe said his son’s game is best suited for a half-court offense with screens setting up 3-point shots. Loewe averaged 24.6 points per game his senior season at Caldwell, hitting 61 of 149 3-point shots. Loewe was 4-of-14 shooting 3s this past season and 0 of 2 as a freshman at A&M. Loewe will finish out the spring semester at A&M. He’s worked out an individual drill schedule with Gillispie and will use the Aggie weight room, his father said. Harold Loewe said he has a lot of respect for Gillispie, and they will “still be buddies” after this. “The guy recruiting Justin — Tom Billeter — left before he even got there,” Loewe said. “Then they had the coaching change. “I’ve known Billy for years, I even used to coach against him. [but] Billy never recruited Justin. He’s not the type of player Billy recruits. But that’s big-time basketball. I’m hoping, wherever he does go, they really want him.” Assistant coach Tom Billeter left Watkins’ staff to coach at Augustana. Loewe has two years of eligibility left. He will have to sit out next season provided he goes to a Division I school. Harold Loewe said it was important for his son to get a release this week, because this is a key recruiting period, and schools will be filling out their rosters in the next few weeks. “We hate to see Justin go,” said Gillispie, who was out of town recruiting. “He’s been a great teammate, and played a role in our success this year. Justin will always be part of our family and we wish him nothing but the best.” The Loewes talked with Gillispie and assistant coach Steve Forbes on Tuesday, then the release was granted Wednesday. Loewe will be the first Watkins’ recruit to transfer out. As a senior, he was rated the 13th best player in Texas by Mike Kundstadt’s Texas Hoops. He earned all-state honors by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and played in the THSCA All-Star Game. Loewe’s departure will allow A&M to sign another player, said Colin Killian, A&M associate sports information director.