Inside the Big East: Week 4

We delve deep into the Big East on this fine, fine Tuesday. The last Tuesday of the month. Seems like September has flown by. It’s crazy how time does that. Some days seem like they drag out for years, but you close your eyes, wake up and it’s been a month. My cousin told me a long time ago that life didn’t get fast until you got into high school. I hate her for telling me that and making life a speed train. 

1. South Florida 4-0. The Bulls are the only undefeated team standing in the league after a closer than expected win against UTEP. The Miners hung around until the 4th quarter, when the Bulls finally put them way. Up next: @ Pittsburgh Thursday night 8 pm
2. West Virginia 3-1. The Mountaineers couldn’t quite hang with LSU on Saturday night. Every time they moved the ball, LSU forced a turnover it seemed. When WVU cut the lead to 6, gun to foot again, as they gave up a kick return TD that iced the game. Up next: Bowling Green Saturday 3:30
3. Cincinnati 3-1. The Bearcats romped NC State. They head into a rivalry game this weekend. Up next: @ Miami Saturday 1 pm
4. Syracuse 3-1. Syracuse and Toledo played and up and down, back and forth game that was partially decided on a missed extra point by Syracuse that was ruled good. Toledo had a chance to win though despite that, but they played it safe and settled for the tie. Settling is a bad thing, as they lost the toss, went on offense, threw a pick, and settled on watching Syracuse win. Up next: Rutgers Saturday 12
5. Rutgers 2-1. The Scarlet Knights got up 21-7 on Ohio, and answered every call that the Bobcats made. Mohamed Sanu proved he’s the best WR in the Big East as well, with a record setting 16 catch performance. Up next: @ Syracuse Saturday 12
6. Louisville 2-1. Bye. Up next: Marshall Saturday 3:30
7. Connecticut 2-2. The Huskies beat the battling Chazz Anderson’s (18-39-193-1 INT) in a defensive struggle. That means the offenses were very bad. Up next: Western Michigan Saturday 3:30
8. Pittsburgh 2-2. The Panthers once again blew a 4th quarter lead. Their pass defense is very bad, 5th worst in the country, and Tino Sunseri has been too inconsistent. The Panthers have a big swing game this week against USF. It’s either make a statement and beat the Bulls, or go under .500. 

Total Offense

1. South Florida 575
2. West Virginia 533
3. Cincinnati 503
4. Rutgers 410
5. Syracuse 366
6. Connecticut 293
7. Pittsburgh 268

Passing Leaders

1. Geno Smith 463
2. Zach Collaros 263
3. Chas Dodd 232
4. Ryan Nassib 213
5. Johnny McEntee 213
6. BJ Daniels 202
7. Tino Sunseri 165

Passing TDs

1. Chas Dodd 3
2. Zach Collaros 2
3. BJ Daniels 2
4. Geno Smith 2
5. Ryan Nassib 2
6. Johnny McEntee 2
7. Tino Sunseri 1

Rush

1. Isaiah Pead 167
2. BJ Daniels 130
3. Antwon Bailey 114
4. Jawan Jamison 97
5. Ray Graham 89
6. Darrell Scott 87
7. Victor Marc 87
8. Prince-Tyson Gulley 66
9. Lyle McCombs 61
10. Demetris Murray 53
11. Zach Collaros 52
12. Dustin Garrison 46

Rush TDs

1. Zach Collaros 2
2. Isaiah Pead 1
3. BJ Daniels 1
4. Darrell Scott 1
5. Victor Marc 1
6. Demetris Murray 1
7. Dustin Garrison 1
8. Savon Huggins 1
9. Antwon Bailey 1

Receiving Yards

1. Tavon Austin 187
2. Mohamed Sanu 176
3. Stedman Bailey 115
4. Nick Williams 113
5. Anthony McClung 94
6. Lindsey Lamar 85
7. Kenbrell Thompkins 72
8. Mike Shanahan 64
9. Ivan McCartney 59
10. Jarrod West 56
11. Nick Provo 54
12. Isiah Moore 49
13. Ray Graham 43

Receiving TDs

1. Mohamed Sanu 2
2. Lindsey Lamar 2
3. Kenbrell Thompkins 1
4. Isaiah Pead 1
5. Hubie Graham 1
6. Stedman Bailey 1
7. Tyler Urban 1
8. Paul Carrezola 1
9. Nick Provo 1
10. Alec Lemon 1
11. Nick Williams 1
12. Mark Hinkley 1

Kicking

1. Ross Krautman 15 pts
2. Tony Miliano 14 pts
3. Maikon Bonani 10 pts
4. San San Te 8 pts
5. Kevin Harper 6 pts
6. Dave Teggart 5 pts
7. Tyler Bitancurt 3 pts

Punting

1. Pat O’Donnell 59.7
2. Mark Myers 46
3. Cole Wagner 44.3
4. Matt Yoklic 43.7
5. Jonathan Fisher 39.3
6. Corey Smith 38.7
7. Justin Brockhaus-Kann 36.5
8. Justin Doerner 34.7
9. Tino Sunseri 33

Total Defense

1. Connecticut 319
2. Cincinnati 322
3. South Florida 339
4. West Virginia 366
5. Pittsburgh 398
6. Rutgers 404
7. Syracuse 438

SEASON

Total Offense

1. South Florida 2,093
2. West Virginia 1,837
3. Cincinnati 1,802
4. Pittsburgh 1,481
5. Syracuse 1,350
6. Connecticut 1,263
7. Louisville 1,158
8. Rutgers 1,001

Passing

1. Geno Smith 1,471
2. BJ Daniels 1,071
3. Ryan Nassib 939
4. Tino Sunseir 823
5. Zach Collaros 784
6. Will Stein 615
7. Johnny McEntee 613
8. Chas Dodd 588

Passing TDs

1. Zach Collaros 9
2. Geno Smith 9
3. Ryan Nassib 9
4. BJ Daniels 8
5. Chas Dodd 6
6. Will Stein 5 
7. Tino Sunseri 4
8. Teddy Bridgewater 2 
9. Scott McCummings 2 
10. Johnny McEntee 2
11. Paul Millard 1 
12. Ronald Jones 1 
13. Alec Lemon 1

Season INTs

1. Tino Sunseri 4
2. Johnny McEntee 4
3. Geno Smith 3
4. Bobby Eveld 3
5. Chas Dodd 2
6. BJ Daniels 1 
7. Will Stein 1
8. Ryan Nassib 1
9. Teddy Bridgewater 1
10. Michael Nebrich 1
11. Zach Collaros 1

Rushing

1. Ray Graham 508
2. Isaiah Pead 424
3. Lyle McCombs 366
4. Darrell Scott 348
5. Antwon Bailey 318
6. BJ Daneils 201
7. Demetris Murray 188
8. Jawan Jamison 151
9. Jeremy Wright 136
10. Victor Anderson 131

Rushing TDs

1. Ray Graham 6
2. Isaiah Pead 5
3. Darrell Scott 5
4. Lyle McCombs 4
5. Vernard Roberts 3
6. Zach Collaros 3
7. Savon Huggins 3
8. Antwon Bailey 3
9. Zach Brown 2
10. Demetris Murray 2
11. BJ Daniels 2
12. Dustin Garrison 2
13. Victor Anderson 1
14. Jameel Poteat 1
15. George Winn 1
16. Marcus Shaw 1
17. Andrew Buie 1
18. Scott McCummings 1
19. Victor Marc 1

Receiving

1. Tavon Austin 423
2. Mohamed Sanu 363
3. Stedman Bailey 344
4. Van Chew 279
5. Ivan McCartney 270
6. Devin Street 257
7. DJ Woods 254
8. Sterling Griffin 248
9. Isiah Moore 246
10. Alec Lemon 236

Receiving TDs

1. Mohamed Sanu 4
2. Anthony McClung 3
3. DeVante Parker 3
4. Van Chew 3
5. Stedman Bailey 3
6. Alec Lemon 3
7. Ivan McCartney 2
8. Adrien Robinson 2
9. Kenbrell Thompkins 2
10. Lindsey Lamar 2
11. Tyler Urban 2
12. Nick Provo 2
13. Ryan Griffin 1
14. Victor Marc 1
15. Devon Brown 1
16. DJ Woods 1
17. Mike Shanahan 1
18. Michaelee Harris 1
19. Tavon Austin 1
20. Evan Landi 1
21. Brandon Coleman 1
22. Brad Starks 1
23. Scott Radcliff 1
24. Michael Acchione 1
25. Tim Wright 1
26. Adam Harris 1
27. Andrell Smith 1
28. Josh Bellamy 1
29. Sterling Griffin 1
30. Darrell Scott 1
31. AJ Love 1
32. Andre Davis 1
33. Devin Street 1
34. Cam Saddler 1
35. Kashif Moore 1
36. Isaiah Pead 1
37. Hubie Graham 1
38. Paul Carrezola 1
39. Nick Williams 1
40. Mark Hinkley 1

Kicking

1. Maikon Bonani 44
2. Tony Miliano 39
3. Tyler Bitancurt 39
4. San San Te 30
5. Ross Krautman 27
6. Kevin Harper 27
7. Dave Teggary 25
8. Chris Philpott 14

Punting

1. Pat O’Donnell 47.6
2. Jonathan Fisher 40.7
3. Corey Smith 40.5
4. Matt Yoklic 39.8
5. Justin Doerner 39.7
6. Cole Wagner 39.6
7. Justin Brockhaus-Kann 39.3
8. Shane Raupers 38.5
9. Chris Philpott 34.7
10. Josh Bleser 34.5
11. Tino Sunseri 34

Total Defense

1. Louisville 874
2. Rutgers 929
3. Connecticut 1,088
4. USF 1,253
5. West Virginia 1,315
6. Cincinnati 1,479
7. Syracuse 1,611
8. Pittsburgh 1,647

Penalty Yards Per Game

1. Connecticut 27
2. Cincinnati 35.8
3. Pittsburgh 41.2
4. Rutgers 50
5. USF 55
6. Louisville 57.7
7. West Virginia 60.2
8. Syracuse 62

Turnover Margin

1. Cincinnati +14
2. Rutgers +10
3. USF +8
4. Syracuse +1
5. Connecticut 0
6. Pittsburgh -2
7. Louisville -2
8. West Virginia -4

Interceptions

1. JK Schaffer 3
2. Duron Harmon 3
3. Kevyn Scott 2
4. Jory Johnson 2
5. Phillip Thomas 2
6. Byron Jones 2

Sacks

1. Derek Wolfe 4
2. Sio Moore 3.5 
3. Brandon Lindsey 3
4. Greg Scruggs 3
5. Julius Forte 3
6. Claude Davis 3
7. Justin Francis 2.5
8. William Savoy 2.5
9. Scott Vallone 2.5
10. Ted Jennings 2.5
11. Travardo Williams 2.5