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By: John Paul Guidry, DPT, CSCS
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CONTENTS 10.1.2017 6 PROHIBITION ON END ZONE CELEBRA TION REPEALED! 8 LSU 10 Nicholls State Starts The 2017 Season Hot 12 McNeese State Hitting Stride 14 Grambling State Tigers Climb Up in Rank ings 16 Southern Jaguars Push Forward 18 Louisiana College Wildcats 19 NSU 20 All Gas No Brakes with Tulane Quarter back Jonathan Banks
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Nicholls State Starts The 2017 Season Hot By: Jada Davis The Nicholls State Colonels made the FCS Coaches Top 25 Poll for the first time since 2007. In week three, the Colonels were ranked number 23. In that same week, they were number 28 in the STATS FCS Poll with 251 votes. Nicholls had a fast start this season with a 37-35 victory over rival McNeese State. Picked to finish fifth in the Southland Preseason Poll, the Colonels ended an eight-game losing streak vs. the Cowboys. Nicholls’ football season is on a bit of a roller coaster ride so far with a loss to Texas A&M after their matchup against McNeese. That loss was followed by an incredible 44-13 win over Prairie View A&M. Again, the Colonels suffered defeat as they took on Sam Houston State. OFFENSIVE NOTES: Sophomore Chase Fourcade threw for 213 yards and three touchdowns in the opening win over McNeese. He also rushed for 49 yards and scored in the fourth on a
19-yard run. The quarterback tossed for 248 yards and 2 touchdowns in the Colonel’s win over Prairie View A&M. Fourcade had a 62-yard touchdown pass to Mason Roberts in the first quarter and a 22-yarder to Dai’Jean Dixon in the third. It was his 10th 200-plus effort in his 14 career starts. Chase racked up 264 yards and a touchdown against Texas A&M; the touchdown pass was for 5 yards to tight-end Stephen LeBouef. He then hit Roberts for a 2-point conversion which tied the game at 14 with 12 minutes to go. Fourcade has already cracked the career top 10 passing list! He is number 8 on the list with 3,270 yards. In the victory against Prairie View, sophomore Jeremy Rounds made his first career appearance at running back rushing 11 times for 55 yards and a touchdown. Rounds scored on a 9-yard run to give Nicholls a 28-0 lead in the second quarter. Jeremy plays on the Colonel’s special teams as well. Sophomore running back Kyran Irving took over as feature back after Dontrell Taylor was injured at Texas A&M finishing with 62 yards rushing on a career-high 16 carries. Irvin rushed for career-high 113 yards and 2 touchdowns on 19 carries in his first career start against PVAMU. It was his second career 100-yard game. In opener against McNeese, Irving rushed for 17 yards on five carries. Junior wide receiver Damion Jeanpiere Jr. leads the offense with 361 yards receiving on nine receptions. Jeanpiere ranks 1st in FCS in receiving yards and yards per reception (40.1). In the Colonel’s season opener, he led the offense with 3 receptions for 145 yards and two touchdowns. He scored on a 62-yard pass in the first quarter and a 77yarder in the third. His last catch was on the final drive for six yards and a first down; on the next play, he drew a pass interference to put
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Nicholls in field goal range. Damion was named SLC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 2 after hauling in 5 receptions for 174 yards at Texas A&M. His 54-yard catch in the fourth quarter set up the Colonels’ game-tying touchdown. Freshman Dai’Jean Dixon recorded his first career reception at Texas A&M, going 23 yards on a screen following up with 3 receptions for 41 yards against PVAMU. Dixon hauled in first career touchdown on a 22yard pass. Junior Mason Roberts posted career-day against PVAMU with 4 receptions for 83 yards and his first career touchdown scoring on a 62-yard catch. Roberts had two key grabs at Texas A&M. He caught a 12-yard pass on fourth down to move the chains and had a highlight catch on a two-point try to tie the game in the fourth. DEFENSIVE NOTES: Senior defensive line Terrell Encalade ranks 12th in the FCS with 4.0 sacks. Encalade had two sacks in the opener at McNeese, one at Texas A&M and another vs. PVAMU. Junior Kenny Dotson ranks 21st in the FCS with 3.0 sacks. Dotson finished with 2.0 sacks vs. PVAMU, with one of them leading to a fumble and turnover Kenny also had a sack at Texas A&M. TCU transfer Tevin Lawson had a spectacular game against Texas A&M, finishing with 6 tackles with one for loss. Lawson came to Nicholls last season but sat out the year. At TCU, he played in 32 games for the Horned Frogs and totaled 32 tackles. At defensive tackle, seniors Lazarus Ona and Marcel Andry anchor the middle of the line. Ona is a four-year starter. Andry returned after appearing in 10 games in his first season with the Colonels. He was credited with a sack in the opener against McNeese. Redshirt sophomore Allen Pittman and junior Hezekiah White heads the group of linebackers. Pittman led the defense in tackles in first two games, highlighted by 16 at Texas A&M. In the win vs. McNeese, Allen had 9 tackles. For his performance at Texas A&M, he was named LSWA Defensive Player of the Week. White recorded his third career interception, setting up a touchdown that gave Nicholls a 34-29 lead in the fourth quarter against McNeese. Sophomore Evan Veron had a career-high 10 tackles and 0.5 sacks at Texas A&M. Veron had four stops against McNeese before being ejected in the first half. Evan had 6 stops vs. PVAMU.
and 49-yard field goals in the win over Prairie View. Nicholls picked up two weekly honors after their close contest with SEC’s Texas A&M. Damion Jeanpiere Jr. took the Southland’s Offensive Player of the Week after destroying the Aggie defense with 174 yards on five receptions. On defense, Allen Pittman racked up 16 tackles to take the LWSA’s weekly honor. After three games, Nicholls is 8th in the FCS with 12.0 sacks. The Colonels have had success scoring this season when inside the red zone, turning all 9 chances into points. Five of the trips have resulted in touchdowns. Nicholls is one of 14 teams in the FCS with a 100 percent conversion rate.
With Hezekiah White being injured, redshirt freshman Aquinda Steib experienced plenty of action at Texas A&M, finishing with 5 tackles. Junior Jonavon Lewis recorded his first career interception in the win over McNeese. With Nicholls trailing 16-7 in the 3rd, Lewis picked off a pass and with the help of a convoy of blockers, returned it 67 yards for a touchdown. Jonavon played in all 11 games last season and had 17 tackles and two pass breakups. IN OTHER COLOLEN NEWS: For two straight weeks, a Colonel was honored as K Lorran Fonseca earned Southland Special Teams Player of the Week. Fonseca had 47 www.LouisianaGridironFootball.com
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By Jada Davis I recently sat down with the quarterback for the Tulane Green Wave. The 6’3” and 220 lb. quarterback is heralded as a true dual threat quarterback and has been making a splash in New Orleans, Louisiana. Although this is his first year with the Green Wave (he transferred in for his junior year) he will be a great addition to the team. Last year he had 1,338 yards passing and 9 touchdowns and ran for 615 yards with 7 touchdowns at Independence Community College. I want to start by getting to know your background first. Where are you from? “I’m originally from Humble, Texas. I attended Kansas State and from Kansas I transferred to Independence Community College in Kansas”. When and how did you begin playing football? “I started playing football when I was 5 or 6, I believe. I was watching the Rose Bowl game, Texas vs. USC. I remember paying closer attention to the quarterbacks and how they made plays for the teams. Ever since then I just wanted to be a quarterback. ?” What do you like about playing football? “The biggest thing I like about playing football is, it’s a sport that you can go out there and have fun and be able to make plays. With me being a quarterback, I have to possess great leadership and make the right calls for my team. Basically, the making the plays part is always fun for me; it’s what I enjoy the most about the game.”
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as I can to make sure I am prepared for the next game. Then I do it all over again. I’m teaching myself to go the extra mile, above and beyond. These are qualities I feel I will need to be successful in the NFL.” What are some of your goals for the football team this season? “Our record is currently 2-2. Of course my goal for us at the beginning of the season was to go undefeated. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. So now my goal for us is a bowl game, at minimum. That’s just minimum though. My goal for us it get to the AAC championship, play in the championship game and get in a big bowl game”. What are some of your personal goals for this season? “Some of my personal goals, I want to be able to break some records at Tulane. Other than that, I’m pretty much focused on doing whatever I need to do for my team. With me being injured during two games it’s kind of hard for me to hit personal records. I’m trying to do whatever I can do to provide
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How would you describe Willie Fritz as a coach? “Coach Fritz is a very exciting coach. I’ve never played for a coach that adds that excitement and high drive the way he does. Coach Fritz emphasizes little aspects of the game that a lot of coaches don’t really take the time to emphasize, like stripping the ball, being disciplined, and basic fundamentals. I feel like Willie Fritz is a really good coach and I’m glad I’m playing for him. Is there anything important you feel should be mentioned in this article about yourself? “I just want you to include #AllGasNoBreaks”. I like that. So would you like to elaborate on what that means? “All Gas No Breaks just means pedal to the metal. You can’t stop; you’re working all the time. That’s what that means. That’s my headline; it’s been my motto since high school. That’s just what I go by”
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