The College and High School Football Report

Robert Stephens, Featured Writer

Stephens reports gridiron action.

October 10, 2012 - Howard University senior linebacker Keith Pough has been selected as the MEAC's defensive player of the week. Pough also was selected as the national player of the week by the the National Sports Network.

The 6'3 235 pound senior broke the FCS career
record tackle for loss record with 66 in his career at Howard.

Pough recorded 17 tackles, 2and a half sacks, an had a fumble recovery as Howard defeated Florida A&M 17-10 Saturday at Greene Stadium. The improved to 4-1 (3-0) in MEAC play. The Bison travel to Greensboro Saturday to face the Aggies of North Carolina A&T.

The Terrapins of Maryland edged Wake Forest 19-14
before a crowd of 40,391 at Byrd Stadium. Terps held Wake scoreless in the fourth quarter and took the lead with 5:37 remaining in the game on a six yard run Justus Pickett.

Howard's Keith Pough (13) and Josh Jordan down a FAMU ball carrier.

The Terps improved to 3-2 on the season (1-0) in ACC play. Maryland will travel to Virginia on Saturday.

Fordham beat Georgetown 38-31 in an offensive display by both teams. The Hoyas, now 3-3 on the season, host Lehigh Saturday.

The Bulldogs of Bowie State defeated Chowan College
35-31. The Bulldogs will host Virginia State Saturday at 1pm.

In other scores from the college ranks:

Alabama A&M blanked Mississippi Valley 35-0. Alcorn St.
edged Southern 20-17. Virginia Union beat Lincoln (Pa.) 61-13. Arkansas-Pine Bluff defeated Jackson State 34-24. St. Augustine beat Livingston 32-27. Alabama State blanked Texas Southern 45-0, and Prairie View defeated Grambling 31-14.

In the race for the big $$.

1. Alabama was off. They travel to Missouri this weekend.
I wonder what the $ price of a ticket is in Columbia this weekend.
2. Florida State blew it big time losing to North Carolina
St.17-16.
3. South Carolina beats Georgia 35-7 as the "ball coach"
wins a big one before $ 85,199. The Gamecock's reward is an angry LSU at home.
4. LSU can't find its offense and suffers its first loss 14-6
to undefeated Florida at the brutal SEC is in full swing.
5. West Virginia beat Texas 48-45 as Geno Smith throws
for 268 yards and 4 touchdowns.
6. Tennessee State king of the HBCU's with that portion
of their schedule finished defeated edged Eastern Kentucky 23-20.
7. Notre Dame blasted Miami 41-3. Stanford invades South
Bend this weekend. The Notre Dame hype machine is in full effect. The Irish my self prolcaimed NCAA bully, are on a roll.
8. Penn State has now won four in a row. The Nittany Lions
beat Northwestern 39-28.
9. Ohio State blasted Nebraska 63-38. The Buckeyes, shades of last years most feared team in the PAC-12, USC, are ineligible to participate in the Big-10 championship game.
10. Oregon, one of my personal favorites this decade and their video game offense blasted Wasgington 52-13. The Ducks have to run the table to become a serious player. Stay tuned for that development.

In high school action this past weekend

Roger Robinson IV of Good Counsel is an up and coming player.

Good Counsel remained unbeaten in WCAC play with a hard fought 13-10 win over DeMatha at Olney. The Stags miscued with 5:11 remaining in the fourth quarter, missing a makeable field goal which would have tied the game. Both defenses dominated the remainder of the fourth quarter.

"It was a typical DeMatha matchup, they always
play us tough." said Falcon coach Bob Milloy. "We are in the drives seat" the coach told his players after the defensive struggle. "We were very fortunate to win."

"We have to play better to defend our title" said Milloy.
Good Counsel led 13-3 at the half that featured Kendall Fuller's 72 yard punt return for a touchdown. The Falcons played the second half without two of its starting linebackers - Darien Carr and Dorian O' Daniel, who also is the starting tailback.

The Falcons relied on several underclassmen to step up and
play major roles.

"We will look at the tape on Monday and find out what
corrections we need to make." said Coach Milloy.

In other scholastic play:

Dunbar defeated Coolidge 40-19 in a DCIAA west showdown. H.D. Woodson edged Anacostia 48-40. McKinley defeated Spingarn 38-20. Ballou beat T.Roosevelt 20-8. Stone Bridge defeated Langley 27-6. Westfield edged Chantilly 24-21. Oakton defeated
Herndon 55-7. Bullis beat McNamara 26-3. Wise blanked Oxon Hill 47-0.

Quince Orchard defeated Whitman 46-3. Seneca Valley beat Rockville 40-21. Northwest edged Churchill 27-24. Damascus beat Walter Johnson 56-27. BCC edged Paint Branch 27-21. Largo beat Fairmont Heights 30-6. Douglass blanked Crossland 54-0.

C.H. Flowers defeated High Point 41-8. Sherwood blanked Magruder 41-0. Gonzaga beat Carroll 44-7. Friendly defeated Forestville 40-18. Northwestern beat Bladensburg 33-8. and DuVal beat Suitland 26-6.