[0] CSUN STUNS NO. 13 N. ARIZONA : CSUN 41, N. ARIZONA 10.Byline: Brian Dohn Daily News Staff Writer The United States Naval Academy United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md.; for training young men and women to be officers of the U.S. navy or marine corps. George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy, founded and opened (1845) it as the Naval School at Annapolis. sure did miss out on a dynamic piece of energy and play-making ability when Marcus Brady Marcus Brady (Born September 24, 1979) is a quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL. College career He attended Cal State Northridge as a business major, where he started 43 straight games. reconsidered. Instead, he put on an impressive performance that will ensure first-year head coach Ron Ponciano remembers his first win at Cal State Northridge. Brady threw for 236 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another 49 as CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge pounded No. 13 Northern Arizona Northern Arizona is dominated by the Colorado Plateau, the southern border of which in Arizona is called the Mogollon Rim. In the West lies the Grand Canyon, which was cut by the flow of the Colorado River while the land slowly rose around it. 41-10 Saturday at the Walkup walk·up also walk-up n. 1. An apartment house or office building with no elevator. 2. An apartment or office in a building with no elevator. Dome in the Big Sky opener for both teams. The whipping of NAU (1) (Network Access Unit) An interface card that adapts a computer to a local area network. (2) (Network Addressable Unit) An SNA component that can be referenced by name and address, which includes the SSCP, LU and PU. (2-1) also represented the highest-ranked opponent CSUN (1-1) has beaten since it moved to Division I-AA. Brady, who completed his first 14 passes, finished 20 of 26. However, the first half wasn't much of a barometer of what was to come. Though CSUN dominated the field position and stats, one thing it didn't do was convert all of its opportunities. Instead, twice drives stalled inside the Lumberjacks 10-yard line as the Matadors took a 13-3 lead into the second half. In the quick counterpunch world of the Big Sky, that's nothing more than a Tavon Cooper run and Clay Brown Clay Brown is a former NASCAR driver. He was a part-time fixture in the sport in the mid-1990s. Craftsman Truck Series Brown just reappeared for a one-race deal in 2003, driving a second Xpress Motorsports truck at South Boston. to Marcus King swing pass. Until the duo combined for 74 yards on two plays, the CSUN defense was nearly impeccable, allowing 91 yards of offense. But Cooper, a transfer from Colorado, went off left tackle for 63 yards before being tracked down by the Matadors at the 11. On the next play King took a swing pass and breezed into the end zone to pull NAU within 13-10. It was then Brady's improvisation that led to the most improbable, and important, play of the day. It goes down as a 12-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Arnold, but Brady ran about 30 yards and threw the ball another 50 to get it there. The play materialized when Brady was forced to scramble to the right sideline. After avoiding a few NAU defenders, Brady threw back across the field, to the back of the end zone, where Arnold beat NAU cornerback Cedric Jones Cedric Jones may refer to two American football players:
CSUN got the exclamation-point score to secure what turned into a second-half thrashing in methodical fashion. The Matadors embarked on a 12-play drive that featured nine rushes for 56 yards. The dividends of the offensive line's supremacy showed on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Brady to Anthony Ramos. A simple play-fake and bootleg to the right presented Brady with the choice of running it in or throwing it. CSUN cornerback Chazz Moore tacked on another score with a school record 93-yard fumble recovery return for a touchdown with 6:53 left. Clay Brown, who was ineffective starting in place of the injured Travis Brown Travis Brown is a common name shared by multiple people. Some of the more notable Travis Browns include:
 This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . CSUN tailback Melvin Blue gained 96 yards on 25 carries.In the first half the protection from the offensive line wasn't tremendous, but unlike the opener when Brady couldn't even create time to throw, he was able to use his shiftiness against NAU. Either via the quick slants or side-stepping the rush, Brady made big plays that kept drives alive with his mobility. After trading field goals in the first quarter, Brady's on-field awareness showed greatly with a 13-play drive that covered 76 yards. Brady was able to keep that drive going when, on fourth-and-7 at the NAU 36, he turned a broken play into a 12-yard scramble. Four plays later Brady completed his 11th straight pass to slot receiver Mike Ogas as CSUN took a 10-3 lead with 6:38 left in the half. It was the seventh time the duo hooked up in the half, no doubt a result of an early injury to Eric Carpenter. He sprained his ankle on the Matadors' second play from scrimmage A play from scrimmage is the activity of the games of Canadian football and American football during which one team tries to advance the ball or to score, and the other team tries to stop them or take the ball away. , twisting it awkwardly after reaching back to make a catch in the right flat. But Brady's brilliant first half wasn't over. CSUN vs. NO. ARIZONA: A CLOSER LOOK THE HERO Couldn't be anyone except for Northridge quarterback Marcus Brady. If it wasn't his arm, the redshirt freshman was using his nimble feet to avoid the Northern Arizona rush and make big plays. He completed his first 14 passes and finished with 236 yards on 20-of-26 passing. He also had a 50-yard run. THE GOAT Northern Arizona quarterback Clay Brown is the backup, and the reason was apparent against CSUN. True, it's tough subbing for a guy who's thrown for 7,100 yards in two-plus seasons, but Brown was ineffective in moving the offense until it didn't matter. He was 9 of 26 for 78 yards, but perhaps the biggest miss was on the first play of the game. NAU's Francis St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery was open deep, but Brown overthrew him. It would have changed the tenor of the game. STAT OF THE GAME Actually, this one encompassed the game. The win against 13th-ranked NAU marks the highest-ranked opponent CSUN has ever defeated. Prior, CSUN's biggest upset win was against 18th-ranked Weber State, a 35-28 victory on Oct. 12, 1996. QUOTE OF THE GAME ``That was just schoolyard ball. Run around and find an open receiver and try to get it to him.'' - CSUN quarterback Marcus Brady, on his 12-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Arnold in which he scrambled and then threw across the field. NOTEBOOK: Marquez's career not always a kick FLAGSTAFF Flagstaff, city (1990 pop. 45,857), seat of Coconino co., N Ariz., near the San Francisco Peaks; inc. 1894. Lumbering, ranching, and a lively tourist trade thrive in the region, where many ruined pueblos, numerous state parks, several lakes, and large pine forests , Ariz. - Manny Manny may refer to: In nobility:
But the size, or lack thereof, has also kept him from doing what he truly loves to do. And that's play soccer. Instead, the Cal State Northridge senior parlayed his soccer skills, and his right leg, into a football career. He's one of the most consistent kickers in the Big Sky Conference. Entering Saturday's game at No. 13 Northern Arizona, Marquez had connected on 22 straight extra points and seven consecutive field goals. But it's not always fun. Not during the week. ``It gets pretty boring out there when all I have to do is kick about 10 balls a day,'' said Marquez, who was 2 for 2 on field goals in the season opener at Boise State. ``I'd rather be running around chasing a soccer ball.'' However, Marquez is good at what he does. He was tied for second in the Big Sky with 12 field goals made in 1997 and led the conference with a .710 success rate. Getting paid to play: Approximately 150 miles south of the Walkup Dome, North Texas played at Arizona State, mainly because of a $370,000 guarantee. CSUN head coach Ron Ponciano is keen to this, and believes the Matadors program, despite being Division I-AA, could do the same in the future against a number of other big-time programs. There is but one reason why the Matadors would play a Division I-A team. ``We don't want to get embarrassed somewhere,'' Ponciano said. ``If someone's got a good chance to put it on us, they're going to pay a hefty paycheck.'' Lately, San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State has talked with CSUN about scheduling a game next year. But, even with the sentimental value sentimental value Noun the value of an article to a particular person because of the emotions it arouses of Ponciano going against former mentor and SJSU SJSU San Jose State University head coach Dave Baldwin Dave Baldwin was the head football coach of San Jose State University from 1997-2000. During his tenure, he had three straight wins over Stanford (including their rosebowl season of 1999). In 1997, SJSU upset No. , it doesn't appear to be a reality. ``I don't think they can give us a good enough guarantee,'' Ponciano said. ``It isn't about our football program, but our athletic budget.'' Already, there have been discussions with Wisconsin about an early season matchup next September. Another possible team is Iowa State, but CSUN athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Paul Bubb said he has not talked to anyone in the Cyclones athletic department. Familiar faces: Northern Arizona cornerback Andre Smith Andre Smith, Jr. (born January 25, 1987 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American football offensive tackle for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Some believe he might be the most dominant offensive lineman in college football since Orlando Pace played at Ohio State in 1994-1996. and CSUN left guard Mike Barnes spent a few minutes during warm-ups prior to the game getting reacquainted. Both went to Arizona State but transferred to their respective schools before this season. However, a face Barnes would have preferred to see in the stands wasn't there. His mom, fighting chronic pancreantitis, had to cancel her trip. Tough trip: Even before the trip began, CSUN had trouble with one of the two buses it brought here. One bus broke down as it readied to pull out of the North Campus parking lot Thursday evening. Ponciano put both starting units on the working bus and had the backups get on the second bus, which departed 2-1/2 hours late at 9 p.m. - Brian Dohn CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO MARCUS BRADY Matadors freshman QB threw for 236 yards, 3 TDs to lead CSUN to win against highest-ranked Div. I-AA foe in history. BOX: CSUN vs. NO. ARIZONA: A CLOSER LOOK (see text) |
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