2007 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 8.25 @ UVA Wise L, 23-41 Br E V a R D Co L L E G E “To R N a D O S ” (1-3) 9/1 SHORTER L, 21-24 9/8 @ Mars Hill L, 7-35 V S
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BREVARD COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATION One Brevard College Drive Kevin Davis Brevard, NC 28712 Director, Football Contact (828) 884-8288 Fax: (828) 884-8274 Nick Mackinnon GAME FIVE Graduate Assistant 2007 BC Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time/Result 2007 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 8.25 @ UVA Wise L, 23-41 BREVARD COLLEGE “TORNADOS ” (1-3) 9/1 SHORTER L, 21-24 9/8 @ Mars Hill L, 7-35 VS . 9/22 CHOWAN W, 45-7 LENOIR -RHYNE “BEARS ” (1-3) 9/29 @ Lenoir-Rhyne 7:00 pm SA T URDAY , SEP T EM B ER 29, 7 PM ET 10/6 @ Wingate 1:30 pm 10/13 TUSCULUM 7:00 pm MORE T Z ST ADIUM * HI C KORY , NC 10/20 LAGRANGE 2:00 pm 10/27 @ Carson-Newman 1:00 pm GAME INFORMATION 11/3 CATAWBA 2:00 pm 11/10 @ Newberry 7:00 pm Opponent .....................................................................................Lenoir-Rhyne College Radio Broadcast Time ........................................................30 Minutes Prior to Kickoff Radio .....................................................................................WSQL 1240 AM/Brevard ALL CAPS DENOTES HOME GAMES Radio Crew .............................................................................. Matt Mabe, Bill Wilson All Times Eastern Stadium .................................................................................................Moretz Stadium Site .............................................................................................................Hickory, NC Series Record ............................................................................................................ 0-0 Last Meeting .................................................................................... First Ever Meeting BC Football Media Relations Office Phone: (828) 884-8288 GAME NOTES Fax Phone: (828) 884-8274 Assistant Phone: (828) 884-8288 This Week’s Game Press Box Phone: (828) 553-0080 The Tornados are coming off their first win of the 2007 season, as they Kevin Davis Director stormed through the Hawks of Chowan University last week, scoring Nick Mackinnon Graduate Assistant a 45-7 victory. Lenoir-Rhyne is also coming off their first win of the season, as they defeated Benedict College, 38-13. Matt Mabe Radio Play-by-Play Bill Wilson Color Announcer The Coaches Brevard College boss Paul Hamilton is in his first year as head coach of the Tornados. Hamilton will look to have his team continue their Media Information high energy play from last week’s victory in this week’s matchup with All Media are invited to attend Coach the Bears. Hamilton is coming off his first win as the BC head coach. Hamilton’s weekly coaches’ show on He brings with him over 25 years of coaching experience at both the Mondays at the Sagebrush Steakhouse Division I and II levels. Hamilton was previously the head coach at in Brevard. The show will be broadcast both East Tennessee State (1997-2003) and Elon (2004-2005). Lenoir- Rhyne head coach Fred Goldsmith is in his first season as the leader live on WSQL 1240 AM. The show is of the Bears. He has led the Bears to a 1-3 victory so far this season. held each week at 12:30 p.m. For more Goldsmith, like Hamilton, has many years of coaching experience at information, call Kevin Davis at (828) the Division I. Goldsmith has twice been voted national coach of the 884-8288. year at the Division I level. He served as head football coach at Duke University (1993-1998) and Rice University (1989-1993). Scouting the Bears BC vs. 2007 Opponents Lenoir-Rhyne will look to rush the ball out of their two-back spread UVA Wise .............................................0-2 set offense against the Tornado defensive front. The Bears ground Shorter ..................................................0-2 game is bolstered by a two-man attack, as freshmen James Pone and Andrew Courman lead the way for the Bears. Pone has rushed for Mars Hill ..............................................0-2 356-yards and one touchdown on 85 attempts, while Courman has Chowan ................................................2-0 gained 295-yards with four touchdowns on 57 carries. Lenoir-Rhyne ......................................0-0 Wingate ................................................0-0 As a team Lenoir-Rhyne has rushed for 822-yards per game and is Tusculum ..............................................0-1 averaging 205.5 yards per game on the ground as a team this season. LaGrange ..............................................1-0 Carson-Newman ..................................0-1 The Series Catawba ................................................0-0 This is the first ever meeting between the Brevard College Tornados Newberry ..............................................0-1 and the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears on the gridiron. Running Wild In last week’s win over Chowan, BC piled up a total of 409-offensive ARRINGTON yards, with 257-yards coming by way of the running game, both season highs for the Tornados. Brevard’s offense had nine different players with at least one rushing attempt for the game. Sophomore running back Tyrone Arrington picked up 117-yards on 12 carries, posting an average of 9.8 yards per carry. The 117-yard performance was Arrington’s first 100-yard game, and was capped off by a 44- yard scamper into the end zone late in the fourth quarter, sealing the blowout victory for the Tornados. Junior running back John Taylor rushed 15 times for 76-yards and two touchdowns, while fullback Derek Church added a touchdown of his own, his first of the season. One-Two Punch For the second straight game, the Tornados saw two different quarterbacks go under center on the offensive side of the ball. Sophomore Colby McCoy started the game versus Chowan, where he completed 10 of his 17 pass attempts for 152 yards. McCoy also passed for one touchdown and one interception. While, freshman Trey Wilborn saw all of his snaps come in the second half, he rushed five times for 53-yards while leading the BC option attack. Since sharing the snaps over the last two games, the one-two punch of McCoy and Wilborn has been successful, as they have combined to BC Opponents in 2007 pass for 205-yards and one touchdown, while rushing for 79-yards on UVA Wise .............................................4-0 23 attempts. Shorter ..................................................3-1 #23 Mars Hill .......................................4-0 Tale of Two Halves Chowan ................................................1-4 The opening half of each game has proven to be good for the Tornados Lenoir-Rhyne .......................................1-3 as they have combined to score a total of 62 points in the first half of #18 Wingate .........................................4-0 their four games. However, BC has only managed to push across 34 points in the second half of all four of their games this season. Tusculum ..............................................1-3 LaGrange ..............................................0-4 While BC has outscored their opponents 62-35 in the first half, the #7 Carson-Newman .............................4-0 second half has been a disaster, as the Tornados have been outscored #14 Catawba .........................................4-0 72-34 in the final two quarters. #9 Newberry .........................................4-0 Total .................................................30-15 # = current ranking in AFCA Coaches Poll BREVARD COLLEGE’S 2007 STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE [Multiple] WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB RB FB WR @UVA Wise Turner Metts Richardson Hardee Davis Neely Corliss McCoy Taylor Wilson Adams Shorter Dawson Metts Richardson Hardee Davis Ray Corliss McCoy Taylor Arrington Adams @Mars Hill Dawson Metts Richardson Hardee Corliss Ray Lorenz Wilborn Taylor Church Adams Chowan Dawson Metts Turner Hardee Winston Ray Corliss McCoy Taylor Church Adams @Lenoir-Rhyne @Wingate Tusculum LaGrange @Carson-Newman Catawba @Newberry DEFENSE [Multiple] DT NG DT RAM WILL SAM MIKE CB SS FS CB @UVA Wise Flynn Bridges Rawls Jones Durm Simpson Lance Williams Wright Wilborn Johnson Shorter Flynn Bridges Rawls Jones Simpson Parks Collins Williams Durm Wilborn Johnson @Mars Hill Tate Lumbu Rawls Jones Simpson Bridges Lance Williams Durm Wright Johnson Chowan Tate Lumbu Rawls Jones Simpson Bridges Collins Simon Durm Wright Williams @Lenoir-Rhyne @Wingate Tusculum LaGrange @Carson-Newman Catawba @Newberry BC Against the SAC As a team, BC set a team game high with 44 rushing With the loss to Mars Hill this season, the Tornados are attempts, with four rushing touchdowns and with 257 0-4 versus their future conference opponents. In 2006, the rushing yards. McCoy also set helped to set a new team Tornados were 0-3, having lost to Mars Hill, Newberry and game high of 8.4 yards per pass play, as well as averaging Tusculum. 6.6 yards per play from the line of scrimmage. BC also set a new team game high of total offensive yards, posting BC Against the NAIA 409 yard of total offense versus Chowan. The Tornados With the two losses in the first two weeks of the season to scoring total of 45 points was also the most that they have UVA Wise and Shorter, the Tornados remain winless versus scored in one game in their brief two year history. NAIA opponents on the gridiron. Dating back to last season the Tornados are 0-4 versus NAIA teams. Oh How Times Have Changed -Take Two In only their first two games of the young 2007 season, Close Call the Tornados have broken a number of both team and The Torandos led for most of the game versus Shorter individual game highs that were set all of the 2006 season. College in week two. In fact, the Tornados only trailed