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No. 12/13 New Hampshire (7-3, 5-2 CAA) vs No. 11/11 Maine (8-2, 6-1 CAA)
Nov. 19, 2011
• 12:00 p.m. • Cowell Stadium • Durham,
N.H.
TV: Comcast SportsNet New England
Gary Tanguay (play-by-play) • Andy Gresh (analyst) •
Greg Dickerson (sidelines)
Radio: Wildcat Sports Radio Network
Jim Jeannotte (play-by-play) • Bob Lipman (analyst)
• Nick Anastos (sidelines)
UNH-MAINE ALL-TIME SERIES
(WILDCATS LEAD 47-43-8):
The Wildcats and the Black Bears battle on the gridiron for the
99th time. In the Sean McDonnell era, UNH has posted a 7-5
record vs Maine. The 'Cats had a seven-game winning streak snapped
with last year's OT defeat in Orono. Here is a look at the
UNH/Maine series since Coach Mac took the reins in
1999:
Date
H/A UNH MAINE
W L T
Result
11/20/99 H
20 31
0 1 0
L
11/18/00
A 10
55
0 2 0 L
11/17/01 H
24 57
0 3 0
L
11/23/02 A
14 31
0 4 0
L
11/22/03 H
47 27
1
4 0 W
11/20/04 A
50 36
2 4 0
W
11/19/05 H
59 47
3 4 0
W
11/18/06 A
19 13 (OT) 4
4 0 W
11/17/07 H
39 14
5 4 0 W
11/22/08 A
28 24
6 4 0
W
11/21/09 H
27 24
7 4 0
W
10/2/10 A
13 16
(OT) 7 5
0 L
|
||
| Co-Captains Kevin Decker & Brian McNally |
TALE OF THE
TAPE:
Totals (CAA Rank) UNH
MAINE
Total Offense 452.4
(1) 375.6 (4)
Rush Offense 163.1
(5) 131.3 (10)
Pass Offense
289.3 (1) 244.3 (4)
Scoring Offense 33.9 (3)
29.7 (4)
Total Defense 440.4
(11) 347.0 (3)
Rush Defense 181.1
(11) 158.3 (8)
Pass Defense 259.3
(11) 188.7 (1)
Scoring Defense 32.6 (11)
23.3 (4)
Possession Avg. 26:59 (11)
30:26 (5)
Sacks/Yards Lost 24/148 (8)
18/128 (T-2)
Sacks Made/Yards 22/135 (6)
27/167 (3)
Penalties/Yards 56/490 (7)
55/483 (6)
Punts/Net Avg. 30/36.9 (3)
53/32.9 (10)
Turnover Differential -5 (8)
+9 (2)
3rd Down Conv. % 50.0 (2) 36.7
(9)
4th Down Conversion% 37.5 (10)
66.7 (1)
Red Zone Offense% 87.5 (1)
78.0 (8)
SCOUTING THE
BLACK BEARS: Maine, which hasn't shared a CAA
championship since 2002 nor won an outright title since 1965, has
the opportunity to do one or both today. With a victory, the
Black Bears will clinch a share of the title; with a win and a
Towson loss at Rhode Island, Maine will be the lone league champion
and claim the automatic bid to the NCAA Championship tournament.
The Bears boast the league's top pass defense (188.7 yards/game),
which will be tested by the CAA's best pass offense Saturday.
PLAYERS TO
WATCH: Senior TB Pushaun Brown averages 96.3
rushing yards/game, good for fifth in the CAA, adding nine rushing
scores. Senior QB Warren Smith trails only Kevin Decker in
total offense (330.7 yards/game), ranks third in the league with
244.3 passing yards/game and is third in pass efficiency
(139.2). Punt-return specialist Trevor Coston averages a
league-best 10.9 return yards/game, slightly ahead of UNH's Joey Orlando
(10.2). Coston, a free safety, has also picked off five
passes this season, tied for the most in the league. DE Michael
Cole is ranked second in the league with 7.0 sacks, trailing only
UNH's Brian
McNally (7.5).
HISTORY OF THE
BRICE-COWELL MUSKET: The Brice-Cowell Musket
resided in the UNH football locker room for seven consecutive years
before Maine reclaimed it last season. The musket is named after
two former coaches, Fred Brice (Maine) and William Cowell
(UNH), and it goes to the winner of the annual Maine-UNH game. The
tradition began in the late 1940s. The musket is a flintlock rifle
made by Ebenezer Nutting of Falmouth, Maine, sometime between
1722-45. The George I period flintlock rifle has a 43-inch barrel
and is rifled to a .65 caliber.
SENIORITIS:
Saturday is Senior Day, as 15 Wildcats will play their final home
regular-season game at Cowell Stadium. Here is a numerical rundown
of the Wildcat seniors:
#6 Chris
Chandler, WR: A sixth-year senior who battled back from a
catastrophic knee injury that cost him two full seasons. Has played
in each game over last two seasons. Career highlight was 63-yard TD
catch in 2010 second-round playoff win at Bethune-Cookman.
#7 Anthony
Gorrell, CB: Started two games at cornerback and has been part
of defensive backfield in each game this season. Notched
interception on 2010 Senior Day in win over Towson and tallied
career-high-matching five tackles in Colonial Clash triumph over
UMass on Oct. 22.
#11 Mickey
Mangieri, WR: After a broken leg derailed his 2010 campaign,
he's been an integral part of receiving corps in '11. Made
career-high eight receptions for 100 yards at William & Mary
and tallied personal-high 102 receiving yards in Oct. 1 win against
Holy Cross.
#12 Tyrone
Conley, DB: After playing four years of basketball for the
Wildcats and scoring 1,304 points (sixth all-time), he made the
transition to football for '11 season and has been a special teams
stalwart on kickoff returns.
#14 Kevin Decker, QB: Co-captain leads CAA in
every passing category and is on brink of 3,000-yard passing
season. In first year as starter, is in the running for Walter
Payton Award as FCS's top player.
#18 A.J.
DeLago, K: He's a perfect 5-for-5 in career field goals,
including a 30-yarder in a playoff win at Bethune-Cookman in '10
and a career-high 37-yarder this year against Villanova.
#20 Kyle
Flemings, CB: Leads all Wildcats with eight career
interceptions, including a two-INT game at Towson in 2009. Made
career-high 11 tackles in win at Richmond on Sept. 24.
#45 Rod
Walker, WS: Former walk-on from Portsmouth, N.H., has started
every game this season. Highlights include a 10-tackle performance
at Richmond and a 42-yard interception return in win over
Villanova.
#46 Jason
Roach, DB: Was winner of the inaugural Todd Walker Teammate
Award in spring football for selflessness as teammate.
#50 Andrew
Drazin, DE: An injury put this Hollis, N.H., native on the
shelf for the season. Made his one career tackle in the 2010 season
finale vs Towson.
#51 Mark
Petercuskie, LS/LB: Starting long snapper adds depth to
linebacking corps; made career-high seven tackles last season vs
Towson and set career high with four assisted tackles in '11 season
opener at Toledo.
#56 James
Jenkins, DE: Has started 23 straight games at defensive end and
has led Wildcat linemen in tackles for two straight seasons.
#68 George
Pecoraro, OL/SS: After starting all 13 games at left guard as a
junior, he has continued adding depth in trenches this season while
also serving as the team's short snapper.
#87 Sean
Cullen, TE: Has developed into top receiving threat with 14
receptions for 264 yards and two TDs in last five games.
#98 Brian McNally, DE: Co-captain set the UNH
all-time, single-season record with 13.5 sacks in 2010 and leads
the CAA once again in '11 with 7.5 sacks.
THE HIGHS AND
LOWS: UNH boasts the CAA's top total offense, pass
offense, and red zone offense, but the Wildcats are also the owners
of the league's lowest-ranked total defense, rush defense and pass
defense, along with the CAA's worst time of possession.
CULLEN ALONG
NICELY: Senior TE Sean Cullen has become a
focal point of the offense in the second half of the season. After
totaling only one reception for 17 yards through the first five
games, the Naples, Fla., native has nabbed 14 passes for 264 yards
(52.8 yards/game) and two TDs in the last five games.
BEST IN CAA OVER
LAST EIGHT YEARS: Since the dawning of the
2004 season, UNH has posted the top overall record among all CAA
schools, and the second-best conference record. The Wildcats enter
today just one game behind James Madison for the top league record
over the past eight seasons:
School
Conf. Overall
James Madison 44-18
67-28
UNH
43-19 70-25
Richmond
36-26 60-34
110 WEEKS AND COUNTING: UNH is ranked in the
Top 25 for a CAA-best 110th straight week, the nation's
second-longest streak that dates back to Sept. 13, 2004. Delaware,
at a distant 27 weeks, has the second-longest ranked tenure in the
league. Montana's staggering run of 190 consecutive weeks
leads the country.
STREAKING:
•QB Kevin Decker has either passed or rushed for a TD in
every start of his career, a span of 12 consecutive games.
•Joey Orlando has recorded multiple receptions in 13 straight
games dating back to last season.
•Dontra
Peters has secured at least one pass reception in each of the
first 10 games.
•The Wildcats' defense has recorded at least one INT in each
of the last nine games.
GETTING IT
DUNGEON: Since the start of the 2007 season, the
Wildcats are 22-3 at Cowell Stadium and have lost to only two
schools during this amazing stretch: Northeastern, 31-13, on Nov.
3, 2007, and twice to William & Mary: 38-34, on Oct. 11,
2008, and 13-3 on Nov. 6, 2010.
FAN-TASTIC
SUPPORT: The Wildcats are averaging 7,272
fans per home game, filling Cowell Stadium up to 111.9% of
capacity, the largest % in the CAA.
TAKING AIM AT
EIGHT STRAIGHT POSTSEASONS: A win over Maine will
assure UNH of an FCS-leading eighth straight berth in the NCAA D-I
Championship tournament. Even with a loss, the Wildcats have reason
to believe their name will be called during the NCAA Championship
Selection Show (10 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 20, ESPNU). During the
seven-year streak of playoff appearances, the Wildcats have
qualified with a 7-4 record twice: 2007, when it was a 16-team
field; and 2010, when the field expanded to 20 teams for the first
time.
The Wildcats are 6-1 in their opening playoff
games during the streak, advancing to the quarterfinals in six of
the seven years of the span.
GRUELING
SCHEDULE: In 2010, UNH set a school record by
knocking off five ranked opponents. On Saturday, the Wildcats
attempt to match that record vs. No. 11/11 Maine. UNH has defeated
four ranked teams (Lehigh, Richmond, UMass, James Madison), posting
a 4-2 mark against Top-25 foes in '11. Maine is the seventh
FCS ranked foe on the schedule and an eighth contest came vs FBS
bowl-eligible Toledo .
LAST TIME OUT:
TOWSON-56, UNH-42 NOV. 12:
TOWSON, Md. – Kevin Decker threw for a touchdown, rushed for
two more and accumulated 389 passing yards, but the seventh-ranked
University of New Hampshire football team was outscored 56-42 by
12th-ranked Towson University in a CAA football shootout Saturday
afternoon at Unitas Stadium.
Towson, which defeated UNH for the first time
in eight all-time meetings, upped its record to 8-2 overall and 6-1
in the CAA, tied for first place in the league with Maine. The
Wildcats, who saw their three-game winning streak snapped, fell to
7-3, 5-2 in the CAA.
Decker completed 36 of 43 passes for 389 yards
with a TD and three interceptions. He added a team-leading 75
rushing yards and two scores on 12 attempts.
Towson freshman running back Terrance West
gashed his way to a career-high 261 rushing yards and four
touchdowns on 23 carries to lead a potent Tigers' attack that
racked up 517 yards of total offense.
New Hampshire outgained Towson with a
season-high 611 yards, but committed four turnovers in the
contest.
Matt Evans amassed a
game-high 19 tackles to lead UNH, moving into third place on the
school's all-time, single-season list with 142 stops, 14 tackles
behind his 2010 total, which is the second-most in University
history.
UNH scored on its initial drive, chalking up 84
yards on nine plays before Dontra Peters (nine rushes-32 yards,
TD/two catches-five yards) carried in for a six-yard touchdown for
a 7-0 lead with 11:22 left in the first quarter. Decker was 5 of 5
for 59 yards through the air on the drive, highlighted by a 37-yard
completion to Justin Mello
(four catches, 51 yards, TD) deep down the right sideline to the
Tigers' 12.
Towson immediately responded with a 73-yard TD
run from West with 9:48 left in the first to tie the game, 7-7.
West became the first back to gain 70-plus yards from scrimmage
against the Wildcats since Tim Hightower's 72-yard scamper for
Richmond on Sept. 22, 2006.
The Wildcats advanced into Tigers' territory on
their second drive before Decker was stuffed for a one-yard loss on
4th-and-1 from the Towson 43. On the first play of the subsequent
drive, Grant Enders (14-for-18, 183 yards, 2 TDs, INT) connected
with tight end James Oboh (three receptions-97 yards, 2 TDs), who
bounced off a hit along the right sideline and raced to the end
zone for a 56-yard touchdown and a 14-7 Tigers' lead with 7:45 left
in the quarter.
That lead ballooned to 21-7 courtesy of a
45-yard interception return for a touchdown by cornerback Tye
Smith, who snared Decker's pass to the left flat and dashed
untouched for the score with 6:54 left in the opening stanza,
marking the first pick-six against New Hampshire since Terrell
McMoore of Northern Iowa on Dec. 6, 2008.
Decker pieced together his second 5-for-5
passing drive, accounting for 32 of the 51 yards on a possession
that culminated in a five-yard TD strike to Mello that trimmed
Towson's advantage to 21-14 with 2:37 remaining in opening stanza.
Decker, who had to slither out of danger in the backfield on
3rd-and-3 from the 5, lofted his 17th touchdown pass of the year to
Mello in the back right-hand corner of the end zone.
West notched his second rushing TD of the day,
forging his way in from two yards out to cap a nine-play, 73-yard
drive that lifted Towson's lead to 28-14 with 13:13 left in the
half.
Enders and Oboh hooked up for their second TD
pass-and-catch combination of the contest, this time an 11-yard
connection, with 9:38 left in the half to expand the lead to
35-14.
Back came the 'Cats, with Decker orchestrating
a six-play, 38-yard drive, completing back-to-back passes to tight
end Sean Cullen (five catches-95 yards) for 17 and 22 yards,
respectively, in the middle of the field to advance to Towson's 13.
Chris Chandler (two catches-20 yards) was on the receiving end of a
12-yard pass to the 1, and Decker called his own number on
2nd-and-goal to slice the deficit to 35-21 with 6:51 left in the
half.
The Tigers bumped their lead back to three
scores when West rambled 69 yards for his third TD of the game for
a 42-21 lead with 5:23 left in the half.
Chris Setian (nine
rushes-59 yards/five catches-49 yards) put a ribbon on an
eight-play, 85-yard drive with his third rushing TD of the year, a
four-yard carry with 2:25 left in the second quarter to bring UNH
within 42-28 at the intermission.
The halftime break failed to slow down the home
team, evidenced by Derrick Joseph's 93-yard kickoff return for a TD
on the opening play of the third quarter for a 49-28 lead. It was
the first kick return for a score yielded by the Wildcats since
Sept. 5, 2009.
Decker retaliated with his second rushing TD of
the game, drawing UNH within 49-35 with 11:39 left in the third
period.
West tallied his fourth rushing score of the
game, and nation-leading 25th of the season, on a two-yard carry
with 6:21 left in the third to make it 56-35.
Nico Steriti
(10 rushes-56 yards, TD/eight catches-90 yards) provided the final
points of the wild night with a three-yard touchdown scamper with
5:04 left in the game.
MILESTONE
WATCH:
•LB Matt Evans needs 15 tackles to overtake his 2010 season
and reclaim second place in UNH single-season history with 157
stops.
•QB Kevin Decker is 166 passing yards away from No. 5 in
single-season history, 241 yards shy of No. 4 and 256 yards away
from No. 3. With 131 more passing yards, the senior co-captain will
become the fourth QB in school history to register a 3,000-yard
passing season; the others are Bob Jean, Ricky Santos and R.J.
Toman.
•FS Chris Beranger is
11 tackles away from 10th place in school single-season
history.
EVANS LEADS
NATION IN TACKLES/GAME: Junior MLB Matt Evans
leads all of FCS football in tackles/game (14.2) and solo
tackles/game (8.5), and his 142 total tackles are ranked second in
the nation. He has posted double-digit tackles in eight of
his 10 games this year and in 19 of his last 23 games. He set a
career benchmark with a CAA season-high 24-tackle performance in
the victory at 11th-ranked Lehigh on Sept. 10, and then registered
14 more tackles and returned his second career interception for a
TD, racing back 31 yards for a score, in the Wildcats' 45-43 upset
of No. 5 Richmond on Sept. 24. For his efforts, Evans was feted
with honorable mention as the CFPA National Linebacker Performer of
the Week.
In the Colonial Clash victory over UMass
(27-21) on Oct. 22, Evans notched a game-high 13 tackles -all solo-
and was subsequently named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week, a
College Sporting News All-Star and the Beyond Sports Network
Defensive Player of the Week. Most recently, the Hanover,
Mass., native racked up 19 tackles, nine solo, at Towson on Nov. 12
to capture the Beyond Sports Network Defensive Player of the Week
award.Here is Evans compared to the nation's best:
Player
School Gm. Solo
Assist. Total
1. Clarence Bumpas N. Colorado
11 56 89
145
2. Matt Evans
UNH
10 85 57
142
3. Anthony Bowman St. Francis
11 41
100 141
4. Blake Peiffer
SE Mo.
St. 10 65
71 136
5. Robert McCabe Georgetown
11 59
75 134
EVANS ON CUSP OF
PASSING SELF ON SINGLE-SEASON TACKLES' LIST:
Junior MLB Matt Evans, a member of the Buck Buchanan Award Watch
List and the leading tackler in FCS football, is within 15 tackles
of surpassing his career high in stops, set during his sophomore
campaign. Evans already owns the No. 2 and 3 single-season stop
totals, and is 53 tackles away from the highest one-year total in
school history.
On the career charts, Evans' 19-tackle
performance at Towson on Nov. 12 elevated him to No. 7 all-time,
and he's within 19 more tackles of gaining a berth in UNH's Top
5.
SAFETY IS
BERANGEROUS: Sophomore FS Chris Beranger has proven
to be more than just Robin to Matt Evans's Batman in 2011. While
Evans leads the country in tackles/game, Beranger is third in the
league with 11.1 tackles/game (T-11th in FCS) and third in the CAA
with 6.0 solo tackles/game (T-11th in FCS). He is just 11
tackles away from breaking into UNH's single-season Top 10
(see above). The Winthrop, Mass., native has led the Wildcats in
tackles in five of the last eight games, including 13 stops in the
Oct. 29 Homecoming victory over Rhode Island. Beranger tacked on
his first career sack and a forced fumble to earn honorable mention
as the CFPA National Defensive Back Performer of the Week. Beranger
previously recorded a career-high 17 stops in the win at Richmond
on Sept. 24, notched16 tackles in the loss at William &
Mary on Oct. 15 and topped the 'Cats with 14 tackles in the
Colonial Clash victory over UMass on Oct. 22.
EVANS/BERANGER
ON BRINK OF BECOMING BEST 1-2 PUNCH IN SCHOOL
HISTORY: With one more regular-season game, and the
potential of playoff games on the horizon, the combination of MLB
Matt Evans and FS Chris Beranger is just about assured of setting
the school's all-time record for single-season tackles by a pair.
The pace-setters, from the 2007 squad, are currently MLB Husain
Karim and FS Jeff Pammer, who amassed 260 total tackles. Currently,
the Evans/Beranger duo is only seven tackles shy of the mark, well
within their sights:
CAA'S TOP
DECKER: UNH senior quarterback Kevin Decker, a
member of the 2011 Walter Payton Award Watch List for the most
outstanding player in the FCS, is ranked fourth nationally in total
offense (330.7 yards/game), sixth in the nation in points
responsible for/game (16.9), No. 5 in pass efficiency (157.2),
ninth in passing yards/game (286.9) and ninth in total passing
yards (2,869). The 6-foot-2, 205-pound QB leads the CAA in those
departments, along with TD passes (17) and completions/game
(22.8/14th in FCS).
A national panel of sports information and
media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other
dignitaries will vote on the 25th Walter Payton Award after the
regular season. The honor will be presented at the FCS national
awards banquet Friday night, Jan. 6, in Frisco, Texas.
Running back Jerry Azumah (1998) and
quarterback Ricky Santos (2006) are the two previous Wildcats to
garner the Payton Award.
DECKER SETTING
SIGHTS ON SINGLE-SEASON TOP 5: If QB Kevin
Decker passes for his average (286.9 yards/game) against Maine, he
will eclipse 3,000 yards for the season, becoming only the fourth
QB in school history to accomplish that feat, and he would break
into the University's Top 3 in single-season yardage. Currently,
the senior co-captain has thrown for 2,869 yards, the seventh-most
in a Wildcat single season. Here is a look at Decker's standing
among the all-time best signal callers at UNH:
Player Year
Passing Yards
1. Ricky Santos (2005)
3,797
2. Ricky Santos (2004)
3,318
3. Ricky Santos (2006)
3,125
4. R.J. Toman
(2008) 3,110
5. Bob Jean
(1986) 3,035
6. Ricky Santos (2007)
2,972
7. Kevin Decker (2011)
2,869
8. Matt Griffin (1991)
2,734
9. Ryan Day
(2001) 2,605
10. Mike Granieri (2003)
2,595
DECKER AMONG
ALL-TIME TOP 10 IN COMPLETIONS,YARDS: After
serving as a backup for three seasons, senior QB Kevin Decker has
made the most of his lone year as the starter, climbing into UNH's
all-time Top 10 in career completions (No. 9) and passing yards
(No. 10). He is 337 yards shy of No. 9 all-time in yardage and 37
completions away from No. 8. With 11 more attempts, he'll
crack the Top 10 in that category as well. Here is a glance at
Decker's career totals, and how he rates among the best in school
history:
Player Seasons Career Passing
Yards
1. Ricky Santos 2004-07
12,189
8. Jeff Allen 1974-77
4,184
9. Chris Bresnahan 1995-96
4,085
10. Kevin Decker 2008-11
3,748
Player Seasons Career
Completions
1. Ricky Santos 2004-07
1,024
7. Matt Griffin 1987-91
392
8. Chris Bresnahan 1995-96
349
9. Kevin Decker 2008-11
312
10. Jeff Allen 1974-77 280
Player Seasons Career
Attempts
1. Ricky Santos 2004-07
1,498
9. Jeff Allen 1974-77 563
10. Rick Leclerc 1981-84
465
Kevin Decker 2008-11
454
YEAR OF THE
QB-2007: Kevin Decker needs 131 passing yards to
hit the 3,000-yard mark for the season, which would make him only
the fourth QB in UNH history (Bob Jean, Ricky Santos, R.J. Toman)
to reach that benchmark. Decker was a true freshman in 2007 when
Santos was a senior and Toman was a redshirt freshman.
NOV. 19, A
SERIOUSLY OFFENSIVE DATE: The combined 98 points
scored in Towson's 56-42 win over UNH on Nov. 12 represented the
fourth-highest combined score in Wildcats' history. Coincidentally,
the three highest-scoring games all-time at UNH occurrred on
Nov. 19, the same date as the UNH/Maine '11 finale:
Date Result Combined Total
11/19/88 UMass-64, UNH-42
106
11/19/05 UNH-59, Maine-47
106
11/19/94 UNH-52, BU-51 (2 OT)
103
11/12/11 Towson-56, UNH-42
98
IMPERFECT
STORM-NOV. 12: In the Wildcats' 56-42
loss at Towson on Nov. 12, UNH surrendered a kickoff return for a
TD for the first time since Sept. 5, 2009, a pick-six for the first
time since Dec. 6, 2008, and a 70-plus yard run from scrimmage for
the first time since Sept. 22, 2006.
ZARKOSKIE NAMED
TO 2011 CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT ® FOOTBALL
TEAM: UNH junior offensive lineman Chris Zarkoskie
was named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-District ®
Football Team on Nov. 11, selected by the College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) to recognize the nation's
top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically
and in the classroom.
Zarkoskie, a psychology major, boasts a
cumulative 3.54 grade point average (GPA). After starting all 13
games last season at center, the 6-foot-1, 288-pound lineman has
started nine games at left guard this year. He was tabbed to the
NCAA Division I District, which encompasses all the New England
states and New York.
Zarkoskie, along with other First-team Academic
All-District honorees, will advance to the Capital One Academic
All-America ® Team ballot, where first- and second-team
All-America selections will be announced later this month. He
previously received the 2010-11 CAA Academic Award and was named to
the 2010 CAA Academic All-Conference Team.
The Seton Hall Prep product was a nominee for
the 2011 Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good
Works Team ®, which recognizes the selfless contributions to
volunteerism and community service made by college football
student-athletes across the nation. Zarkoskie volunteers his time
to welcome members of the U.S. Armed Forces back from service
overseas and to bid them well upon deployment as a member of the
"Pease Greeters" at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease
International Tradeport in Portsmouth, N.H.
WILDCATS'
TV SCHEDULE: The Wildcats are 4-2 on TV this season
after posting a 4-4 TV mark during the 2010 season. The 'Cats have
one more contest slated for television -this week's Battle for the
Brice-Cowell Musket against Maine. Here is the game-by-game TV
breakdown:
Date Opponent Television
Outlet Result
Sept. 1 @ Toledo BCSN-TV |
ESPN3 L
Sept. 10 @ Lehigh Service
Electric 2 W
Sept. 24 @ Richmond CSN-NE |
TCN W
Oct. 15 @ W&M CSN-NE |
CSN-MA L
Oct. 22 UMass* CSN-NE |
CSN-MA W
Oct. 29 vs URI
CSN-NE W
Nov. 19 vs MAINE
CSN-NE
*at Gillette Stadium






