And, Then, There Was This Streaker...

((HT: WAVY-TV))

Some folks, when they run on the field, are like the guy at Ohio State Saturday...

Others are like the guy at Old Dominion who actually get some work done and make a statement...


Looks like he got off the field in one piece. No word on his success rate off the field after he ran into the concourse...

Old Dominion Fires Hoops Coach Effective Immediately

He's not a big name coach and Old Dominion University is not a big name basketball school. But their immediate firing of head coach Blaine Taylor Tuesday afternoon caught more than a few people by surprise.

Yes, the Monarachs were limping through a 2-20 season on the heels of 8 straight years of post-season basketball, but the decline this year was nothing short of mind-boggling.

Reading the schools press release, the firing of Taylor wasn't necessarily record related. The school wouldn't go into to detail, only saying "This decision is not based solely on wins and losses, but on a number of factors by which a head coach is evaluated".

You can read the entire nebulous statement RIGHT HERE

Taylor leaves as the schools winningest coach, going 239-144 in 12 years including 4 NCAA Tourney berths and a stirring 2010 Upset of Notre Dame.

Associate Head Coach Jim Corrigan takes over today.

Here's some of the press conference, thanks to our friends at WAVY-TV

ODU's all-time winningest coach let go

ODU QB Throws For D1 Record 730 Yards

((HT: WAVY-TV))

The HQ continues to marvel at OSG High graduate, Collins Hill (GA) High's Taylor Heinecke...

All he did this week was throw for an NCAA Division I record 730 yards in a come-from-behind, 64-61 win against top 20 team New Hampshire... but it still took a Jarod Brown chip shot field goal and a last-second pick to seal it.

His passing numbers were just one yard less than the overall record of 731 set by D3 Menlo (CA) College's Zamir Amin against Cal Lutheran in 2000. The old Division I record of 716 yards was by Houston's David Klingler in 1990 against Arizona State. The D I-AA/FCS record was 624 set by Weber State's Jamie Martin against Idaho State in 1991.

Got all that...??? There'll be a test later on...

Heinecke also ran the ball 11 times for 61 yards. So, that means the 791 yards of total offense beats the 732 by David Klingler in that same game in 1990, and the I-AA/FCS record was 668 total yards by Robert Kent of Jackson State against Alabama in 2001.

Until today...

Here's the highlights... The HQ thinks it's the short version...

ODU comes from behind in 64-61 win

RECORD BREAKER: ODU's Taylor Heinicke Throws For NCAA D-1 Record 730 Yards In 64-61 Win Over New Hampshire

Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke put together an entire season in one game.  Heinicke threw for an NCAA division one record 730 yards in the Monarchs 64-61 win over New Hampshire.

Here’s a game report. (Thanks WAVY-TV)

Heinicke broke the NCAA Division one record held by Houston’s David Klinger who threw for 716 yards against Arizona State in 1990.  Heinicke was just one yard shy of the all-division record set by Zamir Amin of Menlo (Div. III) who passed for 731 yards against Cal Lutheran in 2000.

The passing yards record wasn’t the only one Heinicke broke today.  His 61 yards rushing gave Heinicke 791 yards of total offense breaking Klinger’s FBS record of 732 set in the ASU game in 1990.

While ODU accumulated 824 yards of total offense New Hampshire totaled 725 yards of total offense.  That added up to an NCAA FCS record of 1,549 yards of total offense.  The previous mark was 1,423 in a game featuring Murray State (816) and Missouri State (607) back on October. 9, 2010.

The defensive coordinators for the Monarchs and the Wildcats are going to have a lot to say during film sessions.

TWTW: Small Schools, Big Numbers... All The Blowouts We Could Find...

The HQ likes to troll its way through the smaller schools in search of giving them a little pub while they put up big numbers against other smaller schools...

Examples:

Birmingham Southern took out Ave Maria (a creation of Domino's Pizza magnate Tom Monaghan for the NAIA)- who, by the way have one of the better nicknames in "Gryphons..."- 61-14...

Salisbury beat NC Wesleyan 69-6
SUNY Cortland score 72 on W. Connecticut State
Widener continued the first-year misery of Misericordia 67-0

And, Augustana (SD) scored 61 in shutting out Minnesota-Crookston. It, apparently, was a record-setting performance. The 61 points scored by Augustana is the most since a 47-17 win over MSU-Moorhead October 23, 2010 and it's the most points scored by a team at Kirkeby-Over Stadium, which opened in 2009.

We have highlights...
((HT: KSFY-TV))
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Minnesota-Duluth won 70-24 over Concordia-St Paul and set records in the process. The Bulldogs racked up 675 yards of offense in the win, with senior quarterback Chase Vogler accounting for 396 in total offense.
((HT: NorthlandsNewsCenter.com))
The HQ covered Old Dominion QB Taylor Heinecke in high school, so we know how prolific a passer he can be. Saturday, it was at the expense of Brother J-Dub's Campbell Camels. He threw 7 TD passes in a 70-14 win... ((HT: WAVY-TV))

ODU scores 70 points against Campbell

As Brother Wilkie will attest and confirm the two teams below have some of the best nicknames in all of ath-a-letics...

Henderson State's Reddies beat the Wonder Boys of Arkansas Tech 73-34, but you'll have to ask Wilkie how those two came to be...

Central Arkansas and their purple turf beat someone called Bacone College 70-3. And Northern Arizona shut out Ft. Lewis of Colorado 69-0.

The grouping of schools that Wilkie is personally familiar with in this filing was purely coincidental...

Yet Another Conference Move: Old Dominion To Join C-USA

This won't send shock waves through the college athletic world but it is another blow to the Colonial Athletic Association.

Old Dominion will announce in a 2:30pm news conference today that they will leave the CAA and join Conference USA.  ODU is expected to join C-USA for the 2013-14 academic year.

For the second time this week the CAA has lost another signature basketball program, Virginia Commonwealth announced the Rams will join the Atlantic 10 conference.

Like most of conference realignment its about football and this move will be a huge step for the three year old Monarch football program and further upgrade ODU football who would join the Football Bowl Subdivision.

According to ESPN's Andy Katz, the Colonial may now pursue from a list of Davidson, Charleston, Boston University, and Stony Brook. If Georgia State and ODU can't participate in post-season tourneys next year, they'll only have seven active members to do so next season in all sports.

ODU has to pay a $250,000 exit fee and is leaving $400,000 on the table for the conference.

Here's early returns from our friends at WAVY-TV

Officials: ODU will join Conference USA: wavy.com

In a letter explaining the move, ODU President John Broderick said:

"While the university was not actively seeking a change, recent events necessitated an earlier consideration of our future, and in particular, for our football program. C-USA’s invitation provided the right opportunity at the right time to reclassify our football program and broaden the national footprint of our athletic program."

"While the university was not actively seeking a change, recent events necessitated an earlier consideration of our future, and in particular, for our football program. C-USA’s invitation provided the right opportunity at the right time to reclassify our football program and broaden the national footprint of our athletic program."

Conference USA rebuilds by adding small schools

((ht: cbssports.com/mcmurphy))

Well, we guess this means the Conference USA/Mountain West Super Conference merger is dead on arrival.

That's because C-USA announced that they are adding teams. Six of them to be exact. Though we might add most are not exactly household names.

The list includes: Florida International, Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Texas-San Antonio, Charlotte and Old Dominion.

For those keeping track, that would be a raid of the Sun Belt, the Patriot League and the WAC.

Read more details from Brett McMurphy of CBSSports.com, McMurphy broke the story RIGHT HERE

Interesting stuff, but hardly earth shaking news. Kudos to C-USA for trying to rebuild after being nearly decimated by the Big East. However, other than adding to their travel costs, this doesn't do much to add to the league's prestige.

In fact, it does very little for football...right now. Charlotte is about to enter FCS (1-AA) next year as a rookie program. The others have a footprint, but not a particularly large one. But it does protect the conference if for no other reason than the sheer size. Come 2013, C-USA will have 14-teams.

Here's the report from WAVY-TV in Norfolk about the idea...

ODU may be considered for C-USA: wavy.com

Old Dominion player arrested right before tipoff

Talk about a crappy way to finish your college basketball career.

Old Dominion University's best basketball player, Kent Bazemore was arrested Wednesday night just before tipoff of his teams NIT game vs. Mercer.

According to WAVY-TV in Norfolk, Virginia, Bazemore was arrested for not completing the terms of his sentence for a DUI charge in 2011. It just so happened that the arrest took place in Virginia Beach.

After it was found Bazemore didn't attend the classes he was required to attend, an arrest warrant was issued and right after warmups Wednesday night, Mr. Bazemore was escorted from the court, directly to jail, where he was later released.

Uh...lesson here.

And it is a pretty simple one, so we won't preach so much. If you are arrested and sentenced to something, it doesn't matter who you are...especially if you participate in something public like...oh...say...a college or professional sport, eventually you'll pay the price. If you are sentenced to do something, chances are it is because you did something wrong...and just because you are a college or professional athlete doesn't excuse you from serving out that sentence.

Unless you are rich and have a really good lawyer.

WVEC-TV in Norfolk has your TV story:

OSG I-AA: Another Round Down- Ga Southern, Busy Day In Montana, North Dakota

The HQ can say we covered Georgia Southern QB Jaybo Shaw in his high school days along with freshman running back Dominique Swope...

Both went off yesterday against fellow OSG HQ'er Old Dominion freshman QB Taylor Heinecke in a 55-48 win in Statesboro. It was the first 200-plus yard effort for an Eagles RB since 2007... 255 to be exact...

Here's how WAVY-TV in Hampton Roads treated Heinecke's homecoming...

Heinicke's homecoming: wavy.com

It was a busy and successful day for Montana schools as the Griz worked over Central Arkansas and Montana State needed some long arms to advance against UNH.
((HT: KFBB-TV Helena))


Rough day for the Colonial teams as James Madison had to go north to take on the Bison, but lost 26-14...
((HT: Valleynewslive.com Fargo))


The quarterfinals have Maine going to Georgia Southern and Lehigh going to ND State on the right-hand side. The left-hand side has Northern Iowa going to Montana and Sam Houston State hosting Montana State.

OSG I-AA: Another Round Down- ODU, Madison, Stony Brook, Central Ark

The HQ covered Old Dominion QB Taylor Heinecke at Collins Hill High School outside Atlanta. He had a big day as a true freshman in the I-AA playoffs in their win over Norfolk State...
((HT: WVEC-TV))


Cameron Starke kicked a 35-yard field goal as time expired to lift James Madison to a 20-17 win over Eastern Kentucky in the first round of the I-AA playoffs.

James Madison (8-4) rallied from a 17-10 deficit in the fourth
quarter. The Dukes, who have won three straight games, will face North
Dakota State in the second round...

Here's the highlights, thanks to our friends at WHSV-TV


Stony Brook and Central Arkansas also advance...