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2010 UU Football Season Preview
URBANA, Ohio (August 31, 2010) - On Saturday, the Urbana University Football team kicks off its 26th season by traveling to Buckhannon, West Virginia to take on the Bobcats from W.V. Wesleyan College. The Bobcats (1-0) won their season opener last week, defeating St. Paul's by a score of 35-28. Wesleyan raced out to a 21-0 lead before St. Paul's bounced back to tie the game at 28. With 7:42 to play, Bobcat QB Adam Neugebauer found T.J. Benners for an 8-yard game-winning TD.
Urbana and WVWC met last season in the Blue Knights' home opener at UU Stadium. In dramatic fashion, the Blue Knights pulled out a 20-19 win on a last-second 33-yard field goal. The Bobcats had taken a 19-17 lead on an 8-yard TD pass with just 33 seconds remaining. UU's Wes Edwards blocked the PAT, giving the Blue Knights an opportunity to kick the game-winning field goal.
Saturday's game will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday at Wesleyan's Cebe Ross Field.
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Click here to read the full 2010 UU FOOTBALL SEASON PREVIEW.
Click here (Independent Columnist) and here (WVIAC Columnist) for D2Football.com's Weekly Previews & Predictions.
And Below, Coach Taynor previews the 2010 season in the latest edition of the 2010 Blue Knight Sports Report.
Blue Knight Football Family Traveling Tailgate Party
URBANA, Ohio (August 9, 2010) - The Urbana University Football Family invites you to join its Traveling Tailgate Party for the Blue Knights' away game at Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tennessee on September 17-18. A bus full of Blue Knight friends and family will depart Urbana University on Friday, September 17th at 11:30 a.m. The bus will arrive at the Hampton Inn in Greeneville at approximately 6:30 p.m. The game begins at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon at Tusculum's Pioneer Field, and the bus will return to Urbana on Saturday night following the game.
Transportation, lodging, and game tickets can be had for as little as $122 per person, but you must reserve and pay in full for your spot on the bus by Wednesday, August 25th! For more information, CLICK HERE, or contact Jim Nowak at (440) 567-9464.
2010 UU Football Golf Outing & Silent Auction
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URBANA, Ohio (April 26, 2010) - The Urbana University football team will host its first annual Golf Outing and Silent Auction on June 4, 2010 at the Woodland Golf Course in Cable, Ohio. The event begins with an 8:00 a.m. check-in, followed by a shotgun start at 9:00 a.m. Lunch is catered and provided by the delicious Rudy's Smokehouse and Bar-B-Que out of Springfield, Ohio.
The cost to participate in the outing is $75 per person, or $300 per foursome. This includes 18 holes of golf with a cart, lunch, 3 drink tickets, participation in the longest drive, closest to the pin and skins competition, as well as the silent auction. If you would like to participate in the lunch and silent auction only, the cost is just $20 per person. Sponsorship opportunities are still available, and the team is still accepting donations for silent auction items.
For more information, as well as a registration form, CLICK HERE.
White Defeats Blue in the 2010 Spring Game
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URBANA, Ohio (April 19, 2010) - On a breezy, but sunny spring Saturday afternoon, the White team defeated the Blue team by a score of 21-7 in the 2010 Blue Knight Football Spring Game. Last year, the offense shined as the Blue team outran the White team by a score of 48-32, but this year, it was all about the defense.
The constant 30 mph wind gusts may have aided their effort, but the defense still came out on top. After the Blue vs. White game was over, the first-team offense took on the first-team defense in 2 drives beginning at designated spots on the field. Then, the second-team offense took on the second-team defense in 2 drives at the same 2 spots. The offense managed to score one TD, but the defense prevailed with 3 stops. The defense was awarded 3 points for each stop, giving them a 9-7 win in the 2nd scrimmage of the day.
The White team's offense was sparked by team captain Josh Turnbo's 12 carries for 48 yards and a touchdown. Turnbo (pictured left), who converted to running back from defensive back, also had a catch out of the backfield for 13 yards. Transfer Josh Miller also scored a rushing TD for the White team. Miller finished with 13 yards on 10 carries. Quarterback Evan Gehlert hooked up with WR Marco St. John for an 80-yard TD for the White team's third 
touchdown. St. John led all White team receivers with 2 catches for 110 yards. Jerrell Leak added 1 catch for 31 yards and Lavelle Spivey had 2 catches for 33 yards. On defense, the White team was captained by linebacker and All-Ohio Defensive Player of the Year Travis Brisco, who finished with 4 tackles, including 2 for a loss. Defensive back Lamar Ross (pictured right) stole the show, leading all tacklers with 11, including 8 solos, 2 for a loss, 2 sacks and 1 pass break-up. Byron Lewis added 4 tackles and a forced fumble, and Antion Addison had 6 tackles.
The Blue team's offense struggled to keep pace with the White team. Their only score came on an Evan Gehlert (pictured left) 15-yard scramble for a TD. (QB's Gehlert and Drew Parker interchanged and played for both sides. Gehlert's final numbers for the entire day were 16-for-30, 305 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs.) Single-game rushing record holder Boise Moon carried the ball 9 times for 20 yards for the Blue Team. Tight end Evan Morrisey had 3 catches for 25 yards. WR Diamond Hart pulled down 4 balls for 17 yards. (He also scored the offense's only TD in the offense vs. defense scrimmage.) Newcomer Nate Wilborn-Ogletree had 2 catches for 32 yards, and Daniel Haddix and Avaie Knox each had a catch. Defensively, the Blue team was led by linebacker Traylin Taylor and DB Dan Goodrum. Each recorded 6 tackles. Taylor also had a sack and Goodrum had a tackle for a loss. Team co-captain Wes Edwards registered 5 tackles, along with DE Matt Nowak and DB Jared Lake.
Team practices now subside until August for the Blue Knight football team.