RIMINGTON REPORT VOLUME 5 ISSUE 4
September 20, 2007


CENTER OF ATTENTION: WEEK 4

Antoine Caldwell (Jr., 6-3, 292), Alabama Last week, the Rimington Report shined a light on Arkansas' junior Jonathan Luigs, but in the wake of Alabama's thrilling 41-37 win over the Razorbacks Saturday night, it's time to show a little love to the other center in that matchup - Bama's Antoine Caldwell. The junior has been key in the early season success of the 3-0 Crimson Tide, having started all 26 games of his collegiate career. He even earned "co-offensive player of the week" honors by the Tide coaching staff following Alabama's 52-6 season opening win over Western Carolina. "We want to be relentless," said Caldwell of the team's new attitude under first year Head Coach Nick Saban. "You can't take plays off. I don't know that we took plays off in the past, but I know we can't now." The Razorbacks learned that the hard way last week.

PRIORITIES

Bowling Green Watch Lister Kory Lichtensteiger's life has changed in ways he could have never imagined when he graduated from Crestview High School in Northwest, Ohio five years ago. Not only is he an NFL prospect, but he is a husband and father. The BG captain married his high school sweetheart Mandi early in his college career. With the birth or their son Ayden in June 2004, the young couple has evolved into a young family - something that's caused Kory to toughen up. "I know Ayden, my son, requires a lot of energy, probably more energy than it takes to hold off a big defensive lineman," Lichtensteiger says with a laugh.

THEY SAID IT

"The biggest challenge (at center) is getting into a comfortable stance," he said. "The first couple of times I snapped the ball, my legs were too close together and I bruised my forearm by hitting my knee braces."

-- Navy center Antron Harper, a 5- 11, 272-pound senior. The Midshipmen are off to a disappointing 1-2 start after falling 31-30 in overtime to Ball State on Saturday.

DID YOU KNOW?

Illinois junior center Ryan McDonald (6-5, 293) is one of 35 undergraduate students across the country participating in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) this summer. UROP invites undergraduate students to be involved as junior colleagues of MIT faculty. McDonald is a member of the National Honor Society with a 3.99 GPA.

GAMES TO TIVO

This week's head-to-head match-ups of Rimington Watch Listers (all game times are ET): Saturday, September 20, 2007

  • Florida (Drew Miller) at Mississippi (Corey Actis) - 12:30 p.m.
  • Air Force (Blaine Guenther) at Brigham Young (Sete Aulai) - 3:00 p.m.
  • Georgia Tech (Kevin Tuminello) at Virginia (Jordy Lipsey) - ESPNU, noon
  • Army (Trey Miranne) at Boston College (Kevin Sheridan) - ESPN Classic, 1:00 p.m.
  • Temple (Alex Derenthal) at Bowling Green (Kory Lichtensteiger) - noon
  • Iowa (Rafael Eubanks) at Wisconsin (Marcus Coleman) - ABC, 8:00 p.m.
  • Washington (Juan Garcia) at UCLA (Chris Joseph) - 10:15 p.m.
  • Illinois (Ryan McDonald) at Indiana (Ben Wyss) - noon
  • Oregon St. (Kyle DeVan) at Arizona State (Mike Pollak) - 10:00 p.m.
  • San Jose St. (Justin Paysinger) at Utah St. (Ryan Tonnemacher) - 8:00 p.m.
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