Week 4 Newsletter - FBU

Football University-Michigan
University
Newsletter - September 16, 2009
Players of the Previous Week
• Games of this Week
• Players
ers to keep a look out For
Detroit Free Press – Mike McCabe’s State Rankings
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The word is getting out and numerous individuals have
already inquired as to how they can take part in the second
th
annual Youth All-American Game or the 10 U.S. Army AllAmerican Game that will be played in January.. In addition in
celebration of the previous 9 years of the U.S. Army AllAmerican Game I have included a link of the top plays in the
history of the game, which is a new feature on
USArmyAllAmericanBowl.com that will be updated weekly.
The link is
http://www.usarmyallamericanbowl.com/topplays.php
www.usarmyallamericanbowl.com/topplays.php
Below and on the following pages find information that will
be helpful in your understanding of Football University and
FBU-Michigan.
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The Nomination Process
be invited to attend in January of their 11th grade and they
will participate
icipate in conjunction with the seniors from across
the country that will be playing
in the U.S. All-American
All
All-Star
game. This year’s, game will be
played in San Antonio, Texas,
on Sunday, January 9, 2010.
Player’s selected to attend the
combine will spend
sp
the week
practicing with the nation’s best 11th graders, along with
having the opportunity to attend the Senior Game. Being
invited to the combine, gives you a step up on an invitation to
play in the Senior Game the following year.
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The nomination process will begin on October 1, 2009
2009, for
those youth athletes between 6th grade and 11th grade who
would like to be considered to attend FBU camps throughout
the U.S. next year. Nominations can come from Coaches,
Parents, and or Fans. Actual selections will come from
individuals in New Jersey; your chances are increased with
game film of highlights. The invitations for the elite athletes
to attend a 2010 camp will begin going out Mid
Mid-NovemberDecember, 2009.
Game film of 5-10 highlights from this
season is needed by October 31, 2009, if
you want (your son) to be considered for
nd
the 2
Annual FBU All-American
nomination status, for athletes in the 7th
and 8th grade. The Game will be played
in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday, January
10, 2010. Player’s selected to play in the
game will spend the week practicing with the nation’s best
7th and 8th graders, along with having the opportunity to
attend the Senior Game.
Game film of 5-10
10 highlights from this season is ne
needed by
October 31, 2009, if you want your son to be considered for
the U.S. Army All-American
American Combine nomination status of
athletes in the 9th, 10th and 11th grade.. Those selected will
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The Highland Park Polar
lar Bears are “For Real.” Initially, I
thought the Athletic Director was crazy. Highland Park
has arguably the toughest schedule in the state.
state Imagine
having to play Orchard Lake St. Mary, Detroit Country
Day, Cincinnati Moeller (OH) and Flint Powers Catholic
Catho all
in the same season. Oh, by the way, those are all road
games. Now add in Brother Rice and Inkster at Home.
The
he loss to Brother Rice was a barometer test. Which
even in losing they answered a bunch of questions for
themselves. As the Polar Bears left the field many of the
players on the team stated that they felt more so that
they lost the game,, as opposed to being defeated. This
team is superfast and dangerous, solid defense and
offense. They have taken on that Fresno State Bravado as
they seem to be willing to play anybody, anywhere at any
time, which is validated by having only 3 home games
with this monstrous schedule.
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Next week,, Highland Park is at Country Day; Lee Bailey,
here is your chance my man, last time you saw a team
with this kind of speed you were a Southfield Falcon
(little league) at practice. Lee,
Lee a junior; has all the tools, it
takes to be a “Blue Chipper” next year, as a senior;
however as for this week, he is a player to watch, at
a both
a running back and a defensive back, take my advice to
all the Yellow Jackets “bring lots of energy drinks and
Gatorade.”
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“Playmaker” v. “Game Changer” – A guy ask me “what’s
the difference?” It’s more than the title, Playmakers
makes plays, when needed; to close the game out; at the
most opportune moment. Most times we refer to them
as the “clutch players.” In FBU-Michigan
Michigan we call them the
“players to watch.” Game Changers,, they are the guys
where most of the practice sessions of the opposition are
geared to stop him. These are the guys that fans travel to
see. Everybody on the opposing team knows his name
and number. Simply put, he makes plays as well, but
when this guy does not play, gets hurt, or comes out the
game, his team chances to win are minimized
minimized, his team
calls him the MVP, we call him a “Blue Chipper.”
Shane Morris, Warren DeLaSalle (Freshman)
(Freshman), 6’1” 165lbs
QB is receiving rave reviews, one coach has
as tab him the
number 1 freshman “QB in the State.” Coach, he’s on the
schedule and I know just the game,, to see if he really is
is.
Ok, just one more week, and I still can hardly wait for #4
Macomb Dakota v. #1 Sterling Heights Stevenson on
September 25th. Tom Markowski of the Detroit News
has Stevenson #1 and Dakota #2 in his rankings.
In the meantime, boy #6 Novi (Detroit) Catholic Central
v. #9 Brother Rice,, this is an “Oooh Weee” Special at the
Freshman, JV, and Varsity Level as well as the tailgating
and 50/50 raffle (people are predicting in access of
$5,000 this year.) This maybe the best rivalry in the state.
Kevontae Hollis, Pontiac High, is the most underrated
player in the state. He was at Pontiac Central, two years
ago, and left the state last year. He is on the national
databases; however I have yet to read anything in the
state about him, translation “he is one of the top three
linebackers in the state.” Askk any of the coaches whose
teams have played against him. Hollis has D1 talent, and
a pro body. If you haven’t seen him, and go to see him,
his #52 and plays like Ray Lewis. He’ss a GAME CHANGER,
but you don’t know who he is yet!
Clawson, “are you serious?” The pink uniforms made
quite a statement, but not as loud as the 73
73-16 pounding
that was put on New Haven.
th
Four 2009 8 All-Americans
ns (3 FBU and 1 O
O-D) will
appear in the Novi (Det) Catholic Central v. Brother Rice
Freshman Game, David Houle and Wyatt Shallman
Shallman,
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Catholic Central; Trajan Seay and Cheyne Lacanaria
(Offense- Defense Camp), of Brother Rice. Additionally,
two FBU campers, Garrett
arrett Moores, and Robert Coe both
of Catholic Central will join them on the field on
September 19, 2009.
Home Teams, whether youth league or High School
please make sure you have rosters available for the fans
(well me). A lot of guys miss our list simply because there
Is no roster at the game for fans.
So now, if you play Youth League, Middle School or High
School (Varsity, JV or Freshman), still send me your
schedules. The following teams have already submitted
theirs to me.
o Abbott Eagles
o Auburn Hills Makos
o Avondale Middle
o Berkley Steelers
o Brandon Jr. Blackhawks
o Brighton Youth Football
o Byron Youth Football
o Clarkston Chiefs
o Detroit P.A.L. Bears
o Detroit P.A.L. Westside Cubs
o Detroit P.A.L. Jets
o Detroit P.A.L. Steelers
o Eastern Suburban Youth League
o Fowlerville Youth Football League
o Hamburg Youth Football League
o Howell Youth Football League
o Lake Orion Dragons
o Orchard Lake Vikings
o Madison Knights
o Northern Youth
th Football League
o Pontiac Panthers
o Rochester Ravens
o Shelby Township Malow Middle
o Southfield Falcons
o Southfield Jayhawks
o Southfield Ravens
o Waterford Corsairs
o Waterford Pierce
o Webberville Youth Football League
o NFWB Vikings
o Ypsilanti Huron Braves
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Clawson High, the entire team, what can I say? 73 points, why not wear the pink jerseys next week too?
too
Laethem Donald (St. Clair Shores Lakeview) 274 yards rushing, four touchdowns.
Cameron Fields, (West Bloomfield), 101 yards rushing; 103 receiving
receiving.
Jason Fracassa (Sterling Heights Stevenson)) passed for 320 yards.
Bryce Lindberg,, had 33 carries for 246 yards and two rushing TD’s. He also had an 11-yard
yard receiving and 1 TD and threw a pass
for a TD.
Adam Payter (Canton): 12 carries, 226 yards (207 in the first half), two touchdowns.
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Players to keep a look out For (each week we will add to this list)
Lee Bailey, Detroit Country Day
Robert Dooley, Pontiac High
Josh Harris, Detroit Country Day
Keontre’ Harris, Mona Shores
Cameron Fields, West Bloomfield
Jason Fracassa, Sterling Heights Stevenson
Austin Gray, Warren Fitzgerald
Kevontae Hollis, Pontiac High
Brandon Hughes, Macomb Dakota
“Blue Chippers”
Robert Bolden, Orchard Lake St Mary
Joe Boisture, Saline
Max Bullough, Traverse City St. Francis
Devin Gardner, Inkster
William Gholston, Detroit Southeastern
Nick Hill, Chelsea
Tony Jones – Detroit Northwestern
Kevonte Manley – Brother Rice
Dior Mathis - Cass Tech HS
Francois Mathews, Avondale
Ricardo Miller, Ann Arbor Pioneer
C.J. Olanyian, Warren Mott
Austin White, Livonia Stevenson
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Gerald Jackson, Macomb Dakota
B.J. Lavallis, Bloomfield Hills Lahser
D.J. Lynch, Avondale
D.J. Mershman, Sterling Heights Stevenson
Steve Slobin, Farmington Hills Harrison
Omar Thabet, Hamtramck
Justice Wright, Sterling Heights Stevenson
Kenny Wright, Detroit Country Day
Tony Zerafa, Utica Eisenhower
There have been many of emails
and calls
call regarding when and where
are the Videos of the athletes who
attended the football camp.
I have been informed that those
videos should be in your mail boxes
within the next two weeks. I would like to thank all of you
who have been so patient in waiting for the videos.
vide
Football University iss on MySpace and Facebook
Faceboo
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Newsletter - September 16, 2009
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• Detroit Free Press – Mike McCabe’s State Rankings
For the most part, the rankings remained unchanged, with Muskegon loosing they dropped out of the Super 10, Ann Arbor Pioneer
joined the top at #8 and Brother Rice dropped one slot to #9.
SUPER 10
w-l
div.
SUPER 10
w-l
div.
1. SH Stevenson
3-0
1
6. Novi Det. CC
3-0
1
2. Rockford
3-0
1
7. East Grand Rapids
3-0
3
3. Warren De La Salle
3-0
2
8. Ann Arbor Pioneer
3-0
1
4. Macomb Dakota
3-0
1
9. Birm. Brother Rice
3-0
2
5. Lowell
3-0
2
10. DeWitt
3-0
3
A version of this story appears on page 9B of the Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, print edition of the Detroit Free Press.
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Games of the Week of September 17-19,
19, 2009
Sport
Date
Time
Home Team
Visiting Team
Football
09/18
7:00 PM
Charlevoix
Traverse City St Francis
Football
09/19
7:00 PM
#6 Detroit Catholic Central
#9 Birmingham Brother Rice
Football
09/18
7:30 PM
Detroit Country Day
Highland Park
Football
09/18
7:00 PM
#7 East Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
Football
09/19
1:00 PM
Orchard Lake St Mary's
#3 Warren DeLaSalle
Football
09/17
7:00 PM
Walled Lake Western
Football
09/19
Football
09/17
7:00 PM
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Walled Lake Northern
Waterford Kettering
Waterford Mott
West Bloomfield
Clarkston
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Newsletter - September 9, 2009
Players of the Previous Week
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Next Week - TThe Biggest Game so far of the Year
September 25, 2009 – 7pm at Sterling Heights Stevenson
v.s
#4 Macomb Dakota
#1 Sterling Heights Stevenson
Key Players
Key Player
Gerald Jackson (3)
Brandon Hughes (9)
Mark Morris (11)
Benard Taylor (74)
Charlie Walker (2)
Jason Fracassa (7)
Justice Wright (10)
D.J. Mershman (13)
Carl Davis (74)
Detroit Cass Tech
Detroit Southeastern
Dior Mathis
William Gholston
v.s
Pictures courtesy of Scouts with foxsports.com
Pictures courtesy of Scouts with foxsports.com
Next Week – Two
wo of the Biggest Names so far of the Year
September 25
25, 2009 – 3:30 pm at Detroit Southeastern High
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