Sunday, September 24, 2006

FoxSports.com

FoxSports.com - Eric Moneypenny:
THIS WEEK'S OBSCURE DREAM MATCHUP: The first few weeks of the season, I'd been keeping my eye on I-AA Indi-ana State's boxscores, mainly because their opponents put up piles of points and mounds of yards (funny how that works). Purdue beat the Sycamores 60-35, while Murray State also got figurative leg cramps from going up and down the field so much in a 59-40 win. On the other hand, I'd also been keeping my pupils fixed on Northern Illinois, as each Saturday, NIU's senior scatback Garrett Wolfe seemingly compiles as many rushing yards as I do pizza calories.

So, you know I'd have the satellite dish tuned to the Northern Illinois-Indiana State matchup, in great anticipation of Garrett Wolfe's rushing for two, maybe three hundred yards against the hapless Sycamore defense.

Wolfe didn't disappoint, tearing off 119 yards and 4 TDs only SIXTEEN minutes into the game. After that start, and with NIU up 38-0 at the half, Wolfe didn't need many more reps, but he kept his season chase for 2,000 yards very much alive with 198 yards and 4 TDs in the 48-14 win.



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