The Roadrunners of UT-San Antonio

[Robmeister89]

Oh my! A week later (one of our three bye weeks) we landed two more 3-star recruits?! Awesome!

[Robmeister89]

Finally got around to playing my career again and what a game to come back to! We finished the regular season undefeated after knocking off TCU 45-38 in Double OT! Hell of a way to finish the season. Its time to play our Conference Championship and hope some pieces fall into place for us to get into the Top 4 (doubtful but fingers crossed!)

[Robmeister89]

Finished 14-0 and ranked #4!
C-USA Champions 2 years in a row!
Ranked No.1 in rushing yards per game with 325.9!
Ranked No.4 in points per game allowed with 19.2!

All 21 recruits have signed (prior to Signing Day)...
(2) 3-star LBs (#734 and #964)
3-star CB (#758)
3-star OT (#563)
3-star RB (#573)
2-star TE (#2086)
2-star CB (#2246)
(2) 2-star RBs (#2108 and #2190)
(4) 2-star WRs (#2064, #2066, #2087 and #2103)
(2) 2-star LBs (#2126 and #2139)
2-star QB (#2091)
2-star C (#2236)
2-star FB (#2124)
2-star DT (#2249)
2-star DE (#2151)
2-star FS (#2096)

Our 2017 schedules goes as followed:
Week 1 at Texas State (0-0) - W 20-7
Week 2 vs Texas Tech (0-0) - W 31-26
Week 3 at South Florida (1-0) - W 35-25
Week 4 vs North Texas (1-1) - W 27-7
Week 5 at Old Dominion (2-1) - W 30-20
Week 6 vs Rice (3-2) - W 35-23
Week 7 at UTEP (1-5) - W 42-20
Week 8 at Florida International (0-7) - W 52-10
Week 9 vs Florida Atlantic (3-4) - W 45-17
Week 10 at Southern Miss (0-7) - W 66-7
Week 11 vs #16 Louisiana Tech (8-0) - W 31-28
Week 15 vs Texas Christian (7-4) - W 45-38 (2OT)
C-USA Championship vs Marshall (7-5) - W 23-13
Wheat Bowl vs #14 Fresno State (11-2) - W 52-28

Season Award Winners:
Most Outstanding RB: David Davis - 309 carries, 1594 yards, 20 TDs; 7 receptions, 44 yards

Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year:
RB Martin Brownell - 159 carries, 978 yards, 15 TDs; 5 receptions, 62 yards; 6 pancakes
Brownell came on late in the year starting the year as my no.3 RB until I noticed he should've been my no.2 (in a committee).. what he did with 2 starts and only 7 games (including the Wheat Bowl) is absolutely incredible.. he is only a Junior so I'm praying he returns!!!

All-Conference USA Honors:
RB David Davis
FB Lincoln Saxon
TE John Gonzalez
C Marco Benoit
G Hugh Grady
DT Gerlad Gilchrist
LB Edwin Mickens

Prestige Increased by 4 to 51!

We lost one valuable Junior... our starting FS! That's going to sting...

[Robmeister89]

In 2018 we are starting out at rank no.59. We have the #67 ranked recruiting class (compared to #113 last season!)...

Finished ranked #19 (10-4, 7-1)
No.1 in rushing yards per game (251.9)

Recruits committed thus far...
3* WR Carlos Gallant #307
3* C James Morgan #309
3* CB Clarence Wren #375
3* DE Joshua Roney #408
3* DT Logan Pippin #409
3* SS Richard Hudgens #424
3* QB Scott Sasser #509
3* SS Bill Baines #516
3* DE Gregory Robinson #535
3* RB Frank Reese #664
3* CB Edward Laplante #791
3* WR Haywood Segura #812
3* DE Nicholas Thigpen #868
3* WR Mike Chamberlain #895
3* T Richard Jackson #921
3* CB Francisco Martinez #957
3* DE Michael Michel #966
3* QB William Ramirez #1037
3* LB Gary McClain #1408
3* LB Michael McDonald #1476
3* LB Damien Scott #1554
3* LB Ruben Wicker #2054

The 2018 schedule goes as follows:
Week 1 vs #12 Texas (0-0) - L 57-25
Week 2 vs #17 Oklahoma State (1-0) - W 42-19
Week 3 @ Texas Christian (1-0) - L 48-24
Week 4 vs North Texas (0-3) - W 52-20
Week 5 @ Marshall (3-1) - W 42-35
Week 6 vs Rice (3-0) - W 23-17
Week 7 @ Southern Miss (2-4) - W 30-17
Week 8 vs Old Dominion (0-6) - W 41-17
Week 9 @ Florida International (2-5) - W 51-31
Week 10 vs Louisiana Tech (3-6) - L 49-37
Week 11 @ Texas-El Paso (2-5) - W 45-16
Week 12 @ #5 Cincinnati (10-0) - W 38-31
Conference USA Championship vs #22 Florida Atlantic (10-2) - W 55-24
Wheat Bowl vs #6 Boise State (12-1) - L 58-24

Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year
QB Donald Peters - 141/299 (47.2%) - 2883 yards, 27 TDs, 9 INTs
This award will be short lived for Peters.. he will not be our starting QB next year. We have two much more talented QB coming in that will push him to third string. At least he had a shot at glory for a bit.

All-Conference USA Honors
C Marco Benoit
DT Morris Garza
DE Omer McWilliams
SS Kevin Duarte

Was fortunate enough to only lose a Junior Kicker this year. Here's to hoping our freshman class coming in can help turn us into Bowl winners again.. Three straight Wheat Bowl appearances and finally lost one. Boise State was just way too much for our defense.

[Robmeister89]

In 2019 we are starting out ranked #58 with a 51 prestige (unchanged from last season) with the #43 recruiting class! We're moving up in recruiting!

Ranked #2 (13-1, 9-0)
No.4 in Points Per Game (44.6)

Recruits signed thus far...
3* RB Daniel Kelso #371
3* WR Michael Moya #482
3* DTQB Bruce Wheeler #485
3* FS Dennis Cardwell #514
3* DE Arnold Goff #516
3* CB Michael Schmitz # 549
3* TE Porter Campos #576
3* SS Thomas Bennett #586
3* CB Ted Tan #592
3* C Jean McLendon #643
3* FB Valentin Cruz #737
3* LB Adrian Mesa #747
3* LB Frank Humphreys #792
3* C Trevor Davis #960
3* DT Jamie Lott #963
3* QB Terry Allred #1049
3* RB Laurence Culbertson #1213
3* DE Kevin McCune #1366
3* LB Darrell Castleberry #1446

Our 2019 schedule goes as follows:
Week 1 @ Texas Tech (0-0) - W 45-32
Week 2 vs Texas State (0-1) - W 24-9
Week 3 vs Houston (1-1) - W 38-30
Week 4 vs Louisiana Tech (0-3) - W 44-24
Week 5 @ Florida Atlantic (3-1) - W 38-28
Week 6 vs Texas-El Paso (1-4) - W 53-27
Week 7 @ Southern Miss (0-6) - W 42-13
Week 8 @ Old Dominion (2-4) - W 41-27
Week 9 vs Charlotte (3-5) - W 59-31
Week 10 @ North Texas (2-5) - W 37-17
Week 12 vs Rice (8-2) - W 55-48
Week 13 @ Memphis (4-6) - W 31-29
C-USA Championship vs Western Kentucky (9-3) - W 73-38
Playoffs vs #3 Ohio State (11-2) - L 38-34

An interception with less than 2 minutes left with the lead killed us.. dumb, dumb, DUMB play calling! I should have ran it on 3rd-8 and punted it but I wanted to win so bad I made a bad call and my QB threw a bad pass.. It was a great season nonetheless.. didn't expect to even be in the Playoffs in the first place.

All-Conference USA Honors
WR Carlos Gallant
DE Gregory Robinson
CB Clarence Wren
P Lewis Mayfield

All-American Honors
CB Clarence Wren

Prestige increased by 3 to 54.

[Robmeister89]

In 2020 we're starting out ranked 56 with a prestige of 54 (+3 from last year as noted in the previous post) with the #58 recruiting class..

Finished Ranked #2 (14-1, 9-0)
No.2 in points per game (46.3)
No.2 in rushing yards allowed per game (126.2)

Recruits signed thus far...
3* T Ronald Bartholomew #421
3* G Everett Lott #511
3* C James Ashbury #550
3* WR Michael Walter #555
3* LB Max Ybarra #564
3* DT Evan Spears #815
3* SS Saul Merrell #837
3* WR Jason Hardy #1415
3* WR Donald Spurlock #1468
3* CB Michael Yee #1686
3* T James Mitchell #2185
2* DE Travis Rossi #2849
2* FS Thomas Washington #3138
2* FS Barney Padilla #3160
1* QB Lloyd Dexter #3284
1* LB Richard Atwell #3682
1* CB Robert Guerin #3722

Our 2020 schedule goes as follows:
Week 1 @ #25 Texas Tech (0-0) - W 45-28
Week 2 vs Texas State (0-1) - W 60-6
Week 3 vs Houston (2-0) - W 69-44
Week 4 vs Louisiana Tech (0-3) - W 27-26
Week 5 @ Western Kentucky (2-2) - W 42-30
Week 6 vs Texas-El Paso (2-3) - W 59-27
Week 7 @ Southern Miss (2-4) - W 59-24
Week 8 @ Old Dominion (1-6) - W 49-20
Week 9 vs Middle Tennessee (4-3) - W 52-10
Week 10 @ North Texas (2-5) - W 49-24
Week 12 vs Rice (6-4) - W 31-28
Week 14 @ Miami (OH) (1-10) - W 38-16
Conference-USA Championship vs Marshall (8-4) - W 44-13
Playoffs vs #4 Iowa (11-2) - W 42-31
National Championship vs #2 Florida State (13-1) - L 38-27

Conference-USA Offensive Player of the Year
WR Charles Gallant - 62 receptions, 1595 yards (25.7 avg), 20 touchdowns

Award Winners

Most Outstanding Receiver
WR Charles Gallant (Sophomore)
73 receptions, 1739 yards (23.8 avg), 22 touchdowns

All-Conference USA Honors
TE Mike Chamberlain (RS Freshman)
WR Carlos Gallant (Sophomore)
DE Michael McDonald (RS Freshman)
DE Nicholas Thigpen (Sophomore)
LB Darrell Castleberry (Freshman)
CB Clarence Wren (Sophomore)
P Raymond Maddox (Freshman)

Prestige increased by 4 to 58!

Coincidentally, FSU is my favorite NCAAF team in real life! It was a pleasure to get to play them in the 2020 (and my first) National Championship!

[Robmeister89]

In 2021 we're starting out ranked no.48 with a 58 prestige and the no.70 ranked recruiting class. This number is very misleading... I've got multiple recruits with 80+ overalls and two recruits with a 90+ overall. Those were huge steals but were ranked very low.. Looking forward to this season!

Finished ranked #3 (14-1, 9-0)

Recruits signed thus far...
3* DT Timothy Hernandez #594
3* CB Bob Leblanc #621
3* SS Aurelio Heinrich #627
3* DE Michael Webster #692
3* C Kevin Bethel #734
3* LB Jeffrey Cash #741
3* RB Willie Wooldridge #837
3* G Chuck Moore #878
3* G Rocco Horvath #890
3* LB Lonnie Brown #904
3* CB Paul Russo #1272
3* WR Mark Seibert #1380
3* WR Jesse Young #1715
3* DE Adam Pardo #2032
3* DT Adrian Elizondo #2181
2* WR William Curtin #3085
2* C Winston Perrin #3243
1* FS Thomas Almeida #3256
1* RB Dudley Russell #3418
1* TE Robert Allard #3506
1* QB Mathew Langley #3632

Our 2021 schedule goes as follows:
Week 1 @ Temple (0-0) - W 41-38
Week 2 vs #21 Texas A&M (0-1) - W 30-20
Week 3 vs #21 Oklahoma State (0-1) - W 45-26
Week 4 vs Rice (0-2) - W 44-24
Week 5 @ Marshall (2-2) - W 37-35
Week 6 vs Texas-El Paso (1-4) - W 68-0
Week 7 @ Southern Miss (0-6) - W 48-34
Week 8 @ Old Dominion (1-6) - W 31-26
Week 9 vs Middle Tennessee (3-4) - W 76-24
Week 10 @ North Texas (2-5) - W 31-14
Week 11 vs Louisiana Tech (6-4) - W 37-22
Week 13 @ Notre Dame (5-4) - W 34-23
Conference-USA Championship vs #15 Florida Atlantic (11-1) - W 40-16
Playoffs vs #3 California (12-1) - W 31-28
National Championship vs #4 Mississippi State (12-2) - L 49-31

Award Winners

Most Outstanding Defensive Player and Defensive Lineman
DT Jamie Lott (RS Freshman)
55 tackles, 14 sacks, 1 forced fumble

Most Outstanding Receiver
WR Carlos Gallant (Junior)
70 receptions, 1634 yards (23.4 avg), 12 touchdowns

All-Conference USA Honors
RB Daniel Kelso (Sophomore)
TE Mike Chamberlain (RS Sophomore)
WR Carlos Gallant (Junior)
C James Morgan (Junior)
G Everett Lott (Freshman)
G Trevor Davis (Sophomore)
DT Jamie Lott (RS Freshman)
DE Nicholas Thigpen (Junior)
CB Clarence Wren (Junior)
K Robert Park (RS Sophomore)

Extremely disappointing to lose a second National Championship. I thought we had this one in the bag but the Mississippi State offense was too much. We got a lot of help on defense in recruiting, so here's to hoping we finally put it together in 2022!

Juniors leaving:
LB Tommy Parks - 2 year starter as a RS Freshman and Sophomore but didn't play much in his RS Junior year. Not a big loss.

[AKH]

looks like its going well

[Robmeister89]

Its going very well.. we just need a damn National Championship victory

In 2022 we're starting out ranked no.45 with a 61 prestige (+3 from last season) and the no.61 recruiting class. Again, this is misleading, we snagged some gems with 85+ overalls in the lower ranks. Because of that, our relative recruiting rank is actually no.20!

Ranked #5 (14-0, 9-0)

No.3 in points per game (47.3)
No.4 in yards per game (546.0)
No.4 in points allowed per game (21.5)
No.1 in yards allowed per game (353.8)
No.3 in passing yards allowed per game (217.0)

Recruits signed thus far...
3* C Bernard Flora #372
3* SS Keith Ackley #445
3* T Richard Sands #549
3* DT Ronald Griffith #577
3* DE Mark Steen #643
3* FS Shawn Wheeler #646
3* C Norman Waller #668
3* T Randy Rooney #701
3* FS Justin Taylor #868
3* WR James Davis #946
3* RB Santiago Lombard #1389
3* WR John Dunlap #1461
3* QB Tad Stephen #1896
3* WR Richard Hadley #2120
2* QB Clarence Beach #2827
2* C Korey Martin #3142
1* RB Harvey Hanes #3386
1* LB Bryan Holmes #3533
1* DE Ralph O'Brien #3542
1* WR Mohammed Randall #3672
1* CB Jeffrey Morse #3704
1* DT Clayton Travers #3757
1* DE Spencer Bryan #3785
1* DE Russell Hardwick #3788
1* DE Rodney Randolph #3797

Our 2022 schedule goes as follows:
Week 1 vs #16 Texas (0-0) - W 28-21
Week 2 @ Tulsa (0-0) - W 31-18
Week 3 @ Southern Methodist (1-0) - W 44-20
Week 4 vs Louisiana Tech (1-2) - W 52-24
Week 5 @ Florida Atlantic (0-3) - W 52-14
Week 6 vs North Texas (2-2) - W 62-17
Week 7 @ Southern Miss (1-5) - W 55-14
Week 8 @ Old Dominion (1-5) - W 52-10
Week 9 vs Charlotte (1-7) - W 50-47
Week 10 @ Texas-El Paso (1-7) - W 63-17
Week 11 vs Rice (7-3) - W 27-21
Week 13 vs Texas Christian (5-5) - W 52-35
Conference-USA Championship vs Western Kentucky (9-3) - W 37-28
Wheat Bowl vs Georgia Southern (9-3) - W 54-17

Despite doing our part and going undefeated we didn't finish in the top 4 and are left out of the Playoffs. We return to the Wheat Bowl where we are 2-1.

Conference Awards

Conference-USA Offensive Player of the Year
QB Scott Sasser (Senior)

Conference-USA Defensive Player of the Year
FS Thomas Washington (RS Freshman)

All-Conference USA Honors
RB Daniel Kelso (Junior)
TE Mike Chamberlain (RS Junior)
WR Carlos Gallant (Senior)
DT Jamie Lott (RS Sophomore)
DE Nicholas Thigpen (Senior)
CB Clarence Wren (Senior)
FS Bill Baines (Senior)

I'd really like to see the process of choosing OPTY and DPTY.. neither of those guys were starters... REALLY strange!!!

We are going to miss so many of our players... most of our Seniors have been starting since day 1 as Freshmen! I really hope we recruited well these last few seasons and this doesn't ruin us to lose all of them!

We went up 2 in prestige to 63! We might be able to snag some local 4-star talents now that we're getting closer to the mid-60s in prestige.

Juniors leaving:
DE Michael Michel - He didn't start a single game over 3 seasons.. not a big loss.

However! We did lose some really good starting Seniors..
CB Clarence Wren - I know you've read his name multiple times the last few seasons... 4-time All Conference-USA and 1-time All-American!
SS Richard Hudgens - 4-time team captain and started 52 games over 4 seasons.
FS Bill Baines - 4-year starter (48 games)... was a team captain 3 times.
WR Haywood Segura - 4-year starter (49 games).
WR Charles Gallant - This is our biggest lost by far.. I have no clue how we will replace him 4-time All Conference-USA, 2-time Most Outstanding Receiver

[Robmeister89]

In 2023 we're starting out ranked no.42 with a 63 prestige (+2 from last season) and the no.96 recruiting class (relative ranking of 31, though).
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Ranked #1 (15-0, 9-0)

No.4 in Points Allowed Per Game (23.8)
No.4 in Yards Allowed Per Game (382.4)
No.5 in Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game (134.2)

Recruits signed thus far (13 scholarships)...
3* WR Michael Hunt #601
3* FB Herb Alexander #678
3* LB Dennis Hannon #739
3* DE Jose Coy #766
3* C Al Daniels #852
3* RB Leo Moeller #938
3* K Mark Craft #1435
3* T Darrell Rees #1441
3* G Vince Hughes #1710
3* FS Donald Albright #1727
2* T Timothy McCord #2837
2* DT Curtis Spain #3170
1* CB Todd Ball #3495

Our 2023 Schedule goes as follows:
Week 1 vs #22 Texas Tech (0-0) - W 33-24
Week 2 @ #2 Oklahoma (1-0) - W 45-33
Week 3 @ #7 South Carolina (1-0) - W 41-35
Week 4 vs Rice (1-0) - W 34-27
Week 5 @ Western Kentucky (2-2) - W 38-17
Week 6 vs North Texas (3-2) - W 38-18
Week 7 @ Texas-El Paso (2-4) - W 42-16
Week 8 @ Charlotte (0-6) - W 48-27
Week 9 vs Florida Atlantic (4-4) - W 38-28
Week 10 @ Southern Miss (1-8) - W 52-10
Week 11 vs Louisiana Tech (6-3) - W 58-16
Week 13 @ Michigan (6-4) - W 33-28
C-USA Conference Championship vs Marshall (7-5) - W 38-29
Playoff vs #2 USC (12-1) - W 41-28
National Championship vs #4 Florida State (13-1) - W 35-21

2023 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!

It took 7 seasons to win one, but we finally did it.. I really hope to see prestige raise more then 3 lol.. lets see!

Awards:
Most Outstanding Punter
P Dominique Osgood - 4151 yards, 46.6 average, 18 inside the 20

All-Conference USA Honors
TE Mike Chamberlain (Senior RS)
DT Evan Spears (Sophomore RS)
DT Jamie Lott (Junior RS)
CB Dennis Cardwell (Senior)

Juniors Leaving...
QB Terry Allred - He never started a game.. nothing to see here..
OG Everett Lott - This is a huge loss.. was not anticipating losing my starting OG.. this one stings..

Prestige increased by 4... seriously?!?!

With two juniors leaving we offered two more scholarships and landed...
3* CB Garry Corcoran #564

We were assigned a walk-on for the other...
3* K Larry Oldham #2212