UC Bulldogs vs. Kentucky Christian - Union College

2010 UNION BULLDOG FOOTBALL
with 3 straight 100-yard games and nearly
posted a 4th in a row as he ran for 96 yards
against Saint Francis in the NAIA Football
Championship Series Opening Round.
Here is a listing of all of Pollock’s 100-
yard games:
Date/Opponent
Rush-Yards-TDs
Oct. 7, 2006/Belhaven 22-158-1
Oct. 14, 2006/Lambuth 29-131-0
Oct. 21, 2006/Frostburg State 28-127-0
Sept. 22, 2007/Pikeville 23-127-0
Oct. 20, 2007/Frostburg State 17-101-0
Oct. 27, 2007/UVa-Wise 24-111-2
Sept. 6, 2008/Lambuth 23-133-1
Sept. 20, 2008/Faulkner 20-198-2
Oct. 18, 2008/Pikeville 15-161-1
Nov. 1, 2008/UVa-Wise 22-169-0
Nov. 8, 2008/Campbellsville 20-101-1
Nov. 15, 2008/Belhaven 22-136-1
Sept. 4, 2010/Campbellsville 26-163-1
Home Sweet Home?
The Bulldogs went 3-1 last season at
Burch/Nau Field but have now lost their
last 2 home games.
Since installing the synthetic sports turf
in 2007, Union is 11-5 at Burch/Nau Field
and had a 6-game, home winning streak.
The last time Union went undefeated at
home during a season came in 1994 when
it went 5-0. The Bulldog still have a shot at
matching the 5 home wins in a season with
5 home dates remaining.
GAME NOTES
2010 Mid-South Conference Standings & Stats
East Division
Conference
Overall
W-L Pct. W-L Pct.
Campbellsville University 1-0 1.000 2-0 1.000
West Virginia Tech 0-0 .000 1-1 .500
Georgetown College 0-0 .000 0-1 .000
Lindsey Wilson 0-0 .000 0-1 .000
Pikeville College 0-0 .000 0-1 .000
UVa-Wise 0-0 .000 0-2 .000
Kentucky Christian 0-1 .000 0-2 .000
Last Week’s Results
Austin Peay State def. Cumberland (TN), 38-6
Glenville State def. West Virginia Tech, 44-10
Georgia State def. Shorter, 41-7
Campbellsville def. Union, 47-36
Walsh def. Kentucky Christian, 63-7
Webber International def. Georgetown, 27-20
Campbell def. UVA-Wise, 20-16
Notre Dame College def. Lindsey Wilson, 14-10
South Alabama def. Pikeville, 56-0
Wisconsin-Eau Claire def. Bethel, 35-31
Belhaven def. Louisiana College, 41-34
West Division
Conference
Overall
W-L Pct. W-L Pct.
Belhaven College 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000
Faulkner University 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
Cumberland University 0-0 .000 0-1 .000
University of the Cumberlands 0-0 .000 0-1 .000
Union College 0-0 .000 0-1 .000
Bethel College 0-0 .000 0-2 .000
Shorter College 0-0 .000 0-2 .000
This Week’s Schedule
Kentucky Christian at Union, 12 pm
Birmingham Southern at Faulkner, 12 pm
West Virginia Tech at Johnson C. Smith, 2:30 pm
Southern Virginia at Lindsey Wilson, 2:30 pm
Campbellsville at Cumberland (TN), 2:30 pm
Cumberlands (KY) at UVa-Wise, 6 pm
Belhaven at Mississippi College, 7 pm
Pikeville at Kentucky Wesleyan, 7 pm
*-MSC divisional game; All times are Eastern.
*-MSC divisional game
MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Belhaven University’s Billy Hammer and Alex Williams and Campbellsville University junior David
Hon are the Mid-South Conference Football Players of the Week for the week ending Sept. 4.
Road Not Kind To Bulldogs
Union was road weary in 2009 as the
Bulldogs went 1-5 away from Burch/Nau
Field with the lone victory being a 21-6
decision at Pikeville.
Of the total 257 points Union gave up
last season, 188 was on the road with
opponents outscoring the Bulldogs 188-
128.
Making History Upfront
OL Quintin Borders (SR, 6-6, 320)
made conference history last season as
he became the first OL to be named the
MSC East Offensive Player of the Year.
In addition, he became the sixth player
in program history to make the All-
Conference First Team three times in a
career.
The accolades didn’t stop there for
Borders. He became the fourth NAIA First
Team All-American in program history
when he landed on the 2009 AFCA NAIA
Coaches’ All-America Team.
Brinkley Piling Up the Numbers
QB Mike Brinkley (JR, 6-0, 185) has
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Williams completed 31-of-42 passes, including a pair of touchdown tosses to earn MSC Offensive
Player of the Week. The Covington, La., sophomore, marched the Blazers to the game-winning
touchdown going 6-for-6 on the drive en route to the win over Louisiana. In addition to his stellar
passing numbers, Williams also led the team with 73 yards rushing.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Hammer, a Katy, Texas, native, recorded three solo and 10 assisted tackles and scored a
touchdown to earn the MSC Defensive Player of the Week. The sophomore linebacker helped
the Blazers to a 41-34 win over visiting Louisiana College by forcing a third quarter fumble and
scampering 21 yards for the touchdown.
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Hon hit all six of his PATs and connected on a 23-yard fi eld goal to earn MSC Special Teams
Player of the Week. The Orange Park, Fla., kicker/punter, also pinned Union on the 3-yard line
after a 39-yard punt in the Tigers’ 47-36 win. Hon averaged 36.7 yards per punt for the game.
only made 23 career starts, but he is fast
approaching some career milestones.
With his 198 passing yards on Sept.
4, 2010, Brinkley became the 4th player
in program history to pass for more than
5,000 yards in a career as he now has
5,090. Additionally, he is second all-time
with 58 TD passes, putting him 8 behind
Joey Water’s mark of 66.
Last season, he posted the fifth-best
passing season in program history in
completing 162-of-301 passes for 2,281
yards and 24 TDs with 9 INTs. He owns
the second-best passing season as well. In
2008, he completed 56.0% (192 of 343) of
his passes for 2,611 yards.
Brinkley also joins Waters as the only
players to throw for more than 20 TDs in a
season as both have done so twice. Waters
tossed 21 TD passes in 2005 and 27 in
2007.
Only having played in 23 collegiate
games, Brinkley has thrown 3 or more TD
passes in a game 12 times now. Also, he
has had at least 1 TD pass in 21 of the 23
games he’s played in.
On Oct. 18, 2008, Brinkley tied a 22-
year-old record with 5 TD passes in the 42-
24 win over Pikeville (Ky.). Greg Duncum
first accomplished the feat in a game
versus Lambuth (Tenn.) in 1986. Brinkley
repeated the feat on Oct. 24, 2009, when he
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