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The tailgate will be followed by the game where the number one ranked <strong>Warhawks</strong> will take on<br />
number twenty-four Franklin College at Faught Stadium (101 Branigin Boulevard) at 1:00 pm (Eastern<br />
Standard Time).<br />
#1 <strong>Warhawks</strong> Travel <strong>to</strong> #21 Franklin<br />
9/7/2011<br />
In<strong>to</strong> the grizzlies’ den. Or make that, Grizzlies’ den. UW-<strong>Whitewater</strong>, 1-0 and ranked first in the<br />
D3footbal.com poll, travels <strong>to</strong> Franklin, Indiana <strong>to</strong> face Franklin College, 1-0 and ranked twenty-first, for a<br />
<strong>12</strong>:00 (CT) kickoff in Faught Stadium in Branigan Athletic Field.<br />
The game will be audio streamed, video streamed, and broadcast on WKCH, 106.5 FM.<br />
UW-W has planned a special tailgate event for the Franklin game. Fans interested in attending please<br />
Kat Bastien (262-472-7031; bastienk@uww.edu).<br />
The game is a rematch of a 2010 NCAA III playoff first round game that UW-W won 52-21. The names<br />
on the front of the jerseys may be all that is the same as last year. First, this one is in Franklin, not<br />
Perkins Stadium. Second, both coaches will point out that this is a regular season game -- and a nonconference<br />
contest at that. It is another opportunity for both coaches <strong>to</strong> prepare their teams for the start<br />
of their conference season. Finally, the cast has changed considerably. UW-W has just eight starters<br />
back from the team that <strong>to</strong>ok the field last November. Franklin starts twelve sophomores and two<br />
freshmen.<br />
Be that as it may, the fact that teams that want <strong>to</strong> be ranked in national polls and, most important, by the<br />
NCAA committee, have <strong>to</strong> take care of business every week. And this one will be noticed.<br />
Last Year<br />
With just over three minutes left in the first half the game was deadlocked 14-14. Lee Brekke, making his<br />
first start, <strong>to</strong>ssed a 15 scoring pass <strong>to</strong> Aaron Rusch with twenty-five seconds left in the half <strong>to</strong> send UW-W<br />
in<strong>to</strong> the lockerroom with a 2-14 lead. With 2:16 left in the third Kyle Ray hit Matt Zmich with a seven yard<br />
pass <strong>to</strong> pull Franklin within ten, 31-21. From that point on it was a different game, with <strong>Whitewater</strong><br />
scoring 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter for the 52-21 final.<br />
Two of the scores in the surge came as a result of the Warhawk defense. Linebacker Lane Olson forced<br />
a fumble that fellow ‘backer Greg Arnold returned <strong>to</strong> the Franklin 31, and later defensive back Matt<br />
McCullouch returned an intercepted pass <strong>to</strong> the Grizzlie 32.<br />
<strong>Whitewater</strong> rushed for 157 yards, 134 of those by Levell Coppage, and the Warhawk defense limited<br />
Franklin <strong>to</strong> minus 11 yards on 26 carries. (The second lowest <strong>to</strong>tal allowed by the <strong>Whitewater</strong> defense<br />
last season. UW-Platteville had minus <strong>12</strong> September 30.) Admittedly some of those minus yards came<br />
on sacks (college rules), because Franklin definitely came in planning on throwing the ball. The Grizzlies<br />
attempted 72 passes, completed 40 for 373 yards. Matt Zimich caught 17 of Ray’s throws for 171 yards<br />
and the <strong>to</strong>uchdown.<br />
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