NMMI to play in Heart of Texas Bowl

[ector77]

Top 20 National Poll | November 01, 2011

Rank
College
Region
Record
Points
1st Pl Votes Last Week
1 Blinn College 14 9-0 135 4 1
2 Arizona Western College 1 9-0 134 2 2
3 East Mississippi Community College 23 9-0 128 1 3
4 Butler Community College - KS 6 8-1 119 0 4
5 Grand Rapids Community College 12 9-0 114 0 5
6 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 23 8-1 103 0 7
7 Iowa Western Community College 11 8-1 97 0 8
8 Trinity Valley Community College 14 8-1 92 0 9
9 New Mexico Military Institute 5 8-1 80 0 12
10 Hutchinson Community College 6 7-2 71 0 15
11 Navarro College 14 7-2 69 0 6
12 Rochester Community & Technical College 13 10-0 68 0 13
13 Dean College 21 6-1 52 0 16
14 Hinds Community College 23 7-2 48 0 10
15 Snow College 18 7-2 40 0 11
16 Nassau Community College 15 7-2 38 0 19
17 Northeast Mississippi Community College 23 6-3 21 0 18
18 Central Lakes College-Brainerd 13 7-2 19 0 20
19 Eastern Arizona College 1 7-3 18 0 14
20 Coffeyville Community College 6 6-3 9 0 17

David Vega had another stellar game hitting both
Ryan French and Greg Ramirez for a touchdown
over the weekend against Pheonix CC.

[Agent Orange]

That's pretty amazing. I see Blinn is #1 that's where Cam Newton went before Auburn.

Lots of NM kids on the NMMI Roster too, none from Artesia at this time but we had a few over the last several years. So how does the post season work? is their a playoff system, I saw they have some bowl games but curious how it works and what if any post season game NMMI might get. David Vega deserves a D1 offer too, UNM new coach whoever it is should be the first thing he does, but I don't know if that will happen.

[ector77]

NMMI is bowl bound. I don't know which one yet.

[pbjelly]

Broncos drub Pima 42-10. It was 35-0 at half.

[Agent Orange]

They are ranked #6 now, with the win over the weekend.

[Agent Orange]

(November 16, 2011) -- The City of Copperas Cove and the Killeen Daily Herald 11th Annual CHAMPS Heart of Texas Bowl have announced the participants for the game at 2pm on Saturday, Dec. 3rd at Copperas Cove Bulldawg Stadium.

Navarro College will face off against New Mexico Military Institute. The 6th ranked Bulldogs made their first CHAMPS HOT Bowl appearance in 2001 losing to Kansas’ Coffeyville Community College 49 to 14 and returned in 2009 to beat Mississippi Gulf Coast 37 to 26. In 2010, Navarro played in the NJCAA Championship and defeated Butler Community College from Kansas 13 to 12. New Mexico Military Institute’s season record is 9-2 and is currently ranked No. 12 in the NJCAA Top 20 Poll.

One of only a handful of National Junior College Athletic Association match-ups, the annual HOT Bowl game last year featured No. 16 ranked Blinn College defeating No. 4 ranked Arizona Western College 31 to 27.

[armyparamedic]

Hmmm, Seeing as how I am stationed at Fort Hood, that is only about 20 minutes away. Might have to spend a Saturday afternoon and check this out.

[Agent Orange]

NMMI falls in the Heart of Texas Bowl 40-24
By Rob Ludwig

corsicanadailysun.com/sports/x910014442/Heart-of-Texas-Bowl-10-wins-again-for-Navarro


COPPERAS COVE — COPPERAS COVE — For 15 minutes New Mexico Military saw a what a sluggish Navarro team looked like. For the next 45 minutes, they saw just how dynamic the Bulldogs looked when they have their feet jammed on the gas pedal.

After a woeful start on Saturday, the Bulldogs changed into juggernaut mode in the final three periods of the Heart of Texas Bowl, scorching the New Mexico Military Institute, 40-24.

The Bulldogs compiled 611 yards of total offense over the last three quarters and outscored the Broncos 37-10 en route to their third straight double-digit win season. Navarro won its third straight bowl game under Coach Nick Bobeck to finish 10-2.

“It took us a while to get going, but once me made some adjustments, we played really well,” Bobeck said of the rain-soaked afternoon. “It took a while, coaches included, to get everything on the right track. The defense made some key adjustments and the offense finally started to make plays.”

The game was filled with several outstanding individual performances for the Bulldogs.

HOT Bowl Most Valuable Player Quarterback Adrian Nelson completed 25 of 35 passes for 433 yards and four touchdowns. His favorite receiver, as always, was Marquez Clark, who caught 13 passes for 186 yards but was held out of the end zone for the first time in six games.

The quietest offensive star was Johnny Haynes. The freshman receiver-turned-running back gained 214 yards on the ground thanks to runs of 65, 50 and 51 yards.

“He wasn’t recruited to play running back but he moved over in the middle of the year when we needed him,” Bobeck said. “Johnny has a natural knack of finding holes and then engaging whoever is in front of him.”

Within a four-minute span in the third period, Navarro turned a deficit into a runaway thanks to the combo of Nelson and Johnson.

Nelson completed his first seven passes of the first half for almost 200 yards, setting up one touchdown with a 51-yarder to Marquez Clark and then firing a 74-yard strike to Johnson for a 33-24 lead with 6:27 left in the third period.

Navarro 40,

New Mexico Military Institute 24



Navarro 3 16 21 0 — 40

NMMI 14 10 0 0 — 24



First Quarter

NMMI — David Vega 45 run (Graham Ball kick)

N — Trevor Pinkston 36 FG

NMMI — Celento Hairston 37 run (Ball kick)

Second Quarter

NMMI — Ball 21 kick

N — Tyler Middleton 10 run (Pinkston kick)

NMMI — Maxamillian Dailey-Thompson 85 kickoff return (Ball kick)

N — Pinkston 28 FG

N — Gerard Shillow 13 pass from Adrian Nelson (run failed)

Third Quarter

N — Eddie Johnson 15 pass from Nelson (Pinkston kick)

N — Johnson 74 pass from Nelson (Pinkston kick)

N — Middleton 49 pass from Nelson (Pinkston kick)



NC NM

First downs 26 16

Rushes-yards 39-267 36-154

Passing yards 433 135

C-A-I 25-35-0 14-27-1

Punts 2-33 39

Fumbles 2-2 2-1

Penalties 12-108 3-20