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(STATS) -- John Lovett is a quarterback by trade, but hes a little bit of everything in the Princeton offense.It just depends on where the Tigers line him up.Cornell will attest, as Lovett was responsible for a program-record seven touchdowns in their Ivy League game this past Saturday.Lovett, New Hampshires Quinlen Dean, Youngstown States Darien Townsend and Kennesaw States Desmond Johnson were named Monday as the STATS FCS National Players of the Week for games played Oct. 28-29.NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKJohn Lovett, Princeton, QB, Jr., 6-3, 220, Wantagh, New YorkPrinceton coach Bob Surace relishes that Lovett is on his team because he doesnt want to worry about defending the jack-of-all-trades. Lovett threw for four touchdowns, rushed for two and caught one in the Tigers 56-7 victory. He shares time at quarterback with Chad Kanoff, the better passer, but Lovett was just as effective in completing 10 of 11 passes for a career-high 194 yards, and he caught a 7-yard score from Kanoff as one of his two receptions for 19 yards. The FCS scoring leader (15 TDs, 12.9 points per game) also had six carries for 47 yards.Honorable Mention: Dom Bragalone, RB, Lehigh; Tarik Cohen, RB, North Carolina A&T; Devlin Hodges, QB, Samford; Jonah Hodges, QB, San Diego; KD Humphries, QB, Murray State; DeVante Kincade, QB, Grambling State; Kamron Lewis, WR, Saint Francis; Detrez Newsome, RB, Western Carolina; Blair Roberts, WR, Duquesne; Bryan Schor, QB, James Madison; Justin Watson, WR, Penn; Chad Williams, WR, Grambling StateNATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKQuinlen Dean, New Hampshire, LB, R-Fr., 6-0, 227, Greenbelt, MarylandThe Wildcats have a handful of influential first-year players on their roster and Dean had their signature performance in a 43-14 win over then-No. 20 Stony Brook. Dean had only 12 tackles entering the key CAA Football game, but he a recorded a career-high nine stops (seven solos), made his first two career interceptions and both forced and recovered a fumble. All three takeaways occurred in the second half and led to touchdowns as UNH built on a 15-7 halftime lead.Honorable Mention: Pat Afriyie, DE, Colgate; Tre Dempsey, FS, North Dakota State; Garrett Dolan, LB, Houston Baptist; Paul Hunter, DB, East Tennessee State; Jeffrey Pegues, LB, Gardner-Webb; Jerry Powe, LB/DB, Lafayette; Cole Reyes, S, North Dakota; Marquis Smith, LB, Savannah State; Brett Taylor, LB, Western IllinoisNATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEKDarien Townsend, Youngstown State, WR/PR, Jr., 5-10, 170, Youngstown, OhioCall Townsend the hometown hero. The Youngstown native provided the winning touchdown in a 13-10 triumph over Indiana State on Homecoming Day at Stambaugh Stadium. With the Penguins trailing 10-6 in the fourth quarter of the Missouri Valley Football Conference matchup, Townsend caught a long punt at his teams 21 and returned it 79 yards to the Sycamores end zone with 9:19 remaining. He also returned another punt 12 yards and caught a pair of passes for 24 yards.Honorable Mention: Trey Colbert, ST, Incarnate Word; Casey DeAndrade, CB/PR, New Hampshire; Uriel Hernandez, PK/P, Savannah State; David Howerton, ST, Wofford; John Santiago, RB/KR, North Dakota; Sean Smith, PK, Dayton; Micah Wright, WR/PR, MaineNATIONAL FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE WEEKDesmond Johnson, Kennesaw State, DE, R-Fr., 6-2, 214, Rome, GeorgiaJohnson had a monster game in the Owls 49-17 road victory over Monmouth in the Big South Conference, highlighted by a 30-yard scoop-and-score fumble return for a touchdown. He also recorded a career-high nine tackles (six solos), had a sack and forced two fumbles. The Owls limited Monmouth to 53 rushing yards on 24 carries and without any points in the second half.Honorable Mention: Drew Bevelhimer, PK, Butler; Marlon Bridges, S, Jacksonville State; Shane Bucenell, QB, Charleston Southern; JaVaughn Craig, QB, Austin Peay; A.J. 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Collaros, 25, was solid last season, posting a 5-2 record as the starter while incumbent Ricky Ray was injured. Collaros also started Torontos 23-20 regular-season finale loss to Montreal — Ray didnt dress because the Argos had already clinched first in the East Division — but was one of three quarterbacks to play that day. Wholesale Hurricanes Jerseys .ca! Hi Kerry, Its another day and here we are looking at another dubious hit to the head. In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious.MINNEAPOLIS -- When the season began, the Arizona Cardinals and Minnesota Vikings were expected to be among the top teams in the NFC.The two teams had Super Bowl aspirations with talented rosters coming off last years playoff appearances. Minnesota started the year 5-0, while Arizona was 1/3 a month into the season.Since their undefeated start, the Vikings have lost four games in a row. The Cardinals (4-4-1) have used two wins against the San Francisco 49ers to jumpstart the second half of the season.Despite the differing paths, there is still a road to playoff contention as they meet Sunday in Minnesota.Weve been fortunate with some of the other things that have happened in the league that were still in a good place, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. We can go out and win. I know everybody thinks Im crazy, but my goal is to win the division. So, go out and get some wins and get going again. Thats all.The last two ball games have been (close and), honestly, could go either way. We didnt win them, so we just need to get a couple of these either-way games and win. Thats kind of what happened at the beginning of the season. So, its a seven-game season now.Minnesota is tied for the NFC North lead with the Detroit Lions at 5-4. Arizona is two games behind Seattle in the NFC West but still in prime wild-card position.Both teams have dealt with plenty of injuries, which will also impact Sundays game.The Vikings lost left tackle Jake Long for the rest of the season when he injured his Achilles in last weeks 26-20 loss at Washington. Long, signed as a street free agent in October, had already been an injury replacement at left tackle after starter Matt Kalil was lost after two games.Zimmer hasnt revealed his plans for his battered offensive line on Sunday. Jeremiah Sirles could join the starting lineup. Minnesota, which has also lost right tackle Andre Smith for the season, has T.J. Clemmings at the other tackle.Weve definitely been a little bit unfortunate as far as some of the injuries that weve had up front, quarterback Sam Bradford said. But like weve done in the past, we just have to keep moving forward. Obviously, Sirles and T.J., they started a couple of games together so we feel confident in them because theyve been out there, theyve done it before. Theyve played a lot of football. As bad as this is to continue to lose guys youve just got to try to stay positive and just keep moving forward.Arizonas injuries have hit hardest in thhe secondary.ddddddddddddSafety Deone Bucannon missed Wednesdays practice with an ankle injury. Defensive back Tyrann Mathieu was limited in Wednesdays practice with a shoulder injury. Mathieu missed last weeks game with the injury. Both are questionable for the game.My shoulder feels fine, its stable for the moment, Mathieu told the Arizona Republic. Ill continue to put it to work during practice and see where Im at, at the end of the week.Cardinals coach Bruce Arians and Zimmer know each other well dating back to their time as coordinators in the AFC North. Arians was the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator facing Zimmers defenses for the Cincinnati Bengals.Ive always respected Zim as one of the most sound, aggressive defensive coaches that Ive ever gone against ... They dont beat themselves, Arians said via conference call. I think our defense, our defensive line is playing at a very high level right now. I think both offensive lines have their work cut out for them.Arizona owns the leagues second-ranked defense in terms of yardage, one spot ahead of Zimmers Minnesota crew. The Cardinals are allowing 295.2 yards per game compared to the Vikings 308.8 yards per game. But Minnesota is giving a league-low 16.9 points per game. Arizona is tied for third, giving up 17.8 points per game.I think this is going to be one of our biggest challenges of the year, Bradford said. Probably the best group that weve faced. So, I think its important that we have a great week of practice and get ourselves ready to go.Both teams also made significant special teams changes this week. The Cardinals brought back punter Drew Butler after Ryan Quigley didnt prove to be an upgrade the past six games. Quigley had the leagues lowest qualifying gross punting average at 41.6 yards per punt.Minnesota parted with embattled kicker Blair Walsh and signed Kai Forbath. Walsh had only made 75 percent of his field-goal attempts and hit just 78.9 percent of his extra-point attempts.It was just something we felt like we needed to do, kind of move forward, Zimmer said. Were all accountable for the things we have to get done, and I think we gave him a lot of opportunities. Although, Blairs a great kid, and it was hard to do. Its just part of the business.Business this week, for both teams, will be trying to stay in the playoff race. ' ' '