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(STATS) -- Being snubbed from the FCS playoff field last season is no longer such a big concern for the University of North Dakota. Jamal Mashburn Jersey .Getting a playoff resume going this year is now the issue following the No. 19 Fighting Hawks 13-9 loss at Stony Brook in the season opener for both teams Thursday night.The Big Sky squad next faces an even more difficult assignment -- a Sept. 10 visit to Mid-American Conference power Bowling Green.Winning with defense and special teams is often UNDs forte, but Stony Brook (1-0) likes the same formula. The CAA Football team erased a 9-7 deficit when Gavin Heslop blocked a Austin Dussold punt attempt and Kye Morgan picked up the ball at UNDs 7-yard line and raced into the end zone with 8:52 to play.I thought our guys played hard, but we never got anything going offensively and when you give up a special teams touchdown, that makes it hard to win, UND coach Bubba Schweigert said. I thought our defense came up with a lot stops tonight, but give Stony Brook credit -- that was a physical football game and a tough one to lose.The two teams combined for only 398 yards (Stony Brook 221, UND 177). Safety Cole Reyes was UNDs defensive standout, scoring on a safety in the third quarter and totaling two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, eight tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack.The game was tied 7-7 at halftime after both teams scored touchdowns in the second quarter. UNDs John Santiago scored on a 16-yard run and Stony Brooks Cal Daniels recovered teammate Jordan Gowins fumble which bounced into the Fighting Hawks end zone.The intersectional matchup was the return trip of Stony Brooks visit to UND in 2014 -- a 13-3 UND win which had only one offensive touchdown.---=STATS FCS TOP 25=ALL TIMES ETTHURSDAY, SEPT. 1No. 3 Jacksonville State (1-0) 31, North Alabama (0-1) 12Jacksonville State quarterback Eli Jenkins picked up where he left off in earning first-team All-America honors for the FCS runner-up last season. The senior gained 331 total yards, rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown and passing for 230 yards.Auburn transfer Roc Thomas carried the ball 20 times for 71 yards and three touchdowns. He also had four receptions for 53 yards.The Gamecocks gained 502 offensive yards, but committed 12 penalties for 106 yards.---=No. 6 Chattanooga (1-0) 66, Shorter (0-1) 0New starting quarterback Alejandro Bennifield was lifted from the game in the second quarter, but not before he threw touchdowns to four different receivers while Chattanooga built a 45-0 halftime lead. The junior finished 8 of 11 for 135 yards with an interception.Backup quarterback Tyler Roberson totaled three touchdowns -- two runs and a 9-yard reception from Bennifield.---=North Carolina State (1-0) 48, No. 9 William & Mary (0-1) 14The visiting Tribe allowed 21 unanswered points in the second quarter while falling behind 28-7 at halftime. N.C. State finished with 521 offensive yards.Tribe quarterback Steve Cluley passed for only 99 yards with two interceptions, but he accounted for both touchdowns on a 10-yard run and a 16-yard pass to DeVonte Dedmon.---=No. 15 The Citadel (1-0, 1-0 Southern) 24, Mercer (0-1, 0-1) 23The Citadel has beaten Mercer in three straight seasons by a combined five points. The difference in this years Southern Conference opener was Middle Tennessee State graduate transfer Cody Clarks 35-yard field goal with 2:20 left.The Bulldogs, playing on the road without suspended quarterback Dominique Allen, scored on their first three possessions, including Tyler Renew (27 carries, 146 yards) going 70 yards on the games second play, for a 21-3 lead in the first quarter. But a pair of touchdown runs by quarterback John Russ helped Mercer to 20 unanswered points and a 23-21 lead.Clarks winning field goal capped a 15-play drive for the defending co-SoCon champion, whose new coach, Brent Thompson, won his debut.---=No. 20 Western Illinois (1-0) 38, Eastern Illinois (0-1) 21Charlie Fisher won his Western Illinois coaching debut on the road as sophomore Steve McShane rushed for 207 yards and two touchdowns, including a 70-yarder, on 28 carries.Quarterback Mitch Kimbles 323 passing yards and three total touchdowns werent enough for Eastern Illinois as third-year coach Kim Dameron fell to 0-9 in non-conference games.---=FRIDAY, SEPT. 2=Syracuse (1-0) 33, No. 21 Colgate (0-1) 7Jake Melvilles 19-yard touchdown pass to Owen Rockett opened the scoring six minutes into the game, but Colgate surrendered the final 33 points. The defending Patriot League champion was outgained 554-143 in yards.Melville completed 10 of 22 passes for 82 yards. Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey was 34-for-40 for 355 yards and two touchdowns, and backup Zack Mahoney completed his six passes for 82 yards.---=SATURDAY, SEPT. 3=Kentucky State (0-0) at No. 7 Charleston Southern (0-0), 11:45 a.m.---=No. 23 Villanova (0-0) at Pittsburgh (0-0), 1:30 p.m.---=No. 4 Richmond (0-0) at Virginia (0-0), 3:30 p.m.---=Central Washington (0-0) at No. 17 Portland State (0-0), 5:30 p.m.---=Morehead State (0-0) at No. 12 James Madison (0-0), 6 p.m.---=St. Augustines (0-0) at No. 25 North Carolina A&T (0-0), 6 p.m.---=Valparaiso (0-0) at No. 10 Illinois State (0-0), 7 p.m.---=Tarleton State (0-0) at No. 11 McNeese (0-0), 7 p.m.---=Oklahoma Panhandle State (0-0) at No. 2 Sam Houston State (0-0), 7 p.m.---=No. 24 Towson (0-0) at South Florida (0-0), 7 p.m.---=No. 5 Northern Iowa (0-0) at Iowa State (0-0), 8 p.m.---=No. 16 Coastal Carolina (0-0) at Lamar (0-0), 8 p.m.---=No. 8 South Dakota State (0-0) at TCU (0-0), 8 p.m.---=No. 14 Eastern Washington (0-0) at Washington State (0-0), 8 p.m.---=No. 22 New Hampshire (0-0) at San Diego State (0-0), 8:30 p.m.---=Saint Francis (0-0) at No. 13 Montana (0-0), 9 p.m.---=No. 18 Northern Arizona (0-0) at Arizona State (0-0), 10:45 p.m. Miami Heat Gear . 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His first love was baseball and there werent many Dodgers or Angels games played without him being in the press box. He lived in Downey because it was approximately halfway between the two ballparks.He freelanced for many of the nations largest newspapers and also worked at Hollywood Park racetrack and for Fox Sports, and was a press volunteer at the Los Angeles Olympics.I worked with him for 25 years and no one prepared for a game like Joe did, said John Nadel, a sports writer for the AP in Los Angeles for 32 years who retired in 2009. There was no one who took the job more seriously and cared more about it than Joe. He will be missed.Two weeks ago he was preseented with the Bob Hunter Award by the Los Angeles chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America, an honor for meritorious coverage of baseball. Michael Jordan Jersey. he Anaheim Ducks lay red roses, two pucks, a baseball and photos of Resnick at work in a tribute at the AP seat in the press box at Honda Center before Sunday nights game.The Dodgers tweeted a picture of Resnick with announcer Vin Scully, saying: The Dodgers are very sorry to learn about the passing of longtime AP baseball reporter Joe Resnick, and offer their deepest condolences.A native of Brooklyn, Resnick moved to Los Angeles in 1984 after working in the APs New York sports office for five years. Of the many events he covered for the AP he was most recognized for his handling of the West Coast Conference playoff game in 1990 when Hank Gathers of Loyola Marymount collapsed and died on the court.Resnick is survived by an uncle and two nieces. Services were pending. ' ' '