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(STATS) -- Northern Arizona hung with Arizona State for over a half in its opener, but the FBS opponent proved to be too strong, wearing down the smaller school to hand their in-state foe a tough loss.The No. 19 Lumberjacks return to the FCS ranks but their road doesnt get any easier with a trip to Western Illinois of the Missouri Valley Football Conference on Saturday. While an 0-2 start is certainly a possibility for a Northern Arizona team picked to win the Big Sky, a couple of early losses wouldnt dash its postseason aspirations. The 18th-ranked Leathernecks can vouch for that.A year ago, WIU suffered September losses at Illinois and Coastal Carolina but ended up becoming the first team in FCS history to earn an at-large playoff bid after a 6-5 regular-season record.No team should be penalized for playing good people, Leathernecks coach Charlie Fisher said.The Lumberjacks missed the playoffs last season despite going 7-4. The offense took off behind Case Cookus, who threw for 3,111 yards with an FCS freshman-record 37 TDs, and the 2015 STATS FCS Freshman of the Year winner picked up right where he left off in the 2016 opener.Cookus completed 23 of 33 passes for 369 yards with an 87-yard touchdown to Elijah Marks -- the only time NAU reached the end zone -- in last Saturdays 44-13 loss to the Sun Devils. The Lumberjacks trailed 10-6 midway through the third quarter before ASU pulled away.Cookus was able to march the Lumberjacks down the field as they piled up 425 yards but 11 penalties -- their most since 2013 -- and a 5-of-16 conversion rate on third downs led to their undoing. They also turned the ball over on downs once in the red zone.I think we are happy with the amount of yards and how we moved the ball, but were not happy with some of the stupid mistakes we made in the red zone not coming away with points, Cookus said. We have a lot to work on but there are a lot of positives there. Well take the positives and the negatives and work on it.One area that needs to get cleaned up -- and quickly -- is their run defense.After being gashed for 276 rushing yards by ASU, NAU has the tough task of trying to stop Steve McShane.A dual-sport athlete who is an outfielder on the WIU baseball team, McShane rushed for 207 yards on 28 carries with two touchdowns in last Saturdays 38-21 win over Eastern Illinois of the Ohio Valley. He became the first WIU player to rush for 200 yards in a game since 2008 and was a threat out of the backfield in the passing game, hauling in a team-high four receptions for 56 yards.We were able to stay patient and run the ball. That is something Ive emphasized since I got here, which is to have a running game on a regular basis, said Fisher, who won his debut. We need to run and we need to be able to make the runs and we did.Establishing a ground game is paramount if the Leathernecks once again struggle to move the ball through the air.Sean McGuire, who started WIUs final four games last season as a freshman, completed just 13 of 28 passes for 109 with a two-yard TD pass to tight end Tony Harper. Only seven of his completions went to receivers and preseason All-MVFC selection Lance Lenoirs 15-yard reception was the lone one longer than nine yards.It was a somewhat troubling showing for McGuire after he was at 284.5 yards per game and 7.5 per attempt in his starts last season. Not to mention his top two targets from a year ago are back in Lenoir and Joey Borsellino, who totaled 145 catches for 2,033 yards. The two combined for three receptions for 24 yards last week.While getting McGuire and his receivers on the same page is important, shoring up the pass defense is critical to have any hope in slowing down Cookus.WIU allowed 366 passing yards to the Panthers and was vulnerable to big plays, permitting catches of 28, 34, 40, 53 and 79 yards.Cookus averaged 11.2 yards per attempt in the opener, connecting with Marks eight times for 174 yards and completing seven passes to Emmanuel Butler for 118. Butler set a NAU record with 1,208 receiving yards last season and was a STATS FCS All-America second team selection.Very explosive on offense with Case Cookus as their quarterback, arguably the best one in the country, Fisher said.This is one of three matchups between ranked teams from the Big Sky and MVFC this weekend, with top-ranked North Dakota State hosting No. 8 Eastern Washington and 14th-ranked Montana visiting No. 3 Northern Iowa.NAU, which is 7-10 all-time against MVFC teams, won the only other meeting with WIU, 34-0 in 1967.We knew going into the season this would be an important game and a representation of not just our conference but our program and how we stack up, Lumberjacks coach Jerome Souers said. I think we are similarly ranked to Western Illinois and if thats accurate or not will be determined. Its going to be a tough matchup and were excited. Nike NFL Jerseys From China . Paul Pierce couldnt believe he missed at the end. 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They have a right to do so.While it is understandable that Cricket Australias board of directors found an internal candidate for this interim role, Chappells decidedly mixed history with domestic cricket in particular makes it at best a curious call, at worst a further indication all is not well among the decision-makers at the top of the game down under.Chappell was the prime architect of the Futures League, a development brainstorm devised to end the clogging up of the system perceived to have been created when the Sheffield Shield became more or less fully professional with the improvement of player wages in 1998.The Futures League replaced the second XI competition, restricting teams to playing no more than three players over the age of 23 in any team, while also adding experimental playing regulations like first innings limited to 96 overs, scrapping the availability of the second new ball, and offering extra points for wickets taken by spin bowlers. Matches were played over three days instead of four.It was a Rubicon moment, where the players started to feel that the Sheffield Shield was being devalued because the next tier down from what was thought to be the worlds premier domestic competition had been stripped back to being an under-age tournament.In particular, the over restrictions and reduction in game time from four days to three were devised to encourage attacking cricket but they effectively reduced opportunities for batsmen to spend time in the middle. That change in particular now looks to have been ruinous, given the current paucity of players cut out to bat all day.The whole concept was skewered in the pages of the Argus review:The panel undersstands that the Futures League was designed to fill a perceived gap in the pathway for players aged 19-23 (i.dddddddddddde. between U19s and State/State 2nd XI cricket). Last season Futures League was therefore a 6 round competition with 3-day games, and permitted teams only 3 players of 23 years of age or over. Second XI matches occurred on an ad hoc basis. However feedback about the Futures League age restrictions was very strongly negative, both in relation to the standard of the competition and its effect on Grade cricket. The panels preference, therefore, is that the Futures League revert to a 2nd XI competition.The same document effectively led to Chappells dismissal as a member of the national selection panel, as it was considered his other role of national talent manager should not permit enough time to also choose senior Australian sides. Chappell has recently downscaled his time in the national talent manager role to three days a week, after the appointment of the former Test wicketkeeper Graham Manou to oversee the junior talent pathway.Interestingly, there were two attendees of the extraordinary board meeting (a telephone hook-up) who had a direct role in the Argus review itself: the former captain and board director Mark Taylor, and the chief executive James Sutherland, who vigorously defended the reviews conclusions and recommendations on Wednesday. Curious, then, that the board settled on its current selection course.So it is understandable then that players are questioning Chappells return to the selection panel, albeit on a temporary basis. Cricketers are known to have long memories, and as one noted this morning: Im just trying to work out what the cut off age for the baggy green will be now... ' ' '