Any one how to check wether a player played in football game

[gerry]

This is about a player prop bet for a college football game.
The game log on ESPN says the player 'didn't play or didn't accumulate any statistics'. So it doesn't say exactly which.
The play-by-play text didn't mention the player's name.
Of course I didn't watch the game either. But nothing can prove the player actually played the game or not. So is there some official resource to make sure that? This determines whether my bet has action or not.
Thanks in advance.

[bigboydan]

You can always check either Yahoo.com or CBS.Sportsline.com. Although, it would all depend on which stats service the book uses to get an accurate assessment.

[D W S]

Here are the non-starters who played in the Auburn game:

Auburn: 1D-Ryan Burse, 1A-Wes Byrum, 1C-Brent Poole, 1B-Barrett Trotter, 2B-T'Sharvan Bell, 3A-Michael Gibson, 3-Robert Dunn, 9-Tristan Davis, 11-Mike Slade, 13-Tim Hawthorne, 14-Harry Adams, 15-Neiko Thorpe, 20-Drew Cole, 23-Chris Slaughter, 24-J. Vickers, 25-D'Antoine Hood, 27-Mario Fannin, 30-John Douglas, 31-Adam Herring, 32-Eric Smith, 39-Spencer Pybus, 44-Ben Tate, 53-Bart Eddins, 56-Courtney Harden, 59-Chris Evans, 60-Robert Shiver, 75-Andrew McCain, 79-Jared Cooper, 83-Gabe McKenzie, 85-Quindarius Carr, 87-Derek Winter, 89-Darvin Adams, 91-Jake Ricks, 93-Mike Blanc, 96-Clayton Crofoot, 97-Clinton Durst, 98-Zach Clayton.

West Virginia: 1-HOLMES, John, 6-JOHNSON, Will, 10-DERVIL, Guesly, 12-SOWERS, Nate, 13-WOOD, Anthony, 17-RICHARDSON, K., 20-ALLEN, Franchot, 23-RODGERS, Mark, 24-SMITH, Eain, 27-STUART, C., 29-HALE, Trippe, 31-LAZEAR, Pat, 40-MCAFEE, Pat, 41-KOVATCH, Ricky, 42-SIMS, Archie, 46-HUGHES, Adam, 48-KASH, Jeremy, 49-GOULBOURNE, O., 52-GOODE, Najee, 57-COOPER, Zac, 61-JOBE, Eric, 63-MAW, Stephen, 64-BARCLAY, Don, 72-BRADSHAW, John, 83-GONZALES, Tito, 86-MORRONE, S., 89-URBAN, Tyler,
92-FORD, Larry, 97-MILLER, Julian, 98-LIEBIG, Pat.

Starters were:
Game Starters:
Auburn

POS ## OFFENSE
WR 5 Tommy Trott
LT 73 Lee Ziemba
LG 71 Tyronne Green
C 68 Jason Bosley
RG 66 Mike Berry
RT 50 Ryan Pugh
WR 84 Montez Billings
RB 1 Brad Lester
QB 18 Kodi Burns
WR 80 R. Smith
TE 92 Vance Smith

POS ## DEFENSE
CB 8 Jerraud Powers
DE 52 Antonio Coleman
NT 99 Tez Doolittle
DE 26 Mike McNeil
DT 94 S. Marks
DE 49 Michael Goggans
CB 6 Walter McFadden
LB 46 Craig Stevens
LB 17 Josh Bynes
LB 55 Merrill Johnson
FS 4 Zac Etheridge

West Virginia

POS ## OFFENSE
LT 62 STANCHEK, Ryan
LG 79 ISDANER, Greg
C 68 DENT, Mike
RG 73 FIGNER, Jake
RT 66 CAPERS, Selvish
WR 82 ARNETT, Alric
WR 4 LYONS, Wes
WR 21 JALLOH, Dorrell
WR 9 SANDERS, Jock
QB 5 WHITE, Pat
RB 7 DEVINE, Noel

POS ## DEFENSE
CB 22 HOGAN, Brandon
DE 93 BERRY, Scooter
NT 90 NEILD, Chris
DT 91 SLAVONIC, Doug
CB 2 LANKSTER, Ellis
BS 8 ANDREWS, Q.
LB 30 THOMAS, J.T.
LB 45 LEONARD, A.
LB 44 IVY, Mortty
SS 11 GLOVER, Sidney
FS 28 SANDS, Robert

Haven't seen the one from Air Force yet, but don't know which game you're looking for.

[gerry]

Thanks BBD and DWS.
I don't know how you get the non-starters information.
I'm referring to Air Force Josh Cousins.

[gerry]

You can always check either Yahoo.com or CBS.Sportsline.com. Although, it would all depend on which stats service the book uses to get an accurate assessment.

According to yahoo, he didn't play. Thanks.

[D W S]

According to yahoo, he didn't play. Thanks.

The NCAA stats have him listed as the starter. Don't know if that's good for you or not.

http://goairforcefalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/102308aaa.html#GAME.PRE

[Justin7]

NCAA's site will have the "gamebook" a few days after the game. This will list player participation, even if he had no stats.

[gerry]

The NCAA stats have him listed as the starter. Don't know if that's good for you or not.

http://goairforcefalcons.cstv.com/sp....html#GAME.PRE

Thanks guys.
I'm really confused. Maybe I'll just ask Josh Cousins himself. Anybody know his email?

[D W S]

This is from the play-by-play stats, so it certainly looks as though he played:

A 1-10 A17 AIR FORCE drive start at 03:16.
A 1-10 A17 Clark, Asher rush for 7 yards to the AF24 (McPEEK, Clint).
A 2-3 A24 Newell, Todd rush for 6 yards to the AF30, 1ST DOWN AF (ARNETT, Zach).
A 1-10 A30 Clark, Asher pass incomplete to Cousins, Josh.

[gerry]

This is from the play-by-play stats, so it certainly looks as though he played:

A 1-10 A17 AIR FORCE drive start at 03:16.
A 1-10 A17 Clark, Asher rush for 7 yards to the AF24 (McPEEK, Clint).
A 2-3 A24 Newell, Todd rush for 6 yards to the AF30, 1ST DOWN AF (ARNETT, Zach).
A 1-10 A30 Clark, Asher pass incomplete to Cousins, Josh.

great, case closed.