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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- After kicking for 10 teams in the past 15 seasons -- and a few more teams in preseason camps -- Shayne Graham knew to be prepared for another call.This time, it was a rarity -- a call back from the Atlanta team he kicked for last season.Graham joined the Falcons on Saturday and will kick for the team in Thursday nights preseason game against Miami in Orlando.Graham joined the Falcons late last season to replace Matt Bryant, who had a right quadriceps injury. Bryant, 41, is battling more muscle tightness in his leg, so Graham again was summoned.Graham, 38, is preparing to be ready for however long he is needed.There are not a lot of situations I havent seen, Graham said Monday. When you fill in for a guy for a week or two weeks, just because they let you go, it doesnt mean you werent good enough. It just means it was time for that guy to come back. Its part of the deal.Whatever my opportunity is here, I just want to make the best of it and well see where it goes.Graham replaced rookie kicker Nick Rose on the roster. Rose was in camp to audition for a possible future job and to take some of the pressure off Bryant in practice.Graham knows his role is different.I knew going on 39 years old Im not a guy thats going to be brought in as a camp leg, he said.Graham made 11 of 13 field goals for Atlanta in the final five games of the 2015 season, including a 54-yarder that was the longest of his career.Falcons coach Dan Quinn said he expects Bryant to be back next week, creating a possible competition with Graham for the job right before the opening game against Tampa Bay.Weve got a lot of faith in Shayne, so with Matt not being back all the way healthy its the right decision at this time to bring in somebody we know and trust, Quinn said Monday. Thats who Shayne is. ... Shayne will kick in the ballgame and then as we get into next week we anticipate having both guys available.Graham kicked for Cincinnati from 2003-09, a seven-year run that was by far his longest with any team.Asked if he kept a count on all his other NFL stops, Graham said How long do you have? I can spit them out.He also has kicked for Buffalo, Carolina, the New York Giants, New England, Miami, Baltimore, Houston and New Orleans. He also was on Pittsburghs roster in 2013.Last year he was pressed immediately into action after signing with Atlanta late in the season. Does joining Atlanta midway through the preseason schedule feel more normal?Really just being on the field is normal, he said. Its kind of where the comfort zone is.Game notesP Matt Bosher, who left Thursday nights game at Cleveland with a chest injury, was back for practices on Sunday and Monday. RB Terron Ward (ankle) and S Kemal Ishmael (shoulder) worked with trainers on the side. ... 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American Matt Kuchar, ahead by two strokes with four to play and even with Scott with one to go, double-bogeyed the 18th after taking two shots to get out of a bunker.AKRON, Ohio -- Javarion Franklin and Zach Terrell made sure one of the biggest weeks in the 100-year history of the Western Michigan football ended on a high note.Franklin, a junior running back, rushed for a school-record 281 yards and quarterback Terrell threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more as No. 24 Western Michigan -- ranked in the Top 25 this week for the first time in school history -- shut out Akron 41-0 on Saturday.Corey Davis caught two touchdown passes to add to his career school record, finishing with eight catches for 63 yards. The Broncos (7-0, 2-0 Mid-American Conference) had 585 yards of offense.It was an incredible credit to our players, Western Michigan coach P.J. Fleck said. They played possessed. They executed the game plan perfectly.Franklin, whose previous career-high rushing game was 211 yards against Idaho two seasons ago, ran for a 2-yard touchdown in the first quarter. Terrell was 21 for 31 for 207 yards.By the time the fourth quarter started, I really had no idea I had a lot of yards, Franklin said. Jamauri (Bogan) kept saying something about 200 but I thought he was lying, so Im like, `hey, whatever. I just go out there and move the chains.Western Michigan held Akron (4-3, 2-1) to 283 yards of offense and snuffed out their biggest threat in the second quarter when quarterback TraVon Chapman was intercepted by Broncos linebacker Casey Carson at the WMU 3-yard line.Chapman, subbing for injured starter Thomas Woodson for the third straight game, was 13 for 31 for 153 yards and was intercepted twice.THE TAKEAWAYWestern Michigan: The strong season continues for the Broncos. They looked efficient on most of their offensive drives and shut down the Zips. Every win makes coach P.J. Fleck more attractive to the Power Five teams expected to have coaching vacancies after the season.Akron: The Zips suffered their first MAC loss, but theyre still likely to compete for the East Division crown. That means they could see WMU again in the conference championship game.Every now and then, you just get beat, Akron coach Terry Bowden said. Tonight, we just got beat on offense and on defense. Western Michigan justt took it to us, and we didnt have any answers.ddddddddddddOLL IMPLICATIONSNot many people saw Western Michigan roll over the Zips. But the score was decisive enough for the Broncos to hold their No. 24 spot or even move up.GIVING IT UPWestern Michigan became the last FBS team in the nation to commit a turnover when Akron defensive end Daumantas Venckus recovered a Davon Tucker fumble at the Akron 14 in the second quarter. WMUs Terrell had thrown an interception deep in Akron territory in the first quarter, but a defensive holding call nullified the play. Akron intercepted Terrell for real in the fourth quarter.WORKING ON A DREAMWestern Michigan is 7-0 for the first time since 1941, when it finished the season 8-0. The Broncos havent won the conference since 1988, when they went 7-1 in the MAC and 9-3 overall. They were 1-13 in 2013 -- Flecks first season -- before going 8-5 the past two years.THATS NOT VERY NICEA motivating technique for the Akron players Saturday was a pregame burning of an oar -- designed to make light of Flecks Row the Boat mantra, which is supposed to symbolize a group of people working in unison for a common goal. Fleck, who came up with the mantra after losing an infant son shortly after birth a few years ago, didnt like it.Its not very classy, in my opinion, Fleck said after the game. Were not into revenge. I do believe in righteousness....Very simple, I think its just two different cultures.ROOT FOR THE HOME TEAMOne of the biggest cheers from the sparse crowd at InfoCision Stadium came in the second quarter when the PA announcer informed the crowd that the Cleveland Indians had taken the lead in the American League Championship Series being played about 40 miles away at Progressive Field. The Indians took a 2-0 lead over Toronto.UP NEXTWestern Michigan: The Broncos return home to play Eastern Michigan.Akron: The Zips travel to face Ball State.---Follow Mitch Stacy at http://twitter.com/mitchstacyFor some of his other recent stories: http://bigstory.ap.org/content/mitch-stacy ' ' '