Columbus - Nowhere To Go But Up (A TCY/FOF Dynasty)

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TCY

For my TCY team, I started with the Solecismic conference and modified it to be the Ohio Athletic Conference, a D3 Football league. The 8 teams I have used are Wilmington, Baldwin-Wallace, John Carroll, Muskingum, Ohio Northern, Otterbein, Mount Union, and my team, the Capital Crusaders. Capital, which is located just 5 minutes outside of Columbus in Bexley, OH, is the school where I'm currently attending (as a Junior). A bigger challenge in this game would be if I could make Mount Union as dominant as they currently are in Division 3. However, my goal is to see if I can bring Capital to the top of the division, and possibly, to the National Championship.

FOF

For my FOF team, I did a relocation of Baltimore and put them here in Columbus, leaving the AFC North to be Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus. Our nickname will be the Destroyers, named after the current AFL team here. However, there is one little caveat. To relocate the team to Columbus, I had to release every player that is currently on the roster, so players like Jamal and Ray Lewis, Kyle Boller, ect... are now free agents. This first season will be practically impossible with almost no talent. Here's hoping for a good QB to come over from TCY.

Next up.....a quick overview of both rosters

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TCY

Here's the 2004 Roster for your Capital Crusaders:

  Player                #    Pos  Elig  Current Estimate  Future Estimate  
Mohring, Rodney         3    QB*  So*   2                 31                  
Daliere, Marcus         18   QB*  So*   7                 7                   
Longo, Brady            12   QB*  Fr    9                 31                  
Byars, Jose             9    QB*  Fr    1                 13                  
Koss, Edwin             29   RB   Sr    38                46                  
Coronado, Sean          45   RB   Jr    19                34                  
Barnes, Johnnie         25   RB   Jr    33                33                  
Hines, Moe              26   RB   So    12                17                  
Branch, Randy           24   RB*  Fr    7                 33                  
Browning, Duane         21   FB   Sr    19                41                  
Buckley, Harris         34   FB   Sr    32                40                  
Cash, Howard            43   FB   So*   8                 21                  
Levine, Bo              99   TE   Jr*   21                21                  
Olvera, Brandon         86   TE   So    17                33                  
Lindsey, J.C.           91   TE   Fr    9                 12                  
Ayanbadejo, Tom         92   TE*  Fr    10                18                  
Ishii, Herb             4    WR   Sr*   37                37                  
Richmond, Leroy         85   WR   Jr    32                38                  
Wilhite, Rufus          89   WR   Jr    32                32                  
Burks, Kris             81   WR   Jr    24                30                  
Vaughn, Brian           87   WR   So    28                28                  
McElroy, Jorge          7    WR   So*   24                50                  
Willis, Darnell         80   WR   Fr    18                24                  
Gustafson, Isaac        58   C    Sr*   35                44                  
Floyd, O.J.             53   C    Sr*   36                36                  
Naeole, Heath           54   C    Fr    4                 40                  
Sallee, Julio           62   G    Sr    24                36                  
Berry, Claude           66   G    Sr*   15                38                  
Bruce, J.B.             67   G    Jr*   6                 35                  
Fleming, Jon            72   G    So*   7                 7                   
Sergeant, Corwin        63   G    Fr    7                 60                  
Gray, Graham            60   T    Jr*   23                40                  
Brennan, Juan           64   T    So    20                48                  
Paswater, Lamont        69   T*   So*   7                 19                  
Cancilla, Albert        78   T*   Fr    5                 45                  
Foley, Roderick         8    P    Jr    45                45                  
Barber, Austin          14   P    Jr    40                40                  
Beaulieu, Deon          15   K    Sr    51                57                  
Kennedy, Seth           5    K    Sr    48                54                  
Browning, Jesse         98   DE   Jr    23                23                  
Boone, Clifton          73   DE   Jr*   16                50                  
Thornton, Irving        95   DE   Jr*   11                26                  
Flynn, Dwayne           71   DE   So    15                15                  
Turnbull, Leon          77   DE*  So*   0                 4                   
Heath, R.J.             76   DT   Sr    23                29                  
Bliss, Ron              79   DT   Sr*   19                34                  
Borders, Brad           75   DT*  Fr    0                 39                  
Griggs, Bob             70   DT*  Fr    5                 5                   
Cousins, Carlton        59   ILB  Sr    19                32                  
Brzezinski, Ben         42   ILB  So    22                42                  
Williams, Roosevelt     96   ILB  So*   12                36                  
Hall, Lewis             93   ILB* Sr    19                19                  
Mathis, Damon           97   ILB* So    3                 3                   
Getz, Artie             47   OLB  Sr    31                52                  
Walker, Johnny          52   OLB  Sr    18                40                  
Ellison, Pat            51   OLB  Jr    24                24                  
Stargell, Herman        56   OLB* Jr*   9                 27                  
Goodin, Gerald          50   OLB* So*   10                10                  
Butterfield, Christian  40   CB   Sr    34                35                  
Howe, Dale              20   CB   Jr    16                16                  
Taylor, Jorge           49   CB   Jr*   18                21                  
Swisher, Dexter         38   CB   So    18                18                  
Migdal, Phillip         44   CB   Fr    4                 22                  
Resnick, Doug           30   S    Sr    21                45                  
Maxey, Jackie           28   S    Sr*   24                44                  
Giles, Ernest           39   S    So    30                30                  
Brady, Benjamin         41   S    Fr    10                51    

This roster is UGLY!!! We have very little talent to go around, with no good options at QB. However, Edwin Koss could help us this year at RB. Our line looks pretty good, with two solid centers (one who will play out of positon) and some potential at G. Our scout sucks at DL and LB, so I'm not sure who will actually be good there. Butterfield stands out at CB, but he has no endurance. The safeties are a good group, one that should help us through are first couple years.

FOF

Here's the opening day roster for your 2004 Columbus Destroyers

 Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct 
Pacheco, Tommie         6   QB          1    8                 40                1 yr.
Talley, Matthew         7   QB          1    5                 40                1 yr.
Baude, Willie           8   QB          1    10                39                1 yr.
Damm, Lorenzo           5   QB          1    11                39                1 yr.
Wolf, Lincoln           29  RB          1    21                32                1 yr.
Caldwell, Dave          30  RB          1    16                30                1 yr.
Floyd, Freddie          31  RB          1    22                30                1 yr.
Dunphy, Wes             28  RB          1    14                29                1 yr.
Briles, Isaac           32  FB          1    18                39                1 yr.
Zimmerman, Leon         27  FB          1    17                37                1 yr.
Slater, Dixon           83  TE          1    17                48                1 yr.
Gardner, Tito           82  TE          1    22                45                1 yr.
Pimentel, Pat           85  TE          1    17                42                1 yr.
Pinson, Emmitt          84  TE          1    16                41                1 yr.
Franz, Gabe             81  FL          1    14                37                1 yr.
Cassidy, Jimmie         86  FL          1    16                33                1 yr.
Johnston, Doug          80  FL          1    9                 32                1 yr.
Humphries, Alan         89  FL          1    13                31                1 yr.
Montgomery, Neal        87  SE          1    14                33                1 yr.
Wheeler, Quentin        88  SE          1    13                32                1 yr.
Guthrie, Harold         53  C           1    7                 28                1 yr.
Poole, Howie            52  C           1    7                 27                1 yr.
Rodgers, Leon           66  LG          1    10                41                1 yr.
Flad, Kendall           65  LG          1    16                40                1 yr.
Brook, Matthew          68  LG          1    10                38                1 yr.
Edwards, Phillip        67  RG          1    15                41                1 yr.
Mathews, Wesley         64  LT          1    8                 40                1 yr.
Fisk, Bobby             70  LT          1    11                36                1 yr.
Schroeder, Carlton      69  RT          1    7                 43                1 yr.
Graham, Warren          71  RT          1    8                 40                1 yr.
Jefferson, Marco        9   P           1    36                64                1 yr.
Rey, Claude             10  K           1    32                66                1 yr.
Preston, Courtney       95  LDE         1    11                41                1 yr.
Delrio, Harry           97  LDE         1    19                37                1 yr.
Fuller, Wendell         96  RDE         1    16                40                1 yr.
Craig, Dwight           94  RDE         1    16                36                1 yr.
Alarcon, Leroy          99  LDT         1    22                47                1 yr.
Linquist, Archie        98  RDT         1    19                53                1 yr.
Cox, Kenny              72  RDT         1    20                47                1 yr.
Arcenaux, Rickey        55  MLB         1    14                44                1 yr.
Sutherland, Joe         56  MLB         1    12                44                1 yr.
Ferguson, Julio         57  MLB         1    16                40                1 yr.
Karau, Byron            58  MLB         1    13                37                1 yr.
Lane, Chuck             54  SLB         1    13                37                1 yr.
Ackerman, Brian         90  SLB         1    16                37                1 yr.
Taylor, Martin          59  SLB         1    12                35                1 yr.
Bernard, Nolan          51  WLB         1    15                33                1 yr.
Meier, Tracy            41  LCB         1    13                41                1 yr.
Reeves, Clifton         42  LCB         1    18                38                1 yr.
Bailey, Jessie          26  LCB         1    17                38                1 yr.
Gonzalez, Bryant        44  LCB         1    13                35                1 yr.
Hamilton, Glenn         43  LCB         1    8                 34                1 yr.
Zatechka, Rex           40  RCB         1    10                37                1 yr.
Ames, Herb              45  SS          1    14                49                1 yr.
Kelly, Terrell          25  SS          1    18                48                1 yr.
Lunsford, Percy         46  FS          1    16                46                1 yr.
Horn, Bill              47  FS          1    17                44                1 yr.

We can kick the ball pretty well, and that's about it. I picked up some decent safeties, nose tackles (we're playin the 3-4), and tight ends. Other than that, this team is gonna be very very rough. I'm lookin at no more than 1 or 2 wins. Again, the fingers are crossed for a solid guy to come from TCY.

Next up.......a 2004 Year in Review for TCY