Who says you need a great team to win at FOF?

[JeffW]

Okay, so I didn't exactly win, but this is a pretty sick performance for an empty cupboard team:


Front Office Football 2007
2007 Summary for Mule Creek Marauders

Year 2007
Record 7-9
Winning Pct. .437
All-Time 7-25
Winning Pct. .218
Playoffs 0-0
Playoff Visits 0
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Kris Thomas
Record 7-9
Winning Pct. .437
Off. Coord. K. Lang
Def. Coord. M. Glendenning

Here is the 1(1) QB:

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7620/qbjeromerossbz9.jpg

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
3 J. Ross QB 483 304 4112 8.51 22 11 95.7

More stats, pics to follow. :D

[JeffW]

I started pretty much only rookies for the majority of year--at the end I got lazy and let the mentors start.

Front Office Football 2007
Mule Creek Marauders Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Ross, Jerome 3 QB QB 1 41 79 6 yrs
Reese, Herman 44 RB RB 1 31 31 1 yr.
Brizzolara, Kevin 22 FB FB 1 42 53 1 yr.
Nakamura, Bruce 89 TE TE 1 34 50 1 yr.
Crawford, Ryan 18 FL FL 1 29 48 1 yr.
Daniels, Hugh 81 SE SE 1 39 51 3 yrs
Makredkakis, Judson 62 LT LT 1 49 59 4 yrs
Forster, Calvin 6 LG LG 1 28 47 1 yr.
Kasica, Jamie 77 C C 1 25 52 1 yr.
Kagan, Frank 65 LG RG 10 27 27 1 yr.
Diedrich, Rondell 17 RT RT 1 24 46 1 yr.
O'Donnell, Rico 75 RDE LDE 1 36 40 3 yrs
Burns, Cory 18 LDT LDT 1 27 42 1 yr.
Bauer, Darrin 45 LDT RDT 1 23 39 1 yr.
Japp, Randall 9 RDE RDE 1 22 52 1 yr.
Patterson, Vernon 26 SLB SLB 1 33 49 1 yr.
Bernard, Bubba 52 SILB MLB 5 26 34 1 yr.
Zimmerman, Sammie 57 WLB WLB 1 36 51 1 yr.
Green, Tyrus 39 LCB LCB 1 34 61 4 yrs
Lyon, Corey 46 LCB RCB 1 28 39 1 yr.
Chillar, Casey 11 SS SS 1 20 46 1 yr.
Strickland, Keith 30 FS FS 1 48 48 3 yrs

Season Summary isn't the greatest, but for an empty cupboard team it's awesome:



Mule Creek Marauders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 27.5 20
Rushing Yards 98.8 26
Yards Per Carry 3.59 28
Pass Attempts 32.8 15 (T)
Completions 19.8 8
Completion Pct. 60.3 12 (T)
Passing Yards 262.1 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.00 1
Yards Per Catch 13.27 1
Total Yardage Gained 344.9 5
3rd Down Conversions 41.7 3
Points Per Game 19.8 11
Pass Rush Pct. 6.6 27
Pass Defense Pct. 68.2 25
Turnovers 29 25 (T)
Turnover Margin -8 26

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 32.8 28
Rushing Yards 156.3 32
Yards Per Carry 4.77 32
Pass Attempts 29.9 9
Completions 18.2 13 (T)
Completion Pct. 60.8 27
Passing Yards 200.1 18
Yards Per Attempt 6.68 29
Yards Per Catch 11.00 25
Total Yardage Gained 348.6 32
3rd Down Conversions 44.1 32
Points Per Game 24.4 32
Pass Rush Pct. 6.9 8
Pass Defense Pct. 66.6 8 (T)
Turnovers 21 24 (T)

[JeffW]

Amazingly, Ross did not win offensive rookie of the year. Nor did his #1 receiver who did win 1st team:

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
81 H. Daniels WR 191 116 1676 14.45 8.77 11 13

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3189/sehughdanielsek9.jpg

[JeffW]

Apparently you do need a good team to win at FOF. :p


Front Office Football 2007
2008 Summary for Mule Creek Marauders

Year 2008
Record 5-11
Winning Pct. .312
All-Time 12-36
Winning Pct. .250
Playoffs 0-0
Playoff Visits 0
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Kris Thomas
Record 12-20
Winning Pct. .375
Off. Coord. K. Lang
Def. Coord. M. Glendenning

Mule Creek Marauders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 24.0 30
Rushing Yards 92.8 29
Yards Per Carry 3.86 17
Pass Attempts 38.0 1
Completions 19.0 16 (T)
Completion Pct. 50.0 32
Passing Yards 267.3 3
Yards Per Attempt 7.03 4
Yards Per Catch 14.07 1
Total Yardage Gained 349.7 3
3rd Down Conversions 36.1 16
Points Per Game 21.2 13
Pass Rush Pct. 5.9 30
Pass Defense Pct. 72.0 6 (T)
Turnovers 35 29
Turnover Margin -11 28 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 34.4 32
Rushing Yards 170.7 32
Yards Per Carry 4.96 32
Pass Attempts 29.7 4
Completions 17.9 6
Completion Pct. 60.4 21
Passing Yards 187.8 4
Yards Per Attempt 6.33 17 (T)
Yards Per Catch 10.47 14
Total Yardage Gained 344.8 32
3rd Down Conversions 34.9 13
Points Per Game 25.0 32
Pass Rush Pct. 9.5 31
Pass Defense Pct. 76.8 32
Turnovers 24 24 (T)

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
3 J. Ross QB 608 304 4277 7.03 22 26 67.3

I don't know what happened here. The team should have been vastly improved. Bizarrely, if I'd won one more game I would have made the playoffs as the #4 seed(best team in division went 6-10).

[JeffW]

Like I said, you don't need a great team...:p


Front Office Football 2007
2009 Summary for Mule Creek Marauders

Year 2009
Record 12-4
Winning Pct. .750
All-Time 24-40
Winning Pct. .375
Playoffs 0-0
Playoff Visits 1
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Kris Thomas
Record 24-24
Winning Pct. .500
Off. Coord. K. Lang
Def. Coord. M. Glendenning

Mule Creek Marauders Team Rank
Rushes per Game 34.5 2
Rushing Yards 127.5 7
Yards Per Carry 3.70 28
Pass Attempts 31.3 22
Completions 19.7 15
Completion Pct. 62.9 7
Passing Yards 293.4 2
Yards Per Attempt 9.37 1
Yards Per Catch 14.90 1
Total Yardage Gained 408.9 1
3rd Down Conversions 45.5 1
Points Per Game 30.9 1
Pass Rush Pct. 7.5 14 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 76.6 3
Turnovers 28 17 (T)
Turnover Margin 0 16 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 24.6 4
Rushing Yards 112.9 13
Yards Per Carry 4.59 32
Pass Attempts 35.6 28
Completions 18.7 14 (T)
Completion Pct. 52.5 1
Passing Yards 206.8 17
Yards Per Attempt 5.81 5
Yards Per Catch 11.07 22
Total Yardage Gained 310.2 18
3rd Down Conversions 35.7 13 (T)
Points Per Game 21.5 22
Pass Rush Pct. 6.2 7
Pass Defense Pct. 67.9 14 (T)
Turnovers 28 14 (T)

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
3 J. Ross QB 395 255 3844 9.73 38 15 112.7
10 M. Baker QB 106 60 850 8.02 6 2 93.7
**Team --- 501 315 4694 9.37 44 17 108.6
$$Opp --- 570 299 3309 5.81 28 14 76.1

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
81 H. Daniels WR 165 107 1636 15.29 9.92 5 14

I don't think I'm going to continue this dynasty, though--Jerome Ross only played 13 games before suffering career threatening injury and I'm not in the mood for a "challenge."

M. Baker is a 3rd round rookie backup 27/43.

[Noop]

What was the cohesion like?

[JeffW]

What was the cohesion like?

40's to 60's. Keeping the same mentors helped on that front somewhat.