NCAA 08: Staying on Top [Archive] - Front Office Football Central

Eaglesfan27

07-21-2007, 11:51 AM

Our first game starts out shaky as Booty throws an early pick, but our running game helps settle him down. Our O-Line has a big advantage on Idaho and it opens up our running game. We gradually build a 14-3 lead, but Booty passes to Hazelton midway into the 2nd is when we really pull away:

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We coasted to an easy 42-3 win as our defense was able to start teeing off on the QB. We had 10 sacks against the hopeless Idaho QB.

We had 421 yards of total offense. They had 305.

Booty was 12 of 21 for 199 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT.

Sanchez was 1 of 5 in relief for 19 yards.

Chauncey Washington had 16 carries for 66 yards.

Stafon Johnson had 13 carries for 146 yards and 3 TD's.

Vidal led the team with 3 catches for 92 yards and a TD.

Jeff Byers had 2 pancakes. Rachal had 1.

Rey Maualuga led the team with 10 tackles, 4 for a loss, and 3 sacks.

Idaho completed 19 of 31 passes for 252 yards with 1 interception.

They ran it 34 times for 43 yards as our linebackers dominated the running game.

After the game, T Andre Andrews from Los Angeles committed on the spot! He is ranked 14th in the country. He is a 5 star recruit who is 6'1 319 pounds. His strength is pass blockig.

Blade6119

07-21-2007, 12:29 PM

Im a little stunned Everson Griffen isnt on the roster, but either way best of luck buddy

MrBug708

07-21-2007, 12:50 PM

It's no wonder that USC has at least 80's at every psoition and can't halfway decent ST players

Eaglesfan27

07-21-2007, 01:24 PM

The 1st quarter is a defensive battle and it is only fitting the defense scores first. Late in the 1st, Cushing blitzes the QB and hits him as he is throwing which helps result in a poor throw. Terrell Thomas picks it off and returns it 39 yards for a TD:

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On the last play of the 1st quarter, Stafon is injured for the game. At least that is our position of greatest depth.

Lucky fumbles on the 1st play of their next drive and we get a short field as a result. A few plays later Booty finds Fred Davis in the endzone for the 4 yard TD pass. 14-0.

Their next drive, Keller throws a deep ball that sails over his man and is picked off by Taylor Mays. He returns it to midfield.

However, we fail to capitalize and his 1st play of the next drive, Keller hits his TE for an 81 yard TD!! 14-7.

Terrell Thomas with great blocking returns the kickoff 98 yards for a TD. 21-7.

Despite their top CB being injured, the rest of the 1st half is a defensive battle. Our kicker nails a 41 yarder with a minute left (barely over the bar) to make it 24-7.

Oops. We played a passive defense and Kellar marched them right down the field. Marlon Lucky ha a sweet 11 yard run as the half was ending to make it 24-14:

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They fumble the 2nd half kickoff. Pinkard recovers!!

Next play, Turner with a spectacular catch on the deep ball! He used all 6'5" of his height:

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Cary Harris ends their very good drive with a pick which he returns 86 yards including a stiff arm of Kellar along the way. 38-14 as we are cruising now.

Kellar leads them down the field and hits Swift in the endzone to make it 38-22 after Lucky runs it in for the 2 point conversion.

A balanced drive ends with a 17 yard TD pass to Hazelton. 45-22 as we enter the 4th.

Keller responds with a nice drive that ends in a TD pass. 45-28 as they failed the 2 point conversion.

With 3 minutes to go, we recover the onside kick.

With 40 seconds to go, our kicker hits the upright on a 32 yard FG attempt.

Keller's desperation pass as time is running out is picked off by Terrell Thomas who takes it to the house. 52-28 as time is expiring.

Final Key Stats:

Booty was 14 of 22 for 202 yards with 3 TD's 0 INT's. He was sacked twice.

Keller was 29 of 40 for 392 yards with 3 TD's 4 INT's. He was sacked 3 times.

Lucky had 19 carries for 93 yards and a TD.

Chauncey had 20 carries for 74 yards for us.

Stafon had 6 carries for 15 yards.

Vidal Hazelton had 5 catches for 129 yards and a TD.

Nate Swift had 7 catches for 116 yards and a TD for Nebraska.

Terrell Thomas had 8 tackles and 2 interceptions.

Rey Maualga had 8 tackles.

Eaglesfan27

07-21-2007, 01:28 PM

Im a little stunned Everson Griffen isnt on the roster, but either way best of luck buddy

He is! I forgot to list my redshirted players:

HB Joe McKnight, HB Marc Tyler, WR Roland Johnson, TE Rhett Ellison, LT Martin Coleman, LE Everson Griffen (82 speed and looking like a beast already), DT DaJohn Harris, ROLB Jordan Maiava, SS Marshall Jones.

Eaglesfan27

07-21-2007, 01:46 PM

We host a Washington State squad that has a weak defense that we should be able to score against easily. We also are hosting about 6 recruits this week.

BYU 14

07-21-2007, 02:36 PM

What program are you hosting the videos with EF?

Eaglesfan27

07-21-2007, 03:20 PM

3rd play of the game, Stafon runs up the middle, sheds a tackle, bounces it to the outside, jukes a guy out of his jock, then gets to the outside to take it 48 yards down the sideline for a TD. 7-0.

An offsides against Sedrick Ellis on a FG attempt gives them a 1st and the next play they complete a 28 yard pass for a TD. 7-7.

Coleman drops a wide open pass on 3rd down and we have to punt.

Sedrick Ellis crushes their QB Alex Brink and knocks him out for a series.

Tardy, their HB, catches us with a counter that works perfectly against our blitz and he has a 41 yard TD run! 14-7.

Booty throws a pick deep in their half and they march down the field ending with a 21 yard TD pass that took perfect advantage of our blitz. Down 20-7 as they miss the XP. 6 minutes to go in the half.

Chauncey Washington breaks some tackles and returns the kickoff for a TD!!! 20-14:

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Our defense forces the punt and Holland has a good punt return to get to the 44.

A defensive pass interference call bails us out of 3rd and 19 (after Booty was sacked the previous play.)

On 4th and 2, Ausberry drops a wide open pass. We turn it over on their 37.

Lawrence Jackson with a sack to force the punt. We have it back with 1:18 to go.

We fail to score and punt. With 21 seconds left, Rey intercepts a short pass to the TE. He returns it 3 yards to their 37. 2 plays later we get to the 22 with 2 seconds left. Our kicker nails the FG. 20-17.

We open up the 3rd quarter with a balanced drive that ends with a 17 yard pass to Turner for a TD! 24-20.

Our next drive we hit the 42 yard FG to make it 27-20.

Stafon injures his arm and will have to miss the rest of the game.

Our next drive, we miss the 35 yard FG attempt.

A 32 yard FG makes it 30-20, we lead as the 3rd quarter comes to an end.

Taylor Mays with a pick that he returns to their 1. Chauncey runs it in the next play. 37-20.

Rey Rey DRILLS their HB as he is catching the screen and Taylor Mays picks it up and returns it the distance. 44-20:

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Their next drive they go for it on 4th and 1 on their 40 and we stuff the back!

We miss a 31 yard FG attempt. 2:36 left in the game, 44-20 lead.

44-20 win. Hopefully, the visiting recruits were impressed with everything we did with them this week and during the game.

Key Stats:

Booty was 16 of 24 for 167 yards with a TD and an INT. He was sacked 5 times.

Stafon had 21 carries for 143 yards and a TD.

Chauncey had 16 carries for 56 yards and a TD.

Patrick Turner had 4 catches for 52 yards and a TD.

Jeff Byers had 3 pancakes.

Keith Rivers had 12 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Lawrence Jackson had 3 tackles including 2 sacks.

Alex Brink was on a hot streak coming into the game (something I didn't know was in the game) and he was 13 of 23 for 176 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT.

Dwight Tardy also was on a hotstreak and he had 21 carries for 87 yards and a TD.

Brandon Gibson had 5 catches for 78 yards and a TD.

Greg Trent, MLB, had 15 tackles, 2 for a loss, and 1 sack for Washington State.

Eaglesfan27

07-21-2007, 03:22 PM

What program are you hosting the videos with EF?

I'm putting them on Brightcove dot com which someone suggested in the main thread (Detoxrox I think.)

Eaglesfan27

07-21-2007, 03:40 PM

In other news around College Football from the past week and this week:

Tennessee won at Florida 35-31 to give them their first loss. Tennessee is 3-0.

Alabama is 3-0 as they beat Arkansas 28-24 Arkansas drops to 1-1.

Michigan crushed ND 34-17 to rise to 3-0.

In week 4, Michigan barely edged Penn State 25-24.

Georgia upset Alabama 19-17. Both teams are now 3-1.

Chauncey Washington and Taylor Mays both won Pac 10 Players of the Week.

I'm focusing most of my energies on my top 10 or 12 guys on my board and so far their recruitment is going very well.

Eaglesfan27

07-21-2007, 08:17 PM

We are at Washington today and are heavily favored:

Our first drive ends with a 26 yard TD pass to Hazelton in which he broke a tackle and streaked down the sideline after a short catch.

Washington's first play is a pass back to the WR who throws it downfield to another WR for a completion!

Rey Rey picks off the next pass!

Their next drive ends with a 42 yard FG attempt that is wide left.

Stafon with a 58 yard TD run to quickly make it 14-0 early in the 2nd, but Washington responds with a good drive that ends with a 19 yard TD pass. 14-7.

Our next drive ends with a 1 yard TD run by Stafon. 21-7.

Their QB has struggled all year and Ellison gets a pick on their next drive. Booty leads a nice drive which ends with a 1 yard TD run by Stafon. 28-7.

Darn. LG Drew Radovich suffers a torn Triceps and he is done for most of the year if not all of it.

Patrick Turner also suffers a strained triceps in the 2nd quarter and is done for this game.

We end the half with a 30 yard FG. 31-7.

Early in the 3rd, their QB throws his 3rd pick of the game and 10th of the year. 38-7 as Cary returns it for a 21 yard TD.

Late in the 3rd, Washington's QB Bonnell throws a TD pass. 38-14.

Booty throws his 3rd pick and 2nd of the quarter as they all out blitz.

A short FG makes it 38-17 late in the 3rd.

Booty is much better on his next drive as he hits Vidal in stride on a corner route for a 14 yard TD. 45-17.

We win 45-17 as no one scored most of the 4th.

Key Stats:

Booty was 17 of 23 for 202 yards with 2 TD's 3 INT's. That will hurt his Heisman chances.

Stafon had 19 carries for 141 yards and 3 TD's.

Chauncey had 12 carries for 60 yards.

Vidal had 4 catches for 49 yards and 2 TD's.

Rey Maualuga had 17 tackles, 3 for a loss, and 1 interception!

Carl Bonnell was 16 of 32 for 182 yards with 2 TD's 4 INT's.

Louis Rankin had 20 carries for 48 yards.

Eaglesfan27

07-21-2007, 08:38 PM

UCLA suffered their first loss of the year to a 5-0 Oregon State team, 31-16.

5-0 Oklahoma will face 4-1 Texas this week.

Our next game is hosting a 1-3 Stanford team that should be easy to beat. We'll have another group of highly touted recruits at this game.

Eaglesfan27

07-21-2007, 09:50 PM

Our first drive ended with a Stafon TD run.

Ellison with an interception to end their first drive.

Their drive was ended with a Rey interception which he returned 50 yards for a TD. 14-0.

Taylor Mays dislocated his shoulder and will miss most of the rest of this game.

Our kicker hits the upright from 36 yards out to keep it 14-0 early in the 2nd.

Midway through the 2nd, they cap a drive with a 14 yard TD pass. 14-7.

Our next drive, Booty throws a pick on an out pattern that is returned for a TD! 14-14.

A 43 yard FG as time is expiring makes it 17-14, we lead.

A great scramble on 3rd and 15 by Booty for a 1st:

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A few plays later he runs it in from 5 yards out! 24-14.

With the wind aiding him (9 mph), our kicker hits a 49 yard FG that barely gets over the bar. 27-14. End of 3.

Ellison with his 2nd pick of the day and a few plays later, Booty finds Vidal in the endzone with a 15 yard pass. 34-14.

Our next drive, Patrick Turner has 2 big catches including a 5 yard TD on a fade! 41-14.

We win the game, 41-14.

Key Stats:

Booty was 18 of 26 for 233 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT. He also had 5 carries for 37 yards and a TD.

Stafon Johnson had 25 carries for 105 yards and a TD.

Chauncey had 8 carries for 32 yards.

Vidal had 6 catches for 78 yards and a TD.

Patrick Turner had 5 catches for 76 yards and a TD.

Kevin Ellison had 2 picks.

T.C. Ostrander was 15 of 33 for 202 yards with a TD and 3 INT's.

Anthony Kimble had 19 carries for 37 yards.

Eaglesfan27

07-21-2007, 10:10 PM

Florida ended LSU's unbeaten season, 17-14.

Oklahoma won 21-14 over Texas to go 6-0.

Oregon State beat Arizona 31-14 to rise to 6-0.

Top 5 poll:

1. USC 5-0
2. Michigan 6-0
3. Oklahoma 6-0
4. Louisville 6-0
5. Tennessee 5-0

Next up, we host a solid Arizona team that is 4-2.

Eaglesfan27

07-21-2007, 11:08 PM

It was a defensive battle that was tied 0-0, until 2 minutes into the 2nd quarter, Holland returned a punt 80 yards for a TD!! 7-0.

We are up 7-0 at the half in a defensive battle.

Early in the 2nd half, Pinkard jumps a slant and returns the interception 21 yards for a TD. 14-0.

Early in the 4th, they finally score on a 10 yard TD pass. 14-7.

Lawrence Jackson intercepts a screen pass!

7 plays later, Stafon runs it in from 7 yards out for a TD. 21-7.

In the last minute, our kicker skims the ball over the crossbar from 46 yards out. 24-7.

24-7 win.

Booty was 16 of 27 for 185 yards with 0 TD's 2 INT's. He was under constant pressure and was sacked 5 times.

Stafon carried it 31 times for 112 yards and a TD.

Chauncey had 5 carries for 18 yards.

Fred Davis led the team with 4 catches for 53 yards.

Keith Rivers had 7 tackles, 3 for a loss, and 1 sack.

Lawrence Jackson had 5 tackles, 2 sacks, and an INT.

Tuitama was 17 of 28 for 183 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's.

Xavier Smith had 16 carries for 60 yards.

Eaglesfan27

07-23-2007, 10:07 AM

Feeling sick today, so I thought I'd get in a game or two before going back to bed.

I've adjusted the kicking sliders down to 20 for both sides, and QB accuracy down to 45 for both sides.

This next game is at a very good ND team.

Eaglesfan27

07-23-2007, 11:17 AM

A balanced drive ends with a 14 yard TD pass to Patrick Turner! 7-0.

They are starting Jimmy Clausen! We should eat up the young QB.

We force a 3 and out. Stafon fumbles when juking in traffic and they recover.

On our 45, we stop them when they go for it on 4th and 2!

Cary Harris with a spectacular interception on a deep ball late in the 1st quarter. He returns it to their 25.

Hazelton is drilled by their safety and he fumbles it on their 7. They recover.

Cary Harris with his 2nd pick of Clausen on the next play and he returns it for a TD. 14-0. This is the first freshman QB we've faced all year.

They get their running game going and end a drive with a 6 yard TD run. 14-7.

We respond with a 7 play 72 yard drive including a 23 yard TD pass to Vidal. 21-7.

Booty has a pass picked off as I try to throw it while scrambling.

A few plays later Taylor Mays picks off Clausen on their 18 yard line.

Booty to Stafon for a TD! 28-7.

On our next drive, Stafon breaks out of a tackle and has a 51 yard TD run on a sweep. 35-7.

Late in the 2nd quarter, Booty breaks his thumb on his throwing hand. He'll miss 2-3 weeks.

Terrell Thomas and Pinkard go for the pick on a deep ball, but both miss it and Clausen connects on a 62 yard TD. 35-14 early in the 3rd. Time for Sanchez to respond.

Chauncey Washington with a 2 yard TD run to make it 42-14 with 3 minutes to go in the 3rd.

Thomas with a diving pick on a slant route.

A drive that was mostly running plays ends with a 11 yard TD pass from Sanchez to Holland. 49-14.

Our next drive ends with another TD pass from Sanchez to Holland! 56-14. 6 minutes to go in the 4th.

ND returns the kickoff 99 yards for a TD. 56-21.

We recover the onside kick off. After 3 runs, a playaction pass for 22 yards to Ausberry for a TD! 62-21. (I love crushing ND.)

They move it well against our backups and end it with a rushing TD. 62-28.

Key Stats:

Booty was 12 of 16 for 179 yards with 3 TD's 1 INT.

Sanchez ws 11 of 16 for 159 yards with 3 TD's.

Stafon had 24 carries for 198 yards and a TD.

Chancey had 12 carries for 48 yards and a TD.

Vidal had 5 catches for 85 yards and a TD.

Holland had 2 catches for 31 yards and 2 TD's.

Rey Maualuga had 10 tackles, 2 for a loss, and a sack.

Cary Harris had 2 picks.

Clausen was 14 of 29 for 218 yards with a TD and 4 INT's.

James Aldridge had 26 carries for 100 yards and 2 TD's.

D.J. Hord had 5 catches for 119 yards and a TD.

In other news:

LSU was upset by Auburn 21-16.

Oklahoma crushed Iowa 54-24. They are now 8-0.

Hawaii is 7-0 and ranked 12th in the polls.

Cal beat UCLA 32-29 in 2 OT's. UCLA drops to 5-2. Cal is 4-3.

The BCS Rankings are:

1. USC 7-0
2. Michigan 8-0
3. Oklahoma 8-0
4. Tennessee 7-0
5. Louisville 8-0
6. Arkansas 6-1
7. Virginia Tech 6-1
8. Texas 6-2
9. Oregon State 7-0
10. Boise State 7-0

The early Heisman favorites:

Hart, Michigan
Brennan, Hawaii
Stripling, UL

MJ4H

07-23-2007, 11:27 AM

That Arkansas - Alabama bug is almost a show-stopper.

Eaglesfan27

07-23-2007, 12:36 PM

This week, we play a struggling Oregon team that is dangerous because of their mobile QB, Dennis Dixon. They have a talented offense surrounding him, but they have been hit by injuries this year at various times. They are currently 3-4. It's cold and rainy today with heavy rain and 45 degree temperature at kickoff. This is our first time playing in the rain all year.

Our first drive ends with a 3 yard TD pass from Sanchez to Holland. 7-0.

Very solid first drive from Oregon ends when their receiver drops a 3rd down pass and we stop the fake punt run on 4th down.

A stupid throw by Sanchez deep into double coverage results in a pick.

Dixon's first throw sails over his receiver's head into Cary Harris's hands!

A 38 yard FG makes it 10-0, we lead.

Sanchez with some great passes on our next drive including a 26 yard TD pass to Patrick Turner on a deep corner. 17-0.

Dixon with some nice runs and passes to get them inside the 10, but we stop them there and they miss a 25 yard FG.

Their next drive is finished with a 1 yard TD run. 17-7.

As the half is almost over, we get their CB to bite on a play action and Sanchez hits Vidal in stride. He takes it all the way, 59 yards! 24-7.

Early in the 3rd, LG Matt Spanos injures his shoulder and will miss a few weeks. We are now in trouble with depth at G.

Late in the 3rd, a 30 yard FG makes it 27-7.

Terrell Thomas picks off an out pass and returns it 45 yards for a TD. 34-7.

At the end of the 3rd, Sanchez overthrows Fred Davis and their S picks it off.

Oregon takes advantage and gets another rushing TD. 34-14.

Stafon with a 6 yard TD run to end a time eating drive. 41-14.

41-14 win as we contained the explosive Oregon offense which was missing their top WR due to injury.

Key Stats:

Sanchez was 14 of 20 for 243 yards with 3 TD's 2 INT's.

Stafon had 25 carries for 126 yards and a TD.

Vidal had 4 catches for 111 yards and a TD.

Rey Maualuga had 14 tackles, 4 for a loss, and 1 sack.

Dixon was 19 of 36 for 252 yards with 2 INT's.

Jeremiah Johnson had 25 carries for 80 yards and 2 TD's.

We got another recruit to commit early!!! Derrick Houston is a 6'3 206 pound 5 star QB from Little Rock, AR. He is the 13th ranked recruit overall and 2nd among QB's! His strengths are a very powerful arm with good accuracy, good awareness in the pocket and decent mobility. He runs in the 4.6 range in the 40.

Tim Tebow had a great game against Georgia and Florida cruised 56-35.

Tennessee beat South Carolina 25-21 to remain undefeated.

We now host an 8-0 Oregon State team in what could be the toughest hurdle left on our schedule. Oregon Stte's offense is 23rd in the nation and well balanced. Their defense is 3rd. Our offnese is 45th statistically. Our defense is 33rd. Cushing is out for this game.

Eaglesfan27

07-23-2007, 02:01 PM

Late in the 1st quarter, Lawrence Jackson CRUSHES their star HB and knocks him out of the game. He was their Heisman candidate and has been a big part of their success this year.

They hit a 34 yard FG late in the 1st to take a 3-0 lead. Sanchez threw a pick on our own good scoring opportunity.

Sanchez throws a wild pass over Stafon's head and it is picked off by their linebacker.

Cary Harris intercepts it on the 1 to stop them from scoring.

Early in the 2nd, a 52 yard FG makes it 6-0, Oregon State.

A fumble ends our next drive, and Oregon State capitalizes with another FG. This time from 30 yards out. 9-0.

They block a punt! They get it on our 2. A few plays later they make it 16-0 with a TD run.

Vidal fumbles the ball and their CB recovers and runs it back 78 yards for a TD!! 23-0. :(

Another fumble by Vidal ends our next drive. Ouch.

We go into the half, down 23-0.

Cary Harris intercepts a deep ball to start the half.

A few plays later Sanchez hits Holland in the back corner of the endzone for a 21 yard TD. 23-6 as we get stopped on the 2 point conversion.

Sheesh. On our next drive, Fred Davis fumbles and they recover it and run it in for a TD! YES!! It is reversed.

Sanchez throws another pick that is returned for a TD and we are in big trouble. Down 30-6.

Sanchez to Vidal for a 19 yard TD. Chauncey runs it in for the 2. 30-14 just as the 3rd ends.

2 drives later, Sanchez hits Turner on a slant in which he breaks two tackles and goes 86 yards for a TD!!! 30-20 as we fail to convert the 2.

They fumble the kickoff! We recover. Next play Sanchez to Fred Davis for a 20 yard TD!!! 30-27.

3 force a 3 and out! They stop us at the 8, but we kick the FG to tie it up. 30-30 with 3:53 to go.

We stop them at midfield and force the punt.

They force a 3 and out as they stop Stafon on 3rd and 1. We punt.

Cary Harris with a pick on the out! That is his 3rd of the day.

Stafon breaks two tackles for a 29 yard run:

(I tried to put a highlight here, but EA servers aren't displaying the video right now for some reason. I'll edit this if I can get it show later.)

9 seconds left, we are on the 6 and we have a timeout.

I run a toss which they stop on the 2.

Our kicker drills the short FG!!! 33-30 win!

The unbeaten streak at the Coliseum continues.

Key Stats:

Sanchez: 19 of 37 for 352 yards with 4 TD's 3 INT's.

Stafon: 36 carries for 175 yards.

Turner: 4 catches for 136 yards and a TD.

Lawrence Jackson (I've never seen these types of numbers from a DE in NCAA before): 11 tackles, 5 for a loss, 2 sacks.

Cary Harris 3 picks.

Ryan Gunderson: 11 of 22 for 140 yards with 4 picks.

Clinton Polk: 32 carries for 108 yards and a TD.

Gabe Miller: 6 catches for 59 yards.

In other news, Oklahoma lost to Texas A&M 43-28 to end their title hopes.

Cary Harris now leads the nation in interceptions, but he isn't ridiculously ahead of others. In fact, there are 9 players with 7 while he has 8.

Ellison and Thomas are both in the top 25 with 5 interceptions each.

Our next game is at Cal which is the toughest game remaining on the schedule, but Cal is struggling this year and is 5-3.

Eaglesfan27

07-28-2007, 03:31 PM

A few minor slider adjustments:

Qtr length increased to 9 so that I don't have to supersim as much to get a good number of plays.

For both sides:

Defensive Awareness knocked down 1 more tick to 25.

Knockdowns knocked down 1 tick to 95.

Break Block increased 1 tick to 45.

Tackling increased 1 tick to 45.

Now onto the game at a dangerous but struggling 5-4 Cal team.

Eaglesfan27

07-28-2007, 04:49 PM

After several defensive stops on both sides, Cal strikes first with a Longshore to DeSean Jackson TD (his 10th of the year.) 7-. Cal put together a 8 play 60 yard drive, mostly on passes.

Hazelton catches a curl, gets drilled by the safety and fumbles it. Cal recovers.

During the 4 minutes of supersim, each QB throws a pick. We kick a FG to make it 7-3.

With 9 seconds left on their 4, I call a trips play HB toss to the right. Good blocking by the receivers and a broken tackle by Chauncey leads to a TD!!! 10-7. Going into halftime, it's been a defensive battle which is somewhat surprising.

Late in the half, Stafon Johnson broke his tailbone. He's out for the remainder of the regular season.

Longshore hits me on a blitz and has a 39 yard TD pass to Jordan. 14-10.

A PA pass for a 5 yard TD to our FB, Coleman makes it 17-14 as we had a very balanced drive for 67 yards over 11 plays.

We are up 17-14 at the end of 3, but Cal is driving.

Cal runs it in to make it 21-17.

We respond by moving it down the field, ending in a Chauncey TD run from the 1. 24-21.

We block a punt to get great field position, but they stuff us. FG makes it 27-21.

Longshore squeezes it between two of my defenders to hit DeSean for a 32 yard gain.

We stop them on 4th and 5 on our 19 with 3 minutes to go!!!!

Chauncey fumbles it! They recover! :(

Longshore with a PA pass to DeSean for 21 yards to get inside the 5.

Longshore hits Stevens for a PA TD on the next play. 28-27. 2 minutes to go.

Booty leads a perfect 2 minute drive with a 21 yard pass to Turner, a 14 yard pass to Davis, a 8 yard pass to Turner, a 12 yard pass to Coleman, a 10 yard pass to Vidal, a 4 yard run by Chauncey and a 8 yard TD pass to Chauncey!! We fail to convert the 2. 33-28.

20 seconds left, they are on our 28.

2 incompletions followed by a pass to the HB for 12 leads to a Hail Mary at the end of the game.. we knock it down!!! 33-28 win!

Key Stats:

Booty 20 of 34 for 256 yards with 2 TDs 1 INT (thrown by Supersim)

Chauncey: 21 carries for 83 yards and 2 TD's. 1 fumble.

Stafon: 12 carries for 57 yards before being hurt.

Vidal had 7 catches for 93 yards.

Rey Rey had 12 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Nate Longshore 25 of 41 for 284 yards with 3 TD's 1 INT (also thrown by Supersim.)

Justin Forsett: 30 carries for 115 yards and a TD.

DeSean Jackson 7 catches for 87 yards and a TD.

Eaglesfan27

07-28-2007, 05:16 PM

A bit of a hit on the recruiting front as we lost the top FB in the nation to his hometown Ohio State Buckeyes. We also lost the top G as he stayed in state to play for Iowa.

We did get a 5 star DE to sign in Blake Holland who is from CA.

The following week (after a bye) we lose out on the #1 T in the state who stayed close to SF by signing with Stanford!

We also lose out on the top QB in the nation who stayed in Louisiana and chose LSU.

We tried to steal a great WR from Florida, but he signed with his hometown Gators.

We lost a great MLB who stayed in Texas and signed with the Longhorns.

The top S from North Carolina chose Penn State over us.

The #1 cornerback in the nation who I was really counting on, signed with LSU. He was from Ohio.

Now, we play at a very good 7-3 ASU team.

Ironhead

07-28-2007, 05:40 PM

Ouch - that week of recruiting stings. I am sure that #1 ranking sure makes it feel better though. :p

Keep it up, great read so far.

Eaglesfan27

07-28-2007, 06:27 PM

They force a 3 and out and then march down the field ending in a 3 yard TD run. 7-0, ASU.

Our next drive ends with a 36 yard FG. 7-3.

Late in the 1st, a PA 3 yard TD pass out of the goalline formation to our backup TE is good for a TD. 10-7.

Rey Rey picks off a slant! We have it on their 37 as the 1st ends.

A 27 yard FG makes it 13-7 early in the 2nd half.

Their next drive ends with a Carpenter TD pass. 14-13.

Chauney breaks one for a 40 yard TD run!! 20-14.

As the half is expiring, they hit a 28 yarder to make it 20-17.

We go for it on 4th and goal from the 1/2 yard line and make it with a Chauncey TD behind Sam Baker. 27-17.

Cary Harris jumps a slant, picks it off, and returns it 38 yards for a TD. 34-17.

During the supersim early in the 4th, we get our 3rd pick of the day.

3 plays later, Coleman runs it in. 41-17.

During Supersim, Carpenter plays perfect on the next drive ending in a 4 yard TD pass to #18. 41-25 as they complete the 2 pt conversion.

Chauncey ends a lengthy time consuming drive with a 2 yard TD. 48-25.

We win, 48-25.

Key Stats:

Booty: 20 of 29 for 278 yards and a TD.

Chauncey: 33 carries for 175 yards and 3 TD's.

Moody had 8 carries for 9 yards.

Chauncey: 6 catches for 90 yards (including a 30 yard screen)

Rey Rey led the team with 9 tackles and a pick.

Ellison and Cary Harris had the other picks.

Carpenter 19 of 26 for 241 yards with 2 TD's 3 INT's. One of the picks was during supersim.

Ryan Torian had 22 carries for 74 yards and a TD.

Rodney Glass: 7 catches for 98 yards and 2 TD's.

FS Josh Barrett had 20 tackles!

Eaglesfan27

07-28-2007, 06:45 PM

After the game, we get the top HB in the nation from Ohio to sign with us! Michael Edwards is a 5'11 219 pound back who doesn't have tremendous speed, but he does have great hands, acceleration, and agility. He is a 5 star recruit who was 5th in the nation overall and 1st among HB's. We'll continue our glut at the position.

NO!!!! NO!! We lose out on the top CB in the state who chooses UCLA over us, despite me going after him hard :(

We also lose out on a 4 star FS from Arizona who chooses LSU.

At least, one of the best CB's in the country from Florida still has us #1 on his list. Hopefully, we don't lose him. He is #1 on my board now and we'll try to seal the deal today.

In other news:

Undefeated Boise State beat previously undefeated Hawaii, 31-21.

9-2 Rutgers will face 10-1 Louisville in a big game.

Florida beat FSU 24-21 to raise their record to 10-2.

Top 5 in the BCS:

1. USC 11-0
2. Tennessee 12-0
3. Texas 10-2
4. Boise State 12-0
5. Oklahoma 11-1

Despite the loss, Colt Brennan is being touted as the favorite for the Heisman with another 300 yard 3 TD game.

Rey Rey is considered a lock to win the Bednarik this year.

Lawrence Jackson is one of the final 3 for the Lombardi.

All that stands between us and the National Championship game is a home game against an 8-3 Bruin Squad. I'll have quite a few recruits at that game. I'll play that tomorrow.

Eaglesfan27

07-29-2007, 04:03 PM

A few more minor slider tweaks: QB Accuracy and WR catching down 1 notch to 40. Knockdowns down to 90. That should be it for tweaks for a while.

Now onto the UCLA game!

We start off with a good kick return. Chauncey is hurt on the 1st play of the game. On the 3rd play of the game, Emmanuel Moody catches a screen and has perfect blocking! He goes 52 yards for a TD!!! 7-0. Here is the highlight (I love how a Bruin trips over a teammate towards the end):

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Lawrence Jackson with a sack on 2nd down that helps force a 3 and out.

Chauncey Washington comes back from his injury and has a brilliant run on 3rd and inches for a 37 yard TD run! 14-0. Here is the highlight:
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Rey Rey with a nasty sack on 3rd down to force another 3 and out!

Our 3rd drive, our backup TE drops a TD pass. Booty is sacked on the next play and we settle for a 29 yard FG. 17-0!

Lawrence Jackson with his 2nd sack of the day. He is abusing their RT!

We force another 3 and out. Time for some revenge :)

Booty gets greedy with a deep ball to Turner that hangs and the safety picks it off.

Most of the 2nd quarter is a defensive battle but with 3 minutes to go, we end it with a Booty to Chauney TD pass for 10 yards. 24-0.

UCLA responds with a good drive which ends with a QB sneak for a TD. 24-8.

Poor clock management by me leads to us running out the clock with the ball on their 1. 24-8 at the half.

Late in the 3rd, we finally score again on a Chauncey 4 yard TD run. 31-8.

Holland just barely misses returning a fumble all the way as he gets slowed down by the last man and tackled on the 15. Still, it was a nice 55 yard punt return.

We have to settle for a FG on this drive. 34-8.

Our next drive, Chauncey ends with a 4 yard TD run! 41-8.

Our 2nd team defense stops their 1st team offense! We get it on downs with a minute to go.

41-8 win! We are going to the National Championship Game!!!

Key Stats:

Booty was 20 of 31 for 278 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT.

Sanchez was 1 of 3 for 35 yards.

Chauncey had 42 carries for 187 yards and 3 TD's.

Fred Davis, the TE, had 7 catches for 117 yards.

Rey Rey led the team with 6 tackles, 4 for a loss, and 1 sack.

Lawrence Jackson had 5 tackles, 2 sacks.

Patrick Cowan was 13 of 24 for 99 yards. 0 TD's 0 INT's.

Chris Markey had 32 carries for 105 yards.

Eaglesfan27

07-29-2007, 04:17 PM

The Conference Championship Games:

VT beat NC State 35-21.

LSU beat Tennessee 31-28. That was Tennessee's first loss of the year.

Southern Miss beat UTEP 43-23.

Missouri beat Oklahoma 45-27.

Bowling Gren beat Central Michigan 49-27.

Colt Brennan wins the Heisman. He was 316 of 470 for 4200 yards. He also had 45 carries for 112 yards. He had 51 total TD's.

Brian Brohm was in 2nd place and Hart was in 3rd.

Hawaii finished with a 11-1 record.

Rey Rey won the Chuck Bednarik award!

Lawrence Jackson won the Lombardi Award!

Rey Rey won the linebacker of the year award.

Cary Harris won the Jim Thorpe award as he led the nation in interceptions.

Notable Bowl Matchups:

UCLA will settle for the Las Vegas Bowl against TCU.

Hawaii ends up in the Hawaii bowl against Tulsa.

UCLA beat TCU 31-9.

Hawaii beat Tulsa 38-35.

Michigan is playing Miami is in the Champs Bowl in Orlando.

ND finished 7-5 and will be playing Maryland in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

Miami of Ohio is playing Ohio State (9-3) in the Alamo Bowl.

Michigan beat Miami 45-17.

ND beat Maryland 43-21.

Ohio State won 31-10.

Cal is playing Rutgers (9-3) in the Sun Bowl.

Arkansas is playing Iowa in the Outback Bowl.

Georgia is playing Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl.

West Virginia is playing Florida State in the Gator Bowl.

Florida is playing Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl.

Purdue is playing undefeated Boise State in the Rose Bowl.

LSU is playing Oregon State in the Sugar Bowl.

Missouri is playing Tennessee in the Fiesta Bowl.

VT is playing Louisville in the Orange Bowl.

Finally, we are playing Texas in the National Championship Rematch!

Eaglesfan27

07-29-2007, 04:28 PM

Ray Rice had 115 yards and a TD, but Cal edged out Rutgers 28-25.

Arkansas won 38-28 behind a 135 yard day from McFadden.

Oklahoma got almost 400 yards from Halzle and beat Georgia 36-32 who had terrible play from Stafford but a 140 yard day on the ground from Thomas Brown.

Florida State played both QB's and they both played well in a 31-24 win over West Virginia.

Wisconsin edged out Florida 32-29.

Purdue beat Boise State 42-35 in a back and forth game.

Oregon State upset LSU 21-16.

Missouri upset Tennessee 31-21. Erik Ainge threw 3 picks which was their downfall while C. Daniel completed 23 of 33 for 344 yards with 4 TD's and 1 pick.

VT beat Louisville 36-33 despite their QB Glennon throwing 3 picks along with his 3 TD's, and despite Brohm throwing 4 TD's with 0 picks.

Now onto our rematch against Texas in the National Championship!

Texas has a very dangerous offense, but their defense is young and not as talented as ours.

Ironhead

07-29-2007, 04:46 PM

Good luck!

Eaglesfan27

07-29-2007, 05:42 PM

Wow. The Superdome looks amazing!

They run it very well for the first 7 plays, but on their 3rd pass, Terrell Thomas jumps the route and gets us a pick.

Booty goes deep against an all out blitz, but he doesn't get enough air under it and they pick it off.

After forcing a 3 and out, we put together a balanced drive that ends with a 3 yard TD run by Chauncey! 7-0.

Crap. Late in the 1st, Rey Rey drilled the QB but suffered a severe concussion. His game is over. They hit a FG the next play to make it 7-3.

A few passes mixed in with a few good runs and we are inside the 10. Next play Chauncey runs a perfect sweep for a 10 yard TD! 14-3.

They respond right away with a 8 play 72 yard drive ending in a 2 yard TD run by Charles. 14-10.

They get it right back with a 3 and out against us. On 4th and goal from the 2, they go for it... we stop them!

Patrick Turner suffers a hip pointer on the 2nd play of this drive and he is done for the day :(

We put together a great 13 play 94 yard drive but it is stopped just outside of the 5. The short FG makes it 17-10 with 1:20 left in the half.

They put together a brilliant 2 minute drive to get inside the 30 with 8 seconds left, but their FG misses the long attempt wide right!

We are up 17-10 at the half.

Early in the 2nd half, Booty is hit as he is throwing and it ends up a lame duck that their S intercepts.

We stuff them on 4th and 1 on our 32!

Their defense forces a 3 and out.

Their kicker nails a 53 yard FG on their next drive. 17-13.

Coleman gets surrounded and fumbles it on our next drive, but Washington recovers!

A good 9 play 45 yard drives stalls at their 16. Our kicker makes it 20-13 with a 33 yard FG.

Texas responds with a 9 play 63 yard drive that ends with a 3 yard TD run by Charles. 20-20.

End of 3: 20-20.

WOOT! Our kicker nails a 48 yarder! 23-20.

We force a 3 and out. They stop us on the 17 as Vidal drops a 3rd down pass. The 34 yard FG makes it 26-20!

We force another 3 and out!

They force a quick punt. 5 minutes to go and they have it on their 15.

Lawrence Jackson with a nice sack on 1st down!

On 3rd and 10, McCoy finds one of his receivers for a 12 yard completion.

The next play Ellison drills their receiver across the middle and he fumbles! Cary Harris recovers!

Washington picks up 2 yards on 4th and 1 on their 30!!

We get stopped on their 21, but David hits his 5th FG of the day! 29-20! 1:45 to go.

Backup MLB Chris Galippo picks it off for us! That should be all she wrote.

Chauncey runs it for 2 1sts and that ends it! 29-20 win!!! We win the National Championship!

Key Game Stats:

Booty was 21 of 31 for 313 yards with 2 INT's.

Chauncey had 33 carries for 100 yards and 2 TD's.

Vidal had 4 catches for 69 yards.

Taylor Mays had 12 tackles

Chris Galippo had 9 tackles, 2 for a loss, and an INT. If Rey Rey leaves early, he will be the heir to the MLB job.

Lawrence Jackson had 7 tackles and 2 sacks.

David Buehler made 5 of 5 FG's and 2 of 2 XP's. He was the MVP of the game!

Colt McCoy finished with 24 of 39 for 317 yards with 2 INT's.

Jamaal Charles carried it 24 times for 102 yards and 2 TD's.

Jordan Shipley had 5 catches for 73 yards.

Eaglesfan27

07-29-2007, 06:11 PM

ND and LSU offer me their jobs. Instead, I sign a 4 year extension with USC.

Final Top 10:

1. USC 13-0
2. VT 13-1
3. Oregon State 12-1
4. Boise State 12-1
5. Texas 10-3
6. Tennessee 12-2
7. Louisville 11-2
8. Hawaii 12-1
9. Missouri 12-2
10. Oklahoma 12-2.

All American Team:

QB Colt Brennan, Hawaii
HB Thomas Brown, Georgia
HB Mike Hart, Michigan
WR Dorien Bryant, Purdue
WR Jason Rivers, Hawaii
TE Gary Barnidge, Louisville
T Jared Gaither, Maryland
C Ryan Shuman, VT
G Marcel Benson, Louisville
G Greg Isdaner, WVU
T Eric Young, Tenn
DE Lawrence Jackson, USC
DE Antonio Reynolds, Tenn
DT Sedrick Ellis, USC
DT Fili Moala, USC
OLB Lerue Rumph, NC State
MLB Rey Maualuga, USC
OLB Van Alexander, Missouri
CB Torrey Stewart, TCU
CB Cary Harris, USC
FS Taylor Mays, USC
SS Kevin Ellison, USC
K Jeff Wolfert, Missouri
P Britton Colquitt, Tenn
PR Darrell Blackman, NC State

CB Terrell Thomas made the 2nd team AA.

WR Jamere Holland made the AA-Freshman team. Also, Chris Galippo made the team.

Tim Tebow won the Maxwell. Tebow completed 221 of 393 passes for 3202 yards with 34 TD's 19 INT's. He also ran it 135 times for 706 yards and 11 TD's.

Colt Brennan won the O'Brien.

Hart won the Walker with 1522 yards and 18 TD's.

Jason Rivers of Hawaii won the Best WR award. He had 101 catches for 1582 yards and 16 TD's.

Barnidge won the Best TE award. He had 57 catches for 571 yards and 10 TD's.

Young of Tennessee won the best OL.

Shuman won the Rimington.

Succop of S. Car won the Groza.

Top 5 QB's by Yardage:

1. Colt with 4653 yards 55 TD's 9 INT's.
2. Chase Holbrook, New Mexico State wth 4440 yards with 31 TD's 21 INT's.
3. Graham Harell, Texas Tech with 4194 yards 38 TD's 21 INT's.
4. Brian Brohm, Louisville, with 3984 yards, 46 TD's 6 INT's.
5. Taylor Tharp, Boise State, with 3822 yards 30 TD's 12 INT's.

Top 5 Rushers:

1. Steve Slaton 1822 yards 15 TD's.
2. Hart 1522 yards 18 TD's
3. McFadden 1517 yards 12 TD's.
4. Thomas Brown 1463 yards 14 TD's.
5. Dantrell Savage, Ok State, 1414 yards and 16 TD's.

Stafon had 1218 yards and 11 TD's before going down with his injury.

Top Rushing QB's:

1. Troy Goss, Navy 189 carries for 1015 yards and 10 TD's.
2. Colt McCoy, Texas 158 carries for 745 yards and 6 TD's.
3. Tim Tebow, Florida 135 carries for 705 yards and 11 TD's.
4. Chase Daniel, Missouri 133 carries for 638 yards and 6 TD's.
5. Shaun Carey, Air Force, 131 carries for 621 yards and 3 Td's.

USC Stat Leaders:

Booty 186 of 284 for 2492 yards with 18 TD's 13 INT's.

Stafon with 212 carries for 1218 yards and 11 TD's.

Vidal Hazelton 52 catches for 913 yards and 8 TD's.

Rey Maualuga 112 tackles.

Lawrence Jackson 13 sacks.

Cary Harris 9 picks.

Our offense finished the year ranked 22nd. Our pass was ranked 49th. Our running offense was ranked 17th.

Our defense finished 35th. Our pass defense finished 55th. Our run defense was 14th. Points allowed was 14th. Interceptions were 2nd. Florida was the only team to get more. We had 33 picks as a team. Florida had 36.

Our turnover differential of plus 15 was 8th in the nation.

Eaglesfan27

07-29-2007, 07:35 PM

Now onto the offseason:

Cary Harris, Fili Moala, Rey Maualuga, and Kevin Ellison all decide to leave early for the draft. Unlike previous versions, it doesn't show me how much they are leaning towards staying or going. I let them all go without trying to persuade them.

Emmanuel Moody wants to transfer to UNLV, I don't try to convince him to stay either. It will be a great battle between Stafon, Joe McKnight, and our new #1 HB recruit for the starting job.

Lots of talent graduating:

Booty, Sam Baker, backup TE Thompson, HB Desmond Reed, Terrell Thomas, Sedrick Ellis, Chris Barrett, Chauncey Washington, Herschel Dennis, Lawrence Jackson, Alex Morrow, Drew Radovich, Matt Spanos, Thomas Williams, Keith Rivers, Alatini Malu, Fred Davis. Lots of starters in that group and all of our impact players are gone.

No one has requested to transfer here this year.

Time to hit the recruiting trail!

We miss out on several G's that I wanted in the first week, but we do get 2 DE's, a CB, a TE, a DT, an OLB, and an athlete that could play a variety of positions in the 1st week.

We also lost a good WR to Boise State!

We lost a good DT who stayed in Wisconsin to play for Wisconsin.

Jason Clark is the athlete. He is 6'3 198 from Campbell, Ca. He is a 4 star athlete ranked 240th overall. He was a QB in highschool, but I'm not sure where we'll use him yet. He has a strong arm and good but not great mobility.

Our DT is Thomas Harris from King of Prussia, PA He is 6'3 280. He is a 4 star player who is ranked 143rd overall. He should be a solid tackler right away. He is very strong.

Jamaal Miller is a OLB who is 6'1 225. He has superior speed. He is a 4 star who is ranked 110th overall. He is from Affton, MO.

Terrance Franklin is a 4 star TE from Placentia, CA. He is 6'3 250. He has good speed for his size and decent hands. He is a work in progress as far as blocking. He is ranked 51st overall.

Damien Swain is a 4 star DE we stole from Texas. He is from Bridge City, Tx. He is ranked 44th overall. He is a bit light at 6'4 236 but he has good speed and awareness.

Bryan Richardson is the 3rd DE to commit to us this year, but he is the best. He is from Bryan, TX. He is 6'3 240 and is a 5 star athlete. He was ranked 22nd overall. He has great strength for his size and is a good tackler.

Kyle Newton is a 6'1 180 pound CB from Frostproof, FL. He is a 4 star athlete who was ranked 65th overall. He has top flight speed and will be a likely starter next year or at least a NB. He's better at zone coverage.

In our 2nd week of recruiting:

We lose out on a ton of recruits who we went after late. However, we get 2 new signees:

Ed Keyes is an OLB from Guymon Oklahoma. He is a 4 star recruit who is ranked 238 overall. He is 6'2 232. He is fast and is a sure tackler.

We also get Dusty Hawthorne, a 4 star HB from Woodland, CA. He is 5'11 205. He is a very fast player with tremendous acceleration and agility.

In week 3:

We lose out on 4 more guys we came to late, but we get 2 that we went after late.

Michael McMahan is a 4 star athlete ranked 133 overall who is 6'4 207. He could play either WR or CB for us.

John Coley is a 6'0 200 pound 3 star athlete ranked 527 overall. He is from Belton, Tx. He was a QB in HS but will probably play somewhere on the defense for us.

In week 4:

A FB that we went after late decided to go ahead and sign with Bowling Green.

In week 5, we get 3 more recruits:

Anthony Schroeder is very much a need signing. We needed another G on the roster. He is 6'3 285 and is a 3 star athlete who is ranked 630th overall. He is from Turlock, CA. His best areas are run blocking and strength.

We needed backup MLB and 2 chose to sign at the same time.

Matt Moore is a 6'3 215 pound MLb from Flower Mound, TX. He is a surprisingly good tackler for his size. However, I doubt he will ever see the field due to other weaknesses. A likely redshirt this year.

Kyle Thomas is from Vidalia, GA. He is 6'0 240 and is a 3 star MLB. He was ranked 661 overall. He has very good speed for his size and is highly intelligent. He'll probably play some this year.

That wraps up the class. We never got a FB, which we needed. However, one of the athletes will probably slide into that role.

We also missed out on a 2nd DT which we needed, but one of the DE's might slide into that position.

Otherwise, I'm happy with this class.

We are the #1 recruiting class with 5 5-star players, 9 4-star players, and 4 3-star players.

2. Texas 2 5-star, 10-4 stars, 9 3-stars, and 2 2-stars.

3. Florida State: 2, 9, 9, 4, and 1.

4. LSU: 3, 8, 8, 1, 2.

5. Tennessee 2,10, 7, 2, 0.

6. UCLA 0, 12, 9, 0, 0.

7. Oklahoma 1, 10, 6, 3, 1.

8. Georgia: 1, 9, 6, 6, 0.

9. Ohio State: 2, 7, 7, 0, 1.

10. Texas A&M 1, 6, 7, 9, 0.

Eaglesfan27

07-31-2007, 08:42 PM

After a fun game of MP NCAA with BigDPW, I get to start my season since my wife isn't feeling well and went to bed early.

Here is a look at our depth chart (I redshirted several star recruits including our young QB):

QB: Mark Sanchez (92), Aaron Crop (85 - mobile), John Coley (the athlete couldn't play anywhere else - 71)

HB: Johnson (94), Gable (91), McKnight (87), Tyler (85)

FB: Coleman (88), Jason Clark (70)

WR: Hazelton (91), Turner (91), Ausberry (88), Holland (87 - could take over the #3 spot soon, has the best speed of the 4), Patterson (86), Roland Johnson (84)

TE: Jimmy Miller (89), Anthony McCoy (84), Rhett Ellison (76)

LT: Charles Brown (88), Andre Andrews (79), Schroeder (66)

LG: Martin Coleman (79), Anthony Schroeder (74)

C: Jeff Byers (95), Keith O'Dowd (88 - maybe I should start him at G, I will do so if Coleman struggles)

RG: Chilo Rachal (92), Zach Heberer (85)

RT: Thomas Herring (89), Butch Lewis (81)

LE: Everson Griffen (84, but great speed), Michael Reardon (81), Bryson Richardson (78)

RE: Kyle Moore (91), Gerald Washington (87)

DT: DaJohn Harris (83), Lawrence Miles (80), Thomas Harris (True Freshman 76)

LOLB: Brian Cushing (96), Malcolm Smith (83)

MLB: Chris Galippo (88), Luther Brown (88), Matt Moore (65)

ROLB: Kaluka Maiava (89), Jordan Maiava (83)

CB: Mozique McCurtis (88 - GREAT hands), Kevin thomas (87), Josh Pinkard (backup safety is 86 at CB), Shareece Wright (84), Kyle Newton (78 as true freshman)

FS: Taylor Mays (97 with 95 speed), Josh Pinkard (97)

SS: Will Harris (90), Pinkard (83), Marshall Jones (82)

K: David Buehler (72 - He is a senior and the top 2 kickers in the nation aren't interested in us for next year. I'm going to try to change their mind.)

P: Greg Woidneck (76 - same situation)

KR: Holland and McKnight

PR: Holland, McKnight. Roland Johnson.

Schedule is an A- for strength.

Week 1: Memphis

week 3: at #22 Purdue

Week 4: #20 Cal

Week 5: at Arizona

Week 6: at Wash St.

week 7: Washington

Week 8: Arizona State

Week 10: At #9 Oregon State

Week 11: At Stanford

Week 12: Oregon

Week 13: ND

Week 14: at #15 UCLA

Eaglesfan27

07-31-2007, 08:47 PM

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Ohio State's Defense is widely considered the best in the nation.

Texas' HB Charles is being touted for the Heisman.

We are pre-season #1 despite losing so many starters.

Preseason Top 5:

1. USC (off A+, Def A-, Special Teams A)
2. VT (B+, B, B+)
3. Michigan (B+, A-, A-)
4. Texas (A+, A-, A)
5. Oklahoma (A+, B+, A-)

For the first game, I'm trying an experiment in lowering knockdown slider to 50 for both sides. I'm not sure that is important for lowering INT's anymore.)

Eaglesfan27

07-31-2007, 10:09 PM

McKnight with a bad start to his career as he fumbles on his 1st carry which was inside their 20. They recover.

Galippo with a pick on their 2nd play to get it right back for us.

Stafon ends the short drive with a 3 yard TD run. 7-0.

Mays crushes their receiver across the middle forcing a fumble and then picks it up himself! Darn, it is reversed and called an incompletion. They have to punt.

Memphis has the worst defense we've played and we are making them pay. After a few solid runs, a PA pass results in a catch of 32 yards which Hazelton breaks into a 40 yard TD play. 14-0.

Their offense isn't good and we force a 3 and out.

McKnight's 2nd touch is much better as he breaks off a 14 yard TD run! 21-0.

Under pressure, their QB throws another pick, this time to Pinkard.

Sanchez is showing great mobility against this defense and it is helping him pick the defense apart. TD pass to Coleman. 28-0.

End of 1: 28-0.

Everson Griffen disrupts the option and forces a fumble! We recover!

Sanchez to Vidal for a 19 yard TD! 35-0.

Sanchez throws a pick on our next drive (supersim)

Their QB throws a pick to our DE on their next drive (also supersim.)

We end this drive with a TD to Turner. 42-0. 1:55 to go in the half.

I throw a pick towards the end of the half. It's 42-0 at the half.

Early in the 3rd, Everson gets his first sack of the day!

The announcers are talking about how he is going to develop into a superstar in the future!

Sanchez with a PA pass that finds Vidal in stride! TD! 49-0 early in the 3rd.

They miss a 41 yard FG to end an otherwise nice drive.

I put Stafon in the slot for a play and he makes the nickelback look silly with a move that springs him for a 48 yard TD! 56-0.

That was Sanchez's 6th passing TD which ties a school record.

Holland with another excellent punt return to set up another short field.

With the game in hand, we bring in our 2nd team offense.

They respond well and when Gable is tired, McKnight gets it and on his 3rd touch, he runs it 15 yards for a TD!! 63-0.

Corp with a 70 yard TD pass to Ausberry in the 4th quarter supersim. 70-0.

Our kicker misses a 26 yard FG wide left with 1:23 to go.

Game over. 70-0 win. Too bad there were no recruits here this 1st week of the season.

Key Stats:

Sanchez 21 of 27 for 367 yards with 6 TD's 2 INT's.

Corp 3 of 5 for 87 yards 1 TD 1 INT.

Stafon 22 carries for 75 yards and a TD. Our offensive line isn't nearly as good at run blocking as it was last year.

Gable 9 carries for 58 yards.

Sanchez (more mobile than Booty) 7 carries for 42 yards.

McKnight 5 carries for 35 yards and 2 TD's. 1 fumble.

Vidal Hazelton 8 catches for 164 yards and 3 TD's.

Galippo 11 tackles 1 INT.

Lawrence Miles: 9 tackles, 5 for a loss, 1 sack.

Everson Griffen, 5 tackles, 2 for a loss, 1 sack.

Holland 7 punt returns for 128 yards.

Memphis:

Will Hudgens: 18 of 32 for 208 yards with 3 INT's (1 during supersim)

TJ Pitts: 27 carries for 38 yards.

Duke Calhoun (their impact receiver) 7 catches for 114 yards.

Unlike Booty who was frequently sacked, Sanchez wasn't sacked at all this game.

Eaglesfan27

08-03-2007, 08:09 PM

We have a much bigger talent advantage than I expected against Purdue this week. This should be another easy win:

On his first throw of the game, Sanchez throws a pick on an out route that they jump.

Purdue's 1st pass is a floater as the QB is hit just as he is throwing it. Thomas picks it off, gets good blocking, breaks a tackle, and takes it the distance 82 yards for a TD! 7-0.

On 3rd and 9, Wright picks off the QB's 3rd throw of the game and takes the interception 57 yards for a TD. 14-0.

This is getting ugly quick as their QB throws a 3rd pick on their next series as he tries to go deep. Taylor Mays picks it off and returns it 22 yards to their 32.

They stuff us on 3rd and 1. A 42 yard FG makes it 17-0.

This one is a crazy game. Their QB has lost all confidence and is playing horrible. He throws his 4th pick on his 7th pass, this time to Cushing who also takes it the distance (it was an interception in the flat.) 24-0.

Purdue with a great drive that mixes in the pass and run well. The QB is 4 for 6 and ends it with a TD pass. 24-8 after a pass for 2.

Sanchez throws a pick in the flat! They return it to our 14. Our defense is tired..

End of 1: 24-8, we are up, but they are inside the 10..

Everson Griffen with a sack on 3rd down! Short FG makes it 24-11.

We strike quickly with 3 passes and then a TD run from 7 yards out to make it 31-11.

We force a 3 and out.

During supersim, Sanchez throws his 3rd pick of the day.

After stopping them, we put together another TD drive covering 72 yards in 7 plays. 2 yard TD by Stafon makes it 38-11.

Stafon with a 9 yard TD run to end our next drive. 45-11!

They put together a nice drive, but we get our 5th pick of their QB.

The very next play, Sanchez tries to throw deep, but doesn't get enough on it. They pick him off for the 4th time!

They settle for a FG 45-14. We try to get into FG range, but we can't do it before time runs out.

Halftime: 45-14.

Our first drive ends in a TD pass to Jimmy Williams, our TE. 52-14.

Sanchez finds Vidal with a PA pass for a 40 yard TD. 59-14.

A good drive ends when our SS picks it off. That is 6 against their QB today.

On 3rd and 19 on their 19, Sanchez throws his 3rd TD, this time to Stafon who dives to catch it in the back of the endzone.

Very early in the 4th, their star HB breaks two tackles and gets a 80 yard run! 66-20.

Midway through the 4th, our second team defense gets a safety on their QB. 68-20. We have both 2nd team offense and defense in the game now.

Marc Tyler breaks a 43 yard TD run on our next drive. 75-20.

Purdue still has their starters in and they put together a good drive for a TD pass to make it 75-27 with 1 minute to go.

Game over. 75-27 victory.

Key Stats:

Sanchez was 18 of 27 for 320 yards with 3 TD's 4 INT's.

Stafon ran it 21 times for 92 yards and 3 TD's.

Marc Tyler ran it 9 times for 71 yards and a TD.

Joe McKnight had 5 carries for 16 yards before he was hurt for the game.

Vidal had 5 catches for 91 yards and a TD.

Everson Griffen had constant pressure on the QB and forced a few picks. He also had 8 tackles, 6 for a loss, 3 sacks.

Shareece Wright was our only player with 2 picks.

Cushing, Mays, Will Harris, and Kevin Thomas each had 1.

Purdue's Joey Elliott completed 20 of 50 passes for 224 yards with 2 TD's 6 INT's.

Kory Sheets had 13 carries for 39 yards.

Jaycen Taylor had 8 carries for 108 yards including a 80 yard TD.

Josh Bradshaw had 2 picks for Purdue.

Sanchez still wasn't sacked, but he made some horrible throws under pressure.

Eaglesfan27

08-03-2007, 08:24 PM

Our next game is against a very good Cal team that is currently 2-0 and 14th in the nation. Their offense is spectacular. Their defense is solid. We'll have 8 of our best recruits attending the game. I'll play that tomorrow.

In other news:

ND upset Michigan 24-21.

No other notable games this week.

Eaglesfan27

08-04-2007, 09:49 AM

After stopping us on our 1st drive at midfield, Longshore and DeSean Jackson go to work..

A strong goalline stand stops them at the 2, but they go for it on 4th down... they run it in for a TD, as their HB avoids a tackle in the backfield with a nifty juke move. 7-0. 11 play 55 yard drive in which Longshore was 4 of 6.

They stop us at midfield, as they get 2 sacks on Sanchez.. then they block the punt!!! Longshore ends the drive with a 18 yard TD pass to Jackson in which he skied over my defender. 14-0.

David hits a 45 yard FG to make it 14-3 early in the 2nd quarter.

We exchange short drives and then on our next drive (after stopping them again) Stafon explodes. He gets all of the yardage either on the ground or through catchs and ends it with a 3 yard TD run. 14-10.

On our next drive, Sanchez throws a pick to their linebacker in the flat and he returns it 31 yards for a TD. 21-10.

Sanchez throws his 2nd pick on our next drive when he attempts to go deep and their safety gets there in time and makes a great play.

DeSean Jackson bobbles the ball as he is hit and McCurtis picks it off! That wasn't Longshore's fault.

After a few runs and a few short passes, Sanchez hits Turner on an out that turns into a 14 yard TD! 21-17.

Holland hurt his elbow on the last series and is out for a bit, so McKnight returns the punt with 14 seconds left and he shows some dazzling moves to get to the 47. 7 seconds left. We can't get into FG range and the Hail Mary is knocked down.

Down 21-17 at the half.

We stop them on their first drive. On our first drive, David misses a 44 yard FG wide right.

We force a 3 and out. Holland has a brilliant punt return, juking 2 men, until he fumbles when he fails to juke the 3rd man. They recover.

Longshore with another nice TD pass to Jackson, this time for 28 yards on a fly pattern. 28-17.

They force a 3 and out thanks to another big sack, and we are in trouble...

Galippo with an amazing leap to pick off an underneath pass. He returns it 24 yards before Jackson tracks him down. We are at their 18.

2 plays later, McKnight runs it in from the 2 for a TD. 28-24.

Their next drive, Longshore is 3 of 4 and they finish it with a 1 yard TD run. 35-24.

We have to settle for a 41 yard FG to make it 35-27. Only 4 minutes to go..

They were trying to run out the clock and on his 7th carry of the drive, their HB fumbles and we recover!

On 4th and 10, Stafon catches it for a 1st, but he fumbles it! They recover :(

We force a 3 and out and they pass on 3rd down, saving us our last timeout.

Holland has some great blocking on the right... he then cuts back across the field to the left and he has a seam!!! He returns it all the way!!! 35-33!

We fail to convert the 2 on an attempted pass :(

We fail to get the onside kick. On 3rd and 14, they manage to pass for a 1st :( That is the ball game.

They take a knee twice and the game is over. I hope this doesn't turn off the recruits, and hopefully the loss is early enough in the year that we can claw back into the National Championship Picture.

Key Stats:

Sanchez 18 of 37 for 253 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's. Their defense was very good and had constant pressure on Sanchez. 5 sacks.

Stafon 27 carries for 103 yards and a TD.

McKnight 2 carries for 5 yards and a TD.

Vidal 6 catches for 80 yards.

Galippo had 14 tackles, 4 for a loss, 1 interception.

Longshore was 24 of 38 for 275 yards with 2 TD's 2 INT's.

Jahvid Best had 30 carries for 94 yards and 2 TD's.

DeSean Jackson had 8 catches for 127 yards and 2 TD's.

Phillip Mbakogu had 2 sacks and a forced fumble.

Eaglesfan27

08-04-2007, 10:01 AM

That ends a long home winning streak. The loss drops us to #9 in both polls. Cal rises to #8 in the polls.

Most of the recruits are not very happy with their visit :(

But, most of them still have us #1 on their list.

Texas becomes #1 in both polls.

Ohio State has a big game against Penn State this week. Both teams are currently undefeated.

Ditto for Texas Tech and Oklahoma (currently #2 in the polls.)

Time for us to crush Arizona, and hopefully regain some ground in the polls.

Eaglesfan27

08-04-2007, 11:10 AM

Sanchez with a pick on 3rd and 11 on our 1st drive. Sanchez with some bad throws this year.

Our defense forces a 3 and out.

Sanchez is 4 of 4 on our next drive, but Stafon is the star. He ends it with a 4 yard TD run. 7-0.

Arizona responds with a nice drive that ends in a 3 yard TD run. 7-7. That was a 13 play 64 yard drive that just ate up half of a quarter.

During Supersim, they return a punt for a TD. 14-7.

With 3:30 left, we kick a 29 yard FG to make it 14-10.

Their kicker horribly shanks a punt and we start on their 26.

With 8 seconds left, Sanchez hits Vidal in stride for a 12 yard TD pass. 17-14.

Halftime: Up 17-14.

We force a 3 and out to start the half.

Sanchez hits Holland with a quick flat route, he gets a block to spring him, and uses his speed to burst down the sideline for a 42 yard TD. We'll be using more 4 WR sets the rest of this year after that loss to Cal. NO! The booth determines that he stepped out of bounds on the 11 while being chased!

Next play is a 11 yard TD pass to Turner on a simple curl. 24-14.

Galippo intercepts a little underneath pass. Stafon is running it well out of the 4 WR set as well.. He runs it from the 4 WR set on a little toss to the left for a 7 yard TD! 31-14.

They put together a very nice 13 play 66 yard drive, but we stop them at the 12. FG makes it 31-17.

We make it 34-17 early in the 4th with a 30 yard FG.

Our next drive, Stafon breaks one up the middle on his first carry. 50 yard TD! 41-17.

A late FG gives us a 44-17 win. Nice bounce back from last week.

Key Stats:

Sanchez: 22 of 33 for 294 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT.

Stafon: 29 carries for 158 yards and 3 TD's.

McKnight: 7 carries for 25 yards.

Turner: 4 catches for 58 yards and a TD.

DaJohn Harris (DT): 9 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Tuitama: 12 of 29 for 171 yards with 1 INT.

Xavier Smith: 14 carries for 47 yards and a TD.

Glyndon Bolasky: 11 carries for 35 yards.

Kaniela Tuitupola had 7 tackles and 3 sacks from the DT spot.

Eaglesfan27

08-04-2007, 11:29 AM

That win moved us up to #8 in both polls.

Even without Colt, Hawaii keeps winning. They beat undefeated Boise State 24-13. They are #13 in the polls.

Ohio State was upset by Penn State 27-24 in OT. Penn State advances to 3-0 and 18th in the polls.

Duke almost upset VT. VT won 28-24 on a late TD by Bell.

Auburn advances to 5-0, but aren't getting much respect in the polls. In fact, they aren't in the top 25... does this game have disciplinary action.. I don't think it does. I'm not sure why they aren't ranked unless their schedule is just very bad right now.

Ryan Perrilloux is finally the QB of LSU and he is currently garnering a lot of Heisman hype.

WOW! I've never had that happen before... I just decided to offer a scholarship to a recruit from Texas and before I could even talk to him, he committed on the spot!

Tony Watson is a 4 star athlete who will most likely play corner or WR. He is ranked 210th overall. He is from Lake Jackson, TX. He has excellent speed and is a solid man coverage guy.

Another player just did it too!

Kevin Lewis is a 6'1 185 pound SS from Highland Park, IL who committed on the spot after I offered. He is a 4 star player who is ranked 154 in the nation. He has very good speed for a safety and is a decent zone coverage player.

Next up is a game at Washington State. Their defense is rated poorly, and I expect a big game from Sanchez and the offense.

Eaglesfan27

08-04-2007, 01:04 PM

The first play of the game, the QB is under pressure and he finally throws a pass towards the HB that Cushing picks off and runs in 28 yards for a TD. 7-0.

On the kickoff, we get their returner in a pile and force a fumble! Thomas recovers for us.

3 plays later, Sanchez to Turner for a 12 yard TD! 14-0.

We stop them on 3rd and 1 and force a quick punt.

1st play of the drive, Stafon with a sick stop and jitter move to break a defender's ankle and he has a 61 yard TD run! 21-0. Here is the run (I like this play so much, I recorded 2 different camera angles):

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They fumble the kickoff, but they recover this time.

They go for it on 4th and 2 on our 35, but we stuff the run.

A 3 man blitz forces a bad throw from the QB and Cushing picks it off, gets great blocking to run it back 52 yards for a TD. 28-0, still in the 1st quarter.

On 3rd and 12, the QB throws up a bad pass on their next drive. Pinkard picks it off.

1st play is a PA pass to Holland for a 16 yard TD. 35-0.

A defensive pass interference negates our 4th pick which was in the endzone. They are now on our 2.

A goal line stand ends with a pick thrown on 3rd and goal from the 7!

Stafon hurts his ankle and will miss the rest of the game.

McKnight fumbles on our next drive and we lose possession.

We end the half with another FG to make it 41-0.

Sanchez with a perfect lob deep for Vidal who gets it over his man. 50 yard TD! 48-0.

Late in the 3rd Washington finally gets on the board with a 2 yard TD to end a 8 play 51 yard drive. 48-7.

Aaron Corp to Holland for a 11 yard TD (on 3rd down) towards the end of the 4th. 55-7.

A garbage time TD against our 2nd team defense makes it 55-13.

55-13 is the final score.

Key Stats:

Sanchez 20 of 28 for 250 yards with 3 TD's 0 INT's. He was sacked 2 times.

Stafon 9 carries for 93 yards. McKnight 21 carries for 52 yards. I'm going back to Gable as the number 2 back. McKnight isn't very good inside at this point.

Holland 8 catches for 76 yards and 2 TD's. Maybe he should have been in my 3 WR sets all of this time. His speed makes a huge difference.

Cushing 8 tackles, 1 for a loss, 2 interceptions.

Gary Rogers: 13 of 30 for 155 yards with 4 INT's.

Ian Bell 25 carries for 146 yards and 2 TD's.

Eaglesfan27

08-04-2007, 01:26 PM

Ole Miss upset Florida 38-13 and drops Florida down from #6 in the polls to 15.

Texas beat Oklahoma 17-16 to remain #1. Oklahoma dropped from #2 in the polls to #5.

Clemson is 6-0 after a convincing win over Virginia 45-10.

UCLA suffered their first loss of the year to Stanford in a 7-3 game.

Colorado gave Oklahoma State their first loss of the year, with a 24-7 game.

Texas lost one of their defensive captains due to a severe arm fracture. Roddrick Muckelroy, an OLB, will miss the rest of the regular season and possibly the bowl game.

BYU 14

08-04-2007, 01:44 PM

Sick run by Stafon! What are your sliders currently for INT and knockdowns?

Eaglesfan27

08-04-2007, 06:18 PM

I've gone back to 0 for interceptions and 90 for knockdowns. At 100, I think the defenders get to a few too many balls, but any lower and I think the interceptions tend to get out of control. I've also knocked defensive awareness down to 25 for both sides. I would go lower to reduce interceptions, but I think too many big plays happen at any lower setting.

DeToxRox

08-04-2007, 06:26 PM

Finished my second year with Arizona .. USC won the National title pretty much dominating every game (Closest game was by 14 over Cal) They lambasted Texas A&M in the title game 49-0 lol. So absurd.

Eaglesfan27

08-05-2007, 12:09 PM

Today, we play a 0-5 Washington team that is lacking talent. Should be an easy win. We have a lot of important recruits visiting, so I'll be trying to lay it on thick.

I never should have demoted Gable. He runs with such nice power. He finishes off a 9 play 62 yard drive with a 1 yard TD. 7-0. 5 runs and 4 passes on the drive. Sanchez was 3 of 4 including a nice 12 yard pass to Holland on 3rd and 11.

Will Harris picks off a 3rd down pass and gets excellent blocking to return it 28 yards for a TD. 14-0.

Their QB is wildly inaccurate and they go 3 and out.

Holland (98 speed) with one of the most beautiful punt returns for a TD that I've ever seen!! Here it is:

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They use the running game to take pressure off and the QB starts hitting short passes. A very nice drive only ends when we make a goal line stand and stop them on 3rd and goal from the 2. They kick the short FG. 21-3.

Stafon with another nice run (he's been getting 10-12 yarders so far) breaks two tackles and runs it 62 yards for a TD! 28-3. Here is the play:

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Their WR drops it on 3rd down and we force a 3 and out.

During the supersim in the 2nd quarter, Sanchez throws a pick to their DT.

Midway through the 2nd, we kick a FG to make it 31-3.

Towards the end of the half, a perfect drive with 7 plays on the ground and 4 passes ends with a 8 yard TD pass to Holland. 38-3.

Pinkard intercepts a deep pass with 3 seconds left in the half.

Halftime: 38-3 lead.

Early in the 3rd, their QB throws while Everson is hitting him.. it's a lame duck that Galippo picks off.

A 47 yard FG by David (barely made it) makes it 41-3.

McCurtis picks off a deep pass. Their QB might be one of the most inaccurate I've played against yet.

Gable finishes off another drive after Stafon is too tired to stay on the field. 47-3 as David shanks the XP. Gable with a 6 yard TD run.

Sanchez tries to go deep, but the safety picks it off. That will teach me about trying to run up the score.. oh well. End of 3, we are up 47-3 and I'll be bringing in the 2nd team offense and defense soon.

Early in the 4th, a 23 yard FG makes it 50-3.

Our 5th CB Newton picks off a pass has some excellent moves to beat 1 possible tackler and runs it down the sideline 72 yards for a TD. 57-3.

57-3 win. Their QB was horrible, but that was by far our best defensive performance overall.

Key Stats:

Sanchez: 14 of 26 for 182 yards 1 TD 2 INT's. 1 sack.

Stafon: 27 carries for 168 yards and 1 TD.

Gable: 11 caries for 38 yards and 2 TD's.

Tyler: 3 carries for 17 yards.

Holland: 6 catches for 55 yards and a TD.

Kaluka Maiava: 12 tackles, 2 for a loss.

5 different players had 1 INT.

Holland: 7 punt returns for 125 yards and a TD. 70 yard return on the TD.

Jake Locker: 10 of 35 for 146 yards with 5 INT's.

JR Hasty: 26 carries for 54 yards.

Eaglesfan27

08-05-2007, 12:19 PM

Auburn is 7-0, but for whatever reason has just cracked the top 25. They are 23rd in the polls.

Nebraska is now 7-0. They are #11 in the polls.

Texas barely beat Missouri 28-27. Texas is 6-0 and #1 in the polls.

Missouri is now 5-2 and 16th in the polls.

Top 5 in the polls:

1. Texas (37) 6-0
2. Louisville (23) 6-0
3. VT 5-1
4. Oklahoma 6-1
5. USC 5-1

Hawaii is 7th with a 6-0 record and Iowa is 8th with a 6-0 record.

Stafon is starting to get some Heisman hype.

Our next game is hosting a very good offensive team in Arizona State who are 5-0. However, their defense is poor and we should be able to score a lot of points.

Eaglesfan27

08-05-2007, 01:42 PM

We drive down the field, but their cornerback picks off an underthrown ball in the red zone.

Rudy Carpenter with some nice throws, but we stop them on the 24. They miss a 41 yard FG attempt, wide left.

Their WR's are making some amazing catches across the middle.. my safeties are drilling them and most teams drop it when that happens, but not these guys.

Early in the 2nd quarter, they end a long drive of 15 plays and 66 yards with a 3 yard run for a TD on 3rd and goal after I stuffed the run on 1st and 2nd downs from the 2. 7-0, Arizona State.

We respond on our 2nd drive (they have been controlling time of possession) with a 6 play 72 yard drive that ends with a 7 yard run by Stafon for a TD. The big play of the drive was a 27 yard pass to Ausberry. 7-7.

After shutting them down, we have a 11 play 72 yard drive in which we converted 4th and 1 and a 4th and 2. The drive ends with a 19 yard TD pass to Turner. 14-7.

Sanchez with another pick under pressure. That ends a promising drive.

They put together a 10 play 52 yard drive that ends in a 30 yard FG. 14-10. 29 seconds left in the half.

Rough 1st half for Sanchez, but we are up 14-10.

We stop them on 4th and 1 on our 40.

Stafon is untouched on a 4 yard TD run. 21-10. We had 5 pass plays and 4 run plays that drive. The key play was a 8 yard pass to Holland on 3rd and 6.

Pinkard gets a jump on a slant and picks it off. We mostly run it, but the drive ends with a 5 yard TD pass to Coleman, our FB. 28-10.

Stafon with 2 big catches on our next drive, including a little pass to the flat that he cut towards the middle and turned into a 35 yard gain. Sanchez to Stafon for a 8 yard TD pass to make it 35-10.

McCurtis makes a nice break on an out pattern and picks it off.

Hazelton catches an out, shakes a tackle, and makes it into a 34 yard gain.

End of 3: 35-10 lead.

Turner bobbles a pass on the goalline and the corner plucks it out of his hands for a pick.

We tackle the WR in the endzone on the next play for a safety. 37-10.

A long FG makes it 40-10.

I bring in the backups. On our next drive in Supersim, Corp throws a pick to their MLB.

They get a safety on us on our next drive in supersim. 40-12.

NO! Hollland playing at WR as a 2nd teamer gets crushed across the middle and suffers a broken clavicle. He is done for the year. :(

Ausberry is playing corner because our secondary is exhausted and he picks off a pass!

Corp runs it in from the 1 on our next drive. 47-12. 1 minute to go.

Game over. 47-12 win as our defense did much better than I expected against a solid offense.

Sanchez was 20 of 31 for 310 yards with 3 TD's 3 INT's.

Corp was 1 of 4 for 32 yards with an INT.

Stafon had 24 carries for 132 yards and 2 TD's.

Gable had 12 carries for 38 yards.

Stafon had 6 catches for 80 yards and a TD.

Patrick Turner had 5 catches for 96 yards and a TD.

Galippo had 12 tackles, 2 for a loss.

DE Kyle Moore had 7 tackles, 6 for a loss.

Everson Griffen had 7 tackles, 1 sack.

Ausberry, McCurtis, and Pinkard each had a pick.

Carpenter was 15 of 30 for 170 yards with 3 INT's.

Keegan Herring had 24 carries for 118 yards and a TD. He also had 4 catches for 34 yards.

Eaglesfan27

08-11-2007, 09:42 AM

Ok, time for what I hope is my final slider change. Jistic, on OS, is one of the best at making sliders in my opinion. He is going with default everything for offense and defense except for knockdowns at 85 and ints at 0 on AA. That is what I'm doing as well for now on. Hopefully, the interceptions won't get crazy. I'm keeping my special team sliders to make kicking long FG's more challenging.

News from around the country:

Texas beats Texas Tech 49-28 to advance to 7-0.

Iowa and Ohio State will be playing in a huge game this week.

Hawaii is 7-0 behind their new QB. Their only challenging game left is at Clemson.

We have a bye this week.

After the bye week, Ohio State destroys Iowa 28-0 to end Iowa's undefeated season.

Florida State has is upset by Maryland 28-7. That loss drops Florida State way down in the polls.

Tennessee is 3-5 after a loss to Alabama.

Clemson beats Georgia Tech 45-31 to remain undefeated (8-0.)

Oklahoma State upsets Oklahoma 31-28. Oklahoma drops from 4th to 9th in the polls.

Top 5 poll now:

1. Texas 8-0
2. Louisville 8-0
3. VT 7-1
4. USC 6-1
5. Hawaii 8-0.

In recruiting, we lose out on on the top kicker in the nation despite going after him with everything we had. He is from Texas, but he chose Michigan over Texas and USC.

Next up is a game at 4-3 Oregon State. Their offense is decent this year, but their defense is terrible. This should be a blowout.

Eaglesfan27

08-11-2007, 11:12 AM

It's a downpour and it's only 35 degrees today. Not a game that favors our offense..

Terrell Thomas picks off an out on the 2nd play of the game. Very nice play.

6 play 47 yard drive ends with a 1 yard Stafon TD run! 7-0.

On 3rd and 9, their QB throws a pick to Pinkard across the middle. Hmmm, 2 early interceptions, but their QB is poorly rated..

Defensive pass interference saves Sanchez an INT in the endzone.

The next play our FB, Coleman, runs it in from the 2. 14-0.

We force a 3 and out, but they quickly force us to punt as well.

Kyle forces their HB to fumble and Galippo recovers.

Their safety picks off a long pass attempt.

McCurtis with a pick to get our 3rd one of the day in the 1st quarter. This was on 3rd and 8 when they tried a corner route.

Due to injuries, when we go to our 5 WR set, McCurtis is on the field... he catches a TD on 2nd and goal from the 8! 21-0.

On my next drive, Sanchez throws a pick to their MLB on a slant.

We quickly force them to punt. Our next drive ends with a 12 yard TD pass to Coleman. 28-0. We covered 78 yards in 8 plays.

Our defense is really dominating the way I expected them to. We force another quick punt after 5 plays.

Our next drive ends with a 2u yard TD pass to Ausberry who is in the slot on a deep cross. 35-0. Sanchez threw it well to sneak between the 2 safeties.

David hits the ball perfectly and barely makes a 49 yard FG. 38-0.

Our next drive, Sanchez throws his 4th TD of the day - this one to Vidal on a 12 yard out. 45-0. 10 play 72 yard drive that was mostly running plays.

We recover their 2 fumble of the day to get the all back on their 45. The next play Stafon fumbles it and they recover. Our defense forces a 3 and out as we are locking down their receivers.

Stafon catches a screen on our first play, has perfect blocking, jukes the one lone corner that was out there unblocked and takes it down the sideline for a 81 yard TD! 52-0.

They put togeter a good drive with a 25 yard pass to their TE and a 23 yard pass to their HB, but the QB throws a pick inside the redzone to Kaluka Maiava.

With a 52-0 lead at the end of the 3rd, we bring in our 2nd team offense.

First play, Gable has an amazing run with just a perfect cutback! 67 yard TD to make it 59-0. Here is a look at this run:

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They put together a very nice drive (against a tired defense since we scored so quickly) which ends in a 1 yard TD pass to the FB. 59-7 and I put out my 2nd team defense now.

Despite being down by 50 in the 4th, they go for an onside kick which Vidal recovers and runs back for 14 yards.

Due to injuries and having my starters out, Shareece Wright plays WR and catches a 9 yard pass on 3rd and 7.

Marc Tyler is bulldozing their defenders on some of his runs, Gable ends the 11 play, 36 yard drive (10 runs) with a 5 yard TD run. 66-7.

Their backup QB comes in late and throws to their backup WR for a 64 yard TD! 66-14.

Key Stats:

Sanchez: 24 of 30 for 372 yards with 5 TD's 2 INT's. He was sacked 3 times.

Stafon: 19 carries for 81 yards and a TD.

Gable: 12 carries for 131 yards and 2 TD's.

Tyler: 3 carries for 19 yards.

Stafon: 5 catches for 121 yards and a TD.

TE Miller: 5 catches for 59 yards.

Vidal: 4 catches for 40 yards and a TD.

Turner: 4 catches for 61 yards.

DE Kyle Moore: 11 tackles, 5 for a loss, 1 sack.

Sean Canfield: 13 of 24 for 214 yards with 1 TD 4 INT's.

Micah Strickland: 29 carries for 74 yards.

All-American TE Gabe Miller: 3 catches for 70 yards.

OLB Isaiah Cook: 8 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT.

Eaglesfan27

08-11-2007, 11:20 AM

We lose out on 2 more highly prized recruits as a 5 star athlete from Texas chooses Florida over USC and Texas.

Also, we lose a 4 star DT that we wanted who is from Michigan when he chooses Clemson over USC and Nebraska.

In good news, we have the #1 QB in the nation drooling over us. We also have a couple of top CB's that are almost ready to commit.

In other news:

Hawaii continues to roll opponents. They beat Nevada 42-13. Of course, only Boise State has a winning record and tey only won that game 24-13.

Nebraska is now 10-0 and 4th in the polls. We are ahead of them at #3 in the polls.

Nebraska's QB Ganz is being touted for the Heisman. Stafon is also in the mix.

This week we play a 5-3 Stanford team that has a better offense than Oregon State but a worse defense. Should be interesting.

Eaglesfan27

08-11-2007, 12:45 PM

A 13 play 64 yard drive ends when Sanchez finds Miller for a TD on 3rd and goal from the 4. 7-0.

Galippo picks off a slant pass at midfield. Before that, their QB was working us.

They stop us on that drive, but our next drive is a 14 play 72 yard drive that ends with a 9 yard TD pass to Vidal. 14-0.

On our next drive Stafon and Gable go down with injuries! Stafon might be back later as he only has a strained muscle, but Gable is done for the day. Still, we move the ball and David makes a 45 yard FG to make 17-0.

Time for Tyler to shine. Tyler catches a short pass on a circle route but it is the perfect place for the defense. He shakes off an arm tackle and takes it 70 yards for a TD! 24-0. Here is a look at that play:

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Cushing with an acrobatic pick while covering the HB in the flat.

At the end of the half, their OLB picks off an out pattern! He returns it 82 yards for a TD as time expires. 24-8 as they run it for 2.

We start the half with a 11 play 66 yard drive that ends with a 4 yard Tyler TD run. 31-8.

A good drive for Stanford ends when McCurtis picks it off on our 2.

Sanchez is sacked on 3rd down and fumbles it! They recover in the endzone for a TD! 31-16 after they run it in for 2.

Tyler with a good power run in which he breaks two arm tackles and runs 31 yards to the 1. 2 plays later he runs it in from the 1. 38-16.

Cushing gets called for pass interference which negates his interception.

McCurtis picks it off in the endzone to end their drive. Our defense is bending a bit but never breaking.

Early in the 4th, we make it 41-16 with a short FG.

Our next drive we get stopped on 3rd and goal from the 1. A short FG makes it 44-16.

We put in our 2nd team offense and defense on the next drive.

McKnight flies over the lines for a 1 yard TD to make it 51-16 with 2 minutes to go. That ends a 9 play 63 yard drive that was all runs.

Game over. 51-16 win.

Key Stats:

Sanchez: 25 of 37 for 310 yards with 3 TD's 1 INT.

Tyler: 26 carries for 134 yards and 2 TD's.

Stafon: 9 carries for 24 yards.

McKnight: 3 carries for 15 yards and a TD.

Vidal: 7 catches for 71 yards and a TD.

Miller: 6 catches for 47 yards and a TD.

DaJohn Harris: 5 tackles, 2 sacks.

McCurtis: 2 interceptions.

Garrett Moore: 11 of 23 for 134 yards 4 INT's.

Anthony Kimble: 21 carries for 54 yards.

Eaglesfan27

08-11-2007, 01:57 PM

Oklahoma beat Nebraska 30-24 to end Nebraska's perfect season.

Texas beat Kansas 31-21 to go 10-0 and remain #1 in both polls.

ND beat Purdue 21-14 and is now 8-2.

Top 5 Poll:

1. Texas 10-0
2. VT 9-1
3. USC 8-1
4. Hawaii 10-0.
5. Louisville 9-1 (they lost to Pittsburgh 20-14 two weeks ago)

We lost out in recruiting one of the top HB's in California, as he chose Texas over USC and UF.

However, we stole one of the top CB's in the country. He was ranked 49th overall. Tyrone Overstreet is a 4 star CB who is 6'0" 172 with 4.3 speed, great acceleration, and excellent man coverage ability. He is from Campbell, OH. He chose us over Ohio State and WVU.

We also got a solid verbal from 3 star C Rudy Russell. He is from Huntington Park, CA. He is ranked 576 overall. He is 6'2 280 and is a better run blocker than pass blocker.

This week we have 4 recruits visiting as we play a struggling Oregon tam. They are 3-6 despite having a very good offense. However, their defense is young and inexperienced. Time to put up some points again.

Eaglesfan27

08-11-2007, 03:01 PM

Oregon forces us to punt on our 1st drive, then puts together a very impresive drive which only stop at our 4. 3-0 as they hit the short FG.

Our next drive is well balanced and ends with a 5 yard TD pass to Miller. 9 play 61 yard drive in total. 7-3.

We force a 3 and out. McKnight with a good punt return sets us up at their 44.

Our next drive ends with another TD pass to our TE, Miller! This time on a PA pass for 14 yards. 14-3.

Sanchez is 5 of 5 on our next drive which covers 74 yards on 6 plays. The final play is a 12 yard TD pass to Turner. 21-3.

Oregon responds with a good drive that stalls inside our 10. The short FG makes it 21-6.

Our next drive is finished by Stafon flying over the pile. 28-6. Oregon has a minute to score. They run a very nice 2 minute offense to get into FG range and they make it 28-9.

A great first drive from us eats up clock and ends in a TD. 8 yard TD run by Stafon who carried it 7 times on this drive. 35-9. That was a 12 play 81 yard drive.

Thomas with his first pick of the day on a desperation deep pass by Oregon's QB, late in the 3rd.

6 play 61 yard drive ends with a 17 yard TD run by Stafon. 42-9 early in the 4th.

Next drive, our safety picks it off and returns it 26 yards for a TD! 49-9.

Our backups come into the game now. After forcing a 3 and out, we marchit down the field ending with a 6 yard TD run by Gable. 56-9.

Galippo recovers a fumble and it's all unraveling for them now. We settle for a FG and they respond with a nice TD drive including a 20 yard TD pass. 59-16 after that.

With 54 seconds left on their 1, I have my QB take a knee twice.

59-16 win.

Key Stats:

Sanchez: 19 of 23 for 266 yards with 3 TD's 0 INT's.

Corp: 5 of 7 for 47 yards.

Stafon: 26 carries for 93 yards with 3 TD's.

Gable: 8 carries for 42 yards and a TD.

Turner: 6 catches for 103 yards and a TD.

Vidal: 5 catches for 78 yards.

Miller: 4 catches for 45 yards and 2 TD's.

Taylor Mays: 11 tackles, 3 for a loss, 1 fumble recovery, 1 fumble forced.

Everson Griffen: 7 tackles, 3 for a loss, 2 sacks.

Cody Kempt: 17 of 25 for 252 yards with 2 INT's.

Jonathan Stewart: 30 carries for 110 yards.

Jaison Williams: 9 catches for 152 yards.

Eaglesfan27

08-11-2007, 03:23 PM

Both good and bad news on the recruiting front this week:

Donte' Porter a 6'2 166 pound JUCO CB who was ranked just below overstreet has given us a solid verbal! He is from Bell, CA and he chose us over FSU and UCLA. He isn't as good of a coverage guy as Overstreet but he is just as fast. He also is a great leaper. He is a 4 star player who is ranked 57th overall.

The #1 punter in the nation signed with us! I wish we could have gotten the kicker as well, but maybe this punter can kick FG's? Chase Hardy is 6'1 191 He is a 4 star player who is ranked 175th overall. He is from Eagle Pass, TX. He chose us over Texas A&M and Alabama. He has tremendous leg strength.

Now, the bad news. We were working on the #1 WR in the nation, but he signed with Auburn. He was from Richland, WA.

We also lost a CB to Ohio State, but he was lower ranked than the 2 we signed. He is from Ashaway, RI.

We lost a MLB that I wanted for depth to Fresno State.

In news around the nation:

Hawaii is now 11-0 after beating #21 Clemson (9-2) 31-21. They have vaulted over me in the polls to #2! Their last game is a 5-5 Michigan State team. Hawaii is even getting some 1st place votes over Texas!

In the BCS:

1. Texas 11-0
2. Hawaii 11-0
3. VT 10-1
4. USC 9-1 (despite being #3 in the polls)
5. Oklahoma 10-2

Our last home game is against an 8-2 ND team. We have several recruits coming to this game, and I want to give them a good show. Notre Dame has a very good offense. Their defense is just average.

Eaglesfan27

08-11-2007, 04:34 PM

Clausen was 5 of 5 until he threw a pick on the 2 yard line. Great drive before that interception.

Hazelton catches a deep cross in stride and takes it 61 yards for a TD. 7-0.

Taylor Mays DRILLS their WR across the middle and he fumbles. Will Harris picks it up for us.

We score our 2nd TD early in the 2nd with a Stafon run for a 2 yard TD. 14-0. That was a 9 play 68 yard drive. After our defense quickly stops them, we put together a 35 yard drive that ends in a FG. 17-0.

Our next drive ends when Sanchez throws a deep ball that is picked off on their 1.

Late in the 2nd, we take out their star HB with a nasty hit from Cushing. He had been a big part of their ability to move the ball.

Clausen throws another pick inside our 5. Other than that, he is playing great for a sophomore or any QB.

Halftime: Up 17-0.

Clausen has another great drive, but this time he ends it with a 4 yard TD pass to the TE. 17-7.

I may have underestimated their defense which is playing very well. We get stopped at their 29 and settle for a FG. 20-7.

Pinkard gets us a 3rd pick against Clausen.

I try to go to Turner in single coverage deep, but the cornerback wrestles it out of his hands for a pick.

Clausen with a nice drive that ends with a 7 yard TD pass. 20-14.

We quickly drive down the field in 7 plays that cover 74 yards ending in a 7 yard TD run by Gable. 26-14 as we fail to convert the 2.

Clausen is on fire now. He shreds our defense including a 18 yard, 14 yard, and then a 10 yard pass that is a TD. 26-21.

On a PA pass on 3rd and 1 on our own 15, Sanchez hits Vidal in stride for an 85 yard TD!!! 33-21.

We force a 4th and 12 and they can't complete it. Stafon suffers a severely sprained wrist on his 1st carry! He'll miss the UCLA game :( That will also end his Heisman hopes, I imagine.

David misses a 39 yard FG wide right that would have given us a 2 TD lead.

33-21 win. I wonder if the recruits will be impressed?

Key stats:

Sanchez 19 of 33 for 391 yards with 2TD's 2 INT's.

Stafon: 23 carries for 94 yards and a TD.

Gable: 12 carries for 84 yards and a TD.

Vidal: 8 catches for 199 yards and 2 TD's. I imagine that game will push him towards going pro if he wasn't already after this year.

Everson Griffen: 11 tackles, 5 for a loss, 2 sacks.

Clausen: 33 of 47 for 380 yards with 3 TD's 3 INT's.

Jackson: 8 catches for 92 yards and 2 TD's.

Eaglesfan27

08-12-2007, 10:19 AM

Texas beat Texas A&M 27-21 to go undefeated in the regular season and remain #1 in the polls.

If Hawaii beats 5-6 Michigan State this week, they will probably remain #2 in the polls (where they have jumped) and get a chance to play in the national championship game.

We have moved up to #3 in the polls and if we beat UCLA and Hawaii loses, I believe we would end up in the national championship game.

Due to missing that last game, Stafon has dropped out of Heisman contention. The leading candidates are Bess who is a WR from Hawaii, Stover who is a WR from Alabama, and Ganz who is Nebraska's QB.

I thought I had posted a recruiting update that I don't see in the thread, so I'll repost it. We lost out on a QB we were going after who chose Florida over Auburn and USC. However, he was my 2nd option so I wasn't pursuing him much. We also lost out on an athlete from WA who chose Boise State.

We did get 2 of our biggest recruits to sign! Cornelius Johnson is a 6'1 194 pound 5 star WR from Newark, CA who is ranked 11th overall. He doesn't have elite speed, but he has very good speed. He has great agility, acceleration, and hands. He is also a great leaper.

Jamar Atkinson is a 5'11 230 pound 5 star FB who was #1 in the nation. He is ranked 17th overall. He is a very good blocker and a decent pass receiver, but he doesn't have good speed. He is a Juco player and will likely start right away for us.

Eaglesfan27

08-12-2007, 01:03 PM

Now, we play an 9-2 (that should help our BCS numbers) UCLA squad that is one of the best we've played all year outside of Cal and ND. It's raining and the temp is in the low 50's.

Our first drive, Gable breaks a tackle attempt by a corner (Stafon is still injured) and turns it into a 21 yard TD run. 7-0.

We exchange defensive stops, but our punter pins them on the 1!

Their HB breaks a tackle in the endzone and gets to the 10.

UCLA finishes a 99 yard 14 play drive with a TD run from the 3. Olsen was 6 of 7 on the drive and made some of the best throws I've ever seen a CPU QB make.

Sanchez responds with a strong drive, but we get stopped at their 21 when our TE drops a pass that would have given us a 1st. David makes the 38 yard FG. 10-7.

McCurtis gets a pick on their next drive. We ground it out and Gable carries it 9 times in row including a 3 yard TD run. 17-7.

They return the kickoff for a TD! 17-14.

Sanchez throws a pick on our next drive on a short cross that their linebacker picks off. They are on our 22.

Their kicker hits the upright on a 27 yard FG attempt and misses!

On our first carry of the next drive, Gable gets hurt and is done for the regular season and possibly the bowl game. On the very next play, Tyler suffers a minor injury but will miss a few series. Glad, I have this HB depth as McKnight will be the man this quarter.

Sanchez throws another pick late in the half deep in their territory. That was a bad throw to an open man.

At the end of the half, a great punt return by McKnight gets us to the 39. A quick pass to Patterson gets us to the 17 and David hits the FG before the half ends. 20-14. We get the ball back to start the 2nd half.

Tyler is recovered from his injury and will be our #1 back.

Sanchez to Turner for a 15 yard TD to end a drive in which we ran it 7 times and threw it 4. 27-14.

Their HB Raymond Walters (a true freshman game generated) just broke another kickoff return for a TD! He is fast and breaks some tackles. 27-21

We put together a 11 play 61 yard drive that ends with a 9 yard TD pass to Vidal. A 2 point conversion to Vidal makes it 35-21.

We force a 3 and out. Great defense.

Tyler fumbles, but Turner recovers it.

We get stopped on their 16. David makes the 33 yard FG to make it 38-21.

We force a 3 and out. 1st play of our next drive, Sanchez finds Vidal for 26 yards. Next play he hits Turner in stride for a 44 yard gain. Next play is a 3 yard TD run by Tyler. 45-21.

McCurtis intercepts Olson for the 2nd time today on his 1st pass as he tries to go deep. We go 3 and out, but a great punt pins them on the 5. Next play, we sack Olsen for a safety. 47-21.

UCLA with a good drive as the game is ending that ends with a TD pass to their TE. 47-28.

UCLA recovers the onside kick! We force them to go 4 and out.

Game over. 47-28 win.

Key stats:

Sanchez: 25 of 36 for 385 yards with 2 TD's 2 INT's. Sacked 6 times.

Tyler: 25 carries for 93 yards and a TD.

McKnight: 8 carries for 40 yards and a TD.

Gable: 5 carries for 42 yards and a TD.

Turner: 9 catches for 160 yards and a TD.

Vidal: 9 catches for 135 yards and a TD.

Kaluka Maiava: 8 tackles, 4 for a loss.

McCurtis: 2 interceptions.

Ben Olson: 18 of 31 for 224 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's.

Kahlil Bell: 20 carries for 33 yards.

Maurice Townsend: 8 catches for 107 yards (true freshman)

Reggie Carter had both interceptions for the Bruins.

Eaglesfan27

08-12-2007, 01:44 PM

WOOT!! We got the #1 recruit we were going after. David McKenzie is the #2 QB in the nation, number 6 overall. He is a 5 star player from Santa Monica, CA. He is 6'3 235 pounds. He has very good arm strength and equally good accuracy. He isn't fast, but he can move in the pocket a bit. He chose us over Cal and ND.

We also got Daniel Harris from Santa Cruz, CA to sign with us. He is a 4 star G who is 6'3 306. He was one of the top 5 guards in the nation and is 126th overall. He chose us over Cal and UCLA. He is very strong and has particularly good technique as a run blocker.

We did lose out on 2 recruits I wanted though as the top athlete in CA chose Cal over USC and Florida. He is from Poway, CA. He is 5'11 180 and runs a 4.36. Robert Hamilton, our safeties will be looking for you across the middle.

We also lost out on Brandon Blanchard who was the top OLB in the nation. He is from Oakland, CA. He is 6'4 235 and a terrific all around linebacker. He chose FSU over USC and UCLA.

A few other guys who have given us soft verbals: Patrick Morris, a 5 star HB from Santa Rosa, CA. Charles Williams, a 4 star T from San Gabriel, CA. Josh Wade, a 5 star DE from Kingsbury, NV. The best G in the nation who we've been recruiting has given a soft verbal to OU. Hopefully, I can change his mind soon..

In other news:

Hawaii bet Michigan State, 24-17. With a 12-0 record, the polls keep them #2 in both.

We are 4th in both polls and that costs us in the BCS as we are 3rd.

Unless Nebraska beats Texas in the Conference Championship Game, it looks like we will not be playing for the national championship...

Texas beats Nebraska 28-0! They are playing Hawaii for the National Championship. I predict a blowout.

Davone Bass of Hawaii wins the Heisman with 104 catches for 1667 yards with 15 TD's.

Graunke of Hawaii came in 2nd, Stafon came in 3rd despite missing a few games. Ganz of Nebraska came in 4th and Stover of Alabama came in 5th.

We have the most All-Americans of any team:

QB Tim Tebow
HB Jamaal Charles
HB Ben Tate
WR Nikita Stover
WR DeSean Jackson
TE Tony Moeaki
C Jeff Byers, USC
G Michael Huey
G Matt Slauson
T Adam Ulatoski
T Alex Kanellis
DE Jason Adjepong
DE Kyle Moore, USC
DT Lawrence Miles, USC
DT DaJohn Harris, USC
MLB Chris Galippo, USC
OLB David Shields
OLB Anthony Felder
CB Mozique McCurtis, UC
CB Stephan Virgil
S Josh Pinkard, USC
SS Will Harris, USC
K David Buehler (despite sucking, I'm going to lower FG accuracy to 0 for human only.)
P Brent Bowden
Returner: Oderick Turner

2nd team:

QB Tyler Graunke
HB Stafon Johnson, USC
HB Aaron Brown
WR Davone Bess
WR Brandon Lafell
T JMarcus Webb
G Ako Poti
C Ryan Shuman
G Brandon Walker
T John Mofitt
DE Everson Griffen!
DE Marcus Hands
DT Kwamaine Battle
DT Roy Miller
OLB Aaron Curry
OLB Geno Johnson
MLB Curtis Lofton
CB Macho Harris
CB Jahi Worddaniels
S Curtis Taylor
S Dajuan Morgan
K Conor Lee
P Chas Henry
Ret: Mike Thomas

Marc Tyler, Everson Griffen, and DaJohn Harris made all the All-Freshman team.

Jamaal Charles won the Maxwell award and the Doak Walker Award.

Galippo won the Bednarik as well as the best LB.

Graunke won the O'Brien.

Stover won the best WR award.

Moeaki won the best TE.

Ulatoski won the best OL.

White of Pittsburgh won the Rimington.

Les Miles won the Lombardi

Morgan, NCSU won the Thorpe.

David Buehler won the Groza.

Henry won the best punter award.

Our offense finished #1 overall, #3 in passing, #14 in rushing.

Our defense finished 33rd overall, 48th against the pass, 21st against the run.

Of QB's who played at least 8 games, the top 5 in QB Rtg:

1. Sanchez - 170.1, 245 of 368 (66%) for 3701 yards, 34 TD's 21 INT's.
2. John Parker Wilson, Ala - 160.9, 245 of 384 (63%) for 3191 yards, 36 TD's 7 INT's.
3. Antonio Henton, Ohio State - 157.1, 162 of 302 (53%) for 2646 yards, 34 TD's 11 INT's,
4. Tyler Graunke, Hawaii - 156.9, 334 of 513 (65%) for 4226 yards, 40 TD's 8 INT's.
5. Ryan Perriolloux, LSU - 156.3, 200 of 335 (59) for 2824 yards with 31 TD's 8 INT's.

Top 5 backs by Yardage:

1. Aaron Brown, TCU: 288 carries for 1880 yards and 15 TD's.
2. Ben Tate, Auburn: 262 carries for 1856 yards and 17 TD's.
3. George Bell, VT: 270 carries for 1772 yards and 13 TD's.
4. Antone Smith, FSU: 264 carries for 1581 yards and 12 TD's.
5. Kevin Smith, UCF: 257 carries for 1545 yards and 14 TD's.

Top 5 WR's by Yardage:

1. Davone Bess: 104 catches for 1667 yards and 13 TD's.
2. DeSean Jackson: 85 catches for 1381 yards and 15 TD's.
3. Nikita Stover, Ala, 101 catches for 1355 yards and 20 TD's.
4. Chris Williams, New Mexico State, 105 catches for 1325 yards and 8 TD's.
5. Jamarko Simmosn, Western Michigan, 85 catches for 1211 yards and 13 Td's.

Top USC Offensive Players:

Sanchez (already listed)
Stafon: 236 carries for 1113 yards and 17 TD's.
Vidal: 60 catches for 1070 yards and 11 TD's.

Top 5 tackle leaders:

1. Terrance Garmon, Rice - 95.
2. Chris Galippo, USC - 91
3. Brian Elledge, San Jose - 90
4. Hunter Altman, Air Force - 89
5. Arlance Jenkins, Army - 88.

Top 5 in sacks:

1. Jason Adjepong, VT - 10.
2. Kwamaine Battle, VT - 9
3. Everson Griffen, USC - 9
4. Brandon Setzer, ECY - 9
5. David Shields, Boise State - 9.

Top 5 in interceptions:

1. Dajuan Morgan, NCSU - 10.
2. Curtis Taylor, LSU - 9.
3. McCurtis, USC - 8
5 players tied with 7 including Pinkard.

Jamere Holland led all players in the nation in Punt Return average with a 16.8 avg and he was one of 2 players to have 2 TD's.

Finally, our post season matchup. We'll be playing Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.

Eaglesfan27

08-12-2007, 03:09 PM

Ohio State is the best team we've faced all year. They match up very well with us. They have speed on the outside, an excellent HB, a good QB, and an excellent defense.

On our 2nd drive of the game, Vidal catches a quick curl, breaks a tackle of the corner back and takes it 34 yards for a TD. 7-0. That was a 4 play 50 yard drive. The short field was set up by a good Stafon punt return (I decided to break out all of the stops for this game.)

A defensive oriented 1st quarter ends at 7-0. We have the ball after they just missed a 37 yard FG.

They force a 3 and out. A good punt return starts them at their 40. A ice drive which featured a 23 yard and 14 yard pass ends with a 3 yard TD run by Wells who is showing that someone can run against our vaunted defense. 7-7.

After forcing us to punt from our 30, they do it again as Wells runs all over us and their WR has 3 catches for 20, 9, and 14 yards on the drive. Wells finishes it with a 1 yard TD run. 14-7.

Stafon finally ges more than a yard, as he breaks a tackle, hits a seam and runs it 80 yards for a TD!!! 14-14.

Whoa Nelly! On a PA pass, their QB hits the WR in stride for a 80 yard TD! 21-14.

Roland Johnson has his first catch of the year for us and gets injured on the play. At least, he caught it across the middle and got us a 1st.

I lowered the FG Accuracy for human only down to 5, and I just missed a 34 yarder wide right.

Next play Terrell Thomas picks it off and returns it 39 yards for a TD! 21-21.

Ohio State gets it with 2:13 to go and puts together a brilliant 2 minute drive that ends with a 15 yard TD pass. 28-21.

I come out with 20 seconds left in a 4 WR set and Sanchez makes a bad throw that is picked off by their safety. He returns it to our 35.

They move it to the 17 before time is almost out. A 34 yard FG makes it 31-21, we are down.

We stop them at midfield and they try a fake punt pass that we knock down!

We try one of our first options of the year and Sanchez fumbles it! Their CB picks it up and runs it 62 yards for a TD! 38-21.

A few big passes quickly gets us down the field! We end with a 32 yard TD pass to Vidal! 38-28.

They put together a balanced drive with 6 runs and 5 passes that ends with a TD pass. 45-28.

Vidal catches a screen pass has perfect blocking and runs it 22 yards for a TD! 45-35. Sanchez set a school record for passing yards in a season with that play, breaking Palmer's record of 3962 yards in a season.

We can't stop their offense which is clicking on all cylinders now. They convert a 3rd and 17 with a 30 yard pass to #80 who is killing us. They end the drive with another TD pass to #80. 52-35.

Sanchez has a deep pass intercepted by their safety.

Wow. I've never seen the CPU offense work me like this. A few good runs, a few good passes, and it ends with a Wells TD run. 59-35.

Sanchez has lost his composure and he throws another pick to their other safety.

Their QB throws another TD pass, this time to the TE. 66-35.

I hope this blowout doesn't lose us any of our soft verbals.

Under pressure, Sanchez throws another pick. 1:40 left and we have been humiliated. I won't forget this Ohio State.. we'll have revenge.

Even more humiliating.. Ohio State puts in their backups. :(

Cushing forces a fumble which he recovers, but we only have 18 seconds left.

3 quick passes ends with a TD pass to Stafon. 66-42, but only 3 seconds left.

We recover an onside kick, but it didn't go 10 yards. I really like the new onside kicking meter.

Game over as they take a knee.

66-42 loss. Wow.

Key Stats:

Sanchez: 24 of 46 for 319 yards with 4 TD's 4 INT's.

Stafon: 24 carries for 141 yards and a TD.

Vidal 5 catches for 82 yards.

Turner 4 catches for 63 yards.

0 sacks for our defense.

Antonio Henton: 29 of 41 for 478 yards with 5 TD's 1 INT!

Chris Wells: 28 carries for 138 yards and 3 TD's.

Brian Robiskie, aka #80: 11 catches for 257 yards and 3 TD's!

Results from other big bowl games:

Florida beat Louisville 38-31 in the Sugar Bowl.

Iowa beat Oklahoma 42-38 in the Fiesta Bowl.

VT beat Pitt 37-35 in the Orange Bowl.

Colt McCoy struggled with 2 picks, but he had a great game running the ball and Texas racked up 360 yards on the ground! Hawaii's QB Graunke completed 17 of 33 for 275 yards and 3 TD's. It was closer than I expected, but Texas won 38-25.

Eaglesfan27

08-12-2007, 04:23 PM

Sanchez's new single season team record is 4020 yards passing.

Somewhat shockingly, he decides to return for his Senior Season!

I was looking forward to breaking in a new QB, but I guess I can't sit Sanchez now ;)

Not surprisingly, Taylor Mays, Stafon, Will Harris, and Vidal all declare for the draft early.

Marc Tyler decides to transfer to Nevada to get more playing time.

Malcolm Smith, an OLB, transfers to Stanford. That one hurts.

Graduating players: TE Jimmy Miller, DE Kyle Moore, DT Lawrence Miles, DE Gerald Washington, C Jeff Byers, CB McCurtis, CB Thomas, S Josh Pinkard (we are going to be young at S), K David Buehler, OLB Cushing (I was counting on Malcolm replacing him), OLB Clay Matthews, P Greg Woidneck, G Chilo Rachal, OLB Kaluka Maiava, WR Patrick Turner (Jamere Holland is going to have a chance to shine with his speed and Sanchez throwing to him.)

No one transfers to USC.

A great 1st week of recruiting as the loss didn't scare off key recruits! We signed this week:

HB Patrick Morris - 5 star player ranked 8th overall. He is 5'11 202. From Santa Rosa, CA. He chose us over Cal and UCLA. He doesn't have great catching ability but has excellent accelertion and agility as well as very good speed.

DE Josh Wade - 5 star player ranked 29th overall. He is 6'6 261. He isfrom Nevada. He chose us over OU and LSU. He is a very fast linemen with good strength and technique.

Athlete Brian Lambert - 4 star athlete from Vidor, TX. He is ranked 271 overall. He is 6'1 186. He chose us over OU and Texas. He has top flight speed and good man coverage ability. He'll play either corner or safety for us, although I'm tempted to see if I could get him to add weight and play linebacker.

DT Harvey Mikulec - A 4 star DT from Modesto, CA. He is 6'0 256. He chose us over Cal and UCLA. He is a pure speed guy at his position. He has good technique. He needs to get stronger at the point of the attack. I promised not to redshirt him.

T Charles Williams - a 4 star T from San Gabriel, CA. He is a JUCO ranked 182 overall. He is from San Gabriel, CA. He chose us over UCLA and Tenn. He is very strong and is a terrific run blocker. Needs some work on his pass blocking technique.

FS John Adkins - A 3 star FS from Alderwood Manor, WA. He is 6'2 185. He is ranked 430th overall. He chose us over WSU and Oregon. Excellent speed and physical tools, but he needs to work on his coverage ability.

FS Greg Archie - a 3 star FS from Clinton, UT. He is 6'1 195. He chose us over Boise and ASU. Better speed and coverage ability than John. He doesn't have as good of hands though. Still, he is more likely to get the PT.

K Ashton Wheeler - a 1 star kicker (there were very few kickers rated higher than 1 star this year) he is ranked 2516 overall. He is 6'0 215 pounds. He is from Sacramento, CA. He chose us over Nevada ad BYU. He has average leg strength and poor accuracy. I'll be looking for his replacement next year most likely.

We lost out on a very good WR from Arizona who chose to go to Arizona.

We also lost a good guard from Texas who went to OU.

The 2nd week doesn't go as well, as we are approaching most guys fresh. However, we get our 2nd or 3rd option at HB.

Martin Rolle will fill the role of a big back. He is a 4 star player from Vista, CA. He chose us over Stanford and Washington. He has good speed for his size (6'1 214) but lacks agility. He has good strength and is a decent receiving option.

In the 4th week, we get an OLB which we desperately needed. Michael Carter is a 3 star OLB ranked 456th. He is a speedy 4.5 guy who is a solid coverage player. He is 6'2 217 and will need to add some weight. He is from Douglas, AZ. He chose us over ASU and Texas.

In the final week, we get a few more guys to flesh out the roster:

WR Michael Williams - 3 stars, 628 overall, 6'0 186. From Los Anglees, CA. Chose us over SJSU and FSU. Doesn't excel in anything. Best attribute is good speed.

OLB Darius Hill - 3 stars. 681 overall. 6'0 236. He is from Pasadena Texas. Chose us over LSU and Texas A&M. Big hitter but slowish.

FS George Robinson - 3 stars. 668 overall. 6'1 200. From Laguna Hills, Ca. Chose us over UCLA and ASU. Excellent speed, needs to work on his coverage abilities.

OLB Lance Moss - 3 stars. 684 overall. 6'3 245. From Gatesville, TX. Chose us over Houston and LSU. He has amazing speed for his size. He is a poor coverage guy and isn't a great tackler. He does have excellent physical ability, including surprising agility and acceleration. I might consider converting him to a FB..

Eaglesfan27

08-12-2007, 04:33 PM

I need to remember that I promised Archie and Mikulec that I wouldn't redshirt them this year.

Our class is ranked 2nd overall. We have 5 5 stars, 10 4 stars, 8 3 stars, and 1 1 star.

Ohio State was 1st with 7 5 star players, 6 4 star players, 8 3 star players, and 1 2 star player.

Michigan was 3rd, Texas was 4th, and Florida was 5th.

Eaglesfan27

08-12-2007, 05:09 PM

During the spring training sessions, we move Tony Stewart to FS as he looks better there than any of the natural FS we recruited.

During spring training, we discover that Moss could be a very passable QB as he has a terrific arm. However, our stud freshman looks amazing. So, i decide to go ahead and use Moss's speed, size, and agility at FB where he'll redshirt a year and then hopefully be a valuable asset.

Despite the amazing spring the true freshman QB is having, Sanchez is having a better one. He's improved in almost every way in the offspring and is now one of the truly elite QB's in the nation.

Derrick Huston, last year's prized QB recruit also has shown tremendous growth and will push Corp for the #2 job.

McKnight has shown a lot of growth, but Gable will be our starting HB.

Holland needs to improve his ability to catch in traffic, but he improved every other part of his game. He's also gotten faster and is now one of the fastest players in the game. Furthermore, he is one the best at accelerating and he has great agility. He is ready to try to put up a Heisman type year.

Ausberry is slow, but he will be a solid #2 receiver with great hands.

Travon Patterson and Roland Johnson both showed mild improvement and will battle for the 3rd slot.

Our OL is going to be better than last year. The right side in particular looks like we are set up for a monster year.

Everson Griffen took a huge step forward. He is set for a great year as a redshirt sophomore.

Redshirt Freshman Blake Holland has improved and will hold off any of the true freshman at the other end spot.

Luther Brown has switched from MLB to OLB and will be good there. However, there is no doubt this is my weakest LB corp in a few years. However, that is partially due to their greatness the past two years. Galippo has shown tremendous progress and he is set to have another award winning season.

Our CB's are young and inexperienced. Their speed should make up for this some, but they are the most inexperienced group we've had yet.

Marshall Jones really improved and will be the leader of our secondary at SS.

After the spring practice, we are #3 in the preseason polls.

Our kicker looks like one of the worst kickers I've ever seen. Looking around the HS's, there are no stud K's available this year, but I need to try to get the best one that is available. He will be an upgrade to this kid that has a noodle for a leg with no accuracy either.

The Depth Chart:

QB: Sanchez (98), Corp (87), Huston (85)
HB: Gable (94), McKnight (92), Edwards (85)
FB: Coleman (91), Atkinson (81), Clark (78)
WR: Holland (90), Ausberry (91), Patterson (89), Roland Johnson (88), Carswell (82)
TE: McCoy (88), Andrews (86), Franklin (82)
LT: Charles Brown (91), Butch Lewis (85)
LG: Martin Coleman (86), Anthony Schroeder (77)
C: Kristofer O'Dowd (91), Rudy Russell (67)
RG: Zach Heberer (90), Daniel Harris (77 as a true freshman)
RT: Thomas Herring (97), Butch Lewis (85)

LE: Everson Griffen (89), Reardon (86)
RE: Holland (82), Damien Swain (79)
DT: DaJohn Harris (89), Thomas Harris (82), Mikulec (71), Crenshaw (60)
LOLB: Luther Brown: 84, Jamaal Miller (78),
MLB: Galippo (98), Matt Moore (75)
ROLB: Jordan Maiava (90), Ed Keyes (77)
CB: Shareece Wright (86), Kyle Newton (83 but 98 speed), Overstreet (true freshman at an 80), Michael McMahan (79), Donte Porter (77)

FS: Tony Watson (81), Archie (73). First year without a great FS, it should be interesting.

SS: Marshall Jones (90), Kevin Lewis (71)

K Ashton Wheeler (40, yes a 40!?!), I'm tempted to let our punter try FG's and I might do so at some point..

P: Chase Hardy (73 with a 93 for kick power)

Eaglesfan27

08-12-2007, 05:12 PM

Our AD wants us to take on a tough schedule that I really like:

Week 1: Bye
Week 2: at Colorado State (ok that should be a good warmup)
Week 3: Hosting Ohio State (pay back!)
Week 4: Arizona
Week 5: Washington State
Week 6: At Washington
Week 7: Stanford
Week 8: At #12 ND
Week 9: Bye
Week 10: at Oregon
Week 11: Oregon State
Week 12: at #20 Cal
Week 13: at #22 Arizona State
Week 14: #15 UCLA

I'll start this season later this week.

Here is a look at the Pre-Season top 5:

1. Texas - Incredible Offense, very good defense.
2. Ohio State: excellent offense, excellent defense.
3. USC: Best offense in the game, very good defense.
4. Florida: Excellent offense, excellent defense.
5. VT Excellent offense, above average defense.

JetsIn06

08-12-2007, 09:26 PM

I've tried to look through here so sorry if I missed it...but what difficulty level are you playing on?

MizzouRah

08-12-2007, 09:37 PM

I'll hand it to you EaglesFan27, I really admire how you stick with your dynasties! Here's to an undefeated season this year!!! ;)

Eaglesfan27

08-12-2007, 11:45 PM

I've tried to look through here so sorry if I missed it...but what difficulty level are you playing on?

All-American. Obviously, I'm still getting a challenge from good teams. I still can't believe how quickly that bowl game went downhill.

Eaglesfan27

08-12-2007, 11:46 PM

I'll hand it to you EaglesFan27, I really admire how you stick with your dynasties! Here's to an undefeated season this year!!! ;)

I'm having fun with the game and I enjoy writing it up. It helps organize my thoughts for recruiting as well.

Eaglesfan27

08-18-2007, 02:44 PM

Not a very good first 2 weeks of recruiting, but it's time for us to make some noise on the field. Sanchez should be ready for a huge year with elite speed at WR in Holland, a great hands guy in Ausberry, and a terrific 3, 4, and 5 WR. Colorado State is 0-1 and they have a terrible defense and a poor offense. This should be a blowout and the only question is if Sanchez can throw 4 or 5 TD's before it becomes time to bring in the 2nd team...

After a defensive stop, we get the ball and Holland has a nice punt return but picks up a minor injury.

On our 3rd play, a 3rd and 13, Gable motions out of the backfield, beats his man and is hit in stride as they went with a blitz. He runs over a safety and takes it the distance for a 52 yard TD! 7-0.

Our next drive, we cover 70 yards in 4 plays ending with a 6 yard TD run by Gable. 14-0. The big play was a 42 yard pass to Ausberry.

A nice drive in which they run it a few times well against us leads to a short TD run. 14-7.

Sanchez is still perfect going into the 2nd quarter, as he hits McCoy for a 5 yard TD. 20-7 as we miss the XP.

Their running game is moving it against our defense, but we eventually stop them at the 16. 33 yard FG makes it 20-10.

On his 4th play of the game, McKnight suffers a severe ankle injury and he will miss most of the regular season. This means redshirt freshman Michael Edwards will get a chance to get some PT.

Wheeler misses a FG at the end of the half from 39 yards out as he pulls it wide left. 20-10 at the half as it is closer than expected. Holland has dropped 2 deep balls.

1st play of the 2nd half, we motion Gable out of the backfield, he runs a post route, Sanchez hits him in stride. 70 yard TD! 27-10.

We get our first interception of the game which gives us a short field. We make quick use of that ending with a 1 yard Gable TD run. 34-10. Our punter is hurt on the kickoff :( That means our crappy FG kicker will handle all kicking duties the rest of the game :(

We force a quick punt and a good return gets us to midfield. Gable with a 41 yard TD run 3 plays later. He juked one man and ran over another. 41-10 late in the 3rd.

Late in the 3rd, we lose our secondary leader as Marshall Jones breaks a bone in his arm :( He'll be out for 4-6 weeks.

They put together a good drive that ends in a 12 yard TD pass to their HB. 41-17.

Edwards with a 2 yard TD run on our next drive to make it 48-17.

We force a fumble on the kickoff and recover it. Time for the 2nd team offense to take the field.

Edwards fumbles on his 2nd carry of this drive and they recover and their linebacker takes it the distance for a TD. 48-24.

Game over. 48-24 win as we take a knee on their 2 to run out time.

Gable with a spectacular day: 20 carries for 137 yards and 3 TD's, 5 catches for 140 yards and 2 TD's, 2 kickoff returns for 51 yards. We are going to showcase the Senior along with Sanchez and try to get one of them the Heisman.

Other key stats:

Sanchez: 16 of 22 for 302 yards with 3 TD's 0 INT's.

Edwards: 12 carries for 6 yards and a TD.

Hawthorne (the other freshman redshirt) 3 carries for 9 yards.

Ausberry 3 catches for 69 yards.

McCoy: 3 catches for 20 yards and a TD.

Holland: 2 catches for 37 yards.

Galippo: 11 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Blake Holland: 9 tackles, 3 for a loss, 2 sacks. The redshirt freshman DE came up big today.

Jordan Maiava had our only pick.

Grant Stucker: 13 of 22 for 135 yards with 1 TD 1 INT.

Alex Square: 27 carries for 73 yards and a TD.

Square led them with 5 catches for 35 yards as well.

Eaglesfan27

08-18-2007, 03:36 PM

Unfortunately, we are early in recruiting and will only have a few prize recruits visiting our big game against Ohio State today. We are looking for revenge from last year, even though they have lost quite a few starters. They are #2 in the polls while we are #3. Their defense remains elite while their offense is very good. This should be another tough game. It's the rare rainy day in Los Angeles and that will surely cause problems for both teams in holding onto the ball.

It's a defensive 1st quarter in which we pick off a pass and they block a punt. However, they score first with a strong rushing attack that ends in a TD run from 7 yards out. 7-0.

Holland fumbles after catching a deep pass and they recover. They put together a 44 yard drive that ends in a 42 yard FG. They are mostly moving it on the ground. 10-0.

Early in the 2nd, 2 good passes to Holland and Ausberry get us inside their 30, but we are stopped at their 24. Our kicker barely has the distance to hit the 41 yarder. 10-3.

At the end of the half, Sanchez throws another pick and Holland fails to tackle the cornerback who returns it 81 yards for a TD to make it 17-3 as time is expiring :(

A weird glitch causes me to have to end this game. I'll replay it another day (probably tomorrow) The glitch: My LT is missing from the game. Every play, we are lining up without a LT and it won't let me hike it, leading to multiple delay of penalties. I managed to get the clock to run to the half, but it's that way in the 2nd half as well. First time I've seen anything like this.

Eaglesfan27

08-19-2007, 11:58 AM

This time it is sunny in Los Angeles. We get the ball first. They force a 3 and out. We force a 4th and 1... they run it for a 1st. They get another 1st before we stop them on the 20.. their kicker nails a 37 yard FG to make it 3-0.

Sanchez leads a great drive ending in a 18 yard TD pass to Roland Johnson! 7-3. 11 plays, 66 yards on 5 runs and 6 passes.

End of 1: Up 7-3 and we are about to force a punt.

We force a punt, but they force a 3 and out. Our punter shanks it! Their next drive is a 5 play 61 yard drive that ends with a 20 yard TD pass. 10-7.

We exchange drives including a pick by our safety of a deep pass.

Gable makes some key plays including some hard yards on a 3rd and 3 and a 3rd and 2, as well as running it in from the 2 on 3rd and goal. 14-10.

Archie, the freshman picks off a deep pass at the end of the half, but he fumbles it trying to juke a guy! Ohio State recovers.

They try another deep pass and Overstreet, another freshman picks it off! 40 seconds to try to get into FG range.

A long pass to Gable gets us to their 26. A 19 yard pass to Holland has us on the 7 with 6 seconds left and a timeout left....

Sanchez scrambles for the TD.... he is stopped at the 1 and time runs out before we can call the TO!

Halftime: 14-10, we lead.

We force a 3 and out on their first drive of the 2nd half.

A defensive 3rd quarter throughout. Late in the 3rd, they went for it on 4th and 2 on our 25 and we stopped them!

As the 3rd expires, Ohio State finishes a drive with a 7 yard TD run. 17-14, we are down.

Our drive, we pound it 5 times in a row, before Sanchez hits McCoy in stride on a PA pass for a 37 yard TD!! 21-17.

We get a stop and then Sanchez starts making some throws again including a 22 yarder to Patterson and a 19 yarder to Holland. Edwards bulldozes for a 1 yard TD run! 28-17.

We force a 3 and out thanks to a sack. We are finally able to not worry about the run and it is helping. 3 plays later, a 37 yard TD pass to Holland makes it 35-17! Revenge is sweet!

We force another 3 and out.

Sanchez throws a pick while attempting to go deep to Holland again. 4 minutes to go, time to go a bit more conservative I guess.

They fail to complete 4th and goal from the 2 as the QB overthrows his receiver. Gable with some nifty runs to help run out the clock.

35-17 win! Sanchez had a very solid day. Gable was excellent. The defense was excellent.

Key Stats:

Sanchez: 17 of 27 for 298 yards with 3 TD's 1 INT. 6 sacks.

Gable: 30 carries for 146 yards and a TD.

Edwards: 4 carries for 6 yards and a TD.

Holland: 6 catches for 107 yards and a TD.

Gable: 4 catches for 58 yards.

Galippo: 14 tackles, 4 for a loss.

Tyrone Overstreet (true freshman) 6 tackles, 2 passes defended, 1 interception.

Rob Schoenhoft: 20 of 35 for 200 yards 1 TD 3 INT's. 3 sacks.

Brandon Saine: 16 carries for 77 yards and a TD.

Taurian Wallace: 9 catches for 110 yards.

Robert Rose: 9 tackles, 3 for a loss, 2 sacks.

Eaglesfan27

08-19-2007, 12:09 PM

News around the nation:

LSU beat Auburn 38-31. LSU is 3-0 and 5th in the polls.

ND demolished Michigan 48-19. ND is 3-0 and 8th in the polls.

Top 5:

1. Texas (39) 2-0
2. USC (21) 2-0
3. Florida (1) 3-0
4. VT 3-0
5. LSU 3-0

Sanchez is getting early Heisman hype along.

Ironhead

08-19-2007, 12:11 PM

Love reading this dynasty. Keep it up!

Booj

08-20-2007, 06:37 AM

Loving the dynasty and thanks for posting your sliders... I had the most realistic game with them. It was fun to lose!

Eaglesfan27

08-20-2007, 07:50 AM

Thanks guys. I'm having a lot of fun with this game, especially since it is a struggle against other top teams. I'll be playing my next few games this upcoming weekend.

Eaglesfan27

08-31-2007, 07:39 PM

After a Bioshock induced delay, time to get back to this, especially as I'm fired up with the start of the real season. This week we host Arizona who is 2-0 but doesn't have nearly the talent that we do. We have a few recruits visiting and I plan on putting on a show. Anything less than a 35 point win margin will be disappointing against this defense.

Eaglesfan27

08-31-2007, 08:51 PM

Arizona with a nice balanced drive, but we stop them at the 5. They kick the short FG to make it 3-0. Their offense looks like it could give us some trouble.

Our first drive ends in a punt and Arizona drives down the field ending in a 12 yard TD pass! 10-0! That is the end of the 1st.

Patterson fumbles it while trying to juke a corner and they recover. A disastrous start to this game.. ahh it is reversed by the booth!

A few minutes later, Sanchez fumbles when he is sacked. They recover :( I can't believe we are playing this poorly against what is rated a poor defense.

They take advantage of a short field and make it 13-0 with 1:13 to go in the half... We drive inside the 30, but Sanchez fumbles it again with 30 seconds to go on their 25 :(

After a great punt return by Holland, we get inside the 10 on our next play. With 2 seconds left, we settle for a FG. 13-3 at the half. Not the game I was expecting.

We start with it in the 2nd half. A first drive is a 10 play 72 yard drive ending in a 28 yard TD pass to Ausberry! 13-10.

We force a 3 and out as our defense is finally responding.

Gable finishes a balanced drive with a 12 yard TD run on a toss. 17-13.

Arizona responds with a drive in which their QB goes 5 of 5 and their HB is making plays including a 8 yard TD run. 20-17 as the 3rd ends.

6 plays and the drive ends with a 49 yard TD pass to Patterson! 24-20.

We stop them on 4th and 2 on our 7 with a 1 yard gain.

A 93 yard 12 play drive ends with a 9 yard TD run by Gable. 31-20.

Overstreet picks off an out and takes it 21 yards for a TD! 38-20.

Maiava picks off a pass when their QB was under tremendous pressure. That will be all she wrote.

38-20 win. Not the blowout I was hoping for, but I'll take the win against a team that clearly seems better than their letter ratings by my scouts.

Key Stats:

Sanchez: 21 of 35 for 380 yards 2 TD's 0 INT's, 2 fumbles, 3 sacks.

Gable: 27 carries for 127 yards with 2 TD's.

Holland: 7 catches for 139 yards.

Ausberry: 3 catches for 78 yards and a TD.

Galippo: 12 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Tyler Lyon: 26 of 43 for 269 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's.

Xavier Smith: 19 carries for 74 yards and a TD.

Andre Dennis, true freshman WR, 9 catches for 92 yards.

Jeff Taylor, true freshman MLB, 12 tackles, 3 for a loss, 1 sack.

Ironhead

08-31-2007, 10:14 PM

Glad to see this one get started up again. Good luck.

Eaglesfan27

09-01-2007, 01:15 PM

Today, we play a 0-3 Washington State team that has a good offense, but the worst defense we've ever faced. We should crush them as a result. We have two top recruits visiting. The announcers are saying this are 2 of the worst corners that Sanchez will ever face!

Everson Griffen is dominating their RT early and he has 2 sacks on their first series to force a 3 and out! Their punter hits a terrible punt that barely goes 25 yards and he didn't shank it!

Some pressure on Sanchez leads to him only being 3 of 6 on the first drive, but he converted every 3rd down. Gable had 4 carries including a 1 yard TD. 7-0.

Around midfield, they go for it on 4th and 4 with a fake punt and we stop them a yard short on the run.

A 6 play 52 yard drive ends with a 5 yard TD pass to Roland Johnson. 14-0. The key play was a 32 yard pass to Ausberry.

We stop them short of midfield. Another very short punt. Their punter might be worse than our FG kicker.

Gable hurts his shoulder early in the 2nd and that will force Edwards to play more. Gable surprises me by coming back very quickly.

Gable runs it well on our next drive and he ends the drive with a 3 yard TD run. A key play was a 25 yard pass to Patterson. 21-0.

Our next drive, Sanchez is a perfect 3 of 3 and he runs it in himself from the 3. 28-0.

On 3rd and goal from the 8, everyone is covered but Sanchez with a nifty juke on a DL makes a way for himself to go untouched into the endzone. 35-0.

Sanchez throws a pick in the endzone at the end of the half. 35-0 at the half. We get the ball back to start the 2nd half.

Sanchez throws a 2nd pick that I'm not sure how it happened as my TE should have blocked the safety out...

Newton with a pick in the endzone to help us keep the shoutout going!

Galippo with a pick on their next drive to give us a short field.

The short field results in a 4 play 32 yard drive including a 15 yard TD pass to Holland. 42-0.

End of 3: Up 42-0.

Newton with a pick on a desperation pass on 3rd and 20. We'll put in our 2nd team offense now.

Corp throws a bad pass on 3rd and 8 in their redzone that is picked off.

Another pick by their QB gets us the ball back at midfield. Edwards fumbles and they get it on their own 17.

Their QB with 2 strong runs to gain 40 yards between them.

Bah, Washington State scores a TD with 6 seconds left on a 18 yard TD pass. 45-7.

Game over. 45-7 win.

Sanchez: 13 of 23 for 214 yards with 2 TD's 2 INT's.

Corp: 3 of 8 for 45 yards with an INT.

Not the big game I was hoping for.

Gable: 25 carries for 104 yards and 2 TD's.

Sanchez: 3 carries for 29 yards and 2 TD's.

Edwards: 16 carries for 44 yards.

Holland: 5 catches for 68 yards and a TD.

Galippo: 10 tackles, 4 for a loss, 1 sack, 1 INT.

Kyle Newton: 8 tackles, 2 INT's.

Kevin Lopina: 17 of 34 for 182 yards with 1 TD 4 INT's.

Dwight Tardy: 18 carries for 51 yards.

Lopina: 7 carries for 60 yards.

Eaglesfan27

09-01-2007, 03:06 PM

News around the nation:

Penn State beat Iowa 26-10 to advance to a 5-0 record. That was Iowa's first loss of the year.

UTEP beat Memphis 45-40 to advance to 5-0.

Wild game between Virginia and Maryland, Virginia won 59-56 in OT.

LSU and Georgia were both 4-0. Georgia won 31-13 to advance to 5-0 and end LSU's title hopes. Stafford had 4 TD's in the game.

Our next game is at a 2-2 Washington team that has a solid offense and defense. They should play us somewhat close.

Eaglesfan27

09-01-2007, 04:18 PM

Our defense forces a 3 and out to start the game. A holding call negates a great Holland punt return.

Our first play is a PA pass in which we completely fool their safeties and the corner slips and falls. Ausberry is wide open for a 68 yard TD pass! 7-0.

We stop them at the 37 where their kicker nails a 54 yard FG! 7-3.

Gable with a great kickoff return to get us to the 50. A 9 play 50 yard drive ends with a 3 yard TD scramble by Sanchez. 14-3.

Gable fumbles on his first carry of our next drive. They recover and are on our 21.

We stop them on 3 plays and they miss the 38 yard FG!

3 plays to go 80 yards! First a 26 yard pass to Gable. Then an incomplete pass, then a 54 yard run by Gable! 20-3 as our kicker shanks the XP.

Our next drive ends with a 45 yard FG! He barely made it, but he actually made a nice kick. 23-3.

Sanchez with a pick late in the half as he tried to go deep ot Ausberry but the safety came over the top.

Our safety, Jones with a pick to get it right back for us!

Sanchez hits Holland in stride after he has a few steps on the corner.. he never looks back. 64 yard TD pass to Holland! 30-3.

Washington with a 41 yard FG as time is expiring to make it 30-6 at the half.

A great drive ends when Sanchez throws a pick on their 2. They return it to the 22.

Their kicker makes a 51 yarder to make it 30-9.

Locker with a TD pass early in the 4th to make it 30-16.

Midway through the 4th Gable is hurt and will leave the game.

Sanchez throws another pick, this time on 3rd and 12 on their 24.

3 plays later Overstreet gets us the ball back with an interception.

Wheeler misses a 42 yard FG with 1:54 to go.

Our defense stops them from scoring again and we win 30-16.

Sanchez: 16 of 27 for 328 yards with 2 TD's 3 INT's.

Sanchez: 4 carries for 15 yards and a TD.

Gable: 18 carries for 127 yards and a TD.

Edwards: 8 carries for 24 yards.

Gable: 6 catches for 81 yards.

Holland: 4 catches for 95 yards and a TD.

Ausberry: 2 catches for 96 yards and a TD.

Everson Griffen: 8 tackles, 2 sacks.

Jake Locker: 24 of 41 for 256 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's.

Brandon Johnson: 25 carries for 95 yards.

Locker: 9 carries for 58 yards.

Anthony Broyles: 8 catches for 99 yards and a TD.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 10:08 AM

News around the nation:

Florida beat LSU 34-21 to advance to 6-0.

Penn State suffered their first loss of the year to a 2-3 Michigan team as they lost 37-10.

Top 10:

1. Texas (39) 5-0
2. Florida (21) 6-0
3. USC (1) 5-0
4. VT 6-0
5. Oklahoma State 5-0
6. ND 6-0
7. Florida State 6-0
8. Pitt 5-0
9. Ohio State 4-1
10. Nebraska 6-0

Receiving Hesiman Hype:

1. WR G. Tate, ND
2. QB D. Clark, PSU
3. HB M. Sims, FSU
4. QB C. Newton, Florida
5. HB Gable, USC

This week we host a 2-2 Stanford team with a below average defense and an average offense. Should be an easy win.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 11:17 AM

5 play 72 yard drive to start the game. Gable with 4 straight runs for 8 to 9 yards a piece, then a PA pass to Ausberry for a 29 yard TD. 7-0.

Sanchez with a poor throw on our next drive that is picked off by their SS. That gives them the ball on our 25.

Our defense doesn't let them get a yard and they miss the FG wide left.

Wheeler hooks a 33 yard FG attempt wide left.

After a 3 and out, Holland has a 37 yard punt return to get inside the 15!

A 14 yard TD pass to the TE, McCoy, makess it 14-0.

We force a 3 and out and then Holland returns it 58 yards for a TD!! 21-0 at the end of 1.

Wow. Their HB breaks two tackles and has a 69 yard TD run against. 21-7.

Sanchez with another pick gives them a short field. They pound the ball inside the 10 and then a TD pass to their TE. 21-14.

Up 21-14 at the half. Lackluster 2nd quarter after an excellent 1st quarter.

Watson with a pick of a deep pass and he returns it 64 yards for a TD! 28-14.

Our next drive is a 8 play 61 yard drive which ends when we catch them blitzing and throw a perfectly blocked screen that turns into a 18 yard TD pass. 35-14.

Marshall Jones picks off a deep pass.

Our first play is a PA pass aimed at Holland that is underthrown and picked off by their CB in the endzone.

We stop them on a 4th and 1 with strong run defense. That gets us the ball back on their 49.

Sanchez throws another pick. This time during the supersim portion. He's making a lot of mistakes today.

Our next drive (also during supersim) Gable breaks off a 48 yard TD run. 42-14.

With 5 minutes to go, we bring in the subs.

Galippo picks a pass off and rerutns it 42 yards for a TD. 49-14.

Game over. 49-14 win.

Sanchez: 14 of 28 for 191 yards with 3 TD's 4 INT's.

Corp: 1 of 3 for 20 yards.

Gable: 27 carries for 166 yards and a TD.

Edwards: 9 carries for 50 yards.

Sanchez: 1 carry for 4 yards.

Ausberry: 7 catches for 86 yards and a TD.

Everson Griffen: 10 tackles, 5 for a loss, 2 sacks.

Galippo: 8 tackles, 2 for a loss, 1 INT.

Holland: 9 Punt Returns for 190 yards and a TD.

Kellen Killsgaard: 16 of 34 for 208 yards 1 TD 3 INT's.

Toby Gerhart: 26 carries for 122 yards and a TD.

Richard Sherman: 5 catches for 89 yards.

SS Kenny Long: 12 tackles, 2 INT's.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 11:34 AM

This week we play at ND in what should be a very good game. ND is 6-0 and #5 in the polls. We are 6-0 and #3 in the polls. Clausen is having an incredible year as he has matured into a top flight QB. He has completed 134 of 203 passes for 1861 yards with 25 TD's 3 INT's. ND is putting up more points than anyone in the nation at 51.6 ppg. Their total offense is 13th. Their pass offense is 11th and their run offense is 23rd. Our total offense is 19th. Our ppg is 6th. Our rush offense is 38th. Our pass offense is 18th.

Defensively, ND is 6th overall, 1st against the run, and 23rd against the pass. Their turnover margin is #1 in the nation at plus 13. Defensively, we are 32nd overall, 34th against the run and pass. We are 81st in turnover margin at -2. We are similar in talent levels and they have the home field advantage. It should be a great game.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 12:52 PM

Clausen engineers a good drive, but their FB drops it on 3rd and 2. They settle for a 29 yard FG. Clausen was 3 of 4 on that drive for 52 yards.

2nd play of the drive, they go with a heavy blitz and Sanchez throws it to Holland on an out. He makes his man miss and beats the safety down the sideline with his elite speed. 7-3. 74 yard TD.

Clausen was moving it well and is over 100 yards already in the 1st, but Marshall Jones picks off a pass deep that would have been a TD if he didn't make that play.

Gable with some nice runs, but Sanchez really controlled this drive. 4 of 4 including a 8 yard TD pass to the FB Coleman for a TD. 14-3. We covered 80 yards in 10 plays.

We force a 3 and out as we stop the run on 3rd and 2.

Their next drive, the draw fools us and their HB runs over my safety! He then takes it 47 yards for a TD. 14-10.

Most of the quarter, both defenses make stops outside of FG range, but at the end of the half, Clausen goes 5 of 7 including a pass to set them up on the 1. Their HB runs it in. 17-14 with under a minute to go...

Sanchez directs a great 2 minute drill in which we get to the 9 with 3 seconds left. Wheeler connects on a 26 yard FG. 17-17 at the half.

The halftime stats of both QB's are impressive:

Sanchez: 14 of 17 for 201 yards with 2 TD's 0 INTs. He picked a good game to have his best game of his career.

Clausen: 17 of 26 for 222 yards with 0 TD 1 INT.

We get the ball to start the 2nd half. They stop us on 3rd and 2 with good a tackle by the DE.

They go for it on 4th and 2 on our 33, but we stuff the back. First play they blitz and a WR screen play works for 22 yards by Ausberry. But they stop us the next 3 plays and we punt. We force a 3 and out as both defenses are doing surprisingly well this quarter.

Holland with a big punt return to get it to their 24! We can't move it much, but Wheeler hits the 39 yard FG. 20-17. He is 4 of 10 on the year now.. I hope I get this kicker that I'm recruiting to replace him.

Their HB fumbles after getting drilled by my safety a seconda after he caught the pass.. Watson picks it up and runs it inside their 10! They stop us inside the 5. Wheeler hits the short FG. 23-17.

Everson Griffen with a big sack on 3rd and 8 to end the 3rd quarter. Still 23-17 in a somewhat surprising defensive battle. They punt it out of bounds away from Holland who has been killing them.

Sanchez throws a pick to their DE on a screen play :( They take advantage of the short field to get into FG range, but we stop them there. 35 yard FG makes it 23-20.

They stop us at midfield and we punt. 4 minutes left...

Clausen converts a 3rd and 7 with a 9 yard pass. The HB with a 8 yard run to get across their 40. A 8 yard pass to get to midfield. A false start pushes them back 5. A holding call pushes them back into 1st and 25 on their own 36. Galippo with a sack! 2nd and 29 now. 15 yard pass to their HB and Watson is injured on the play.. he'll miss the rest of the game. 13 yard pass to their WR... our safety drilled him but he held on.. On 4th and 1 they try the 56 yard FG... it is at least 2 yards short. 1:18 to go. They have all 3 timeouts still.. 3 yard run by Gable on 1st down. 8 yard run by Gable on 2nd down! 1 yard loss on our next run but they just used up their 3rd T.O. We run out the clock.

23-20 win in a very interesting game. Both QB's cooled off in the 2nd half.

Sanchez: 20 of 31 for 291 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT.

Gable: 26 carries for 108 yards.

Sanchez: 3 carries for 14 yards.

Ausberry: 4 catches for 75 yards.

Holland: 3 catches for 85 yards and a TD.

Galippo: 13 tackles, 3 for a loss, 1 sack.

Ed Keyes: 10 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Holland: 3 punt returns for 39 yards.

Clausen: 32 of 50 for 364 yards with 1 INT.

James Alridge: 16 carries for 116 yards and a TD.

Robert Hughes: 15 carries for 40 yards and a TD.

Richard Jackson: 10 catches for 149 yards.

Golden Tate: 9 catches for 86 yards.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 01:19 PM

After the game, we got our first early committment:

DT Darren Coleman is a 6'4 278 pound 5 star player from Hawaii. He is freakishly strong and has good technique. A very sound tackler as well. He could play for us quite a bit next year.

We lost out on the #1 RB in the nation as he chose to stay in his home state and play for Texas. Ryan King has an excellent balance of speed and power. He's the #4 player in the nation, but he is a juco. It will be interesting to follow his brief career.

Despite the other teams not losing, we jumped to #1 in the polls after that win!

Top 10:

1. USC (38) 7-0
2. Texas (21) 7-0
3. Florida (1) 7-0
4. Florida State (1) 7-0
5. Nebraska 8-0
6. Pitt 7-0
7. Cal 7-0
8. ND 6-1
9. Iowa 6-1
10. Texas A&M 8-0

We are #1 in the BCS rankings.

We have a bye this week.

During the bye week, not much happens. Everyone who is supposed to win in the top 10 does so.

Our next game is at Oregon. They have a decent QB and good skill at the wideouts. Their pass offense is 69th, their run offense is 76th, and overall they are 85th. Defensively, they are 32nd and are 18th against the pass as they have a talented pair of safeties and good corners. With the homefield advantage on their side, we'll have to be careful not to turn it over.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 02:31 PM

Their star WR returns the opening kickoff 99 yards for a TD! 7-0. :(

Ausberry with a spectacular one handed catch on a fly route for a 38 yard TD pass. 7-7. They move it well on their next drive, but we stop them at the 22. The FG attempt is wide left.

A pick that wasn't Sanchez's fault. He threw a good pass to Ausberry who was drilled as it hit his hands and it bounced up into the air where the safety grabbed it for a pick.

Newton with a pick in the endzone!

Gable with a 62 yard TD run that is called back due to holding on O'Dowd.

On 4th and 10 on their 32 (too long for my kicker), Sanchez finds Patterson wide open for a 32 yard TD pass! 14-7.

Watson picks off a deep pass and returns it 34 yards for a TD! 21-7.

Their next drive, their star WR makes my guy look silly with a 23 yard TD. He also had catches of 14 and 15 yards on the drive. 21-14.

Sanchez dissects their defense with a 6 play 68 yard drive ending in a 15 yard TD pass to Ausberry. 28-14. Our next drive ends with a 44 yard FG. 31-14. After forcing a 3 and out, our next drive Sanchez finds Ausberry for a 17 yard TD pas after hitting him on passes of 18 yards and 21 yards. 38-14.

Newton with another pick. He returns it to their 20.

Sanchez gives it right back when he tries to force it into double coverage to Ausberry. Our next drive Sanchez hits Patterson for another TD just as the half is expiring. 45-14 as Sanchez has had a great first half except for the 1 bad interception.

Half time stats for Sanchez: 16 of 21 for 278 yards 5 TD's 2 INT's (only 1 was his fault.)

Our first drive of the half Sanchez goes over 300 yards for the game, but Gable finishes the drive with a 1 yard TD run. 52-14 and we'll be pulling our 1st team soon.

Doing nothing but running it, we march it down the field ending in a 28 yard TD run by Gable. 59-14 and I'll now be going to all second stringers.

They score early in the 4th to make it 59-21. We drive inside the 10 but are stopped there. A short FG makes it 62-21. Wheeler with a 23 yard FG on our next drive to make it 65-21.

Game over. 65-21 win.

Sanchez: 17 of 23 for 312 yards with 5 TD's 2 INT's.

Gable: 21 carries for 122 yards and 2 TD's.

Edwards: 17 carries for 30 yards.

Sanchez: 2 carries for 14 yards.

Ausberry: 7 catches for 121 yards and 3 TD's.

Patterson: 3 catches for 62 yards and 2 TD's.

Holland: 3 catches for 78 yards.

Kyle Newton: 8 tackles, 2 passes defended, 2 interceptions.

Griffen: 9 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Cody Kempt: 15 of 25 for 182 yards with 1 TD 3 INT's.

Charles Neal: 21 carries for 89 yards and a TD.

Kempt: 10 carries for 13 yards.

Star WR Derrick Jones: 6 catches for 86 yards and a TD. 7 kickoff returns for 251 yards and a TD.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 02:45 PM

We lost out on 3 big recruits:

CB Richmond McMillan the 80th ranked player overall chose FSU over us and UCLA. He is from Washington.

5 star CB/Ath Isaiah Rogers chose to stay in his homestate and went to Texas. We weren't even in his final 3 which included ND and Florida.

4 star CB Bobby Maxey who is from North Dakota chose ND over USC and Boise.

The top 5 remains unchanged from the past few weeks.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 06:56 PM

I'm trying a slider change to reduce interceptions a bit more. I'm going to try lowering knockdowns as I'm not convinced that it lowers interceptions on the field. I'm going with 5 for both interceptions and knockdowns for both sides.. hopefully this doesn't mess up the stats of this game too much, but I don't want to waste time testing this change and would rather play a meaningful game.

We host Oregon State and they have been struggling all year. They are 3-5 due to a bad defense. Hopefully, we can take advantage of that today.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 08:12 PM

Very interesting, they elect to kickoff. Sanchez was 3 of 3 on the first drive including a 18 yard TD pass to Ausberry. 7-0.

They put together a solid drive for 40 yards and then it stalls. A 48 yard FG makes it 7-3.

They dropped a sure interception from before on this drive! We end up with a 21 yard FG to make it 10-3.

After a few of our DB's drop sure picks, Newton finally catches one. Nice play, but not a superhiman play. So far, I'm liking the new sliders. We fail to take advantage when they sack Sanchez on 3rd and 5.

End of 1: 10-3.

Their QB throws a pick during the supersim portion of the 2nd quarter.

Sanchez to Ausberry for a TD (also during supersim.) 17 yard play to make it 17-3.

Gable takes a toss, breaks a tackle and then beats everyone down the sideline! 54 yard TD! 23-3 after Wheeler shanks the XP.

After stopping them at our 35, we get the ball back with 1:34 to go. Sanchez with a great 2 minute drive to get us to the 19 with 2 seconds left. Wheeler hits the 36 yard FG. 26-3.

Sanchez at the half: 14 of 20 for 217 yards with 2 TD's 0 INT's. No superhuman linebackers making picks. :)

Overstreet makes a very athletic play for an interception on a deep post.

Their starting HB goes down on their next series. He'll miss a week or two with an abdominal strain.

Gable just had an incredible 16 yard run. It was so nice and he has been having these types of runs all year that I'll show this one:

(The servers are down for EA. If I remember, I'll add this play later, it is saved on my harddrive.)

About 6 plays later Gable fumbles it after getting his bell rung right after he caught it. They recover.

After we get a stop, we put together a very good drive during the supersim portion. It ends with a 34 yard TD pass to Ausberry. 33-3.

Up 33-3, we bring in our 2nd string midway into the 4th.

Game over. 33-3 win. That was the most enjoyable game in a while because I could finally throw over the middle without it being an automatic pick (although Sanchez's one interception was a throw over the middle, but he also had several good throws over the middle that weren't picked.) I'll give these sliders a chance for the rest of the year as 2 picks isn't bad at all for the CPU (the 3rd pick was in supersim.)

Sanchez: 22 of 31 for 325 yards with 3 TD's 1 INT.

Gable: 18 carries for 143 yards and a TD.

Edwards: 9 carries for 42 yards.

Ausberry: 8 catches for 147 yards and 3 TD's.

Holland: 3 catches for 42 yards.

Galippo: 9 tackles, 2 for a loss, 1 sack.

Sean Canfield: 16 of 32 for 182 yards with 3 INT's.

Ross Mitchell (before being injured) 17 carries for 61 yards.

Strickland: 10 carries for 52 yards.

Kyle Brown: 6 catches for 85 yards.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 08:27 PM

I lost out on 4 more players this week including a DE who I thought I was going to get:

DE Josh Thompson from Wewoka, OK chose Texas over USC and ND. He is a 5 star player ranked #21 overall.

4 star DT Joe Jean from Marshall, MO chose UGA over USC and Iowa. I also thought I had him in the bag. He was ranked #28 overall.

I also missed out on 4 star DT Keith Alexander who was ranked #72 overall. He chose Ohio State over USC and FSU. He is from Lacey, WA.

Also, we lost a 4 star TE who I wasn't pursuing hard as he was a backup plan.

Now we travel to play Cal in what should be a classic game. Cal is 10-0 and is 5th in the polls. They have a very good passing attack led by K. Reed who is 205 of 331 for 2650 yards with 29 TD's and 8 INT's. They are 7th in PPG scored. Their passing offense is 6th in the nation, overall is 17th, and their rush offense is 50th. Defensively, they are 25th overall, 4th against the run, and 59th against the pass. They are plus 15 in turnover margin which is #3 in the country.

Our scoring offense is now 4th in the country. Our rush offense is 47th, our pass offense is 10th, our total offense is 22nd. Our total defense is 24th, we are 28th against the run, and 24th against the pass. Our plus 1 margin is 58th.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 09:37 PM

They knock it down on 3rd and 4 and force us to go 3 and out.

Our next drive, Gable fumbles it on the 2 while trying to hurdle a defender to get to the endzone.. they recover and advance it to the 30.

Maiava comes under the receiver on a slant and picks it off. He returns it to their 34.

Patterson gets crushed going across the middle on 3rd down, but he holds on and makes the 1st. His ribs are bruised and he'll leave the game for a bit.

End of 1: 0-0, we are inside their 15.

We miss a 31 yard FG attempt. Our next drive, we miss a 44 yard FG attempt. Cal has two big passes on their next drive which sets up a 4 yard TD run. 7-0. Sancez throws a pick at midfield. They put together a 6 play 44 yard drive including a 8 yard TD pass. 14-0. They force a 3 and out as they sack Sanchez on 3rd and 7. A big punt return sets them up at our 45.

They drive inside our 20, but Galippo saves us with a very athletic interception (but not a super jump.)

Johnson makes a key catch across the middle on 3rd down, but he fumbles it after getting smacked... they recover :( Cal with a TD pass 3 plays later. 20-0. 1:23 left in the half.. we need to score since they get it to start the 2nd half..

Gable returns the kickoff to the 40. We can't even get anything going.. their DLine is dominating our line.

On their first play after the punt, their HB fumbles! Galippo recovers! The booth reverses it :(

Halftime: Down 20-0, we have a huge comeback to stage as they get it to start the half.

Watson with a pick, but Newton is injured on the play. That gives us some life though. We go 3 and out as Sanchez is sacked on 3rd down again. They miss a 44 yard FG. We must put together a scoring drive now...

We move it to midfield with short passes, but get stopped there and punt. We need another turnover.

We get to midfield and then Gable fumbles it. He picked a bad day to have butterfingers. Barring a miracle comeback, it is going to cost us the national championship shot.

YES!!! 2 plays later, we force their HB to fumble and Galippo picks it up and runs it 59 yards for a TD! 20-7.

End of 3: Down 20-7, we are kicking off to them..

We stop them, but on 4th and 5 on their 44 we fail to complete the pass. Turnover on downs. They use the short field and quickly march it down the field for a TD ending with a 10 yard TD pass to their TE. 27-7.

Our next drive, Sanchez is hurt and we fail to convert a 4th and 6. Moore picks off a pass and returns it 82 yards for a TD! 27-14. Do I kick an onsides... no I'll try to stop them after kicking deep.

Their QB scrambles for 22 yards on 3rd and 6 :(

Sheesh, a PA 9 yard gain out of the goaline keeps their drive going on 3rd and 2... I was selling all out on the run. We might not get the ball back.

We finally stop them around the 25, but there are only 45 seconds left. The FG makes it 30-14.

Ball game. We lose 30-14 and Sanchez might be done for the year..

Sanchez: 17 of 29 for 199 yards with 1 INT.

Corp: 0 of 3.

Gable: 16 carries for 50 yards.

Holland: 4 catches for 81 yards.

Tony Watson: 14 tackles, 1 for a loss, 1 INT.

Kyle Reed: 23 of 37 for 275 yards with 3 TD's 4 INT's.

Jahvid Best: 33 carries for 114 yards and a TD.

Reed: 6 carries for 42 yards.

Alex Lageman: 5 catches for 85 yards and 2 TD's.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 09:51 PM

Despite the loss, we got 2 huge recruits to sign with us this week:

Jimmy Lynch is the #1 CB in California and #2 in the country. He is #12 overall. He is a 5 star 6'0 172 pound CB from San Gabriel, CA. He doesn't have elite speed but he is an excellent coverage player despite that. He has great leaping ability and good hands.

Joel McCoy is a 4 star WR from Hagerstown, MD. He is ranked 26th overall and is a great leaper despite only being 5'10 185. Good speed, good hands, good agility. No real weaknesses except for lack of elite speed.

We lost 3 players including 1 that I really wanted who was HB Jason Huffman.

Jason Huffman is a 5 star HB who is ranked #11 overall. He is 6'0 210 with elite speed and agility combined with good power. He left his home state of Teas to go play for Ohio State. We and Michigan were the other 2 teams on the top of his list.

We also lost out on our top choice at TE who chose Ohio State over USC and PSU. He is from Ohio, but I thought we could steal him away.

We also lost one of the top T's in the nation who stayed in his home state and will play for Tennessee. We were 2nd on his list with Texas being 3rd.

Top 5 Now:

1. Texas 11-0
2. Cal 11-0
3. Florida 11-0
4. Florida State 9-1
5. ND 9-1
6. USC 9-1

I'm going to sim out my last few games since I'm anxious to get to next season and this one is done as far as we are concerned.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 10:28 PM

8-2 Arizona State beats us despite Sanchez playing hurt and playing well. They win 41-28!

Sanchez: 15 of 30 for 263 yards with 3 TD's 1 INT.

D. Sullivan was 32 of 48 for 429 yards with 3 TD's!

Gable: 14 carries for 90 yards.

Holland: 4 catches for 47 yards and a TD.

Patterson 4 catches for 84 yards and 2 TD's.

Next up is UCLA, if I lose that, I'll never sim again ;)

We lose a QB I really wanted who was very fast and a good thrower as he chooses Michigan over USC :( He was from Merced, CA. He was a 4 star ranked 98th overall.

We also lose a 4 star SS ranked 77th overall to UCLA :( He is from Shreveport, LA. He chose UCLA over LSU and Nebraska.

Closer than I would have liked, but we beat UCLA 28-16 at our place.

Sanchez: 16 of 35 for 286 yards with 1 TD 1 INT.

Gable: 19 carries for 92 yards and a TD.

Sanchez: 4 carries for 32 yards.

Gable: 4 catches for 109 yards.

After the game, we get Raishaun Washington, a 4 star OLB from Lockwood, MT to sign with US. He chose us over Georgia and Georgia Tech. He is 6'1 209 and is a very fast linebacker. He also is a good coverage guy with decent tackling.

We lose out on our 3rd TE who chooses Auburn over USC and S. Car.

We lose out on the top athlete in the nation and #2 overall as he chooses to go FSU. He is from Russelville, AL. He is 6'5 205 and runs a 4.3 40. Nelson Andrews will be an interesting player to keep an eye on.

The top 5 going into Championship week:

1. Texas 12-0
2. Cal 12-0
3. Florida State 12-0
4. ND 11-1
5. Florida 11-1

In the Championship Week, Florida destroyed LSU 45-10 to remain undefeated. Unfortunately for them, Texas beat Nebraska 34-21 and Texas will face Cal for the National Championship.

We'll be playing in the Sun Bowl vs Rutgers. I'll quick sim that as well.

QB Cameron Newton of Florida wins the Heisman. He completed 237 of 431passes for 3138 yards. He also had 132 carries for 419 yards. He had 39 Total TD's and only 5 INT's.

DaJohn Harris won the Lombardi Trophy.

Tony Watson won the Thorpe Award.

FSU's HB Marcus Sims wins the Maxwell Award and is 1st team AA. He had 263 carries for 1786 yards and 22 TD's.

Gable was also a 1st team AA with 255 arries for 1409 yards and 14 TD's.

FSU's Marcus Ball wins the Bednarik. He had 73 tackles, 21 for a loss, and 8 sacks along with 6 interceptions.

Newton wins the O'Brien.

Sims win the Doak Walker.

Fred Rouse of UTEP wins the best WR award! He had 94 catches for 1348 yards and 18 TD's.

Aaron Hernadez of Florida wins the best TE. He had 22 catches for 435 yards and 6 TD's.

Tim Thomas of Texas wins the best OL. He had 28 pancakes and 0 sacks allowed.

B. Burnette of Texas wins the Rimington.

Marcus Ball of FSU wins the best LB.

Hunter Lawrence of Texas wins the Groza. He made 20 of 27 FG's with a long of 54 yards.

Darnell Robinson of FSU wins the best Punter. He had a net avg of 34.8 with a long of a 66. He only gave up 6 touchbacks and 24 were downed inside the 20.

M. Holt of Nebraska wins the best returner.

In the Sun Bowl, we beat Rutgers 56-7.

J. Lovelace was 13 of 32 for 197 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's.

Sanchez was 26 of 32 for 457 yards 7 TD's 1 INT as he was fully healthy.

Gable had 20 carries for 114 yards.

McKnight had 4 carries for 5 yards.

Ausberry had 7 catches for 107 yards and 2 TD's.

In the National Championship Texas crushed Cal 42-7. S. Harris completed 13 of 20 for 235 yards with 3 TD's 1 INT. V. McGee had 20 carries for 127 yards and a TD. F. Whitaker had 10 carries for for 49 yards. D. Beasley ad an interception that he returned for a TD.

Now onto the next season.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 10:32 PM

Before I do that, a quick look at our stat leaders on this team:

Sanchez: 230 of 375 for 3846 yards with 36 TD's 18 INT's.

Gable: 274 carries for 1513 yards and 14 TD's.

Ausberry: 52 catches for 997 yards and 11 TD's.

Holland had a disappoint 47 catches for 841 yards and 6 TD's.

Galippo: 115 tackles, 23 for a loss, 3 sacks, 3 INT's.

Griffen led the team with 10 sacks.

True Freshman Tony Watson led the team with 6 INT's.

Wheeler was 11 of 24 on FG's with a long of 48 yards.

Hardy: 50 punts with a average of 42.1, net avg of 33.1. 13 downed inside the 20. 9 touchbacks.

Holland: 45 punt returns for 543 yards with 2 TD's.

Now, onto next season.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 10:38 PM

Sanchez set a career school passing record with 84 TD's beating Palmer's 72 TD's.

Players leaving:

Jordan Maiava, Kristopher O'Dowd, and Galippo are all going to the pros early. I talk Galippo and Maiava into coming back! O'Dowd won't listen to me and he goes. Rhett Ellison thins about transferring, but I talk him into staying. With our failure to land any TE's, he will be a key player next year.

Graduating: Travon Patterson, FB Coleman, Gable, LT Charles Brown, DT Thomas Harris, OLB Luther Brown, Sanchez, RT Thomas Herring. Holland and Ausberry both stayed and I expect them to have a big year even with a young QB throwing to them...

Who will be the QB?

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 11:15 PM

A GREAT 1st week of offseason recruiting has me smiling:

HB John Tyler - 5'11 200 pounds. 4 Star HB ranked 30th overall. He is from Bremerton, WA. He has good speed, great aility and acceleration. He is highly elusive. A solid receiver out of the backfield.

HB Blake Brown - A 4 star HB who is 5'11 198 and was the back I really wanted once I wiffed on the Texas backs. He is from Camarillo, CA and he is a true burner with great agility and acceleration. He doesn't have great receiving skills which is my only disappointment. He has speed that we haven't had at the position since Bush was here.

FB Michael Dawson - A big bruising FB that we haven't had here in a long time. He is a 4 star player ranked 51st overall. He is 6'1 241. He is from El Centro, Ca. He is a solid run blocker with room to become a great one. He has poor hands, but his main job will be to block for our backs and QB. He does have good speed for his size and could be valuable on short yardage.

WR Cedrick Griffin - A 4 star player ranked 89th overall. 6'4 231 with very good speed for his size. Not a burner, but he has very good hands and is able to catch in traffic well. Could become a great receiver in his 2nd or 3rd year.

K Craig Mason - There were no great kickers this year, but this kid was the best in the nation. 2 star kicker ranked 1021 overall. He is 6'1 211 and is from Doraville, Ga. He has good leg strength and accuracy and is clearly better than Wheeler. I promised him significant playing time and I will keep that promise. This kid will be the starter.

DE Noah Davis - 4 star player ranked 38 overall. He is undersized at 6'0 234. He is from Crystal Springs, MS. He plays with great technique despite his small size and he has excellent speed for a DE. He'll be a great outside rusher.

MLB Bryan Burrell - The star of our recruiting class. The #1 player in the nation. He is a 5 star MLB. He'll be a natural successor to Galippo in a year and will get some time this year. He is 6'1 230 and has speed to match most of our HB's. He is a highly aware player who is a very good tackler. He is an excellent pursuer of the ball with great instincts. Just average in coverage right now, but he could become special. He has good hands and should be a great interception guy once he improves his cover skills. He is from Dewey-Humboldt, AZ.

MLB Brian Myrick - Another great MLB that might make me think about a 3-4. Otherwise, he'll slide to OLB. He is a 5 star player ranked 19th overall. He is 6'3 230. He is from Schertz, TX. Not as fast as our main star but he is just as heady. He is also a great tackler. He is a decent coverage guy but also needs to improve in this area. Good agility.

The only downside this week is that we lost a 4 star T that I wanted who chose UCLA instead.

Our 2nd week of recruiting just went great as well!

QB Brandon Cole: 4 star ranked 231 overall. He is fast running a 4.4 in the 40. He is also elusive and agile. He has a cannon of an arm too. His only weakness is that his awareness is low and his accuracy is sometimes poor. Still, he'll be a strong contender for our QB job. One other weakness is his size - 6'0 175. He is from Covington, TN and Tennessee was his 2nd choice. GT was his 3rd.

Jimmy McDonald - 6'2 171 and fast as can be with tremendous acceleration and very good agility. He has suspect hands but if he can develop in that regard, he'll be a star WR for us. He is a 4 star player ranked 238 overall. He does have great awareness and I think he'll develop nicely.

Eaglesfan27

09-02-2007, 11:39 PM

In week 3 of recruiting we land a speedy CB:

Reggie Pauly is a 4 star CB from Greenville, TX. He is ranked 260 overall. He runs a 4.35 in the 40 and is a good man coverage guy. Needs to work on his hands, but he should be able to cover most players.

i fail to get the C that I needed in the last few weeks, but in the last week we add yet another burner:

WR Mike duren from Danville, CA. He is 6'1 186 with 4.3 speed and great agility. He doesn't have top notch acceleration but once he gets going, he's going to be very hard to catch. He also has decent hands, better than the other burners I added this year.

Whoever is going to win the starting QB job better be able to chuck it way down field :)

Our class is ranked 5th overall. We signed 4 5 star guys, 10 4 star guys, 1 3 star guy, and 1 2 star guy.

Texas is 1st with 3 5 stars, 14 4 stars, 5 3 stars, and 1 2 star

Florida State is 2nd with 1 5 star, 16 4 stars, 3 3 stars, and 5 2 stars.

Tennessee is 3rd with 2-11-9-2

Oho State is 4th with 2-13-5.

Personally, I'd take my class over anyones and I think only Texas's really competes.

Eaglesfan27

09-03-2007, 12:19 AM

The failure to land a quality C is really going to hurt this year. We might have to start a very poor C, unless Daniel Harris can make a good transition from RG to C. The true sophomore is going to get a chance to start there as he wouldn't at RG. This year coming up, we must recruit a few stars for the OL.

Wow. We now have 8 corners on the roster. Other positions that have a glut: 7 HB's, 5 FB's, 10 WR's! Which i just realized burner Jimmy McDonald is a JUCO.

So, who has shown the most improvement at each group:

Redshirt Freshman David McKenzie showed the most improvement among the QB's but he is the most immobile and he has the weakest arm. However, he does have the most accurate arm of the group.

Aaron Corp is a redshirt junior with the best mobility besides our new freshman and he showed moderate improvement. He has a very strong arm, the strongest except for the freshman. However, his awareness is also poor. He has good accuracy. He probably gives us the best chance to win this year..

Derrick Huston is our prized recruit from a few years ago. He is now a redshirt sophomore. He has decent mobility and is very similar to Corp in most other ways, but not quite as elusive. However, is his potential greater?

John Coley is a redshirt Sophomore. He has the best awareness but lacks mobility. He has the weakest arm and least accurate except for the true freshman. He's definitely out of the mix.

Finally, there is the true freshman Brandon Cole. He has the speed of some of our HB's. He has better agility than some HB's. He has excellent acceleration. His awareness is horrendous. He has exceptional elusiveness. He has the juke moves of a HB. He can catch the ball well, too. He has the strongest arm on the team. He has the least accurate arm on the team except for Coley. He has the best stamina among all of the QB's. Who should I start?

McKnight only took a small step forward, but he is the fastest of the experienced backs with the best agility. He'll be the starter if he can stay healthy.

Michael Edwards took a nice leap forward and will be our short yardage back.

Among the FB's Jamar Atkinson took a big leap forward. The 5'11 232 pound player is slow and isn't a receiving threat but he is our best blocker among guys with previous experience.

Ausberry took a huge step forward and is clearly the most reliable WR with the best hands.

Holland took a modest step forward and is the fastest player on the team.

Roland Johnson has developed into a very good WR with great hands.

None of the other incumbants will hold off our speedy new receivers.

Anthony McCoy has taken a huge stride forward and will be a key player this year with very good speed for a TE. Rhett Ellison might regret staying as sophomore Terrance Franklin took a big step forward and will be our #2 TE.

Butch Lewis made great strides at RT and Zach Heberer made strides at RG. Our right side of our line will be strong, but C and the left side is a question mark. C is the biggest question mark by far. A true freshman could be starting there next year if we can recruit a good one this year.

Everson Griffen took a huge stride forward as did Blake Holland at the other DE position. So did DaJohn Harris. Our Defensive Line is going to be nasty again.

Galippo took a nice stride forward and is now rated 99 and poised for a superstar year.

Kyle Newton and Overstreet each gained in several areas and are poised for a big year.

Wheeler didn't improve at all and he will be cut from the team.

Chase Hardy our punter has improved nicely. He'll be very solid this year.

We have to cut a few players due to roster limits. I cut mostly slower players who weren't progressing well and weren't going to get playing time anyway.

I've got a tough decision on who to start at QB and I'll sleep on that, but tonight I'm deciding who to redshirt and I won't redshirt the freshman QB. At the very least, he is going to be a change of pace QB if my QB is struggling with heavy pressure like Cal got on Sanchez.

Eaglesfan27

09-03-2007, 12:28 AM

We redshirt the more well rounded but slower HB John Tyler. I plan on using Blake Brown as a homerun threat on swing passes and maybe motioning into the slot. I redshirt FB Michael Dawson. He'll be the starter next year but Atkinson is the better blocker this year and converted FB Lance Moss is the better receiver. I redshirt WR's Cedrick Griffin and and JUCO Jimmy McDonald. Mike Duren is the fastest of the 3 with the best hands of the 3 and we'll work him into some 4 WR sets as a true freshman. DE Noah Davis will have a year to put on some weight and work on his game. Ditto for OLB Raishaun Washington who is undersized. MLB Bryan Burrell is too good to sit. In fact, we'll run some 4-4 defenses just to get him on the field. His fellow MLB, now OLB, Brian Myrick will redshirt though. Reggie Pauly will also redshirt.

I'll decide on the depth chart tomorrow with the biggest decision being Corp's experience vs the potential of Derrick Hston vs the potential of David McKenzie vs the mobility and potential of true freshman Brandon Cole.

Eaglesfan27

09-03-2007, 10:43 AM

After giving it some consideration, Corp just isn't much better than Huston and Huston has shown more potentail. Also, Corp has played poorly with the 2nd team in games last year. I like Cole as a change of pace and he will get a series or two each game and will get used in the redzone some. So here is the depth chart:

QB: Huston (RS-SO-88), Cole (Fr-74), Corp (RS-JR-89)
HB: McKnight(RS-JR-93), Blake Brown (Fr - 76 with 96 speed best among the HB's), Edwards (RS-So-90)
FB: Atkinson (SR-86), Lance Moss (RS-Fr-73 with 89 speed, far better than any other FB), Clark (JR-76)
WR: Ausberry (RS-Sr-95), Holland (RS-Sr 93 with 99 speed), Roland Johnson (Rs-JR-90), Duren (Fr-69 with 95 speed), Cornelius Johnson (RS-Fr-84), Joel McCoy (Fr-77)
TE: Anthony McCoy (Rs-Sr-97), Terrance Franklin (RS-So-85), Ellison (RS-Jr-83)
LT: Andre Andrews (Jr-87), Charles Williams (Rs-Jr-76)
LG: Martin Coleman (RS-Jr-89), Anthony Schroeder (Jr-81)
C: Daniel Harris (So-74), Rudy Russell (So-72)
RG: Heberer (RS-Sr-93)
RT: Butch Lewis (RS-Sr-92)

We'll go after at least 6 linemen this year

LE: Griffen (Rs-Jr-93), Reardon (Sr-91), Bryson Richardson (Jr-84)
RE: Holland (RS-So-88), Swain (Rs-So-82)
DT: DaJohn Harris (RS-JR-94), Darren Coleman (FR-83), Mikuec (So-76)
LOLB: Bryan Burrell (FR-86 This kid is too good to be backup, he's better than my other options at LOLB and he'll be our starter at MLB next year and beyond), Ed Keyes (Rs-So-81), Jamaal Miller (RS-So-82)
MLB: Galippo (SR-99), Burrell (FR-85), Kyle Thomas (RS-So-76)
ROLB: Jordan Maiava (RS-Jr-94), Michael Carter (RS-Fr-76)
CB: Shareece Wright (RS-Sr-89), Kyle Newton (JR-88), Tyrone Overstreet (So-86), Donte Porter (SR-83), Jimmy Lynch (FR-79)
FS: Tony Watson (So-87), Greg Archie (So-78), George Robinson (RS-Fr-75)
SS: Marshall Jones (RS-Jr-93), Overstreet (74 here), Kevin Lewis (So-73)
K: Craig Mason (Fr-69 with Kick power of 82 and accuracy of 84)
P: Chase Hardey (So-77 with kick power of 93 and accuracy of 81)
KR: Roland Johnson and Holland (I'm letting him do it all, we're going to try to help him win the Heisman)
PR: Holland, Brown, McKnight

SOS: A-

Week 1: San Jose State
Week 2: At #5 Ohio State (I want revenge, hopefully this doesn't ruin our year)
Week 3: Bye
Week 4: #8 Cal
Week 5: at Arizona
Week 6: At Wash St.
Week 7: Washington
Week 8: Ariz St
Week 9: Bye
Week 10: At Oregon St
Wek 11: At Stanford
Week 12: Oregon
Week 13: #2 ND
Week 14: at #23 UCLA

We are in #6 in the pre-season poll. The top 5:

1. Texas - Explosive offense, excellent defense.
2. ND - Best offense in the game outside of USC. Good defense.
3. Florida State: Excellent offense, very good defense.
4. Florida - One of the top 3 offenses, excellent defense.
5. Ohio State - Excellent offense, excellent defense.

Before we even play our 1st game, A very good tackle committs on the spot when we offer him a scholarship! Derrick Smith is a 4 star 6'6 305 pound T from Cypress, CA. He is ranked 86th overall. He is an all around very good blocker who is better as a run blocker at this point.

Our 1st game against San Jose State should be a huge blowout. They have a bad offense and a worse defense.

Eaglesfan27

09-03-2007, 12:07 PM

We force a 3 and out as they don't even gain a yard.

After a great Holland return, we only have to go 38 yards. First play is a 11 yard run by McKnight, 2nd play is an incomplete pass, 3rd play is a 6 yard run by McKinight, 4th play is a 21 yard TD pass to Holland! 7-0.

Backup SS Kevin Lewis breaks some ribs and will miss a few weeks on a kickoff return. Porter with a pick on a 3rd and 10 pass that the QB just chucked up into traffic. A 36 yard drive ends with a 1 yard TD run by McKnight. 14-0.

After we force a 3 and out, Holland has a great punt return of 40 yards to get to their 26. 3 plays later, Huston tosses a 3 yard TD pass to Ausberry. 21-0.

After another 3 and out, Holland returns a punt 59 yards for a TD! 28-0. That ends the 1st quarter.

McKnight is stuffed on a 3rd and 1, but our new kicker nails the 48 yard FG to make it 31-0. Our defense is dominating like it never has before.

Another 3 and out followed by a 4 play 52 yard drive including 2 20 yard passes ends with a 4 yard TD run by McKnight. 38-0.

They finally get a few 1st downs, but we stop them short of midfield. I'm going to let the freshman QB get in and run a drive. He'll be playing most of the 2nd half along with the 2nd team offense, but I want him to direct a drive with the 1st team as well.

Cole's 2nd pass is a short cross to Holland in which Holland burns the defense for a 40 yard gain. His 3rd pass, he overthrows Ausberry by a LARGE amount and the safety picks it off.

Next play Everson Griffen with a sack for a safety! 40-0.

I'm giving Cole another chance to lead a TD drive.

3 passes for big gains including a 32 yard TD pass to the freshman Duren in which he burnt his man deep! 47-0.

We'll be bringing in our entire 2nd team offense to start the 2nd half, but we'll go back to our starting QB for the rest of this half.

We force a fumble on the kickoff and Overstreet recovers!

Huston throws into double coverage and it is picked off. We force a 3 and out and Holland has another great punt return for 42 yards. Our next drive, the kicker misses a 46 yard FG. 1:30 to go in the half and it is 47-0.

Wow. Their WR catches a short hook pass breaks two tackles and takes it 78 yards for a TD. 47-6. Guess, I'll give the 2nd team defense a chance as well now that the shutout is done.

Halftime: Up 47-6. Even with that big play by their WR, we've outgained them 248 to 108.

Halftime QB stats for USC:

Huston: 10 of 16 for 117 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT.

Cole: 3 of 5 for 87 yards with 1 TD 1 INT.

It will be both second teams the rest of the way and we'll focus on trying to run the ball (but well still pass a bit on 3rd down.)

I am still letting McKnight play as the backup HB when our freshman is tired and McKnight finishes a long drive with a 2 yard TD run. 54-6.

Cole with a 32 yard run on an option keeper! He broke a tackle too. He was one shoestring tackle away from a long TD run. The next play, Blake Brown gets perfect blocking on a toss and he uses his speed to turn the corner and beat the defense. 30 yard TD run. 61-6.

Kyle Thomas with an interception. The kid has been having a good game in the 2nd half. Their next drive, Porter gets his 2nd pick for us. He returns it to the 1. Brown runs it in for a TD. 68-6.

During the Supersim portion of the 4th quarter, Cole throws a 6 yard TD pass to Roland Johnson. 75-6. Our next drive he throws a 3 yard TD pass to our freshman burner. 82-6. Our next drive Brown runs it in from the 7. 89-6. Newton is in due to fatigue to our backups and he gets a pick on their next drive. Blake Brown with his 4th TD run this time from 12 yards out. 96-6 with 3:50 to go.

I put Edwards in for our next drive to just grind out small gains.

Ball game. 96-6 win. I think we are ready for Ohio State ;)

We outgained them 494 to 176 in total offense. Once you factor in kick returns, we outgained them 778 to 475!

Huston: 10 of 16 for 117 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT.

Cole: 11 of 14 for 171 yards with 3 TD's 1 INT.

Blake Brown: 19 carries for 113 yards and 4 TD's behind a second string line.

McKnight: 15 carries for 43 yards and 3 TD's.

Brandon Cole; 5 carries for 43 yards.

Edwards: 4 carries for 8 yards.

Duren: 4 catches for 67 yards and 2 TD's.

Ausberry: 3 catches for 32 yards and a TD.

Holland 3 catchs for 67 yards and a TD.

DaJohn Harris: 9 tackles, 5 for a loss, 1 sack.

Donte Porter: 6 tackles, 2 INT's.

Holland: 1 KR for 32 yards, 7 PR for 179 yards, 25.5 avg, 1 TD. Only downside is that he was missed plays at WR due to fatigue, but I'll take that when he can bust a game open on any return.

Eaglesfan27

09-03-2007, 12:22 PM

Now we face Ohio State who are starting a true freshman QB that is good, but shouldn't be that hard to rattle. Brandon Saine is one of the best HB's in the nation and I imagine they'll lean on him. We'll probably play some 4-4 this game. Aram Olson is one of the best FB's in the nation and a very capable lead blocker. Taurian Wallace leads a good but not great WR core. They have a bad C starting as well, even worse than ours. Edgar Miller is someone that our DT's should be able to abuse. The rest of their line is very good. Lorenzo Lewis is a star at RE but their LE is not that good. Dexter Larrimore is a 99 rated DT and Cameron Heyward isn't far behind him. That could be trouble for the interior of our line. Tyler Moeller leads a very good linebacking corp. Chimdi Chekwa is an excellent corner and James Scott is good. However, neither of them can match the speed of Holland. In fact, no one in the secondary can. Eugene Clifford and Nate Oliver are a tremendous pair of safeties. Their kickers are about equivalent to ours. Should be a winnable game even on the road if we can block their DT's.

Eaglesfan27

09-03-2007, 01:41 PM

Ohio State elects to kickoff.

We go for it on 4th and inches on their 14 and they stuff McKnight.

Marshall Jones picks off a 3rd down pass. He returns it to their 18. 3 plays later McKnight runs it in from the 1. 7-0.

Their FB catches it in the flat and Jones lights him up and he fumbles! Wright recovers for us. Very next play, Huston tries a PA pass, but he gets hit as he is throwing and it is a duck that their S picks off.

End of 1: Up 7-0, but they are on our 1. Saine is running it well. We stuff Saine on 3rd down. They are going for it on 4th and goal from the 1.... Saine breaks two tackles and scores the TD. 7-7.

A good drive fizzles for us when Huston throws a pick inside their 10. We force a 3 and out. Our next drive gets stopped at the 15, but we kick the FG. 10-7. Shareece Wright with an interception inside our 20 to end a long Ohio State drive. On 3rd and 4, Huston misses a wide open Holland. Our kicker misses a 40 yard attempt wide right.

With 12 seconds left, we punt the ball inside their 10. Surprisingly, they come out throwing and Newton picks it off and returns it for a TD!! 17-7.

Halftime: Up 17-7 as their freshman QB is costing them the game.

Their QB scrambles on the 2nd play and Maiava nails him forcing a fumble. We recover.

Inside the 10, we bring in our backup QB to run some option and create time to find an open man. On 3rd and goal from the 3, Cole scrambles for a TD! 24-7.

Wright picks off a 3rd down pass. We are stuffing the run with 8 men in the box and forcing them into bad 3rd and long situations. McCoy fails to catch a long pass and it deflects off his hands into the safeties hands. Tough interception for Huston.

We force a 3 and out. They are doing reasonably well on punt coverage against Holland. They force a 3 and out and Saine has an excellent punt return to cross midfield. A 33 yard FG makes it 24-10 late in the 3rd.

Wild play as Huston makes a bad throw that gets picked off but then an OL tackles the CB who fumbles it and Huston recovers!

Next play they come with a heavy blitz and Huston throws a floater to Brown who catches it, breaks a cornerback's tackle and goes 71 yards down the left sideline! 31-10.

End of 3: Up 31-10.

They turn it over on downs around midfield and Huston directs a drive with 4 passes to get us inside the 1 where McKnight finishes it off. 38-10.

They turn it over on downs and we bring in our 2nd team offense. Cole finds Roland Johnson for a 26 yard TD!! 45-10.

They turn it over on downs again.

Game over after a few more defensive stands by both sides. 45-10 win for us. Now, that feels like good revenge.

Huston: 21 of 35 for 294 yards with 1 TD 4 INT's (1 wasn't his fault.)

Cole: 4 of 9 for 46 yards with 1 TD 0 INT's.

McKnight: 20 carries for 100 yards and 2 TD's.

Brown: 6 carries for 10 yards.

Huston: 3 carries for 11 yards.

Cole: 2 carries for 16 yards.

Ausberry: 9 catches for 115 yards.

Holland: 4 catches for 55 yards.

Brown: 3 catches for 69 yards and a TD.

Roland Johnson: 3 catches for 38 yards and a TD.

McKnight: 2 catches for 24 yards.

Shareece Wright: 2 interceptions.

Holland: 2 KR for 45 yards and 3 PR for 45 yards.

Nic Thomas: 24 of 48 for 252 yards with 4 INT's.

Brandon Saine: 22 carries for 108 yards and a TD.

Thomas: 11 carries for 25 yards.

FS Eugene Clifford: 9 tackles, 2 for a loss, 2 interceptions.

Eaglesfan27

09-03-2007, 02:04 PM

That win bumped us up to #4 in the polls.

During our bye week, Michigan beats ND 17-10 to knock ND out of the #2 spot in the polls. However, Florida leap frogs us into the #3 slot in the polls with a 21-16 win over Tennessee.

Eaglesfan27

09-07-2007, 05:45 PM

Today, we host #4 Cal in probably the most challenging game of the year. Cal has the #3 offense overall, #6 in rushing, and #8 in passing. They have a ton of talent at all of the skill positions. However, defensively they are only average. They are 50th overall, 40th against the run, and 50th against the pass. They are 11th in scoring and 44th in points allowed.

We are 1st in points scored, 70th offensively, but we are being carried by our defense which is 12th in the nation and our return game which is 1st in the nation. My goal is to control the clock with the ground game and short passing at least early.

Eaglesfan27

09-07-2007, 07:08 PM

It's raining here in Los Angeles, hopefully the bounces that are sure to happen go our way. We get inside the 30, but they sack our young QB on 3rd and 5. Our freshman kicker drills the 48 yard FG in the rain! 3-0.

We stop their FB on 3rd and inches on the 45 and they punt. They punt it into the endzone. They force a 3 and out. A bad punt has them around our 42. Our freshman linebacker with a sack on 3rd and 3 to stop them at our 25. They make the 42 yard FG. 3-3 late in the 1st.

Holland with a strong kickoff return to get to our 41. 1st play is a 27 yard pass to Ausberry! On 3rd and 13, a WR pass works as our QB throws it to Ausberry who throws it to the opposite flat to McKnight who picks up 14! Next play is a 14 yard TD pass to McKnight! 10-3, early in the 2nd.

Their next drive, they attempt a 56 yard FG which we block! A 6 play 62 yard drive which included passs of 26 and 20 yards to Ausberry and Holland ends with a 1 yard TD run by McKnight! 17-3.

We hold them to a 3 and out. First play is a PA pass to Roland Johnson who beats his man, stiff arms the safety, and takes it in 42 yards for a TD! 24-3. SS Kevin Lewis busts a rib on the kickoff and will be out for the rest of this game. Our next drive, the 1st play, McKnight breaks a tackle in the backfield, breaks a tackle from the safety about 8 yards upfield, and goes the distance for a 60 yard TD! 31-3. I wasn't expecting this blowout. Lots of huge recruits here watching us today, too. :)

Their QB leads a great drive that ends when he throws a pick on the 1 yard line. Watson returns it to the 3.

Halftime: 31-3 lead.

I'm going to get Cole in with the 1st team early in the 3rd for at least a series or two. A 3rd down blitz at midfield forces their QB into a bad throw which Newton picks off. We get Cole in for this series.. Cole with some really bad throws on this drive, but he ran it for 18 on 3rd and 10.. he threw it to Holland for 22 yards on 3rd and 7, and he ran it from the 5 on 3rd and goal! 38-3. 12 play 62 yard drive. They miss a 45 yard FG and I put Huston in for 1 more series before I'm going to put all of my 2nd stringers in.

1st play McKnight breaks a tackle in the backfield, turns the corner and gains 31 before a corner catches him. 6 straight runs before a 9 yard PA pass to the FB, Atkinson, for a TD. 45-3 and our 1st team offense is done for the day. Watson with his 2nd pick of the day on a deep pass on their 1st play of the drive. Midway through the 4th, a 41 yard FG makes it 48-3.

48-3 win! I never expected that against Cal's offense. :)

Huston: 13 of 23 for 192 yards with 3 TD's 0 INT's.

Cole: 5 of 14 for 61 yards.

Ausberry: 1 of 1 for 14 yards :)

McKnight: 17 carries for 176 yards and 2 TD's.

Brown: 9 carries for 51 yards.

Cole; 7 carries for 43 yards and a TD.

McKnight: 6 catches for 62 yards and a TD.

Holland: 2 catches for 45 yards.

Roland Johnson: 2 catches for 56 yards and a TD.

Kyle Newton: 12 tackles, 2 passes defended, 1 INT.

Tony Watson: 4 tackles, 2 passes defended, 2 INT's.

Kevin Riley: 19 of 34 for 212 yards 0 TD's 3 INT's.

James Montgomery: 24 carries for 85 yard.

Andre Rogers: 7 catches for 90 yards.

Eaglesfan27

09-07-2007, 07:21 PM

Recruits had a GREAT time at the Cal game. I have several excellent linemen who are favoring USC and are close to committing.

LSU barely avoided being upset by Tennessee as they won 27-23. LSU is now 4-0 Tenn is 1-3.

Top 5 in the polls:

1. Texas (36) 4-0
2. FSU (21) 4-0
3. Florida (3) 4-0
4. USC (1) 3-0
5. Texas A&M 3-0

Top Heisman Candidates:

HB J. Henry, Tex
HB D. Brown, Pitt
WR J. Rogers, IU
QB R. Marve, Mia
HB Noel Devine, WVU

This week we travel to play the 1-2 Arizona Wildcats. Their passing offense is a dreadful 90th. Their rushing offense isn't much better at 72nd. Their total offense is 91st. Defensively, they are better with a strong pass defense that is 28th. However, the teams they faced in non-conference weren't that strong in the air. Talent wise, we should be able to take advantage of their secondary. This game should be a blowout.

Eaglesfan27

09-07-2007, 08:41 PM

They force a 3 and out, but the punt is muffed! Our gunner, Overstreet recovers it! We catch them on the blitz with a WR screen - Ausberry picks up 23 yards to get to their 3. McKnight runs it in from the 3. 7-0.

Defensive pass interference negates a Galippo interception. Using their spread attack, they get to our 22 before we stop them. The kicker hits the upright and misses the 39 yard FG attempt. A 10 play 61 yard drive ends with a 2 yard TD pass on a PA to McCoy. 14-0. That will end the 1st quarter.

Early in the 2nd, Marshall Jones gets us an interception and returns it to their 31. Next play is a 31 yard TD pass to Ausberry! 21-0. Our next drive, McKnight gets crushed after catching it and he loses the ball. They recover and return it to our 30. They cover the 30 yards in 5 plays including a 6 yard TD run. 21-7.

Huston throws it deep while under pressure and he underthrows it. Their safety picks it off. Next play, Newton picks it off to get us the ball back. On 3rd and 1, Cole comes in to scramble for a 1st. He also completed a pass on the drive, but Huston was the main guy in getting us to the 3 where Brown punched it in. 28-7.

28-7 at the half. Overstreet picks off an out and takes it 33 yards for a TD. 35-7. After a few runs on our next drive, Huston actually throws a nice soft beautiful rainbow bomb on a PA for a 62 yard TD pass to Holland! 42-7. On 4th and 1 on our 12, we stop them for a turnover on downs. McKnight running it up the middle fumbles around midfield and they recover. Next play Wright intercepts the ball when the WR has it bounce off his hands. One last drive for the first team offense. 1st play Atkinson fumbles it and they recover. So much for the offense going out on a high note.

Our next drive is a 12 play 66 yard drive that was all runs including 3 QB keepers. The drive ends with a 7 yard toss right run to Brown. 49-7. A 46 yard FG makes it 52-7 with 6 minutes to go. Cole throws it a lot during the next supersim drive and leads us on a 12 play 73 yard drive. It ends with a 5 yard TD run by Brown. 59-7.

Game over. 59-7 win.

Huston: 16 of 21 for 201 yards with 3 TD's 1 INT.

Cole: 6 of 10 for 107 yards.

McKnight: 15 carries for 80 yards and a TD.

Brown: 14 carries for 63 yards and 3 TD's.

Cole: 8 carries for 44 yards.

McKnight: 5 catches for 23 yards.

McCoy: 4 catches for 38 yards and a TD.

Holland: 3 catches for 86 yards and a TD.

Galippo: 10 tackles, 2 for a loss.

Tyler Lyon: 20 of 35 for 232 yards and 4 INT's.

Glyndon Bolasky: 18 carries for 58 yards and a TD.

Bolasky: 5 catches for 51 yards.

Eaglesfan27

09-07-2007, 08:46 PM

Undefeated Arkansas upset Georgia in Atlanta 34-31. Georgia was also undefeated going into the game.

Texas was upset by Iowa State 38-21 at home! They drop to #9 in the polls. Iowa State is now 5-0.

The new top 5:

1. Florida State (38) 5-0
2. Florida (22) 5-0
3. USC (1) 4-0
4. Texas A&M 4-0
5. West Virginia 4-0

Our next game is at a 1-2 Washngton State team that has lost its starting QB for the year and is struggling with a lack of talent. Their offense is 116th in the nation. Their pass offense is 100th. Of course, they have played less games than most teams. As a result, their defense is ranked very high the moment (10th.) Talent wise, they are horrendous on defense and bad on offense. This should be another blowout. I'll play that tomorrow.

Eaglesfan27

09-08-2007, 11:17 AM

After a very bad kickoff (their kicker is injured) on the 2nd play of the game, McKnight gets to the corner and runs it 42 yards for a TD! 7-0.

Wow. Their star WR returns the kickoff 99 yards for a TD. 7-7.

Their kickoffs are all very short today. Our FB catches the short kickoff and is hurt. Moss will get a chance to shine with the first team...

2nd play of our drive, Brown jukes a defender gets an angle on the safety, breaks his ankles, and goes 52 yards for a TD. 14-7. Their run defense is looking horrendous.

Newton with an acrobatic interception of an overthrown ball. He returns it to our 37. 3 and out and we punt. Galippo with a pick on a desperation 3rd down pass while the QB was being hit. I wish the EA servers were back up, McKnight just broke 4 tackles and had an incredible 20 yard run in the process. The next play McKnight runs it in from the 2. 21-7.

Newton with a his 2nd pick of the game in the 1st quarter. 1st play is a 41 yard pass to Holland. Next play, McCoy catches a 7 yard pass, breaks two tackles by a linebacker and a cornerback and takes it 21 yards for a TD! 28-7.

28-7 at the end of the 1st. We stop them on downs inside our 20, but the first pass of Huston is an interception to their FS. Despite the very short field, our defense holds them to a FG. 28-10. Our next drive, the 2nd play is a 54 yard TD pass to Ausberry. 34-10 after our kicker shanks the XP. A 42 yard FG makes it 34-13 with 3:20 to go in the 2nd.

Our next drive is a 6 play 45 yard drive that ends with a 3 yard TD run by McKnight. 41-13. Their HB fumbles a swing pass and Newton recovers the ball. That kid is all over the place today! Sheesh, McKnight gets some great blocking, hurdles one down defender, jukes the safety and takes it 54 yards for a TD! I'll save a highlight of that one to add later. 48-13. They fumble the kickoff and Overstreet recovers. We just run a few simple runs and they actually tackle. A short FG makes it 51-13 as the half ends.

Halftime stats:

Huston: 9 of 12 for 166 yards 2 TD's 1 INT.

McKnight 13 carries for 155 yards and 4 TD's.

Brown: 2 carries for 43 yards and a TD.

Ausberry 2 catches for 76 yards and a TD.

Holland: 1 catch for 43 yards.

Despite the lackluster passing stats, it's time to bring in the 2nd team offense. They fumble the kickoff again. We recover again! Wow. Moss with 2 good runs on this short drive, besides having great speed, the converted linebacker now a FB has great power! Moss runs it in from 7 yards out. 58-13. With the huge lead and Brown being more of a big play back, we are going to work Moss this 2nd half and see how effective of a ball carrier he can be. Their punter is out injured as well and they are using a WR as a kicker. Horrific punt. Using Moss mostly, we put together a 14 play 58 yard drive that eats up over half of the quarter. It ends with a 22 yard FG. 61-13.

Against our 2nd team defense, they put together a 8 play 72 yard TD drive. 61-20. We respond with a 5 play (all runs) 44 yard drie ending with a 3 yard run by Brown. 68-20. We pick off their QB again as he tries to throw deep on our backup CB. 4 plays covers 38 yards ending with a 1 yard TD run by Brown. 75-20.

Ball game. 75-20 win.

Huston: 9 of 12 for 166 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT.

Cole: 6 of 7 for 60 yards.

McKnight: 14 carries for 158 yards and 4 TD's.

Brown: 17 carries for 94 yards and 3 TD's.

6'3 250 pound FB Lance Moss: 7 carries fr 44 yards and a TD. He might get some more short yardage carries for me and be our pound it out at the end back. He is faster than Edwards and showed some nifty moves for a big guy.

Cole: 3 carries for 21 yards.

Backup TE Terrance Franklin: 4 catches for 43 yards.

Moss: 3 catches for 13 yards.

Duren: 2 catches for 22 yards.

DaJohn Harris: 9 tackles, 6 for a loss, 1 sack.

Griffen: 8 tackles, 4 for a loss, 2 sacks.

Kyle Newton: 5 tackles, 3 INT's, 1 FF, 1 FR. He's living up to his pre-season All-American Hype.

Gary Rogers: 22 of 37 for 304 yards (mostly against my 2nd team in the 2nd half) with 4 INT's.

Logwone Mitz: 24 carries for 55 yards and a TD. The big FB was their main back today.

Jshua Anderson: 5 catches for 85 yards and 1 KR for 99 yards and a TD (I avoided kicking to him after that.)

Eaglesfan27

09-08-2007, 11:33 AM

The top 5 remains unchanged. Today we host Washington and we also host a very important recruit. The #1 player in the nation is a HB from Tennessee. He has it all: size (6'1 220) speed (a sub 4.3 40), agility, accleration, hands, instincts. With McKnight likely to go pro after this year, he'd have a great shot at getting the #1 starting spot as a true freshman. In fact, if I don't get him to sign during the season, I'm going to promise him the job when I can. Brown is more of a pure speed back that will be a good #2 option.

Hopefully, Washington's porous run defense will allow us to let McKnight shine and impress this back as USC being the right place for him. He currently has us #1 on his list.

Eaglesfan27

09-08-2007, 12:56 PM

We force a 3 and out to start the game. They kick away from Holland and it is a long punt all the way to our 12. Our next drive, the safety picks off a deep Huston pass intended for Holland. 0-0 late in the 1st..

The defense doesn't give up a yard and they miss the 40 yard FG attempt wide left. Atkinson is having trouble opening up holes for our HB and that is his main job, so I decide to go with the more athletic Moss into the game.. time to see if this kid can do it again. Moss fumbles his first carry but we recover. We end up having to punt as we fail to convert 3rd and 2. I guess I might have been wrong about their run defense being porous..

We stop them on 4th and inches on our 41. 0-0 at the end of 1. Huston hits McKnight in stride and he turns a 12 yard gain into a 41 yard gain. Next play, Huston throws under pressure and a linebacker picks it off. Bad choice as he should have just accepted the sack. We force a 3 and out. Holland returns the punt 18 yards to their 40. Ausberry went WAY up to catch a deep ball down the sideline, but he was drilled and is out for the rest of this game. 2 plays later Huston to McCoy for a 4 yard TD! 7-0.

After 3 runs, they hit us with a PA bomb to their TE for a 67 yard TD! 7-7. Their next drive, they catch us with a counter play and their HB breaks two tackles for a 62 yard TD run. Down 14-7! 1st play of our drive, Huston goes down with a bruised shoulder. He is done for this game. Cole is going to be the man...

Cole allows us to go with more 4 man sets with him being able to buy time with his feet and it works as he directs a masterful drive ending with a brilliant 12 yard TD run by McKnight out of the 4 WR set. 14-14.

Halftime: 14-14 and we start with the ball in the 2nd half.

On our 2nd drive, Cole runs some option plays very effectively. He also eludes two defenders to avoid a sack and throws a nice 14 yard pass to McCoy. However, he misses a wide open Roland Johnson in the endzone as he throws it wide. On 3rd down, he can't find an open player and they spy him well to prevent a scramble. A 27 yard FG makes it 17-14. They miss a 53 yard FG wide right. Cole leads a strong drive with a few good runs by McKnight, but Holland drops a TD catch on 3rd down. We settle for a 26 yard FG. 20-14.

20-14 at the end of 3 and we are driving across midfield.

Cole is 4 of 5 on this drive and he ends it with a 2 yard TD scramble. McKnight runs it in for the 2 point conversion to make it 28-14. Our next drive, we ride McKnight who has 5 straight carries but we stall at the 5. FG makes it 31-14. On our next drive, Cole throws a beautiful lob deep that Holland runs under which allows him to beat everyone the rest of the way! That was a 58 yard TD pass (40 plus yards in the air.) 38-14.

Under pressure, their QB throws a pick on their next drive to Newton who is having an amazing year. We win the game 41-14.

Cole was named player of the game. :)

Huston: 8 of 13 for 136 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's.

Cole: 9 of 17 for 170 yards and 1 TD 0 INT's.

McKnight: 30 carries for 150 yards and a TD.

Cole: 8 carries for 53 yards and a TD.

Huston: 2 carries for 10 yards.

Brown: 1 carry for 7 yards.

Moss: 2 carries for 6 yards.

Holland: 6 catches for 144 yards and a TD. Cole's scrambling bought time for Holland to get open deep.

McKnight: 3 catches for 54 yards.

Ausberry: 2 catches for 43 yards.

Galippo: 13 tackles, 4 for a loss, 1 sack.

DaJohn Harris: 5 tackles, 3 sacks.

Griffen: 1 sack.

Newton: 5 passes defended, 1 tackle, 1 interception.

Ronnie Fouch: 16 of 35 for 240 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's.

Nate Williams: 23 carries for 135 yards and a TD.

Chris Izbicki: 5 catches for 117 yards and a TD.

Eaglesfan27

09-08-2007, 01:09 PM

Florida beat undefeated LSU 31-28 to remain undefeated. They are now 7-0 and still #2 in the polls. No changes in the top 5 in the polls.

We are very close to getting a top tackle to sign with us. He's given us a soft verbal and I'm hoping we can convert that to a firm committment this week.

Our next game is hosting a 3-2 ASU team that has a good offense but a suspect defense. We have a super athlete coming to this game. He's only 5'8 160 but he might be the fastest player in the country.

Eaglesfan27

09-08-2007, 07:17 PM

They elect to kickoff and early in our drive, Huston underthrows Ausberry deep and the safety picks it off and returns it midfield. Their offense looks very good on the 1st drive. Their QB is mobile and he scrambled twice for big gains and their HB is good. We stop them at the 3 where they kick a short FG. 3-0.

Their LB picks off an underneath pass to Holland. Huston with a bad throw on that play. If he doesn't play better next series, we might turn to Cole for a bit. Their QB moves in the pocket well and avoids a sack and then throws a 14 yard strike for a TD. 10-0.

1st play, Huston to Ausberry deep for a 33 yard gain. Then, a 4 yard run on the next play by McKnight. 3rd play is a 28 yard TD pass to McCoy. Way to bounce back, Huston! 10-7.

Their QB's mobility is hurting us. He has scrambled for 3 first downs and he is throwing on the run, well. He just rolled out right and hit his receiver in stride for a 31 yard TD. 17-7. We miss a 40 yard FG wide right on our next drive.

A 8 play 72 yard drive features a 21 yard pass to Ausberry, a 19 yard pass to Ausberry, and then Cole coming in once we get inside the 10. Cole scrambles for a 7 yard TD to make it 17-14.

They try a PA pass on 4th and inches and Newton picks it off. That kid is having an unbelievable season. I leave Cole in for a series with the 1st team and on the 3rd play he scrambles left, buys time, and then throws it deep to Holland who he hits in stride. Holland had the whole secondary burnt and he takes it all the way for a TD!!! 21-17. That was a 62 yard TD pass. Overstreet picks off a deep pass late in their next drive. We have it on our 40 with 50 seconds to go. 1st play is a 35 yard pass from Huston to Roland Johnson. They stop us on 3rd and 4 so we settle for a 28 yard FG at the end of the drive which is the end of the half.

Halftime: 24-17, we lead.

After forcing a 3 and out, Huston makes a horrendous throw that misses a wide open Ausberry. He is supposed to be very accurate.. if he keeps making throws like that, I'm going to up Cole's PT. Still, he is making some very good throws. We end up having to punt and Hardy drills a great kick that we down on the 5. We go 3 and out as Huston makes another bad throw. Cole will be taking over the next series. Cole gets hit as he is throwing and throws a lame duck that is batted and then picked off by the MLB. They take advantage and get into FG range to make it 24-20.

End of 3: Up 24-20.

Huston leads us on a 10 play 66 yard drive that ends with a 1 yard TD run by Brown. McKnight had 4 big runs on the drive including a 10 yard and a 11 yard gain. 31-20.

Galippo forces their HB to fumble and Griffen recovers! 6 play 33 yard drive in which Brown ran it in from the 1. 38-20. We force a turnover on downs inside their 35.

Cole with a 14 yard run, a 3 yard run, and then a 18 yard TD pass to Holland. 45-20. I threw a quick pass to Holland just trying to gain a few yards and he was drilled by a linebacker and fumbled. They recover. With under a minute left, their QB throws another TD. He had 3 big scrambles on that drive. 45-27. McKnight gets a 1st and we run out the clock.

Game over. 45-27 win.

I'm giving real consideration to making Cole the full time starter after this one. He seems to make more big plays and he had the play of the game, the bomb to Holland.

Cole: 3 of 7 for 84 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT.

Huston: 15 of 25 for 252 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's.

McKnight: 20 carries for 86 yards.

Brown: 3 carries for 8 yards and 2 TD's.

Huston: 6 carries for 25 yards.

Cole: 5 carries for 26 yards and a TD.

Ausberry: 6 catches for 106 yards.

Holland: 4 catches for 100 yards and 2 TD's.

McKnight: 2 catches for 25 yards.

R. Johnson: 2 catches for 53 yards.

Galippo: 15 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Newton: 12 tackles, 2 passes defended, 1 INT.

Griffen: 9 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Samson Szakacsy: 30 of 47 for 299 yards with 3 TD's 2 INT's.

Szakacsy: 15 carries for 64 yards.

Lorne Carroll: 12 carries for 44 yards.

Tyler Coe: 10 catches for 120 yards and 2 TD's.

Here is a look at the 2 QB's season stats:

Huston: 156.5, 92 of 145 (63%) for 1358 yards with 13 TD's 11 INT's. Sacked 12 times.

Cole: 156.2, 44 of 78 (56%) for 699 yards with 7 TD's 2 INT's. Sacked 5 times.

Huston: 17 carries for 77 yards. Long of 8. 2 broken tackles

Cole: 38 carries for 244 yards and 4 TD's. Long of 38. 8 broken tackles

Eaglesfan27

09-08-2007, 07:28 PM

Florida State won at Goergia 52-49 to remain undefeated and #1 in the polls.

The rest of the top 5 remains unchanged except a 7-0 Michigan squad has jumped over a 7-0 West Virginia squad into the #5 spot in the polls. Also, the BCS rankings are out:

1. FSU 8-0
2. Florida 8-0
3. USC 7-0
4. Texas A&M 7-0
5. Michigan 7-0.

We have a bye this week during which we are hoping to seal the deal on a few recruits.

Eaglesfan27

09-08-2007, 07:41 PM

During the bye week, we get our 2nd tackle of the recruiting season as Nate Smith committs. Nate is a massive 6'4 330 pound T from Citrus Heights, CA. He is a 4 star player ranked 144th overall. Texas was 2nd on his list and Nebraska was 3rd. He is a terrific run blocker but needs work on his pass blocking technique. He also needs to develop some strength but he has the potential to be a very good T. Between him and Derrick Smith, we've just made some nice improvements to our depth and I'm willing to bet Derrick will start within 2 years if not next year. Of course, that could change if we get my top OL recruit to sign, Jon Allen from Houston Texas. He is a massive T who is ranked 39th overall and 4th among tackles. We are fighting Texas for him.

Florida beat Georgia 45-31 to go to 9-0. Iowa won at Michigan 32-29 to end Michigan's undefeated season. As a result, West Virginia goes back to #5 in the polls. The rest of the top 5 are unchanged.

Our next game is a 3-4 Oregon State that is struggling due to a poor defense that is 75th overall. Their offnese isn't good either and is currently 111th, however, they have talent on offense particularly at wideout. I'll play that tomorrow unless the LSU game is a blowout early tonight.

Eaglesfan27

09-09-2007, 11:40 AM

With my FF lineups set and the pre-game shows annoying me already, time to get in a quick game of NCAA before the games start. I've decided Huston will start against Oregon State but his leash is getting short. Cole will get plenty of PT today. I have decided to bench the very slow Atkinson for the speedy Moss who might even play a bit of HB as well because of his running ability as well as his excellent throwing ability (which might let me actually run a HB pass if needed.) However, against a weak Oregon State team, no such trickery should be needed.

2nd play of the game, Holland catches a simple out avoids a diving tackle, jukes the safety, and beats everyone down the sideline. 61 yard TD pass. 7-0. We stuff them on 4th and 1 on our 40. A 42 yard FG makes it 10-0. We force a 3 and out and Holland has a very nice PR for 20 yards.

We get stopped at midfield, but our punter hangs it and puts it on the 2 yard line! Their QB throws while being hit by Griffen and throws a weak pass that Galippo picks off.

Cole comes in for this drive with the short field. Cole throws a pick in the endzone in which he threw it behind the receiver. They had a good drive going until their HB fumbled on our 31. Griffen recovered it for us.

Cole will get another series. We go 3 and out as they spy him effectively and Moss dropped a big pass on 2nd down. I'll give Cole one more series after we force a quick punt. Cole with a 6 play 62 yard drive in which he ran 3 perfect option plays (all pitches to the HB) and connected on a 19 yard pass, a 14 yard pass, and ran it in from the 3. Cole with the TD! 17-0.

Huston is in for the next drive and he does well, but we have to settle for a FG from the 8. 20-0.

Moss who is supposed to be a mediocre blocker, has a great block on the toss that frees up McKnight... he breaks one tackle and goes the distance for a 67 yard TD! 27-0. Marshall Jones with a pick on 3rd down. We have it at their 35 with under a minute left. Huston with a 18 yard pass to Holland on 3rd down, followed by a 21 yard WR screen to Ausberry for a TD! 34-0.

34-0 at the half. They force a 3 and out on our next drive as they are getting good pressure with blitzes. Cole will come in next series. 4th play of the next series, Cole throws a simple out to Ausberry who shrugs off the DB's tackle attempt and then uses his speed to go 41 yards for a TD! 41-0. A 33 yard FG makes it 41-3 late in the 3rd.

Huston back in for one last series. Huston throws a pick on 3rd and 9 across the middle. Just a bad decision as the MLB was in perfect position. 2nd play, their HB fumbles again and Griffen picks it up again!

Last drive for the first team offense. Cole will be the QB. Cole with a few good plays to advance us to midfield, but he overthrows Duren (hard to do) on 3rd and 6. We punt.

End of 3: 41-3. Cole will run the 2nd team offense the rest of the game.

1st play of our next drive during Super Sim, Cole hits Franklin, the backup TE for a 63 yard TD! 48-3. A FG on our next drive makes it 51-3. The backup defense is now in as well.

George Robinson, the backup FS, with a pick, but he is hurt on the play and will be done for today. Cole runs the option perfect (and I use the house rule where I can't pitch if I'm in the grasp) on this drive, ending with a 8 yard TD run by Brown in which he was virtually untouched. 58-3. Their WR fumbles inside our 20 after getting drilled by our SS, Donte Porter recovers!

Game over. 58-3 win.

Huston: 8 of 16 for 182 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT. 6 sacks.

Cole: 9 of 16 for 218 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT. 0 sacks.

McKnight: 18 carries for 156 yards and a TD.

Brown: 9 carries for 61 yards and a TD.

Hawthorne: 5 carries for 35 yards.

Cole: 5 carries for 20 yards and a TD.

Cole also made the other guys better with some great option pitches.

Holland: 4 catches for 122 yards and a TD.

McCoy: 3 catches for 44 yards.

Ausberry: 3 catches for 74 yards and 2 TD's.

Blake: Holland: 4 tackles with 2 sacks.

Griffen: 5 tackles, 2 for a loss, 1 sack, and 2 FR.

Jake Gelakoska: 19 of 34 for 232 yards with 4 INT's.

Ross Mitchell: 23 carries for 61 yards.

Terrell Fisher: 7 tackles, 7 for a loss, 3 sacks (all on Huston.)

Eaglesfan27

09-09-2007, 11:51 AM

We get a prized recruit to sign after the game. Erik Williams is a 6'2 291 pound 5 star G from Clinton, UT. He is ranked 15th overall in the nation and 1st among guards. He is extremely strong and is a nasty run blocker. He is a good pass blocker already as well. He has a good chance of starting next year. Nebraska and Texas were his other top choices.

No changes in the BCS top 5. Our next game is at a Stanford team that has an offense that is really clicking behind a good QB but a very weak defense. I find myself again tempted to give Cole the start..

Eaglesfan27

09-09-2007, 06:12 PM

With some snoozers in the late games, I decide to fire up another game of NCAA. I resist my temptation to start Cole since we are undefeated and winning easily and I'll keep the split status quo.

On the 1st play of the game, DE Blake Holland breaks his ankle and is done fro the season. Swain is a very solid backup who will start for the rest of the year. We force a 3 and out as their first two passes are defended. Holland with a 18 yard punt return to midfield. Moss catches a short pass on 3rd down, breaks a tackle, and turns it into a 22 yard gain. That is why he is now our starting FB. The next play Moss picks up a sore ankle while trying to make a block. Atkinson back into the lineup as a result. Next play is a 18 yard screen pass to McKnight, followed by a 2 yard TD run by McKnight. 7-0.

A HB screen picks up the 8 yards they needed on 3rd down, but the HB fumbles at the end. Burrell gets the fumble recovery for us! The play is reversed, they say he was down. Stanford with a spectacular drive including a 12 yard TD pass where their HB was flipped by my safety but still held onto the ball. 7-7.

Moss is recovered from his injury and carries it for 9 yards on the 1st play of our 2nd drive. A bit later, they sack Huston on a 3rd and 7 at our 44 and we have to punt.

End of 1: 7-7 tie.

We force a punt after only 5 plays. We respond with a 12 play 68 yard drive ending in a 3 yard TD run by Brown. 14-7. Huston with a pick on our next drive that gives them good field position. The very next play, they fumble it and we recover.

We bring in Cole for a drive or two. 1st play, he throws as he is getting hit and underthrows his man. It is picked off by their linebacker. They drive down to our 30, but then Wright picks off a pass. Cole gets another drive. Cole has Duren open deep, but he throws way wide and it is picked off by their safety. They return it to the 45. They try a fake punt run which we stop around midfield. I decide to give Cole one more chance to have a good drive. On his 1st carry of the drive, Blake Brown breaks his leg and his season is done. Next play, Holland gets hurt and is probably done for this game. He gets us into FG range, but Mason misses the 39 yard attempt wide left just as time is expiring.

14-7 at the half. Not the blowout I was expecting.

A good drive by us ends when Huston throws a pick on the 1. Both QB's are getting nailed by their top CB who now has 2 picks. Tony Watson picks off a slant route in which he was playing in the box and he takes it 44 yards for a TD! 21-7. We go with a cornerback blitz and their star QB throws another bad pass that sails on him into Watson's arms! He returns his 2nd INT for his 2nd TD of the day. 28-7. Wow. They throw deep on 3rd down, Watson picks it off again and returns it for a TD again! 35-7. This time he returns it 63 yards (all of these returns are with no turbo which is one of my houserules on INT's.)

We force a 3 and out and start at our 38. This will be Huston's last drive of the game. They force a 3 and out as Huston can't beat the blitz on 3rd and 4 and he is sacked. On 3rd and 1, a PA pass gets them a 74 yard TD pass to their TE. 35-14. Roland Johnson returns the kickoff for a 88 yard TD! 42-14. Moss fumbles on his next carry and they recover. Our next drive, Cole tries to force it in between two guys and it is picked off. He needs to scramble more if guys aren't wide open.

Against our 2nd team defense, they put together a 9 play 63 yard drive that ends in a TD. 42-21. We recover the onside kick. Cole with a 21 yard TD pass to Holland to end the game on a good note. 49-21 and we'll now bring in the 2nd team offense.

(watching the last few minutes of the Lions game now on the big screen - been watching on my computer while playing.)

Edwards runs it in for a TD as the game is ending. 56-21.

Game over. 56-21 win.

Watson is the player of the game. I imagine he might be the defensive player of the week.

Huston: 12 of 18 for 131 yards with 0 TD's 2 INT's. 2 sacks.

Cole: 8 of 13 for 119 yards with 1 TD 3 INT's. 1 sack.

McKnight: 17 carries for 47 yards and a TD.

Edwards: 7 carries for 28 yards and a TD.

Brown: 1 carry for 3 yards and a TD.

Cole: 5 carries for 23 yards.

Moss: 2 carries for 8 yards and a fumble.

McKnight: 5 catches for 61 yards.

Ausberry: 5 catches for 55 yards.

Holland: 2 catches for 47 yards and a TD.

Galippo: 15 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Watson: 8 tackles, 2 passes defended, 3 INT's 3 TD' on those INT's.

Kellen Kiilsgaard: 15 of 30 for 200 yards 3 TD's 4 INT's.

Chike Amajoyi: 24 carries for 87 yards.

Toby Gerhart: 15 carries for 55 yards.

Eaglesfan27

09-09-2007, 06:27 PM

YES!! We get 2 HUGE verbal committments today!

Jon Allen is a 5 star massive T from Houston, TX. He is 6'8 325 and is ranked 39th overall. We stole him from Texas and Texas Tech. He is already a very good run and pass blocker and will have a great chance to start right away . He is as strong as they come and has great awareness. His only weakness is a bit of lack of mobility which could affect him with some speed rushers.

We also get our 2nd guard of the year as Melvin Curtis gives us his verbal. He is a 4 star G ranked 112th overall. He is from Bell, CA. He is a 4 star player who is 6'6 290. He was also considering Cal and UCLA. Great strength, very good pass blocking technique. Needs to work on his run blocking a bit. Unfortunately, we aren't in the running for any great C's, but I think one of these guards might slide inside... we are in the running and will probably get two decent C's who might be better than what we have.

Even better yet, the #1 player in the nation, HB Nate Wise is giving us a soft verbal and we should be able to convince him to make it a firm verbal this week!

I focused really hard on my top 10 players and we probably won't have as big of a class this year, but I think the top quality will be incredible.

Not much changed in the BCS rankings. The only change was West Virginia dropped a slot to #5 after a close call with Cincinnati. Florida and FSU remain in the top 2 spots while we are #3.

Our next game is hosting a dangerous 7-2 Oregon team that thrives with a solid run defense and an efficient offense. I might get that in tonight if the Giants-Dallas game is a boring game.

Eaglesfan27

09-15-2007, 09:06 AM

We stuff the toss play on 3rd and 1 and they go 3 and out to start the game. Huston throws it too softly on an out and an underneath linebacker picks it of deep in their zone to end a solid drive by us. Huston with a good tackle to prevent it from being a TD return. Another stop on 3rd and 1 forces them to go for it on 4th and 2... an option pitch to the HB gets them a 1st inside our 30.

On 3rd and goal from the 1, we force the QB to fumble when he tried to sneak it in! Porter recovers in the endzone! 1st play is a PA pass to Ausberry for 32 yards. 3 plays later while under pressure, Huston throws a lame duck pass that is picked off by their safety. Cole will get in next drive. It's a rainy day, their defense is fast, and we'll try to use some speed to neutralize the rush. A sack on 3rd down aids us in forcing a 3 and out. A good return by Holland gets us to midfield.

A holding call negates a 14 yard TD run by McKnight. Cole with a 13 yard TD scramble on 3rd and 8 in which he flies over a defender!! I hope EA's servers are up. This is going to be a great highlight! 7-0. Darn, I forgot to save the highlight before I exited the game :( I'll just have to make sure Cole has some more highlight scrambles.

Another 3 and out as we are spying their QB and playing well in coverage. Cole will remain in at QB. Cole is sacked on 3rd and 3 at midfield and we have to punt. Their pass rush is very quick and they have some good blitz packages. Hardy kicks it too hard and they get the touchback.

End of 1: Up 7-0. Watson with a pick that he returns to their 14. McKnight fumbles it on the 2 and they recover on the 1. Next play we stu their HB for a safety! 9-0. After we miss a 50 yard FG attempt, they drive the field for a TD ending with a 4 yard TD pass. 9-6 as we block the XP.

Cole has an open man but he throws it way behind him on 3rd and 13 and the safety picks off the errant pass. We force a 3 and out and Cole gets one more chance to lead us on a good drive... I'm telling him to run more this drive. 1st play is a 15 yard scramble. 2nd play he rolls out to his right, throws a little pass at the last second to Ausberry who breaks a takcle and advances it 38 yards. Next play he is sacked on a blitz leading to a 2nd and 15. They cover the speed option play and it only picks up a yard. On 3rd down he throws it wide and the receiver catches it but out of bounds. Hardy's punt is just a bit long. Touchback with 2 minutes to go in the half of this defensive battle.

With 1:30 left we get it on their 35 after a great Holland return. Cole with a 14 yard scramble. Cole with a 5 yard scramble. 12 yard pass to Holland. Holding call. Cole with a 6 yard scramble. 7 seconds left for one more play before the FG. PA pass to Ausberry for a 3 yard TD!!! 16-6.

Halftime: 16-6, we lead. Cole is able to get away from their fast pass rush and will remain our QB for the beginning of the 2nd half at least.

We get the ball to start the half. We go 3 and out due to a sack for a loss of 10 on 2nd down. A good punt return gets them to our 38. Their QB scrambles for 14 as Swain barely missed sacking him. Shareece Wright with a pick of a deep pass and he returns it to our 40.

Holland catches an out and fumbles it after being hit har by their CB. Their safety picks it up before Holland can get to it. We force a 3 and out. On 3rd and 14, Cole scrambles for 14. Cole evades 2 sacks the next play with juke moves in the backfield and scrambles for 4. The next play he is sacked for a 5 yard loss to set up 3rd and 11 at the 50. He throws a 4 yard pass to Cornelius Johnson who shakes off a defender and picks up 14. Next play is a 10 yard pass to Duren. He is working the 5 WR set well right now. However, the drive stalls when Holland drops a wide open 3rd down pass a few plays later. We go for it on 4th and 8 from their 37 as the wind is against us and it is too far for FG kicker. He passes to McKnight who is stopped a yard short.

Burrell recovers a fumble by their WR. Time to try to get McKnight going again.. They stuff him twice in the backfield. Cole tries to throw to Holland deep but he underthrows him and their CB picks it off. Huston will get some PT the next drive.

3 and out as our defense is really impressing me with their ability to contain the option out of the pistol formation. Huston with another pick as he was under pressure on 3rd down. Sheesh, neither of our QB's can keep it away from the other team today. We'll go back to Cole and his scrambling at least. They returned it to our 15. Actually, I'll give Huston one last drive. If he can't perform, he's finally done as a starter.

They score a rushing TD early in the 4th with the short field. 16-13. Huston with a good drive to get us to their 3, but then they stuff us. I should have brought Cole in for the later part of that drive. 19-13 on the short FG. We force a 3 and out and Holland returns the punt 69 yards for a TD!! McKnight with the 2 point conversion. 27-13.

A good drive for Oregon ends when they fail to convert on 4th and 2 on our 8. Cole is in for our next drive and on 3rd and 1 he hits Holland for a 34 yard pass completion.

With 32 seconds left, Wright has his 2nd interception of the day and returns it to their 10 before the WR catches him from behind. They use their timeouts to stop me from running out the clock, so we run an option pitch to McKnight on 3rd and goal and McKnight breaks a tackle for a TD. 34-13.

Game over. 34-13 win.

Cole: 10 of 21 for 136 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's.

Huston: 5 of 11 for 94 yards with 3 INT's.

I'm finally ready to declare Cole the starter next week.

Cole: 11 carries for 78 yards and a TD.

McKnight: 27 carries for 102 yards and a TD.

Huston: 3 carries for 5 yards.

Holland: 4 catches for 72 yards.

Ausberry: 3 catches for 64 yards and a TD.

Moss: 2 catches for 32 yards.

Griffen: 10 tackles, 6 for a loss, 1 sack.

Wright: 3 tackles, 3 passes defended, 2 interceptions.

Cody Kempt: 21 of 38 for 194 yards with 1 TD 3 INT's.

Mark Newsome, True sophomore: 27 carries for 78 yards and a TD.

Eaglesfan27

09-15-2007, 09:20 AM

We are dealt a major recruiting blow as Nate Wise decides to stay closer to home and go to LSU. We thought we had the #1 player in the nation, a truly great HB, in the bag :(

Also, we lost out on a the top MLB who chose Nebraska over USC. He was from CA too :(. We also lost the top OLB in the nation who was from Texas as he also chose LSU. We lost one of the better DT's to Michigan. LSU was ahead of us on his list too. We lost a great WR to Ohio State. He was from Wyoming.

The only player who signed with us this week is a 3 star C ranked 644th overall from LaMesa, Ca. Alex Douglas is 6'5 270 with good pass blocking technique but he needs to work on his strength and run blocking technique.

ND beat Pittsburgh 40-35 and are now 9-1. We host them this week. Undefeated Florida and FSU face off this week. Assuming we beat ND, we should certainly jump into the #2 slot in the polls to replace whoever loses that game.

I continue my constant vacilation on the issue and decide to start Huston for such a huge game, but he will have a very short leash.

Eaglesfan27

09-15-2007, 10:50 AM

ND has a terrific offense behind a developed DeMetrius Jones and they have a decent defense. This should be a great game. 1st play is a 12 yard run by McKnight. 2nd play is a pass across the middle that is thrown behind the receiver and picked off by the safety. Cole will be in next drive.

We stuff the run on 3rd and 2 and they settle for a 45 yard FG. 3-0.

After rolling out to his right, Cole hits Moss in stride for a 32 yard gain! While under durress, Cole finds Moss for a 9 yard gain on 2nd and 16. No one is open on 3rd down and they sack Cole for a short loss leading to a punt. Hardy punts it and it bounces well for us. Downed on the 7.

Their 1st play of the 2nd drive, Griffen goes down with a knee injury. He'll miss the rest of the regular season. His replacement gets called for roughing the passer the next play. DeMetrius is running well and passing well. He is as fast as Cole, but is more accurate. He ends a great drive with a 4 yard TD pass. 10-0.

On 3rd and 7, Cole scrambles to buy time, has an open man and overthrows him.. right to the safety for a pick.

2 plays later, DaJohn Harris with a sack that forces a fumble.. we recover!

19 yard pass to Duren from Cole. Cole with a great drive in which he was 6 of 8 and scrambled for a 1st, but we are stopped on the 3. We settle for the sure points. 10-3.

End of 1: Down 10-3.

We exchange failed drives, before they hit us with a 70 yard TD pass. 17-3 :( Cole responds with a masterful drive which ends with a 2 yard TD run by McKnight. 17-10. 3 plays later, their HB breaks two tackles on 3rd and 4 and runs it 83 yards for a TD! 24-10. Holland with some good blocking on the kick return and then he makes a cut to the outside and turns on the jets! 84 yard TD return! 24-17.

Wright with an interception to end a long ND drive. He returns it to our 40. On their next drive, Burrell has a great tackle to stop a 3rd and 2. Galippo with the tackle on 4th and 1 to stop the FB short!

Time for cole to take advantage. We are at our 40. 1st play is a PA roll out pass where Cole throws it perfectly to McCoy in stride for a 44 yard gain! 17 seconds left. A holding call negates a TD and we end up settling for a FG due to time considerations. 24-20.

Halftime: 24-20.

We kickoff to start the half. We stop them at midfield as our backup DE gets his 5th sack of the year from Griffen's spot. A fake punt fails to be completed. We'll go for the quick strike from midfield. 3rd play, Cole scrambles to his right, buys time, and then finds Holland for a 28 yard gain across the middle. That takes us to the 6. 2 plays later, McKnight has a 6 yard TD run. 27-24 :)

After grinding a few runs, their HB breaks another big run to get inside our 10. Next play their QB throws a TD to their TE. 31-27. 11 play 61 yard drive in which we kept it mostly on the ground ending in a 1 yard TD run by McKnight. 34-31. Their running game is gashing us hard and they use a PA pass for a 21 yard TD to make it 38-34 just as the 3rd quarter ends.

Cole responds with a strong drive through the air! A 14 yard pass to Holland, a 19 yard pass to Ausberry, a 12 yard run, and a 11 yard TD pass to Holland were the highlights. 41-38.

How ironic, with ND driving on 3rd down, our backup DE Michael Reardon sacks DeMetrius and knocks him out for the year with a torn abdominal muscle. They shouldn't have messed with Griffen's knees. With 3:30 to go, they punt it into our endzone. Both defenses are winning the battle in the 4th..

We just need a few 1sts. First play is a 4 yard option run by McKnight. 2nd play, Cole evades a tackle in the backfield and runs it for 7 yards. 3rd play McKnight is stuffed for a loss of 1 up the middle. They use a timeout. 2nd and 11 with 1:40 to go. We go with a PA rollout pass with the plan to only throw to a wide open man or for Cole to scramble.. he hits McCoy for a wide open short pass that he turns into a 11 yard gain for a 1st!

McKnight with a 11 yard run on a pitch from Cole. They use their 2nd T.O. They se their final T.O. It is 3rd and 10 with 52 seconds left at midfield. Cole with a terrible 3rd down play in which he tried to evade two tacklers, and then ran backwards. Sacked for a 14 yard loss. Still, it keeps the clock moving. We run the clock to 1 second and then call a timeout to bring our punter on the field. A great tackle stops the punt returner after a very short gain. 12 seconds left and they are on their own 30 with no timeouts. Their backup QB throws one quick short gain for 8 yards and the receiver gets out of bounds. The next play is a hail mary that we knock down.

Game over. 41-38 win. McKnight wins the player of the game award, but Cole did well and has firmly secured the starting job (I really mean it this time ;))

Cole: 18 of 32 for 319 yards with a TD and an INT.

Cole: 14 carries for 53 yards.

McKnight: 26 carries for 92 yards and 3 TD's.

Holland: 6 catches for 95 yards and a TD.

McCoy: 5 catches for 112 yards.

Galippo: 13 tackles, 4 for a loss.

Michael Reardon, Everson's backup, had 6 tackles, 3 for a loss, 2 sacks.

DeMetrius Jones: 24 of 36 for 328 yards with 4 TD's 1 INT.

Jared McDaniel: 3 of 8 for 26 yards.

Robert Hughes: 28 carries for 186 yars and a TD.

Golden Tate: 8 catches for 159 yards and 2 TD's. He set the ND all time number of reception career mark in this game.

Eaglesfan27

09-15-2007, 11:00 AM

Florida won at Florida State 41-36. Florida State drops to #4 in both polls and they drop to #4 in the BCS. The top 5 media poll now:

1. USC 11-0 (44)
2. Florida 12-0 (21)
3.Texas 11-1
4. FSU 11-1
5. Iowa 11-1

The top 5 coaches' poll:

1. Florida (39)
2. USC
3. Texas
4. FSU
5. Iowa

The BCS Top 5:

1. Florida
2. USC
3. Texas
4. FSU
5. Iowa

Now, we just need to win at UCLA to guarantee a national championship appearance. We get more bad news on the recruiting front as we lose:

1. Steie Coleman, a big 4 star HB from San Jose, CA who chose Cal over USC and UCLA.

2. Darnell Dennis, a 4 star SS who chose Ohio State over Auburn and USC. He is from Hawaii.

3. Mike McLaurin, a 5 star OLB from Santa Clarita, CA who chose ASU over UCLA and USC.

4. Anthony Crawford, a 5 star WR from Coral Gables, FL who chose Florida over FSU and USC.

5. Greg McDonald, a 5 star DT from Hawaii who chose Texas over Hawaii and USC.

6. Karl Burley, a 5 star top CB from Kansas who chose Nebraska over Oklahoma and USC.

7. Paul Heard, the #1 athlete in the nation who could be a great corner or WR. He is from Iowa and he chose OU over Iowa and VT. We were 5th on his list.

8. Kentrick Stegall, a 3 star C who I thought was definitely coming here changed at the last minute to Texas. He is from University Park, NM.

Several other very good players have given soft verbals to other good schools, I need to sway them or this could be a very small class..

Ironhead

09-15-2007, 11:33 AM

That NC train just keeps on chugging. Tough recruiting year though. If you win the NC maybe you will get a nice rebound during offseason recruiting.

Eaglesfan27

09-15-2007, 02:59 PM

That NC train just keeps on chugging. Tough recruiting year though. If you win the NC maybe you will get a nice rebound during offseason recruiting.

Yeah, I was really looking forward to getting that HB. At least, we are rebuilding our offensive line this year. I guess we'll probably be going with a bit more of a spread attack offense next year using Brown's speed at HB (assuming McKnight leaves early) along with Cole as the starter (unless Huston takes a huge stride forward during the offseason.)

Eaglesfan27

09-15-2007, 04:31 PM

Now, we travel to play UCLA. They are 6-5 and this should be an easy win, but you never know in this series. They have decent talent on offense and defense with no true standouts.

Cole will get his first start in one of our biggest games in a few years. Newton picks off their first pass and returns it to their 12. He just set the USC school record for most interceptions in a season with his 10th of the year. UCLA stuffs the run on the 1st down, knocks down the pass on 2nd down, and sacks Cole on 3rd down. Mason with the 35 yard FG to make it 3-0.

We force a 3 and out as Newton defends the 1st pass, Galippo the 2nd, and Galippo tackles the HB short of the 1st on the 3rd down pass. Good defense forces us to go 3 and out. Chris Forcier puts together a good drive, but we stop them at the 20. The 37 yard FG makes it 3-3.

Cole with several solid runs on our next drive as we run a 4 WR set to spread things out, but he tries to juke a linebacker inside the 20 and fails to do so. He gets drilled and fumbles it. UCLA recovers.

3 and out as we stuff their HB on 1st and 2nd down and defend the pass on 3rd down. Holland with a good punt return which he then fumbles, but our linebacker dives and falls on it.

3-3 at the end of 1. We are on their 32 and moving the ball.

Cole tries to loft a pass over the linebacker to McKnight and he doesn't get enough air on it. It's picked off. Our next drive, Cole throws a pick on a deep ball that the safety gets when he overthrows his man. That sets up a 6 play 42 yard TD drie ending in a 11 yard TD pass for UCLA. 10-3. McKnight is just pounding them inside setting up a few easy PA passes including a 22 yard pass and a 14 yard pass, but in the redzone Cole throws his 3rd pick of the half. One more and Huston will be back in. On 4th and 5 on their 33, Cole scrambles for 5 yards and a 1st. Cole with an insanely athletic play where he breaks a sack attempt, jukes another defender, and then hits an open Ausberry for 22 yards to get to their 4. We fail to punch it in and we settle for a short FG. Down 10-6 as the half is about to expire.

They throw a hail mary pick at the half. 10-6, we are down, but we get the ball to start the 2nd half. Cole needs to play much better.

Roland Johnson with a great kick return to our 45. Cole makes two quick plays with his legs for 10 and 12 yards. Cole is approaching 100 yards rushing after another 15 yard run on 3rd down. Cole with a 14 yard pass to Holland. Cole goes over 100 yards on 3rd and 4 on their 10 as he runs for 6. McKnight runs it in from the 2. 13-10. That is McKnight's 20th TD this year!

Reardon with another sack. Maybe he should have been playing opposite Griffen all along instead of backing him up. After running it great play after play, Cole tries to throw it deep from their 30. He underthrows Holland and it is picked off again. He has a great arm, but he is underthrowing anyway.

UCLA responds with a 12 play 78 yard drive that ends in a TD pass. 17-13 late in the 3rd. Johnson returns the kickoff to the 41. Cole will be told not to throw it unless the guy is WIDE open. Otherwise, he should run it. Of course, we'll be giving it to McKnight a lot this drive as well. Sheesh, he had a guy WIDE open and he overthrew him. Their corner picked it off and returned it 82 yards for a TD.. Down 24-13. Huston is coming in to try to save the day..

4 plays, 4 completions for Huston the last one is a 11 yard TD to Ausberry! 24-19 as McKnight is stopped short on the 2 point conversion. We force a punt right away and a bad snap over the punter's head leads to a safety. 24-21!

Huston goes 4 of 5 on this drive including a 13 yard TD to Holland! 28-24! 5 minutes left in the game. They start on the 28. 12 yard pass to their HB to get to the 40. We stuff their HB for a 2 yard loss. We defend the pass on 2nd down and our freshman linebacker sacks the QB on 3rd down! Holland with a 16 yard punt return to get to our 45. 4 minutes left. Huston scrambles for a 1st on 3rd and 4! They are stacking 8 and stuffing the run. They sack Huston on 2nd down to force 3rd and 16. Huston with a perfect pass to Roland Johnson underneath.. he picks up a block by Holland and springs it to the outside for 28 yards! McKnight runs it to the 1 and gets us another 1st down. The next play McKnight runs it in for a TD. 35-24 with 1:35 to go.

Shareece Wright with a pick of a deep pass. He's got 9 or 10 now too.

McKnight runs out the clock for us.

Game over. 35-24 win and Huston re-establishes himself as the starter. Cole might start next year if he develops his awareness and accuracy. If he doesn't he'll still be my change up guy and Cole will play, particularly in the redzone in the National Championship game which I should be in :)

Cole: 14 of 29 for 135 yards with 5 INT's.

Huston: 9 of 12 for 167 yards with 2 TD's 0 INT's.

McKnight: 30 carries for 121 yards and 2 TD's.

Cole: 15 carries for 107 yards.

Huston: 3 carries for 12 yards.

Ausberry: 9 catches for 127 yards and a TD.

Holland: 4 catches for 55 yards and a TD.

Michael Reardon: 8 tackles, 3 for a loss, 2 sacks.

Chris Forcier: 22 of 38 for 265 yards with 2 TD's 3 INT's.

Raymond Carter: 24 carries for 72 yards.

Nate Chandler: 4 catches for 58 yards.

Eaglesfan27

09-15-2007, 05:03 PM

We lose out on 6 more recruits!

1. Brian Hufford, a 5'8 170 pound a 4 star lightning fast scatback chooses Stanford over USC.

2. Keith McFarland, a great 5 star DE from Texas chooses Florida over OU and USC.

3. Ted Hill a 5 star OLB from Redding CA choses Michigan over USC and Florida.

4. William Gooden, a 5 star FS from Costa Mesa, CA chooses Cal over USC and Stanford.

5. Ronald Tucker, a 4 star FB from Jacksonville, AR, chooses Wisconsin over USC and Tenn.

6. Mark Rivas, a 4 star DE from Chula Vista, CA chooses Cal over USC and UCLA.

We do get one player we wanted, Eric Coleman is a JUCO player, but he is a special player who is the #1 SS in the country and #4 overall in the rankings. He is 6'0 200 pounds with great speed, instincts, and he is a big hitter. He'll likely compete for a starting job next year. He is from Garland, TX. He chose us over Texas and Nebraska.

However, with all of these recent misses, we only have 7 guys left on our board and 1 is a QB who I haven't really been recruiting.

I still can't believe I let Nate Wise get away. I was looking forward to using him. 6'1 220 blistering speed with great power. We'll have to follow his career.

I try to go for a poor man's version named Daniel Smith that I'm adding to the recruiting list very late. He is a 3 star HB who is 6'1 200 pounds with decent power but also has blistering speed. However, he doesn't have the agility and acceleration that Wise has.

Florida beats Auburn 32-21 and remains #1 in the BCS. The good news is we remain #2! We'll be playing Florida for the National Championship. :)

FSU's WR Bert Reed wins the Heisman. The fast RS Junior had 57 catches for 1194 yards and 16 TD's. He also returned 35 kicks for 817 yards with 3 TD's. He also returned 36 punts for 478 yards and 1 TD.

James Henry of Texas came in 2nd. He had 253 carries for 1752 yards and 16 TD's. He also had 12 catches for 218 yards and 5 TD's.

McKnight came in 3rd: 249 carries for 1309 yards with 21 TD's. He also had 33 catches for 359 yards and a TD.

The following USC players made All-American First Team:

HB McKnight, DE Everson Griffen, DT DaJohn Harris, MLB Chris Galippo, CB Kyle Newton, CB Shareece Wright, FS Tony Watson, and K Craig Mason (20 of 25 FG's made), and at Returner Jamere Holland

NB Tyrone Overstreet and SS Marhsall Jones made 2nd team All-American.

The following USC players made the Freshman All-American Team:

HB Blake Brown (79 carries for 410 yards and 14 TD's before being hurt), DT Darren Cleman, LB Bryan Burrell, K Craig Mason.

DaJohn Harris won the Lombardi Award. Kyle Newton won the Thorpe Award

Chris Galippo led the nation in tackles and tackles for a loss, but did not win the best linebacker award.

DaJohn Harris's 10 sacks was 2nd in the nation behind 12 by Kerry Neal of ND.

Newton's 10 interceptions tied him for 1st in the nation with Allen Kent of VT.

Wright had 9 for USC but VT also had a 2nd guy with 9.

I probably won't get to the National Championship Game until tomorrow, but here is a quick preview:

Our PPG scored of 52.7 is 1st in the nation. Their 39.7 ppg scored is 7th in the nation.

Our total offense is 2nd with 5,815 yards. Theirs is 5th with 5607 yards.

Our rush offense is 7th with 2243 yards. Theirs is 40th with 1703 yards.

Our pass offense is 13th with 3572 yards. Theirs is 7th with 3904 yards.

Our total defense is 50th with 4197 yards given up. Theirs is 12th with only 3225 yards given up.

Our run defense is 37th with 1267 yards allowed. Theirs is 23rd with 1139 yards given up.

Our pass defense is 71st with 2930 yards given up. Theirs is 6th with only 2086 yards.

Our turnover margin of plus 14 is 11th in the nation. They are plus 11 which is 13th in the nation. They may be missing their top CB for the game We may be missing Brown at HB and Holland at DE.

Their QB is one of the most efficient in the nation. Brantley has completed 150 of 270 passes for 2248 yards with 29 TD's 6 INT's.

Their leading HB only has 862 yards, but their backups are plenty capable. Rainey only has 149 carries to lead the team.

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 09:41 AM

In the major bowls:

Iowa finished 12-1 after they beat Texas A&M 48-24 in the Rose Bowl.

Penn State finished 11-2 after they beat West Virginia 41-14 in the Sugar Bowl.

FSU finished 13-1 after they bet Pitt 38-23 in the Orange Bowl.

Texas finishes 13-1 after they beat Auburn 17-14 in the Fiesta Bowl.

Now, it is time for the National Championship Game.

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 10:55 AM

We kickoff to them and good kick coverage, but they start at their 28.

They come out in 4 WR sets with John Brantley under center. We shut down the pitch to the HB for a loss of 2. They have Chris Rainey at HB. He has blistering speed, unbelievable agility, and great acceleration. He is one of the best backs in college football but he is small and isn't going to break many tackles if we can get our hands on him. Brantley throws to his favorite WR Hernadez for a pickup of 7 on 2nd down. On 3rd and 4, Brnatley throws it for 5 yards. Next play Brantley throws it to Johnson for 12. He's hit 3 different receivers so far. Rainey evades two tacklers on the next play, but still only gains a yard as we swarmed to him. On 2nd and 9, Marshall Jones breaks up the deep ball. On 3rd and 9, Newton defends the pass. They lineup to punt from our 44... they fake it. We stuff the back for a 1 yard loss as I was ready for it.

McKnight runs it for 4 yards up the middle the first play. McKnight gains 1 yard on the run off RT. Their safety defends the pass towards the TE. We punt. A great punt bounces to their 6 before we down it.

On 3rd and 10, the QB throws it to Hernadez across the middle.. Marshall Jones drills him.. he fumbles! Newton picks it up. They reverse the call and say he was down before he fumbled. 1st down Florida. Rainey with a 8 yard run on the next play. Newton drops a ball that should have been picked on 2nd and 2. On 3rd and 2, a short pass turns into a 18 yard gain. Brantley scrambles for 5 on the next play and they are into our half of the field. A pass for 12 yards to Thompson. That is his first catch. Deonte Thompson is one of their biggest WR weapons. Another pass gets them to the 15. A false start leads to 2nd and 16 after we stuffed a QB run for a loss of 1. Brantley to Monroe for 14. Newton picks off a pass intended for Hernadez in the endzone. He returns it to the 15. First play Huston overthrows the TE underneath and it is picked off by the safety on the 19. They return it to the 12. Watson defends two passes in a row and Jones knocks down the 3rd down pass. A 29 yard FG makes it 3-0. 1:50 left in the 1st.

Holland returns it to the 38 on the kickoff return.

McKnight is stuffed for a 1 yard loss. Ausberry catches a deep crossing route where their CB went for the pick and misplayed it. Ausberry shrugs off a safety and beats the defense down the middle of the field! 7-3. 63 yard TD pass!

Rainey returns the kickoff all the way, but there is a clipping call that pushes them back to their own 29. Galippo stuffs the backup HB (an excellent player as well) for a 2 yard loss. Hernadez catches a 7 yard pass, breaks a tackle attempt by Wright and goes for 15 more yards.

End of 1: Up 7-3.

Griffen is back healthy and he stuffs Rainey for a 1 yard loss. It's now 3rd and 13 after a penalty. Brantley misses his WR and they have to punt from around midfield. They tackle Holland immediately. We are at our 21.

WR screen to Ausberry for 7 yards. They stuff McKnight for a loss of 1. 5 yard run by McKnight. On an ensuing 3rd and 5, Huston with a great pass to Holland for 12. Next play is a pass to McCoy for 22 yards. McKnight with a 10 yard run to get inside their 20. Next play is a 13 yard deep out for a TD by Ausberry! 14-3.

We force a 3 and out and Holland returns the punt 68 yards for a TD!! 21-3. They fumble the kickoff and we recover.. the rout might be on! 5 carries by McKnight in a row including a 1 yard TD run! 28-3. They respond with a very good drive that ends when my blitzing linebacker tips the ball and DaJohn Harris intercepts it!

On our own 21: McKnight runs it for 10. 8 yard pass to McKnight. McKnight breaks 3 or 4 tackles on a 12 yard run. He needs a breather. Edwards with a 1 yard run as Brown is still out injured. PA play everyone is covered deep, but Huston finds Moss for 9 yards and a 1st. A few plays later Huston throws to Ausberry to get us inside their 12. Cole comes in to give us a scrambling option. First play is an option pitch to McKnight for a 9 yard TD run! 35-3. 40 seconds left in the half.

7 yard pass to Thompson. They are on their 41 now. Galippo defends the pass deep across the middle as he dropped back in a zone. WR reverse for a 2 yard gain. With 17 seconds left, they punt it. They punt away from Holland but it is a short punt - only to the 21. A simply pitch to McKnight gets us 6. 9 yard run by McKnight as we are content to run out the clock.

Halftime: 35-3 lead!

Huston: 10 of 13 for 158 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT.

McKnight: 16 carries or 88 yards at the half.

They kick off to us. We start at our 30. A holding call leads to 1st and 20. Despite 8 men in the box, McKnight runs for 13 up the middle as he gets some good blocking and evaded two tacklers McKnight loses 2 on the toss. Johnson has it for a second but a hard hit by the safety and he drops the pass. We punt. Rainey breaks a tackle, but good coverage and he only gains 12. We stop them at their 38. Interestingly, they run it 3 straight times including a toss to Rainey on 3rd and 3. We stop him for a 1 yard gain. They punt. Holland returns it to our 40.

Cole will get to play this drive. Of course, we'll mostly be handing it of to McKnight and company. On 3rd and 6, he finds Holland for a 14 yard gain. On 3rd and 1, he runs PA roll out play and he hits Johnson in stride for a 19 yard gain. That takes us to their 12. 2 plays later, he rolls to his left and McKnight is wide open in the back left corner of the endzone.. Cole with a perfect throw for a 11 yard TD!! 42-3.

We force a 3 and out. Cole with get another drive. McKnight with a 7 yard off tackle run. Next play is a 2 yard run up the middle. McKnight runs it for 4 up the middle the next play. McKnight runs for 6 and then is stuffed. Incomplete pass on 3rd and 4 as Cole threw it poorly under pressure.

End of 3: 42-3 lead.

We force another 3 and out. Our defensive line is going full bore against the pass and is putting tremendous pressure on their QB. We put in our entire 2nd team offense. Cole and Edwards are running it down the field (via supersim) and they end with a 1 yard TD run by Cole. 49-3.

Against our 2nd team defense, they put together a long 15 play 74 yard drive that ends in a 7 yard TD pass. 49-10 but that ate up about 4 minutes of the quarter. We recover the onside kick.

On 3rd and 12, I can't resist calling a pass. Cole sees Duren has a step and he throws a perfect lob.. Duren gets his hands on it, but just can't hang onto it. Would have been a TD. We punt instead.

Our 2nd team defense forces a 3 and out. Johnson fumbles the punt after a 11 yard punt return and Florida recovers. 2:20 left. Our linebacker Thomas intercepts it on our 14 ending a good drive. 56 seconds left.

We run out the clock. We win the National Championship! 49-10.

Huston finished with his halftime stats.

Cole was 4 of 7 for 64 yards with 1 TD 0 INT's.

McKnight: 27 carries for 133 yards and 2 TD's.

Edwards: 8 carries for 21 yards. I don't think he is quite ready to be our every game back next year despite being rated 91. He is a very good short yardage back, but doesn't have enough of a burst.

Cole: 3 carries for 14 yards and a TD.

Ausberry: 4 catches for 94 yards and 2 TD's. He is slow, but he was so strong. We'll miss him.

Holland: 2 catches for 28 yards. We'll miss his speed as well.

McKnight 4 catches for 31 yards.

Galippo: 13 tackles, 4 for a loss, 2 passes defended. We'll miss the senior.

DaJohn Harris; 6 tackles, 2 for a loss, a sack, and an interception. He'll probably go pro.

John Brantley: 26 of 43 for 304 yards with 1 TD 3 INT's.

Chris Rainey: 14 carries for 29 yards.

Deonte Thompson: 7 catches for 100 yards.

Ali Bryan (a true freshman) 5 catches for 58 yards.

Ironhead

09-16-2007, 11:00 AM

Congrats on another NC! But as the title of the thread says, "Can they stay on top?" ;)

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 11:03 AM

A final look at our season stat leaders:

Huston: 136 of 217 (62%) for 2090 yards with 19 TD's 19 INT's. He was sacked 21 times.

Cole: 107 of 196 (54%) for 1690 yards with 13 TD's 14 INT's. He was sacked 14 times.

McKnight: 276 carries for 1442 yards and 23 TD's.

Brandon Cole: 91 carries for 526 yards and a 7 TD's.

Ausberry: 50 catches for 889 yards and 9 TD's.

Holland: 45 catches for 988 yards and 9 TD's.

McKnight: 37 catches for 390 yards and 2 TD's.

Galippo: 122 tackles, 19 for a loss, 1 sack, 2 INT's.

DaJohn Harris: 64 tackles, 29 for a loss, 11 sacks.

Kyle Newton: 18 passes defended. 11 Interceptions. We'll probably lose the true Junior to the pros.

Shareece Wright: 14 passes defended, 9 interceptions. He is graduating.

The final top 10:

1. USC 13-0
2. Texas 13-1
3. FSU 13-1
4. Iowa 12-1
5. Florida 13-1
6. Penn State 11-2
7. Michigan 11-2
8. Pitt 11-2
9. Louisville 11-2
10. Texas A&M 11-2

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 11:05 AM

Congrats on another NC! But as the title of the thread says, "Can they stay on top?" ;)

Thanks! I think next year will be tough with a drop off in talent due to so many graduating players. I need a serious rebound in recruiting. I focused so much on getting those top OL that I neglected other areas. At least we should have some big hols opening up for our backs in a year or two. McKnight was really doing it on his own a lot of times this year. Now to see how many players transfered and went pro...

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 11:08 AM

CB Kyle Newton, DT DaJohn Harris, and HB Joe McKnight all are going pro early.

Graduating players: Holland, McCoy, Wright, Reardon, Galippo, Atkinson, Porter, Heberer, RT Butch Lewis (who was the best guy on the line this year statistically), Ausberry.

I'm really surprised Everson Griffen didn't leave early as well as a few other guys. Maybe I won't have such a dropoff next year after all. With those players leaving, I only have room to add 13 guys to the roster which also means that it's not such a big deal where we are right now with recruiting. I'm very surprised none of the WR's or CB's wanted to transfer.

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 11:41 AM

The 1st week of offseason recruiting we lose out on a QB that I wasn't pursuing hard. He chooses Michigan over LSU and Ohio State. John Gonzales is a 4 star QB from Santa Clara, CA who is a classic pocket passer. He was ranked 56th overall.

We do get 5 players that I really wanted:

WR Randy Fisher is a 6'3 186 pound 5 star player from Sunnyvale, CA. He is the 7th ranked player overall in the nation! He chose us over UCLA and Florida. He doesn't have elite speed, but he has very good speed, great hands, and good elusiveness as well as the ability to make the spectacular catch. He also has great route running.

WR Joe Garrett is also a 5 star WR from Vista, CA. He chose USC over Cal and UCLA. He is ranked 31st in the nation. He is 6'2 191. He also has just very good speed, but he has amazing jumping ability. He has great acceleration and is a good route runner with good hands.

TE Bobby Timbers was one of the top TE's in the nation. He is a 5 star player from London, CN. He is a massive 6'5 275 and was ranked 26th overall. He is a powerful blocker with surprising speed for his size. He has ok hands but they need work. He has good strength and will be able to run over a lot of DB's and linebackers if he catches it.

G Andrew Carrington is a 4 star G who completes our offensive line rebuilding. He is 6'1 330 and is from Brighton, AL. He chose us over Alabama and Florida. He is ranked 124th in the nation. He is very good technique wise in both run and pass blocking. He needs to work on his awareness, but otherwise is an excellent prospect.

Finally, we signed another kicker. Reggie Wright is a 3 star kicker from North Kingman-Butler, AZ. He was the top kicker in the nation this year and has a strong leg with good accuracy. He might beat out Mason for the job.

In the 2nd week, we get the last big recruit that we really wanted this offseason:

DE Courtney Larkin is a 6'3 257 pound DE who is ranked 11th in the country overall and 2nd among DE's. He is from Simi Valley, CA. He is a very good finesse move DL.

We lose out on our last option at HB who we went after too late. Daniel Smith, the speedy back, chose Clemson over UNC and NCSU.

I made promises to quite a few players that they would not be redshirted including: WR Fisher, WR Garrett, TE Timbers, and DE Larkin.

In the 4th week of recruiting, we get the last guy we are going to pursue. 3 star DT Isaiah Adams from Grand Parairie, TX. I promised him no redshirt as well. He is a 6'2 275 pound DT that was being pursued by Texas and Texas A&M. He is a player who is just good in a lot of areas without excelling at anything.

I've now signed 14 guys. Only 13 left, so that is the most I'm going after. I'll cut the worst guy on the team, but I don't want to cut too many players.

Ironhead

09-16-2007, 11:50 AM

That tight end... http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Drooling/drooling-6.gif

He will be a monster if he can just catch the ball.

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 12:21 PM

The top 5 classes overall:

1. Florida 5-10-9-1-0.
2. USC 7-4-3
3. LSU 3-7-11-4
4. Texas 3-8-10-1
5. Louisville 2-11-3-9-0.

However, by the average number of stars, we blow everyone away.

Looking at our spring roster, I'm really surprised David McKenzie a highly touted QB didn't transfer away from us. I'm also surprised SS Marshall Jones didn't go pro. Because of that and since Eric Coleman is so fast, Coleman will get some PT at CB as the 5th option as we now only have 4 CB's.

A look at who improved the most from each position:

Aaron Corp, now a senior showed a large stride forward. He'll probably win the starting job. He is more mobile than Huston and McKenzie and is now the 2nd most accurate QB (McKenzie is the 1st most accurate but is lacking in other areas.) Brandon Cole showed strides in accuracy and awareness. He'll continue to be my #2 changup guy although probably not as much redzone action as Corp can move himself a fair bit.

Michael Edwards took a huge stride forward. He isn't fast and will never be a breakway threat. However, he is going to be very hard to bring down as he is powerful and elusive. He'll be the #1 back with Brown being the change of pace speed option at #2.

Lance Moss took an insane leap forward. Senior Jason Clask also took a great leap forward. However, Moss is faster and is the better blocker between the two now. Moss has greatly improved his blocking and will be the #1 FB option.

Freshman, Mike Duren made the biggest strides but with the incoming reshman and the improvement of our two Johnson's he'll be a 3rd or 4th WR. Ronald Johnson has improved every part of his game including his speed. He has more speed than Ausberry but still has Ausberry's ability to break tackles. He is set to have a monster senior year if the QB can get to him. He also has great catching ability and spectacular catches in him.

Sophomore Cornelius Johnson isn't as fast, but he is a great #2 option with excellent hands.

TE Terrance Franklin only took a modest stride forward, but moreso than Ellison did. He'll be our #1 option and I suspect Timbers will win the #2 job with his massive body and ability to really block which will work well in our two TE sets.

Senior LT Andre Andrews hardly improved, but will still be our starting LT.

LG Martin Coleman showed minimal improvement but is the best player at the position.

Both C's showed moderate improvement in all phases of the game. Neither are all that good still. They are now at least average.

No returning players at RG and a true freshman will start there.

Ditto for RT.

Everson Griffen took another nice step forward in all phases of his game. He's even improved his speed.. He'll be tracking down some HB's from behind. He is set for a monster senior year.

Opposite him, DE Blake Holland showed minimal improvement, but with Reardon gone, he'll start.

True Sophomore DT Darren Coleman showed great improvement and is set for a very good season. Junior Harvey Mikulec also improved quite a bit and will start alongside him.

RS JR Jamaal Miller took a nice step forward and will be a very good LOLB this year.

MLB Bryan Burrell took a huge leap forward in every phase of his game and is set to be a star at MLB as a true sophomore.

ROLB Jordan Maiava is another player I'm surprised didn't go pro. He has improved quite a bit and will be the best player of an excellent linebacking corp.

Tyrone Overstreet took huge leaps forward and will be a star CB. True Sophomore Jimmy Lynch didn't improve much at the other side, but will win the job. Still, it is a weakness compared to last year.

JR FS Tony Watson had another huge offseason. He is the fastest player in our secondary and is set for a monster junior year.

SS Marshall Jones is now one of the top 2 or 3 best safeties in all of college football. He is great in coverage and has excellent hands as well.

Craig Mason took a huge leap forward but might still get cut because our freshman K looks great in practice.

P Chase Hardy really improved his ability to angle the ball.

Craig might be the first freshman All-American kicker to get cut, but we do cut him for Reggie who will be our kicker for the next 3 or 4 years. That is our 1 and only cut.

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 12:26 PM

Because of promises, we only redshirt two players:

LT Jon Allen who will be the starter at LT next year. LG Melvin Curtis who has a chance to start next year.

I'm going to catch up on the football games now, but if the two games that I'm interested in becoming boring games, I'll do my depth chart and first game later today.

Ironhead, I agree about Timbers. He'll definitely be our #2 TE because of his blocking, but I'm looking forward to throwing some passes and letting him run over people ;)

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 04:12 PM

A look at the depth chart:

QB: Corp (94), Cole (77), Huston (92)
HB: Michael Edwards (95), Dusty Hawthorne a former highly recruited high school player made some nice leaps and will be the #2 back over Brown. He isn't quite as fast, but he is far more shifty and he accelerates better (87), Patrick Morris (86)
FB: Moss (82), Clark (85), Dawson (79)
WR: Ronald Johnson (94), Cornelius Johnson (89), True Freshman Randy Fisher (80), Jimmy McDonald (74 - but fastest man on the roster now), True Freshman Joe Garrett (77), Mike Duren (76 - second fastest WR)
TE: Terrance Franklin (89), Bobby Timbers (78 - but is the best blocker), Rhett Ellison (85)
LT: Andre Andrews (88), Charles Williams (79)
LG: Martin Coleman (94), Anthony Schroeder (85)
C: Daniel Harris (79), Rudy Russell (79)
RG: True Freshman and top recruit Erik Williams (79), True Freshman Andrew Carrington (73)
RT: True Freshman Derrick Smith (78), True Freshman Nate Smith (77)

LE: Everson Griffen (98), Bryson Richardson (86)
RE: Blake Holland (91), Damien Swain (88)
DT: Sophomore Darren Coleman (90), JR Harvey Mikulec (84), Isaiah Adams, (68), Anthony Crenshaw (69)
LOLB: Jamaal Mlller (89), Ed Keyes (87), Raishaun Washington (83)
MLB: True Sophomore Bryan Burrell (93), Kyle Thomas (81)
ROLB: Jordan Maiava (97), Michael Carter (79)
CB: Tyrone Overstreet (92), Jimmy Lynch (84), Brian Lambert (82), Reggie Pauly (77)
FS: Tony Watson (92), Greg Archie (83), George Robinson (80)
SS: Marshall Jones (99), Eric Coleman (84), Kevin Lewis (79)
K: Reggie Wright (70)
P: Chase Hardy (84)

KR: Dusty Hawthorne and Ronald Johnson
PR: Ronald Johnson, Dusty Hawthorne, Jimmy McDonald

Our DA wanted to schedule a soft first two games against an FCS West team and Army. Instead, I scheduled Northwestern at home in week 1 and we'll travel to play the #23 Arkansas team in week 2.

We are going after our most ambitious recruiting class since I've been here. All of my top targets are #1 at their position in the country.

I'll be working really hard to get the top HB who isn't quite as good as the guy I wanted last year, but he is close. I'll also be working hard to get the top QB in the country who is a fast option QB who can really throw it well. We'll also be working hard to get the top CB in the country.

We are #1 in the pre-season polls.

the top 5:

1. USC - Overall A+, Offense A+, Defense A-, Special Teams A+
2. FSU - Overall A, Offense A-, Defense B+, Special Teams B+
3. Florida A, A, B+, A+
4. Iowa B+, A-, B+, C
5. Penn State A, B+, B+, A+

Our first game is against Northwstern which has a B- Offense and a C+ defense. We should destroy them.

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 05:48 PM

Edwards with a 17 yard run as he ran through 2 defenders. He may not be fast, but he is powerful. He gained 8 points in break tackle during the offseason - I've never seen that much of a gain in one category. His 2nd carry, he breaks two tackles and fumbles it while trying to break a 3rd.. Northwestern recovers.

Using an option attack, Northwestern ran it all over our team including a 1 yard TD by the QB! 7-0.

After 4 runs by Edwards, a PA pass to Ronald Johnson for 31 yards. Next play is a PA pass to Timbers! He catches it at the 15.. he runs over two safeties for a TD!!! 7-7. 32 yard play to Timbers! I've saved the play to my harddrive. EA sports needs to get their servers up so I can show the big man rumble (he actually has better speed than Ellison and is really fast for his size.)

Lambert with a pick of a bad throw by their QB. Edwards doesn't have the speed to pull away but he just evaded and ran over 2 different guys for a 22 yard gain.. He has the best combo of power and elusiveness that we've had in a few years and it happened almost overnight. All he lacks is breakaway speed. We try to get too cute inside the 5 with the PA pass and we fail twice to score. A FG makes it 10-7.

Lambert with his second pick of the game on a deep ball. The nickelback is having a good game against a bad QB. We follow that up with a 13 play 53 yard drive ending in a 1 yard TD run by Edwards. 17-7 late in the 1st. Corp ran for a 3rd and 5 on this drive and is playing very well. No musical QB's this season. Cole will get PT though in the 2nd half with the 1st when we are up big and with the 2nd team.

During Supersim early in the 2nd quarter, Corp throws his 1st pick to a LB. Our next drive, a punt is blocked in supersim and they recover it on the 8. Next play is a 8 yard TD pass. 17-14. During the last minute of supersim (I do 3 minutes in the 2nd and 4th quarter), Edwards fumbles and they recover. They use the short field for a quick strike to their TE for a TD. 21-17.

Back to live action and Hawthorne returns it to the 40. A holding call against our RG negates a 22 yard Edwards run. Corp to Ronald Johnson for 27 yards on the next play. Edwards with a 10 yard run as our OL is opening huge holes. Edwards goes over 100 yards on this drive late in the 2nd quarter. Corp with a PA roll out scramble for 6 yards and a TD to end the drive. 24-21.

We stop them at midfield and force a punt with 1:44 left in the half. They fake it, run it, and we stop them well short of the 1st. That gives us time to drive down the field and Timbers is critical.. he makes a huge block on a 12 yard run by Edwards, catches a 14 yard pass, and makes the block on the 1 yard TD run by Edwards. :) 31-21. 20 seconds left.

Halftime: Up 31-21.

We kickoff and they start on the 20. They have a good drive for about 50 yards and then Overstreet picks off an out pass. He returns it to their 30. We fail to move it anywhere and Corp gets sacked for a loss of 7. However, Reggie shows that we made the right move making him our kicker as he drills a 54 yard FG! 34-21.

A good drive ends when their HB fumbles and Swain recovers, but I'm worried about our pass defense. On 3rd and 14, Fisher catches his first pass for USC, but he is stopped a yard short of the first. On their 36, we are forced to punt on 4th and 1. Their QB fumbles a keeper and we get the ball back on their 42. We get stopped on 3rd and 3. A 53 yard FG atttempt is blocked!

In 8 plays they cover 48 yards and end iw with a 8 yard TD pass. I'm really worried about our pass defense now. 34-28.

WOW! Corp scrambles on 2nd down and gets a block downfield from Ronald Johnson that springs him and he manages to pick up another block from Timbers and he runs 74 yards for a TD!!! 42-28 as Edwards run it in for 2.

We stop them at midfield and they turn it over on downs. 3 plays later, Corp throws a perfect spiral that is a high arcing pass for a 48 yard TD to Cornelius Johnson in the back of the endzone! 49-28.

Burrell picks it off just outside the endzone. He returns it to our 12. 1:35 left and Cole will come in to run the option with the 2nd team.

We run out the clock.

Game over. 49-28 win.

Corp: 15 of 25 for 234 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT.

Cole: 1 of 1 for 11 yards.

Edwards: 26 carries for 125 yards and 2 TD's.

Corp: 7 carries for 116 yards and 2 TD's.

Hawthorne: 3 carries for 9 yards.

Cole: 2 carries for 25 yards.

Cornelius Johnson: 3 catches for 55 yards and a TD.

Ronald Johnson: 3 catches for 55 yards.

Bobby Timbers: 2 catches for 50 yards and a TD!

Bryan Burrell: 14 tackles, 4 for a loss, 1 sack, 1 INT.

Brian Lambert: 9 tackles, 2 interceptions, but he also allowed a lot of catches.

Tyrone Overstreet: 3 passes defended, 1 interception, and he shut down his side of the field.

Dan Persa 24 of 40 for 278 yards with 3 TD's 4 INT's.

Scott Concannon: 25 carries for 87 yards.

Persa: 13 carries for 36 yards and a TD.

Charles Brown: 5 catches for 61 yards.

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 08:53 PM

The positive of the SD-NE game being a blowout is that I can get in one more game that I didn't expect....

In the first week, a recruit that I didn't really want, a 5 star G from Texas, signs with Texas.

The top HB isn't giving me the time of the day.. I'm going to have a hard time getting him and I might give very soon. The top CB doesn't even want to talk either. At least the #1 QB seems to love us.

Arkansas is 1-0 and they have a good offense. Their offense is rated B+ while their defense is rated B-. Hopefully, Corp can have a repeat performance in which he won Pac-10 Offensive Player of the week.

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 10:18 PM

Overstreet with a pass defended on 3rd down and 5. 3 and out for Arkansas.

Johnson returns it 6 yards to our 33. At midfield, I go for it on 4th and inches and they stuff the run. We give it to them on downs. A nice blend of passes and runs on a 9 play 48 yard drive. They end it with a 1 yard TD run. 7-0.

While under pressure, Corp throws it off his back foot and floats a pass that their safety picks off and returns to our 30. They miss the 48 yard FG attempt after we stuff them on 3 straight plays.

Edwards bounces off a defender and picks up 4 extra yards for a 8 yard gain. Corp tries a PA pass on the next play and he makes a good throw but the safety just made a great play to beat Johnson to it. We force a 3 and out and they punt. A good start to the drive, but Corp threw it towards Cornelius in double coverage and the corner picked it off.

Marshall Jones picks it off on their 1st play. He returns it to their 46. We get stopped on the 21. The 38 yard FG is good. 7-3.

Another interception on their first pass. 4 plays to go 19 yards including a 4 yard TD run by Edwards. 10-7. We force a 3 and out. A good punt return starts us at midfield. 4 plays 48 yards including a 4 yard TD pass to Franklin, our starting TE. 17-7. Our next drive, they stop us again on 4th and inches, this time on their 43. Our young offensive line is having trouble opening holes against this team. Our defense forces a 3 and out.

5 yard pass to Timbers to start the drive. We finally convert a 4th and inches on their 45. Timbers had a 3 yard reception before that play. Fisher with an amazing catch of a pass behind him for a 12 yard gain. They stop us at the 16 with a heavy blitz. Reggie nails the 33 yard FG. 20-7. They miss a 56 yard FG attempt with 20 seconds left in the half..

About a 30 yard pass gets us to their 34 with 10 seconds left. A 27 yard pass to R. Johnson to get to their 7. 2 seconds left so we kick the FG. 23-7.

Halftime: 23-7 despite a very rocky start for Corp.

We get the ball. Edwards with good blocking on the toss to get 14 yards. A few plays later, Moss catches a pass in the flat, runs over a corner, and then outruns the rest of the defense for a 37 yard TD! 30-7. Moss is faster, bigger, and catches better than Edwards and I need to use him more.

Overstreet is hurt on their next drive and will miss the rest of this game with a sprained knee. They miss a 38 yard FG attempt wide right. Edwards drops a 3rd down pass and we have to punt. Osei thrwos a nice pass to their Wr and he breaks a tackle and takes it 52 yards for a TD. 30-13 as we defend the 2 point pass conversion attempt. Overstreet would have been covering if he wasn't hurt.

Timbers catches a nice 19 yard pass but he fails to knock over a safety and gets tackled on the 1 :( ;) The next play Hawthorne runs it in from the 1. 37-13.

A very good drive in which they mostly ran it results in a 3 yard run by their QB for a TD. 37-21 as they run it in for 2.

We exchange failed drives before Reggie makes a 42 yard FG on our next drive. 40-21. Time for us to get Cole in there. Our first play of the next drive, Edwards fumbles. They recover. They put together a good drive ending in a nice TD pass. 40-28. We prepare for an onside attempt since there is only 3 minutes left.

Ronald Johnson recovers the onside kick! Cole tries to throw it deep and the safety picks it off. The safety returns it to the 50 where Cole tackles him. Cole was just inches from having a bomb TD to Timbers.

They put together another TD pass. This QB has had a great 2nd half for them. 40-35. 1:50 to go. We prepare for the onside kick. Ronald Johnson recovers it.

Cole will stay in, but won't be throwing... Correction, he might throw on 3rd and 9, but only if a guy is truly wide open.. Cole scrambles 11 yards for a first down! A few plays later, Edwards has perfect blocking on a toss and he takes it 14 yards for a TD. 47-35. 46 seconds left. They pass it to the 1, but time runs out. This QB's performance in the 2nd half is the best I've ever seen against us... of course, that could be because Overstreet is out and our corners aren't very good without him in there.

Game over. 47-35 win.

Corp: 20 of 37 for 258 yards with 2 TD's 3 INT's.

Cole; 1 of 2 for 12 yards with an INT.

Edwards: 35 carries for 122 yards and 2 TD's.

Corp: 7 carries for 18 yards.

Cole: 1 carry for 12 yards.

Hawthorne: 2 carries for 12 yards and a TD.

Terrance Franklin: 5 catches for 72 yards and a TD.

Lance Moss: 4 catches for 63 yards and a TD.

Ronald Johnson: 4 catches for 59 yards.

Bobby Timbers: 3 catches for 26 yards.

Randy Fisher: 2 catches for 23 yards.

Cornelius Johnson only had 1 catch for 11 yards.

Burrell lead the team with 8 tackles, 2 for a loss. We ddn't get any sacks. Marshall Jones and Jimmy Lynch each had a pick. Overstreet defended 3 passes before leaving the game.

Jason Osei: 26 of 43 for 331 yards with 3 TD's 2 INT's.

Ben Smith: 24 carries for 91 yards and a TD.

Osei: 5 carries for 17 yards and a TD.

Larry Allen: 5 catches for 90 yards and a TD.

Eaglesfan27

09-16-2007, 10:37 PM

We put a lot of time into recruiting the top HB in the nation this week, and I think we now have his attention. The top cornerback is now listening as well. We've got the top QB scheduled for a visit in week 4 when we host Arizona.

Not much of note happens during our bye week except for #6 Michigan shutting out #16 ND 30-0. Michigan is 3-0.

In total, we'll have 6 big time recruits at the Arizona game which will be played next weekend most likely.

Eaglesfan27

09-22-2007, 12:25 PM

Arizona has a good offense but a suspect defense. It's raining hard, today.

Our first play is a pass to Franklin who bobbles it and the SS picks it off as a result. Good blocking on the return gets them to our 30. Reese, their HB breaks two tackles and gains 11 yards. We stop them the next 3 plays and they settle for a FG. 3-0. Corp's first pass on the next drive is also picked off as I made a bad read and threw it right to the linebacker. They are inside the 10 as a result. We stop them inside the 5. FG makes it 6-0.

They stop us at midfield on our next drive. Our punter just barely puts it too far and it is a touchback. A good punt return allows us to start our next drive on their 36.

First play is a 14 yard pass to Ronald Johnson. Then, a perfect 20 yard screen to Edwards. Edwards runs it in for a 2 yard TD. 7-6.

End of 1: Up 7-6 and they are about to punt.

We miss a 47 yard FG on our next drive. During Supersim, Corp throws his 3rd pick of the day, this time to a DT. His first pass of our next drive (also in Supersim) is another pick. 4 INT's and it is time to let Cole spark our offense. Cole is leading us on a gret drive. We would have had a TD pass but Frankling fumbled. Fortunately, our WR recovered on their 2. 2 plays later, Hawthorne runs it in from the 2. 14-6. With under a minute left, their QB beats our blitz, our cornerback misses the tackle and their receiver takes it 38 yards for a TD. 14-12 after we stuff the 2 point run attempt.

Up 14-12 at the half, but we kick off to them.

On 3rd and 18, their QB heaves one deep and Marshall Jones picks it off and returns it to their 27. We get stopped at the 15 and settle for a FG. 17-12.

Their QB scrambles on 3rd and 4 and Marshall Jones lights him up. His season is over due to a broken leg. Their backup QB fumbles on his 1st play in the game in which he was trying to run an option play!

Cole made a lot of plays, but he tried to stretch out for a TD on a QB scramble and he fumbled it. They throw it on 3rd and 9 from their own 3 and the QB is under pressure and he throws a bad pass. Tony Watson picks it off and returns it all the way. 24-12. Burrell picks off a pass in which he was providing underneath help against the slant. He trunts it to their 35. After a few good runs and a pass on 3rd down, we catch the blitz perfectly with a WR screen that has Ronald untouched. 18 yard TD pass. 31-12. After forcing a punt, we march down the field in just 8 plays ending with a 4 yard TD run by Edwards. 38-12.

End of 3: Up 38-12.

We kick a short FG on our next drive to make it 41-12. Our next drive, Edwards fumbles and they recover and get a short field. They respond with a quick 25 yard TD pass. 41-19. We recover the onside kick. On 3rd and 6, Cole throws his first pick of the day as he tried to get it to Timbers, but the linebacker covering Timbers made a good break on the ball. Their QB throws a screen backwards and the HB doesn't catch it.. Burrell dives on it! A few plays later, Cole fumbles it and they return it to our 3. They easily punch it in and pass for the 2 point coversion. 41-27.

We recover the onside kick. Edwards fumbles on his 1st carry and they get it back. We get it back, and I try having Cole throw it on 3rd and 8, but he gets hit as he throws and it is a pick. Marshall Jones with his 2nd pick of the day as their backup QB is falling apart. A turnover plagued last quarter as Edwards fumbles again and on their first pass Overstreet picks it off and goes the distance for a TD. 48-27.

Game over. 48-27 win.

Corp: 8 of 16 for 115 yards with 4 INT's.

Cole: 18 of 25 for 210 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's.

Edwards: 25 carries for 66 yards and 2 TD's.

Hawthorne: 2 carries for 2 yards and a TD.

Corp: 1 carry for 9 yards.

Cole: 5 carries for 28 yards.

Ronald Johnson: 7 catches for 98 yards and a TD.

Franklin: 7 catches for 77 yards.

Edwards: 6 catches for 75 yards

Griffen: 10 tackles, 4 for a loss, 3 sacks.

Marshall Jones: 7 tackles, 2 passes defended, 2 interceptions.

Jimmy Lynch: 6 passes defended.

Bryson Beirne: 13 of 22 for 118 yards with a TD and an INT before being hurt.

Lester Dukes: 12 of 30 for 113 yards with 1 TD 5 INT's.

Joseph Reese: 18 carries for 102 yards.

Eaglesfan27

09-23-2007, 12:36 PM

Now, we host a 1-2 Washington State team that is below average on offense and bad on defense.

They elect to kickoff to us. The 1st play of the game, Corp underthrows a man deep and their linebacker picks it off. On 4th and 3, our linebacker nails their HB, he fumbles, and Maiava picks it up and returns it to their 20. Fisher drops a 3rd down pass. Our kicker hits the upright on a 38 yard FG attempt. 0-0 still. Watson picks off a pass that was poorly thrown on 3rd and 16.. he returns it to the 7. We get stuffed on 3rd and goal from the 2. Our young offensive line is struggling quite a bit today. We kick the short FG to make it 3-0.

1st pass of their next drive, Pauly, our freshman picks it off. He returns it to their 12. 2 plays later, Corp throws it to Franklin for a 4 yard TD. 10-0. 3 and out. They punt away from my returner. We go 3 and out and punt. Our next drive, Garrett with a tough catch over the middle to convert 3rd and 16.

End of 1: 10-0, we lead.

Defenses dominate the early part of the 2nd quarter, as we settle for a FG and then stop them. However, on their next drive, they complete 3 big passs including a 11 yard TD pass to their TE. 13-7. We should be blowing them out. Corp gets one last shot to lead us to a TD before Cole gets some PT.

Hawthorne returns the kickoff to their 40. 1st play Corp throws a beautiful rainbow bomb that Roland Johnson catches in stride at their 20. Johnson takes it in for a TD! 20-7. Our next drive, Corp throws a little flair to the FB, Moss that bounces off his hands into a linebacker's hands and the linebacker takes it for a TD. 20-14. Wright with a 43 yard FG to make it 23-14. 2 minutes left in the half. We stop them on 4th and 1 with 19 seconds left on our 24. Edwards with a huge run. 9 seconds left and we are on their 31. Cole is in the game for this drive. Cole with a 13 yard pass to Cornelius Johnson. With 2 seconds left, we kick the 35 yard FG. 26-14 at the half.

On 3rd and 10, their QB chucks it into double coverage. Marshall Jones with the pick and he returns it 44 yards for a TD. 33-14. We stuff their HB on 3rd and 2. Cole will get a bit more PT with the 1st team. Cole scrambles to his right and then delivers a perfect pass to Ronald for 32 yards. On 3rd and 8, Cole with another great pass to Ronald Johnson for 30 yards. Now, we are on the 5. On 2nd and goal, Cole with an option pitch to Edwards for a 5 yard TD run. 40-14.

On 3rd and 1, we pop their HB and he fumbles. Jamaal Miller recovers it. We let Corp get in for one last drive. Corp leads a 12 play 48 yard drive that ends with a Edwards 1 yard TD run. 47-14.

End of 3: 47-14.

Their returner fumbles the kickoff and Jimmy Lynch picks it up and runs it in for a TD! 54-14.

Our 2nd team offense comes in for our next drive, and during Supersim, Cole leads a very nice drive ending with a 14 yard TD pass to Fisher! 61-14. Their next drive, we knock their QB out of the game with a spraine ankle. Cole with a sick option play fake to juke one defender and then he pitches it the back before the other man hits him and it leads to a 27 yard TD run by Hawthorne. 68-14.

Robinson picks off their backup QB's 1st pass that was a very weak out throw. He returns it to their 18. Hawthorne fumbles on their 2 and they recover. Pauls picks off their 2nd pass attempt and returns it for a TD. 75-14. Their backup QB is one of the worst throwers I've seen in this game.

Wow, their HB fumbles again. We recover again. 2:18 to go and I just want to run out the clock.

Game over. 75-14 win.

Corp: 13 of 20 for 169 yards with 2 TD's 2 INT's.

Cole: 6 of 10 for 139 yards with 1 TD 0 INT's.

Edwards: 22 carries for 99 yards and 2 TD's.

Hawthorne: 14 carries for 126 yards and a TD.

Cole: 2 carries for 13 yards.

Ronald Johnson: 5 catches for 156 yards and a TD.

Cornelius Johnson: 3 catches for 25 yards.

Bryan Burrell: 7 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Everson Griffen had our only sack.

Reggie Pauly and Tony Watson each had 2 picks.

Gary rogers: 17 of 32 for 190 yards with 1 TD 4 INT's.

Jake Fontaine: 1 of 6 for 22 yards with 2 INT's.

Tony Leonard: 18 carries for 22 yards.

Gary Rogers: 9 carries for 62 yards.

Now, time to catch up to the Eagles on my DVR.

Eaglesfan27

09-23-2007, 08:56 PM

This week, there are multiple undefeated teams high in the polls facing off including Florida and LSU. Meanwhile, we are traveling to play a Washington team that is 3-1 behind a high powered offense. However, their defense is below average. It is cold and sunny up here in Washington. Corp was leading a good drive until he threw a pick to their linebacker inside the 20. They miss a 30 yard FG as it hits the upright. However, I'm concerned how easily they moved it against us.

End of 1: We are up 7-0.

Their WR fumbles a reverse inside our 20, and we recover. 8 plays covers 77 yards including a 14 yard TD pass to Ronald Johnson. 14-0.

Their next drive, their HB fumbles inside the 20. 4 plays later, Edwards runs it in for a TD from the 6! 21-0. Our next drive, Corp hits Cornelius Johnson in stride on a corner route and he breaks a tackle and takes it down the sideline for a 48 yard TD. 28-0.

Their HB, Nate Williams, has been a key to their offense all game, but we just knocked him out of the game with a big hit from Everson Griffen. Coleman recovered a fumble earlier, and now he picks off the QB inside the 20 to save a TD.

As the half is ending, Corp finds Edwards for a 12 yard TD pass to make it 35-0. Corp has had an outstanding first half.

Halftime stats for Corp: 14 of 17 for 203 yards with 3 TD's 1 INT.

After forcing a 3 and out, our first play is a simple run up the middle in which Edwards breaks a tackle by a linebacker, then runs over a safety, and then surprisingly beats everyone down the field for a 55 yard TD!!! 42-0.

They miss a 50 yard FG attempt, and we have great field position. His last drive of the game, Corp remains nearly perfect and he scrambles for a 5 yard TD. 49-0. Marshall Jones picks off a deep pass.

Cole will get a drive with the 1st team. Cole throws a pick on his 2nd play. They take advantage of the short field with a 4 play 29 yard TD drive. 49-7.

Cole comes out with the 2nd team. 1st play is a PA pass that hits Randy Fisher in stride for a 84 yard TD!!! 56-7. After they stop us on our next drive, our punter pins them on the 1. We get a safety the next play. 58-7. A grind it out drive ends with a 4 yard TD run by Cole. 65-7. Archie picks off their next deep pass. Morris just kept gaining yardage and he ends up running it in for a TD on a 4 yard run. 72-7.

Game over. 72-7 win for us. :)

Corp: 19 of 23 for 257 yards with 3 TD's 1 INT.

Cole: 5 of 13 for 149 yards with 1 TD 1 INT.

Edwards: 18 carries for 129 yards and 3 TD's.

Corp: 6 carries for 53 yards and a TD.

Cole: 6 carries for 23 yards and a TD.

Hawthorne: 5 carries for 35 yards.

Patrick Morris: 2 carries for 5 yards and a TD.

Cornelius Johnson: 6 catches for 117 yards and a TD.

Ronald Johnson: 4 catches for 35 yards and a TD.

Fisher: 2 catches for 101 yards and a TD.

Timbers: 1 catch for 13 yards and 2 drops.

Bryan Burrell: 8 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Ronnie Fouch: 16 of 31 for 208 yards with 4 INT's.

Nate Williams: 15 carries for 55 yards.

Eaglesfan27

09-23-2007, 09:01 PM

News around the Nation:

Undefeated Oklahoma beat previously undefeated Texas 17-10.

Undefeated LSU beat previously undefeated and #2 Florida 37-17. Florida drops to 7th in the polls.

The top 5:

1. USC 5-0 (34)
2. FSU 6-0 (26)
3. Iowa 5-0 (1)
4. LSU 5-0
5. Georgia 6-0

Eaglesfan27

09-26-2007, 07:57 PM

I screwed up and lost a long game summary, but the brief version is this:

Today, we played Stanford at home with a big time WR visiting. I wanted to emphasize the passing game and Corp came out on fire in the first half. He played so well all game long that I never put Cole in the game. Stanford's pass offense was surprisingly effective with a lack of quality WR's, but a senior veteran QB that was very smart. In fact, he didn't thorw a pick all game long, a first for this game in a long time, until the very end of the game when he threw a desperation pass towards the endzone. Corp's high efficiency led us to an easy win.

42-19 was the final score.

Corp: 27 of 36 for 273 yards with 5 TD's 1 INT.

Corp also ran it 8 times for 51 yards and a TD.

Edwards: 28 carries for 119 yards.

4 receviers had at least 1 TD: Timbers, Cornelius Johnson, Ronald Jognson, and Terrance Franklin.

Ronald Johnson had 5 catches for 50 yards with 2 TD's.

Cornelius Johnson had 5 catches for 55 yards and a TD.

Edwards had 5 catches for 66 yards.

Burrell: 12 tackles, 4 for a loss.

Griffen had 1 sack early in the game which set an all time USC record.

Our lone pick at the end of the game was by Marshall Jones.

Stanford's Senior QB Kellen Kiilsgaard: 23 of 35 for 292 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT played very well.

Chike Amajoyi: 25 carries for 39 yards.

Eaglesfan27

09-26-2007, 08:12 PM

We lost out on one of the top tackles in the nation this week, as he chose to stay in his homestate and play for Texas. Freddie Gordon is a 6'6 300 pound 5 star Tackle.

However, we have a soft verbal from one of the most versatile athletes in the nation. He is a 5 star 6'5 200 pound CB/WR with speed from Pennsylvania who is considering USC, Pitt, and Penn State.

Eaglesfan27

09-29-2007, 11:38 AM

This upcoming week, #5 Georgia faces off against #9 Florida in an attempt to remain undefeated. Also, #3 Iowa (5-0) facs off against #7 Ohio State (6-0).

We play at a very good 5-1 ND team. They have a strong running attack and a QB who doesn't make many mistakes that has led their offense to 30th in the nation at 32 ppg. Their defense is spectacular with a great run defense and an even better pass defense. Still, they haven't faced many tams like ours and I think we can put a hit on this stats.

They have several top recruits visiting including a QB that I'm trying to get, and I'd love to ruin their visit.

Ironhead

09-29-2007, 11:44 AM

I love it when the weekend comes around because I know this dynasty will be updated. Great read as always.

Eaglesfan27

09-29-2007, 12:53 PM

The blitz gets Corp on 3rd and 3 and we go 3 and out. A great punt starts them on their 3. We stop them 3 straight plays, force a punt from the 1 which we block for a safety. 2-0. Good return starts us on their 47.

First play is a off tackle in which Edwards breaks two arm tackles and then runs over the safety and then takes it 47 yards for a TD!!! 9-0. They fumble the kickoff and Thomas recover for us! It is reversed upon review and ND keeps the ball. Maiava intercepts the 2nd pass of the drive.

Moss catches a PA pass, bowls over a linebacker, and takes it 28 yards to get inside their 13. But, they stop us the next few plays and we settle for a short FG. 12-0.

ND responds with a 14 play 62 yard drive that stalls at our 10. They kick the FG to make it 12-3. They stop us on a drive, and then fumble around midfield on their next drive. We take advantage with a 8 play 48 yard drive ending in a 6 yard TD pass to the TE. 19-3. Marshall Jones picks off their QB's 1st pass of the drive. 3 plays later, Corp runs it in for a TD from the 3. 26-3. Their cornerback returns the kickoff 99 yards for a TD. 26-11. We have a 13 play 81 yard drive that ends in a 10 yard TD run by Edwards. 33-11. Only 1:40 left in the half. They barely miss a 54 yard FG attempt and we get th ball on the 37 with 50 seconds left. 1st play is a PA pass in which they blitz 3 linebackers. Ronald Johnson is wide open and Corp throws it to him just before getting creamed.. 63 yard TD as Johnson outruns the defense! 40-11. They get a long pass to be complete before the half, but time runs out as the player runs inside our 20. No harm except to our stats.

Halftime: 40-11, we lead.

They kick a FG midway through the 3rd to make it 40-14.

End of 3: 40-14, but we are inside the 10.

1st play of the 4th, Corp scrambles for a 9 yard TD run. 47-14. That will be Corp's last play of the game. Another great game for him, but time for Cole to come into the blowout.

A FG early in the 4th makes it 50-14 after a ND fumble that gave us the ball on their 25. Against our 2nd team defense, they march down the field in just 5 plays including a 33 yard TD pass. 50-21.

Cole leads us on a 8 play 49 yard drive that ends in a FG. 53-21. 4:45 to go. It takes them 12 plays this time, burt their QB leads another TD drive against our 2nd team defense. 53-28. Cole drives us inside the 5, before we just take a knee and run out the clock.

Game over. 53-28 win.

Corp: 15 of 21 for 205 yards with 2 TD's 0 INT's.

Cole: 5 of 9 for 61 yards.

Edwards: 21 carries for 112 yards and 2 TD's.

Corp: 7 carries for 46 yards and 2 TD's.

Cole: 5 carries for 25 yards.

Ronald Johnson: 4 catches for 94 yards and a TD.

Franklin: 3 catches for 48 yards and a TD.

Moss: 2 catches for 33 yards.

Burrell: 13 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Jared McDaniel: 25 of 36 for 336 yards with 2 TD's 2 INT's.

Christian Montgomery (sophomore RB): 31 carries for 110 yards.

Eaglesfan27

09-29-2007, 12:54 PM

I love it when the weekend comes around because I know this dynasty will be updated. Great read as always.

Thanks. I'm glad to know that people are reading it and enjoying it :)

Eaglesfan27

09-29-2007, 01:23 PM

Florida beats Georgia to end their undefeated season in a defensive battle that ends 10-3. Georgia is now 7-1 and 10th in the polls. Florida is now 6-1 and 7th in the polls.

Ohio State won 24-14 over Iowa. Iowa is now 9th in the polls at 5-1. Ohio State is now 4th in the polls with a 7-0 record.

Top 10 Coaches Poll

1. USC (38) 7-0
2. FSU (22) 7-0
3. LSU (1) 7-0
4. Ohio State 7-0
5. Texas A&M 7-0
6. Louisville 7-0
7. Florida 6-1
8. Oklahoma 7-0
9. Iowa 5-1
10. Georgia 7-1

BCS Top 5:

1. USC
2. Florida State
3. LSU
4. Texas A&M
5. Ohio State

Stephen Gorman, the top QB in the nation who was visiting ND has now given USC a soft verbal. We'll try to wrap him up in the next week. Gorman is a 5 star QB who is 6'1 194, very mobile, but with a very big somewhat accurate arm.

We did lose out on a FB that we were lightly recruiting. Eric Powell, the #1 FB in the nation and 48th overall, a 4 star athlete went to LSU. He is from Clinton, MS. Auburn and Alabama were his other top choices.

In week 9, we have a bye. No big matchups this week.

During the bye week, we wrap up 2 of our biggest recruits, but we lose out on 2 that I wanted.

First the good news:

5 star top QB Stephen Gorman gave us a hard verbal and is now a Trojan. He is 6'1 194 and runs in the 4.4 range with good acceleration. He has a big arm with decent accuracy, but that is clearly an area that he needs to improve on. He is the top QB out of a weak class this year and will be in the mix to replace Corp next year. He chose us over Ohio State and Wisconsin. He is from Richmond, CA.

Nigel Franklin, the #2 player in the nation, a 5 star athlete from Coatesville, PA signed with us. He is 6'5" 196 pound athlete who is most natural at WR but could play corner very effectively as well. He has blazing speed, spectacular catching ability, and the most sure hands I've ever seen in a freshman receiver. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts for us next year, particularly with the departure of Ronald Johnson to the NFL. Besides, having great hands, he is very good at beating the press and already runs decent routes, but surely can improve in that area. He also has amazing leaping ability.

Now, the bad news:

We lost out on our number 2 HB choice. Charles Hopkins is a 5 star HB from Weiser, ID who chose OU over LSU and USC. He is ranked 32nd in the nation and he has a nice balance of speed ad power at 5'11 202 pounds. He also is good at picking up the blitz.

We also lost the 2nd best TE in the nation who weren't going after too hard, due to Timbers, and our current group. John Gipson is a 5 star 6'6 240 pound TE from Ada, OK. He chose Missouri over Oklahoma and Nebraska. He is a poor blocker, but a very dangerous receiver with WR type speed.

Only a few changes to the Coaches' Poll this week:

Florida lost to Kentucky 24-17 and drops down to 18 in the polls.

Iowa lost to Penn State 27-20 and drops down to 14.

Oklahoma is now 7th, Penn State is now 8th, Goergia is 9th, and Texas at 7-1 jumps to #10.

Our next game is at a 3-4 Oregon team that is struggling. They lack a good QB and he has thrown a lot of picks this year and he isn't making much yardage either. Their running atack and defense are just ok. We should blow them out.

Eaglesfan27

09-29-2007, 02:55 PM

Their HB goes down on the 1st play of the game, but he should come back later in the game. We sack their QB on the 2nd play. We stop the screen for a 2 yard loss on 3rd down. A short punt starts us on their 40. Corp throws a pick on his 2nd play after being sacked on 1st down. Their #2 HB goes down for a half on his 1st carry. We force a 3 and out. A very bad punt starts us on our 33. 1st play is a PA pass to Moss, he picks up a block from Franklin, and gains 34 yards. 10 yard pass to Cornelius Johnson for another 1st. 24 yard TD pass to Ronald Johnson. 7-0. Their 3rd string HB fumbles on his 1st carry and we recover on their 19. 15 yard pass to Franklin. 3 yard sack followed by a 7 yard TD run by Edwards. 14-0. Tony Watson with a pick on their 34 on the next drive. On 3rd and 10, Ronald Johnson catches an underneath crossing pattern, breaks a tackle, and takes it 34 yards for a TD! 21-0.

End of 1: 21-0.

After exchanging defensive stops, we run it well on our next drive which is a 4 play 65 yard drive ending in a 40 yard TD run by Edwards. 28-0. Our next drive is more balanced, but just as effective ending in a 2 yard TD run by Edwards. 35-0. They fumble on the 1st carry of their next drive. We have it on the 22 and we quickly take it in for a score ending in 1 yard TD run by Edwards. 42-0 midway through the 2nd. Our next drive is a 5 play 66 yard drive that ends with a 16 yard TD pass to Fisher! 49-0.

We force another 3 and out. 1:45 left in the half and we are on our 30. After a 18 yard pass to Franklin, the 2nd play is a 30 yard pass to Edwards in which he breaks a tackle by their safety and takes it 52 yards for a TD. 56-0. Coleman picks off the 1st pass of their next drive. We are on the 18 with 1:04 to go. A holding call negates a TD run, but Corp finds Cornelius Johnson alone in the back of the endzone as the half expires to make it 63-0.

Halftime: 63-0 and the 1st team offense is done for the day.

On the 2nd play of the half (a 2nd and 14 after they stuffed Hawthorne on 1st down), Cole sees the blitz coming, throws a perfect pass to Garrett in stride who beats the defense down the middle of the field for a 91 yard TD! 70-0. Their 1st string HB is back in the game now.

Hawthorne just had an amazing 77 yard punt return for a TD that I'll have to show in a highlight. Now 77-0:

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They beat our cornerback with a deep fly route for a big gain to get to the 21. If they score, I'll put in the 2nd team defense. Midway through the 3rd, they kick a FG to make it 77-3. Late in the 3rd, Cole makes a bad pitch on the option and Oregon recovers it and runs it in for a TD. 77-10. Cole with a 19 yard scramble in which he should have gone out of bounds, but instead he tries to juke the corner. He is drilled and fumbles. Oregon recovers at midfield. We stop them on a 3 and out.

During the supersim, in the 4th quarter, Cole throws a 47 yard TD pass to Jimmy McDonald. 84-10. Our next drive, a FG makes it 87-10. Cole is hurt on the next drive, and Huston comes into the game. A great punt puts them at their 1 with 1:51 to go.

Game over. 87-10 win. :)

Corp: 18 of 23 for 306 yards with 5 TD's 1 INT.

Cole: 3 of 4 for 152 yards with 2 TD's 0 INT's.

Edwards: 21 carries for 116 yards and 4 TD's.

Hawthorne: 15 carries for 68 yards.

Cole: 5 carries for 24 yards.

Ronald Johnson: 4 catches for 87 yards and 2 TD's.

Edwards: 3 catches for 74 yards and a TD.

Cornelius Johnson: 3 catches for 33 yards and a TD.

True Freshman Joe Garrett: 2 catches for 105 yards and a TD.

McDonald: 1 catch for 47 yards and a TD.

True Freshman Randy Fisher: 1 catch for 16 yards and a TD.

Sophomore DT Darren Coleman: 5 tackles, 5 for a loss, 3 sacks.

Most of his yards came against our 2nd team defense, Thomas Edmonds: 11 of 30 for 153 yards with 3 INT's.

Charles Neal: 21 carries for 59 yards (despite missing most of the 1st half.)

Eaglesfan27

09-29-2007, 03:07 PM

No changes in the top 5 in the polls.

Our next game (probably will be played tomorrow) is hosting a struggling 2-6 Oregon State team. Oregon State's defense is just terrible and we should blow them out. We'll have several big recruits there including the top HB in the nation. We are outside of his top 3, but I'm hoping we can change his mind.

Eaglesfan27

09-30-2007, 10:50 AM

A computer glitch cost me a long post, but we had a surprisingly hard time scoring on Oregon State. Or at least, we didn't score as much as I expected we would. We settled for 3 FG's and 4 TD's as we won 37-6.

Corp: 20 of 29 for 312 yards with 3 TD's 2 INT's.

Edwards: 22 carries for 73 yards with a TD.

Ronald Johnson: 7 catches for 121 yards and a TD.

After the game, we got good news as 3 recruits gave us firm verbal committments. We also lost out on 1 recruit I really wanted and 1 that was just a backup plan.

First the guys we lost out on:

QB Jesse Downs from New Orleans, LA was a backup option. He is a fast option style QB who has decent arm strength but some serious accuracy issues. He chose OU over Nebraska and Texas.

DT Tyrone Clark is a 5 star DT from Elmwood Park, IL. I wanted him and was pursuing him aggressively. The 6'4 300 pound DT is a true run stuffer. He chose Ohio State over UF and USC.

The 3 that gave us firm verbals:

Doug Henshaw is a 4 star C who was one of the top centers in the nation. He is ranked 190th overall. He is from Downey, CA. He is 6'5 290 pounds and is an impressive pass blocker with room to grow as a run blocker.

Maurice Washington was the #1 pure WR in the nation. He is from Farmville, NC. He is 5'11 175 and he chose USC over Georgia and FSU. He is a 5 star WR and is ranked 17th overall. He doesn't have elite speed, but he has incredible elusiveness, agility, acceleration, and good hands. He also runs very disciplined routes.

TE Donald Rogers is the #1 TE in the nation and number 3 player overall. He is the perfect compliment to Timbers. He is 6'3 230 pounds and is a poor blocker, but has blazing speed for a WR, good hands, and is able to make the tough catch over the middle. We now have the #2 and #3 player in the nation committed and we are working hard on the
#4 player, a CB.

Eaglesfan27

09-30-2007, 11:01 AM

No big changes in the top 10 in the polls.

Now, we have our last big hurdle to the National Championship Game. An away game at Cal. They are 8-1 and 14th in the polls. Their QB is streaky and he has thrown 25 TD's vs 18 INT's this year. If we can rattle him, this could be a blowout. They have a strong running game and a good defense to compliment him and this will be a tough battle if we don't rattle him and he gets hot.

Eaglesfan27

09-30-2007, 12:19 PM

Cal comes out rotating their backs, one is very elusive, and one is a powerful back. Together, they ran it very effectively and hardly passed at all on a 15 play 71 yard drive that ends in a 6 yard TD run. 7-0.

A good drive ends when Corp throws a pick in the endzone on 3rd and goal from the 8. He was trying to get it to Franklin, but the linebacker made a perfect play.

They come out attempting to pass, and we force a 3 and out. Ronald Johnson with a good punt return in which he almost broke it for a TD. Instead, he gets it to their 36. Corp throws his 2nd pick in the redzone when he tried to force a pass to Ronald Johnson and the safety undercut it.

End of 1: Down 7-0.

Midway through the 2nd, while it is still 7-0, Corp is hit just after throwing it, and he is down. His leg is clearly severely broken. His season is done. Time for Cole to save the day..

First play is a 3rd and 12, Cole jukes two tacklers and makes a 20 yard run. Next play is a 7 yard scramble by Cole. Next play is a 8 yard pass to Franklin. Then, he throws a simple out to Cornelius... Cornelius shakes a defender and turns it into a 32 yard TD! 7-7.

Our next drive, Cornelius Johnson suffers a hamstring injury and he is going to miss a week or two. Cole played brilliantly until we got into the redzone where he threw a bad pick. He had been scrambling so well, too including one amazing 12 yard run where he spun away from two tackles. 36 seconds left in the half.

Halftime: 7-7 tie.

We get the ball to start the 2nd half. 1st play, Cole throws a good pass that bounces off Fisher's hands into the defender's hands for a pick. Their running game was doing well, but on a 3rd and 10 on our 30, Everson Griffen DRILLS their QB forcing a fumble that Holland picks up and returns all the way for a TD!! 14-7. Our next drive, the running game is very effective led by Edwards and Cole and the drive ends with a 8 yard TD pass from Cole to Fisher! 21-7.

We stop a fake punt on 4th and 5 at midfield as we tackle the upback a yard short of a 1st.

End of 3: Up 21-7.

Our next drive, we get a good punt return and have the ball on their 35. We cover the 35 yards in 4 plays including a 10 yard TD pass to Fisher! 28-7. They go for it on 4th and 3 on their 32 and fail to convert. We cover the 32 yards in 5 plays ending with a 13 yard TD pass to McDonald! 35-7. On 4th and 15, their QB just heaves it up and Burrell picks it off. Next play, Cole throws a pick to their safety. 35-10 after a 40 yard FG.

Our 1st play of the next drive, Cole makes a bad pitch on the option and their DE recovers it and returns it for a TD. 35-17. Cal recovers the onside kick! Marshall Jones with an interception that should allow us to put it away.

Game over. 35-17 win. However, Corp's injury will hurt as I think Cole might have troubles in a big atmosphere like the National Championship Game.

Corp: 8 of 13 for 96 yards with 2 INT's.

Cole: 12 of 20 for 133 yards with 4 TD's 3 INT's.

Edwards: 25 carries for 104 yards.

Cole: 10 carries for 59 yards.

Hawthorne: 2 carries for 25 yards.

Corp: 1 carry for 6 yards.

Edwards: 5 catches for 22 yards.

Cornelius: 4 catches for 98 yards and a TD.

Ronald Johnson: 3 catches for 42 yards.

Fisher: 3 catches for 19 yards and 2 TD's.

McDonald: 2 catches for 16 yards and a TD.

Griffen: 10 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 FF.

Darren Coleman: 6 tackles, 4 for a loss, 3 sacks.

Brock Mansion: 11 of 30 for 135 yards with 2 INT's.

Shane Vereen: 28 carries for 141 yards.

Shaun Lawson: 8 carries for 40 yards and a TD.

Eaglesfan27

09-30-2007, 12:32 PM

We lose out on another recruit that I was actively pursuing. 4 star DT Anthony Daugherty from Vandalia, OH chose Penn State over USC and Michigan. He is a 6'2 260 pound fast DT with some good pass rushing moves.

The good news is that the #1 running back in the nation, the 11th overall best player HB Kelvin Johnson from Murfreesboro, TN has given a soft verbal to USC! He isn't quite as spectacular as the back I lost out on last year, but he is a very quick, agile, and has good acceleration. He is 6'2 197 pounds. He doesn't catch it quite as well as I'd like, but otherwise is a great back. We'll keep him #1 on our list until we get a firm verbal committment.

Boise State is now 11-0.

FSU is 11-0 and facing a 9-2 Florida team this upcoming week.

An 11-0 Ohio State team faces a 10-1 Michigan team this upcoming week.

No changes in the polls this past week.

Boise's QB is getting a lot of Heisman Hype. Last week, he threw for 551 yards and 8 TD's in a 73-40 win over Idaho.

Eaglesfan27

12-08-2007, 01:22 PM

I had been waiting for the patch to pick this up again, but I'm jonesing for college football with the regular season over, so I'm picking this up now. Not to mention, while Madden's gameplay is better than NCAA's, since it has the patch, I just can't get into Madden's dynasty.

We are 10-0 and now we face 4-5 Arizona State at their stadium. Arizona has a mediocre offense and we should be able to beat them without too much trouble, but we are without our starting QB. Cole will have to come up big for us the rest of the way. Huston will be ready to step in if he falters.

We are up 14-10 at the end of the 1st quarter thanks to a TD pass by Cole and a TD run by the athletic Cole. So far, the kid is playing a great game. Our only turnover is a fumble by our starting HB, Edwards. Arizona State hasn't turned it over at all and are playing a smart game so far.

Early in the 2nd quarter, Watson gets our first interception of the game. We take advantage with a 5 play 52 yard drive including a great 22 yard TD pass to Ronald Johnson who had 1-1 coverage with the CB. That is Johnson's 2nd TD catch of the day. 21-10.

The next drive Watson gets his 2nd INT of the game and sets a USC career Interception record with 21.

Under pressure on 3rd down, Cole throws a bad pass and they pick it off. We might have had a FG if he hadn't turned it over. Instead, they put together a nice 6 play 60 yard drive that only is stopped by time running out. They kick a short FG to end the half and make it 21-13.

Cole's halftime stats: 10 of 13 for 151 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT. He is also our leading rusher with 3 carries for 30 yards and a TD. Edwards has 10 carries for 26 yards and a fumble.

Arizona State's Samson Szakacsy his 14 of 24 for 153 yards with 2 INT's at the half. Their leading rusher is Raymond Walters with 33 yards on 7 carries.

We get the ball to start the half.

A good balance of running and passing on our first drive of the 2nd half ends with a 1 yard TD run by Edwards. 28-13.

They catch us on a blitz on 3rd down and hit their WR, Coe, for a 66 yard TD! 28-20.

Cole throws his 2nd pick, again on 3rd down, and we are in a bit of trouble. They are at midfield. We stuff the run on 4th and inches on our 10. They force a 3 and out, but their punt returner fumbles it and we recover at midfield.

We are up 28-20 at the end of 3 and we are driving inside their 20.

2 plays later Cole squeezes into Garrett, the freshman for a 16 yard TD! On review it is spotted a foot outside the endzone. Edwards runs it in. 35-20. After we get a stop, we put together a time consuming drive that ends with a bruising 6 yard TD run by Edwards. 42-20.

They put together a strong drive, but a pass bounces off their WR's hands and into our cornerback's hands for a pick. With 1:38 to go, we should be able to run out the clock.

Edwards has run much better in the 2nd half as their defense has appeared worn out. We win 42-20.

Cole wins player of the game. His stats are: 16 of 24 for 232 yards with 2 TD's 2 INT's. 10 carries for 92 yards and 1 TD.

Edwards finishes with 26 carries for 84 yards and 3 TD's.

Franklin was our leading receiver with 5 catches for 64 yards. Ronald Johnson had 4 catches for 93 yards and 2 TD's.

Bryan Burrell, our stud sophomore MLB, had 10 tackles, 3 for a loss, and 1 sack. Jimmy Lynch had the last interception and Tony Watson had the first 2.

Samson Szakacsy finished with 24 of 40 passing for 338 yards with 1 TD 3 INT's. He also ran it 6 times for 36 yards.

Raymond Walters finished with 8 carries for 35 yards.

Tyler Coe, a senior WR, had 9 catches for 151 yards and a TD. He set the record for Arizona's single season receptions this game.

Eaglesfan27

12-08-2007, 01:36 PM

After the game, Kelvin Johnson, the #1 HB in the nation gives us a firm committment. The 5 star player should be a star for us.

We did lose out on 3 top recruits including a 5 star WR from El Centro, CA named Timothy Smith who went to Michigan. He was also considering Cal and USC. We also lost a 5 star OLB from Connecticut who chose Michigan over Nebraska and USC. Scott Smith is undersized but has incredible speed for a linebacker.

We have 7 big recruits coming to the UCLA game which will end our season. If we win that, we'll go to the National Championship.

The top 8 in the BCS right now:

1. USC 11-0
2. LSU 12-0
3. Texas 11-1
4. Florida State 11-1
5. Boise state 12-0
6. Michigan 11-1
7. Georgia 11-1
8. Florida 10-2

We'll finish out the regular season later today.

Eaglesfan27

12-08-2007, 09:48 PM

UCLA is 9-2 and 24th in the polls. They are a talented team and could be difficult if we make too many mistakes. Cole will need to be careful with the football. Chris Forcier, their QB, has had a great year with over 2700 yards passing and 32 TD's. However, he is out injured this game and a mediocre backup n Michael Webster will start

Our first drive is 10 plays and 59 yards but it stalls inside the 10. We kick the short FG to make it 3-0. We stop them short of midield and start on our 29 after a decent punt return by Ronald Johnson.

Our 2nd drive ends when Cole throws a pick to their corner after trying to force it into double coverage. They start on their 41. Defensive pass interference negates a Webster pick and they keep the ball on our 41. A few plays later Lynch does get a 3rd down interception which he returns 38 yards to their 33.

This drive ends when they stuff Edwards on 3rd and 1. We kick a 33 yard FG to make it 6-0 early in the 2nd quarter.

We force a 3 and out. Ronald Johnson with an excellent punt return of 21 yards to start at our 41. Cole gets fooled by a zone blitz and throws a pick to their safety who dropped back to intercept the pass intended for Timbers, our 2nd TE.

On 3rd and 1, they run a QB sneak, but he fumbles it and Marshall Jones recovers for us. Our first play is a long pass to McDonald who is tackled by a shoe string and fumbles it! They recover.

On 3rd and inches, Burrell stuffs their running back to force a 3 and out, except they do a fake punt run for a 2 yard gain that gets them the 1st!

On 3rd and goal from the 6, they run it in for a TD. 7-6, they lead with 3:10 to go in the half. Hawthorne with some great blocking and a few nice cuts to get a 64 yard kickoff return to their 35.

A 5 play 35 yard drive ends with a 2 yard TD run by Edwards. 13-7. 1:52 to go in the half. Marshall Jones with an early pick in their drive gets us the ball back at midfield..

We end up having to punt. With 8 seconds left, they try a hail mary pass which Lynch picks off. We are up 13-7 at the half.

Cole's halftime stats: 7 of 11 for 127 yards with 0 TD's 2 INT's. 8 carries for 33 yards.

We kick off to start the 2nd half.

We force an early stop and Ronald Johnson has a 22 yard punt return to start us on their 43. Cole with another pick. The kid is killing us with bad reads. I'll tell him to start running more if the guy isn't wide open.

Everson Griffen with a sack on 1st down ad he sets a USC sack record! UCLA ends up making us pay for Cole's mistake as they go the length of the short field ending with a 18 yard TD pass. 14-13. Midway through the 3rd.

The 2nd play of our drive, Cole rolls out to his right hits Ronald Johnson in stride, Johnson gets a block and goes the distance for a TD!! Cole gets stopped inches short of the 2nd point conversion. 19-14. That was a 65 yard TD pass.

Lynch with yet another pick and he returns it to their 27 on their first pass of the drive. We fail to move the ball, but our kicker drills a 45 yard FG! 22-14 late in the 3rd.

We force a 3 and out as we get tremendous pressure on their QB. Ronald Johnson returns it 54 yards for a TD, but a holding call brings it back to their 34.

We are up 22-14 and on their 10 as the 3rd expires.

A holding call negates a 10 yard TD run by Edwards. They stop Cole on the 3 yard line after a 9 yard run on 3rd down. We kick the short FG. 25-14.

Lynch with another pick! That was Webster's 5th pick and I think it is Lynch 's 4th? It is. What a game for the star sophomore CB. Edwards fumbles his first carry and they recover. We had a chance to put them away for sure and Edwards blew it.

We get a stop, put together a short drive, and end it with a 49 yard FG by Wright. 28-14. 2:26 to go.

On 3rd down, Webster chucks it up and Marshall Jones picks it off. That was Webster's 6th INT of the game. Ugh, Cole throws a 4th pick as I was trying to make it a 3 TD lead rather than just running out the clock.

We force a turnover on downs and run out the clock. 28-14 win in a turnover plagued game.

Cole's final numbers: 11 of 20 for 211 yards with 1 TD 4 INT's. 14 carries for 78 yards.

Edwards had 22 carries for 41 yards and a TD.

Ronald Johnson had 3 catches for 88 yards and a TD.

Bryan Burrell had 18 tackles, 5 for a loss, and a sack.

Jimmy Lynch was the player of the game with 8 tackles, 4 interceptions, and 2 passes defended.

Michael Wester completed 22 of 39 for 178 yards with 1 TD and 6 INT's.

Jayson Thompson had 21 carries for 87 yards.

Danny Abrams, their junior TE, had 7 catches for 63 yards to lead the team.

Eaglesfan27

12-08-2007, 09:58 PM

Perhaps the strong defensive performance over our rivals played a part in 2 key defensive players giving us a firm committment today!

Allen Williams is a 5 star CB from Granite City, IL. He chose us over Illinois and Nebraska. He is 6'1 183. He is one of the fastest players in the nation wit excellent zone coverage ability and good man coverage ability. He is a very agile athlete with great acceleration and outstanding awareness. He has decent hands. He should be a star for us. He is the 4th ranked player overall in the nation.

Steven Turner is a 5 star SS from Dolton, Ill. He chose us over LSU and Michigan. He is 5'10 175 and is the 6th ranked player overall. He has good speed, is a solid tackler, has excellent awareness, and is a good zone coverage player. He should be an excellent player with some time to develop.

We lost out on Chaz Wilson, a 5 star CB from Tennessee who chose to go to Tennessee. We were his 2nd choice.

We also lost out on Jason Barclay, a 5 star DE who looks like he'll be a great pass rusher. He is from Ocoee, FL. He chose Florida over FSU and USC.

Finally, we lost out on a massive guard that I really wanted. Thomas Bean is 6'6 360 and is a 5 star player from DeSoto, TX. He chose Nebraska over Texas and USC.

In the Conference Championship week, 12-0 LSU plays 11-1 Georgia. The winner of that game is our most likely opponent in the National Championship Game. Other conference championship games feature:

11-1 VT vs 11-1 FSU.

9-3 Houston vs 8-4 Southern Miss.

10-2 Nebraska vs 11-1 Texas (who could sneak into the NC game if Georgia beats LSU.

8-4 Central Michigan vs 10-2 Ohio.

Eaglesfan27

12-08-2007, 10:35 PM

Georgia beat LSU 35-16 and knocked them out of the National Championship Game. However, Texas beat Nebraska 35-7 and they will be our competition in the National Championship Game. I'm not sure why I thought Georgia was higher, but looking back Texas was in 3rd place in the BCS the last few weeks and was the natural choice to slide up to #2.

FSU beat VT 38-17. Southern Miss beat Houston 28-21. Central Michigan beat Ohio 21-7.

After the regular season:

Kellen Moore of Boise State won the Heisman. He completed 240 of 382 passes for 3571 yards and 53 TD's. He had 2031 points and 521 of the 1st place votes. He only had 9 INT's and was by far the most efficient passer in the nation. He led Boise State to a 12-0 record and they will face Michigan in the Rose Bowl.

Patrick Witt of Nebraska came in 2nd with 1412 points and 162 1st place votes. Nebraska finished with a 10-3 record. Witt finished with 262 of 450 passes completed for 3797 yards with 38 TD's and 8 INT's. He also ran it 115 times for 425 yards and 5 TD's. Logan Gray of Georgia came in 3rd with 611 points and 53 first place votes. He completed 211 of 351 passes for 2769 yards with 35 TD's vs 11 INT's. He also ran it 80 times for 470 yards and 4 TD's.

Marc Edwards of USC came in 5th with just 158 points and 11 first place votes. Edwards was well below the leaders in rushing as he only had 1189 yards on 292 carries (4.0 avg.) However, his 22 TD's lead the nation this year. His longest run of the year was a 55 yard run.

The Leading Stat Guys:

QB Rtg: Kellen Moore was 1st with 180.7

2. Jarrett Lee, LSU 174.1. 224 of 352 for 3600 yards with 36 TD's and 13 INT's.

3. Corp, USC 162.6. 163 of 243 for 2225 yards with 24 TD's and 17 INT's.

4. Drew Clark, Oklahoma State 157.9. 185 of 324 for 2757 yards with 33 TD's and 7 INT's.

5. Ryan Tannehill, Texas A&M 155.4. 214 of 363 for 3071 yards with 37 TD"s and 15 INT's.

Rushing:

1. Jamaal Fowler, TCU - 273-1742-13 TD's.
2. Enrique Davis, Aub - 240-1655-15
3. Collin Busch, Wis - 260-1642-15
4. Vince McClain, Navy - 285-1533-15
5. Ryan King, Texas - 238-1514-15

Receivers (by yardage)

1. Joe Fitzpatrick, Mich - 87-1288-13
2. Taylor Bradley, Central Michigan 98 (lead nation)-1231-12.
3. Brent Vinson, Tenn 89-1194-15.
4. Tyrone Carrier, Hou 93-1191-11.
5. Sidney Haynes, UCF 90-1149-6.

Tackles:

1. Malcolm Smith, Stan 114
2. Bryan Burrell, USC 111
3. Ben Mueller, Mid Tenn State 92
4. Will Thompson, BC 91
5. Nathan Stupar, Penn 90

Sacks:

1. Darren Coleman, USC 12
2. Malcolm Smith, Stan 11
3. Tony Roberts, ND 10
4. Mike Van, SJSU 10
5. Everson Griffen, USC 9 (5 others at 9 as well.)

Interceptions:

1. Marshall Jones, USC 11
2. Larry Rosebud, Baylor 8
3. Eltoro Freeman, Aub 8
4. 7 tied with 7 including Tony Watson and Jimmy Lynch of USC.

Reggie Wright of USC led the nation in FG's made with 24 of 31 made. His 75 XP's was 2nd in the nation only behind Boise State's kicker.

We finished the season 6th in total yardage. 6th in offensive yardage, 9th in passing yardage, 14th in rushing yardage, 2nd in ppg at 51.2 (Boise State is 1st with 52ppg),

Overall defense finished 43rd. Passing defense finished 45th, rushing defense finished 24th. We finished 16th in points allowed per game with just over 19 ppg allowed. Our 39 team sacks was 1st in the NCAA. Our 19 fumbles caused was 1st. Our 41 team interceptions was 1st. LSU was 2nd with 32.

We finished 5th in 3rd down conversions at 52%. We scored 76% of the time in the redzone with 81 trips, 47 TD's and 15 FG's. Defensively we allowed the opposition to score 61% of the time they are in the redzone with 17 TD's and 9 FG's in 42 trips. That 61% is 4th best in the NCAA.

Our plus 9 turnover margin was 14th in the NCAA. Michigan is 1st with a plus 30 margin.

Other Award Winners:

Lee of LSU won the Maxwell Award, Marshall Jones won the Bednarik, Lee won the O'Brien Award, Edwards won the Doak Walker award, D. Benton of LSU won the best WR award, B. Chavis of TAMU won the best TE (Frankin was 3rd.)

B. Nash of LSU, a freshman won the best OL award. J, Dawson of FSU won the Rimington award, Darren Coleman won the Lombardi Award. B. Herron of Michigain won the best linebacker award (Burrell was 4th), Marshall Jones won the Thorpe Award, Wright won the Groza award despite being a freshman. S. Triplett of Ohio State won the best punter award. P. Morgan of Navy won the best returner award.

The All-American Team:

QB Patrick Witt, Neb
RB Jason Morgan, FSU
RB Michael Edwards, USC
WR DeAngelo Benton, LSU
WR Brent Vinson, Tenn
TE Billy Chavis Texas A&M
LT Ben Lewis, Texas
LG Derrick Mark, Texas
C John Dawson, FSU
RG Garrett Pendergrast, Boise State
RT Brett Nash, LSU

LE Everson Griffen, USC
DT Darren Coleman, USC
DT Tyrone Duncan, Wash
RE Ryan Van Vergen, Mich
LOLB Brandon Herron, Mich
MLB Bryan Burrell, USC
ROLB Malcolm Smith, Stan
CB Jimmy Lynch, USC
CB Brian Lambert, USC (only had 3 picks but defended 14 passes. Has 97 man coverage rating)
FS Tony Watson, USC
SS Marshall Jones, USC

K Reggie Wright, USC
P Darnell Robinson, FSU
Returner Earl Thomas, Texas

Eaglesfan27

12-08-2007, 10:54 PM

The BCS Bowls:

Michigan beat Boise State 31-7 in the Rose Bowl. They outgained Boise 611 yards to 295. Michigan's QB M. Calhoun completed 23 of 39 passes for 393 yards with 3 TD's 0 INT's.

In the Orange Bowl, FSU beat Louisville 31-24. FSU's J. Lawson completed 20 of 33 passes for 232 yards with 3 TD's 2 INT's.

In the Fiesta Bowl, LSU beat Texas A&M 43-24. Jarrett Lee completed 25 of 45 passes for 369 yards with 2 TD's 2 INT's.

In the Sugar Bowl, Georgia beat Ohio State 38-7. They outgained them 511 to 258. Gray got hurt but Michael Dargan, a sophomore, came off the bench to complete 19 of 26 for 218 yards with 3 TD's. Dargan has a great arm and should be the starter next year as Gray will be graduating.

I'll play the national championship against Texas tomorrow, but here is a preview:

Texas has had injuries which have forced a QB controversy between Tom Bonds, a junior with a good but not great arm vs G.J. Kinne, a senior who is more mobile and has a bit better arm but not as much of the intangibles. Kinne has completed 92 of 168 passes for 1081 yards with 11 TD's vs 6 INT's. Bonds has had the better year and will be the likely starter. He has completed 140 of 253 yards for 1999 yard with 23 TD's vs 6 INT's. Neither of the QB's are great and both can be rattled.

Their is no doubt who will start at RB. Ryan King is one of the best backs in the nation with a great combo of speed, acceleration, elusiveness, and decent power. His 1514 yards is one of the highest totals and we'll have to work hard to contain him.

Their receivers should struggle against us as they don't have any burners. However, Roshawn Higgins has some of the best hands in the nation and he does have enough speed to give some problems if we get a slower CB on him. He led the team with 56 catches for 678 yards.

Keenan Robinson is injured and will miss this game and he is their best linebacker and the heart of a nasty defense when he is there. His absence will put pressure on MLB Justin Cox to have a big game. Cox is capable but at least one dangerous player won't be on the field. Aaron Jackson is another excellent OLB and if all 3 were healthy, this would be the best group in the country. As it is, it is a still strength of the team. Ben Wells leads a dangerous secondary and he is 1st on the team with 6 INT's. He has tremendous speed and coverage abilities. As a result, going deep will be a challenge in this game. A.J. Perkins is a shut down corner who we'll have to be careful of as well. This defense is simply one of the best in the nation and they will be a challenge.

The statistics back up their talent as they are 2nd in overall defense, 11th against the run, and 1st against the pass. Cole will have to avoid mistakes and pressure them with his speed. It should be a great game and I'll play it tomorrow. If we win, this will be our 3rd national championship. My goal after this year will be to win the Heisman twice (which I haven't done at all.) Of course, I'll try to win the NC in both years as well. Once I do that, I'll probably retire this career and take on a challenge of trying to build up a 1 star team or working my way up the ladder from starting with a 1 star team.

Ironhead

12-08-2007, 11:45 PM

Good luck in the big game. Hope the layoff hasn't made ya too rusty. :p

Eaglesfan27

12-09-2007, 10:53 AM

Texas chooses to defer after winning the coin flip.

Ronald Johnson returns it to the 32 to start the game. The first play from scrimmage Edwards breaks through an arm tackle and has a 42 yard run before a cornerback catches him from behind.

On 3rd and 4, Cole rolls away from pressure and finds Cornelius Johnson for a 1st on his first throw of the game. On the drive, we only throw it twice and we run it 5 times including a 3 yard TD run by Edwards. 7-0.

Texas starts on their 26 for their first drive. The first play Everson Griffen sacks their QB for a 4 yard loss! King runs it for 5 on 2nd and 14. On 3rd and 9, Holland sacks Kinne! 3 and out!

We start on our 35 after a short return by Ronald Johnson. On 2nd and 7, they sack Cole for a 9 yard loss. One of their great DT's got him. On 3rd and 16, Cole throws it despite a blitz getting in his face and finds Ronald Johnson for 17 yards on a simple post route! On 3rd and 9, Cole scrambles for 8 and a half. We decide to go for it on 4th and 1 on their 26.. Edwards runs for 6. A few plays later (after a 15 yard pass among others) Edwards runs it in from the 3! 14-0. Edwards just set a USC single season rushing TD record with 24.

King with a 6 yard run to start their next drive which started on their 34. On 2nd and 4, they go for a PA pass deep and Lynch picks it off. He returns it to their 37. They stop us on 3 consecutive plays. Reggie Wright barely makes the 50 yard FG attempt as it hits the bar and bounces over. 17-0 at the end of 1.

We stop them short of midfield and they punt it into the endzone. They force a 3 and out with very good pass defense and a dropped 3rd down pass by Moss.

Kinne with a few key 3rd down scrambles, some big throws, and a few runs by King gets them inside our 10... King runs it on 1st down for 2 yards. 2nd and goal from the 8: Kinne scrambles for 7 to get to the 1. We stuff King inches short of a TD. They are going for it... We stuff King short!!! Of course, we are now on our 1/2 yard line.

First play, Edwards fumbles it.. Cole recovers but it is inside the endzone. Safety. 17-2 now. They start on their 38. After running for minimal gain on 1st and 2nd down, they throw it on 3rd and 7 for a 21 yard gain. They run it 3 straight times including a 6 yard gain on 3rd and 4. A 1st down pass gets them to our 12. We stop them the next 3 plays including 2 passes. They kick the short FG to make it 17-5. 1:18 to go in the half.

Starting on our 32, I want to at least get in FG range, but we'll be conservative. A 15 yard pass to Timbers who bowled over 2 defenders to gain 8 of them after the catch. Cole with a 16 yard scramble to get inside their 40. 23 seconds left. Incomplete pass. Incomplete pass. Cole scrambles for 6. Time runs out before we get a timeout called.

Halftime: 17-5.

Cole's halftime stats: 7 of 11 for 70 yards with 0 TD's 0 INT's. 4 carries for 31 yards.

Edwards has 13 carries for 63 yards and 2 TD's.

At the half, Kinne has completed 7 of 11 for 96 yards with 1 INT.

Kinne has run it 3 times for 18 yards. King has carried it 12 times for 24 yards. We are playing good swarming defense.

We kick off to start the half.

2 runs for 2 yards each to start the drive. On 3rd and 6, we sack Kinne! Johnson with a short punt return starts us at our 33. They force a 3 and out and we punt it right back. A good punt return starts them at their 36.

On 1st down, we swarm around King and strip the ball! Pauly recovers for us.

We come out with a HB pass that works for 31 yards, but holding negates the big gain. Darn, Edwards actually threw a decent ball on that play. Cole scrambles for 16 to get us back into 2nd and 4. Cole with another evasive move in the backfield and then he scrambles to their 6. Cole almost throws a pick on 3rd down, but they drop it. Reggie hits the short FG to make it 20-5 late in the 3rd.

King is running much better on this drive and they are moving the ball well as a result. A 1st down PA pass gets them to our 35 after a 8 yard run by King on the play before. Another PA pass gains them 34 yards to get to our 1. We stop a PA pass on 1st down. We stuff the QB sneak on 2nd down. We stuff the HB dive on 3rd down. They go for it on 4th... A PA pass to Isaiah Rogers, their Sophomore WR is low and away but he dives and catches it for a TD. 20-11. They go for 2. They throw it to King on a screen but we stop him inches short as the 3rd quarter ends.

20-11 at the end of 3.

Hawthorne starts us at our 25. Edwards with a 8 yard run to start the drive. A 2nd down PA pass fails, but on 3rd, Moss runs it for 4 and the 1st. They go for a pick on an out pattern and misplay it, Corenlius Johnson gains an extra 15 yards after the catch as a result. The next play, Cole drops back, see Ronald Johnson wide open and hits him stride for a 38 yard TD!! I have no idea why he was so open, but that was the most open I've ever seen a receiver. 27-11. Watching the replay, the cornerback missed his jam and fell down. The safety was shading towards the other side of the field.

King finally busts a 21 yard run on 3rd and 2. That was his first big play and he almost took it the house. Marshall Jones was the last defender to beat, but he made the tackle.

On 3rd and 4, their QB throws a lob that leaves King exposed in the flat... Marshall Jones drills him and breaks King's leg. He held onto it for the 1st though. The backup HB, Brandon Randle, is elusive too and he has 4 carries for 20 yards to get them inside the 5. Then, Nate Johnson runs it in from the 1 for a TD. 27-17. Of course, they go for 2.... We stuff Randle in the backfield. 27-17 with 4:18 to go.

We prepare for an onside kick, but they kick it away. We call a PA pass but Cole throws it flat and they pick it off! I guess I should have just gone conservative with the run.. They are on our 23 after the return.

Randle is much more elusive than King it seems. He is dodging guys well and gets a 5 yard run. Randle with a 8 yard run. I'm glad we didn't knock King out sooner... Randle with a 10 yard TD run in which he evaded two tackles and ran over another. 27-23 as they hit the upright on the XP!!!

Hawthorne with a good return to get to our 33. They stuff the run on 1st down for a 3 yard loss. Cole fumbles after scrambling for 6 but Cornelius Johnson dives on it! 3rd and 8... Cole is tackled a yard short.. We punt with 2 minutes to go.

We don't allow much yardage and they start on the 17. Incomplete pass on 1st down as Kinne overthrows his man. We stuff Randle for a loss of 2 on 2nd down. A 6 yard pass on 3rd down. It's now 4th and 6. Sheesh, our DB tips a deep pass and their great hands man catches it off the top for a 40 plus yard gain! They are now on our 34.

Incomplete pass on 1st down. 58 seconds left...

Bryan Burrell had it him in the hands on 2nd down, but he didn't catch it. 11 yard pass completion on 3rd down. Randle with a 4 yard run but only 40 seconds left.. They call timeout. 3 yard run and another timeout. Kinne scrambles for 2. On 4th and 1 with time running, they no huddle.. a pass competion down to the 5. 17 seconds left...

Marhshall Jones with a game saving tackle of their TE. Lynch bats down the pass but could have picked it off. 7 seconds left...

The freshman Pauly picks off the pass in the endzone!!! Pauly saves the day!! He takes a knee in the endzone. 1 second left. We run out the clock.

27-23 win. If they hadn't missed that XP, that INT by Cole would have been a disaster as they surely would have tied it up with a FG.

Cole finished with 10 of 18 passing for 130 yards with 1 TD 1 INT.

He ran it 10 times for 75 yards.

Edwards finished with 20 carries for 65 yards and 2 TD's.

Ronald Johnson had 3 catches for 55 yards and a TD.

Burrell had 13 tackles, 4 for a loss.

Pauly and Lynch each had a pick. Everson Griffen had 2 sacks.

Reggie Wright was 2 of 2 on the FG's that made the difference.

Kinne finished 18 of 29 for 231 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's.

Ryan King had 23 carries for 63 yards.

Brandon Randle finished with 9 carries for 51 yards and a TD.

Kinne had 6 carries for 21 yards.

Isaiah Rogers was their leading receiver. The sophomore had 6 catches for 95 yards and a TD.

MLB Charles Swan finished with 10 tackles, 3 for a loss.

This was my #1 all time greatest game. Whew. Cole made it closer than I expected at the end, but we pulled it out. Next year, I'm hoping Cole will be the clear best QB as I think his dual threat ability gives me the best chance of getting one of my QB's the Heisman. Of course, I'll give the job to whoever looks the best in camp.

Eaglesfan27

12-09-2007, 12:12 PM

We actually won Back to Back Championships now and I get a notice of recognition for that.

I get offered several jobs including ND and WVU. I turn them all down.

The following players are leaving the school:

Going Early: DE Blake Holland, HB Michael Edwards, and FS Tony Watson.

Graduating: WR Ronald Johnson, SS Marshall Jones (now rated 99 overall), LT Charles Williams, DE Everson Griffen (also rated 99), LG Martin Coleman, FB Jason Clark, LG Anthony Schroeder, LT Andre Andrews, DE Bryson Richardson, DT Anthony Crenshaw, QB Aaron Corp, OLB Jordan Maiava (also rated 99), and TE Rhett Ellison.

In our 1st week of recruiting, we get a nice haul as we steal several people from other schools:

OLB Charles Hansbro is the best player in Hawaii. He is from Napili-Honokowai, HI. He chose us over Ohio State and Oregon. Ohio State was his top choice coming into this phase of recruiting. The 5 star OLB is ranked 22nd in the nation overall. He is a 6'0 220 pounds. He has the speed to track down most linebackers, he is a solid tackler with good coverage abilities. He has excellent awareness and acceleration. He takes excellent angles to the ball carrier.

Isaac Kelly is a great 4 star athlete from Columbus, NE. He has top flight speed and is a natural halfback but could easily convert to corner or WR our coaches think. He is 6'0 195 pounds. His speed and accleration are his best assets. He is elusive and smart as well. He was ranked 124th overall nationally. Coming into this week, he was leaning towards Michigan but we convinced him otherwise. He was also considering Ohio State.

Luke Wright is a 4 star athlete from Ocean Springs, MS. He is ranked 139th overall. He was considering USM but we convinced him otherwise. He also considered UL. He is 6'2 181 pounds with very good speed. He is a natural at DB and is excellent in zone coverage. He'll play somewhere in the defensive backfiled for us.

DT Corey Baker is a 4 star DT from Winchester, Nevada and he fills a huge need. He is 6'2 290 pounds. He was ranked 90th overall. He is very powerful at the point of attack and is a solid run stuffing DT.

We did lose out on a HB that we were lightly pursuing. He is from Medford Oregon and is ranked 21st overall but is a JUCO. He chose Texas over Tennessee and Oregon.

I promised Hansbro and Baker that I would not redshirt them this 1st year.

With an already excellent recruiting class secured, I decide to go for so more interesting projects while working on the last 3 of the current batch of recruits that I had picked at the beginning of the season. One of the interesting prospects I decide to pursue is a QB who is much lower ranked than many of the QB's who want to come to USC, but he intrigues me because he is 6'5 255 pounds and he is mobile. With pictures of my own Tim Tebow dancing in my head, I decide to put forth a heavy amount of time pursuing the 3 star QB who isn't as highly touted as many of the options who want to come here.

After week 2, we get one more recruit to sign as backup option Darius Scott signs. He is 6'4 300 pounds and he is a 3 star DT from Medford, NY. He chose us over UF and Iowa. He is ranked 340th overall. He doesn't excel at anything but he'll give us another big body.

Unfortunately, we lose out on the mammoth QB Shannon Williams from Redondo Beach, CA. I went after him hard but too late. He chose UNLV over USC and Stanford. I'll keep track of him from time to time if I remember.

We also lose out on a few very good players who I had been pursuing all season. 4 star FS Josh Hines chooses UCLA over USC and ASU, 4 star Athlete Bobby williams from MS choses Texas over LSU and USC, Tackle Trey Bowling from Highland, CA chooses Tenn over Cal and USC.

Darn it, I just looked and we lost out on more than I thought. UCLA signed the other QB who I was pursuing who is ranked 105 overall. Isaiah Smith is from Hayward, CA. He is small but very fast and should be a good dual threat QB. We also lost 6 other players who I went after late and never made their top 5's.

Eaglesfan27

12-09-2007, 12:40 PM

We don't end up signing any more recruits until the last week when we get 3 more very solid recruits:

Juan Brown is a 6'1 177 pound 4 star athlete from Center Line, Michigan. His natural position in HS was HB but I suspect he may convert to DB for us. We'll see. He does have good speed and accleration but average moves as a back. He is ranked 167 overall and was also considering Michigan and Ohio State.

Stanley Ford is a 6'3 223 pound mobile QB from Henderson, Texas. He has good speed, agility, and acceleration - nothing special like Cole but still good. He has a lively arm that has decent accuracy. He is ranked 241st overall. He was also consdering Auburn and Penn State.

Joe McGee is a 6'1 229 pound 4 star DE from Kaneohe Station, HI. He is ranked 164th overall. He is undersized but has excellent speed for a DE and some decent finesse moves.

This is our best class yet, I think. A quick summary:

We signed Stephen Gorman, the #1 QB in the nation ranked 36th among all positions. Gorman has good speed, agility, acceleration, a strong but inaccurate arm, and excellent awareness.

We signed Kelvin Johnson, the #1 HB in the nation ranked 11th overall. He has top flight speed, juke moves, acceleration, and very good agility. I suspect I can make him into a Heisman candidate after he has had a year or two to develop.

We signed Maurice Washington, the #1 WR in the nation. He is 5'11 175 and is ranked 17th overall. He doesn't have blazing speed, but he does have excellent acceleration, very good agility, and runs very good routes.

We signed Donald Rogers, the #1 TE in the nation. He is ranked 3rd overall. He is 6'3 227 pounds. He has WR type spee and very good hands. He has excellent accleration and agility and will be a very tough matchup for linebackers. He is a barely passable blocker, but as a receiver he'll be great.

We struck out at guard and tackle, but we got the #1 Center in the nation. He is ranked 190th overall. Doug Henshaw is 6'5 287. He is an excellent run blocker and a very good pass blocker.

Corey Barker is the #2 DT in the nation and ranked 90th overall.

Charles Hansbro is the 3rd best OLB in the nation and 22nd overall.

Allen Williams is the #1 CB in the nation. He is ranked 4th overall. He is 6'1 181 pounds. He has all of the physical tools, great acceleration, agility, speed, excellent hands, good man coverage and very good zone cverage abilities. He'll be a shut down corner by his 2nd or 3rd year at the latest.

Steven Turner the #1 SS in the nation and ranked 6th overall. Although, he is undersized at 5'10 175 he is a solid tackler with excellent coverage ability and very good speed.

Nigel Franklin, the #1 athlete in the nation and #2 overall. He is 6'5 196 with blistering speed and catching ablity. He runs good routes and could easily switch to DB as well. We have a ton of WR's, but I think this kid will probably remain on the offensive side of the ball.

Overall, we signed the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 11th, and 17th best players in the nation. We have 2 more in the top 50. A great class that I expect to get some Heismans.

Eaglesfan27

12-09-2007, 01:07 PM

Although Nigel would become our 2nd best cornerback and we need help there, he'd also be our 2nd best WR. So, I decide to keep him at his natural WR. Joel McCoy, a sophomore WR can convert to CB well and will do so for some depth. Same for WR Jimmy McDonald who just isn't catching on at WR. Nigel comes in at WR as a result and is immediately one of our best rated freshman ever at the position.

After spring ball the players who have shown the most growth are:

QB Brandon Cole - Much better awareness, better accuracy on his passes,

QB Derrick Huston - Senior QB improved his speed and now has good mobility in the pocket (not nearly as good as Cole of course), his accuracy, and his arm strength. He has the best arm on the team and if I was just worried about winning, he'd be the clear starter. I think Cole's dual threat gives him the best chance to win the Heisman though. Also, our OL is somewhat mediocre this year. We need a mobile QB to avoid the pressure.

HB Dusty Hawthorne has improved his ability to break tackles. He is the best combo of speed and agility. John Tyler is a good power back but not enough of a home run threat. Patrick Morris combines speed and power well but isn't that elusive.

Lance Moss took a huge stride forward at FB. He's much better at catching it and breaking tackles. He should have a huge year for us.

None of the WR's took a huge step up. Ditto for TE's.

RS Freshman Jon Allen improved at LT which is good since he'll be starting. His technique is still only average but he is tremendously strong and his technique did improve a lot this year. If he makes these strides the next year or two, he'll become one of the best LT's in college football.

DE Damien Swain and DT Darren Coleman both took a nice step forward.

Bryan Burrell took huge strides forward and is now one of the most complete MLB's in football.

Tyrone Overstreet has now become a great cornerback.

Eaglesfan27

12-09-2007, 01:32 PM

We redshirt both of our freshman QB's, both of our freshman HB (I didn't promise I wouldn't with Kelvin and while he is already rated 82, we have 3 backs rated at 90), WR Maurice Washington (he is already rated 82 but Nigel is an amazing 88 and will be the starter and our two sophomores will be the 3rd and 4th WR's), center Doug Henshaw, DE Joe McGee (he needs to put on weight anyway), freshman CB/Athlete Juan Brown, freshman athlete/FS Luke Wright, freshman SS Steven Turner (he'll be great one day, but he needs to learn a bit.)

A look at our Starting Roster and 2nd team:

QB Brandon Cole (89), Derrick Huston (96) - I do feel bad that Huston never got his chance, but for the purposes of trying to win the Heisman as well as dealing with our OL's relative weakness, Cole is the best choice.

HB: Dusty Hawthorne (90), John Tyler (90 - more of a power back)

FB: Lance Moss (91 with insane speed for his size - 90 speed), Michael Dawson (87)

WR: Cornelius Johnson (92), Nigel Franklin (88 - by far the best freshman I've ever seen and with his 6'5 height he should be a terror on jump balls), Randy Fisher (85), Joe Garrett (83), Mike Duren (80)

TE: Terrance Franklin (91), Donald Rogers (84 - next best true freshman that I've ever seen), Big Bobby Timbers gets pushed back to 3rd on the depth chart but will likely be our #2 again next year after Franklin graduate.

LT: Jon Allen (82), NAte Smith (83 - but more of a RT)

LG: Melvin Curtis (75), Andrew Carrington (78 but backup at RG)

C: Daniel Harris (83), Rudy Russell (82)

RG: Erik Williams (83), Andrew Carrington (81)

RT: Nate Smith (83), Derrick Smith (83)

LE Josh Wade (86), Noah Davis (85)

RE: Damien Swain (92), Courtney Larkin (81)

DT: Darren Coleman (93), Harvey Mikulec (88), Corey Baker (77)

LOLB: Jamaal Miller (91), Ed Keyes (90)

MLB: Bryan Burrell (99), Kyle Thomas (85)

ROLB: Charles Hansbro (82 - but I think his potential will be best served by giving him the start as he is close to the 2nd option), Michael Carter (83)

CB: Tyrone Overstreet (96), Allen Williams (87 - 2nd best freshman I've ever seen), Brian Lambert (87), Joel McCoy (86 and has great hands as a former WR - just barely edging out Lynch who will be the 5th WR.)

FS: Greg Archie (86), George Robinson (82)

SS: Eric Coleman (88), Kevin Lewis (82)

K Reggie Wright (79)

P Chase Hardy (87)

KR Tyrone Overstreet and Cornelius Johnson will return kicks.

PR Blake Brown will be the primary, Overstreet will be the 2nd option.

For our schedule, I decide to go easy in the first two games:

Week 1: Navy
Week 2: Temple
Week 3: Open
Week 4: #20 Cal
Week 5: at Arizona
Week 6: at Washington State
Week 7: Washington
Week 8: Arizona State
Week 9: Open
Week 10: at Oregon State
Week 11: at Stanford
Week 12: Oregon
Week 13: #12 ND
Week 14: at #23 UCLA

Now, time to catch up to football on the DVR. I might play our first game later tonight.

Eaglesfan27

12-09-2007, 07:11 PM

The top 10 pre-season poll:

1. USC: A overall talent, A offensive talent, A- defense, and A+ special teams.

2. Michigan: B+, B+, B, B+

3. Texas A+, A, A, A.

4. LSU A-, A, B+, B

5. Georgia A-. A-. A-. B+

6. Florida A, A, B+, A+

7. Ohio State A, A+, B+, A+

8. FSU A, A, A-, B

9. Texas A&M B+, B+, B, A-

10. Penn State A, B+, B+, A+

DT Darren Coleman, MLB Bryan Burrell, CB's Jimmy Lynch and Brian Lambert, and K Reggie Wright are all on the pre-season All-American Team. Funny that neither of those CB's will start for us.

None of my players come into the season with any Heisman Hype. I'm hoping a big game against Navy can start changing that.

Eaglesfan27

12-09-2007, 08:54 PM

We force an easy 3 and out to start the game.

Blake Brown with a long punt return to get back to their 18.

1st play is a 18 yard TD pass to Fisher in the back corner of the endzone. 7-0.

On 3rd and 16 they throw it across the middle.. Archie picks it off and returns it 42 yards for a TD. 14-0.

We stop them short of midfield and a long punt goes into the endzone. On the 7 play of our next drive, Nigel Franklin is 1 on 1 with their cornerback and Cole floats a deep high pass which Franklin goes up and gets for the long TD!! 21-0. This true freshman is going to be a deep threat all year I think.

We force another 3 and out. This is going to get ugly quickly, although I won't be able to run it up too much against Navy.

Oh my, Franklin just had another highlight 1 handed catch deep in the back of the endzone on a 38 yard fly route TD! This kid is having an incredible debut. 28-0 as the 1st ends. He has a combination of acceleration/speed like we haven't seen since when Reggie was here.

Our next drive starts on the 12... Franklin is wide open down the middle of the field but Cole overthrows him. Cole has problems with accuracy and we get stopped on the 50.

Our next drive, Cole leads us on a 5 play 70 yard drive ending in a 3 yard TD scramble by Cole. 35-0.

An option pitch goes awry and Swain recovers it. We are on their 34. They stop us and we settle for a 34 yard FG. 38-0 late in the 2nd quarter.

Cole leads a very good 2 minute drive to cover 58 yards in 11 plays ending in a 39 yard FG with 3 seconds left in the half. 41-0.

Halftime: 41-0 lead.

Cole's halftime stats: 18 of 29 for 303 yards with 3 TD's 0 INT's.

He's also run 5 times for 32 yards and a TD.

True Freshman WR Nigel Franklin's halftime stats: 6 catches for 152 yards and 2 TD's!

We get the ball to start the 2nd half.

We'll air it out for one last drive and then go for a more conservative time eating drive as to not run up the clock further.

This drive ends with a 12 yard TD pass to Terrance Franklin. 48-0.

Our next drive is strictly runs and most of them were by the HB but 2 were by Cole including a 17 yard option keeper for a TD. 55-0.

Yet another 3 and out gets us the ball right back. We'll stick to the 1st team and running it, but soon we'll get our 2nd team skill players in there. They force a 3 and out for the first time all game.

End of 3: 55-0.

Brown returns his 2nd punt of the game (he had been fair catching them) and he takes it 68 yards for a TD. 62-0.

We put together a very long drive on our next drive that covers 64 yards in 15 plays. They finally stop us on 18. We kick the FG to make it 65-0.

We win 65-0.

We held them to 38 yards of total offense while racking up 549 yards of total offense.

Cole was the player of the game. He completed 23 of 34 passes for 382 yards with 4 TD's 0 INT's. He also ran it 9 times for 69 yards and 2 TD's.

Hawthorne ended up with 24 carries for 107 yards, mostly in the 2nd half.

John Tyler had 4 carries for 21 yards.

Nigel Franklin had a spectacular debut. He had 7 catches for 185 yards and 2 TD's. He would have had a 3rd long TD if Cole didn't overthrow him.

Dusty Hawthorne had 5 catches for 25 yards. Randy Fisher had 4 catches for 61 yards and a TD. Terrance Franklin had 3 catches for 48 yards and a TD. Moss had 3 catches for 58 yards.

Bryan Burrell led our defense with 11 tackles, 3 for a loss. In his freshman debut, Hansboro had 7 tackles, 2 for a loss, and a sack.

Jeremy Marshall their senior QB was 6 of 14 passing for 49 yards with 1 INT.

We held their main FB to -7 yards on 18 carries. Their HB had 7 carries for -5 yards. Their QB had 6 carries for -2 yards.

Eaglesfan27

12-09-2007, 09:09 PM

Still no Heisman Hype, but Brandon Cole did win the national player of the week award for offense.

Interestingly, I'm trying to recruit a 2 star 6'4 265 pound QB with mobility and he is not even the slightest bit interested in us and he gets angry when I call. Maybe it is because he figures he'd never play at USC? Or maybe he just wants to remain close to home in Louisiana?

Anyway, our next game is hosting Temple and that should be another big blowout and chance for Cole to shine.

CraigSca

12-10-2007, 09:06 PM

Blade6119

12-11-2007, 09:26 AM

If Franklin is that good as a frosh, and was #2 in the nation, what did the kid who was #1 turn out to be?

Eaglesfan27

12-11-2007, 02:51 PM

Seeing you update this caused me to play my first game of 2008 in months. Had a whale of a game, MD beating VA, 28-21 on a kickoff returned for a TD with no time left. Only one interception in the game and it was completely my fault.

I'm crossing my fingers on the patch.

Keep up the dynasty, it's been an interesting read.

If Franklin is that good as a frosh, and was #2 in the nation, what did the kid who was #1 turn out to be?

Thanks Craig. I'm keeping my fingers crossed too. If the patch tones down INT's even a bit, I think this will be back to being my most played game for a while. As it is, I expect to play more this weekend.

Blade, Nigel is insane. 97 speed, high 90 acceleration, high 90's in jumping, high route running rating, and with his height I think he is going to set records for me. I'll have to see if I can track down the #1 kid and see what his deal is, unfortunately, I don't think the game lets you see their HS rankings once the new season has started.

Eaglesfan27

12-13-2007, 09:51 PM

Here goes the first post patch game. We are playing against Temple and with the better loft, I expect a huge passing game between Cole and Nigel. Temple's defense is rated even worse than Navy's was and their offense is rated the same. This should be a huge blowout.

Our first play of the game, Cole throws a pick that was the result of a very athletic play from their linebacker.

We force a 3 and out and they punt from our 42. Our first play of our 2nd drive, Cole throws to Terrance Franklin, our TE, on a deep out, he breaks a tackle and then takes it the distance for a 80 yard TD! 7-0.

Cole throws a beautiful lob across the middle but Terrance Frankin is drilled, it pops up into the air and their safety picks it off. He returns it 51 yards for a TD shrugging off a tackle attempt by Cole in the process. 7-7 and this game isn't going at all how I expected. Cole needs to stop throwing picks.

Surprisingly, they force a quick punt on our next possession as a 3rd down pass was dropped by Moss. Coleman, our SS, with a pick on a deep 3rd down pass to get us the ball back at their 40. We cover the 40 yards in 7 plays including a 2 yard TD scramble by Cole. 14-7, late in the 1st.

First play of our next drive, Cole makes a bad pitch (that was new to the patch maybe?) and they pick it up and run it in untouched for a TD! 14-14.

We respond with a 5 play 67 yard drive that includes a 23 yard scramble by Cole and a 24 yard pass to Terrnance Franklin. The drive ends with a 1 yard TD run by Hawthorne. 21-14.

We force a 3 and out and start on our own 30 this drive. We cover 70 yards in 8 plays including a 18 yard scramble by Cole and a 9 yard TD pass to Terrance Franklin. Big game for the TE. 28-14.

Archie picks off a lazy pass across the middle after an otherwise successful drive. We start at our 40. We run it well but the clock forces us to kick a FG from the 20 with 3 seconds to go. 31-14 at the half.

Halftime stats: Cole is 10 of 18 for 171 yards with 2 TD's 2 INT's. He also has 13 runs for 102 yards and a TD.

Nigel Franklin has been covered well and they have knocked down 3 passes intended for him. Terrance Franklin, our TE, has 4 catches for 118 yards and 2 TD's at the half.

We force a 3 and out as we stuff the run on 3rd and 1. We start at the 12.

Oh my, Nigel Franklin is wide open on a PA pass and Cole throws a long rainbow that Franklin runs under and runs into the endzone! 38-14 on the 66 yard TD pass.

Our next drive, Cole gets hit hard and has the wind knocked out of him.. Huston comes in for a few plays. Even though he is more than capable, we run it all 3 plays before Cole comes back in. A few plays later, Cole gets hit as he is throwing it and underthrows Nigel as a result. Their corner picks off the deep pass as a result. If he threw it long, Nigel had his man beat.

We are up 38-14 at the end of 3. On 4th and 13 they throw a desperation pass that they fail to complete. Turnover on downs. We cover the short field quickly ending in a 19 yard fade route to Nigel Franklin who catches it 1 handed in the back of the endzone! 45-14.

We get the ball back at our 38 after forcing a quick punt. This will be Cole's last drive. On 3rd down, Cole finds Terrance Franklin in stride for a big gain, but he fumbles it after being drilled by 2 defenders. They recover. Their QB throws a pass on 3rd down as he is being hit and he throws a lame duck very high that Archie picks off.

One last drive for Cole since the last one ended so prematurely. Darn. Cole throws another pick when he tries to throw it to a wide open Terrance Franklin across the middle but the linebacker makes a very good play on the ball and picks it off. Lambert picks it off to get it right back for us.

Cole leads us on a quick 5 play 43 yard drive ending in a 5 yard TD run by Cole on a naked bootleg. 52-14.

Temple with a PA Pass to their bigger WR who breaks a tackle and gains 33 yards before our other corner can catch him. Williams with the 1st pick of his career gets us the ball back with 1:40 to go. We put in Huston and will run out the clock if we can.

We win 52-14.

Cole was the player of the game despite throwing 4 picks. He completed 17 of 29 passes for 322 yards with 4 TD's 4 INT's. He also ran it 22 times for 153 yards and 2 TD's.

Hawthorne ran it 20 times for 100 yards and a TD.

Terrance Franklin led all receivers with 6 catches for 151 yards and 2 TD's.

Nigel Franklin had 2 catches for 84 yards and 2 TD's.

Burrell led the team with 7 tackles, 2 for a loss.

Archie led the team with 2 INT's. Lambert, Coleman, and Williams each had 1.

Temples Patrick Merrick finished with 13 of 30 passing for 100 yards with 0 TD's 5 INT's.

Robert Bryant led them with 10 carries for 30 yards.

I wonder if the big yardage and 6 total TD's will overcome the 4 INT's in the quest to get Cole some Heisman hype.

Eaglesfan27

12-13-2007, 10:18 PM

Despite the 4 picks, Brandon Cole is starting to get some early Heisman Hype. I'd love to play another game tonight, but I know I shouldn't. Looking forward to playing more tomorrow even though the patch doesn't seem to have done much at all to reduce INT's. I do like that it has made lobs much easier and the CPU seems to lob it now too.

During our open week, we got our first recruit. J.T. Meeks accepted immediately upon first contact as we offered him a scholarship. J.T. is a 4 star athlete from South Gate, CA. He is 6'0 180 pounds and is a natural WR but could easily transition to DB. He has excellent speed, tremendous agility, and very good hands. He is a very heady player who runs good routes. He is ranked 220th overall.

Our next game is hosting Cal who are 2-0 and 17th in the polls. We've dropped to #2 after our open week. Cal has an explosive offensive and a good defense and should be a good matchup. Their offense is 19th in passing yardage, 85 in rushing yardage and is 72nd overall. Their total defense is 9th, their run defense is 7th, and their pass defense is 11th. Of course those numbers are influenced by their having had an open week already.

Eaglesfan27

12-15-2007, 04:18 PM

Cal starts the game receiving the ball.

Tyrone Overstreet picks off the first pass of the game and returns it 42 yards for a TD. 7-0. Their next drive is a 12 play 66 yard drive that we stop on the 9. They kick the short FG to make it 7-3. Their QB was nearly perfect on that drive.

After two good runs by Hawthorne, Cole tries to force one deep to Nigel and it is overthrown and intercepted by their SS on the 5 yard line. We stop them short of their own 30 and force a punt.

A strong drive ends with a 4 yard TD pass to Nigel Franklin the back left corner of the endzone. 14-3, early in the 2nd quarter.

The first play of our next drive, Moss catches a 18 yard pass, breaks a tackle, avoids another tackle, and takes it 31 more yards before he is caught. However, the promising drive ends when we go for it on 4th and inches inside their 15 but get stuffed.

Cal with a strong 13 play 68 yard drive that we stop at the 13. They kick the 30 yard FG to make it 14-6.

With 1:40 to go, we put together a 3 play 62 yard drive starting with a 18 yard pass to Nigel Franklin on a crossing route, followed by a 17 yard pass to Terrance Franklin on a deep in, and then ended with a 27 yard TD pass to Nigel Franklin on the fly route as he skied above the defender and pulled it down in the endzone. 21-6.

Halftime: 21-6.

Cole's Halftime Stats:

6 of 7 for 124 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT. 5 carries for 35 yards.

We get the ball now.

Overstreet returns the kickoff almost to midfield.

Our opening drive consists of 54 yards in 8 plays ending in a 6 yard TD scramble by Cole. 28-6. They miss a 49 yard FG on their next drive to give us the ball back.

Cole with another perfect drive including 2 great passes to Nigel, a few underneath passes to the backs, and a TD pass to Terrance Franklin. 35-6.

We force a 3 and out, but a great punt starts us at our 14.

End of 3: Up 35-6.

A good drive for us ends when a pass to Hawthorne bounces off his hands into the hands of the safety for a pick.

We exchange turnovers as Hawthorne fumbles it, but their QB throws a pick on the next play. That was his 2nd of the day. Late in the 4th, we settle for a FG to make it 38-6 with 1:48 to go.

We win 38-6.

Cole finishes 24 of 28 for 326 yards with 3 TD's 2 INT's. He also rushed 13 times for 68 yards and a TD.

Hawthorne had 15 carries for 90 yards with a fumble.

Nigel Franklin was the leading receiver with 7 catches for 98 yards and 2 TD's.

Terrance Franklin had 5 catches for 59 yards and a TD.

Hawthorne had 5 catches for 53 yards and Cornelius Johnson had 3 catches for 32 yards.

Burrell had 9 tackles to lead the team, 2 for a loss, and a sack.

Brian Lambert and Tyrone Overstreet each had a pick.

Cal's Carl Moore was 19 of 31 for 205 yards with 2 INT's.

Joe Smith their HB had 17 carries for 52 yards.

Eaglesfan27

12-22-2007, 02:08 PM

Today, we face a 3-0 Arizona Team at their stadium. Their offense is very good but their defense is below average. We will be unveiling our new offense today which features more spread plays.

Their first drive, we force a 3 and out as they throw a short pass on 3rd and 1 to their WR but we tackle him behind the line of scrimmage.

Our first drive covers 65 yards in 7 plays including a 24 yard pass to Nigel Franklin and a 2 yard TD scramble by Cole. 7-0.

Our second drive, Nigel Franklin is hurt trying to leap for a spectacular catch on a deep pass in the endzone. Two plays later, Cole throws a pick to their linebacker while attempting to hit the slot receiver across the middle.

We force our 3rd 3 and out of the game. Nigel is back in the game now.

Early in the 2nd quarter, Cole throws his 2nd pick of the day as they jump a WR screen. A few plays later Williams gets a pick to get us the ball back. I think that might have been his first of his career. We take advantage with a 5 play 52 yard drive ending in a 4 yard TD scramble by Cole. 14-0.

The new offense isn't working so well as Cole throws his 3rd pick on our next drive. He needs to run with it more and not try to throw it in tight spaces.

Arizona takes advantage with a 39 yard TD pass 3 plays later. 14-7.

Cole with a tremendous scramble for 20 yards, but he fumbles on their 1 and they recover.

Halftime: Up 14-7. Cole needs to do much better: 13 of 20 for 177 yards but 0 TD's 3 INT's. 7 carries for 58 yards with 2 TD's and a fumble.

At least, we get the ball this half.

On 4th and 1 on their 33, Cole shakes off a tackle in the backfield and scrambles for 6.

A few plays later, Cole throws his 4th pick of the game - this time on a post route that their safety covered well. Sheesh, our next drive, Cole throws a 5th pick. I guess the passing game hasn't become too easy for me after all.

Another promising drive ends when Cole is sacked and fumbles it inside their 20. They recover. I wonder if this game will end his chances at the Heisman.

Sheesh. This time, Cole just makes a terrible throw on our next drive that is way over the TE's head and right into their safeties hands. 6 INT's, 2 fumbles, and we are in danger of letting them tie it up..

Fortunately, they miss a 45 yard FG attempt and we are still up 14-7 with 3:30 to go. We fail to run out the clock and punt with 1:27 to go. They start on their 20 after a touchback.

Overstreet intercepts their first pass and that should end the game.

Cole with an option keeper run for a 7 yard TD to make it 21-7 with 40 seconds left.

Burrell with a pick of a 3rd down pass. He returns it to their 20. We run out the clock.

21-7 win that was very ugly.

Cole was 22 of 38 for 254 yards with 0 TD's 6 INT's.

He ran it 17 times for 95 yards and 3 TD's. He fumbled it twice.

Hawthorne ran it 16 times for 45 yards as he didn't do as well in the spread formation.

Nigel Franklin had 6 catches for 95 yards.

Allen Williams, the true freshman defended 3 passes and intercepted 1. Overstreet and Burrell also each had a pick.

Lester Dukes was 15 of 31 for 145 yards with 1 TD 3 INT's for Arizona.

Taylor McGuire had 15 carries for 60 yards.

Eaglesfan27

12-22-2007, 02:21 PM

Not surprisingly, Cole's Heisman hype has dropped down quite a bit, but he is still being mentioned just not as highly. He is now considered the 5th est candidate behind a very good QB for Oklahoma State, Nate Wise (the HB I wanted who went to LSU instead), and a very good QB from Florida.

The top 10 in the polls:

1. USC (41) 4-0
2. Texas (20) 3-0
3. LSU 5-0
4. Georgia 4-0
5. Florida 5-0
6. Ohio State 4-0
7. Penn State 4-0
8. Michigan 4-1 (lost last week to Iowa 31-27) to drop from #1 in the poll)
9. Iowa 4-0
10. Nebraska 5-0

Our next game is at Washington State who are 0-3. Their offense and defense are bwlow average and their QB has thrown 3 TD's to 6 INT's on the season. We should roll over them and I expect a much better game from Cole.

Eaglesfan27

12-22-2007, 03:54 PM

A great start to the game: 17 yard run by Hawthorne, 16 yard run by Hawthorne, 2 short passes for 6 yard gains, and then a simple out where Nigel broke a tackle, evaded another, and took it 25 yards for a TD. 7-0.

Our next drive goes even better as the 1st play, Nigel breaks press coverage and beats his man deep. Cole throws it a bit too far, but Nigel lays out and catches it in full extension for a 62 yard gain. If Brightcove was still accepting new videos, I'd add it to this thread. The next play Hawthorne runs it in for a 8 yard TD. 14-0.

Williams with a pick to get us the ball back at midfield. Nigel catches a short hook on the 1st play, breaks a tackle and takes it an additional 17 yards for a 21 yard gain. The next play, Cole has a wide open field on the right, he rolls out and then scrambles. Two good blocks by WR's down the field spring him for a 29 yard TD! 21-0.

Our next drive ends when Cole throws his 1st pick of the game. He tried throwing it on the run and it was wildly inaccurate. They return it to our 13. 2 plays later, they run it in from the 6. 21-7.

An option pitch goes astray and they recover it on our 31. I definitely think that happens more often post-patch.

We are up 21-7 at the end of 1, but they are inside our 20. They end this drive with a 6 yard TD pass. 21-14.

Cole with a 42 yard run on a spread play where he got two good blocks down field from his WR's. That set us up within the 10 and he threw it to Garrett for a TD on the next play. 28-14.

On 3rd and 10, we get the QB under pressure and he throws off his backfoot and we pick it off. Cole with his 2nd pick of the day gives it right back and they run it all the way to the 5. Williams with a pick in the endzone gets us the ball back and returns it to our 32.

Halftime: 28-14, we lead.

Cole's halftime stats: 9 of 14 for 136 yards with 2 TD's 2 INT's. 11 carries for 96 yards and a TD.

Lambert gets us a pick 6 with a 58 yard return to start the 2nd half. 35-14.

At the end of 3, we are up 35-14.

Cole finally has another very nice drive in which he goes 5 of 5 including a TD pass to Garrett. 42-14. First play of their next drive, Overstreet gets a pick to give us the ball back on their 22.

3 plays later, Cole throws a 12 yard TD pass to Hawthorne. 49-14. Our next drive, Cole runs it in from the 2. 56-14 and I'm about to pull Cole who has had a good day despite the 2 INT's in the first half.

Overstreet with another pick ends the game. We'll run out the clock.

56-14 win.

Cole finished 19 of 33 for 236 yards with 4 TD's 2 INT's.

Cole also had 20 carries for 181 yards and 2 TD's.

Hawthorne had 19 carries for 92 yards and a TD.

Nigel Franklin finished with 6 catches for 123 yards and a TD.

Hawthorne had 5 catches for 38 yards and a TD.

Joe Garrett had 2 catches for 9 yards and 2 TD's.

Burrell after only having 5 tackles last game, returned to his usual form with 12 tackles, 2 for a loss. Overstreet had 3 interceptions.