Indiana: A TCY VC 2037

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u> INDIANA TCY VC - Year 2037</u></H4></CENTER>

Previous Season:
Indiana VC 2036 – 3ric (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6134)
Indiana VC 2035 – cthomer5000 (httphttp://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5084)
Indiana VC 2034 – Alf (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=001316)
Indiana VC 2033 – bigjdotcom01 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=001233)
Indiana VC 2032 – 3ric (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=001181)
Indiana VC 2031 - Cornhuskerly (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=001164)
Indiana VC 2030 - Alf (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=001142)
Indiana VC 2029 – bigjdotcom01 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=001106)
Indiana VC 2028 – 3ric (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=001076)
Indiana VC 2027 - Cornhuskerly (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=001044)
Indiana VC 2026 - Alf (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000969)
Indiana VC 2025 – bigjdotcom01 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000831)
Indiana VC 2024 – 3ric (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000805)
Indiana VC 2023 - Cornhuskerly (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000802)
Indiana VC 2022 - Alf (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000790)
Indiana VC 2021 – 3ric (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000763)
Indiana VC 2020 - Cornhuskerly (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000750)
Indiana VC 2019 - Alf (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000738)
Indiana VC 2018 - bigjdotcom01 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000714)
Indiana VC 2017 - 3ric (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000696)
Indiana VC 2016 - Cornhuskerly (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000665)
Indiana VC 2015 - Alf (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000656)
Indiana VC 2014 - bigjdotcom01 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000646)
Indiana VC 2013 - 3ric (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000625)
Indiana VC 2012 - Cornhuskerly (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000621)
Indiana VC 2011 - Alf (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000611)
Indiana VC 2010 - bigjdotcom01 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000576)
Indiana VC 2009 - 3ric (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000559)
Indiana VC 2008 - Alf (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000555)
Indiana VC 2007 - bigjdotcom01 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000540)
Indiana VC 2006 - RPI-Fan (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000497)
Indiana VC 2005 - 3ric (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000489)
Indiana VC 2004 - Alf (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000483)
Indiana VC 2003 - andy m (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000476)
Indiana VC 2002 - RPI-Fan (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000465)
Indiana VC 2001 - 3ric (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000445)


Coaching Performance:
<pre><font face=courier>
Year Team Record Post Rank Perf Acad Recr TV Tick Don Sco
2036 Indiana 9-2 No 20 81 73 6 67 66 68 67
2035 Indiana 9-3 Yes 25 69 74 40 83 70 54 66
2034 Indiana 8-3 No 21 75 75 41 73 68 81 72
2033 Indiana 7-4 No 34 48 77 20 51 65 28 51
2032 Indiana 9-3 Yes 23 66 77 17 82 72 50 64
2031 Indiana 10-3 Yes 14 84 78 52 89 69 67 75
2030 Indiana 13-2 Yes 10 93 81 56 60 72 54 74
2029 Indiana 10-3 Yes 21 88 75 36 83 63 81 76
2028 Indiana 6-5 No 54 31 78 8 16 55 31 41
2027 Indiana 7-4 No 41 48 79 19 27 57 53 52
2026 Indiana 8-3 No 31 83 81 89 83 56 74 77
2025 Indiana 7-4 No 49 55 80 60 60 58 73 64
2024 Indiana 7-4 No 47 78 79 80 26 56 78 69
2023 Indiana 5-6 No 60 44 75 78 47 64 16 51
2022 Indiana 7-4 No 53 43 75 13 42 65 65 54
2021 Indiana 7-4 No 44 78 72 77 74 58 71 72
2020 Indiana 6-5 No 59 75 70 98 64 55 74 71
2019 Indiana 4-7 No 94 65 70 100 77 47 5 56
2018 Indiana 2-9 No 111 2 70 41 2 39 26 28
2017 Indiana 3-8 No 82 13 70 66 36 52 74 47
2016 Indiana 4-7 No 84 12 70 57 74 61 4 39
2015 Indiana 6-5 No 49 77 69 28 74 55 78 68
2014 Indiana 3-8 No 90 9 66 5 25 56 2 28
2013 Indiana 6-5 No 48 57 62 17 6 57 61 50
2012 Indiana 7-4 No 45 56 62 8 23 60 61 51
2011 Indiana 6-5 No 46 78 66 25 51 56 57 61
2010 Indiana 6-5 No 51 77 69 100 78 52 75 73
2009 Indiana 4-7 No 86 26 71 67 75 46 3 42
2008 Indiana 5-6 No 71 74 71 100 4 48 75 64
2007 Indiana 3-8 No 103 72 72 100 74 40 79 70
2006 Indiana 1-10 No 117 1 73 98 28 36 0 31
2005 Indiana 3-8 No 95 7 73 25 5 48 76 40
2004 Indiana 4-7 No 80 14 64 93 76 60 10 42
2003 Indiana 2-9 No 98 6 70 13 2 65 8 28
2002 Indiana 6-5 No 45 78 74 45 80 67 74 72
2001 Indiana 5-6 No 55 30 64 2 14 67 21 37


Post - Post-Season Appearance, Perf - Team Performance Score, Acad - Academic
Performance Score, Recr - Recruiting Score, TV - Television Revenue Score,
Tick - Ticket Revenue Score, Don - Alumni Donations Score
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Past Rankings:
<pre><font face=courier>
Year Team Perf Acad Recr Revn Tick Dons GPA Avgr Perc
2036 Indiana 20 21 52 24 42 37 2.79 37800 72.2
2035 Indiana 25 21 28 20 31 41 2.98 38300 73.1
2034 Indiana 21 18 47 28 36 37 2.88 36700 70.1
2033 Indiana 34 17 25 32 36 58 2.73 37400 71.4
2032 Indiana 23 16 31 14 36 42 2.78 43400 82.8
2031 Indiana 14 15 37 17 31 36 3.08 39900 76.1
2030 Indiana 10 16 54 34 13 39 3.13 37000 70.6
2029 Indiana 21 18 32 31 27 34 2.80 30900 59.0
2028 Indiana 54 16 28 77 53 54 2.90 33700 64.3
2027 Indiana 41 13 22 59 48 38 3.19 34000 64.9
2026 Indiana 31 14 67 31 53 32 3.21 35300 67.4
2025 Indiana 49 15 50 74 48 38 3.16 36200 69.1
2024 Indiana 47 17 55 81 54 46 3.18 36200 69.1
2023 Indiana 60 19 17 74 33 77 3.25 38100 72.7
2022 Indiana 53 22 114 75 41 53 3.52 41700 79.7
2021 Indiana 44 25 52 74 45 60 3.17 36700 70.1
2020 Indiana 59 26 57 90 45 71 3.24 34800 66.4
2019 Indiana 94 26 110 99 60 101 3.31 31100 59.4
2018 Indiana 111 26 114 113 76 88 3.03 32600 62.3
2017 Indiana 82 26 29 73 51 82 3.01 35300 67.4
2016 Indiana 84 27 65 69 52 105 2.76 44600 85.2
2015 Indiana 49 30 80 82 52 45 3.01 40000 76.4
2014 Indiana 90 34 38 103 59 113 3.10 43200 82.5
2013 Indiana 48 39 67 98 56 51 3.14 42300 80.7
2012 Indiana 45 33 33 65 54 55 2.72 44900 85.7
2011 Indiana 46 30 112 47 47 60 2.90 39300 75.0
2010 Indiana 51 26 26 44 48 64 2.77 34900 66.7
2009 Indiana 86 25 122 81 58 108 2.80 34300 65.6
2008 Indiana 71 24 40 103 55 67 2.84 35500 67.9
2007 Indiana 103 23 95 78 74 108 2.67 35100 67.0
2006 Indiana 117 22 86 104 76 125 2.91 33800 64.5
2005 Indiana 95 28 125 100 59 91 2.89 39100 74.7
2004 Indiana 80 31 22 55 47 104 2.91 45500 86.8
2003 Indiana 98 26 120 112 39 94 2.51 47500 90.7
2002 Indiana 45 29 42 38 50 72 2.94 50300 96.0
2001 Indiana 55 34 117 80 47 96 2.97 50200 95.8

Perf=Performance ranking, Acad=Academic ranking, Recr=Recruiting ranking,
Revn=TV revenue ranking, Tick=Ticket revenue ranking, Dons=Donations ranking,
GPA=Grade points average, Avgr=Average attendance, Perc=Percent of capacity
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Preseason Emails:

Coach of the Year:
Patrick Bopp of Wisconsin has been named Coach of the Year for his performance this past season. Bopp started in 2001 at Southern Mississippi and was mediocre there. Then in 2014 he switched to Northern Illinois where he got better results and he is the Wisconsin coach since 2030 where his worst result was #13. The strange thing is that he was also Coach of the Year in 2030…

Team Management :
- Reggie Cox, a defensive end, blames the breakup of his relationship on a lack of free time during the past season.

Hall of Fame inductions :
- 12 guys are inducted into the College Hall of Fame and one is from Indiana in the person of TE Marco Greenburg. I’ll make a special chapter as we also have 2 more players inducted in the Indiana Hall of Fame : ILB Cornell Carpenter and QB Henry Whalen.

Coach Movement :
4 schools hire head coaches from other Universities.

Key Indicators:
Academic Reputation: 64 (23rd)
Prestige: 67 (22nd)

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Hall of Fame inductees</u></H4></CENTER>

Overall Hall of Fame
TE Marco Greenburg is inducted with 79% of votes. He is the 13th TE in the Hall. His stats : 122 receptions, 1656 yards, 13.57 avg, 13 TDs, 197 targeted passes, 7 passes dropped, 6.1 catch percentage, 84 points. He is from Clarksburg, West Virginia and graduated in Social Work.

Indiana Hall
QB Whalen is our first QB in the hall. 828/1366 passes, 60.6 pct, 12256 yards, 8.97 avg, 100 TDs, 52 INTs, 2 rushing TDs. He holds 3 school records and his 100 TDs give him a 36 TDs lead over the second QB (Spellman). His 12,256 yards give him a 5000 yards safety blanket as well. This last value is also the Big 10 record and #11 overall behind several Heisman trophy winners.

ILB Carpenter is also our first LB inducted. 371 tackles, 121 assists, 4 sacks, 6 INTs, 85 TFLs, 33 passes defended, 3 QB Hurries, 6 forced fumbles. He holds two school records for tackles and TFLs ahead of famous LB Percy Ogunleye.

These guys join already members : TE Fulton (2016) and CB Oja (2030).

[3ric]

From my web site:2028 11 Whalen QB 237 138 2165 9.13 19 13
2029 11 Whalen QB 341 211 3049 8.94 19 11
2030 11 Whalen QB 401 248 3652 9.10 28 9
2031 11 Whalen QB 387 231 3390 8.75 34 19 2028 59 Carpenter ILB 62 23 0.0 7 0 5
2029 59 Carpenter ILB 96 31 1.0 26 4 5
2030 59 Carpenter ILB 85 30 0.0 18 2 14
2031 59 Carpenter ILB 128 44 3.0 34 0 9
2021 23 Oja CB 27 8 0.0 5 4 6
2022 23 Oja CB 56 25 0.0 9 5 9
2023 23 Oja CB 55 16 0.0 7 5 12
2024 23 Oja CB 50 19 0.0 6 1 92007 85 Fulton TE 41 22 246 11.1 149 3
2008 85 Fulton TE 39 26 422 16.2 156 3
2009 85 Fulton TE 51 29 470 16.2 196 1
2010 85 Fulton TE 44 24 323 13.4 132 12029 93 Greenburg TE 49 35 513 14.6 159 2
2030 93 Greenburg TE 79 51 691 13.5 219 2
2031 93 Greenburg TE 63 33 417 12.6 226 8

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Staff hiring</u></H4></CENTER>

Emails :
The 4 schools that got their coaches hired away, hire new ones.

Previous Seasons staff moves :
2036 : Defensive Coord
2035 : MA, NE, SW, NW
2034 : Syndicate Coord, MW
2033 : Offensive Coord, MA


Meaning I can change not much : GL, SE, DS. And no available scout is better than our current crop thanks to Fido Helper, it took me less than 2 minutes… The only area where we could improve is MA scout.

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Schedule</u></H4></CENTER>

This time I went with relatively high ranked teams to win the end of season tie-breakers (BCS ranking). I targeted Iowa State (#33) and Navy (#40). Iowa State accepted staright away but Navy declined. Since MK joined us, I scheduled UCF at home in wek 15 (hoping I scheduled the correct Florida team).


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
The College Years
2037 Indiana Schedule

Team Rank: 22
Rival: Purdue
Stadium Capacity: 52,400
Season Tickets Sold: 26,500

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
1 (36) IOWA STATE
4 (21) NORTH CAROLINA STATE
$$5 ILLINOIS
$$6 at Michigan
$$7 at Penn State
$$8 MINNESOTA
$$9 IOWA
$$10 at Ohio State
$$11 at (7) Northwestern
$$13 PURDUE
15 CENTRAL FLORIDA


Home Games in ALL CAPS
$$-Conference Games, ##-League Championship Games, **-Post-Season Games
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7 home games, 4 away games. No Wisconsin or Michigan State this year on our schedule, guess we are lucky as team could hardly be easier inside the Big 10.

Wins : Iowa State, NC State, Michigan, Penn State, Iowa, Ohio State, Purdue, Central Florida
In-between : Minnesota, Illinois
Losses : NorthWestern

My prediction : 9-2. My hope : 10-1. My fear : 8-3

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Freshmen Class</u></H4></CENTER>


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Kaplan, Ethan 48 FB Fr 33 100
Bertram, Herb 8 WR Fr 29 90
Sample, Brant 20 S Fr 25 63
Crane, Jeff 25 CB Fr 23 71
Nordby, Duane 77 DT Fr 21 50
Sanford, Darren 22 CB Fr 21 63
Tanner, K.C. 75 T Fr 20 43
Joseph, Bubba 97 DT Fr 19 58
Husted, Michael 87 WR Fr 18 33
Clayton, Larry 12 QB Fr 16 82
Stump, Clay 70 T Fr 15 67
Oldham, Nicky 68 T Fr 11 32
Gullett, Charles 56 C Fr 10 79
Schultz, David 74 DT Fr 10 78
Gordon, Charles 37 S Fr 10 43
Holliday, Marcus 54 ILB Fr 4 49
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None looks ready yet, but we have 5 80+ potential players. However, FB Kaplan will be forced to start.

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Roster</u></H4></CENTER>

* denotes starter
R denotes redshirt
-- denotes suspended for year


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Gaines, Charlie 14 QB Sr* 50 (-6) 77
* Vallery, Kurt 13 QB So* 41 (+10) 100
R Clayton, Larry 12 QB Fr 16 82
Farrell, Sean 9 QB* Jr 20 (+7) 61 </font></pre>

As 3ric said last season, we’ll start Vallery, although he is a bit raw and have Gaines as a backup (a very nice backup indeed). Clayton redshirts.


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
* Wittich, Erik 21 RB Jr* 63 (+8) 83
Niklos, Archie 41 RB Jr* 44 (+6) 44
Rison, Matt 29 RB Sr* 42 (+4) 50
England, Eugene 36 RB So* 40 (+8) 81 </font></pre>

Wiitich, no question about that. We need to tweak the game plan to feed him with balls as much as possible.Niklos is #2 and we need fresh meat at this position as always in Indiana history…)


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Kaplan, Ethan 48 FB Fr 33 100
Sampson, Ken 30 FB Jr* 28 (+4) 99
Libby, Rodney 38 FB* So* 26 (+10) 63 </font></pre>

Kaplan and Sampson are about the same, I am planning on playing a TE out of position here at FB.


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
* Jeffries, Nick 89 TE Jr* 56 (+6) 79
*FB DeLay, Norman 86 TE Sr* 53 (+13) 98
Bell, Terrance 95 TE So* 38 (+16) 46
Bergen, Nathan 85 TE* So* 16 (0) 26 </font></pre>

Jeffries is the better receiver, Delay the better blocker, so he might play at FB. Bell is a decent #3.


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
* Sailer, Russell 5 WR Sr 78 (+4) 89
* Blades, J.B. 80 WR Sr* 71 (+16) 71
Hemingway, Chad 83 WR Sr 66 (+14) 78
Kaplan, Earl 2 WR Sr 53 (+3) 64
Shannon, Carl 82 WR Jr* 32 (+4) 69
R Bertram, Herb 8 WR Fr 29 90
R Husted, Michael 87 WR Fr 18 33
Baker, Quentin 4 WR* So* 36 (+8) 58 </font></pre>

Sailer (if he can stay healthy) is very impressive ! Blades and Hemingway are great #2 and #3. Kaplan fits at #4. Maximum redshirt. Bertram is a very exciting prospect !


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
* Godfrey, Mitchell 57 C So* 49 (+23) 100
Pritchett, Scottie 55 C Jr* 23 (+20) 81
R Gullett, Charles 56 C Fr 10 79
--
*T Franz, Darren 73 G Sr 62 (+9) 62
* Huang, Warren 79 G Sr* 55 (+21) 55
* Abate, Joe 62 G Jr* 52 (+9) 78
Hancock, Tito 76 G Jr* 35 (0) 100
Alston, Gilbert 69 G So* 12 (-5) 66
--
* Carter, Les 66 T Sr* 49 (+6) 67
Tanner, K.C. 75 T Fr 20 43
Stump, Clay 70 T Fr 15 67
Oldham, Nicky 68 T Fr 11 32
Cucina, Les 60 T* Jr* 13 (+3) 23
Richard, Terry 61 T* So 3 (0) 21 </font></pre>

C Godfrey, G Huang, Abate, T Franz, Carter, Freshmen redshirted


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
* Cash, Bennie 18 P Sr 80 (+20) 95
Floyd, Wesley 1 P* So* 23 (+12) 23
--
* Cash, Howard 16 K So* 16 (+2) 73
Kanu, Karl 7 K* Jr* 9 (+1) 9
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We’re counting on the Cash brothers…


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
* Cox, Reggie 96 DE Sr* 69 (+10) 83
* Horoszowski, Donnell 91 DE So* 48 (+21) 68
Farmer, J.C. 72 DE Sr* 43 (+8) 59
Jenkins, Zach 78 DE Sr 39 (0) 69
Monroe, Morris 92 DE* Jr* 26 (+5) 31
Donaldson, Jeremy 64 DE* Sr* 7 (0) 23
--
* Cabrera, Malcolm 99 DT Jr* 46 (+12) 83
Nason, Rico 71 DT Sr 40 (+13) 71
R Nordby, Duane 77 DT Fr 21 50
R Joseph, Bubba 97 DT Fr 19 58
Osborne, Malcolm 63 DT Sr* 16 (-1) 49
R Schultz, David 74 DT Fr 10 78
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Cox, Horoz at DE. Farmer and Jenkins backup
Cabrera at DT, Nason as a backup.
Since we’ll play 3-4. DTs can be redshirted.


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* Whalen, Lorenzo 52 ILB Sr* 78 (+26) 78
* Fleming, Barry 58 ILB Sr* 75 (+3) 75
*O Graham, Mo 43 ILB Sr 74 (0) 90
Baker, Earnest 51 ILB Sr* 43 (+6) 86
Ellis, Tom 98 ILB Jr* 24 (+2) 43
R Holliday, Marcus 54 ILB Fr 4 49
Bleess, Carlton 47 ILB* So* 29 (+15) 60
--
* Jeans, Robert 53 OLB So* 55 (+34) 82
Taylor, Seth 93 OLB Sr 42 (-1) 79
Richardson, Leonard 46 OLB Sr 26 (-5) 71
Marcus, Randal 50 OLB So* 22 (+11) 72
Wasserman, Myron 59 OLB Jr* 20 (-1) 49
Ferguson, Antoine 90 OLB* So* 11 (+1) 46 </font></pre>

Those 3 ILBs must play, so one will play OLB
ILB : Whalen, Fleming – baker, Ellis, Blees
OLB : Graham, Jeans – Taylor, Richardson, Wasserman


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
* Banks, Jerome 49 CB Sr* 77 (+26) 94
* Buchanan, Ed 35 CB Sr 65 (0) 65
Sonnier, Jared 26 CB Jr* 40 (-1) 74
Kitchens, Marvin 45 CB Jr* 36 (+17) 54
R Crane, Jeff 25 CB Fr 23 71
R Sanford, Darren 22 CB Fr 21 63
Vuong, Deron 42 CB* Jr* 10 (0) 10
Kratky, Brad 24 CB* Jr 6 (0) 19
--
* Jarvis, Jorge 34 S Sr* 60 (0) 64
Brignac, Lamar 28 S Sr* 55 (+7) 75
Drudge, Tom 33 S Sr* 52 (+7) 71
* Dorrough, Chad 44 S So* 51 (+19) 78
R Sample, Brant 20 S Fr 25 63
Gordon, Charles 37 S Fr 10 43
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CB : Branks, Buchanan – Sonnier, Kitchens
SS : Jarvis
FS : Dorrough (already 100 INT !)
Backups : Brignac, Drudge


Roster Strentgh TO BE DONE
QB : Top tier with good backup
RB : Top tier with good backup
FB : Lowest tier, but we’ll play a TE here
TE : Top tier with excellent backup playing at FB
WR : Top 5
C : Average
G : Top tier with excellent backups
T : Low tier, but G playing here
P : Tier 1
K : Bottom 5….
DE : Top tier
DT : Average
ILB : Top 3
OLB : Avergae
CB : Top 10
S : Tier 1


Formations
We stick with the pro-formation and we will play 3-4 with such a deep linebacking team. We must find a way to give RB Wittich the ball as much as possible.

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Preseason Rankings</u></H4></CENTER>

Preseason BCS Top 25

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Wisconsin 0-0 B10 1.00 1.00 0.00 0.80 2.80 1
Rice 0-0 WAC 2.00 2.00 0.00 3.44 7.44 2
Florida 0-0 SEC 3.00 3.00 0.00 2.04 8.04 3
Boston College 0-0 EST 4.00 4.00 0.00 1.32 9.32 4
Southern California 0-0 P10 5.00 5.00 0.00 1.92 11.92 5
Northwestern 0-0 B10 7.00 7.00 0.00 0.64 14.64 6
Army 0-0 USA 6.00 6.00 0.00 2.88 14.88 7
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 8.00 8.00 0.00 1.24 17.24 8
Idaho 0-0 SBT 9.00 9.00 0.00 4.20 22.20 9
Air Force 0-0 MTW 11.00 10.50 0.00 2.52 24.02 10
Vanderbilt 0-0 SEC 10.00 12.00 0.00 2.24 24.24 11
Stanford 0-0 P10 12.00 11.50 0.00 1.84 25.34 12
California-Los Angeles 0-0 P10 13.00 12.50 0.00 1.88 27.38 13
Syracuse 0-0 EST 14.00 13.50 0.00 1.48 28.98 14
Tulane 0-0 USA 15.00 15.00 0.00 3.20 33.20 15
Mississippi State 0-0 SEC 17.00 16.50 0.00 2.48 35.98 16
Barrow 0-0 SC8 16.00 17.00 0.00 4.76 37.76 17
Baylor 0-0 B12 19.00 18.00 0.00 1.08 38.08 18
Utah 0-0 MTW 18.00 20.50 0.00 2.76 41.26 19
California 0-0 P10 23.00 21.00 0.00 1.72 45.72 20
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 24.00 22.00 0.00 4.56 50.56 21
**Indiana 0-0 B10 22.00 28.50 0.00 0.44 50.94 22
North Carolina State 0-0 ACC 21.00 30.00 0.00 0.28 51.28 23
Bowling Green 0-0 MAC 25.00 24.50 0.00 3.68 53.18 24
Southern Methodist 0-0 WAC 27.00 24.00 0.00 3.52 54.52 25
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Top 25. SOS of 0.44 (it was also like that in 2030 and 2034). The usual “academic” suspects are here.

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Recruiting Options and team management</u></H4></CENTER>

Need area
We need another RB !!! Otherwise we are quite balanced
List : QB, RB, FB, TE, WR, C, G, T, DE, DT, ILB, OLB, CB, S, DE, +1 free

Time Management
More study for stupid boys. Less study for bright guys. And Fido’s TCY Helper is a real time saviour !

Game Plan
Adjusted for RB Wittich.

PS : next post will be my 3000th, and he'll hopefully be an Indiana TCY VC post :D

[RealDeal]

Seems to me that England should be backup RB, unless his secondaries suggest that he should not be. Currently only 2 points behind Nicklos, he will pass Niklos overall in one or two games.

[Alf]

Originally posted by RealDeal
Seems to me that England should be backup RB, unless his secondaries suggest that he should not be. Currently only 2 points behind Nicklos, he will pass Niklos overall in one or two games.

Ding, ding, this is my 3,000th post ! Congrats RealDeal for asking a clever question.

England is stuck at #4 because he is only good at avoiding fumbles (where Niklos is also good). Both Niklos and Rison are better (way better) than England at breakaway speed and that's the most important criteria for me at RB. Thanks for analysing though !

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 1</u></H4></CENTER>

Our Game : #22 Indiana (0-0) (-12) vs #36 Iowa State (0-0) on TV5
TV is in Bloomington for our first season game. Let’s not disappoint.

The first drive begins nicely thanks to Wittich and Valery but Wittich fumbles the ball away. 3 and out later, we recover the punt and are ready to score and I was right when WR Blades ran a reverse for our first TD : 7-0. We then recver the ball quickly and RB Witich makes his own TD : 14-0. Next one is a QB Valery TD pass to WR Sailer ! 21-0. Then Sonnier makes an INT in our end zone. The game flows easily so far ! And another RB Wittich TD : 28-0. Second negative action for us came on a Valery INT, however, they are quickly intercepted right after, and CB Buchanan runs it back for a TD : 35-0. QB Gaines is already on the field just before haftime. IT’s definitely backup time as our QB, RB, TE and WR mentioned are 2nd string players… quick sim … Final score : 49-0.

Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: INDI 35 Ed Buchanan

Iowa State 0 0 0 0 - 0
Indiana 7 28 7 7 - 49

Team Statistics IAST INDI

First Downs 4 26

Total Rushes 27 44
Net Rushing Yards 48 143
Yards Per Carry 1.7 3.2
Rushing Yards 76 176
Tckld Loss/Yards 9-15 9-19
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-13 2-14

Pass Attempts 23 29
Completions 7 23
Passing Yards 67 349
Yards Per Attempt 2.9 12.0
Interceptions 3 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1

Total Plays 50 73
Total Yards 115 492
Yards Per Play 2.3 6.7

3rd Down Plays 0/14 7/14

Penalties 5 10
Penalty Yards 43 78

Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 33
Time Of Possession 21:43 38:17
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
41 Niklos 20 74 3.7 16 0 5 0
21 Wittich 14 67 4.7 31 2 5 0
80 Blades 2 12 6.0 15 1 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 19 17 236 12.4 23 1 1
14 Gaines 10 6 113 11.3 40 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
83 Hemingway 6 79 13.1 33 20 1
86 DeLay 5 97 19.4 47 40 0
89 Jeffries 4 48 12.0 24 14 0
21 Wittich 3 32 10.6 15 15 0
5 Sailer 2 37 18.5 32 23 1

Defense Tkl Asst Sack Int IntYd IntTD
26 Sonnier 6 2 0.0 1 0 0
78 Jenkins 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
91 Horoszowski 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
35 Buchanan 2 1 0.0 2 119 2
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Injury Report
DE Jenkins probable for 2 weeks

Around the Big 10
- Penn State 17-24 Oklahoma State
- New Mexico State 3-38 Michigan State
- Bethel 10-20 Iowa

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 2</u></H4></CENTER>


Our Game :We’re off

Around the Big 10
- Iowa 7-10 Troy State
- Michigan 3-23 East Carolina
- Minnesota 7-23 Arizona
- Penn State 6-31 Barrow
- BYU 17-30 Illinois
- San Diego State 21-24 Michigan State
- UAB 13-28 Ohio State
- Cinci 23-17 Purdue
- Kent 13-52 Northwestern
- Ball State 17-56 Wisconsin

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 3</u></H4></CENTER>


Our Game : off

Around the Big 10
- Northwestern 16-45 Army
- Ohio State 3-45 UCLA
- Michigan 3-47 Notre Dame
- Minnesota 24-38 Utah
- Penn State 7-24 Pittsburgh
- Purdue 18-20 UNLV
- California 34-7 Illinois
- Oregon 3-66 Wisconsin

[MylesKnight]

Dominating Win over what was supposed to be a decent Iowa State team.

I think the guys were fired up by getting the word Wisconsin & Michigan State aren't on the Schedule. If ever there was a year to make the Playoffs, this is the one..

Not to put too much pressure of ya, Alf.. ;)

By the way, I appreciate the thought in picking up a game with my alma mater, the University of Central Florida. Only problem is I don't want to see them get the snot knocked out of them, which I'm assuming will be the case. Better to whip up on the hated South Florida Bulls!! Now that would be fun!! :D

Let's keep the momentum rolling into this big game with N.C. State. Too many times in the past the Wolfpack have had IU's number, although not much recently I believe... And not this year either..

GO IU!!!

[cthomer5000]

Northwestern got whooped by Army, maybe they're not so tough this year.

I'm dreaming of an 11-0 regular season.

[Alf]

Thanks guys for putting even more pressure :) We do have an easy schedule, but are starting a young inexperienced QB in Vallery and have a very raw kicker too.

MK : UCF is on the bottom 5 of the BCS, no worries !

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 4</u></H4></CENTER>

Our Game : #10 NC State (2-0) at #21 Indiana (1-0) (-6) on TV1
We do get maximum TV exposure today as this is the only atchup between Top 25 teams ! Let’s play hard.

I’l just do a quick sim as I’m leaving for basket-ball soon and want to give an update before.

We begin by punting and then it’s score time for both teams as each team scores on their possession. Defenses seem to have stayed in the locker room today. However they lead 21-17 at halftime since they score 3 TDs whil we scored 2 TDs and 1 FG.

Then it’s a complete reverse scenario in the second half as we hold them to 16 total yards and 0 points while we roll thanks to a perfect Vallery-Wittich duo. Those two look like potential NFL stars.

Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: INDI 21 Erik Wittich

North Carolina State 7 14 0 0 - 21
Indiana 7 10 14 14 - 45

Team Statistics NCST INDI

First Downs 18 32

Total Rushes 27 45
Net Rushing Yards 43 273
Yards Per Carry 1.5 6.0
Rushing Yards 100 290
Tckld Loss/Yards 7-21 2-5
Sacked/Yards Lost 6-36 2-12

Pass Attempts 33 18
Completions 18 15
Passing Yards 243 199
Yards Per Attempt 7.3 11.0
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0

Total Plays 60 63
Total Yards 286 472
Yards Per Play 4.7 7.4

3rd Down Plays 6/14 8/11

Penalties 11 5
Penalty Yards 95 44

Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 35
Time Of Possession 28:24 31:36
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 34 235 6.9 24 2 3 0
41 Niklos 7 47 6.7 20 1 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 18 15 199 11.0 26 3 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
80 Blades 4 87 21.7 39 26 1
5 Sailer 3 20 6.6 28 11 1
95 Bell 1 11 11.0 8 11 1

Defense Tkl Asst Sack Int IntYd IntTD
99 Cabrera 7 1 1.0 0 0 0
52 Whalen 5 3 1.0 0 0 0
96 Cox 3 1 2.0 0 0 0
28 Brignac 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
26 Sonnier 2 1 0.0 1 0 0
78 Jenkins 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
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RB Wittich 235 rushing yards is Indiana #3 performance on a single game.


Around the Big 10
- Duke 13-48 Northwestern
- Illinois24-27 Bowling Green
- Michigan 14-38 UNLV
- Missouri 20-13 Michigan State
- Iowa State 24-10 Iowa
- Baylor 40-22 Minnesota
- Stanford 59-7 Ohio State
- East Carolina 10-44 Wisconsin
- Notre Dame 40-14 Purdue

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 5</u></H4></CENTER>

Time Management & Emails:
1 D- and 15 Ds. Coaching blocks awarded.

Our Game : #21 Indiana (2-0) (-11) vs Illinois (1-2) on TV5
Guess our Top 25 ranking is finally appreciated by the TV guys. We should have an easy game today.

We begin by punting and see them march on us when LB Whalen makes a spectacular interception. Howver, the series ends on downs as we do not kick a mid range FG since our kicker sucks… Both teams refuse to play today and Q1 ends on a 0-0 score. To begin Q2 Vallery is intercepted, but fortunately they stall on a 4th down. Finally RB Wittich wakes up and we take the lead 7-0. We felt comy before halftime but they convert another 4th down attempt and tie the score 7-7 before halftime…

Wittich, Vallery and Sailer combine well for a nice first drive when QB Vallery is intercepted in their red zone. You can tell he is still young. But on the very next drive, we stop them and force them to punt when their punt is blocked by DT Cabrera and recovered by Illinois punter on his 2 yard line. Ball to Indiana. Then Vallery completes a TD pass to TE Jeffries. 14-7. It seems our engine has now started as we get luck recovering one of our punt, and converting it into another TD pass : 21-7. And another Vallery TD pass to Sailer this time : 28-7. To explain you how bad our kicking game is, PK Cash just missed a 29 yards attempt. Our defense makes wonders just after when we sack their QB and recover his fumble. Backup RB Niklos cashes in : 35-7. Game Over.

Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: ILLN 50 Justin Chrysler with 14 tackles, 6 assists, 1 sack, 2 INTs

Illinois 0 7 0 0 - 7
Indiana 0 7 7 21 - 35

Team Statistics ILLN INDI

First Downs 14 26

Total Rushes 23 53
Net Rushing Yards 21 169
Yards Per Carry 0.9 3.1
Rushing Yards 46 218
Tckld Loss/Yards 6-13 10-30
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-12 3-19

Pass Attempts 40 24
Completions 19 16
Passing Yards 189 179
Yards Per Attempt 4.7 7.4
Interceptions 1 2
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 0/0

Total Plays 63 77
Total Yards 210 348
Yards Per Play 3.3 4.5

3rd Down Plays 3/14 8/16

Penalties 7 11
Penalty Yards 75 75

Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 40
Time Of Possession 25:58 34:02
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 38 138 3.6 20 1 12 0
41 Niklos 11 51 4.6 16 1 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 24 16 179 7.4 18 3 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
83 Hemingway 4 49 12.2 11 18 1
5 Sailer 4 53 13.2 29 18 1
89 Jeffries 2 13 6.5 19 9 1

Defense Tkl Asst Sack Int IntYd IntTD
52 Whalen 6 3 0.0 1 0 0
28 Brignac 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
91 Horoszowski 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
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Edit : Wittich 38 rushing attempts is Indiana single game record !

injury report
None !

Around the Big 10
- Iowa 31-28 Michigan
- Ohio Sate 37-7 Minnesota
- Northwestern 55-0 Purdue
- Wisconsin 38-7 Penn State

[3ric]

Our defense is spectacular in the second half, we've outscored opponents 70-0 in the 3rd and 4th quarter... brings a smile to the face! :)

[ShagVT]

It's hard to argue with a team that allows 1.4 yards per carry - especially when running the 3-4!

[MylesKnight]

"Game MVP: ILLN 50 Justin Chrysler with 14 tackles, 6 assists, 1 sack, 2 INTs"


Damn, that was a helluva game. What's this guy doing in Champaign instead of South Central Indiana?

Great start Alf, and I concur with 3ric, it's great to see this team has the ability to turn it up to another level in the 2nd Half of ballgames.

Now it's time to hit the road for the first time in the '37 Season. Let's jump all over mighty Michigan :D and Penn State early and put these one's away before Halftime..

GO IU!!

[Alf]

Our run defense is currently ranked as #1 nation wide (of course, we have only played 3 games...)

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 6</u></H4></CENTER>

Recruits
We lose 8 guys.

Our Game : #21 Indiana (3-0) (-30) at Michigan (0-4)
30 points favorites. We should have another excellent showing today.

They get the ball, punt straight away. We get the ball, 3 plays later, we score a TD : 7-0. Let’s hope this figures how the game will be today. Another drive, another TD : 14-0. Ah, finally Cash can kick some FGs : 17-0. LB Whalen makes an INT when Michigan was in a position to score. Cash, then displays his terrible talent as he misses a 33 yards FG. And Vallery is intercepted late in Q2 on a meaningless play.

We play very poorly in Q3, INT, fumble and punts and let them score a FG on us. 17-3. Fortunately, QB Vallery to SAiler score another TD for us : 24-3. And later again Valer to Niklos : 31-3. Cash connects on a late FG : 34-3.


Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: INDI 79 Warren Huang with 6 KRBs and 0 Sacks allowed

Indiana 14 3 7 10 - 34
Michigan 0 0 3 0 - 3

Team Statistics INDI MICH

First Downs 25 4

Total Rushes 40 33
Net Rushing Yards 170 48
Yards Per Carry 4.2 1.4
Rushing Yards 201 81
Tckld Loss/Yards 6-19 8-16
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-12 3-17

Pass Attempts 29 16
Completions 17 4
Passing Yards 206 37
Yards Per Attempt 7.1 2.3
Interceptions 2 2
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0

Total Plays 69 49
Total Yards 376 85
Yards Per Play 5.4 1.7

3rd Down Plays 4/12 1/14

Penalties 8 10
Penalty Yards 50 74

Avg. Drive Start OWN 40 OWN 33
Time Of Possession 32:25 27:35
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 22 69 3.1 29 0 8 0
41 Niklos 14 108 7.7 47 0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 29 17 206 7.1 25 4 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
83 Hemingway 4 53 13.2 24 16 1
89 Jeffries 4 52 13.0 20 25 0
5 Sailer 3 38 12.6 27 22 1
80 Blades 1 7 7.0 16 7 1
41 Niklos 1 11 11.0 10 11 1

Defense Tkl Asst Sack Int IntYd IntTD
96 Cox 7 0 1.0 0 0 0
53 Jeans 4 6 0.0 0 0 0
91 Horoszowski 2 1 2.0 0 0 0
52 Whalen 1 0 0.0 1 16 0
49 Banks 0 1 0.0 1 0 0
</font></pre>



Injury Report
- We just lost starting WR Blades for 12 weeks with a broken fibula
- LB Graham is probable for 5 weeks with a concussion

Around the Big 10
- Ohio State 22-14 Illinois
- Penn State 38-10 Iowa
- Wisconsin 54-14 Michigan State
- Nortwestern 21-14 Minnesota

[tucker342]

Keep up the great work!!!!!

[Alf]

Right now, I reallt don't see anyone on our schedule give us problems outside of Northwestern. A 10-1 season is very very possible !

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 7</u></H4></CENTER>

Recruits
We lose 6.

Our Game : #21 Indiana (4-0) (-10) at Penn State (1-4) on TV5
We are starting getting used to TV coverage, and our boys seem to perform better under the spotlights !

We have some confidence on our game and it proves quite quickly when we build a nice long drive complete by a reverse run TD by WR Sailer : 7-0. At he end of Q1, they have 0 first down and 6 total yards. Just to begin Q2, I see an unfamiliar move from an Indiana QB has Vallery ran the option and pitched to RB Wittich for a TD : 14-0. Shortly after, QB vallery throws a TD pass to TE moved to FB DeLay : 21-0. And another Vallery pass to Sailer just before halftime : 28-0.

I’ll quick sim the second half and interrupt if anything critical happens. End game : 49-10 !


Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: INDI 13 Kurt Vallery

Indiana 7 21 14 7 - 49
Penn State 0 0 7 3 - 10

Team Statistics INDI PNST

First Downs 32 12

Total Rushes 39 29
Net Rushing Yards 141 81
Yards Per Carry 3.6 2.7
Rushing Yards 176 103
Tckld Loss/Yards 7-12 7-16
Sacked/Yards Lost 4-23 1-6

Pass Attempts 37 27
Completions 27 7
Passing Yards 351 68
Yards Per Attempt 9.4 2.5
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1

Total Plays 76 56
Total Yards 492 149
Yards Per Play 6.4 2.6

3rd Down Plays 5/12 0/13

Penalties 9 7
Penalty Yards 82 70

Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 32
Time Of Possession 35:09 24:51

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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 22 109 4.9 32 2 6 0
41 Niklos 9 53 5.8 20 0 0 0
5 Sailer 1 3 3.0 3 1 0 0


Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 37 27 351 9.4 25 4 0


Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
5 Sailer 5 89 17.8 47 25 1
83 Hemingway 4 47 11.7 43 15 1
86 DeLay 4 42 10.5 24 14 1
2 Kaplan 3 30 10.0 20 15 1
</font></pre>


Injury Report
- No new ones

Around the Big 10
- Minnesota 31-6 Illinois
- Iowa 23-10 Michigan State
- Purdue 27-20 Michigan
- Wisconsin 55-3 Ohio State

[ShagVT]

Alf, tell us some of the season stats for the Indiana defense, which has just been unbelievable. Holding Michigan to 85 total yards?!?!? That is insane.

[cthomer5000]

Vallery is eyeing the Heisman. 15 touchdowns in 5 games?! :eek:

He's completing 72% of his passes!


Is this the year?

[3ric]

And Wittich has 618 yds rushing through 5 games... fun fun fun! :)

[Alf]

I've already played up to week 9, so I don't have stats from week 7, but our run defense is still top 5. Our defense is also only allowing the 5th fewest points in the nation. As I was saying at the beginning of the season, Vallery, Wittich and the WR corps are really impressive this year !!! I'm at work now, so I'll post more about the game tonight from home. The recruiting doesn't look good for now.

[Alf]

dola, apoart from Northwestern, I don't see anyone beating us before reaching the playoffs.

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 8</u></H4></CENTER>

Recruits
We lose 6.

Our Game : #19 Indiana (5-0) (-20) vs Minnesota (1-4)
Their 1-4 record does not reflect their real strength as they lost some close games. Caution mode is on !

They start with the ball, however they are intercepted by our LB Jeans and Wittich runs twice for 50 & 3 yards and a TD : 7-0. PK Cash then converts a FG and on the following kickoff, WR Hemmingway returns the kick 52 yards for another TD : 17-0. Both teams score a FG and halftime happens on a 20-3 score.

RB Wittich is all over the field with already 150 rushing yards and he just added a receiving TD : 27-3. PK Cash is on a hot streak as he scores again : 30-3. And another one : 33-3. Games ends at 33-6 as our backups manage to stop their offense.

Howard Cash, with his 4 FGs performance today just tied the school record for most FGs in a game !


Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: INDI 21 Erik Wittich

Minnesota 0 3 0 3 - 6
Indiana 17 3 10 3 - 33

Team Statistics MINN INDI

First Downs 14 21

Total Rushes 34 40
Net Rushing Yards 95 226
Yards Per Carry 2.7 5.6
Rushing Yards 147 243
Tckld Loss/Yards 8-19 7-17
Sacked/Yards Lost 5-33 0-0

Pass Attempts 32 22
Completions 11 12
Passing Yards 107 193
Yards Per Attempt 3.3 8.7
Interceptions 4 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1

Total Plays 66 62
Total Yards 202 419
Yards Per Play 3.0 6.7

3rd Down Plays 5/16 8/15

Penalties 6 9
Penalty Yards 46 74

Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 24
Time Of Possession 31:50 28:10
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 23 181 7.8 50 1 6 0
41 Niklos 13 41 3.1 9 0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 22 12 193 8.7 39 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
89 Jeffries 4 61 15.2 33 23 0
83 Hemingway 3 41 13.6 10 19 0
21 Wittich 3 72 24.0 24 39 1

Defense Tkl Asst Sack Int IntYd IntTD
91 Horoszowski 5 0 2.5 0 0 0
99 Cabrera 4 2 1.0 0 0 0
78 Jenkins 4 0 1.0 0 0 0
53 Jeans 4 3 0.0 1 0 0
28 Brignac 1 1 0.0 2 0 0
96 Cox 0 1 0.5 0 0 0
26 Sonnier 0 1 0.0 1 0 0
</font></pre>



Injury Report
No new ones

Around the Big 10
- Iowa 18-17 Illinois
- Wisconsin 38-7 Michigan
- Purdue 29-27 Michigan State
- Northwestern 45-3 Ohio State

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Big 10 Standings</u></H4></CENTER>


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Wisconsin 7 0 0 1.000 351 61 4 0 0 1.000 185 31 Won 22
**Indiana 6 0 0 1.000 245 47 4 0 0 1.000 151 26 Won 7
Northwestern 5 1 0 .833 237 88 3 0 0 1.000 121 17 Won 4
Iowa 4 3 0 .571 119 137 3 1 0 .750 82 93 Won 2
Purdue 2 4 0 .333 105 185 2 1 0 .666 56 102 Won 2
Ohio State 3 4 0 .428 103 238 2 2 0 .500 65 121 Lost 2
Penn State 1 5 0 .166 85 176 1 2 0 .333 55 97 Lost 1
Minnesota 1 6 0 .142 111 198 1 3 0 .250 58 97 Lost 1
Michigan State 2 4 0 .333 126 150 0 3 0 .000 51 106 Lost 4
Illinois 1 6 0 .142 105 184 0 4 0 .000 44 106 Lost 6
Michigan 0 7 0 .000 78 238 0 4 0 .000 58 130 Lost 10
</font></pre>

Iowa and Purdue seem to be our real rivals outside of usual power schools Northwestern & Wisconsin. Michigan State with 4 losses is a real disappointment this year.

[bigjdotcom01]

Congratulations on a nice start and keep up the winning tradition, Alf.

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 9</u></H4></CENTER>

Time Management :
4 D-. 13 D… Bad news. 17 blocks left.

Recruits
We lose 5… Still no one signed.

Our Game : #17 Indiana (6-0) (-22) vs Iowa (4-3) on TV4
They barely beat Illinois, a team that we crushed. Roll on baby !

They kick, we receive. We drive nicely as usual when Vallery throw a very long pass that is intercepted in Iowa endzone. Touchback… Fortunately, our defense is already active as we force a 3 and out. We also are forced to punt from Iowa 49 and special teamers are doing great too as they tackle the punt returner for a loss and a TD : 7-0 ! Tackler is RB Wittich !! Then they fail to convert a 4th down. We do the same thing… Once again they fail to convert a 4th down while they were within FG range… Strange thing. Well, we’ll think about that later and after two long Vallery passes, RB Niklos runs it in : 14-0. A little later, midway Q2, Wittich fumbles the ball away but they fail again on a 4th down attempt. Then once again on our punt, we recover the ball deep into their territory. RB Wittich scores : 21-0. Halftime.

To begin Q3,FS Dorrough intercepts a long ball in our endzone for a touchback. A few plays later, QB Vallery hits WR Hemingway for another TD : 28-0. Quick sim mode on… Wittich is unable to run today. The field is soaked. Another Vallery to Hemingway long TD pass : 35-0. Q4 begins with backup players at QB and RB. It’s even our QB3 playing (and scoring). Our special teamers blocked a FG in Q4. Iowa is not shutout as they attempt and score a lame late FG : 42-3.

Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: INDI 13 Kurt Vallery

Iowa 0 0 0 3 - 3
Indiana 7 14 14 7 - 42

Team Statistics IOWA INDI

First Downs 11 19

Total Rushes 27 41
Net Rushing Yards 47 70
Yards Per Carry 1.7 1.7
Rushing Yards 71 91
Tckld Loss/Yards 4-8 8-14
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-16 1-7

Pass Attempts 42 27
Completions 17 17
Passing Yards 193 321
Yards Per Attempt 4.5 11.8
Interceptions 2 2
Fumbles/Lost 4/3 3/2

Total Plays 69 68
Total Yards 240 391
Yards Per Play 3.4 5.7

3rd Down Plays 5/18 5/14

Penalties 7 6
Penalty Yards 57 35

Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 36
Time Of Possession 31:14 28:46
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 20 30 1.5 7 1 6 0
41 Niklos 14 32 2.2 8 1 3 0


Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 24 16 289 12.0 43 2 1
9 Farrell 2 1 32 16.0 32 1 1


Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
5 Sailer 5 116 23.2 30 43 0
83 Hemingway 3 87 29.0 34 39 2
95 Bell 1 32 32.0 29 32 1
</font></pre>



Injury Report
- WR Blades still out for 8 weeks
- WR Sailer doubtful for 2 weeks with hyperextended ebow
- DE Jenkins and Horozowski probable for 2 weeks
- LB Graham probable for 1 week

Around the Big 10
- Michigan State 37-7 Illinois
- Michigan 22-17 Northwestern
- Penn State 28-7 Purdue

[ShagVT]

Alf, what's going with recruiting?!?!

[cthomer5000]

here go the wave of WR injuries again...

[tucker342]

Originally posted by Alf
<CENTER><H4><u>Big 10 Standings</u></H4></CENTER>


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Michigan 0 7 0 .000 78 238 0 4 0 .000 58 130 Lost 10
</font></pre>



Now that's a beautiful site!!!

[tucker342]

dola-

I just noticed they beat Northwestern, I guess that's okay!

[Alf]

Originally posted by ShagVT
Alf, what's going with recruiting?!?!

We might be ending with 16 walk-ons.... I really suck at recruiting this year.

[3ric]

I did get my first recruit in week 8 last season (lucky I guess), but the second didn't committ until week 11... it's a lot harder if you shoot for the top recruits - everybody else seems to do the same!

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 10</u></H4></CENTER>

Recruits
2 sign (at last) and we get 7 rejections (plus those who do not notify !)


B.J. Marzullo, a quarterback from Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange, Florida
Vinny Toombs, a defensive tackle from Garinger High School in Charlotte, North Carolina


- QB Marzullo is #199 overall and #25 QB. He is scouted as 95 by a VG QB scout. Average student however. 86/141 passes, 1412 yards, 12/2 TD/INT. He likes to run a lot : 48 attempts, 402 yards, 6 TDs.

- DT Toombs is #209 overall and #12 DT. Scouted as 83+ by an excellent DL scout. Very good student with 84 tackles and 5 sacks.

Already in : QB, DT
Still needed : RB, FB, TE, WR, C, G, T, DE, ILB, OLB, CB, S, DE, +1 free


Our Game : #17 Indiana (7-0) (-10) at Ohio State (3-4) on TV4
We are just 2 wins away from the playoffs and this one is on the must win list !

Wittich seems to have found a rythm today, but Vallery throws is usual early game interception. But we get the ball on downs and then Vallery sets the field on fire whil RB Niklos finishes the job : 7-0. Then on the following drive, we sack their QB, force a fumble and recover the ball. Vallery zips it to WR Hemingway : 14-0. Bad news for our special teams just after as Ohio State returns the kickoff 91 yards for a TD… : 14-7. our ground game is very effective today as RB Wittich scores his first TD : 21-7. End of Q1. To begin Q2, we build a nice drive that is concluded by a TD pass to TE playing at FB DeLay : 28-7. We kick, and they return the ball 84 yards again… However, backup S Brignac makes a big play and intercepts their QB in our endzone ! Halftime.

Just a few comments : QB Vallery scores a long TD pass on a 4th down. He also is intercepted twice in Q3, but scores again later. We gives points late in the game in garbage time : 45-17.

Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: INDI 13 Kurt Vallery

Indiana 21 7 7 10 - 45
Ohio State 7 0 0 10 - 17

Team Statistics INDI OHST

First Downs 33 13

Total Rushes 43 27
Net Rushing Yards 176 84
Yards Per Carry 4.0 3.1
Rushing Yards 209 112
Tckld Loss/Yards 13-26 3-10
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-7 3-18

Pass Attempts 37 32
Completions 27 11
Passing Yards 412 127
Yards Per Attempt 11.1 3.9
Interceptions 3 3
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/2

Total Plays 80 59
Total Yards 588 211
Yards Per Play 7.3 3.5

3rd Down Plays 8/16 4/13

Penalties 9 11
Penalty Yards 78 90

Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 39
Time Of Possession 35:56 24:04
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 25 115 4.6 25 1 12 0
41 Niklos 14 59 4.2 15 1 5 0


Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 37 27 412 11.1 44 4 3

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
89 Jeffries 6 93 15.5 37 22 0
83 Hemingway 5 122 24.4 60 44 2
86 DeLay 5 91 18.2 20 30 1
2 Kaplan 3 44 14.6 19 22 1
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Injury Report

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
DeLay, Norman 86 TE Sr* Out High Ankle Sprain 23 Weeks
Blades, J.B. 80 WR Sr* Out Broken Fibula 7 Weeks
Sailer, Russell 5 WR Sr Questionable Hyperextended Elb 1 Week
Fleming, Barry 58 ILB Sr* Probable Sprained Ankle 2 Weeks
Jenkins, Zach 78 DE Sr Probable Sprained Ankle 1 Week
Horoszowski, Donnell 91 DE So* Probable Bruised Sternum 1 Week
</font></pre>


Around the Big 10
- Penn State 31-17 illinois
- Iowa 24-17 Purdue
- Minnesota 21-16 Michigan State
- Wisconsin 47-26 Northwestern

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 11</u></H4></CENTER>

Recruits
We lose 3.

Already in : QB, DT
Still needed : RB, FB, TE, WR, C, G, T, DE, ILB, OLB, CB, S, DE, +1 free



Our Game : #16 Indiana (8-0) (-6) at #20 Northwestern (5-3) on TV3
We are slotted as favourites, but that’s very suspect to me. Seing how easy our schedule is compared to Northwestern and our injuries at thin positions. Despite their running game, we’ll stick with the 3-4 defense.

We kickoff, they start from their ten and are forced to punt (20 yards…) and we start within their 40. We then both punt for the whole 4th quarter and they score a FG at the end of Q1. We are unable to produce any offense and watch them score a TD : 0-10. Vallery is then intercepted and they convert into a TD : 0-17. Halftime…

We start Q3 by being intercepted… Things start to get really ugly. No comments : 3-30. Stats to follow.


Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: NWST 13 QB Christian Rotruck (3 TDs)

Indiana 0 0 0 3 - 3
Northwestern 3 14 10 3 - 30

Team Statistics INDI NWST

First Downs 12 26

Total Rushes 22 52
Net Rushing Yards 78 139
Yards Per Carry 3.5 2.6
Rushing Yards 105 185
Tckld Loss/Yards 4-10 17-46
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-17 0-0

Pass Attempts 26 21
Completions 11 18
Passing Yards 135 224
Yards Per Attempt 5.1 10.6
Interceptions 4 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0

Total Plays 48 73
Total Yards 213 363
Yards Per Play 4.4 4.9

3rd Down Plays 5/12 6/15

Penalties 8 4
Penalty Yards 73 37

Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 29
Time Of Possession 21:28 38:32
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
41 Niklos 7 46 6.5 18 0 1 0
21 Wittich 6 12 2.0 8 0 2 0
13 Vallery 5 11 2.2 11 0 0 2
29 Rison 2 16 8.0 12 0 0 0


Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 22 9 118 5.3 20 0 4
14 Gaines 4 2 17 4.2 9 0 0


Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
83 Hemingway 6 80 13.3 20 19 0
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Injury Report
- TE Delay is still out for 22 weeks
- WR Blades is out 6 weeks (maybe in time for playoffs…)

Around the Big 10
- Iowa 38-7 Minnesota
- Michigan State 17-10 Michigan
- Ohio State 26-14 Penn State
- Wisconsin 48-7 Purdue

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Big 10 Standings</u></H4></CENTER>

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Wisconsin 9 0 0 1.000 446 94 6 0 0 1.000 280 64 Won 24
**Indiana 8 1 0 .888 335 97 6 1 0 .857 241 76 Lost 1
Iowa 6 4 0 .600 184 203 5 2 0 .714 147 159 Won 2
Northwestern 6 3 0 .666 310 160 4 2 0 .666 194 89 Won 1
Ohio State 4 5 0 .444 146 297 3 3 0 .500 108 180 Won 1
Penn State 3 6 0 .333 158 226 3 3 0 .500 128 147 Lost 1
Michigan State 4 5 0 .444 196 188 2 4 0 .333 121 144 Won 1
Purdue 2 7 0 .222 136 285 2 4 0 .333 87 202 Lost 3
Minnesota 2 7 0 .222 139 252 2 4 0 .333 86 151 Lost 1
Michigan 1 8 0 .111 110 272 1 5 0 .166 90 164 Lost 1
Illinois 1 8 0 .111 129 252 0 6 0 .000 68 174 Lost 8
</font></pre>

With Purdue and Central Florida left to play, we should be able to finish at least 9-2. While 10-1 would be the target.

[cthomer5000]

Damn. from contender to pretender in just one game. :(

What the hell happened to Vallery! look at those stats. :eek:

[3ric]

Northwestern is still a formidable opponent - we'll have our revenge on them in the playoffs!

[MylesKnight]

Damn.. You kind of knew N'western wasn't going to lose 3 straight though. That program is at too high of a level for something like that to happen.. How did they lose to a horrible Michigan team?

Well on the positive side, it's only 1 loss. Two more W's and it's a return to Playoff Football for Indiana University.

The scary thing is a 3 loss Northwestern team may end up finishing ahead of a 10-1 IU team in the Final Regular Season Poll.

This could very well be a future 1st Round Tourney Matchup, as I've noticed, at least in my Dynasty, that they to match to up 2 at-large teams from the same Conference in Round 1.

By the way...

"B.J. Marzullo, a quarterback from Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange, Florida"..

..Port Orange?.. That's UCF Recruiting Territory. No wonder the Knights are stinkin' up the joint. They can't keep the High Schoolers at home.

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 12</u></H4></CENTER>

Recruits
4 rejections; no new ones


Already in : QB, DT
Still needed : RB, FB, TE, WR, C, G, T, DE, ILB, OLB, CB, S, DE, +1 free


Our Game : #18 BCS Indiana (8-1) is off


Around the Big 10
- Purdue 24-14 Illinois
- Wisconsin 33-3 Iowa
- Minnesota 20-17 Michigan
- Michigan State 20-10 Ohio State
- Northwestern 30-21 Penn State

[Alf]

Time Management :
6 D-. 13 Ds. Academics are not good either… I keep 4 blocks for week 17.


Recruits
We lose 4 again….


Already in : QB, DT
Still needed : RB, FB, TE, WR, C, G, T, DE, ILB, OLB, CB, S, DE, +1 free


Our Game : #21 Indiana (8-1) (-27) vs Purdue (3-7)
Usual spread. Usual no TV game… Must win in order to ensure a playoff spot.

We start well but lose the ball on a RB WIttich fumble. Both teams suck all Q1 long but we are still able to score a late FG by our PK Cash. Bad new ti start Q2 when our QB Vallery is intercepted and they return the ball for a TD : 3-7. We then drive all the field and finish thanks to RB Wittich : 10-7. We also manage to attempt a late FG just before halftime : 13-7.

This game is really horrible and boring, fortunately, our defense is still better than theirs, so we are winning the position advantage. Finally an offensive play is positive when QB Vallery hits RB Niklos for a TD. RB Wittich converts for 2 points : 21-7. We intercept them shortly after and RB Wittich scores again : 28-7. our star duo QB Vallery-WR Sailer is back on track too : 35-7. Final Score.


Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: INDI 21 Erik Wittich

Purdue 0 7 0 0 - 7
Indiana 3 10 8 14 - 35

Team Statistics PURD INDI

First Downs 4 32

Total Rushes 20 54
Net Rushing Yards 18 192
Yards Per Carry 0.9 3.5
Rushing Yards 61 238
Tckld Loss/Yards 9-20 6-10
Sacked/Yards Lost 4-23 6-36

Pass Attempts 18 27
Completions 8 20
Passing Yards 52 322
Yards Per Attempt 2.8 11.9
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1

Total Plays 38 81
Total Yards 70 514
Yards Per Play 1.8 6.3

3rd Down Plays 0/10 7/15

Penalties 7 4
Penalty Yards 38 20

Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 34
Time Of Possession 18:03 41:57
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 29 149 5.1 25 2 5 0
41 Niklos 14 63 4.5 19 0 2 0



Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 27 20 322 11.9 28 2 1


Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
5 Sailer 8 150 18.7 53 22 1
2 Kaplan 3 50 16.6 14 18 0
21 Wittich 3 45 15.0 15 28 0
41 Niklos 2 21 10.5 28 18 1
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Around the Big 10
- Michigan 14-21 Ohio State
- Northwestern 20-19 Illinois
- Penn State 24-20 Michigan State
- Wisconsin 56-14 Minnesota

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 14</u></H4></CENTER>

Recruits
We lose 1 and sign 5. (Need to look at them first before smiling)


Jerry Barker, a fullback from Arlington High School in Arlington, Texas
Bert Rhodes, a wide receiver from Arts High School in Rochester, New York
Kyle Vrabel, a center from Richwoods High School in Peoria, Illinois
Bryan James, an offensive tackle from Fort Bragg High School in Fort Bragg, California
Darryl Proffitt, a safety from Middleborough High School in Middleborough, Massachusetts


- FB Barker is scouted as 70+ by an excellent RB scout. Poor student, I doubt he’ll develop into a starter for us… The good thing is that he is a nice pass catcher

- WR Rhodes scouted as 62+ is an excellent student that idolized Syracuse… 1200 yards and 6 TDs in High School for this small guys (5-10)

- C Vrabel is our only ranked recruit this week (#568). However, he is scouted as 83—by a lousy OL scout.

- OT James is scouted as 60 by an excellent OL scout. Terrific student

- S Proffitt scouted as 66+ has been stolen from B.C. His stas sold him to me : 5 sacks and 8 INTs.


Already in : QB, DT, FB, WR, C, T, S
Still needed : RB, TE, G, DE, ILB, OLB, CB, DE, +1 free

I’ve sent a scholarship offer to #3 player in the country (QB Castle) since he ony has one offer to him right now. It appears he values academics highly (me 67, the other offer 21…). You never know.

Our Game : off

Around the Big 10
No games

[RealDeal]

The loss to Northwestern was crushing.

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 15</u></H4></CENTER>

Recruits
lose 3. sign none

Already in : QB, DT, FB, WR, C, T, S
Still needed : RB, TE, G, DE, ILB, OLB, CB, DE, +1 free


Our Game : #18 Indiana (9-1) (-21) vs Central Florida (6-4) on TV3
UCF is not that bad and still has a shot at conference title (South Florida is in the lead).

They start and punt, we drive and score thanks to RB Wittich : 7-0. Then it’s QB Vallery to Hemingway. 14-0. They still manage t score a FG before halftime : 14-3. IN Q3, Vallery is intercepted and the ball is returned for a TD : 14-10. I thought we were controlling the game, but UCF didn’t think so… However, Vallery and Wittich manage to connect and that’s another TD for us : 21-10. Wittich socres again later on the ground : 28-10… Quick sim… 28-18 final score.

Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: INDI 21 Erik Wittich

Central Florida 0 3 7 8 - 18
Indiana 14 0 7 7 - 28

Team Statistics CFLA INDI

First Downs 15 27

Total Rushes 31 40
Net Rushing Yards 53 124
Yards Per Carry 1.7 3.1
Rushing Yards 84 149
Tckld Loss/Yards 7-14 8-14
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-17 2-11

Pass Attempts 28 35
Completions 13 22
Passing Yards 183 287
Yards Per Attempt 6.5 8.2
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0

Total Plays 59 75
Total Yards 236 411
Yards Per Play 4.0 5.4

3rd Down Plays 4/13 8/15

Penalties 10 11
Penalty Yards 81 100

Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 37
Time Of Possession 25:14 34:46
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 31 118 3.8 27 2 7 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 35 22 287 8.2 29 2 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
2 Kaplan 5 80 16.0 17 26 0
83 Hemingway 4 50 12.5 41 16 1
21 Wittich 4 30 7.5 50 11 1
</font></pre>


With our 10-1 record, we have secured a playoff spot, however, we will face ultra stud USC in round 1…


National Scene : Championship week
B12 – Kansas 17-14 Baylor
SEC – Venderbilt 55-13 Mississippi State
MAC – Buffalo 17-45 Central Michigan

[cthomer5000]

Wisconsin had better come back down to earth soon, It's tough never having a real chance at the conference title. :(

[Alf]

I think bigjdotcom01 won 1 conference title for us. Week 16 game has been played but can only be posted tonight (I am at work and don't have the reports here).

[3ric]

Yep, in 2029 we went 8-0 in the conference to win the Big 10.

2029 by bigjdotcom01
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**Indiana 10 3 0 .769 417 240 8 0 0 1.000 286 126 Lost 1
Northwestern 12 3 0 .800 491 192 7 1 0 .875 323 77 Lost 1
Wisconsin 7 4 0 .636 379 241 5 3 0 .625 258 186 Won 1
Penn State 6 5 0 .545 285 254 4 4 0 .500 188 202 Lost 1
Illinois 5 6 0 .454 252 287 4 4 0 .500 201 227 Lost 1
Minnesota 5 6 0 .454 311 339 4 4 0 .500 242 230 Lost 1
Purdue 5 6 0 .454 257 347 4 4 0 .500 181 243 Lost 2
Michigan 5 6 0 .454 252 339 4 4 0 .500 190 248 Won 1
Michigan State 4 7 0 .363 234 349 2 6 0 .250 171 263 Won 2
Iowa 4 7 0 .363 159 278 2 6 0 .250 111 220 Won 2
Ohio State 0 11 0 .000 144 337 0 8 0 .000 109 238 Lost 13

We beat both #8 Northwestern and #15 Wisconsin that year...

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 16</u></H4></CENTER>

Recruits
We sign 8. We lose QB Castle as a walk-on to Rice who didn’t even invite him to a visit…



Luther Stone, a running back from Northbrook High School in Houston, Texas
Lee Gillespie, a tight end from Springfield High School in Holland, Ohio
Donnell Tornberg, an offensive guard from Idabel High School in Idabel, Oklahoma
Jesse Bronson, a defensive end from Saranac Lake High School in Saranac Lake, New York
Donnell Tracey, an inside linebacker from Hereford High School in Hereford, Texas
Mercury Gray, an outside linebacker from Aspen High School in Aspen, Colorado
Butch Bergmann, a cornerback from Tupper Lake High School in Tupper Lake, New York
Dennis Kirchhof, a safety from Lower Moreland High School in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania


- RB Stone is scouted as 48+. Has 1400 all purpose yards and 10 TDs. Good student

- TE Gillespie is scouted as 56- but is an excellent student. Played LB in high school.

- G Tornberg is a walk-on. Scouted as 44. Terrific student

- DE Bronson is scouted as 62+ and had 12 sacks in high school.

- ILB Tracey is also a walk-on. Good student, he is scouted as 52-. 89 tackles, 5.5 sacks and 2 INTs.

- OLB Gray scouted as 49 is just an average guy. Too bad he cost us a scholarship

- CB Bergmann is ranked #914 ! Scouted as 68+, he had 9 INTs

- S Kirchhof is a late contact guy whom I offered a scholarship straight away since he has a nose for interceptions : 14 in High school.Scouted as 52. I am sure he is much better than what my scout sees.

Already in : QB, DT, FB, WR, C, T, S, RB, TE, G, DE, ILB, OLB, CB, S
Still needed : DE => I’ll see what’s left and decide



Our Game : #18 Indiana (10-1) (-3) vs #8 USC (10-1) on TV3
We are slotted as favourites. That’s very nice from Vegas but I really doubt we can win today…

Both teams punts for a while, but when we think we have controlled them, they play a 4th and long and score on the play… 0-7. However, QB Vallery is not impressed at all by the crowd and throws bullet passes and finish with a pass to TE Jeffries : 7-7. 30 seconds later, USC has already increasd their lead : 7-14. After being stopped on the ground for nearly 25 minutes, RB Wittich manages to break free and scores on a 28 yards run : 14-14. Vallery is intercepted late in Q2, fortunately for us, they do not get into FG range quickly enough.

We were really close to scoring and failed to convert a 4th and 1 in their 30 yards. Just as expected, they come back into our red zone and score on the ground : 14-21. 2 minutes later, RB Wittich runs into their endzone : 21-21. I start to think we could make a big upset today. They start Q4 by scoring a FG and retake the lead : 21-24. We then are forced to punt but our defense finally makes a big play when we intercept USC QB in their 40 yards. Damn it, we stall on their goal line ad have to settle for a short range FG : 24-24. However, our defens makes another big play as DE Horozowski & DE Cox sack USC QB, force the fumble which is recovered by OLB Richardson. Ball on their 20 with 5:48 left to play. QB Vallery then throws perfect passes and the final pass goes to RB Wittich : 28-21…5:08 left to play…Woaw, USC QB Nemechek is intercepted once again by our backfield, (that’s 3 INTs in money time !!!). We are forced to punt, but they then fail to complete a first down ! Ball to Indiana with 1:30 left to play. We run the clock and win 31-24. WOW ! Time to prepare for round 2 !

Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: INDI 13 Kurt Vallery

Indiana 7 7 7 10 - 31
Southern California 7 7 7 3 - 24

Team Statistics INDI USC

First Downs 26 21

Total Rushes 34 28
Net Rushing Yards 106 97
Yards Per Carry 3.1 3.4
Rushing Yards 130 123
Tckld Loss/Yards 8-18 4-10
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-6 3-16

Pass Attempts 37 39
Completions 25 21
Passing Yards 349 269
Yards Per Attempt 9.4 6.8
Interceptions 1 2
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1

Total Plays 71 67
Total Yards 455 366
Yards Per Play 6.4 5.4

3rd Down Plays 5/12 5/14

Penalties 8 2
Penalty Yards 90 10

Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 30
Time Of Possession 33:35 26:25
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 29 101 3.4 28 2 8 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 37 25 349 9.4 31 2 1


Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
5 Sailer 6 113 18.8 19 21 0
21 Wittich 4 34 8.5 17 13 1
83 Hemingway 3 56 18.6 15 31 0
80 Blades 3 41 13.6 9 17 0
89 Jeffries 3 28 9.3 30 11 1
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National Scene : Playoffs Round 1

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
First Round Game 1 Indiana (11-1) 31, Southern California (10-2) 24
First Round Game 2 Tulane (12-0) 31, Stanford (9-3) 29
First Round Game 3 Florida (10-2) 44, Buffalo (6-7) 0
First Round Game 4 Barrow (12-0) 44, Colorado State (10-2) 18
First Round Game 5 Baylor (12-1) 52, Rice (10-2) 45
First Round Game 6 California (10-2) 31, South Florida (11-1) 24
First Round Game 7 Central Michigan (13-0) 44, Syracuse (9-3) 14
First Round Game 8 Idaho (12-0) 41, Texas (10-2) 13
</font></pre>

[cthomer5000]

oh yeah!! :D Vallery for Heisman!

[ShagVT]

Unbelievable - a game where the defense actually comes up clutch in the 4th quarter. In an FOF game? That was one in a million, Alf.

[3ric]

Wo-hoo, Upset City! Go Hoosiers!

[Alf]

Honestly, I was already preparing the end of season review and I really didn't believe we could win this one. Who's next !

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 17</u></H4></CENTER>

Time Management :
8 D-, 11 Ds. With 4 blocks left, I fear we are going to have a few suspended players next season.

Our final recruit :
Aaron Donohoe, a wide receiver from Peoria High School in Peoria, Illinois

He was the only one left with a scholarship offer. Scouted as 52+, he has decent receiving stats and he is an average student too.

Our Game : #17 Indiana (11-1) (-7) vs #35 Kansas (9-3) on TV4
Might be an easier game than vs USC, but it’s the playoffs guys ! Kansas won the Big12 ! The game is scheduled to have temperatures below 30°F and there are only 11,200 people to see the game…. The funny thing is that the game is played in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. That is the city I renamed to Bordeaux when I played my Bordeaux Red Wine TCY Dynasty in 2001/2002 !

Kansas starts with the ball, but instead of punting they try to convert a 4th down, no way guys ! We, on the contrary are rolling on all cylinders when RB Wittich scores it in : 7-0. They punt this time, and we roll on them again. We score on a QB Vallery pass to TE Jeffries : 14-0. Then, to begin Q2, we sack their QB, force fumble and recover it in their red zone. Backup RB Niklos scores straight away : 21-0. Then backup DB Jarvis makes an INT, but we punt for the first time. We were rolling into their territory when RB Wittich fumbled the ball away, that’s one of his only weaknesses. However, our defense is very active today as we make another interception. They do manage to get into our 10 yards but fail to even attempt a FG before halftime. Strange coaching.

Q3 begins nicely as we manage to have a 1st and goal and their 1 yard line, but Wittich is blocked 3 times and we have to kick a FG : 24-0. Later in Q3, Vallery is intercepted and we have to defend again. Woaw, I never thought they could score, however, they do attempt a 55 yards FG which is good : 24-3. Nevermind, QB Vallery finds WR Hemingway for an 80 yard TD pass : 31-3. In Q4, we make another interception and the game is nearly over. In fact, it is : 31-3. We win !

Game Summary

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Game MVP: INDI 21 Erik Wittich

Indiana 14 7 10 0 - 31
Kansas 0 0 3 0 - 3

Team Statistics INDI KANS

First Downs 22 14

Total Rushes 43 33
Net Rushing Yards 192 37
Yards Per Carry 4.4 1.1
Rushing Yards 211 106
Tckld Loss/Yards 10-19 5-11
Sacked/Yards Lost 0-0 9-58

Pass Attempts 26 31
Completions 13 11
Passing Yards 243 119
Yards Per Attempt 9.3 3.8
Interceptions 1 3
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1

Total Plays 69 64
Total Yards 435 156
Yards Per Play 6.3 2.4

3rd Down Plays 1/10 5/16

Penalties 12 6
Penalty Yards 128 59

Avg. Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 26
Time Of Possession 31:00 29:00
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 30 135 4.5 52 1 10 0
41 Niklos 9 41 4.5 15 1 2 0
29 Rison 3 11 3.6 5 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 26 13 243 9.3 80 2 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
5 Sailer 3 45 15.0 11 19 0
89 Jeffries 3 39 13.0 17 17 1
83 Hemingway 2 91 45.5 7 80 1


Defense Tkl Asst Sack Int IntYd IntTD
78 Jenkins 4 0 2.0 0 0 0
71 Nason 3 0 2.0 0 0 0
52 Whalen 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
34 Jarvis 3 2 0.0 1 0 0
26 Sonnier 3 0 0.0 1 0 0
91 Horoszowski 2 1 2.0 0 0 0
99 Cabrera 2 2 1.0 0 0 0
96 Cox 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
49 Banks 1 1 0.0 1 42 0
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National Scene : Playoffs Round 2

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Second Round Game 1 Idaho (13-0) 24, Army (11-1) 17
Second Round Game 2 Air Force (12-0) 52, Central Michigan (13-1) 24
Second Round Game 3 Barrow (13-0) 43, Boston College (10-2) 14
Second Round Game 4 Florida (11-2) 41, Maryland (9-3) 10
Second Round Game 5 Vanderbilt (13-0) 27, Tulane (12-1) 21
Second Round Game 6 California (11-2) 34, California-Los Angeles (11-1) 28
Second Round Game 7 Indiana (12-1) 31, Kansas (9-4) 3
Second Round Game 8 Wisconsin (12-0) 28, Baylor (12-2) 3
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Up next is Idaho !

[cthomer5000]

hell yeah! Is this the year?!!

[tucker342]

Common, it's only about 5:00 AM in France! We want an update!!! :D

BEAT IDAHO!!!

[Alf]

You'll get one. I have zipped the Word document so I have everything at work too.

[Rich1033]

Congrats! great job this season Alf.

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 18</u></H4></CENTER>

Our Game : #14 Indiana (12-1) vs #2 Idaho (13-0) (-4) on TV3
Finally, we are underdogs. That’s very surprising against a not so big Idaho team. Time to scout them ! They play the single back offense, their QB has 37 TDs for 11 INTs. Thankfully, we run a strong 3-4 defense. They also have the best defense (in points allowed) country wide, but they only faced second tier teams apart from their game vs Army last round.

Both teams punt on their first possession, but we are the first ones to unlock the scoreboard thanks to a QB Vallery pass to WR Sailer :7-0. They punt, and then Vallery throws his usual early interception. It’s then Wittich time until vallery is intercepted another time. Too bad we were in their red zone. After getting the ball back on a punt, we attempt and miss a 41 yard FG… Then with 2:15 left in the first half, CB Buchanan makes a great interception in our end zone while preventing their star WR to score. We try to make a late quick effort but fail to score before halftime.

To start Q3, we drive for 6 plays, 49 yards and another score as we add a FG : 10-0. We then force a punt, but our punt returner Hemingway fumbles the ball away, and they manage to recover. Fortunately, they only score a FG : 10-3. Vallery is intercepted another time, but this time, it is in our territory. LB Whalen saves our ass as he makes a tremendous interception in our end zone, just like Buchanan did in the first half… Q4 starts on a punt battle. With 7:00 left in Q4, no team has been able to score. We manage to run the clock by giving the ball to RB WIttich (hoping he doesn’t fumble it…). They start their final drive on their 14 yard line with 59 seconds left to play and no timeout. There’s hope ! They fail to move and we win the defensive battle 10-3 ! Time to move to the semi finals !!!



Game Summary

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Game MVP: INDI 96 Reggie Cox with 3 sacks

Indiana 7 0 3 0 - 10
Idaho 0 0 3 0 - 3

Team Statistics INDI IDAH

First Downs 17 13

Total Rushes 42 27
Net Rushing Yards 120 1
Yards Per Carry 2.8 0.0
Rushing Yards 151 61
Tckld Loss/Yards 11-25 10-33
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-6 4-27

Pass Attempts 27 33
Completions 14 18
Passing Yards 189 196
Yards Per Attempt 7.0 5.9
Interceptions 3 2
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0

Total Plays 69 60
Total Yards 309 197
Yards Per Play 4.4 3.2

3rd Down Plays 6/17 5/16

Penalties 3 4
Penalty Yards 30 50

Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 35
Time Of Possession 31:04 28:56
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Indiana Stats

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Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 33 92 2.7 19 0 14 0
13 Vallery 4 13 3.2 13 0 0 1

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 27 14 189 7.0 39 1 3

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
48 Kaplan 5 60 12.0 43 21 0
5 Sailer 3 51 17.0 14 39 1

Defense Tkl Asst Sack Int IntYd IntTD
52 Whalen 5 3 0.0 1 0 0
96 Cox 4 0 3.0 0 0 0
91 Horoszowski 4 0 1.0 0 0 0
35 Buchanan 2 0 0.0 1 0 0
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Injuries
We just lost our 2 starting WRs Sailer and Blades for the rest of the season… Damn it, WRs go down so easily !

National Scene : Quarter Finals

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Quarterfinal Game 1 Air Force (13-0) 28, Barrow (13-1) 24
Quarterfinal Game 2 Florida (12-2) 40, Wisconsin (12-1) 33
Quarterfinal Game 3 Indiana (13-1) 10, Idaho (13-1) 3
Quarterfinal Game 4 Vanderbilt (14-0) 21, California (11-3) 14
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Wisconsin is out, we are alone to represent the Big 10 now. We will face #1 BCS wise Vanderbilt next week. That’s a first !

[3ric]

Wo-hoo! Go Hoosiers! Beat Vandy!

Then it's Florida in the finals... :eek:

[Alf]

Not to disappoint you, but Vandy is #1 and has spanked every team they met this season, plus we have our 2 top WRs down with injuries... Unless RB Wittich makes an impressive game I guess we'll probably lose.

[Butter]

Go IU! Vanderbilt, Shmanderbilt... The Hoosiers are going all the way this year, I can feel it!

[MylesKnight]

Alf is a straight up Playa!!

The Hoosiers are in the Semis.. 2 MORE WINS!! 2 MORE WINS!! 2 MORE WINS!!

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 19</u></H4></CENTER>

Our Game : #13 Indiana (13-1) vs #1 Vanderbilt (14-0) (E) on TV2
We face the #1 in the nation and Vegas odds are even. That’s a great confidence boost ! Like Idaho, they play the single back offense and their only weakness is at RB, wherz they have a lousy yards per carry rating. Apart from that, they are tops everywhere else.

Both teams punt for the whole 1st quarter, we are winning the field position battle when Vandy build a superb long drive and opens the score on a TD pass just before the end of Q1 : 0-7. We were beginning to find a nice rhythm (sp?) when Vallery throws his usual interception, and Vanderbilt returns it for a TD : 0-14. Howver, we are not shutout as we manage to score a late Q2 FG : 3-14.

Q3 begins as usual by punts exchanges. Then they start building a nice drive when FS Dorrough makes a great interception and runs 68 yards for a TD : 10-14. Finally, there can be hope today ! Well, 2:48 later, Vandy has scored : 10-21. And they add another one : 10-28. Seems the game is over for us… Vallery scores late in the 4th quarter and also converts the 2 pt attempt : 18-28. But they score another TD pass by their QB Tate : 18-35. Game over. We were not ridiculous, but they are the #1 team in the country !

Game Summary

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Game MVP: VAND 8 Edward Tate (4 TDs, 305 yards)

Indiana 0 3 7 8 - 18
Vanderbilt 7 7 7 14 - 35

Team Statistics INDI VAND

First Downs 16 26

Total Rushes 32 35
Net Rushing Yards 52 94
Yards Per Carry 1.6 2.6
Rushing Yards 98 128
Tckld Loss/Yards 7-21 5-10
Sacked/Yards Lost 4-25 4-24

Pass Attempts 29 31
Completions 13 22
Passing Yards 227 305
Yards Per Attempt 7.8 9.8
Interceptions 2 1
Fumbles/Lost 4/1 1/0

Total Plays 61 66
Total Yards 279 399
Yards Per Play 4.5 6.0

3rd Down Plays 4/12 6/12

Penalties 5 8
Penalty Yards 45 61

Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 34
Time Of Possession 27:52 32:08
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Indiana Stats

<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 25 72 2.8 11 0 7 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
13 Vallery 29 13 227 7.8 33 1 2


Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
83 Hemingway 6 112 18.6 44 32 1
2 Kaplan 3 49 16.3 2 18 0



Defense Tkl Asst Sack Int IntYd IntTD
52 Whalen 10 1 0.0 0 0 0
44 Dorrough 6 2 0.0 1 68 1
91 Horoszowski 3 0 2.0 0 0 0
96 Cox 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
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National Scene : Semi Finals

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Semifinal Game 1 Air Force (14-0) 30, Florida (12-3) 13
Semifinal Game 2 Vanderbilt (15-0) 35, Indiana (13-2) 18
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[Alf]

dola : again, can someone please email-me the information on where to upload the end of season zip file ?

[ShagVT]

The run defense was simply amazing this season. Holding the #2 team in the country to one yard on twenty-seven carries?? That is absolutely insane.

Well done, Alf. Hopefully this run will lead to better recruiting next season.

[Alf]

Thanks ShagVT. I guess I was too concentrated on the football part and really messed up with the recruiting. That's annoying for the long term of this program !

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Week 20</u></H4></CENTER>

National Scene : Championship Game

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Championship Game Vanderbilt (16-0) 49, Air Force (14-1) 14
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We did better than finalist Air Force…

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Top 25</u></H4></CENTER>


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Vanderbilt 16-0 SEC 1.00 2.00 0.00 0.24 3.24 1
Air Force 14-1 MTW 2.25 5.50 1.00 0.96 9.71 2
Idaho 13-1 SBT 5.25 3.50 1.00 2.80 12.55 3
Wisconsin 12-1 B10 7.75 1.00 1.00 3.92 13.67 4
California-Los Angeles 11-1 P10 3.50 9.00 1.00 1.80 15.30 5
Army 11-1 USA 8.75 3.50 1.00 3.72 16.97 6
Boston College 10-2 EST 9.50 7.00 2.00 0.32 18.82 7
Florida 12-3 SEC 8.75 9.50 3.00 0.20 21.45 8
Barrow 13-1 SC8 5.50 12.00 1.00 3.20 21.70 9
Central Michigan 13-1 MAC 8.50 13.50 1.00 1.44 24.44 10
Tulane 12-1 USA 9.75 10.00 1.00 4.76 25.51 11
**Indiana 13-2 B10 6.50 17.50 2.00 0.76 26.76 12
Rice 10-2 WAC 16.00 5.50 2.00 3.88 27.38 13
South Florida 11-1 IND 9.75 14.00 1.00 3.00 27.75 14
Southern California 10-2 P10 15.50 9.50 2.00 3.16 30.16 15
Stanford 9-3 P10 10.75 17.50 3.00 2.44 33.69 16
California 11-3 P10 13.00 20.50 3.00 0.56 37.06 17
Baylor 12-2 B12 19.25 15.00 2.00 3.60 39.85 18
Northwestern 8-3 B10 21.50 15.50 3.00 2.92 42.92 19
Colorado State 10-2 MTW 17.00 23.50 2.00 2.40 44.90 20
Pittsburgh 9-2 EST 16.25 25.50 2.00 3.04 46.79 21
Syracuse 9-3 EST 23.75 20.50 3.00 1.60 48.85 22
Texas 10-2 B12 20.25 24.00 2.00 4.24 50.49 23
Mississippi State 9-3 SEC 25.25 23.00 3.00 2.48 53.73 24
North Carolina State 9-2 ACC 25.00 22.50 2.00 4.68 54.18 25
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#12 BCS wise ! Great finish.

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Yearly Awards</u></H4></CENTER>

Player of the Year
Vandy QB Tate is on the Heisman list, I vote for him He seems to be the best one out of here. He loses by one vote (not mine) against NC State QB Roman Lodde which we faced in week 2 this season. I hate NC State !

League Wide Awards : Senior team

P Bennie Cash (damn, I did not recruit a Punter…)


Big 10 Awards : Top offensive Freshman

FB Ethan Kaplan



Big 10 Awards : 1st team

QB Kurt Vallery
TE Nick Jeffries
WR Chad Hemmingway
OG Warren Huang
P Bennie Cash
ILB Lorenzo Whalen
OLB Robert Jeans
CB Ed Buchanan


Big 10 Awards : 2nd team

RB Eric Wittich
WR Russell Sailer
C Mitchell Godfrey
DE Donnell Horozowski
DE Reggie Cox


Big 10 Awards : academic team

OT Les Carter
P Bennie Cash

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Recruiting Class</u></H4></CENTER>


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Recruiting List, Location View
------------------------------

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank Home Town
$$Marzullo, B.J. QB 5-11 171 FL 199 Port Orange
##Stone, Luther RB 5-10 185 TX --- Houston
##Barker, Jerry FB 6-1 219 TX --- Arlington
##Gillespie, Lee TE 6-2 214 OH --- Holland
##Donohoe, Aaron WR 6-4 189 IL --- Peoria
##Rhodes, Bert WR 5-10 163 NY --- Rochester
$$Vrabel, Kyle C 6-2 252 IL 568 Peoria
##Tornberg, Donnell G 6-4 274 OK --- Idabel
##James, Bryan T 6-5 261 CA --- Fort Bragg
##Bronson, Jesse DE 6-2 226 NY --- Saranac Lake
**Toombs, Vinny DT 6-2 257 NC 209 Charlotte
##Tracey, Donnell ILB 6-1 198 TX --- Hereford
##Gray, Mercury OLB 6-3 215 CO --- Aspen
##Bergmann, Butch CB 5-11 165 NY 914 Tupper Lake
##Kirchhof, Dennis S 5-10 172 PA --- Huntingdon Valley
##Proffitt, Darryl S 6-2 175 MA --- Middleborough

Player High School Reg Ath. Prep
$$Marzullo, B.J. Spruce Creek SE 6
##Stone, Luther Northbrook DS 38
##Barker, Jerry Arlington DS 0
##Gillespie, Lee Springfield GL 10
##Donohoe, Aaron Peoria GL 1
##Rhodes, Bert Arts NE 16
$$Vrabel, Kyle Richwoods GL 4
##Tornberg, Donnell Idabel DS 26
##James, Bryan Fort Bragg SW 1
##Bronson, Jesse Saranac Lake NE 3
**Toombs, Vinny Garinger SE 20
##Tracey, Donnell Hereford DS 4
##Gray, Mercury Aspen SW 9
##Bergmann, Butch Tupper Lake NE 2
##Kirchhof, Dennis Lower Moreland GL 13
##Proffitt, Darryl Middleborough NE 2





Recruiting List, Academic View
------------------------------


Player Pos HT WT ST NRank GPA Test
$$Marzullo, B.J. QB 5-11 171 FL 199 2.99 1092
##Stone, Luther RB 5-10 185 TX --- 3.06 1322
##Barker, Jerry FB 6-1 219 TX --- 2.52 861
##Gillespie, Lee TE 6-2 214 OH --- 3.95 1413
##Rhodes, Bert WR 5-10 163 NY --- 3.71 1349
##Donohoe, Aaron WR 6-4 189 IL --- 2.70 1083
$$Vrabel, Kyle C 6-2 252 IL 568 3.67 1325
##Tornberg, Donnell G 6-4 274 OK --- 3.84 1313
##James, Bryan T 6-5 261 CA --- 3.63 1483
##Bronson, Jesse DE 6-2 226 NY --- 3.26 1017
**Toombs, Vinny DT 6-2 257 NC 209 3.49 1026
##Tracey, Donnell ILB 6-1 198 TX --- 3.25 1309
##Gray, Mercury OLB 6-3 215 CO --- 3.54 1390
##Bergmann, Butch CB 5-11 165 NY 914 3.32 1167
##Kirchhof, Dennis S 5-10 172 PA --- 3.52 1286
##Proffitt, Darryl S 6-2 175 MA --- 3.20 1281

Player Major Status
$$Marzullo, B.J. Geology Committed *
##Stone, Luther Geology Committed *
##Barker, Jerry Social Work Committed *
##Gillespie, Lee Education Committed *
##Rhodes, Bert Jurisprudence Committed *
##Donohoe, Aaron Geology Committed *
$$Vrabel, Kyle Nuclear Engineering Committed *
##Tornberg, Donnell Metallurgy Committed *
##James, Bryan Marketing Committed *
##Bronson, Jesse Social Work Committed *
**Toombs, Vinny Geography Committed *
##Tracey, Donnell Geography Committed *
##Gray, Mercury Economics Committed *
##Bergmann, Butch Geography Committed *
##Kirchhof, Dennis Medicine Committed *
##Proffitt, Darryl French Committed *




Recruiting List, Ranking View
-----------------------------

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
$$Marzullo, B.J. QB 5-11 171 FL 199 25 13 4
##Stone, Luther RB 5-10 185 TX --- --- 99 6
##Barker, Jerry FB 6-1 219 TX --- 62 96 7
##Gillespie, Lee TE 6-2 214 OH --- 86 64 4
##Rhodes, Bert WR 5-10 163 NY --- 87 67 10
##Donohoe, Aaron WR 6-4 189 IL --- --- 79 8
$$Vrabel, Kyle C 6-2 252 IL 568 41 32 6
##Tornberg, Donnell G 6-4 274 OK --- --- 22 3
##James, Bryan T 6-5 261 CA --- 90 --- 14
##Bronson, Jesse DE 6-2 226 NY --- 91 82 7
**Toombs, Vinny DT 6-2 257 NC 209 12 4 1 All-State
##Tracey, Donnell ILB 6-1 198 TX --- 91 --- 7
##Gray, Mercury OLB 6-3 215 CO --- --- 26 1 All-State
##Bergmann, Butch CB 5-11 165 NY 914 62 62 5
##Proffitt, Darryl S 6-2 175 MA --- 67 25 2 All-State
##Kirchhof, Dennis S 5-10 172 PA --- --- --- 4



Recruiting List, Worksheet View
-------------------------------

Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
$$Marzullo, B.J. QB FL 651 781 86
##Stone, Luther RB TX 759 839 80
##Barker, Jerry FB TX 727 752 89
##Gillespie, Lee TE OH 331 227 89
##Rhodes, Bert WR NY 499 544 75
##Donohoe, Aaron WR IL 299 197 96
$$Vrabel, Kyle C IL 299 197 90
##Tornberg, Donnell G OK 611 594 88
##James, Bryan T CA 1219 1998 83
##Bronson, Jesse DE NY 514 737 78
**Toombs, Vinny DT NC 398 422 92
##Tracey, Donnell ILB TX 756 931 80
##Gray, Mercury OLB CO 719 1092 78
##Bergmann, Butch CB NY 510 719 83
##Proffitt, Darryl S MA 591 842 76
##Kirchhof, Dennis S PA 446 615 86

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
$$Marzullo, B.J. 95 2 0 Acad/Dist Committed *
##Stone, Luther 48+ 0 1 Acad/Prest Committed *
##Barker, Jerry 70+ 1 1 Prest/Acad Committed *
##Gillespie, Lee 56- 2 1 Dist/Acad Committed *
##Rhodes, Bert 62+ 1 1 Dist/Acad Committed *
##Donohoe, Aaron 52+ 0 1 Prest*/Acad Committed *
$$Vrabel, Kyle 83-- 1 1 Acad/Prest Committed *
##Tornberg, Donnell 44 1 0 Acad*/Prest Committed *
##James, Bryan 60 1 0 Acad/Dist Committed *
##Bronson, Jesse 62+ 6 1 Dist*/Prest Committed *
**Toombs, Vinny 83+ 1 1 Acad/Dist Committed *
##Tracey, Donnell 52- 0 1 Dist/Acad Committed *
##Gray, Mercury 49 1 0 Acad/Dist Committed *
##Bergmann, Butch 68+ 6 1 Acad/Dist Committed *
##Proffitt, Darryl 66+ 1 1 Dist/Acad Committed *
##Kirchhof, Dennis 52 2 0 Acad/Dist Committed *


Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.
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Quick Analysis :

Area : NW (0), SW (2), MW (0), DS (4), SE (2), GL (4), NE (4), MA (0)
Ranking : 2 Top 200, 2 Top 1000, 12 Unranked
Scouted : 90s (2), 80s (3), 70s (3), 60s (3), 50s (5)

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u> Season Results</u></H4></CENTER>


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
2037 Indiana Schedule

Team Rank: 17
Rival: Purdue
Stadium Capacity: 52,400
Season Tickets Sold: 26,500

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
1 (39) IOWA STATE W, 49-0 33,900 Stormy, 49 TV 5
4 (20) NORTH CAROLINA STATE W, 45-21 37,600 Sunny, 70 TV 1
$$5 ILLINOIS W, 35-7 36,600 Sunny, 57 TV 5
$$6 at Michigan W, 34-3 43,800 Rain, 55
$$7 at Penn State W, 49-10 34,200 Sunny, 46 TV 5
$$8 MINNESOTA W, 33-6 37,600 Rain, 55
$$9 IOWA W, 42-3 41,700 Rain, 41 TV 4
$$10 at Ohio State W, 45-17 69,600 Rain, 46 TV 4
$$11 at (15) Northwestern L, 3-30 52,300 Rain, 51 TV 3
$$13 PURDUE W, 35-7 40,700 Sunny, 47
15 CENTRAL FLORIDA W, 28-18 43,400 Rain, 44 TV 3
**16 vs (9) Southern California W, 31-24 17,400 Sunny, 40 TV 3
**17 vs (35) Kansas W, 31-3 11,200 Sunny, 30 TV 4
**18 vs (4) Idaho W, 10-3 32,300 Sunny, 59 TV 3
**19 vs (2) Vanderbilt L, 18-35 48,900 Stormy, 42 TV 2

Home Games in ALL CAPS
$$-Conference Games, ##-League Championship Games, **-Post-Season Games
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10-1 regular season ! We reached the semis losing to the eventual champion. We were on TV for 13 out of 15 games. The football results were really great.

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Big 10 standings</u></H4></CENTER>


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
The College Years
2037 Season Standings, Big 10

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Wisconsin 12 1 0 .923 596 154 8 0 0 1.000 369 81 Lost 1
**Indiana 13 2 0 .866 488 187 7 1 0 .875 276 83 Lost 1
Northwestern 8 3 0 .727 360 200 6 2 0 .750 244 129 Won 3
Iowa 6 5 0 .545 187 236 5 3 0 .625 150 192 Lost 1
Ohio State 5 6 0 .454 177 331 4 4 0 .500 139 214 Won 1
Penn State 4 7 0 .363 203 276 4 4 0 .500 173 197 Won 1
Michigan State 5 6 0 .454 236 222 3 5 0 .375 161 178 Lost 1
Purdue 3 8 0 .272 167 334 3 5 0 .375 118 251 Lost 1
Minnesota 3 8 0 .272 173 325 3 5 0 .375 120 224 Lost 1
Michigan 1 10 0 .090 141 313 1 7 0 .125 121 205 Lost 3
Illinois 1 10 0 .090 162 296 0 8 0 .000 101 218 Lost 10
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2nd behind Wisconsin. Just ahead of Northwestern (thanks to the fact that we did not play Wisconsin).

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>Team Summary</u></H4></CENTER>


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
The College Years
2037 Summary for Indiana

Record: 13-2
Rank: 17

Indiana Team Rank
Rushes 612 4
Rushing Yards 2232 7
Yards Per Carry 3.64 57
Pass Attempts 430 10
Completions 272 5
Passing Yards 3962 6
Yards Per Attempt 9.21 15
3rd Down Conversions 43.8 17
Points Per Game 32.5 25
Turnovers 33 118
Turnover Margin +4 43 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 453 112
Rushing Yards 906 10
Yards Per Carry 2.00 4
Pass Attempts 446 122
Completions 205 114
Passing Yards 2379 85 (T)
Yards Per Attempt 5.33 9
3rd Down Conversions 25.9 10 (T)
Points Per Game 12.4 7

Primary Formation: Pro Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 49 IAST (39) 0
4 45 NCST (20) 21
5 35 ILLN (112) 7
6 34 at MICH (113) 3
7 49 at PNST (86) 10
8 33 MINN (99) 6
9 42 IOWA (56) 3
10 45 at OHST (67) 17
11 3 at NWST (15) 30
13 35 PURD (103) 7
15 28 CFLA (54) 18
16 31 vs USC (9) 24
17 31 vs KANS (35) 3
18 10 vs IDAH (4) 3
19 18 vs VAND (2) 35

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
13 Vallery QB 413 263 3800 9.20 32 23
Team --- 430 272 3962 9.21 34 24

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
21 Wittich RB 381 1623 4.25 17 111 195
41 Niklos RB 139 639 4.59 5 26 34
13 Vallery QB 51 -101 -1.98 0 34 185
Team --- 612 2232 3.64 24 192 454

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
83 Hemingway WR 87 54 921 17.0 356 11
5 Sailer WR 76 47 800 17.0 317 7
2 Kaplan WR 56 28 413 14.7 127 2
89 Jeffries TE 56 41 570 13.9 275 3
21 Wittich RB 48 32 347 10.8 209 3
86 DeLay TE 23 18 274 15.2 119 2
41 Niklos RB 23 17 151 8.8 104 2
48 Kaplan FB 22 15 175 11.6 99 0
80 Blades WR 19 11 176 16.0 74 2
Team --- 430 272 3962 14.5 1749 34

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
52 Whalen ILB 70 26 3.0 21 4 2
34 Jarvis S 65 25 0.0 13 2 8
53 Jeans OLB 60 21 0.0 12 1 8
58 Fleming ILB 47 15 0.0 11 0 3
35 Buchanan CB 45 13 0.0 8 5 12
44 Dorrough S 45 18 0.0 6 2 6
91 Horoszowski DE 40 7 17.0 21 0 0
99 Cabrera DT 37 16 5.5 12 0 0
49 Banks CB 32 18 0.0 6 2 16
26 Sonnier CB 32 5 0.0 2 4 6
96 Cox DE 31 12 14.0 17 0 1
46 Richardson OLB 23 2 0.0 4 1 2
78 Jenkins DE 18 3 5.5 9 0 0
45 Kitchens CB 18 6 0.0 2 0 3
28 Brignac S 16 8 2.0 6 4 4
33 Drudge S 15 6 0.0 3 0 3
Team --- 756 230 52.0 166 25 76
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[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>New Records</u></H4></CENTER>

Big 10 Season Records

Passing Yards : QB Kurt Vallery – 3,800 (ahead of QB Whalen who had 3,652 in 2030)



Indiana Career Records

Interceptions : CB Ed Buchanan - 19 (ahead of Renes, Cordell, and Hall of famer Oja !)


Indiana Season Records

Pass completions : QB Kurt Valery - 263
Passing Yards : QB Kurt Valery -3,800
Rushing attempts : RB Eric Wittich - 381
Rushing Touchdowns : RB Eric Wittich - 17
Key Run Blocks : C Mitchell Godfrey - 45
Touchdowns scored : RB Eric Wittich - 20
All-purpose Yards : RB Eric Wittich – 1,973


Indiana Season Team Records

Points allowed : 12.4
Total yards allowed : 219.0


Indiana Single Game Records

Rushing attempts : RB Eric Wittich – 38 vs Illinois


Indiana Single Game Team Records

Total Yards allowed : 70 vs Purdue (that’s a great record !)

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>The guys that leave</u></H4></CENTER>


<pre><font face=”courier” size=2>
Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Sailer, Russell 5 WR Sr 78 89
Hemingway, Chad 83 WR Sr 66 78
Kaplan, Earl 2 WR Sr 53 64
Franz, Darren 73 G Sr 62 62
Cash, Bennie 18 P Sr 80 95
Jenkins, Zach 78 DE Sr 39 69
Nason, Rico 71 DT Sr 40 71
Graham, Mo 43 ILB Sr 74 90
Taylor, Seth 93 OLB Sr 42 79
Richardson, Leonard 46 OLB Sr 26 71
Buchanan, Ed 35 CB Sr 65 65
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We are only losing 11 guys to graduation, but most of them (6) were starter and we also lost starting punter Cash (I even forgot to recruit a new punter, and will take the blame…)


WR Sailer was injured every season for us. That’s a shame since he has tremendous abilities. Started 32/37 games for us. Amassed 2459 yards and scored 24 TDs. Big 10 2nd team WR in 2034 and 2037.
WR Emingway started mainly when Sailer was injured… so he started 8 games this season. 2000 yards and 15 TDs is not bad either. Big 10 1st team WR in 2037.
WR Kaplan was at best a WR3 for us. Started 2 games this season as we were badly injured at WR. 700 yards and 3 TDs
OG Franz started 3 years out of 4 (38/48 games). 61 KRBs with 29.7 KRB% over his college career. His weakness was pass blocking as he allowed 21 sacks.
P Cash played only in 2036 & 2037, but will be remembered as our best punter. 39.2 avg in 2037. He was All America Senior team winner, Big 10 1St team and Big 10 academic team in 2037. Congrats !
DE Jenkins was a backup all career long. Too bad as he could have developed into a spectacular pass rusher. He still managed to get 10.5 sacks.
DT Nason was a starter when we played the 43, but we played 34 recently. Nothing exceptional, he still managed 11.5 sacks.
ILB Graham played only 2 full seasons as a starter (recording 50 tackles each of them). Nice red bars, but not very impressive football stats.
OLB Taylor was unlucky because we are loaded at OLB these years and have not suffered too many injuries. He started 5 games this season helping our team defense be one of the best nation wide.
OLB Richardson – see my comments on Taylor
CB Buchanan is the school interception leader (19). Started 38/49 games. Was Big 10 2nd team in 2035 and Big 10 1st team in 2037. Has the perfect size to succeed in the NFL (6-3)

[Alf]

<CENTER><H4><u>End of season file</u></H4></CENTER>

You will find it : here. (http://user.tninet.se/~swi795t/indiana/indi-end-2037.zip). File size is 4.5 Megs. I absolutely wanted to do the upload tonight since I won’t be at home until next Tuesday now.

Good luck MK !

[MylesKnight]

Thanks Alf, I'll download either later this Evening or Tomorrow (Friday) Morning..

Congrats on a Superb 2037 Season!!

There isn't much room for improvement I suppose, and that puts me in the Hot Seat a bit I suppose.. ;)

By the way, anything else I need to know to get started? Can we go over the House Rules, I don't want to commit any violations.. :D

Also, what exactly do I need to do once I download the Dynasty Info? I haven't been a part of any VC before and I don't want to do anything to screw up my UCF Dynasty that I've been going at for some time..

Thanks!!

[tucker342]

Tough loss:(

Semifinals aren't bad at all:):):)

[3ric]

Myles, make a new folder in your TCY directory named "Universe_UCF" or something and move the files from the "universe" folder to the new one.

Then extract the zip file into the empty "universe" folder.

When you are done with the 2038 season and have a zip file of it saved, just move back the UCF files to the "universe" folder.

You cannot rename the "universe" folder, because that will get you an error message complaining about a corrupt installation.

The house rules are easy, and posted on the front page of the TCY Village Challenge web site (http://www.websamba.com/lissvall/indiana/):house rules
-No bribing
-A coach or scout may only be replaced after being employed for 4 years
-No more than one coach or scout may be replaced each year
-No blitzing of the recruits (multiple contacts in the same week, not including scholarship offers)

[MylesKnight]

Alright, everything is good.. Just downloaded the ZIP and moved everything over to the Universe File..

Everything loaded up just fine.. Thanks for the help there 3ric... I'll probably need it again when it comes time Upload after the '38 Season ends.

By the way, I like the Carolina Blue & White color scheme.. Very nice.. :D

I'll be getting underway either later on this evening or tomorrow sometime..

Thanks again!!

GO IU!!

[Alf]

Thanks for you like the colours I use . No one else seemed to use the same...