San Jose State-The Spartan Chronicles

[tgray649]

SJSU Recruiting Week 14
Commits
QB Joseph Laughlin ***(301) North Pole High School (North Pole, Ak) Exceptional strength, great smarts and accuracy, could be a future starter.
QB Edward Long ***(1134) Sierra Vista High (Baldwin Park, Ca) Great arm, average accuracy, average smarts, will need a red shirt year.
RB Adam Rowe ***(624) Abraham Lincoln High (San Francisco, Ca) Fine strength and speed, excellent hands, could be a great haul.
WR Ted Maldanado ***(921) Fremont High (Plain City, Ut) Very smart, great hands, good blocker...excellent commit.
DE Richard Salcido ***(613) Mt Madonna High (Gilroy, Ca) Strong bull rushing end, great find.
LB David Rash ***(582) Strong, agile, smart and chose us over UCLA.
K Charles Garrett ***(1102) American High (Fremont, Ca) Clutch kicker, nice snag away from WAC foes SDSU and Fresno.

Offered 16/0
FB Mark Berlin ***(1184) 98 Interest (None) not very smart, probably career backup.
TE Karl McNair ***(773) 22 Interest (None) same as SS???
T Sergio Cupp ***(936) 35 Interest (None)
T Edward Brubaker ***(893) 61 Interest (BYU) hope he isn't Mormon
G Gerald Carlson ***(881) 98 Interest (None) looks promising
C Dave Valle ***(959) 73 Interest (None) need to get him in the fold.
C Joe Lemieux ***(974) 59 Interest (BYU, Oklahoma St) interest down, now I know why.
DT Chris Bowens ***(1477) got to find a DT.
DE Mark Peacock ***(911) good luck
LB Austin Dean ***(617) 27 interest (USC,UCLA, Stanford) here come the big boys.
LB Glen Colby ***(1265) to replace the inevitable Dean loss.
CB Fred Kelley ****(231) 25 Interest (Auburn) not likely.
CB William Nelson ***(1159) 81 (San Diego St) third choice but not horrible.
SS Ronald West ***(937) 16 Interest (None) one of these guys will have to sign with me, right???
FS Lyn Wall ***(610) 11 Interest(None) not very smart.
FS Ruben Phipps ***(966) 55 Interest

Lost
FB David Maguire ***(568) C. Florida
G Christopher Young ***(1031) San Diego St
T Rick Pugh ***(661) California
T Eddie Shade ***(772) Ole Miss
T Matthew Luna ***(827) Central Florida-Long shot
T Martin Miller ***(987) Arizona
TE Arthur Holloway ****(181) Florida St
TE Robert Dennis ***(728) Tulane
TE Peter Youngblood ***(735) Oklahoma-Sooner offer was to great for him to leave home.
TE James Brown ***(749) Louisville-another reach
DE Ike Davis ***(851) Houston-didn't want to get to far from home.
DE Lance English ***(914) Fresno-been recruiting him since week 1
DT Gerald Herndon ***(559) South Carolina
DT Alexander Hartman ***(826) Fresno St
DT David Buxton ***(1021) San Diego St
CB Steven Cheek ***(861) California
SS William Armstead ***(929) Nebraska
SS William Dunn ***(955) San Diego St
FS Bruce Fisher ****(275) Texas Tech
FS Phillip Gibbs ***(691) Mississippi St
FS Marco Groves ***(948) Oregon

National Top 10
1. Richard Johnson CB Booker T. Washington (Miami, Fl) Signed Florida
2. Derrick Burroughs SS Siegel High (Murfreesboro, Tn) South Car, LSU, Ohio St, Bama, Auburn
3. George Adams RB Souhegan Coop High (Amherst, NH) Signed Florida St.
4. Bruce Smith DE Blaine High (Blaine, Mn) Signed Florida St.
5. Jerry Gray FS Mt. Lebanon High (Pittsburgh, Pa) Signed Clemson
6. Trevor Matich C Talihina High (Talihina, Ok) Signed South Carolina
7. Issiac Holt FS Brooklyn Studio Secondary (Brooklyn, NY) Signed Mississippi St
8. Lomas Brown T Urbandale High (Urbandale, Ia) Michigan St, Oklahoma
9. Randall Cunningham QB Mount Vernon High (Alexandria, Va) Michgan St, Ohio St, South Carolina, Michigan
10.William Perry DT McCallum HS (Austin, Tx) Oklahoma, LSU

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by tgray649

SJSU Recruiting Week 14
Commits
QB Joseph Laughlin ***(301) North Pole High School (North Pole, Ak) Exceptional strength, great smarts and accuracy, could be a future starter.

National Top 10
1. Richard Johnson CB Booker T. Washington (Miami, Fl) Signed Florida
2. Derrick Burroughs SS Siegel High (Murfreesboro, Tn) South Car, LSU, Ohio St, Bama, Auburn
3. George Adams RB Souhegan Coop High (Amherst, NH) Signed Florida St.
4. Bruce Smith DE Blaine High (Blaine, Mn) Signed Florida St.
5. Jerry Gray FS Mt. Lebanon High (Pittsburgh, Pa) Signed Clemson
6. Trevor Matich C Talihina High (Talihina, Ok) Signed South Carolina
7. Issiac Holt FS Brooklyn Studio Secondary (Brooklyn, NY) Signed Mississippi St
8. Lomas Brown T Urbandale High (Urbandale, Ia) Michigan St, Oklahoma
9. Randall Cunningham QB Mount Vernon High (Alexandria, Va) Michgan St, Ohio St, South Carolina, Michigan
10.William Perry DT McCallum HS (Austin, Tx) Oklahoma, LSU

Real solid commit at QB and what are the odds that the game actually produces a center named Trevor Matich?

[tgray649]

I gave the top 10 recruits real names, just thought it would be neat to see where these recruits end up. Check out the Fridge as number ten in the nation.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by tgray649

I gave the top 10 recruits real names, just thought it would be neat to see where these recruits end up. Check out the Fridge as number ten in the nation.

LOL, I didn't even notice the rest of them, Matich just jumped out at me. nice touch!

[tgray649]

SJSU Recruiting Week 15
Commits
QB Joseph Laughlin ***(301) North Pole High School (North Pole, Ak) Exceptional strength, great smarts and accuracy, could be a future starter.
LB David Rash ***(582) Chaparral High (El Cajon, Ca) Strong, agile, smart and chose us over UCLA.
DE Richard Salcido ***(613) Mt Madonna High (Gilroy, Ca) Strong bull rushing end, great find.
RB Adam Rowe ***(624) Abraham Lincoln High (San Francisco, Ca) Fine strength and speed, excellent hands, could be a great haul.
TE Karl McNair ***(773) Josefa Velez Bauza (Penuelas, PR) Very smart with great hands.
G Gerald Carlson ***(881) Sup. Casiano Cepeda (Rio Grande, PR) Unique strength and intelligence.
WR Ted Maldanado ***(921) Fremont High (Plain City, Ut) Very smart, great hands, good blocker...excellent commit.
T Sergio Cupp ***(936) Mesa Valley (Mesa, Ca) Workout fanatic.
C Dave Valle ***(959) LaSalle High School (St Ignace, Mi)
K Charles Garrett ***(1102) American High (Fremont, Ca) Clutch kicker, nice snag away from WAC foes SDSU and Fresno.
QB Edward Long ***(1134) Sierra Vista High (Baldwin Park, Ca) Great arm, average accuracy, average smarts, will need a red shirt year.
CB Steven Renfro ***(1402) Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta, Ca)
FB Mark Wild ***(1704) Lakeridge High School (Lake Oswego, Or) not a good run blocker but can pass block.

Offered 8/2
RB Julio McCall ***(1273)
T Donald Lopez ***(1629) 94 Interest
C Manny Ledbetter ***(679)
DT Joseph Wilson ***(1358)
DT Vincent Wagner ***(1377)
DT Clark Howell ***(1588) 47 Interest
FS Scott Kaufman ***(1481)
FS Guy Colby ***(1552)
SS John Nunez ***(1611)

Lost
FB David Maguire ***(568) C. Florida
FB Mark Berlin ***(1184) Baylor-turns out he is a Baptist
C Joe Lemieux ***(974) Oklahoma St-went after him the whole cycle
G Christopher Young ***(1031) San Diego St
G William Cochrane ***(1419) Washington St-getting back at us for Garrett
T Rick Pugh ***(661) California
T Eddie Shade ***(772) Ole Miss
T Matthew Luna ***(827) Central Florida
T Edward Brubaker ***(893) Brigham Young
T Martin Miller ***(987) Arizona
TE Arthur Holloway ****(181) Florida St
TE Robert Dennis ***(728) Tulane
TE Peter Youngblood ***(735) Oklahoma
TE James Brown ***(749) Louisville
TE Joe Krauss ***(1206) Washington-Huskies swoop in and grab him.
DE Ike Davis ***(851) Houston
DE Mark Peacock ***(911) Oregon St
DE Lance English ***(914) Fresno
DE Chris Thomas ***(1449) Mississippi St-have fun in Starkville
DT Gerald Herndon ***(559) South Carolina
DT Alexander Hartman ***(826) Fresno St
DT David Buxton ***(1021) San Diego St
DT Chris Bowens ***(1477) Oklahoma-damn vultures
LB Austin Dean ***(617) USC
LB Glen Colby ***(1265) Oregon St-late to the party on him
CB Fred Kelley ****(231) Auburn-so much for my Alaska Pipeline
CB Steven Cheek ***(861) California
CB William Nelson ***(1159) San Diego St
SS William Armstead ***(929) Nebraska
SS Ronald West ***(937) Oklahoma
SS William Dunn ***(955) San Diego St
FS Bruce Fisher ****(275) Texas Tech
FS Lyn Wall ***(610) South Carolina
FS Phillip Gibbs ***(691) Mississippi St
FS Marco Groves ***(948) Oregon
FS Ruben Phipps ***(966) Florida
FS James Cobb ***(1464) Michigan St-well, he will be a Spartan, just the wrong kind!
FS Chan Williams ***(1536) USC-really Trojans, I will destroy you!

[tgray649]

Top 10 Week 16-Championship Week
SUN S. Miss 35 Charlotte 31
MAC Eastern Michigan 44 Akron 17
MTN W Boise St 51 Fresno St 10
AAC Cinncinnati 59 Houston 10
ACC Florida St 14 Miami 9
SEC Florida 65 Texas A&M 59 3OT
PAC 12 UCLA 35 Oregon 32
Big 10 Wisconsin 41 Ohio St 35

SJSU Recruiting Week 16/Bowl Recruiting
Commits
QB Joseph Laughlin ***(301) North Pole High School (North Pole, Ak) Exceptional strength, great smarts and accuracy, could be a future starter.
C Chris Armstrong ***(389)
LB David Rash ***(582) Chaparral High (El Cajon, Ca) Strong, agile, smart and chose us over UCLA.
DE Richard Salcido ***(613) Mt Madonna High (Gilroy, Ca) Strong bull rushing end, great find.
RB Adam Rowe ***(624) Abraham Lincoln High (San Francisco, Ca) Fine strength and speed, excellent hands, could be a great haul.
C Manny Ledbetter ***(679)
TE Karl McNair ***(773) Josefa Velez Bauza (Penuelas, PR) Very smart with great hands.
G Gerald Carlson ***(881) Sup. Casiano Cepeda (Rio Grande, PR) Unique strength and intelligence.
WR Ted Maldanado ***(921) Fremont High (Plain City, Ut) Very smart, great hands, good blocker...excellent commit.
T Sergio Cupp ***(936) Mesa Valley (Mesa, Ca) Workout fanatic.
C Dave Valle ***(959) LaSalle High School (St Ignace, Mi)
K Charles Garrett ***(1102) American High (Fremont, Ca) Clutch kicker, nice snag away from WAC foes SDSU and Fresno.
QB Edward Long ***(1134) Sierra Vista High (Baldwin Park, Ca) Great arm, average accuracy, average smarts, will need a red shirt year.
DE Wendell Reeves ***(1223)
RB Julio McCall ***(1273)
DT Joseph Wilson ***(1358)
DT Vincent Wagner ***(1377)
CB Steven Renfro ***(1402) Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta, Ca)
FS Guy Colby ***(1552)
DT Clark Howell ***(1588)
SS John Nunez ***(1611)
FB Mark Wild ***(1704) Lakeridge High School (Lake Oswego, Or) not a good run blocker but can pass block.

Lost
TE Arthur Holloway ****(181) Florida St
CB Fred Kelley ****(231) Auburn
FS Bruce Fisher ****(275) Texas Tech
DT Gerald Herndon ***(559) South Carolina
FB David Maguire ***(568) C. Florida
FS Lyn Wall ***(610) South Carolina
LB Austin Dean ***(617) USC
T Rick Pugh ***(661) California
FS Phillip Gibbs ***(691) Mississippi St
TE Robert Dennis ***(728) Tulane
TE Peter Youngblood ***(735) Oklahoma
T Eddie Shade ***(772) Ole Miss
TE James Brown ***(749) Louisville
DT Alexander Hartman ***(826) Fresno St
T Matthew Luna ***(827) Central Florida
DE Ike Davis ***(851) Houston
CB Steven Cheek ***(861) California
T Edward Brubaker ***(893) Brigham Young
DE Mark Peacock ***(911) Oregon St
DE Lance English ***(914) Fresno
SS William Armstead ***(929) Nebraska
SS Ronald West ***(937) Oklahoma
FS Marco Groves ***(948) Oregon
SS William Dunn ***(955) San Diego St
FS Ruben Phipps ***(966) Florida
C Joe Lemieux ***(974) Oklahoma St
T Martin Miller ***(987) Arizona
DT David Buxton ***(1021) San Diego St
G Christopher Young ***(1031) San Diego St
CB William Nelson ***(1159) San Diego St
FB Mark Berlin ***(1184) Baylor
TE Joe Krauss ***(1206) Washington
LB Glen Colby ***(1265) Oregon St
G William Cochrane ***(1419) Washington St
DE Chris Thomas ***(1449) Mississippi St
FS James Cobb ***(1464) Michigan St
DT Chris Bowens ***(1477) Oklahoma
FS Scott Kaufman ***(1481) Michigan
FS Chan Williams ***(1536) USC
T Donald Lopez ***(1629) Michigan

National Top 10
1. Richard Johnson CB Booker T. Washington (Miami, Fl) Signed Florida
2. Derrick Burroughs SS Siegel High (Murfreesboro, Tn) Clemson
3. George Adams RB Souhegan Coop High (Amherst, NH) Signed Florida St.
4. Bruce Smith DE Blaine High (Blaine, Mn) Signed Florida St.
5. Jerry Gray FS Mt. Lebanon High (Pittsburgh, Pa) Signed Clemson
6. Trevor Matich C Talihina High (Talihina, Ok) Signed South Carolina
7. Issiac Holt FS Brooklyn Studio Secondary (Brooklyn, NY) Signed Mississippi St
8. Lomas Brown T Urbandale High (Urbandale, Ia) Signed Michigan
9. Randall Cunningham QB Mount Vernon High (Alexandria, Va) Michgan St
10.William Perry DT McCallum HS (Austin, Tx) Signed LSU

[tgray649]

1980 Bowl Games
Las Vegas Bowl
San Jose vs North Texas
San Jose goes bowling!!! We start the game off with a Dennis Mayfield one yard touchdown run...and only manage six points the rest of the game. Our defense isn't even operating on Sun Belt championship caliber, let alone Power 5 caliber. Ferguson is a very unspectacular 22/40 212 yards, Mayfield manages a paltry 76 yards and we give up over 450 yards on defense...not our best day.
North Texas 35 San Jose 14

Sugar Bowl
#11 South Carolina 13 #15 Florida 16 OT

Peach Bowl
#7 Alabama 30 #23 Miami 19

Fiesta Bowl
#10 Cincinnati 32 #5 Oregon 42

Outback Bowl
#21 Oklahoma St 20 #9 Ohio St 47

Orange Bowl
#18 UCLA 31 #22 Texas 28

Holiday Bowl
#23 Baylor 21 #15 Notre Dame 49

National Semi-Final Rose Bowl
#4 Nebraska 27 #1 Wisconsin 48

National Semi-Final Cotton Bowl
#3 Oklahoma 37 #2 Florida St 27

National Championship-New Orleans Louisiana
#3 Oklahoma #1 Wisconsin

Terrific back and forth game, Wisconsin was up 21-10 in the 2nd quarter but OU battled back to go up 27-21 in the 4th. Wisconsin took the field on their own 4 yard line with six minutes left and Robert Johnson ran in from six yards with less than two minutes left to give Wisconsin the title 28-27.

[tgray649]

1980 San Jose All Conference Members
FB Rodger Brooks
G Timothy Carrillo
DT James Meyers

1980 San Jose All American Team
FB Rodger Brooks

Final Top 25
1 Wisconsin Badgers 15-0
2 Florida St Seminoles 12-2
3 Oklahoma Sooners 11-3
4 Oregon Ducks 13-1
5 Nebraska Cornhuskers 10-3
6 Mississippi St Bulldogs 10-3
7 Alabama Crimson Tide 10-3
8 Ohio St Buckeyes 11-3
9 Florida Gators 10-4
10 Brigham Young Cougars 12-1
11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 11-2
12 Michigan St Spartans 9-4
13 Texas Tech Red Raiders 10-3
14 UCLA Bruins 11-3
15 USC Trojans 9-4
16 South Carolina Gamecocks 9-4
17 Ole Miss Rebels 9-4
18 Cincinnati Bearcats 11-3
19 Oklahoma State Cowboys 9-4
20 LSU Tigers 8-5
21 Oregon State Beavers 10-3
22 Auburn Tigers 8-5
23 Texas A&M Aggies 9-5
24 Georgia Bulldogs 8-5
25 Clemson Tigers 9-4

OU sneaks into the top 4 without playing in a conference championship game, that will be something to watch for in this dynasty. Big 10 lands three teams in the top 10, eight SEC teams in the top 25. San Jose finishes 6-7 and the board will look for improvement next year. San Jose is 8th in passing rating in the Mountain West, 10th in rushing yards, 9th in sacks and 12th in interceptions.

[tgray649]

1980 Top 10 Recruiting Classes
1 Clemson Tigers
2 Stanford Cardinal
3 Cincinnati Bearcats
4 Virginia Tech Hokies
5 Louisville Cardinals
6 Ohio St Buckeyes
7 Baylor Bears
8 Maryland Terrapins
9 LSU Tigers
10 SMU Mustangs

[IlliniCub]

Off Topic but overall how are you feeling about the game? I'm growing tired with Bowl Bound these days and wanting a new college sim but kind of wondering how this holds up in comparison?

[tgray649]

I'm enjoying it. The recruiting mode is in depth and can be maddening at times but is much better than bowl bound in my opinion. Game play can be long winded but overall I am enjoying the game, I would recommend it.

[tgray649]

1981 Depth Chart-Offense
Quarterback
#15 Scot Mann SR(R) spot starter last year, will step into the role this year.
#14 Joseph Laughlin FR #301 recruit will get his shot if Mann fails.
#9 Carmelo Garner SO(R) no statistics in the game so far.

Halfback
#3 Dennis Mayfield SR(R) 1292 rushing yards last year, will anchor the backfield.
#38 Frank Wilson JR (R) will back up Mayfield and return kicks, fastest player on team.
#46 Gary Elrod SR (R) 3rd down/short yardage specialist.
#20 Walter Upchurch SR cannon fodder.

Fullback
#44 Mark Wild FR true freshman who boomed during camp.
#7 Richard Kraft JR (R) could be a long yardage fullback.

Wide Receiver
#82 Deangelo Underwood SO deep threat speed receiver.
#83 Brent Lopes SO(R) possession guy.
#6 Phillip Valentin So(R) slot receiver.
#86 Darryl Breaux SR good receiver eclipsed by the underclassman.
#4 Clarence Anderson JR if he gets in we are in trouble.

Tight End
#82 Edward Grubb SR(R) clutch receiver, best hands on the team.
#85 Karl McNair FR this kid should be a stud.
#87 Preston Moreno FR(R) great blocker, not much of a receiver.
#81 Donald Tom JR will come in and block in a pinch.

Offensive Line
#75 Willie Lira JR(R) #71 Lane Chow JR-Lira is a punishing run blocker but needs to improve in the passing game.
#61 Timothy Carrillo SR #72 Charles Hamel SR-Carrillo is strong in the run, not as much in the pass.
#50 Chris Armstrong FR #57 Marcelino Gannon-Armstrong is the best blocker on our team.
#64 Claude Horton JR #77 Weston Hitt FR(R)-Horton is a team captain, great run blocker.
#73 Howard Link SR(R) #78 Robert Alexander-Link competes with Armstrong for best blocker.