TCY/FOF 2007: The Interactive Recruit Fantasy Draft

[EagleFan]

That is a working title, will come up with a better one later.

This will be a fantasy draft of Recruits from TCY which will follow them through to their FOF 2007 careers.

It will work similar to fantasy football. Those who participate will draft up their teams and then I will begin running the seasons. I will post updated standings with each week that passes.

I will add more details later tonight but wanted to get the first few posts reserved for more details and to see who wouuld be interested.

[EagleFan]

Background

College

In 22 seasons...
- Northern Illinois has the best overall record of 276-41.
- Florida State has the most playoff wins at 44-20.
- Maryland is the only team that has made the playoffs in all 22 seasons. Florida State just ended their streak the previous season, having made it the first 21 seasons.
- Iowa and Texas have the most titles at 3 each.
- Texas had the longest winning streak having won 42 straight.
- Oklahoma had the longest losing streak having lost 55 consecutive games.
- The last three champions were from Iowa with Iowa winning in 2023 and 2024 and Iowa State winning in 2025.
- LSU, Texas and Iowa have been the only teams to win consecutive titles at some point. Texas had the best run between 2010 and 2013 having won 3 titles in a 4 year span.
- Florida QB Ray Lingen won an incredible 3 consecutive Player of the Year awards from 2011 through 2013. Lingen holds the record for career passing yards at 17,488 and is 2nd in touchdowns at 170.
- Running back Ed Kiser of Northern Illinois scored a record 102 rushing touchdowns in his career, the only player in triple digits. He holds the record for any touchdown scored with 117.


Pro

in 16 seasons...
- The Patriots have the best overall record 175-79-2 and have 13 playoff appearances; the Lions have the worst at 84-169-3 and have yet to make the playoffs.
- The Dolphins have the most playoff wins and are 16-8 in the post season; the Chiefs are 0-6.
- The Dolphins have made 5 Super Bowl appearances, the Eagles have made 4.
- The Dolphins, Eagles, Patriots, Jaguars and Packers have each won 2 championships.
- The Bengals are the defending champions entering the 2026 season.
- Chicago QB Everett Cobb has been Player of the Year 5 times and is the all-time touchdown passes leader with 328.
- Recently retired QB Oscar May is the career passing yards leader with 58,224 yards. In his 16 seasons he missed just 4 games.
- Recently retired RB Johnnie Chalmers is the all-time leader with 11,300 rushing yards. He spent 9 seasons with the Chiefs before one season as a backup with the Seahawks.
- RB Wes Newsome is the all-time rushing TD leader with 84, he spent 9 seasons with the Packers before signing this offseason with the Lions.
- Receiver Darrin Hoffer is the all-time leader with 1291 receptions, receiving yards with 17,882, yards from scrimmage with 17,989 and all-purpose yards with 20,013; In 13 seasons with the Raiders he missed just 3 games.
- Receiver Eric Shults is the all-time receiving touchdown leader with 122; He split time with the Jets, Eagles, Bears and Titans.

[EagleFan]

Rules

Draft

The recruit draft will be held in thread.

The draft order will be randomly selected and will be serpentine.

After the 8th round the order will be randomly selected again and the remainder of the draft will use that order (though serpentine which will reverse every round).

"Teams" will consist of the required positions listed below.

Draft picks may be a specific player (listed by position in the top recruits section) or you may roll the dice and select a player that is not on the top recruits list. That selection may be made in the following manners: "The highest available (position)." or a more specific "The highest available (position) from (state)."


Game Setup

For TCY the Solecismic 8 is in New Jersey. I am the coach of Atlantic City but everything is automated. The playoff system is used.

For FOF 2007 I started with a fictional league. I run the Eagles, but everything is set to be automated (I only wish the real Eagles had that kind of success).


Team Makeup

QB - 1
RB - 2
FB - 1
WR - 2
TE - 1
OL - 2
P - 1
K - 1
DT - 1
DE - 1
LB - 2
CB - 1
S - 1


Scoring

Offensive Points
Rushing Yard 0.05
Receiving Yard 0.05
Passing Yard 0.01
Rushing TD 4
Receiving TD 4
Passing TD 2
Reception 0.1
Fumble -1
Interception -1
Key Run Block 1
Pancake 1
Sack Allowed -1
2 Point Conversion Caught 1
2 Point Conversion Rush 1
2 Point Conversion Pass 0.5

Defensive Points
Tackle 0.2
Sack 1
Tackle for Loss 1
Interception 1
Pass Defensed 1
Forced Fumble 1
Recovered Fumble 1
Defensive TD 4
Assisted Tackle 0.1
Safety 1

Special Teams
Punt Return Yard 0.05
Kick Return Yard 0.05
Special Teams TD 4
Fumble -1
FG 3
XP 1
Missed XP -3
Missed FG -1
Punt Yards 0.05
Blocked Kick -1
Punt Inside 20 2

General
College Game Played 1
Pro Game Played 1.5
College Game Won, Played 0.2
Pro Game Won, Played 0.3
College Playoff Win 2
Pro Playoff Win 1
College National Championship 5
Super Bowl Win 5

College Awards
All-Conference Team 1
Conference Academic 1
Player of the Year 10

Pro Awards
1st Team All Pro 2
2nd Team All Pro 1
Rookie of Year 5
Player of the Year 5
Season MVP 10
Super Bowl MVP 10

Draft
#1 Pick 10
1st Round (from pick 2 on) 7
2nd Round 6
3rd Round 5
4th Round 4
5th Round 3
6th Round 2
7th Round 1
Mr. Irrelevant (last pick of the draft) 5

[EagleFan]

Player List

Recruits




Draft Order

Rounds 1, 3, 5 & 7
1. CrimsonFox
2. Autumn
3. DavidCorperial
4. ntndeacon
5. collegesportsfanms
6. PurdueBrad
7. Coffee Warlord
8. kingfc22

Rounds 2, 4, 6 & 8
1. kingfc22
2. Coffee Warlord
3. PurdueBrad
4. collegesportsfanms
5. ntndeacon
6. DavidCorperial
7. Autumn
8. CrimsonFox

Rounds 9, 11, 13, 15 & 17
1. ntndeacon
2. CrimsonFox
3. DavidCorperial
4. collegesportsfanms
5. Coffee Warlord
6. kingfc22
7. Autumn
8. PurdueBrad

Rounds 10, 12, 14 & 16
1. PurdueBrad
2. Autumn
3. kingfc22
4. Coffee Warlord
5. collegesportsfan
6. DavidCorperial
7. CrimsonFox
8. ntndeacon

[EagleFan]

Signup List

1) Autumn
2) CrimsonFox
3) PurdueBrad
4) DavidCorperial
5) Coffee Warlord
6) ntndeacon
7) kingfc22
8) collegesportsfanms

[Autumn]

Sounds cool, I'm in.

[CrimsonFox]

sure. are these players all fictional? I assume we'll get stats and stuff?

in

[CrimsonFox]

(vote autumn)

[PurdueBrad]

I'm in too.

[EagleFan]

As of Post 9:

Autumn 1 - CrimsonFox (8)

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

sure. are these players all fictional? I assume we'll get stats and stuff?

in

Yes, entirely fictional universe. It will start with the 2026 season for recruiting.

I have already started putting together a list of the recruits (Names, where the are from, size, ranking, biggest strength, biggest weakness and test score).

[DavidCorperial]

If we don't need a copy of the game, I'm in.

[Autumn]

Cool, CF already drafted me, recognizing that I'm the best talent on the list so far ...

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by DavidCorperial

If we don't need a copy of the game, I'm in.

Nope, don't need to own a copy. Will be a draft in thread and then I'll sim through until the last one retires with updates along the way. The interactive part is pretty much over once the draft is complete, from there it is sit back and watch them develop (hopefully).

(watch, not one gets drafted and it's over after they finish college)

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Autumn

Cool, CF already drafted me, recognizing that I'm the best talent on the list so far ...

I've always suspected that CF had a man-crush on you...

[EagleFan]

Working on getting the spread-sheet published with top prospects at each position.

[Coffee Warlord]

Like the idea. I'm in.

[EagleFan]

The recruit list has been finished and linked.

The list includes the top 10 per position (per number or players drafted per team; ie: 1 QB per team so 10 recuits listed, 2 RB per team so top 20 RB's listed).

[EagleFan]

Looking for 3 more, if we only get two more I will jump in but would rather run it and not be in it so there is no question.

[ntndeacon]

I will jump in . we always need someone in last place

[kingfc22]

I'm in if you have room

[sterlingice]

I'd be out of my league with participating in the draft but I'll watch. Maybe if it were "Pick 5 and hope to get lucky" but a whole draft requires actual FOF/TCY skill and knowledge

SI

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I'd be out of my league with participating in the draft but I'll watch. Maybe if it were "Pick 5 and hope to get lucky" but a whole draft requires actual FOF/TCY skill and knowledge

SI

It really doesn't take any FOF/TCY knowledge to be honest. Pretty much a random chance that the recruits you pick end up turning into something.

Chances are that a few of them should end up playing pro (not always easy to see TCY success for a player turn into pro success).

Since we'll be looking at the top recruits from their positions most should have a decent shot a having a good college career (though injuries and some flops will happen).

[EagleFan]

Once we get the 8th person I will randomly select the draft order and we can start up the draft.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

I've always suspected that CF had a man-crush on you...

yes that's why i always vote for him. Trying to get him to notice me. *sniff*

[collegesportsfanms]

sounds interesting, I'm willing to give it a try if there is room

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I'd be out of my league with participating in the draft but I'll watch. Maybe if it were "Pick 5 and hope to get lucky" but a whole draft requires actual FOF/TCY skill and knowledge

SI

And you think WE know what we're doing? I don't even know where any of these colleges are. (even the ones named after their states. THAT's how dumb i am. GET IT!?)

[EagleFan]

I will get the order posted this evening and the draft can begin at that point.

[EagleFan]

The draft order has been posted (See Post 4).


CrimsonFox is on the clock.


Please let me know if there are any questions.

[Coffee Warlord]

As a somewhat humorous scoring bonus...I'm pushing for a 3-5 point bonus if one of your guys is Mr Irrelevant.

[CrimsonFox]

what's "Test score" mean?

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

what's "Test score" mean?

SAT's basically.

Under 1000 may indicate a potential acedemic issue down the line for a player. The lower you go their is a chance that the player may not even get into college (well, maybe Miami if it were real life ).

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

As a somewhat humorous scoring bonus...I'm pushing for a 3-5 point bonus if one of your guys is Mr Irrelevant.

I like this idea. I am going to add a onus for that.

[CrimsonFox]

so so we don't really have any football related basis for picking other than strengths and weaknesses? or am i missing something.

(edit) I just saw the "rank" column....does the system think they are better in rank order?

[CrimsonFox]

And we're ONLY picking people from your spreadsheet right?

SOrry for all the questions. But this is different than I'm used to. WIth the first pick I don't wanna mess it up and have something pointed out to me later.

[EagleFan]

No worries.

It's pretty much a crapshoot to be honest. These are the top 10 (or 20) rated recruits from each set of positions. The rank is their overall recruit rank nationally (the number 1 recruit is the top recruit regardless of position).

I was going to post the "high school stats" but they are pretty random and meaningless to be honest (and would take a while to put together for no real gain).

[EagleFan]

Also, You can pick from off the spreadsheet but that is a total gamble. In the post where I mention the draft rules I mention how you can pick someone that is not on the spreadsheet.

[collegesportsfanms]

Just a couple questions. You say we get 1 quarterback a piece, but there seem to be 20 listed on the spreadsheet, why is that? Just curious.

Also, as far as making our picks, do we have a certain amount of time once we are on the clock? Reason I ask is because I will not be here most of the night. I usually try to check in on these boards a few times a day, but I just don't want to keep everybody waiting if its my turn to pick and I don't happen to get back on tonight, or tomorrow or whatever.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Also, You can pick from off the spreadsheet but that is a total gamble. In the post where I mention the draft rules I mention how you can pick someone that is not on the spreadsheet.

now i'm more confused. there are people in the draft that are not on the draft list?

And so this isn't a team then that we're managing? We're just getting points for their progress wherever they are? (if they are anywhere)

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by collegesportsfanms

Just a couple questions. You say we get 1 quarterback a piece, but there seem to be 20 listed on the spreadsheet, why is that? Just curious.

Also, as far as making our picks, do we have a certain amount of time once we are on the clock? Reason I ask is because I will not be here most of the night. I usually try to check in on these boards a few times a day, but I just don't want to keep everybody waiting if its my turn to pick and I don't happen to get back on tonight, or tomorrow or whatever.

QB's were the first group I put together. Then I realized that it really made no sense to go with that many since it's pretty much a crap shoot so I cut it back to 10 per number on a team for each position set.

No worries about the time. No time deadline.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

now i'm more confused. there are people in the draft that are not on the draft list?

And so this isn't a team then that we're managing? We're just getting points for their progress wherever they are? (if they are anywhere)

Correct.

[Coffee Warlord]

CW's Summary of How This Works As I Understand It.

We are drafting a team. We are done after that. EF sims seasons, we watch our guys rack up points, or in my guess, fail miserably. Runs until EF gets bored, or all our guys are out of the league.

Draft: You may either pick a guy on the list, or say 'best available (position)'. That's it. Rinse, repeat.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

CW's Summary of How This Works As I Understand It.

We are drafting a team. We are done after that. EF sims seasons, we watch our guys rack up points, or in my guess, fail miserably. Runs until EF gets bored, or all our guys are out of the league.

Draft: You may either pick a guy on the list, or say 'best available (position)'. That's it. Rinse, repeat.

Yep, that would be it.

[Autumn]

Come on CF, pick your man. ;-)

[CrimsonFox]

was gone all night. I guess there's nothing to do except say

Best RB

[Autumn]

Don't rush for me. But do make your pick ;-)

[Autumn]

All right, with the #2 pick, Autumn selects ...

Shannon Byette, QB from Manti, Utah!

[DavidCorperial]

With the #3 pick, David Corperial takes ...

Dale Manley, 6'1" 252lb DT from Houston, TX.

[ntndeacon]

With the #4 pick , ntndeacon takes...

Kris Steinbach, 6'1" 214 lb LB from Alma, Nebraska

[EagleFan]

Updated the teams and recruit lists.

collegesportsfanms is up.