Go Fight Win! - A UNLV Rebels TCY/FOF Dynasty

[Izulde]

Okay, after the excruciating headache that was the restrictive UW-La Crosse dynasty, I've decided to drop that one and start a UNLV dynasty. Higher prestige school and conference without being overly so in either case, plus we get some bowl tie-ins, although for some reason the Mountain West #1 isn't listed, but Mountain West #2-4 are.

As most of you know, I'm taking the Rebels because I'm going there for the MFA in Creative Writing program in the fall. And can I just say, I hope to heck Coach Hauck brings back the names on the back of the jerseys. The previous coach, may he burn in uncomfortable places for the remainder of his days, stupidly took the names off and to me, nameless jerseys look ugly.

Come to think of it, there's a lot of Vegas Things That Used To Be That Aren't Anymore:
1. Names on back of football jerseys
2. Wet n Wild waterpark
3. MGM theme park
4. UNLV Delta Sigma Phi chapter

I miss all four of those things, but it is what it is.

There will be no recruiting restrictions in this dynasty. That ruined a lot of the fun for me in the UW-La Crosse dynasty but I couldn't change it midstream. I felt too committed to the precedent I'd set.

Oh wait. There will still be a couple recruiting restrictions.

1. All Nevada recruits will be fair game, because of that school to the North.
2. The one red and zero black from UW-L dynasty will still apply to out of state.

I think that will still keep some of the recruiting challenge intact without ruining the fun.

Not that this matters to anyone, but I made graphical changes. Grey background, scarlet text in most places, but for the lists and the roster screen, it's all white. Quite a change going from the two-tone setup I had in previous dynasties to all white, but it looks a lot cleaner. It looks especially clean in the recruiting screen, which should cut down on the number of headaches I used to get.

But enough rambling. You want to hear about the dynasty itself.

The standard roster breakdown:

McHenry, Mercury        9    QB   Jr*   22                40                  
Odom, Nick              14   QB   So*   11                47                  
Garner, T.J.            15   QB*  So*   6                 49                  
Webster, James          6    QB*  Fr    10                24 

Young crop of signal-callers. McHenry is far and away the best of these guys, both now and in the future. Interestingly enough, McHenry and Odom are both from Silverado High School here in Vegas and played right after each other in high school. It's my hope that Odom never becomes a starter, though.

Blufer, Les             25   RB   Sr*   30                45                  
Montgomery, Joseph      41   RB   Jr    37                44                  
Jackson, Nolan          39   RB   Jr    29                29                  
Wolfe, Jared            28   RB   So*   13                40                  
Singleton, J.J.         20   RB*  Jr    20                20  

Montgomery is the clear-cut #1 back. We'll need to do some recruiting in this area, as none of these guys are worth redshirting in my opinion, and I don't want a trainwreck next year with so many senior tailbacks.

Carello, Tommy          26   FB   Fr    18                35                  
Lynch, Arnie            48   FB   Sr*   45                55                  
Fulton, Isaac           22   FB   Jr    25                38 

I think I'm going to go with a fullback offense in this dynasty. The inability of my singleback RBs at UW-L to do much ticked me off, so I think going with the traditional I-formation will help. Especially since we've decent players here. Carello will redshirt if I can help it.

Tatum, Harris           98   TE   Sr*   23                30                  
Sweeney, Marty          88   TE   Sr    28                28                  
Compton, Pete           80   TE*  Fr    8                 19                  
Branch, Cole            89   TE*  So    19                22  

I'll probably start Sweeney, as he's the best blocker of the bunch. Compton has some upside as a blocker, but that's about it. He'll still get redshirted Overall, a poor group.

Stevenson, Shane        85   WR   So    26                26                  
Hedgepeth, Mike         82   WR   Sr    46                46                  
Lyons, Irv              7    WR   Fr    18                33                  
Kaufmann, Bill          5    WR   So*   20                45                  
Sibley, Quinn           84   WR   Sr    38                57                  
Sanford, Jamie          83   WR   Fr    13                41                  
Hammond, Marco          86   WR*  Fr    21                21   

Not a great crop of receivers here. Hedgepeth will start and then it's a tossup between a bunch of different guys for the other spot. I'll probably go with Sibley and have Kaufmann and his scads of green as the #3 WR, Lyons the #4 man.

Kelly, Jim              54   C    Fr    0                 50                  
Goodfellow, Louis       51   C    So*   16                45  

Heh. Jim Kelly. Okay, only two guys on the roster, so I *have* start him. It's too funny not to. Now if only there's a Dan Marino and a John Elway somewhere...

James, Victor           73   G    Sr    32                50                  
Bui, Doug               78   G    Sr*   37                54                  
Becker, Tony            68   G    Jr    19                34                  
Bradford, Doug          64   G    Fr    9                 28                  
Browning, Timothy       74   G*   So*   8                 62  

James on the right, Becker on the left. Bui loses out due to low endurance.

Hickman, Deion          69   T    Sr*   26                26                  
Humphries, Lance        63   T    Sr*   19                38                  
Linquist, Neil          67   T    Sr*   40                57                  
Levine, Hardy           77   T*   So*   13                42                  
Brent, Marc             66   T*   Fr    15                52      

Linquist is the lone good tackle we have. Thankfully he's here for two more seasons. Hickman's probably going to line up on the left side, because Linquist is a natural RT.

Fausel, Mickey          17   P    Sr    39                57                  
Carpenter, O.J.         8    P    Fr    28                52                  
Bryant, Justin          3    P    Jr    47                47                  
Donaldson, Gino         18   K    Jr    47                48                  
Wuagneux, Darren        1    K    Jr    64                64                  
Shumway, Hunter         13   K    Sr    59                64  

Really? 6 scholarship spots on feetmen? Carpenter redshirts and it'll be Bryant and Wuagneux, the latter of whom wins thanks to his booming leg. I'll buy us some time at kicker by redshirting Donaldson, who should be close to as good as Wuagneux.

Offensive Recruiting Needs
All areas of O-line
TE
RB

We could use more young blood at WR, too. Taking a QB, K, or P would be sheer luxury, but I have an obsession with collecting QBs, so I'll probably go get one in any case.

Feeling a little tired, so I'll do defense later.

[Izulde]

The defense:

Hall, B.J.              96   DE   Jr    39                39                  
Sievers, Vincent        94   DE   So    27                41                  
Gipson, Tim             90   DE   So*   11                43                  
Cortez, Shane           99   DE*  Jr*   15                24                  
Gunn, Alonzo            79   DE*  Fr    7                 31   

Hall and Sievers, who has sexy looking green bars, are the starters. Not much here overall, though.

Hoover, Donny           93   DT   So*   13                46                  
Bishop, Colin           70   DT*  Fr    5                 17                  
Chizmar, Wes            76   DT*  Jr*   15                26                  
Fafinski, Brad          71   DT*  Fr    12                45   

The game's forcing me into a 3-4, I see, even though I prefer a 4-3. Walk-on Fafinski intrigues and gets a redshirt. Hoover starts.

McGillicuddy, Dexter    57   ILB  Fr    3                 25                  
Gulley, Benjamin        52   ILB  Sr    17                35                  
Zereoue, Cornelius      91   ILB  So*   2                 31                  
Shonek, Omar            92   ILB  Sr    20                30                  
Turnbull, Adrian        49   ILB* Fr    12                40                  
Ziegler, Jerome         59   OLB  Sr    34                34                  
Aguayo, Julio           53   OLB  Sr*   22                22                  
Motoori, Tommie         58   OLB  Sr    36                53                  
Stidham, Glenn          97   OLB  Sr    25                25                  
Heise, Marco            56   OLB  So    27                62  

Ziegler-Shonek-Gulley-Stidham or Motoori. Heise gets a redshirt and should be a future stud.

Vaughn, Toby            35   CB   So    31                61                  
Watkins, Junior         36   CB   So    39                57                  
Hoffman, Jimmie         33   CB   Sr    44                50                  
Conley, Barry           21   CB*  Fr    7                 49                  
Buchanan, Jimmy         27   CB*  Fr    4                 27 

Watkins and Hoffman, with Conley getting a redshirt. We're doing okay here, though more depth would help.

Hutton, Reggie          47   S    Sr    36                36                  
Alexander, Corey        42   S    Sr    54                59                  
Franken, Bryce          31   S    So    30                34                  
Reddy, Wesley           45   S    Fr    19                35  

The two seniors start and yeah. Critical need.

Recruiting Needs - Defense
Everywhere but CB

I'm not going to list the guys we go after, because it gets rather tedious. I'll only note when we sign guys and when we get into bidding wars with the school up north.

We'll definitely hit Nevada hard, because I want to own our state.

There's a scrubby DE who loves us, and we're thin enough there that he may get a scholarship.

Week 2
Oh, I'll also mention that we're in a bidding war with Arkansas for DE Brenden Hutton. Sorry, Hogs, but the boy is mine.

UNLV @ #11 Tennessee (-15) (ESPN2)
Heh. Nothing like a nationally televised game against the Volunteers to open the season.

1Q: 08:39 TENN - Roman Drake 2 pass from Jackie Houston.
1Q: 08:39 TENN - Kent Ola extra point.
1Q: 01:02 TENN - Roman Drake 1 pass from Jackie Houston.
1Q: 01:02 TENN - Kent Ola extra point.
2Q: 12:26 TENN - Chad Wolf 31 pass from Jackie Houston.
2Q: 12:26 TENN - Kent Ola extra point.
2Q: 08:57 TENN - Jim Marschalk 7 pass from Jackie Houston.
2Q: 08:57 TENN - Kent Ola extra point.
3Q: 09:05 TENN - Joel Bryant 2 run.
3Q: 09:05 TENN - Kent Ola extra point.
3Q: 04:22 TENN - Neil Bowens 36 pass from Tom Crowninshield.
3Q: 04:22 TENN - Kent Ola extra point.
3Q: 03:05 TENN - Zach Picchietti 59 punt return.
3Q: 03:05 TENN - Kent Ola extra point.
4Q: 10:08 TENN - Tommy Dresow 3 pass from Tom Crowninshield.
4Q: 10:08 TENN - Kent Ola extra point.
4Q: 04:37 TENN - Kent Ola 40 field goal.
4Q: 01:20 TENN - Leroy Thompson 0 fumble return.
4Q: 01:20 TENN - Kent Ola extra point.

Game MVP: TENN 14 Jackie Houston

UNLV	0	0	0	0	-	0
Tennessee	14	14	21	17	-	66

Gee this is looking awfully familiar. Everybody stunk.

Week 3
UNLV (0-1) @ #15 Wisconsin (1-0) (-9)
Okay, seriously. Can I kick the crap out of our AD? What gave him the bright idea to schedule Tennessee and my home state Badgers back to back? Another buttkicking awaits.

1Q: 06:59 UNLV - Darren Wuagneux 44 field goal.
2Q: 10:37 WISC - Kendall DiCosomo 11 run.
2Q: 10:37 WISC - Jessie Firth extra point.
2Q: 00:28 WISC - Jessie Firth 21 field goal.
3Q: 02:31 WISC - Frank Lenihan 8 pass from Roman Hoover.
3Q: 02:31 WISC - Jessie Firth extra point.
4Q: 11:55 WISC - Ron Brannon 14 pass from Roman Hoover.
4Q: 11:55 WISC - Jessie Firth extra point.
4Q: 02:25 WISC - Sherman Owens 13 run.
4Q: 02:25 WISC - Jessie Firth extra point.

Game MVP: WISC 20 Kendall DiCosomo

UNLV	3	0	0	0	-	3
Wisconsin	0	10	7	14	-	31

On the bright side, we scored. S Corey Alexander racked up 11 tackles, 2 TFL and 2 assists and DE B.J. Hall got 1.5 sacks with 4 tackles (2 TFL) and 3 assists.

Okay, pause time. To be honest, I really don't like TCY's box scores. Too much scrolling and searching for full player names and positions involved compared to FOF2K7's and well, virtually every other text sim out there.

More suggestions to add if TCY2 ever comes out, I suppose.