RFL II, 2010: Offseason Cuts - Deadline Monday (11/29) at 11 p.m. EST

[Kodos]

Week 6

A couple more human teams move into the top 25 this week. Michigan at Michigan State is our only head-to-head game for humans.

#13 Nebraska (3-1) at #1 Ohio State (5-0)
#6 USC (4-0) at #12 Florida State (4-0)
#24 Michigan State (4-0) at #17 Michigan (4-1)
Illinois (1-2) at #23 Penn State (3-2)
#25 Missouri (4-0) at UL Lafayette (1-3)
Washington (3-0) at UCLA (4-0)
Minnesota (2-3) at Wisconsin (3-2)

[Kodos]

When is good for you, Balldog? I'm usually available after 10 EST, if I know in advance.

[cmp]

Another good win, this time 42-7 over Illinois. I really wish I had gotten some practice games in before those first two cause I know things would have been different.

Royster ran the ball 28 times for 188 yards in 3 quarters.

We had 19 recruits visiting today so a good win was needed.

[Balldog]

Originally Posted by Kodos

When is good for you, Balldog? I'm usually available after 10 EST, if I know in advance.

Thursday night?

[Kodos]

Thurday night sounds good. 10ish?

[Balldog]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Thurday night sounds good. 10ish?

10 is fine

[Kodos]

ACCCK! I forgot that Thursday is the NFL opener... Does another night work at all for you?

[Balldog]

Originally Posted by Kodos

ACCCK! I forgot that Thursday is the NFL opener... Does another night work at all for you?

I could do 9pm tonight or Friday/Sunday night after 9pm?

Sorry, don't want to stay up real late tonight. Kids haven't slept very well for the last week.

[Kodos]

Probably Friday night after 9 works the best. Maybe 9:30?

[SirFozzie]

If I didn't know better, I'd swear that the comeback code was in full effect (up 21-0 after three, they scored, when we were going for a clinching score, we mysteriously fumbled, etcetera)

But our defense holds Nebraska to a FG on their OT possession, and a sneak on 4th and goal inches away from Pryor gives us a 27-24 OT win.

[Eaglesfan27]

I thought FSU was going to be a problem for us, but they fumbled the opening kickoff. We scored quickly. Then, we held them to 3 and out. We scored quickly. Then, Ponder threw a pick 6. We were up 21-0 within 3 minutes of the start of the game. We were up 35-0 by the very early part of the 2nd quarter. We let up a bit and they got made it 38-14 at the half. Pulled our starters in the 3rd, but still kept scoring as Dillon Baxter had another highlight run (75 yard TD with multiple broken tackles) that I have uploaded to the server. We win 59-28 with 14 points coming in the 4th vs our subs.

[Kodos]

Welp, that was an ass-kicking. I don't think I ever stopped one of MSU's drives when they were trying. On the other hand, I could do little on offense, except for turning it over. I was actually pretty good at that.

Good game, Balldog. I'm clearly not in your league. Good luck the rest of the way.

[Kodos]

Week 6

Two human head-to-head games in Week 7. Good luck!

#1 Ohio State (6-0) at Wisconsin (4-2)
UCLA (4-1) at #2 Florida (5-0)
Kansas (3-3) at #4 USC (5-0)
#9 Texas (4-1) at Washington (4-1)
Illinois (1-3) at #15 Michigan State (5-0)
#21 Missouri (5-0) at Texas Tech (5-1)
Iowa (3-2) at #25 Michigan (4-2)

[Eaglesfan27]

Hey Mike,

What is the best time for you? I've got a fairly good range of flexibility but would prefer either Tues or Weds afternoon or evening (not too late.) Otherwise, I can play Friday if you want after work. I should be available all day Saturday too except during the time USC is playing.

[Grammaticus]

SirFozzie, when do you want to play? The best for me would be late tomorrow (Mon.) night or Tuesday night. I'm on a trip Wed. through Fri. So the next chance would be Saturday.

[SirFozzie]

Tommorrow night would be best, I work 2-10 Tuesday.

[Balldog]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Welp, that was an ass-kicking. I don't think I ever stopped one of MSU's drives when they were trying. On the other hand, I could do little on offense, except for turning it over. I was actually pretty good at that.

Good game, Balldog. I'm clearly not in your league. Good luck the rest of the way.

Thanks, good game. Good luck to you too, that was probably one of the hardest hitting games I've witnessed...seemed like quite a few injuries. Hope you didn't think I was trying to run up the score late in the first half, I just thought if I scored there it was over since I was getting the ball first in the 2nd half.

As for our Week 7 game, we survived an upset bid from Illinois but hold on to win 24-14. We trailed 14-10 midway through the third. Cousins was out of sync but the running game pushed us through. Uploaded some nice highlights, one being a key 4th down stop and another huge hit by Jones.

Hopefully we get some recruits to sign after that one, we had at least 12 players visiting. Including two that were soft verbals to Illinois.

[tramel321]

any openings in this league? anyone wants to play sometime add me up gamertag earleastwood

[Bigsmooth]

Yo Cartman, bring it. I'm available a lot, lemme know what works for you.

[SirFozzie]

That was an ass-kicking, and unfortunately, it was our booty meeting boot.

I think the screen play where Pryor threw it five yards over the RB's head summed it up.

We didn't do anything right.

GG man.

[Kodos]

Not easy to compete against these younger guys, is it?

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Balldog

Hope you didn't think I was trying to run up the score late in the first half, I just thought if I scored there it was over since I was getting the ball first in the 2nd half.

Nah. No running it up. You were just finishing things off early.

I hope next time I can give you a better game. I'd like to think it was just a bad outing for me, and that I'd usually put up a better fight. Didn't get a lot of breaks last night.

[SirFozzie]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Not easy to compete against these younger guys, is it?

Heh.

I had an idea for a crazy league though, while I was getting my ass kicked. The Armed Forces Dynasty.

Three players, Navy, Army, Air Foorce

[Balldog]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Heh.

I had an idea for a crazy league though, while I was getting my ass kicked. The Armed Forces Dynasty.

Three players, Navy, Army, Air Foorce

That is one I'd like. I'd be interested in setting that one up if 31 isn't too young.

[Grammaticus]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

That was an ass-kicking, and unfortunately, it was our booty meeting boot.

I think the screen play where Pryor threw it five yards over the RB's head summed it up.

We didn't do anything right.

GG man.

Good Game, I think your right the breaks were one sided on that one. I only had maybe one wild pass and that is the first time I have not fumbled in a game. It is tough when you don't get anything to help shift momentum. It looks like the mighty Ohio State recriting machine is rolling on though. Good luck down the stretch.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Bigsmooth

Yo Cartman, bring it. I'm available a lot, lemme know what works for you.

I've sent a couple of PMs, but haven't heard back from you. I'm heading out of town Saturday morning, so tomorrow night (after 8pm your time) or Friday night (after 4pm your time) work for me.

[SirFozzie]

Originally Posted by Balldog

That is one I'd like. I'd be interested in setting that one up if 31 isn't too young.

Do it. I got dibs on Navy

[Kodos]

We had a thriller against Iowa this week. Check out the highlights.

[Bigsmooth]

Originally Posted by cartman

I've sent a couple of PMs, but haven't heard back from you. I'm heading out of town Saturday morning, so tomorrow night (after 8pm your time) or Friday night (after 4pm your time) work for me.

PM'd you. Yeah, tomorrow (Thursday) after 8 works for me.

[kcchief19]

Well, I'm not quite sure how that happened. Down 21-7 to in the first quarter, we proceeded to score the last 42 points of the game and put away Texas Tech. We scored 21 points in the last 54 seconds of the first half when we scored, forced a quick 3-and-out, hit a big pass play to score with 3 seconds left, then forced a fumble on the kickoff and returned for a TD.

Somehow we piled up 13 sacks, with Jacquies Smith picking up 7 of them to bump his season total to 16. Never had a game like this where the sacks piled up like that.

[cartman]

AWESOME GAME! That was a blast, Bigsmooth. Thought it was gonna be an offensive shootout based on how the game started, but our defenses really were the stars of this game. Luckily for me, I was able to get a couple more turnovers, and close the game out with the safety. Was able to leave Seattle with a 23-14 win. I thought I had the game in the bag when I knocked Locker out of the game in the 3rd quarter, but your backup came in pulled you back into the game.

[cartman]

But on the down side, I'm out my first (Tre Newton) and second (Fozzy Whittaker) string running backs for the next 4 weeks.

[Bigsmooth]

Originally Posted by cartman

AWESOME GAME! That was a blast, Bigsmooth. Thought it was gonna be an offensive shootout based on how the game started, but our defenses really were the stars of this game. Luckily for me, I was able to get a couple more turnovers, and close the game out with the safety. Was able to leave Seattle with a 23-14 win.

Great win Cartman. I thought for sure we had your number after the quick start but there just wasn't any room in the running game for us to keep drives going. Check out that 1st Locker INT on replay if you can. Pretty cool, looks like your Dlineman tipped it straight into the air and it was just a jump ball after that. Haven't seen that before. Either that or it was a glitch goddammit...heh. Good luck the rest of the way.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Bigsmooth

Great win Cartman. I thought for sure we had your number after the quick start but there just wasn't any room in the running game for us to keep drives going. Check out that 1st Locker INT on replay if you can. Pretty cool, looks like your Dlineman tipped it straight into the air and it was just a jump ball after that. Haven't seen that before. Either that or it was a glitch goddammit...heh. Good luck the rest of the way.

Yeah, that was pretty cool. I know it is painful, but I also liked the hi-lo my guys did on Locker to cause a fumble when you were driving for a score.

[Eaglesfan27]

Kansas with a strong running attack gave USC all we could handle today in the coliseum as Barkley had an uncharacteristically erratic day. They went up 21-20 with 1:27 left, but Dillon Baxter, who got his first start, had 2 big runs to get us set up for a quick TD run by Baxter. Then, Galippo got a pick 6 with 13 seconds left for the final margin of 33-21.

Baxter was the player of the game with 20 carries for 222 yards and 2 TD's. He has incredible elusiveness.

Edit to add: Oh yeah, we are all set to advance

[Kodos]

Week 8

Washington at Missouri is our only human vs. human game in Week 8. Good luck!

Texas A&M (4-2) at #1 Florida (6-0)
Texas Tech (5-2) at #2 USC (6-0)
Washington State (3-4) at #6 Texas (5-1)
#7 Michigan State (6-0) at Notre Dame (5-1)
Purdue (3-3) at #9 Ohio State (6-1)
#20 Penn State (4-2) at Minnesota (3-4)
#21 Wisconsin (5-2) at Iowa (3-3)
Washington (4-2) at #15 Missouri (6-0)

[kcchief19]

Bigsmooth, what's your availability look like? I have time late Sunday afternoon and evening, then I'm out until at least Thursday. So I guess I'm saying Sunday night and Thursday night are my only free times. Either work for you?

[SirFozzie]

41-20 win. Thank god Herron took the kick back for the score to tie things at 10, I was beginning to get unpleasant flashbacks.

[Bigsmooth]

Originally Posted by kcchief19

Bigsmooth, what's your availability look like? I have time late Sunday afternoon and evening, then I'm out until at least Thursday. So I guess I'm saying Sunday night and Thursday night are my only free times. Either work for you?

Hey. Thursday night works great for me. Anytime after 6PM PST. Let me know.

[kcchief19]

Originally Posted by Bigsmooth

Hey. Thursday night works great for me. Anytime after 6PM PST. Let me know.

Works for me. I'll be around starting at 8c/6p and well go from there.

[cmp]

I'm hoping to get my game in tonight. I tried playing earlier and lost my connection. I'm going to try and play after the MNF is done.

[Balldog]

Five Notre Dame turnovers make for an easy win for the Spartans, 37-19. Crist threw the ball 59 times and I think he ended up on his back 52 times. He did manage over 400 yards though. Greg Jones had 12 tackles and 2 fumble recoveries. I'm going to miss him, he set the tone early with tackles on the first 5 plays of the game.

[cartman]

I'm gonna be bumping right up against the deadline to get my game in. I was supposed to head home on Monday, but I'm not going to be heading home until Thursday night.

[Kodos]

No problem. If we need to extend a day or something, we will.

[Eaglesfan27]

Texas Tech's offense gave us a huge scare in the 1st half, but we managed to get a pick 6 and a few stops in the 2nd half and pulled away for a 55-34 win. Baxter had another great game including an untouched 41 yard TD in the 2nd quarter that I uploaded video of.

[cartman]

I'll get the game in late tonight.

[Kodos]

Week 9

Welcome to Week 9!

=============== #1 Florida Gators (7-0) ===============


Last week, Florida won 37-3 against Texas A&M (4-3).
This week, the Gators travel to Pullman to face the Washington State Cougars (3-5).

In recruiting news, the following Florida targets have announced their decisions:
- (****) WR Alex Carter has committed to USF
- (****) QB Nate Jackson has committed to Florida
- (*****) WR Derrick Arnold has committed to Texas
- (*****) HB Brandon McKinney has committed to Penn State
- (*****) DT Lance Butler has committed to LSU

=============== #2 USC Trojans (7-0) ===============


Last week, USC won 55-34 against Texas Tech (5-3).
This week, the Trojans travel to Norman to face the #16 Oklahoma Sooners (5-2).

In recruiting news, the following USC targets have announced their decisions:
- (****) DT Terrence Stuckey has committed to TCU
- (****) CB Jack Ramirez has committed to Georgia Tech
- (****) DT Mike Odom has committed to Michigan
- (****) SS Charlie Cook has committed to Notre Dame
- (****) DT Robert Moore has committed to Penn State
- (*****) WR Derrick Arnold has committed to Texas
- (***) LOLB Chris Mack has committed to Arizona State
- (*****) DT Lance Butler has committed to LSU

=============== #3 Michigan State Spartans (7-0) ===============


Last week, Michigan State won 37-19 against Notre Dame (5-2).
This week, the Spartans travel to Iowa City to face the Iowa Hawkeyes (3-4).

In recruiting news, the following Michigan State targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) WR Jeremy Logan has committed to Michigan State
- (***) SS Justin Hudson has committed to Michigan State

=============== #5 Texas Longhorns (6-1) ===============


Last week, Texas won 28-6 against Washington State (3-5).
This week, the Longhorns will host Kansas (4-4).

In recruiting news, the following Texas targets have announced their decisions:
- (*****) LE Jon Ernst has committed to Florida State
- (****) RT John Davis has committed to Texas
- (****) FS Marcus Caldwell has committed to Texas
- (****) WR Eric Sowell has committed to Tennessee
- (*****) WR Derrick Arnold has committed to Texas

=============== #6 Ohio State Buckeyes (7-1) ===============


Last week, Ohio State won 41-20 against Purdue (3-4).
This week, the Buckeyes travel to Minneapolis to face the Minnesota Golden Gophers (3-5).

In recruiting news, the following Ohio State targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) QB Seth Jackson has committed to Miami University
- (*****) HB Brandon McKinney has committed to Penn State
- (*****) WR Tim Wright has committed to West Virginia
- (****) HB Clayton Hickman has committed to Ohio State

=============== #17 Penn State Nittany Lions (5-2) ===============


Last week, Penn State won 42-7 against Minnesota (3-5).
This week, the Nittany Lions will host #25 Michigan (5-2).

In recruiting news, the following Penn State targets have announced their decisions:
- (****) CB Jack Ramirez has committed to Georgia Tech
- (****) DT Robert Moore has committed to Penn State
- (*****) HB Brandon McKinney has committed to Penn State
- (*****) WR Derrick Arnold has committed to Texas

=============== #18 Wisconsin Badgers (6-2) ===============

Last week, Wisconsin won 52-35 against Iowa (3-4).
This week, the Badgers are idle.

In recruiting news, the following Wisconsin targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) HB Wendell Levine has committed to Wisconsin
- (****) ROLB Ryan Tucker has committed to Clemson
- (****) RE Kyle Lowery has committed to Iowa


=============== #21 Missouri Tigers (6-1) ===============


Last week, Missouri lost 52-42 against Washington (5-2).
This week, the Tigers travel to Pasadena to face the UCLA Bruins (4-3).

In recruiting news, the following Missouri targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) LOLB Chris Mack has committed to Arizona State
- (****) FS Barrett Capps has committed to Georgia Tech
- (***) SS Ricky Smith has committed to Minnesota
- (**) MLB Leonard Lyles has committed to Kansas

=============== #25 Michigan Wolverines (5-2) ===============


Last week the Wolverines were idle.
This week, the Wolverines travel to University Park to face the #17 Penn State Nittany Lions (5-2).

In recruiting news, the following Michigan targets have announced their decisions:
- (****) DT Mike Odom has committed to Michigan

=============== Washington Huskies (5-2) ===============


Last week, Washington won 52-42 against Missouri (6-1).
This week, the Huskies will host #20 Florida State (5-2).

In recruiting news, the following Washington targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) RE Jovan Howard has committed to Colorado
- (***) HB Wade Swain has committed to Hawai'i
- (***) LT Josh Clayton has committed to UCLA

[Kodos]

cmp - When is good for our game? I'm fairly flexible. Available most nights after 10 pm EST.

[cmp]

Originally Posted by Kodos

cmp - When is good for our game? I'm fairly flexible. Available most nights after 10 pm EST.

Available around 11 EST tonight?

[Grammaticus]

I'm hoping I will be fine to meet the deadline. I'm having problems with my internet service at home. It has been spotty all week, then went down Wednesday night. The cable rep is coming out Saturday morning to take a look at it.