NOFL: Week 1 Has Started! Deadline is Saturday (8/16) at 11:59 PM

Eaglesfan27 · 08-10-2008, 12:45 AM

The title says it all. Let's play some football.

kingnebwsu · 08-10-2008, 01:16 AM

Finally! I checked a few hours ago and it wasn't ready, and now it is! Hopefully we can all finish in less than a week so we can get this going faster than planned

Raiders Army · 08-10-2008, 09:54 AM

Played this morning and won 56-7. It sucked so bad because I threw an interception with my backup QB with 53 seconds to go and they ran it back for the TD.

Also in a way it's easier to recruit for Army than it is for OSU. Let's get this week done!

SirFozzie · 08-10-2008, 10:09 AM

48-31

Galaxy · 08-10-2008, 12:28 PM

No highlights?

Raiders Army · 08-10-2008, 01:00 PM

I thought about putting up highlights, but did not do so for two reasons:

1. Primarily, I don't know how to and I believe I no longer have access to the email or password for which I signed up on EA Sports' service.

2. I don't want you guys to "scout" me out that way.

Eaglesfan27 · 08-10-2008, 01:23 PM

We start off with rivalry game in our 1st week. It's raining heavily in Oregon, so we'll go with our ground game a lot this week if we can. Oregon is ranked 23rd in the polls, but their overall talent rating is only 81. Definitely, a winnable game for us.

Recap:

Kempt is struggling early and almost threw a pick on his first pass.

Our 4th play Locker with a great (clean) pitch to Hasty who goes 34 yards for the score. Up 7-0 with just over 4 minutes to go in the quarter. The next drive Locker with an option keeper where he breaks a tackle and jukes another man for a 30 yard TD run. Up 14-0 with 2:40 to go in the 1st. Locker throws a pick on our next drive.

On our next drive, Locker hits Broyles for a 34 yard completion and finishes it with a 16 yard TD scramble. Locker throws his 2nd pick at the end of the half as he tried to force a deep ball to get within FG range.

Washington is up 21-0 at the half as they have kept it on the ground mostly and we have stuffed them all game long.

A bad throw on our first drive of the 2nd half forces a punt as we fail to convert 3rd and 4.

Oregon finally starts throwing and puts together a good drive, but we stop them outside the 30. They miss the long FG. We are leading 21-0 at the end of 3. Locker throws his 3rd pick to end our drive. He's running well, he's throwing check downs well, but the long ball has not been good to him.

A QB sneak gets them a TD with just under 2 minutes to go. 21-7. After recovering the onside kick, we just run out the clock.

Locker was the player of the game despite the 3 interceptions. He completed 22 of 30 passes for 223 yards but 0 TD's.

He was also our leading rusher with 10 carries for 73 yards and 2 TD's. Hasty had 14 carries for 57 yards and a TD. Kravitz, our star FB was injured in the 2nd quarter but he had 4 carries for 21 yards before he left.

Our defense didn't force any picks, but we sacked their QB 5 times. Cameron Elisara, our best DT had 3 sacks this game (I controlled a DE the whole time.)

While 21-7 isn't as big as I was hoping, I can't complain against a rival in a hostile crowd. It doesn't get much easier as we host BYU next week. They are 20th in the polls.

Raiders Army · 08-10-2008, 01:53 PM

Nice. 73 yards nd 2 TDs. I can guess that some plays broke down and he ran for it.

Eaglesfan27 · 08-10-2008, 02:11 PM

I think 3 of his runs were on broken plays. I ran a lot of option plays, but still couldn't get the rushing game going with Hasty (except for that one long run.)

BigDPW · 08-10-2008, 02:34 PM

I am going to try and get my game off versus South Carolina tonight... I have played that game a bunch offline in play now and my offline dynasties (practice) and have only won once so we will need a little help...

Galaxy · 08-10-2008, 02:55 PM

What a wild and wacky game at Louisiana Tech. The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs almost pulled off an upset by scoring two defensive turnovers and nearly a game-winning drive at the end. Both our field goal kickers missed two attempts each in the first half.

On the final play of the first half, we give up the lead, 7-0.
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We managed to take advantage of the defense in the third quarter to put us up 14-10 on a 73-yard bomb:
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Louisiana Tech forces a turnover just inside their 50 and runs it back for a touchdown, making it 17-14 early in the 4th quarter.

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We strike with about four minutes left with halfback Anthony Dixon scoring on a screen from 22 yards out.

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Louisiana Tech drives, down 21-17, in the final minute of the fourth quarter. Inside our 20, with around 19 seconds left, we end the game.
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Sun Tzu · 08-10-2008, 03:20 PM

looks like it was a hell of a game Galaxy. gj on the win

SirFozzie · 08-10-2008, 03:53 PM

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No highlights?

Nope, did it while falling asleep, and exited out when I shouldn't have

kingnebwsu · 08-10-2008, 07:02 PM

Kentucky beat Louisville in a hostile environment 56-10. The Wildcats were led to victory by a ball-hawking defense, as they forced SIX turnovers. This included 3 fumbles and 3 interceptions. The first defensive turnover that set the tone was a fumble forced by Kentucky's LB and picked up by the impact player at CB who ran it 66 yards for a TD. This gave UK the early lead at 7-0. The Wildcats never lost the lead in the game.

So yeah, we won the game pretty easily. I was really nervous early on, as Louisville moved the ball really well on me. Actually, they moved the ball on me pretty well all game long. I just forced turnovers when I had to. I've played like 30 games of NCAA and I think I recovered 3 fumbles total before this game. 3 fumbles recovered is a stat that I can't count on every game.

I'm still getting used to the sliders we're using. I definitely need to change my strategy when I play against the human opponents, as I've done nothing but play vs the AI for 3 weeks straight now. I think I'm going to struggle against LSU, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, plus the human opponents. My absolute worst case scenario for the season is 6-6. I would probably cry if that happened though

I think my best case scenario for the season is 10-2 and an SEC (East?) divisional crown. Hopefully I can snag some good recruits. I have some solid 3-star guys into my school, but we'll see how many I can actually get.

It's weird playing in an online dynasty instead of an offline one. So much more pressure with every play. I don't think it will really matter until I'm playing an awesome AI team or a human opponent. That's when the pressure will be on.

So two-thirds of the teams are ready. We need to get the last 4 people on board so we can advance the week ASAP

Galaxy · 08-10-2008, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

looks like it was a hell of a game Galaxy. gj on the win

Thanks. I'm not pleased with it, but I'll take it. We'll move onto our next game, another cupcake, with a better handle on things.

It was a hell of game. Too close for comfort. We need to stop giving up the ball and convert our field goals. We kept giving Tech the points and the chance to stay in the game. We didn't play "bad" (of course, we could have played better), just stupid mistakes. Plus, Louisiana Tech is tough to defend with the Texas Tech-style offense.

Not too complain; but is it just me, or are we beating teams too easily (I've noticed this in the RFL league as well). I can see if your LSU vs. some cupcake, you win by 65-13 or something. However, if your an average team playing a slightly less (or even a better rated team), it shouldn't be such a blowout. Or maybe I just suck.

Eaglesfan27 · 08-10-2008, 07:25 PM

I think with the slider issues (being unable to give the CPU a boost due to CPU sliders not working) and playing on AA, most of us are going to win almost all of our games against the CPU.

Edit: I plan on discussing editing of the sliders after the patch comes out, to see if the league wants to try to slant them to have the CPU provide more challenge or not.

Kodos · 08-10-2008, 07:54 PM

One of our corners ran back an interception for a long TD on Kent State's first drive, and came up 5 yards short of doing it again on their second possession. Our Qb's first pass was a 5-yard TD a play later. From there, Kent State played a bit better, but we still cruised to a relatively easy 41-20 win. Missed another extra point. Gotta practice the kicking...

Kodos · 08-10-2008, 07:59 PM

I haven't learned the player names for BC yet, but boy oh boy is their QB (Crane?) slow compared to IU's Kellen Lewis. I was scrambling on a broken play, and he was running like his feet were in molasses. Yikes.

Radii · 08-10-2008, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BigDPW

I am going to try and get my game off versus South Carolina tonight... I have played that game a bunch offline in play now and my offline dynasties (practice) and have only won once so we will need a little help...

I'll be curious to see how you do with NC State, since I took them over in EBFL. I upset Florida State in a single player dynasty I started to get used to the team, but South Carolina and Clemson(dear god Clemson is FAST) absolutely destroyed me.

kingnebwsu · 08-10-2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Edit: I plan on discussing editing of the sliders after the patch comes out, to see if the league wants to try to slant them to have the CPU provide more challenge or not.

I will be for editing the sliders after our first season. If you edit the sliders mid-season, you are giving an advantage to the humans who played the better AI teams early in the season (and presumably had a better chance at winning). To me, this gives a disadvantage to the humans who have to play the better AI teams (I'm just talking in-conference) post-patch.

I'm very against any slider-tweaking mid-season. That is all

Eaglesfan27 · 08-10-2008, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by kingnebwsu

I will be for editing the sliders after our first season. If you edit the sliders mid-season, you are giving an advantage to the humans who played the better AI teams early in the season (and presumably had a better chance at winning). To me, this gives a disadvantage to the humans who have to play the better AI teams (I'm just talking in-conference) post-patch.

I'm very against any slider-tweaking mid-season. That is all

Very good point. Reading that, I agree that we should wait until after the season to change sliders. Although, I still think we'll patch as soon as it is released as I'm sure people may want to enjoy it for SP and other leagues.

BigDPW · 08-11-2008, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Very good point. Reading that, I agree that we should wait until after the season to change sliders. Although, I still think we'll patch as soon as it is released as I'm sure people may want to enjoy it for SP and other leagues.

The problem is that when we patch it will/may change the balance of the game significantly anyway due to the CPU sliders finally working (unless we have them set the same as the human sliders now?)

Kodos · 08-11-2008, 09:14 AM

We don't in RFL, but that'd be easy enough to remedy.

Eaglesfan27 · 08-11-2008, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by BigDPW

The problem is that when we patch it will/may change the balance of the game significantly anyway due to the CPU sliders finally working (unless we have them set the same as the human sliders now?)

I think I do actually, but if I don't, I'll change them to match once we patch.

kcchief19 · 08-11-2008, 10:42 PM

Mixed week one for Colorado. We pull out a squeaker against Colorado State 20-17 thanks in part to some bizarre play calling from AI. I'm up by 10 in the fourth when their big running back breaks a screen pass for a 53-yard touchdown with 1:32. I go three and out and they get the ball back with :46 on their 20 ... and call a running play. They spike the ball on second down to stop the clock, throw in complete on third down and then their wide receiver runs out of bounds on fourth down for a 4 yard loss.

My freshman idiot drunken kicker missed two long field goals (not his fault) and a XP (his fault). The Rams missed a couple of field goals two, including clanging a 19-yarder off the upright from the right hash mark. I score three touchdowns, one on a 79-yard punt return and another on a 40-yard pick six.

On the bright side, I got my earliest commit ever -- the No. 3 DT, a 4-star pass rusher from Fort Collins, had made hard commit. Woo-hoo!

Sun Tzu · 08-12-2008, 12:24 AM

I'm pretty sure we decided on not announcing commits until the following week. Am I right or wrong? Unless of course it updates live so everyone else in the dynasty can see it to. If the latter is right then just ignore my post altogether.

oh and uh...grats on the win

Sun Tzu · 08-12-2008, 10:42 AM

dola...has everybody gotten their game in already? bhlloy and I are playing our game @ 6pm pacific on Thursday.

BigDPW · 08-12-2008, 10:59 AM

I have not gotten mine in yet so don't feel too alone...

Kodos · 08-12-2008, 11:13 AM

Slackers!

BigDPW · 08-12-2008, 11:27 AM

I plan to get it in tonight or tomorrow... Things have just been busy this week and on Sunday when I planned to play it my wife was going Olympic/Phelps/Gymnastics happy so the TV was pretty occupied...

To be honest your delay to Thursday has taken the pressure off of me - So thanks!

Sorry to the guys that are waiting...

Sun Tzu · 08-12-2008, 12:03 PM

No big deal...when I checked yesterday mid-day I think there were 3 total games left to be played. I think there was one person who did all of his recruiting and played his game but didn't hit "ready to advance".

Sun Tzu · 08-13-2008, 09:17 AM

*pokes cartman*

BigDPW · 08-13-2008, 10:25 AM

Played my NC State opener away at South Carolina last night...

Finished a 24-38 loss. I was behind from the beginning when their QB scambled and through back across the field to their star RB and he shook two defenders and took it ~60 yrds to the endzone. Then their slot receiver took a post/slant to the house after splitting my safeties. There team had alot more speed than mine and with our slider set the speed factor seems to be accentuated...

I promptly scored to "get back into it" and stayed in the game until the end when they went up 14 again very late.
There were quite a few positives in this game:
- We had no turnovers (which was huge)
- Forced 2 INTs (both by my true freshman LB - Terrell Manning)
- My RB's both got some solid ground game going (Eugene had 100 yds rushing and 1 TD - Andre Brown had fewer yards and 1 TD)

If we could have stopped their offense more than a couple times during the game we probably could have turned this performance into a win...

Oh well, what did we expect going into the #21 ranked teams house with a very young Wolfpack team without any true superstars (except for maybe our DE - Willie Young but then again their is no such thing as a star DL in this game right...)

Kodos · 08-13-2008, 10:50 AM

Cartman sent me a note saying he is unexpectedly out of town until Saturday. In RFL, I set his team to auto so KWhit could play against the CPU. Not sure if EF27 plans to do the same in NOFL or not.

Kodos · 08-13-2008, 10:52 AM

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(except for maybe our DE - Willie Young but then again their is no such thing as a star DL in this game right...)

I feel your pain. One of IU's best players, DE Greg Middleton (I think he led the country in sacks last season), is pretty much worthless in the game. My DT's actually get more sacks, usually on screen plays that aren't thrown in time.

Anthony · 08-13-2008, 11:17 AM

I really don't think its necessary to set things up to provide "more" of a challenge. we're all sub-80 rated teams playing on AA level - how much harder is this going to get? i was Duke playing against Baylor and even though i won the game it was unnecessarily hard. and this is sub-70 rated Baylor we're talking about. i'm not even pretending to be able to beat the Ohio States and Georgia's of the league.

and it'd be great if we could advance the week now, this is really dragging.

Galaxy · 08-13-2008, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

Cartman sent me a note saying he is unexpectedly out of town until Saturday. In RFL, I set his team to auto so KWhit could play against the CPU. Not sure if EF27 plans to do the same in NOFL or not.

Sorry to hear. At least he is keeping you informed. The good news is he did do the recruiting already for his team this week (at least for RFL team).

Eaglesfan27 · 08-13-2008, 02:03 PM

I just got Cartman's PM this morning. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the current schedule has him as a bye this week. Hopefully, the CPU will do a good job of recruiting for him if he hasn't done it already. Since, he has told me that he won't be able to do things this week, I will advance it tonight if he is the only one we are waiting for. I really appreciate him communicating with me so we didn't waste extra days for no reason.

Eaglesfan27 · 08-13-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony

I really don't think its necessary to set things up to provide "more" of a challenge. we're all sub-80 rated teams playing on AA level - how much harder is this going to get? i was Duke playing against Baylor and even though i won the game it was unnecessarily hard. and this is sub-70 rated Baylor we're talking about. i'm not even pretending to be able to beat the Ohio States and Georgia's of the league.

and it'd be great if we could advance the week now, this is really dragging.

This slider set doesn't really make any more of a challenge than standard sliders. It is a bit more defensively oriented than standard sliders, but it is that way for both teams.

As far as advancing prematurely, the majority voted for 7 day time limits. I'm not going to arbitrarily change that without a majority saying they want it to change. It certainly isn't going to change without notice. However, I would like to keep things moving, and I hope we can have more communication like Cartman demonstrated. If he is the only one we are waiting for, we will advance tonight.

Sun Tzu · 08-13-2008, 02:54 PM

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Since, he has told me that he won't be able to do things this week, I will advance it tonight if he is the only one we are waiting for.

bhlloy and I are scheduled to play out head to head week 1 game tomorrow (thursday) around 6pm pacific time. My recruiting is already done. I think he has to do his but as soon as we're done playing our game we should all be caught up.

Eaglesfan27 · 08-13-2008, 03:15 PM

Right, I remember reading that now. Sounds good, and I'll check tomorrow evening to see if everyone else is done and advance if they are.

DeToxRox · 08-13-2008, 04:56 PM

EBFL is about to pass you chumps up.

EAST SIDE

kingnebwsu · 08-13-2008, 05:05 PM

Sounds good. Let's keep this thing going

Sun Tzu · 08-13-2008, 10:36 PM

Looks like we're playing our game tonight in about 30-45 mins. EF27 if you're up in 2 hours or so we should be good to advance.

bhlloy · 08-14-2008, 12:47 AM

Sun destroyed me 49-21 including 5 picks, a fumble and over 11ypc on the ground. At least I have a little while before playing another human opponent so I can get better (hopefully)

Sun Tzu · 08-14-2008, 12:50 AM

gg man...Definitely wasn't your night tonight. At least we got your router thing worked out. I'll post 1 highlight per quarter on here, including your very impressive pick 6 in the second quarter.

EF we should be all set. Bring on week 2!

Sun Tzu · 08-14-2008, 01:10 AM

This allowed me to go up 14-0 in the first quarter, giving me great field position.

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This one brought bhlloy back into the game in the 2nd quarter, bringing him to within a touchdown of tying it. Great return...

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This was a big play in the 3rd quarter, putting me back up by several scores.

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This is the straw that broke the camels back, very early in the 4th quarter.

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I also had 2 pick 6's and a kickoff returned for a TD. My stud CB Osaisai scored two TD's in this game.

Eaglesfan27 · 08-14-2008, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

gg man...Definitely wasn't your night tonight. At least we got your router thing worked out. I'll post 1 highlight per quarter on here, including your very impressive pick 6 in the second quarter.

EF we should be all set. Bring on week 2!

The week will be advanced at approximately 6:30 tonight when I get home from work.

BigDPW · 08-14-2008, 11:21 AM

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The week will be advanced at approximately 6:30 tonight when I get home from work.

Slacker

Raiders Army · 08-14-2008, 06:28 PM

Great. I'll do week 2 tonight!

08-10-2008, 10:09 AM	#4
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08-10-2008, 01:23 PM	#7
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	We start off with rivalry game in our 1st week. It's raining heavily in Oregon, so we'll go with our ground game a lot this week if we can. Oregon is ranked 23rd in the polls, but their overall talent rating is only 81. Definitely, a winnable game for us. Recap: Kempt is struggling early and almost threw a pick on his first pass. Our 4th play Locker with a great (clean) pitch to Hasty who goes 34 yards for the score. Up 7-0 with just over 4 minutes to go in the quarter. The next drive Locker with an option keeper where he breaks a tackle and jukes another man for a 30 yard TD run. Up 14-0 with 2:40 to go in the 1st. Locker throws a pick on our next drive. On our next drive, Locker hits Broyles for a 34 yard completion and finishes it with a 16 yard TD scramble. Locker throws his 2nd pick at the end of the half as he tried to force a deep ball to get within FG range. Washington is up 21-0 at the half as they have kept it on the ground mostly and we have stuffed them all game long. A bad throw on our first drive of the 2nd half forces a punt as we fail to convert 3rd and 4. Oregon finally starts throwing and puts together a good drive, but we stop them outside the 30. They miss the long FG. We are leading 21-0 at the end of 3. Locker throws his 3rd pick to end our drive. He's running well, he's throwing check downs well, but the long ball has not been good to him. A QB sneak gets them a TD with just under 2 minutes to go. 21-7. After recovering the onside kick, we just run out the clock. Locker was the player of the game despite the 3 interceptions. He completed 22 of 30 passes for 223 yards but 0 TD's. He was also our leading rusher with 10 carries for 73 yards and 2 TD's. Hasty had 14 carries for 57 yards and a TD. Kravitz, our star FB was injured in the 2nd quarter but he had 4 carries for 21 yards before he left. Our defense didn't force any picks, but we sacked their QB 5 times. Cameron Elisara, our best DT had 3 sacks this game (I controlled a DE the whole time.) While 21-7 isn't as big as I was hoping, I can't complain against a rival in a hostile crowd. It doesn't get much easier as we host BYU next week. They are 20th in the polls. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

08-10-2008, 02:11 PM	#9
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	I think 3 of his runs were on broken plays. I ran a lot of option plays, but still couldn't get the rushing game going with Hasty (except for that one long run.) __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

08-10-2008, 02:55 PM	#11
Galaxy Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2005	What a wild and wacky game at Louisiana Tech. The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs almost pulled off an upset by scoring two defensive turnovers and nearly a game-winning drive at the end. Both our field goal kickers missed two attempts each in the first half. On the final play of the first half, we give up the lead, 7-0. [IMG] EA SPORTS World: NCAA Football 09 Video [/IMG] We managed to take advantage of the defense in the third quarter to put us up 14-10 on a 73-yard bomb: [IMG] EA SPORTS World: NCAA Football 09 Video [/IMG] Louisiana Tech forces a turnover just inside their 50 and runs it back for a touchdown, making it 17-14 early in the 4th quarter. [IMG] EA SPORTS World: NCAA Football 09 Video [/IMG] We strike with about four minutes left with halfback Anthony Dixon scoring on a screen from 22 yards out. [IMG] EA SPORTS World: NCAA Football 09 Video [/IMG] Louisiana Tech drives, down 21-17, in the final minute of the fourth quarter. Inside our 20, with around 19 seconds left, we end the game. [IMG] EA SPORTS World: NCAA Football 09 Video [/IMG] Last edited by Galaxy : 08-11-2008 at 12:39 AM.

08-10-2008, 03:20 PM	#12
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	looks like it was a hell of a game Galaxy. gj on the win __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

08-10-2008, 01:16 AM	#2
kingnebwsu College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Ohio	Finally! I checked a few hours ago and it wasn't ready, and now it is! Hopefully we can all finish in less than a week so we can get this going faster than planned

08-10-2008, 09:54 AM	#3
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Played this morning and won 56-7. It sucked so bad because I threw an interception with my backup QB with 53 seconds to go and they ran it back for the TD. Also in a way it's easier to recruit for Army than it is for OSU. Let's get this week done!

08-10-2008, 12:28 PM	#5
Galaxy Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2005	No highlights?

08-10-2008, 01:00 PM	#6
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	I thought about putting up highlights, but did not do so for two reasons: 1. Primarily, I don't know how to and I believe I no longer have access to the email or password for which I signed up on EA Sports' service. 2. I don't want you guys to "scout" me out that way.

08-10-2008, 01:53 PM	#8
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Nice. 73 yards nd 2 TDs. I can guess that some plays broke down and he ran for it.

08-10-2008, 02:34 PM	#10
BigDPW College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC	I am going to try and get my game off versus South Carolina tonight... I have played that game a bunch offline in play now and my offline dynasties (practice) and have only won once so we will need a little help...

08-10-2008, 07:02 PM	#14
kingnebwsu College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Ohio	Kentucky beat Louisville in a hostile environment 56-10. The Wildcats were led to victory by a ball-hawking defense, as they forced SIX turnovers. This included 3 fumbles and 3 interceptions. The first defensive turnover that set the tone was a fumble forced by Kentucky's LB and picked up by the impact player at CB who ran it 66 yards for a TD. This gave UK the early lead at 7-0. The Wildcats never lost the lead in the game. So yeah, we won the game pretty easily. I was really nervous early on, as Louisville moved the ball really well on me. Actually, they moved the ball on me pretty well all game long. I just forced turnovers when I had to. I've played like 30 games of NCAA and I think I recovered 3 fumbles total before this game. 3 fumbles recovered is a stat that I can't count on every game. I'm still getting used to the sliders we're using. I definitely need to change my strategy when I play against the human opponents, as I've done nothing but play vs the AI for 3 weeks straight now. I think I'm going to struggle against LSU, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, plus the human opponents. My absolute worst case scenario for the season is 6-6. I would probably cry if that happened though I think my best case scenario for the season is 10-2 and an SEC (East?) divisional crown. Hopefully I can snag some good recruits. I have some solid 3-star guys into my school, but we'll see how many I can actually get. It's weird playing in an online dynasty instead of an offline one. So much more pressure with every play. I don't think it will really matter until I'm playing an awesome AI team or a human opponent. That's when the pressure will be on. So two-thirds of the teams are ready. We need to get the last 4 people on board so we can advance the week ASAP

08-10-2008, 07:25 PM	#16
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	I think with the slider issues (being unable to give the CPU a boost due to CPU sliders not working) and playing on AA, most of us are going to win almost all of our games against the CPU. Edit: I plan on discussing editing of the sliders after the patch comes out, to see if the league wants to try to slant them to have the CPU provide more challenge or not. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen. Last edited by Eaglesfan27 : 08-10-2008 at 07:26 PM.

08-10-2008, 07:54 PM	#17
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	One of our corners ran back an interception for a long TD on Kent State's first drive, and came up 5 yards short of doing it again on their second possession. Our Qb's first pass was a 5-yard TD a play later. From there, Kent State played a bit better, but we still cruised to a relatively easy 41-20 win. Missed another extra point. Gotta practice the kicking... __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

08-10-2008, 07:59 PM	#18
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I haven't learned the player names for BC yet, but boy oh boy is their QB (Crane?) slow compared to IU's Kellen Lewis. I was scrambling on a broken play, and he was running like his feet were in molasses. Yikes. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties. Last edited by Kodos : 08-10-2008 at 08:00 PM.

08-11-2008, 09:14 AM	#23
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	We don't in RFL, but that'd be easy enough to remedy. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

08-11-2008, 10:42 PM	#25
kcchief19 Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Kansas City, MO	Mixed week one for Colorado. We pull out a squeaker against Colorado State 20-17 thanks in part to some bizarre play calling from AI. I'm up by 10 in the fourth when their big running back breaks a screen pass for a 53-yard touchdown with 1:32. I go three and out and they get the ball back with :46 on their 20 ... and call a running play. They spike the ball on second down to stop the clock, throw in complete on third down and then their wide receiver runs out of bounds on fourth down for a 4 yard loss. My freshman idiot drunken kicker missed two long field goals (not his fault) and a XP (his fault). The Rams missed a couple of field goals two, including clanging a 19-yarder off the upright from the right hash mark. I score three touchdowns, one on a 79-yard punt return and another on a 40-yard pick six. On the bright side, I got my earliest commit ever -- the No. 3 DT, a 4-star pass rusher from Fort Collins, had made hard commit. Woo-hoo!

08-12-2008, 12:24 AM	#26
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	I'm pretty sure we decided on not announcing commits until the following week. Am I right or wrong? Unless of course it updates live so everyone else in the dynasty can see it to. If the latter is right then just ignore my post altogether. oh and uh...grats on the win __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon. Last edited by Sun Tzu : 08-12-2008 at 12:24 AM.

08-12-2008, 10:42 AM	#27
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	dola...has everybody gotten their game in already? bhlloy and I are playing our game @ 6pm pacific on Thursday. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

08-12-2008, 10:59 AM	#28
BigDPW College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC	I have not gotten mine in yet so don't feel too alone...

08-12-2008, 11:13 AM	#29
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Slackers! __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

08-12-2008, 11:27 AM	#30
BigDPW College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC	I plan to get it in tonight or tomorrow... Things have just been busy this week and on Sunday when I planned to play it my wife was going Olympic/Phelps/Gymnastics happy so the TV was pretty occupied... To be honest your delay to Thursday has taken the pressure off of me - So thanks! Sorry to the guys that are waiting...

08-12-2008, 12:03 PM	#31
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	No big deal...when I checked yesterday mid-day I think there were 3 total games left to be played. I think there was one person who did all of his recruiting and played his game but didn't hit "ready to advance". __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

08-13-2008, 09:17 AM	#32
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	pokes cartman __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

08-13-2008, 10:25 AM	#33
BigDPW College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC	Played my NC State opener away at South Carolina last night... Finished a 24-38 loss. I was behind from the beginning when their QB scambled and through back across the field to their star RB and he shook two defenders and took it ~60 yrds to the endzone. Then their slot receiver took a post/slant to the house after splitting my safeties. There team had alot more speed than mine and with our slider set the speed factor seems to be accentuated... I promptly scored to "get back into it" and stayed in the game until the end when they went up 14 again very late. There were quite a few positives in this game: - We had no turnovers (which was huge) - Forced 2 INTs (both by my true freshman LB - Terrell Manning) - My RB's both got some solid ground game going (Eugene had 100 yds rushing and 1 TD - Andre Brown had fewer yards and 1 TD) If we could have stopped their offense more than a couple times during the game we probably could have turned this performance into a win... Oh well, what did we expect going into the #21 ranked teams house with a very young Wolfpack team without any true superstars (except for maybe our DE - Willie Young but then again their is no such thing as a star DL in this game right...)

08-13-2008, 10:50 AM	#34
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Cartman sent me a note saying he is unexpectedly out of town until Saturday. In RFL, I set his team to auto so KWhit could play against the CPU. Not sure if EF27 plans to do the same in NOFL or not. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

08-13-2008, 11:17 AM	#36
Anthony Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Astoria, NY, USA	I really don't think its necessary to set things up to provide "more" of a challenge. we're all sub-80 rated teams playing on AA level - how much harder is this going to get? i was Duke playing against Baylor and even though i won the game it was unnecessarily hard. and this is sub-70 rated Baylor we're talking about. i'm not even pretending to be able to beat the Ohio States and Georgia's of the league. and it'd be great if we could advance the week now, this is really dragging.

08-13-2008, 02:03 PM	#38
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	I just got Cartman's PM this morning. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the current schedule has him as a bye this week. Hopefully, the CPU will do a good job of recruiting for him if he hasn't done it already. Since, he has told me that he won't be able to do things this week, I will advance it tonight if he is the only one we are waiting for. I really appreciate him communicating with me so we didn't waste extra days for no reason. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen. Last edited by Eaglesfan27 : 08-13-2008 at 02:04 PM.

08-13-2008, 03:15 PM	#41
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Right, I remember reading that now. Sounds good, and I'll check tomorrow evening to see if everyone else is done and advance if they are. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

08-13-2008, 04:56 PM	#42
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	EBFL is about to pass you chumps up. EAST SIDE

08-13-2008, 05:05 PM	#43
kingnebwsu College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Ohio	Sounds good. Let's keep this thing going

08-13-2008, 10:36 PM	#44
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	Looks like we're playing our game tonight in about 30-45 mins. EF27 if you're up in 2 hours or so we should be good to advance. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

08-14-2008, 12:47 AM	#45
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Sun destroyed me 49-21 including 5 picks, a fumble and over 11ypc on the ground. At least I have a little while before playing another human opponent so I can get better (hopefully)

08-14-2008, 12:50 AM	#46
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	gg man...Definitely wasn't your night tonight. At least we got your router thing worked out. I'll post 1 highlight per quarter on here, including your very impressive pick 6 in the second quarter. EF we should be all set. Bring on week 2! __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

08-14-2008, 01:10 AM	#47
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	This allowed me to go up 14-0 in the first quarter, giving me great field position. EA SPORTS World: NCAA Football 09 Video This one brought bhlloy back into the game in the 2nd quarter, bringing him to within a touchdown of tying it. Great return... EA SPORTS World: NCAA Football 09 Video This was a big play in the 3rd quarter, putting me back up by several scores. EA SPORTS World: NCAA Football 09 Video This is the straw that broke the camels back, very early in the 4th quarter. EA SPORTS World: NCAA Football 09 Video I also had 2 pick 6's and a kickoff returned for a TD. My stud CB Osaisai scored two TD's in this game. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.