EBFL Offseason Thread!!! Player cuts!!! Files due Sunday, October 26!!

[MacroGuru]

Same with Syracuse...

[DeToxRox]

I'll do updates around 1:30 est.

[wade moore]

Thanks Detox - if my box wasn't broken I wouldn't be so anxious, but I have no other way to get info that i know of - unless the ea website stuff lets you?

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by wade moore

Thanks Detox - if my box wasn't broken I wouldn't be so anxious, but I have no other way to get info that i know of - unless the ea website stuff lets you?

I wish there were, it'd be awesome, but no there is not.

I have no problem doing this though. It only takes a few moments.

[DeToxRox]

UVA added 4 more commits to push up to #58

3* HB J. Everett
3* HB B. Graham
3* QB A. Davis
2* MLB M. Baker

[DeToxRox]

Syracuse signed 3 more guys, tho did fall to #39

2* FS A. Robinson
2* HB T Willis
2* HB A. Bullock

[DeToxRox]

Oklahoma State is now #18, as it added 3 more commits:

3* C K. Busch
3* OLB L. Campbell
3* FS B. Hairston

[Logan]

Getting that center was huge for me. I really needed the body. Thanks man.

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by Logan

Getting that center was huge for me. I really needed the body. Thanks man.

Anytime.

PS The Shield was TITS@!

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

UVA added 4 more commits to push up to #58

3* HB J. Everett
3* HB B. Graham
3* QB A. Davis
2* MLB M. Baker

Meh. Not bad, but I certainly need to recruit better next academic year or i'm in serious trouble.

[Logan]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Anytime.

PS The Shield was TITS@!

My hotel doesn't get FX, I'm gonna try to download it when I get back from work.

It's killing me.

[DeToxRox]

If we can get everyone done today, and then week 4 done tomorrow or Friday, we will be starting the new season next Wednesday or Thursday with week 1.

[PurdueBrad]

I will be done by 4 CST today. Looking forward to getting the season going again.

[Radii]

No new signings for NC State, but that was expected, if we can get 2 or 3 more guys before offseason recruiting is done i'll be thrilled.

That drops us from #6 to #8 as far as recruiting class rankings go, #2 in the ACC, but... UNC is the #1 recruiting team in the ACC(#3 overall as of right now), so yea, totally unacceptable

[Radii]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

The SEC and ACC I am not sure. A lot of teams there so anything could happen.

In single player, it took ~4 years before I could truly compete for the ACC Atlantic Title, FSU and Clemson were the dominant teams in the conference for a long time. I'm hoping they fall a bit faster here, plus I think I have better skills now than when I started playing single player, so maybe I'll be able to beat those teams a bit sooner.

Virginia Tech and Miami fell off the pace fairly quickly, if that happens here the guys in the Coastal division may have a better shot for early success.

[DeToxRox]

We're makin' good progress, with Mike, Macro, Gram and Ironhead left.

Keep up the good work, guys.

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

We're makin' good progress, with Mike, Macro, Gram and Ironhead left.

Keep up the good work, guys.

Will do it a bit later after I am doing cooking dinner

[Mike1409]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

We're makin' good progress, with Mike, Macro, Gram and Ironhead left.

Keep up the good work, guys.

I will be there shortly. I need to get done before THE game!

[DeToxRox]

Ironhead is recruiting now, and when he is done, we'll advance. I think there are 5 weeks of recruiting, I always forget sadly. Either way, I hope we're done by Friday.

[DeToxRox]

EBFL Recruiting Week 4

We did this week in a day, let's try getting it done by tomorrow (Thursday at midnight) If you need time let me know now but otherwise we're aiming for Thursday.

[PurdueBrad]

Done with my recruiting and loving how quick we're going.

[DeToxRox]

We've once again moving at a great clip.

Macro, nej, Mike, Radii and there might be one more are all that're left.

[Logan]

Again if you could post any Okla State updates, you would be much cooler than you are in reality.

[wade moore]

And UVA...

[MacroGuru]

I will get mine done tonight when I get home from work before I head out to the Buffalo FOFCer meet and greet

[DeToxRox]

I'll update UVA and OSU when we advance tonight as we only are waiting on two files which is fantastic.

Also I am going to create a history thread sort of like Kodos has made but probably not with all the scores for each week.

So what do I need to include?

Obviously each teams record, bowl game they played in, conference title they won, awards, etc.

What else do we need?

[Logan]

Recruiting rankings, including maybe highest ranked recruit in each team's class?

Maybe a record of all human/human games?

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by Logan

Recruiting rankings, including maybe highest ranked recruit in each team's class?

Maybe a record of all human/human games?

Sounds good.

Off the top of my head, fyi, OSU was up to #11 in recruit rankings.

[Logan]

That's a good thing, thanks.

[DeToxRox]

Sounds like we'll be advancing before 8. Then tomorrow week 5 will be due, and we'll be in cruise mode.

[DeToxRox]

Week 5 recruiting!

Deadline is tomorrow (Friday) at midnight, so let's get this shit finished!

[DeToxRox]

Colorado adds two more 4 star recruits:

4* FS Chris Potts (13/154)
A+ awareness, A- speed, B jumping. At 6'2", 184 and with excellent speed Potts is an ideal FS. He should be able to play the run as well as the pass, and even sack the QB if needed. This is a huge get for us.

4* DB David Brooks (23/184) Juco
B+ awareness, B speed, A- jumping. Brooks is a luxury commit. He allows us to RS one or both of our freshman DB's in Pollard and Alexander. He can come in and play right away as a nickleback for us and see time as a starter if needed.

He isn't great, but he is depth and we need it.

[DeToxRox]

Oklahoma State has the 10th best class with 18 commits:

4* ATH M. Smith
4* WR K. Carter
4* WR C. Mays
4* QB J. Mobley
3* CB D. Nash
3* DE M. Pearson
3* FS J. Porter
3* DT C. Young
3* FS R. Hairston
3* OLB L. Camobell
3* OG T. Thompson
3* WR J. Cutler
3* OC K. Busch
3* DT R. Bradford
3* ATH B. Abrams
3* OLB D. Evans
3* OT B. Baily
3* OG J. Williams

[DeToxRox]

Virginia has the 43rd best class with 12 commits:

4* FS L. Mansfield
3* DT L. Grant
3* OLB G. Garrett
3* HB B. Graham
3* QB. A Davis
3* HB N. Louis
3* DT A. Whitworth
3* DE S. Rivas
3* HB J. Everett
2* OLB B. Johnson
2* MLB M. Baker
2* QB J. Palmer

[wade moore]

Well, I guess at least we're picking up a solid chunk of 3* recruits. I realized I botched it my OT's are going to be a problem, but at least i'm getting something here.

[PurdueBrad]

23 recruits in Starkville and the 7'th overall class (mainly due to numbers). We drew 2 four stars, 18 three stars, 2 two stars, and 1 one star. We've become Wide Receiver U, although I'm hoping to move one or two to DB.

We were able to steal a fair number of Florida recruits from the big three Florida schools. Also, we landed a blocking fullback, which are few and far between in this game in my experience.

[DeToxRox]

Wow, you guys are flying. We just need Radii, Nej and Macro and we can finish recruiting for the year. Awesome work guys.

[Logan]

Hey give me a shot at getting my recruiting done tomorrow, as I may be able to get access. I'll PM you if/when I can get connected, and if you haven't heard from me by the deadline just go ahead and sim. Thanks.

[Radii]

NC State picks up another 3* WR, Josh Lynch. nothing special, but eh, you never know who will break out and be rated a lot higher than expected(or at least, I don't ). We look to have the lead ona couple other 3* recruits that we might be able to snag in the last week.

Our class is now #9 in the nation, still #2 in the ACC behind UNC.

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by Logan

Hey give me a shot at getting my recruiting done tomorrow, as I may be able to get access. I'll PM you if/when I can get connected, and if you haven't heard from me by the deadline just go ahead and sim. Thanks.

Okay. The deadline will be around 8 PM. It was going to be midnight but I might wind up out for the night and I want to advance so we can have everyone get started on position changes so they're done by Saturday night.

[Logan]

Cool, that will be plenty of time for me one way or the other. Thanks.

[DeToxRox]

Position Changes

Due Saturday by 11 PM. If you don't do them the computer automatically puts your player at his best rated position. This takes no time at all thus the quick deadline.

[DeToxRox]

Dola

When you're done with the changes please set you're ready to advance so I know.

[PurdueBrad]

done

[Logan]

I was trying to steal internet to get caught up, but it kept disconnecting so keep on simming me. Thanks.

[wade moore]

Unfortunately I may get screwed on my ATH's if i got them.. I need a FB and several of the guys i was recruiting were ATH..

Ahwell . my XBOX went out today.. i'd love it if I get it in time for week 2, I think week 3 is more likely.

[cmp]

Arkansas is all set. We get the #2 ranked recruiting class in the nation with Ohio State just beating us out. Not too bad.

[DeToxRox]

Wow we're lookin' good! Waitin on 3 it seems; Radii, Mike and Karl. We'll be on cuts tomorrow afternoon it looks like.

[Radii]

NC State's Incoming Recruiting Class:

5* G Robert Parker - 84 (WOW)
4* DT James Jackson - 79
4* SS Carl Butler - 79
4* T Spencer Alexander - 77 (JUCO)
4* HB Brandon Roberts - 76
4* DE Michael Marcellus - 74
4* OLB Justin Abrams - 73
3* WR Josh Lynch - 73 (JUCO)
3* TE Mario Barns - 72
3* WR Justin Smith - 72
3* FS Marvin Justice - 72
3* MLB Joe Howe - 69
3* CB Corey Jones - 68
3* OLB Josh Medley - 67
2* P Ben Richard - 64


I don't want to rub it in too much Mike, but the HB we fought over, Brandon Roberts, is the first player I've ever seen on any of my teams, online or single player, with a SPD rating of 99. With that kind of speed in this game, if this were single player I would guarantee 100% that guy would win a heisman before he turns pro. Against the rest of you guys... we'll see

I'm very pleased with this class for year 1.

[Ironhead]

Athlete Position Changes
Mike Hardy will move to wide receiver and be our #1 target immediately

Brent Fuller will move to wide receiver and has a shot to be our slot receiver

Chris Hubbard will move to cornerback and redshirt


Other Roster Changes
Backup MLB Billy Chavis (6'4" 233 lbs) will move to fullback and has a shot to be our starter. His overall rating increased from 73 to 77.

OLB recruit Joe Bain moves from OLB to MLB. His overall drops from 67 to 54. He only had an outside shot to make the team and this probably does him in as I have no plans for him on the outside.

OLB Aaron Buckley will also move to MLB. His overall drops from 73 to 61. Not happy about this but assuming we cut Bain this will prevent us from getting stuck with a walk on at MLB.

CB recruit Julius Davis will move to SS and redshirt. His overall drops from 80 to 72. Davis is a very talented cornerback but ultimately lacks adequate speed to play the position (85 speed). He has good size, tackling ability and takes great pursuit angles to the ball so he has a chance to be a good safety. If he had more hitting ability I would consider moving him to linebacker and letting him put on some weight.

K recruit Johnathan Warren will move to punter. His overall increased from 59 to 60.


Interesting note about incoming freshman cornerback C.J. Burnette. He would be a really interesting project for option quarterback. He has 93 speed, 84 throwing power and 81 accuracy. His overall at quarterback would be 73. Alas we really need him at his true position of cornerback where he will see significant time as a true freshman.