The Ladder 2014 Season Thread

[Kodos]

FAU is available. Will send invite in a bit.

[Kodos]

Invitations have been sent.

[chesapeake]

Did we up the difficulty so that the CPU no longer assists on D when you press the A button? I have discovered that I am entirely incompetent on defense without that crutch.

[MacroGuru]

Kodos, still on for tonight?

[Julio Riddols]

Who is available for me to take?

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by chesapeake

Did we up the difficulty so that the CPU no longer assists on D when you press the A button? I have discovered that I am entirely incompetent on defense without that crutch.

We moved up to Heisman, with couple of small bumps for humans suggested by gstelmack. Not sure about the A button thing. Apparently I've never used it.

Originally Posted by MacroGuru

Kodos, still on for tonight?

All systems are go for tonight.

[Kodos]

Julio, you can have anyone from the MAC, WAC, Sunbelt, or Independents, except for Buffalo and FAU, which are taken.

[MacroGuru]

What an ass kicking at the hands of Kodos...

We had several turnovers but the one thing that hurt was the dropped balls by a wide open RB several times in the game.

[Kodos]

Good game, Macro. It got off to a bad start with the turnovers, and kinda snowballed from there.

I don't know why it did a fake punt in the second half. I called max punt coverage and was trying to kick it high. I just wanted you to know that I would never call a fake punt up big in the second half. Maybe I hit a wrong button? Anyhow, I was just as surprised as you when it went to my upback. I'm glad he didn't get a first.

[Julio Riddols]

I'll give it a go with UTSA.

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Good game, Macro. It got off to a bad start with the turnovers, and kinda snowballed from there.

I don't know why it did a fake punt in the second half. I called max punt coverage and was trying to kick it high. I just wanted you to know that I would never call a fake punt up big in the second half. Maybe I hit a wrong button? Anyhow, I was just as surprised as you when it went to my upback. I'm glad he didn't get a first.

No worries on the punt, I wasn't mad at you for it...I never really get upset, except for the missed FG return you pulled...I was yelling at my guys, telling them to get their fat asses up off the ground and get running!

[Kodos]

I've never returned one of those for a TD, so I had to try to make it. I was surprised nobody caught him, as it was a linebacker, not a safety who caught it.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

I'll give it a go with UTSA.

Cool. Your invitation has been sent, so you can go in and take them at your leisure.

[Kodos]

Reminder to the new guys: turn cpu assist off for recruiting, or your recruiting board will change in ways that you won't enjoy.

[CU Tiger]

when will the week advance?

[Kodos]

Julio Riddols is playing his game today, I believe. Probably tonight.

[CU Tiger]

ok...just my first online league in NCAA trying to make sure I dont miss anything

[Kodos]

Welcome to Week 4!

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

Last week, USC won 42-25 against San Diego State (1-1).

This week, the Trojans will host Wyoming (1-1).

In recruiting news, the following USC targets have announced their decisions:

- (****) DT Kurt Patton has committed to Oregon



=============== South Florida Bulls (2-0) ===============

Last week, South Florida won 37-17 against Memphis (1-1).

This week, the Bulls will host Louisville (1-1).

In recruiting news, the following South Florida targets have announced their decisions:

- (*) FB Clint Brooks has committed to South Florida

- (***) LOLB Ken Butler has committed to South Florida

- (****) LE Steve Foster has committed to South Florida


=============== Maryland Terrapins (2-0) ===============

Last week, Maryland won 31-3 against Wake Forest (0-1).

This week, the Terrapins are idle.


=============== UTSA Roadrunners (2-0) ===============

Last week, UTSA won 31-20 against FCS West .

This week, the Roadrunners will host FCS East .

In recruiting news, the following UTSA targets have announced their decisions:

- (***) HB Richard Cox has committed to Texas

- (****) RE Johnny Williams has committed to Oklahoma


=============== Florida Atlantic Owls (1-0) ===============

Last week the Owls were idle.

This week, the Owls will host FCS West .




=============== Duke Blue Devils (1-1) ===============

Last week, Duke lost 38-21 against Rutgers (1-1).

This week, the Blue Devils will host Wake Forest (0-1).

In recruiting news, the following Duke targets have announced their decisions:

- (****) LE Brandon Young has committed to Duke





=============== Indiana Hoosiers (1-1) ===============

Last week, Indiana won 59-21 against Buffalo (1-1).

This week, the Hoosiers will host Purdue (1-1).

In recruiting news, the following Indiana targets have announced their decisions:

- (***) CB Stephen Minor has committed to Indiana

- (***) TE Eric Burks has committed to Indiana

- (*) FB Tony Whitfield has committed to Indiana



=============== Buffalo Bulls (1-1) ===============

Last week, Buffalo lost 59-21 against Indiana (1-1).

This week, the Bulls travel to Fairbanks to face the Fairbanks Northstars (1-1).

In recruiting news, the following Buffalo targets have announced their decisions:

- (*) FB Kyle Simmons has committed to Buffalo



=============== Rice Owls (0-2) ===============

Last week, Rice lost 20-17 against Arkansas State (2-0).

This week, the Owls will host Houston (1-1).

In recruiting news, the following Rice targets have announced their decisions:

- (***) DT A.J. Keyes has committed to Rice

- (***) LG Brian Parham has committed to Rice

- (****) WR Lance Washington has committed to Rice

- (***) ROLB Nick Guidry has committed to Rice

- (***) RT Joel Tremblay has committed to Rice

[Julio Riddols]

Hoping I can catch up in recruiting, heh. I'll be lucky to land 8 guys I can be proud of.. But I love a challenge.

[Julio Riddols]

Haha, 4 OT loss to an FCS team. Scrambling QB continues to be the bane of my existence. Will be replacing him next season.

[MacroGuru]

Ass kicking at the hands of Fairbanks, I tried to pour it on at the end but it was to little to late.

[CU Tiger]

Held on to beat a bad FCS team...one of the stranger games Ive seen.
First in the second quarter we lost power at the house...(Insert cries of restart boosting, lol) FYI Dynasty Central says "2 restarts" on my game. Not sure what the second one was?

Then when I got power back on and gaming under way, the FCS West team came out in a 5 wide set and slung it all over the field in the first half. Lots of forced QB scrambles etc on this one, then the second half they totally converted to an option offense. Never seen that half time transformation before.

[Kodos]

Hoosiers win convincingly in the Bucket game with all of our top recruits in town. Booyah!

[gstelmack]

I am still not sure how we managed to beat Louisville, other than the typical "AI Offensive playcalling" that had them stalling drives in the second half and let us work our way back in. We were down 3 late, drove, and a QB draw came up 1 yard short, so we had to kick the tying FG and go to overtime. They kicked a FG, we took 2 passes to put it in the endzone, and escaped with the 3 point win.

[Kodos]

Reminder: deadline is tonight. Just let me know if you need an extension.

[Eaglesfan27]

Crazy week at work, but I'm starting my game now and should be done by the deadline.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dola -

Heads-up: I'm getting married on the 11th and will be on my honeymoon the 12th to the 19th.

[Kodos]

Congratulations, EF!

[Eaglesfan27]

Thanks!

Oh yeah, my game is done and we are set to advance. We took care of Wyoming 35-7 behind multiple big plays from our speedy receiver.

[Kodos]

Welcome to Week 5!
Remember to visit dynasty.easports.com to publish your own stories.

=============== #2 USC Trojans (3-0) ===============
Last week, USC won 35-7 against Wyoming (1-2).
This week, the Trojans will host Arizona State (2-1).
In recruiting news, the following USC targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) CB Matthew Robinson has committed to BYU
- (***) MLB Rodney Jamison has committed to Texas A&M
- (***) RE Zach Bell has committed to USC
- (***) DT Bo Harris has committed to Cal

=============== South Florida Bulls (3-0) ===============
Last week, South Florida won 33-30 against Louisville (1-2).
This week, the Bulls will host San Luis Obispo (2-0).
In recruiting news, the following South Florida targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) LT Tim Walton has committed to South Florida
- (*) FB Clint Brooks has committed to South Florida
- (***) MLB Matt Starks has committed to South Florida
- (***) LOLB Ken Butler has committed to South Florida
- (***) TE Jeremy Lawson has committed to South Florida
- (****) LE Steve Foster has committed to South Florida
- (***) RE Javan Slater has committed to South Florida
- (***) CB Collin Gandy has committed to South Florida

=============== Maryland Terrapins (2-0) ===============
Last week the Terrapins were idle.
This week, the Terrapins travel to Morgantown to face the #4 West Virginia Mountaineers (2-1).
In recruiting news, the following Maryland targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) WR Alex Hopkins has committed to Maryland
- (***) ROLB Matt Davis has committed to Penn State

=============== Florida Atlantic Owls (2-0) ===============
Last week, Florida Atlantic won 28-21 against FCS West .
This week, the Owls will host UL Lafayette (2-1).
In recruiting news, the following Florida Atlantic targets have announced their decisions:
- (*) DT Jonathan Lloyd has committed to Florida Atlantic

=============== Duke Blue Devils (2-1) ===============
Last week, Duke won 28-24 against Wake Forest (0-2).
This week, the Blue Devils travel to Auburn to face the Auburn Tigers (1-3).
In recruiting news, the following Duke targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) RG Alphonso Brown has committed to South Carolina
- (****) LE Brandon Young has committed to Duke

=============== Indiana Hoosiers (2-1) ===============
Last week, Indiana won 28-10 against Purdue (1-2).
This week, the Hoosiers are idle.
In recruiting news, the following Indiana targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) CB Stephen Minor has committed to Indiana
- (***) TE Eric Burks has committed to Indiana
- (*) FB Tony Whitfield has committed to Indiana
- (***) QB Raymond Bell has committed to Indiana

=============== UTSA Roadrunners (2-1) ===============
Last week, UTSA lost 42-39 against FCS East .
This week, the Roadrunners will host FCS Northwest .
In recruiting news, the following UTSA targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) HB Fred Robinson has committed to TCU

=============== Buffalo Bulls (1-2) ===============
Last week, Buffalo lost 45-27 against Fairbanks (2-1).
This week, the Bulls are idle.
In recruiting news, the following Buffalo targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) ROLB Antonio Graham has committed to San Luis Obispo
- (*) FB Kyle Simmons has committed to Buffalo

=============== Rice Owls (1-2) ===============
Last week, Rice won 56-35 against Houston (1-2).
This week, the Owls will host Tulsa (2-0).
In recruiting news, the following Rice targets have announced their decisions:
- (***) DT A.J. Keyes has committed to Rice
- (***) LG Brian Parham has committed to Rice
- (***) CB Jerald Harris has committed to Texas Tech
- (****) WR Lance Washington has committed to Rice
- (***) ROLB Nick Guidry has committed to Rice
- (***) RT Joel Tremblay has committed to Rice
- (***) CB Joe Harris has committed to Utah

[gstelmack]

Looks like lots of depth commits this sim, now we need some more 4-* commits.

[gstelmack]

We win a tight one over San Luis Obispo, 10-10 at the half, 17-17 at the end of 3, and then their QB throws a pair of 4th quarter picks to kill drives and we win 31-17. Happy for those INTs as we were down to our 3rd string HB by the end of the game (bruised ankle for the starter, concussion for his backup).

[CU Tiger]

I would say FAU did nothing right, but that w at would imply we did anything at all.

Absolutely humiliated by UL Laff-at-you-ette.

And in more depressing news a scrub offered by the cpu before I took over committed. This kid is so horrible he will make the opponents better when he falls down and wipes out his teamates.

FML....

I should have just kept running my distillery.

But rest assured we will be get drunk.

I mean we will be back its just going to take 7 years like it does to age bourbon.

[CU Tiger]

****I created my EA account with an old nonaccessible email address. Any idea how to disassciate a gamertag with and email or change an email?

[Julio Riddols]

We tore shit up this week against yet another FCS squad.. Now my first and only human vs human game comes next against Buffalo. Should be interesting to see what the auto pass does for me since I am crap with the sticks.

[Eaglesfan27]

USC beat ASU 38-21 thanks to over 300 yards passing from our QB, over 200 yard for our speedy WR, and over 100 yards for our starting HB.

[Kodos]

Advancing now.

[Julio Riddols]

I guess its me and you, Macro. Let me know when you'll be available and we can set something up. I'm free pretty much any time starting Thursday.

[Kodos]

Big week this week, as we have a battle of Top 10 teams in California, and two human teams square off in Buffalo.

#6 TCU (3-1) at #1 USC (4-0)
Navy (2-1) at #21 Maryland (3-0)
North Texas (3-1) at FAU (2-1)
UTSA (3-1) at Buffalo (1-2)
New Mexico State (2-2) at Indiana (2-1)
Rice (2-2) at San Luis Obispo (2-1)

[CU Tiger]

Question, how many years in was the dynasty before the change over to 2013?

Through three games this has been one of my most frustrating expereinces against an AI since I was probably 12, lol.

Literally I was in a shotgun formation getting sacked before the wr target letters illuminated, and my QB got sacked before he could hand off on a hb blast play...and that was against N Texas...God help us if we ever play a real team.

[Kodos]

Three seasons in, I believe.

[Eaglesfan27]

TCU's defense was ferocious, but their option run game didn't do too much. If they had run more traditional plays, I think they would have beat us. As it was, we eeked out a 17-7 win thanks to 1 or 2 big runs by our HB and 3 picks by our defense.

We also got 5 commits this week including the #2 FB in the nation (2 star player) who my staff believes is a major gem with an overall of 80. He should be an instant starter and the other commits look like very good players for us too.

Unless, we somehow advance today (very unlikely I know), I won't be able to play anymore until I'm back from my honeymoon which will be the 19th at the earliest (more likely the 20th or 21st.)

[Julio Riddols]

Holy nail biter Batman. Macro and I just had a really good one.. I got lucky in the end and pulled out the win after gambling on 4th and inches with the lead and about a minute left at my own 29.. I thought for sure I could ice it, but it was not to be.. Then Macro got down to my 2 with like 12 seconds left and I thought we lost it there until we got an amazing timely sack to push them back a bit and managed to hold them off from there. Our offense struggled through the first half, but found our feet in the second half.

Screen pass for the win!

Also want to give a shout out to the rain, they played like a 12th man for us on a few plays it seemed, allowing our DBs to slap out what looked like sure catches on a few occasions.

GG Macro.

[Kodos]

USC has a nicely-timed bye week. USF and Duke have a big ACC showdown as the Blue Devils try to right the ship. Here is the rest of the schedule.

#19 Maryland (4-0) vs. Clemson (0-5)
Rice (3-2) at #25 Nebraska (3-1)
USF (4-0) at Duke (2-2)
UTSA (4-1) at New Mexico State (2-3)
Indiana (3-1) at Western Michigan (0-5)
FCS Northwest at FAU (2-2)

[Eaglesfan27]

Awesome! I have 2 hours planned for emergencies today... and things are progressing smoothly, so I should be able to get my recruiting done today

[gstelmack]

Okay chesapeake, I'm available pretty much any night from 8:30 eastern on (once the kids are in bed), with 10:00 the latest I'd prefer to play. I am unlikely to be able to carve out time during the day this weekend.

[chesapeake]

Weekends are nearly impossible for me. How about 9 PM on Monday?

[cartman]

We had an epic offensive showing against SLO. We looked more like the late 80s version of our crosstown rivals, the Houston Cougars. My QB threw for nearly 700 yards, and one of my receivers had 6 TDs. Needed every bit of it in a 56-49 win. Nebraska is going to be a much tougher test.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by chesapeake

Weekends are nearly impossible for me. How about 9 PM on Monday?

I should be able to do that, see you online then!

[Julio Riddols]

Man, we choked a golden opportunity away this week with a poor showing overall. Need to sign some guys to give ourselves some hope for a brighter future.