The Ladder - 2019

[Julio Riddols]

Well, we beat em, but they still have most of the hell in them I would imagine.

Final was 45-21.

We had a shot to really blow them out at one point, but they got this amazing interception in the end zone on what looked like a sure TD and after that, they were kind of motivated it seemed. Our defense wasn't good really at all, only generating one pass defensed. No sacks, no interceptions, nothing really that good to say about their performance. Offensively, we were humming along pretty good though, and that's why we won as handily as we did.

Next week we get to try and hit the century mark against an FCS team. I fully expect to turn them into cumberland college, especially with 8 or more recruits in house to witness it.

[MacroGuru]

Illinois played us tough for the first half and then we kicked their trash in third and rotated our backups in at the 4th and they tried to get feisty.

I moved Rowland into the starting QB role this week and he was responsible for 7 TD's this game, 5 in the air and 2 on the ground. We had QB and WR recruits at the game and blowing the doors off passing is what we needed to happen and it did.

This game should bump us up to a better ranking.

[chesapeake]

Duke is good to go for the week.

[CU Tiger]

I will get my game in tomorrow am.

[CU Tiger]

FAU is ready to advance.

We have made a few personnel moves and its starting to pay dividends. SO Athlete Shawn WHite is playing some WR in addition to his outstanding play at FS and quickly became our leading receiver this game. We also benched our QB who led us to an undefeated season last year in lieu of his back up who has no ratings that appear better but the offense just seems to hum better with him in the game.

[Kodos]

This week features a showdown between #1 USC and #2 Duke. Good luck, boys!


=============== #1 USC Trojans (2-0) ===============
Last week the Trojans were idle.
This week, the Trojans will host #2 Duke (2-0).


=============== #2 Duke Blue Devils (2-0) ===============
Last week the Blue Devils were idle.
This week, the Blue Devils travel to Los Angeles to face the #1 USC Trojans (2-0).


=============== #3 UTSA Roadrunners (3-0) ===============
Last week, UTSA won 45-21 against LSU (0-4).
This week, the Roadrunners will host FCS East .


=============== #4 Indiana Hoosiers (3-0) ===============
Last week, Indiana won 105-10 against Fresno State (0-3).
This week, the Hoosiers will host #16 Boise State (1-1).
In recruiting news, the following Indiana targets have announced their decisions:
- (****) RT E.J. DeAngelis has committed to Virginia Tech


=============== #13 Florida Atlantic Owls (3-0) ===============
Last week, Florida Atlantic won 38-13 against Florida State (3-1).
This week, the Owls will host Western Michigan (1-2).


=============== #21 Buffalo Bulls (3-0) ===============
Last week, Buffalo won 63-45 against Illinois (1-2).
This week, the Bulls will host Rochester (2-1).

[Julio Riddols]

I've been waiting for this week since the beginning of the season, heh. I'll get my game in in a bit.

[CU Tiger]

Is it just a given at this point that team builder teams will never have statistical rankings for recruiting?
This is a killer.

[Julio Riddols]

We managed to give up 3 points to an FCS team, which irks me, but overall it was a smooth ride to a 94-3 win. Freshman QB Chris Frederick was 9/10 for 171 and 4 TD, enough to get a POG award. He is 34/42 for 542 and 9 scores on the year now.. Getting pretty excited to hand him the reins next year. I am crossing my fingers that we get a few commits out of the 11 (I think it was 11) recruits we had in house.

[Eaglesfan27]

Best times for me to play:

Daytime Tuesday, Weds or Thursday. Or, I can play any evening after 9 PM although Weds or Thursday would be best.

[chesapeake]

Only time I have that fits in your schedule is Thursday night. I'll try to be on between 9:30 and 10 PM.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sounds good.

[Eaglesfan27]

Running a bit later than expected but I will be on by 10 or shortly after.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our "No Fly Zone" secondary had their best game of the year as we shut down Duke's offense for the most part. Our own offense except for their 1st play where Gilmore threw a terrible pick was very good. Gilmore was 16 of 19 as we built a 35-3 lead at halftime. We called off the dogs in the 2nd half and won the game 38-10.

[CU Tiger]

I could do no wrong in the 1st half.
Went to my back up QB who was my starter last year in the 2nd half and he stunk up the joint. Quickly put the starter back in and the starter couldnt regain the mojo throwing 4 INTs in the 2nd half.

We won easily but I couldnt challenge you 90 point guys.

[Julio Riddols]

I really had to work for my 90, it was really more like 77.

[Kodos]

Welcome to Week 6!



=============== #1 USC Trojans (3-0) ===============
Last week, USC won 38-10 against Duke (2-1).
This week, the Trojans travel to East Lansing to face the Michigan State Spartans (2-1).
In recruiting news, the following USC targets have announced their decisions:
- (****) CB Reggie Carter has committed to Duke
- (****) RE John Carroll has committed to LSU


=============== #2 UTSA Roadrunners (4-0) ===============
Last week, UTSA won 94-3 against FCS East .
This week, the Roadrunners are idle.
In recruiting news, the following UTSA targets have announced their decisions:
- (**) RE Corey Wilson has committed to UTSA
- (****) MLB Jared Brooks has committed to UTSA


=============== #3 Indiana Hoosiers (4-0) ===============
Last week, Indiana won 69-23 against Boise State (1-2).
This week, the Hoosiers are idle.



=============== #7 Duke Blue Devils (2-1) ===============
Last week, Duke lost 38-10 against USC (3-0).
This week, the Blue Devils will host LSU (0-5).
In recruiting news, the following Duke targets have announced their decisions:
- (****) CB Reggie Carter has committed to Duke


=============== #10 Florida Atlantic Owls (4-0) ===============
Last week, Florida Atlantic won 58-10 against Western Michigan (1-3).
This week, the Owls will host West Virginia (1-2).
In recruiting news, the following Florida Atlantic targets have announced their decisions:
- (****) MLB Jared Brooks has committed to UTSA


=============== #17 Buffalo Bulls (4-0) ===============
Last week, Buffalo won 87-13 against Rochester (2-2).
This week, the Bulls will host #11 Oregon (3-0).
In recruiting news, the following Buffalo targets have announced their decisions:
- (****) C Calvin Brooks has committed to Texas A&M

[CU Tiger]

Damn you UTSA. Brooks favored me all along and was visiting next week.
One more week and hed been mine.

[Julio Riddols]

We sent some girls to greet him and took him out to dinner at the local Hooters. Apparently that and 100k a year "stipend" was enough to convince him.

Kinda surprised he decided to sign though, but definitely happy to have him.

[Julio Riddols]

We're done recruiting for our bye week, ready to advance.

[chesapeake]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Our "No Fly Zone" secondary had their best game of the year as we shut down Duke's offense for the most part. Our own offense except for their 1st play where Gilmore threw a terrible pick was very good. Gilmore was 16 of 19 as we built a 35-3 lead at halftime. We called off the dogs in the 2nd half and won the game 38-10.

Congrats. You could easily have won that game 70-10. I appreciate that you didn't.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our "No Fly Zone" defense was dominating Michigan State and our offense was doing enough to get by. Then, midway through the 2nd Lawrence Gilmore left the game with a broken toe. Kyle Davis, last year's backup, came in and he got our offense REALLY humming. 300 yards later and 4 TD passes it was a blowout. We were up 56-0 and I was very happy. Stewart had a few incredible offensive plays that resulted in his first 100 yard receiving day. Then, the play of the day happened. Stewart came up and popped a Michigan State receiver just after he caught the ball... it bounced around and right into the arms of another MSU receiver who took it the distance. I was pissed our shut out was over. I was even more upset when I realized Stewart broke his ribs on the hit and will miss 5 weeks

[Julio Riddols]

Oof. Giving up a TD when a shutout is imminent is so deflating. Having a significant injury to a star player on the same play.. Salt that wound.

[MacroGuru]

We lost to #11 Oregon by 3. 21-18. It was more of a defensive game, where we were slugging it out. What lost us the game was the turnovers, I threw 3 pics, 2 of them to their Star CB who I thought I had beat both times.

Our offense couldn't punch it into the end zone and we also missed a 47 yard FG.

We lost this game with 3 recruits in the stands

[Kodos]

#3 Indiana welcomes #1 USC to Bloomington with a chance to vanquish their nemesis for the first time. What days are good for you, EF27?

[Julio Riddols]

AWWWWW YEEEEEEAAAAHHHH

[Julio Riddols]

Well we had a better game against Miss State than we did against the FCS team.

779 yards of offense and 98 points. We only saw 3rd down 6 times in the game.

Jim Fry, the Punter I signed a few years back and converted to RB, he had 9 carries for 108 and 2 scores in the 4th quarter.

Mississippi State actually ran like 15 more plays than me.

We had 1040 yards including return yards. Quite satisfied with the performance to say the least.

[Eaglesfan27]

If you are off during the day time, I can play almost any day Monday through Thursday. If we need to play in the evening, Wednesday night after 9:30 pm is best although I can do other nights if necessary.

[Kodos]

Wednesday night after 9:30 can work. .

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Wednesday night after 9:30 can work. .

Sounds good!

[Kodos]

We're still a go for tonight?

[Eaglesfan27]

Yep!

[Eaglesfan27]

Family schedule changed tonight. I will be available anytime after 9.

[Kodos]

Okay. I will probably be closer to 9:30.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Okay. I will probably be closer to 9:30.

No problem. Tell me when you are on. Otherwise, I will get on at 9:30.

[Kodos]

Ahh crap. We lost connection in the third quarter of a tied game.

[Eaglesfan27]

Crap. My console just dropped connection. No idea why. I usually never have a problem with my connection.

[Eaglesfan27]

It was an epic game too. Kodos was running all over our defense but our pass defense was amazing - not that he had to throw it much with the way his run game was working.

[Kodos]

Want to try again, or too late?

[Eaglesfan27]

Sure... if I can get connected to Xbox Live. Right now, it is not letting me connect to Xbox Live. I will try resetting router and see if it lets me connect.

[Eaglesfan27]

Reset router and now it is now connected to Xbox Live fine. Ready to go in a sec.

[Eaglesfan27]

Even with a chance to adjust earlier in the game, I couldn't stop Indiana's run game and Kodos ran all over us again. We went down to the wire but he ran out time and kicked a game winning FG as time expired to get a 31-28 win. Congrats Kodos.

[Kodos]

Wow. What a replay! Indiana gets their first win over USC, 31-28, on a late field goal after a clock-eating final drive. Great game, EF27! It won't mean much if we don't win the inevitable rematch in the Big Ten Championship game.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Wow. What a replay! Indiana gets their first win over USC, 31-28, on a late field goal after a clock-eating final drive. Great game, EF27! It won't mean much if we don't win the inevitable rematch in the Big Ten Championship game.

I look forward to the rematch!

[Julio Riddols]

Aww shit Kodos.. We're lining up for a battle in the title game. Wish it was possible to spectate on these games though, it would be fun to watch two players battle it out.

[Julio Riddols]

Damn, both you guys ran the shit out of the ball. 15 total pass attempts between the two of you? Old school football, man.

[Kodos]

I went with what was working, even when I fell behind 21-7. Passing against EF is playing with fire.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Kodos

I went with what was working, even when I fell behind 21-7. Passing against EF is playing with fire.

I finally have 4 corners (5 when Stewart is healthy) with great closing speed who can shut down receivers. My safeties are really good too. I need to figure out something to slow down your run game before our re-match (assuming it happens.)

[Kodos]

Your safety just closes on guys who look open so quickly. Anything downfield is rolling the dice. And you have always had great stick skills when it comes to making the pick. Thankfully, I was able to get a stop on D after you picked off that one downfield pass.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Your safety just closes on guys who look open so quickly. Anything downfield is rolling the dice. And you have always had great stick skills when it comes to making the pick. Thankfully, I was able to get a stop on D after you picked off that one downfield pass.

I have terrible stick skills on picks. Every one of them was a CPU controlled player. I'm good at rushing the passer and generally stick to that on defense.

Edit: Maybe, I shouldn't admit that