RFL 2008, Week 13 Preview/Results -- Deadline 10/7 (Tuesday) at 11 pm EST

[Kodos]

Here's the schedule for Week 13:



As the season winds down, here is a look at the standings in the BCS conferences:



Here's the Top 25:



With bowl season approaching, here are the BCS standings:

[Galaxy]

Bring on Georgia! I'll post the rankings and that in a bit. Is Live working now?

[Kodos]

Yes.

[DeToxRox]

Nej - Saturday doesn't work but Sunday between 4-8 or any time Monday/Tuesday.

Lemme know

[Galaxy]

The initial bowl picture looks like this:

BCS Title Game: #3 Oklahoma (At-large) vs. #1 Ohio State (Big Ten #1)
Orange Bowl: #16 Florida State (ACC #1) vs. #9 West Virginia (Big East #1)
Fiesta Bowl: #4 Missouri (Big 12 #1) vs. #10 South Carolina (At-large)
Sugar Bowl: #2 Florida (SEC #1) vs. #13 USC (At-large)
Rose Bowl: #7 Virginia Tech (At-large) vs. #5 Washington (Pac-10 #1)


Capital One Bowl: #14 Auburn (SEC #3) vs. #12 Indiana (Big Ten #2)
Outback Bowl: #20 Georgia (SEC #5) vs. #22 Michigan (Big Ten #3)
Chick-fil-A Bowl: Alabama (SEC #6) vs. #8 Clemson (ACC #2)
Brut Sun Bowl: UCLA (Pac 10 #4) vs. Notre Dame (Indy/At-large)
Alamo Bowl: Hawai'i (WAC #4) vs. #18 Penn State (Big Ten #5)
Las Vegas Bowl: Washington St. (Pac 10 #5) vs. #23 BYU (MWC #1)

[Pumpy Tudors]

Senior Day is a success in Minneapolis! The Gophers defeat Iowa, 34-27. We finish 3-9 and collect our only conference win of the season. Momentum for next year, baby!

[Galaxy]

We went into Athens and knocked off the 20th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs 24-3, ending any BCS hopes they had. They threw five picks in the game. We go to 6-4 on the season, becoming bowl eligible, and head out to Los Angeles next weekend to take on our arch rival USC (Eaglesfan27). Hopefully we can garner some votes this week.

With Georgia falling, likely to drop out of the Top 25, I suspect this loss will have a hidden impact on the BCS rankings.

[Karlifornia]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

We went into Athens and knocked off the 20th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs 24-3, ending any BCS hopes they had. They threw five picks in the game. We go to 6-4 on the season, becoming bowl eligible, and head out to Los Angeles next weekend to take on our arch rival USC (Eaglesfan27). Hopefully we can garner some votes this week.

With Georgia falling, likely to drop out of the Top 25, I suspect this loss will have a hidden impact on the BCS rankings.

Please beat USC...It will help my BCS chances

I am going to play my game tomorrow before work most likely...I'll check on my recruiting at some point tonight between drinks.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

Please beat USC...It will help my BCS chances

I am going to play my game tomorrow before work most likely...I'll check on my recruiting at some point tonight between drinks.

You should be in if you can win out. Florida State, provided they win out and take the division, and Virginia Tech will have to play each other for the ACC Championship. That will put you in the pole position when it comes to the Top 25 and BCS rankings. Throw in your game against South Carolina, that will give you a huge boost.

The last two at-large berths are belong to (10) USC-0.944 and (11) South Carolina-0.940. (12) Arizona State-0.939, (13) Indiana-0.923, and (16) Penn State-0.896 are looking from the outside in. Arizona State needs for USC to fall to get into the BCS Bowl bash, due to the two teams per conference limit.

Also, when did the WAC become part of the Alamo Bowl? Also, how are they sending the fourth-place team in the WAC to the Alamo Bowl?

[Radii]

Miami scores 14 before I run my first offensive play(TD on the opening drive, and I fumbled on the kickoff return). I was able to tighten up and tie the game up in the 2nd quarter, but Miami's defense and speed was overwhelming in the second half, I wasn't able to score in the 2nd half, I need to recruit a lot more speed to win these games. Miami beats Georgia Tech 27-14.

With the loss, I will finish the season 5-6 and will not be going to a bowl game. As long as this doesn't cause us to drop from a 4* prestige team to 3*, it will be fine, as we're doing well in recruiting this year and should be improving.

[bignej]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Nej - Saturday doesn't work but Sunday between 4-8 or any time Monday/Tuesday.

Lemme know

I work Monday or Tuesday but those times on Sunday should be good. My wife should be going into labor any day now so that could get in the way also.

[MacroGuru]

Going to play my game today.

I will be out of town next week until Friday the 10th.

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by bignej

I work Monday or Tuesday but those times on Sunday should be good. My wife should be going into labor any day now so that could get in the way also.

Sounds good. Lets shoot for 4 or 4:30 then on Sunday if that's cool.

[Sun Tzu]

*coughgomichigancough*

I'll be playing my last game on Monday. Hopefuly the last couple weeks will go be quick with most people having a bye week.

[MacroGuru]

The Beehive Boot stays nice and secure in the BYU Trophy case and thats 3 years in a row BYU takes the Holy War from Utah!

43 - 40 win and I do not know what has happened lately but I am giving up a lot on the ground lately on the defensive side of the ball. It's definitely an area of concern for me. The best part about it, this defense will only be better next season.

Max Hall is looking like a major Heisman Candidate with almost 600 yards passing and 5 TDs and 1 maybe 2 stupid INTs.

O'Neill Chambers is going to be a great WR for us for the next few years.

[bignej]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Sounds good. Lets shoot for 4 or 4:30 then on Sunday if that's cool.

Thats fine. If my wife goes into labor of course I wont be available. Maybe I can get her to pinch it off for a little while.

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by bignej

Thats fine. If my wife goes into labor of course I wont be available. Maybe I can get her to pinch it off for a little while.

Ha. Are you available to play now? I can squeeze it in if we start before 2.

[DeToxRox]

We are playing in some BRUTAL lag. I dunno if its the XBL servers or what but I can't change my guys on some plays. Not sure how much it woud've mattered as I am being humbled 34-0 in the fourth, though three scores were direct results of INTs, with two pick six's and one INT inside my 30.

My slow offense plus OSU's sick defense = forgettable results.

[DeToxRox]

5 INT's later this game is mercifully over at 37-0.

Once I got down my offense that did work was out the door and I had to throw, which I hate to do with this team and especially vs OSU.

Five INT's later, you have 24 points, and a blowout. But for morale purposes this game was really 13-0.

But seriously Nej is good enough on D as it is, give him OSU's defense and it's unreal.

Actually I was typing this up with 45 seconds to go, I managed to throw a sixth INT trying to score.

Rough.

But really I only loss 13-0. Honestly. The other stuff doesn't count.

[DeToxRox]

I think Nej will agree the lag killed this game. It was virtually impossible to pass half the game, which killed me. But regardless I don't think I would've won.

[bignej]

That was the LAGGIEST game I have ever played. The lag I think helped both of our defenses because timing passes and controlling ball carriers was near impossible. The reason for the large score was that I was fortunate enough that DeToxRox likes to throw into coverage Normally I'm a bit better on offense(as Im sure Michigan is). He is very good at controlling his defenders. For anyone interested, I will upload a few videos here in a few.

[bignej]

Michigan(DeToxRox) @ Ohio State(bignej)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Michigan 0 0 0 0 0
Ohio State 14 3 17 3 37

1st:
6:05 TD Bucks: A. Russell returned INT 47 yards (Pettrey kick)
1:05 TD Bucks: B. Robiskie 42 yard pass from T.Boeckman (Pettrey kick)
2nd:
0:00 FG Bucks: A. Pettrey 30yd FG
3rd:
3:16 FG Bucks: A. Pettrey 23yd FG
1:57 TD Bucks: M. Jenkins returned INT 66 yards (Pettrey kick)
0:34 TD Bucks: B. Robiskie 24 yard pass from T.Boeckman (Pettrey kick)
4th:
1:57 FG Bucks: A. Pettrey 25yd FG

Team Stats Michigan Ohio State
1st Downs 6 17
Total Offense 80 342
Rush Yards -2 120
Pass Yards 82 222
Turnovers 6 0
T.O.P. 8:34 19:30

Player Stats:
Ohio State:
T. Boeckman 180.9 Rate 20 of 25 222 yds 2 TD 0 INT
B. Saine 33 ATT 113yds
B. Robiskie 4rec 86yds 2TDs
A. Spitler 6 Tackles 5TFL 1 Sack
A. Russell 4 Tackles 1TFL 1 INT

Michigan:
P. McCoy 1.7 Rate 5 of 21 64 yds 0 TD 5 INT
C. Brown 4 ATT 14yds
G. Mathews 2rec 53yds
B. Graham 8 Tackles 4TFL
M. Parker 11 Tackles 1TFL

[Galaxy]

Bignej gets to play for the national championship title, and crush Kodos' hope for a shot at the Big Ten co-championship and an automatic BCS bid.

[Kodos]

I had no illusions that Michigan might win. Good season, Bignej. Congrats on the Big Ten title. Second in the Big Ten ain't bad when you're Indiana. Especially since we were predicted to finish in 10th place. Go Hoosiers!

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Big Ten: Ohio State (1), Wisconsin, Penn State (3), Michigan (5), Michigan State (6), Indiana (10)

[bignej]

Thanks. Now its a few weeks off to get rusty. I do believe that Indiana will still get a BCS bid due to Ohio State being in the NC game. Last year Illinois was #17 I believe and they got in under the same circumstances.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by bignej

Thanks. Now its a few weeks off to get rusty. I do believe that Indiana will still get a BCS bid due to Ohio State being in the NC game. Last year Illinois was #17 I believe and they got in under the same circumstances.

I think they can as well. They just need a little help. I'm sure they'll be crossing the line next and rooting for Notre Dame to defeat USC/Eaglesfan27 next week (not to mention us winning helps their strength of schedule).

[Bigsmooth]

I'll be playing the Apple Cup Sunday night when I get back home.

[Kodos]

It's awful hard to root for Notre Dame under any circumstance.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by Kodos

It's awful hard to root for Notre Dame under any circumstance.

[Kodos]

Looking to recover following our Week 12 thrashing at the hands of Penn State, Indiana traveled to hated Purdue and comes out with a 30-28 victory. The Boilermakers scored a TD as time expired to make the score closer, but IU keeps the Old Oaken Bucket. Junior RB Bryan Payton led the rushing attack with 15 carries for 140 yards and 2 TDs, as we gashed the Boilermaker defense for 250 rushing yards to finish the season 11-1, and second overall in the Big Ten. Bring on another bowl! Go Hoosiers!

Here are Payton's TD runs.

This run gave us a 7-0 lead in the 1st quarter:

EA SPORTS World: NCAA Football 09 Video

Payton got his second TD off of a Lewis option pitch:

EA SPORTS World: NCAA Football 09 Video

[Bigsmooth]

We win the Apple Cup pretty easily to finish the regular season at 12-0. I should get a challenge in the Rose Bowl. Good times.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by Bigsmooth

We win the Apple Cup pretty easily to finish the regular season at 12-0. I should get a challenge in the Rose Bowl. Good times.

Don't you got Cal in two weeks?

[Kodos]

It looks like it. Assuming no errors in my standings, Washington has only played 11 games after beating Washington State.

[Bigsmooth]

Originally Posted by Kodos

It looks like it. Assuming no errors in my standings, Washington has only played 11 games after beating Washington State.

Ahh yes. Details...

[Galaxy]

Looks like Sun and Kalifornia are just left.

[Sun Tzu]

I'll be playing my game today.

[Sun Tzu]

I managed to pull a win out of my ass against my rival this week. Michigan State showed up ready to PLAY today and I'm lucky as hell to have won this game. My fast but rediculously innacurate QB threw 4 picks and I had to completely abandon the passing game in the second half. I was down by 2 TD's to start the 4th quarter, and wound up tying it up with about 3 minutes left. Michigan State charged back down the field though and scored on a 1 yard run with about 40 second left in the game. My stud Wideout took the ensuing kickoff to the 30, broke one tackle, found a lane, and took off outrunning the entire MSU special teams for a 100 yard Kickoff return to tie it up with almost no time on the clock. In OT we traded touchdowns, in double OT we traded field goals, and in TRIPLE OVERTIME I picked their QB off after sacking him on first down. A few runs up the gut later I was banging home my game winning field goal to bring the Land Grant trophy back to Happy Valley. I had the last of my recruits visiting in this game, and it got a 1600+ score so hopefuly that was exciting enough to land some hard signs. No more games for me until my bowl game.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I just walked in on my quarterback watching Smurfs cartoons with his pants around his ankles. I'm not sure if he was turned on by Smurfette or Brainy. In any case, if we had a bowl game coming up, I'd suspend him for it.

[DeToxRox]

Karl had the RROD again I know but I think he got a new one already.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I managed to pull a win out of my ass against my rival this week. Michigan State showed up ready to PLAY today and I'm lucky as hell to have won this game. My fast but rediculously innacurate QB threw 4 picks and I had to completely abandon the passing game in the second half. I was down by 2 TD's to start the 4th quarter, and wound up tying it up with about 3 minutes left. Michigan State charged back down the field though and scored on a 1 yard run with about 40 second left in the game. My stud Wideout took the ensuing kickoff to the 30, broke one tackle, found a lane, and took off outrunning the entire MSU special teams for a 100 yard Kickoff return to tie it up with almost no time on the clock. In OT we traded touchdowns, in double OT we traded field goals, and in TRIPLE OVERTIME I picked their QB off after sacking him on first down. A few runs up the gut later I was banging home my game winning field goal to bring the Land Grant trophy back to Happy Valley. I had the last of my recruits visiting in this game, and it got a 1600+ score so hopefuly that was exciting enough to land some hard signs. No more games for me until my bowl game.

Cool. A close scrape with MSU ought to help keep us ahead of you in the BCS standings.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

I just walked in on my quarterback watching Smurfs cartoons with his pants around his ankles. I'm not sure if he was turned on by Smurfette or Brainy. In any case, if we had a bowl game coming up, I'd suspend him for it.

at least he's going for looks or brains. If it were Grouchy or Gargamel, you'd have a real problem on your hands.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I managed to pull a win out of my ass against my rival this week. Michigan State showed up ready to PLAY today and I'm lucky as hell to have won this game. My fast but rediculously innacurate QB threw 4 picks and I had to completely abandon the passing game in the second half. I was down by 2 TD's to start the 4th quarter, and wound up tying it up with about 3 minutes left. Michigan State charged back down the field though and scored on a 1 yard run with about 40 second left in the game. My stud Wideout took the ensuing kickoff to the 30, broke one tackle, found a lane, and took off outrunning the entire MSU special teams for a 100 yard Kickoff return to tie it up with almost no time on the clock. In OT we traded touchdowns, in double OT we traded field goals, and in TRIPLE OVERTIME I picked their QB off after sacking him on first down. A few runs up the gut later I was banging home my game winning field goal to bring the Land Grant trophy back to Happy Valley. I had the last of my recruits visiting in this game, and it got a 1600+ score so hopefuly that was exciting enough to land some hard signs. No more games for me until my bowl game.

Seems like everyone has at least one game against a weak computer-controlled game each year that they lose or just pull out.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Karl had the RROD again I know but I think he got a new one already.

You two are having a heck of time with that.

[Karlifornia]

Just got another new one...yeesh...about to recruit and play.

[Karlifornia]

And Clemson downs Virginia in Charlottesville 55-35. God...Virginia was annoying to play against. Their QB Lalich had a pretty nice day going, until falling apart a bit in the 4th.

Davis and Spiller had big games, and Willy Korn once again relieved Cullen Harper, throwing a TD and an INT.


I need to cut down on stupid throws, but besides that, the offense is looking good.