Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB25)

[georgiafan]

Smoky Mountain vs Army

Napier vs his Old Team

A huge game its Napier's new team vs where he spent the last 3 years. Army has saw their team overall go up from 77 last year to 81 this year. You can see some changes a little more passing then last year and not the starting HB and QB we would have picked. They lost to a bad team week 1.

Nathan Rachel who we would start is the backup and scores a 1-yard TD to make it 10-0. At the end of the 1st quarter Smoky Mountain is going nowhere with -30 yards offense. That would change when 4th goal and the 2 ends in a TD. It was set up by a 1st down conversation on 3rd and 17. Army would march down and score with a 32 yard pass out of the flexbone. We go 3 and out and Army gets the ball back just 38 seconds on the clock. Juan Corp breaks a sack fires it deep and hits a wide open player. The route is on Army is up 24-7.

We have it 1st and goal and score a TD, but its called back with a hold. On 3rd down a bad option pitch and Army takes it to the house (32-7). Despite being down big its 4th and 36 and SMU has to punt. The Army DL is destroying people with the 6th sack of the game.

Then things got personal Its 4th and long with just 1 minute in the game. Army passes it deep and gets a TD if that wasn't bad enough they go for 2. We fumble the ball on the final drive and Army shocks Napier's new team 43 to 7.

Army Black Knights at SMU
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Army Black Knights (0-1)	10	14	8	11	43
SMU (1-0)	0	7	0	0	7

Team Stats Comparison
	ARMY	SMU
Total Offense	343	190
Rushing Yards	177	83
Passing Yards	166	107
First Downs	17	13
Punt Return Yards	51	18
Kick Return Yards	0	147
Total Yards	394	355
Turnovers	0	2
3rd Down Conversion	5/11	7/16
4th Down Conversion	1/1	1/3
2-Point Conversion	2/2	0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-1-60%	1-0-33%
Penalties	3 for 25	5 for 35
Possession Time	21:57	22:03

Army Black Knights PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Juan Corp 10/14 166 3 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Glenn Gore (FB) 17 95 5.6 0 George Scheffler 7 41 5.9 0 Juan Corp 7 21 3 0 Nathan Rachel 5 7 1.4 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Glenn Howden (TE) 3 66 22 1 Juan Bautista 1 52 52 1 Rich England 3 23 7.7 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Taylor Romero 6 0 Carl Vaughn 3 0 Rob Cobbs 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Oscar Lamm 10 2 2 FF 2 TFL Parker Slater 5 2 0 2 TFL Anthony Morales 9 1 0 2 TFL Sam Virgin 7 1 0 3 TFL Jose Harris 5 1 1 FF 2 TFL Joseph Benson 11 0 0 1 TFL

SMU PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Darren Washington 13/21 107 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D.T Jones 10 86 8.6 1 Kam Bankhead 7 27 3.9 0 Brett Dubose (FB) 6 27 4.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D.T Jones (HB) 4 41 10.3 0 Hayden Bradford (TE) 1 21 21 0 Dante Scales 1 12 12 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Kavon Lloyd 7 1 Tyler Van Gordon 7 2 Josh Glaser 6 0 Gary Borland 5 2 Joe Westberry 3 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Beau Cooley 8 0 0 4 TFL Quinnen Ford 8 0 0 0 Case Alonso 7 0 0 2 TFL Casey Regis 5 0.5 0 0

[georgiafan]

Smoky Mountain vs Florida

Napier vs his Old Team Part 2

Smoky Mountain has no time to dwell on the big loss and it's another personal game for Napier. Florida is ranked 12th and the game is in the swamp. Also next up is @Tennessee who is ranked high, but 2 loses already

We recover a fumble and settle for an FG. We get a nice run by DT Jones down to the 1. We try and get our QB a rushing TD, but on 3rd down just give it to the FB (10-3). They score in the final seconds before half to make it 10 all. We score on 4th and goal at the 1 and with 3 minutes to go in the 3rd take a 7-point lead.

We have the backup QB in the game, and we had sworn off options for now. We call one and its fumbled away. That leads to a TD and it's tied at 17. We kick a FG to go up 3 and then get a 3 & out. The #1 HB is showing wear and tear, so this drive is all the #2 power HB. He gets a big time 24-yard run down to the 25. We are still up by 3 with under 3 minutes, but they have 4 timeouts to go. We end up settling for a FG that drive but do make them use their timeouts. We didn't trust our passing game despite them having 10 in the box. They run out of time and Smoky Mountain bounces back with a big-time win.

This was a game where we had to abandoned the pass game being on the road plus scared after the Army game. Napier is going to have to change up the style of play and call less options and flexbone formations. Having two 100+ yard HB's was cool the first time that's happened

Smoky Mountain at Florida Gators
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Smoky Mountain (1-1)	3	7	7	6	23
Florida Gators (1-0)	3	7	7	0	17

Team Stats Comparison
		FLA
Total Offense	308	218
Rushing Yards	297	55
Passing Yards	11	151
First Downs	20	9
Punt Return Yards	1	0
Kick Return Yards	66	38
Total Yards	375	256
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Conversion	6/17	0/8
4th Down Conversion	6/6	1/2
2-Point Conversion	0	0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-2-100%	1-0-50%
Penalties	3 for 20	1 for 10
Possession Time	30:49	13:11

Smoky Mountain PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Darren Washington 3/8 14 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D.T Jones 15 123 8.2 1 Kam Bankhead 16 11 6.9 0 Brett Dubose 10 23 2.3 1 Verone Valentine 3 21 7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Quincy Beach 1 7 7 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Josh Glaser 12 1 Kavon Lloyd 7 0 Joe Westberry 6 1 Tyler Van Gordon 6 0 Gary Borland 1 0Q DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jerrold Nunn 9 0 0 0 Ashton Maxwell 3 1 0 1 TFL Tysen Randolph 1 1 0 0 Dorian Duncan 8 0 0 0

Florida Gators PASSING C/A YDS TD INT George Urban 13/20 151 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD K.D Daniels 5 41 8.2 0 Jaden Baugh 9 26 2.9 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jaden Baugh 4 51 12.8 1 Andy Jean 3 49 16.3 0 T.J Abrams 1 20 20 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Myles Graham 14 0 0 3 TFL Miles Jameson 13 1 0 2 TFL Marvin Durbin 9 1 0 4 TFL Hugh Mulligan 10 0 0 2 TFL

[Lunchpail]

Whoa... I'm gone for a week or so and I come back to Smoky Mountain This will be interesting to keep up with.

[georgiafan]

My plan all along was to make several different coaching stops until I reach my final one. That mirrors real life and keeps things interesting since I'm about 350 hours into this game. I really wanted a head coach job as the super sim defense is to over powered so hopefully next year.. Hope you had a good vacation

Quote: Originally Posted by Lunchpail

Whoa... I'm gone for a week or so and I come back to Smoky Mountain This will be interesting to keep up with.

[georgiafan]

Smoky Mountain Loses 2nd Game

Changes Coming To Offense

Smoky Mountain suffered their 2nd loss of the year to Tennessee 21 to 6 in Knoxville. If you aren't familiar with the area these schools are only about 30 minutes from each other. Tennesse came into the game ranked 7th so a natural rival for years to come. The homefield advantage really played a bif part in this game and its the last one of those we will face this year.

If you look at the stats it was a defense game SMU had just 264 yards of offense just 60 less then Tennesse. They were no turnovers in the game and SMU had the better 3rd down %. Despite having 0 TD's to Tennesse 3 even the redzone % was even. Just they hit on some longer TD passes.

The first 4 non-conference games were hard on purpose to make up for the soft conference slate. It's a tough way to start with 3 ranked teams 3 road games while changing the offense from spread to power run. Hoping to go 3-1 which would be great for the playoff chances they now fall out of the top 25. It should be a lot of wins to close out the year and 10-2 is what is projected. If they make the playoffs will hinge on the other small schools and needing some losses.

After the game Billy Napier said some big changes were coming to the offense. We are still going to run the same plays we had in our playbook. Just this isn't going to be the same flexbone / option centered offense we ran at army. For the reminder of the year we are going to have to throw the ball more and run less options as Washinton has struggled with pitches. We will look to run more Information runs and throw some to the TE's. When we get into conference play our OL should shine. We still will get back to the flexbone / option in the future, but for now that's not what this offense is best at.

[georgiafan]

Smoky Mountain's 1st Conference Game

First Game With Offense Tweaks

Billy felt like some changes was needing to the offense for the rest of the year. Which meant no options, less flexbone and more passing. Still the plan was the same establish the run just throw when they load the box more.

The results were pretty good scoring 38 points with close to 500 yards of offense. The turnovers were a problem we did run one option and it was a fumble returned for a TD. So yea the options plays aren't what this team is good at. The defense also gets credit for playing well and a lot of 3 and outs.

The run game wasn't as good as it looks as wildcat WR turned QB broke a long run while we were just trying to run out the clock. Neither of the HB's went for over 100 yard despite 15 carries. The FB had his best game of the year.

The passing game was a good sight 200 yards with 3 passing TD's. With so many power sets it's expected the TE and HB would lead in yards. Overall a good win to start off conference and you should see Smoky Mountain go on a win streak

Coco Cay at Smoky Mountain
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Coco Cay (2-2)	0	10	7	7	24
Smoky Mountain (2-2)	10	13	7	8	38

Team Stats Comparison
	RCL	SMU
Total Offense	251	477
Rushing Yards	72	276
Passing Yards	179	201
First Downs	9	27
Punt Return Yards	0	52
Kick Return Yards	95	106
Total Yards	346	635
Turnovers	3	3
3rd Down Conversion	5/13	7/14
4th Down Conversion	1/1	1/3
2-Point Conversion	0	1/2
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1-0-25%	4-0-66%
Penalties	4 for 28	2 for 20
Possession Time	17:01	26:59

Coco Cay PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Bullock 12/22 179 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Bromell 18 54 3.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Schwenke 3 54 18 0 Paul 2 39 19.5 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Deckard 16 0 0 2 TFL Mayfield 16 0 0 1 TFL Kuberski 4 1 0 0

Smoky Mountain PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Darren Washington 20/33 201 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Verone Valentine 2 84 42 1 D.T Jones 15 75 5.0 0 Kam Bankhead 17 62 3.6 1 Brett Dubose 6 30 5.0 0 Darren Washington 6 22 3.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Eric Lampley (TE) 4 69 17.3 1 Hayden Bradford (TE) 4 41 10.3 0 Kam Bankhead 4 32 8.0 1 D.T Jones 3 16 5.3 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Tyler Van Gordon 12 0 Josh Glaser 7 0 Kavon Lloyd 5 0 Jalen Irons 4 0 Gary Borland 2 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Quinnnen Ford 8 0 0 1 TFL Case Alonso 7 0 0 3 TFL Beau Cooley 5 0 0 4 TFL Isaiah Crumpler 5 1 FF 1 0 Carlos Tonges 3 1 FF 1 2 FR

[georgiafan]

Smoky Mountain Improves to 9-2

Two Wins Away from the Playoffs

Editor's note - For a variety of reasons that I won't try and get into. I've decided to just quickly finish up the season and then just restart next year as a head coach. I'll be taking a head coaching job even if it's a school I don't like.

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Smoky Mountain as expected is piling up the conference wins winning 6 more games since we last meet up. At times its big wins with three of those 30+ points and three more times 21 and under. In the end all that matters is the results even the ugly wins.

The offense play calling has shifted a few times and the passing game from QB Washington hasn't worked 8 TD's and 7 Interceptions with 59% and 1,266 yards though he has added 7 rushing TD's. Senior DT Jones is leading the way over 1,000 yards and 7 yards per carry with the #2 Bankhead 681 yards. I

The playoff spot as expected likely comes down to the conference championship vs Minnesota State who is ranked 1 spot ahead of Smoky Mountain. Its been a mixed bag of results and a playoff spot would help Napier's case to finally get a head coaching job

[georgiafan]

Smoky Mountain Makes Playoffs After Huge Win

SMU Beat #6 Minnesota State By 8

A lot of upsets over the last few weeks had this matchup two top 10 so the winner would get the conference and a 1st round bye. Smoky Mountain was without its #1 HB D.T Jones who was 2nd team all American with over 1,00 yards

Smoky Mountain played the best game of the year and going into the 4th quarter it was 35 to 14. HB Bankhead broke off the best run we have seen maybe in our 5 years. Minnesota State would score two 4th quarter TD's to make it a little closer than it really was. Bankhead a monster game 23 carries for 148 yards and 2 TD with the HB Beach also getting 127 yards. The QB spot was back to being a game manager just 11 attempts and 69 passing yards.

A monster win as Smoky Mountain gets a 1st round bye and will play Kentucky in the 2nd round after earning a bye. Minnesota State also makes the playoffs and these teams could face again round 3. This does make Napier's time here a success despite some ups and downs