The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

[Deuce2223]

Quote: Originally Posted by redsox907

Ugh I hate those mini surges the CPU gets at the end of halves/games. Would say I'm surprise that Penn State kept up with you, but after the Notre Dame loss I think its safe to say anyone in the Big Ten could give you a game, which is nice. That was one thing I hated about being in the MAC with Ball State, any conference game felt like an automatic win. Looks like the early betting favorite should be FIU vs OSU part deux

What has been weird for me this year is both Notre Dame and Penn State where home games.. I knew Nebraska would be tough on the road. and I sorta assume that Wisconsin will as well.. Notre Dame did a great job stopping the run.. I probably should've tried forcing a few more Deep balls to try and force their LB's to play black. Penn State on the other hand basically was like screw the run we are going to just sit back and try not to let them beat us deep. I got lucky that Alexander turned a 12 yd pass into a 72 yd score. but other then that, I think my biggest play was under 40 yds on the day.

It will be interesting to see how the playoff bracket plays out.. I will be curious to see if they end up on opposite sides or not or if we might see a rematch in the Semi Finals instead.

Right now it looks like it will be a FIU/Miami rematch for the ACC title.. FIU dropped to #4 with the "Bye" Week and currently both Virginia and Georgia Tech have dropped out of the Top-25 so at this point unless Georgia or Ohio State loses, we could see a #2 vs #4 matchup and if FIU is still #4 and loses, they could be playing Round 1. Right now it looks like it's probably going to be either Oregon or Washington in the Big Ten title game for Ohio State. Wire is gone and graduated, so party of me hopes I play the Ducks again for the title, especially cause it could be their 3rd loss and keep them out of the playoffs all together but we will see. Right now we are all 4-1 in Conference play..

[Deuce2223]

WEEK 8 RECAP

We are still 2 weeks away from the first projected Playoff Bracket and excitement is at a all time high.. Fill FIU make it for a 9th straight season.. Will Ohio State return for a chance at another National Title. What about Georgia or Miami or Kentucky who was the Natty runner up just 2 years ago..

FIU

The Panthers had Week 8 off and fell 2 spots in the rankings going from #2 to #4..

On a positive note, FIU did land it's first 5* Recruit of the season as SS Mitch Finger (#4 Overall/#1 TN/#1 SS) signs.. FIU now has 4 players committed to their 2033 class.

FIU will return to action in Week 9 as they host (4-4) ECU..

TOP-25 NEWS

Georgia maintains their #1 ranking as they defeat Ole Miss (35-17) to move to (7-0) on the year. Th Bulldogs will try and keep that undefeated season going in Week 9 @ #22 TAMU

Miami jumped from #3 to #2 with a (30-27) win over ECU as they improve to (7-1) on the year.

OSU is now #3 well FIU is #4.

#5 LSU fell (35-20) to #21 Clemson this week dropping to #9 in the polls, well Clemson jumps 6 spots to #15 as they improve to (5-3) on the year and keep their playoff hopes alive.

#6 Boston College saw their perfect season come to a end as they fall (38-37) to Buffalo.. With the loss they drop to #17 in the rankings.

#7 Kansas State joins the Top- at #5 with a (41-2#

#8 Kentucky jumps up 1 spot #7 with a (38-9) win over Marshall as they improve to (6-1) on the year.

#9 TCU fell this week (28-24) to Tulsa. The Horn Frogs will take on #14 Utah in Week 9. The Utes moved up 5 spots this week with a 42-17 win over Baylor if they can win another they could set themselves up for a potential playoff spot.


#12 Purdue is back in the Top-10 at #8 with a (26-12) win @ Middle Tenn State. They will take on Army in Week 9.

#13 Northwestern fell (31-30) to UMass and with the loss drops to #19 in the rankigns.

#15 Charlotte rejoined the Top-10 at #10 with a 27-22 win over Old Dominion The 49er's will take on Marshall in Week 9.

#16 Colorado moves up 5 spots to #11 with a (31-21) win over Vanderbilt

#17 Oregon moves to #12 despite having the week off.. The Ducks return to action in Week 9 @ Indiana.

#23 Alabama jumps 10 spots to #13 as they improve to (6-1) with a 28-20 win over #14 Miss State.. The Tide will look to keep rolling as they take on Texas in Week 9.. With the loss the Bulldogs drop to #25 in the rankings and will hope to rebound against #23 Arkansas.

Arkansas was ranked #11 before a (24-21) loss to Auburn saw them drop 12 spots in the rankings.

# 18 Boise State moves up 2 spots to #16 after a (38-28) win over Colorado State. The Broncos will take on Troy in Week 9.

Virginia Tech has rejoined the Top-25 at #24 after a (21-7) win over NC State. The Hokies are now (5-3) on the year. Another loss and their playoff dreams are over.

DEREK HAWKINS

Hawkins has now passed for 1920 yds with 11 TD and 11 INT this season.

For his career so far he has passed for 12,423 yds with 102 TD's and 60 INT's in comparison Miami's Legend Coffee has passed for 15,321 yds with 151 TD's and 25 INT.

[xboxxerx]

Man, Deuce. Great job on the recruits. You pretty much have offense locked down for the next 4 to 5 years, depending on if you redshirt or not. Guess with what you have signed so far will allow you to focus on defense in the portal or next season. I ha e always tried doing that with my recruiting. Focus on 1 side each season. uckeyes are looking good, man. People are going to regret visiting the horse shoe for years to come now.

Sent from my SM-S928U using Operation Sports mobile app

[Deuce2223]

Quote: Originally Posted by xboxxerx

Man, Deuce. Great job on the recruits. You pretty much have offense locked down for the next 4 to 5 years, depending on if you redshirt or not. Guess with what you have signed so far will allow you to focus on defense in the portal or next season. I ha e always tried doing that with my recruiting. Focus on 1 side each season. uckeyes are looking good, man. People are going to regret visiting the horse shoe for years to come now. Sent from my SM-S928U using Operation Sports mobile app

Thanks. Yeah offense looks really good.. I have my entire RB returning next year so Dubois and Te'o will most likely Redshirt. I also only have 2 starting 0-Lineman graduating so right now all 3 of those guy's will likely get a Redshirt season.. I have 2 5* Tackles I redshirted last year so I can't imagine the new guy's will be rated higher.. Typically my rule of thumb is unless the guy is the highest rated at a position or unless I just don't have the depth and they are going to be a key backup I try and redshirt them to get max boost in their Overalls by the end of the career. I could see one of the 2 WR's potentially making the Top-5 WR spots and well in public I might say there will be a open QB competition, I am like 99% sure the job will go to De La Rosa.. I will probably encourage Redziniak to transfer as well as 1 or 2 of the current 4* guy's potentially that are redshirting. That would give me Ledford as my #2 and a Senior, Sampson as my #3 who would be a RS JR and then whatever 4* Guy I keep as my #4.. I could then bring in a QB in next year's class to take Ledford's spot on the roster and he could redshirt well Sampson steps into the #2 role.. That's typically how I like to try and keep the QB room. 4 to 5 guys with the redshirting guy typically replacing one of the Top-3 after graduation and then the next guy up.

As far as the rest of this class. I still have 16 guys on my Top-25 Board unsigned.. 5* Tyler Bail is the only guy who could end up on the Offensive side of the ball.. The other 15 guy's are all Defense.. I actually didn't realize I still have 1 more 5* guy in DT Clay Hamm the #12 Overall and #2 DT. He is from South Carolina so I am battling Clemson as well as Tennessee but I am leading and he still has a Week 12 visit scheduled with me. I got (3) 4* DT's and a 3* on the list as well. I might pull 1 or 2 of the scholarships if the other guy's sign. I typically like to keep around 4 DT's on my roster sometimes 5 if I plan on redshirting a guy.

So this class still has a chance to fill alot of my Defensive needs as well. My current CB room has 2 JR's and 3 Sophomores, so that is a position I would like to try and find 1 or 2 guy's in the Portal and a spot I would hit hard next year. I also need to land a few more DE's.. Typically I try and keep 6 guy's on my roster. 4 active and 2 redshirting. Right now I only have 4 and 1 of them just hit the IR for the next 21 weeks. I forgot to update my Injury report but guy's are dropping like fly's.

[Deuce2223]

BUCKS DROPPING LIKE FLY'S

*I forgot to update my injury report after the Penn State game, but Injuries are hitting the Buckeyes hard.. If anyone has ever dreamed about playing college football, now is your chance. Coach Miller is probably going to need to hold open tryouts.. With only 75 players on this year's roster the depth was already weak in certain spots.


JR DE John Quintero (82) is out for the next 21 weeks with a Fractured Shoulder Blade.. OSU already only had 4 DE's active as it was and now we are down to 3. OLB/DE SO Raakwon Selvia (75) was 3rd on the depth chart but he is still out for another 9 weeks (season) with a Compound Foot Fracture and SO DT Ethan Saharra (81) is joining them as he is out 7 weeks with a Hamstring Tear.

The D-Line continues to get hit hard as True Freshman Cole Small (75) also hits the IR for the next 7 weeks with a Dislocated Hip. With both Saharra and Small out, Ohio State only has 1 active DT on the roster (SR R. Stromberg) leaving backup DE True Freshman Cortez Sumner currently as the backup DE and the #2 DT on the roster.

Word on the street is several of the Buckeyes O-Lineman are currently practicing and will most likely be forced into service. (They are all like 35 Overall)





Starting MLB SR Warren Tyron (86) hits the IR this week with a Hamstring Tear that will keep him out for the next 6 weeks.. There is hope he will return at least for the Big Ten Championship and playoff run.. The Marshall Transfer was leading the Buckeyes in tackles with 37.

For now RS SO Jose Giguere (82) will step into the starting role with RS FR Stan Hoffman (76) stepping in as the backup MLB and OLB #3. If another injury hits the LB room, Coach Miller will likely be forced to pull the redshirt off 5* Recruit Eric Clemons.. Reports are Clemons will most likely see the field for at the last 4 games of the season anyways..

True Freshman and Starting SS Greg Robinson (80) is out for the next 11 weeks with a Dislocated Hip meaning he will most likely not return this season unless its for a deep run in the playoffs.

Robinson a 5* Recruit was named one of the Team Captains this spring and had recorded 23 Tackles so far this season..

With his backup SO Paul Barnhardt (80) already on the IR and out for the next 7 weeks with a Dislocated Hip, OSU is down to 1 active SS.. RS FR Paul Schofield (77) is now the starter, with backup FS Ronnie Darliek (78) they key backup at both safety spots.