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

[redsox907]

Would have been very upsetting if Miami ended both Ohio State and FIU's season. Currently Miami has surpassed Oregon as my most hated EACFB team lol

Congrats on winning another Natty, even if it wasn't coach miller exactly. Strange how FIU has still maintained the level of success after Coach Miller's departure, while in mine Ball State has struggle in the postseason sans Savage

Excited to see what shakes out at QB for tOSU next season!

[Deuce2223]

END OF YEAR RECAP

DEES STAYING PUT

Despite getting multiple offers once again including a offer from both USC and Minnesota, OC Clayton Dees will return to FIU for his 3rd year as the Panthers OC..

Coach Dees

Quote:

"I made a commitment to Kevin that I would stay as long as he stay's.. At this point we are sorta a package deal.."

*Even if I take a new job with Dees I will still retain a connection with FIU taking over as DC Jose Phenix..*

END OF YEAR STATS

(*=Senior)

QB-K. Pounds 333/509 (65%) 4904 yds 48 TD's (new single season record) 17 INT. 128 carries 581 yds 11 TD's.
QB B. Ingram 2/2 38 yds

RB-* T. Coxie-253 carries 1523 yds 10 TD, 32 rec 249 yds 3 TD
RB- T. Trinidad-61 carries 361 yds 10 TD
RB- A. Rasmussen-37 carries 215 yds 3 TD, 1 rec 10 yds
RB- M. Ware-24 carries 169 yds 3 TD, 1 rec 14 yds
FB- A. Higgins-13 carries 58 yds 1 TD

WR-E. Boenzi- 14 carries 131 yds 3 TD, 89 rec 1342 yds 20 TD
WR- W. Abiamiri-64 rec 1095 yds 8 TD
WR D. Kennedy- 69 rec 1084 yds 5 TD
WR I. Kamula- 24 rec 512 yds 7 TD
WR E. Marshall-13 rec 194 yds 1 TD
WR M. Muamba-3 rec 56 yds
TE-*A Vilain-37 rec 364 yds TD
TE C. Coxie-2 rec 22 yds 1 TD

MLB-* C. Faulk- 80 Tackles 5 TFL 4 Sacks 3 INT
SS- T. Harmon-79 Tackles 2 TFL .5 sacks, 4 INT
FS- B. Guiterrez-69 Tackles 1 TFL 1 INT
CB-* C. Ryder-65 Tackles 1 sack 5 INT
DE- *I. Owusu-47 Tackles 11 TFL 17.0 Sacks
FS- D. Boggs-47 Tackles
OLB C. Provo-40 Tackles 5 TFL 1 Sack
OLB D. Brown-38 Tackles 4 TFL 12.0 Sacks
DE K. St Pierre-33 Tackles 11 TFL, 13.0 Sacks
CB M. Mentor-32 Tackles 2 INT
CB G. Sykes-28 Tackles 6 INT
OLB/MLB T. Swope-26 Tackles, 2 TFL 2.5 sacks
CB B. Maddox- 23 Tackles
DE M. Clifton-21 Tackles 2 TFL 3.0 Sacks
DT M. Boyette-19 Tackles 3 TFL 4.0 Sacks.

SAYING GOODBYE

FIU says Goodbye to 10 Seniors

Center Q. Stokes (90 Ovr)-3 year starter
DE I. Owusu (86 Ovr)-Lombardi Winner with 17 Sacks.
MLB C. Faulk (94 Ovr)- 4 year starter.. 313 Tackles in career
CB C. Ryder (87 Ovr)- 3 year starter led team with 5 INT, 10 INT in his career
TE A. Vilain (83 Ovr)-Starter. 44 rec 516 yds 5 TD in career
RB T. Coxie (88 Ovr)- RB1 had over 1500 yds and 10 TD this season as a SR transfer from Oklahoma.
WR S. Trapasso (78 Ovr)- 41 rec 539 yds 8 TD in career
WR C. Badet (82 Ovr)- 66 rec 1295 yds 10 TD in career
C M. Post (82 Ovr)
LG D. Shakir (88 Ovr)- 2 year starter

NFL BOUND

Stokes is projected as a 2nd Round pick
Faulk is projected as a 1st Round pick
Coxie is projected as a 6th Round pick
Ryder is projected as a 7th Round pick

JR WR E. Boenzi was projected as a 4th round but was presuaded to stay
JR RT T. Vizcanio was projected as a 4th as well and also is staying.

RECRUITING

FIU goes into the off-season with 19 players signed (2-5*,10-4*,7-3*) ranked # 7 in the nation and #2 in the ACC behind Miami (#2 Overall)

Coach Valdez currently has 5 players left on the Big Board and plans on adding 3 Transfers from the portal.

4* JR LT Koren Wimbley (San Jose State)
4* SO C Laron Lipton (W. Kentucky)
3* SO DE Paul Coutee (South Carolina)

[Deuce2223]

Quote: Originally Posted by redsox907

Would have been very upsetting if Miami ended both Ohio State and FIU's season. Currently Miami has surpassed Oregon as my most hated EACFB team lol Congrats on winning another Natty, even if it wasn't coach miller exactly. Strange how FIU has still maintained the level of success after Coach Miller's departure, while in mine Ball State has struggle in the postseason sans Savage Excited to see what shakes out at QB for tOSU next season!

For sure.. I would say in this Dynasty, Miami is for sure #1 on the most hated list for both FIU as a school and Coach Miller as a coach.. I havn't been in the Big Ten long enough to find a team I hate..

Oregon and Nebraska in my Coach Scott Dynasty were my most hated..


FIU's Overall is just too good right now for them to have any fall off.. I feel like Valdez (Fickell) also is a very good coach, so that helps too.. He gives quite a few players a nice Overall boost.. I think the drop off we will see if who takes over at QB after Pounds leaves..

Right now I am leaning toward handing the reigns over to De La Rosa.. When I simmed ahead to look he came in as a 80 Overall.. One of the 4* guy's I am redshirting J. Nece) improved from a 74 to a 82 Overall and Diabute the RS FR I used in some games (12/20 188 yds 4 TD) this year went from a 76 to a 78. If that is what happens again, I would say going into the season those 3 guy's are the 3 I will see who wins the starting role and the other 2 along probably with D. Killings (1 of the other 4* guy's) will compete for the backup job.

At this point I think I will let Ledford find a new team for his Senior season, and Redziniak and Sampson along with Jacques (the other 4* redshirting) will all be encouraged transfers. Ledford was bad.. He did have 3588 yds with 31 TD but also threw 17 INT and only completed 62%. Redziniak finished with 1495 yds with 9 TD and 4 INT but completed just 56% of his pass's

[Deuce2223]

END OF THE YEAR RECAP

MILLER TURNS DOWN LSU AND TEXAS

Despite finishing up just his 2nd year in Columbus, the Ohio State Buckeyes are back in the national spotlight with back to back Big Ten Titles, a National Championship and Rose Bowl Victory this season, Coach Miller has gone 27-4 catching the attention of 2 SEC programs looking to get their programs back in the national picture as well as both LSU and Texas came calling but at the end of the day, Miller has turned down both..

Miller

Quote:

"I know when I when I was at FIU, many thought I would leave for a SEC program, but we got some brewing here in Columbus (Potentially back to back #1 Recruiting Class's) and I want to be apart of it."

2033 STATS

*Senior*

QB D. Ledford-223/356 (62%) 3588 yds 31 TD 17 INT, 53 carries 66 yds 5 TD
QB V. Redziniak 94/167 (56%) 1495 yds 9 TD 4 INT
QB A. Diabate 12/20 (60%) 188 yds 4 TD 0 INT, 5 carries 15 yds 2 TD
QB M. Sampson 8/13 (61%) 97 yds 0 TD 2 INT

RB D. Jones-262 carries 1518 yds (5.8 avg) 14 TD
RB F. Tam-118 carries 586 yds (5.0 avg) 17 TD
RB C. McCracken-62 carries 377 yds (6.1 avg) 3 TD
RB J. Britton-1 carry 43 yds 1 TD
FB T. Copper-16 carries 63 yds 2 TD
WR J. Gayton-4 carries 56 yds 1 TD

*WR G. Alexander-69 rec 1453 yds 13 TD
*WR T. Pappoe-86 rec 1227 yds 13 TD
WR N. Tull-53 rec 1012 yds 5 TD
WR J. Gayton-70 rec 985 yds 5 TD
WR J. Abott-15 rec 253 yds 3 TD
RB D. Jones-19 rec 136 yds 1 TD
TE D. Bourgeois-10 rec 133 yds 3 TD
WR J. Cantrell-5 rec 68 yds 1 TD
RB C. McCracken-6 rec 55 yds
TE K. Poole-1 rec 21 yds

ROLB R. Hendricks 66 Tackles 4 TFL 5 INT
*FS B. Gunn-53 Tackles 1 INT
CB F. Nauta-53 Tackles 4 TFL 7 INT
OLB J. Perez-49 Tackles 11 TFL, 10.0 Sacks
CB N. Costanzo-45 Tackles 1 INT
*MLB W. Tryon-45 Tackles 1 TFL
MLB J. Giguere 40 Tackles 2 TFL
CB F. Pounds-39 Tackles 3 INT
DE M. Vakapuan-33 Tackles 6 TFL 6.0 Sacks
SS P. Schofield-32 Tackles 3 TFL 2 INT
DE J. Ezukanma-24 Tackles 6 TRL 9.5 sacks
*DT R. Stromberg-23 Tackles 5 TFL 6.0 Sacks
SS G. Robinson-23 Tackles
SS P. Barnhardt-17 Tackles
FS R Darilek-15 Tackes 2 INT
OLB B. DeLuca-15 Tackles

*PK M. Carty-19/26 (73%) 87/87 XPT

SAYING GOODBYE

The Buckeyes say goodbye to 11 Seniors including just 3 Defensive players (all-starters) plus 7 Seniors on Offene.(including 5 O-Lineman/2 starters). The 2 biggest loss's come at WR as Coach Miller will replace (2)-2 year starters.

WR G. Alexander (86 Ovr)-171 rec 3177 yds 33 TD
WR T. Pappoe(85 Ovr) -159 rec 2443 yds 23 TD

C P. Norwell (79 Ovr) Backup Center
LG R. Neufeld (78 Ovr) Backup Guard
RG G. Poole (82 Ovr) Starting RG
RG E. McCray (81 Ovr) Backup Guard
RT J. Peters (87 Ovr)- Starting RT

MLB W. Tryon (86 Ovr)-1 year starter *Was a transfer*
FS B. Gunn (82 Ovr)-1 year starter
DT R. Stromberg (86 Ovr)-2 year starter

NFL BOUND

G. Alexander ended up as a 6th round pick and RT J. Peters was taken in the 7th.. The rest of the guy's went undrafted

RECRUITING

Ohio State starts the Off-Season with 17 players already signed (9-5*, 5-4*, 3-3*) with the current class Ranked #1 in the nation..

With 10 open scholarships, plus the 11 departing Seniors, there is still room to try and add a few more guys via the portal.

Right now OSU has set it's sights on

4* WR Ceasar Condo (San Jose State, Ranked #2 Overall)
4* CB Lamar Goda (Cal, Ranked #5 Overall)
4* CB Ben Duff (Rutgers, Ranked #17 Overall)
4* SS Leati Huang (West Virginia # 35 Overall)
3* RG Louis Trimble (Miss State, #37 Overall)
3* DE Tony Berger (West Virginia, #40 Overall)

[Deuce2223]

2033 NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

BUCKEYES KEEP #1

Ohio State struck out on several Transfer Portal targets like 4* WR C. Condo (Signed with TCU) and 4* CB L. Goda (signed with Boise State), but they did manage to land 4 players giving them a class of 21 players. (9/6/6)

4* B. Duff (Rutgers), and 3* DE's J. Rico (Bayor), L. Abram (Buffalo) and T. Berger (West Virginia).

Coach Miller

Quote:

"Last year injuries really hurt us at the DE position, as we didn't really have much depth.. For a 2nd year in a row OLB John Perez led the team in sacks as well and so I knew I wanted to try and find some guy's who could help put pressure on the QB. Hopefully 1 of these 3 guy's will be that guy"

FIU CLIMBS TO #3

Like Ohio State, FIU didn't go crazy in the off-season signing period or bring in any transfers, but Coach Valdez did manage to land 5 more recruits giving FIU a class of 24 players (2/11/11) giving the Panthers the #3 Overall Class in the nation and the #1 Class in the ACC.

The most note worthy late signing was 4* Athlete David Burgess (#414 Ovr/#19 OH/#41 ATH). Listed at 6'4 191lbs from Lakewood Ohio, Burgess played both QB/WR/CB in high school . Scouts love his speed (90) as well as he arm (95 THP)..

OC Clayton Dees

Quote:

"To be completely honest right now we are probably going to give Burgess a year to redshirt and then sorta see who we bring in next year at QB.. Right now we sorta expect 2034 to be K.P's last year and current #2/#3 Byron Ingram and Kenyon Angerer are both Seniors leaving RS SO Jose Lambo and RS FR Faitele Lutui are future at QB. We like Jose alot, so much that we could encouage Kenyon or Byron or both to explore the fall spring portal and look for a starting job elsehwere for their Senior season.."

OTHER TOP-25 AND NOTREWORTY CLASS'S

(5*/4*/3*/2*)


#2 Notre Dame 33 players (3/21/9)
#4 Oregon 28 players (1/16/11)
#5 Miami 35 players (3/22/10)
#6 Florida 31 players (1/14/16)
#7 Tennessee 31 players (1/14/16)
#8 Nebraska 30 players (1/14/15)
#9 Texas A&M 32 players (1/21/10)
#10 Alabama 30 players (1/19/10)
#11 Virginia Tech 32 players (0/17/15)
#12 USC 28 players (0/13/15)
#13 Syracuse 34 players (1/9/13/11)
#14 UCLA 32 players (2/9/17/4)
#15 Boise State 27 players (0/11/16)
#16 Georgia 27 players (0/15/12)
#17 Texas 32 players (0/12/20)
#18 TCU 26 players (0/13/13)
#19 Wisconsin 32 players (0/9/20/3)
#20 Kansas State 24 players (0/9/15)
#21 LSU 23 players (0/8/15)
#22 Michigan 19 players (1/6/12)
#23 Penn State 26 players (1/6/19)
#24 Florida State 26 players (0/6/20)
#25 Western Kentucky 23 players (0/6/14/3)
#26 Michigan State 31 players (0/7/11/13)
#29 Purdue 32 players (1/4/14/13)

#94 FAU 24 players (0/0/7/17)
#106 Colorado 12 players (0/0/10/2)
#120 Buffalo 10 players (0/1/4/5)
#122 Ball State 9 players (0/0/6/3)
#130 New Mexico 27 players (24 of them 1*)
#133 Virginia 4 players (0/1/2/1)
#134 Navy 6 players (0/0/2/1/3)

**Colorado finished #12 at the end of the season and almost made the playoffs.. Buffalo finished #21 and has been a top contender for the American Conference Championship**

[Deuce2223]

FIU finished up Spring Ball with 89 players on the roster..

QB RS SR K. Angerer (79 Ovr) HE Signed with Buffalo
RB RS FR J. Marmarosa (76 Ovr)
MLB RS FR M. Carter (70 Ovr)
FS SO L. Mahi'ai (72 Ovr)

were encourage to find new teams.

Ohio State finished up the Spring with 85 players meeting the max # allowed with cut's but after Coach Miller surveyed each room with a very crowded 8 man QB room and 11 WR's decided it was best to encourage those not competing for the starting job to look for potential P.T. elsewhere. well opening scholarships back up for need positions.

Coach Miller "We appreciate each and everyone of these guy's. But we felt as a staff that it was best to move invest in the guy's we felt were going to best help us win for the next 3-4 years and not just next year. David Ledford is a good QB who could be a leader and a starter for probably half the teams in the country"

SR David Ledford (83 Ovr) despite throwing for almost 3600 yds and 31 TD's after transfering in from West Virginia last year is off to find a new home. Despite the fact he has a higher overall then probably 20 teams in the nation including Michigan State and Miami (there starter is a 77 Overall) He decides to retire because he is not on anyone' roster.

RS JR Vince Redziniak (80 Ovr) who started 4 games for the Buckeyes last year. throwing for almost 1500 yds with 9 TD and 4 INT He signed with Eastern Michigan

RS FR Jeremiah Nece (77 Ovr), never suited up for the Buckeyes, as the Red Oak TX native is back out on the open market.He signs with Navy

RS SO Melo Sampon (78 Ovr) saw limited P.T. last year completing 8/13 pass attempts well throwing 2 INT.. At 6'4 with solid hands (74), there was thoughts of moving him to WR but instead he will be given a opportunity to play QB for another team.He signed with UNC

Also joining the QB's hitting the road are

RS SR James Cantrell (75) Buffalo transfer who never really found a spot on the depth chart, finishing with 5 receptions last year.

RS JR Ja'Darius Abbot (76).. Last year's #5 WR had 15 rec for 253 yds and 5 TD.

*Had 11 WR's these guy's were #8/#9 on the depth chart.

[Deuce2223]

TOP-25 2034 PRE-SEASAON RANKINGS

(Overall/Offense/Defese)


#1 LSU (90/90/91) 41 Votes
#2 Georgia (91/91/91) 3 votes
#3 Ohio State (91/91/91) 36 votes
#4 FIU (90/90/90)
#5 Miami (90/90/90)
#6 Oregon (91/90/92)
#7 Clemson (89/89/90)
#8 Oklahoma (90/91/90)
#9 Washington (88/87/89)
#10 Virginia Tech ( 87/86/89)
#11 Tennessee (88/90/87)
#12 TCU (86/87/86)
#13 Alabama (89/90/89)
#14 Kansas State (87/86/89)
#15 Nebraska (88/87/89)
#16 Purdue (82/84/82)
#17 BYU (84/84/84)
#18 Marshall (82/82/82)
#19 ECU (84/84/85)
#20 Pitt (85/84/87)
#21 Ole Miss (89/89/90)
#22 Tulsa (81/80/82)
#23 Penn State (88/87/89)
#24 Colorado (84/84/84)
#25 Michigan (86/85/87)

[Careless Whisper]

This Miami team has built the quite the rivalry with Coach Miller and his coaching tree - glad to see FIU avenge Ohio State's defeat and come away with another natty!

LSU and Texas are two massive schools to turn down for Coach Miller - probably the wrong time for either of those schools to reach out, honestly. I feel like he wants to chance a few more nattys in Columbus before looking towards a move to the SEC.