The Coaching Legacy of Gus Malzahn: Vandy's Rise to Greatness

[Thugger Jackson]

nice chise going on, def following, i like this underdog chises. i see u winning big in the SEC in the future. u def hav the state to urself, tenesee is ur only in-state recruiting battle, so good luck.

[mm boost]

Quote: Originally Posted by TomahawkChop10

I don't remember his accuracy or power ratings off the top of my head. I think his accuracy is in the high 70's and power is in the mid 80's. And I'm not aware of the joystick passing or whatever? Care to explain? I'd love any and all pointers to cut down on INT's and help my passing game.

okay hmm let's see if I can explain. I drop back in the pocket and I start rolling out left ( my qb is a left hander, so try to keep this in mind). I see a receiver running from my left side, streaking across the field to the right. Let's say a defender is right on his heels, so the only way to get the ball to him is to lead him, and put the ball infront of him. Instead of simply just tapping the lets say X button (xbox), you hold the left joystick to the right, and then press the X button, and this will guide the pass more out infront of him to the right, increasing distance between the ball and the defender.

another example. Same situation (receiver streaking from left to right), but on the right side of the field, there is a defender playing zone. Back towards the middle of the field it is open. If you hold down the joystick to the left when you hit the x button, he will throw the ball to the left of the receiver, towards the middle of the field, and leads the pass away from that defender. This is very hard to explain without a video, but I hope it makes sense. let me tell you one thing, it realllllly improves accuracy, and cuts down on interceptions big time.

You can do the same thing like on a wheel route if you want to dump the ball over the head of a linebacker without him knocking it down...you hold UP on the left joystick when you press the receiver button X, but instead of holding X down, just barely tap it, and it will be more of a lob pass. I highly suggest going into practice mode, and just giving it a whirl and practice all types of passing sets, and call CPU defenses that you struggle against (mine is man coverage. I can dissect zone coverage all day long).

Hope this helps. I will try to see if I can make a video if this doesn't make sense.

[TomahawkChop10]

Thanks, that actually makes perfect sense. I'll just have to try it some in practice mode and try to get rid of some of my bad habits.

[TomahawkChop10]

Vanderbilt Trounces Irish in Nashville


DeAndre Jones caps off a 63 yard pick-six

Notre Dame (0-1) at Vanderbilt (1-0)
Sep 1, 2012 1 2 3 4 F #19 Notre Dame 0 3 7 0 10 #22 Vanderbilt 14 3 14 17 48 Top Performers Notre Dame C. Wood: 10 car, 107 yds, 10.7 ypc, 1 TD P. Shembo: 8 tkl,4 tfl, 2 sacks Vanderbilt A. Dunham: 9 rec, 141 yds, 15.6 ypc, 3 TD R. Lohr: 10 tkl, 7 tfl, 5 sacks	Team Stats Comparison ND VAN First Downs 18 17 3rd Down Efficiency 3-12 1-7 4th Down Efficiency 0-1 1-1 Total Yards 250 435 Passing Yards 201 262 Rushing Yards 49 173 Penalties-Penalty Yards 2-30 5-65 Turnovers 5 3 Time of Possession 15:02 12:58
Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING ND VAN 1:56 (VAN) TD Vandy: W. Norma, 38 yd run (R. Fowler kick) 0 7 0:00 (VAN) TD Vandy: A. Dunham, 27 yd pass from J. Rodgers (R. Fowler kick) 0 14 SECOND QUARTER SCORING ND VAN 3:10 (ND) FG ND: D. Matthews 3 14 0:59 (VAN) FG Vandy: R. Fowler, 46 yd FG 3 17 THIRD QUARTER SCORING ND VAN 5:17 (ND) TD ND: C. Wood, 42 yd run (D. Matthews kick) 10 17 4:12 (VAN) TD Vandy: A. Dunham, 23 yd pass from J. Rodgers (R. Fowler kick) 10 24 1:28 (VAN) A. Dunham, 6 yd pass from J. Rodgers (R. Fowler kick) 10 31 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING ND VAN 5:28 (VAN) TD Vandy: D. Jones,returned 58 yd interception (R. Fowler kick) 10 38 1:20 (VAN) TD Vandy: W. Norman, 63 yd run (R. Fowler kick) 10 45 0:33 (VAN) FG Vandy: R. Fowler, 27 yd FG 10 48
Notre Dame PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT A. Hendrix 21/36 201 0 4 N. Montana 0/1 0 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. Wood 10 107 10.7 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD C. Wood 7 54 7.7 0 T. Jones 6 74 12.3 0 G. Gilliam 2 16 8.0 0 K. Rudolph 2 26 13.0 0 J. Goodman 1 22 11.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD P. Shembo 5 1 0 0 T. Parks 3 0 1 0 M. Williams 4 1 1 0 Vanderbilt PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT J. Rodgers 17/31 262 3 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD W. Norman 15 129 8.6 2 J. Rodgers 5 38 7.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A. Dunham 9 141 15.6 3 J. Krause 3 61 20.3 0 M. Johnston 2 33 12.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD R. Lohr 10 5 0 0 A. Barnes 6 2 0 0 D. Jones 7 0 1 1 T. Wilson 5 0 1 0 E. Foster 5 0 1 0 A. Bouye 4 0 1 0 S. Clarke 3 0 1 0

A.J. Bouye makes a spectacular one handed interception




Akeem Dunham makes one of his two TDs on the day




Akeem Dunham runs away from the Notre Dame defense for a TD



A.J. Bouye makes a remarkable one handed interception



Akeem Dunham 23 yard touchdown catch




DeAndre Jordan with a 63 yard pick-six



Warren Norman 38 yard touchdown run



Rob Lohr makes one of his five quarterback sacks on the day



Top 25 Action (Week 2)
1 Alabama 48 - Western Kentucky 14
2 Oklahoma 37 - East Carolina 3
3 Miami 24 - Boston College 24
4 Clemson 24 - Central Michigan 27
5 LSU 26 - Washington 7
7 Wisconsin 14 - Western Michigan 19
8 Florida State 14 - South Florida 38
9 Georgia 33 - Louisville 21
10 Texas 53 - UTEP 32
12 Florida 33 - FCS SE 3
13 Iowa 27 - Iowa State
14 Michigan 18 - Duke 21
15 West Virginia 45 - Marshall 7
16 Cincinnati 45 - FCS E 6
17 Virginia Tech 30 - Pittsburgh 6
18 Oregon 56 - FCS SE 6
19 Notre Dame 10 - 22 Vanderbilt 48
20 Penn State 31 - Temple 7
21 Utah 41 - Air Force 0
23 Texas A&M 38 - FCS W 0
24 TCU 30 - Middle Tennessee State 3
25 Ohio State 30 - Miami (OH) 17



National Players of the Week (Week 2)
QB Garrett Gilbert, Texas: 26/31, 429 yds, 37 rush yds, 5 total TD
DT Rob Lohr, Vanderbilt: 10 tkl, 7 tfl, 5 sacks


SEC Players of the Week (Week 2)
HB Rodney Scott, Ole Miss: 32 car, 151 yds, 3 TD, 126 rec yds
DT Rob Lohr, Vanderbilt: 10 tkl, 7 tfl, 5 sacks

[TomahawkChop10]

National Landscape Week 3


Top 25

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Sep 2, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (41)	1	0	1505
2	2	Oklahoma (20)	1	0	1462
3	5	LSU	2	0	1269
4	6	Southern California	0	0	1212
5	9	Georgia	1	0	1064
6	10	Texas	2	0	996
7	11	Boise State	0	0	944
8	12	Florida	2	0	894
9	13	Iowa	1	0	844
10	15	West Virginia	1	0	762
11	16	Cincinnati	2	0	701
12	17	Virginia Tech	1	0	669
13	3	Miami	0	1	664
14	18	Oregon	2	0	610
15	22	Vanderbilt	2	0	545
16	20	Penn State	2	0	524
17	8	Florida State	0	1	510
18	21	Utah	2	0	482
19	4	Clemson	0	1	468
20	7	Wisconsin	0	1	427
21	23	Texas A&M	2	0	401
22	24	TCU	1	0	374
23	NR	South Florida	1	0	348
24	25	Ohio State	1	0	336
25	NR	Purdue	2	0	288

Receiving Votes: Boston College (260), Michigan (234), Mississippi State (227), Stanford (217), Notre Dame (201), UAB (150), Missouri (102), Arizona State (84), Tennessee (34)
Dropped Out: Michigan (14), Notre Dame (19)

Heisman Watch

Heisman Watch - Updated: Sep 2, 2012
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
LaMichael James	HB	Oregon		38 car, 179 yds, 4.7 ypc, 3 TD
G. Gilbert	QB	Texas		206.1 rating, 689 yds, 6 TD, 0 INT, 76.7% comp
Jordan Wynn	QB	Utah		181.1 rating, 534 yds, 6 TD, 0 INT, 73.3% comp
Darron Thomas	QB	Oregon		269.6 rating, 483 yds, 7 TD, 1 INT, 88.2% comp
Russell Shepard	WR	LSU		11 rec, 116 yds, 10.5 ypc, 4 TD

[gorillapittpray]

I used to add vids to my recaps through EA sports but when you upload new ones they get lost so I stopped...but I like how your using youtube to do it, I may start that and add some vid recaps!!

[mm boost]

I don't know how none of that youtube jazz works, so I will just stick to the EA sports world thing, its easy enough for me lol.

Congrats on the big win man, way to crush the Irish. Passing looked smoother this game, very nice. And that one handed interception was SWEET!!! Man you guys moved up the polls big time, wow.

[TomahawkChop10]

Quote: Originally Posted by gorillapittpray

I used to add vids to my recaps through EA sports but when you upload new ones they get lost so I stopped...but I like how your using youtube to do it, I may start that and add some vid recaps!!

Yeah, I remember going through another dynasty and saw they had the same issue and someone mentioned using youtube so they videos wouldn't get lost. Same thing with photobucket and the pictures.

I like pictures better, but you can upload more videos to EA Sports World at a time, so I get lazy and add more videos to game recaps than pictures, sometimes.