An Uphill Battle: A Western Colorado University Dynasty (Take 2)

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Western Colorado Univeristy (Formly Western State College)

Platform: Xbox 360
Qtr: 9 Mins
Difficulty: Heisman
Sliders: Saturday Simulation (Slight Tweaks of my own)
Roster: CK11

Recruiting House Rules:

* Only Recruit 20 players at any time
* Can only offer Scholarships to Players that have me in Top 3
* Can Recruit All of Midwest Region
*Can only Recruit player for based off caliber.. Meaning a 1 Star get 10 Minutes, 3 Star gets 30 Minutes, and 5 Star gets 50 Mins. Etc.

Being a former player at Western State (youtube highlights link below), its always fun to create them and go back and try and build them into a powerhouse on NCAA. So hopefully you guys enjoy this. Once i get the games going i will be adding a twist of my own to the presentation of the games. Hope you guys enjoy

******1st season got a corrupt file or something so im having to start over... really a shame but i will probably change things up a little now to try and catch up while still playing every game

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Western Colorado Year-Year Results:

2012:

All-Time Bowl Record/History:

0-0

2012: Poinsettia Bowl:

MWC Conference Champs

2012: Air Force 8-4 (6-2)

Past National Champs:

2012:

Past Heisman Winners:

2012:

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Current Season Schedule:

2012:

Western Colorado University 2012 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Sep 1	at Minnesota	Lost, 20-3
Sep 8	vs UTSA	Won, 27-3
Sep 22	vs Indiana	Won, 21-14
Sep 29	at Arizona	Won, 31-29
Oct 13	at New Mexico *	Won, 24-21
Oct 20	vs Nevada *	Won, 28-6
Oct 27	vs Wyoming *	Won, 21-11
Nov 3	vs Fresno State * (The Valley Classic)	Won, 27-24
Nov 10	at Utah State *	Won, 31-21
Nov 17	at Colorado State * (State Bragging Rights)	Lost, 47-39 4 OT
Nov 24	vs UNLV *	Won, 33-27
Dec 1	at Air Force * (Battle For HWY 50)	Lost, 31-28

* Indicates Mtn. West Game
Indicates Home game

*******CLICK THE SCORE LINK TO BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE GAME******

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Current Season Stats:

Western Colorado University Stats - 2012
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
Pete Cantrell	126/196	1785			76	17	10	159.2
Early Capps	7/11	62			14	1	0	141.0
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
Donny Nelson	222	1177	5.3	29	5	6	117.7	2
J.Sharpe	29	172	5.9	41	1	1	17.2	0
S.Stone	4	67	16.7	57	1	1	5.4	0
D.Humphrey	14	46	3.2	10	0	2	4.6	0
K.Barr	3	6	2.0	3	0	1	0.8	0
E.Capps	2	23	11.5	16	0	0	2.3	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	DROPS	YDS/G	YAC
Shaun Suttorp	50	748	14.9	7	73
Tra Barbour	31	441	14.2	4	76
Hiram Elbert	17	303	17.8	4	76
Dante McLaurin	17	162	9.5	1	37
Donny Nelson	10	122	12.2	0	28
Ken Barr	4	32	8.0	1	12
Bernard Torres	2	28	14.0	0	16
J.Sharpe	2	11	5.5	1	7
Blocking					PCAKE		SACK
Jason Clemons					5		6
Renaldo Duncan					2		2
Cody Hayes					1		0
Cody Jefferson					2		2
Demario Gilbert					2		6
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
Kyle Schwerin	43	39	82	3.0			1	0
Dion Gallagher	49	21	70	1.0			0	0
Darren Garcia	37	30	67	2.0			7	0
Donald Ray	31	31	62	1.0			0	0
Jeff Allen	24	24	48	0.0			1	1
Andrew Bosley	19	19	38	0.0			2	0
Roddy Fleming	18	15	33	0.0			3	0
Charrod Cameron	10	14	24	0.0			3	2
Tremaine Clay	13	5	18	6.0			0	0
Eddie McDuffie	10	8	18	2.0			0	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
Jon Sharpe	13	269	20.6	28
Hiram Elbert	14	322	23.0	30
Shaun Suttorp						24	8.2	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
Akeem Roach	9	11	.810	43	31	31	100
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
Alex Hurd	33		40.8	41.3			5

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Current Season Standings:

Mountain West Conference Standings - Updated: Nov 18, 2012
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
Western Colorado	8-1	.880	5-0	213	149
Fresno State	7-3	.700	5-1	295	205
Wyoming	7-3	.700	4-2	300	217
Air Force	5-4	.550	3-2	241	192
Colorado State	4-5	.440	2-3	202	181
Utah State	2-7	.220	2-3	193	274
Nevada	3-6	.330	1-4	207	233
UNLV	2-7	.220	1-4	153	271
New Mexico	2-7	.220	1-5	205	303

Current Conference Stat Leaders

NCAA Football Leaders - Updated: Nov 18, 2012
Passing Yards		Passing TD
1. D.Carr (Fresno)	2363	1. D.Carr (Fresno)	18
2. B.Smith (WYO)	1946	2. B.Holbrook	17
3. B.Holbrook (UNM)	1675	3. B.Smith (WYO)	16
4. P.Cantrell (WCU)	1653	4. P.Cantrell (WCU)	15
5. G.Grayson (CSU)	1523	5. C.Dietz (AF)	14
Rushing Yards		Rushing TD
1. W.Cobb (AF)	1149	1. W.Cobb (AF)	10
2. D.Nelson (WCU)	1149	2. B.Smith (WYO)	10
3. B.Smith (WYO)	857	3. B.Miller (WYO)	8
4. R.Rouse (Fresno)	751	4. M.Knox (Fresno)	8
5. D.Rogers (UNM)	705	5. R.Rouse (Fresno)	7
Receiving Yards		Receiving TD
1. M.Austin (USU)	838	1. T.Kirk (UNM)	8
2. I.Burse (Fresno)	780	2. R.Herron (WYO)	7
3. T.Kirk (UNM)	746	3. D****fran (WYO)	6
4. D.Davis (UNLV)	684	4. S.Suttorp (WCU)	6
5. D****fran (WYO)	670	5. A.Bradley (NEV)	6
Tackles (Combined)		INT
1. J.Stoner (UNM)	78	1. D.Garcia (WCU)	7
2. D.Bollema (UNM)	73	2. S.Hodge (UNLV)	5
3. K.Jones (WYO)	72	3. T.Hasson (UNLV)	4
4. J.Lotulelei (UNLV)	68	4. T.Thompson (NEV)	3
5. K.Schwerin (WCU)	67	5. C.Cameron (WCU)	3

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Western Colorado University Depth Chart - 2012
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Shaun Suttorp (79)	Hiram Elbert (67)	Jimmy Ross (62)
TE	Dante McLaurin (69)	Jim Austin (61)	Jevon Floyd (56)
LT	Cody Jefferson (71)	Dion Brewster (63)
LG	Cody Hayes (69)	Scott Rice (62)
C	Renaldo Duncan (79)	Dion Brewster (62)
RG	DeMario Gilbert (66)	Scott Rice (62)
RT	Jason Clemons (72)	Dion Brewster (62)
WR	Tra Barbour (76)	Bernard Torres (67)	Santonio Hopkins (59)
QB	Pete Cantrell (73)	Early Capps (69)	Daniel Sims (59)
FB	Ken Barr (58)	Doug Brantley (50)
HB	Donny Nelson (81)	Jon Sharpe (69)	Shawn Stone (61)
Base 4-2-5 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Damion Mathis (69)	Tremaine Clay (66)
LDT	James Hayford (61)	Phil O'Neal (59)
RDT	Tremaine Clay (66)	Stanford Mackey (56)
RDE	Eddie McDuffie (67)	Tremaine Clay (66)
SLB	Donald Ray (69)	Akeem Stratton (71)
WLB	Dion Gallagher (75)	Akeem Stratton (71)
CB	Andrew Bosley (79)	Charrod Cameron (58)
SS	Kyle Schwerin (82)	Jeff Allen (64)
FS	RoShawn McMillan (80)	Darren Garcia (71)
SS	Darren Garcia (71)	Jeff Allen (64)
CB	Roddy Fleming (67)	Darren Garcia (69)

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Rivalry Game Results:

The Valley Classic: (Fresno State)
All-Time Record: 1-0

2012: Win - 27-24

Battle For Highway 50: (Air Force)
All-Time Record: N/A

2012:

State Bragging Rights: (Colorado State)
All-Time Record: 0-1

2012: Lost - 47-39 (4 OT)

The Western Slope Rivalry: (Colorado)
All-Time Record: N/A

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2012 Season Preview:

The Western Colorado University Mountaineers enter the 2012 season in what is a completely new feel for them when it comes to college football. A small school located in the Southwest Mountains of Colorado will now begin its journey as a new D1 Football school. With all the movement and conference realignments, the door was left wide open for Western Colorado to jump into the Mountain West Conference. A Team that has struggled for years at the D2 Level is now going to have to grow up fast or it could be a very long season on both sides of the ball.

As everyteam in college football, the quarterback play will be the determining factor for the Mountaineers this season on offense. Leading the charge will be Junior Pete Cantrell (6'1" 209). The ability to make plays with his feet allows him to buy time and find open targets down the field, and he has 2 very good ones in that of Junior, Tra Barbour (6'1" 185 lbs.) and Freshman, Shaun Suttorp (6'0" 180 lbs.). Suttorp is a highly thought of prospect coming out of Gateway High School in Aurora Colorado. Due to a knee injury in the 2nd game of his senior season in High School many of the bigger schools decided to pass on him. Suttorp was rated the #7 WR in the state of Colorado before the knee injury and had interest from many of the schools around the area, including conference opponents, CSU, New Mexico and Utah State. "I'm just glad to have a chance to play college football" said Suttorp, "Everything happens for a reason and for that i am going to take this opportunity and run with it". The ground attack will be lead mostly by Sophomore Donny Nelson (6'0" 215 lbs), who possess good speed and great size for the RB position. Nelson will be a key part of the Western offense to help take some pressure off of Cantrell. "Its always nice knowing that when i am struggling i can hand the ball off to (Donny) Nelson", said Cantrell. "He is a beast and we expect huge numbers from him for many years to come".

On the defensive side of the ball, the strength will be in the secondary for the Mountaineers, however youth could play a major factor in how successful the unit is as a whole. Two Freshman Andrew Bosley (5'9" 170 lbs) and Kyle Schwerin (5'9" 215 lbs) will be counted on to make plays all season for the Mountaineer defense. Bosley ironically enough was a teammate of Suttorp's at Gateway High School in Aurora. He helped lead a defense that qualified for the 5A State quarterfinals. Bosley was a big time playmaker on the defensive side of the ball for the Olympians of Gateway, leading the team with 6 INT's his senior season. However due to his lack of size being only 5'9" many of the bigger schools over looked him during the recruiting process. "Andrew (Bosley) is very quick " said Suttorp of his former high school teammate. "Many people in high school would look at him and think that they had an easy match up, and well many times he proved them wrong. Makes you wonder what could of happened if he was 2 inches taller." The other before mentioned DB Kyle Schwerin from Bay City, Michigan joins the Mountaineer program as a feared hitter in his high school area. "I wasnt recruited much out of high school" said Schwerin "obviously only being 5'9" hurt me in the eyes of the bigger schools, but im not worried about that, I just want to play football and start showing what i know i am capiable of". With the amount of youth in the Secondary, the question becomes of where the experience will come from. The answer is the LB core, but the overall skill level for the group is down compared to other teams in the Mountain West Conference. Senior captain and OLB Dion Gallagher (6'1" 223) is a bit under sized for the LB position especially at the D1 level, but his motor and will to make plays has made him a solid player throughout the years.

Overall not much can be expected from the newcomers to the D1 level and ESPN Magazine predicts a 2-10 season for the Mountaineers in 2012.