Friday Night Lights: The Revival

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Here's the skinny: As Coach Eric Taylor and his wife, Tami, were beginning to pack up for Tami's new job and Coach's new coaching gig in Philadelphia, Dillon Exempted Schools called and offered Ms. Taylor the job and title of Assistant Superintendent. Without much deliberation, as both their hearts were and always would be in Dillon, Texas, she accepted the job offer, and the Taylor family kept their roots in Texas.

The rumor around town is that Dillon, the town, did not want to lose Coach Taylor after he had brought state championship home, albeit not for the Dillon Panthers, so the superintendent of the schools decided it was in the best interest of the students (of course, the students...not the athletics) to have Tami Taylor as his right-hand....woman.

No matter the circumstances, the decisions had been made: Coach Eric Taylor was returning to coach the East Dillon Lions.
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This is a very basic setup for the time being. I am new the site and am still figuring out the best way to display information and post graphics to make this all more reader-friendly. Any and all suggestions are welcome.

This dynasty will follow two teams, the East Dillon Lions and the Dillon Panthers, and is the product of a current online dynasty, which is being played out by me (East Dillon) and a friend (Dillon). Season One is in the books, so the first few posts by me will be recaps of the first season and the general information that needs to be presented.

One of my main goals is to be as realistic as possible, as I try to maintain realism throughout all my NCAA dynasties. With that being said, because my friend and I created both the East Dillon Lions and the Dillon Panthers, you will see recognizable names that, if you watched the show, should not match up in terms on who played when, i.e. Vince Howard as the quarterback on East Dillon and Tim Riggins as the running back for Dillon.

Platform: PS3 - NCAA 13
Sliders: Modified throughout season one from OS Community Slider Project
Teams: Created -- East Dillon and Dillon for UTSA and Texas State
Difficulty: Heisman
Quarter Length: 8 minutes
Rosters:

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2012-13 Schedules and Statistics

East Dillon Lions

East Dillon Lions 2012 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Aug 25	vs BYE
Sep 1	vs Army	Won, 27-24
Sep 8	vs Ole Miss	Won, 41-31
Sep 15	at Boston College	Lost, 38-24
Sep 22	at Penn State	Lost, 38-24
Sep 29	vs Kansas State	Won, 26-21
Oct 6	at Texas	Lost, 55-34
Oct 13	vs BYE
Oct 20	at West Virginia	Lost, 68-30
Oct 27	vs Oklahoma	Lost, 51-24
Nov 3	vs Kansas	Won, 47-46
Nov 10	at Dillon	Lost, 20-10
Nov 17	vs TCU	Won, 42-21
Nov 24	at Iowa State	Won, 17-14
Dec 31	vs Michigan State	Won, 34-27

Stats - 2012
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
V. Howard	155/296	2487	16.0	191.3	75	23	31	127.6
S. Seals	35/62	499	14.2	71.2	62	3	1	136.8
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
L. Cafferty	250	1420	5.6	69	13	9	109.2	5
V. Howard	143	373	2.6	23	2	2	28.6	11
J. Waller	74	287	3.8	17	0	5	22.0	0
M. Cross	16	59	3.6	9	0	2	4.5	0
H. Fontaine	7	33	4.7	10	0	0	8.2	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	DROPS	YDS/G	YAC
L. Cafferty	41	431	10.5	1	64	2	33.1	426
J. Hooper	30	547	18.2	5	69	7	42.0	209
B. Hines	24	454	18.9	4	69	7	34.9	88
J. Black	20	429	21.4	8	75	7	32.9	159
C. Adkins	20	313	15.6	4	46	3	24.0	106
A. Gilliam	17	277	16.2	1	45	3	23.0	103
J. Waller	15	121	8.0	0	24	2	9.3	122
R. Hickman	13	311	23.9	0	51	8	23.9	40
Blocking					PCAKE		SACK
J. Bain					33		8
J. Dobzinski					24		5
C. Adkins					22		0
J. Ingram					20		6
S. Goddard					19		0
I. Bright					17		3
M. Cross					17		0
R. Kendrick					11		8
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
T. Rodriguez	72	29	101	5.5	22	2	2	0
T. Busch	52	27	89	1.0	15	5	2	0
K. Russell	38	48	86	0.5	8	7	2	0
Z. Gandy	43	35	78	0.0	5	2	2	0
E. Todd	31	30	61	0.0	1	10	4	1
I. Van	28	24	52	1.0	3	7	6	1
J. Parham	32	16	48	1.0	8	1	0	0
N. Heard	24	21	45	9.5	15	0	0	0
J. Bowers	17	26	43	2.0	4	4	1	0
K. Callahan	18	17	35	0.0	3	5	1	0
V. Concepcion	15	12	27	6.5	10	0	0	0
J. Prince	18	7	25	0.0	3	0	0	0
L. Mendoza	12	12	24	4.5	6	1	1	1
D. Nixon	14	8	22	2.0	5	0	0	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
B. Hines	70	1651	23.5	93	1	14	4.6	0
J. Black	3	72	24.0	27	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
K. Schmidt	15	18	83	53	45	45	100	90
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
K. Schmidt	34	1509	58	44.3	1214 (35.7)	0	4	7

Dillon Panthers

Dillon Panthers 2012 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Aug 25	vs BYE
Sep 1	vs Navy	Won, 35-3
Sep 8	at Indiana	Won, 44-24
Sep 15	at Iowa State	Won, 65-14
Sep 22	vs TCU	Won, 33-31
Sep 29	vs Oklahoma	Won, 45-16
Oct 6	vs BYE
Oct 13	vs Georgia Tech	Won, 36-26
Oct 20	at Texas Tech	Won, 34-6
Oct 27	vs Oklahoma State	Won, 42-13
Nov 3	at Baylor	Won, 56-35
Nov 10	vs East Dillon	Won, 20-10
Nov 17	vs Pittsburgh	Lost, 41-38
Nov 24	at West Virginia	Lost, 44-34
Dec 8	vs Texas (Big XII Championship)	Won, 21-14
Jan 4	vs Mississippi State (Fiesta Bowl)	Won, 42-21

Dillon Panthers Stats -
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
M. Saracen	149/250	2415	16.2	185.7	64	19	23	147.4
P. Alexander	47/90	752	15.9	94.0	53	5	5	129.6
J. McCoy	10/22	158	15.8	79.0	37	3	1	141.7
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
M. Saracen	117	669	5.7	28	8	4	51.4	9
S. Williams	147	599	4.0	52	5	11	54.4	1
T. Riggins	146	579	3.9	18	0	9	44.5	0
P. Alexander	35	191	5.4	22	1	2	23.8	2
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	DROPS	YDS/G	YAC
A. Goins	46	851	18.5	7	61	5	70.9	343
I. Hutchinson	30	622	20.7	2	64	2	47.8	144
L. Hughes	27	426	15.7	3	31	6	32.7	138
D. McMillan	26	350	13.4	4	44	2	29.1	77
S. Williams	23	225	9.7	1	61	3	20.4	225
S. Ferwerda	22	509	23.1	5	63	1	42.4	94
T. Riggins	18	170	9.4	3	31	2	13.0	210
Blocking					PCAKE		SACK
W. Nicholson					35		10
T. Macklin					34		0
J. Burns					29		8
L. Hughes					28		1
R. Burch					23		1
H. Louis					17		3
J. Moody					17		0
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
R. Capps	63	30	93	7.5	24	2	5	0
I. Witherspoon	65	20	85	8.5	25	2	2	1
R. Jack	51	34	85	0.0	6	3	0	1
C. Matthews	45	39	84	1.0	8	7	5	0
L. Higdon	34	28	62	0.0	3	11	9	1
H. McLaurin	33	20	53	0.0	2	12	6	2
C. Rosario	31	20	51	1.0	6	9	4	2
C. Tate	32	13	45	2.5	8	4	2	0
W. Stephens	23	18	41	1.0	15	1	0	0
D. Kiniry	16	8	24	6.0	11	0	0	0
J. Dowdell	15	7	22	5.0	8	1	0	1
V. Gaston	17	5	22	6.0	8	1	0	0
C. Wayne	15	4	19	2.0	8	1	0	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
S. Williams	52	1382	26.5	92	2	31	9.8	1
S. Ferwerda	7	143	20.4	30	0	7	8.1	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
T. Jennings	18	18	100	60	63	63	100	117
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
T. Jennings	39	1823	62	46.7	1533 (39.3)	0	8	7

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NCAA FBS Conferences
(2012-13 season and beyond)

Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Boston College
Clemson
Florida State
Maryland
NC State
Wake Forest

Coastal Division
Duke
Georgia Tech
Miami
North Carolina
Virginia
Virginia Tech

Big 12 Conference
East Division
East Dillon
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
TCU
Texas

West Division
Baylor
Dillon
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas Tech
West Virginia

Big East Conference
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
South Florida
Syracuse
Temple

Big Ten Conference
Leaders
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Wisconsin

Legends
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Notre Dame

Conference USA
East Division
Alabama-Birmingham
Central Florida
East Carolina
Marshall
Memphis
Southern Miss

West Division
Houston
Rice
Southern Methodist
Texas-El Paso
Tulane
Tulsa

Independents
Army
Brigham Young
Navy

Mid-American Conference
East Division
Akron
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Kent State
Massachusetts
Miami U

West Division
Ball State
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois
Toledo
Western Michigan

Mountain West Conference
Air Force
Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Hawai'i
Nevada
Nevada-Las Vegas
New Mexico
San Diego State
Wyoming

Pac 12 Conference
North Division
California
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
Washington
Washington State

South Division
Arizona
Arizona State
Colorado
Southern California
UCLA
Utah

Southeastern Conference
East Division
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Missouri
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

West Division
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
LSU
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
Texas A&M

Sun Belt Conference
Arkansas State
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Middle Tennessee State
North Texas
Troy
Western Kentucky

Western Athletic Conference
Idaho
Louisiana Tech
New Mexico State
San Jose State
Utah State

Two notable changes: Notre Dame was moved to the Big Ten because in my perfect world, that is what Notre Dame would do. Ohio University was added to the Big Ten for three reasons: 1) Balance the addition of Notre Dame; 2) Both people running this dynasty went to Ohio U; and 3) We wanted to see if Ohio could take on the challenge. The first year for them wasn't pretty...

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Big 12 - East Conference Standings - Updated: Jan 8, 2013
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
Kansas State	9-3	.750	5-3	407	234	W2
Texas	8-5	.610	5-4	319	226	L2
East Dillon	7-6	.530	4-4	380	464	W3
Kansas	7-5	.580	3-5	280	245	W2
TCU	7-5	.580	3-5	328	303	W1
Iowa State	4-7	.360	3-5	248	303	L2

Big 12 - West Conference Standings - Updated: Jan 8, 2013
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
Dillon	12-2	.850	8-1	545	298	W2
Texas Tech	8-4	.660	6-2	380	243	L1
Oklahoma	7-5	.580	4-4	388	280	L2
Oklahoma State	4-7	.360	3-5	249	289	W1
West Virginia	5-6	.450	3-5	368	368	W1
Baylor	4-8	.330	2-6	325	335	L5

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NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 8, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	2	LSU (37)	13	1	1597
2	1	USC (28)	13	1	1582
3	7	Fresno State	11	2	1383
4	3	Wisconsin	12	2	1216
5	4	Iowa	10	2	1184
6	8	Arkansas	10	3	1168
7	5	Tulsa	12	2	1105
8	11	Clemson	10	3	1021
9	8	Dillon	12	2	1000
10	12	North Carolina	12	2	987
11	17	Kansas State	9	3	944
12	6	Mississippi State	10	3	899
13	15	Washington	10	3	858
14	9	Utah	10	3	765
15	20	BYU	11	2	664
16	25	Miami (Fl.)	8	5	653
17	23	Alabama	9	4	602
18	10	Oregon	10	4	567
19	13	Notre Dame	10	4	534
20	14	UCF	10	3	425
21	NR	Michigan	8	4	377
22	16	Texas Tech	8	4	360
23	NR	Auburn	8	5	314
24	22	Louisiana-Lafayette	11	2	262
25	19	Maryland	10	4	240

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East Dillon Lions Recruiting - 2013
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Richard Larson	ATH	HS	Iowa City, IA	6'0"	206
Jeff Dennis	ATH	HS	Lakewood, NJ	6'3"	218
Jeff Foster	HB	HS	Natchitoches, LA	5'11"	197
Eric Leonard	HB	HS	Pecan Grove, TX	5'10"	190
Brett Baker	OLB	HS	North Ogden, UT	6'2"	227
David DeLoach	CB	HS	Kathleen, FL	6'2"	194
Fred Mack	G	HS	Alvin, TX	6'6"	286
Charlie James	G	HS	Cloverleaf, TX	6'3"	306
Eric Foster	T	HS	Mercedes, TX	6'6"	308
Tim Henderson	DT	HS	Wharton, TX	6'4"	247
Kurt Landry	DT	HS	Georgetown, TX	6'2"	305
Paul Mitchell	CB	HS	Weatherford, OK	6'1"	185
Will Stephens	FS	HS	Terrell, TX	6'0"	190
Demetrius Booker	G	HS	Richland Hills, TX	6'2"	324
George Edwards	SS	HS	Lakeland, FL	6'2"	209
Bryan Clark	SS	HS	La Marque, TX	6'0"	215
Jacob Pollard	FB	HS	Pampa, FL	6'0"	218
Marcel Brown	FB	HS	LaPlace, LA	6'1"	239
LaDarrell McNeil (Transfer from Tennessee)	FS		Dallas, TX	6'1"	195

Dillon Panthers Recruiting - 2013
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
George Bell	WR	HS	Copperas Cove, TX	6'2"	213
Joey Brown	OLB	HS	Bellmead, TX	6'2"	254
Casey Jordan	G	HS	Muskogee, OK	6'3"	301
Sam Branch	ATH	HS	Zachary, LA	6'0"	190
Barrett Ward	ATH	HS	Lexington, VA	5'10"	180
Ken Norwood	SS	HS	McKinney, TX	6'0"	187
Courtney Jackson	FB	HS	Taylor, TX	6'0"	247
Drew Hill	RB	HS	Cascade-Fairwood, WA	5'11"	215
Robert Smith	DT	HS	Brownwood, TX	6'3"	277
Justin Henry	DE	HS	Largo, FL	6'3"	249
Travis Butler	QB	HS	McGehee, AR	6'1"	197
Aaron Jones	OLB	HS	Borger, TX	6'4"	223
Bryan Campbell	C	HS	Alvin, TX	6'4"	298
Kevin Day	WR	HS	Helena Valley, MT	6'2"	199
Michael Christian	MLB	HS	Quantico Station, VA	6'1"	223

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NCAA: Let's Move Ahead

Indianapolis (IN) -

In a shocking decision, the NCAA today ruled to force all planned conference realigns to officially take place before the start of the next college athletic season, which is scheduled to begin July 5, 2013. It is a move that was widely unexpected, and a move that could further alienate both membership schools and conferences from the NCAA.

President Mark Emmert, speaking moments after the momentous decision, said that while the forced alignment "could seriously disrupt some planning in the short term, the overall benefits outweigh the negatives." He added later that "change is inevitable and also never favored. However, in the best interest of the NCAA and college athletics, we, the leadership, felt it necessary to move ahead with the planned realignments. This way, we hope to seamlessly transition to the new playoff format next season, the 2014 season."

In response to the decision, many college football coaches could not be reached by phone or email, and those who were able to be reached expressed deep chagrin toward the announcement. One prominent college coach, who asked to remain anonymous, said, "It's absolutely ridiculous that the higher-ups felt the need to act upon this now. Waiting one year never hurt anyone, except the fans. There is more at stake in this whole setup than the opinions of a few thousand out-spoken fans. Did Roger Goodell become the president of the NCAA? Ridiculous."

To recap from an earlier post in the Sun-Times about the proposed college football realignment, the changes are marked as follows:
- The Atlantic Coast Conference will add Pittsburgh and Syracuse from the Big East Conference. Pittsburgh will join the Coastal division, and Syracuse will join the Atlantic division.
- The Big East Conference will add Central Florida, Houston, Memphis, and Southern Methodist, all from Conference USA; Boise State and San Diego State from the Mountain West Conference; and Navy, which was labeled as Independent.
- As a result of the massive turnover in the Big East, there will now be two divisions: American and Patriot. The American division will be comprised of Boise State, Cincinnati, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, San Diego State, and Southern Methodist. The Patriot division will be comprised of Central Florida, Connecticut, Navy, Rutgers, South Florida, and Temple.
- The Big East Conference will also add a conference championship game, which is scheduled to be played in Washington, D.C., this year.

-- Ken Burns

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Don't have too much time on my hands this week, so the "Reserved" posts will be disappearing as I have time to update.

Schedules and statistics from Season One have been posted, though.