Matt Crock: Rise of a Legend (NCAA 14)

[Mr2Nice]

House Rules & Setup

After reading Scrollbar's great Kentucky Bluegrass dynasty thread I decided to start my own. I hope you enjoy the journey as I work towards being one of the all time greats in coaching.

SETUP

Sliders: SEC's set
Quarters: 10 minutes
Coach Progression: slowest
Coaching Style: Offensive minded running Spread Option Attack
Prestige: D-
Alma Mater: Bowling Green
Top 5 Dream Jobs: #1 The Ohio State #2 Georgia Tech #3 Arizona State #4 UNLV #5 Bowling Green

HOUSE RULES

1. Making 4 CAP's per season 2 offensive 2 defensive
2. Can only recruit 5 players 1 star level above my current school's.
3. Player's who are interestedin school at the start of preseason do not count towards above rule.
4. Must honor at least more than half of contract unless one of the 5 schools above offer contract.

[Mr2Nice]

EMU 2013-2014 Season Preview

Make or Break season for Ron English
Coach English enters his 5th year with the Eagles. If English hopes to stay with the team he will probably need a winning season. With a 10-38 record, The Eagles have not had a 7+ win season since 1988 when Jim Harkema was the coach.

Matt Crock hired as Offensive Coordinator
Athletic Director Derrick Gragg announced that 22 year old Ohio native Matt Crock would be the Offensive Coordinator for the 2013-2014 season.

Matt Crock spent last season as a offensive coordinator for Div III school Upper Sandusky. He is bringing with him his version of The Spread Option Attack. Coach Crock is a graduate from Bowling Green. His deal is only a 1 year deal.

[Mr2Nice]

EMU 2013-2014 SCHEDULE

AUG 31st vs Howard Bison
SEPT 7th at Penn State Nittany Lions
SEPT 14th at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
SEPT 21st vs Ball State Cardinals (Home Coming)
OCT 5th at Buffalo Bulls
OCT 12th at Army Black Knights
OCT 19th vs Ohio Bobcats
OCT 26th at Northern Illinois Huskies
NOV 2nd at Toledo Rockets
NOV 9th vs Western Michigan Broncos
NOV 23rd vs Bowling Green Falcons
NOV 29th at Central Michigan Chippewas
DEC 6th MAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

[Mr2Nice]

EMU SCHOOL RATINGS & PIPELINE STATES

SCHOOL RATINGS

Coach Prestige: C+
Conference Prestige: C MAC,74.2 avg rk
Coach Stability: C- HC English 4yrs,OC Crock 0yrs,DC Delgado 3yrs
Academic Prestige: C-
Program Tradition: D 436-545 All-Time,1-0 Bowl,1 Conf Champion (1987)
Campus Lifestyle: D
Athletic Facilities: D
Championship Contender: D- 119th ('13) 116th ('14) 119th ('15) 113th ('16)
Stadium Atmosphere: D- Max Cap 30,200 / Avg Att 3,923 / Home Strk 0-2 L
Pro Potential: D- NONE
Television Exposure: D-

PIPELINE STATES

Michigan: 21 total/15 projected
Ohio: 10 total/10 projected
Illinois: 10 total/10 projected
Florida: 6 total/4 projected (may lose)
Indiana: 5 total/5 projected (may lose/purchase)

[Mr2Nice]

EMU 2013-2014 REDSHIRTS CAPTAINS & IMPACT PLAYERS

CAPTAINS & IMPACT PLAYERS
HB Bronson Hill (JR) 78 rating Impact Player
WR Donald Scott (SR) 76 rating Off Captain & Impact Player
FS Donald Coleman (RS/SR) 77 rating Def Captain & Impact Player
SS Pudge Cotton (JR) 76 rating Impact Player

2013-2014 REDSHIRT CLASS
FR/65 rating QB Reginald Bell 6'2/180lbs/Santee,CA (scrambler)
JR/67 rating HB Ryan Brumfield 5'10/185lbs/Harrison,PA (speed)
SO/66 rating WR Quincy Jones 6'3/209lbs/Lancaster,OH (possession)
FR/62 rating WR Jacob King 6'2/200lbs/Norwood,OH (possession)
FR/62 rating T Dwayne Brown 6'4/330lbs/Gary,IN (run block)
JR/64 rating G Kent Collins 6'3/288lbs/Pomona,CA (run block)
FR/55 rating DE Deshai Powell 6'3/245lbs/Frankfort,IN (balanced)
FR/57 rating OLB Chris O'Risky 6'1/210lbs/Anderson,IN (run stopper)
FR/57 rating OLB Derrick Dunlap 6'1/235lbs/Kokomo,IN (balanced)
SO/62 rating MLB Hunter Matt 6'1/225lbs/Owosso,MI (balanced)
FR/63 rating FS Daquan Pace 5'10/170lbs/Greenville,MI (hard hitter)

[Mr2Nice]

EMU 2013-2014 DEPTH CHART

Eastern Michigan Eagles Depth Chart - 2013
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Donald Scott (SR) 76 rtg	Dustin Creel (SO) 70 rtg	Mitchell Dawkins (SO) 64 rtg
TE	Tyreese Russell (JR) 70 rtg	Christian Menet (SO) 63 rtg	Cole Gardner (RS/FR) 60 rtg
LT	Bobby McFadden (RS/JR) 76 rtg	Matt Thornton (RS/FR) 55 rtg
LG	Josh Woods (RS/JR) 70 rtg	Shawn Sinawe (RS/SR) 67 rtg
C	Orlando McCord (RS/SR) 64 rtg	Jordan Erbes (RS/JR) 60 rtg
RG	Campbell Allison (RS/JR) 77 rtg	Jake Hurcombe (RS/FR) 68 rtg	Garrett Parker (RS/SO) 57 rtg
RT	Lincoln Hansen (RS/JR) 67 rtg	Andrew Wylie (RS/FR) 62 rtg
WR	Demarius Reed (SR) 72 rtg	Jay Jones (RS/SO) 67 rtg	Julius Shelby (RS/JR) 64 rtg
QB	Tyler Benz (RS/JR) 73 rtg	Brogan Roback (FR) 71 rtg	Mark Iannotti (RS/SO) 67 rtg
FB	Joe Fleming (RS/SR) 52 rtg
HB	Bronson Hill (JR) 78 rtg	Javonti Greene (SR) 75 rtg	Juwan Lewis (RS/FR) 71 rtg	Tyler Allen (JR) 61 rtg
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Omar McFarlane (RS/SO) 65 rtg	Matt Price (RS/SR) 64 rtg
LDT	Cy Maughmer (JR) 71 rtg	Arron Pipkins (SO) 59 rtg
RDT	Travis Lindser (JR) 64 rtg	Kevin Thomas (RS/JR) 53 rtg
RDE	Kalonji Kashama (RS/SR) 70 rtg	Jacob Rich (RS/JR) 60 rtg
WLB	Sean Kurtz (RS/SR) 65 rtg	Ike Spearman (SO) 64 rtg
MLB	Lavonte Robinson (FR) 65 rtg	Anthony Zappone (RS/FR) 62 rtg	Bilal Collins (RS/SO) 55 rtg
SLB	Tim Brown (RS/JR) 66 rtg	Amos Houston (RS/FR) 61 rtg
CB	Darius Scott (JR) 72 rtg	Kirkland Bryant (SO) 67 rtg	Kris Strange (RS/SO) 65 rtg
SS	Pudge Cotton (JR) 76 rtg	Mycal Swaim (SR) 67 rtg
FS	Donald Coleman (RS/SR) 77 rtg	Kevin Johnson (JR) 70 rtg
CB	Jaleel Canty (FR) 69 rtg	Ja'ron Gillespie (SR) 66 rtg
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Dylan Mulder (SO) 77 rtg
P	Owen Dubiel (RS/JR) 76 rtg
PR	HB Javonti Greene 89 rtg	WR Donald Scott 91 rtg	WR Demarius Reed 84 rtg	HB Bronson Hill 89 rtg
KR	WR Donald Scott 91 rtg	HB Javonti Greene 89 rtg	HB Tyler Allen 81 rtg	HB Bronson Hill 89 rtg
LS	RG Campbell Allison 77 rtg	LT Bobby McFadden 76 rtg	LG Josh Woods 68 rtg

[Mr2Nice]

2013-2014 CAP CREATIONS

This season I went ahead and created 4 CAP's when I get towards the end of season. I will be asking for some caps. Right now though heres the 4 I made.

RE Dave Clark: 6'6 278lbs run stopper from Marion,Ohio 68 overall

MLB Frank Griff: 6'3 255lbs balanced from Lakes,Alaska 81 overall

QB Randall Cunningham II: 6'4 215lbs scrambler from East Las Vegas,Nevada 75 overall

HB Jerome Bettis Jr: 5'11 255lbs power back from Pittsburgh,PA 79 overall

[Mr2Nice]

EASTERN MICHIGAN 1-0 AFTER IMPRESSIVE WIN!!

Eastern Michigan fans hope this is the season the Eagles return to a bowl game. OC Crock debuted his up tempo spread option attack with much success. If not for two interceptions by QB Benz the team could have went over 30+ points.

The defense did well as well. It gave up alot of yards but did have a bend don't break. It did give up 2 big plays but overall was able to stop drives when needed.

QB Tyler Benz was named Player of the Game. He was 14/20,155 yards,2 TD,2 INT. He also had 25 carries for 149 yards and a rushing TD.

Up next the eagles travel to Penn State to face a very tough team.

Howard Bison at Eastern Michigan Eagles
Aug 31, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Howard Bison ()	0	14	0	0	14
Eastern Michigan Eagles (1-0)	14	10	0	3	27

Team Stats Comparison
	HOW	EMU
Total Offense	314	466
Rushing Yards	22-108-1	58-311-1
Passing Yards	206 (17-30-1)	155 (14-20-2)
First Downs	10	28
Punt Return Yards	9	17
Kick Return Yards	107	44
Total Yards	430	527
Turnovers	2	2
3rd Down Converstion	4-11 (36%)	9-14 (64%)
4th Down Conversion	0-4 (0%)	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1-0-0 (0%)	6-3-2 (83%)
Penalties	3-25	2-20
Posession Time	12:16	27:44

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		HOW	EMU
7:08	(EMU) TD D.Creel,19 Yd pass from T.Benz (D.Mulder kick)	0	7
3:12	(EMU) TD D.Creel,6 Yd pass from T.Benz (D.Mulder kick)	0	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		HOW	EMU
9:49	(HOW) TD WR#24,68 Yd pass from QB#7 (K#10 kick)	7	14
6:12	(EMU) TD T.Benz,1 Yd run (D.Mulder kick)	7	21
4:41	(HOW) TD HB#26,52 Yd run (K#10 kick)	14	21
0:07	(EMU) FG D.Mulder,27 Yd FG	14	24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		HOW	EMU
1:41	(EMU) FG D.Mulder,21 Yd FG	14	27

Howard Bison

Eastern Michigan Eagles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT QB Tyler Benz 14/20 155 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD QB Tyler Benz 25 149 5.9 1 HB Bronson Hill 24 127 5.2 0 HB Javonti Greene 5 29 5.8 0 WR Donald Scott 2 1 0.5 0 WR Dustin Creel 1 6 6.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD WR Donald Scott 3 31 10.3 0 WR Dustin Creel 3 38 12.6 2 HB Bronson Hill 2 11 5.5 0 TE Tyreese Russell 2 18 9.0 0 WR Matt Brown 1 9 9.0 0 WR Julius Shelby 1 18 18.0 0 FB Joe Fleming 1 18 18.0 0 WR Demarius Reed 1 12 12.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK LT Bobby McFadden 2 0 RG Campbell Allison 1 0 TE Cole Gardner 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD SS Pudge Cotton 7 0 0 0 LOLB Sean Kurtz 4 0 0 0 CB Ja'ron Gillespie 4 0 0 0 ROLB Tim Brown 4 0 0 0 MLB Lavonte Robinson 4 0 0 0 CB Kirkland Bryant 4 0 0 0 LE Omar McFarlane 2 2.0 0 0 DT Cy Maughmer 2 2.0 0 0 FS Kevin Johnson 2 0 1 0 CB Jaleel Canty 2 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG K Dylan Mulder 2/2 3/3 9 27 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 P Owen Dubiel 2 87 43.5 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD WR Donald Scott 1 24 24.0 0 HB Javonti Greene 1 20 20.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD HB Javonti Greene 2 17 8.5 0