Virgil Slater The Underdog Coach (ncaa14)

[cusefan74]

The Iowa Hawkeyes and Head Coach Kirk Ferentz have announced that offensive coordinator Greg Davis has left the team for personal reasons. With only a month until the season starts it looked as though the Hawkeyes would be left in a tight spot, but they were able to find a new offensive coordinator really quickly, and his name is Virgil Slater.

Virgil Slater is 39 years old and comes from Dakota City,Iowa were he has been the head coach of the varsity football team for the last six years. Coach Slater only played two years of organized football back in high school. Right after high school he became the special teams coach at his Alma Mater. He stayed at that position for 10 years before being named offensive coordinator. He was the offensive coordinator for five years before being named head coach.

"I'm happy to be here and I know people say it all the time, but it really is a dream come true to be able to have a chance to coach at the next level. Having never played college football or even attending college for that matter, it was an honor to receive a call from Coach Ferentz. Hopefully I won't let him down."

[cusefan74]

Since I decided not to buy Madden 25, which I am very happy I haven't done, I decided to do another coaching career. I did one for NCAA 12 and it came out pretty good. So this one will look a lot like that one did.

A couple of different things for this one though. First, all penalties sliders are at default and I am playing on AA sliders with the only slider change being the throwing accuracy down to 5 for me and the computer.

The second thing is this won't be a coach mode career. I will be using the QB using player lock so I only will control him through out the play.

Maybe the last thing is recruiting. As an offensive coordinator I will do no recruiting. I am going to let the AI handle that. Once I become a head coach I will recruit.

So I hope you follow along as Virgil Slater starts his NCAA coaching career.

[cusefan74]

Iowa Hawkeyes 2013 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Aug 31	vs #24 Northern Illinois Huskies
Sep 7	vs FCS MW Huskers
Sep 14	at Iowa State Cyclones
Sep 21	vs Western Michigan Broncos
Sep 28	at Minnesota Golden Gophers
Oct 5	vs Michigan State Spartans
Oct 19	at #2 Ohio State Buckeyes
Oct 26	vs Northwestern Wildcats
Nov 2	vs Wisconsin Badgers
Nov 9	at Perdue Boilermakers
Nov 23	vs #19 Michigan Wolverines
Nov 29	at #22 Nebraska Cornhuskers

[cusefan74]

Iowa Hawkeyes Depth Chart - 2013
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Kevonte Martin Manley	Jordan Cotton	Jacob Hillyer
TE	CJ Fiedorowicz	Ray Hamilton	Jake Duzey
LT	Brandon Sherff	Andrew Donnal	Nolan MacMillan
LG	Conor Boffeli	Sean Welsh
C	Austin Blythe	Eric Simmons	Tommy Gaul
RG	Jordan Walsh	Mitch Keppy
RT	Brett Von Sloten	Ryan Ward
WR	Tevaun Smith	Don Shumpert	Damond Powell
QB	Jake Rudock	Cody Sokol	CJ Beathard
FB	Adam Cox
HB	Mark Weisman	Damon Bullock	Jordan Canzeri	Michael Malloy
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Drew Ott	Mike Hardy	Faith Kakitie
LDT	Carl Davis	Darian Cooper
RDT	Louis Trinca Pasat	Jaleel Johnson
RDE	Dominic Alvis	Riley McMinn	Daumantas Cucchiara
WLB	Christian Kirksey	Travis Perry	Josey Jewell
MLB	James Morris	Quinton Alston	John Kenny
SLB	Anthony Hitchens	Marcus Collins	Cole Fisher
CB	BJ Lowery	Maurice Fleming
SS	John Lodermilk	Nico Law	Malik Rucker
FS	Tanner Miller	Anthony Gair	Desmond King
CB	Jordan Lomax	Sean Draper
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Mike Meyer	Conor Kornbath
P	Conor Kornbath	Mike Meyer
H	Cody Sokol
PR	Damond Powell	Kevonte Martin Manley	Tevaun Smith	Jordan Cotton
KR	Damond Powell	Kevonte Martin Manley	Tevaun Smith	Jordan Cotton
LS	Austin Blythe	Brandon Scherff	Conor Boffeli

[cusefan74]

The preseason prediction for the Legends Division of The Big 10 looks like this:

Michigan
Nebraska
Northwestern
Michigan State
Iowa
Minnesota


Iowa does have five preseason All-Conference players this year lead by two guys on the first team:

(1st) TE-CJ Fiedorowicz
(1st) RE-Dominic Alvis
(2nd) HB-Mark Weisman
(2nd) C-Austin Blythe
(2nd) FS-Tanner Miller


The race for the Heisman starts with these five players:

Heisman Watch - Updated: Aug 1, 2013
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
AJ McCarron	QB	Alabama
Braxton Miller	QB	Ohio State
Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville
Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon

Finally here is the preseason Top 25:

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Aug 1, 2013
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	Alabama Crimson Tide
2	Ohio State Buckeyes
3	Stanford Cardinal
4	Texas A&M Aggies
5	Georgia Bulldogs
6	Oregon Ducks
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
8	South Carolina Gamecocks
9	Clemson Tigers
10	Florida Gators
11	Louisville Cardinals
12	LSU Tigers
13	Oklahoma Sooners
14	Florida State Seminals
15	Texas Longhorns
16	Oklahoma State Cowboys
17	TCU Horned Frogs
18	Boise State Broncos
19	Michigan Wolverines
20	UCLA Bruins
21	Kansas State Wildcats
22	Nebraska Cornhuskers
23	Oregon State Beavers
24	Northern Illinois Huskies
25	Vanderbilt Commodores

[cusefan74]

Iowa Goes Down At Home

On a picture perfect day for football, the Iowa Hawkeyes lost at home to the 24th ranked team in the country, the Northern Illinois Huskies 28-23. The Hawkeye defense played a very solid game holding the Huskies to just 194 yards of offense. But it was the offense that caused the problems, as the Hawkeyes QBs threw three interceptions, two of them were returned for touchdowns and the third led to a touchdown.

On the last play of the first half Iowa starting QB Jake Rudock suffered a sprained elbow. He will be out of action for at least a month. When Rudock left the game he was 11-20 passing for 104 yards and 2 interceptions, and Iowa trailed 14-3.

Backup QB Cody Sokol came in the in the second half and threw for 124 yards and 2 touchdowns. Sokol actually moved the ball well during the second half even getting Iowa ahead at one point early in the fourth quarter. After that though the Huskies scored 2 touchdowns in a row to put the game out of reach.

Tanner Miller showing why he is a preseason All-Conference player


Jordan Canzeri gives Iowa the lead early in the 4th


A great diving touchdown catch by Don Shumpert was to little to late

Even though the Hawkeyes lost the offense looked really good at times. Coach Slater did a good job of mixing in the hurry up and having the guys huddle at other times. Iowa did gain 383 yards of offense and Coach Slater expects even bigger totals as the season goes on.

Northern Illinois Huskies at Iowa Hawkeyes
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#24 Northern Illinois Huskies (1-0)	7	7	0	14	28
Iowa Hawkeyes (0-1)	0	3	7	13	23

Team Stats Comparison
	NIU	IOWA
Total Offense	194	383
Rushing Yards	70	155
Passing Yards	124	228
First Downs	9	21
Punt Return Yards	26	41
Kick Return Yards	47	56
Total Yards	267	480
Turnovers	1	3
3rd Down Converstion	3-12	8-18
4th Down Conversion	0-0	2-2
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	6-2-0	8-3-1
Penalties	0-0	0-0
Posession Time	14:34	21:26

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		NIU	IOWA
8:04	(NIU) TD NIUaniels 4 Yd run	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		NIU	IOWA
8:21	(IOWA) FG Iowa:Meyer 36 Yd FG	7	3
6:08	(NIU) TD NIU:Faustin INT returned 70 yards	14	3
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		NIU	IOWA
4:59	(IOWA) TD Iowa:Fiedorowicz 3 yard pass from Sokol	14	10
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		NIU	IOWA
8:45	(IOWA) TD Iowa:Canzeri 3Yd run	14	17
6:54	(NIU) TD NIU:Evans INT returned 45 yards	21	17
4:10	(NIU) TD NIU:Lynch 8 Yd run	28	17
2:25	(IOWA) TD Iowa:Shumpert 16 yard pass from Sokol	28	23

Northern Illinois Huskies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Sokol 16-24 124 2 1 Rudock 11-20 104 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Weisman 12 67 5.5 0 Rudock 9 -11 -1.2 0 Bullock 7 43 6.1 0 Sokol 5 35 7.0 0 Canzeri 5 21 4.2 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Martin Manley 7 47 6.7 0 Fiedorowicz 6 29 4.8 1 Cotton 6 105 17.5 0 Smith 3 12 4.0 0 Shumpert 2 15 7.5 1 Weisman 2 15 7.5 0 Hamilton 1 5 5.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Morris 10 0 0 0 Hitchins 7 0 0 0 Miller 6 0 1 0 Fleming 5 0 0 0 Lodermilk 4 0 0 0 Ott 3 2 0 0 Kirksey 2 0 0 0 Davis 2 1 0 0 Draper 2 0 0 0 Kenny 1 0 0 0 Lomax 1 0 0 0 Collins 1 0 0 0 Lowery 1 0 0 0 Perry 1 0 0 0 Alvis 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Meyer 1-2 2-2 5 36 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Kornbrath 6 280 46.6 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Powell 2 41 20.5 0 Martin Manley 1 15 15.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Powell 6 41 6.8 0

Iowa Hawkeyes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Lynch 15-22 124 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Lynch 13 25 1.9 1 Daniels 13 38 2.9 1 Bowers 3 7 2.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Daniels 7 28 4.0 0 Lewis 3 62 20.6 0 Brescacin 2 15 7.5 0 Brown 1 6 6.0 0 Semisch 1 7 7.0 0 Sebastiano 1 6 6.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Faustin 11 0 1 1 Ward 10 0 0 0 Durante 9 0 1 0 Moore 7 0 0 0 Rainey 6 0 0 0 Bishop 5 1 0 0 Evans 3 0 1 1 Santacaterina 3 0 0 0 Gordon 2 0 0 0 Mays 2 0 0 0 Ware 2 0 0 0 Lemon 2 0 0 0 Wells 1 0 0 0 Meehan 1 0 0 0 Hayes 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Sims 0-0 4-4 4 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Wedel 8 369 46.1 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Brescacin 2 30 15.0 0 Sebastiano 1 17 17.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sebastiano 4 26 6.5 0

[NewNapkin]

Looks good so far, but you might wanna stay away from yellow text...

[cusefan74]

Quote: Originally Posted by drmvp

Looks good so far, but you might wanna stay away from yellow text...

Why? Are you having trouble seeing it?