Duke Blue Devils: "Rags to Riches" (NCAA '14)

[Magicfan32]

CONSOLE: PlayStation 3
SETTINGS: All-American Difficulty with custom sliders | 8 Min Quarters (Bowl games will be played on 12 Min Quarters | Injuries and Fatigue ON)
ROSTERS: volstopfan14
HEAD COACH: William Fournier (User)
PLAYBOOK: Offense: Pro Style | Defense: Multiple 3-4

RECRUITING RULES:

1. Must recruit and have commit any positions needed first before any other positions can be recruited.
2. Cannot target any 4-star or 5-star prospect until after winning a January bowl game.
3. May only recruit prospects with a high interest in Conference Prestige and/or Academics. If one of those are not listed as bonus factors and the prospect has an OVR of 65 or below, the prospect will be removed from the Recruiting Board.
4. Each week I will use MattyNokes' Academically Ineligible/Conduct Detrimental System to simulate real life occurances during the season. Any player that is suspended for violating NCAA rules will be cut during the offseason, with the exception of Seniors and Juniors who leave early)

Coach Info: William Fournier Jr.
Career Record: 14-2
Vs Rivals: 3-0
Vs Top 25: 4-1
Bowl Record: 0-1
Conference Championships: 1
National Championships: 0


Yearly Recaps
2013: Duke Blue Devils (11-2) Orange Bowl Runners-up
2014: Duke Blue Devils (?-?)


Record Book
WIP


NATIONAL STATISTICS
National Champions
2013: Oklahoma Sooners (13-0)
2014: ?
Heisman Winners
2013: QB Trevor Knight (Oklahoma)
2014: ?

[Magicfan32]

Duke Blue Devils 2013 Schedule

Duke Blue Devils 2013 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME(ET)/TV
Sep 7	vs Eastern Michigan Eagles	12:00PM/PPV
Sep 14	vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	2:00PM/ABC
Sep 21	vs Pittsburgh Panthers	3:00PM/ESPN
Sep 28	at #24 Northern Illinois Huskies	12:00PM/ESPN2
Oct 5	at #5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish	12:00PM/ABC
Oct 12	vs Old Dominion Monarchs	12:30PM/PPV
Oct 19	at Virginia Cavaliers	3:00PM/ESPN
Oct 26	at Virginia Tech Hokies	12:30PM/ESPN2
Nov 9	vs North Carolina State Wolfpack	12:30PM/ACC Network
Nov 16	vs #23 Miami (FL) Hurricanes	12:30PM/ABC
Nov 23	at Wake Forest Demon Deacons	12:30PM/ACC Network
Nov 30	at North Carolina Tar Heels	7:00PM/ABC

[Magicfan32]

One game at a time
Duke wins first game for Fournier

Eastern Michigan Eagles at Duke Blue Devils
Sep 7, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Eastern Michigan Eagles (0-1)	0	3	0	0	3
Duke Blue Devils (1-0)	7	21	14	7	49

Anthony Boone drops back for a pass.

Coach William Fournier Jr. wins his first game as a coach with a 49-3 victory over Eastern Michigan. This marks the beginning of a journey and the legacy left behind for him by his father, William Fournier Sr., who was a legendary coach at Lehigh for 35 years before retiring at age 73. [float

The Blue Devils mopped the floor with the Eagles as Junior Anthony Boone threw for over 300 yards and a pair of touchdowns along with Josh Snead and Jela Duncan, who rushed for 75 yards and 47 yards respectively for three touchdowns all-together.

Nick Hill grabbed a 44 yard pass from Anthony Boone right at the end of the first half to give Duke a 25 point lead going into halftime for an even bigger lead. Duke would make a big stop late in the 4th with a forced fumble by Dezmond Johnson at the goal-line to keep the Eagles from scoring double-digits.

It was the first time people got to see Fournier's Pro offense opposed to the Spread offense that Duke had ran for so long.

"The real challenge is getting our offensive line to adapt to both pass and run blocking", commented Fournier in his post-game interview.

"Coming nto this season, I was very confident in [Anthony] Boone as a decision-making quarterback. Despite an interception early in the game, it's apparent that he knows what to do with the football at any given moment, which will be very helpful come later in the season."

Boone boomed from the start, completing over 50% of his passes and throwing for two touchdowns. Boone also scrambled out and ran one in from 7 yards out, demonstrating his ability to escape pressure and decision-making.

Duke now prepares to open up conference play next week as they play host to Georgia Tech, who's stout Option offense lifted them to a 31-0 victory over the Elon Phoenix.

Team Stats Comparison
	EMU	DUKE
Total Offense	342	515
Rushing Yards	91	171
Passing Yards	251	344
First Downs	20	22
Punt Return Yards	3	17
Kick Return Yards	106	44
Total Yards	451	576
Turnovers	1	1
3rd Down Converstion	6-16 (37%)	4-5 (80%)
4th Down Conversion	1-3 (33%)	0-0 (0%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0 (0%)	0-0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-0-1 (25%)	7-5-0 (71%)
Penalties	0-0	0-0
Posession Time	18:37	20:09

Eastern Michigan Eagles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Benz 16/31 194 0 1 B. Bossard 3/5 57 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD B. Hill 19 53 2.7 0 T. Benz 13 52 3.9 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Reed 6 105 17.5 0 D. Creel 3 32 10.6 0 J. Greene 3 18 6.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D. Coleman 6 0.0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG D. Mulder 1/1 (100%) 0/0 3 32

Duke Blue Devils PASSING C/A YDS TD INT A. Boone 19/28 335 2 1 T. Sirk 1/1 9 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Snead 9 75 8.3 2 J. Duncan 9 47 5.2 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD I. Blakeney 5 87 17.4 1 C. Gattis 4 59 14.7 0 J. Caldwell 4 56 14.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D. Helto 5 2.0 0 0

[Magicfan32]

Semester's first test
Duke makes late stop to secure win over Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Duke Blue Devils
Sep 14, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (1-1)	7	7	0	7	21
Duke Blue Devils (2-0)	0	7	7	10	24

Jela Duncan would leave the game with a fractured elbow.

Josh Snead ran for three touchdowns, including a 5 yard run with just 3 minutes remaining to push the Duke (2-0) ahead for a win. However, the Blue Devils will be without Jela Duncan for three weeks.

Despite throwing for 232 yards, Junior Anthony Boone couldn't find the endzone as he threw for 0 touchdowns and ended up throwing two costly interceptions early in the game.

Jela Duncan went for 80 yards on the ground on 13 carries before he left late in the 3rd quarter with a sprained elbow, he's expect to miss 3-4 weeks.

"I think [Anthony] Boone was still thinking about his performance last week, which caused him to not play well," commented Coach Fournier.

"The interception on the first drive of the game rattled him a bit. It seems like he second-guesses himself after one mistake."

The Blue Devils entered halftime down 14-7, a very manageable deficit, with their defense halfway ripped apart by the Option offense of Georgia Tech.

With the help of Kyler Brown and Justin Foxx, the Blue Devils were able to stop Vad Lee and the Yellow Jackets on the opening possesion of the second half, giving their offense an opprotunity to take the lead.

Anthony Boone and Jela Duncan marched down to the Georgia Tech 15 yard line before Duncan would leave the game for good. Josh Snead took his place and got Duke down to the 5 yard line. A bad call by Boone led to Duke being forced to kick a 23 yard field goal to take a 17-14 lead.

First play for Georgia Tech on their next possesion, a misread by the Duke defense led to a 78 yard touchdown run by Vad Lee himself, giving Georgia Tech the lead back with a little over 7 minutes remaining.

Duke would get the ball back at their own 25 yard line, looking to score a touchdown in order to win. Boone would lead the Blue Devils down to their opponent's 20 yard line, while Josh Snead moved the ball with ease. The Blue Devils just tried to kill clock before Snead would run from 5 yards out to retake the lead 24-21 with 3 minutes remaining.

The Blue Devils' defense would hold Georgia Tech with a sack by Justin Foxx on 4th & 11 on the Duke 40 to seal a victory.

The Blue Devils continue their conference schedule against ACC newbie Pittsburgh (0-2) at home.

Runningback Jela Duncan is expected to miss 2-3 weeks with a fractured elbow. He will miss next weeks' game against Pittsburgh and the road opener against #24 Northern Illinois. He will also most likely miss the road game against #5 Notre Dame.

Team Stats Comparison
	GT	DUKE
Total Offense	276	384
Rushing Yards	202	152
Passing Yards	74	232
First Downs	10	24
Punt Return Yards	0	27
Kick Return Yards	141	82
Total Yards	417	493
Turnovers	0	2
3rd Down Converstion	2-9 (22%)	4-9 (44%)
4th Down Conversion	2-4 (50%)	1-2 (50%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0 (0%)	0-0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-2-0 (100%)	4-3-1 (100%)
Penalties	0-0	1-15
Posession Time	13:57	18:03

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets PASSING C/A YDS TD INT V. Lee 9/13 71 0 0 S. Poole 1 1 3 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD V. Lee 21 123 5.8 1 R. Godhigh 4 22 5.5 1 D. Sims 4 21 5.2 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD R. Godhigh 2 15 7.5 0 A. Autry 2 11 5.5 0 D. Waller 2 17 8.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Hunt Days 11 0.0 2 0 E. Dieke 2 1.0 0 0

Duke Blue Devils PASSING C/A YDS TD INT A. Boone 15/27 232 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Snead 20 64 3.2 2 J. Duncan 13 80 6.1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD I. Blakeney 6 112 18.6 0 J. Caldwell 3 44 14.6 0 J. Duncan 2 11 5.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD K. Brown 9 1.0 0 0 J. Foxx 3 1.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Martin 1/1 2/2 3 23

Game Highlights

[Magicfan32]

Moving ahead
Blue Devils rout Pittsburgh behind Boone's 3 touchdowns

Pittsburgh Panthers at Duke Blue Devils
Sep 21, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Pittsburgh Panthers (0-3)	3	0	0	0	3
Duke Blue Devils (3-0)	7	21	21	7	56

Anthony Boone had a huge game with 282 yards and 2 TDs

Anthony Boone threw for 282 yards and ran for one touchdown in a dismantling of Pittsburgh 56-3. This gives the Blue Devils a 3-0 start on the season.

The junior should've had a better completion percentage. But do to weather conditions, the five incompletions he did have were all mere drops by the recievers, including a possible 55-yard touchdown pass early in the game.

"[Anthony] Boone's performance was top-notch, along with Josh Snead's ground game," said Coach William Fournier.

"He, again, demonstrated his ability to make good decisions when it comes down to a big play. Fortuantely, we were able to pull away in the second quarter."

Pittsburgh moved the ball well throughout the game, behind Holtz' five reception which were all first downs. However, their inability to capitalize coming off big plays cost them, especially in Duke territory.

The Blue Devils travel to Dekalb to face #18 Northern Illinois, who barely squeaked by Eastern Illinois 28-19. This is the first time the public will get to see how Anthony Boone plays on the road.

"I think playing on the road for the first time may seem nerve-wrecking to these guys, especially in an environment like Huskie Stadium," commented Fournier.

"Along with it being a different enviornment, we're going to have to rally Snead due to [Jela}] Duncan's injury and work with Boone's arm."

Team Stats Comparison
	PITT	DUKE
Total Offense	175	562
Rushing Yards	-18	255
Passing Yards	193	307
First Downs	11	23
Punt Return Yards	0	55
Kick Return Yards	186	33
Total Yards	361	650
Turnovers	1	0
3rd Down Converstion	4-11 (36%)	6-7 (85%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0 (0%)	1-1 (100%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1-0-0 (0%)	5-5-0 (100%)
Penalties	0-0	1-15
Posession Time	13:02	25:22

Pittsburgh Panthers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Savage 18/34 193 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD I. Bennett 9 9 1.0 0 T. Savage 6 -26 -4.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Holtz 5 59 11.8 0 I. Bennett 4 28 7.0 0 R. Jones 3 30 10.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Hendricks 13 0.0 0 0 S. Gordon 5 1.0 0 0 R. Vinopal 5 0.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG C. Blewitt 1/1 (100%) 0-0 3 37

Duke Blue Devils PASSING C/A YDS TD INT A. Boone 19/24 282 2 0 T. Sirk 1/2 25 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Snead 27 231 8.5 4 A. Boone 4 15 3.7 1 J. Thompson 3 11 3.6 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD I. Blakeney 6 127 21.1 1 J. Caldwell 4 28 7.0 0 N. Hill 3 30 10.0 0 J. Snead 2 30 15.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Boyd 6 1.0 0 0 C. Coady 4 0.0 1 0 K. Brown 3 1.0 0 0 D. Helto 3 1.0 0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Caldwell 2 53 26.5 0

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

[Magicfan32]

Duke SS Brandon Baxter dismissed from team
Baxter dismissed for violating team rules

Duke senior strong safety Brandon baxter was dismissed from the team earlier this afternoon for violation of team rules. Baxter was reported to have stolen numerous property from the university, including textbooks, electronics, and more. Shortly after the news broke, Coach William Fournier made no hesitation and dismissed the senior at practice.

"We have no room for that kind of behavior on this team," stated Fournier in a post-practice interview.

"He violated team rules, he suffers the consequences regardless of his or others opinion on it. We are a behaved team, and we're staying that way."

Baxter was a potential upcoming draft pick following the season, projected to go first or second round. It's too early to predict whether this will effect his draft stock, but most experts say it will have a medium to high impact.

Thomas Sowell will replace Baxter at the strong safety position. Sowell, a 5th year senior, hasn't gotten much playing time due to injuries over the past few years.

[Magicfan32]

Solid win for Fournier Jr
Duke scores 31 unanswered to shock NIU on the road

Duke Blue Devils at Northern Illinois Huskies
Sep 28, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Duke Blue Devils (4-0)	7	7	10	21	45
#18 Northern Illinois Huskies (3-1)	14	3	7	0	24

The road proved to be no challenge for the Blue Devils as they score 31 unanswered to upset #18 Northern Illinois 45-28.

Duke started out well, by scoring on their first possesion of the game to go ahead 7-0. They would get the ball back later with a chance to go up by two scores on the road, however back-to-back interceptions by Anthony Boone, one returned for a touchdown, cost Duke the lead.

"The road is always a hostile enviornment for any quarterback," said Coach William Fournier after the game.

"You can't always say that you'll play good on the road, and today we didn't do that, no matter what the stats or final score say."

Going into the second quarter, the Blue Devils would give up a field goal to make the score 17-7, the largest deficit faced by Duke this entire season. Anthony Boone would answer back with a 7 yard touchdown run to cut the lead to a field goal.

Duke would regain possesion with 28 seconds before halftime, enough time to get downfield a kick a game-tying field goal. After two big pass plays to get the Blue Devils down inside the goalline, confusion from the sideline led to a blown play that cost Duke a score before halftime as they ended the half down three.

"We thought we would have time for one more quick pass," answered Fournier when asked about the situation at halftime.

The short deficit would be quickly lost however, as an option play by NIU from the second play from scrimmage in the third quarter led to a 72 yard touchdown run by Juwan Brescacin, putting the Huskies up 24-14.

Just about all hope was lost for Blue Devils fans, as those who attended the game got up to leave following the NIU touchdown.

"Never lose hope, in any circumstance. Those who lose hope tend to lose life," stated Fournier.

Duke would march downfield to score off a 1 yard run by Josh Snead, followed by a 21 yard field goal at the end to tie the game at 24 entering the fourth.

Niu quickly went three-and-out and the Blue Devils got the ball on their own 45 with 7 minutes left remaining.

Boone threw the ball successfully as Duke marched down to the 15 yard line, looking to take their first lead since the first quarter. Juwan Thompson finally ran in it from 4 yards out to take a 31-24 lead with 3 minutes left tog go.

On the ensuing possesion for NIU, looking to tie the game up. Jordan Lynch would fumble on an option play and Duke would recover, giving them the ball on the NIU 20 yard line.

Duke would score twice more to put the game away, scoring 31 unasnwered points the win in their first real test of the season.

"I'm proud of our players whether they win or lose, whether they make mistakes or not, because that's the formula for success," Fournier stated at the end of his post-game interview.

Duke now breaks into the Top 25 at the #25 spot as they travel to South Bend in a nationally broadcast game to take on #8 Notre Dame, who faltered against Oklahoma 41-17 at home.

Team Stats Comparison
	DUKE	NIU
Total Offense	414	190
Rushing Yards	208	91
Passing Yards	206	99
First Downs	19	7
Punt Return Yards	61	9
Kick Return Yards	106	182
Total Yards	581	381
Turnovers	2	2
3rd Down Converstion	9-15 (60%)	1-10 (10%)
4th Down Conversion	2-2 (100%)	1-2 (50%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0 (0%)	0-0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	8-6-1 (87%)	2-1-1 (100%)
Penalties	0-0	1-1
Posession Time	22:18	9:42

Duke Blue Devils PASSING C/A YDS TD INT A. Boone 15-22 1 2 T. Sirk 0-1 0 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Snead 33 101 3.0 1 J. Thompson 8 74 9.2 2 A. Boone 4 26 6.5 1 C. Conway 2 7 3.5 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Caldwell 6 63 10.5 1 I. Blakeney 5 89 17.8 0 B. Deaver 2 36 18.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Foxx 3 1.0 0 0 D. Helto 2 1.0 0 0 E. Edwards 2 1.0 0 0 J. Bruce 1 1.0 0 0 G. Patterson 0 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Martin 1-1 (100%) 6-6 3 22

Northern Illinois Huskies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Lynch 16-24 99 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Lynch 11 0 0.0 0 A. Daniels 8 19 2.3 0 J. Brescacin 1 72 72.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Brown 5 22 4.4 1 T. Lewis 2 27 13.5 0 L. Eakes 1 38 38.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Ward 8 0.0 1 0 M. Sanatacaterina 6 1.0 0 0 M. Moore 3 0.0 1 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG M. Sims 1-1 (100%) 3-3 3 34

[kswgrad2012]

The style of everything you do looks really interesting. Looks very similar to my style, haha. The vids are good too. I'm doing a dynasty w/ Tulane; maybe Duke & Tulane will be ACC rivals one day, haha.

Good luck with Duke. I always considered doing a dynasty with one of the Tobacco Road schools, but my personal favorite is Wake Forest (thought it'd be the hardest, lol). Looking forward to seeing if Duke Football can match the dominance of Duke Basketball.

And try to stick with the Academic recruiting!