A Rising Storm in the North | Cheese's Eastern Michigan Dynasty

[Cheese2121]

1. Wisconsin (7-0)----2. Ohio State (6-0)----3. Iowa (6-0)----4. UCF (7-0)----5. Oregon (5-1)----6. TCU (6-1)----7. Tennessee (6-1)----8. Alabama (5-1)----9. Texas (6-1)----10. Georgia (5-2)----11. USC (6-1)----12. South Carolina (5-1)----13. Virginia Tech (4-2)----14. Penn State (4-2)----15. Auburn (5-1)----16. Stanford (4-2)----17. Oklahoma (5-2)----18. Florida (6-2)----19. Boston College (6-1)----20. Michigan (4-2)----21. Michigan State (5-2)----22. LSU (4-3)----23. Washington (5-1)----24. Troy (5-1)----25. Maryland (5-2)
	MAC West
	Name	W	L	CW	CL
	Eastern Michigan	5	2	3	0
	Toledo	5	2	2	1
	Northern Illinois	2	4	2	1
	Ball State	3	4	2	2
	Central Michigan	2	5	1	2
	Western Michigan	0	7	0	3
	MAC East
	Ohio	4	3	3	0
	Miami (OH)	5	2	2	1
	Buffalo	2	5	2	2
	Bowling Green	3	4	1	2
	Kent State	2	4	1	2
	Temple	1	5	1	2
	Akron	1	5	0	2
NCAA News
Geaux Tigers: LSU Notches 32-13 Win Over #6 South Carolina
Still Unbeaten: Buckeyes Win 34-20 Over Nebraska
Conference Crush: #9 Texas and #6 TCU Prepare for Pivotal Big12 Matchup
ACC Foes Clash: All Eyes Will Be on the Matchup of #19 Boston College and #13 Virginia Tech
Hide the Children: #8 Alabama is Confident Heading Into Matchup with #7 Tennessee
A Sigh of Relief: #5 Oregon Barely Fends Off Utah 36-33 in Conference Play
Ole Miss 24 --- #10 Alabama 30 #8 Oklahoma 45 --- Kansas 47 Illinois 16 --- #17 Auburn 24 Minnesota 28 --- #1 Wisconsin 45 Northwestern 7 --- #3 Iowa 61 Miami (FL) 39 --- #22 N.C. State 21 Arkansas State 0 --- #7 TCU 45 #13 Michigan State 8 --- #24 Michigan 38 #20 Maryland 24 --- Florida State 31 OT Utah 33 --- #5 Oregon 36 Cal 14 --- #20 Washington 20 BYU 24 --- #9 Tennessee 38 #19 Florida 30 --- #25 Mississippi State 28 #12 Georgia 30 --- Vanderbilt 0 #18 Stanford 42 --- Washington State 24 Nebraska 20 --- #2 Ohio State 34 #14 USC 42 --- Arizona State 14 Mid Tenn State 14 --- #4 UCF 52 #21 Boston College 26 --- North Carolina 21 #6 South Carolina 13 --- LSU 32

[Miles Perry]

Awesome to see you still have this going. Still incredibly jealous of the scrolling top 25 lol.

[Cheese2121]

Quote: Originally Posted by DavidTheGreat20

Sucks to lose Benz in a victory like that. Hoping Richard steps up, he was probably the first recruit of yours I found out about

Definitely a tough loss for us in Benz. I am hoping we will not have to burn the redshirt on Richard at this point. Redshirt freshman Dustin Bryant will get the start next game and possibly the game after if Iannotti is still not back. Bryant was a two star recruit in my inaugural class from Montreal. He is similar to Benz but lacks the experience and arm strength. We will probably look to simplify our passing attack and lean on the running game even more. Although Ohio looks to be one of the better conference foes we have faced all season. If anything happens to Bryant though we will have to burn the redshirt and insert Richard. At that point, I would probably redshirt Richard next season, as he is still probably a few years from being our starter. Thanks for checking in my friend!

Quote: Originally Posted by Miles Perry

Awesome to see you still have this going. Still incredibly jealous of the scrolling top 25 lol.

Thanks man! We continue to roll along here at Eastern Michigan. This is by far my favorite dynasty report I have ever run. If you would ever like help learning how to use HTML marquee code that creates the scrolling effect, feel free to PM me. Thanks again for following along!

[Cheese2121]

Matchup Preview | October 17, 2013
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Ohio Bobcats (4-3, Away)		Eastern Michigan Eagles (5-2, Home)
Season Leaders T. Tettleton – 105-218, 1335 YDS, 9 TD, 9 INT Passing T. Benz – 49-104, 691 YDS, 5 TD, 3 INT R. Boykin – 133 CAR, 886 YDS, 8 TD Rushing J. Humphrey – 115 CAR, 712 YDS, 8 TD D. Foster – 33 REC, 478 YDS, 6 TD Receiving N. Vaughn – 12 REC, 342 YDS, 3 TD Head Coaching Comparison Frank Solich Head Coach Dan Clayton 2 Years with Team 2 (19-14) Head Coach Record (23-11) Injury Report CB Jamil Shaw* (83) MCL Sprain - Probable QB Mark Iannotti (72) Abdominal Tear - 1 Week RG Jacob Welter (72) Turf Toe - Probable ROLB Tony Sharp (66) Bruised Shoulder - Questionable QB Tyler Benz (64) Abdominal Tear - 6 Weeks Roster Matchup Ohio Bobcats vs. Eastern Michigan Eagles POS Name (yr) - Rating POS Name (yr) - Rating QB Tyler Tettleton (rs-sr) - 81 QB Dustin Bryant (rs-fr) - 64 HB Ryan Boykin* (rs-sr) - 87 HB Robert Thomas* (so) - 78 FB Chaz Shuler (so) - 71 FB Dylan Brooks (jr) - 63 WR Donte Foster* (rs-sr) - 81 WR Nick Vaughn (so) - 75 WR Brian Hairston (rs-sr) - 79 WR Nick Olds (rs-sr) - 77 TE Troy Hill (rs-sr) - 76 TE Jay Phillips (fr) - 68 LT Ryan McGrath (rs-sr) - 82 LT Orlando McCord (rs-sr) - 70 LG Jon Lechner (rs-sr) - 86 LG Shawn Sinawe (rs-jr) - 73 C Jeramie Stump (sr) - 78 C Josh Woods (rs-jr) - 69 RG Jacob Welter (jr) - 72 RG Scott Macleod (rs-sr) - 79 RT Richard Herron (rs-fr) - 70 RT Sean Holley (rs-fr) - 63 LE Dendrick Davis (rs-sr) - 75 LE Doug Mendoza (so) - 65 RE Jack Nichols (rs-fr) - 70 RE Will Stephens (jr) - 61 DT John Taylor (rs-sr) - 72 DT Tremayne Smith* (so) - 76 DT Jason Harris (fr) - 69 DT Chris Carey (so) - 62 LOLB David Leonard (fr) - 69 LOLB Desden Hester (sr) - 62 MLB Ben Russell (jr) - 72 MLB Colin Weingrad (sr) - 67 ROLB Blake Jones (sr) - 72 ROLB Jeremy Curry (rs-jr) - 63 CB Jamil Shaw* (rs-sr) - 83 CB Kelip Goodwin (rs-sr) - 69 CB Chris Stanford (rs-so) - 72 CB Wes Dunlap (fr) - 63 FS Xavier Hughes (rs-sr) - 77 FS Sean Cotton (rs-so) - 59 SS Storm Timson (rs-sr) - 82 SS Chris Dunlap (rs-so) - 66 PK Fred Cooley (fr) - 59 PK Larry Taylor (fr) - 74 P David West (rs-fr) - 67 P Jay Karutz (sr) - 78

[Deegeezy]

Whoa....I leave town for a few days and come back to a ton of updates. Man do I really miss being able to play at this pace! haha

That Ball State game looks like it was a blast. That kickoff return TD to open the second half really set the tone. Hell of a day for Reggie Johnson. Looks like you may have your own star Reggie in the making. Without going back to look, how many return TDs does Johnson have? Was that his first? How many have you returned in all during this dynasty, approximately? That is definitely one well done aspect in these games - the rarity of return TDs.

Great dominating defensive win versus the rival Western Michigan. Run game and solid defense - very hard to beat that combo, both on the game and in real life.

5-2 through seven games. Really love the progression of this dynasty overall. You guys are on the come-up, winning, but not dominating. I'm sure you're looking forward to the day you're dominating
like my Green Wave haha, but this is very entertaining to see the come-up in its early stages.

Good luck versus Ohio....huge matchup and could be a MAC title game preview.

Quote: Originally Posted by Betterai

Wow, had no idea you had a dynasty going here cheese.....see a lot of familiar faces posting here as well, looks good as always I will have to find some time to get caught up This is Rhude btw

DJ Rhude....Glad to see you're still around my friend. Hope all is well. I googled your name a while back hoping to see a bevvy of dynasty reports and was sadly disappointed.

Hope to see you around often and maybe gracing us with another report some day. I just got back in the game myself after a long, several year break. This itch never leaves you bro. See you around!

[Cheese2121]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deegeezy

Whoa....I leave town for a few days and come back to a ton of updates. Man do I really miss being able to play at this pace! haha That Ball State game looks like it was a blast. That kickoff return TD to open the second half really set the tone. Hell of a day for Reggie Johnson. Looks like you may have your own star Reggie in the making. Without going back to look, how many return TDs does Johnson have? Was that his first? How many have you returned in all during this dynasty, approximately? That is definitely one well done aspect in these games - the rarity of return TDs. Great dominating defensive win versus the rival Western Michigan. Run game and solid defense - very hard to beat that combo, both on the game and in real life. 5-2 through seven games. Really love the progression of this dynasty overall. You guys are on the come-up, winning, but not dominating. I'm sure you're looking forward to the day you're dominating like my Green Wave haha, but this is very entertaining to see the come-up in its early stages. Good luck versus Ohio....huge matchup and could be a MAC title game preview.

Haha, yeah I really took off here with the reporting with all the down time in between exams. Things will slow down a little bit here around the holiday since I am leaving town for nine days to visit my folks with the girlfriend. I will try to distribute a few updates here and there during that time.

The Ball State game was something else. We were really lucky to be able to keep pace with them. Their two transfers (Glaser and Evans) instantly made Ball State into MAC contenders this year. A big turnaround from the previous record of 2-22 that they compiled in the first two seasons.

Reggie Johnson is a kid I am really high on. He was probably our top recruit last season. A three star prospect from Iowa, he has all the athletic talent in the world. With his 6'6" size and 96 speed, he is a physical monster. The problem is and what probably held him back from being a much higher rated prospect is his catching which is an abysmal 63, while his spectacular catch is a 73. So right now he is a bit of an all or nothing guy, he can make an insane catch down the field and then drop the wide open ones in the flats. I am hoping his catching will develop with time as he progresses. Right now I have him in the slot position and as our return specialist. I have a couple of screen and gadget plays we mix in occasionally just trying to get him the ball in space where he can show off that speed. As a returner, he is probably the best I have ever had. So far this season he has three kick returns for touchdowns. He will move into the WR2 role next season with Nick Olds graduating.

Overall, I am really happy with how we are progressing as a program. We still have a long ways to go before we are a consistent program but it's baby steps. I am still in the process of getting more of "my players" into the system. The recruiting prior to coach Clayton was quite abysmal so we are really lacking depth at certain positions and there are parts of my defense that I feel like are held together by scotch tape and popsicle sticks. We are getting there though. I am very much looking forward to the day we pick up a win against a foe from a major conference.

Should be a good game against Ohio. They are actually one of the few MAC opponents I have yet to face (the only other being Bowling Green). They have a very solid team all the way around. If I had to place bets though I think Miami still has to be the favorite of the MAC East.

Thank you for checking my friend and the great feedback! I love it!

[mattrd39]

Love seeing how well your defense is playing and the running game clicking on the other side. Sometimes when it rains, it pours with injuries at certain spots. It stinks when it happens at the most important position on the field though, obviously. Looks like Tremayne Smith is getting at least one sack per game, always nice to get that push in the middle.

Hopefully Thomas and Humphrey can continue to shoulder the load in the running game and Vaughn or Johnson can make a big play in the pass game when they stack the box (or on the returns, in the case of Johnson) to make it easier on the redshirt freshman!

[Betterai]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cheese2121

My man! So good to hear from you. It has been far too long. I hope all is well with you! It has been really good to see a lot of the old faces around here with yourself, Deegeezy, BDawg, Tearz etc. Happy to have you following along and checking in! Hope you enjoy. Any chance we will see you doing any reports anytime soon. You are a legend in my book.

Quote: Originally Posted by Deegeezy

DJ Rhude....Glad to see you're still around my friend. Hope all is well. I googled your name a while back hoping to see a bevvy of dynasty reports and was sadly disappointed. Hope to see you around often and maybe gracing us with another report some day. I just got back in the game myself after a long, several year break. This itch never leaves you bro. See you around!

Appreciate it fellas......I miss dynasty reporting but unfortunately just haven't had as much time as I used to.......if I ever got back into doing them they wouldn't be nowhere as detailed as they used to be

Good to see both of you around though, I'll be checking in often