Clemson's Golden Age: 2011 Onwards

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After a devastating loss to USF in the Meinke Car Care Bowl at the end of a unlucky and tortured 6-7 season, Coach Swinney was convinced his time at Clemson was over. The truth is, it had only just begun.

Many players left for the NFL or graduated. Swinney fired Billy Napier, narrowed the search to Justin Fuente and Chad Morris, and then brought Morris over to the southeast. Despite Clemson's recruiting class, the worries piled up. Tajh couldn't learn the playbook, many of the best players were gone, and so on.

The doubters looked on with satisfaction as Clemson trailed Tory at halftime and barely beat Wofford at home. Then in one of the greatest stretches in program history, they beat a ranked Auburn to give them their first loss since before Cam Newton. Although EJ Manuel for FSU was hurt, Clemson proved it wasn't a fluke as they defeated the Clint Trickett's ranked squad at home. But could they do it on the road against the best team in the ACC - Virginia Tech? A 23-3 final score proved that Clemson was for real.

While that season ended poorly with a demolition against WVU, it began the greatest stretch in Clemson history - since 2011, Clemson and Alabama have been the two best programs in the nation.

That was the team I fell in love with. I made the 2011 roster on NCAA 14, set up a relegation conference, and decided to see if I could replicate history.


House Rules:
- All of Clemson's recruits will be real players until the game catches up with real life. Then recruiting will proceed as normal.
- I must play one team from each tier per year - I am allowed to schedule a harder schedule, but not an easier one.
- I am using random manual offseason progression, manual random number injuries, and manual random character/academic violations.
- I am using my custom playbook with a play calling sheet, statistical tracking sheet, and dynasty tracking sheet. This will be the most intense dynasty I have ever done.

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2011 Preseason Overview:

Heisman Watch - Updated: Aug 31, 2011
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

Preseason 2011 NCAA 1st Team All-Americans
Pos	Player Name	Ht	Wt	Year
QB	Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M			Sr.
HB	Kadeem Carey, Arizona			Sr.
HB	DeAnthony Thomas, Oregon			Sr.
WR	Mike Davis, Texas			Sr.
WR	Sammy Watkins, Clemson			Fr.
TE	Austin Sefarian Jenkins, Washington			Sr.
LT	Taylor Lewan, Michigan			Sr.
LG	David Yankey, Stanford			Sr.
OC	Andrew Miller, Virginia Tech			Sr.
RG	Mason Walters, Texas			Sr.
RT	Cameron FLeming, Stanford			Sr.
WDE	Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina			Sr.
DT	Will Sutton, Arizona State			Sr.
DT	Louis Nix, Notre Dame			Sr.
SDE	James Gayle, Virginia Tech			Sr.
SLB	Ryan Shazier, Ohio State			Sr.
MLB	CJ Mosely, Alabama			Sr.
WLB	Denicos Allen, Michigan State			Sr.
CB	Adrian James, UTEP			Jr.
CB	Aaron Colvin, Oklahoma			Sr.
FS	Ha Ha Clinton Dix, Alabama			Sr.
SS	Sean Parker, Washington			Sr.
K	Zach Hocker, Arkansas			Sr.
P	Johnny Townsend, Florida			Fr.
RS	DeAnthony Thomas, Oregon			Sr.

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Aug 31, 2011
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	Alabama			1501
2	Ohio State			1424
3	Stanford			1349
4	Texas A&M			1277
5	Georgia			1206
6	Oregon			1137
7	Notre Dame			1070
8	South Carolina			1005
9	Clemson			943
10	Florida			882
11	Louisville			823
12	LSU			766
13	Oklahoma			711
14	Florida State			658
15	Texas			607
16	Oklahoma State			558
17	TCU			511
18	Boise State			466
19	Michigan			422
20	UCLA			381
21	Kansas State			342
22	Nebraska			305
23	Oregon State			269
24	Northern Illinois			236
25	Vanderbilt			205

2011 SEC Preseason Rankings Conference Standings - Updated: Aug 31, 2011
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
(SEC) Alabama
(SEC) Georgia
(SEC) South Carolina
(ACC) Clemson
(SEC) Florida
(ACC) Louisville
(ACC) Florida State
(ACC) Miami
(ACC) Virginia Tech
(SEC) Auburn
(SEC) Tennessee
(ACC) Georgia Tech

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martavis??

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Clemson 2011 Overview

2011 Clemson Tigers Depth Chart - 2011
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Sammy Watkins (98 Fr)	Jaron Brown (87 rJr)	Joe Craig (79 rSr)	RS Adam Humphries (77 Fr)
TE	Dwayne Allen (97 rSr)	Brandon Ford (85 rJr)	Sam Cooper (69 rFr)	RS Stanton Seckinger (68 Fr)
LT	Phillip Price (87 rSr)	Brandon Thomas (84 rSo)
LG	David Smith (82 rSr)	Kalon Davis (76 rFr)	David Beasley (74 rFr)
C	Dalton Freeman (91 rJr)	Reid Webster (rFr 72)
RG	Antoine McClain (84 rSr)	Tyler Shatley (79 rSo)
RT	Landon Walker (84 rSr)	Brandon Thomas (84 rSo)	RS Eric Mac Lain (Fr 79)	RS Shaq Anthony (Fr 72)
WR	Nuk Hopkins (95 So)	Charone Peake (80 Fr)	Marquan Jones (75 rSr)	RS Martavis Bryant (75 Fr)
QB	Tajh Boyd (91 rSo)	Donny McElveen (71 rSo)		RS Cole Stoudt (69 Fr)
FB	Chad Diehl (90 rSr)	Darrell Smith (71 rSo)
HB	Andre Ellington (90 rJr)	Mike Bellamy (80 Fr)	Rod McDowell (79 rSo)	DJ Howard (71 rFr)
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Andre Branch (91 rSr)	Tarvaris Barnes (77 rFr)	RS Corey Crawford (77 Fr)
LDT	Brandon Thompson (91 rSr)	Grady Jarrett (82 Fr)	RS Deshawn Williams (73 Fr)
RDT	Rennie Moore (86 rSr)	Josh Watson (77 rFr)
RDE	Vic Beasley (84 rFr)	Malliciah Goodman (86 rJr)
WLB	Tony Steward (81 Fr)	Quandon Christian (80 rSo)	RS Lateek Townsend (78 Fr)
MLB	1A: Corico Hawkins (85 Jr)	1B: Stephone Anthony (81 Fr)	RS BJ Goodson (66 Fr)
SLB	Jon Willard (86 rJr)	Spencer Shuey (79 rSo)
CB	Coty Sensabaugh (92 rSr)	Garry Peters (76 rFr)	Darius Robinson (73 So)
SS	Jonathan Meeks (83 Jr)	Robert Smith (76 Fr)
FS	Rashard Hall (84 rJr)	Kantrell Brown (78 rSr)	Carlton Lewis (78 rJr)
CB	Xavier Brewer (85 rJr)	Bashaud Breeland (75 rFr)	RS Martin Jenkins (73 So)
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Chandler Catanzaro (92 rSo)
P	Dawson Zimmerman (84 rSr)
H	KOS Chandler Catanzaro (92 rSo)
PR	Joe Craig	Rod McDowell	Garry Peters
KR	Joe Craig	Rod McDowell	Garry Peters
LS	Phillip Price	Landon Walker	David Smith

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Quote: Originally Posted by djp73

martavis??

I just added redshirts

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Week One:

2011 Clemson Week 1 Injuries
Pos	Player	Injury Note
DT	Rennie Moore	Returns Week 6
CB	Bashaud Breeland	Returns Week 4