The Alaska Warriors Reboot

[xToXiCxSAVAGEx]

Conference Championships:

ACC:



Louisville (7-5) vs. #19 Virginia Tech (9-3)
Oddly enough, Virginia Tech got in over #4 Miami (10-2) and #9 Georgia Tech (9-3)

38-28



American:



Tulsa (7-5) vs. Temple (9-3)

56-53



Big 10:



#3 Purdue (10-2) vs. #2 Rutger (11-1)
Yes, you read that right.

40-45



Big 12:



Iowa State (7-5) vs. #12 Texas Tech (8-4)
Yes, you also read that right.

38-41 OT


Conference USA:



#13 Middle Tennessee State (10-2) vs. Rice (9-3)

32-42


MAC:



#14 Northern Illinois (9-3) vs. #1 Ohio (12-0)

45-55


Mountain West:



Colorado State (8-4) vs. #5 San Jose State (10-2)

38-31




PAC-12:


Colorado (9-3) vs. #23 Washington State (9-3)

44-38



SEC:



#16 Kentucky (9-3) vs. #22 LSU (9-3)

49-38



Sun Belt:



#24 Texas State (9-3) vs. Troy (8-4)

40-35




As it stands, I'm leaning towards a four-team playoff. It's what I prefer generally, and every team below 4 has at least 3 losses. For this season I'll do 4, but I'm interested to hear your feedback.



Also, your Heisman winner is James Rust from Kentucky. He went:

372/485 (76.7%), 5,577 yards, 57 touchdowns, 2 interceptions
146 rushes, 445 yards, 6 touchdowns.

He beat out Kevin Hill of MTSU, who went:
385/481 (80%!), 5,294 yards, 64 touchdowns, 7 interceptions
180 rushes, 770 yards, 6 touchdowns

[xToXiCxSAVAGEx]

Season 3 Team Recap & Statistics

Alaska Warriors 2014 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Sep 5	at #25 Washington	Lost, 52-16
Sep 12	at #14 Miami	Lost, 63-31
Sep 19	at Akron	Lost, 51-28
Oct 3	at #13 Oregon	Won, 30-14
Oct 10	vs Vanderbilt	Lost, 59-41
Oct 17	at USC	Lost, 39-12
Oct 24	vs Hawaii	Lost, 38-34
Oct 31	at #9 Ohio State	Won, 34-27
Nov 8	vs Boise State	Lost, 52-32
Nov 14	vs Western Michigan	Lost, 31-14
Nov 16	at UNLV	Lost, 28-22
Nov 28	vs #21 UGA	Won, 35-28

Alaska was able to produce a 3-9 season, with their three wins coming against power 5 opponents. The season followed a pattern where they lost 3 before winning 1.



Here are your 2015 team stats:

Alaska Warriors Stats - 2015
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
Jeremy Riggs	201/321	2401	11.9	200.0	64	15	18	129.7
Raymond Breedlove	51/109	692	13.5	62.9	55	3	11	89.0
Samuel Slater	1/2	14	14.0	1.1	14	0	0	108.8
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
Marcus Henderson	136	556	4.0	14	0	8	46.3	1
Josh Roberson	148	541	3.6	18	0	5	49.1	2
Jeremy Riggs	73	295	4.0	35	4	1	24.5	2
Quincy Outlaw	13	62	4.7	11	0	0	7.7	0
Jared Martinez	5	40	8.0	35	1	1	3.3	0
Marcus Walker	4	15	3.7	9	0	1	1.3	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	DROPS	YDS/G	YAC
Skyler Ware	61	765	12.5	1	64	0	63.7	325
Jared Martinez	53	844	15.9	5	56	1	70.3	235
Rodney Fuller	38	445	11.7	2	40	7	37.0	115
Austin Ryan	31	380	12.2	5	62	3	31.6	154
Brooks Greer	19	250	13.1	2	39	4	20.8	86
Josh Roberson	19	185	9.7	0	55	3	16.8	206
Marcus Henderson	16	88	5.5	2	23	2	7.3	108
Justin Tate	3	19	6.3	1	10	1	2.1	-3
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
Grant Whitlock	81	3	84	1.0	10	1	2	0
Robert Inman	58	4	62	2.0	12	2	0	0
Tyrell Beach	54	1	55	0.0	5	3	2	2
Robbie Purcell	52	2	54	0.0	4	3	2	0
Jelani Sullivan	53	1	54	4.0	15	1	2	0
Glen Ernst	50	1	51	0	2	3	0	0
Raishaun Leierer	39	2	41	0	1	2	1	1
Cory Rodgers	36	2	38	1.0	5	1	1	1
Arthur Bowling	35	2	37	3.0	4	0	2	2
Alvin Broussard	23	2	25	6.0	10	0	0	0
Vincent Crum	22	1	23	1.0	2	0	0	0
Alvin Andrews	15	0	15	4.0	5	0	0	0
Zeph Weldon	11	1	12	1.0	1	0	0	0
Parker Knox	12	0	12	6.0	6	0	0	0
Gerrod Holland	11	0	11	3.0	4	0	0	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
John Brown	29	1031	35.5	101	1	18	14.7	0
Skyler Ware	28	683	24.3	47	0	0	0	0
Rodney Fuller	1	21	21.0	21	0	0	0	0
Jared Martinez	1	88	88.0	88	0	0	0	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
Nick Franklin	15	18	83	48	30	30	100	75
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
Samuel Slater	36	1528	68	42.4	37.8	0	11	1
Nick Franklin	1	52.0	52	52.0	52.0	0	0	0

And here is the updated record book. You'll find a few more career records included as quite a few seniors are graduating. In particular, Josh Roberson and a few more of the receivers are graduating.

Roberson finishes with career records for rushing scores and yards.
Jared Martinez finishes with the career mark in receptions, yards, and touchdowns.
Skyler Ware also had a great year, catching a record 61 passes for 765 yards, but he was never able to score many touchdowns as he finished his career with only 2. He was also a good return man, returning 60 total kicks for an average of 25.6, including a then-school record 96 yard return in 2014.

Defensively, more than 34 combined sacks are leaving. Alvin Andrews leaves with 10.0, Parker Knox with 9.0, Gerrod Holland with 8.0, and Alvin Broussard leaves with 7.0.

Raishun Leierer finishes with 5 career interceptions, good for second all time. Tyrell Beach leaves with 2 defensive touchdowns, tied with sophomore linebacker Arthur Bowling for most all time.

On special teams, field goal kicker Nick Franklin leaves with a career mark of 31/40 field goals. After a sophomore slump and a two-game hiccup in 2015, he leaves a legacy of being quite a solid kicker. His career long was 48 yards.

His counterpart Samuel Slater finished his career with a 36.1 net average. He had a career-long 68 yard punt in 2015. While he didn't have the most booming leg, his accuracy was quite deadly. He induced quite a few muffed punts, and downed 28% (28/99) of his punts inside the 20. He also had 5 touchbacks. Multiple times was he able to down the ball inside the five-yard line. Unfortunately for him, his defense often gave up big plays afterward.

Next year, Jeremy Riggs hopes to avoid the dubious NCAA record held by Timmy Chang of 80 interceptions. He sits at 55 currently, so he'd have to take a major step back. Here's hoping he can continue to improve.



Finally, John Brown, an electric 57 overall cornerback was able to find a role as a returner. He was incredibly explosive, averaging 35.5 yards per return, which lead all of CFB this year. He also averaged 14.7 yards per punt return, which would also lead the league if he had enough to qualify (which may explain why he wasn't a finalist for the best returner.)


Team Record Book:

Spoiler

Passing:

Yards (Half) -
Yards (Game) – Jeremy Riggs (11/2/2013 vs. Ohio) - 427
Yards (Season) – Jeremy Riggs (2013) - 2816
Yards (Career) -

Yards Per Game (Season) – Jeremy Riggs (2013) – 256.0
Yards Per Game (Career- Minimum 25 Games) -

Attempts Per Game (Career) -
Longest Pass –

Touchdowns (Game) – Jeremy Riggs (11/2/2013 vs. Ohio) - 4
Touchdowns (Season) – Jeremy Riggs (2013) - 17
Touchdowns (Career)

Interceptions (Game) – Jeremy Riggs (9/20/2014 vs. Iowa) -5
Interceptions (Season) – Jeremy Riggs (2013) - 22
Interceptions (Career) -

Passer Rating (Season) –
Passer Rating (Career) -

Attempts (Half) -
Attempts (Game) – Jeremy Riggs (9/20/2014 vs. Iowa) - 53
Attempts (Season) – Jeremy Riggs (2013) - 388
Attempts (Career) -

Completions (Half) -
Completions (Game) – Jeremy Riggs (11/16/2013 vs. LSU) - 30
Completions (Season) – Jeremy Riggs (2013) - 227
Completions (Career) -
Completion Percentage (Game) – Jeremy Riggs (11/28/2015 vs. UGA) – 78%
Completion Percentage (Season) – Jeremy Riggs (2015) – 62.0%
Completion Percentage (Career - Minimum 1,000 attempts) -






Rushing:

Yards (Game) – Darrin Pierre (11/23/2013 vs. Fresno State) - 125
Yards (Season) –
1. Marcus Henderson (2015) - 556
2a. Quincy Outlaw (2014) – 541
2b. Josh Roberson (2015) - 541
Yards (Career) –
1. Josh Roberson (2013-2015) – 1577

Yards by a Quarterback (Season) -
Yards by a Quarterback (Career) -

Longest Rush – Raymond Breedlove (10/11/2014 vs. Tennessee) – 71 yards

Yards Per Carry (Season- minimum 150 carries) -
Yards Per Carry (Career - minimum 300 carries) -

Yards Per Game (Season) -
Yards Per Game (Career - minimum 30 games) -

Rushing Touchdowns (Game) – Darrin Pierre (11/23/2013 vs. Fresno State) - 3
Rushing Touchdowns (Season) – Josh Roberson (2014) - 11
Rushing Touchdowns (Career) -
1. Josh Roberson (2013-2015) - 20

Rushing Touchdowns by a Quarterback (Season) – Jeremy Riggs (2013) - 4
Rushing Touchdowns by a Quarterback (Career) -

Fumbles (Season) -
Fumbles (Career) -





Receiving:

Receptions (Half) -
Receptions (Game) -
Receptions (Season) – Skyler Ware (2015) - 61
Receptions (Career) – Jared Martinez (2013-2015) - 141

Receptions by a running back (season) – Josh Roberson (2014) - 23
Receptions by a running back (career) – Josh Roberson (2013-2015) - 57

Receiving Yards (Half) – Jared Martinez (11/9/2013 vs. Boise State) - 124
Receiving Yards (Game) – Jared Martinez (11/9/2013 vs. Boise State) - 216
Receiving Yards (Season) – Jared Martinez (2015) - 844
Receiving Yards (Career) -
1. Jared Martinez (2013-2015) - 1982

Receiving Yards by a running back (game) – Josh Roberson (11/15/2014 vs. Western Michigan) 89 yards
Receiving Yards by a running back (season) -
Receiving Yards by a running back (career) -

Receiving Touchdowns (Half) -
Receiving Touchdowns (Game) – Rodney Fuller (9/14/2013 vs. Buffalo) - 3
Receiving Touchdowns (Season) -
Receiving Touchdowns (Career) –
1. Jared Martinez (2013-2015) - 12

Yards Per Game (Career - minimum 30 games) -
Yards Per Catch (Career- minimum 75 receptions) -


Drops (Season) – Brooks Greer (2013) - 12
Drops (Career) – Austin Ryan (2013-2015) - 21



Offense

Total Offense (Game) -
Total Offense (Season) -
Total Offense (Career) -

Total Touchdowns (Game) -
Total Touchdowns (Season) -




Defense:

Total Tackles (Game) -
Total Tackles (Season) – Demetrius Heinz (2014) - 78
Total Tackles (Career) – Demetrius Heinz (2013-2014) - 131

Sacks (Game) – Parker Knox (10/31/2015) vs. Ohio State – 3.0
Sacks (Season) – Multiple tied with 6.0
Sacks (Career) –
1. Santonio Bullock (2013-2014) – 12.0
2. Alvin Andrews (2013-2015) – 10.0


Interceptions (Game) -
Interceptions (Season) – Gerren Davis (2014) - 4
Interceptions (Career) – Gerren Davis (2013-2014) - 7

Forced Fumbles (Game)
Forced Fumbles (Season) -
Forced Fumbles (Career) – Parker Knox (2013-2015) - 3

Fumble Recoveries (Season) -
Fumble Recoveries (Career) -

Tackles for Loss (Season) – Jelani Sullivan (2015) - 15
Tackles for Loss (Career) –
1. Demetrius Heinz (2013-2014) – 29
2. Santonio Bullock (2013-2014) – 21

Defensive Touchdowns (Season) -
Defensive Touchdowns (Career) -



Kicking

Field Goals Made (Game) -
Field Goals Made (Season) – Nick Franklin (2015) - 15
Field Goals Made (Career) – Nick Franklin (2013-2015) - 31

Field Goals Attempted (Season) – Nick Franklin (2015) - 18
Field Goals Attempted (Career) – Nick Franklin (2013-2015) - 40
Field Goal Percentage (Season - minimum 15 attempts) – Nick Franklin (2015) – 83%
Field Goal Percentage (Career - minimum 30 attempts) – Nick Franklin (2013-2015) – 78%

Longest Field Goal -
Total Points (Season) -
Total Points (Career)

Net Punt Yards -
Longest Punt- Samuel Slater (2015) – 68 yards



Kick/Punt Returns

Average Kick Return (Career) -
Kick Return Touchdowns (Game) -
Kick Return Touchdowns (Season) -
Kick Return Touchdowns (Career) -
Longest Kick Return – John Brown (2015) – 101 yards

Average Punt Return (Career) -
Punt Return Touchdowns (Game) -
Punt Return Touchdowns (Season) -
Punt Return Touchdowns (Career) -
Longest Punt Return – John Brown (2015) – 58 yards

[Knickerbocker91]

Definitely an interesting season, winning all three games against Top 25 opponents and yet not able to get a win against anyone else. I would advocate for a four team playoff for now, giving you to opportunity to explore an eight team playoff in the future if worthy teams are constantly being left out. Will Alaska be joining any conferences soon or remain independent? I wonder how much money Alaska has left in the bank to convince Georgia to travel all the way to them - and then for them to lose, I can imagine the rest of the SEC may be leery about heading that way anytime soon.

[xToXiCxSAVAGEx]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knickerbocker91

Definitely an interesting season, winning all three games against Top 25 opponents and yet not able to get a win against anyone else. I would advocate for a four team playoff for now, giving you to opportunity to explore an eight team playoff in the future if worthy teams are constantly being left out. Will Alaska be joining any conferences soon or remain independent? I wonder how much money Alaska has left in the bank to convince Georgia to travel all the way to them - and then for them to lose, I can imagine the rest of the SEC may be leery about heading that way anytime soon.

It honestly seems to be the story of the team so far. They’ve made a habit of pulling off wins against teams they should have no shot against, yet they lose against teams they should be competitive against.

As for the playoff, so far I haven’t had any issues with worthy teams getting left out. I’ve had one debate last year but it seemed pretty clear. This year the debate is between 10-2 Miami who did not play in their conference championship, or 10-3 Purdue who did but got beat (2 of their losses were to #2 Rutgers). Should Purdue get ANOTHER shot at them? Or should Miami, who didn’t win their division, get a shot?

As for joining a conference, the plan down the road is to join the Mountains west. It all depends though. The ULTIMATE goal is to join the PAC-12, but they need to make a bowl game or two before any conference will realistically look to add them.

Right now Alaska prefers to stay independent due to scheduling freedom. However, it does not seem like the bigger named schools are anxious to travel to Alaska as it has proven to have a propensity to pull off upsets.

[jpfine]

Purdue and Rutgers in the Big Ten Conference Championship? Honestly, if that happened in real life, I'd be amazed and extremely excited...

Anyways, okay third season. Like KnickerBocker said, weird season, but if you get the wins that you're supposed to get, too, it'll be a heck of a season. Honestly, I think Season 4 is where the Warriors are gonna go on fire and grab 7 or 8 wins.

[xToXiCxSAVAGEx]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpfine

Purdue and Rutgers in the Big Ten Conference Championship? Honestly, if that happened in real life, I'd be amazed and extremely excited... Anyways, okay third season. Like KnickerBocker said, weird season, but if you get the wins that you're supposed to get, too, it'll be a heck of a season. Honestly, I think Season 4 is where the Warriors are gonna go on fire and grab 7 or 8 wins.

A bowl game is definitely the goal for next season. The team is going to have a lot of youth in the two-deep roster, so we’ll see if they can step up. Fortunately Riggs began to play decently well at the end of the season. He has a couple of talented running backs in the backfield and he started to use his legs more towards the end of the season.

I plan on finishing the season tonight and getting to the preseason.

[jpfine]

Quote: Originally Posted by xToXiCxSAVAGEx

I plan on finishing the season tonight and getting to the preseason.

Can't wait!! Within a year or two, the Warriors are gonna be goin places

[xToXiCxSAVAGEx]

In regards to the debate about the fourth seed, I've decided that Miami will get the fourth spot. Here's why:


Miami:
Opponent W/L
68-79
PF/G: 40.4
PA/G: 29.7
Losses: vs. #7 GT 31-38 OT
At VT: 13-34


Purdue:
Opponent W/L (Not including second RU game)
66-67 (Played FCS team)
PF/G: 43.1
PA/G: 34.1
Losses:
Vs.# 2 RU x2 (35-52 & 40-45)
At #12 PSU (10-48)



Miami had a tougher schedule generally (Purdue played an FCS team. If we consider them 0-12 their opponent combined record would be 66-79). They controlled games better, have one fewer loss. One of their losses was in overtime to a top 10 team, while Purdue lost twice to Rutgers (they'd play in the first round again), and they also took overtime to beat Iowa.