El Paso Dreams: a UTEP Dynasty (NCAA 14)

[Deuce2223]

Always nice way to start the season with a couple wins over your rivals. Having a dual threat QB like Jones and a solid RB like Fields will help carry you to some wins and hopefully a Bowl game in Year 1.

[BE-Baseballer]

AROUND THE NCAA WEEK 3

NOTABLE RESULTS
#7 Texas A&M 34 - #23 Alabama 24
#11 UCF 35 - #23 Penn State 25
#18 Iowa State 20 - #16 Iowa 27
#25 Auburn 13 - Mississippi State 24

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Sep 15, 2019
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Georgia Bulldogs	2	0	1500
2	2	Oklahoma Sooners	3	0	1431
3	3	LSU Tigers	3	0	1363
4	4	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	3	0	1317
5	5	Clemson Tigers	1	1	1169
6	6	Texas Longhorns	3	0	1169
7	7	Texas A&M Aggies	3	0	1126
8	8	Washington Huskies	2	0	1065
9	9	Michigan Wolverines	2	1	949
10	11	UCF Knights	3	0	940
11	10	Utah Utes	3	0	930
12	12	Michigan State Spartans	3	0	820
13	13	Wisconsin Badgers	3	0	782
14	14	Florida Gators	1	1	665
15	15	Syracuse Orange	3	0	665
16	16	Iowa Hawkeyes	3	0	647
17	17	Oregon Ducks	2	1	538
18	20	Ohio State Buckeyes	2	1	419
19	21	Miami Hurricanes	2	0	393
20	23	Virginia Cavaliers	2	0	314
21	24	Nebraska Cornhuskers	3	0	277
22	18	Iowa State Cyclones	1	1	265
23	19	Alabama Crimson Tide	1	2	226
24	--	Stanford Cardinal	2	0	217
25	--	Mississippi State Bulldogs	3	0	166

[BE-Baseballer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deuce2223

Always nice way to start the season with a couple wins over your rivals. Having a dual threat QB like Jones and a solid RB like Fields will help carry you to some wins and hopefully a Bowl game in Year 1.

Hey man thanks for checking in! Yeah I am getting cautiously optimistic, but my first three games are probably the worst three teams on my schedule (with the exception of maybe Rice) so I am almost chalking them up as must wins. Usually winning/losing wouldn't bother me this early on, but they only gave me a two year contract and you can't turn coaching contracts off. I'm going to be bummed if I get canned from UTEP after just two years lmao, so I am trying to get as many wins as possible early on. Definitely feeling the pressure through these first couple of games.

[BE-Baseballer]

Matchup Preview *|* September 21, 2019
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Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners (2-1, Away)		UTEP Miners (2-0, Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 24.0 Points Per Game 28.5 340.0 Total Offensive Yards 373.0 213.5 Passing Yards 185.5 126.5 Rushing Yards 187.5 Defensive Stats Comparison 307.5 Total Yards Allowed 282.0 220.0 Passing Yards Allowed 134.5 87.5 Rushing Yards Allowed 147.5 22.0 Points Allowed 17.5

[BE-Baseballer]

DOMINANT DEFENSE: MINERS CRUSH ROADRUNNERS

L: Brandon Johnson finds Kavika Johnson in the back of the endzone for a score. R: Sincere McCormick gets swallowed up for a safety.

El Paso (TX) -- The Miners entered Saturday night's contest riding high after a 2-0 start in which both wins came against local rivals. However, there were still questions about just how impressive that 2-0 start was considering it both teams are currently winless. It was widely accepted that the UTSA Roadrunners would prove to be a much more formidable opponent, as they entered the game 2-1 featuring an impressive win over Oklahoma State.

It's safe to say UTEP shut up those doubters tonight. The Miners came out and rocked the Roadrunners in what was probably their most impressive performance yet, especially defensively.

The game got out to a bit of a rocky start for UTEP. The Miners was slow to get rolling tonight and started the game with two three-and-outs. Hunter Duplessis knocked through a 25 yard field goal with 5:10 remaining in the first to give the Roadrunners a 3-0 lead. That field goal would stand as the only points of the first quarter. The Miners drove the ball into UTSA territory, but a Brandon Jones interception stalled the drive.

UTEP finally got on the board with 6:15 remaining in the first half. UTEP briefly put an end to their redzone blues when Brandon Jones found Kavika Johnson in the back of the endzone for an 11 yard score on third and goal. After a forcing a Roadrunner punt, Jones and Johnson linked up again. This time for a huge 85 yard score to extend UTEP's lead to 14-3. The Miners carried this lead into halftime.

The second half was primarily all about the UTEP defense. Defensively, the Miners were firing on all cylinders this half. UTEP embraced the strategy of keeping everything in front of them and not surrendering any big plays.

At first glance, you may notice Cordale Grundy completed 19/22 passes on the evening. However, he only threw for 90 yards! The UTEP defensive backs took away everything deep, and when Grundy inevitably resorted to the check down and the Miner linebackers swarmed to the ball. UTSA never even got close to scoring in the second half.

Offensively, the Miners mainly relied on ball control and killing the clock in the second half. This meant a heavy workload for Joshua Fields, who had another 20+ carry outing. UTEP added a 40 yard field goal by Gavin Baechle late in the third quarter to extend the lead to 17-3.

Early in the fourth quarter, UTEP drove the ball to the UTSA inch yard line. After failing three different times to punch the ball in, the Miners turned it over on downs. On the very next play, the UTEP defense didn't even let Sincere McCormick come close to getting the ball out of the endzone. McCormick was stopped for a safety which extended the UTEP lead to 19-3.

Gavin Baechle added another field goal with 1:57 left to play, and the game simply could not end soon enough if you were a Roadrunner supporter. The clock eventually struck zero and the Miners came away with an impressive 22-3 victory.

Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners at UTEP Miners
Sep 21, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners (2-2)	3	0	0	0	3
UTEP Miners (3-0)	0	14	3	5	22

Team Stats Comparison
	UTSA	UTEP
Total Offense	118	288
Rushing Yards	28	104
Passing Yards	90	184
First Downs	7	13
Punt Return Yards	40	49
Kick Return Yards	98	49
Total Yards	256	386
Turnovers	1	1
3rd Down Conversion	0-9	4-10
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1-0-1	3-1-1
Penalties	1-5	0-0
Possession Time	11:39	20:21

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		UTSA	UTEP
5:10	(UTSA) Hunter Duplessis 25 yard field goal.	3	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		UTSA	UTEP
6:15	(UTEP) Kavika Johnson 11 yard pass from Brandon Jones. (PAT good)	3	7
4:06	(UTEP) Kavika Johnson 85 yard pass from Brandon Jones. (PAT good)	3	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		UTSA	UTEP
2:41	(UTEP) Gavin Baechle 40 yard field goal.	3	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		UTSA	UTEP
6:19	(UTEP) Safety UTEP: Team Safety.	3	19
1:57	(UTEP) Gavin Baechle 41 yard field goal.	3	22

Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Cordale Grundy 19/22 90 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Sincere McCormick 12 26 2.1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Sincere McCormick 11 14 1.2 0 Blaze Moorhead 4 34 8.5 0 Carlos Strickland II 2 21 10.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Eric Banks 7 0 0 0 Jarrod Carter-McLin 6 1.0 0 0 Tyler Mahnke 5 0 0 0 Clayton Johnson 1 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Hunter Duplessis 1/1 0/0 3 26 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Lucas Dean 6 220 36.6 1

UTEP Miners PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Brandon Jones 12/21 184 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Joshua Fields 24 98 4.0 0 Brandon Jones 8 6 0.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Devaughn Cooper 5 38 7.6 0 Kavika Johnson 2 96 48.0 2 Walter Dawn Jr. 2 36 18.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Michael Lewis 7 0 0 0 Sione Tupou 5 0 0 0 Joe Jay Smith 4 0 0 0 Ykilli Ross 4 0 1 0 Dedrick Simpson 3 2.0 0 0 Chris Richardson 3 2.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Gavin Baechle 2/2 2/2 8 41 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Mitchell Crawford 3 120 40.0 0

[orlegend0208]

Really liking this so far! You had me hooked when I saw Darren McFadden would be the coach lol. Had to go back and re-watch some of McFadden's highlights at Arkansas after I saw he was gonna be the coach. Dude was unbelievable in college.

And really solid start to the season! Looks like the Miners are well on their way to a bowl game this season!

[BE-Baseballer]

Quote: Originally Posted by orlegend0208

Really liking this so far! You had me hooked when I saw Darren McFadden would be the coach lol. Had to go back and re-watch some of McFadden's highlights at Arkansas after I saw he was gonna be the coach. Dude was unbelievable in college. And really solid start to the season! Looks like the Miners are well on their way to a bowl game this season!

Thanks! I'm a big fan of the dynasty you have going on yourself, I'll be sure to start leaving more comments in it instead of just lurking haha. Definitely pleased with how the season is going so far, I'd still be ecstatic just with 6-6 and 7-5. Will be interesting to see if I can keep winning when I start playing better teams.

[BE-Baseballer]

AROUND THE NCAA WEEK 4

NOTABLE RESULTS

North Texas 23 - #1 Georgia 24
#12 Michigan State 28 - #4 Notre Dame 17
#14 Florida 27 - Tennessee 0
SMU 50 - #7 Texas A&M 29

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Sep 22, 2019
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Georgia Bulldogs	3	0	1498
2	2	Oklahoma Sooners	3	0	1433
3	3	LSU Tigers	4	0	1370
4	5	Clemson Tigers	2	1	1224
5	6	Texas Longhorns	4	0	1186
6	8	Washington Huskies	3	0	1070
7	9	Michigan Wolverines	3	1	1002
8	12	Michigan State Spartans	4	0	986
9	10	UCF Knights	3	0	958
10	11	Utah Utes	4	0	920
11	4	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	3	1	887
12	13	Wisconsin Badgers	4	0	799
13	14	Florida Gators	2	1	715
14	15	Syracuse Orange	4	0	698
15	16	Iowa Hawkeyes	4	0	650
16	17	Oregon Ducks	2	1	572
17	18	Ohio State Buckeyes	3	1	534
18	19	Miami Hurricanes	3	0	511
19	20	Virginia Cavaliers	3	0	467
20	21	Nebraska Cornhuskers	4	0	424
21	22	Iowa State Cyclones	1	1	342
22	7	Texas A&M Aggies	3	1	318
23	23	Alabama Crimson Tide	2	2	303
24	25	Mississippi State Bulldogs	4	0	265
25	--	Penn State Nittany Lions	2	2	191