B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

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Air Force free safety Halatoa Tai picks off an option pitch on his way to the first of two fumble return touchdowns.

Fumble-6 x 2
Senior takes two fumbles to house,
Air Force stomps New Mexico, 50-7

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — You never know when you fire up the PS3, even in a matchup you know you'll win easily, when something special might happen.

That happened for B-Dawg when his Air Force football team hosted New Mexico on Nov. 4, 2023.

Halatoa Tai, an 80 OVR senior free safety, scored two defensive touchdowns for the eighth-ranked Falcons in a 50-7 rout of the Lobos.

That, in and of itself, is pretty noteworthy. In 1,289 games of NCAA Football dynasty mode dating to NCAA 2004, it's only the ninth time a B-Dawg player has scored two defensive touchdowns.

But what made Tai's achievement particularly incredible was that both of his touchdowns were scored on fumble returns, something that has never been done by a B-Dawg player. They also both took place in the second quarter, making him the first player to score two defensive touchdowns in a quarter.

"We don't get a lot of fumbles, we get even fewer fumbles taken to the house, so it's truly takes the right alignment of the moon and stars for something like this to happen," B-Dawg said. "It was pretty cool to see."

Air Force was up only 7-0 after one quarter when Tai turned the momentum of the contest with a huge second quarter. He snagged an option pitch when Air Force was in an all-out blitz, taking it 48 yards for six points with 8:40 left in the second quarter, making it a 14-0 game.

With the Falcons up 21-0, quarterback Anthony Rutledge coughed up the ball when he was sacked. Tai pounced on it and took it seven yards for a touchdown with 4:05 to go in the second quarter.

Tai was hardly the only defensive star for the Falcons.

Air Force got only the second safety in the history of this dynasty when defensive end Quinton Sanders sacked Rutledge in the end zone on third-and-16 with 4:50 to go in the third quarter.

"You know 'Safety Dance' was playing on my PS3 when that happened," B-Dawg said. "Safeties are only two points, but they're my favorite play in football. It's the only play that has its own theme music in my game."

Sanders had a monster performance, with all six of his tackles going for losses, three of them sacks.

Linebacker David Whitfield set the tone for the day by getting four tackles, three for losses, on New Mexico's first possession. He finished with 10 tackles, five for losses.

Defensive tackle Josh Green had two sacks and three tackles for losses.

It all added up to minus-8 yards on 28 carries for a New Mexico ground game that was ranked fourth in the nation with 260.3 yards per game.


Most defensive touchdowns

Following is a list of B-Dawg players who have scored two defensive touchdowns in a game:

Tavarious Sanders (Buffalo) vs. Nevada, 2004 Humanitarian Bowl, 17 FR, 72 INT (NCAA 2004)
Kyle Schmidt (Vanderbilt) at Florida, Nov. 6, 2021, 67 INT, 30 INT (NCAA 2007)
Alfred Moore (Eastern Michigan) at Akron, Sept. 14, 2013, 30 INT, 52 INT (NCAA 2008)
Brad Ransom (Eastern Michigan) at Ohio State, Sept. 29, 2018, 32 INT, 58 INT (NCAA 2008)
Jeff Cox (Oregon State) vs. The 'Nati, Sept. 5, 2009, 46 INT, 23 INT (NCAA 2009)
Vince Agnew (Central Michigan) vs. Ball State, Oct. 2, 2010, 96 INT, 71 FR (NCAA 2011)
Delonte Hollowell (Michigan) at Purdue, Nov. 1, 2014, 35 INT, 54 INT (NCAA 2012)
Dailen Sutton (Air Force) at Western Michigan, Sept. 1, 2018, 49 INT, 42 INT (NCAA 2014)
Halatoa Tai (Air Force) vs. New Mexico, Nov. 4, 2023, 48 FR, 7 FR (NCAA 2014)


Milestone coming

The victory was the 999th victory for B-Dawg in NCAA dynasty mode since NCAA 2004. He has 290 losses.

The first opportunity to reach the 1,000 milestone will be next Saturday at home against Colorado State.


Quinton Sanders sacks Anthony Rutledge for a safety.

NEW MEXICO LOBOS at AIR FORCE FALCONS
Nov. 4, 2023	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New Mexico Lobos (4-5)	0	0	0	7	7
#8 Air Force Falcons (8-1)	7	28	5	10	50

Team Stats Comparison
	UNM	AFA
Total Offense	176	400
Rushing Yards	28-(-8)	34-189
Passing Yards	184	211
First Downs	14	20
Punt Return Yards	0	34
Kick Return Yards	43	45
Total Yards	219	479
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Conversion	5-14	10-14
4th Down Conversion	1-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1-1-0	5-4-1
Penalties	0-0	3-25
Possession Time	13:40	22:20

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		UNM	AFA
5:27	(AFA) M. Benjamin 15 run (F. Pinton kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		UNM	AFA
8:40	(AFA) H. Tai 48 fumble return (F. Pinton kick)	0	14
4:40	(AFA) C. Everts 5 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	0	21
4:05	(AFA) H. Tai 7 fumble return (F. Pinton kick)	0	28
1:02	(AFA) J. Mann 2 run (F. Pinton kick)	0	35
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		UNM	AFA
5:22	(AFA) F. Pinton 34 field goal	0	38
4:50	(AFA) Safety, Q. Sanders sacks A. Rutledge	0	40
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		UNM	AFA
8:58	(AFA) M. Benjamin 1 run (F. Pinton kick)	0	47
6:25	(UNM) A. Rutledge 5 run (P. Parker kick)	7	47
3:48	(AFA) F. Pinton 56 field goal	7	50

NEW MEXICO LOBOS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Anthony Rutledge 24/32 184 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Emmanuel Williams 12 34 2.8 0 Tommy Thompson 1 1 1.0 0 Garrett Babcock 1 0 0.0 0 Zach Frye 1 -2 -2.0 0 Anthony Rutledge 13 -41 -3.1 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Zach Frye 7 58 8.2 0 Emmanuel Williams 6 3 0.5 0 Tommy Thompson 3 42 14.0 0 Garrett Babcock 2 35 17.5 0 Keith Riley 2 14 7.0 0 Michael Little 2 11 5.5 0 Napoleon Anderson 1 12 12.0 0 Erik Jenkins 1 9 9.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Emmanuel Williams 0 1 Matt Reynolds 0 2 Michael McKinney 0 2 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT Leon Martin 12 2 0 0 Clifton Young 9 0 0 0 Tom Harrison 6 0 0 0 Albert Gates 5 0 0 0 C.J. Jackson 5 0 0 1 Gary Hayes 4 1 1 0 Taylor Palmer 4 0 0 0 Will Thompson 3 2 0 0 Michael Smith 2 0 0 0 Kyle Ball 2 0 0 0 Adrian Williams 2 0 0 0 Nick Downing 2 1 0 0 Graham Church 1 0 0 0 Ryan Holmes 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Paris Parker 0/1 1/1 1 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Andrew Adams 5 208 41.6 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Taylor Palmer 2 43 21.5 22 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Team 0 0 0.0 0

AIR FORCE FALCONS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chad Rice 12/16 149 1 1 Ben Brittain 6/9 47 0 0 Kevin Moyer 4/7 15 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Marion Benjamin 12 83 6.9 2 Jared Mann 8 35 4.3 1 Chad Rice 6 30 5.0 0 Ben Brittain 4 20 5.0 0 Matt Howard 2 10 5.0 0 Kyle White 1 6 6.0 0 Michael Freeman 1 5 5.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Cameron Everts 6 48 8.0 1 J.B. White 4 28 7.0 0 Ryan Sampson 2 51 25.5 0 Marcus McConnell 2 21 10.5 0 Marion Benjamin 2 20 10.0 0 Jared Mann 2 6 3.0 0 Brian Brown 1 22 22.0 0 Timmy Griffin 1 10 10.0 0 Jon McMahan 1 8 8.0 0 Michael Freeman 1 -3 -3.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Chris Holt 1 0 Cole Ridgeway 1 0 Josh Watson 1 1 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT David Whitfield 10 5 0 0 Nate Wilson 8 1 0 0 DeAndre McCollum 7 1 1 0 Mark Monroe 7 0 0 0 Quinton Sanders 6 6 3 0 Kory Williams 4 1 0 0 Josh Green 3 3 2 0 Kaiser Cambra-Cho 2 0 0 0 Jayden Goodwin 2 0 0 0 Halatoa Tai 1 0 0 0 Adam Karas 1 0 0 0 Jason Pratt 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Fabrizio Pinton 2/2 6/6 12 56 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Fabrizio Pinton 2 91 45.5 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 2 36 18.0 24 Josh King 1 9 9.0 9 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 4 34 8.5 13

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BEDNARIK
1. Nate Wilson
2. David Whitfield

NAGURSKI
1. David Whitfield

LOMBARDI
1. Josh Green

BUTKUS
1. David Whitfield

THORPE
1. Nate Wilson
2. DeAndre McCollum

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Strong safety DeAndre McCollum forces Colorado State quarterback Joel Bean to cough up the ball.


B-Dawg gets milestone coaching win
in dismantling of Colorado State

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — There are statues erected in his honor outside of college football stadiums across America, declaring the coaching greatness of B-Dawg.

There will be one outside of Falcon Stadium one day, too. You can count on it.

All of the winning that made B-Dawg a legend in places like Ann Arbor, Buffalo, Waco, Nashville, Ypsilanti, Corvallis and Kalamazoo has added up over the years.

Do the math, and it now adds up to a nice, round, shiny 1,000.

B-Dawg achieved the milestone while patrolling the sideline (from his couch) for sixth-ranked Air Force in a 60-13 beat-down of Colorado State on Nov. 11, 2023.

This game was actually played on Feb. 25, 2021. His first official coaching victory came on July 26, 2003 while leading Michigan to a 63-28 rout of Central Michigan University in NCAA 2004. B-Dawg actually began playing the NCAA Football series in NCAA 2003, but cheesed it up so much with cheat pennants and such that he doesn't count those games in his official records.

"I didn't get into this game for the accolades," B-Dawg said. "I got into it for the relationships. At a moment like this, I think back to some of my earliest recruits like Antonio Haines and Joey McBride at Michigan and guys like Bryant McClellan at Vanderbilt and Jeff Cox at Oregon State and David Landrum at Western Michigan. Controlling those guys with my hands was an indescriable thrill you can only get coaching a virtual football team."

How does B-Dawg's milestone match up with real life?

Well, the record for college football coaching wins is 489 set by John Gagliardi at Carroll (Montana) and St. John's (Minnesota). It took him an incredible 64 seasons to rack up those victories. Disgraced Penn State coach Joe Paterno has the most victories for a major college coach with 409 in 46 seasons.

"Those guys coached games only once a week in the fall," B-Dawg said. "I was out there grinding away 12 months a year, often playing three or four games a night until 4 a.m. when I was married to a woman who didn't make it worth my while to go to bed early, if you know what I'm sayin'. Let's see Nick Saban do that! If NCAA 2006 wasn't complete trash and I quit it early and if I didn't enjoy maybe two or three versions of Madden in my early years, this number would be higher."

B-Dawg doesn't play as much as he once did, mostly because of life changes. He won 685 games from NCAA 2004 through NCAA 2009, but only 315 in the 13 years of real life since then.

He has an all-time record of 1,000-290 in 102 seasons of dynasty mode, winning 14 national championships. He is 53-21 in six seasons at Air Force.

Colorado State, which gave Air Force problems early in this dynasty, provide little resistance. The Falcons opened the scoring with 7:12 left in the first quarter when Chad Rice hit wide-open tight end Jon McMahan for a 56-yard touchdown on fourth-and-inches. The Rams' defense bunched the middle, which automatically stops any dive play, so B-Dawg called an audible before throwing to an uncovered McMahan.

Colorado State fell behind 24-3 before making a bit of a run by scoring 10 points in the final 1:10 of the first half. It was all Air Force after halftime, as the Falcons outscored the Rams 36-0 in the second half.

In a controversial move, B-Dawg scored a touchdown with eight seconds left in the game, then tacked on a 2-point run by Marion Benjamin.

Why go for two points?

"Because I couldn't go for three," B-Dawg said. "I remember these guys running it up on us when they could have taken a knee a few years back. My memory is long and I believe revenge is a dish best served cold. Don't like it? Then stop me. I'm a freakin' coaching legend! I don't answer to the fans or the media and certainly not to the other team."


Tight end Jon McMahan hauls in a 56-yard touchdown pass.

COLORADO STATE RAMS at AIR FORCE FALCONS
Nov. 11, 2023	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Colorado State Rams (7-4)	3	10	0	0	13
#6 Air Force Falcons (9-1)	17	7	7	29	60

Team Stats Comparison
	CSU	AFA
Total Offense	300	536
Rushing Yards	26-71	40-221
Passing Yards	229	315
First Downs	15	28
Punt Return Yards	15	34
Kick Return Yards	43	44
Total Yards	358	614
Turnovers	3	3
3rd Down Conversion	3-14	10-14
4th Down Conversion	0-0	2-2
2-Point Conversion	0-0	1-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-0-2	6-6-0
Penalties	0-0	0-0
Possession Time	12:47	23:13

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CSU	AFA
7:12	(AFA) J. McMahan 56 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	0	7
5:53	(CSU) A. Jackson 31 field goal	3	7
3:12	(AFA) F. Pinton 56 field goal	3	10
1:29	(AFA) J. Mann 1 run (F. Pinton kick)	3	17
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CSU	AFA
5:57	(AFA) R. Sampson 8 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	3	24
1:10	(CSU) A. Jackson 22 field goal	6	24
:38	(CSU) K. Kelly 24 pass from J. Bean (A. Jackson kick)	13	24
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CSU	AFA
1:32	(AFA) C. Rice 13 run (F. Pinton kick)	13	31
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CSU	AFA
6:20	(AFA) C. Everts 3 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	13	38
5:46	(AFA) P. Dowdell 54 fumble return (F. Pinton kick)	13	45
2:51	(AFA) M. Benjamin 3 run (F. Pinton kick)	13	52
:08	(AFA) M. Benjamin 1 run (M. Benjamin run)	13	60

COLORADO STATE RAMS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Joel Bean 24/38 229 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Joel Fletcher 18 102 5.6 0 Tyler Tyler 1 4 4.0 0 Joel Bean 7 -35 -4.9 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Pat Battle 8 96 12.0 0 Tyler Tyler 5 57 11.4 0 Kirby Kelly 3 32 10.7 1 Joel Fletcher 3 18 6.0 0 Alex McDowell 3 12 4.0 0 James Foster 1 8 8.0 0 Corey Ridgeway 1 6 6.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Gary Campbell 1 0 Charles Kirby 0 1 Joel Fletcher 0 1 Kirby Kelly 0 1 Nick Walker 0 2 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT Bryant Chambers 10 2 0 0 Bobby Spencer 8 2 0 0 Jonathan Baker 7 0 0 0 Chris Armstrong 7 0 0 1 Andrew Hunter 4 0 0 0 Corey Ridgeway 4 0 0 0 Earl Riley 3 0 0 0 Mike Vickers 3 0 0 0 Michael Newsome 3 1 0 0 Ed Carter 3 1 0 1 Neal Fellows 2 0 0 0 Justin Ward 2 0 0 0 Ryan Huffman 1 0 0 0 William Justice 1 1 0 0 Mike Washington 0 0 0 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Aaron Jackson 2/3 1/1 7 31 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Kevin Foster 6 272 45.3 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Corey Ridgeway 1 26 26.0 26 Alex McDowell 1 17 17.0 17 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Corey Ridgeway 1 15 15.0 15

AIR FORCE FALCONS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chad Rice 20/32 244 3 3 Ben Brittain 8/10 71 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jared Mann 19 91 4.7 1 Chad Rice 12 85 7.0 1 Marion Benjamin 7 33 4.7 2 Ben Brittain 1 14 14.0 0 Brad Tremblay 1 -2 -2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jared Mann 5 31 6.2 0 Jon McMahan 4 84 21.0 1 Ryan Sampson 4 71 17.8 1 Cameron Everts 4 39 9.8 1 Josh King 3 20 6.7 0 J.B. White 2 26 13.0 0 Ben Charles 2 23 11.5 0 Marcus McConnell 2 8 4.0 0 Marion Benjamin 1 14 14.0 0 Brad Tremblay 1 -1 -1.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Cole Ridgeway 1 0 Jon McMahan 1 0 Adam Karas 1 0 Josh Watson 1 0 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT Nate Wilson 10 2 1 0 DeAndre McCollum 7 1 1 0 Kory Williams 7 2 0 0 Mark Monroe 3 0 0 0 Quinton Sanders 3 2 2 0 Kaiser Cambra-Cho 3 0 0 1 Jayden Goodwin 3 1 1 0 Halatoa Tai 2 0 0 1 David Whitfield 2 0 0 0 Daniel Andrews 2 1 1 0 Jason McGill 2 0 0 0 Nick Lindsey 1 0 0 0 Josh Green 1 0 0 0 Kevin Leonard 1 1 0 0 Grant Hayden 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Fabrizio Pinton 1/1 7/7 10 56 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Fabrizio Pinton 2 72 36.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 2 44 22.0 22 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 2 34 17.0 21

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Oh, man! I need to add up my wins! I've played 9 versions of NCAA, only going over 10 seasons twice. Doubt I'm there, BDawg, congrats!

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Quote: Originally Posted by bh446066

Oh, man! I need to add up my wins! I've played 9 versions of NCAA, only going over 10 seasons twice. Doubt I'm there, BDawg, congrats!

Thanks! A few months back, I was feeling particularly geeky and wanted to go back and put together a database with all of my records, game-by-game results (complete with game leaders), award winners. I had some games early in this dynasty where I was wondering, "Have I ever had a player do that before?" Now I know.

I'm about to drop a career retrospective with my top 10 wins (that should go up shortly) and my top 10 players (that will probably go up next week) just for some fun.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Without Win No. 1, there wouldn’t be win No. 1,000. Following is the game report from B-Dawg’s first official dynasty victory with Michigan in NCAA 2004. It was posted on the old MaddenMania site (pouring a sip).


Braylon Edwards struts into the end zone with one of his 3 touchdown
catches in B-Dawg’s first official NCAA Football dynasty mode victory.

Hot under
the collar
B-Dawg blasts Michigan defense
after opening win over Chippewas

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — How did B-Dawg celebrate his first college coaching victory?

By breaking a few things in the Michigan locker room, not to mention the big toe on his right foot after giving his office door a swift kick.

Gee, imagine what this dude is like when he loses.

B-Dawg’s fury was unleashed following the 10th-ranked Wolverines’ 63-28 rout of 110th-ranked Central Michigan on Aug. 30 in the 2003 season opener Saturday at Michigan Stadium.

B-Dawg had no problem with the 63 points Michigan put up, but he had major issues with the 28 points his defense surrendered to the lowly Chippewas.

“We keep playing defense like that and it’s going to be a long season in the Big Ten,” B-Dawg said. “We can kiss any talk of a national championship good-bye. Nothing against Central Michigan, but … well, they’re Central Michigan.”

Central Michigan quarterback Derrick Vickers went 20-for-36 for 381 yards, a touchdown and three picks. The game was actually somewhat in doubt late in the third quarter, as two touchdowns in the first five minutes of the third quarter got the Chippewas within 35-28.

Just when Michigan’s fickle fans were panicking, John Navarre came through with two touchdown passes to Braylon Edwards to boost Michigan’s lead to 49-28 with 8:12 left in the game.

Navarre was 15-for-30 for 358 yards, four touchdowns and one interception. Edwards made the most of his four catches, compiling 192 yards and three touchdowns as CMU had no one who could match his speed.

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Version: NCAA 2004
Score: Baylor 41, Louisiana Tech 38 (2 OT)
ESPN Classic score: Not available
Game date: Aug. 30, 2008



Quarterback Kory Ramsey scores the winning touchdown on an 18-
yard keeper on fourth-and-three in double overtime.

Can it get any
better than this?
Bears rally from 21 points down,
win B-Dawg’s debut in 2 overtimes

RUSTON, La. (AP) — No matter how many years or how many games B-Dawg coaches at Baylor, it’s going to be awfully tough to top what happened in his debut with the Bears.

The Bears were shellshocked in the early going, falling behind 21-0 to a team with the same C+ overall rating. Baylor couldn’t stop the aerial attack led by Neal Adams and B-Dawg was beginning to wonder if an 0-12 season might be in the offing.

But B-Dawg soon discovered that, although his roster doesn’t have much, it does have the wheels of sophomore quarterback Kory Ramsey.

Ramsey, who has 76 SPD, ran 20 times for 91 yards and four touchdowns to orchestrate an amazing comeback in a 41-38 double-overtime victory over Louisiana Tech. Baylor snapped a 21-game losing streak.

Ramsey scored all four touchdowns from the fourth quarter on, winning it in the second overtime on a daring 18-yard keeper on fourth-and-three.

Louisiana Tech got the ball first in the second overtime and had to settle for a 32-yard field goal by Ryan Mayo. Baylor lost four yards on the first play of the second overtime and was in real trouble, because the Bears’ kicking simply blows. Ramsey scrambled on third and long and got within three yards of the first down. A field goal was possible, but iffy, so B-Dawg called for a hurry-up offense to keep Louisiana Tech from getting its goal-line personnel on the field. Ramsey took the snap and kept it himself on the option, cutting through a hole on the right side of the line and sprinting in for the winning touchdown.

“Curiously enough, this didn’t make my ‘Greatest Games’ list,” B-Dawg said. “But I don’t care what the game’s ‘Greatest Games’ engine says. I’ve played more than 300 games of NCAA 2004 and I’ll probably play hundreds more before NCAA 2005 drops. I will never forget this game for as long as I coach virtual football players.”

B-Dawg was wondering what he got himself into when Louisiana Tech easily tore up his defense in the early going, taking a 21-0 lead on three touchdown pass by Adams, who finished 24-for-42 for 352 yards, five touchdowns and no picks. His 68-yard bomb to Ellis Moses with 4:46 left in the second quarter made it 21-0.

Baylor got some hope when fullback Derrick Cage got the Bears on the board with a 1-yard run with 1:19 left in the second quarter. The teams traded touchdowns in the third quarter, leaving Baylor 14 points down entering the final quarter.

That’s when Ramsey took over, scoring on a 4-yard run with 5:05 left in the fourth to make it 28-21 and tying the game on a 14-yard run with 1:12 left in regulation time.

Louisiana Tech won the toss in overtime, so Baylor started out on offense. Ramsey put the Bears in the lead for the first time with a 3-yard run and the defense had Louisiana Tech in a fourth-and-10 situation on the following possession. However, Tech barely converted on fourth down and wound up forcing a second overtime on a 4-yard pass from Adams to tight end Bryce Finley.

Freshman quarterback James King showed promise. King, who plays in every formation except I-Normal, was 12-for-22 for 121 yards, one touchdown and no picks.

Freshman cornerback Clark Hennequet had four sacks, as Baylor figured the only way it could stop Tech was to blitz two corners from the Dime. The tactic had mixed results.

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Version: NCAA 2005
Score: Michigan 6, Illinois 3
ESPN Classic score: Not available
Game date: Oct. 17, 2015


Illinois quarterback Rashard Moore was sacked 12 times.

Got offense?
Wolverines scrap for 6-3 win
in lowest-scoring game of dynasty

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — What do you get when you combine two highly rated defenses, new Heisman mode sliders and B-Dawg’s meager offensive skillz?

You get a final score like this: Michigan 6, Illinois 3.

Don’t term this game a defensive struggle — it was more like struggling offenses.

Michigan (7-0) had only 249 yards of offense, including abysmal 9-for-33 passing for 99 yards. Illinois had 160 yards, with freshman quarterback Rashard Moore going 5-for-19 for 41 yards and two picks while getting sacked 12 — count ’em — 12 times.

The combined points made this the lowest-scoring game ever in Madden franchise or NCAA dynasty mode for B-Dawg when not playing shorter quarters. B-Dawg also had a 6-3 victory over Northern Illinois at Buffalo in NCAA 2004, but using six-minute quarters. This dynasty uses nine-minute quarters.

The lowest-scoring game in the 12 years of this dynasty had been Michigan’s 14-0 victory over Notre Dame in 2004. The six points were the fewest by a winning team in this dynasty, the previous mark coming in Michigan’s 13-3 victory over Wisconsin in 2008.

Michigan’s 12 sacks were two shy of the dynasty record set against Wisconsin on Sept. 27, 2008. The Wolverines’ 19 tackles for losses were three short of the mark set at Indiana on Oct. 2, 2004.

The Wolverines have allowed only six points the last two weeks against teams ranked in the top 27 in the country.

“As bad as our offense is in Heisman mode, we feel like we’re always going to be in a game with our defense,” B-Dawg said.

Michigan and Illinois have two of the top defenses in the Big Ten Conference. Michigan is rated A-plus, while Illinois is rated A-minus on that side of the ball.

Jason Gray gave Michigan a 6-0 lead with a 29-yard field goal in the second quarter and a 30-yarder in the third. Illinois got its only points on a 45-yard field goal by Keenan Jones with 3:23 left in the game.

Illinois (3-3) got the ball back with 1:29 left at its own 28-yard line, but went four-and-out. The Illini had a nice drive to start the game, but fumbled in the red zone.

Illinois got in the red zone only twice, Michigan only three times. Illinois was 3-for-17 on third down, while Michigan was only 5-for-19. Michigan punted 11 times, while Illinois punted nine times.

Joey McBride ran 26 times for 139 yards to account for most of Michigan’s offense.

Senior outside linebacker Omari Ballard had a career game with four sacks, five tackles for losses and a team-high 12 tackles. Ballard came into the game with only three career sacks. B-Dawg used him as a spy on the outside against the speedy Moore, who ran 20 times for 59 yards, despite all the lost yardage in sacks. Senior defensive end Angelo Colon also had a career-high four sacks.

MICHIGAN 6, ILLINOIS 3
First quarter
No scoring
Second quarter
MICH: Gray 29 field goal, 8:01
Third quarter
MICH: Gray 30 field goal, 6:16
Fourth quarter
ILL: Jones 45 field goal, 3:23
PASSING LEADERS — Illinois: Rashard Moore 5-19-41, 0 TD, 2 int. Michigan: John Dixon 9-32-99, 0 TD, 1 int.; Biron Henry 0-1-0, 0 TD, 0 int.
RUSHING LEADERS — Illinois: Rashard Moore 20-59. Michigan: Joey McBride 26-139.
RECEIVING LEADERS — Illinois: Wendell Pennington 1-15. Michigan: Joey McBride 2-34.