Gopher Nation - NCAA 11

[JLWebb]

Re: Gopher Nation - NCAA 11

i think your team is a bit better than you were giving it credit.

[mnwildgophers]

Re: Gopher Nation - NCAA 11

i think your team is a bit better than you were giving it credit.

My offense is a lot better than I thought it would be, but these games vs. Miami (OH) and SJSU were cakewalks. They were both rated D+'s overall where I'm rated at a B+ overall. The USC game I felt I got lucky, and BC wasn't as good as I thought they would be when I scheduled them.

I have Indiana then #5 Wisconsin at home in Week 7. That's the game where I know where I stand. My D-line has been really good sans the USC game where I had to go shotgun all game to not get sacked.

Da Jon McKnight catches everything I swear, I've made quite a few bad throws against these lower-rated teams that should have been picked, but they just aren't very good. I got Indiana, and I expect that to be tough since my last 3 were at home. I'm going to be experiencing a huge fall-off next year though because I have a ton of my good players leaving, my top 3 receivers, almost my whole front 4, and both of my TE's. I'm going to try to do a write-up on the recruits about half-way through the season.

[mnwildgophers]

Week 5 - A Look Around the League

TOP 25

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 1, 2011
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (40)	5	0	1504
2	2	Texas (21)	4	0	1389
3	3	Boise State	3	0	1360
4	5	Wisconsin	5	0	1348
5	4	Oklahoma	4	0	1318
6	7	Nebraska	4	0	1173
7	11	Stanford	4	0	986
8	12	Arkansas	4	1	947
9	13	Miami	4	0	888
10	6	Virginia Tech	4	1	851
11	14	Clemson	4	0	838
12	15	Minnesota	4	0	787
13	10	Iowa	3	1	770
14	8	LSU	3	1	640
15	18	Utah	4	0	630
16	19	Washington	3	1	549
17	22	North Carolina	5	0	549
18	9	Ohio State	2	2	517
19	16	Florida	4	1	491
20	20	USC	1	2	448
21	23	Florida State	3	2	325
22	24	Georgia Tech	2	2	256
23	--	Mississippi State	3	1	239
24	25	TCU	4	1	232
25	21	Texas A&M	2	1	181

HEISMAN WATCH

Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 1, 2011
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Da Jon McKnight	WR	Minnesota		45 Rec, 786 Yds, 7 TD
Tyler Shoemaker	WR	Boise State		37 Rec, 545 Yds, 9 TD
Aaron Murray	QB	Georgia		113-197, 1518 Yds, 21 TD
Darren Evans	HB	Virginia Tech		142 Car, 687 Yds, 10 TD
Garrett Gilbert	QB	Texas		92-135, 1145 Yds, 13 TD

[Deuce2223]

Re: Week 5 - A Look Around the League

Good to see Kellen and Shoemaker playing at a high level. Shoemaker won the Heisman for me in my legacy.

[II LiveHard II]

Re: Gopher Nation - NCAA 11

Great job on season 2 so far.

[mnwildgophers]

Re: Week 5 - A Look Around the League

Good to see Kellen and Shoemaker playing at a high level. Shoemaker won the Heisman for me in my legacy.

Yeah the 9 TD's are great, McKnight only has 7 and he's been a beast, can't imagine how well Shoemaker is doing. Aaron Murray's 21 TD's are insane.

[mnwildgophers]

Week 6 - @ Indiana

Gophers Hang On For Another Big Win

The Gophers took another big lead going into halftime against the Hoosiers this week highlighted by Da Jon McKnight's 3 touchdowns. The Hoosiers came back and made it a game rallying behind some Gopher turnovers, they have to play a full game if they want to beat Wisconsin next week who no doubt will be looking to get back on track after losing to Michigan.

Next up is Wisconsin, and the Gophers have built themselves all the way to be ranked #7 in the country.

@

Oct 1, 2011 - MIN at IU
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
#12 Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-0 (1-0))	7	21	7	9	-	44
Indiana Hoosiers (4-1 (1-1))	0	14	3	21	-	38

Team Stats Comparison
MIN		IU
425	Total Offense	507
289	Rushing Yards	81
336	Passing Yards	426
17	First Downs	12
74	Punt Return Yards	10
104	Kick Return Yards	87
603	Total Yards	604
3	Turnovers	2
8-15	3rd Down Converstion	3-14
0-0	4th Down Conversion	0-1
0-0	2-Point Conversion	0-0
5-4-0	Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-2-0
2-25	Penalties	2-25
17:57	Posession Time	20:19

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		MIN	IU
0:32	(MIN) D. McKnight, 9 Yd TD pass from M. Gray (D. Orseske kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		MIN	IU
6:29	(MIN) D. McKnight, 3 Yd TD pass from M. Gray (D. Orseske kick)	14	0
5:25	(IU) D. Willis, 38 Yd TD run (N. Freeland kick)	14	7
3:59	(MIN) D. McKnight, 12 Yd TD pass from M. Gray (D. Orseske kick)	21	7
2:18	(MIN) M. Gray, 7 Yd TD run (D. Orseske kick)	28	7
1:17	(IU) N. Zachery, 12 Yd TD pass from T. Scheull (N. Freeland kick)	28	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		MIN	IU
4:18	(IU) N. Freeland, 42 Yd FG	28	17
0:01	(MIN) B. Green, 41 Yd TD pass from M. Gray (D. Orseske kick)	35	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		MIN	IU
6:24	(MIN) D. Bennett, 43 Yd run (D. Orseske kick)	42	17
5:43	(IU) D. Willis, 74 Yd TD pass from T. Scheull (N. Freeland kick	42	24
3:48	(MIN) Indiana Saftey	44	24
2:52	(IU) D. Belcher, 19 Yd TD pass from T. Scheull (N. Freeland kick)	44	31
1:33	(IU) D. Wilson, 85 Yd TD pass from T. Scheull (N. Freeland kick)	44	38

Minnesota Golden Gophers Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
M. Gray	117.5	19/48	336	4/2	17.6
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
D. Bennett	17	97	5.7	1	43
M. Gray	8	-9	-1.1	1	7
D. Eskridge	2	1	0.5	0	1
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
D. McKnight	13	209	16.0	3	34
B. Allen	2	32	16.0	0	21
X. Brandon	2	43	21.5	0	27
B. Green	1	41	41.0	1	41
T. Stoudermire	1	11	11.0	0	11
KICKING	FGM/A	PCT	LONG	XPM/A	PTS
D. Orseske	0/0	0	0	6/6	6
PUNTING	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	IN20	TB
D. Orseske	6	293	48.8	2	2
KICK RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
D. McKnight	3	63	21.0	23	0
T. Stoudermire	1	23	23.0	23	0
PUNT RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
T. Stoudermire	4	60	15.0	17	0
D. McKnight	1	14	14.0	14	0

Indiana Hoosiers Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
T. Scheull	185.6	18/35	426	4/1	23.6
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
D. Willis	21	77	3.6	1	38
T. Scheull	4	10	2.5	0	16
D. Kiel	1	-6	-6.0	0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
D. Belcher	6	68	11.3	1	27
T. Doss	4	113	28.2	0	41
D. Willis	3	99	33.0	1	74
P. Phillips	2	15	7.5	0	15
N. Zachery	2	46	23.0	1	34
D. Wilson	1	85	85.0	1	85
KICKING	FGM/A	PCT	LONG	XPM/A	PTS
N. Freeland	1/2	50	42	5/5	8
PUNTING	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	IN20	TB
C. Hagerup	5	231	46.2	0	0
KICK RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
T. Doss	2	40	20.0	21	0
D. Belcher	2	47	23.5	25	0
PUNT RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
T. Doss	2	10	5.0	8	0

[mnwildgophers]

Week 7 - A Look Around the League

TOP 25

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 8, 201
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (36)	5	0	1500
2	5	Oklahoma (23)	5	0	1282
3	7	Stanford (1)	5	0	1215
4	3	Boise State (1)	4	0	1174
5	6	Nebraska	5	0	1141
6	9	Miami	5	0	999
7	12	Minnesota	5	0	981
8	11	Clemson	5	0	932
9	8	Arkansas	5	1	911
10	2	Texas	4	1	910
11	10	Virginia Tech	5	1	829
12	4	Wisconsin	5	1	720
13	13	Iowa	4	1	707
14	15	Utah	4	0	705
15	14	LSU	4	1	679
16	--	Michigan	5	0	532
17	20	USC	2	2	431
18	21	Florida State	4	2	407
19	--	Georgia	6	0	377
20	22	Georgia Tech	3	2	356
21	16	Washington	3	2	352
22	--	Oregon	6	0	351
23	17	North Carolina	5	1	344
24	--	Penn State	4	1	315
25	24	TCU	5	1	302

HEISMAN WATCH

Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 8, 2011
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Da Jon McKnight	WR	Minnesota		58 Rec, 995 Yds, 10 TD
Aaron Murray	QB	Georgia		127-225, 1809 Yds, 23 TD
Darren Evans	HB	Virigina Tech		167 Car, 847 Yds, 12 TD
Tyler Shoemaker	WR	Boise State		40 Rec, 585 Yds, 9 TD
DeJuan Miller	WR	Oklahoma		34 Rec, 519 Yds, 7 TD

[mnwildgophers]

Week 7 - vs. Wisconsin

Gophers Roll And Capture Paul Bunyan's Axe Two Years In a Row

I'm not quite sure I can explain the Golden Gophers' dominance the last couple of weeks, but guys, this team is for real. Wisconsin, coming off a huge loss from Michigan, looked to be lethargic. They couldn't get anything going and only mustered up a measly 17 points. I must say that I'm surprised at how well this Gophers team can move the ball. Da Jon McKnight has the ability to always find an opening in the defense through the middle, and on the sidelines Troy Stoudermire can run past anyone. Duane Bennett can run the ball effectively, and timely turnovers have made this Gophers team ranked #3 in the nation.

It doesn't get any easier from here, they are 6-0, but they still have a tough schedule left. They travel to play the Ohio State Buckeyes next week, who aren't even ranked and boast a 2-3 record, but can never be underestimated. The Gophers must come ready to play if they want to win.

@

Oct 8, 2011 - WIS at MIN
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
#12 Wisconsin Badgers (5-2 (1-2))	0	10	7	0	-	17
#7 Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-0 (2-0))	14	14	14	7	-	49

Team Stats Comparison
WIS		MIN
340	Total Offense	490
129	Rushing Yards	183
211	Passing Yards	307
18	First Downs	17
0	Punt Return Yards	25
136	Kick Return Yards	92
476	Total Yards	607
1	Turnovers	2
8-16	3rd Down Converstion	3-6
1-1	4th Down Conversion	1-2
0-0	2-Point Conversion	0-0
2-1-0	Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-2-0
1-0	Penalties	0-0
16:42	Posession Time	15:17

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		WIS	MIN
5:28	(MIN) D. Bennett, 23 Yd TD run (D. Orseske kick)	0	7
2:06	(MIN) D. Bennett, 2 Yd TD pass from M. Gray (D. Orseske kick)	0	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		WIS	MIN
5:56	(WIS) J. Richardson, 19 Yd TD pass from C. Phillips (P. Welch kick)	7	14
5:40	(MIN) D. McKnight, 76 Yd TD pass from M. Gray (D. Orseske kick)	7	21
1:21	(MIN) T. Stoudermire, 34 Yd TD pass from M. Gray (D. Orseske kick)	7	28
0:06	(WIS) P. Welch, 54 Yd FG	10	28
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		WIS	MIN
5:44	(MIN) D. McKnight, 27 Yd TD pass from M. Gray (D. Orseske kick)	10	35
4:02	(WIS) B. Ewing, 39 Yd TD run (P. Welch kick)	17	28
2:29	(MIN) D. McKnight, 29 Yd TD pass from M. Gray (D. Orseske kick)	17	42
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		WIS	MIN
2:14	(MIN) M. Gray, 6 Yd TD run (D. Orseske kick)	17	49

Wisconsin Badgers Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
C. Phillips	131.1	17/29	211	1/0	12.4
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
M. Ball	32	106	3.3	0	20
B. Ewing	4	47	11.7	1	39
C. Phillips	3	-24	-8.0	0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
J. Duckworth	4	68	17.0	0	33
C. Eaton	4	24	6.0	0	14
S. Cadogan	2	21	10.5	0	19
T. Williams	2	25	12.5	0	16
Z. Davidson	2	26	13.0	0	13
M. Ball	2	28	14.0	0	20
J. Richardson	1	19	19.0	1	19
KICKING	FGM/A	PCT	LONG	XPM/A	PTS
P. Welch	1/2	50	54	2/2	5
PUNTING	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	IN20	TB
B. Nortman	4	155	38.7	0	0
KICK RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
M. Ball	4	91	22.7	25	0
A. Henry	2	45	22.5	28	0

Minnesota Golden Gophers Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
M. Gray	222.9	13/23	307	5/2	23.6
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
D. Bennett	22	153	6.9	1	23
D. Eskridge	3	18	6.0	0	8
M. Gray	2	12	6.0	1	6
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
D. McKnight	10	264	26.4	3	76
D. Bennett	1	2	2.0	1	2
B. Allen	1	7	7.0	0	7
T. Stoudermire	1	34	34.0	1	34
KICKING	FGM/A	PCT	LONG	XPM/A	PTS
D. Orseske	0/0	0	0	7/7	7
KICK RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
T. Stoudermire	2	42	21.0	23	0
D. McKnight	2	50	25.0	29	0
PUNT RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
T. Stoudermire	3	25	8.3	10	0

[mnwildgophers]

Week 8 - A Look Around the League, Recruiting Updates

TOP 25

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 15, 2011
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (32)	6	0	1496
2	3	Stanford (27)	6	0	1410
3	7	Minnesota (1)	6	0	1256
4	4	Boise State (1)	5	0	1169
5	8	Clemson	6	0	1109
6	9	Arkansas	6	1	928
7	10	Texas	5	1	898
8	16	Michigan	6	0	866
9	11	Virginia Tech	5	1	847
10	6	Miami	5	1	786
11	14	Utah	5	0	780
12	2	Oklahoma	5	1	767
13	19	Georgia	7	0	760
14	5	Nebraska	5	1	714
15	15	LSU	5	1	691
16	18	Florida State	5	2	685
17	12	Wisconsin	5	2	539
18	20	Georgia Tech	4	2	500
19	13	Iowa	4	2	476
20	24	Penn State	5	1	457
21	21	Washington	3	2	446
22	--	Oklahoma State	4	2	419
23	25	TCU	6	1	329
24	--	Rutgers	6	0	300
25	--	Florida	4	2	268

HEISMAN WATCH

Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 15, 2011
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Da Jon McKnight	WR	Minnesota		68 Rec, 1259 Yds, 13 TD
Aaron Murray	QB	Georgia		140-245, 1999 Yds, 24 TD
Joe Avery	WR	Hawai'i		83 Rec, 1163 Yds, 12 TD
Tyler Shoemaker	WR	Boise State		50 Rec, 707 Yds, 9 TD
Stephen Garcia	QB	South Carolina		193-279, 2309 Yds, 25 TD

Big Ten Conference Standings - Updated: Oct 15, 2011
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
Michigan	6-0	1.000	2-0	212	94	W6
Minnesota	6-0	1.000	2-0	286	99	W6
Penn State	5-1	0.830	3-0	184	49	W4
Michigan State	4-1	0.800	2-0	137	73	W2
Wisconsin	5-2	0.710	1-2	202	150	L2
Iowa	4-2	0.660	1-2	178	82	L1
Indiana	4-2	0.660	1-2	158	96	L2
Illinois	3-3	0.500	1-2	125	173	W1
Northwestern	4-2	0.570	1-2	206	152	L1
Purdue	3-3	0.500	0-2	134	131	L3
Ohio State	2-3	0.400	0-2	134	113	L2

BOARD MEMBER RECRUITS

Connor Watkins - HB (#1) #1 OVERALL *****
Tuscaloosa, AL
Committed to Alabama

Dillon Tenholder - WR (#5) #23 OVERALL *****
Kansas City, MO
Committed to Ohio State

GOPHER RECRUITING UPDATE

The Gophers had their biggest week this week recruiting wise after bringing in 12 recruits for a visit, and landing 8 of the potential recruits despite not always being the highest on their lists. They were able to land 3 of the top 12 TE's in the class who look to get into action immediately next year. The Gophers are actively pursuing about 4-5 more kids, and then they should be done for the year until the off-season recruiting period starts.

Minnesota Golden Gophers Recruiting - 2011
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Alonzo Brown	T	HS	El Mirage, AZ	6'0"	325
Joel Williams	TE	HS	Wilkinsburg, PA	6'2"	249
Corey Watson	QB	HS	Live Oak, TX	6'1"	239
Jason Jones	TE	HS	Bellaire, TX	6'3"	219
Mike Greene	DE	HS	Stow, OH	6'1"	227
Kyle Goodman	TE	HS	Armory, MS	6'4"	240
Brett Douglas	ATH	HS	Neenah, WI	6'1"	182
Michael Smith	OLB	HS	Menomonee Falls, WI	6'1"	220
Alan Robinson	G	HS	Golden Valley, MN	6'3"	296
Carl Gibson	SS	HS	Greendale, WI	6'2"	209

[Assassin]

Re: Week 8 - A Look Around the League, Recruiting Updates

Looks like your going to have some talent for next year's roster. Keep up the recruiting man.

[mnwildgophers]

A Note

So, I realized why I was winning these games so easily, and it's because my sliders were messed up because I was playing around with them in a different mode, but for some reason, they transferred over to my Gopher dynasty here. I was wondering why it was so easy, but I have recently corrected them and I plan to play the Ohio State game soon.

Also, since the Gophers just hired Jerry Kill from NIU as our new head coach, I'm thinking of introducing him as the new coach in this dynasty on the 1st page. I threw up the 1st two schedules on the first post, and I plan to continue to update it, and I'm going to be adding awards, more history and such. I'm trying to approach this with more realism since there's no way that the Gophers would be ranked #3 in the nation after just a year and a half, so I'm hoping that re-adjusting the sliders will give me more competitive games. If there is any criticism, or some way I can make the re-caps of the league, or any sort of suggestions to make it more enjoyable to read that'd be awesome. Is it better if I keep the game re-caps short and sweet or if I put a little bit more time into it. How about seeing the scores of the Top 25 games?

Thanks for reading guys, and I hope I can continue to make this one better.

[Deuce2223]

Re: A Note

Typically what I do is try and pick out 3 or 4 key Top-25 Matchups to spotlight then try and post maybe a score from some teams that I know people follow (like Boise State) as well as the rest of my conference (Pac-10) yours being (Big Ten)


I really like your layout though and just remember, we are just happy to have something to read especially me when I am at work for 11 hours.


As far as Sliders and Minnesota not being #3 in the Nation. You have to understand this is your dynasty, you can play it how you want. I have gotten my sliders adjusted to the point, I have a pretty challenging game every week, yet I still got WSU to a National Championship and that would never happen in real life LOL. However with pretty much my Entire Offense graduated, I have a feeling we will be lucky to finish in the Top-25.

[mnwildgophers]

Re: A Note

Typically what I do is try and pick out 3 or 4 key Top-25 Matchups to spotlight then try and post maybe a score from some teams that I know people follow (like Boise State) as well as the rest of my conference (Pac-10) yours being (Big Ten)


I really like your layout though and just remember, we are just happy to have something to read especially me when I am at work for 11 hours.


As far as Sliders and Minnesota not being #3 in the Nation. You have to understand this is your dynasty, you can play it how you want. I have gotten my sliders adjusted to the point, I have a pretty challenging game every week, yet I still got WSU to a National Championship and that would never happen in real life LOL. However with pretty much my Entire Offense graduated, I have a feeling we will be lucky to finish in the Top-25.

Well, my biggest problem is the fact that I blew out Wisconsin, no way I blow them out if my sliders are correct. I'm trying to make the games more of a challenge, I will be having 3 WR's leaving me next year, so I will probably find it tougher next year, my top 2 RB's are SR's too in Bennett and Eskridge. I guess I will just see how the rest of the year goes.

I don't want to just re-tell the story that you can read in the box score, so I'll try to point out some different things in my re-caps. I like the idea of doing big games or upsets, and looking at the Big Ten scores. It's just boring to read a dynasty that ALWAYS wins in blowouts, so I'm trying to adjust sliders.

I'm going to be adding a lot of history and stuff on the first post, so check it out in a couple of days.

[mnwildgophers]

Re: Gopher Nation - NCAA 11

I have updated the first post with new information about the coach, history of Brewster, and schedule updates.

As for this dynasty, I'm getting bogged down with a lot of school work and I've been having internet issues. I played the Ohio State game, and I'm going to hopefully be able to update soon here. If you want to me to make a recruit for you, send me a PM with the following info:

Name:
Hometown/State:
Handedness:
Position:
Height:
Weight:
Skin:
Body Build:
Gear:

If anyone has any ideas of how to improve the dynasty, that'd be appreciated also. Thanks for reading.