The Rise

[gsutiger]

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glad to see this return

[Iron Dragon]

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Nice to see this back! Good luck vs Toledo!
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Glad to see your face back around bud

Yesss, there was something that made me think about this dynasty the other day when I browsing around here. Glad to see you back!

glad to see this return

Thanks all, sorry to take a hiatus like that, but football season is here and I'm ready to play again! Here we go again...

[Iron Dragon]

2017 Military Bowl: Army (7-5) vs Toledo (6-6)

[Iron Dragon]

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NON-PLAYOFF RESULTS


Can't stop, won't stop: USC QB Sam Darnold threw four touchdown passes - including a 47-yard dagger TD late in the fourth quarter as #5 USC took down #6 Clemson.


Dormady's Day: Quinten Dormady led the Vols with 4 total touchdowns as #11 Tennessee knocks off #10 Oklahoma.


Houston, We Have a Problem: Houston came out firing on all cylinders as they held a 35-10 lead headed into the final frame and held on for a 14-point win. Houston DT Ed Oliver was not Josh Rosen's friend as the sophomore phenom had 5 TFL and 3.5 sacks.


Bo Knows Football: Bo Scarbrough ran for 212 yards and three touchdowns, despite the relatively close score, it felt like this game was always in control for the Tide.

[Iron Dragon]

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2017 PLAYOFF SEMIFINALS


Buckeyes score twice in final 4 minutes: Mike Weber Jr. scored on a 12-yard TD run with 3:48 to play to tie the game at 38. Louisville QB Lamar Jackson threw an untimely INT which set up J.T. Barrett's 14-yard TD pass to Terry McLaurin with 32 seconds left to push the Buckeyes to the title game.


Over before it began: Washington QB Jake Browning scored three first half touchdowns (2 pass, 1 rush), as Washington led Kansas State 52-10 in the middle of the third quarter. Kansas State was plagued by 4 turnovers, two of which were returned for Washington touchdowns - a pick-six in the second quarter when Kansas State had cut the lead to 24-10 - and then a fumble scoop n' score to put Washington up 52-10. Kansas State enjoyed some garbage time TDs to closen the final score as Washington got to rest its starters for a quarter.

[gsutiger]

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Sour note to end the season, but I know that will make coach and the Knights hungry for more next season.

[Tearz49ers]

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I agree with Tiger that is a very sour note to end the season, but onto the next one I guess... love them logos are they of your own creation?

[Iron Dragon]

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Sour note to end the season, but I know that will make coach and the Knights hungry for more next season.

Yeah, a rough stretch but the bowl might have been a little rust as well on the sticks. We lose our QB among other things so this will be an interesting offseason.

I agree with Tiger that is a very sour note to end the season, but onto the next one I guess... love them logos are they of your own creation?

Year 3 will prove where we really are - going backwards from 9-4 to 7-6 was disappointing and I can see it being a struggle to get back to 7 wins next year.

The logos are ESPN's current set and fit well on the reporting style that I debuted for the bowl.

[Iron Dragon]

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NO GOOD! Ohio State, Washington play a dramatic title game as a low-scoring first half turns into a season half shootout. The game went to double OT, where Ohio State started the period with a field goal but Washington misses wide right in OT. Ohio State wins back-to-back national titles with a 41-38 win over Washington.

2017 FINAL TOP 25
1. Ohio State
2. Washington
3. USC
4. Louisville
5. Houston
6. Kansas State
7. Clemson
8. Tennessee
9. Alabama
10. UCLA
11. Western Kentucky
12. Wisconsin
13. Oklahoma
14. Oklahoma State
15. Florida State
16. Florida International
17. Notre Dame
18. Duke
19. Pittsburgh
20. North Carolina
21. Texas
22. Northwestern
23. Texas Tech
24. USF
25. Auburn

Bottom 10
126. New Mexico State
125. UNLV
124. Buffalo
123. Purdue
122. Rutgers
121. Kansas
120. Louisiana Monroe
119. Louisiana Tech
118. North Texas
117. UMass

2017 NCAA LEADERS
Passing Yards: Jake Browning, Washington, 4298 yds
Passing TDs: Jake Browning, 38
Least INTs >90 att: DeShaun Watson, Clemson, 1 INT
Comp % >90 att: Brett Rypien, Boise State, 73%
Rushing Attempts: (t) Jordan Chunn, Troy & Tim McVey, Air Force, 306 att.
Rushing Yards: Tim McVey, 1872
Rushing TDs: Mike Weber Jr., Ohio State, 21
Receptions: Tavares Martin Jr., Washington State, 121
Rec Yards: Tavares Martin Jr., 1802
Rec TD: Deon-Tay McManus, Marshall, 19
INT: Malik Hooker, Ohio State, 9

Team Stats
Total Offensive Yards: Washington, Ohio State, USF, USC, Louisville
Worst: NM State (1-11), Kent St. (2-9), Idaho, Kansas, Bowling Green

Least Defensive Yards: LSU, Clemson, Iowa, Arkansas State, Louisiana Monroe
Most: Miami (also #6 offense), Iowa State, UMass, Air Force, Arizona

3rd Down Conversion Highest %: Stanford, Clemson, Washington, USC, Alabama (all above 55%)
Worst: Georgia State (27%), NM State, Vandy, UAB, Kent State

Most Red Zone Attempts: Ohio State, Western Kentucky, Oklahoma, USC, USF (all with more than 73)
Least: NM State (24), Georgia State, Kansas, Illinois, Kent State

[Hellisan]

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Wow. Tough way for the Huskies to go down, it really seems like a lot of the big schools get lucky at just the right times. ID, this dynasty is off the hook man. So beautiful and in depth. Keep up the great work.

[Iron Dragon]

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2018: Downturn at the End (OC @ Army, Year 2)
Season Record: 7-6
Prestige: 2-star
Grades: 75/76/74
Preseason Ranking: #54
Final Ranking: #80
Bowl Game: Military Bowl Loss vs Toledo
Award Winners: None

All-Americans -
1st Team AA: None
2nd Team AA: DE John Voit
Freshman AA: SS Rob Roy, K James Mason

1st Team Indp: RB Kell Walker, DE John Voit, MLB Alex Aukerman, CB Marcus Hyatt, K James Mason
2nd Team Indp: FB David Poreda III, CB Elijah Riley, FS Jalen Sharp, SS Rob Roy

** : Graduating
Passing Leaders:
QB Ahmad Bradshaw**: 69-129 pass, 1051 yards, 12 TD, 7 INT, 53% comp, 15.2yds/comp
QB Chris Carter: 0-7 pass

Rushing Leaders:
QB Ahmad Bradshaw**: 225 carries, 1201 yards, 7 TD
RB Kell Walker: 222 carries, 1120 yards, 6 TD
FB David Poreda III: 161 carries, 790 yards, 7 TD
FB Andy Davidson: 56 carries, 308 yards, 2 TD (injured for season vs. Ohio State, game 3)
RB Jordan Asberry: 31 carries, 265 yards
QB Chris Carter: 18 carries, 139 yards, TD
10 other players with 8 or less carries

Receiving Leaders:
RB Kell Walker: 26 receptions, 501 yards, 7 TD
FB David Poreda: 14 receptions, 204 yards
WR Luke Peterman: 9 receptions, 74 yards, 3 TD
TE Dante Barnes: 5 receptions, 76 yards, 3 TD
RB Jordan Asberry: 5 receptions, 32 yards
WR Les Studholme II: 4 receptions, 65 yards
4 other players with 3 receptions or less

Defensive Leaders (CPU coached):
MLB Alex Aukerman**: 90 tackles (11 for loss), sack, 2 INT, FF
TFL leaders: John Voit** 23, Andrew McLean** 15, Scott Washle** 13, Aukerman 11, Bayle Wolf** 11
Sack leaders: Voit 12, McLean 5, Wolf 5
INT leaders: Marcus Hyatt 6, Elijah Riley 4, Aukerman 2
SS Rob Roy: 49 tackles, 2 TFL, FF

Special Teams Leaders:
K James Mason: 18-19 FG, long of 49
P Nick Schrage: 42.9avg/punt, 4 inside 20, 9 touchbacks
RB Kell Walker: 16 KR, 428 yards, TD, 8.4avg/PR

Misc Team Stats:
3rd-worst pass offense (Navy, GT worse), #3 rush offense (Air Force, Navy 1-2)
T-24th in Rush TD (2nd last year) (24)
T-3rd in NCAA for sacks allowed (18)
23rd ranked rush defense in NCAA (down from 7th in '16)
T-25th in sacks (32)
42% on 3rd down conv (up from 38% in '16)
70% defensive red zone (t-13 in NCAA, t-2 in '16)
+1 turnover differential (down from +11 in '16)

Offensive MVP: QB Ahmad Bradshaw
Defensive MVP: DE John Voit
Newcomer of the Year: FB David Poreda III

DEPARTING PLAYERS
QB Ahmad Bradshaw, starter
QB Buck McCoy, reserve - transferring to South Alabama
RB John Trainor, reserve
WR Jeff Ejekam, reserve
WR Jermaine Adams, reserve
LG Bryce Holland, starter
C Joshua Boylan, starter
RG Mike Houghton, starter
RT Brett Toth, starter
DE John Voit, starter
DE Jordan Smith, starter
DT Andrew McLean, starter
OLB Bayle Wolf, starter
MLB Alex Aukerman, starter
OLB Scott Washle, starter
FS Rhyan England, reserve

INCOMING TRANSFERS
None

[Iron Dragon]

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Army dismisses WR Les Studholme

WEST POINT --- JUCO transfer Les Studholme II sat a top of Army WR depth chart in 2017 as a replacement to WR Edgar Poe who graduated following the 2016 season.

An underwhelming season only saw him record 4 catches, as Studholme struggled on the field, unfortunately leading the team in drops. Coaches were hoping Studholme would be a bigger contributor in 2018 but he has been dismissed by the Army program for a violation of team rules.

The rules violation took place the week of the Military Bowl. The team has not announced the violation but Studholme will not be a football Knight in 2018.

Studholme was noticably absent during the 2017 Military Bowl, a game Army dropped to Toledo. Christian Poe and Luke Peterman were the starters at receiver in the bowl game.

Les Studholme's brother, a true freshman this past season, linebacker J.J. Studholme remains on the team.

[Iron Dragon]

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Coach Jackson decides to remain at Army

A candid look at the coaching carousel process.

After two seasons at Army, we will be staying put this offseason. One notable thing that happened that would have really considered me to leave was Paul Johnson's new school offering me an offensive coordinator spot.

Johnson got axed from Georgia Tech, and Louisiana Tech hired him but they kept their current offensive coordinator in place.

So there went that idea.

Got a few OC calls from schools with new head coaches, but none of them really interested me that much. NMSU and UNLV offered me for HC, but neither spot interested me. I'd love to be out west but their rosters would require a year where would be a complete mess on offense.

So let's head on to another off season with Army...

Coaching Carousel 2017

Deciding to keep this in the order that it all went down...

Penn State (3-9): James Franklin fired, hires Western Kentucky HC Rhett Lashlee
Georgia Tech (3-9): Paul Johnson fired, hires Ohio State OC Mike Bloomgren
West Virginia (3-9): Dana Holgerson fired, hires Troy HC Kendal Briles
Arkansas (4-8): Bret Bielema fired, hires Ohio State DC Todd Orlando
Minnesota (4-8): Tracy Claeys fired, hires UCLA OC Tony Levine
Utah (4-8): Kyle Whittingham fired, hires Miami-OH HC Joe Cauthen
Illinois (3-9): Lovie Smith fired, hires Washington OC Jonathan Smith
Western Kentucky (12-1): Promoted DC Ron English to HC
Troy (10-3): Hires NIU HC Rod Carey.
Miami of Ohio (8-6): Hires Louisville OC Lonnie Galloway.
Rutgers (2-10): Chris Ash fired, hires Washington DC Pete Kwiatkowski
Purdue (2-10): Darrell Hazell fired, hires FAU HC Charlie Partridge
Florida Atlantic (10-4): Hires UConn HC Lane Kiffin. (EA Sports: It's in the game!)
UConn (6-7): Hires Tennessee DC Bob Shoop.
Northern Illinois (8-6): Hires Old Dominion HC Nick Holt.
Wake Forest (2-10): Dave Clawson fired, hires Memphis HC Mike Norvell.
Memphis (9-4): Hires UTSA HC Frank Wilson.
UTSA (8-5): Hires Clemson DC Brent Venables.
Old Dominion (6-7): Hires Troy OC Dave Nichol.
Louisiana Tech (3-9): Skip Holtz fired, hires former GT HC Paul Johnson.
Temple (3-9): Matt Rhule fired, hires former WVU HC Dana Holgorsen.
Buffalo (2-10): Lance Leipold fired, hired former Illinois HC Lovie Smith.
UNLV (2-10): Tony Sanchez fired, hired West Virginia DC Tony Gibson
New Mexico State (1-11): Doug Martin fired, hires Minnesota OC Jay Johnson

Todd Graham Award Winners
Rhett Lashlee: 2016 Auburn DC > 2017 WKU HC > 2018 Penn State HC
Mike Bloomgren: 2016 Stanford OC > 2017 Ohio State OC > 2018 Georgia Tech HC
Kendal Briles: 2016 Baylor OC > 2017 Troy HC > 2018 West Virginia HC
Joe Cauthan: 2016 Ark St DC > 2017 Miami OH HC > 2018 Utah HC
Lane Kiffin: 2016 Alabama OC > 2017 UConn HC > 2018 FAU HC


Fired HC Landing Spots
James Franklin: UCLA OC
Skip Holtz: Washington OC
Matt Rhule: Louisville OC
Tracy Claeys: Georgia Tech DC
Bret Bielema: Penn State DC
Chris Ash: WVU DC
Darrell Hazell: Iowa OC
Lance Leipold: Minnesota OC
Tony Sanchez: NC State DC
Doug Martin: Illinois OC
Lance Leipold: Buffalo OC
Dave Clawson: Georgia Tech OC

2017 Declined Jobs
Minnesota OC
Utah OC
Kansas OC
Rutgers OC
Wake Forest OC
Troy OC
NMSU HC
UNLV HC

[jct32]

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Great work the past season but that was a tough bowl loss. Utah would of been a fun place to go. Looking forward to the next season.

[Iron Dragon]

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Wow. Tough way for the Huskies to go down, it really seems like a lot of the big schools get lucky at just the right times. ID, this dynasty is off the hook man. So beautiful and in depth. Keep up the great work.

Yeah, since I'm manually setting these games I do have to enter them, so I just let them run out most of the time, CPU vs CPU. That game was wild to watch and even crazier to see the title end on a missed FG.

Took some time off but glad to be back. Thanks man.

Great work the past season but that was a tough bowl loss. Utah would of been a fun place to go. Looking forward to the next season.

Thanks, a down year but still a fun one despite the long hiatus.

Utah is interesting but they brought in a top QB last season who, by my dynasty behind-the-scenes work, would have transferred out.

Behind him they have a 58 SPD redshirt freshman and a 72 SPD true freshman. Their backs are OK and they have a decent FB. But it just wasn't the time.