Hey everyone, just wanted to let you all know OS now has an official Discord that you can join right now. We’ve kicked around Discords for individual games in the past, but it felt like the right time to make it more of an official thing.
Steve and I have wanted to get this going for a bit because we obviously still hear from y’all who are unhappy with some stuff on the forums, plus when there are forum outages we still want to have a place for everyone to hang. My overarching goal for the longer term is to have both Discord and the forums ultimately work together. There are some logistical issues with the vBulletin forums that don’t allow things to sync right with Discord so there will be a little maneuvering as we try to get mods and forum members any proper roles/tags they need on the Discord, but we can work through that stuff easily enough as people join.
Our general goal is to give people more options to interact with OS community members, whether that’s Discord, the forums, this newsletter, or improved apps. If people want to stick more to the forums, that’s cool. If people want to stick more to the Discord, that’s also cool. In my perfect world, we do a lot of BSing and day-to-day chatting on the Discord about games and sports, and then more of the “in-depth” discussions or hefty things like long slider breakdowns or analysis of gameplay end up on the forums so that can act as a sort of “best of” area for anything OS community related. That said, you all will ultimately shape how the ecosystem shakes out, I just want to give you spaces you like so you can have a good time with other folks in the community.
The same general rules will apply on the Discord as they do on the forums, and we’ve brought most of the forum categories to the Discord as well so there should not be too much confusion as you navigate around.
With the Operation Sports and Discord announcement now out there, it’s also worth mentioning our OS premium newsletter, which quietly launched a couple of weeks ago. Built off the Not Just Another Roster Update newsletter, it offers a mix of retrospectives, guides, interviews and deeper dives into the sports gaming world—covering both current and classic titles.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- It was purported to be strength versus strength. Wyoming's twelfth-ranked scoring offense (33.5 PPG) doing glorious battle with San Diego State's twelfth-ranked scoring defense (18.7 PPG allowed).
Aztec redshirt senior quarterback Christian Chapman completed 15/22 (68%) for 232 yards a TD plus that nagging little matter of a backbreaking pick-six (162.6 QB rating). Chapman is a "balanced" quarterback and, thus, only carried three times for 12 yards--a total non-factor. Aztec redshirt junior tailback Malik Roberson was listed as 'probable' with a sprained ankle, but Rocky Long gave him a heavy workload nonetheless. Roberson carried 23 times for 97 yards (4.2 YPC) with a long of only 13 yards--definitely not a home run threat.
LARAMIE, Wyo. -- It would be nice to set the scene here for what turned out to be an epic or, at least, improbable comeback victory. But, it was not to be. Wyoming, one year removed from a 5-7 disappointment of a season, continued their Shermanesque march to the sea...err...the MWC championship game. And then steamrolled UNLV to bag the trophy. The game was anticlimactic and the result never in doubt.
Wyoming's defense bowed their necks in this game, much like how Phil Simms would've liked while providing commentary on a Madden title.
Senior quarterback Nick Smith continued his steady play. Smith completed 18/29 (62%) for 210 yards and 3 TDs (150.1 QB rating). He found senior tight end Josh Harshman twice for scores. Smith also carried nine times or 42 yards.
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