Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

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  • djp73
    Coach Porter Davis
    • Jun 2009
    • 8504

    #286
    Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

    Why are there two numbers on the ones you regressed?
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    • Nunyerbiz
      MVP
      • Sep 2010
      • 1478

      #287
      Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

      If they rolled a "bust", which was landing anywhere between 90 and 99 on their work ethic roll, then they earned an additional bust penalty. So the first number represented the first penalty for losing the work ethic roll. That is a penalty from -2 to -8. then the second number was the "bust penalty" which is an additional loss of -2 to -4. Add those two numbers up for the total OVR the player had to drop.

      You can see some players only had a single negative number, those are the players that failed the roll against their work ethic rating but did not hit the 90-99 level roll required for the additional bust penalty. So if a player had a work ethic of 65 and rolled a 72, he lost his roll and was going to lose somewhere between 2 and 8 from his OVR, but that 72 was well short of the 90 to 99 needed to trigger the bust penalty.

      I hope that makes sense ? ... ? Still not sure if it makes 100% sense to me, but after a few beers last night I got on a roll and it seemed to all work out. lol.

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      • djp73
        Coach Porter Davis
        • Jun 2009
        • 8504

        #288
        Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

        The dice rolls and the beer both make sense.
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        • Nunyerbiz
          MVP
          • Sep 2010
          • 1478

          #289
          Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

          To: Lerma, Curt ([email protected])
          From: Hisle, Larry ([email protected])
          Subject: 2015 Rhinos Schedule

          Good Morning Curt,

          This is Larry over in Marketing. I just want to say THANK YOU for spending some of that Little Caesar's Bowl money to buy the Marketing Dept a new copy of Photoshop!! This program is INCREDIBLE!!

          Check out the snazzy new schedule thanks to this great new software!!!

          Attachment:
          2015_niagara_rhinos_schedule_uni_gov_edu_ca.png





          (for those of you that would like to look at the schedule without the bad beginner photoshop joke, click on the spoiler tag below)

          Spoiler

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          • djp73
            Coach Porter Davis
            • Jun 2009
            • 8504

            #290
            Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

            That schedule looks like I made it.
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            • jpfine
              Pro
              • Oct 2018
              • 507

              #291
              Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

              I have never used Photoshop, but I do use the Google free ripoff called Pixlr Editor and to get "super cool" fonts like those I used to use a site called cooltext.com for free fonts.


              This is an example of a "cooltext" that I used often. It was bad. Having said that, if you ever need a super cool schedule, I got you

              Indy Eleven | Rutgers | NY Giants | Watford

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              • Nunyerbiz
                MVP
                • Sep 2010
                • 1478

                #292
                Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

                Nunyer's Notes - Practice Session and Playbook changes

                (Note: I started typing this up as a Rhinoplasty blog post, but after the first paragraph I just wasn't in the mood to try and present things in character... so instead, just a stream of consciousness lazy dump of info. I'm just going to have a few non-connected paragraphs...)

                Ok, after two seasons of primarily the base Run and Shoot playbook, I decided I wanted to change things up... So... I started experimenting with different playbooks. In the end I decided to stick with the SMU Run and Shoot as the base, but did more formation swaps. I found it a lot of fun playing around with shotgun / spread option looks, which I traditionally don't really like, but some of the plays really fit my personnel. Putting Lavette into the slot and having him motion into different sweeps or mid screens or option runs is intriguing... and my new WR3 (Jarred Spicer) is essentially a TE with a 67 STR / 66 RBK / 65 IBL... so getting an option / sweep to Gibbs where Spicer can 1-on-1 block a CB seemed like a natural fit. So, I dropped a couple of pistol formations that I didn't utilize much and added a few different spread/offset shotgun sets.

                Speaking a TE blocking... holy hell it didn't quite sink in how much of a blocking beast my new TE is turning out to be (Latimer Iorg). When I went to set my final depth chart, the CPU had him as the primary backup on four of the five OL positions! 79 STR, 74 PBK, 78 RBK, 80 IBL. His 68 CTH isn't mind blowing, but he does have 80 RTE and 79 CIT, so some receiving chops. He can act as a lead blocker in some of the offset shotgun option stuff, so that should be fun.

                On defense, I started experimenting with some 3-3-5 and 4-2-5 stuff last season as I had three really good safeties and wanted to get them all on the field. This year, the safety talent is down a bit due to graduations, but still like the looks. Plenty of interesting blitz and coverage looks in 3-3-5 to play with.

                As far as surprising defensive players, one of my created prospects who I redshirted last year (DE Benny Torgo) landed a "boom" bonus in offseason progression, which gave him a +8 OVR boost. Nothing about his ratings are outstanding, but he's a good jack-of-all-trades guy... CPU had him as the primary substitute at all three DL spots and 2 of 3 LB spots. Probably not a huge difference maker this year, but it's nice having versatility for the future. I plan on getting him into both DL and LB roles this year via formation substitutions.

                Reminder note to future Nunyer if I read this again: Schedule South Alabama next year so you can play against Ty Welsh.

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                • Nunyerbiz
                  MVP
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 1478

                  #293
                  Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

                  A quick and dirty Top 25 heading into week 1, because I always seem to forget to do this.

                  Should have a preview for the Week 2 game against Idaho posted in a bit and will try to get the game in today as well. I recently took on a small side job, so my PS3 time might be limited until the end of the month, but I'll try to get at least a game or two in a week.

                  NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Aug 26, 2015
                  RKTEAM (VOTES)WLPOINTS
                  1Alabama (39)
                  2Ohio State (22)
                  3Virginia Tech
                  4Texas
                  5Oregon
                  6Oklahoma
                  7USC
                  8Notre Dame
                  9Louisville
                  10Miama
                  11Michigan State
                  12Georgia Tech
                  13Georgia
                  14South Carolina
                  15Florida
                  16Arizona
                  17UCLA
                  18Texas A&M
                  19Clemson
                  20UCF
                  21Wisconsin
                  22TCU
                  23Auburn
                  24Nebraska
                  25Ole Miss

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                  • Nunyerbiz
                    MVP
                    • Sep 2010
                    • 1478

                    #294
                    Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

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                    • Deuce2223
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Dec 2007
                      • 12571

                      #295
                      Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

                      I think you are going to destroy that defense.

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                      • Nunyerbiz
                        MVP
                        • Sep 2010
                        • 1478

                        #296
                        Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty


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                        • Nunyerbiz
                          MVP
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 1478

                          #297
                          Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

                          Nunyer's Notes

                          I was seriously worried at halftime. They were playing much better defense than their ratings, especially with the pass rush... and their QB was running the ball very well. I still have fatigue turned off, so while they faded in the second half, it wasn't a fatigue effect. After they dropped a few easy interceptions in the first half, I decided to go conservative in the 2nd half and really rode the new HB. He is a nice mix between Holly and Welsh from last year, not nearly as quick or nimble as Welsh but with a lot more shake and bake ability than Holly had. Assuming he stays healthy, I'm going to lean on him with probably 80% of the rushing touches, with Childs and Wormser getting the scraps. The gains that Gibbs got via progression is a clear improvement in release and top speed although he had at least one addtional pass which I thought was a drop but wasn't recorded as such.

                          On defense, Tomlinson was everywhere today... in the backfield a ton. He was the main reason their HB1 didn't do jack squat. Defensive backs didn't play that great and some decent blitz pressure forced a few passes into the stands when receiving options were open.

                          Overall, happy with the win... but I was expecting having to take it easy on the CPU by midway through the first half and instead it wasn't until early in the 4th quarter where I felt comfortable that I had the game in hand.

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                          • Deuce2223
                            Hall Of Fame
                            • Dec 2007
                            • 12571

                            #298
                            Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

                            Pretty sure I am going to struggle remembering how to spell Kandakai all season, so I am just going to call him Jamal cause that dude ran like him..

                            Pretty sure you are going to have to give him similar hair.

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                            • Nunyerbiz
                              MVP
                              • Sep 2010
                              • 1478

                              #299
                              Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

                              Funny you bring up the hair, the last two seasons I tried to give one of my created recruits the dreads and I couldn't find the head anywhere in the player creation options. Is it a set head number? I'm either going crazy, didn't actually scroll through all of them, or it was a glitch. I am guessing maybe it's a glitch... as the guys that I do have on the team with dreads seem to get random 'haircuts' on certain game days only for the hair to be back the next week. So maybe it wasn't loading right in the player creation screen?

                              Anyways, I likely won't have any PS3 time until tomorrow... so hope to get the MSU game in at that time.

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                              • Nunyerbiz
                                MVP
                                • Sep 2010
                                • 1478

                                #300
                                Re: Niagara Rhinos: An Alternate Universe NCAA 14 Dynasty

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