Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB25)

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB25)

Army's 2025 Recruiting Class

2025 Offense Recruits Recruiting - 2025
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Amari Kern	QB	HS	New Jersey	6'2	194
***	***		****	**	**
Nathan Rachal	HB	HS	Georgia (impact dev)	5'10	234
Glenn Gore	FB	HS	New Jersey (star dev)	5'11	225
Devante Bradbury	FB / ATH	HS	California	5'9	225
***	**		***
Wes Mcdaniels	WR/ ATH	HS	New Jersey (gem)	6'4	244
Rich England	WR / ATH	HS	Georgia	6'1	204
Glen Howden	TE	HS	Georgia	6'5	230
***	***		****	***	***
Sam Ojomo	OT	HS	New York (impact dev)	6'6	319
George Nienhuis	OG	HS	Texas	6'2	320
Marvin Tongue	OG	HS	California	6'3	314
Johnny Maples	C	HS	Georgia	6'3	301

2025 Defensive Recruiting Class Recruiting - 2025
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Larry Kopp	DE	HS	California	6'5	274
Austin Ghee	DE	HS	Florida	6'5	267
Parker Slater	DT / ATH	HS	New York	6'3	308
John Raines	DT / ATH	HS	Texas	6'3	299
***	**		***	**	**
Josh Browning	OLB / DE	HS	California	6'4	228
Rhett Bajer	OLB / ATH	HS	California	6'0	218
Steve Balducci	MLB	HS	California	6'1	225
Ja'Quan Egnew	MLB	HS	Georgia	5'11	218
***	**		***	***	**
Noah Kane	CB	HS	Maryland (impact dev)	5;10	191
Wade Mangum	CB	HS	Maryland	6'0	167
Jamie Rees	CB	HS	Texas	6'2	177
Tito Bueno	FS	HS	Texas	6'0	185
Dom Droege	FS	HS	Texas	6'2	216
Jesus Guillermo	SS	HS	Texas (impact dev)	5'11	188
Titus Jefferson	K	HS	Georgia	6'2	180

Key Offense Recruits

QB Amari Kern
We are thankful this 3* had us in the top 5 being a local guy even if he has just normal development. We love his hall of fame (purple) road dog badge and could be the #2 QB depending on development on Juan Corp this fall. The 6'2 scrambler isn't a burner just 78 speed, but 86 acceleration. He has a big arm 89 strength and mid 70's accuracy.

HB Nathan Rachel
Nathan is going to be absolute star in this offense and about the highest rated guy we are allowed to recruit at #622. A 234 pound powerback with hall of fame (purple) road dog badge and impact development. When you get a power back 82 strength, 83 carry, 81 break tackle, 79 truck and then throw in 91 speed and 89 acceleration we get excited. We will have to check the legal paperwork on if we get a head coaching job he is allowed to go with us.

FB Glenn Gore
We have gotten super luck 2 years in a row scouting FB's and finding gems on the first tape we watched. This time Glenn's is star so the only one we have had in 2 years. The 3* is a blocker and has 80 lead block already with mid 70's in a lot of categories. Army is absolute loaded at FB so he will be #5 with the top 2 graduating this year. We are anxious to see what his upside is

B back / FB Devante Bradbury
He is officially a FB and would have made a killer OLB with his speed at 225 pounds. His 90 speed and 80 strength means he will mostly be the FB spot in the flexbone. We aren't expecting him to be a great blocker so could play the back up the power HB spot, but not this year. His agility at 79 is noteworthy as being lower then his speed.

WR Wes Mcdaniels
We lost out on the battle to keep the jumbo athletes at OL, so we win this one and keep Wes off the DL. He was projected at TE, but will make the move to WR. We are deep at the position so he will not be needed this year. He fits what we want at WR 6'4 244 with blocking ability and good enough speed (83)

OT Sam Ojomo
Sam is going to do everything he can to make his case to play as a true freshman with impact development and a 3*. His 87 strength, mid to high 70s for power blocking and 81 impact block along with 2 mental abilities. If he starts and at what position will hinge on the development of last years huge OL class.

OG George Nienhuis
A 320 pound OG with 87 strength and 71 run block power. We went heavy on OL last year that will get the offseason training boost so he likely doesn't play this year

C Johnny Maples
Sometimes you get luck and we did with Johnny a average looking 2* recruit. We liked the 85 strength so offer him and he came with impact development. We got lucky and star C Brady Small came back so that combined with his development meant we could play our jumbo athlete at DT. This allows us to fix 2 positions at once time. Since we specialize in offseason training, he (ot last years signee) should jump up next offseason before he is needed to start

DL
We sign 4 DL as we needed depth so a few of these will play. We are the most excited about our jumbo athletes playing DL. Parker Slater is 308 pounds with 89 strength and a finesse move in the 80's. He is projected to start next year

LB
We also need LB and get 4 the two MLB bring some much needed speed to the position. Josh Browning could move to DE in the future as he is a power rusher, but just 228 pounds. We didn't know where to play Rhett Baker just 6'0 and 218 pounds with 90 acceleration and strength.

DB
We also needed DB and all 5 could see the field at some point this year. Jesus Guillermo is the one with a dev trait and S is easily our weakest position as of now. We like the CB group as well Mangum is fast (91) and can play man while Reis is 6'2 with speed and Kane has a dev trait and a slot guy.

Top Recruiting Classes - 2025
RK	TEAM	5	4	3	2	1	TOTAL
1	UGA	5	24	3	0	0	32
2	Notre Dame	4	19	11	0	0	34
3	Miami	2	27	6	0	0	35
4	Oregon	2	27	4	0	0	33
5	Ohio St	2	20	7	0	0	29
6	Alabama	1	16	11	0	0	28
7	Nebraska	2	10	16	0	0	28
8	Texas	0	23	5	0	0	28
9	Washington	2	9	21	0	0	32
10	Auburn	1	14	9	1	0	25
11	Clemson	2	12	10	0	0	24
12	Wisconsin	1	13	16	0	0	30
13	Syracuse	1	10	18	4	0	33
14	USC	1	10	14	0	0	25
15	Virginia Tech	0	13	11	0	0	24
16	Michigan	0	19	13	0	0	32
17	Penn St	0	17	12	0	0	29
18	SMU	0	12	7	16	0	35
19	Tennessee	0	14	20	0	0	34
20	Oklahoma	1	8	18	1	0	28
21	Kentucky	1	8	7	18	0	34
22	LSU	0	10	24	0	0	34
23	TCU	0	8	20	0	0	28
24	Texas A&M	0	11	15	0	0	26
25	Ole Miss	1	5	16	1	0	23

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB25)

HB Depth Chart Muddled After Fall Camp

HB Depth Chart
#	OFFENSE	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
32	Omari Embree (76 ovr)	HB	5'8	195	Sr.	Michigan
27	Samari Howard (75 ovr)	HB	5'7	185	Sr.	Texas
25	George Scheffler (74 ovr)	HB	6'1	187	So.	Florida
18	Tevin Hocker (72 ovr)	HB	5'8	224	So.	Lousianna
24	Tony Keyes (71 ovr)	HB	5'10	234	So.	Califorina
7	John Hajrullah (67 ovr)	HB	5'10	228	So.	Florida
***	****	**	**	**	**	****
6	Kanye Udoh (87 ovr)	FB	6'0	220	Sr.	New Jersey
45	Jake Rendina (76 ovr)	FB	5'11	255	Sr.	Idoha
37	Pat Skool (73 ovr)	FB	6'1	239	So.	New Jersey
42	Glenn Gore (67 ovr)	FB	5'11	225	Fr.	New Jersey
14	Devante Bradbury (56 ovr)	FB	5'9	225	Fr.	California

Looking back to last year's Team Noah Short was the star of the group mostly in the 2nd half of the year. He broke Napier's rushing record with just under 1,300 yards with 9 TD's. He was mostly a speed guy and the inside runs was for other backs. Thats why you still saw Keyes 586 yards and 8 TD's, Udoh 613 yards and 7 TD and Hocker/ Hayden Reed combining for 250 yards and the QB with 400 despite all the sacks.

We want to first want to breakdown the types of roles for all our RB's and the ones we know. The FB group will pretty much be the same Udoh and Rendina are both seniors and shine in their roles. Pat Skool is a upside blocking FB that we got to get on the field.

#1 HB = ?(preferably a power back)
#2 HB = ? (prob will make this the speed guy to simplify subs)
Blocking FB = Jake Rendina
Rushing FB = Kayne Udoh
Power HB = Udoh (as listed on depth chart, iform /heavy formations
Outside / speed HB = ? (pistol formations/ stretch plays etc)

The plan was move Keyes/ Hocker up a notch then find a speed HB to join the mix. Then Nathan Rachel came into camp drawing Adrian Peterson comparisons and some upper classmen improved. While the young power backs last year didn't take huge jumps up. Let's look at the ratings progression which we do specialize in for these positions

Scheffler +14
Howard +12 (includes position change bump)
Hocker +6
Hajrullah +6
Embree +5
Keyes +5

Top Skills
Fastest = Scheffler 92
Acceleration = Howard 92
Agility = Embree 97
Change Of Direction = Embree 95
Strength = Keyes & Rachel 82
Ball Carry Vision = Hocker 85
Break Tackle = Hocker 89
Trucking = Keyes 87
Catching = Howard
Potential = Rachel

Embree (76 ovr)
While his speed is just 86 he makes up for that with 97 agility, 95 change of direction, 90 acceleration make him a good fit for the outside runs

Howard (75 ovr)
We saw the success moving Short from WR so thought we would do it again with another senior. He wasn't going to play at WR as he is just 5'7. His 4 speeds ratings are all around 90 and does have the carrying. He does have a lot of upside, but its late in the game to cash that in. His calling card is catching by far the best of the bunch. He could be put in when trailing

Scheffler (74 ovr)
After a massive jump up prob gets the 1st crack at the speed HB role with 92 speed and 93 agility. Despite being a sophomore not a ton of upside so likely doesn't get past the 70's

Hocker (73 ovr)
He only averaged 2.9 a carry last year, but still has in game experience and has improved. The thing people will point out about him is he has the highest break tackle on the team while having speed (89). He is also pretty much maxed out when it comes to what matters. A nice blend of size and speed for the power HB role.

Keyes (72 ovr)
We are partial to Keys the only 3* we signed in our first class at Army. However isn't the fastest (just 86) or the best breaking tackle when you compare him to Hocker. However he does have the best trucking on the roster. His mid 80's for a power back on all 4 speed topped off with 88 acceleration for Army is just fine. He does have the production rushed for 4.6 per carry last year with 8 TD's and has improved. Outside of some IQ is close to maxed out.

Hajrullah (68 ovr)
He is lowest on the list so will only play in blowouts or injuries. He is another power back with 87 speed. He could move to FB next year.

Rachel (68 ovr)
We can't view his player card just yet, but once we see that it may be as simple as make him the man. The 234 pound power back has a dev trait and starts off with 91 speed, 89 acceleration, 82 strength, 79 trucking. We will prob bring him give him a few carries in week 1 and see how things go. The negative against him would be the 83 agility and 79 change of direction not matching the straight line speed. With his dev trait and assumed upside that rating can go up fast.

[Lunchpail]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB25)

Amari Kern is going to be an absolute stud, dude. That Road Dog badge mixed with a mobile, big arm... oh boy. I'm glad to see my Hokies with a Top 15 class

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB25)

2025 Season Preview

QB
At this stage we don't expect the QB to be the star of the offense more of a game manager. Bolden is the clear cut starter for his senior year despite a meh year starting last year. He isn't much of a thrower (86 power 70's accuracy) and just ok straight-line speed (81). He is much better than he was last year so we expect his stats to improve. He does have excellent agility (93) and change of direction (89). All everyone is talking about is the true freshman Amari Kern who has won the backup job. He is without a doubt the future of the position, so we want him to play a little in every game this year. A strong arm (89) with mobility while having mental and physical abilities means he should be good enough to play this year. What sets him apart is the upside he is has upside in every important category with room to grow in power, elusiveness, accuracy and quickness

WR
A good coach will adapt his scheme to his players and while David Clerk (76 ovr) isn't a blocker he is too talented to not be our #1 WR. His blazing 4.3 speed (99) makes him a valuable weapon that will get the ball in a number of different ways. Despite a 99 ranking as a return guy he will only play that role in big games since the last 2 years the KR has got hurt. Matt Overbaugh (67 ovr) a 6'3 physical WR that can jump and block was expected to be #2. However, he got moved down as Juan Bautista (58 ovr) a former projected TE will start. Juan is a similar blocker, but greatly improved his speed (92) over the offseason. Juan is also by far the strongest WR on the team. We have depth at the position if someone gets hurt and senior Kevin Pointer another block would be next man up.

TE
The TE spot is the weakest again on the roster. We returned a lot of bodies. Mohammed Strong(64 ovr) returns as the #1 and he is just a blocker. His bad hands and slow speed (69) does hurt at times. But he still has some upside as a blocker so gets the start. The #2 guy will be a new name despite being a senior Parker Poloskey (63 ovr) is the best blocker on the team so gets the #2 job. Don't expect to hear much from this group on gameday.

OT
This group is where the #1 focus has been since we took over and we finally will see that hard work pay off this year. The OL will be worlds better then the previous year with 3 starters returning. C Brady Small (92 ovr) is back for year #4 starter and is stud and maybe even a 1st round pick. He is actually easily the best C in the game rating wise. The two high upside freshman we threw to the wolves last year are back starting on the left side. Joel Godfrey (79 ovr) and Taylor Romero (73 ovr) will only get better. Carl Vaughn (75 ovr) gets the start at RG despite others being better on paper. Carl gets the start because his run blocking skills and 6'6 321 pound size. We had a lot of options at RT and go with Sophomore Austin Baugher (77 ovr). He not only comes with a high rating he has lot of room for improvement in run blocking. We aren't going to over any backups but we are comfortable starting anyone in our 2nd unit

2025 Depth Chart Depth Chart - 2025
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	David Clerk (75)	Kevin Pointer (65)	Lloyd Benson (76)	Kris Johnson (68)
TE	Mohammad Strong (64)	Parker Poloskey (63)	Randy Farris (68)	Zaire Holt Spencer (69)
LT	Joel Godfrey (79)	Sam Ojomo (69)	Bobby Biggers (72)
LG	Taylor Romero (76)	Bart Ramboo (79)	Sam Meatogo (72)	Marvin Tongue (61)
C	Brady Small (920	Rob Cobbs (77)		Johnny Maples (58)
RG	Carl Vaughn (75)	D.J Zimmer (77)		George Nienhuis (60)
RT	Austin Baugher (77)	Nick Hadley (76)
WR	Juan Bautista (58)	Matt Overbaugh (67)	Wes Mcdaniels (55)
QB	Mitchell Bolden (74)	Amari Kern (64)	Juan Corp (63)	Hellums (61)
FB	Kanye Udoh (87)	Jake Rendina (77)	Pat Skool (74)	Glenn Gore (68)
HB	Tony Keys (73)	Omari Embree (76)	Tevin Hocker (73)	Nathan Rachel (70)
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Jose Harris (75)	Jaycee Randoloh (78)	Sam Fogg (72)
LDT	Parker Slater (70)	Lenard Gumb (62)	John Raines (58)	Connor Ramsour (out for year)
RDT	Major Mustard (70)	Tye Dewitt (66)
RDE	Sam Virgin (75)	Melvin Knight (75)	Logan Gore (72)
WLB	Daniel Madison (75)	Anthony Morales (78)	Christian Yousefzadeh (72)	Rhett Baker (65)
MLB	Baylor Newsom (83)	Joseph (77)	Ja'Quan Egnew (60)	Steve Balducci (59)
SLB	Oscar Lamm (86)	Josh Boyett (77)	Elo Modozie (82)
CB	Jaxon Hammond (79)	Zach Lefotu (73)	Jamie Rees (61)
SS	Jake Lindsey (78)	Taylor Westbrooks (66)	Jesus Guillermo (59)
FS	Isaiah Carreon (72)	Dom Droege (60)	Tito Bueno (60)
CB	Joseph Stephens (80)	Noah Kane (60)	Wade Mangum (60)

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB25)

Amari Kern is going to be an absolute stud, dude. That Road Dog badge mixed with a mobile, big arm... oh boy. I'm glad to see my Hokies with a Top 15 class

I'm super excited to use Kern and see how develops. He is a example of the fun challenge not being able to redshirt with Army. That hall of fame road dog badge is key and one reason why I went for him. As you can see from the pic above if he can max out his potential, he will be dangerous. But none of the coaches have the QB training skill so it may not happen

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB25)

2025 NCAA League Preview -

Editor's Note - I forgot to write down all American's so can't do that. I also won't do as much recruiting info as the past at this time. The class will be small and I may not be at Army next year. I only had 2 all conference players my C and a OLB.

Hope 2019 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Aug 29	at Umass (79 vs 80)
Sep 5	vs Temple (79 vs 80)
Sep 12	vs Rice (79 vs 79)
Sep 19	vs Tulsa (79 vs 79)
Sep 26	vs Bye Week
Oct 3	at UAB (79 vs 77)
Oct 10	vs Bye Week
Oct 17	at Coastal Carolina (79 vs 75)
Oct 24	at North Texas (79 vs 78)
Oct 31	at Memphis (79 vs 83)
Nov 7	vs Air Force (79 vs 77)
Nov 14	vs Bye Week
Nov 21	vs UTSA (79 vs 79)
Nov 28	at East Carolina (79 vs 78)
Dec 5	at Navy (79 vs 79)

Elite Players By Position

QB
Noah Fifita - Az
Beau Pribula - Penn St
Jackson Arnold - Okl
Avery Johnson - Kansas St
Nico Iaaleava - TN

HB
Antinio Hayes - Az
Dyland Edwards - Kenn St
Rueben Owens - A&M
Taylor Tatum - Okl
Darius Taylor - Mich

WR
T,J Moore - Clemson
Amare Thomas - UAB
London Humphreys - UGA
Pefele Ashlock - Texas
Nic Anderson - Okl

TE
Luke Hasz - Ark
Andrew Savaiinaea - Nevada
Ty Washington - Ark
Max Klare - Purdue
Michah Riley - Auburn

OT
Monroe Freeling - UGA
Francis Mauigoa - Miami
Alvin Ebosele - Baylor
Kadyn Proctor - Bama
Earnest Greene - Cal

OG
Eric Flanagan - Mich
James Durand - Wisc
Justin Evans - Neb
Solatoa Moea'i - Utah
Shamurad Umarov - Tenn

C
Brady Small - Army
Mark Nabou - A&M
Iapani Laloulu - Oregon
Pete Brunner - Okl
Joe Otting - ND

DE
Logan Fano - Utah
Christian Miller - UGA
Quincy Rhondes - Ark
David Ojiegbe - Pitt
T.J Parker - Clemson

DT
Pete Woods - Clemson
Jayden Jackson - Okl
Gabriel Brownlow Dindy - A&M
Kendrick Gilbert - Kentucky
John Walker - UCF

LB
Jayr Johnson - South Carolina
Arvell Reese - OSU
Raylen Wilson - UGA
Anthony Hill - Texas
Tylen Singleton - LSU

DB
Dontrel Brockwell - Smoky Mnt
Dillon Thieneman - ND
Jayden Bellamy - Syrcuse
Ryan Turner - Boston College
Kerry Brown - Minn

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 1, 2026
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	UGA
2	Ohio St
3	Texas A&M
4	Michigan
5	USC
6	Penn St
7	Texas
8	Kansas St
9	Clemson
10	Alabama
11	Nebraska
12	Utah
13	Miami
14	Syrcuse
15	Texas Tech
16	Boston College
17	Cincy
18	Minnesota State
19	Arizona
20	Virgina Tech
21	UCF
22	Wake Forest
23	Washington
24	Notre Dame
25	Ole Miss

Virgina Tech Preview
They projected 4th in ACC with tied for 4th best roster. This is a new group on offense and big questions all over especially at QB where William Watson (77 ovr) starts. It's sophmore Tyler Mason getting the start at HB. It's solid group of veteran WR's who will be new lead by Chance Fitzgerald. On defense Its OLB Gabe Williams (86 ovr), DE Jason Abbey (85 ovr) and FS Noah Jenkins

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB25)

Opening Night - Week 0

Which HB steps up ?

Editors note - I know nobody wants to watch me play the game. So I included 2 key plays on this so just 20 seconds total.

Army has a good drive going to start the year then old habits came out and a bad pitch was a turnover. A little before half its 4th and goal at the 1 and Tony Keyes barley gets into the endzone to make it 7-3. The 4.3 40 David Clerk lines up at wildcat and goes 61 yards untouched for a huge TD. Then the biggest story of the night happened with us up 24 to 9 with 6 minutes remaining. Before that Hocker top toed for a TD down the sidelines. Jose Harris gets a sack which ties our season total from last year which was a pathetic one. Fellow sophomore Monty Knight a 1* recruit also got a sack next drive. They end up scoring on the last play of the game to make it look closer then it was.

We first have to talk about our blocking FB Jake Rendina who had 11 pancake blocks. The power back Keyes who got the start and stud freshman Rachel both struggled rushing. It was Hocker who played the best so he will now start next game. We also have to point out our stud C Brady Small with 16 pancake blocks. We took advantage of him with Udoh up the middle a lot tonight. We shifted a the carries up pretty good since it was week 1. Overall a solid win and the OL as expected looks much better.

Army Black Knights at Massachusetts Minutemen
Aug 29, 2026 1 2 3 4 F ARMY () 0 7 10 10 27 MASS (0-0) 0 3 3 10 16 Top Performers PASS: Bolden - 38 pass yards, 14 rush yards 1 turnover RUSH: Hocker - 78 yards, 1 TD REC: David Clerk - 86 total yards, 1 TD	Team Stats Comparison ARMY MASS First Downs 23 12 3rd Down Efficiency 5/13 2/10 4th Down Efficiency 4/5 1/3 Total Yards 361 370 Passing Yards 38 155 Rushing Yards 319 94 Penalties-Penalty Yards 4 for 35 0 Turnovers 1 0 Time of Possession 27:57 16:03
Army Black Knights PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Mitchell Bolden 5/6 38 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Tevin Hocker 9 78 8.7 1 David Clerk 2 73 36.5 1 Kanye Udoh 12 59 4.9 0 George Scheffler 4 28 7.0 0 Nathan Rachel 9 27 3.0 0 Tony Keyes 11 24 2.2 1 Omari Embree 4 15 3.8 0 Bolden 7 14 2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD David Clerk 2 13 6.5 0 Radny Farris 1 11 11 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Brady Small 16 0 Carl Vaughn 9 0 Joel Godfrey 6 0 Taylor Romero 6 0 Austin Baugher 4 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jose Harris 5 1 0 1 TFL Monty Knight 2 1 0 0 Oscar Lamm 7 0 0 1 TFL Baylor Newson 5 0 0 0 Jaxton Hammond 5 0 0 0 Massachusetts Minutemen PASSING C/A YDS TD INT AJ Hairzston 8/15 93 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jackson Paradis 12 66 5.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jacquon Gibson 4 58 14.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Christian Alliegro 12 0 1 FR 1 TFL Tyler Martin 10 0 0 2 TFL William Boston 7 0 0 3 TFL

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB2

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Temple Week 1

Run Game Goes Off

The senior FB Udoh having a bit of a Bounce back year and gets in with an impressive TD run. Army is up 14 to 3 at half and adds a FG in the 3rd. The teams swap a pair of TD’s in the 4th with the highlight for Army’s being a 46 yard run by the backup speed HB. Army wins comfortably 31 to 17.

The buzz has officially started on what was expected to be the break through season for Napier. A amazing 489 yards off offense vs the bad temple team lead by 382 on the ground. The HB’s split carried again but the senior FB was the man tonight. The defense suffered some injuries but are finally getting some sacks

Temple Owls at Army Black Knights
Sep 5, 2026 1 2 3 4 F TEM () 0 3 0 14 17 ARMY () 7 7 3 14 31 Top Performers PASS: Bolden - 93 pass yards, 46 rush yards RUSH: Udoh - 118 yards and 2 TD REC: Rachel - 24 rush yards, 30 receiving yards	Team Stats Comparison TEM ARMY First Downs 15 25 3rd Down Efficiency 5 for 13 6 for 11 4th Down Efficiency 1 for 4 2 for 4 Total Yards 452 525 Passing Yards 329 107 Rushing Yards 60 392 Penalties-Penalty Yards 5 for 30 7 for 60 Turnovers 0 1 Time of Possession 15:52 28:08
Temple Owls PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Tyler Douglas 22/41 329 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Nick castello 16 51 3.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Lamar Johnson Fuller 7 115 16.4 0 Elias Collins 4 71 17.8 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Antwone Santiago 11 0 0 1 TFL Will posey 10 0 0 1 tfl Randy Thomas 10 0 0 1 TFL Army Black Knights PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Mitchel l Bolden 5/5 93 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Kanye Udoh 19 118 6.2 2 Tony Keyes 9 70 7.8 0 Omari Embree 5 52 10.4 0 Mitchell Bolden 8 46 5.8 0 George Scheffler 1 46 46 1 Nathan Rachel 8 24 3.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD David Clerk 4 54 13.5 0 Nathan Rachel 1 30 30 O Tevin Hocker 1 23 23 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Brady Small 14 0 Carl Vaughn 13 0 Joel Godfrey 8 0 Taylor Romero 7 0 Austin Baugher 2 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Josh Boyett 6 1.5 0 1 TFL Oscar Lamm 7 0.5 0 2 TFL Monty Knight 4 0 0 3 TFL Jake Lindsey 6 0 0 0

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB2

Army Wins Two More

Army has taken care of Business with 2 more conference wins beating Rice 21 to 14 and Tulsa 28 to 14. This improves Army to 4 and 0 with 2 of the next 3 weeks being bye weeks.

Rice was a ugly one as Army was hot in the 1st half up 21 to 0 and then faulted in the 2nd half with 0 while they had 14. It was just 314 yards of offense with -2 in turnovers. No standouts in the rushing with the top being the QB's 58 yards and just 4 yards per carry. It was the speedy WR David Clerk who saved the team with 2 TD's from the wildcat. We finally have a legit pass rusher as Josh Boyett (77 ovr) gets 1.5 sacks. Brady Small the best C in the game showed why 18 pancake blocks and 0 sacks allowed.

The run game was back to going off vs Tulsa one of the better teams in the conference. A high for Napier 393 rushing yards on 7.2 per carry and +1 in turnovers. Bolden at QB played well close to 100 passing yards and 57 on the ground. It was the senior Embree's time to shine with 132 yards and 2 TD's on just 7 carries. Napier has found something with this Pistol Train set where both TE's are on the same side. It was again a balanced effort after that with 3 more people between 45 and 63 yards. Clerk has another TD from the wildcat. The true freshman added a 44 yard catch. It's now a bye week and Army very much needs one. We must point on LT Joel Godfrey 14 pancake blocks and 0 sacks allowed.

Editor's Note - I got confused on my video clips so I hope these are the correct ones. I've made a change to fix ir going forward

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB2

Can Army Make The Playoffs ?

We said during preseason this was going to be Army's year after back to back 7 win seasons. The team skill level was way behind everyone last year and now it's on par. More Importantly Napier now has his system fully installed with the types of players he wants running it. It's also a easy schedule (cpu picked it) with very winnable non-conference games.

The OL is especially carrying this team with an average rating of 80 overall since 4 of the 5 are Sophomore that will only improve. When staring RT Austin Baugher got hurt Sam Ojomo stepped up and gained valuable experience for the true freshman with sky high potential. The Defense got 1 sack all of last year and in 4 games has 6 sacks this year. This is despite several injuries to rotation players on the DL.

It's now all sunshine and rainbows as we know one small school team will make the playoffs. Army still isn't ranked while Minnesota State is ranked 16th and East Carolino 19th. Since Minnesota State is the defending national champs and a 4* school they will get the benefit of the doubt if the records are close. One loss from Army and that could be enough to knock them out of the playoffs. When asked Napier said " We are just taking it one game at a time. I told our offense the biggest thing standing in the way of us going undefeated is turnovers. We can't have bad pitches on the option.

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 1, 2026
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	USC	3	0	1598
2	Penn St	3	0	1543
3	Kansas St	4	0	1462
4	Bama	3	1	1370
5	Texas A& M	3	1	1283
6	Ohio St	3	1	1280
7	Texas	4	1	1189
8	Syarcuse	2	1	939
9	Rutgers	3	0	939
10	UGA	2	1	848
11	Clemson	2	1	843
12	Miami	3	1	814
13	Tenn	4	0	757
14	Arizona	2	1	658
15	Notre Dame	4	1	573
16	Minnesota St	2	1	548
17	Oklahoma	4	0	498
18	Neb	2	2	455
19	East Carolina	4	0	430
20	UCF	2	1	373
21	Cincy	2	2	363
22	Boise St	2	1	354
23	Washington	3	2	310
24	Michigan	2	2	302
25	TCU	3	1	251

Hope 2019 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Aug 29	at Umass (79 vs 80)	Won, 27-16
Sep 5	vs Temple (79 vs 80)	Won, 31-17
Sep 12	vs Rice (79 vs 79)	Won, 21-14
Sep 19	vs Tulsa (79 vs 79)	Won, 28-14
Sep 26	vs Bye Week
Oct 3	at UAB (79 vs 77)
Oct 10	vs Bye Week
Oct 17	at Coastal Carolina (79 vs 75)
Oct 24	at North Texas (79 vs 78)
Oct 31	at Memphis (79 vs 83)
Nov 7	vs Air Force (79 vs 77)
Nov 14	vs Bye Week
Nov 21	vs UTSA (79 vs 79)
Nov 28	at East Carolina (79 vs 78)
Dec 5	at Navy (79 vs 79)

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB2

UAB Week 6

Can Army Escape ?

Army goes on the road to UAB a slightly better team. Army goes 3 and out on the first drive and got absolutely nothing going and right away its like uh oh this is going to be one of those games. Napier said after the game “ I knew we had to shake things up after the first drive. Because they loaded the box and seemed like they blitzed a lot. Our best bet was to break tendency and hope not to turn the ball over”

The 2nd drive was a sack and interception thankfully UAB just got 3 points. The 3rd drive yet another 3 and out and terrible 27 yard punt and UAB was dominating up 10 to 0. The 4th drive another interception giving UAB the ball at the 10. Thankfully a Pass Interference saved Army and would lead to a long drive. It was 3rd and goal and the mixing it up worked this time as we find the backup TE for a wide open TD. On the next Army drive Bolden throws another interception, but a missed FG saves Army. It was the end of the half with only a few seconds to go and #2 WR Juan Bautista makes the catch of the year barely getting his feet in the back of the endzone. Somehow Army had the lead at half 14 to 10.

The UAB line had been a pain all game line and comes up huge with a 4th and 1 stop around midfield. Army hanging on to a 4 point lead in the late 3rd. A long drive and the #3 FB catches a pass off a playaction on 4th and 3 to extend the drive with 10 minutes to go. Power back Keyes caps off a 92 yards drive with a short TD. This puts Army up 11 and they can take a deep breath.

Then bad stuff started happening a 3rd interception by Army on 3rd and long when it should have just been a run and punt. After hitting a FG to cut the lead to 8 Army was backed up inside the wrong 10. A bad pitch and the ball goes into the endzone for a Safety to cut the lead 21 to 15 with 5 minutes to go. Remember those 2 points.

UAB would go on a long drive killing 4 of 5 minutes and scoring a TD and missing the 2 point play. Army had blown the lead in the 4th down 1 point with just 1:18 to go. A key thing here Is Army has a true Freshman Kicker so his range tops out at about 40 yards and it needs to be in the middle of the field

The first two plays huge gains on options to get it to mid field. So just about 20-30 more yards to escape. However, It was now 3 & 14 and bad pitch makes is a 20 yard loss and somehow now 4th and 35. Army is sacked on the next play and Army gives this one away.

Army Black Knights at UAB Blazers
Jan 1, 1 2 3 4 F ARMY (4-0) 0 14 0 7 21 UAB (2-2) 10 0 0 12 22 Top Performers PASS: Bolden - 80 pass yards, 14 rush yards, 4 turnovers RUSH: Rachel - 12 carries for 84 yards REC: Bautisita - 2 catches 21 yards, 1 TD	Team Stats Comparison ARMY UAB First Downs 20 11 3rd Down Efficiency 6/15 2/12 4th Down Efficiency 3/4 2/4 Total Yards 264 379 Passing Yards 80 31 Rushing Yards 170 270 Penalties-Penalty Yards 5 for 40 2 for15 Turnovers 3 0 Time of Possession 22:03 21:57
Army Black Knights PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Bolden 9/17 80 2 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Nathan Rachel 12 84 7.0 0 Kanye Udoh 10 26 2.5 0 David Clerk 4 21 5.3 0 Tevin Hocker 4 16 4.0 0 Tony Keyes 3 12 4.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Hocker 1 27 27 0 Juan Bautista 2 21 10.5 1 Randy Farris 1 5 5 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Brady Small 6 0 Joel Godfrey 6 0 Sam Ojomo 6 0 Carl Vaughn 5 0 Taylor Romero 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Zach Lefotu 13 0 0 0 Parker Slater 4 1 0 1 TFL Jaycee Randolph 6 0 0 1 TFL Baylor Newsom 6 0 0 1 TFL UAB Blazers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Lyddy 4/12 31 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Salley 27 156 5.8 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Moser 2 13 6.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Goode 8 0 0 3 TFL Elder 6 0 0 3 TFL Roper 13 0 0 2 TFL

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB2

Coastal Carolina Week 7

Back on Track vs 5-1 Coastal Carolina ?

Keyes scores a TD on a run and its 13 to 6 at halftime. Army is playing great 0 turnovers and 7.3 yards per carry. Keyes gets his 2nd TD of the game and its 20 to 3 and Army is responding big time to the giveaway loss last week. Rachel has the run of the year to make it 20 to 9. Rachel the true freshman may just be #1 HB after this game. Arny wins to go 5 and 1 after a big time ground game 341 yards.

Army Black Knights at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Jan 1, 1 2 3 4 F ARMY (4-1) 7 6 7 8 28 CCAR (5-1) 0 6 3 7 16 Top Performers PASS: Bolden - 27 pass yards, 35 rush yards, 1 turnover RUSH: Rachel - 160 rush yards REC: Keyes - 25 rush yards, 2 TD	Team Stats Comparison ARMY CCAR First Downs 18 15 3rd Down Efficiency 4/10 7/17 4th Down Efficiency 2/4 2/2 Total Yards 428 393 Passing Yards 27 169 Rushing Yards 341 149 Penalties-Penalty Yards 6 for 55 1 for 5 Turnovers 2 0 Time of Possession 21:44 22:16
Army Black Knights PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Bolden 5/10 27 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Nathan Rachel 12 160 13.3 1 Udoh 11 49 4.0 0 Embree 5 43 8.6 0 Bolden 6 35 5.8 0 Tony Keyes 6 25 4.2 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Udoh 1 13 13 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Brady Small 7 0 Carl Vaughn 5 0 Taylor Romero 3 0 Austin Baugher 3 0 Joel Godfrey 2 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Lamm 13 0 0 0 Newsom 12 0 0 0 Jose Harris 7 0.5 0 0 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Barber 15/21 163 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Washington 24 109 4.5 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Washington 5 45 9.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Kishbaugh 12 0 0 0 Rudd - Johnson 9 0 1 1 TFL Lee 8 0 0 1 TFL

Editor's Note - HB Embree had a TD was just a typo

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB2

Army 10 Stories To Watch

Likely Napier's last year at Army
This was the expectation all along and with a 5-1 record and a pretty easy schedule ahead it should be a 10-win regular season. It's not a lock he will leave, but he is hopefully to get a good head coaching job at a smaller conference like the Conference USA

Domination in Rushing Yards
1,853 team rushing yards and the 2nd team is 1,040

Is Nathan Rachel HB #1 ?
He leads the team with 393 rushing yards and the most potential on the team. The 3* gem true freshman as lived up to expectations with 5.9 per carry on 67 carries. The other power HB's are over 4 yards a carry so are also worthy of getting carries

Should the speed HB's get more carries ?
Going along with the above you might just say yes give him the bulk of the carries. However senior Omari Embree (76 ovr) on 24 carries is getting 10.5 yards per carry then sophomore Greg Scheffler on just 6 carries is at 13 per carry. David Clerk (77 ovr) the 4.3 speed in the wildcat on 16 carries is getting 12.9 per carry plus 4 TD's. So that's why Rachel is having to split the carries. The Piston train formation is the cause of a lot of this.

Stud Freshman OT Ojomo back to bench
He filled in for a few games after a injury and didn't progress just yet. So with a OL fully healthy for now the former 3* gem will be the #1 backup in the OL

We are getting sacks
Just 1 sack last year its finally at 8 which is 9th in the conference. While just over the offense its nice to see players he brought in on defense playing well.

Still no passing game
Bolden % is better at 65%, but just 401 passing yards will only be slightly better then last year. His TD:INT ratio still needs work with 2 to 4.

Brady Small is a 1st round pick
Brady (92 ovr)is the highest rated C in the game and playing out of his mind. He should be a 1st round pick. He isn't quite maxed out yet either

Playoffs Basically zero chance
Army still isn't ranked and Minnesota State is in the top 10. All signs point to them getting the auto big unless they lose 2 more games. East Carolina is all ranked, but we play them

Rivalry Games Huge
Napier has these two down as must win and thinks if he does it will be massive for the future and his development of this offense (needed for coaching skill tree and I'm sitting on 30 points

American Conference is wide open
Army does have the official edge at 3-1. They are 8 other teams with 1 conference loss so a lot of scoreboard watching the next month and those teams are UTSA, Navy, UAB, USF, Charlotte, East Carolina, Memphis and Rice. The only team with 3 loses is Florida Atlantic

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB2

2025 - Week 8 & 9

Army Suffers 2nd Loss

Army has suffered its 2nd loss of the season this time to North Texas 21 to 12. It was a ugly game on offense just 210 yards of offense and 97 rushing yards.

The next game was the opposite the best of the year a 31-to-9-win vs Memphis on the road. Army rolled up 299 rushing yards with 4 guys between 44 and 78. If it wasn't for -3 in turnovers and 7 flags for 56-yard Army may have gotten 50 points. Props to the defense giving up 9 points and getting 4 sacks

Army Black Knights at Memphis Tigers
Jan 1, 1 2 3 4 F ARMY (5-2) 0 14 3 14 31 MEM (3-4) 0 3 6 0 9 Top Performers PASS: Bolden - 52 pass yards, -7 rush yards RUSH: Keyes - 78 rush yards REC: Clerk - 3 cacthes for 35 yards, 1 carry for 29 yards	Team Stats Comparison ARMY MEM First Downs 26 6 3rd Down Efficiency 7/15 2/14 4th Down Efficiency 3/5 0/4 Total Yards 407 275 Passing Yards 52 142 Rushing Yards 299 15 Penalties-Penalty Yards 7 for 56 4 for 25 Turnovers 3 0 Time of Possession 28:37 15:23
Army Black Knights PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Bolden 7/13 52 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Tony Keyes 10 78 7.8 0 George Scheffler 6 53 8.8 1 Omari Embree 12 51 4.3 0 Kayne Udoh 9 44 4.9 0 David Clerk 1 29 29 0 Tevin Hocker 6 27 4.5 1 Nathan Rachel 3 14 4.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD David Clerk 3 35 11.7 0 Keyes 2 10 5.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Brady Small 11 1 Joel Godfrey 8 0 Carl Vaughn 5 0 Taylor Romero 4 0 Austin Baugher 3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jose Harris 4 2 0 0 Josh Boyett 4 1.5 0 0 Parker Slater 2 0.5 0 0 Monty Knight 1 0.5 0 0 Joseph Stephens 3 0.5 0 0 Memphis Tigers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Harris Boyd 11/30 142 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Harris Boyd 7 17 2.4 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Shaq Dalton 4 71 17.8 0 Jamri Hawkins 2 42 21.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Michael Sullivan 11 1.5 0 4 TFL Javante Mackey 9 0 1 0 Mono Cole 7 0.5 0 2 TFL

[georgiafan]

Re: Retro Redemption - Starting over with a oldschool PowerBone Offense (CFB2

2025 - Week 10

Army's Powerbone Offense Officially Arrives

This was a must win game mostly because the strategy (skill tree) involved with beating a rival. The first play of the game was one of the guys sharing the speed back role Scheffler going for 44 yards on the ground. Sophomore powerback Tony Keyes got the start at HB and scores a short TD. The head coach (cpu) decides to go for 2 and gets it. Bolden found #2 WR Juan Bautista for what should have been a TD instead he gets tackled at the 1 after going toward the defender. FB Udoh punches it in for the score and its 15 to 0. The 3rd TD was a rare passing one finding a HB out of the wishbone and Army is finally rolling someone up 22 to 3. Our $ play the power option from Pistol train works for a 28 yard TD the 2nd from Keyes. Freshman Rachel has been in the dog house lately scores a TD in the early 4th. The play of the night came in the final minute the #6 HB John Hajrullah gets one of his first carries of the year. He runs through the defender for a TD and Army has the biggest win in 3 years 45 to 20

Air Force Falcons at Army Black Knights
Nov 7, 2026 1 2 3 4 F AFA (5-3) 0 3 3 14 20 ARMY (6-2) 15 10 7 13 45 Top Performers PASS: Bolden - 87 pass yards, 52 rush yards, 1 TD RUSH: Keyes - 111 total yards, 2 TD REC: Bautista - 2 catches for 77 yards	Team Stats Comparison AFA ARMY First Downs 14 27 3rd Down Efficiency 3/11 11/16 4th Down Efficiency 3/3 4/4 Total Yards 394 542 Passing Yards 133 120 Rushing Yards 204 343 Penalties-Penalty Yards 1 for 10 1 for 5 Turnovers 0 0 Time of Possession 18:36 25:34
Air Force Falcons PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Bolden 5/8 87 1 0 Amari Kern 3/4 24 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Tony Keyes 10 94 9.4 2 Nathan Rachel 15 67 4.5 1 Kanye Udoh 12 55 4.6 1 Mitchell Bolden 7 52 7.4 0 George Scheffler 4 39 9.8 0 John Hajrullah 1 17 17 1 Tevin Hocker 6 15 2.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jaun Bautista 2 77 38.5 0 Hocker 1 17 17 1 Keyes 1 17 17 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Taylor Romero 11 0 Carl Vaughn 8 0 Brady Small 7 0 Joel Godfrey 6 0 Sam Ojomo 3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Josh Boyett 6 1 0 1 TFL Melvin Knight 5 0 0 3 TFL Jose Harris 6 0 0 2 TFL Parker Slater 3 0 0 2 TFL Army Black Knights PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Hayes 8/10 133 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Barfield 9 103 11.4 1 Hayes 15 57 3.8 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Downing 5 85 17 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Rodgers 15 0 0 5 TFL M. Jordan 15 0 0 2 TFL Haden 7 0 0 2 TFL