The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

[redsox907]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

Huge win against USC. Once again De La Rosa staves off the backup for another week. Maybe Coach Miller should refrain from naming a starter for each game, seemed to motivate him lol

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

PANTHERS MAKE IT 38 STRAIGHT!!

Florida International Golden Panthers at Virginia Tech Hokies
Oct 1, 2035	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#3 Florida International Golden Panthers (5-0)	7	9	7	18	41
#21 Virginia Tech Hokies (3-2)	0	14	3	6	23

Team Stats Comparison
	FIU	VT
Total Offense	565	271
Rushing Yards	185	63
Passing Yards	375	202
First Downs	29	7
Punt Return Yards	22	0
Kick Return Yards	50	148
Total Yards	637	419
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Conversion	7/13	4/11
4th Down Conversion	2/2	0/1
2-Point Conversion	1/1	0/1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
Penalties		2-20
Possession Time	25:50	14:10

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		FIU	VT
7:54	(FIU) J. Stills 12 yd pass from K. Pounds (PAT)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		FIU	VT
9:54	(FIU) T. Costanzo 26 yd FG	10	0
8:44	(VT) T. Dragos 72 yd pass from K'Von Fine (PAT)	10	7
1:56	(FIU) T. Costanzo 23 yd FG	13	7
0:35	(VT) G. Countess 25 yd INT return (PAT)	13	14
0:02	(FIU) T. Costanzo 30 yd FG	16	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		FIU	VT
5:51	(FIU) E. Longo 10 yd pass from K. Pounds (PAT)	23	14
2:17	(VT) L. Brooks 31 yd FG	23	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		FIU	VT
6:49	(FIU) E. Marshall 29 yd pass from K. Pounds (2pt Good)	31	17
4:38	(VT) K'Von Fine 28 yd run (2pt No Good)	31	23
2:09	(FIU) K. Byler 3 yd run (PAT)	38	23
1:06	(FIU) T Costanzo 41 yd FG	41	23

Florida International Golden Panthers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT K Pounds 28/42 375 3 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T. Trinidad 13 113 8.6 K. Pounds 10 48 4.8 E. Allotey 6 23 3.8 K. Byler 2 6 3.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Stills 7 87 12.4 1 E. Marshall 7 70 10.0 1 E. Longo 4 72 18.0 1 E. Attotey 3 40 13.3 T. Bail 3 36 12.0 C Coxie 2 31 15.5 D. Ahmed 2 39 19.5 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG T. Costanzo 4/5 3/3 42

Virginia Tech Hokies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT K. Fine 9/17 202 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T Finley 17 21 1.2 K. Fine 9 48 5.3 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Finley 3 35 11.6 T. Dragos 2 85 42.5 1 L. Carden 2 41 20.5 L. Dunkle 2 41 20.5

GAME RECAP

FIU jumped out to a (7-0) lead in the 1st Quarter but with less then a minute to play in the 1st half, Kevin Pounds would throw his 2nd INT of the game this time the Hokies "D" turns it into a "Pick 6" as G. Countess takes it back 25 yds to the house to give Virginia Tech the (14-13) lead but Pounds would rebound from the turnover leading the Panthers down field in the final 30 seconds to setup a Trevor Costanzo 30 yd FG to give FIU the (16-14) lead going into the half.

Virginia Tech opened up the 2nd half with the ball but would fumble giving FIU a opportunity to extend their lead to (23-14) midway through the 3rd Quarter.
A big Defensive stop by the Panthers then forced V.T. to settle for a 31 yd FG giving FIU the (23-17) lead going into the 4th.

FIU again would extend their lead as Pounds finds Edward Marshall on a 29 yd scoring strike to make it (29-17), FIU would leave the offense on the field to convert the 2pt play making it a 2 score game (31-17).

The Hokies would cut the lead to (31-23) with 4:38 to play in the game and for some reason Virginia Tech elects to go for the 2pt play and fails leaving it a 8 point game. But FIU wasn't done as 3rd string RB Keary Byler scores his first career touchdown with a 3 yd score to extend the lead to (38-23) with just over 2 minutes to play.

The Hokies would then turn the ball over on downs as FIU takes over and tacks on a late FG to seal the victory.

UP NEXT

FIU now 6-0 on the season and 4-0 in ACC play will return home to host (2-4) UCF in Week 8. The Panthers still have a couple tough games ahead.. They play @ Duke in Week 9.. The Blue Devils are currently 6-0 as well and ranked #13... They also still have (4-2) USF on the road and Miami at Hard Rock Stadium in Week 13.. The Hurricanes like Duke and FI U are also currently undefeated at 6-0 and are ranked #17.

INJURY REPORT

2 more players got added to the Injury report this week.

RS SO DE Stephen Ezeike (87) will miss then next 7 week with a Broken Collarbone

RS SO CB Demarcus Figueroa (75) will miss the next 5 weeks with a Dislocated Hip.

RECRUITING NEW

It was a tough week in the Recruting.. FIU lost 5* DE Levi Popek to Ohio State and lost another 5* DE Donald Baskerville (#11 Overall/#2 FL/#1 DE) to Miami..

The Panthers also lost 5* QB Deontane Stoudemire to Alabama and lost 5* OLB Nathan Garvin (#32 Overall/#1 OH/#1 OLB) to Notre Dame.

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

Huge win against USC. Once again De La Rosa staves off the backup for another week. Maybe Coach Miller should refrain from naming a starter for each game, seemed to motivate him lol

I am not going to lie, I was shocked.. USC's ranks #19 in Stadium strength so we had squiggly lines all game... He did good (or I did) and it helped that we had the ground game going.. Still got another tough road game this week @ Washington, so we will see. I looked and well Diabate doesn't have as strong of a arm he does have better Deep Ball Accuracy..... He is also a slightly better runner, so I think for now De La Rosa keeps the job probably until the throws multiple picks in a game.

Right now our schedule is pretty brutal.. After Washington we have #10 (4-2) Purdue, #2 (6-0) Notre Dame and (4-3) Pitt all at home then #5 (6-1) Penn State and #6 (6-0) Oregon on the road to close out the year..

Just to get a look ahead I simmed to see what would jobs came open and who might leave early and OSU actually ended up losing 4 of their last 6 games, but the CPU loves upsets..

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

BUCKEYES LAND FIRST 5* RECRUIT

After signing a nation's best (6) 5* Recruits last season, this year has been a slow start for the Buckeyes as well as the Panthers.

Ohio State did manage to snag 5* DE Levi Popek (#6 Overall/#3 TX/#1 DE) away from FIU and Texas Tech but they also lost 4 of their Top 6 players off their Big Board (All 5*)

5* FS Mario Cardoza (#5 Overall/#2 TX/#1FS) signed with Alabama

5* CB Tyler Whiteheart (#14 Overall/#6 GA/#1 CB) signed with Tennessee

5* DE Maliau Rea (#21 Overall/#2 MD/#3 DE) signed with Maryland

5* DT Jeremy Trahan (#25 Overall/#2 VA/#6 DT) signed with Virginia Tech

The Buckeyes still have a Trio of 5* left on their Big Board.

5* WR Joe Wilbur (#7 Overall/#1 MD/#1 WR)
5* OLB Afa Cummings (#19 Overall#2MI/#1 OLB)
5* RB Desean Pryor (#31 Overall/#3 FL/#2 RB)


Coach Miller

"I can't be super upset with the guy's signing elsewhere.. So far other then Cardoza the other guy's have signed with hometown/instate teams... We still have 18 players left on our big board and 12-13 scholarships to hand out so I feel like we are still in a solid spot to end with a Top-10 class.. Will it be Top-3? Probably not but it's okay.."

Ohio State also signed 3* Punter Denton Herrman (#650 Overall/#17 PA/#4 P)..

The current class ranked #25 Overall Nationally and #4 in the Big Ten.

[Careless Whisper]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

Huge win against USC. Once again De La Rosa staves off the backup for another week. Maybe Coach Miller should refrain from naming a starter for each game, seemed to motivate him lol

Exactly what I was thinking too, lol. Glad De La Rosa was able to put together an excellent game, but it probably also complicated things for you because you thought you were about to make the switch. Sounds like how Wilson/Culver would run hot-and-cold in my report.

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

Exactly what I was thinking too, lol. Glad De La Rosa was able to put together an excellent game, but it probably also complicated things for you because you thought you were about to make the switch. Sounds like how Wilson/Culver would run hot-and-cold in my report.

What is pretty funny was I actually was going to start Diabatw but I forgot and De La Rosa started the game like 6/6 so then I felt like i couldn't pull him until he threw a Pick. I wish Clemons (the 5* I recruited this past year) was better then a 79 Ovr I probably would have taken a look at him in Weeek 1 but he is going to need a redshirt year

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

DIABATE LEADS BUCKS TO WIN!!

Ohio State Buckeyes at Washington Huskies
Oct 20, 2035	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#1 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0)	0	17	7	21	45
#11 Washington Huskies (4-2)	7	7	3	7	24

Team Stats Comparison
	OSU	WASH
Total Offense	542	400
Rushing Yards	113	59
Passing Yards	423	324
First Downs	25	20
Punt Return Yards	10	0
Kick Return Yards	64	60
Total Yards	616	460
Turnovers	3	2
3rd Down Conversion	6/10	6/13
4th Down Conversion	0/1	1/3
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
Penalties	1-15	3-15
Possession Time	21:31	18:29

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		OSU	WASH
0:51	(WASH) D. LaRue 2 yd pass from J. DaSilva (PAT)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		OSU	WASH
7:41	(OSU) L. Dugans 30 yd FG	3	7
4:22	(OSU) F. Tam 3 yd run (PAT)	10	7
0:42	(WASH) J. Waiters 2 yd run (PAT)	10	14
0:30	(OSU) D. Lowe 81 yd pass from A. Diabate (PAT)	17	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		OSU	WASH
6:31	(OSU) N. Tull 13 yd pass from A. Diabate (PAT)	24	14
1:06	(WASH) T. Fernandez 44 yd FG	24	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		OSU	WASH
9:22	(OSU) G. Cobb 58 yd pass from A. Diabate (PAT)	31	17
3:29	(OSU) C. McCracken 40 yd run (PAT)	38	17
1:09	(WASH) T. Swinger 5 yd pass from F. Ballage (PAT)	38	24
0:55	(OSU) D. Lowe 39 yd pass from A. Diabate (PAT)	45	24

Ohio State Buckeyes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT N. De La Rosa 9/13 149 0 2 A.Diabate 11/15 274 4 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. McCracken 19 116 6.1 1 F. Tam 5 10 2.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Lowe 6 177 29.5 2 N. Tull 5 76 15.2 1 E. Tandy 2 23 11.5 G. Cobb 2 74 37.0 1 K. Ahlers 2 38 19.0 C. McCracken 2 27 13.5 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Bulaga 2

Washington Huskies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. DaSilva 23/28 273 1 2 F. Ballage 3/6 51 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Waiters 10 21 2.1 1 J. DaSilva 9 34 3.7 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD S. Malepaei 8 144 18.0 T. Tuttle 4 62 15.5 M. Samuel 4 20 5.0 T. Swinger 4 48 12.0 1 D. LaRue 2 17 8.5 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD S. Reynoso 1 M. Awosika 1 B. Tobias 1

GAME RECAP

Ohio State won it's 7th straight picking up a huge Top-25 road win over #11 Washington in Week 8 behind the play of backup QB Abdul Diabate.

SO Nick De La Rosa started the game and completed 5/9 pass's on the opening drive before throwing a INT into the endzone facing a 4th and Goal from the 3 yd line on the opening drive.

Washington would take the early (7-0) as the Huskies close out the 1st Quarter with a touchdown pass from SR QB Josh DaSilva (80 ovr).

FIU would settle for a FG to open up the 2nd Quarter scoring to make it (7-3), Da Sliva would throw a INT to kill the Huskies drive allowing De la Rosa to lead OSU on it's own 11 play drive ending with a 3 yd TD run by Frederick Tam to make it (10-7).

Da Silva would bounce back from his earlier INT leading the Huskies on another nice 10 play drive ending with a 2 yd TD run by E. Waiters to make it (14-10)

The next 7 seconds were a absolute blur.. De La Rosa would throw his 2nd INT of the game but Da Silva fires one right back as OSU takes over with 33 seconds on left in the half..

Coach Miller had seen enough from De La Rosa who ends up on the bench with RS JR Abdul Diabate taking over,. A.B. shows off his ability to throw the Long Ball hitting D'Angelo Lowe on a 81 yd bomb to give Ohio State the (17-14) lead at the half.

Diabate would play his best game of his career as he continues to make big play after big play throwing (3) 2nd half touchdowns as he finishes the day 11/15 (73%) for 274 yds with 4 TD and a INT.

Coach Miller

"I am not going to say Nick De La Rosa's season is over because I think every team needs a 2nd string guy ready to come in and help their team win and to be honest I am not sure Demarco Killings is ready to be that guy, but I will say moving forward A.B.'s play today has earned him the right to start against Purdue next week"

Washington had 3 chances to score late in the 4th but turned the ball over 2 times on downs Da Silva had to leave the game late in the 4th Quarter and backup SO QB Frederick Ballage would come in and throw a late touchdown to make it look closer then it really was.

UP NEXT

Ohio State will return home to Columbus as they prepare for a 3 game homestand starting with #8 (5-2) Purdue in Week 9.. The Boilermakers have gotten off to a pretty good start in Year 1 being back in the Big Ten starting out 5-1 in Big Ten play including 4 straight road wins over Wisconsin (37-31), Michigan State (39-37), Pitt (35-21) and Michigan (38-24)..

INJURY UPDATE

The Medical Staff is starting to get busy again this season as SR CB Nick Costanzo (88) hits the IR with a Hamstring Tear that will keep him out for the next 4-5 weeks.

RECRUITING NEWS

Coach Miller landed (2) 5* Recruits this week as both 5* WR Joel Wilbur (#7 Overall/#1 MD/#1 WR) and 5* RB DeSean Pryor (#31 Overall/#3 FL/#2 RB) both sign.

Wilbur had scholarship offers from both Maryland and Virginia Tech well Pryor had FIU and Alabama in his Top-3.

Ohio State also got a commitment from 4* CB Gregory Palardy (#109 Overall/#9 GA/#11 CB)..

With the 3 additions, Ohio State climbs to #8 Overall in the Nation and #2 in the Big Ten.


Well OSU landed Wilbur/Pryor and Paradry they did miss out on 4* DE Cal Schifino (#82 Overall/#4VA/#7DE) and 4* CB Joseph Duvall (#257 Overall/#25 FL/#26 CB)

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

WEEK 7 AROUND THE NATION REPORT

FIU MAKES IT 38 STRAIGHT!!!


FIU improves to (6-0) Overall and (4-0) in ACC play with a (24-21) victory over UCF.

Trailing (7-3) at the half, FIU scored twice in the 3rd Quarter to take a (17-14) lead and managed to match the Knights touchdown in the 4th.

QB Kevin Pounds finished the day 18/26 (69%) throwing for 277 yds with 2 TD.

RB Tim Trinidad had 15 carries for 119 yds (7.9 avg) with 1 TD

RS FR WR James Stills continues to provide big plays as he catches a 65 yd TD giving him #10 on the season.

A LOOK AT THE TOP 25

#1 (7-0) Ohio State
#2 (7-0) Notre Dame
#3 (7-0) FIU
#4 (7-0) Oregon
#5 (6-1) Penn State
#6 (6-1) Ole Miss
#7 (6-1) Kansas State
#8 (5-2) Purdue
#9 (7-0) Duke
#10 (5-2) Georgia
#11 (5-2) Alabama
#12 (5-2) Tennessee
#13 (5-2) Georgia Tech
#14 (6-2) TCU
#15 (7-1) Cal
#16 (5-2) LSU
#17 (6-1) Miami
#18 (6-1) Tulsa
#19 (6-1) Arizona
#20 (7-0) Stanford
#21 (4-3) Washington
#22 (6-1) Auburn
#23 (6-1) Louisville
#24 (5-2) South Alabama
#25 (5-2) BYU


Week 7 offered plenty of Top-25 matchup's as we saw Georgia fall to Tennessee dropping from #4 to #10 in the rankings.. Tulsa had climbed to #7 before falling (44-42) to Kansas dropping to #18. #13 Duke defeated Miami on the road (45-42) to hand the Hurricanes their first loss well the Blue Devils stay undefeated and join the Top-25 just in time to take on #3 FIU.

The Big Ten is looking tough.. If both Ohio State and Notre Dame can win this week we will see a Week 10 matchup of #1 vs #2 with Oregon and Penn State waiting in the wings.. It's going to be a crazy final 5 week for the Buckeyes and their quest for another Big Ten Championship.

Stanford is enjoying their move back to the Pac-12 as they are currently 7-0.. Will be interesting to see who wins between them and Cal and if a Pac-12 team can make the playoffs this year..

HEISMAN TALK

Duke is 7-0 for a reason and that reason is JR QB Percy Uzomah.. The former 4) is a 3 year starter who was injured last season but has bounced back to a amazing 2035 season.. He has thrown for 2166 yds with 27 TD's and just 2 INT this year well also adding 367 yds and 3 TD on the ground.

He is currently #1 in the Heisman race.

FIU's Kevin Pounds has jumped to #2.. Pounds currently has 1951 yds passing with 20 TD and 5 INT on the season well adding 377 yds and 3 TD on the ground.

Ohio State's JR RB Curtis McCracken has jumped to #3.. McCracken is just 92 yds shy of hitting 1000 yds on the season (908) and has now scored 4 TD's in his past 2 games giving him 5 on the season.

TCU JR QB Darren Alworth is currently #4.. Alworth has thrown for 2270 yds with 21 TD and 5 INT this season

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

NO MERCY

Purdue Boilermakers at Ohio State Buckeyes
Oct 27, 2035	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#11 Purdue Boilermakers (5-2)	7	0	7	7	21
#1 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0)	14	14	14	21	63

Team Stats Comparison
	PUR	OSU
Total Offense	407	580
Rushing Yards	141	306
Passing Yards	258	274
First Downs	15	33
Punt Return Yards	0	8
Kick Return Yards	117	9
Total Yards	524	588
Turnovers	3	0
3rd Down Conversion	5/12	5/9
4th Down Conversion	1/2	1/3
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
Penalties	3-30	3-25
Possession Time	18:23	21:37

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		PUR	OSU
7:11	(OSU) G. Cobb 40 yd pass from A. Diabate (PAT)	0	7
4:00	(PUR) J. Swayne 1 yd run (PAT)	7	7
1:04	(OSU) V. Te'o 2 yd run (PAT)	7	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		PUR	OSU
8:58	(OSU) C. McCracken 17 yd run (PAT)	7	21
3:38	(OSU) F. Tam 3 yd run (PAT)	7	28
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		PUR	OSU
7:23	(OSU) K. Poole 20 yd pass from A. Diabate (PAT)	7	35
5:28	(PUR) J. Swayne 31 yd pass from D. Hodel (PAT)	14	35
2:19	(OSU) F. Tam 2 yd run (PAT)	14	42
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		PUR	OSU
8:46	(OSU) C. McCracken 66 yd run (PAT)	14	49
6:19	(OSU) F. Tam 4 yd run (PAT)	14	56
5:11	(OSU) C. McCracken 8 yd run (PAT)	14	63
3:19	(PUR) M. Gammon 24 yd pass from J. Bitonio (PAT)	21	63

Purdue Boilermakers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Bitonio 11/20 144 1 2 D. Hodel 8/14 114 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Bendedict 7 31 4.4 M. Blair 5 31 6.2 D. Hodel 5 19 3.8 J. Swayne 4 48 12.0 1 J. Bitonio 3 20 6.6 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E. Hope 5 50 10.0 J. Swayne 3 61 20.3 1 M. Gammon 2 52 26.0 1 M. Bond 2 23 11.5 E. Sylvan 2 37 18.5

Ohio State Buckeyes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT A. Diabate 13/23 242 2 N. De La Rosa 2/5 32 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. McCracken 19 203 10.6 3 F. Tam 10 53 5.3 3 V. Te'o 6 24 4.0 1 A. Diabate 2 21 10.5 L. DuBois 1 5 5.0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD G. Cobb 4 92 23.0 1 N. Tull 4 52 13.0 D. Lowe 2 23 11.5 E. Tandy 2 32 16.0 K. Poole 1 20 20.0 1 K. Ahlers 1 29 29.0 C. McCracken 1 26 26.0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD G. Robinson 7 P. Schofield 3 1 P. Barnhardt 3 1 J. Bulaga 3 1

GAME RECAP

Ohio State went full "Cobra Kai" on the Purdue showing no mercy to the #11 ranked Boilermakers in their return to the "Shoe"..

The Buckeyes Struck First, Struck Hard and Showed No Mercy scoring a season high 63 points including 7 touchdowns on the ground as both Curtis McCracken and Frederick Tam score the Hat Trick with 3 TD's each..

Purdue kept things close in the 1st Quarter trailing (14-7) but using a duo of QB's the Boilermakers threw 3 INT's that lead to 21 unanswered points as Ohio State rolls to the victory..

Purdue didn't play horrible despite the score.. They did manage to put up 407 yds of Total Offense including 141 yds that did include a 50 yd run by FR WR Jaylen Swayne on a Jet Sweep.

Leading (49-14) early in the 4th, QB Nick De La Rosa did come in and close out the game under center but only attempted 5 pass's completing 2 of them as Ohio State stuck with the ground game as McCracken and Tam picked up their 3rd TD each.

UP NEXT

Ohio State will remain at home for Game 2 in their 3 game homestand as they will prepare to host Notre Dame in Week 9 (At the time of this report, I havn't played the FIU game yet so, I don't know if Notre Dame will be #2 and still be undefeated or if Navy will pull off the upset).

RECRUITING NEWS

**Again because we havn't simmed ahead yet, I am unclear if anyone signs this week, but we did have several players on campus during the win.

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY

Florida International Golden Panthers at Duke Blue Devils
Oct 27, 2035	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#2 Florida International Golden Panthers (7-0)	0	14	14	10	38
#9 Duke Blue Devils (7-0)	14	0	7	0	21

Team Stats Comparison
	FIU	DUKE
Total Offense	628	248
Rushing Yards	264	27
Passing Yards	356	200
First Downs	29	10
Punt Return Yards	67	0
Kick Return Yards	110	56
Total Yards	805	304
Turnovers	5	2
3rd Down Conversion	5/10	4/14
4th Down Conversion	1/1	0/1
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
Penalties	2-20	0-0
Possession Time	21:53	18:07

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		FIU	DUKE
2:14	(DUKE) C. Santoso 10 yd pass from P. Uzomah (PAT)	0	7
1:17	(DUKE) A. Gallimore 5 yd pass from P. Uzomah (PAT)	0	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		FIU	DUKE
8:34	(FIU) J. Stills 2 yd pass from K. Pounds (PAT)	7	14
0:25	(FIU) D. Ahmad 12 yd pass from K. Pounds (PAT)	14	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		FIU	DUKE
7:18	(FIU) T. Trinidad 35 yd run (PAT)	21	14
4:29	(FIU) E. Longo 43 yd pass from K. Pounds (PAT)	28	14
0:49	(DUKE) L. Zolak 79 yd Fumble Return (PAT)	28	21
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		FIU	DUKE
9:19	(FIU) E. Marshall 3 yd pass from K. Pounds (PAT)	35	21
1:12	(FIU) T. Costanzo 44 yd FG	38	24

Florida International Golden Panthers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT K. Pounds 20/42 356 4 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T. Trinidad 20 202 10.1 1 K. Pounds 5 39 7.8 E. Allotey 4 31 7.7 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Stills 7 138 19.7 1 D. Ahmad 5 84 16.8 1 E. Marshall 3 25 8.3 1 E. Longo 3 66 22.0 1 T. Bail 1 19 19.0 E. Allotey 1 24 24.0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD M. Mentor 1 D. Boggs 1

Duke Blue Devils PASSING C/A YDS TD INT P. Uzomah 10/14 99 2 T. Spain 8/17 101 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD A. Gallimore 7 30 4.2 P. Uzomah 7 2 0.2 T. Spain 6 14 2.3 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD C. Santoso 9 126 14.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campanaro 12 1 J. Keo 10 1 G. Brown 5 1

GAME RECAP

This game recap can be broke down into 3 categories.. Good Bad and Ugly..

The Good
-FIU won the game and extended their winning streak to 40 games.
-K. Pounds had 356 yds passing
-FIU Defense holding Duke to just 248 yds of Total Offense including just 27 yds on the ground.
-WR James Sills had 7 rec for 138 yds and 1 TD

The Bad
-Kevin Pounds completed just 47% of his pass's
-5* TE Tyler ball had only 1 rec for 19 yds with 2 huge drops that would netted him 20+ yd gains and 1 TD.

The Ugly
-Kevin Pounds threw 3 INT's and fumbled leading to a 79 yd return for a score. FIU had another fumble as well with 5 turnover total.

-Duke QB P. Uzomah was leading the Heisman voting, will miss the rest of the season (11 weeks) with a Dislocated Elbow

FIU INJURY REPORT

Th Panthers are piling up injured players as well, as JR FS Brian Gutierrez joins the list giving FIU 6 players who will miss at least 3 weeks or more.. Gutierrez is out for 4 weeks with a Broken Toe.

RECRUITING

FIU lost out 5* RB D. Pryor last week to Ohio State.. They now lost 3 more players out of their Top-5 on the Big Board.

5* DT S. Square (#1 Overall/#1 FL/#1 DT) has signed with Texas A&M
5* ATH/RB G. Uwaezuoke (#9 Overall/#1 MS/#1 RB) has signed with Ole Miss
4* WR M Davis (#62 Overall/#4 FL/#10 WR) has signed with Auburn

FIU also lost out on 4* WR L. Olubi (#277 Overall/#31 FL/#34 WR) to Miami.

FIU did land 4* FS Jamie Hawkins (#177 Overall/#15 FL/#9 FS) giving the Panthers their first commitment of the 2035 season.

[BuckRaven]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

Funny to see Duke undefeated with a stud QB, Buckeyes are rolling!

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

Funny to see Duke undefeated with a stud QB, Buckeyes are rolling!

Yeah. I don't know what the deal is.. In one of my other Dynasties, Duke had a 4-5 year spurt where they were really good too.. I know in real life next year they will have that FR QB from Tulane so I think in CF26 they will be better for those first 3-4 years of a Dynasty so it will be interesting to see how that could change for them normally being a Basketball school.

Sadly their Stud QB got hurt playing against FIU so now he is out for the season. Which opens the door for Pounds or McCracken to get the Heisman..

The Buckeyes RB group is one of the most talented I have played with I honestly think if I had Tam for 4 years and made him my #1 RB he could've pushed for some of Tavon Logan's records which shattered every rushing record in the game.. But Jones was so good and so is McCracken and honestly Te'o is good too and so is Britton who never sees the field. Dubois was a 5* RB I moved to FB because of how good my depth is and even he turns out 4=5 yds a carry on dive runs and could probably break some bigger runs if I put him in for sweeps and stretch runs.

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

WEEK 9 AROUND THE NATION RECAP

TOP-25 LOSS'S

#9 Duke and #8 Purdue were not the only Top-10 teams to fall this week.. We also saw #6 Ole Miss fall (24-13) to Arkansas and #7 K-State dropped a (27-21) loss to Iowa State.

Elsewhere #20 Stanford lost it's first game of the season snapping a 7 game win streak as they fell (49-45) to UCLA.

Also losing and dropping out of the Top-25 this week as #16 LSU, ,#18 Tulsa, #19 Arizona #22 Auburn and #25 BYU..

A NEW POLL

With the arrival of Week 10 comes the arrival of a new Top-25 Poll as we move away from the Media/Coaches Poll and will now focus on the College Football Playoff Rankings.. Here is a look at the new Top-25

#1 (8-0) Ohio State
#2 (8-0) FIU
#3 (8-0) Notre Dame
#4 (8-0) Oregon
#5 (7-1) Penn State
#6 (6-2) Alabama
#7 (6-2) Georgia
#8 (6-2) Tennessee
#9 (6-2) Georgia Tech
#10 (7-2) TCU
#11 (7-1) Miami
#12 (8-1) Cal
#13 (7-1) Duke
#14 (5-3) Washington
#15 (6-2) Ole Miss
#16 (7-1) Louisville
#17 (5-3) Purdue
#18 (6-2) Kansas State
#19 (7-1) Stanford
#20 (6-3) Oklahoma
#21 (5-3) ECU
#22 (5-3) UCLA
#23 (6-2) South Alabama
#24 (9-0) Tulane
#25 (6-2) Arizona


Week 10 offers plenty of big time matches as we will see 4 of the Top-5 teams take on fellow Top-25 opponents.

College Game Day is headed to Columbus for the matchup between #1 Ohio State and #3 Notre Dame..

FIU is the only team in the Top-5 not playing a Top-25 opponent this week as they will host UNC.

#4 Oregon hits the road for a non-conference matchup with #20 Oklahoma

#5 Penn State will head to Seattle and play the #14 ranked Huskies.. For Washington this is a must win game..

Other Top-10 matchups this week

#6 Alabama will host Missouri
#7 Georgia will host Florida
#8 Tennessee will play @ South Carolina
#9 Georgia Tech will play @ Virginia
#10 TCU will have a "Bye"

WEEK10 PROJECTED PLAYOFFS

With Ohio State will having to face #3 Notre Dame at home and #5 Penn State and #4 Oregon on the road, the CPU plus a Big Ten Championship game potentially the CPU doesn't think the Buckeyes will stay undefeated and currently has them projected as a #5 Seed.. Here is the matchup's.

#12 Cal vs #5 Ohio State winner facing #4 TCU
#9 Tennessee vs #8 Georgia winner facing #1 FIU
#11 Miami vs #6 Oregon winner facing #3 Alabama
#7 Penn State vs #10 Georgia Tech winner facing #2 Notre Dame.

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

GAMEDAY COMES TO COLUMBUS

Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Ohio State Buckeyes
Nov 4, 2035	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-0)	0	7	7	10	24
#1 Ohio State Buckeyes (8-0)	7	10	14	7	38

Team Stats Comparison
	ND	OSU
Total Offense	360	457
Rushing Yards	46	341
Passing Yards	306	116
First Downs	14	457
Punt Return Yards	0	15
Kick Return Yards	129	65
Total Yards	489	537
Turnovers	1	1
3rd Down Conversion	5/10	4/9
4th Down Conversion	1/1	3/3
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
Penalties	3-20	0-0
Possession Time	16:21	23:39

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		ND	OSU
4:56	(OSU) F. Tam 3 yd run (PAT)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		ND	OSU
8:34	(OSU) F. Tam 1 yd run (PAT)	0	14
3:26	(ND) T. Ekiyor 11 yd pass from B. Louis	7	14
0:52	(OSU) L. Dugans 20 yd FG	7	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		ND	OSU
7:17	(OSU) F. Tam 4 yd run (PAT)	7	24
4:15	(ND) J. Krumholz 21 yd pass from B. Louis (PAT)	14	24
3:58	(OSU) C. McCracken 69 yd run (PAT)	14	31
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		ND	OSU
9:;04	(ND) M. Flynn 17 yd FG	17	31
3:57	(ND) J. Krumholz 35 yd pass from B. Louis (PAT)	24	31
0:17	(OSU) C. McCracken 2 yd run (PAT)	24	38

Notre Dame Fighting Irish PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Louis 19/28 306 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T. DeBerry 10 50 5.0 B. Louis 7 5 0.7 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Ekiyor 5 114 23.0 1 J. Krumholz 4 89 22.2 2 C Rubin 3 22 7.3 T Boger 2 24 12.0 R. Basham 2 30 15.0 T. Deberry 2 23 11.5 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Faulk 13 A. Wolfe 12 J. Lampkin 6 1.0 T. Mann 5 2.0

Ohio State Buckeyes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT A. Diabate 11/19 116 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. McCracken 19 249 13.1 2 F. Tam 14 70 5.0 3 V. Te'o 6 17 2..8 A. Diabate 6 -5 -.08 L. Dubois 3 10 3.3 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Lowe 5 59 11.8 N Tull 3 20 6.6 G. Cobb 2 34 17.0 C. McCracken 1 3 3.0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Perez 3 1.0 G. Robinson 5 1.0

GAME RECAP

The College Game Day showed up for the Battle of undefeated #1 Ohio State vs #3 Notre Dame and the game didn't disappoint as these 2 football titans battled in Week 10.

Ohio State took a early lead on a 3 yd run by JR RB Frederick Tam to make it (7-0).. The touchdown was 1 of 3 on the day for Tam who makes it back to back weeks with the Hat Trick. Ohio State had another opportunity to score in the 1st Quarter but Abdul Diabate is picked off in the endzone ending the scoring opportunity.

Tam would score TD #2 early in the 2nd Quarter to give Ohio State the (14-0) lead but Notre Dame answers back with a score to make it (14-7) The Buckeyes would tack on a FG late in the half to make it (17-7) as we head to the locker rooms.

Ohio State opened up the 3rd Quarter scoring with Tam's 3rd TD of the day and his 14th of the season...

Coach Miller

"Frederick Tam has become one of the premier RB's inside the 5 yd line the past 3 years with 57 scores. Ohio State has had some pretty great RB's come through this program over the year's and it's crazy to think that that he is already the leader in touchdowns in a career and still has plenty of games left to not only set the ball higher but also chase down Monte Ball's Big Ten record of 77"

Notre Dame would again answer back with a score of their own to make it (24-14) but then it was Curtis McCracken time as the JR RB takes the ball 69 yds to the house for the quick score extending the lead back to (31-14).. Again Notre Dame fights back though settling for a FG to make it (31-17) to end the 3rd. The Irish then force a punt by the Buckeyes before scoring another touchdown to make it (31-24) with just under 4 minutes to play in the game..

Rather then attempt the onside kick, Notre Dame kicks deep into the endzone as Ohio State starts at the 20 yd line.

With already over 290 yds on the day, Ohio State continued to ride the run game as the Buckeyes add 54 yds on to their total including a 2 yd run by McCracken with just 17 seconds to play as Ohio State stays undefeated and puts themselves in the drivers seat for a Big Ten Championship bid.

UP NEXT

Ohio State will stay home to finish out their 3 game homestand hosting Pitt as the Buckeyes celebrate "Senior Day" and honor the 17 Seniors on this year's roster. Reports are several JR's are also expected to be honored as WR E. Tandy, DE M. Vakapuna are considered to be potential 1st or 2nd round Draft picks.

RECRUITING NEWS

Coach Miller landed 3 more commitments this week including another 5* Recruit.

5* Afa Cummings (#19 Overall/#2MI/#1 OLB) turned down both Michigan and Michigan State as well as Iowa, Purdue, Wisconsin and Penn State.

4* LG Danny Cummins (#64 Overall/#6 GA/#1 OG) turns down both Georgia and Georgia State as well as Louisville.

3* CB Devonta Doubs (#452 Overall/#12 MD/#46 CB) was a instant commit once I offered..

Ohio State now has climbed to #6 Overall and #2 in the Big Ten with 12 signings (4-5*, 6-4*-2-3*).

Wisconsin is #1 Overall and #1 in the Big Ten.. They have signed 18 players (2-5*, 14-4*, 2-3*)

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

WEEK 10 AROUND THE NATION RECAP

FIU MAKES IT 41 STRAIGHT

Could FIU make it 3 straight seasons with a perfect 12-0 record. Well they are 1 step closer as they move to 9-0 this week after defeating UNC (34-28).

Tied (7-7) at the end of the 1st Quarter, FIU scores 21 points in the 2nd Quarter to take a (28-14) lead into the half.

UNC cuts the lead to (34-21) in the 3rd quarter holding the Panthers to a pair of FG's and would actually make it (34-28) early in the 4th before throwing a costly turnover to kill any comeback attempt.

Kevin Pounds was 15/18 on the day but threw for just 212 yds with this 3 TD's.. He also ran the ball well leading the team with 84 yds on the ground on 10 carries.

Tim Trinidad added 62 yds on 11 carries and scored 2 touchdowns.. SR R Erick Longo led the WR's with 4 rec for 86 yds and 1 TD.. FR James Stills had 4 rec for 65 yds.

FIU will look to make it 10-0 and 42 straight in Tampa as they head onto the road to face (4-5) USF who is still battling for a chance to get bowl eligible.

OTHER TOP 25 NEWS

Note Dame wasn't the only Top-10 team to fall this week as Georgia falls (34-31) to Florida as the Bulldogs drop to #16 with their 3rd loss of the season.

Oregon defeated Oklahoma (40-35) and with it moves to #3.

Penn State beat Washington (22-20) and moves to #4

Alabama beats Missouri (37-13) and moving up 1 spot to #5.

#8 Tennessee jumps 2 spots to #6 with a (31-23) win over South Carolina

#11 Miami joins the Top-10 at #7 with a (35-21) win over USF

Notre Dame lands at #8 after their loss. Georgia Tech is still #9 after a (42-38) win over Virginia.

Duke despite not having their start QB still manages a (49-45) win over NC State as they move from #13 to #11.

Louisville is making some noise in CUSA as they move to 8-1 with a (32-10) win over Old Dominion, the Cardinals jump from #16 to #13.

Ole Miss drops it's 2nd game in a row losing (20-19) to LSU as they move to 6-3 on the year and drop from #15 to #19.

Miss State defeats Auburn (45-13) to improve to 6-3 on the year and join the Top-25 at #22.

PLAYOFF PROJECTIONS

With Ohio States win over Notre Dame, the Buckeyes are now projected to grab the #1 Seed with FIU landing at #2, Alabama at #3 and TCU and #4.

Louisville is now projected to make the playoffs and play #5 Oregon in Round 1.

Notre Dame is now #8 and would take on #9 Miami for a chance at Ohio State in Round 2.

Duke comes in as the #11 seed and would take on #6 Penn State for the rights to play Alabama

Well #10 Georgia Tech would face #7 Tennessee for the chance to play #2 FIU.

HEISMAN TALK

With Duke QB Percy Uzomah hurt, Ohio State's JR RB Curtis McCracken has jumped to #1 in the early voting well FIU SR QB Kevin Pounds is currently #4 behind the Pitt QB (Miles Chamberlain) and Oregon QB Conner Poindexter.

McCracken has 156 carries for 1360 yds with 10 TD on the season.



Tulane is also making noise as they stay undefeated in Sun Belt Play moving to (10-0) on the year with a (38-17) win over La Tech.. The Green Wave are now ranked #20.