FIU Dominance

[Signaltheescape]

This has been mentioned on and off through the forum, but has anyone noticed FIU rising fast?

I have had two separate dynastys where FIU was playing for the national title within two years.

Wyoming Dynasty:
Year 1: FIU 12-0 (Lost in National Title game to Arkansas)
Year 2: FIU 11-1 (Lost in Fiesta Bowl)

Army Dynasty:
Year 1: FIU 11-1 (Lost in Sugar Bowl)
Year 2: FIU 12-0 (Made National Title game vs. Georgia)

Looking at their roster and sched. I can see year 1 where they might be good cause they really play no one. In year 2 tho, they drop off a lot but still have Rhodes Jr. who was a Heisman candidate every year. Year 2 of the Army Dynasty they beat Louisville, Virginia, Boise St and UCLA to make the title game.

I am not complaining and I love seeing a small school rise. I was just wondering if anyone else has seen FIU become a dominate power in their dynasty and would post the results.

*BTW= The rosters are CK11's which are part of the OS Community Rosters.

[bigbob]

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Every year, there's always that one team that seems to do amazing.

One thing that was brought to my attention was "Injuries". Try playing with "Injuries" off and this is something you probably won't see often. I was skeptical whenever I was told about this, but it seems to have one, fixed the upset issue (which wasn't a big deal to me because I liked seeing things shake up a lot).

Try it and see if it fixes this as well.

[fancyketchup]

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Yep in the first year of my dynasty FIU went undefeated with a weak schedule. They played for the national title against Boise St. who was also undefeated. Boise St. beat them but it was a close game. I think FIU started strong again in year 2.

[Joobieo]

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Yep in the first year of my dynasty FIU went undefeated with a weak schedule. They played for the national title against Boise St. who was also undefeated. Boise St. beat them but it was a close game. I think FIU started strong again in year 2.

I've seen Boise State go to the national championship game 3 times in 2 road to glory QB's, crazy.

[canesfins]

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Yep first year in dynasty FIU jumped from #9 to #2 in 1 week and went to the championship game. (In case your wondering only 1 team in front of them lost that week and yet they still jumped all the other teams)

[TWC]

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For those who haven't been keeping up with the conference realignment mess, FIU is moving to Conference USA next year with North Texas. The game has the Sun Belt rated as being a very top-heavy conference, but it has been the most unpredictable conference in the FBS the last several years.

I've seen FIU in the top 25 in my dynasties, but never in the top 10 after moving them to CUSA. After moving Boise St. to the Big East along with the others, they always seem to fall off the map. I can't even recall them being ranked at all after the first couple of seasons.

However, I've been to the BCS title game 12 times over the course of several dynasties. I played Louisville and Army once each. The other 10 have been against Georgia.

[fancyketchup]

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Yep first year in dynasty FIU jumped from #9 to #2 in 1 week and went to the championship game. (In case your wondering only 1 team in front of them lost that week and yet they still jumped all the other teams)

I think that is what happened in my dynasty also

[Pmoney327]

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It's like the one year where North Texas became a true juggernaut with their weak schedule and then having the computer some how out recruit Texas and OU for the best recruits in the area.

[GoDucks1224]

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I've seen Boise State go to the national championship game 3 times in 2 road to glory QB's, crazy.

It's not that crazy that Boise State make's it to the national championship. They've consistently had great, and highly underrated, teams. They also have one of the best coaches in college football. They just need an automatic qualifying conference.

[Blue]

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Gotta move them to C USA like in real life, evens them out in my dynasties

[K0ZZ]

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They just start off too strong especially for their schedule, best bet is bringing their ratings down a bit, but I usually see them losing one game at the least.

[bigbob]

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They just start off too strong especially for their schedule, best bet is bringing their ratings down a bit, but I usually see them losing one game at the least.

6 games into my Dynasty, they're already at 2 losses but like you said, look at that schedule.

Saint Mary's School for the Blind and Deaf could win 10 games on that schedule.