We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

[DrGravyBoat]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

See, if your Special Teams Coordinator was here, you would easily have won this game. Just look at the kick return, punt return and field goal stats.

On a serious note though, good season. Hopefully these recruiting allegations arenʻt too bad. You never know, Coach Bob could fill in a some point.

[RoundingThird]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

Looks like you pulled off one of Coach Freday's famous comebacks..... minus the win. I do commend you for coming back from 27-6. I don't do that often. Most of mine are from 10-17 points.

[thesportsguru11]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

CFP Semis

Florida tops Tech 31-17

Florida is back in the National Title Game for the third time in five years.

Led by Heisman winner Will Grier's 381 pas yards and 3 TD's, Florida rallied from a 17-3 deficit late in the second quarter, tied the game at the half and took the lead for good on a 17 yard pass to true freshman Andrew Chingon en route to a Cotton Bowl semifinal victory over #3 Georgia Tech.

UF padded their lead with a 10 yard TD pass to C.J. Worton at the start of the fourth quarter and staved off the Yellow Jackets in the red zone a few times late in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.

Florida's defense held star Tech RB Obi Love to only 46 yards and Tech QB Brian Ward threw for 229 yards and a TD. Worton caught 8 passses for 124 yards and a score for Florida.

USC advances to Title Game, 30-12

Coach Quinn Shea continues USC's magical season with a win in the Orange Bowl over TCU, 30-12.

USC built a 30-5 lead deep into the fourth quarter on the strength of SC QB Jalen Greene's 398 passing yards and 2 TD's. Michael Skinner led USC with 9 catches, 115 yards and a TD while Heisman finalist Dontrell Marshall rumbled for a pair of TD's.

Luke Summerstall missed 3 field goals for TCU. Star tailback Shaun Nixon led TCu with 89 rushing yards and a TD, while QB Foster Sawyer threw a pair of INT's.

Florida and USC will play in the National Title Game on January 7 in San Antonio.

I can't say I'm not happy you lost to my Buckeyes, but I can't say I don't feel bad! But hopefully next year with your full team you'll be able to compete better than this year!

I've marked this game with an asterisk, so neither team really won. All good though and we're on to next season. Thanks Harlee!

That OT glitch is annoying! Had it happen to me last season too. It kind of stinks because you want to actually complete a game that goes on that long and everything, but on the other hand, if you go to 3 OTs, you probably could have done something different/better earlier in the game that would have won it in regulation.

Not a bad season by any means, but looking forward to seeing how you do with all of "your guys" on the roster next year. If the offense can keep that up and Diaco can work his magic on the defense, UConn should be back in the playoff hunt.

Tell me about it. This is the third time it has happened in this dynasty (the other times I covered up, we're 1-2 in those games ), but considering I played this game back in August the night before school started, I just wanted to get the game done.

Should be more interesting next season. Our talent level next year won't be as good as this year, but I still think we can contend for a conference title. As long as TDL continues to improve under center, we'll be fine.

See, if your Special Teams Coordinator was here, you would easily have won this game. Just look at the kick return, punt return and field goal stats.

On a serious note though, good season. Hopefully these recruiting allegations arenʻt too bad. You never know, Coach Bob could fill in a some point.

If McNeal could've broken one return.....I think you've left your mark here in the recruiting field, as you'll see later on.

Anyhow, we'll see what the NCAA has for us. As I've said, Diaco will be back next season unless the investigation is really serious, so we'll be alright there.

Coach Trebell needs to win at Hawai'i. Then we'll talk.

Looks like you pulled off one of Coach Freday's famous comebacks..... minus the win. I do commend you for coming back from 27-6. I don't do that often. Most of mine are from 10-17 points.

Haha. Agreed, I think this is one of the biggest comebacks in the dynasty to this point.


Thanks everyone for the comments and support. Offseason should start on Friday!

[whughes]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

Is that a plug for Sony on your Florida picture there?

I'm surprised Tech's QB threw for over 200 yards. Is Paul Johnson still there? They still running the flexbone? That is a lot of passing for a flexbone team

[thesportsguru11]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

USC hangs on, claims 12th national title

Capping off an undefeated season, the #1 USC Trojans came out of a slugfest victorious for their twelfth national title (fifth undefeated), topping the #2 Florida Gators 38-30 in San Antonio.

USC struck first blood after a John Plattenburg fumble recovery led to a 4 yard TD pass from Jalen Greene to tight end Pierre Russell.

USC would build a 21-10 lead at the half, and extend it on another TD pass from Greene to Dickerson. However, when USC looked to put the game away up 18, Florida clawed right back in the game. Swain Rolle picked off Greene at the Florida 5, and Dustin Gilmore ended the 95 yard drive with a Florida TD.

One half of USC's two headed rushing monster, Lamar Holycross, got on the board for USC with a 7 yard TD run to push the lead to 35-17 midway through the third quarter.

Heisman winner Will Grier finally got things moving, firing a 13 yard TD to Jomani Bomall, and after USC punted twice in a row, Grier hit freshman Andrew Chingon for a 38 yard TD to pull to 35-30 after failing to convert the extra point try.

With time running down in the fourth, a touchdown for USC would put the game out of reach. However, they had to settle for a long field goal from All-American Carlos Caldwell and he drilled the 56 yarder with just under a minute to go.

Down 8 with a minute to go, Grier moved Florida down the field with little difficulty. Grier threw a gorgeous pass to Darryl Ray (which broke UF's single season school yardage record) and moved down to midfield before finding Andrew McKenzie for a 16 yard pass over the middle. A spike later, Grier found Sam Crooks to get to the USC 25 yard line, though they needed a TD.

A few incompletions later, Florida was forced into a 4th and 1 situation with 10 seconds left at the USC 25. Needing a touchdown, Grier bided as much time as he could, but eventually pressure from USC's All-American linebacker Kenton Suber forced an errant pass and clinched USC's first national title in 14 seasons.

USC Coach Quinn Shea is the first CAC to win a national title and the first to reach the CFP. Greene threw for 347 yards and a pair of scores in being named the Playoff's most outstanding player. Dickerson caught 8 passes for 124 yards and both scores, while Holycross and Dontrell Marshall each ran for TD's.

Grier threw for 518 yards, 179 to Bomall, but it wasn't enough. Florida loses in the National Title Game for the second straight season, and for the third time in the past four seasons.

Is that a plug for Sony on your Florida picture there?

I'm surprised Tech's QB threw for over 200 yards. Is Paul Johnson still there? They still running the flexbone? That is a lot of passing for a flexbone team

Unintentional, I promise.

That's just a matter of me not editing my pictures, which I really should be doing a better job of. If you flip through the old Massachusetts State dynasty, you'll notice that a lot more.

As for GT, Johnson is still the coach and (I think) they still run the option. There's a chance their playbook might have been changed in the roster set to neutralize the option teams dominating in dynasty, but I can't confirm or deny that right now.

At some point before the start of season six I'll put out a big list of who is coaching where for everyone's reference.

[whughes]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

Damn. Your quarterback throws for over 500 yards and you can't pull out the win? That's tough. Great win for Coach Shea though.

[thesportsguru11]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

Full Bowl Map

Again, for those of you who may or may not be caught up, I started changing corporate sponsors of a bunch of bowl games a few months ago, as you'd see in real life. Found a list of Fortune 500 companies and related their locations to the games and went from there. There was a list of changes posted last season, but if anyone's curious I'll repost it. CAC bowl games are highlighted, couple CAC user showdowns! Still a few guys left out though (eh-hem, Coach Crenshaw). Even having 20 CAC's lined up for next year, let's get everyone to a bowl game next year.
I think we can do it!

Sports Authority Bowl Denver: ULM (8-5) def. Texas Tech (6-7) 49-30

Famous Idaho Potato: #22 Temple (11-2) def. Ohio (7-6 42-28

San Diego Country Credit Union Poinsettia: #24 Houston (10-4) def. Alabama (8-5) 30-23

Tropicana St. Petersburg: North Texas (9-4) def. West Virginia (6-7) 63-56

R&L Carriers New Orleans: Arkansas St. (10-3) def. #19 Western Kentucky (9-4) 41-21

Amazon Las Vegas: Wyoming (10-4) def. Stanford (6-7) 45-17

Sheraton Hawai'i: #21 Southern Miss (10-4) vs. Air Force (6-7) 45-35

Quick Lane (pres. by Ford): Michigan St. (8-5) def. Kent St. (8-4) 55-27

CitiBank Military (pres. by Northrop Grumman): Virginia Tech (7-6) def. Northern Illinois (8-5) 42-35

Chevron Holiday: Colorado (10-3) def. #25 Oklahoma (8-5) 45-24

Bank Of America: Bowling Green (7-6) def. #20 Florida St. (7-6) 28-17

Duck Commander Independence: Wake Forest (8-5) def. Western Michigan (9-5)

Phillips 66 Bluebonnet Bowl: Wisconsin (7-6) def. Baylor (7-6) 35-14

Russell Athletic: Memphis (8-5) def. Syracuse (7-7) 35-28

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces: Missouri (8-5) def. Florida Atlantic (9-4) 52-28

eBay.com: Washington (7-6) def. #17 Tulsa (10-3) 21-6

Valero Alamo: Texas (8-6) def. #12 Oregon (9-5) 35-30

TicketCity Cactus: Ohio St. (8-5) def.* #14 UConn (9-4) 59-56 (3OT)

Franklin American Mortgage Music City: North Carolina (8-5) def. #23 Marshall (10-4) 35-28

Hyundai Sun Bowl: Arizona (8-5) def. Virginia (6-7)

AutoZone Liberty: Nebraska (8-5) def. #16 Old Dominion (10-4) 43-37

ExxonMobil Dallas: Illinois (9-4) def. Buffalo (6-7) 34-31

TECO Energy Outback: Iowa (10-4) def. Ole Miss (9-4) 52-28

Fidelity: Purdue (9-4) def. BYU (6-6) 44-41

Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus: #15 Miami-FL (9-4) def. #18 Minnesota (9-4) 44-36

Birmingham: Rutgers (7-6) def. UTSA (7-6) 41-10

Time Warner Cable: Georgia St. (10-3) def. Akron (9-5) 41-20

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New Year's Six

Best Buy Rose: #11 UCLA (9-3) def. #9 Penn St. (11-3) 34-28

Allstate Sugar: #7 UCF (12-1) def. #5 San Diego St. (11-2) 52-28

VIZIO Fiesta: #10 Arkansas (10-3) def. #8 Fresno St. (11-3) 30-17

Chick-Fil-A-Peach: #13 Notre Dame (8-5) def. #6 Auburn (10-4) 34-31


Goodyear Cotton (CFP SEMIFINAL): #2 Florida (13-1) def. #3 Georgia Tech (11-3) 31-17

Discover Orange (CFP SEMIFINAL): #1 USC (14-0) def. #4 TCU (10-3) 30-12


College Football Playoff Championship: #1 USC (15-0) def. #2 Florida (13-2) 38-30

Award Winners

2018 NCAA Award Winners
Award	Player	Pos	Team
Heisman Memorial Trophy	Will Grier	QB	Florida
Maxwell Award	William Crest	QB	West Virginia
Walter Camp Award	William Crest	QB	West Virginia
Chuck Bednarik Award	James Atkins	DE	UConn
Bronko Nagurski Trophy	James Atkins	DE	UConn
Lombardi Award	James Atkins	DE	UConn
Davey O'Brien Award	Kendrick Doss	QB	Ole Miss
Doak Walker Award	J.T. Blyden	RB	Temple
Fred Biletnikoff Award	Quintin Reynolds	WR	Old Dominion
John Mackey Award	Terrell Washington	TE	Texas Tech
Outland Trophy	Viane Talamaivao	G	USC
Rimington Trophy	Patrick Henry	C	USC
Linebacker of the Year	Marcus Bradford	LB	UConn
Jim Thorpe Award	Antione Stone	CB	Western Michigan
Lou Groza Award	Carlos Caldwell	K	USC
Ray Guy Award	Vince Love	P	Michigan St.
Returner of the Year	Jeff McNeal	ATH	UConn

Coach of the Year: Quinn Shea, USC

NCAA All-Americans

2018 NCAA 1st Team All-Americans
Pos	Player Name	Ht	Wt	Year
QB	Drew Barker, Old Dominion			Sr.
HB	Dontrell Marshall, USC			Jr.
HB	C.J. Jones, UCF			Sr.
WR	Quintin Reynolds, Old Dominion			Sr.
WR	Korey Robertson, Southern Miss			Sr.
TE	Terrell Washington, Texas Tech			Sr.
OT	Tyrell Crosby, Fresno St.			Sr.
G	Viane Talamaivao, USC			Sr.
C	Patrick Henry, USC			Sr.
G	Jeremy Long, Penn St.			Sr.
OT	Andrew Mike, Florida			Sr.
DL	James Atkins, UConn			Sr.
DL	Taven Bryan, Florida			Sr.
DL	Enoch Smith Jr., Michigan St.			Sr.
DL	Daniel Cage, Notre Dame			Sr.
LB	Luke Carrezola, UConn			Sr.
LB	Marcus Bradford, UConn			Sr.
LB	Kenton Suber, USC			Jr.
CB	Antione Stone, Western Michigan			Sr.
CB	Mattrell McGraw, Oregon			Sr.
S	Ross Sinclair, UConn			So.
S	Derek Robinson, UConn			Jr.
K	Carlos Caldwell, USC			Sr.
P	Vince Love, Michigan St.			Sr.
RS	Jeff McNeal, UConn			So.

All-Big 12 First Team

2018 1st Team All-Big 12
Pos	Player Name	Ht	Wt	Year
QB	William Crest, West Virginia			Sr.
HB	Shaun Nixon, TCU			Sr.
HB	Briyce Forrestal, Texas			Jr.
WR	Stephen Kirk, West Virginia			Sr.
WR	Dan Clarke, Texas Tech			Sr.
TE	Terrell Washington, Texas Tech			Sr.
OL	Ty Barrett, TCU			Sr.
OL	Justin Green, Oklahoma			Sr.
OL	Dan Massey, Houston			Sr.
OL	Tramaine Perez, Oklahoma			Sr.
C	A.J. Johnson, TCU			Sr.
DL	James Atkins, UConn			Sr.
DL	Sam Rourke, UConn			So.
DL	T.J. Newell, UConn			Jr.
DL	Leo Williams, TCU			Jr.
LB	Luke Carrezola, UConn			Sr.
LB	Marcus Bradford, UConn			Jr.
LB	Justin Phillips, Oklahoma St.			Sr.
CB	Travis Lumpkin, UConn			Sr.
CB	Rosmore Williams, TCU			Sr.
S	Ross Sinclair, UConn			So.
S	Derek Robinson, UConn			Jr.
K	L.T. Miller, Oklahoma			Sr.
P	Roger Wesley, TCU			Jr.
RS	Jeff McNeal, UConn			So.

whughes: I'm not so sure they care as much about the 500 yards and losing (though disappointing, though good point) as much as the fact that this is the third National Title Game they have lost in the last four seasons. I sincerely hope we don't have any UF fans floating around here.

Anyhow, thanks for the 'grats for Coach Shea. Problem with him is that he hasn't been recruiting very well (he is clearly a better game manager than recruiter, understandable), so I hope this success lasts as long as it can.

[RoundingThird]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

BG won a bowl game. Way to salvage a poor second half!

[thesportsguru11]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

BG won a bowl game. Way to salvage a poor second half!

At least one of us could do so.

[thesportsguru11]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

Somewhat Abbreviated 2018 Final Stats

UConn Huskies Stats - 2018
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
Tanner Dean-Lowry	119-196	1886	15.8	157.1	76	16	7	161.3
David Hamilton	37-63	602	16.2	120.4	53	3	4	142.0
Jarrett Rivero	6-11	110	18.3	36.6	61	1	2	132.2
Isaac Jackson	12-20	168	14.0	42.0	26	0	1	120.6
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
Ron Johnson	240	1081	4.5	25	3	17	83.1	1
Arkeel Newsome	111	677	6.0	48	7	7	52.0	2
Tanner Dean-Lowry	75	310	4.1	23	1	4	25.8	9
David Hamilton	25	52	2.0	26	1	0	10.4	2
Alfred Hart	8	26	3.2	7	0	2	2.1	0
Brice McAllister	5	18	3.6	12	0	0	2.5	0
Isaac Jackson	7	12	1.7	13	0	0	3.0	0
Jarrett Rivero	4	6	1.5	5	0	0	2.0	0
Jeff McNeal	3	5	1.6	2	0	1	0.3	0
Antonio Goff	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0.3	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	DROPS	YDS/G	YAC
Jeff Matthews	42	693	16.5	7	54	6	53.3	226
Jon Haden	29	663	22.8	7	76	2	50.9	244
Rashad Harris	29	375	12.9	2	49	7	28.8	121
Alec Bloom	18	192	10.6	1	41	0	14.7	66
Rodney Reid	15	310	20.6	3	61	2	23.8	186
Arkeel Newsome	11	152	13.8	0	52	2	11.6	109
Steve Hashemi	10	155	15.5	0	28	0	11.9	58
Jeff McNeal	7	70	10.0	0	16	4	5.3	19
Kevin Lacey	5	51	10.2	0	15	0	4.2	12
Ryne Thomas	5	85	17.0	0	33	0	7.0	51
Blocking					PCAKE		SACK
Steve Hashemi					8		1
Ryan Crozier					7		11
Josh Parrish					5		3
Steve Weber					4		3
Daniel Oak					3		2
Trent Ginn					2		0
Brian Thompson					1		3
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
Vontae Diggs	74	3	77	1	14	2	0	0
Luke Carrezola	69	1	70	5	23	1	0	0
Marcus Bradford	64	3	67	1	11	0	3	1
Sammie Leonard	61	1	62	1	9	1	0	0
Derek Robinson	56	1	57	1	5	3	1	1
Ross Sinclair	54	1	55	0	2	5	4	0
Travis Lumpkin	49	1	50	0	3	9	5	1
James Atkins	41	1	42	20	32	0	0	1
Sam Rourke	39	1	40	11	23	0	0	0
Anthony Watkins	36	0	36	0	4	9	3	0
T.J. Newell	21	0	21	4	9	0	0	0
Mike Stokes	15	0	15	0	2	0	1	0
Jake Crowder	11	2	13	0	0	1	0	0
Tashawn Coleman	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff McNeal	12	0	12	0	0	0	3	2
Kevin Lacey	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Duchane	5	1	6	0	1	0	0	0
John Cox	4	1	5	0	1	0	0	0
Brett Lowery	5	0	5	0	2	0	0	0
Gene Jackson	5	0	5	2	3	0	0	0
Brent Howard	4	0	4	1	1	0	0	0
J.D. Rudie	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Altarri Gardner	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
Willie Chase	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kyler Parks	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
Jeff McNeal	35	1119	31.9	103	2	32	9.9	0
Jon Haden	5	182	36.4	95	1	1	0	0
Jeff Matthews	1	23	23.0	23	0	2	30.0	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
Mike Miller	8	10	80%	36	51	55	92%	75
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
Tyler McCray	53	2361	56	44.5	37.0	0	9	11

Guru's Final Thoughts:

- We can finally tuck this season under the bed and call it a night. I'm ready to move on.

- TDL's completion percentage was pretty good.

- I believe Johnson makes it 4 straight 1,000 yard runners for UConn. That's good to see!

- I can't wait for Jeff McNeal to move back to RB next year. If he can do that at cornerback in extremely limited PT, look out.

- The great linebacker race is on with Diggs and Carrezola graduating and at least nine young LB's looking for 3 spots. Should be good!

Congrats to UConn's Hall of Fame, Class of 2018!

RB Arkeel Newsome
LB Vontae Diggs
LB Luke Carrezola

[Knickerbocker91]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

I'm sure Coach James and the rest of the Roadrunners staff would have like our game to be much closer, but I'm happy with the win! If only the offense put up that many points during the regular season we'd break apart for the cluster of our division.

Also, not a good time to be a Florida fan like you said.

[HARLEE23]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

I'm sure Coach James and the rest of the Roadrunners staff would have like our game to be much closer, but I'm happy with the win! If only the offense put up that many points during the regular season we'd break apart for the cluster of our division.

Also, not a good time to be a Florida fan like you said.

Trust me I wish it would have but congrats to you on the win!


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[whughes]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

Would you mind posting your sliders? Or sending them to me in a message. I'm mostly curious how you managed to get 5 passers over 4000 yards on the season. The leading guys in my dynasties are usually right around 3200 yards which is obviously not realistic in today's college football

[thesportsguru11]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

I'm sure Coach James and the rest of the Roadrunners staff would have like our game to be much closer, but I'm happy with the win! If only the offense put up that many points during the regular season we'd break apart for the cluster of our division.

Also, not a good time to be a Florida fan like you said.

Trust me I wish it would have but congrats to you on the win!

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Just let it be known...this isn't the last time you two will see each other....

Would you mind posting your sliders? Or sending them to me in a message. I'm mostly curious how you managed to get 5 passers over 4000 yards on the season. The leading guys in my dynasties are usually right around 3200 yards which is obviously not realistic in today's college football

I just used a set of the community sliders (should be this one on the OP). Matt actually sent me his recommended set around July and I've been using it since. Got some great realistic games and the stats look solid around the nation. Though I hope the Old Dominion receiver racking up 2,000 receiving yards doesn't happen every year..I'd have to make some fixes at that point.


Notes from the Author:

- 50,000 views! Unbelievable that we've made this the 14th dynasty in the football section to hit this milestone. Thank you to everyone for the continued support!

- For the CAC preview, would you guys just like a couple paragraphs for each coach or full position breakdowns, like a two-deep depth chart sort of thing? Let me know soon if you guys have an opinion. Thanks!

[bryan3169]

Re: We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

I say for coordinators give them depth chart for their side of the ball and head coaches get a paragraph or two highlighting strengths and weaknesses in the depth chart


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