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

[RoundingThird]

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

Oh well. Can't win them all. At least I got to see a good one last night at the Rent, although it shouldn't have even been that close.

[nofx94]

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

Crazy how different that game went compared to the rest of the season. Curious about the coaching rumors.

[young22]

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

Man. Tough loss. Next season should be pretty interesting.

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[BookWork123]

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

Well that sucks. Hopefully you can get back next year!


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[thesportsguru11]

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

Oh well. Can't win them all. At least I got to see a good one last night at the Rent, although it shouldn't have even been that close.

You're right, and I'm glad I don't win them all. Gives me more enthusiasm to come back next season and try for it all again!

In total honesty, I didn't know UConn played their Week 1 game last night.. I read a news article and wow.. yeah that was close. I was surprised to see Shirreffs steal the show from Pindell at QB, but it worked out just fine. All you're shooting for is six wins, so you're already partway there.

Crazy how different that game went compared to the rest of the season. Curious about the coaching rumors.

First game with Josh's sliders.. yeah I'm very pleased to see some different results. Oregon has a good team all the way around and without our regular running back, those results I think are realistic. Of course it always sucks to lose the Natty, but I'm at peace with the result. I played a very poor game, didn't make the proper adjustments on defense, and tried to force too much on offense. I got punished as a result with the loss.

I think next season will be really interesting with a full season of those sliders and a new team in general.

The Diaco rumors have been going on for a hundred years now.. there was a point where I couldn't go ten posts without talking about Diaco going to USC, Alabama, the Minnesota Vikings, the Oakland Raiders, etc. Now that I've got the simultaneous Madden 'chise going off the record, we'll see what happens.

I think now moreso than ever Diaco could leave.. he doesn't have a great relationship with the new athletic department and he wants full control.. if he gets a deal like Bill Belichick (makes all personnel decisions), Diaco might an NFL job to his liking. It also might help to say that there aren't a lot of great jobs available in college.. I think Georgia, UCLA and TCU fired their coaches, FSU is probably going to re-sign Jimbo Fisher... and that's about it.

We'll see. Might be another year of me trying to drum up stuff to make us panic, but I haven't really decided how that's going to play out.

Man. Tough loss. Next season should be pretty interesting.

It always sucks to not come through in a game like this.. we played our worst game of the year and sadly it just came at the wrong time.

I'm really excited to show you some of the recruits we got and the new-look team we have in general for 2021. We're going to have an all-new wide receiver stable, we have three new linebackers in our 3-4 front and a new defensive tackle, new kickers and punters..

There are some guys who I picked up in recruiting in the few seasons before I took the hiatus who will finally get their shot.. names like safety Tony Rush, wideout Devin Brown, defensive tackles Johnquez Blair and Jeremy Broadricke, linebacker Scott Coffman.. good recruits but stuck on the depth chart who will contend for starting jobs next year.

Well that sucks. Hopefully you can get back next year!

After the second half of the season we had, it's certainly a tough pill to swallow, to go down like that without our top player too. I remember thinking after winning our first Natty how tough it was going to be to repeat the next year given all that we had to replace, and the same is going to go for 2021.

We have a lot of seniors leaving and younger/inexperienced guys who will need to fill these roles. Especially at linebacker and at wideout.. it's certainly going to be a tall order to repeat this year's success but nothing's impossible!

Like I said above, I'm really excited to show you some of the exciting new players we've got.. a CFP run may be out of the question next year but we're working to stack the cupboard toward another run in the next coming seasons!

Thanks to all of you for the comments and support!

[whughes]

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

I've been MIA for a bit but I'm all caught up now. Great win against Nebraska in the semis. It's too bad you guys couldn't take it all the way though. Normally reliable I-Jax struggled with the interceptions but I think the key reason you lost that game was your defense's inability to stop Oregon's rushing attack. Good luck going into next season. It'll be interesting to see if Diaco jumps ship or not

[thesportsguru11]

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

I've been MIA for a bit but I'm all caught up now. Great win against Nebraska in the semis. It's too bad you guys couldn't take it all the way though. Normally reliable I-Jax struggled with the interceptions but I think the key reason you lost that game was your defense's inability to stop Oregon's rushing attack. Good luck going into next season. It'll be interesting to see if Diaco jumps ship or not

For most of the season I considered Nebraska and Oregon the top two teams in the nation. I was surprised when I did my close analysis for the playoff and saw that Nebraska was actually more on par with our skill level and Oregon was head and shoulders above everyone else. They got a good bounce in the Rose Bowl and, deservedly so, the best team walked out with the National Title.

Our defense absolutely deserves blame. But the offense moreso. Ice-Jax didn't play his best game, sure. A lot of that was attributed to me trying to force the issue to our top receiver (Rashad Harris) for a lot of the game and abandoning our potent run game.

After Byers opened the game with his awesome running and touchdown dash, the defense held their ground and gave our offense every opportunity to hit the floor running and grab the momentum. Sadly, it didn't work out like that and Oregon eventually wore us down. Very disappointing of course but I think we'll be back. I don't think it will be next year, but we're re-building the farm system, if you will, and stockpiling our younger talent for another title run in the next 2-3 years. I can't wait to show you guys recruiting, as I've said a couple times now!

As I said in my reply to nofx94 above, Diaco now is just about at the most logical point in time where he can leave. Rumors in the past may have just been to drum up interest/speculation, but now we have some real deep stuff going on here. Bad relationship with Bobby V and the A.D. office, Diaco wants to keep us in the Big 12 to see through the work he did with the previous administration, and he'll be a hot commodity again after overcoming a lot of turmoil off the field (the TDL hour, Crowder, Rourke, I-Jax in the doghouse early in the year) to nearly win a National Title.

Just for fun, I made a backup save and simmed what would happen if I forced Diaco into another job. I accepted the UCLA offer and wanted to know what the CPU would do to replace him. Interestingly enough, RT's Sam Freday came up as a candidate. Eventually it was our DC Barry Odom who was tapped for the role.. but it was just for ****s and giggles. I couldn't fathom reporting on Barry Odom's UConn Huskies hahahhaa...

I don't know what will happen here but I have been brainstorming a list of replacements if I elect to make the move. We shall see.

Thanks as always bud.

[thesportsguru11]

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

Snubbed Arkansas State beats Missouri in Peach Bowl; Coach Doug Meacham calls foul on CFP Committee

Full Bowl Map for 2020 Season:

Sports Authority Bowl Denver: Denver, CO - Virginia Tech (8-5) def. Mississippi State (7-6) 48-21

Famous Idaho Potato: Boise, ID - Wyoming (7-6) def. Toledo (8-6) 42-28

Dish Network San Diego Poinsettia Bowl: San Diego, CA - #22 Notre Dame (8-5) def. New Mexico (9-5) 28-7

Tropicana St. Petersburg: Tampa Bay, FL - Memphis (7-6) def. Western Kentucky (6-7) 27-17

CenturyLink New Orleans: New Orleans, LA - Rice (8-5) def. Georgia State (7-6) 28-21

Amazon Las Vegas: Las Vegas, NV - #14 USC (9-4) def. #12 Fresno State (12-2) 37-17

Sheraton Hawai'i: Honolulu, HI - Florida Atlantic (10-3) def. Colorado State (7-6) 35-32

General Motors Bowl Detroit: Detroit, MI - Rutgers (8-5) def. Akron (8-5) 41-17

CitiBank Military (pres. by Northrop Grumman): Annapolis, MD - Navy (9-5) def. Central Michigan (7-6) 35-14

Chevron Holiday: San Diego, CA - Washington State (9-4) def. Baylor (7-6) 41-24

Bank Of America: Charlotte, NC - UCF (8-5) def. Miami-FL (6-7) 42-31

Popeye’s Independence: Shreveport, LA - Tulsa (9-4) def. Clemson (6-7) 35-23

Phillips 66 Bluebonnet Bowl: Houston, TX - #13 Michigan State (8-5) def. West Virginia (6-7) 34-28

Target Bowl Minneapolis: Minneapolis, MN - #17 BYU (9-4) def. Minnesota (7-6) 35-34

Armed Forces pres. by Cessna: Fort Worth, TX - Air Force (9-4) def. Texas State (8-6) 31-28

Intel Santa Clara: Santa Clara, CA - #21 Arizona State (9-4) def. #16 Marshall (9-4) 31-28

Valero Alamo: San Antonio, TX - Arkansas (8-6) def. Kansas (7-6) 41-14

Buffalo Wild Wings Cactus: Tempe, AZ - Wisconsin (7-6) def. #10 Texas (8-5) 41-35

Franklin American Mortgage Music City: Nashville, TN - Florida (8-5) def. Louisville (6-7) 45-21

Sysco Sun Bowl: El Paso, TX - Colorado (9-5) def. Pitt (7-6) 52-30

AutoZone Liberty: Memphis, TN - #23 Old Dominion (12-2) def. Texas A&M (6-7) 45-21

DuPont Baltimore: Baltimore, MD - Penn State (9-4) def. LSU (6-7) 42-17

Office Depot Outback: Tampa Bay, FL - #18 Iowa (9-4) def. #15 Tennessee (7-6) 24-16

Fidelity Financial: Jacksonville, FL - SMU (9-4) def. #19 Auburn (8-5) 28-24

Orlando’s Citrus Bowl pres. by CSX Play It Safe: - Orlando, FL - Oklahoma State (9-5) def. Duke (9-5) 48-20

Windy City Chicago Bowl pres. by Boeing: - Chicago, IL - Temple (9-5) def. Maryland (6-7) 27-24

Southern Bowl: Mobile, AL - Louisiana (8-5) def. #25 Miami-OH (11-3) 38-10

New Year's Six

Microsoft Fiesta: Phoenix, AZ - #11 Cal (10-3) def. #8 Ole Miss (9-4) 38-14

Capital One Orange: Miami, FL - #9 Oklahoma (10-3) def. #20 Florida State (8-5) 35-27

Goodyear Cotton: Dallas, TX - #6 Michigan (10-4) def. #24 Vanderbilt (8-6) 42-36

Chick-Fil-A Peach: Atlanta, GA - #5 Arkansas State (12-1) def. #7 Missouri (8-4) 49-45

Rose pres. by Farmers Insurance (CFP SEMIFINAL): Pasadena, CA - #1 Oregon (13-1) def. #4 Georgia Tech (10-3) 38-37

Allstate Sugar (CFP SEMIFINAL): New Orleans, LA - #2 UConn (13-1) def. #3 Nebraska (11-3) 41-13

College Football Playoff Championship (Meadowlands, NJ - MetLife Stadium): #1 Oregon (14-1) def. #2 UConn (13-2) 46-29

2020 College Football National Awards
Award	Player	Pos	Team
Heisman Memorial Trophy	Andy Merriman	RB	Nebraska
Walter Camp Award	Andy Merriman	RB	Nebraska
Maxwell Award	Cam Miles	QB	USC
Chuck Bednarik Award	Shavlion Wade	CB	UConn
Bronko Nagurski Trophy	Alden Rosario	LB	Oklahoma
Davey O'Brien Award	Michael Patterson	QB	Fresno State
Doak Walker Award	Andy Merriman	RB	Nebraska
Fred Biletnikoff Award	Andrew Anderson	WR	BYU
John Mackey Award	Charles King	TE	Ohio State
Outland Trophy	Alterroy Hill	G	Oregon
Rimington Trophy	Jarrett Davis	C	Nebraska
Lombardi Award	Altarri Gardner	DE	UConn
Linebacker of the Year	Alden Rosario	LB	Oklahoma
Jim Thorpe Award	Shavlion Wade	CB	UConn
Lou Groza Award	Brandon Shaw	K	Oregon
Ray Guy Award	C.J. Williams	P	Cal
Returner of the Year	Brian Deebler	RB	Oklahoma State

Coach of the Year: Doug Meacham, Arkansas State

2020 NCAA 1st Team All-Americans
Pos	Player Name	Ht	Wt	Year
QB	Michael Patterson, Fresno State			Sr.
HB	Andy Merriman, Nebraska			Sr.
HB	Luke Williamson, UConn			So.
WR	Nicholas Bass, Mississippi State			Jr.
WR	Marcellus Mason, South Carolina			Jr.
TE	Charles King, Ohio State			Sr.
OT	Kenneth Gilmore, Florida State			Sr.
OT	Rob Bell, Penn State			Sr.
G	Kai Ocalalaku, Oregon			Sr.
G	Alterroy Hill, Oregon			Sr.
C	Ryan Smelley, UConn			Sr.
DE	Altarri Gardner, UConn			Jr.
DE	James Mandrell, UConn			So.
DT	Joey Dreslin, Oklahoma			Sr.
DT	Ryan Butler, Florida State			Sr.
LB	Alden Rosario, Oklahoma			Sr.
LB	Marcus Bradford, UConn			Sr.
LB	Bret Concepcion, Arkansas State			Sr.
CB	Shavlion Wade, UConn			So.
CB	Neville Nixon, Arkansas			Sr.
S	Kyle Herron, Georgia			Sr.
S	Montrell Burnette, Nebraska			Jr.
K	Brandon Shaw, Oregon			Sr.
P	C.J. Williams, Cal			Sr.
RS	Brian Deebler, Oklahoma State			Sr.

2020 1st Team All-Big 12
Pos	Player Name	Ht	Wt	Year
QB	Ashton Overstreet, Oklahoma			Sr.
HB	Jayson Piercy, Texas			So.
HB	Luke Williamson, UConn			So.
WR	Rashad Harris, UConn			Sr.
WR	Parke Lanoer, Oklahoma State			Jr.
TE	Brad Charles, Oklahoma			Jr.
OT	Carnell McCoy, Oklahoma			Jr.
OT	Trent Ginn, UConn			Sr.
G	Sam Barron, Oklahoma			Sr.
G	Brantell Webb, UConn			Sr.
C	Ryan Smelley, UConn			Sr.
DE	Altarri Gardner, UConn			Jr.
DE	James Mandrell, UConn			So.
DT	Joey Dreslin, Oklahoma			Sr.
DT	Brent Howard, UConn			Sr.
LB	Alden Rosario, Oklahoma			Sr.
LB	Marcus Bradford, UConn			Sr.
LB	John Cox, UConn			Jr.
CB	Shavlion Wade, UConn			So.
CB	Vec Roberson, Houston			Sr.
S	Ross Sinclair, UConn			Sr.
S	Victor Castalanetta, UConn			Fr.
K	Sam Shelten, Kansas			Sr.
P	Tyler McCray, UConn			Sr.
RS	Brian Deebler, Oklahoma State			Sr.

NCAA LEADERS:

Attempts:
530, Travis Ramsey, Tulane
489, Michael Patterson, Fresno State
476, Shevon Young, Kent State
475, Brannon Piello, San Diego State
454, Dee Calvert, West Virginia

Completions:
319, Michael Patterson, Fresno State
291, UConn washout David Hamilton, Old Dominion
247, Lance Ward, Notre Dame
243, Tre’Darious Nolen, Arkansas
242, 2 tied

Passing Yards:
4424, Michael Patterson, Fresno State
3903, UConn washout David Hamilton, Old Dominion
3824, Lance Ward, Notre Dame
3572, Travis Ramsey, Tulane
3385, Felton Lucien, Mississippi State

Pass TD:
51, Michael Patterson, Fresno State
43, UConn washout David Hamilton, Old Dominion
39, Lance Ward, Notre Dame
35, 6 tied

Rush Attempts:
387, Andy Merriman, Nebraska
368, Antoine Wilson, Louisiana
368, Luke Williamson, UConn
355, Jesse Scales, Miami-OH
309, Nate Marshall, NC State

Rush Yards:
2361, Jesse Scales, Miami-OH
2342, Andy Merriman, Nebraska
2258, Antoine Wilson, Louisiana
1914, Luke Williamson, UConn
1904, Nate Marshall, NC State

Rush TD:
27, Antoine Wilson, Louisiana
27, Luke Williamson, UConn
26, Andy Merriman, Nebraska
23, Jesse Scales, Miami-OH
23, Tyrone Edwards, Georgia Tech

Receptions:
106, Mark Wright, Rice
102, Patrick O’Neal, Old Dominion
101, Jacob Gray, Wyoming
95, Steven Baker, Rutgers
94, Zach Callahan, San Jose State

Receiving Yards:
1427, Jacob Gray, Wyoming
1414, C.J. Jackson, Penn State
1324, Patrick O’Neal, Old Dominion
1318, Nathan Mitchell, Tulane
1252, Zach Callahan, San Jose State

Receiving TD’s:
16, Marcellus Mason, South Carolina
16, Patrick O’Neal, Old Dominion
15, 4 tied

Tackles:
121, Grayson Hartman, Old Dominion
119, Shantrey Brown, Texas State
115, Reggie Wilson, Duke
113, Carlos Johnson, Maryland
109, Gintavious Peterson, UCLA

TFLs:
28, Sean Britt, Missouri
27, 5 tied

Sacks:
13, Altarri Gardner, UConn
10, Trevor Jackson, Kansas
9, 7 tied

INT’s:
10, Shavlion Wade, UConn
8, Paul Weber, San Jose State
8, Andy Ford, Miami-FL
7, 4 tied

Punting Leaders: (I apologize, I’m doing this all off of the editor and it doesn’t do averages)
87 punts, 3556 yards, Corey Odom, Houston
75 punts, 3334 yards, Jason Anderson, Texas State
72 punts, 3133 yards, Will Johnson, East Carolina
73 punts, 2998 yards, Brannon Norman, North Carolina
69 punts, 2972 yards, Joey Schneider, USF

[whughes]

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

The Oregon vs Georgia Tech semi was obviously a great game. But I think Arkansas State proved that they belonged with their win over Mizzou. It'll be interesting to see if they can sustain their success going forward, and if they do, if it earns then an invite to a better conference.

CMU fell on their faces against Navy in the Military Bowl, but I'm just happy to have finally reached a bowl game. As much as I'd like to see my alma mater rise to prominence I don't think it's going to happen. Hopefully coach Crenshaw gets a good offer from a P5 school to be their OC

[ThatBritishGuy]

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

That's a tough one to swallow, getting to the big show and coming away without the win. Was always going to be a battle without Williamson against a team that looked that great one paper.

Be interested to see what Williamson can do next year, but losing 3 seniors on the O-line, hope you got some guys ready to step up. Looking forward to the off-season, see who is coming in and what the team looks like for next year!

BTW...Marshall, Old Dominion and FAU ranked at the end of season, like seeing smaller teams get in with it all.

[thesportsguru11]

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

That's a tough one to swallow, getting to the big show and coming away without the win. Was always going to be a battle without Williamson against a team that looked that great one paper.

Be interested to see what Williamson can do next year, but losing 3 seniors on the O-line, hope you got some guys ready to step up. Looking forward to the off-season, see who is coming in and what the team looks like for next year!

BTW...Marshall, Old Dominion and FAU ranked at the end of season, like seeing smaller teams get in with it all.

Arkansas State too my man! #2 in the country this year. FIU was ranked briefly earlier this year too.

Throughout the course of the dynasty we've seen some interesting teams in the top 25.. There was one year where Fresno State was one win away from the Playoff, San Diego State has been ranked a bunch, Marshall made the Playoff final one year, New Mexico State has been ranked before. It is really nice to see some new faces, and as a result has allowed me to make some changes to conference membership.

Williamson's loss was huge for the biggest game of the year.. while he could technically leave for the NFL Draft as a redshirt sophomore right now, I doubt Williamson leaves on that note. 2021 will be his third year starting.. and if he took a quantum leap this year (950 yards in his freshman year to 1900 his sophomore year).. I'd suggest the world look out next fall.

The O-Line is interesting because we had three new starters this year as well.. sophomore left tackle Kevin Jones took over the spot of four-year starter Josh Parrish, center Ryan Smelley was a one year grad transfer, and right guard Brantell Webb wasn't even a guard at the start of spring ball this year.

Now of course we lose Smelley, Webb and Trent Ginn.. the entire right side of our line. We've got a bunch of young kids in the fray so we'll see who can emerge. Some of these guys such as Michael Clark and Joe Sykes are kids who I think can be solid starters next year. Don't forget we also landed four star guard Korey Davis-Love earlier in the year, so in all likelihood he'll be playing right off the bat too.

I'm really looking forward ti playing with the rosters and depth charts a bit more as I approach the start of the next season, though that may be a few weeks down the road.

The Oregon vs Georgia Tech semi was obviously a great game. But I think Arkansas State proved that they belonged with their win over Mizzou. It'll be interesting to see if they can sustain their success going forward, and if they do, if it earns then an invite to a better conference.

CMU fell on their faces against Navy in the Military Bowl, but I'm just happy to have finally reached a bowl game. As much as I'd like to see my alma mater rise to prominence I don't think it's going to happen. Hopefully coach Crenshaw gets a good offer from a P5 school to be their OC

You're lucky I didn't post box scores of bowl games. You guys only gained like 200 yards of offense. Oh well, though, you guys made a bowl and frankly nothing else matters!

I was surprised to see Arky State win that game.. and it left me feeling egg on my face. It sucks because I thought there were only three deserving teams.. now it hurts to know there were actually five! (or four if you exclude Nebraska)

Anyways, Arkansas State has won three straight Sun Belts and they're moving up next year; UAB will take their spot in the Sun Belt. But where Arky State goes exactly.. I don't know yet. The way I see it, there are three possible moves they could make: Go to the C-USA, go to the American, go to the Big 12. I don't think the SEC makes sense at this juncture, despite the SEC being very weak in recent years with the decline of Alabama, LSU, Georgia, South Carolina, and as of this year, Florida.

I have a bunch of possible scenarios written down in my notebook, and a lot of it depends on if I want to move us into the ACC or not. If I do want to do that.. Arkansas State moves into our spot in the Big 12 East and we're all good. If I keep things the same in the Power 5, then a move to the American might be in the cards, just as Marshall did seasons ago when they got good.

Thanks to both of you as always!

[thesportsguru11]

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

CAC Year in Review, 2020

Record: 4-8, no bowl

Season Synopsis: After bowl run last year and one of the nation’s top QBs returning in Jason Lucas, Ball State was viewed as a trendy pick in the MAC West. However, the Cardinals greatly underachieved under first year head coach Vince Kehres and failed to make a bowl game.. Though there were some bright spots including the emergence of sophomore tailback Brian Johnson (935 yards) late in the year, lots of question marks remain for Ball State moving forward.

Key Player - QB Jason Lucas - 171-290, 2176 yards, 21 TD, 241 rush, 1022 yards, 13 TD





Record: 4-8, no bowl

Season Synopsis: After a fantastic 11-3 campaign a year ago while returning future NFL tailback Jasper Haley, the Falcons did need to replace their heart and soul under center, Chris Williams, and the man who made the offense go in offensive coordinator Sam Freday. The Falcons saw a drastic seven game slip in the win column as the Falcons struggled to remain competitive in a solid MAC East.

Key Player - RB Jasper Haley - 214 rush, 1379 yds, 8 TD





Record: 7-5, inexplicably not invited to bowl game due to a bull**** phantom reason but instead we’ll label as “probation” to be nice about it.

Season Synopsis: After an embarrassing loss to FCS Youngstown State to open the season, Cincy rebounded beautifully and looked to be in command of the AAC East for much of the season. A late game slide ruined Cincy’s shot at the AAC Title, and that would be costly as Cincy inexplicably was not invited to a bowl game despite a 7-5 finish. Running back Chris Madison starred and, guess what, he’s back for his senior year in 2021. Cincy will have to replace QB Will Curry next year, a four year starter, but Cincy is trending upward.

Key Player - RB Chris Madison - 255 rush, 1549 yds, 8 TD
QB Will Curry - 134-254, 1975 yds, 21 TD, 164 rush, 949 yds, 8 TD




Record: 7-6, lost Military Bowl to Navy but no one cares because THE CHIPS FINALLY WENT BOWLING AFTER FIVE GODDAMNED YEARS!

Season Synopsis: Well.. you see what happened here. After five years of painful heartaching CMU football, offensive coordinator Crenshaw and head coach Doug Martin finally made some progress! Central went to their first bowl game in the seven year run of this dynasty (to my recollection) and played pretty well all around.. They were in the hunt for the MAC West title once again until the last week. CMU played two different QBs this season, Paul O’Toole and Johnny Hadley, but both were effective when they played. Former mega-freshman Cam Stith may always be remembered as a what might have been player, but did come a hair shy of gaining 1000 yards in his senior campaign. CMU will have to replace O’Toole and Stith next year, but who cares. CMU finally did it.

Key Player - RB Cam Stith - 180 rush, 1004 yards, 11 TD





Record: 5-7, no bowl.

Season Synopsis: Obviously a disappointment when compared to the great 10-3 run a year ago, but the Warriors did have to replace a lot of players, including star QB Mike Bryant. Jason Kililoloka did a good job all things considered. Hawai’i also had a tough out of conference slate that pushed them to the wall immediately. Hawai’i looked great in Mountain West play, but couldn’t pull out a win in Week 14 to gain bowl eligibility. Nevertheless, Trebell will return for his third season next year as strong candidates for a bounce back campaign.

Key Player -- QB Jason Kililoloka - 149-301, 2050 yards, 24 TD, 194 rush, 622 yds, 7 TD
RB Kyle Pettway - 171 rush, 1024 yds, 7 TD






Record: 6-7, lost to Temple in inaugural Chicago Bowl but who cares because he went bowling too.

Season Synopsis: Up there with Coach Crenshaw in my personal “Hard Knocks Life” category for the CAC fraternity, Coach James has seen good and bad in his time at UTSA and now Maryland. The second year Terps coordinator built upon a dismal 3-9 record last season to gain bowl eligibility. However, the Terps will think about what might have been as well.. Maryland was at one point 5-1 and ranked after beating then #1 Penn State, but had a colossal slide at the end of the year dampened the mood, including losing to winless Indiana. Nevertheless, Eldrick Robinson asserted himself as the guy under center and will return for his senior campaign as a possible dark horse Heisman candidate.

Key Player - QB Eldrick Robinson - 215-399, 2846 yards, 25 TD
RB Mario Washington from a town I’m very familiar with, Bellows Falls, VT -- 184 rush, 1210 yards, 13 TD





Record: 7-6, won St. Petersburg Bowl over Western Kentucky

Season Synopsis: The third year coordinator King rebounded brilliantly from a poor start to take four games in the American Conference and gain bowl eligibility in Week 14. Senior QB Erik Harvey, much like Ball State’s Jason Lucas, had a trying year despite high hopes. Fortunately, the Tigers got fantastic play out of junior tailback Napoleon Mason to get strong leadership and make it clear who the offense runs through.

Key Player - RB Napoleon Mason, 252 rush, 1346 yards, 19 TD
WR Ryan Burton - 59 rec, 1070 yds, 7 TD






Record: 6-6, no bowl

Season Synopsis: Middle Tennessee had a good start to the year, upsetting Texas A&M. However, it was a trying year for the Blue Raiders as well. A good offense met a poor defense, and a late-season losing streak jeopardized MTSU’s bowl hopes. Fortunately, they got to six wins thanks to senior fullback Lester Howard, who assumed the starting tailback spot late thanks to injuries and literally carried MTSU to two late season victories. Nevertheless, MTSU finished fifth in the C-USA East and did not receive a bowl invite, a disappointment for a talented team.

Key Player: QB Warren Johnson, 216-384, 3052 yards, 29 TD
RB Lester Howard, 198 rush, 1083 yards, 12 TD






Record: 2-10, no bowl

Season Synopsis: First year head coach Bob Stitt was expected to bring the fun and gun offense to keep football a happening thing in Las Cruces after four fantastic seasons of football. Sadly, the Aggies struggled all year long and put on a 2-10 tailspin. C.J. McNeil broke 1000 yards at tailback, but other than that the highlights were few and far between. Grant is reportedly set to be released from his contract, so we will see what the future holds for the Aggies and Coach Grant. Hopefully it’s better than this dumpster fire.

Key Player - RB C.J. McNeil - 234 rush, 1300 yds, 4 TD






Record: 6-7, loss to Florida in Music City Bowl

Season Synopsis: I think the 6-7 record doesn’t tell us much. New head coach Dave Steckel and Coach Woodard, part of the original five in the CAC fraternity, did a helluva job with this Louisville squad. For a team that had quickly fallen into the abyss with a pathetic 2-10 record in 2019, 6-7 will more than please Cards fans. What’s scarier is that UL could’ve gotten further had starting QB Lamont Phillips stayed healthy; UL still got phenomenal play out of LeCarl Brandis regardless and will look to him to guide the Cards back into the ACC picture next year.

Key Player - Key Player - QB LeCarl Brandis - 121-237, 1647 yards, 17 TD







Record: 4-8, no bowl invite yada yada I really don’t want to do this to my man Bryan.

Season Synopsis: Yowch. One year removed from a New Year’s Six Bowl game and very nearly the College Football Playoff, Purdue returned to its Purdue self. A solid start ended quickly when grad transfer QB Nathan Jolly went down with a season ending injury midway through, and Coach Smith’s defense looked downright atrocious all year long. Let’s tuck this away and hope Coach Smith’s reputation remains partially intact when the Coaching Carousel stops spinning.

Key Player - CB Grant Daniels - 45 tackles, 3 INT




Record: 8-5, win vs. Akron in General Motors Detroit Bowl yada yada this was a New Year’s Six talented team.

Season Synopsis: Much like his coaching counterparts in the Big 10, Coach Coley will wonder what might have been for a long time. Rutgers sat in the Top 4 for a good chunk of the season, saw his star QB Rian Scott sit in the Heisman power poll all year.. They were going to get to the College Football Playoff. Until Scott got hurt and Rutgers lost something like four of their last six. Adam Locker didn’t do much to inspire hope at QB after that and the Knights stumbled to 8-5. A lesser bowl win might ease the pain a little, but Coach Coley went from head.. nay, hot... head coach candidate back to Piscataway in 2021 real quickly. Rutgers has been recruiting some interesting offensive players, however, so we’ll see if the Knights can replicate 2020’s partial success.

Key Player - QB Rian Scott - 185-263, 2409 yds, 24 TD, 126 rush, 664 yds, 12 TD
WR Steven Baker - 95 rec, 1076 yds, 12 TD
RB Randy Russell - 196 rush, 1292 yds, 14 TD





Record: 3-8, no bowl

Season Synopsis: After graduating their starting running back and QB from last year, Coach Davis thought that South Carolina grad transfer QB Josh Tyler was the piece the Golden Eagles needed to keep the good times rolling in Hattiesburg. Instead, Tyler played erratically all year and it was tailback Mike Harper who emerged as the star, not Tyler. The usually steady Eagles slumped to a 3-8 year and have a lot to do to get back to the middle of the road in Conference USA. After 2020, however, Coach Davis is surely looking to re-prove himself as he preps for his fourth year as OC in 2021.

Key Player - RB Michael Harper - 182 rush, 965 yds, 12 TD





Record: 4-8, no bowl invite.

Season Synopsis: Now two years removed from a surprise ACC Title Game run, the Orange struggled again after expectations were set to look for a rebound. Michigan grad transfer Donnie Sampson was supposed to provide a jolt into a long-dead running game, but instead it was Joey Wilkerson who stepped in and looked like an NFL back, running for over 1800 yards on the year. Despite that success, QB Gus Martin played below average once again and it cost the Orange a bowl shot in another weak ACC field.

Key Player - RB Joey Wilkerson - 297 rush, 1803 yds, 10 TD






Record: 2-10, no bowl but who cares because UAB WON TWO GAMES!

Season Synopsis: The worst team in the dynasty for a long time now, Coach Spanky definitely got totally, utterly shafted by yours truly when it came to job selection (and for that I will severely punish myself somehow..). Nevertheless, under new head coach A.J. Milwee, the Blazers looked really good despite the record. As an Independent playing one of the hardest schedules in the country, the Blazers had several one and two score defeats against Power 5 teams, and actually beat an FCS team and UTSA mid-season to save everyone’s jobs. The caveat is that this success came with a veteran lineup. Star QB Charrod Stovall played well all year but will graduate, as will several of the top skill players. However, UAB will jump into the Sun Belt this year, so the weaker schedule could be favorable for the Blazers moving forward.

Key Player - QB Charrod Stovall - 189-373, 2286 yards, 16 TD, 187 rush, 671 yds, 7 TD






Record: 8-5, won Bank of America Bowl over Miami-FL

Season Synopsis: Former mega-recruit Aaron Houston finally got the call under center and UCF continued their recent good fortune, coming up just short in a tight AAC East race but beating a Power 5 team in their bowl. Georgia Tech grad transfer Evan Burks looked good, as did returning starter Willie Alexander, who will be hungry to regain his job after his touches were reduced in the split backfield. But make no mistake: Houston proved he is the real deal at QB.

Key Player - QB Aaron Houston - 180-348, 2322 yards, 24 TD, 201 rush, 793 yards, 14 TD






Record: 8-5, won Southern Bowl over #25 Miami-OH

Season Synopsis: After a Top 25 finish in 2019, Louisiana slid just a tick in 2020 to 8-5. Nevertheless, all was a success in Coach Miller’s first season as head coach. Former highly touted recruit Antoine Wilson finally found the success many expected of him, running for over 2000 yards in his senior season, while teammate Jamaal Huston ran for almost 1200 more; the Cajuns had the sixth best rushing offense in the nation. A bowl win over another run heavy Miami University attack capped off the 8-5 year and a third place finish in the Sun Belt. With 3-time defending champs Arkansas State leaving the conference, if Miller stays on board, look out for the Cajuns moving forward.

Key Player - RB Antoine Wilson - 368 rush, 2258 yards, 27 TD
RB Jamaal Huston - 183 rush, 1161 yards, 10 TD






Record: #9 AP, 9-4, won Amazon Las Vegas Bowl over #12 Fresno State

Season Synopsis: After back to back playoff appearances, you can forgive college football fans for thinking USC was a lock to make it for a third straight year under the boy genius Shea. USC did, however, have to replace their Heisman winning backup tailback, their more talented starting tailback and their QB. Cam Miles did an admirable job filling the QB spot as he was a Heisman finalist, but the tailback stats took a step back. Justin Lewis did tally 1000 yards and Baron Baggarly showed promise at tailback as a true freshman, but Miles was often left to do all of the work himself. It showed, as the Trojans were dealt some uncharacteristic losses and despite an easy path, fell out of the playoff race in a weak year. With questions about Shea’s lack of “prowess” on the recruiting trail, Shea will need to re-prove himself in 2021.. Something the former National Champion coach never envisioned having to do.

Key Player - QB Cam Miles - 178-265, 2682 yards, 30 TD (3 INT), 194 rush, 1019 yards, 12 TD





Record: 3-9, no bowl, yada yada can we save this guy from the UTEP dead end please?

Season Synopsis: Last place in the C-USA West.. yeah it just wasn’t pretty. I’m hoping that Mac can somehow, some way find a way out.

Key Player - RB Terrence Roberts - 191 rush, 1015 yards, 9 TD





Record: #20 AP, 9-4, won Chevron Holiday Bowl over Baylor

Season Synopsis: Woah. After a less than inspiring first two seasons, Coach Willingham entered a make or break year where he had to coach like his seat was on fire. Well, because it was. In any case, the addition of UCLA grad transfer QB Timi Ponaventi helped make the offense go, as Wazzu had success throwing and running the ball in 2020, a different approach for Willingham. Though the focus returned to running late in the year, the Cougars still thrived and uncovered a future star in sophomore tailback Patrick Tuivalea. The only thing that might have made the season better for Wazzu would have been upsetting USC and Oregon, but Willingham finally has his program headed in the right direction. Hopefully for good.

Key Player - RB Elson Asa’sina, 181 rush, 1098 yards, 8 TD
QB Timi Ponaventi - 186-282, 2587 yards, 30 TD, 177 rush, 747 yards, 9 TD





Record: 5-7, no bowl invite, yada yada it’s his first year give my man a mulligan.

Season Synopsis: UNLV had a good run under Tyrone Nix, and hired Coach Freday after constructing the lethal and deadly Bowling Green offense to keep the Rebels in the thick of the Mountain West for years to come. And for a while, it looked like the Rebels made a home run hire. Freday got UNLV roaring out of the gate in non-conference play to start the year, but cooled off significantly in conference play and slumped to 5-7. The play of senior QB Brice Cary regressed as the year went on, and the Rebels went back and forth between running backs being hurt or ineffective. As a result, UNLV missed out on a bowl game in Freday’s debut year.. With a veteran team. That could be a little scary for fans of the program moving forward, but the brash Freday assures something like 5-7 won’t happen again. With a lot of new faces for next year, we’ll see if he’s right.

Key Player - QB Brice Cary - 135-270, 1642 yards, 14 TD, 131 rush, 666 yards, 6 TD




Record: 3-9, no bowl invite.

Season Synopsis: Eastern Michigan has struggled mightily throughout the course of this dynasty but we saw some good things out of the Eagles, despite the subpar record. Eastern Michigan played some close games all year, got good play out of running back B.J. Miller and wideout Boley Bozekian. Unfortunately, both graduate. However, Michigan transfer QB Jay’Shawn Bryant was a 5-star prospect before transferring and he’s eligible next year. Eastern is going to be a trendy pick as a bowl contender in 2021, and it’s up to Henderson to make that come to fruition.

Key Player - RB B.J. Miller - 259 rush, 1502 yards, 13 TD





Record: 4-8, no bowl invite.

Season Synopsis: The Jaguars had a litany of weapons to pick from this season and use to their full potential. However, the Jags just couldn’t get it going, had some tough losses in conference play and dealt with some key injuries, particularly to Tennessee grad transfer Albert Ward at tailback and longtime starter Kareem Mirvil under center. However, Favre has an interesting weapon coming in at QB in the fall.. We’ll see what that’s about later.


Key Player - RB Albert Ward - 166 rush, 934 yards, 9 TD





Record: 8-6, lost C-USA Title Game vs. Old Dominion, lost Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force

Season Synopsis: Don’t let the 8-6 record fool you; this Bobcats team was much better than the record indicated. Yes, they had some puzzling losses and dropped their last four games -- but Texas State has been good for several years now and didn’t miss a beat with legendary tailback Dre Johnson and the first year coordinator Brooks. The offense was explosive again as QB Will Mock was good, freshman sensation Will Dotson looked like the future at tailback, and wideout Romeo Julian topped 1000 yards again in his senior campaign. Mock is slated to return, as is Dotson and some other key pieces, including rising sophomore tight end Keon Sharriff, also a highly touted recruit. While the late losses surely hurt the overall memory of the 2020 campaign, it was nevertheless a good one - and Texas State looks even better in Brooks’ second year.

Key Player - RB Will Dotson - 222 rush,1144 yds, 9 TD,
WR Romeo Julian - 86 rec, 1251 yards, 14 TD

[RoundingThird]

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

You sir, are the only source of the life of UConn football this weekend. I'm so disappointed, even heartbroken, that tomorrow's game got cancelled, but it is for the right reasons. We could've stormed the field with a victory. The weather is preventing us from starting to get to the point you have brought UConn too, and it's cramping my style. Nice to see Freday didn't do horribly in his first year as head man, though. Good building block

[thesportsguru11]

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

You sir, are the only source of the life of UConn football this weekend. I'm so disappointed, even heartbroken, that tomorrow's game got cancelled, but it is for the right reasons. We could've stormed the field with a victory. The weather is preventing us from starting to get to the point you have brought UConn too, and it's cramping my style. Nice to see Freday didn't do horribly in his first year as head man, though. Good building block

Oh boy that's some pressure on me! You're right, though, it was absolutely the right call. If any of you all are in Florida we're thinking about ya.

I'd love to get some stuff posted tonight/tomorrow... While we are starting the offseason and it's not actual games, I suppose for you anything will probably work.

I have to go home later today so I'm going to finally fire up the game again and get the season stats I need to get that post done. After that, that will be it for the current season and I can start with the deluge of offseason heresy and rumors!! YAY!

Sadly I still have lots of work to do -- I have to test to see if I can edit coach ratings, make some decisions about who exactly UConn's coach will be in 2021 (Diaco or the field), conference setups, if I want to mess with grad transfers again, things of that nature. Hopefully soon we'll be back to normal gameplay.. I'm really excited to start the new season and see who we have.

Freday did .. ok. I was really disappointed at the late season collapse after you started really well.. something that plagued CAC Freday in the early years at Bowling Green. It's a little troubling but I still think you'll be alright. UNLV has been a consistent bowl team in recent seasons so I can't imagine the cupboard is completely bare.

Oh and.. PS.. if you're ever feeling down about the lack of UConn football, there's 150-some odd pages and seven seasons worth of video game gridiron battle for you to peruse. I really enjoy flipping back through it sometimes

[thesportsguru11]

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

2020 UConn Stats/Wrap-Up

UConn Huskies Stats - 2020
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
Isaac Jackson	183-276	2776	15.1	185.0	74	19	7	168.4
Tanner Dean-Lowry	100-157	1574	15.7	157.4	78	13	5	168.9
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
Luke Williamson	368	1914	5.2	48	15	27	136.7	8
J.P. Byers	65	354	5.4	29	2	3	50.5	1
Jeff McNeal	65	272	4.1	24	1	5	18.1	1
Carlton Parker	36	178	4.9	38	2	4	17.8	0
Isaac Jackson	87	162	1.8	37	3	1	10.7	1
Tanner Dean-Lowry	31	110	3.5	31	2	2	11.0	2
Alfred Hart	8	24	3.0	5	0	0	3.0	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	DROPS	YDS/G	YAC
Rashad Harris	68	1231	18.1	11	50	5	82.0	338
Royce Archie	45	608	13.5	5	40	4	40.5	106
Derrick Ferwerda	44	658	14.9	4	78	4	43.8	278
Kevin Lacey	42	604	14.3	6	48	3	40.2	201
Jeff McNeal	41	676	16.4	3	74	10	45.0	257
Luke Williamson	20	353	17.6	2	71	3	25.2	157
Alfred Hart	9	78	8.6	0	24	2	5.9	40
Ryne Thomas	6	68	11.3	0	17	0	4.5	32
Ja'Montres Jones	6	79	13.1	0	19	0	5.6	28
Blocking					PCAKE		SACK
Brantell Webb					19		4
Royce Archie					12		1
Ryan Smelley					11		1
Trent Ginn					10		11
Vince Jones					10		4
Kevin Jones					8		6
Alfred Hart					6		0
Joe Sykes					4		0
Lawron Leak					3		0
Michael Clark					0		5
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
John Cox	85	11	96	4	20	2	3	1
Marcus Bradford	77	4	81	0	14	2	5	1
Sammie Leonard	78	2	80	8	18	4	1	0
Ross Sinclair	73	3	76	0	1	5	2	0
Tim Duchane	68	4	72	2	14	2	1	0
Victor Castalanetta	48	3	51	0	2	3	3	1
Shavlion Wade	41	2	43	0	3	11	10	1
Altarri Gardner	32	4	36	13	22	0	0	0
Sam Barnett	29	1	30	0	6	8	2	1
Brent Howard	24	5	29	5	13	0	0	0
James Mandrell	25	2	27	8	13	0	0	0
Kyler Parks	18	2	20	0	1	3	1	0
Sam Rourke	17	2	19	5	13	0	0	0
J.D. Rudie	14	1	15	0	1	2	0	0
Jake Crowder	15	0	15	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Rush	14	0	14	0	1	2	0	0
Tom Willis	11	0	11	1	2	0	0	0
Mike Hill	7	0	7	1	2	0	0	0
Brett Lowery	5	0	5	1	3	0	0	0
Kent Newton	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Scott Coffman	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
Jeff McNeal	36	1011	28.0	98	1	36	394	0
Kevin Lacey	9	238	26.4	40	0	5	33	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
Tyler McCray	19	26	73	43	51	51	100	108
Michael Miller	5	9	55	43	27	27	100	42
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
Tyler McCray	36	1696	57	47.1	34.8	0	5	16

Author's Note: I'm working on updating the front page record book -- that will be updated shortly. Lot of new numbers and names appearing there. Offseason here we come!

Friends, we've reached the end of Season 7. A new era is soon to approach. Will Coach Diaco stay to see it or has he had enough of Bobby V? Will UConn stick it out in the Big 12 or jet at Bobby V's request for more money? Will stars like Luke Williamson, Isaac Jackson and John Cox dart for the NFL Draft? What happens to Tanner Dean-Lowry? Who exactly is going to replace all of our talented seniors? Do we have a legendary player (or players?) who are about to set foot on UConn's campus? Stay tuned as we watch the next chapter of UConn football unfold.

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END OF CHAPTER 7 (2020)