The Career of J.D. Clark (NCAA 14)

[Tylerdcole]

Re: Hawk Blog

Wow! Finally caught up after reading through this for quite a while! You do such a great job! Thanks for all the time commitment you have put into this! Also, what do you think of Cade McNamara committing to Iowa?

[Careless Whisper]

Re: The Career of J.D. Clark (NCAA 14)

Crossing my fingers for Larry Legend to finally put together a full season so he can come away with that Heisman. Good to see this back, Helli.

[luigi.delta]

Re: Idaho Season by Season Updates

excellent thread keep it up

[OldHossRadbourn]

Re: The Career of J.D. Clark (NCAA 14)

Hellisan,

Iowa is in need of an OC and perhaps a new HC.

Your time is now.

[studbucket]

Re: The Career of J.D. Clark (NCAA 14)

Hellisan,

Iowa is in need of an OC and perhaps a new HC.

Your time is now.

Quote of the year.

[moose141]

Re: The Career of J.D. Clark (NCAA 14)

Larry Legend needs to ride off into the sunset with the Heisman trophy under his arm; hope to see this back Helli!

[Hellisan]

Re: The Career of J.D. Clark (NCAA 14)

Hellisan,

Iowa is in need of an OC and perhaps a new HC.

Your time is now.

This did make me laugh out loud, thanks man.

Larry Legend needs to ride off into the sunset with the Heisman trophy under his arm; hope to see this back Helli!

I have to admit Moose that when I saw your channel on YouTube getting back to business I decided to ramp up my attempts at getting my wiring all back together which hadn't been working for awhile, just spent about an hour fidgeting with it and it works now. As long as I want to keep THIS dynasty and not download the game on PC which would be awesome, I'll have to mess with that from time to time if I wanna use my monitor for stat typing etc. But it's back working again and I hope to kind of maybe get a few games in over this slow period into next week.

Man, another thing that had me really thinking about this was how little I seem to care about college football anymore, and how this could be a nice escape in the college football realm that I miss, but not enough to tune in on television. So many things have happened to chip away at the fun (at least for me), with the implosion of the Pac 12 being the kicker, that I picked up my Phil Steele and just stared at it for about half an hour and then put it in the magazine pile. I haven't watched a single game this year. Just an old grump I guess.

.... And this is when I remember that I played three games at some point while keeping little in the way of notes. Let me just knock out some quick updates, I've put a bunch of info about the team into Chat GPT and may have it write the stories in the voice of Hunter S. Thompson, just for fun.

[Hellisan]

2023 - Week 5 - #3 Iowa at Texas Tech

[Hellisan]

2023 - Week 6 - Minnesota at #3 Iowa

[Hellisan]

2023 - Week 7 - #3 Iowa at Penn State

[studbucket]

Re: 2023 - Week 7 - #3 Iowa at Penn State

A 24 point second quarter nearly did you in. That's a huge quarter!

[Hellisan]

Re: 2023 - Week 7 - #3 Iowa at Penn State

A 24 point second quarter nearly did you in. That's a huge quarter!

I know man, at the time it was crazy watching us lose two fumbles on essentially back to back plays and not only that, but fail to salvage anything, like holding them to a field goal or anything. Then, the fourth quarter comes around, and one kid saves the day for everybody.

State of the Dynasty Well like a few others I've seen lately I got the itch and honestly, I hope we all stick around, I can't wait to see what happens with a new Cheese dynasty if that comes to fruition, and catch up on others. I forgot how much I loved doing this, it ended up taking several hours of trouble shooting, testing, wire replacement, HDMI splitter replacement, and figuring out how to use my setup with my newer Roku TV in my office which didn't seem to like Xbox 360 too much. But now I think I've got it.

After posting the three games I played randomly that didn't have reports I'm essentially caught up. Hope to screw around some more tonight and then hopefully spend a little time each night puttering around with it, just refamiliarizing myself with this whole thing. Another thanks to EA and specifically the personnel that worked on NCAA 14. A generally soulless company made something that's so special to so many of us. It's like the Seahawks and Pete Carroll. He won us a Super Bowl, so I can't just throw the man to the wolves despite the poor results. Thank you EA.

[Hellisan]

Around the Nation - Week 8

[jasontoddwhitt]

Re: Around the Nation - Week 8

Will Big Man start demanding he play both ways with those hands? Jeez, what a breakout performance!

[Careless Whisper]

Re: The Career of J.D. Clark (NCAA 14)

Man, another thing that had me really thinking about this was how little I seem to care about college football anymore, and how this could be a nice escape in the college football realm that I miss, but not enough to tune in on television. So many things have happened to chip away at the fun (at least for me), with the implosion of the Pac 12 being the kicker, that I picked up my Phil Steele and just stared at it for about half an hour and then put it in the magazine pile. I haven't watched a single game this year. Just an old grump I guess.

This really resonates with me too, so you're not alone. I can count on one hand the amount of college football games I've watched from start to finish over the last few years, and fall Saturdays used to be my favorite days. Between realignment and the overemphasis on the CFP, it feels like the soul has been ripped from the sport and it's not coming back. That's one of the reasons why I personally enjoy sticking with playing the older games - it's a nice escape to a simpler time in the sport.

Really glad to have you back, Helli, and glad to see Iowa string together three more wins. What a performance by your freshman corner in Happy Valley - even if Penn State is down, snagging a trio of interceptions in that environment is quite the accomplishment.