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NCAA 14
Feb 26, 2014 22:59:18 GMT -5
Post by Morkim on Feb 26, 2014 22:59:18 GMT -5
Don't know about that. I'm just as bad in the turnover differential as you are. When my QB is cold, he gets super cold, like 4 INTs cold! You have the better rated teams. You are used to playing teams that are rated high, I'm not. Highest rated team I played was probably Kentucky, I'm used to being the better rated team. You have to remember I get grossly inflated stats by playing teams like Georgia State. Online is totally different than playing against a CPU. My tactics might not work against you. CPU's can get predictable, you are probably not as predictable. I'm kinda interested in how this game would play out. If this was a CPU controlled UNC, I'd predict a BCS bowl win for WKU but as of right now I'm kinda leaning towards UNC winning. That is if we still project to play each other after this week. I hope you crush and embarrass the heck out of Jindred
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NCAA 14
Feb 27, 2014 1:50:56 GMT -5
Post by awesomeace on Feb 27, 2014 1:50:56 GMT -5
I'm bored and I don't want to study programming anymore so without further ado, my game preview if jindred and I play each other!
UNC has put together an amazing season and exceeded all expectations of them. They will be lead by the tandem of Renner and Blue. Blue had a great season with just 32 yards separating him and 3rd most rushing yards in the season! A truly balanced team, they would be hard for anybody to beat.
WKU comes in with a chip on their shoulder. They feel like the two undefeated teams should play in the BCS national championship game and has done everything possible to show they belong. Not only do they boast the #1 offense and #1 scoring offense but their defense is pretty underrated. They have a top 5 defense and ranked 3rd in scoring defense! The trio of Damarcus Smith, Antonio Andrews and Gavin Rocker are all favourites to win several major awards including the Maxwell and Heisman!
Keys for WKU: - Don't turnover the ball. Keeping the ball has been an issue for Damarcus Smith who has 19 INTs and 6 fumbles this season. When Smith gets rattled, he gets really rattled. He has thrown at least 3 4 INT games this season. - Remain balanced. Smith may have his ball security issues but he is leading a high flying aerial attack. 4 receivers have caught 40+ passes, 500+ yards and 7+ TDs. However, this offense is most dangerous when Antonio Andrews gets going and can run it up the middle. - Pressure on the QB. WKU has done a bonafide job with getting to the QB. They lead the league in sacks and they have 3 players with 10+ sacks. Getting to the QB might force Renner to throw some bad balls and INTs.
Keys for UNC: - Stop the pass. Army was the only team that has effectively shut down WKU's passing game. That was also the only time WKU has won by single digits and was the lowest point total of the season for WKU. Stop the passing game, stall the offense. - Hold them to 3. WKU thrives on quick and long drives. Don't be surprised when they get a 8 play drive capped off with a TD in 2 or 3 minutes. Holding WKU to 3 rather than 7 will frustrate the Hilltoppers and leave UNC's defense more rested. - Go for the deep ball. A quick strike will put WKU in a position it's not used to, playing from behind. WKU's defense has had their lapses and a deep completion will wreak the confidence of a team that prides itself on holding teams to their own sides of the field.
Prediction: Damarcus Smith throws 3 INTs. Antonio Andrews and defense have their moments but ultimately fail. UNC wins a shoot out 44-38.
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NCAA 14
Feb 28, 2014 15:57:19 GMT -5
Post by cantonhall34 on Feb 28, 2014 15:57:19 GMT -5
awesomeace, MarchingOn, JindredSEC Title Game Recap: #10 Texas A&M vs. #1 Tennessee - A&M won the toss and elected to defer. This wouldn't even be worth mentioning except that it ended up playing right into the hands of the Volunteers. The Vols owned the FIRST QTR, possessing the ball for the entire time, finally punching the ball into the end zone on the first play of the SECOND QTR after a 13 play, 79-yard drive. A&M scored on the ensuing drive to tie the game at 7, following a 9 play, 75-yard drive of their own - the drive was highlighted by a fourth down and long conversion. Tennessee's next drive also ended in a short TD run with only seconds left in the first half, to take a 14-7 Halftime lead. The Aggies received the second half kickoff, but failed to maintain a drive after one first down and were forced to punt. The Volunteers picked up where they left off in the first half, mounting another long, time-consuming drive that resulted in another TD and a 21-7 lead. A&M was unable to get anything going on offense, as the Tennessee defense shut the running game down and limited Johnny Manziel to 75 yards passing. As the FOUTH QTR progressed, it was clear that the Vols were on their way to the BCS Title game adding yet another rushing TD, giving the eventual Heisman runner up 4 for the game. Following the game I advanced to the bowl season, and here's the rundown: Ohio St. v. Washington in the Fiesta Bowl Louisville v. Boston College in the Rose Bowl Western Kentucky v. Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl - Western jumped to #4 after the conference championship games. North Carolina v. Florida in the Sugar Bowl Iowa v. Ole Miss in the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day Tennessee v. Oklahoma in the BCS National Championship Game Being that the BCS Title game is the final one on the schedule, I'll wait to play that until the rest of our bowl games are done...so GOOD LUCK everyone and bring on the bowl season!
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NCAA 14
Feb 28, 2014 16:02:00 GMT -5
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Post by Morkim on Feb 28, 2014 16:02:00 GMT -5
awesomeace, MarchingOn, JindredSEC Title Game Recap: #10 Texas A&M vs. #1 Tennessee - A&M won the toss and elected to defer. This wouldn't even be worth mentioning except that it ended up playing right into the hands of the Volunteers. The Vols owned the FIRST QTR, possessing the ball for the entire time, finally punching the ball into the end zone on the first play of the SECOND QTR after a 13 play, 79-yard drive. A&M scored on the ensuing drive to tie the game at 7, following a 9 play, 75-yard drive of their own - the drive was highlighted by a fourth down and long conversion. Tennessee's next drive also ended in a short TD run with only seconds left in the first half, to take a 14-7 Halftime lead. The Aggies received the second half kickoff, but failed to maintain a drive after one first down and were forced to punt. The Volunteers picked up where they left off in the first half, mounting another long, time-consuming drive that resulted in another TD and a 21-7 lead. A&M was unable to get anything going on offense, as the Tennessee defense shut the running game down and limited Johnny Manziel to 75 yards passing. As the FOUTH QTR progressed, it was clear that the Vols were on their way to the BCS Title game adding yet another rushing TD, giving the eventual Heisman runner up 4 for the game. Following the game I advanced to the bowl season, and here's the rundown: Ohio St. v. Washington in the Fiesta Bowl Louisville v. Boston College in the Rose Bowl Western Kentucky v. Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl - Western jumped to #4 after the conference championship games. North Carolina v. Florida in the Sugar Bowl Iowa v. Ole Miss in the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day Tennessee v. Oklahoma in the BCS National Championship Game Being that the BCS Title game is the final one on the schedule, I'll wait to play that until the rest of our bowl games are done...so GOOD LUCK everyone and bring on the bowl season! You dissapoint me. Where's my Ace crushing Jindred game
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NCAA 14
Feb 28, 2014 17:06:28 GMT -5
Post by MarchingOn on Feb 28, 2014 17:06:28 GMT -5
The Gator Bowl? What the heck. That's supposed to be for like the B1G's worst bowl team.. I went 10-2.. Maybe the Big Ten is just that good, amirite?
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NCAA 14
Feb 28, 2014 23:47:22 GMT -5
Post by awesomeace on Feb 28, 2014 23:47:22 GMT -5
I'm a bit nervous playing Notre Dame... but if I win, I'm #2 and there is no disputing that. A jump from #14 to #2 in the span of like 3 weeks. Got to be some kind of record!
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Post by awesomeace on Mar 1, 2014 0:06:18 GMT -5
Here we go
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Post by awesomeace on Mar 1, 2014 1:53:29 GMT -5
GOLIATH GOES DOWN!! GOLIATH GOES DOWN!!
A BCS controversy is brewing down here in Miami, site of the Orange Bowl. With the final weeks of the BCS format ticking down, it looked like it was going to be a perfect ending to an unperfect system. Tennessee was headed to face a powerful Sooners team and dark horse WKU was going to be handed their 1st loss against a heavily favored Notre Dame team.
Despite winning the Coach of the Year, Heisman, Maxwell, and Camp award among many others plus 3 1st team All-Americans, 1 team 2nd All-Americans and 22 1st team All-Conference players. Many experts had WKU pegged as a beneficiary of a very weak schedule. No one was giving WKU a shot and Notre Dame was suppose to put an end to the Cinderella story.
The game started out with a bang! On the 1st play of the game Ricardo Singh (get used to hearing this name) picked off Tommy Rees and returned it to the house! Notre Dame bounced back with a TD drive of their own. Damarcus Smith leads a long drive and caps it off with a QB keeper. Ending the 1st quarter with a shocking score of 14-7 WKU. Still no one expected Notre Dame to lose.
The 2nd quarter started with Notre Dame driving down the field. On a 2nd down, Rees threw a wobbly pass and Jackson caught the under thrown pass for an INT!! Damarcus Smith and the WKU offense seemed unstoppable by now. Driving into the redzone and aiming for a 2 TD lead. On 3rd down Damarcus Smith targeted Jerrell Moore but he regretted the pass as soon as it left his hand. Notre Dame intercepted the pass and was rolling again. Is the turnover prone Smith going to show up this game? It didn't matter. With Notre Dame driving into WKU territory, they were eyeing that tie. Then disaster struck. Rees got intercepted by Wright and he took it back to the house!!! Just like that 21-7 WKU. Notre Dame fought back and got a FG with 50 seconds left. It was WKU's offense to stand up and destroy this team. It was 2nd and goal with 12 seconds left. The ball was on the 2 yard line and WKU had no timeout left. Andrews lined up in the backfield. The ball is snapped and Andrews takes the snap. The Fighting Irish are all blocked off! Andrews has a gimme TD! And then he hit the linemen in the back and falls short. The half is over and WKU fans are left wondering if that run will haunt them come the 2nd half.
The 2 teams trade TDs in the 3rd quarter. In the 4th quarter, WKU is trying to close this thing out but Notre Dame has other plans. WKU scores 1st to make it 35-17 but other than those INTs Rees has been killing the WKU secondary, passing with ease. But again he is intercepted by no other than Ricardo Singh! Leon Allen fumbles the ball for WKU but the damage is done. WKU wasted around 3 minutes and changed the field position. Notre Dame doesn't give up and drive down the field yet again. They get the ball all the way into the 10 yard line. But again Ricardo Singh saves the day! Rees is picked off in the endzone with less than a minute to go. The game is over! WKU has done the impossible and are 13-0!
The BCS is hoping for a Hilltoppers failure. A non-BCS team can't be a contender but WKU isn't going away any time soon. O'Brien winner Damarcus Smith can still play out his Junior and Senior year and he still has a lot to improve on. That's a scary thought for a player that just scored 50 TDs in only 12 games. If Smith can tone down his turnovers and get a little bit more on option plays, he'll be a Heisman candidate for sure! Defensive player of the year Gavin Rocker also has 2 more years of eligibility! With a recruit class that is currently ranked #17 in the nation, there is no way that WKU can't be ranked higher than the #93 ranking BCS currently has for them for next season.
Among all of this, there is rumors that slot WR Stephen Brown may be red shirted in the upcoming year. Stephen Brown is coming off an impressive sophomore season. He came down with 53 balls, 812 yards and 8 TDs. Speculation is Boe Brand will jump over Brown for the slot in his final year of eligibility after an impressive bowl game performance. With Willie McNeal coming back from injury, there really isn't enough balls for the 4th WR to make enough of an impact. Seems like Brown might be saving a year for later. Could be better for him as Smith should be more polished by then.
PS The Heisman voting seemed pretty close. Andrews won by less than 200 I believe.
PPS YOU CAN POST HIGHLIGHTS!!!! OMG HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS BEFOREHAND!
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Post by awesomeace on Mar 1, 2014 2:10:55 GMT -5
TL;DR
WKU is for real and Notre Dame just got a beat down despite WKU not playing their best.
#WKUfor#1
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NCAA 14
Mar 4, 2014 15:17:51 GMT -5
Post by Jindred on Mar 4, 2014 15:17:51 GMT -5
UNC wins the sugar bowl 44 - 14
To start off I rage quit my first attempt at this game lol, was due to almost all my start players going down with injury.. Then as sometimes happens after I rage quit I get into the zone and I play an almost perfect game where I am in the video game zen mode lol.
All in all I owned the gators in this game, and they had consistent pressure on my QB all game, however their defense was playing to agressive and I kept getting into their secondary with my RB. As their d-line started pulling up on the pass rush to stop my run their CBs started playing tighter coverage which lead to be destroying them with a few deep balls. Not to mention punishing their secondary and LBs with Ebron a few times after the catch!
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