Troy Dynasty - NCAA14 || Season 5, Week 2 - Luck of the Irish?

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SPOILER: Watch the 2nd quarter and you'll see something amazing.

 

They did REALLY well on 3rd down. Something that we have to do better on. That said, we were CLUTCH in the redzone reaching the endzone each time. That combined with getting two turnovers and not giving up any ourselves really helped us to clobber them.

Not a massive game, but still a rock hard solid one from the stud today. Except the 1st quarter. First four drop backs, four sacks. It was rough early, but after that he couldn't be stopped.

Gary Stewart was a fortunate individual in this game. A couple of Touchdowns were given to him on a silver platter, but he did well himself even still.

Mendoza really spread the ball around... at least to the 5 receivers he did throw it to. Letton was probably the best of the bunch but he did all in the first half.

Marcus Webb once again had a couple sacks. Always get good production out of the #1 DT on my team. MLB Whisenhunt had a pick, and so did FS Cedric Rushing. Pretty good day by the defense, aside from 3rd down play.

Edited February 7, 2019 by Danger

[drd23]

3 hours ago, Danger said:

SPOILER: Watch the 2nd quarter and you'll see something amazing.

How on earth does he catch that when DB's most of the time have problems catching balls thrown almost straight to them?

[Neumatic]

Yea, iv played a lot of ncaa and I don’t think I ever seen anything like that one lol

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Week 15 Recruiting
Actively Recruited Prospects
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
104	6	★★★★☆	Patrick Green	81 (+5)	DT	1st	Week 8	700	225	105
62	2	★★★★☆	Ismael Summers	79 (+1)	SS	1st	Week 8	700	-900	405
234	44	★★★★☆	Youdlain Harrell	76 (+6)	ATH (RB/TE)	1st		700	50	1380
64	3	★★★★☆	Ben Butler	74 (-1)	DT	2nd	Week 8	700	150	-220
720	37	★★★☆☆	Matt Jones	73 (+5)	QB	1st		700	70	815
81	18	★★★★☆	Reggie Davis	72	ATH (SS/QB/RB)	1st	Week 14	700	2505	4835
Verbal Commits to Troy
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
75	5	★★★★☆	Chris Marshall	80 (+3)	DE	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
154	2	★★★★☆	Quinton Wade	78 (+3)	T	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
20	5	★★★★★	Marcus Mason	78 (+3)	ATH (DB/QB/RB)	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
374	3	★★★☆☆	Levi Cooke	79 (+7)	OLB	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
688	25	★★★☆☆	Jake McIntyre	75 (+6)	FS	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
266	18	★★★★☆	Jeff McNeal	77 (+4)	DT	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
100	11	★★★★☆	Terry McCarthy	80 (+4)	DE	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
279	8	★★★★☆	Brian Gilmore	76 (+3)	C	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
JUCO (SO)	18	★★★☆☆	Randy Moore	80	CB	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
JUCO (SO)	43	★★★★☆	Chris Rice	81 (+2)	ATH (QB/WR/RB)	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
466	28	★★★☆☆	Pete Walton	75 (+4)	OLB	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
59	14	★★★★☆	Eric Clark	79 (+5)	ATH (RB/QB)	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
	28	★★★☆☆	Eric Miller	76 (+6)	DT	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed

 

Commits:

1. JUCO (SO) CB Randy Moore: He'll be reshirted this next season, but after that I expect him to be in the CB rotation in his RS SO season as either the 3rd or 4th corner and then starting the following season. 
2. JUCO (SO) ATH Chris Rice: He has really good Throw Power for a sophomore* at 90 and decent accuracy at 81. He -could- give Tyler Taylor a run for his money if I decide to make him a QB. It really depends what his overall is at those positions listed. Speed of 88 would give us a mobile QB something I hadn't planned on but could definitely consider.
3. OLB Pete Walton: He'll definitely be in the mix at OLB, not as good as fellow recruit Levi Cooke, but he's definitely got a better potential than some of the players I recruited at the position last season.
4. ATH Eric Clark: I can't really see him being anything else than a RB from what his ratings are, he is a QB prospect as well but his power and accuracy (and barely speed) kinda fall short of Chris Rice. We will see. Despite being 79 overall, I'm not overall terribly excited for his fit on the team necessarily.
5. DT Eric Miller: Honestly had no expectations of him committing. We stole him from Alabama after a stellar visit in Week 14. Don't know how much he'll figure in especially if I'm correct in assuming I can get Patrick Green to commit, he'd be the 3rd best player at his position in this class, but not too far behind Jeff McNeal.

Notes:

• Patrick Green and Ismael Summers are both going to be players I go after heavily in the off season as I'm not going to be able to swing them out of the recruiting battles before the end of the season.
• I think I can get Youdlain Harrell and Reggie Davis in the off season as well. 
• I don't really care about QB Matt Jones or DT Ben Butler, both would likely be career backups at Troy.

Edited February 7, 2019 by Danger

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End of Season Recruiting
Actively Recruited Prospects
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
104	6	★★★★☆	Patrick Green	81 (+5)	DT	1st	Week 8	700	210	315
62	2	★★★★☆	Ismael Summers	79 (+1)	SS	1st	Week 8	700	100	305
64	3	★★★★☆	Ben Butler	74 (-1)	DT	2nd	Week 8	700	150	-50
720	37	★★★☆☆	Matt Jones	73 (+5)	QB	1st		700	70	885
Verbal Commits to Troy
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
75	5	★★★★☆	Chris Marshall	80 (+3)	DE	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
154	2	★★★★☆	Quinton Wade	78 (+3)	T	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
20	5	★★★★★	Marcus Mason	78 (+3)	ATH (DB/QB/RB)	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
374	3	★★★☆☆	Levi Cooke	79 (+7)	OLB	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
688	25	★★★☆☆	Jake McIntyre	75 (+6)	FS	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
266	18	★★★★☆	Jeff McNeal	77 (+4)	DT	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
100	11	★★★★☆	Terry McCarthy	80 (+4)	DE	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
279	8	★★★★☆	Brian Gilmore	76 (+3)	C	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
JUCO (SO)	18	★★★☆☆	Randy Moore	80	CB	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
JUCO (SO)	43	★★★★☆	Chris Rice	81 (+2)	ATH (QB/WR/RB)	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
466	28	★★★☆☆	Pete Walton	75 (+4)	OLB	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
59	14	★★★★☆	Eric Clark	79 (+5)	ATH (RB/QB)	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
	28	★★★☆☆	Eric Miller	76 (+6)	DT	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
234	44	★★★★☆	Youdlain Harrell	76 (+6)	ATH (RB/TE)	Committed		-	Committed	Committed
81	18	★★★★☆	Reggie Davis	72	ATH (SS/QB/RB)	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed

 

Commits: 
ATH Youdlain Harrell - For all intents and purposes he seems like either a TE or a RB to me. If he does fit in as a TE that's where he's going to go for sure. Already have a bit of a log jam at RB.
ATH Reggie Davis - Gut feeling he -may- be a sleeper where he is actually much better at something, but if not he'll likely just be a career backup at Strong Safety or linebacker.

 

Notes:
I don't really want anyone else, I'm just gonna go all in on Patrick Green and Ismael Summers in the off season to lock those two up.

[Danger]

Conference Championship Week

 

Well would ya look at that. We have ourselves a College Football playoff!

As well as 3 terrible power 5 conferences.

[Danger]

 

Was a heck of a game. Biggest difference for the two teams was the ability to execute on 3rd down. Everything else honestly felt dead even to me. The yards would have been the same if they converted a few more 3rd downs I truly believe. 1 Turnover a piece. Truly a game between two teams that were laying it all out on the field.

 

I do feel Mendoza performed better than his stats would indicate here. There were a couple of key drops one on a deep pass that really could have put us out even further ahead than we were. Additionally we found more overall success in the redzone with running the ball so we stuck with it. He had one interception which I really can't give him a pass on, but the one thing I wanted to see him improve on this season as a whole was not letting his mistakes snowball when he made them and I do feel he was successful at that despite a slight statistical dip from his first two seasons.

The two runningbacks combined for over 150 yards and didn't have a rush longer than 12 yards. They were just pretty consistent all game long. It helped make everything easier and more managable because I was hardly ever in a situation where I was faced with 3rd and long. Downing went back to his TD stealing ways in this game though.

Ramirez and Letton kept moving the chains for us most of the day. Ramirez even got that touchdown catch on 4th and goal. It's gonna be upsetting to see Letton graduate next season, but we do have some freshman in the pipeline who will be ready to step up to the plate and continue where he left off. Matt Adams is the lone player I am actually left disappointed by in this game. 2 huge drops. 1 on a really long pass during 3rd and long that a player of his caliber should be able to reel in. 

No huge numbers to be found here. DT1 Marcus Webb got his 17th sack on the season and RE Corey Wade is also somewhere near 10 on the year. Courtney Green who doesn't get much play time at the OLB position due to our heavy use of the Nickel package actually got to make a nice impact here with a key sack. Not shown here is the interception by Nickel CB David Sharp which actually saved the game. Texas was driving very late in the 1st half and was about to go into half time with a lead but David Sharp managed to pick the ball off in the redzone with 12 seconds left in the half. You da real MVP David.

ON TO THE NATTY BOYS.

 

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National Championship Game is recorded and edited. Will be up tonight.

Edited February 14, 2019 by Danger

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It's pretty miraculous that we were able to win given the turnover battle. But we played stellar on 3rd and 4th down. Our pass defense was pretty good only giving up 96 yards through the air on 18 attempts. Would have been really nice to get some turnovers from my defense but they played well.

Mendoza really aired it out this game. He was playing to win rather than playing not to lose. Which is good. You don't win by playing not to lose. He threw a pick 6 in the redzone on the last play of the first half which swung the score by 10 points. Then we turned it over on our next two drives. The rainy weather really wasn't doing us any favors. 

Gary Stewart tends to... choke in bowl games. For whatever reason. Heck the running game in general kind of sucked really bad. Usually it's the opposing D-Line that is the issue, but their linebackers were always on point and seemed to know if it was a pass or run play before it even started without fail.

Matt. Adams. Dude had the game of his life. He had a few drops during the Big XII Championship that made the game close, but he 100% turned it around here. Catching all 3 TD passes including the game winner with I think 3 seconds left in the game. Dude went from zero to hero. Legend in Troy Mythos.

3 Sacks on so few drop backs ain't half bad. I can count 8 TFL there alone so I think we were doing well as a defensive unit. If not for turnovers that set up field position or hell the Pick 6 Mendoza through in the redzone, they would have had a dominant performance if you ask me. 

We ain't done yet. Hoping to see some Troy players finally get drafted and build on this from here.

[MKnight82]

Congrats!

[Danger]

Gonna make a sort of brief overview of the Off Season here:

Troy Trojans Season Awards:
MLB Justin Whisenhunt
Bednarik Award
Best LB Award

DT Marcus Webb
Nagurski Award
Lombardi Award

CB Nick Wright
Thorpe Award

Troy Trojans All Americans:
1st team
DT Marcus Webb
MLB Justin Whisenhunt
CB Nick Wright
CB David Sharp
SS Matt Yates

2nd team
RE Corey Wade

Freshman
RB Jason Downing
TE Waltar Ramirez
DT Jeff Bailey

New School Records
Ryan Mendoza - 11898 Career Passing Yards
Previous: Ryan Mendoza - 8051 Career Passing Yards

Ryan Mendoza - 114 Career Passing Touchdowns
Previous: 1966-1968 QB - 79 Career Passing Touchdowns

Notable Coaching Changes

• Texas A&M has fired Jimbo Fisher, and hired Charlie Strong from South Florida
• Tennesse has fired Jeremy Pruitt, and hired Troy Calhoun from Air Force
• Kentucky has fired Mark Stoops, and hired Bobby Wilder from Old Dominion
• West Virginia has fired Dana Holgorsen, and hired Seth Littrell from North Texas
• Southern Florida has replaced Charlie Strong, with OC Jay Norvell from Troy
• Notre Dame has fired Brian Kelly, and hired DC Stanley Johnston from Troy
• Troy has replaced OC Jay Norvell, with Dana Holgorsen fired from West Virginia
• Troy has replaced DC Stanley Johnston, with DC Jim Knowles from Oklahoma State

Note: I forgot to check retirees

Players Graduating
Name	Position	OVR
Ryan Mendoza*	QB	99
Sam Letton	WR	94
Matt Adams*	WR	92
Kaleb Barker	QB	90
Marcus Webb	DT	89
Tristain Crowder	RT	87
Michael Robinson	DT	83
Dylan Bradshaw	C	82
Kade Young	QB	81
Kelvin Lucky	RE	79
BJ Smith	FB	78

Draftees:
QB Ryan Mendoza - 1st Round
WR Sam Letton - 1st Round
WR Matt Adams - 4th Round

Wishing nothing but the best to these three. They all were the biggest parts of winning the title in Troy, you'll get to see exactly where Mendoza was drafted hopefully soon.

Final Words on players:

• Mendoza is a QB for the ages who's talents will probably never be matched at Troy. He'll be a franchise guy for sure wherever he goes.
• Sam Letton was such a valuable player going 2-way at slot WR and TE. With his size, hands, and adequate speed, he can do well in the NFL as a slot guy.
• Matt Adams came in so darn clutch in the National Championship he has a special place in Troy History. 
• Marcus Webb put up historical numbers this past season winning multiple awards having 17 sacks.
• Kaleb Barker was the model citizen. Never got to start in his career and probably could have started at the majority of collegiate universities, I never expected much from him when Pete Holmes first signed at Troy, but he was the best backup QB you could ever ask for.
• Tristain Crowder you helped keep Mendoza up right... that's all I really know about you.
• - The rest of the guys, well we won a national championship. Good job!

Note - Freshman TE Jeff Bailey (70 OVR) is transferring to Marshall University. Where their previous TE won the Mackey award. Best of luck to him, but he's not beating Walter Ramirez for it.

Recruiting

DT Patrick Green and SS Ismael Summers commit to Troy

Verbal Commits to Troy
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
75	5	★★★★☆	Chris Marshall	80 (+3)	DE	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
154	2	★★★★☆	Quinton Wade	78 (+3)	T	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
20	5	★★★★★	Marcus Mason	78 (+3)	ATH (DB/QB/RB)	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
374	3	★★★☆☆	Levi Cooke	79 (+7)	OLB	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
688	25	★★★☆☆	Jake McIntyre	75 (+6)	FS	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
266	18	★★★★☆	Jeff McNeal	77 (+4)	DT	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
100	11	★★★★☆	Terry McCarthy	80 (+4)	DE	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
279	8	★★★★☆	Brian Gilmore	76 (+3)	C	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
JUCO (SO)	18	★★★☆☆	Randy Moore	80	CB	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
JUCO (SO)	43	★★★★☆	Chris Rice	81 (+2)	ATH (QB/WR/RB)	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
466	28	★★★☆☆	Pete Walton	75 (+4)	OLB	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
59	14	★★★★☆	Eric Clark	79 (+5)	ATH (RB/QB)	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
	28	★★★☆☆	Eric Miller	76 (+6)	DT	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
234	44	★★★★☆	Youdlain Harrell	76 (+6)	ATH (RB/TE)	Committed		-	Committed	Committed
81	18	★★★★☆	Reggie Davis	72	ATH (SS/QB/RB)	Committed	Week 14	-	Committed	Committed
104	6	★★★★☆	Patrick Green	81 (+5)	DT	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed
62	2	★★★★☆	Ismael Summers	79 (+1)	SS	Committed	Week 8	-	Committed	Committed

 

Spoiler: All of them will be redshirted. Still a great class especially along the defensive line and picking up Athletes.

Position Changes
ATH Eric Clark -> QB (79 OVR) -- I could have put Chris Rice here and he would have been a bit higher of an overall but then we'd have both of our young QBs (Along with Tyler Taylor) in the same class, I wanted to stagger them a bit. Whenever Eric Clark gets to play for us we'll finally have a mobile option at QB (87 Speed)
ATH (JUCO SO) Chris Rice -> RB (79 OVR) Unfortunately there just wasn't an optimal place to put Chris Rice, maybe he'll get playing time down the road, I don't know really.
ATH Reggie Davis -> FB (53 OVR) Gonna be honest, I just did this to let him keep his scholarship as well as prevent the game from generating another stupid FB because you HAVE to have 2......
ATH Marcus Mason - WR (78 OVR) Also didn't want Chris Rice here because we have 3 receivers in the same class as Rice already, so again trying to stagger a bit.
ATH Youdlain Harrell - TE (70 OVR) GREAT speed for a TE, but he's a bit short. Wasn't sure where else to put him to ensure good use out of him someday hopefully.

Training Results - Top 10 Improved Players
Name	Year	Position	Gain	OVR
Gary Stewart	Junior (R)	RB	7	96
Jason Downing	Sophomore (R)	RB	6	88
Josh Godfrey	Junior (R)	RB	6	86
Danny Jackson	Freshman (R)	WR	6	85
Austin Smith	Freshman (R)	C	6	85
Tyler Graham	Sophomore (R)	LG	6	85
Tyler Taylor	Freshman (R)	QB	6	84
Daniel Robinson	Freshman (R)	RG	6	82
Adam Summers	Junior (R)	C	5	96
Matt Yates	Junior (R)	SS	5	95

Roster Cuts:
RB - Junior (R) - Josh Godfrey (86 OVR) - Never going to get significant play time for me. He'd have been 4th string behind Gary Stewart and 2 players younger than him because Antwaan Banks has AMAZING speed.
WR - Sophomore (R) - EJ Brown (78 OVR) - Just buried on the depth chart.
CB - Senior (R) - Terrence Dunlap (84 OVR) - No reason to keep him around, this is his last season and he's 5th on the depth chart.
FS - Senior (R) - Tyler Murray (85 OVR) - We have 3 seniors at this position (though we have a replacement ready in Daryl Walker), but he's not seeing the field.
TE - Senior - Zach Flynn - (82 OVR) - I prefer receiving TEs, at best he'd be 3rd at TE behind Walter Ramirez and WR/TE Freshman Danny Jackson (replacing Letton's role)
LE - Sophomore (R) - Dave Bradley (80 OVR), he'd never see time being 2 years older than our 2 redshirted freshman at the same OVR.

Depth chart Inc.

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Year 5 Roster

Offense Skill Players

QB

OVR

Yr

HB

OVR

Yr

FB

OVR

Yr

WR

OVR

Yr

TE

OVR

Yr

Tyler Taylor

84

FR (R)

Gary Stewart

96

JR (R)

Michael Johnson

72

JR (R)

Stephen Henry

86

SO (R)

Walter Ramirez

82

SO (R)

Daniel Moore

78

FR (R)

Antwan Banks

82

FR (R)

Kyle Parham

92

JR (R)

Danny Jackson

74

FR (R)

Eric Clark

79

FR

Jason Downing

88

SO (R)

Danny Jackson

85

FR (R)

Marcus Faulk

74

FR (R)

Chris Rice

79

SO

Chad Peterson

83

FR (R)

Youdlain Harrell

70

FR

Tony McDougal

81

FR (R)

Jesse Daniels

80

SO (R)

Marcus Mason

78

FR

Offense Skill Players

LT

OVR

Yr

LG

OVR

Yr

C

OVR

Yr

RG

OVR

Yr

RT

OVR

Yr

Mike Schultz

93

SR

Tyler Graham

85

SO (R)

Adam Summers

96

JR (R)

Titus Fleming

86

JR

J.R. Morris

85

FR (R)

Justin Evans

74

FR (R)

Travius Harris

84

SR (R)

Austin Smith

85

FR (R)

Daniel Robinson

82

FR (R)

Jamal Walker

86

JR (R)

Quinton Wade

78

FR

Brian Gilmore

76

FR

Defensive Players

LE

OVR

Yr

DT

OVR

Yr

RE

OVR

Yr

LOLB

OVR

Yr

ROLB

OVR

Yr

Travon Mathis

91

SR (R)

Jeff Bailey

86

SO (R)

Corey Wade

88

JR (R)

Jon Jones

86

JR (R)

Courtney Green

83

JR (R)

Ross Thomas

74

FR (R)

Derrick Shaw

81

FR (R)

Allen Washington

77

FR (R)

John Allen

82

SO (R)

John Myrick

76

SO (R)

Terry McCarthy

80

FR

Tyler Tucker

84

JR (R)

Chris Marshall

80

FR

Keith Langford

73

FR

Pete Walton

75

FR

Ismael Davis

73

FR (R)

Patrick Green

81

FR

Jeff McNeal

77

FR

Defensive Players

MLB

OVR

Yr

CB

OVR

Yr

FS

OVR

Yr

SS

OVR

Yr

Justin Whisenhunt

90

SR (R)

Marcus Jones

93

SR (R)

Cedric Rushing

97

SR

Matt Yates

95

JR (R)

Kevin Nixon

82

SR (R)

Nick Wright

92

JR (R)

Joseph Norwood

88

SR (R)

Kyle Nixon

82

SR (R)

Titus Ross

81

SO (R)

David Sharp

91

SO (R)

Darryl Walker

80

FR (R)

Ismael Summers

79

FR

Levi Cooke

78

FR

Timothy Cooper

85

SO (R)

Jake McIntyre

75

FR

George Montgomery

81

FR (R)

Randy Moore

80

SO

Special Teams

K

OVR

Yr

P

OVR

Yr

Joe Miller

87

JR

John Fitzpatrick

89

SO (R)

 

Never realized just how heavily I recruited on the defensive side of the ball last season.

Edited February 19, 2019 by Danger

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Year 5 Schedule
Week	Location	Opponent
1	--	BYE
2	vs	Notre Dame
3	--	BYE
4	at	Texas Tech
5	vs	#7 Oklahoma State
6	vs	Kansas
7	at	Hawai'i
8	at	West Virginia
9	vs	#19 Purdue
10	at	Kansas State
11	vs	Iowa State
12	at	#16 USC
13	vs	Missouri
14	at	Arkansas State

 

Tried to give ourselves a hard out of conference schedule this season.

Week 2 - Notre Dame comes to Troy and we get to have a return of former defensive coordinator Stanley Johnston
Week 7 - We go to Hawai'i to celebrate the National Championship from last season as well as pay homage to now Pro QB Ryan Mendoza visiting his home
Week 9 - I wanted a ranked opponent at home here so that we could get a good visit.. to be honest.
Week 12 - Trojans vs Trojans. I had to.

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Week 2 Recruiting
Actively Recruited Prospects
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
18	7	★★★★★	Randy Scott	80 (+3)	ATH (WR/DB)	2nd		700	220	-300
5	5	★★★★★	Jason Scott	78	ATH (DB/WR)	1st		700	715	35
20	1	★★★★★	Kareem Daugherty	82	SS	6th		700	-160	-760
46	1	★★★★☆	Kevin Walker	77 (-2)	FS	2nd		700	400	-215
17	1	★★★★★	Troy Richardson	78 (-2)	MLB	2nd		700	75	-280
23	2	★★★★★	Kyle Holloway	79 (-1)	TE	3rd		700	80	-480
158	5	★★★★☆	Arch Manning	79 (+3)	QB	5th		700	280	-705
165	4	★★★★☆	Kyle Smith	79 (+5)	CB	6th		700	-300	-1215
73	4	★★★★☆	Akeem Wilson	79 (+1)	G	3rd		700	75	-380
Top 3 Unsigned Recruits on Recruiting Board, but not Actively Recruited
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
78	16	★★★★☆	Steve Allen	79 (+5)	WR	6th			TBD	TBD
			TBD
			TBD
Verbal Commits to Troy
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
	5	★★★★★	Shawn Penn	76	WR	Committed			Committed	Committed
	11	★★★☆☆	Jason Dowdell	78 (+6)	T	Committed			Committed	Committed

Commits:

• WR Shawn Penn - Nothing special really, Got an instacommit so I took it.
• T Jason Dowdell - Really glad I got him to commit early, now I don't have to invest a lot of resources into HOPING I can get a good OT in this class.

Notes:

• Didn't put points into CB Kyle Smith or SS Kareem Daugherty in week 1 so I'm not surprised we lost ground on them.
• Both of the Scotts look like must have prospects for me. Particularly Randy. 96 speed and just all around great WR attributes. Hell Randy could be an unreal DB at any of those positions as well. I want both of them really bad.
• Arch Manning, yes. Son of Cooper Manning, nephew of Peyton and Eli, I believe this is the year he'd be committing to a school in real life, so I made him a prospect and tried to project relatively realistically how he'd pan out.

[drd23]

3 hours ago, Danger said:

ATH Reggie Davis -> FB (53 OVR) Gonna be honest, I just did this to let him keep his scholarship as well as prevent the game from generating another stupid FB because you HAVE to have 2......

You do?  I don't recall ever being made to sign a 2nd FB

Also, how did you end up signing so many extra prospects that you had to cut a number of decent upperclassman?  I always feel bad doing it so I just stop recruiting once I know I have got as many commits as I have players graduating (plus a couple extra for players likely to leave for the draft)