NCAA 14 Buffalo Bulls Dynasty - S2, One does not simply enter the Swamp

[Danger]

Welcome one and welcome all! Recent retiree, former Jaguar and more importantly Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl Linebacker, Paul Posluszny has agreed to terms to coach the Buffalo Bulls.

 

Edited January 8, 2020 by Danger

[Danger]

HC Pos will be fielding a team in the process of rebuilding in his first season but that's not to say there aren't young players to build around moving forward.

Buffalo Bulls Football
Prestige	OVR	OFF	DEF
★★☆☆☆☆	74	70	76
Championship Contenders - 4 Year Outlook
2019	2020	2021	2022
85	94	91	102
*Out of 126

 

Year 1 Roster

Offense Skill Players

QB

OVR

Yr

HB

OVR

Yr

FB

OVR

Yr

WR

OVR

Yr

TE

OVR

Yr

Kyle Vantrease

70

SO (R)

Jaret Patterson

85

SO

Antonio Nunn

73

JR (R)

Zac Lefebvre

73

JR (R)

Dominic Johnson

68

JR (R)

Kevin Marks

81

SO (R)

Daniel Lee

69

JR

Charlie Jones

64

SO (R)

Matt Myers

66

FR (R)

Theo Anderson

74

JR (R)

Charlie Jones

71

SO (R)

Jake Molinich

65

JR (R)

Trevor Bycznski

66

FR

Dylan McDuffie

65

FR (R)

Tito Overton

67

JR (R)

Julien Bourassa

65

SO (R)

Ron Cook Jr.

63

FR

LeMario Smith Jr.

64

FR (R)

Tyler Stephens

64

FR

Jovany Ruiz

64

JR

Trevor Wilson

69

FR

Jelani Foster

64

FR

Javien Cuff

64

FR

Offense Skill Players

LT

OVR

Yr

LG

OVR

Yr

C

OVR

Yr

RG

OVR

Yr

RT

OVR

Yr

Evan Ksiezarczyk

86

SR (R)

Paul Nosworthy

85

SR (R)

Mike Novitsky

69

FR (R)

Tomas Jack-Kurdyla

78

SR

Kayode Awosika

75

JR (R)

Jake Fuzak

69

JR (R)

Trey Derouen

69

SR (R)

Michael Kenefick

69

SR (R)

Jacob Gall

69

SO (R)

Gabe Wallace

69

FR (R)

Jack Klenk

69

JR (R)

Dan Kubik

69

SO (R)

Defensive Players

LE

OVR

Yr

DT

OVR

Yr

RE

OVR

Yr

LOLB

OVR

Yr

ROLB

OVR

Yr

Taylor Riggins

83

JR (R)

Chibueze Onwuaka

72

JR (R)

Malcolm Koonce

81

JR

Kadof Wright

75

JR (R)

James Patterson

84

SO

LeDarius Mack

70

SR

DeShondrick Foxworth

70

SR

Frendy Darelus

66

SO (R)

Ja'Varius Harrison

69

JR

Justin Mulbah

70

JR (R)

Jordan Avissey

64

FR

Eddie Wilson

68

SO

Kyler Laing

66

FR

Caleb Tate

66

FR

Christian Gonzalez

68

SR (R)

Ronald McGee

69

SO

Tyrece Woods Jr.

68

FR

Defensive Players

MLB

OVR

Yr

CB

OVR

Yr

FS

OVR

Yr

SS

OVR

Yr

Matt Otwinowski

74

SR

Aapri Washington

81

SO (R)

Joey Banks

77

SR

Tyrone Hill

75

JR (R)

Tim Terry Jr.

69

SO (R)

Roy Baker

70

JR (R)

Dev Lamour

73

SR

Dawun Hylton

65

SO (R)

Rich Miller

66

FR

Devon Russell

70

SR (R)

Marcus Fuqua

64

FR

Cory Gross Jr.

64

FR (R)

Wankeith Akin Jr.

64

SO (R)

Ali Abbas

64

JR

Isaiah King

64

SO (R)

Mark Davis

64

FR

Special Teams

K

OVR

Yr

P

OVR

Yr

Alex McNulty

66

SO

Evan Finegan

75

SO (R)

Edited August 11, 2019 by Danger

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Year 1 Schedule
Week	Location	Opponent
1	vs	James Madison
2	--	BYE
3	at	#14 Penn State
4	at	Akron
5	vs	Temple
6	vs	Eastern Michigan
7	at	Western Michigan
8	--	BYE
9	vs	Kent State
10	at	Norhtern Illinois
11	vs	Ohio
12	vs	Toledo
13	at	Miami (OH)
14	vs	Bowling Green

 

2019 opens with a nice essential preseason tuning game for the team to get adjusted to the new schemes being implemented by Pos and crew against James Madison, but they get a tough, rather bleak game after that in week 3 at Penn State., from there on, all the games should expect to be competitive.

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PSA: I will be playing all the games for this dynasty unlike the Troy one. I will be playing on Heisman difficulty. Coach XP will be turned to slow.

[Danger]

I'll be recording important games, however most games will be in the post game report style. 

However against the FCS team James Madison I'll just spare you the time and say I won 46-33. Defense was rather disappointing and should have a better showing against the lowly James Madison.

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Fastforwarding to week 3 for our first and most difficult matchup in Happy Valley, Paul Posloszny makes a homecoming to his alma matter. However first, lets take a look at the recruiting.

Week 3 Recruiting
Actively Recruited Prospects
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
122	8	★★★★☆	Brent Mills	81 (+5)	DE	1st	-	500	770	1055
977	58	★★★☆☆	Ray Foster	73 (+5)	G	6th	-	500	385	-545
1104	68	★★★☆☆	Kevin Hudson	73 (+6)	G	8th	-	500	20	-730
220	41	★★★★☆	Mike Kemp	79 (+8)	ATH (QB)	6th	-	500	410	-585
290	10	★★★☆☆	Waren Lilly	79 (+6)	CB	6th	-	500	-200	-1180
197	38	★★★★☆	Derrick Pruitt	75 (+4)	ATH (DB)	3rd	-	500	-260	-860
223	16	★★★★☆	Justin Roberts	81 (+7)	DE	7th	-	500	305	-575
213	32	★★★★☆	Rodney Cooper	75 (+4)	WR	7th	-	500	315	-530
34	2	★★★★☆	Mike Jones	79	SS	6th	-	500	385	-555
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
124	13	★★★★☆	Joe Young	73 (-3)	OLB	7th	-	0	305	-550
30	2	★★★★☆	Jason Morris	79	QB	6th	-	0	400	-555
192	14	★★★★☆	Travis Hardin	71 (-3)	TE	7th	-	0	305	-580

 

• Holy Steamrolling Sackmachines Batman. There's a good outlook for TWO 81 OVR defensive ends, that would be gamechanging for this program.
• Really need at LEAST one of those guards to take a liking to Buffalo because as it right now. They're only going to have one on the roster next season. Woah boy.
• Mike Kemp is also a really interesting player. 90 Throw Power, 81 Throw Accuracy and 80 speed would make a tremendous dual threat QB. I need a bit of speed as a crutch unlike when the CPU controlled Mendoza at Troy. Kemp would come in right away and be an instant starter as a true Freshman.
• Paying more close attention to the speed of skill position players this time because when I'm controlling the players that can actually make a difference. Additionally I set the speed slider to 35 so it's more impactful than usual. Rodney Cooper has a serviceable 89 speed while not being a dreadful pass catcher. 

[Danger]

I've played the game against Penn State. Summary will be up tonight. What a roller coaster.

[Fl0nkerton]

21 hours ago, Danger said:

Welcome one and welcome all! Recent retiree, former Jaguar and more importantly Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl Linebacker, Paul Posluszny has agreed to terms to coach the Buffalo Bulls.

Gotdamn thats a neck.

[Danger]

Just now, Fl0nkerton said:

Gotdamn thats a neck.

Yeah man, Type Paul Posloszny into google, one of the first results is "Paul Posloszny Neck" LOL

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Buffalo				#21 Penn State
Record		1-0	vs	Record		0-1
OVR	OFF	DEF		OVR	OFF	DEF
74	70	76		86	86	88

Paul Posloszny makes his return to Happy Valley meeting fans with a standing ovation.

Knowing his team was fighting an uphill battle, Pos had this to say: 

"I still have lots of friends and family here, but as much as I appreciate everything Penn State has done for me and how many great memories I had while playing here, we intend to win the game today. I've talked with my guys and we are going to make sure we leave everything out there on the field today. We're going to fight until the last whistle no matter how the game is going. It doesn't matter who in the media thinks we do or don't have a shot we're looking to make a statement."

_______________________

• It helps when your team gets on the board first. QB Kyle Vantrease leads the Bulls down the field for an 11 yard pitch and catch to Charlie Jones for a score. (7-0 Buffalo)

However Penn State would answer back on a drive with quite a few chunk plays to Freshman RB Devyn Ford and TE Pat Friermuth.  (7-7)

• Vantrease gets the team down to about the 34 yard line and on 4th down Pos elects to go for it knowing it's out of the Kickers range. Unfortunately the Bulls don't convert, returning possession to Penn State.

Penn State gets a first down and then stalls out punting the ball back to Buffalo.

• Solid first down run by Jaret Patterson, but then Vantrease has his pass picked off by Sophomore phenom LB Micah Parsons.

Penn State goes down the field but the defense holds strong in the redzone forcing a field goal. (10-7)

The game continues on very uneventful until midway through the 3rd quarter, aside from the Nittany Lions kicker missing 3 field goals some wide, some short. Fast forward to late in the 3rd quarter and Kyle Vantrease proceeds to throw another interception, this time in the redzone. Lions take it most of the way down the field and kick a 40ish yard field goal. (13-7)

• Doesn't get much better for QB Vantrease, on the next two drives he throws his 3rd interception, and Fumbles the ball. At this point HC Pos knows that Vantrease is visibly shaken and elects to bring in backup QB Dom Johnson. Dom Johnson is a little more mobile and can avoid some pressure that Vantrease can not. Most importantly he's got a fresh head and this game is still close. Dom Johnson leads Buffalo down the field and 2nd string RB Kevin Marks gets the goal line TD (14-13 Buffalo) 

Penn State would return the favor and quickly at that. Devyn Ford busts open a long TD run set up by flawless blocking by the receivers. 2 PT conversion is good. (21-14)

• Dom Johnson had momentum though and with 2 minutes left in the quarter is able to throw a TD to WR Daniel Lee. (21-21)

Buffalo Holds Penn State to a 3 and out.

• Penn State gets 2 sacks on this drive late in the game even taking a timeout of their own expecting to get the ball back. However Dom Johnson has ice in his veins and bounces right back each time. He leads Buffalo down the field just inside the redzone, and the Kicker kicks a game wining Field Goal despite James Franklin's best efforts to ice him.

FINAL SCORE: 24-21 BUFFALO

Scoring Summary
	1st Q	2nd Q	3rd Q	4th Q	Final
Buffalo	7	0	7	10	24
#21 Penn State	7	3	3	8	21

Paul Posloszny in the post game interview: 
Reporter: "Paul, what does it mean to you to come home and take a win that no one could have anticipated from your team here in Happy Valley?"

Pos: "I know it sounds really cliche, but I'm proud of these guys, I'm really really proud of them. Everyone played remarkably today. Especially the defense. To come out here and win a game that no one would have expected them to win inspires so much confidence in them moving forward and can be the game that puts this team on the map."

Reporter: "Who's going to be your starting QB moving forward?" 

Pos: "You know, we have the utmost belief in Kyle, and he's going to be the guy for the foreseeable future. We saw that he was snowballing today and we know that's not the guy he is. I told him to just relax and to prove himself again next week. Dom did a phenomenal job in relief and we're so fortunate to have someone of his caliber that can step in at a moment's notice."

Team Stats
Stat	Buffalo	#21 Penn State
Final Score	24	21
First Downs	29	10
Total Offense	447	284
Rushing Yards	65	98
Rushing TDs	1	1
Passing Yards	382	186
Passing TDs	2	1
3rd Down %	8-12	2-9
4th Down %	2-3	0-0
Turnovers	4	0
PR Yards	30	0
KR Yards	127	143
Total Yards	604	427

Really need to cut down on the turnovers, but Vantrease just let things go from bad to worse, he couldn't shake the frost off after he made some mistakes. Not shown here is that my boy Yetur Gross-Matos has SIX count them, SIX sacks. Penn State as a team had 11. The offensive line could not handle the pass rush, but the run blocking was adequate. The defense played amazingly considering we lost the turnover battle 4-0. They were great on 3rd down all day long. 

Player Stats
Top Passer(s)
		Completions	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs
QB1	Kyle Vantrease	21	31	68%	266	1	3
QB2	Dominic Johnson	10	12	83%	116	1	0
Top Rushers
Pos	Player	Attempts	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
RB1	Jaret Patterson	21	86	4.1	0	12	27
RB2	Kevin Marks	4	14	3.5	1	7	7
QB1	Kyle Vantrease	13	-35	-2.7	0	22	2
Top Receivers
		Receptions	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
TE1	Zac Lefebvre	11	178	16.2	0	26	58
WR3	Charlie Jones	7	88	12.6	1	31	10
WR2	Daniel Lee	7	65	9.3	1	12	31
Top Defenders
		Tackles	TFL	Sacks	INTs	DEF	FF
ROLB1	James Patterson	5	4	0	0	0	0
CB4	Wankeith Akin Jr.	3	1	1	0	0	0
CB2	Roy Baker	5	2	0	0	2	0
Return Stats
		KR Yards	AVG	TDs	PR Y	AVG	TDs
CB1	Aapri Washington	127	25.4	0	30	15	0

Both Dom Johnson and Kyle Vantrease relied heavily on Zac Lefebvre most of this game. Thank goodness for him being out there. No eye popping numbers for our defense. Solid job in the return game by Aapri Washington.

Next week the Bulls take on the Akron Zips.

 

 

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Week 4 Recruiting
Actively Recruited Prospects
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
122	8	★★★★☆	Brent Mills	81 (+5)	DE	1st	-	500	715	1780
977	58	★★★☆☆	Ray Foster	73 (+5)	G	1st	-	500	530	50
1104	68	★★★☆☆	Kevin Hudson	73 (+6)	G	3rd	-	500	65	-675
220	41	★★★★☆	Mike Kemp	79 (+8)	ATH (QB)	2nd	-	500	540	-45
290	10	★★★☆☆	Warren Lilly	79 (+6)	CB	2nd	-	0	-40	-1225
197	38	★★★★☆	Derrick Pruitt	75 (+4)	ATH (DB)	3rd	-	0	-255	-1115
223	16	★★★★☆	Justin Roberts	81 (+7)	DE	1st	-	500	570	85
213	32	★★★★☆	Rodney Cooper	75 (+4)	WR	1st	-	500	525	60
34	2	★★★★☆	Mike Jones	79	SS	1st	-	500	550	25
585	35	★★★☆☆	Rondell Harris	79 (+8)	OLB	8th	-	500	205	-515
192	14	★★★★☆	Travis Hardin	71 (-3)	TE	7th	-	100	305	-580
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
124	13	★★★★☆	Joe Young	73 (-3)	OLB	7th	-	0	305	-550
30	2	★★★★☆	Jason Morris	79	QB	6th	-	0	400	-555

 

• Realizing that Warren Lilly and Derrick Pruitt were inevitably going to slip away from me over time so I decided to back out on them. Lilly is going for some other small school (can't remember off the top of my head which one)
• Found another stud in Rondell Harris, he leapfrogged Joe Young for me, so far so good on that front. 
• Also decided to go with Travis Hardin. I have a few other TE's on the board, some with higher overalls, but a TE has to be around at least 80 speed and be able to catch for me. I don't care about their blocking ability, If I'm going to run I prefer to spread things out either way.

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Buffalo				Akron
Record		2-0	vs	Record		2-0
OVR	OFF	DEF		OVR	OFF	DEF
74	70	76		72	63	82

Coming off a huge win on the road against #22 Penn State. Pos is looking to keep the momentum going against Akron and them Roos. 

Bulls get the ball first but can only muster a single first down against what is undoubtedly the strength of the Zips, their defense. (Punt)
Zips get a few first downs but then CB Roy Baker picks off an underthrown ball by QB Kato Nelson.
Long field to go, we get a little bit of distance, but then have to punt the ball, Zips have it with relatively good field position. They march down field and score on a TD run by their RB. (7-0 Zips)
(I forget the details of the drive but Vantrease ends up throwing a short TD pass to Daniel Lee.) 7-7.
They run once, and then on the lone big defensive blunder of the day CB Roy Baker gets beat deep for a 66 yard score. (14-7 Akron)
The offensive line is not fairing well at all, and Vantrease isn't handling it well, he throws a pick into obvious coverage. 
Defense holds and they miss a long field goal. 
Two drives later same score, Vantrease fumbles the ball, they get down to the redzone, kick a chipshot field goal. (17-7 Akron)
Each team would make it to the endzone one more time before the end of the half (24-14 Akron).
Midway through the 3rd quarter, Vantrease throws his 2nd pick, his 3rd turnover of the day, but HC Pos elects to leave him in the game even though some of the fans want backup Dom Johnson.
On the very next drive, Vantrease is driving down in the redzone on the verge of making it a one score game. He drops back and tries to step up into the pocket but is sacked from the DT from behind. 

QB Kyle Vantrease suffers a torn rotator cuff and is out for the season.

Well one way or another, Dom Johnson is in at QB now, and on the first play he scrambles for a TD rolling out to the right on a 13 yard run. (24-21 Akron)
Vantrease wasn't the only QB having turnover problems on this day, now in the 4th quarter, Kato Nelson fumbles the ball and gives posession back to the Bulls at midfield. Dom Johnson drives down the field going 4-5 with 57 yards on the day. 2nd string RB Marks scores a TD giving the Bulls their first lead of the ball game (28-24 Buffalo)
Kato Nelson drives down to the redzone with 40 seconds left, but gets sacked twice and can't convert a 4th and 16. 

Scoring Summary
	1st Q	2nd Q	3rd Q	4th Q	Final
Buffalo	7	7	7	7	28
Akron	7	17	0	0	24

 

Defense played well all game aside from Roy getting burnt for a deep score. Dom Johnson is better suited for this team with a struggling offensive line. His mobility allows him to make plays more independently and have more time to throw. 

Team Stats
Stat	Buffalo	Akron
Final Score	28	24
First Downs	21	15
Total Offense	343	322
Rushing Yards	129	95
Rushing TDs	3	1
Passing Yards	214	227
Passing TDs	1	1
3rd Down %	6-10	6-14
4th Down %	1-1	2-3
Turnovers	3	3
PR Yards	0	33
KR Yards	155	126
Total Yards	498	481

Remarkably similar performance by both teams, kinda fortunate Vantrease got hurt but Pos will never admit that.

Top Passer(s)
		Completions	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs
QB1	Kyle Vantrease	17	31	55%	157	1	2
QB2	Dominic Johnson	4	5	80%	57	0	0
Top Rushers
Pos	Player	Attempts	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
RB1	Jaret Patterson	21	70	3.3	1	11	27
RB2	Kevin Marks	7	26	3.7	1	12	5
QB2	Dominic Johnson	8	33	4.1	1	13	2
Top Receivers
		Receptions	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
WR2	Daniel Lee	6	65	10.8	1	24	15
TE1	Zac Lefebvre	5	66	13.2	0	16	10
WR1	Antonio Nunn	4	33	8.3	0	16	6
Top Defenders
		Tackles	TFL	Sacks	INTs	DEF	FF
CB1	Aapri Washington	7	0	0	1	1	0
DT1	Chibueze Onwuaka	2	2	2	0	0	1
LE1	Taylor Riggins	5	3	2	0	0	0
Return Stats
		KR Yards	AVG	TDs	PR Y	AVG	TDs
CB1	Aapri Washington	155	31	0	0	0	0

Forgot to mention somewhere along the way that Aapri Washington had a 69 yard kick return at some point in the 2nd quarter that set up our TD then. 

Next week Pos and crew take on the Temple Owls.

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Week 5 Recruiting
Actively Recruited Prospects
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
122	8	★★★★☆	Brent Mills	81 (+5)	DE	1st	Week 6	500	700	2490
977	58	★★★☆☆	Ray Foster	73 (+5)	G	1st	-	500	580	630
1104	68	★★★☆☆	Kevin Hudson	73 (+6)	G	2nd	-	500	65	-590
220	41	★★★★☆	Mike Kemp	79 (+8)	ATH (QB)	1st	-	500	540	520
223	16	★★★★☆	Justin Roberts	81 (+7)	DE	1st	-	500	655	755
213	32	★★★★☆	Rodney Cooper	75 (+4)	WR	1st	-	500	585	640
34	2	★★★★☆	Mike Jones	79	SS	1st	-	500	585	615
561	35	★★★☆☆	Rondell Harris	79 (+8)	OLB	1st	-	500	515	45
192	14	★★★★☆	Travis Hardin	71 (-3)	TE	5th	-	250	150	-390
777	58	★★★☆☆	Lonnie Irby	73 (+5)	DT	7th	-	500	285	-520
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
124	13	★★★★☆	Joe Young	73 (-3)	OLB	7th	-	0	305	-550
30	2	★★★★☆	Jason Morris	79	QB	6th	-	0	400	-555

 

• Feeling good about everyone right now aside from maybe Kevin Hudson, depending on timing of visits I may be crap outta luck on him. Scouted out some more guards managed to find 3 that are at 69 overall being unrecruited so I should be able to fill out my depth chart if I can't get Hudson.
• Given how difficult it can be to recruit DT early in a dynasty I had to jump all over Lonnie Irby once I found him.

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Temple				Buffalo
Record		2-1	vs	Record		3-0
OVR	OFF	DEF		OVR	OFF	DEF
75	74	78		74	70	76

Nothing really notable here at a glance. Temple is the closest FBS school to me though so there's that!

Gonna be relatively quick with this summary.

First half both the offenses were literally clueless. Oh and Dominic Johnson had 3 or 4 picks in the first half. QB is a problem for this team. (7-6 Buffalo going into the half)
Temple got things going and finally figured out how to pass on our defense. They convert the 2 pt conversion (14-7 Temple)
After a few more drives that didn't amount to much and yet another pick by Dom Johnson, Jaret Paterson runs it in from the goal line (14-14)
Temple is now carving up our defense and score a TD (21-14 Temple)
Dom Johnson may have turned over the ball at an astronomical rate, but I'll be darned if he's not clutch. Drives down to the redzone, takes back to back sacks and on 3rd and 20 throws a deep ball completion for a 36 Yard TD to WR Tito Overton (21-21)
Temple offense gets them 3 points on a field goal (24-21 Temple)
Offense stalls on the next drive. But then the CB Russell gets a big pick and we get the ball right back.
Dom Johnson drives us down the field and throws a TD pass to WR Daniel Lee (28-24 Buffalo)
20 or so seconds left, they get a couple completions but the game ends with a pick on a last second hail marry. 

Scoring Summary
	1st Q	2nd Q	3rd Q	4th Q	Final
Temple	3	3	8	10	24
Buffalo	0	7	7	14	28

So there are too many trends going right now from shoddy QB play early, to Dom Johnson being clutch, the defense playing well. I mean hey we're winning, but it'd be better if we fixed all of these problems. Definitely looking forward to our new QB next year. More on that soon actually.

Team Stats
Stat	Temple	Buffalo
Final Score	24	28
First Downs	13	24
Total Offense	299	413
Rushing Yards	76	112
Rushing TDs	0	1
Passing Yards	223	301
Passing TDs	2	3
3rd Down %	5-13	6-11
4th Down %	0-0	2-3
Turnovers	2	6
PR Yards	0	58
KR Yards	134	173
Total Yards	433	644

How often do you win a game where you have 6 turnovers. Not freakin many. Despite the 6 total turnovers by Dom Johnson, he pulled through when we needed him to and put up some bulk stat numbers.

Player Stats
Top Passer(s)
		Completions	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs
QB1	Kyle Vantrease	24	33	73%	301	3	5
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Top Rushers
Pos	Player	Attempts	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
RB1	Jaret Patterson	17	67	3.9	1	10	22
QB2	Dominic Johnson	16	29	1.8	0	12	3
RB2	Kevin Marks	6	16	2.7	0	5	6
Top Receivers
		Receptions	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
TE1	Zac Lefebvre	7	70	10.0	1	17	29
WR2	Daniel Lee	6	89	14.8	1	45	12
WR4	Tito Overton	1	36	36.0	1	36	14
Top Defenders
		Tackles	TFL	Sacks	INTs	DEF	FF
SS1	Tyrone Hill	8	3	0	1	0	0
CB3	Devon Russell	8	0	0	1	0	0
LE1	Taylor Riggins	3	2	1	0	0	0
Return Stats
		KR Yards	AVG	TDs	PR Y	AVG	TDs
CB1	Aapri Washington	173	28.8	0	58	14.5	0

Offensive Line and QB are definitely feeling like the weaknesses of this team right now. Can't get the run going as well as I want to, don't have much time to throw. I've found that just throwing quick passes is generally the most reliable route to go right now. Trying to think too much about the play just leads to mistakes. Also Dom Johnson's accuracy (or lack there of) is the reason for at least 3 of the picks. 1 or 2 (not sure) where just bad reads by me.

Next Week.....

[Danger]

Week 6 Recruiting
Actively Recruited Prospects
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
122	8	★★★★☆	Brent Mills	81 (+5)	DE	1st	Week 6	500	715	3225
977	58	★★★☆☆	Ray Foster	73 (+5)	G	1st	-	500	580	1220
1104	68	★★★☆☆	Kevin Hudson	73 (+6)	G	2nd	-	500	65	-510
220	41	★★★★☆	Mike Kemp	79 (+8)	ATH (DB)	1st	-	500	545	1065
223	16	★★★★☆	Justin Roberts	81 (+7)	DE	1st	-	500	655	1430
213	32	★★★★☆	Rodney Cooper	75 (+4)	WR	1st	-	500	585	1225
34	2	★★★★☆	Mike Jones	79	SS	1st	-	500	585	1220
561	35	★★★☆☆	Rondell Harris	79 (+8)	OLB	1st	-	500	680	720
777	58	★★★☆☆	Lonnie Irby	73 (+5)	DT	1st	-	500	575	170
30	2	★★★★☆	Jason Morris	79	QB	3rd	-	500	95	-250
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
124	13	★★★★☆	Joe Young	73 (-3)	OLB	4th	-	0	95	-265
192	14	★★★★☆	Travis Hardin	71 (-3)	TE	5th	-	0	50	-390

 

• Realized that putting ATH Matt Kemp at DB (probably FS) is also an option.
• I then also decided to go hard after QB Jason Morris slightly less throwing power and slightly less speed, but more accurate than Kemp.
• Sidelined TE Hardin to do this.

[Danger]

(Because America)

Eastern Michigan				Buffalo
Record		2-2	vs	Record		4-0
OVR	OFF	DEF		OVR	OFF	DEF
72	68	78		74	70	76

I don't remember much about the game having played it yesterday but I'll give the scoring summary.

1st:
TD Buffalo: RB2 K. Marks, 4 Yd Run (7-0 Buffalo)
TD E. Mich: A. Jackson III, 30 Yd pass from B. Cannon (7-7)
TD Buffalo: WR3 C. Jones, 14 Yd pass from D. Johnson (14-7 Buffalo)

2nd
TD Buffalo: WR2 D. Lee, 4 Yd Pass from D. Johnson (21-7 Buffalo)
TD Buffalo: D. Johnson, 9 Yd run (28-7)
FG E. Mich: 42 Yards (28-10)

3rd
TD E. Mich: M. Sexton, 23 Yd pass from B. Cannon (28-17 Buffalo)
TD E. Mich: G. Oakes, 3 Yd pass from B. Cannon (28-24 Buffalo)

4th
TD E. Mich: A. Jackson III, 9 Yd pass from B. Cannon (31-28 E. Mich)
TD Buffalo:  A. Nunn, 75 Yard pass from D. Johnson (35-31 Buffalo) (1:25 remain)

Final drive they managed to convert a 4th and 17, got just inside the endzone but ran out of time before being able to score a TD.

Scoring Summary
	1st Q	2nd Q	3rd Q	4th Q	Final
Eastern Michigan	7	3	14	7	31
Buffalo	14	14	0	7	35

Good game, but offense stagnated in the 2nd half. Our offensive line is just getting demoralized game in and game out. I'm scrambling a lot more than I would like to. Still got sacked 8 times.

Sophomore RB and Impact player Jaret Patterson is out for the season with a broken collarbone (injury in 2nd quarter)

Team Stats
Stat	Eastern Michigan	Buffalo
Final Score	31	35
First Downs	15	15
Total Offense	364	342
Rushing Yards	76	138
Rushing TDs	0	2
Passing Yards	288	204
Passing TDs	4	3
3rd Down %	7-15	6-11
4th Down %	2-3	0-1
Turnovers	1	1
PR Yards	159	32
KR Yards	34	162
Total Yards	557	536

Amazing how much more rushing yards you get when your QB is running for his life and is mobile. Close game all around. Gonna be honest, I felt like they were the far more talented team despite what the ratings said.

Player Stats
Top Passer(s)
		Completions	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs
QB2	Dominic Johnson	14	25	56%	204	3	0
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Top Rushers
Pos	Player	Attempts	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
QB2	Dominic Johnson	16	49	3.1	1	25	3
RB2	Kevin Marks	12	46	3.8	1	7	12
RB1	Jaret Patterson	7	43	6.1	0	9	12
Top Receivers
		Receptions	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
WR1	Antonio Nunn	2	85	42.5	1	75	52
WR2	Daniel Lee	3	16	5.3	1	9	3
WR3	Charlie Jones	2	20	10.0	1	14	5
Top Defenders
		Tackles	TFL	Sacks	INTs	DEF	FF
SS1	Tyrone Hill	6	2	1	1	0	0
FS1	Joey Banks	12	1	0	0	0	0
MLB1	Matt Otwinowski	8	2	0	0	1	0
Return Stats
		KR Yards	AVG	TDs	PR Y	AVG	TDs
CB1	Aapri Washington	162	27	0	32	10.6	0

 

Both defenses put up some big numbers. I think we had 7 sacks and they had 8? A lot of deflections on both sides too. Very eventful game. Not to mention Antonio Nunn was left alone on a 3rd and 11 late in the 4th when we were down on a 4 verts, he came back to the ball since it was underthrown while Dom Johnson was on the run, but he had a nice juke from about 15 yards out to finish the play, in hindsight maybe it would have been better to wait and score with less time remaining because they could have come back late in this one.

Next week we go East to West

Edited August 19, 2019 by Danger