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

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Started playing this again. Currently sitting at 9-1. Will give a brief rundown of what has transpired in the past number of weeks when I get home.

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Alrighty.

Week 13 Recruiting
Actively Recruited Prospects
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
34	2	★★★★☆	Mike Jones	79	SS	1st	Week 9	500	-415	1890
192	14	★★★★☆	Travis Hardin	71 (-3)	TE	1st	Week 11	200	570	3815
1214	77	★★★☆☆	Marcus Wilson	69 (+5)	G	1st	Week 11	500	-1655	445
726	39	★★★☆☆	Jonathan Wilson	74 (+6)	CB	1st	Week 14	500	645	2535
679	44	★★★☆☆	Randy Wade	73 (+3)	OLB	1st	Week 14	500	550	1840
151	30	★★★★☆	Jesse Dailey	76 (+4)	ATH (QB/RB/WR)	1st	-	500	550	1485
1612 JUCO	105	★★☆☆☆	Brandon Daniels	76 (+5)	G	1st	Week 14	500	-45	570
733	43	★★★☆☆	Emmanuel Morgan	70 (+2)	QB	1st	-	500	560	315
766	47	★★★☆☆	Patrick Clark	70 (+1)	OLB	1st	-	500	305	270
816	31	★★★☆☆	Ricky Chavez	77 (+8)	SS	1st	-	500	255	270
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
Verbal Commits to Buffalo
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
122	8	★★★★☆	Brent Mills	81 (+5)	DE	Committed	Week 6	500	Committed	Committed
977	58	★★★☆☆	Ray Foster	73 (+5)	G	Committed	-	500	Committed	Committed
223	16	★★★★☆	Justin Roberts	81 (+7)	DE	Committed	-	500	Committed	Committed
220	41	★★★★☆	Mike Kemp	79 (+8)	ATH (QB)	Committed	-	500	Committed	Committed
777	58	★★★☆☆	Lonnie Irby	73 (+5)	DT	Committed	-	500	Committed	Committed
213	32	★★★★☆	Rodney Cooper	75 (+4)	WR	Committed	-	500	Committed	Committed

We've had a hand-full of players commit

QB - Mike Kemp
Absolutely necessity that I got him coming up to Buffalo. I went a 3 game stretch during this hiatus in which I was on my 3rd string QB Matt Myers (He actually performed fairly decently) but everyone from Vantreasse to Myers are between 72 to 67 overall. Mike Kemp comes in at 79 overall immediately becoming the instant starter as a true freshman. He has good speed at 80 and decent agility/acceleration. Something only 2nd string Dom Johnson came close to. But Kemp also comes in with 90 throw power out of the gate, and good enough accuracy of 81. He will be a 3 or 4 year starter here without a doubt in my mind.

DEs - Justin Roberts and Brent Mills
Both studs who will redshirt their freshman year, Mills is a more well rounded end who is good against both the run and the pass, Justin Roberts just figured to be a sack machine down the line. 83 Power Moves, 87 Finesse Moves, and 82 Block Shedding. Neither is blazing fast with speed in the mid-high 70s so a transition for either to OLB is out of the question IMO.

WR - Rodney Cooper
He's adequate at everything. Nothing stands out, a bit on the smaller side at 5'10" 175, but is well rounded. He'll probably find his way into the lineup in his 2nd or 3rd season.

G - Ray Foster
I seem to recall guard being a huge need going into next season as I have been recruiting the position heavily. Good to get this one locked down.

DT - Lonnie Irby
Not a blue chip prospect, but he may start at some point, will definitely get playing time.

 

Edited December 11, 2019 by Danger

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Instead of giving you a play by play for each and every game, I'll post the W/L since the Week 5 game.

Week 7 at Western Michigan (Win 37-20)
Week 9 vs Kent State (Win 31-17)
Week 10 at UNI (L 14-31)
Week 11 vs Ohio (W 14-7)
Week 12 vs Toledo (W 31-10)

A couple things of note.
2nd string QB Dom Johnson went down early in the game at UNI and 3rd stringer Matt Myers was incredibly ill-prepared for that game. UNI was wearing their crisp red uniforms in a heavy snow game. It reminded me of soviet Russia.
Matt Myers had 6 turnovers in the Ohio game and we still managed to win.
Finally got into a grove with Myers vs Toledo

Dom Johnson is scheduled to come back this week's game at Miami (OH)

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Buffalo				Miami (OH)
Record		9-1	vs	Record		5-5
OVR	OFF	DEF		OVR	OFF	DEF
74	70	76		75	77	75

Pretty evenly matched game we got on our hands here.

Scoring Summary
	1st Q	2nd Q	3rd Q	4th Q	Final
Buffalo	7	14	0	6	27
Miami (OH)	10	7	0	9	26

And it turned out super freaking close.

Team Stats
Stat	Buffalo	Miami (OH)
Final Score	27	26
First Downs	22	15
Total Offense	357	336
Rushing Yards	173	119
Rushing TDs	3	2
Passing Yards	184	217
Passing TDs	1	1
3rd Down %	9-14	3-9
4th Down %	2-2	0-0
Turnovers	3	0
PR Yards	9	31
KR Yards	162	132
Total Yards	528	499

I can't keep dealing with these turnovers, but more on that later. Return game has been solid. Fortunately we play well on 3rd and 4th down. Frankly neither team wowed on offense, just some solid drives really, but the Redhawks certainly had the more entertaining passing game.

Player Stats
Top Passer(s)
		Completions	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs
QB2	Dominic Johnson	11	21	52%	130	1	2
QB3	Matt Myers	5	11	45%	54	0	0
Top Rushers
Pos	Player	Attempts	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
QB2	Dominic Johnson	15	85	5.7	2	13	6
RB2	Kevin Marks	21	78	3.7	1	9	19
RB3	Theo Anderson	3	10	3.3	0	6	5
Top Receivers
		Receptions	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
WR1	Antonio Nunn	6	73	12.2	0	18	20
TE1	Zac Lefebvre	4	59	14.8	1	21	13
WR2	Daniel Lee	2	21	10.5	0	12	4
Top Defenders
		Tackles	TFL	Sacks	INTs	DEF	FF
SS1	Tyrone Hill	5	2	0	0	0	0
LE1	Taylor Riggins	2	2	1	0	0	0
MLB1	Matt Otwinowski	6	1	0	0	0	0
Return Stats
		KR Yards	AVG	TDs	PR Y	AVG	TDs
CB1	Aapri Washington	162	40.5	0	9	9	0

I had to bench Dom Johnson midway through the 3rd because I just couldn't deal with the turnovers anymore. Dom Johnson with his 78 Throw Power and 69 Throw Accuracy just can't make a pass more than ~15 yards down field. Myers doesn't offer the mobility but he can at least throw the ball down the field. Didn't really have enough time to get him in a rhythm. Their pass rush was getting to Myers really quick. Overall the O-Line just wasn't playing fantastically.

 

 

 

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Week 14

Bowling Green				Buffalo
Record		2-9	vs	Record		10-1
OVR	OFF	DEF		OVR	OFF	DEF
74	74	75		74	70	76

On paper these two teams are fairly evenly matched, but Bowling Green... well let's just say they ain't going bowling and they ain't actually green.

 

SCORING SUMMARY
1st Quarter
6:19 - FG - BGSU (30 Yards)
3:53 - TD - BGSU: A. Clair, 3 Yard Run
3:42 - TD - BUFF: Aapri Washington, 95 Yard Kickoff Return
3:03 - TD - BGSU: J. Rodgers, 9 Yard Catch
1:12 - FG - BUFF (27 Yards)
2nd Quarter (17-10 BGSU)
5:52 - FG - BGSU (32 Yards)
4:45 - TD - BUFF: Adam Nunn, 18 Yard Catch
1:20 - TD - BGSU: A. Clair, 15 Yard Run
0:58 - TD - BUFF: Daniel Lee, 43 Yard Catch
3rd Quarter (27-24 BGSU)
4:06 - FG - BGSU (50 Yards)
1:21 - TD - BUFF: Charlie Jones, 1 Yard Catch
4th Quarter (31-30 Buffalo)
6:29 - FG - BGSU (43 Yards)
3:59 - FG - BUFF (26 Yards)
0:50 - TD - BUFF: Kevin Marks, 7 Yard Run (2 PT CONV Failed)

Team Stats
Stat	Bowling Green	Buffalo
Final Score	33	40
First Downs	15	17
Total Offense	304	386
Rushing Yards	128	112
Rushing TDs	2	1
Passing Yards	176	274
Passing TDs	1	3
3rd Down %	4-11	4-10
4th Down %	0-1	1-1
Turnovers	1	2
PR Yards	22	5
KR Yards	209	289
Total Yards	535	680

Offense was great after a few first quarter miscues, Aapri Washington's Kick Return really jump started the whole team. Overall the most frustrating thing was the very poor awareness shown by the defense in the game in the first half. They got better as the game went on though. We were uncharacteristically average on 3rd down this game.

Player Stats
Top Passer(s)
		Completions	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs
QB3	Matt Myers	19	31	61%	274	3	2
-	-	0	0	-	0	0	0
Top Rushers
Pos	Player	Attempts	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
RB2	Kevin Marks	25	104	4.2	1	11	29
QB3	Matt Myers	6	8	1.3	0	9	19
	-	0	0		0	0	0
Top Receivers
		Receptions	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
WR2	Daniel Lee	6	107	17.8	1	43	64
TE1	Zac Lefebvre	5	74	14.8	0	33	30
WR3	Charlie Jones	5	67	13.4	1	22	24
Top Defenders
		Tackles	TFL	Sacks	INTs	DEF	FF
DT1	Chibueze Onwuaka	2	2	2	0	0	0
CB2	Roy Baker	8	0	0	0	2	0
MLB1	Matt Otwinowski	6	3	1	0	0	0
Return Stats
		KR Yards	AVG	TDs	PR Y	AVG	TDs
CB1	Aapri Washington	289	36.1	1	5	5	0

 

Crazy game early on. Myers threw two early picks he needs to get in a rhythm before I try to be aggressive with him. He also has a great amount of mental toughness easily shaking off two picks in the first quarter playing like a stud the remainder of the game after finding his groove. Run game was sufficient. Daniel Lee was a YAC machine in this game, his long TD pass right before the half came on a slant route and making two guys miss in open field effortlessly. MLB Matt Otwinoswki was definitely the defensive player of the game, didn't really have any miscues and was making a variety of plays. 

Buffalo finishes the regular season 11-1 in HC Paul Posloszny's first season. But greater challenges lie ahead.

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Conference Championship Week Recruiting
Actively Recruited Prospects
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
34	2	★★★★☆	Mike Jones	79	SS	2nd	Week 9	-	-290	-290
1214	77	★★★☆☆	Marcus Wilson	69 (+5)	G	1st	Week 11	-	-505	-1055
679	44	★★★☆☆	Randy Wade	73 (+3)	OLB	1st	Week 14	-	550	3980
733	43	★★★☆☆	Emmanuel Morgan	70 (+2)	QB	1st	-	-	555	1985
766	47	★★★☆☆	Patrick Clark	70 (+1)	OLB	1st	-	-	-70	90
816	31	★★★☆☆	Ricky Chavez	77 (+8)	SS	1st	-	-	-80	40
Verbal Commits to Buffalo
OVR Rank	Position Rank	Star	Name	OVR	Position	Interest	Visit	Points In	Net Change	Lead/Deficit
122	8	★★★★☆	Brent Mills	81 (+5)	DE	Committed	Week 6	500	Committed	Committed
977	58	★★★☆☆	Ray Foster	73 (+5)	G	Committed	-	500	Committed	Committed
223	16	★★★★☆	Justin Roberts	81 (+7)	DE	Committed	-	500	Committed	Committed
220	41	★★★★☆	Mike Kemp	79 (+8)	ATH (QB)	Committed	-	500	Committed	Committed
777	58	★★★☆☆	Lonnie Irby	73 (+5)	DT	Committed	-	500	Committed	Committed
213	32	★★★★☆	Rodney Cooper	75 (+4)	WR	Committed	-	500	Committed	Committed
192	14	★★★★☆	Travis Hardin	71 (-3)	TE	Committed	Week 11	200	Committed	Committed
726	39	★★★☆☆	Jonathan Wilson	74 (+6)	CB	Committed	Week 14	500	Committed	Committed
151	30	★★★★☆	Jesse Dailey	76 (+4)	ATH (QB/RB/WR)	Committed	-	500	Committed	Committed
1612	105	★★☆☆☆	Brandon Daniels	76 (+5)	G	Committed	Week 14	500	Committed	Committed

 

COMMITMENTS
TE - Travis Hardin
Not spectacular by any means, but he's the kind of TE I like to have in my system. My Tight Ends' first priorities is and always will be catching the ball, I believe having additional blockers to run the ball just puts more bodies in the box.

CB - Jonathan Wilson 
Really good late season find, will figure into the CB rotation at some point for sure.

ATH - Jesse Dailey
Really not sure where I'm going to put him, he only has 82 speed, but his QB measurables don't compare to that of Kemp frankly (85 THP, 80 THA). A bit slow to be a WR or a RB. I think I'll stick him at RB for now most likely and may move him to the Fullback position down the line just so it doesn't give me a auto generated walk-on. I don't use Fullbacks for the same reasons I stated about TEs.

G - Brandon Daniels (JUCO - SO)
Despite being a sophomore this is a really good pickup. I don't have to worry about the future of this position now with him and Ray Foster coming in. Neither is an all-american bid in their future most likely, but they'll hold down the fort. 

 

TARGETS

• Battling Auburn for SS Mike Jones, will go all in on him in the offseason
• No longer need G Marcus Wilson having two better ones already commit, just gonna walk away from him.
• OLB Randy Wade is nearly committed, tossing a couple points his way in the offseason will lock him up.
• Don't really need Emmanuel Morgan, he'd be better off going somewhere else frankly. Jesse Dailey can be the emergency QB.
• The other two don't really concern me much.

 

PS. I'm going to start doing recruiting updates every 3 weeks. I'll make important recruiting announcements independently as they occur.

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Should I record the MAC Championship game? Or just keep doing the format I've been doing? Will be recording whichever bowl game we get.

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Ball State				Buffalo
Record		8-4	vs	Record		11-1
OVR	OFF	DEF		OVR	OFF	DEF
75	81	73		74	70	76

Ball State seems to have a pretty potent offense for a mid major but their defense isn't anything special.

SCORING SUMMARY
1st Quarter
3:35 - TD - BUFF: Charlie Jones, 2 Yard Catch
2:52 - TD - BALL: W. Fletcher, 56 Yard Run
0:40 - FG - BUFF (27 Yards)
2nd Quarter (10-7 BUFF)
5:25 - TD - BUFF: Kevin Marks, 3 Yard Run
3:08 - TD - BUFF: Zac Lefebvre, 22 Yard Catch
3rd Quarter (24-7 BUFF)
5:34 - TD - BUFF: Kevin Marks, 7 Yard Run
3:08 - TD - BALL: J. McGaughy, 5 Yard Catch (2 Pt CONV GOOD)
4th Quarter (31-15 BUFF)
5:01 - FG - BUFF (31 Yards)
3:14 - TD - BALL: R. Miller, 24 Yard Catch
1:14 - TD - BUFF: Kevin Marks, 5 Yard Run (2 Pt CONV GOOD)

Scoring Summary
	1st Q	2nd Q	3rd Q	4th Q	Final
Ball State	7	0	8	7	22
Buffalo	10	14	7	11	42

Was kinda worried when it was 34-22 that they were gonna go on a late game comeback, but we held our ground on offense and just kept every drive alive.

Team Stats
Stat	Ball State	Buffalo
Final Score	22	42
First Downs	13	25
Total Offense	282	416
Rushing Yards	71	163
Rushing TDs	1	3
Passing Yards	211	253
Passing TDs	2	2
3rd Down %	2-9	6-13
4th Down %	1-2	5-5
Turnovers	0	1
PR Yards	0	20
KR Yards	213	83
Total Yards	495	519

Offense was clicking on all cylinders today. Our lone turnover came on a red zone trip where I made a bad read, not Myers' fault. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket, being 5-5 on 4th down.

 

Player Stats
Top Passer(s)
		Completions	Attempts	%	Yards	TDs	INTs
QB3	Matt Myers	29	42	69%	253	2	1
Top Rushers
Pos	Player	Attempts	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
RB2	Kevin Marks	25	126	5.0	3	15	34
QB3	Matt Myers	8	27	3.4	0	11	-2
RB3	Theo Anderson	1	10	10.0	0	10	1
Top Receivers
		Receptions	Yards	AVG	TDs	Long	YAC
TE1	Zac Lefebvre	9	102	11.3	1	22	32
WR3	Charlie Jones	4	55	13.8	1	36	19
WR2	Daniel Lee	6	47	7.8	0	13	11
Top Defenders
		Tackles	TFL	Sacks	INTs	DEF	FF
LE1	Taylor Riggins	4	3	2	0	0	0
CB2	Roy Baker	6	1	1	0	0	0
ROLB1	James Patterson	5	1	1	0	0	0
Return Stats
		KR Yards	AVG	TDs	PR Y	AVG	TDs
CB1	Aapri Washington	83	41.5	0	20	6.7	0

 

Kevin Marks was just a machine in this game, and somehow even Matt Myers managed to amass 27 rushing yards with his feeble 67 speed. But this is what our offense can do when we don't turn the ball over. Ball State wasn't a fitting name seeing as TOP was in favor of Buffalo 17:24 - 10:36

 

Now, it's time to go bowling!

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Also, want your opinion, I'm probably going to eventually go to the ACC (with Pitt going to the Big 10 because the Big 10 boots Rutgers out)

But, do I stay in the MAC next season? Or move to the American conference (moving there would require me to stay there for 2 seasons because being in a conference 1 season is BS IMO)

[Danger]

RB LaMical Perine from Florida won the Heisman Trophy
1679 Yards Rushing for 18 TD, and 284 Yards receiving for 4 TD
 

1. RB LaMical Perine | 364 | 219 | 149 | 1679 (Florida)
2. RB AJ Turner | 206 | 273 | 205 | 1369 (South Carolina)
3. QB Bryce Perkins | 127 | 176 | 247 | 980 (UVA)
4. RB Cam Akers | 75 | 102 | 166 | 595 (FSU)
5. RB Quadraiz Wadley | 10 | 12 | 16 | 70 (UTEP)

[Danger]

The 12-1 Buffalo Bulls will take on 6-6 Coastal Carolina in the GoDaddy.com bowl. (This is actually kinda disappointing)

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HC Paul Posloszny has won coach of the year!
CB Aapri Washington won returner of the year!

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Other Conference Championships:

(10-2) FAU beat (11-1) Southern Miss 24-13 for the C-USA 
(6-6) UCF beat (11-1) Houston 31-24 for the American 
(8-4) UNLV beat (9-3) New Mexico 21-14 for the MWC
(10-2) 2 Alabama beat (10-2) 11 South Carolina for the SEC
(10-2) 9 Arizona beat (11-1) 6 Oregon 40-33 (OT) for the Pac-12
(11-1) 1 Clemson beat (10-2) 20 Virginia 24-21 for the ACC
(10-2) 8 Nebraska beat (10-2) 16 Michigan State 28-17 for the B1G

 

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BCS Bowls:

ROSE
(11-2) 8 Nebraska vs (11-2) 9 Arizona

FIESTA
(11-1) 3 Oklahoma vs (9-3) 15 Virginia Tech

SUGAR
(10-2) 5 Michigan vs (10-3) 11 South Carolina

ORANGE
(10-2) 4 Notre Dame vs (11-2) 6 Oregon

NCG
(11-2) 2 Alabama vs (12-1) 1 Clemson

 

So..... Alabama nepotism at it's finest, Oklahoma getting unfairly snubbed just so we can have yet another Clemson Alabama title game... yay.
WOULD BE PLAYOFF
(1) Clemson vs (4) Notre Dame
(2) Alabama vs (3) Oklahoma

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All Americans:

1st Team
DT Chibueze Onwuka
Returner: Aapri Washington

2nd Team
LG Paul Nosworthy
LE Taylor Riggins
MLB Matt Otwinowski
FS Joey Banks