NCAA 14 Xbox Online Dynasty

I beat the undeserving GT 70-28 last night. Boykin finished his college career with 10 TDs. He was on pace for something epic, but I fell asleep in the third quarter and woke up with 3rd and 82 from inside my own 1 and didn't score again from there. Oh well. RTA.

 

Congrats on your third national title.

 

Meat, are you going to play your bowl game? Or was your sabbatical going to end with the new season?

Don't remember which way you were going to go.


Just the Rose Bowl and Meat's Bowl game to play. If Meat isn't playing, I'll advance to the offseason after we play on Thursday.

 

Eh, I'll play it tonight. I didn't get magically good in the past few weeks, but I'll try. Well, I can't promise I'll try, but I'll try to try.

 

Thank you ... like I said, very anticlimactic.

 

And by "tonight" I mean "Thursday"

 

We still rolling tonight, Hank?

 

Yep, I'll be on around 8:30.

 

2015 Rose Bowl
No. 3 (!?) Penn State 31, No. 7 Washington State 28

PSU 10 7 7 7 --31
WSU 7 0 7 14 --28

First Quarter
WSU: G. Marks 66 pass from A. Apodaca (T. Levine kick) 4:30
PSU: A. Lynch 102 kickoff return (R. Minor kick) 4:18
PSU: J. Richardson 47-yard FG 0:05

Second Quarter
PSU: D. Hamilton 10 pass from C. Hackenberg (J. Richardson kick) 0:08

Third Quarter
PSU: A. Lynch 40 run (J. Richardson kick) 3:40
WSU: I. Myers 8 pass from A. Apodaca (T. Levine kick) 0:58

Fourth Quarter
PSU: B. Belton 11 run (J. Richardson kick) 2:09
WSU: R. Cracraft 16 pass from A. Apodaca (T. Levine kick) 1:23
WSU: B. Bartolone 41 pass from A. Apodaca (T. Levine kick) 0:27

Notable Team Stats
Total Offense: PSU 252, WSU 282
Rushing Yards: PSU 175, WSU 29
Passing Yards: PSU 77, WSU 253
Time of Possession: PSU 13:07, WSU 6:53

Notable Individual Stats
WSU: G. Marks - 6 catches for 145 yards, 1 TD
PSU: B. Belton - 18 carries for 91 yards, 1 TD


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Like I told Hank in an Xbox message, I got too cute at the end of the game.

Had a 31-14 lead with less than two minutes left. Got the ball back after he scored and worked it down the field. He had to use timeouts. Stuck with a second-and-long (I think) and I needed a first down to milk the game out. Saw him blitzing a safety and went for a play-action pass, which was intercepted. Hank drove down and scored to make it 31-28.

If I played it smarter, it would have been a more convincing win — but a win is a win.

Wanted to get some other guys involved than just Belton. Plus, Hank did a good job against Belton and took away some of my better plays.

This was the rubber match between Hank and I in the Rose Bowl. Hank won the first one, I took the last two. I guess you could say this was destined, but that committee is going to hear from me about leaving me out of the title game.

 

ROSE BOWL

PENN STATE 31, WASHINGTON STATE 28
PSU 10 7 7 7 -- 31
WSU 7 0 7 14 -- 28

SCORE BY QUARTERS
First Quarter
WSU - 4:30 - Marks 66 pass from Apodaca (Levine kick).
PSU - 4:18 - Lynch 102 kickoff return (Minor kick)
PSU - 0:05 - Richardson 47 field goal

Second Quarter
PSU - 0:08 - Hamilton 10 pass from Hackenberg (Richardson kick)

Third Quarter
PSU - 3:40 - Lynch 40 run (Richardson kick)
WSU - 0:58 - Myers 8 pass from Apodaca (Levine kick)

Fourth Quarter
PSU - 2:09 - Belton 11 run (Richardson kick)
WSU - 1:23 - Cracraft 16 pass from Apodaca (Levine kick)
WSU - 0:27 - Bartolone 41 pass from Apodaca (Levine kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Penn State: Belton 18-91, 1 TD, Lynch 5-58 1 TD, Lewis 3-22. Washington State: Caldwell 10-31, Newton 1-5.
PASSING: Penn State: Hackenberg 5-8-77 1 TD, 1 INT. Washington State: Apodaca 13-23 253, 4 TD, 1 INT.
RECEIVING: Penn State: Hamilton 3-50 1 TD, Belton 1-12, Lewis 1-15. Washington State: Marks 6-145 1 TD, Bartolone 2-50 1 TD, Cracraft 2-31 1 TD, Myers 1-8 1 TD, Williams 1-15, Caldwell 1-4.

TEAM STATISTICS PSU WSU
First Downs `13 7
Total Offense 252 282
Rush-Yds-TD 30-175-2 12-29-0
C-A-T 5-8-1 13-23-4
Pass Yds 77 253
Third Down 1-4 3-6
Fourth Down 1-1 1-1
2-Point 0-0 0-0
Red Zone 2-3 2-2
Turnovers 1 1
Fumbles 0 0
Interceptions 1 1
PR Yards 28 0
KR Yards 185 80
Total Yds 465 362
Punts 1-42.0 2-46.0
Pen-Yds 1-10 0-0
TOP 13:07 6:53

 

Like I told Rumple online, I had a few too many drops early in the game and that let him get ahead enough to hold the lead.

I also dropped an INT in the first half, from one of my better CBs (think he has five or six INT this year).

 

Also, I wasn't able to advance tonight since Meat isn't playing until later when I'll be sound asleep.


I'll advance Friday and then look to advance once per day as we plow through offseason stuff.