NCAA 14 Xbox Online Dynasty

No. 1 TCU 94, No. 16 KSU 14, RTA.

Interesting situation shaping up in the national title game. I am in good shape at No. 1, but Ohio, Penn St. and Washington St. are 5, 6 and 7. I would think an undefeated Ohio team would stay ahead of both of those one loss teams, but you never know ...

 

I hope so, but that's where my shitty-ass conference might hurt me.

 

PS. I hope to get my game in today, but my mother-in-law is visiting, so I can't make any promises.

 

I'm now 4-2 finally, 4-0 in SEC play and for the life of me can't score points! I mean, I'm putting up 26-28 a game and kind of enjoying controlling the clock and such. But, I must say, a different type of player than my NCAA 09-11 days with Buffalo and Nebraska! Having said all of that, no team has scored a TD in two games against me (knock on wood). I think this next week is when I play 'bama.

edit: As for recruiting, I start it off by sorting the players who are the most interested and how many stars they have. Find the few I really want, drop 500 points and the scholarship on them and see how it goes.

 

East Carolina 41, UAB 38, 3 OT

Jesus holy fucking shit. I actually should have lost this game in regulation, because with the score 21-21, UAB had the ball at my 8 yard line with less than 10 seconds left and with one timeout. Instead of calling time and kicking the chip shot FG to cap the upset, they went into no huddle and the QB got sacked.

So Stormy, next time you make noise about being the worst player in the game, consider this: As far as I remember, you have no losses to CPU-controlled non-BCS schools. Hank lost one CPU game, and that was to a BCS team. Everyone else is undefeated against the computer. I have two losses to Louisiana Tech, a 33-0 loss to Middle Tennessee State that doesn't show up in the record book only because I got kicked offline in the closing moments, and this game that very clearly should have been a 24-21 loss to UAB, except the computer went full developmentally challenged individual in a way that would make the waterboy of the 0-8 JV team blush.

Oh, and to post that score right after Jake's all "la la la I just beat No. 16 Kansas State a zillion to five, ain't no thing but a chicken wing"? I need a drink. Wonder if my co-workers tonight will notice. Certainly my supervisors would understand. Of course Mystery Meat has bourbon on his breath; after what he's gone through today, who could blame him? What was it? Big mistake in today's paper? Nope. Death in the family? Oh, don't be so banal -- this is serious shit. No, way worse. HE BARELY WON HIS NCAA 14 DYNASTY GAME. HOW HAVE WE NOT GIVEN HIM PAID LEAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS

*ahem*

... rta

 

Did I mention that I lost to the computer again? 27-7 to Clemson. Only points came via kickoff return. Completely stymied on offense.

Call me when you lose to me and/or miss out on a bowl game.

;D

 

Hey, the only reason I beat you this season was that I went for two in OT. And being in Conference UShitA pretty much guarantees I'll make a bowl even if I let my cat play the CPU opponents.

 

Your cat would beat my cat.

 

No. 6 Penn State 20, Wisconsin 0.

Second consecutive game with two 100-yard rushers.

Wisconsin had the ball for about 8 minutes of the first half.

RTA.

 

RTA. Thought I was going to have one of those no f-ing way games early. CPU's QB completed his first 10 passes and their CB jumped 10 feet in the air to pick off one of my passes. Buck luckily my pass rush started getting to them and it was smooth sailing from there.

 

I should be able to get my game in and advance Tuesday evening.

 

I'm fascinated by this thread. Love what you guys do.

I'm not much for online gaming, and I don't have the time to do it, but I do have a dorky vivid dorky imagination.

I wondered what if instead of the NFL adopting a Super Bowl format in 1966, college football did it instead with a 16-team double-elimination playoff? Not realistic in real life, of course, but fun to do on a video game. So I tried it. I used a combination of the final AP poll and college football.reference's power rating to create a consensus top 16.

I didn't alter the rosters, but what I did do is that if a higher-seeded team was inferior with its current roster, I put it on"even teams" mode. I always played with the home team, and to speed things up, simmed it when the road team had the ball. NCAA Football's sim offense is realistic enough. Each game took about 20 minutes tops that way.

Here's how it came out.

Pool A: 1. Notre Dame, 4. Georgia, 5. Georgia Tech, 8. Wyoming, 9. Ole Miss, 12. Miami, 13. Arkansas, 16. Houston.
Pool B: 2. Alabama, 3. Michigan State, 6. Purdue, 7. UCLA, 10. Nebraska, 11. Florida, 14. Tennessee, 15. SMU.

Pool A
Notre Dame 22, Houston 17
Ole Miss 38, Wyoming 7 (hadn't figured out the "even teams" workaround at that point ... Pokes got hosed)
Georgia 22, Arkansas 15
Miami 31, Georgia Tech 21
Notre Dame 39, Miami 37, 3 OT (game of the tournament)
Georgia 22, Ole Miss 0
Georgia Tech 24, Houston 14 (Houston eliminated)
Wyoming 24, Arkansas 21 (Arkansas eliminated)
Georgia 24, Notre Dame 21 (UGa steals home-field)
Miami 29, Ole Miss 26, 2 OT (Ole Miss eliminated)
Georgia Tech 31, Wyoming 14 (Wyoming eliminated)
Georgia Tech 21, Miami 14 (Miami eliminated)
Notre Dame 17, Georgia Tech 14 (Georgia Tech eliminated)
Georgia 28, Notre Dame 24 (Georgia wins group)

Pool B
Alabama 17, SMU 10
UCLA 13, Nebraska 7
Michigan State 20, Tennessee 17
Florida 48, Purdue 14
Florida 24, Alabama 14 (upset)
Michigan State 24, UCLA 21
Purdue 24, SMU 17 (SMU eliminated)
Nebraska 21, Tennessee 11 (Tennessee eliminated)
Michigan State 24, Florida 14
Alabama 24, UCLA 14 (UCLA eliminated)
Nebraska 24, Purdue 17 (Purdue eliminated)
Nebraska 28, Alabama 14 (Alabama eliminated with two home losses)
Florida 10, Nebraska 7 (Nebraska eliminated)
Michigan State 10, Florida 7 (Florida eliminated)

So Super Bowl I is No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 4 Georgia. Will play at Rose Bowl instead of L.A. Coliseum.

And yes, that is, without doubt, the dorkiest post in my already dorky history.