GWJ BCS League, Season I (360): Conference Championship Week (League Deadline: 12/31/11 @ 7:00am ET)

Wish I'd played Counselar. ND loses to MSU 61-34. I threw 4 picks, but would have lost handily had I not. Ugh. NEVER given up ths many points in this game.

Now I have to beat Counselor. Thanks. :p

LEAGUE DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 2nd @ 7:00am

Week 5 League Schedule:
Marshall (ZellbrigeN26) at West Virginia (XBox)
Indiana (XBox) at Michigan (LeroyOG)
Central Michigan (XBox) at Michigan State (TheCounselor)
UCLA (XBox) at Notre Dame (firesloth)
Tennessee (Shag26) at Northwestern (Gdawg27)
Rutgers (Kush15) at TCU (Big Hoppa)
USF (Omega Girr) at Stanford (XBox)
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League is rolled. OK Hoppa, are you available Thursday night (Tomorrow) between 6-10pm? I'm also available Sunday from 10am-5pm. Friday & Saturday I am in Washington DC for work, and I bowl on Mondays. If I need to, I can open my schedule Tuesday night. Let me know.

I soothed the pain a bit by getting a commit from a 4* G this week. I'm not 100% sure I'll get in my game before I leave. Feel free to sim it if I do not. The sim couldn't be worse than the way I played last night!!

Kush, I generally get home around 7:30pm CST. Is 9pm your time OK tomorrow?

bighoppa wrote:

Kush, I generally get home around 7:30pm CST. Is 9pm your time OK tomorrow?

Sure, that works for me, see you then

Gdawg. When are you available to play?

ND played UCLA at 4 am and bounced back from its embarrassing loss. Lost starting HB for 3 weeks, but his backup sealed the game with some tough running.

Gdawg. When are you available to play?

Saturday is the earliest I can play. Around 4p.m.

Saturday is a no go unless it is late. The town is having a Fall Fest and I have abirthday party to go to. Maybe Sunday before the football games?

Saturday is a no go unless it is late. The town is having a Fall Fest and I have abirthday party to go to. Maybe Sunday before the football games?

Sunday morning might work around 10:30 or in the evening.

Good Game last night Hoppa. I can't get the offense going in the 2nd half. Multiple turnovers (mostly by me), but both defenses played really tough. I needed to stop you on 3rd and long at the end, which I did, but you were able to put yourself in FG range, and put the game out of reach. Rutgers is looking to rebuild through recruiting, and hopes to challenge next season

well that was weird, I had to play three times. Game one was close as could be, WVU went up by 10 at the start of the 4th and it held that way but the game didnt record. I dont know why. The second time I tried, it dropped after the 1st quarter. I think its because everyone and their mom was on the internet at the time...so whatever...the third game stuck though. I came out ahead as WVU just beat themselves with bad plays and inopportune turnovers. It sucks because the first game was so much better in terms of excitement...wish that would have been the one recorded. Anyone know why this keeps happening?

Shonuff/GDawg

I will be home after church that ends at 11am. I will be on around 11:30 so we can get the game in before the NFL games start.

Shonuff/GDawg

I will be home after church that ends at 11am. I will be on around 11:30 so we can get the game in before the NFL games start.

I have errands to run now so I can't go on Live. I should be home in the evening.

EDIT: Can we push this back to tomorrow?

Gdawg27 wrote:
Shonuff/GDawg

I will be home after church that ends at 11am. I will be on around 11:30 so we can get the game in before the NFL games start.

I have errands to run now so I can't go on Live. I should be home in the evening.

EDIT: Can we push this back to tomorrow?

Maybe. Taking the kids trick or treating, but should be able to play after that

shag26 wrote:
Gdawg27 wrote:
Shonuff/GDawg

I will be home after church that ends at 11am. I will be on around 11:30 so we can get the game in before the NFL games start.

I have errands to run now so I can't go on Live. I should be home in the evening.

EDIT: Can we push this back to tomorrow?

Maybe. Taking the kids trick or treating, but should be able to play after that

If he can't bowl tonight, he can't play NCAA.

Just kidding, he sucks at bowling, he's better off taking his girls Trick or Treaking, and then playing Shonuff

Then again, not all of us can have a 210 average...........................

LEAGUE DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 2nd @ 7:00am

Week 6 League Schedule:
Central Michigan (XBox) at Michigan State (TheCounselor)
Tennessee (Shag26) at Northwestern (Gdawg27)
USF (Omega Girr) at Stanford (XBox)

Gentlemen, what is the deal with these games? Omega is MIA since at least Week 4. Deadline is tomorrow at 7am, let me know if people can play either tonight or tomorrow night, and I can extend it for another day. If not, I want to get this rolling.

I can probably play tomorrow night after work after 7 p.m.

Gdawg27 wrote:

I can probably play tomorrow night after work after 7 p.m.

Excellent. Shag, can you play tonight?

I'm gonna have to drop. I'm barely at my house one night a week these days, and I just can't commit to playing the 360 when I'm there.

Sorry, guys.

Kush15 wrote:
Gdawg27 wrote:

I can probably play tomorrow night after work after 7 p.m.

Excellent. Shag, can you play tonight?

I will be on after 7 and wait!

Just go ahead and play. I will jump out. Just reinvite me later.

We're down to some bare minimum players. So much for coming back strong with NCAA12

Haven't rolled the league yet, so Shag and Shonuff can get together tonight maybe?

I have rehearsal tonight from 8-10 so I could potentially play at 11. If you want to sim the game to get on with the league I'm fine with that.

Kush15 wrote:

We're down to some bare minimum players. So much for coming back strong with NCAA12

Haven't rolled the league yet, so Shag and Shonuff can get together tonight maybe?

Gdawg27 wrote:

I have rehearsal tonight from 8-10 so I could potentially play at 11. If you want to sim the game to get on with the league I'm fine with that.

I am fine with just simming the game, especially if we are the last two.

I will roll at some point today.

LEAGUE DEADLINE: Thursday, November 10th @ 7:00am

Week 6 League Schedule:
Marshall (ZellbrigeN26) at ECU (XBox)
San Diego State (XBox) at Michigan (LeroyOG)
Notre Dame (firesloth) at SMU (XBox)
Northwestern (Gdawg27) at Illinois (XBox)
Rutgers (Kush15) at Syracuse (XBox)
Wyoming (XBox) at TCU (Big Hoppa)
Tennessee (Shag26) at NC State (XBox)
USF (Omega Girr) at Pittsburgh (XBox)
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League deadline is shorter because everyone has XBox opponents. Good luck and good gaming.

Michigan wins one on the road.

ND pulled out a 38-31 win over SMU. The funny thing is, the game should have ended with 7 fewer points on each side. I had the ball with about 1:30 left on the clock, up by 7, facing 3rd-and-2 or so. Called a running play up the middle that was very likely to lead to a first down, but noticed my star receiver was in the slot being guarded by a LB. I audibled to a short throw, then called a hot route for him to run a streak. 44 yards later I was up by 14. Then, of course, I managed to give up a long 73 yard TD throw from SMU to get to within 7 again. I recovered the onsides kick and ran out the clock afterward.

Kyle Padron really ate up my defense, though, with over 400 yards passing and 4 TD passes (plus 2 INTs).

I've come to the opinion that defense is borked in this game. Last year I really enjoyed playing defense. This year I feel like I have much less control over the players. The switching is a mess. Two guys within 3 yards of a ball carrier and the game switches me to the distant safety? (I then hit the tackle button, which throws him to the ground, allowing the ball carrier to shrug off two tacklers and gain a lot of ground with the deep safety on the ground...)

Aside from the switching, the worst part to me right now is the tackling. Case in point (from a game this weekend): I have a 245 lb LB hit Denard Robinson squarely right at the line of scrimmage. I have stripping set to conservative. I push the magic X button that is supposed to be a wrap up tackle. No strip button. No hit stick. Just "tackle."

Robinson (195 lbs...if wet) bounces off of the LB's shoulder pads after being hit square and rushes another 20 yards downfield. It's like they're checking stats rather than physics. "Oh, D. Robinson has a 70 at breaking tackles, but a 93 elusiveness...this is against a LB with a 92 tackle rating. 93>92, so Robinson wins."

In last year's game, when you used X as the dive tackle button, it seemed to at least calculate when a guy should be knocked off his feet. Robinson would never make it through the tackle this LB made...and yet he did in the game.