So much for figuring out defense..... Oklahoma 42 Boise 31 I had one stop and two turnovers by my QB.....I pretty much can't win without a flawless offensive performance....which I didn't have. So long bowl game.
We need to have a little meeting at some point to discuss how to properly execute the 3-3-3-5 defensive gameplan.
Maybe.....and by the way, everyone who routinely holds teams to around 20 points or less needs to stfu about not being able to play d in this game. After Midnight
Washington 56 Utah 31 Bit of a barn burner, but the Huskies got the stops they needed to stay out in front. Sankey left the game in the 2nd quarter for the 4th time this season. Price was having an unbelievable day but threw 2 picks in the 3rd quarter to put a damper on it. Huge day for Kasin Williams.
i have a feeling this is directed at me.... my style of offense limits the number of possessions. Outside of the last 2 games (where i've played two heaping piles of crap that make Boise look good) offenses have routinely scored at will on Stanford. The point totals just arent as high because of a lack of possessions
Not just you, there are several people complaining that they can't play d, but then I see on the wire that they blasted some CPU team or had a user score 17 on them. Some guys who think defense is impossible need to play with the shithouse roster I have to field....then you'll see impossible.
Arizona 37 Cal 17 Arizona kicked off to start the game, and Cal threw an interception quickly, setting up a 34-yard drive capped by Ka'Deem Carey. Cal was able to answer back with a long TD drive, tying it 7-7. On the next possession, freshman QB Javelle Allen kept a read option, using his blockers and making a cut to score from 42 yards out. After getting the ball back up 14-7, Ka'Deem Carey took an inside handoff, and barreled through a tackle before cruising for the 61-yard TD. Then things got weird with Cal throwing a pick that was caught by Arizona on their own 1. Apparently, after seeing the replay post-game it was caught out of bounds. But EA glitched and gave me the ball on the 1 going in for the score. I took a 50-yard intentional grounding penalty and ran the clock to about 2:30, punting and figured head into halftime trying to render the glitch meaningless. Jayrah I had though the interception was in bounds when it happened, I probably would have given you the ball back if I'd noticed that. Anyway after I punted, Cal took 2 sacks and a safety. Arizona was able to score after that, right before half to take a commanding 30-10 lead. Ka'Deem Carey scored again on Arizona's first drive of the 3rd, going up 37-10. Cal was able to score once, but with Arizona's defense was able to keep them from scoring in the 4th. Arizona did not turn the ball over and Cal threw 4 INT's and was sacked 7 times. Arizona QB Javelle Allen- 5-7 for 54 yards, TD, 6 carries for 17 yards, TD HB Ka'Deem Carey- 19 carries for 213 yards, 3 TD HB D Jenkins- 9 carries for 47 yards WR Garic Wharton- 2 receptions for 38 yards, TD Cal QB Zack Kline- 16-22 for 203 yards, 2 TD, 4 INT HB Brandon Bigelow- 9 carries for 35 yards WR M Harris- 4 receptions for 51 yards, TD
I have the 3rd best scoring defense behind Nebraska and Texas . Part of it is the ball control and lack of turnovers on offense. The other part is that my players on defense are a lot better than Boise's.
To give some insight into the glory that is Boise St defensive football, here are the numbers from my games this year..... Fresno St (31-28 W) - allowed 18 first downs, 385 yards, 7.1 yards per play, forced 2 punts and got zero turnovers UCLA (21-9 L) - allowed 13 first downs, 323 yards, 8.1 yards per play, forced 0 punts and got zero turnovers WAS (27-21 L) - allowed 14 first downs, 380 yards, 7.9 yards per play, forced 1 punt and got 1 turnover TCU (35-32 L) - allowed 19 first downs, 365 yards, 6.9 yards per play, forced zero punts and zero turnovers Kansas (35-32 W) - allowed 15 first downs, 353 yards, 9.1 yards per play, forced zero punts and got 1 turnover Texas (24-17 W) - allowed 15 first downs, 236 yards, 4.8 yards per play, forced 1 punt and got zero turnovers BYU (31-19 W) - allowed 16 first downs, 367 yards, 8.3 yards per play, forced zero punts and zero turnovers Oklahoma (42-31 L) - allowed 21 first downs, 432 yards, 7.1 yards per play, forced one punt and got 1 turnover Chew on that awesomeness.....that's right, exactly one performance on defense that I'd consider average and we've forced 5 punts and gotten 3 turnovers in 8 games. Excuse me while I go pull my DC out of the bar where he's been drinking himself into a stupor. Shit, I may just start supersimming defense this season after looking at this.
EA needs to fix that interception bug stat. recchem2000 What should be a rule if that happens? I'm assuming you know about the interception going out of bounds glitch?
You're DC is spending too much time in the Loser's Lounge drinking up all of recchem2000's IPA's. Only reason I'm #1 on defense is cause of games against NM St, Tx St and Iowa St. All 3 had problems just getting past the 50, and took multiple sacks. The problem I've had is stopping the run against users, like against you and Kapono. I did better against RyanC. Zone blitzes tend to really work this year against the RO.
That and my DE's. Jeffcoat is the better DE, but Reed has just as many sacks as him. Getting sacks and also having the cpu QB "throw the ball away in the pocket" negates them from going Superman no huddle.
Yeah, I can't play man defense (due to my CB's and S's having low 70's MCV and generally being retarded in man), my lack of a pass rush in CPU games kills me. If I don't blitz QB's literally have 8 seconds to throw and if I blitz my guys generally don't get there fast enough to force a bad decision or get a sack. It's a real catch 22 for me.
4 man rush seems to work better than 3 man rush. I know that's like a "duh" statement, but comparing the 4 man rush to '13, it's a whole lot better this cycle. Do you even have the dim formation in the 335 book?
I hadn't heard of the interception glitch. But I was supposed to have it on my 1 and I get it on the other team's 1, plus it showed up on the screen I just got a school record for longest INT return in school history (not sure if I got any XP). I don't think Jayrah's upset, but that did have some effect our game, despite the 37-17 score. It was 21-10, when it happened with about 3:30 in the 2nd. My thought was I got the pick, I probably wouldn't have gone 99 yards, so I'd run the clock to halftime. But then Jayrah took a safety with 2 sacks and giving me an opportunity to score again to go up 30-10...But now that I realize it should've been called incompete, I see how it could've been 21-17 Arizona at half with a score from Cal after the incompletion and then stopping Arizona on offense. I still think I'd have pulled it out with the way Carey and the running game was going and getting the ball at half. We didn't really communicate what to do when it happened, didn't have our mics on and I just wanted to get it done since it was going on 4 am over here. I really couldn't think of what else to do in that situation.
I have a couple formations that create a 4 man front. I get zero pressure from it, probably because my DL and LB's just aren't very good. I'm not good at user controlling guys in space, so that combined with the talent issues on my squad, creates my problems on defense. Unlike some, I'm not blaming the game, just the coach and players...
There was no let down after the TCU game. Ash would score first for the Horns, this time with his feet. He shrugged off a tackle in the pocket, then started scrambling as the pocket broke down on him. The middle of the field was wide open, and Ash dove into the endzone for an 11 yard score. After Texas scored to make it 21-7, Kansas looked to score some points before the half ended. QB Heaps first passed was picked off by CB Echols. Echols had nobody in front of him, and made it 28-7 at halftime. Kansas had no chance after that. #14 Texas 42 - Kansas 17
I dont get much pressure with UCLA's DL and LB's either Dru. Been burned by the blitz many times. Just seems like when the QB gets rolling its hard to stop. Happened to me against Nevada. Shit I dont think I even touched Gilbert when I played Boom29 and he sliced me up like nothing. I played WSU last night and the dude did complete some passes but was close to 50% for the game I think. But they were one dimensional so I could play the pass all game long. I didnt get picked apart like Stanford did against them. He just never got on that CPU roll!
your D isn't that much worse than mine and we run the sane scheme..... Are you running man or zone primarily? Cover 2, 3, 4, sink? When you see 3 or 4 wide do you automatically go to a nickel or dime package?
I run almost exclusively zone, because my corners are terrible. I get zero pass rush, and if I blitz I never get there vs the CPU. Your defense is better than mine, especially in the secondary (you have 3 CB's better than my best guy, especially in their man coverage skills where your top 3 guys per the wire have 85+ MCV, where I have one guy above an 80). You are correct that your DE's are not light years better than mine, which really confuses me as to how you have like 40 sacks with your two top guys and I have about 10 total on my entire team. I have tried staying in the 3-3-5 vs all formations to keep the best guys on the field, I've tried matching up with nickel/dime, neither had any success vs the CPU. Maybe it's more me sucking at defense this year.....because I've tried everything in my 4 CPU games and nothing thus far has even come close to working.
I can't see the youtube clip at work, but yeah, I've accepted that the best I can hope for on defense is to play zone, keep plays in front of me and pray for a mistake. Unfortunately there aren't many to be found.
28 24 Boy oh boy, WVU stormed out in front in this one and then let TCU back in it very quickly. TCU was forced to punt early and WVU cashed in with a TD drive. TCU then threw and INT and WVU went in again to make it 14-0 after the first quarter. The Horned frogs finally settled in and got a TD drive to narrow the lead back to just 7. WVU then went the other way and scored another TD to go up by 14 once more. TCU marched down field in the hurry up trying to get points before the break, but a great play by the (user) FS resulted in an INT inside the 20, then a nifty return gave the Mountaineers the ball at the 33 with 10 seconds left. Feeling his kicker was out of range, WVU decided to see if they could get a quick gain to set up a FG. Ford Childress was hammered as he led the ball go and it dropped right into the hands of a TCU lineman who proceeded to go untouched for 6 the other way as the clock hit all zeros. 21-14 WVU at the break. WVU got it first in the second half, but a poor throw on a long 3rd down resulted in another pick as TCU seemed to be finding their groove on defense. TCU would manage a FG to cut the lead to 21-17. From there the teams would trade punts and WVU would once again be on a drive to start the 4th. With about 5 minutes left the Mountaineers faced a 4th and 8 from the TCU 36. a 53 yard FG is well out of the WVU kickers range, so they went for it. Childress had the matchup he wanted but just missed on the throw, turning it over on downs. The Horned Frogs went the other way and found themselves in almost the exact same spot, 4th down just outside the WVU 40. TCU had to go for it, but a nice play by the nickel corner resulted in an incompletion to get the ball back for the Mountaineers. WVU finally put something together in the second half, including a couple of critical 3rd down conversions, including one where Ivan McCartney made a catch at the 5 for 1st and goal despite getting absolutely trucked as the ball arrived. WVU would punch it in with time winding down to go up 28-17. TCU would go hurry up and score again late on a post to the slot where the defender just got out of position (user attempting to cover). Unfortunately for the home crowd, TCU would fail on the onside kick and WVU would kneel it out after a quick first down. GG RyanC I thought on that INT before the half that I was about to break away, then when I punted in the 3rd up 21-17 I legitimately thought the tables had turned. Then again, on the failed 4th down, I felt like I had played right into your hands! It should be fun battling it out in the big 12 with you! GL the rest of the way.
