#20 YCP @ #1 Oklahoma
I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that YCP now has 3 players among the Top 5 Heisman candidates: Intermission, CorruptionSound, and appdirect. That's not surprising, to say the least. Also, appdirect was the offensive Player of the Week for both weeks 5 and 6. Very nice. The bad news is that this week, YCP has to play against the #1 ranked team in the nation, on their home field. I know that I've said that previous games might be a bit difficult, but this one should be the toughest of them all.
Let's talk stats for a second. Oklahoma went 12-1 in 2004, and their only loss was to USC in the National Championship. Yikes. Offensively, Oklahoma is respectable. Out of 110+ teams, they are currently ranked 32nd for rushing, and 56th for passing. Defensively, they are ranked 2nd against rushes, and 49th against the pass. I won't be afraid to rely on my running backs, but I might actually have to pass more often.
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That might have been the most enjoyable game I've played so far. It was such a blowout, and there were just so many great plays. "Toughest of them all"? Never mind that. On Offense, things went pretty well. I had a lot more success passing the ball, despite those 3 interceptions. At least two of them had been knocked away right into the hands of a defender, so I chalk those up to chance more than anything. Rushing was just fine, but I gave more plays to my halfbacks, since I've mostly focused on my fullbacks. If I'm going to rush on the majority of plays, I might as well change who gets to rush every once in a while.
On defense, it was decisive. Multiple interceptions and sacks is always great, especially when they happen back-to-back. Why did I sub in the 2nd team defense? I don't know, I just felt giving some game time to different players. Late into the game, the CPU seemed like its performance got worse. The game started off really slow, but everything the CPU did just fell apart in the 4th Quarter. If I do decide to do a 2nd season, I think I'll raise the difficulty, just to make things more interesting.
The only real kicking trouble I had was after a penalty set me back (15 yards?) on the extra point attempt. Whatever.
Next time, YCP travels to Iowa State.
I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that YCP now has 3 players among the Top 5 Heisman candidates: Intermission, CorruptionSound, and appdirect. That's not surprising, to say the least. Also, appdirect was the offensive Player of the Week for both weeks 5 and 6. Very nice. The bad news is that this week, YCP has to play against the #1 ranked team in the nation, on their home field. I know that I've said that previous games might be a bit difficult, but this one should be the toughest of them all.
Let's talk stats for a second. Oklahoma went 12-1 in 2004, and their only loss was to USC in the National Championship. Yikes. Offensively, Oklahoma is respectable. Out of 110+ teams, they are currently ranked 32nd for rushing, and 56th for passing. Defensively, they are ranked 2nd against rushes, and 49th against the pass. I won't be afraid to rely on my running backs, but I might actually have to pass more often.
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Closing Thoughts:
That might have been the most enjoyable game I've played so far. It was such a blowout, and there were just so many great plays. "Toughest of them all"? Never mind that. On Offense, things went pretty well. I had a lot more success passing the ball, despite those 3 interceptions. At least two of them had been knocked away right into the hands of a defender, so I chalk those up to chance more than anything. Rushing was just fine, but I gave more plays to my halfbacks, since I've mostly focused on my fullbacks. If I'm going to rush on the majority of plays, I might as well change who gets to rush every once in a while.
On defense, it was decisive. Multiple interceptions and sacks is always great, especially when they happen back-to-back. Why did I sub in the 2nd team defense? I don't know, I just felt giving some game time to different players. Late into the game, the CPU seemed like its performance got worse. The game started off really slow, but everything the CPU did just fell apart in the 4th Quarter. If I do decide to do a 2nd season, I think I'll raise the difficulty, just to make things more interesting.
The only real kicking trouble I had was after a penalty set me back (15 yards?) on the extra point attempt. Whatever.
Next time, YCP travels to Iowa State.