'NCAA Football 14': OU, Stillwater, and Georgia Tech to the SEC Dynasty Mode Build Season 1, Part 4—Week 1 Alabama @ Oklahoma

Finally got our Week 1 in the books, and I've been pulling a lot of overtime. I haven't been able to figure out any way to get highlights or still shots off my 360, so we'll just be looking at the box score. First though we'll look at the other scores of Week 1. For convenience sake, I'm just leaving them in the order the game put them in.

Tulsa 37 @ Bowling Green 20

FCS Southeast 7 @ Wake Forest 28

FCS East 21 @ UConn 45

FCS East 10 @ Kent State 31

FCS East @ Mid Tenn State 41

FCS West 30 @ San Jose State 31

UNLV 28 @ Minnesota 33

FCS Midwest 0 @ Indiana 24

USC 42 @ Hawai'i 7

FCS Midwest 7 @ Ball State 44

FCS West 17 @ South Alabama 20

Utah State 21 @ Utah 42

Florida Atlantic 14 @ Miami 23

FCS Southeast 21 @ Houston 34

FCS West 0 @ Arizona 31

UMass 3 @ #4 Wisconsin 41

BYU 17 @ Virginia 24

New Mexico State 10 @ #23 Texas 28

#10 Penn State 21 (N) Syracuse 23 - Metlife Stadium. New Jersey.

Buffalo 3 @ #5 Ohio State 48

Central Michigan 7 @ #14 Michigan 35

Florida International 14 @ Maryland 34

FCS Midwest 7 @ Illinois 19

FCS East 17 @ Georgia Tech 37

FCS Southeast 0 @ Baylor 27

Ole Miss 21 @ South Carolina 38

FCS East 7 @ Eastern Michigan 45

FCS East 10 @ Boston College 38

FCS West 14 @ Oregon State 48

#18 Mississippi State 21 ?? Stillwater 17 (this game is showing the 2013 Texas Kickoff Classic Logo, and they did play there in Houston in actual 2013 in their non-conference seasons. Now that this is an SEC Game I'm not sure if it was still at Reliant or what. If I'd noticed before I simmed this one I would've went into it to see. Sorry.)

FCS Southeast 0 @ #24 Oregon 37

Idaho 23 @ North Texas 21

Northwestern 24 @ California 31 OT

FCS East 10 @ Air Force 13

Colorado 6 (N) Colorado State 3 - Sponsorship Name @ Mile High. Denver.

Rice 10 @ Texas A&M 27

UT-San Antonio 31 @ New Mexico 28 OT

Wyoming 9 @ Nebraska 35

FCS Midwest 16 @ Iowa State 35

Northern Illinois 21 @ Iowa 41

Washington State 24 @ #9 Auburn 10.

#11 Michigan State 17 @ Kentucky 38

Arkansas 25 @ #3 Georgia 52

FCS East 7 @ Tennessee 34

FCS East 18 @ Missouri 35

Miami (OH) 40 @ Marshall 14

FCS Southeast 10 @ USF 15

UAB 7 @ Troy 14

#22 Boise State 24 @ #6 Washington 45

FCS East 0 @ Duke 54

Texas State 34 @ Southern Miss 7

FCS East 21 @ San Diego State 35

FCS Midwest 7 @ Kansas State 37

Nevada 33 @ UCLA 17

#25 LSU 14 (N) #16 TCU 34 - Cowboys Stadium. Dallas.

#1 Alabama 12 @ #7 Oklahoma 24

Bama Qtrs. 0, 12, 0, 0.

OU Qtrs. 7, 10, 7, 0.

Scoring Plays:

First Quarter:

5:30 TD OU: J. Hurts, 80 Yd Run (G.Brkic Kick)

Second Quarter:

6:56 TD OU: J. Hurts, 4 Yd Run (G. Brkic Kick)

4:38 TD Bama: M. Forristall, 12 Yd Pass from Tu. Tagovialoa (missed kick; AI Nick Saban had a CB at Kicker in a Bug/Glitch of some kind. Thankfully it wasn't meaningful to the outcome of the game. I've checked other depth charts in Team Management thankfully it seems to be a Glitch contained to just Bama. When this happened in game I was worried I'd have to scrap everything and start over.)

1:24 FG OU: G.Brkic, 19 Yd FG (was very frustrating settling here, but felt I needed the points at that stage.)

1:05 TD Bama J. Waddle, 31 Yd Pass from Tu. Tagovialoa (missed kick)

Third Quarter:

6:46 TD OU: J. Hurts, 71 Yd Run (G. Brkic Kick)

Team Stats:

First Downs: Bama-17, OU-13

Total Offense: Bama-358, OU-382

Rushes-Yards-TD: Bama 16-54-0, OU 33-260-3

Comp-Att-TD: Bama 26-35-2, OU 6-11-0 (perhaps I needed more balance, but our Ground Game was Killer.)

Passing Yards: Bama 304, OU 122

3rd Down Conv: Bama 3-9 (33%), OU 4-7 (57%)

4th Down Conv: Bama 0-2, OU 0-0

Red Zone-TD-FG: Bama 2-1-0 (50%), OU 2-1-1 (100%)

Turnovers: Bama 1, OU 2

Intercepted: Bama 1, OU 2

PR Yards: Bama 16, OU 0

KR Yards: Bama 0, OU 46

Total Yards Bama 374, OU 428

Punts-Average: Bama 3-43.0, OU 2-43.0

Penalties: Bama 1-5, OU 0-0 (the joys of video games am I right? Coaches would kill for that execution.)

T.O.P. : Bama 9:26, OU 18:34

OU Passing:

Jalen Hurts RAT 111.3 6/11 122 2 INT 54% (both picks clearly my fault on the sticks, still somewhat rusty I suppose. Especially having to challenge a Bama D 1st.)

OU Rushing:

Trey Sermon 21 for 98 Yards, Long of 12, 32 YAC

Jalen Hurts 11 for 156 Yards, 3 TDs, Long of 80, 32 YAC, 3 of 20+

Kennedy Brooks 1 for 6 Yards

OU Receiving:

Grant Calcaterra 4 for 92 Yards, Avg 23.0, Long of 35, 28 YAC

Kennedy Brooks 1 for 5 Yards

CeeDee Lamb 1 for 25 Yards, 2 YAC

OU Defensive Player of the Game:

Kenneth Murray 6 Tack, 4 Solo, 1 TFL 1 INT

Bama Passing:

Tua Tagovailoa RAT 160.3 26/35 304 2 TDs 1 INT 74%

Bama Rushing:

N. Harris 11 for 60 Yards, Long of 15, 19 YAC

Tua Tagovailoa 3 for -11 Yards, Long of 3

B. Robinson Jr. 2 for 5 Yards, Long of 6, 4 YAC

Bama Receiving:

H. Ruggs III 8 for 77 Yards, Long of 27, 24 YAC

J. Jeudy 8 for 96, Long of 17, 19 YAC (felt I was pretty effective using Football's Version of Basketball's 'Box And 1' Approach. I mostly played Cover 6 while Hot Routing the various CBs over Jeudy to Man Up on him. He actually seemed to prefer being straight up double teamed in Cover 1 or Cover 0. And he still nearly put up 100 on me, lol.)

M. Forristall 3 for 29, 1 TD, Long of 12, 21 YAC

J. Waddle 3 for 84, 1 TD, Long of 43, 17 YAC

N. Harris 2 for 18, Long of 11, 14 YAC

C. Latu 1 for -3, 1 YAC

D. Smith 1 for 3, 2 YAC

Bama Defensive Player of the Game:

X. McKinney 9 Tack, 9 Solo, 1 TFL, 1 INT

So the Heisman Watch for Week 2 is still a glitched out mess. I don't remember having had this problem when I've started Dynasties with Community Rosters before. In any case, if it's actually screwed up at the end I'll declare the Maxwell Award Winner the Heisman as well, but hopefully and likely it'll fix itself after players start to accumulate more stats.

Overall Players of the Week:

UConn LOLB Dillon Harris 3 Tack, 2 TFL, Sack, Forced Fumble, and INT in 45-21 Win over FCS East.

Utah HB Zack Moss 28 Rush for 166 Yards, 3 TD, 6 Rec for 51 Yards. in 42-21 Win over Utah State.

SEC Players of the Week:

Tenn LOLB Darrell Taylor 3 Solo, 5 TFL, 6 ATK, 2 Sacks, Fumble Recovery in 34-7 Win over FCS East.

Mizzou HB Larry Rountree III 28 Rush for 209 Yards, 2 TD, 4 Rec for 48 Yards in 35-18 Win over FCS East.

Part of me doesn't even want to bother with Rankings until with have BCS/CFP Rankings, but I guess I'll indulge you with the Coaches Poll:

1. Clemson (36)
2. Georgia (22)
3. Wisconsin (2)
4. Oklahoma (1)
5. Ohio State
6. Washington
7. Miami
8. Alabama, 1 Loss
9. Notre Dame
10. Stanford
11. Michigan
12. USC
13. TCU
14. West Virginia
15. Mississippi State
16. Florida State
17. Virginia Tech
18. Auburn, 1 Loss
19. UCF
20. Washington State
21. Michigan State, 1 Loss
22. Kentucky
23. Penn State, 1 Loss
24. Texas
25. Oregon