'NCAA Football 14': OU, Stillwater, and Georgia Tech to the SEC Dynasty Mode Build Season 1, Part 24--Ending #4--8 Team College Football Playoff--Semifinals & Final

College Football Playoff at the Fiesta Bowl:

#1 Oklahoma 44 versus #5 Texas 23

Texas Qtrs: 14, 3, 6, 0: 23

OU Qtrs: 7, 17, 10, 10: 44

So yeah, Texas played us much tougher and much closer this time. But after a rough 1st Quarter we rallied and managed to hold them to 3 Field Goals after that. The most frustrating thing was that they were taking care of stopping Jalen Hurts from Running the ball, so I had to get more creative in the Rushing Attack.

Scoring Plays:

1st Quarter:

2:38 TD OU: G.Calcaterra, 6 Yard Pass from J.Hurts (G.Brkic kick).

1:20 TD Texas: K.Ingram, 4 Yard Run (C.Dicker kick).

0:28 TD Texas: S.Ehlinger, 13 Yard Run (C.Dicker kick).

2nd Quarter:

5:51 TD OU: R.Stevenson, 3 Yard Run (G.Brkic kick).

3:35 FG OU: G.Brkic, 35 Yard Field Goal.

2:16 FG Texas: C.Dicker, 45 Yard Field Goal.

0:21 TD OU: R.Stevenson, 2 Yard Run (G.Brkic kick).

3rd Quarter:

5:47 FG Texas: C.Dicker, 20 Yard Field Goal.

4:09 FG OU: G.Brkic, 62 Yard Field Goal.

4:04 TD OU: W.Washington, Interception Returned for 22 Yards (G.Brkic kick). (The Play of the Game! Reminded me a bit of the Roy Williams Superman Play from being a quick strike defensive touchdown. Texas was trying a wide receiver screen and we beat Duvernay to the spot and had nothing but 20 Yards of green grass ahead.)

1:14 FG Texas: C.Dicker, 27 Yard Field Goal.

4th Quarter:

6:27 TD OU: L.Morris, 16 Yard Pass from J.Hurts (G.Brkic kick).

0:00 FG OU: G.Brkic, 38 Yard Field Goal.

Team Stats:

1st Downs: Texas 15, OU 22

Total Offense: Texas 337, OU 484

Rushes-Yards-TD: Texas 25-181-2, OU 30-108-2

Comp-Att-TD: Texas 16-26-0, OU 21-29-2

Passing Yards: Texas 156, OU 376

3rd Down Conv: Texas 3-9 (33%), OU 4-6 (66%)

Red Zone-TD-FG: Texas 4-2-2 (100%), OU 5-4-1 (100%)

Intercepted: Texas 1, OU 2

The only official turnovers. CeeDee Lamb had a Fumble that Texas Recovered that I got overturned on replay review since his elbow was down.

PR Yards: Texas 0, OU 15

KR Yards: Texas 0, OU 51

Total Yards: Texas 337, OU 550

Punts-Average: Texas 3-42.3, OU 0

T.O.P.: Texas 10:07, OU 19:12

OU Passing:

J.Hurts: RAT 190.2 21-29 for 376 Yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs, 72 %, Long of 49, 1 Sack.

OU Rushing:

R.Stevenson: 14 Rush for 68 Yards, 2 TDs, Long of 10, 16 YAC.

J.Hurts: 8 Rush for 20 Yards, Long of 14, 5 YAC.

K.Brooks: 5 Rush for 13 Yards, Long of 6, 2 YAC.

J.Hall: 2 Rush for 4 Yards, Long of 2, 1 YAC.

J.Haselwood: 1 Rush for 3 Yards, 1 YAC.

OU Receiving:

C.Lamb: 6 Catches for 111 Yards, Long of 25, 35 YAC, 3 Drops.

G.Calcaterra: 5 Catches for 113 Yards, 1 TD, Long of 49, 16 YAC.

K.Brooks: 5 Catches for 84 Yards, Long of 25, 34 YAC, 1 Drop.

L.Morris: 3 Catches for 44 Yards, Long of 24, 7 YAC.

N.Basquine: 1 Catch for 16 Yards, 12 YAC.

J.Haselwood: 1 Catch for 8 Yards, 1 YAC.

OU Defensive Players of the Game:

K.Murray: 6 Tackles, 1 TFL, 1 Pass Deflection.

W.Washington: 4 Tackles, 1 Pick Six TD.

Texas Passing:

S.Ehlinger: RAT 104.2 16-26 for 156 Yards, 1 INT, 61%, Long of 32, 1 Sack.

Texas Rushing:

K.Ingram: 15 Rush for 93 Yards, 1 TD, Long of 23, 23 YAC, 20+ One.

S.Ehlinger: 7 Rush for 75 Yards, 1 TD, Long of 39, 9 YAC, 20+ One.

J.Whittington: 3 Rush for 13 Yards, Long of 9, 2 YAC.

Texas Receiving:

K.Ingram: 5 Catches for 54 Yards, Long of 14, 54 YAC.

J.Burt: 3 Catches for 56 Yards, Long of 32, 18 YAC, 2 Drops.

B.Liebrock: 3 Catches for 6 Yards, Long of 6, 7 YAC.

D.Duvernay: 2 Catches for 17 Yards, Long of 14, 9 YAC, 1 Drop.

C.Johnson: 2 Catches for 16 Yards, Long of 16, 0 YAC.

B.Eagles: 1 Catch for 7 Yards, 2 YAC.

Texas Defensive Players of the Game:

A.Adeoye: 9 Tackles.

B.Jones: 8 Tackles.

J.McCulloch: 7 Tackles, 1 TFL.

C.Sterns: 6 Tackles, 1 INT Returned for 11 Yards.

College Football Playoff at the Peach Bowl:

#2 Ohio 17 vs #6 Michigan State 38

Ohio Players of the Game:

HB Jake Neatherton: 18 Rush for 81 Yards; 2 Catches for 46 Yards, 1 TD.

FS Javon Hagan: 7 Tackles, 1 INT.

Michigan State Players of the Game:

QB Brian Lewerke: 21-23 for 234 Yards, 3 TDs; 5 Rush for 28 Yards.

CB Josiah Scott: 3 Tackles, 1 Forced Fumble, & 1 INT.

College Football Playoff National Championship Game at the Sugar Bowl:

#1 Oklahoma 35 vs #6 Michigan State 42

Well shit, I guess I'm prone to being Typical Post-2000 Oklahoma, too. I lost the last-game-of-the-year. We started out so well, too. But Michigan State just made the better adjustments and made the difference with their defense.

MSU Qtrs: 3, 21, 0, 18: 42

OU Qtrs: 14, 14, 7, 0: 35

Scoring Plays:

1st Quarter:

5:06 TD OU: R.Stevenson, 5 Yard Run (G.Brkic kick).

2:23 FG MSU: M.Coghlin, 47 Yard Field Goal.

2nd Quarter:

5:15 TD MSU: J.Nailor, 19 Yard Pass from B.Lewerke (M.Coghlin kick).

2:40 TD OU: J.Hurts, 7 Yard Run (G.Brkic kick).

1:30 TD MSU: C.Heyward, 1 Yard Run (M.Coghlin kick).

0:52 TD OU: G.Calcaterra, 24 Yard Pass from J.Hurts (G.Brkic kick).

0:02 TD MSU: C.White, 10 Yard Pass from B.Lewerke (M.Coghlin kick).

3rd Quarter:

4:15 TD OU: J.Hurts, 3 Yard Run (G.Brkic kick).

4th Quarter:

6:19 TD MSU: D.Stewert Jr. , 37 Yard Pass from B.Lewerke (2 Pt Successful).

2:40 FG MSU: M.Coghlin, 41 Yard Field Goal.

1:49 TD MSU: C.Heyward, 3 Yard Run (M.Coghlin kick).

Team Stats:

1st Downs: MSU 20, OU 18

Total Offense: MSU 454, OU 429

Rushes-Yards-TD: MSU 40-172-2, OU 23-106-3

Comp-Att-TD: MSU 16-20-3, OU 16-25-2

Passing Yards: MSU 282, OU 323

3rd Down Conv: MSU 6-10 (60%), OU 5-7 (71%)

Red Zone-TD-FG: MSU 4-4-0 (100%), OU 4-4-0 (100%)

Intercepted: MSU 0, OU 2

PR Yards: MSU 12, OU 10

KR Yards: MSU 0, OU 125

Total Yards: MSU 466, OU 564

Punts-Average: MSU 2-44.5, OU 2-47.0

Penalties-Yards: MSU 1-5, OU 1-5

T.O.P.: MSU 16:07, OU 11:53

OU Passing:

J.Hurts: RAT 182.9, 16-25 for 323 Yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs, 64%, Long of 44, 5 Sacks.

OU Rushing:

J.Hurts: 17 Rush for 68 Yards, 2 TDs, Long of 29, 28 YAC, 20+ One.

R.Stevenson: 4 Rush for 28 Yards, 1 TD, Long of 14, 6 YAC.

K.Brooks: 2 Rush for 10 Yards, Long of 14, 3 YAC.

OU Receiving:

G.Calcaterra: 5 Catches for 137 Yards, 1 TD, Long of 44, 59 YAC.

C.Lamb: 3 Catches for 64 Yards, Long of 24, 11 YAC, 2 Drops.

N.Basquine: 2 Catches for 30 Yards, Long of 17, 11 YAC.

J.Haselwood: 2 Catches for 42 Yards, Long of 24, 6 YAC, 1 Drop.

R.Stevenson: 2 Catches for 36 Yards, Long of 19, 22 YAC, 1 Drop.

K.Brooks: 1 Catch for 7 Yards, 11 YAC.

L.Morris: 1 Catch for 7 Yards, TD, 1 YAC.

OU Defensive Player of the Game:

J.Parker: 11 Tackles, 2 TFL. (Not to best sign having this go to your Strong Safety.)

Michigan State Passing:

B.Lewerke: RAT 247.9 16-20 for 282 Yards, 3 TD, 80%, Long of 73, 4 Sacks.

Michigan State Rushing:

C.Heyward: 30 Rush for 180 Yards, 2 TDs, Long of 31, YAC 46, 20 + Two.

B.Lewerke: 8 Rush for -5 Yards, Long of 13, 2 YAC.

L.Jefferson: 2 Rush for -3 Yards, Long of 0, 0 YAC.

Michigan State Receiving:

C.Heyward: 3 Catches for 26 Yards, Long of 14, 32 YAC, 1 Drop.

J.Nailor: 3 Catches for 42 Yards, 1 TD, Long of 19, 6 YAC.

C.White: 3 Catches for 117 Yards, 1 TD, Long of 73, 51 YAC.

M.Dotson: 3 Catches for 18 Yards, Long of 12, 5 YAC.

D.Stewart Jr.: 2 Catches for 56 Yards, 1 TD, Long of 37, 8 YAC.

N.Davis: 1 Catch for 4 Yards, 1 YAC.

C.Chambers: 1 Catch for 19 Yards, 0 YAC.

Michigan State Defensive Player of the Game:

J.Scott: 5 Tackles, 1 TFL, 2 INTs, 2 Pass Deflections. Since this guy was the difference and their Defensive Leader in every Postseason Game we simulated for them I had to know if he made it to the league or not. He was the Jaguars 4th Round Pick, and he's on the current roster. Number 24.

I guess 3 Titles out of 4 ain't bad. Or 1 out of 2 when you consider the BCS doesn't exist anymore, Praise the Lord. Or 1 out of 1 since we won the one with the current real world format, haha.

So it's been a really fun series and we can finally put our work with the 2019 Roster to bed. Going forward I'm going to try to streamline this process so we don't have a calendar year of real time go by in doing these things. I'm going try to just make it 1 Full Season per Article and see how that goes. It should be more fun for me and hopefully more appealing for y'all.

So the next projects will be going through with the 2nd Season of the SEC Dynasty Mode. Which will be a bit weird because we got way too lucky and CeeDee Lamb and Kenneth Murray stayed for their Senior Seasons. I also tweaked the Conferences. The SEC we had this year was kind of the SEC I'd prefer minus carrying Stillwater with us of course. So I switched to more of what the SEC would want if they could gobble up the best they could. So in short it's OU & Texas added to the West, Alabama & Auburn still shifted East, and Clemson & Miami (FL) replacing South Carolina and the Kentucky/Georgia Tech Spot. You'll have to tune in to find out where everyone else ended up.

Of course my initial reason for doing this was to get OU-Texas to Non-Conference, because to hell with them, right. But seeing how COVID has killed so many Non-Conference Rivalries this year made me rethink. Besides Texas would have to swallow a bitter pill and give up a lot of political influence to even join the SEC so there's that, haha. Plus it forces them to play Texas A&M again finally.

I'm also planning to do a 2020 Roster with 1970 Conferences Season so we can revisit and have some fun with the Big 8. Of course these things will take some time. But hopefully the gaps won't be so big. Plus I should play the games faster since I'm cutting out the Box Scores. As always stay safe and thank you for reading.