30 year update: The sometimes absurd nature of NCAA 11

[stcloudgopher]

35 year update on page 6

I usually post an update for every 5 years that passes in my offline dynasty. I have used another forum in the past, but have decided against it this time due to the annoying flame-battles that ensue. Yeah.

Anyway, here is the 30-year update from my (mostly) simmed NCAA 11 Offline Dynasty. (Note: I started at Minnesota, then moved to Georgia after 17-years in Minneapolis to try and combat the Bama problem. It worked. Kind of.) Last completed year was 2039.

	Team	Overall	Vs. Rivals	Bowl	Conf. Titles	Nat. Titles	Win Streak*
1	Texas	375-39	109-11	23-7	22	3	56
2	Bama	372-43	122-18	22-8	18	4	30
3	TCU	346-44	27-6	21-9	19	1	33
4	Miami	363-47	68-22	23-7	15	0	36
5	PSU	338-52	68-24	19-11	17	6	38
6	USC	336-54	84-6	19-11	18	2	39
7	WVU	324-66	112-12	13-17	15	3	17
8	Myself	333-68	100-17	15-15	10	2	30
9	UCF	333-76	68-11	22-8	12	0	23
10	Oregon	314-76	55-5	19-11	9	3	16
120	Syracuse	49-311	14-115	0-0	0	0	3
119	Wake	69-291	14-58	0-1	0	0	7
118	WSU	71-288	11-51	0-0	0	0	3
117	NMSU	74-287	13-19	0-1	0	0	3
116	E. Mich.	77-284	8-51	0-2	0	0	4
115	Wyoming	82-282	3-77	3-1	0	0	5
114	ULM	82-278	15-15	0-0	0	0	4
113	ULL	83-278	15-15	0-1	0	0	4
112	Army	80-278	5-53	0-1	0	0	4
111	Miami (OH)	87-276	5-55	0-2	0	0	3

*There have been 12 winning streaks of 30 games or more in NCAA history. Oklahoma's run of 47 (1953-57) is tops. Washington's 39 (1908-14), Yale's 37 (1887-89 and 1890-93) round out the top three. USC (34 from 2003-05) and Miami (34 from 200-02) are the best since the early 90s.

Other interesting teams:
+Purdue (115-253), ASU (113-252) and Arizona (110-252) have 15 bowl appearances and 10 winning seasons between them.
+S. Carolina (126-241) is 9-107 vs. Top 25 and 1-5 in bowl games.
+Oregon St. (130-238) has had 3 winning seasons, never winning more than 4 games in a row.
+Auburn (158-216) is 13-77 vs. Rivals and has not won a conf. title.
+Washington (197-183) won the 2010 Nat. title, but is 18-89 vs. Top 25 opponents.
+Florida (258-134) has won 2 SEC titles, is 58-83 vs. Top 25 and 61-79 vs. Rivals.
+LSU (272-118) is 48-75 vs. Top 25 and has won 1 SEC title.
+Ohio St. (305-85) has 2 B1G 10 titles, 0 Nat. titles
+Navy (308-81) is 37-41 vs. Top 25

Total National Championships
PSU 6
Bama 4
Minnesota (1 with me), Oregon, Texas and WVU all have 3
USC 2
Georgia (me), Notre Dame, Stanford, TCU, VaTech and Washington all have 1

Notable NCAA records
Individual Game
+Passing yards, K. Holloway (TTU): 732
+Receptions, P. Sullivan (Ohio): 26
Individual Season
+Field Goals, T. Bitancurt (WVU): 37
+Pass TD, K. Holloway (TTU): 59
+QB Rating, W. Powers (Texas): 217.6 (175.6 - Sam Bradford, Oklahoma, 2007-09)
+Rec. TD, D. Mullins (PSU): 33
+Rec. Yards, C. Rawls (TTU): 2,473
+Receptions, F. Banks (Purdue): 173
+Rush Yards, J. Allen (GaTech): 2,804
Individual Career
+Pass TD, J. Waller (Texas): 183
+Pass Yards, J. Waller (Texas): 18,807
+Rec. Yards, A. Goolsby (PSU): 5,759
+Receptions, N. Holmes (Texas): 394
+Rush Yards, J. Terrell (Navy): 7,159 (6,397 - Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, 1996-99)
Coaching Career
+Longest Win Streak, Texas Coach: 56
+ National Titles, PSU Coach: 6 (Tie)

Tidbits
A+ Overall teams: 1-Georgia (me)
A Overall teams: 3-PSU, USC, Texas
A- Overall teams: 3-Stanford, TCU, TTU
99 Overall players: 10- 4 WR, 1 QB, 1 LT, 1 LG, 1 C, 1 FS, 1 P
Highest rated players by position: RB 96, FB 94, TE 93 (one other at 90, all others 89 or lower), RG 97 (Five total at 90+), RT 98 (Three 90+), LE 98, RE 96, DT 97, LOLB 96 (Five 90+), MLB 96, ROLB 98 (Five 90+), CB 95 (Five 90+), SS 94, K 98 (Five 90+)

Oddities
+Bama has 14 WR on their current roster, including five with overall ratings between 63 and 69.
+Cincinnati has 10 QB on their current roster, none higher than 79 overall.
+Ole Miss has 10 RB on their current roster, none higher than 79 overall.

[Ziza9Noles94]

"Syracuse 49-311" - Ouch, 49 wins in 30 years. They should just shut down the football program. haha Thanks for the glimpse into your dynasty. Very interesting numbers there. I see Eastern Michigan has managed to win some games. In my dynasty (only year 8) they have won a grand total of 0.

[stcloudgopher]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ziza9Noles94

"Syracuse 49-311" - Ouch, 49 wins in 30 years. They should just shut down the football program. haha Thanks for the glimpse into your dynasty. Very interesting numbers there. I see Eastern Michigan has managed to win some games. In my dynasty (only year 8) they have won a grand total of 0.

That is sad. I know there are peaks and valleys, but this game gets a bit ridiculous with the lower teams. It needs to be addressed in 12, no doubt. Oklahoma hasn't beaten Texas in something like 15 years in my dynasty. Along with numerous unbeaten teams (pre-bowl games there are usually 4-7 undefeated teams; post-bowl games there are usually 3 or 4), the number of one-loss teams is insane.

I've flirted with the idea of "coaching" the dominant programs back to earth a bit. I've played Bama in the past 10 SEC title games (once I built Georgia back from a C- team). Florida hasn't been competitive in a decade or more, and, after a good five year run after I left, Minnesota is back to a B- team (they still win 10+ every year).

Oddly, Central Michigan has averaged maybe one-loss per season over the past 10-15 years, Wisconsin and Iowa are doormats in the B1G Ten, UCF/FAU/USF are all A+ in tradition, contender and facilities, Stanford is a D academically and Miami, despite at least a half-dozen undefeated seasons, has yet to play in a national title game. I don't think Dynasty was designed to extend beyond 4 or 5 years.

[footballfan4life]

How can someone get 26 receptions in a game? 712 passing yards? Holy

[playguitar90]

Yeah, through my experience the 4-5 year mark is when it starts to get funny. There are way less good players, and the overall team quality appears to decrease. My C+ Michigan State recruited the next Mike Vick (played just like him) and I could dominate anyone due to the lack of speed, and the fact that he had 95 speed and could break everybody's tackles. My C- Defense and my low 70s OL didn't matter, it was a one man show. Bama is always really good though

[Kurt l o l]

Quote: Originally Posted by footballfan4life

How can someone get 26 receptions in a game? 712 passing yards? Holy

Brandon Marshall had 22 in a game in real life if I'm not mistaken.

[Special27K]

Quote: Originally Posted by footballfan4life

How can someone get 26 receptions in a game? 712 passing yards? Holy

Toledo in the last 3 years has had two different WR's with 20+ catch games I believe. Stephen Williams and Nick Moore.

Also 13 teams over the 30 years won titles is less than ideal for me, its probably about right though given past NC's. The bottom end is absurd to me, 10 teams couldn't win 100 games in 30 years? I'd bet the next 10 teams aren't any better. How many teams in history averaged 3 wins or less for 30 years?

I just want to see a little more parody I guess EA, especially toward the bottom. Not so many programs should fade in to oblivion like that.

Oh and how in the world does Miami win 36 games in a row without a NC?

[sbird91939]

Quote: Originally Posted by Special27K

I just want to see a little more parody I guess EA, especially toward the bottom.

I'm all for a good laugh, but I think parity is more important at this point