The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

[Deuce2223]

NO MERCY

Purdue Boilermakers at Ohio State Buckeyes
Oct 27, 2035	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#11 Purdue Boilermakers (5-2)	7	0	7	7	21
#1 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0)	14	14	14	21	63

Team Stats Comparison
	PUR	OSU
Total Offense	407	580
Rushing Yards	141	306
Passing Yards	258	274
First Downs	15	33
Punt Return Yards	0	8
Kick Return Yards	117	9
Total Yards	524	588
Turnovers	3	0
3rd Down Conversion	5/12	5/9
4th Down Conversion	1/2	1/3
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
Penalties	3-30	3-25
Possession Time	18:23	21:37

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		PUR	OSU
7:11	(OSU) G. Cobb 40 yd pass from A. Diabate (PAT)	0	7
4:00	(PUR) J. Swayne 1 yd run (PAT)	7	7
1:04	(OSU) V. Te'o 2 yd run (PAT)	7	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		PUR	OSU
8:58	(OSU) C. McCracken 17 yd run (PAT)	7	21
3:38	(OSU) F. Tam 3 yd run (PAT)	7	28
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		PUR	OSU
7:23	(OSU) K. Poole 20 yd pass from A. Diabate (PAT)	7	35
5:28	(PUR) J. Swayne 31 yd pass from D. Hodel (PAT)	14	35
2:19	(OSU) F. Tam 2 yd run (PAT)	14	42
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		PUR	OSU
8:46	(OSU) C. McCracken 66 yd run (PAT)	14	49
6:19	(OSU) F. Tam 4 yd run (PAT)	14	56
5:11	(OSU) C. McCracken 8 yd run (PAT)	14	63
3:19	(PUR) M. Gammon 24 yd pass from J. Bitonio (PAT)	21	63

Purdue Boilermakers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Bitonio 11/20 144 1 2 D. Hodel 8/14 114 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Bendedict 7 31 4.4 M. Blair 5 31 6.2 D. Hodel 5 19 3.8 J. Swayne 4 48 12.0 1 J. Bitonio 3 20 6.6 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E. Hope 5 50 10.0 J. Swayne 3 61 20.3 1 M. Gammon 2 52 26.0 1 M. Bond 2 23 11.5 E. Sylvan 2 37 18.5

Ohio State Buckeyes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT A. Diabate 13/23 242 2 N. De La Rosa 2/5 32 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. McCracken 19 203 10.6 3 F. Tam 10 53 5.3 3 V. Te'o 6 24 4.0 1 A. Diabate 2 21 10.5 L. DuBois 1 5 5.0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD G. Cobb 4 92 23.0 1 N. Tull 4 52 13.0 D. Lowe 2 23 11.5 E. Tandy 2 32 16.0 K. Poole 1 20 20.0 1 K. Ahlers 1 29 29.0 C. McCracken 1 26 26.0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD G. Robinson 7 P. Schofield 3 1 P. Barnhardt 3 1 J. Bulaga 3 1

GAME RECAP

Ohio State went full "Cobra Kai" on the Purdue showing no mercy to the #11 ranked Boilermakers in their return to the "Shoe"..

The Buckeyes Struck First, Struck Hard and Showed No Mercy scoring a season high 63 points including 7 touchdowns on the ground as both Curtis McCracken and Frederick Tam score the Hat Trick with 3 TD's each..

Purdue kept things close in the 1st Quarter trailing (14-7) but using a duo of QB's the Boilermakers threw 3 INT's that lead to 21 unanswered points as Ohio State rolls to the victory..

Purdue didn't play horrible despite the score.. They did manage to put up 407 yds of Total Offense including 141 yds that did include a 50 yd run by FR WR Jaylen Swayne on a Jet Sweep.

Leading (49-14) early in the 4th, QB Nick De La Rosa did come in and close out the game under center but only attempted 5 pass's completing 2 of them as Ohio State stuck with the ground game as McCracken and Tam picked up their 3rd TD each.

UP NEXT

Ohio State will remain at home for Game 2 in their 3 game homestand as they will prepare to host Notre Dame in Week 9 (At the time of this report, I havn't played the FIU game yet so, I don't know if Notre Dame will be #2 and still be undefeated or if Navy will pull off the upset).

RECRUITING NEWS

**Again because we havn't simmed ahead yet, I am unclear if anyone signs this week, but we did have several players on campus during the win.

[Deuce2223]

THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY

Florida International Golden Panthers at Duke Blue Devils
Oct 27, 2035	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#2 Florida International Golden Panthers (7-0)	0	14	14	10	38
#9 Duke Blue Devils (7-0)	14	0	7	0	21

Team Stats Comparison
	FIU	DUKE
Total Offense	628	248
Rushing Yards	264	27
Passing Yards	356	200
First Downs	29	10
Punt Return Yards	67	0
Kick Return Yards	110	56
Total Yards	805	304
Turnovers	5	2
3rd Down Conversion	5/10	4/14
4th Down Conversion	1/1	0/1
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
Penalties	2-20	0-0
Possession Time	21:53	18:07

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		FIU	DUKE
2:14	(DUKE) C. Santoso 10 yd pass from P. Uzomah (PAT)	0	7
1:17	(DUKE) A. Gallimore 5 yd pass from P. Uzomah (PAT)	0	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		FIU	DUKE
8:34	(FIU) J. Stills 2 yd pass from K. Pounds (PAT)	7	14
0:25	(FIU) D. Ahmad 12 yd pass from K. Pounds (PAT)	14	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		FIU	DUKE
7:18	(FIU) T. Trinidad 35 yd run (PAT)	21	14
4:29	(FIU) E. Longo 43 yd pass from K. Pounds (PAT)	28	14
0:49	(DUKE) L. Zolak 79 yd Fumble Return (PAT)	28	21
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		FIU	DUKE
9:19	(FIU) E. Marshall 3 yd pass from K. Pounds (PAT)	35	21
1:12	(FIU) T. Costanzo 44 yd FG	38	24

Florida International Golden Panthers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT K. Pounds 20/42 356 4 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T. Trinidad 20 202 10.1 1 K. Pounds 5 39 7.8 E. Allotey 4 31 7.7 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Stills 7 138 19.7 1 D. Ahmad 5 84 16.8 1 E. Marshall 3 25 8.3 1 E. Longo 3 66 22.0 1 T. Bail 1 19 19.0 E. Allotey 1 24 24.0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD M. Mentor 1 D. Boggs 1

Duke Blue Devils PASSING C/A YDS TD INT P. Uzomah 10/14 99 2 T. Spain 8/17 101 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD A. Gallimore 7 30 4.2 P. Uzomah 7 2 0.2 T. Spain 6 14 2.3 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD C. Santoso 9 126 14.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campanaro 12 1 J. Keo 10 1 G. Brown 5 1

GAME RECAP

This game recap can be broke down into 3 categories.. Good Bad and Ugly..

The Good
-FIU won the game and extended their winning streak to 40 games.
-K. Pounds had 356 yds passing
-FIU Defense holding Duke to just 248 yds of Total Offense including just 27 yds on the ground.
-WR James Sills had 7 rec for 138 yds and 1 TD

The Bad
-Kevin Pounds completed just 47% of his pass's
-5* TE Tyler ball had only 1 rec for 19 yds with 2 huge drops that would netted him 20+ yd gains and 1 TD.

The Ugly
-Kevin Pounds threw 3 INT's and fumbled leading to a 79 yd return for a score. FIU had another fumble as well with 5 turnover total.

-Duke QB P. Uzomah was leading the Heisman voting, will miss the rest of the season (11 weeks) with a Dislocated Elbow

FIU INJURY REPORT

Th Panthers are piling up injured players as well, as JR FS Brian Gutierrez joins the list giving FIU 6 players who will miss at least 3 weeks or more.. Gutierrez is out for 4 weeks with a Broken Toe.

RECRUITING

FIU lost out 5* RB D. Pryor last week to Ohio State.. They now lost 3 more players out of their Top-5 on the Big Board.

5* DT S. Square (#1 Overall/#1 FL/#1 DT) has signed with Texas A&M
5* ATH/RB G. Uwaezuoke (#9 Overall/#1 MS/#1 RB) has signed with Ole Miss
4* WR M Davis (#62 Overall/#4 FL/#10 WR) has signed with Auburn

FIU also lost out on 4* WR L. Olubi (#277 Overall/#31 FL/#34 WR) to Miami.

FIU did land 4* FS Jamie Hawkins (#177 Overall/#15 FL/#9 FS) giving the Panthers their first commitment of the 2035 season.

[BuckRaven]

Funny to see Duke undefeated with a stud QB, Buckeyes are rolling!

[Deuce2223]

Quote: Originally Posted by BuckRaven

Funny to see Duke undefeated with a stud QB, Buckeyes are rolling!

Yeah. I don't know what the deal is.. In one of my other Dynasties, Duke had a 4-5 year spurt where they were really good too.. I know in real life next year they will have that FR QB from Tulane so I think in CF26 they will be better for those first 3-4 years of a Dynasty so it will be interesting to see how that could change for them normally being a Basketball school.

Sadly their Stud QB got hurt playing against FIU so now he is out for the season. Which opens the door for Pounds or McCracken to get the Heisman..

The Buckeyes RB group is one of the most talented I have played with I honestly think if I had Tam for 4 years and made him my #1 RB he could've pushed for some of Tavon Logan's records which shattered every rushing record in the game.. But Jones was so good and so is McCracken and honestly Te'o is good too and so is Britton who never sees the field. Dubois was a 5* RB I moved to FB because of how good my depth is and even he turns out 4=5 yds a carry on dive runs and could probably break some bigger runs if I put him in for sweeps and stretch runs.

[Deuce2223]

WEEK 9 AROUND THE NATION RECAP

TOP-25 LOSS'S

#9 Duke and #8 Purdue were not the only Top-10 teams to fall this week.. We also saw #6 Ole Miss fall (24-13) to Arkansas and #7 K-State dropped a (27-21) loss to Iowa State.

Elsewhere #20 Stanford lost it's first game of the season snapping a 7 game win streak as they fell (49-45) to UCLA.

Also losing and dropping out of the Top-25 this week as #16 LSU, ,#18 Tulsa, #19 Arizona #22 Auburn and #25 BYU..

A NEW POLL

With the arrival of Week 10 comes the arrival of a new Top-25 Poll as we move away from the Media/Coaches Poll and will now focus on the College Football Playoff Rankings.. Here is a look at the new Top-25

#1 (8-0) Ohio State
#2 (8-0) FIU
#3 (8-0) Notre Dame
#4 (8-0) Oregon
#5 (7-1) Penn State
#6 (6-2) Alabama
#7 (6-2) Georgia
#8 (6-2) Tennessee
#9 (6-2) Georgia Tech
#10 (7-2) TCU
#11 (7-1) Miami
#12 (8-1) Cal
#13 (7-1) Duke
#14 (5-3) Washington
#15 (6-2) Ole Miss
#16 (7-1) Louisville
#17 (5-3) Purdue
#18 (6-2) Kansas State
#19 (7-1) Stanford
#20 (6-3) Oklahoma
#21 (5-3) ECU
#22 (5-3) UCLA
#23 (6-2) South Alabama
#24 (9-0) Tulane
#25 (6-2) Arizona


Week 10 offers plenty of big time matches as we will see 4 of the Top-5 teams take on fellow Top-25 opponents.

College Game Day is headed to Columbus for the matchup between #1 Ohio State and #3 Notre Dame..

FIU is the only team in the Top-5 not playing a Top-25 opponent this week as they will host UNC.

#4 Oregon hits the road for a non-conference matchup with #20 Oklahoma

#5 Penn State will head to Seattle and play the #14 ranked Huskies.. For Washington this is a must win game..

Other Top-10 matchups this week

#6 Alabama will host Missouri
#7 Georgia will host Florida
#8 Tennessee will play @ South Carolina
#9 Georgia Tech will play @ Virginia
#10 TCU will have a "Bye"

WEEK10 PROJECTED PLAYOFFS

With Ohio State will having to face #3 Notre Dame at home and #5 Penn State and #4 Oregon on the road, the CPU plus a Big Ten Championship game potentially the CPU doesn't think the Buckeyes will stay undefeated and currently has them projected as a #5 Seed.. Here is the matchup's.

#12 Cal vs #5 Ohio State winner facing #4 TCU
#9 Tennessee vs #8 Georgia winner facing #1 FIU
#11 Miami vs #6 Oregon winner facing #3 Alabama
#7 Penn State vs #10 Georgia Tech winner facing #2 Notre Dame.

[Deuce2223]

GAMEDAY COMES TO COLUMBUS

Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Ohio State Buckeyes
Nov 4, 2035	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-0)	0	7	7	10	24
#1 Ohio State Buckeyes (8-0)	7	10	14	7	38

Team Stats Comparison
	ND	OSU
Total Offense	360	457
Rushing Yards	46	341
Passing Yards	306	116
First Downs	14	457
Punt Return Yards	0	15
Kick Return Yards	129	65
Total Yards	489	537
Turnovers	1	1
3rd Down Conversion	5/10	4/9
4th Down Conversion	1/1	3/3
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
Penalties	3-20	0-0
Possession Time	16:21	23:39

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		ND	OSU
4:56	(OSU) F. Tam 3 yd run (PAT)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		ND	OSU
8:34	(OSU) F. Tam 1 yd run (PAT)	0	14
3:26	(ND) T. Ekiyor 11 yd pass from B. Louis	7	14
0:52	(OSU) L. Dugans 20 yd FG	7	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		ND	OSU
7:17	(OSU) F. Tam 4 yd run (PAT)	7	24
4:15	(ND) J. Krumholz 21 yd pass from B. Louis (PAT)	14	24
3:58	(OSU) C. McCracken 69 yd run (PAT)	14	31
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		ND	OSU
9:;04	(ND) M. Flynn 17 yd FG	17	31
3:57	(ND) J. Krumholz 35 yd pass from B. Louis (PAT)	24	31
0:17	(OSU) C. McCracken 2 yd run (PAT)	24	38

Notre Dame Fighting Irish PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Louis 19/28 306 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T. DeBerry 10 50 5.0 B. Louis 7 5 0.7 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Ekiyor 5 114 23.0 1 J. Krumholz 4 89 22.2 2 C Rubin 3 22 7.3 T Boger 2 24 12.0 R. Basham 2 30 15.0 T. Deberry 2 23 11.5 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Faulk 13 A. Wolfe 12 J. Lampkin 6 1.0 T. Mann 5 2.0

Ohio State Buckeyes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT A. Diabate 11/19 116 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. McCracken 19 249 13.1 2 F. Tam 14 70 5.0 3 V. Te'o 6 17 2..8 A. Diabate 6 -5 -.08 L. Dubois 3 10 3.3 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Lowe 5 59 11.8 N Tull 3 20 6.6 G. Cobb 2 34 17.0 C. McCracken 1 3 3.0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Perez 3 1.0 G. Robinson 5 1.0

GAME RECAP

The College Game Day showed up for the Battle of undefeated #1 Ohio State vs #3 Notre Dame and the game didn't disappoint as these 2 football titans battled in Week 10.

Ohio State took a early lead on a 3 yd run by JR RB Frederick Tam to make it (7-0).. The touchdown was 1 of 3 on the day for Tam who makes it back to back weeks with the Hat Trick. Ohio State had another opportunity to score in the 1st Quarter but Abdul Diabate is picked off in the endzone ending the scoring opportunity.

Tam would score TD #2 early in the 2nd Quarter to give Ohio State the (14-0) lead but Notre Dame answers back with a score to make it (14-7) The Buckeyes would tack on a FG late in the half to make it (17-7) as we head to the locker rooms.

Ohio State opened up the 3rd Quarter scoring with Tam's 3rd TD of the day and his 14th of the season...

Coach Miller

Quote:

"Frederick Tam has become one of the premier RB's inside the 5 yd line the past 3 years with 57 scores. Ohio State has had some pretty great RB's come through this program over the year's and it's crazy to think that that he is already the leader in touchdowns in a career and still has plenty of games left to not only set the ball higher but also chase down Monte Ball's Big Ten record of 77"

Notre Dame would again answer back with a score of their own to make it (24-14) but then it was Curtis McCracken time as the JR RB takes the ball 69 yds to the house for the quick score extending the lead back to (31-14).. Again Notre Dame fights back though settling for a FG to make it (31-17) to end the 3rd. The Irish then force a punt by the Buckeyes before scoring another touchdown to make it (31-24) with just under 4 minutes to play in the game..

Rather then attempt the onside kick, Notre Dame kicks deep into the endzone as Ohio State starts at the 20 yd line.

With already over 290 yds on the day, Ohio State continued to ride the run game as the Buckeyes add 54 yds on to their total including a 2 yd run by McCracken with just 17 seconds to play as Ohio State stays undefeated and puts themselves in the drivers seat for a Big Ten Championship bid.

UP NEXT

Ohio State will stay home to finish out their 3 game homestand hosting Pitt as the Buckeyes celebrate "Senior Day" and honor the 17 Seniors on this year's roster. Reports are several JR's are also expected to be honored as WR E. Tandy, DE M. Vakapuna are considered to be potential 1st or 2nd round Draft picks.

RECRUITING NEWS

Coach Miller landed 3 more commitments this week including another 5* Recruit.

5* Afa Cummings (#19 Overall/#2MI/#1 OLB) turned down both Michigan and Michigan State as well as Iowa, Purdue, Wisconsin and Penn State.

4* LG Danny Cummins (#64 Overall/#6 GA/#1 OG) turns down both Georgia and Georgia State as well as Louisville.

3* CB Devonta Doubs (#452 Overall/#12 MD/#46 CB) was a instant commit once I offered..

Ohio State now has climbed to #6 Overall and #2 in the Big Ten with 12 signings (4-5*, 6-4*-2-3*).

Wisconsin is #1 Overall and #1 in the Big Ten.. They have signed 18 players (2-5*, 14-4*, 2-3*)

[Deuce2223]

WEEK 10 AROUND THE NATION RECAP

FIU MAKES IT 41 STRAIGHT

Could FIU make it 3 straight seasons with a perfect 12-0 record. Well they are 1 step closer as they move to 9-0 this week after defeating UNC (34-28).

Tied (7-7) at the end of the 1st Quarter, FIU scores 21 points in the 2nd Quarter to take a (28-14) lead into the half.

UNC cuts the lead to (34-21) in the 3rd quarter holding the Panthers to a pair of FG's and would actually make it (34-28) early in the 4th before throwing a costly turnover to kill any comeback attempt.

Kevin Pounds was 15/18 on the day but threw for just 212 yds with this 3 TD's.. He also ran the ball well leading the team with 84 yds on the ground on 10 carries.

Tim Trinidad added 62 yds on 11 carries and scored 2 touchdowns.. SR R Erick Longo led the WR's with 4 rec for 86 yds and 1 TD.. FR James Stills had 4 rec for 65 yds.

FIU will look to make it 10-0 and 42 straight in Tampa as they head onto the road to face (4-5) USF who is still battling for a chance to get bowl eligible.

OTHER TOP 25 NEWS

Note Dame wasn't the only Top-10 team to fall this week as Georgia falls (34-31) to Florida as the Bulldogs drop to #16 with their 3rd loss of the season.

Oregon defeated Oklahoma (40-35) and with it moves to #3.

Penn State beat Washington (22-20) and moves to #4

Alabama beats Missouri (37-13) and moving up 1 spot to #5.

#8 Tennessee jumps 2 spots to #6 with a (31-23) win over South Carolina

#11 Miami joins the Top-10 at #7 with a (35-21) win over USF

Notre Dame lands at #8 after their loss. Georgia Tech is still #9 after a (42-38) win over Virginia.

Duke despite not having their start QB still manages a (49-45) win over NC State as they move from #13 to #11.

Louisville is making some noise in CUSA as they move to 8-1 with a (32-10) win over Old Dominion, the Cardinals jump from #16 to #13.

Ole Miss drops it's 2nd game in a row losing (20-19) to LSU as they move to 6-3 on the year and drop from #15 to #19.

Miss State defeats Auburn (45-13) to improve to 6-3 on the year and join the Top-25 at #22.

PLAYOFF PROJECTIONS

With Ohio States win over Notre Dame, the Buckeyes are now projected to grab the #1 Seed with FIU landing at #2, Alabama at #3 and TCU and #4.

Louisville is now projected to make the playoffs and play #5 Oregon in Round 1.

Notre Dame is now #8 and would take on #9 Miami for a chance at Ohio State in Round 2.

Duke comes in as the #11 seed and would take on #6 Penn State for the rights to play Alabama

Well #10 Georgia Tech would face #7 Tennessee for the chance to play #2 FIU.

HEISMAN TALK

With Duke QB Percy Uzomah hurt, Ohio State's JR RB Curtis McCracken has jumped to #1 in the early voting well FIU SR QB Kevin Pounds is currently #4 behind the Pitt QB (Miles Chamberlain) and Oregon QB Conner Poindexter.

McCracken has 156 carries for 1360 yds with 10 TD on the season.



Tulane is also making noise as they stay undefeated in Sun Belt Play moving to (10-0) on the year with a (38-17) win over La Tech.. The Green Wave are now ranked #20.

[Deuce2223]

FIU ADDS 4 MORE TO RECRUITING CLASS

FIU added 4* FS Jamie Hawkins 2 weeks ago.. He is now joined by 4 more 4* Recruits this week giving the Panthers 5 commitments for the 2035 class. With only 11 Seniors, we knew it would be a small class, but after edging out Ohio State for the #1 Recruiting Class last year, we expected their to be more excitement on the Miami Campus this year.

4* RT Tim Henderson (#91 Overall/#5 MI/#2 OT) is listed at 6'4 322 lbs from Walled Lake Michigan. He has scholarships offers from Virginia Tech and LSU.

4* RT Stefan Peacock (#199 Overall/#25 TX/#7 OT) is listed at 6'8 293 lbs from San Antonio TX.. He had scholarship offers to both Texas Tech and LSU.

4* CB Eric Rico (#206 Overall/#18 FL/#20 CB) listed at 6'2 183lbs from Miami FL.. He has offers from both Miami and Florida.

4* Dionte Brightwell (#232 Overall/#3 KY/#16 DE) listed at 6'6 278lbs from Alexandria KY.. He had a offer from Kentucky..

FIU no longer has any 5* Recruits left on their Big Board.. Currently FIU's Class ranks #63 Overall and #9 in the ACC..