The U-Turn: A Savannah State Dynasty

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Prologue
I chose Savannah State to use for a number of reasons. I live near Savannah, Ga, And I have many relatives who attended the school and/or live in Savannah. Savannah State is also one of the five D-1 schools I've seen play in person. Savannah State's football program is at rock bottom right now in terms of both talent and financial support. It would be quite a feat to build this program up, as it just may be the hardest job college football has to offer. Besides, who doesn't love a team who wears the color orange?!
I will run this dynasty along with my Ch2k8 legacy, and I will update both as much as I can, although updates may be slower during the school year. I will play on All-American on defense and either Varsity or AA for offense, although I will use some adjusted sliders that have been thoroughly tested and approved.

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Trophy Case

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Savannah St. is moving up to the FBS. No, we're not kidding.
By Cliff Simmons @SB_CliffSon June 9, 2013,5:47p
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Go ahead! Check the calendar! Today is not April 1st, and we are not joking. The Savannah State Tigers, who are most famous for being blown out in absurd payout games, are going to join the Sun Belt conference for football in 2013. If the move is successful, SSU would be the 1st HBCU to last in the FBS and it is only the 2nd to try after FAMU attempted to transition in 2002.

"Now you see why we've been playing all of these 'buy-a-win' games. We've been saving up for a potential move, while getting our players and coaches FBS experience", Savannah State AD Sterling Steward Jr. commented.
The player part may be right, but the coaching part isn't, at least for the Head Coach. Former HC Steve Davenport has been fired, and new Head Coach AJ Carlisle, former D-II national champion head coach at Winston-Salem St, has none. But he has an extremely potent offensive system, which is something the Tigers desperately need. His up-tempo, power running offense out of the Spread/I-Form/Ace/Wildcat supplemented by the air raid set D-II records in both scoring and total yards.
Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson has offered to pay for stadium expansion costs and any other financial needs the program may have.
"I'm trying to make this happen," Benson stated. "I called up NC A&T, Alabama State, South Carolina State, Norfolk State, Bethune-Cookman, just about every HBCU I knew of. They all declined. SSU was the only one daring enough to try it. I did it because the HBCU experience is totally different with the awesome bands, passionate sororities and the great tailgating. It's a great atmosphere to be in. This needs to be brought to national attention, and my conference will be the first to do it."

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What game is this? I live in Savannah btw

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NCAA 14. My fault, should've clarified.

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2013-14 Roster/Depth Chart

HC AJ Carlisle
OC John Eder (Carlisle's assistant at WSSU
DC Corey Barlow

QB
Antonio Bostick Sr
Victorian Hardison Jr
Zach Hutchenson Rs So
Leon Prunty Rs Fr
RB
Sheldon Barnes Sr
Alex Simmons So
LeReginald Veals So
FB
Juhwan Smith-Arnold Rs Jr
Damani Dabeatham Rs So
Rashaud Ferrell Rs Sr
WR
Simon Heyward Rs Sr (Star Player)
Dylan Cook Sr (Star Player)
Edward Lackey Sr
Jake Durham Rs Sr
Roosevelt Isom So
Cantrell Frazier So
TE
Kris Drummond Rs Jr
Avery Barnes Fr
T
Afolabi Ayangbayi Fr
Jonathan Clowers Sr
Akinjemi Olujobi So
Jimmy Jones Rs Fr
G
Devin Stainrod Rs So
Stephen Washington Fr
Jabari Kilcrease Rs So
Jarren Leach Fr
C
Epafara Moananu So
Chidi Onwuzuruoha Rs Fr
DE
Micah Blount Sr
Nick Johnson Jr
David Adebiyi Jr
Chris Spears Jr
Andrew Rosario So
Erik Dixon Rs So
Lawrence Lucas Fr
Demarcus Johnson So
DT
Jovanta Mobley Rs So
Christian Martinez Rs Jr
William Broadbent Rs So
Sebastian Pittman Rs Jr
OLB
Fredrick Fluker Jr
Trevion Ashford So
Edward Booker So
Atuan-Odell Johnson Fr
MLB
Patrick Stevenson So
Marquis Smith Fr
CB
John Wilson Sr (Star Player)
Wayne Johnson So
Brandon Jackson-Bell Jr
Rahman Hemingway Jr
Nick Solomon Fr
Jordan Jackson Fr
FS
Gregory Brown Rs Jr
Vaughn Cornelia Jr
SS
Edward Baety Jr
Jovante Miller Sr
K Preston McCarthy Jr
P John Barron Fr

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2013-14 Schedule (Red=Conference Game)
Week 1 BYE
Week 2 vs Eastern Michigan
Week 3 at Kent State
Week 4 at Old Dominion
Week 5 at Western Kentucky
Week 6 at Georgia State
Week 7 at South Alabama
Week 8 at Troy
Week 9 BYE
Week 10 vs New Mexico State
Week 11 vs Texas State
Week 12 vs UL Monroe
Week 13 vs UL Lafayette
Week 14 BYE
Week 15 vs Arkansas State

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Following for sure. Can't wait!