OFFSEASON OPEN

Y'all know the drill.

Players Leaving - Tuesday (4/1) 11:30PM EST to Wednesday (4/2) 10PM EST
Recruiting - Wednesday (4/2) 10PM EST to Thursday (4/3) 8PM EST
Position Changes - Thursday (4/3) 8PM EST to Friday (4/4) 8PM EST
Player Cuts - Friday (4/4) 8PM EST to Saturday (4/5) 8PM EST
Pre-Season - Saturday (4/5) 8PM EST - Monday (4/7) 8PM EST
Season 2 Begins - Monday (4/7) 8PM EST

(Note that the first two stages are slightly less than 24 hours. If that's a problem for anyone, let me know.)

(Sorry, jumped the gun.. simming through coaching carousel now, then the offseason will be open.)

EDJ passed up a HC gig at Texas A&M.
Denham passed up a HC gig at Georgia.
Ken passed up a HC gig at Wisconsin.
I passed up a HC job at (gag) South Alabama.

Any interest in trying to find another body or two to add to the league?  I've noticed a couple posts on some forums looking for leagues. It's just hard to find a guy that's sim and fair to play with.

I'm enjoying the pace of things so far. This is the first year of non-rosters, minus any freshman that were redshirted season 1. I'm excited to see how just EA generated recruits progress.

Oof, I lost a lot of starters to graduation.

Offense
QB Maty Mauk (98 OVR)
TE Jason Reese (90 OVR)
WR J'Mon Moore (89 OVR)
HB Morgan Steward (86 OVR)
TE Sean Culkin (85 OVR)
WR Levi Copelin (85 OVR)

Defense
DT Harold Brantley (89 OVR)
ROLB Donavin Newsom (88 OVR)
MLB Michael Scherer (87 OVR)
DT Evan Winston (87 OVR)
RE Justin Pope (85 OVR)
LE Rickey Hatley (84 OVR)
CB John Gibson (84 OVR)

the_EDJ wrote:Any interest in trying to find another body or two to add to the league?  I've noticed a couple posts on some forums looking for leagues. It's just hard to find a guy that's sim and fair to play with.

Sounds good to me. Would be best to do it before pre-season for scheduling purposes, though.

You want to direct them to the forum? I'd like to have any new guys play a tryout game against one of us just to make sure they're not cheesy, though.

I feel like the biggest impediment to getting new guys in is gonna be that damn XP glitch.

Non-Seniors Leaving:
94 Ovr QB Bobby Hale - SO (Redshirt) - Despite missing the entire season, was still a 7th round prospect. Got him to stay. He's our starter for the next two years.

90 Ovr DE David Busch - JR - Was a 3rd Rd prospect. Stud DE. Decided to stay!

91 Ovr FS Nathan Gerry - JR - Was a 4th Rd prospect. One of top tacklers on the team. Decided to stay.

72 Ovr RB Zach Daniels - SO - Played freshman year as 3rd RB. Was 4th on depth chart this year. Transferring to Northern Illinois for playing time.

Draft Prospects:
94 Ovr WR Jordan Westerkamp - 1st Round
95 Ovr RB Adam Taylor - 2nd Round
89 Ovr LOLB Jared Afalava - 3rd Round
96 Ovr C Paul Thurston - 4th Round
95 Ovr QB Tommy Armstrong - 6th Round
90 Ovr TE Sam Cotton - 6th Round

Other Starters Lost:
DT Avery Moss
MLB Michael Rose
SS LeRoy Alexander
WR Alonzo Moore (Slot WR)
P Sam Foltz
OLB Marcus Newby

Non-Seniors Leaving
1) 97 Ovr QB/CB/WR/SUPERMAN Chris Phillips. Convinced to stay (Projected 4th Round). Will be starting QB for the next two seasons. 
2) 90 Ovr WR Ardarius Stewart. Convinced to stay. (Projected 7th Round). 
3) 62 Ovr FS Trent Wood. Transferring to UAB. Not convincing him to stay for obvious reasons. 

DRAFT PROSPECTS
99 Ovr QB Alec Morris (1st Round)
92 Ovr LB Ryan Anderson (1st Round)
92 Ovr DE Dalvin Thompson (1st Round)
95 Ovr HB Derrick Henry (2nd Round)
94 Ovr DT Korren Kirven (3rd Round)
94 Ovr DT A'Shawn Robinson (3rd Round)
88 Ovr RT Brandon Hill (7th Round)
70 Ovr C Chris Miller (Graduation)

Returning most of my team from last year but we do lose 4 All Americans and a 99 Overall QB. But as the saying goes, "We don't rebuild, we reload!". 

*Sidenote Wouldn't it be great if we could fire/hire Offensive and Defensive Coordinators?

MeanMrMustard wrote:Y'all know the drill.

Players Leaving - Tuesday (4/1) 11:30PM EST to Wednesday (4/2) 10PM EST
Recruiting - Wednesday (4/2) 10PM EST to Thursday (4/3) 8PM EST
Position Changes - Thursday (4/3) 8PM EST to Friday (4/4) 8PM EST
Player Cuts - Friday (4/4) 8PM EST to Saturday (4/5) 8PM EST
Pre-Season - Saturday (4/5) 8PM EST - Monday (4/7) 8PM EST
Season 2 Begins - Monday (4/7) 8PM EST

(Note that the first two stages are slightly less than 24 hours. If that's a problem for anyone, let me know.)

I'll be out of town Saturday morning till Tuesday night but I think I can handle all my offseason stuff online correct?

dre1479 wrote:

MeanMrMustard wrote:Y'all know the drill.

Players Leaving - Tuesday (4/1) 11:30PM EST to Wednesday (4/2) 10PM EST
Recruiting - Wednesday (4/2) 10PM EST to Thursday (4/3) 8PM EST
Position Changes - Thursday (4/3) 8PM EST to Friday (4/4) 8PM EST
Player Cuts - Friday (4/4) 8PM EST to Saturday (4/5) 8PM EST
Pre-Season - Saturday (4/5) 8PM EST - Monday (4/7) 8PM EST
Season 2 Begins - Monday (4/7) 8PM EST

(Note that the first two stages are slightly less than 24 hours. If that's a problem for anyone, let me know.)

I'll be out of town Saturday morning till Tuesday night but I think I can handle all my offseason stuff online correct?

Yes, you can do most/all of this online.

Sorry, forgot to post. We've advanced to Recruiting if anyone was wondering.

Coaching Changes:
Nebraska loses both Coordinators for the second consecutive year. But it's not all bad news.

Starting with Defensive Coordinator, the Huskers get former Wisconsin/Utah State Head Coach Gary Andersen (misspelled in game as Anderson).  Being a level 39 coach, the Huskers DC coaching tree is immediately maxed out. Andersen was also Urban Meyer's DC at Utah for his undefeated seasons, including the BCS bowl victory over Utah. An appealing resume line to have, for sure.

On offense, Bob Cole joins the squad. A relative unknown, Cole is a running QB specialist from Northern Illinois, most known for his work with Jordan Lynch. The Huskers new OC demanded a revised playbook, and Nebraska will focus less on Pistol, and employ a heavy Shotgun look. For now. In two years, things may shift with a freshman stud ready to unleash the dragon through his arm, rather than with his legs.

Continuing the themes of losing coaches to rival teams, former OC Brian Johnson (Utah Coverboy of NCAA Football 10) is now Head Coach at Penn State.

Former DC Mark Banker arrived to Nebraska from Oregon State as DC, and got promoted to be Oregon's head coach.

Va Tech Head Coach Bud Foster is now at Hawaii (With former Drake Head Coach Chris Ash as a DC)
Texas A&M HC Kevin Sumlin is now at LA Tech.
Scott Frost jumped from Oregon to Nebraska to Texas Tech to Nevada in the span of 4 years.
Skip Holtz is following in his father's footsetps, now at Notre Dame.

We've advanced to Position Changes.

Player Cuts opens Friday night at 8 PM EST.

Holy crap. I lost everybody lol.

Off-season recruiting did not go as planned, losing out on three of the top four targets, despite the top three targets having almost 4,000 points thrown their way. Thankfully they weren't major needs.

Position changes, nothing special to note. Shifting secondary and DLine around to better suit their talents and team needs.

Player Cuts are open to get down to a 70 man roster.
Also your first chance to look at player progression.

Nebraska had 7 very difficult decisions to make, and surprisingly, they weren't all walk-ons that had to go...

Player Progression: (*Denotes starter a year ago. Bold is this year's starter. Underline is a backup)
QB Bobby Hale rebounds from his torn triceps muscle. Is now a 99 Ovr QB as a Jr. 
>> 91 Speed, 84 Acc, 84 Agi, 95 Awr, 99 Inj (phew), 94 Stam.
>> 89 Thr Pw, 90 Thr Acc
>> 91 Elu (^_^)

*RB Terrell Newby is on a mission for a Heisman after being derailed by minor injuries all year and still finishing 5th in voting. Also a 99 Ovr.
>> 96 Speed, 99 Acc, 97 Agi, 92 Inj, 88 Stam.
>> 92 Brk Tkl, 93 Elu, 96 Juke, 94 Car, 92 Vision

*FS Nathan Gerry is a 96 Ovr, and one of the top 3 returning tacklers in the nation.
>> 87 Speed, 91 Acc, 88 Agi, 99 Awr, 95 Inj, 94 Stam
>> 99 Play Rec, 92 Zone, 94 Man, 95 Press

*DE David Busch is a 95 Ovr, and the reigning active sack champion, was #2 in returning sacks 2 years ago as well.
>> 85 Speed, 86 Acc, 67 Agi
>> 94 Block Shed, 88 Pow Mov, 85 Fin Mov, 94 Hit Pow, 90 Play Rec, 84 Pur

*CB JJ Smith is a 94 Ovr as a 4 year starter.
>> 96 Speed, 97 Acc, 83 Agi, 99 Awr, 91 Jump
>> 99 Play Rec, 99 Zone, 93 Man, 94 Press

QB Johnny Stanton is a 93 Ovr.
*LB Josh Banderas is a 93 Ovr. Top 3 in returning tackle leaders from last season. (90 Speed, 96, Acc, 86 Agi, 99 Hit Pow, 91 Pur)
*DE Brad Golden slipped in his Sophomore campaign. a 92 Ovr this season. (83 Speed, 93 Acc, 76 Agi, 90 Blk Shed)
*SS DJ Singleton 92 Ovr
*LT Dwayne Johnson 92 Ovr
CB Boaz Joseph 92 Ovr
MLB Thomas McDowel 90 Ovr
*K Riley Means 90 Ovr
TE Cethan Carter 90 Ovr
TE Chance Bennett 90 Ovr
*RG Zach Hannon 90 Ovr
CB Mike Woods 90 Ovr
*RT David Knevel 90 Ovr
*WR Andre Manning 89 Ovr - Jumped from an 80 to 89 I believe after freshman year? (95 Speed, 97 Acc, 95 Rt Run)
4 other players 89 Ovr (1 Returning Starter, 3 backups)
2 players 88 Ovr (2 backups)
3 players 87 Ovr (1 New Starter, 1 backup)
2 players 86 Ovr (1 New Starter, 1 backup)
1 player 85 Ovr (1 New Starter)

Offensive line was the biggest weakness a year ago, this year it appears there's no weakness other than TE, which is hardly utilized enough.

Future Watch:
Redshirt Freshman QB Brian Kemp
>> 84 Ovr
>> 97 Thr Pow, 87 Thr Acc
>> 77 Speed for a Pocket Passer
>> Was #1 incoming recruit a year ago. Either #1 overall, or #1 QB.

Ratings by Class:
90-99 Ovr: 19 Total: 13 Seniors, 3 Juniors, 3 Sophomores, 0 Freshman
80-89 Ovr: 26 Total: 5 Seniors, 6 Juniors, 5 Sophomores, 10 Freshman
70-79 Ovr: 18 Total: 0 Seniors, 0 Juniors, 5 Sophomores, 13 Freshman
61-69 Ovr: 7 Total: 1 Senior, 0 Juniors, 1 Sophomore, 5 Freshman

Preseason open.

MeanMrMustard wrote:Preseason open.

Completely forgot, is it too late to adjust conferences? Not a big deal, but we swapped Illinois with a team to keep user teams correct.  Wasn't sure if we could switch them back to the B1G West or not.

the_EDJ wrote:

MeanMrMustard wrote:Preseason open.

Completely forgot, is it too late to adjust conferences? Not a big deal, but we swapped Illinois with a team to keep user teams correct.  Wasn't sure if we could switch them back to the B1G West or not.

Yeah, too late now... Custom Conferences is right before preseason. Sorry. :-/