Lightning Flik

Is it possible for a player to demand a team do something to get better? Because I'm NOT going to be on a team that flunks it twice in a row... Now I wish I had the recap, because that just blows... GR!

Um... Not really. I was blitz like shit when I threw badly against Fresno State and TCU. They weren't giving me any chance to think or set up (as I was used to HAVING time to think and make a play). So I just made some really shitty passes. I probably would've won both games if I had gotten into the groove of making passes under pressure like that. Then again, if I didn't lose to either team, I wouldn't have gotten used to get blitz and staying in the pocket regardless if someone's trudging down upon me at full speed.

Ashe IS at least looking nice. Vaan... I'll just go meh.

I wouldn't mind the non-recap. It wouldn't trouble me at all. Although, FREEDOM MADE THE PLAYOFFS??? And Eddy J weeps...

MWAHAHAHAHA!!! Well apparently, I need not win my Conference! Eighth Game, Week 11: Canada Tech (5-2) vs. Nevada (6-2) Final Score: 45-17 W After my recent loss against Fresno State, I swore that my team would not only come out flying this game, but I would not lose another game since, to become sole possessor of second place in WAC. Well, not only did I do that, but I just played Airstrikian ball again, amasing a total of 400+ yards again by the air. It was a thing of beauty. Not really much more to add, since really it wasn't close at all. I'm still worried though about Orton's pick off rate as he did get picked a couple of times. Hopefully I can work on that. Eddy J and MR. ANDERSON both had good games. MR. ANDERSON had 200+ while Eddy J had 100+. Both with a handful of TDs that I forgot. Ninth Game, Week 12: Canada Tech (6-2) vs. Tulsa (4-5) Final Score: 77-14 W It was ugly... If only for the fact that they COULDN'T do SQUAT! I mean, yes, I know squash match, but come on now... Army was much better than this. Even though Orton was picked off twice (in the endzone no less) he managed to go 46 of 58, 649 yards, and 10 TD passes. Eddy J had a field day with 300+, and MR. ANDERSON got 200+. I must say, I loved the feeling of squashing them badly. Made me feel nice since I had no chance in hell of making a bowl game. Notes From The Season: ~ Edward James is now lead canidate for the Heismen Trophy and a shoe in for the Maxwell. Shall be interesting to see if he gets it (the other two players come from KSU, the #1 ranked team in NCAA). ~ My 2003 season has been upset after upset. This week #2 Auburn felt the STING and just got tossed from contention of playing Kansas State. This is the third week now that Kansas State's opponent has changed. Shall be interesting to see if the trend will continue. ~ Bowl Projections are up and would you believe I MADE a Bowl Projection? Yup, I did. So far, I'm looking at a dandy of a match up for Silicon Valley Classic Bowl. My opponent? Check who I beat in my Eighth game. Yup, that's who I'm facing so far. ~ National Ranking is 36~! I'm only 11 away from cracking the Top 25 Poll! Kinda interesting is that I own the best Pass Offense (434.4) and Rush Defense (84.4) in NCAA this season and best PTS/G (44.5). Then again, I'm playing powdercakes, so this is to be expected.

Bishie is the short form of Bishonen.

Well, did you ever think that maybe it was that Memphis wasn't using you properly? Let's see what 2010 brings Eddy J. ...well, no... But then again, I don't KNOW what they are using me for. That MIGHT help me know if I'm being abused or not. Hey, can we like make some trades happen and make an all Smartmarks team? That would be SO cool.

Well, I guess I can't win'em all. Seventh Game, Week 10: Canada Tech at Fresno State Final Score: 21-35 L Well, this was an unusual game to say the least. It was pretty much the tale of Mr. Airstrike and Doctor Interceptor. Nick Orton, my star QB came out flying in the first half... If by flying you mean coughing up 5 INTs to the enemy, two of them being returned to my own endzone flying. Well, I was of course humbled going into the second half. I mean, crap. I didn't think I could muster a comeback... Especially when I go down 21-0. Well, I managed to muster up something, and make it close 21-14, with Nick being his normal Airstrikian self, but I just couldn't get it done in the end. This sucks as I'm now probably out of contention for a Bowl game, but at least it was a good learning experience as I'm quite calm now with blitzes and will NOT break just because someone's hunting for Nick's head. Still managed 400+ yards threw the air, with MR. ANDERSON having 207 and Eddy J getting 174. Both got a TD as well. So at least that was good. Notes On The Season Heading Into Week 11: ~ Well unless WAC has a game that pits #1 and #2 in the division for the crown of WAC Champion, I'm left out in the cold with this second loss. Sad, but I don't think Boise will lose a game. Dammit, I wish I could face them. ~ Currently, I'm sitting in third, half back of Nevada, while I might not be getting the WAC Championship, I'll be damned if I don't make second place. So I'm TAKING THESE BASTARDS DOWN! ...here's hoping I do so. ~ Edward James is not only up for the Heismen, but the Maxwell as well. Both have him rated as #2. He'll most likely win the Best WR (unless MR. ANDERSON has anything to say about it, and could), and he's definitely a key reason why I'm winning games. ~ I kinda find it sad, but I have the best rush defesne in the league. Well second best, but I'm pretty much going to win the award. I only allow 93.9 yards right now, so I better get it. ~ I'm being told by the brass that I may be in a for a pleasent surprise after the 2003 season. DAMN! I'M GETTING A NEW CAR! WOOOO! ...wait, I'm just going to be here another year? ...oh well... I'll make something happen. Eighth Game, Week 11: Canada Tech vs. Nevada The Stakes: Second Place In WAC

No offense, but what legal action COULD Ubisoft take? Really, if they put in a URL that isn't used for real, nor is theirs... If someone comes along and does this, well... I'm not really feeling bad for Ubisoft. I mean, yes, I don't care for what the guy did as it just slapped video games in the face for publicity again. But still, how is this his fault? Shit, I doubt any other person wouldn't have done the same thing if they had the chance or thought about it.

And I was the highest, and I suck lots...

..sigh... I'm just going to suck again this year, right?

Well my Dynasty has been full of surprises so far. Here's the update of the 2003-04 season. Team Name: Canada Tech Comets Team Prestige: * Team Starting: Acedemic Division: WAC Schedule Rating: * National Ranking At Start: 75 First Game, Week 2: Canada Tech (0-0) At Houston (0-0) Final Score: 37-31 W Well, I went full out with Pass Heavy and I didn't do half bad. Mind you, I had 6 TOs. Ugly game really, I wasn't too proud of it, but I squeeked out the V thanks to a successful defending of the red zone (2 sacks pushed Houston out of field goal range). Second Game, Week 4: Canada Tech (1-0) at Duke (1-1) Final Score: 20-14 W This was awful. I couldn't get ANYTHING going my way. If it wasn't for a last minute drive to get the TD, I would've been the loser 13-14. I had 8 TOs this game. There wasn't much to sing about, as I had another bad game. Third Game, Week 5: Canada Tech (2-0) vs TCU (2-0) Final Score: 7-19 L I wish to God I could have this back. It was absolutely much more close than the score would indicate. Yet TOs killed me yet again. I had 6 of them, with two of them adding 10 PTS to my opponents score to down me out. Only bright spot is that Edward James had 100 yards. It was brutal folks. It was worse than LSU vs OU folks, that's the brutalness of it all. Fourth Game, Week 6: Canada Tech (2-1) at Hawaii (2-1) Final Score: 56-35 W I finally got fed up with Pass Heavy because of all the TOs and figured I might as well change the playbook and get hammered at Hawaii. Well, instead of getting hammered, it turned into the biggest airstrike game ever. Defense SUCKED ASS on both fronts, but both offense were clicking on all cylinders. Thankfully, mine kicked up 21 PTS in the first quarter to assure me of not having to worry when Hawaii was knocking on the door. I discovered that Run and Gun is definitely my style of play. Fifth Game, Week 7: THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE AMERICAS~! (...it's what my rivalry game is called, OK?) Canada Tech (3-1) vs. San Jose State (1-3) Final Score: 65-28 W So I head into the first BATTLE OF THE AMERICAS~! thinking I'm going to get squashed. I mean, come on. Last week was SO just a fluke as Hawaii was one of the better teams of WAC. Besides, I doubt that my Comets can come out and provide the twelve thousand on hand a good victory. I was running high as well from my victory at Hawaii as well (hell, even I knew I'm getting too happy over a single decently won game). Well you know you've got it good when you don't even BOTHER to use the run game (actually, I lost my FB for the game early on, so I decided to play the "all air game"). Using Run And Gun, young star QB, Nick Orton (yes, the guy has throw 8 picks and I still call him a star, shut up) just goes out and throws. And throws. Did I mention he throws a lot of passes? Like 43 of 61? For 621 yards? Did I also mention 9 TDs as well? Oh! And 2 picks as well. ...wait, that didn't come out right. When this game ended, not only had Nick turned into my most dangerous weapon (instead of the worst thing ever), Edward James and Derek Anderson (that's MR. ANDERSON to you) ended up with both 250+ yards. Nice day, eh? Oh and I found out the true meaning of the 3-4 defense here. Nice to finally figure that out. Sixth Game, Week: 9: Canada Tech (4-1) vs. Navy (2-4) Final Score: 73-20 W Before I begin, I'd just like to say, I knew it'd be a blowout. I mean, come on. It's Navy. What do they have to go up against my mighty juggernaut of DOOM~! Ok, I was still scared I was going to get chewed up for being a cocky bastard. Didn't have to worry long as on the opening kickoff, as his HB brings up the ball, he gets BLOWN HARD and FUMBLE! RECOVERY AT THE 22~! ...it went all my way from there folks. Nick Orton came out flying once again, snagging up another 500+ yards in the air. Once again Edward James and MR. ANDERSON had field days with the defenses as they both got 100+. Actually Eddy J managed to get 200+. MY NEXT GAME!!! Seventh Game, Week 10: Canada Tech (5-1) at Frescno State (4-3) Notes From My Season: Despite being the best QB in all of NCAA, Nick Orton (QBR: 162.3, COMP 202, ATT 290, YDS: 2374, TD: 27, INT 10, YDS/GAME 395.6, COMP%: 69, AVG: 8.1, LONG: 61, SACKED: 11) isn't even considered for the Heismen Trophy. BASTARDS! ...probably all those INTs. Or the sacks... Oh well... Edward James is, so it's all good. With 92 REC, 1015 YDS, AVG 11.0, 17 TDs, 169.1 YDS/GAME, 500 RAC, and RAC AVG: 5.4, he's #2. Currently my team is ranked #40 in National Polls heading into the game against Frescno State. Hopefully I can improve upon that. I don't know if WAC has a game to decide whom is the Champion, but I might have to have a game against Boise State as they are 6-1 whereas I'm 5-1. If we both keep going on this pace, both of us will only have a single loss. They'll be 12-1, where I'll be 11-1. So hopefully they lose a game if WAC doesn't have a Championship game. Reason I say this, is some how, I don't face them at all.

I'm not getting pasted. I'm just tired of seeing my team get planted by obscenely bullshit plays that would NEVER happen CONSTANTLY. It's really pissing me off.

Meh... I just want to play some games and NOT get creamed like pastry... And get a bowl game. Then worry about other things.

Hm... Interesting, my strength of my schedule is a single *. I guess this means I'm National Championship bound, eh?

I went WAC... Just cause then I can have a rivalry with San Jose State... Stupid really, but I figured it's a nice idea.

I'd still like to play in a division. Mountain West eh? What's WAC stand for?

ARGH~! I'm tired of facing the BEST guys... Which one of these stupid leagues isn't full of 30 below rankings... This is insane... I'm not liking how lucky these idiots are getting. It's ridiculous...

Well all the picks were just "bad luck". Same with the one fumble. But it's pissing me off cause I CAN'T do anything because I'm playing like superior teams (not by choice but by schedule) so I'm DOOMED. Ugh... This isn't going well. I'm already down 7-0 to O-State... Great... Edit: Correct, in about 2 minutes, I just threw down the field for a score. Nevermind. I can still kill them with the pass. Hot Route is my friend.

Man am I depressed. So I decided against playing KS right, cause I figured I'm facing enough # teams so I dropped them and add TA&M instead in my second week. I switched to Heavy Pass and felt good heading in when I made two TDs. Then everything went wrong. I was picked off 5 times, sacked 3 times, 6 TOs as a whole, and countless crap that killed my game. I had 500+ yards by PASSING ALONE... Shit that's all I did... I hammered them, I burned them badly. I had one receiver with 200+ (291 to be precise) yards that's how badly I was killing them. Yet the TOs killed me. Dammit. I lost 24-13... Bad loss considering it was mine to lose.

What playbook you use? I'm trying to find one that has lots of those plays, because I love that style. Although, currently, I'm using Heavy Pass because its the only one letting me get a ton of passing plays that I'll use.

About my only problem with NCAA and the Madden series. Pass defence is suspect in the game. Not just because someone isn't as good. Oh yah, I found out awareness was shitty on my defenders... Might explain some things there. OH~! I had to start ANOTHER new season as my data was corrupted (ie: I clicked reset during a save... I was half asleep at the time), so I had to redo up the Canada Tech Comets (starting at 75 of 110). I replaced Stanford and went with Academic rating, added a 74 QB, a 74 WR and an 82 WR to my team. Then went Balanced Pass to get some more pass options (I really don't use too many different run plays, pass lots, so eh). So here's hoping something good happens. My first game, I made against #5 Kansas State, and is game of the week. Hopefully, I pull out a dazzling win... I wish.

Are you getting burned on big plays? I usually have a good defence and sometimes will not audible out of a blitz into zone coverage in time and get burned. No. I'm not audibling. That's what weird. And I only blitz when I know I'm doing good. When I was playing that one game with the excellent coverage, I mean, I'm ALMOST sacking him with normal 4-3 plays. I just had some good luck I guess. Seriously, I "had" the best run defense. I started up a new Dynasty mode here though cause game decided to be an ass with my pass defense and fuck me over. Seriously, I know USC is good, but when each fucking passing attempt is not only DEFLECTED but COVERED BY 4 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, I shouldn't be getting HAMMERED WITH THE BASTARD ALWAYS CATCHING THE BALL. I mean come on now... Once is good, but 12 times is a little much. Especially when my defender CLEARLY HAS INTERCEPTED IT. Actually, I've always been good at run defense. My passing defense is suseptable though. Not too good there. But still, come on now. Weird thing is though, if I blitz big time, be prepared to get fucked. I'm very good at blitzing. I'll give a report of my dynasty once I get my new one up and running. Canada Tech Comets will be kicking PAC-10 ass. ...hopefully. We'll see how it goes. I'm trying to figure out a good playbook scheme. I didn't mind West Coast, but I don't have many pass options. I like to pass a decent amount as I run.

To make non-wrestlers, wrestlers again, you've gotta fork up a lot of dough. If they are already making 200k, it's a waste trying to change them.

I just don't get it. I really don't. I've got a cupcake team in my created PAC-10 Canada Comets, but every single game I've been in it tight. My very last game was against Washington State (#18) and I only lost by 9 points. What really gets me is that I've got like fabulous luck on defence. I mean, I had them PINNED in their own endzone for at least 10 minutes. Think I could capitilize on the three chances I got to retaliate in their endzone? No. Gr... I'm just happy my star, my HB is back. I so need him to help me. Oh, and currently, I'm running the best run defense out there right now. FIGURE THAT ONE OUT!