Thanks Reg, appreciate the note and hope you and others will continue to follow along. I was checking out RavennaAl's thread earlier, he's getting toward crunch time!
Injuries - the funny thing is I was so amped to get into the first game, and I hadn't developed my injury chart!
... It will be pros only, because ECFA teams only have 11 on each side of the ball total, where as EPFA teams have 14-15. Players will miss 2-12 snaps for their side of the ball, I just have to develop a chart to use as a player identifer. The QBs and OL don't have backups, so it will only be RBs, TEs, and WRs. On defense, the DL typically don't have backups, but usually there is an extra linebacker, and a couple extra DBs, so they will be susceptible. With only playing a 3-game, or maybe 6-game season, doing multiple-game injuries seems too much.
Timing: Plays in ECFA/EPFA play are timed as follows:
Normal play, where clock would continue to run: 35 seconds.
Normal play, where clock would stop: 18 seconds.
In the last 2 minutes of the half or game, teams can use the hurry-up offense. In this situation:
Hurry-up, where clock would continue to run: 18 seconds.
Hurry-up, where clock would stop: 8 seconds.
I expect I'm going to end up somewhere between 120-130 plays each game, which is about right.
Roo
