ECFA 2010-11 (Ed's Colege Football Association)

[RooMorgans]

I've got pics from the last 2 games that I just haven't uploaded yet. I will probably do that today.

Ohio State is in the next game vs. BYU.

Ed

[batman]

SATURDAY
BYU vs. Ohio State

SUNDAY
Syracuse vs. Clemson

MONDAY
Illinois vs. Nebraska

I'm going to say the winners will be BYU, Clemson and Nebraska

[dogwood30]

Big Ten powers Ohio State and Michigan a combined 0-5. I bet that has never happened before. Woody and Bo would be furious. They must do some better recruiting Ed.

[RooMorgans]

Ha. It's been a struggle for the one-time stalwarts of the NCAA's Big Ten now that they have moved up in the world to the ECFA.

Though, Illinois and Purdue seem to be handling the move quite nicely!

Ohio State is putting up a good fight early in its game vs. BYU. Not much going on yet offensively, as the quarterbacks are having lackluster afternoons. Maybe their focus will sharpen under the lights as we head into the evening.

Ed

[RooMorgans]

... FENCE-STRADLIN' COUGARS SICK OF BOTH WINNING, LOSING

BYU bested its own record today, playing to its second tie of the ECFA season -this time against hapless Ohio State, 21-21. The Cougars (1-0-2, 0-0-2 Western Conference) blew a 14-0 lead, then rallied late to tie the game. However, their result, such as it was, almost wasn't to be as on an Ohio State incompletion with 4 seconds left, the Cougars were called for unsportsmanlike conduct. The 15-yard penalty moved the ball to the BYU 40, and set up a last-play field goal. But Ohio State missed the 57-yard attempt, and the game ended in a draw.

After a scoreless first quarter, BYU manhandled Ohio State throughout the second quarter, scoring first on an 8-play, 86-yard drive that featured nothing but runs. Tailback Kariya had a 26-yard scamper to start it, and quarterback Nelson ran for 20 to put it to the OSU 26, then carried the mail the last 17 yards on 2 plays to reach the end zone and make it 7-0. After a Buckeyes punt, the Cougars doubled their lead, this time going 71 yards on 12 plays (10 run, 2 pass), culminated when Nelson faked a handoff to Kariya on a play action, and found tight end Edwards wide open in the middle of the end zone for a 3-yard score. BYU led, 14-0, at halftime, after missing a 56-yard field goal at the buzzer.

The third quarter, however, was a completely different story. Getting the ball to start the second half, Ohio State (0-2-1, 0-1-1 Western Conference) quickly moved down field thanks to a 52-yard completion from Pryor to Posey. This nearly quadrupled the Buckeyes' production for the WHOLE first half, where Ohio State gained just 14 total yards. Pryor made the play pay, hitting Sanzenbacher for an 11-yard score to make it 14-7.

BYU continued to use a power running attack (201 yards on 33 carries), with 8 straight carries by Nelson and Kariya gaining 43 yards to the OSU 24. Nelson missed a pass, then the BYU kicker missed from 41 yards, leaving the margin at 7. That stayed that way for just 6 plays, as Pryor's 41-yard scramble was the critical play in a 69-yard touchdown drive that ended when Sanzenbacher caught another score, this time from 12 yards out, and it was 14-14.

The fourth quarter started with a quick 3-and-out for BYU, and Ohio State was on the march again. Running back Saine caught back-to-back-to-back passes totaling 32 yards, while Sanzenbacher and Posey combined to pick up 22 yards on 3 quick slant passes from Pryor. Pryor then found Stoneburner to the right on a quick out, but the BYU defense couldn't bring him down, and it resulted in 24 yards and the go-ahead score.

Twice on its next drive, BYU converted 3rd-and-long to stay alive. On the first from the 28, Nelson hit Ashworth for 13. On 3rd-and-10 from the 41, Nelson spotted Matthews on a deep post route, who caught it in stride and screamed into the end zone to tie the game.

Ohio State marched from its 17 to the BYU 40 in the final 4:40, but the last field goal was missed, and this one is a tie.

Ed

[RooMorgans]

BYU 0 14 0 7 - 21
OSU 0 0 14 7 - 21

SCORING

BYU - Nelson 14 run (kick good)
BYU - Edwards 3 pass from Nelson (kick good)
OSU - Sanzenbacher 11 pass from Pryor (kick good)
OSU - Sanzenbacher 12 pass from Pryor (kick good)
OSU - Stoneburner 24 pass from Pryor (kick good)
BYU - Matthews 59 pass from Nelson (kick good)

TEAM STATS

Rushing: BYU 33-201; OSU 19-54
Passing: BYU 16-90; OSU 24-219
Total Offense: BYU 49-291; OSU 43-273
Returns: BYU 4-33; OSU 3-31
First Downs: BYU 16; OSU 16
Penalties: BYU 2-25; OSU 1-10
Turnovers: BYU 0; OSU 0

INDIVIDUAL STATS - BYU Cougars (1-0-2; 0-0-2 Western Conference)

Rushing: Nelson 14-95, 1 TD; Kariya 19-106.
Passing: Nelson 8-of-16, 90 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT.
Receiving: Edwards 3-11, 1 TD; Kariya 3-7; Ashworth 1-13; Matthews 1-59, 1 TD.
Returns: Fowler 3-0; Ashworth 1-33.
Tackles-For Loss: Wagner 1-0; Fuga 5-3; Atkinson 4-0; Logan 2-1; Matthews 1-0; Jensen 2-2; Fowler 3-2; Frazier 2-0; Kaveinga 1-0; Aguirre 3-0.
Sacks: Fuga 2.
Forced Fumbles-Recovered: None.
Interceptions: None.

INDIVIDUAL STATS - Ohio State Buckeyes (0-1-2, 0-1-1 Western Conference)

Rushing: Boren 8-7; Saine 4-(-2); Pryor 7-49.
Passing: Pryor 15-of-24, 219 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT.
Receiving: Stoneburner 2-33, 1 TD; Boren 1-8; Posey 3-62; Sanzenbacher 5-74, 2 TD; Saine 4-42.
Returns: Johnson 2-0; Sanzenbacher 1-31.
Tackles-For Loss: Haman 4-0; Stoneburner 0.5-0; Z. Boren 0.5-0; Larimore 4-0; Johnson 4-0; Williams 2-1; Rolle 4-0; Heyward 4-1; Torrence 6-3; Simon 3-1; Sabino 1-0; Hines 1-0.
Sacks: Torrence 1.
Forced Fumbles-Recovered: None.
Interceptions: None.

Ed

[RooMorgans]

ECFA 2010-11 STANDINGS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

2-0-0, 1-0-0 Syracuse Orangemen
2-0-0, 1-0-0 Purdue Boilermakers
1-1-0, 1-0-0 Virginia Cavaliers
2-1-0, 1-1-0 Florida Gators
0-2-0, 0-0-0 Clemson Tigers
1-2-0, 0-1-0 Florida State Seminoles
1-2-0, 0-2-0 Kentucky Wildcats

WESTERN CONFERENCE

2-1-0, 2-0-0 Oklahoma Sooners
2-0-0, 1-0-0 Illinois Fighting Illini
1-0-2, 0-0-2 BYU Cougars
1-1-1, 0-0-1 Texas Longhorns
1-1-0, 0-0-0 Nebraska Cornhuskers
0-2-1, 0-1-1 Ohio State Buckeyes
0-3-0, 0-2-0 Michigan Wolverines

Ed

[RooMorgans]

Up to the minute Computer Rankings:

# W-L PTS TEAM
01 2-0-0 305 Syracuse Orangemen
02 2-0-0 285 Purdue Boilermakers
03 2-0-0 273 Illinois Fighting Illini
04 2-1-0 232 Florida Gators
05 2-1-0 208 Oklahoma Sooners (up 1 spot)
06 1-0-2 197 BYU Cougars (down 1 spot)
07 1-1-0 172 Virginia Cavaliers (up 1 spot)
08 1-1-1 170 Texas Longhorns (down 1 spot)
09 1-1-0 166 Nebraska Cornhuskers
10 1-2-0 114 Kentucky Wildcats
11 1-2-0 100 Florida State Seminoles
12 0-2-1 056 Ohio State Buckeyes (up 1 spot)
13 0-2-0 045 Clemson Tigers (down 1 spot)
14 0-3-0 011 Michigan Wolverines

This will be updated after each game. The AP Poll will come out at the conclusion of each week.

Ed

[RooMorgans]

Some facts and figures through 18 games played of 56:

* While I'm not really concentrating on having balanced attacks offensively, through the 18 games there have been 1,603 offensive snaps taken. Of those, 792 have been running plays, and 811 have been passing plays. Keep in mind, though, passing plays that result in sacks get recorded as lost rushing yardage, so some of those run plays were intended to be passes but the defense blew them up.

* Michigan is the only team that still has negative yards rushing (-15) for the season. The teams running 1-back sets have for the most part struggled, except for BYU, which ran for 201 yards vs. Ohio State and is now 4th in the league at 3.81 yards per carry as a team.

* Despite being 2-0, Syracuse is last in the ECFA in average total offense, at just 130 yards per game and 4.00 yards per play. BYU leads at 6.31 yards per play.

* Teams are averaging 22.2 yards per return (this combines punt and kick returns). Clemson is the leader in this category, at 31.9, a full 6 yards per return ahead of second place. Again, Syracuse is worst here, too, at 13.5.

* But with Syracuse at 2-0 and last in all these categories, it shouldn't surprise you that they are the best in one key category - turnovers. The Orangemen have coughed up the ball just once in 2 games. Everyone else in the ECFA has at least 3 turnovers.

* Illinois is the highest scoring team in the league so far at 24 points per game. Michigan is the most anemic team, at just 11.3 points per game. On average, a team scores 16.6 points in an ECFA game. Oklahoma and Illinois share top defensive honors, allowing just 10.0 points per game, with Florida a close third at 10.3. Michigan (26.0) and Ohio State (25.7) are far and away the worst teams in the country in terms of scoring defense.

Ed

[batman]

Wow
I think ECFA needs to seriously consider adopting an Overtime rule for next season.
In the WCFA we avg a tie game every 15 games. Therefore we have to play Overtime.


Ed that strictly up to you.

Thanks
Walt