For all you Crazed NCAA2007 Gamers

[Fighting_Irish9]

Here is a breakdown of what the roster should look like, if you are entering the names yourself or if you are waiting to download the rosters than adjust the ND roster...

I keep the ratings the same, don't want to mess up the game play, but there are some small and major adjustments to get the roster as on target as possible. (Any rating changes were due to position changes so that their overall rating would stay the same, though I left Crum alone as he probably won't be as good of a MLB as he would have been OLB)

IMO LOLB is strong side, and ROLB is Apache
The only player I'm tempted to change is Quinn as he was robbed in the game, but if I say add 10 points to him, I'm taking 10 points off of Borsetti

Anyway, here you all go...yes this is sad, but I had nothing to do today

#10 – Brady Quinn
#2 – Zach Frazer (change # to 12)
#13 – Evan Sharpley
#14 – David Wolke see in depth
#8 – Demetrious Jones


#3 - Darius Walker
#26 - Travis Thomas
#34 - James Alderidge
#32 – Jeff Jenkins see in depth
#33 – Justin Hoskins see in depth

#44 - Asaph Schwapp
#35 – Ashley McConnell (should be a rJr)


#83 – Jeff Samardzija
#5 – Rhema McKnight
#1 – D.J. Hord
#11 – David Grimes
#23 – Chase Anastasio
#7 – Darren Bragg (should be rSo)
#80 – Richard Jackson
#19 – George West


#89 – John Carlson (should be a rJr)
#87 – Marcus Freeman
#88 – Konrad Rueland
#85 – Will Yeatman (change # to 84)

#68 – Ryan Harris
#79 – Brian Mattes
#71 – Sam Young (change to #74)
#72 – Paul Duncan

#76 – Bob Morton
#50 – Dan Santucci
#77 – Michael Turkovich
#59 – Chris Stewart

#78 – John Sullivan (should be rJr but likely leaving)
#70 – Dan Wenger (Change # to 51)


#95 – Victor Abiamiri
#75 – Chris Frome
#94 – Justin Brown (change to RE should be rSo)
#99 – Ronald Talley (change to LE)
#96 – Patrick Kuntz (Move to DT Add 4 strength, 2 Tackle to remain 72 overall)

#66 – Derek Landri
#98 – Trevor Laws (should be rJr)
#57 – Dwight Stephenson Jr (Move to LE Add 6 to speed subtract 6 from strength to remain 78 overall)
#92 – Darrell Hand (should be rFr but you can Redshirt him 1st season)

#52 – Joe Brockington see in depth
#40 – Maurice Crum see in depth (move to MLB)
#4 – Anthony Vernaglia (move to ROLB)
#47 – Mitchell Thomas (move to MLB should be rJr)
#58 – Abdel Banda
#42 – Kevin Washington (move to ROLB)

#56 - Nick Borsetti (should be rJr)
#41 - Scott Smith
#48 – Steve Quinn (move to LOLB)

#22 – Ambrose Wooden see in depth
#30 – Mike Richardson
#20 – Terrail Lambert
#15 – Leo Ferrine
#28 – Raeshon McNeil
#8 – Darren Walls (Change # to 2)

#18 – Chinedum Ndukwe (change to SS)
#27 – David Bruton

#9 – Tommy Zbikowski (Change to FS, should be rJr but likely leaving)
#29 – Kyle McCarthy (change # to 28, should be rFr)
#6 – Ray Herring

#18 – Ryan Burkhart (change # to 39)

#17 – Geoffry Price (should be rJr)

These are some somewhat in depth changes if you want to take the 5-10 minutes to do them

****In Depth****
#22 Ambrose Wooden changes to
#97 Travis Leitko
Appearance
6’6
264
LBrown
Close crop
3
8
70%
60%

Ratings
70
74
76
74
74
52
44
71
56
76
40
40
40
40
40
40
70
82

#14 David Wolke change to
#22 Ambrose Wooden
Appearance
5’11
186
Dark
Black
Buzzcut
3
8
0%
0%

Ratings
91
56
85
92
92
70
56
92
56
62
68
65
40
40
40
40
92
94

#52 Joe Brockington becomes
#60 Casey Cullen LOLB/DE
Appearance
6’1
234
Light
Brown
Mullet
5
2
20%
60%

Ratings
68
68
54
72
65
59
48
62
40
70
40
40
40
40
40
40
75
90


#40 Maurice Crum changes to
#52 Joe Brockington LOLB
Appearance
6’1
225
Dark
Black
Close Crop
5
2
10%
50%

Ratings
80
74
84
78
84
59
48
65
40
80
40
40
40
40
40
40
87
92

#33 Justin Hoskins change to
#40 Maurice Crum MLB
Appearance
6’0
220
Dark
Black
Close crop
21
12
10%
50%

Ratings
84
72
78
82
85
56
48
68
56
82
40
40
40
48 – Run blocking
40
40
90
90

#32 Jeff Jenkins changes to
#45 Carl Gioia K
Appearance
5’11
170
light
brown
fade
13
16
0%
0%

Ratings
72
52
60
70
71
56
60
59
51
40
62
56
40
40
75
87
80
84

5 players to create based on likely playing time this year and Need for after this year (Sergio Brown would have been #6)

4*#71 Bartley Webb LT
Arizona
Springdale
6’7
292
Light
Brown
Close crop
1
1
70%
50%
Ratings
68
76
55
72
72
40
40
59
40
40
40
40
85
87
40
40
82
87

4*#55 Eric Olsen RG
New York
New York
6’5
300
Light
Brown
Dreadlocks
1
1
50%
48%
Ratings
56
78
62
62
62
40
40
59
40
40
40
40
82
84
40
40
76
87

3*#25 Munir Prince RB
Missouri
St.Louis
5’10
175
medium
black
buzzcut
10
8
0%
0%
Ratings
94
52
56
88
90
62
78
65
59
40
40
40
56
59
40
40
84
82

3*#97 Kellen Wade RE (gave him 90 with/if Leitko comes back)
Ohio
Cincinnati
6’5
220
Medium
Black
Buzzcut
15
1
30%
20%
Ratings
82
65
52
82
82
62
56
80
40
70
40
40
40
40
40
40
82
88

3*#49 Toryan Smith MLB
Georgia
Rome
6’0
230
Dark
Black
Closecrop
6
13
40%
20%
Ratings
84
72
59
84
86
62
52
65
52
80
40
40
40
40
40
40
82
92

 

[Fighting_Irish9]

PS. Don't forget to revise your Depth chart

 

[Mattmags]

how do you play the spring game in order to build up your players? and does practicing do anything for the players or just for understanding your playbook?

 

[Fighting_Irish9]

The problems with the roster you will still have are

The problems with the roster you will still have are

These are missing players, all Freshman
3*#31 Sergio Brown FS
4*#73 Matt Careufel G
3*#53 Morrice Richardson LOLB
3*#32 Luke Schmidt FB
3*#82 Robby Parris WR
3*#21 Barry Gallup WR
3*#90 John Ryan LE
3*#93 Paddy Mullen DT
3*#29 Rasheed Gaines SS
3*#24 Lenord Gordon

Players that will "not decide on a 5th year as they will have no choice but should"
Tommy Zbikowski FS
Ashley McConnoll FB
John Carlson TE
John Sullivan C
Trevor Laws DT
Mitchell Thomas MLB
Nick Borsetti MLB
Geoffry Price P

 

[Fighting_Irish9]

how do you play the spring game in order to build up your players? and does practicing do anything for the players or just for understanding your playbook?

Practice helps if you are in the Heisman mode (or whatever they call it) I don't believe it helps durning the season, but the more you play guys if they do well, their ratings go up.

The spring game you play 5 min on D and 5 min on Offense with the first team, if you have great games with players they improve that much more in the offseason

 

[ACamp1900]

Thanks FI9.. I was going to look into doing a post like this myself since I just got my roster file with the names... I was let down by how low D. Jones was (although they always rate QB's with speed low as passers) as well as our two DB's... McNeil and Walls... what did you think about that...?

Also, you think you could take on the idea of a CAP for B. Gallup??? I was going to do it myself but if you think you have Barry's ability nailed I'd like to ask if you can give me a hand... mine would be more of an guesstimate aside from his speed...

 

[ACamp1900]

Also, the last few years I have always made a CAP for Ziby that is an exact copy of their version w/ his eligibilty fixed then I take their Ziby and change him to any senior lineman that may or not see playing time and he basically sits the bench... the only minus is you lose a impact player for a year, BUT you get two years of Ziby instead of losing him at the end of the year in your dynasty... (I personally think he'll prop. be back next year...) And his class standing has been a problem for three years now...

 

[ACamp1900]

thanks also for the Toryan Smith CAP... beat me to that one as well... CHEERS

 

[Fighting_Irish9]

Thanks FI9.. I was going to look into doing a post like this myself since I just got my roster file with the names... I was let down by how low D. Jones was (although they always rate QB's with speed low as passers) as well as our two DB's... McNeil and Walls... what did you think about that...?

Also, you think you could take on the idea of a CAP for B. Gallup??? I was going to do it myself but if you think you have Barry's ability nailed I'd like to ask if you can give me a hand... mine would be more of an guesstimate aside from his speed...

For this year, I think Walls and McNeil are rated pretty well. Its very hard IMO for a True freshman to break out as a Cornerback....the college game is COMPLETELY different than the highschool game. They have good speed, acceleration and Agility, so I'm hoping they progress well in the off seasons....

now it will be disapointing if they are maxing out at 82 by their Junior and Senior years...so in that aspect its a shame, but I don't mind the freshman year numbers


As for Zbikowski.....I don't mind them having him as a Senior this year because he has made it pretty clear he won't be coming back...I'd also be surprised if Sullivan came back, the guys that I wish I could have figured a way to get that year of eligibility back are

Thomas...think he returns
Carlson...Pretty positive he comes back
and maybe Mitchell Thomas, I'm pretty sure the others will be heading out though

 

[Indydomer]

i simulated through a season just to see if ND would win the NC(and they did), but Walls and Mcneil don't get much better in the second season. I went back and started my season over again bumping them up a little. Kind of dissapointing that even the video game makers have a bias against ND recruits.

 

[KMac151993]

i simulated through a season just to see if ND would win the NC(and they did), but Walls and Mcneil don't get much better in the second season. I went back and started my season over again bumping them up a little. Kind of dissapointing that even the video game makers have a bias against ND recruits.

I think the ratings they gave them is pretty good considering they haven't played a down of college ball yet.

 

[Indydomer]

Agreed I had to bump them up a little bit though. Not too much.

 

[ACamp1900]

I think the ratings they gave them is pretty good considering they haven't played a down of college ball yet.

Sorry guys, D. Walls at a 68 is pretty bad considering he MAY have quite an impact this year... having Jones' Awareness 20+ points lower than Fraziers was a head shaker too...

Also FI9... what did you hear Ziby say that I didn't, He's said he's not coming back???That must be cause his boxing right??? Couldn't see him jumping early for the NFL...

 

[hamiljar]

Thanks for posting all of that. I am going to make those changes today