The Wild West | A West Texas Outlaws Dynasty

[St. Francisco]

2018

RECRUITING: In 2015, Oklahoma landed the top two prospects in the nation, runningbacks David Alexander and Leon Hudson. They have spent the last two seasons splitting time, with Alexander taking the top spot on the depth chart. Hudson rushed for 1,765 yards and 17 touchdowns over his two seasons, averaging 5.4 yards per carry, but decided that he'd had enough of splitting time with Alexander, so he transferred to WTU this offseason! Hudson will redshirt this season, and have two years of eligibility remaining when he joins the team in 2019. At 87 overall, he was the highest-rated player to transfer. As far as recruiting went, I had a pretty good haul. I wanted to bring in 19 players to fill all of my holes, and managed to get 15 players. I got committments from four-star prospects at quarterback, cornerback, defensive end, wide receiver, runningback, and an athlete I converted to cornerback. I finished with the 24th ranked recruiting class in the nation. Texas finished with the best recruiting class, Auburn had the highest number of five-star recruits with four, and UL Lafayette had the worst recruiting class in the nation. Oregon landed the top recruit in the nation, five-star athlete Jared Coker.


PRE-SEASON: Despite finishing with an 11-2 (8-0) record and a bowl win last season, we're still a four-star prestige team. I guess you gotta win a BCS bowl or a BCS conference title to get that fifth star. Once again, we're fielding the most talented team in the C-USA, 86 overall, 85 on offense, and 85 on defense. My best players are junior Aaron Jackson (HB, 87 OVR), seniors Josh Moore (FS, 87 OVR), Rodney Torres (DT, 86 OVR), and Joel Little (SS, 85 OVR), and juniors J.R. Medley (84 OVR) and Anthony Coe (84 OVR) at cornerback just to name a few. I'm really excited to see what Jackson can do, as he has performed exceptionally as the backup the last two seasons. He had killer 99 speed, and will also handle kick and punt returns. Auburn is the #1 team in the polls, but the best team by the numbers is #23 Texas, who is 97 overall, and 96 on offense and defense. I just missed being ranked in the preseason, coming in at #27. Idaho is #120. The best player in the league is senior Marcus Thurman (99 OVR), a center for Oklahoma.


SEASON: We continued our newfound success in 2018, finishing the regular season with a 10-2 (7-1) record, and a third straight conference championship. Our losses came to Louisiana Tech (22-14) and #10 Oklahoma (31-30), but I did score quality wins over Texas Tech (31-30), Notre Dame (49-14), and #22 Southern Miss (42-20). As the C-USA champ, we landed a spot in the Autzone Liberty Bowl again, this time against Big East opponent Louisville (7-5, 6-3). Coming into the game, we ranked 22nd in points per game (31.1), 15th in rushing offense, and 15th in total defense, and beat the Cardinals 35-28 for back-to-back bowl victories and a final ranking of 11th in the country! The national title race was wacky, with one-loss teams Oregon, Iowa, Georgia Tech, and Texas forced to settle for lesser bowls while two-loss conference champions Wisconsin of the Big Ten and TCU of the Big East battled for the ultimate title, which the Horned Frogs won 20-19. What I did find cool was that all four one-loss teams met each other in the BCS bowls, with Oregon beating Iowa in the Rose Bowl, and Texas beating Georgia Tech in the Fiesta Bowl. The Heisman trophy went to Georgia Tech's junior quarterback Kyle Clark, who only completed 48% of his passes for 1,567 yards and 16 touchdowns, but also rushed for 1,287 yards and another 17 touchdowns on the ground. As for the Outlaws, senior quarterback Lee Robbins completed 49% of his passes for 2,226 yards, 28 touchdowns, and 8 interceptions. His go-to man was second-year freshman Rian Ryan, who impressed in his first season with 66 catches for 913 yards and 15 touchdowns, which set a new school record for most receiving TDs in a single season. On the ground, Aaron Jackson lived up to the hype with 1,727 yards and 10 touchdowns, averaging 6.1 yards per carry.

[St. Francisco]

2019

RECRUITING: With our increased skill comes the unfortunate side-effect of losing underclassmen in the offseason. Junior runningback Aaron Jackson declared for the draft, and sophomore wide receiver Adam Winston transferred to New Mexico State due to a lack of playing time. I also received a transfer in sophomore Rashad Burton, a fullback from Colorado who will have to sit out his junior year before joining the team as a senior in 2020. As far as recruiting goes, I pulled in my best class ever, rankin 18th nationally. I landed 19 players, including four-star prospects at quarterback, runningback, and an athlete I converted to ???. Auburn had the best recruiting class, and also pulled in four 5-star prospects, the most in the nation. All four of them ranked in the top seven. Florida grabbed the top-ranked recruit, Brad Miller (ATH). Kent State had the worst recruiting class in the nation.


PRE-SEASON: In my 9th year as a member of the FBS, the Outlaws have officially joined a BCS conference. I'm now a part of the Big XII South! Baylor has been underperforming, so I moved them to the Big East South to be with TCU, and moved SMU to the C-USA. My continued success has earned us a five-star team prestige rating, and we also enter the year as the most talented Outlaws squad yet at 88 overall, 90 on offense, and 84 on defense. Our talent was enough to earn us a preseason ranking of #17, the first preseason ranking for the school in our nine-year history. The success of the team depends entirely upon junior runningback Leon Hudson (97 OVR), far and away my most talented player. I also have a trio of cornerbacks rated in the high 80's, as well as sophomore phenom Rian Ryan (87 OVR) at wide receiver. Around the league, Oregon has the honor of being the #1 team, and is also the most talented with a 97 overall rating. New Mexico State is ranked #120.


SEASON: To say that the Outlaws exceeded my expectation in 2019 would be a gross understatement. In our first year in the Big XII, WE TOOK HOME THE CONFERENCE TITLE! We finished the regular season with a 10-2 (7-2) record, with losses to Stanford and Texas Tech, but we scored shocking victories against ranked conference foes Oklahoma State (29-24), Texas (34-27), and Oklahoma (31-10). In the conference title game, we came up against one-loss Stanford once again, and earned our revenge with a 29-14 victory. The win gave us a berth in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, where we unfortunately were embarassed by #22 LSU 38-0. Still, what an amazing season to even make it to a BCS bowl. Junior QB Jared Ryan led the team expertly all season, completing 55% of his passes for 2,546 yards, 26 touchdowns, and 8 interceptions. His go-to man was sophomore Rian Ryan, who had 60 catches for 791 yards and 4 touchdowns, while senior tight end Travis Holiday had 38 catches for 665 yards and 8 touchdowns. On the ground, Leon Huson rushed for 1,726 yards and 13 touchdowns for an average of six yards per carry, and was a Heisman finalist. Around the league, undefeated Oregon beat one-loss Penn State 27-3 to win the national title, and the Heisman trophy went to Stanford's senior QB Darrin Craft.

Winning a Big XII conference title and appearing in a BCS bowl is good enough for me, folks. With that, I officially retire this dynasty and NCAA 2012. I'll be spending a few weeks testing out the new game, so expect a new thread from me sometime in August. Thanks to all of those who faithfully read my dynasty, and if you're interested in a created player for my next one, and haven't yet posted to tell me about it, do so now and I'll make sure you get in.

[G-men]

Great to see your team have success in the B12. Can't wait for your new one to start up.

[kyhadley]

Great end to a great dynasty. I look forward to your next.

[dope]

great franchise!! sorry i hadn't read it until it was all over. look forward to you next one with the new game, and i'd love to be part of it with a created player.