NCAA Football 12 Simulates the 2012 Season
by Patrick_the_Ruminator on Aug 16, 2011 2:22 PM EDT
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PrintDon't want to wait to see how TCU is going to dominate the Big East in their first year? Um, us either...? After I simulated the 2011 season, I added TCU to the Big East on NCAA Football 12 and simulated the 2012 season to get a glimpse of the path of destruction the Horned Frogs are going to leave in their wake next season.
Here's what it looked like:
Team
Overall
Conference
TCU
11-1
8-0
South Florida
9-3
7-1
West Virginia
7-5
4-4
Louisville
6-6
4-4
Rutgers
6-6
3-5
Cincinnati
3-9
3-5
Connecticut
6-6
3-5
Pittsburgh
6-6
2-6
Syracuse
4-8
2-6
TCU might have skated through the Big East, but their blowout loss to Oklahoma ensured that they only ended up in the Rose Bowl against Oregon, which they lost to the Ducks. South Florida went on a six game win streak to finish the season after their loss to TCU dropped them to 3-3. West Virginia had initial trouble adjusting to life after Geno Smith at quarterback but ended the season 4-1 in their final five games. Louisville started off 4-2 and then faded. Rutgers, Connecticut and Pittsburgh all had up and down seasons. Cincinnati had a terrible year but picked off Pittsburgh, Louisville and Connecticut in conference. Syracuse never got any traction coming off a season where Notre Dame stole a bowl spot.
Despite the TCU loss, the Big East finished 3-2 in the bowl season.
TCU's Casey Pachall was the only Big East QB to go over 3,000 yards passing on the season. South Florida's Demetris Murray and TCU's Matthew Tucker were the only running backs to top 1,000 yards rushing in the Big East.
Awards:
Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas won the Heisman Trophy. He threw for 3,733 yards and rushed for another 634 yards while scoring 42 total touchdowns. Casey Pachall came in fourth in the Heisman voting for his 3,117 yard passing, 452 yard rushing, 36 total TD season.
TCU linebacker Kenny Cain won the Nagurski Trophy and the Butkus Award.
TCU defensive end Matt Anderson won the Lombardi Award.
All-Americans:
First-Team:
Defensive End: Matt Anderson, TCU
Linebacker: Kenny Cain, TCU
Returner: Stedman Bailey, West Virginia
Second-Team:
Safety: Jurrell Thompson, TCU
Kicker: Tyler Bitancurt, West Virginia
Freshman:
Running Back: Adam Davis, Connecticut (This is not a real person, but Connecticut coaches might want to check out the Norwich area for a running back in case the game is engaging in prophecy)
Two other notes: Pittsburgh, the game says you will be hiring Rick Neuheisel as an offensive coordinator after the 2012 season. Cincy fans, Butch Jones will be fired after the 2012 season.
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Geno Smith
Is this assuming Geno goes pro after his junior season? He would be a senior in 2012.
by Robert W. Hovatter on Aug 16, 2011 2:29 PM EDT reply actions
I really think that although TCU will do well, I dont expect them to come in and dominate
Any team can get pumped for a BCS game. Look at WVU over OU. We shouldnt have won that game but we wanted it more. I think TCU has done some amazing things and their coach is a beast, but having to play solid football teams every week instead of playing teams like Wyoming will take its toll. I also think a lot of teams are on the upswing. Rutgers is starting to look like they ar eon the right track. Cincinnati may be good in the future. USF has a great young coach. Syracuse has a guy in Marrone who is donig the right things to build a competitive football team. Pitt and WVU should always be pretty good considering they usually have the most talent. The Big Easts bad year last year was an anomaly and I expect everyone to start stepping their games up. Oh and Louisville is on the upswing. Just saying
Although I agree I don’t think TCU will dominate year in and year out, I think we will run the table in 2012. Not because I think the Big East will be weak, but because I think TCU is going to have its best team of the Gary Patterson era in 2012.
by HawkeyedFrog on Aug 16, 2011 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Well then i agree.
I still have reserves to see how they do now that Daltons gone
Great!
The first time USF wins seven conference games and we come in 2nd! I’m pissed at the future already.
In year 3 in my dynasty.
Year 1, TCU before making the Big East move = National Champions. Year 2, TCU after making the Big East move – National Champions.
Is UCF doing ridiculous things like going 11-1 or 12-0 in your dynasty?
by Patrick_the_Ruminator on Aug 16, 2011 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll have to check.
Honestly haven’t paid attention to them yet. I do know they’ve made bowl games both years, but I’d have to check for how well they’ve been doing.
So far (besides how I’ve been doing), I really only remember the championship games…TCU over South Carolina (who I beat, but alas it was their only loss) and TCU over Alabama (who beat me…I will take that score to the grave with me…only twice have I truly been embarrassed of myself in NCAA games and only twice has Mrs. TBG come into the room and said “wow, you’re awful at this”…that was time number two).
by The Bull Gator on Aug 16, 2011 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Silliest thing in mine right now is undefeated Air Force
Thought not all that silly; I realigned the major conferences how I liked them, so they were stomping all over a depleted WAC (I didn’t realize you couldn’t add new conferences, so ended up dumping some schools in random locations and using the MWC for my 7th AQ conference spot even though Boise was the only current MWC school in it).
I’m wildly optimistic about TCU in 2012- and I’m pretty confident that there will be no blowout loss to 0U to worry about- we always play them tight, and are 2-1 in our last three against them. With Landry Jones likely departing school early for the NFL draft, I feel exceedingly confident- if we can shut down 0U with Adrian Peterson, the 2012 Sooners won’t be running.
I think TCU will be a perennial top 3 team in the Big East, but if we dominate the league in 2012 it’ll be because TCU is going to have a fantastic team, not because the Big East is weak.
Interesting.
But there is no way on god’s green earth that Geno would leave after his junior year, even with a mammoth 2011, unless the 2011 draft class had such a dearth of quarterbacks a WVU QB would show up on Kiper’s big board.
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by TheMattROb on Aug 17, 2011 11:57 AM EDT reply actions
No TCU fans think the Frogs will walk over the BE
We wouldn’t be moving to the BE if going 8-0 in that league was as easy as going 8-0 in the MWC. That would be pointless.
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