Week 1 Wrap Up

Week 1 is in the books, and turnovers decided all three games. Combined, the offenses ran 121 pass plays and got intercepted 17 times. More than 14% of all pass plays resulted in an interception. In comparison, only 9 touchdown passes were thrown.

The two running teams (Gil's University of Taint and my UT team), had the highest scoring offenses. The University of Taint also finished the game with three defensive touchdowns while allowing only one touchdown by Washington.

Super Slant helped Danny convert 70% of his third downs, while Mike's passing accounted for 98% of his yards. It will be interesting to see how OU fares against the secondaries of Texas and University of Taint.

In his first Xbox Live game, Chad managed to come from being down 14 - 0 to tie the game at 14 - 14. The rest of the game didn't go so well.

	Chad	Danny	Derek	Gil	Mike	Roel
Overall
Wins	0	0	0	1	1	1
Losses	1	1	1	0	0	0
Win %	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%	100%
Points per game	14.0	17.0	14.0	48.0	23.0	45.0
Opponent PPG	45.0	23.0	48.0	14.0	17.0	14.0
Point differential	-31.0	-6.0	-34.0	34.0	6.0	31.0
Offense
Points per game	14.0	17.0	8.0	30.0	23.0	39.0
Rushing touchdowns	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	2.0
Passing touchdowns	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.0
Field goals	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0
Total offense	170.0	205.0	194.0	180.0	246.0	245.0
Total plays	41.0	46.0	44.0	25.0	33.0	37.0
Total yards per play	4.1	4.5	4.4	7.2	7.5	6.6
Rushing plays	17.0	21.0	16.0	20.0	6.0	25.0
Rushing yards	84.0	48.0	27.0	150.0	5.0	121.0
Rushing yards per carry	4.9	2.3	1.7	7.5	0.8	4.8
Passing plays	24.0	25.0	28.0	5.0	27.0	12.0
Passing yards	86.0	157.0	167.0	30.0	241.0	124.0
Passing yds per attempt	3.6	6.3	6.0	6.0	8.9	10.3
Interceptions	3.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	3.0	1.0
Interception %	13%	12%	25%	0%	11%	8%
Running play %	41%	46%	36%	80%	18%	68%
Passing play %	59%	54%	64%	20%	82%	32%
Running yards %	49%	23%	14%	83%	2%	49%
Passing yards %	51%	77%	86%	17%	98%	51%
Third downs	5.0	10.0	9.0	4.0	5.0	6.0
Third down conversions	1.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	4.0
Third down conversion %	20%	70%	22%	25%	40%	67%
Turnovers	3.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	3.0	1.0
Punts	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0
Turnovers + punts	5.0	4.0	8.0	1.0	3.0	2.0
Defense
Points per game	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	6.0
Opponent PPG	39.0	23.0	30.0	8.0	17.0	14.0
Net points per game	39.0	23.0	30.0	-10.0	17.0	8.0
Defensive touchdowns	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.0
Turnovers forced	1.0	3.0	0.0	7.0	3.0	3.0
Punts forced	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
Defensive stops	2.0	3.0	1.0	8.0	4.0	5.0
Interceptions forced	1.0	3.0	0.0	7.0	3.0	3.0
Interception %	8%	11%	0%	25%	12%	13%
Sacks for	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	1.0
Number of third downs	6.0	5.0	4.0	9.0	10.0	5.0
Third down conversions	4.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	7.0	1.0
Third down conversion %	67%	40%	25%	22%	70%	20%
Special Teams
Points per game	0.0	3.0	6.0	6.0	3.0	3.0
Field goals	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0
Return touchdowns	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Texas (Chad) 14 - Texas (Roel) 45

False alarm. The stats email just came late. Here are the stats in all their awesome glory.

Two rushing TDs, three passing TDs, one defensive TD and a 40+ yard field goal. Fear my powerful O.

Still sucks that we have no video evidence of the game.

Statistics	Chad	Roel
Rushing attempts for	17	25
Rushing yards for	84	121
Passing attempts for	24	12
Passing yards for	86	124
Punts	2	1
Field goals for	0	1
Long field goals (40+) for	0	1
Times player went for two	0	0
Rushing touchdowns for	1	2
Passing touchdowns for	1	3
Returns touchdowns for	0	0
Defensive touchdowns for	0	1
Turnovers for	1	3
Interceptions for	3	1
Sacks for	0	1
Number of third downs	5	6
Third down conversions	1	4
Fourth down rushing plays	0	0
Fourth down passing plays	2	0
No-huddle plays	0	0
Audibles called	0	5
Hot routes used	0	0
Scrambles	0	1
Shotgun plays	17	1
Time of possession	10:29	9:38
Favorite offensive play book	Texas	Texas

Texas (Chad) 14 - Texas (Roel) 45

This is how you screw up a game. First, have your Xbox lock up with 2:59 to go in the first half. Next, restart the game and finish off the remaining minutes.

Now instead of quitting normally, select "Friendly Quit." If your opponent accepts the friendly quit, not only will you lose the ability to save replays, the stats will also not get sent. Awesome.

In the second part of the game, Chad scored off of an interception and then drove the ball down field to tie it up 14 - 14. At this point I got very frightened, but my boys scored the next 31 unanswered points (with one pick six).

I'm not sure how I am going to handle the stats for this game in the spreadsheet. Here are the stats from the first 7 minutes of the game:

Statistics	Chad	Roel
Rushing attempts for	6	10
Rushing yards for	18	23
Passing attempts for	5	5
Passing yards for	11	77
Punts	1	1
Field goals for	0	0
Long field goals (40+) for	0	0
Times player went for two	0	0
Rushing touchdowns for	0	0
Passing touchdowns for	0	2
Returns touchdowns for	0	0
Defensive touchdowns for	0	0
Turnovers for	0	1
Interceptions for	1	0
Sacks for	0	0
Number of third downs	1	3
Third down conversions	0	2
Fourth down rushing plays	0	0
Fourth down passing plays	0	0
No-huddle plays	0	0
Audibles called	0	2
Hot routes used	0	0
Scrambles	0	1
Shotgun plays	4	0
Time of possession	3:03	3:59
Favorite offensive play book	Texas	Texas

Florida (Gil) 48 - Washington (Derek) 14

FLA 34 - UW 7 (4th), INT UW


FLA 41 - UW 7 (4th), TD UW


FLA 41 - UW 14 (4th), INT UW

Statistics	Derek	Gil
Rushing attempts for	16	20
Rushing yards for	27	150
Passing attempts for	28	5
Passing yards for	167	30
Punts	1	1
Field goals for	0	2
Long field goals (40+) for	0	0
Times player went for two	0	0
Rushing touchdowns for	0	3
Passing touchdowns for	1	0
Returns touchdowns for	1	0
Defensive touchdowns for	0	3
Turnovers for	0	7
Interceptions for	7	0
Sacks for	0	3
Number of third downs	9	4
Third down conversions	2	1
Fourth down rushing plays	1	0
Fourth down passing plays	1	0
No-huddle plays	0	0
Audibles called	0	4
Hot routes used	8	1
Scrambles	0	0
Shotgun plays	23	0
Time of possession	13:09	7:49
Favorite offensive play book	Washington	Texas

Oklahoma (Mike) 23 - A&M (Danny) 17 (1 OT)

A&M 3 - OU 14 (2nd), INT OU

A&M 3 - OU 14 (3rd), TD A&M

A&M 10 - OU 17 (4th), TD A&M

A&M 17 - OU 17 (OT), INT A&M

A&M 17 - OU 17 (OT), TD OU

Statistics	Mike	Danny
Rushing attempts for	6	21
Rushing yards for	5	48
Passing attempts for	27	25
Passing yards for	241	157
Punts	0	1
Field goals for	1	1
Long field goals (40+) for	0	1
Times player went for two	0	0
Rushing touchdowns for	1	0
Passing touchdowns for	2	2
Returns touchdowns for	0	0
Defensive touchdowns for	0	0
Turnovers for	3	3
Interceptions for	3	3
Sacks for	2	1
Number of third downs	5	10
Third down conversions	2	7
Fourth down rushing plays	0	0
Fourth down passing plays	2	1
No-huddle plays	3	0
Audibles called	4	18
Hot routes used	4	0
Scrambles	0	0
Shotgun plays	19	6
Time of possession	7:56	12:09
Favorite offensive play book	Oklahoma	Texas A&M

Stats Email

Don't forget to set up your EA account to email the stats of your ranked games. Here's what the email looks like.

Incidentally, beware of the cheater Florida half back. He runs like Usain Bolt on uppers. This confirms my belief that Florida is a cheater team.

I had no turnovers and went 15-20 passing (with the four of the incompletions because I intentionally threw the ball away and the other because my running back dropped a screen pass). Gil passed 11 times, threw two picks and had three other passes batted away by my defenders. Even after all of that, I still only won by three. I claim preseason TAINT on his team.

Here are the videos from the game. I will send everyone friend invites on EASportsworld.com, and should be able to pull in your movies. I am saving them on an online site, so these won't delete over time.

FLA 7 - TEX 3 (2nd), INT FLA


FLA 7 - TEX 3 (3rd), TD TEX

Statistics	Roel	Gil
Rushing attempts for	18	26
Rushing yards for	58	118
Passing attempts for	20	11
Passing yards for	128	70
Punts	2	1
Field goals for	1	0
Long field goals (40+) for	0	0
Times player went for two	0	0
Rushing touchdowns for	1	1
Passing touchdowns for	0	0
Returns touchdowns for	0	0
Defensive touchdowns for	0	0
Turnovers for	2	0
Interceptions for	0	2
Sacks for	1	1
Number of third downs	8	5
Third down conversions	5	1
Fourth down rushing plays	1	2
Fourth down passing plays	0	0
No-huddle plays	1	0
Audibles called	4	2
Hot routes used	0	1
Scrambles	0	0
Shotgun plays	3	5
Time of possession	10:28	9:36
Favorite offensive play book	Texas	Texas

Playoff Rules

All six teams will advance into the playoffs. The top two teams from the regular season will have a first round bye, with the rest of the bracket set up like this:

Top Half
Seed #1 (Bye)
Seed #4 vs. Seed #5

Bottom Half
Seed #2 (Bye)
Seed #3 vs. Seed #6

In the event of a tie, here are the tiebreakers. I wanted to put point differential last to avoid people running up the score. Team ratings have been put in to help balance the odds for people using lower ranked teams.

1. Head to head records
2. Team rating (Lower ratings winning the tiebreak)
3. Point differential.

Did I mention that I'm putting in a $10 buy in? Playoff winner takes all.

Week 1: August 25 - August 31

Host	Visitor
Chad	Roel
Gil	Derek
Danny	Mike

Here's the schedule for week 1. I was planning a big opening ceremony, but there weren't enough Chinese volunteers in the Round Rock area to make my vision come to reality. Just imagine a bunch of these guys with football shaped unicycle tires.