It's Miller Time 2030 and Beyond. "A Bleed Blue" CF26 Dyansty
It's Miller Time 2030 and Beyond. "A Bleed Blue" CF26 Dyansty
Welcome, really looking forward to seeing this over here.
It's Miller Time 2030 and Beyond. "A Bleed Blue" CF26 Dyansty
Yeah it's crazy this is like the 3rd or 4th time I have gotten the weird 20-30 week injury on a player.. What's weird is it always seems to be a injury that IRL would be like a 8 week max, so I added the arm fracture.
This was my first game against Stanford in this Dynasty and them coming in (1-3) I wasn't sure what type of game I expected. I did tweak my sliders and a bunch after the 112 point game against Memphis in Week 1 and as you will soon see in my Arizona State game the CPU is playing much better now and I am not playing as well, which is okay, because the fun of playing the game starts to disappear if I am blowing out every opponent by 50 or in Memphis by almost 100.
It's Miller Time 2030 and Beyond. "A Bleed Blue" CF26 Dyansty
TURNOVERS SPELL DOOM AS SUN DEVILS HAND BRONCOS FIRST LOSS!!
GAME RECAP
Despite playing in opposite divisions, Boise State and Arizona State are no strangers to each other as BSU and ASU have faced each other in 2 Pac-12 Championship matchups in 2027 and 2028.
Arizona State took a early (10-3) lead in the 1st Quarter as the Sun Devil Defense picks off Tua Draft twice in the opening quarter converting both turnovers into points, well also holding BSU to a 43 yd FG.
Draft would then throw INT #3 in the 2nd Quarter after Boise State tied the game (10-10) leading to another Sun Devil score as ASU goes into the locker room up (17-10).
When asked at halftime if Coach Miller considered making a change at QB he said this.
"Tua Draft is one of the best QB's in the country and well we do have a very capable backup in D'Andre Webb, I am not going to put Tua on the bench because of 3 turnovers. We are only down by 1 score not 3 or 4 and there is still alot of football left"
Boise State opened up the 2nd half with the ball and after a couple 1st downs pass's by Draft would tie the game as Jermarus Boykins breaks free with a 35 yd touchdown run. Arizona State had a chance to retake the lead but SR PK Chester Flaherty (no relation to BSU TE Josh) missed a 33 yd FG
Still tied (17-17) early in the 4th Quarter, Coach Matt Miller made a huge call sending out SR PK DIego Gutierrez for a 58 yd FG attempt,.. The kick was perfect with a couple yards to spare as BSU takes the lead.
Miller
Despite his earlier miss ASU also makes a big call as they send out Flaherty for his 3rd FG attempt from 49 yd and Chester drills it to tie the game (20-20) with 6:17 to play."Guti, has hit multiple kicks in games from 54 and 55 yards and I have seen him connect from 60 yds in pratice so I know he has the leg for some big kicks."
With just over 5 minutes to play Miller faced another tough call as BSU was facing a 4th and 6, as he sends out the punting team for a 3rd time.. The plan worked as BSU comes up with a big stop forcing the Sun Devils to settle for a 2nd straight FG as Flaherty connects from 41 yds. (23-20). with 3:43 to play.
The tough decisions keep on coming as BSU is stopped short on a 4th and 2 with 1:56 to play.. Out of timeouts, Miller rolls the dice yet again and sends out Gutierrez for the 34 yd FG as BSU ties the game up (23-23).
Arizona wasted little time moving the ball down field as 5* Freshman QB Jamie Cuevas leads the offense into FG range 1 more time and Chester Flaherty comes out and knocks down the game winner..
FINAL SCORE ARIZONA STATE-26 BOISE STATE-23
**Cuevas was a 5* Recruit from Seattle WA that BSU and ASU battled over all season last year, before he choose ASU. BSU then lost out on their other 5* Recruit D. Harris to Oregon 2 weeks later.**
KEY PLAYERS
QB T. Draft-36/56 (64%) 426 yds 1 TD 3 INT
RB/FB T. Fry-14 carries 48 yds (3.4 avg)
RB J. Boykins-12 carries 84 yds (7.0 avg) 1 TD, 4 rec 45 yds
WR K. Bettis-11 rec 118 yds 1 TD
WR T. Crook-10 rec 128 yds
WR K. Buckner-3 rec 23 yds
WR A. Wing-1 rec 26 yds
TE J. Flaherty-7 rec 86 yds
QB J. Cuevas-22/38 (57%) 323 yds 1 TD
RB C. Parker-23 carries 121 yds, 4 rec 42 yds
RB K. Tryon-1 carry 2 yds 1 TD
WR M. Ecker-5 rec 68 yds
WR C. Manuel-5 rec 70 yds 1 TD
WR C Montague-4 rec 81 yds
ASU Defense-3 INT, 3 sacks
UP NEXT
With the loss Boise State who entered the game ranked #2 in the nation after several big loss' by Top-5 teams drops to #11 in the rankings, Arizona State now (4-2) on the season joins the Top-25 at #23. BSU will look to rebound as they head to Boulder for a Week 9 matchup with (2-3) Colorado.
The Buffalo's started the year (2-0) but have lost 3 straight in Pac-12 play.
RECRUITING UPDATE
After landing 2 recruits last week, BSU goes the opposite direction this week as 5* RT Jabari Koloamatangi (#27/#3/#6) removes Boise State from his Final Top-3 after taking a Week 7 visit to Boise. Koloa currently has Auburn #1 with Tennessee and Clemson still in the mix.
4* SS Rishard Montana (#175/#5/#3) also made it official and will skip his Week 10 visit to Boise after making a Week 8 visit to Ann Arbor. He has signed with Michigan.
It's Miller Time 2030 and Beyond. "A Bleed Blue" CF26 Dyansty
Three turnovers and losing by 3 points hurts bad
It's Miller Time 2030 and Beyond. "A Bleed Blue" CF26 Dyansty
That’s a knife to the heart to lose out to a recruit who didn’t choose you.
It's Miller Time 2030 and Beyond. "A Bleed Blue" CF26 Dyansty
Yeah when they changed their forums this year they really messed it up had. I was shocked.
It's Miller Time 2030 and Beyond. "A Bleed Blue" CF26 Dyansty
Cuevas out to prove he made the right decision.
They got this one, but it'll be a different story in the P12 CCG
They got this one, but it'll be a different story in the P12 CCG
It's Miller Time 2030 and Beyond. "A Bleed Blue" CF26 Dyansty
Damn, tough losses on the field and recruiting board
It's Miller Time 2030 and Beyond. "A Bleed Blue" CF26 Dyansty
GAME RECAP
Boise State moved to (6-1) with a victory in Boulder this week to keep their playoffs hopes alive but it wasn't very pretty.. After scoring a record 112 points in their Week 1 win over Memphis, BSU went on to score 50, 52 and 58 in wins over TCU, Auburn and FIU. However since Week 5 BSU is averaging less then 30 PPG including just 24 points in their loss last week against Arizona State.
BSU failed to put points on the scoreboard in the 1st Quarter as Colorado took a (3-0) lead,.but using a combo of Tyler Fry, Randal Amerson and Jermarcus Boykins in the backfield BSU would manage to rack 100 yds rushing in the 2nd Quarter including a 6 yd TD run by Fry to take a (7-3) lead into the locker room.
Colorado has it's own offensive struggles though and would have to settle for a FG to open up the 2nd half making it (7-6) before Boise State adds another touchdown as Fry breaks free for a 23 yd score making it (14-6) midway through the 3rd Quarter. BSU would then add another score late in the 3rd Quarter as Tua Draft finds TE Josh Flaherty on a 16 yd strike to give BSU the (21-6) lead going into the 4th.
Colorado opened up the 4th with a huge play as SR QB Jon Clements (90 Ovr) hits SR WR Darmarious Reddick (86 Ovr) on a 66 yd bomb as the Buffs cut the lead to (21-13). A forced punt would lead to another Colorado FG make it (21-16).. Again Colorado's Defense would keep the Buffs in the game as they come up with a huge stop on 4th and 2 but the Bronco Defense forces yet another FG with 3:43 to play making it (21-19).
Using the 3 headed monster for most of the game at RB, Miller turned to Randall Amerson in the 4th, and the Redshirt Sophomore delivered carrying the ball 9 times before Draft finds Bettis in the endzone for a 22 yd score to make it (27-19) with under 2 minutes to play. Miller would leave the offense on the field despite the 8 point lead ad Draft hits Bettis for the 2pt conversion. Colorado would turn the ball over on downs on their final drive as BSU heads back to Boise to prepare for the Week 10 matchup with Oregon
FINAL SCORE BOISE STATE-29 COLORADO-19
KE PLAYERS
QB T. Draft-19/31 (61%) 259 yds 2 TD, 26 yds rushing
RB R. Amerson-23 carries 105 yds
RB J. Boykins-8 carries 69 yds, 3 rec 11 yds, 3 KR 86 yds
RB/FB T. Fry-4 carries 28 yds 2 TD
WR K. Bettis 6 rec 86 yds 1 TD
WR T.. Crrok-4 rec 72 yds
WR K. Buckner-4 rec 61 yds
TE J. Flaherty-2 rec 29 yds 1 TD
RECRUITING UPDATE
4 more players either committed elsewhere this week or locked out BSU as they finalized their Top-3 schools.
4* RG George Tye (#47 Overall/#4FL/#3OG) signed with Illinois
4* WR Ezekiel Hailassie (#132 Overall/#3UT/#21 WR) signed with Oregon
4* TE Isaiah Muma (#41 Overall/#5TX/#1 TE) has locked BSU out at #4, with TAMU, TCU and Houston as his final 3.
4* LT I. Ojinnaka (#82 Overall/#1HI/12 OT) has locked BSU out.. His Final 2 are Washington and Pitt
UP NEXT
BSU stay's at #11 in the polls and debuts at #11 in the CFP Rankings. The Broncos will return home to host #17 (7-1/4-0) Oregon with the Pac-12 North Division and the Broncos 26 game home winning streak on the line.. The Ducks have won 7 straight since their Week 1 loss @ Florida with wins over #6 Clemson, #23 UCLA and a Week 9 win over Washington (45-21)