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Season 1 Year ending review and recap.

Welcome to the official Revere Riders Season 1 year ending review and recap. We got alot to go over today so please go grab yourself a drink, get the poison out if you need too and tell your wife your gonna be a minute...

Head Coach Sean Mulligan's first season comes to a close with a 6-6 record and no bowl game. For a small stretch this team felt like it had turned the corner following a rough loss to Liberty.

A win at Middle Tennessee State...yes the house that Jelly Built for you long time followers of my insanity. The Monsters of Murfreesboro fought hard in Johnny "Red" Floyd Piledriver stadium but Revere managed to pull out the victory after stopping a hail Mary on the last play of the game to win 21-16. This was win number 6 and dreams of a bowl game danced in our heads.

Those dreams however turned into a damned nightmare...over the last 2 games against Jax State and FIU everything somehow managed to go right and wrong simultaneously. Both games played out the same...we looked great...then looked like shit...then great...then shit all 1 quarter at a time.. 2 heartbreaking losses back to back and we were left out of the bowl season.

Now onto the grades.

QB - C. I wish I could give it a better grade but the late season crash brought to light just how schizophrenic Jason Fasano was. Look it really wasn't his fault...he didn't have much to work with and even when things looked like they would work out for him some weak link on the chain would break. I wish him well in his career as a bank teller.

RB - B . Easily the strongest performing group of the season. Nelson Hasselbach and his merry band of mediocre friends did everything they could to keep the chains moving all year. The biggest problem is each guy had some achilles heel that would doom us. Hasselbach was always hurt...he never had a game with 20 touches...at some point he would miss a quarter or more. Number 2 in the depth chart Rosenfels was a solid workhorse type but could never convert 3rd and short...4 guys...4 problems.

WR/TE - C. These sons of bitches would alternate dropping important passes all season long. Their favorite thing to do before the game was cover themselves in coconut oil. They claimed it made them harder to tackle...unfortunately it also made them drop every 3rd pass.

Offensive Line - C+ This grade is really the product of me designing an offense that didn't ask them to do much except run forward. They did it ok most of the time. The main problem is they did that Olay bullfighter shit 2 at a time on any pass play 2 yards or longer. Poor Fasano the QB got the ever living shit kicked out of him even when he didn't take a sack. He got hit more than a hooker on the Wire.

DEFENSE

DL - C-. For the love of all things good in the world this group failed in damn near every big spot. 3rd and less than 3 was pretty much a 7 yard run. They mostly just got blown off the ball, stepped on and made fun of. Pass rush? Who are we kidding...between all of them it was 8 sacks on the season...my SS had 1 less sack than my best DT. 3 to 2.

Linebackers - C- . They weren't terrible in run support considering they were always getting hit by a lineman who just finished raw dogging one of the defensive tackles in front of them. Very below average in pass coverage but above average in run support. We also lost our teams leading tackler to graduation...were destination fucked coming up.

Secondary F- A long time ago I had a secondary I called my legion of gloom because of just how bad they were. Somehow these guys were worse. Just putrid...like chicken left on the porch in summer. What a disaster. We lost at least 4 games on plays immediately after we dropped a potential game ending interception. Those are probably the worst...for fucks sake...just catch the damn ball.

So that's it...6 up 6 down.

Not a bad season...but this season could have easily finished 2-10 or 10-2 . The games were all that close.

Up next...Season 2 Primer!

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The Washington D.C University Red Tails have fallen to the Marshall Thundering Herd in heartbreaking fashion 24-22.

In what has become a familiar story in D.C the Red Tails the team plays well enough to win but bad enough to lose. This time it was a missed 2 point conversion that would have forced overtime.

Head coach Xavier Archer has called an impromptu coaches meeting to make one last push towards securing bowl invite.

"Gentlemen, less than a year ago Tiny and I were the hottest coaches in the 9U division in D.C. We were riding high..working on our 3rd straight undefeated season and now look at us."

Tiny rubs his ample belly "Coach, I know this meeting is critical but is there any way we can finish this over some brisket,ribs, hot links, greens and Mac and cheese with the burnt ends in it from Jelly's?"

Newly hired efficiency coach James McGee raises his hand kike a 4th grader trying to get his teachers attention.

Xavier looks at him and shakes his head "You don't have to raise your hand to speak man...just say what you gotta say, were all men here..equals."

McGee smiles sheepishly "I wasn't raising my hand to talk sir...just voting for Jelly's. The pregame victory desert seems like just the kinda tradition we need to start here...ya know all the coaches meet once a week at Jelly's. We crush the Pregame victory dessert and figure out our plan for the week."

Tiny raises his hand "I know I suggested it first but this also counts as my official vote."

Xavier looks around as the rest of the coaching staff raises their hands as well. "Well...shit....ok..we go to Jelly's" he says shrugging his shoulders. "But wait...we are gonna spice this up a little...last one to the the Monday Meeting each week gotta buy. I am dead serious...time to put u

Third quarter report

Here is your Revere Riders 3rd quarter report. Bring a lunch box this might take a minute.

Game #7

Revere At Missouri state

Following a gut wrenching home loss vs Liberty due to a blocked extra point Coach Sean Mulligan felt like a road trip to Missouri state which had lost 4 of their last 5 was just what was needed. Well Missouri state had other plans. Missouri state came out of the tunnel on fire and took a 21-7 lead into halftime. The Missouri state QB went absolutely bug nuts and completed 12 of 13 in the first half. Meanwhile the normally efficient Jason "Future car salesman" Fasano played just like a car salesman throwing 3 interceptions including a pick 6 early in the game.

In the second half we battled back to take a 24-21 lead and just when I thought we had them Missouri state decided they were sick of this losing shit and went straight down the field to score with 19 seconds left...final score Revere 24 Missouri state 28. What a kick in the dick.

Game #8

Vs New Mexico state

It feels like this Revere team just wants Sean Mulligan to start smashing Jameson's like it's Gatorade during the game. Every game is like being in the back seat while your buddy who you know had at least a 12 pack is telling you he got this as you try to navigate the 5.3 miles from the bar to home. Once again we found ourselves scrapping for every damn inch. Down 14-10 at the half Revere put on their big boy pants and got to running the ball hard. With the clock ticking down and the score tied at 24 Nelson Hasselbach came off the bench in the second half to rush for 119 yards. Revere held on to win 31-24.

Game #9

At Kennesaw State

The first quarter of this game was real bad. Neither team played like they wanted to win. Thankfully in the 2nd quarter we got rolling and after a dime of 20 yars pass to Pat Bowanko he took it the rest of the way to make it 14-0. In true Revere futility spirit we blew a coverage and Kennesaw cut the lead to 7 just before the half.

Kennesaw put boot to ass in the 3rd scoring 21 points and quite frankly I thought we were doomed. Somehow we got our shit together in the 4th quarter to tie it just before the clock expired at 28.

All season long we have played close games and OT gives me the nervous shits...it is terrible. Kennesaw however said hold my beer and on their first play on OT went for the home run. Now keep in mind my entire secondary cannot catch for shit...but on this play we did catch the shit...it was glorious. Revere ball! Taking now damn chances we ran it 5 straight times down to the 4. 2 chances from there got stuffed like an desperate only fans model forcing me to pass on 3rd and goal from the 3. Bunch formation and we hit the wide open TE going onto the end zone for the win.

The Revere Riders sit at 5-4...1 win away from a bowl game!

I found a couple of silly things like "Keep both hands on the ball" ok I will remind these digital dudes to practice ball security.

But outside of that it is a pretty decent guide.

I used to love running the triple option out of the Wishbone. Sometimes I would throw only 1 or 2 passes a game.

My buddies banned me from using it as an offense.

For me this moment here...Apollo breaks is the single greatest moment in the entire Rocky series..

Apollo realizing nothing he can do can put this man away. He is totally spent...he has done all he can and still Rocky gets up.

To me this moment..ironically not a shot of Balboa is the greatest moment in all of the story.

What is yours?

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The Washington D.C University Red Tails Coach Mode Series.

Episode 6

The football complex at D.C university is old and antiquated, it smells like stale popcorn mixed with towels that never quite dried out on the sun. Xavier sits completely alone trying to digest the teams best defensive effort of the season combined with the offenses worst.

On a small monitor he watches the mistakes pile up from the game tape like the orange, red and brown leaves which litter the campus grounds as the first frost of October finally arrive.

Xavier hits rewind again and again...missed blocks, missed open recievers, terrible late game decisions....he is so transfixed on the debacle of a last drive he doesn't even hear the door to his office open.

"Hello...hello... Mr. Archer...hello" the man calls out just from outside the threshold. "Coach Archer...my name is James McGee the third.. my grandfather flew with your grandfather Lee Archer."

His grandfather's name shatters Xavier's hyper focus and he looks up. " Oh..man sorry...were you standing there long..what did you say your name was?" The coach asks flustered and embarrassed.

"James McGee the third sir.. I came here because I know why you lost on Saturday, I think I can help." James says still standing outside the door.

"Please tell me you identify as a 6'4 256 Lb defensive end with 4 years of eligibility left."

James laughs "Not exactly, but I am an expert in efficiency and quality control. I see lot's of room for improvement with this team."

Now Xavier laughs, a smirk comes across his face "Ray Charles could see room for improvement with this team, I hope you don't have student debt from learning that."

"No sir, I graduated from here on the direct descendants scholarship program, now I need a job..graduate assistant sound good to you?" James says still standing outside the door.

Xavier sits back in his chair. "Graduate assistant....no doubt we could use the help..we have a meeting tomorrow morning at 5am...if you want the job be here no later than 4:45."

Xavier opens a drawer and pulls out a small thumb drive...a minute later he has loaded the entire team roster, recruiting targets and both the offensive and defensive playbook onto it. "Take this, I expect you to learn this before we play our next home game."

Xavier holds his hand out and motions for James to come into the office for the first time. The two men shake hands.. "A little more lineage here can't hurt"

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The D.C Red Tails coach mode series.

Episode 6

The visiting locker room at Appalachian State is all but empty after the Red Tails led wire to wire winning 27-20 to even their record at 3-3.

Xavier Archer the grandson of one of the first Red Tails of World War 2 can hardly believe why he is here at all. Plucked from a tiny grass field next to the D.C campus he graduated from and coaching 9U tackle ball to the head coach of a major college football program..nothing about it makes sense.

Just then the man who hired him Elmore Davis walks into the locker room "Bus is leaving coach, you planning on joining us?"

Xavier looks up "Yes, Mr. Davis...I guess I just got caught up in the win, I hardly want to leave the locker room at all." He says savoring the feeling just a bit longer.

Elmore stands, smiles and begins to speak...sounding as much like a proud athletic director as he does a proud father. "I knew we got the right guy when we hired you Xavier, I knew it in my bones and in my heart."

Xavier looks up "Why...why me. You guys could have hired a thousand coaches with a bigger name...every coach has a bigger name. "

"But not a bigger heart" Elmore says. "You give a fuck..it's obvious...and it ain't the money with you...you give a fuck about winning..but not for yourself. You give a fuck about these kids, about this program , about your grandfather...you give a fuck about everything except the money...and damn if that isn't just what this program needed."

Xavier stands stunned...never in his life had he heard the F-bomb spoken in such a beautiful way...and about him to boot. "I don't give a fuck Mr.Davis.. I want to win so bad for you I get the nervous shits both before and after games..I can't even eat the night before...I just suck on ice chips." He says

Elmore laughs "That's good son...don't you worry about winning every game...this program has had 1 winning season in its history and that was when we still played deaf schools and kids in wheelchairs. You just promise me no matter what all these fucks you give will keep coming...we need em...need the fucks. Now...bus is leaving for the airport...you need to get the fuck on it."

Xavier grabs his bag...a sense of pride in his chest.."I will sir...I have an infinite number of fucks at my disposal."

Building bad teams is my favorite way to dynasty. There is nothing quite like early struggle and the back and forth.

Once you get those first couple of difference makers and start to believe it is magical.

Revere Riders Mid Season Report card and Game Recap.

The Revere Riders have reached the midway point of their schedule and are 3-3. It seems like as soon as we get some momentum we find nice ways to lose it.

So far this team reminds me of this girl I dated who would get me all worked up and then decide she was in the mood to lose her shit over the smallest thing...today I call her my wife...this decision was entirely made by my hang low by the way. 

Without getting side tracked here is the mid season report card.

QB - C - Jason Fasano is a not causing me to lose but he sure isn't trying to help me win. He has a T-shirt that says "I only dink and dunk " and his car has a bumper sticker that says "I stop for all check downs". Sadly everyone behind him at the moment is even less reliable. He is a senior and watch next season as I wish he were here

RB -B- The heart of the offense needs a pacemaker because every few downs it just forgets to work right.  The starter Nelson Hasselbach carries the offense but is so damn fragile I have to limit him to about 16 touches a game. His backup is the definition of vanilla. He gets 8 to 10 mediocre touches a game and every once in a while shows just enough skill to convince me he needs more touches just in time to fail me on 3rd and inches.

WR- C - The best of the bunch Bowanko is reliable and leads the team with 32 receptions. The #2 guy claims to be a speedster but it must be the ambien he takes to make it to class because he can't seem to win a foot race. Even though I don't need recievers I am trying to recruit them in the hope I get lucky..

TE - D+ They are all below 70 OVR and play like it. Dropping passes is what they do on their weekends to get ready to drop really important ones on 3rd and 4. I want so badly to throw to them only to be reminded why I shouldn't.

OL D+- This is the smoke and mirrors crew. They only give up sacks on passing plays which is a huge relief. It's hard to convert 3rd and 11 when I only get 2 seconds to pass. They say good quarterbacks have a stopwatch in their head...well mine isn't good but if he had a stopwatch it would just constantly say 1.3 seconds to get rid of it. They block ok in the run game when the defense only has 5 in the box...other than that they make me hate them.

DL -D- I feel like a group of highly motivated 7th graders would get the same amount of pressure as these guys do. Collectively they have 4 sacks in 6 games. It is brutal. If I don't blitz every down the opposing QB has enough time for the waitress to come back with another refreshing drink

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LB - C- What they lack in speed they make up for in lack of ability to cover or tackle or rush the passer. About the only thing they seem to be good at it missing the first tackle every play which at least slows people down. Every time I really need them to make even the most basic play they are nowhere to be found. If I could I would plant a lb of columbian booger sugar in each of their lockers and call the cops.

Secondary D+ - In the last game they allowed the opposing QB to go 18 of 21. Not only that but in OT they blew a coverage by about 20 yards to cost us the game. I just sat there stewing in the loss for a good 3 minutes before I watched the replay. It was every bit as bad as you might think.  Slot corner didn't just miss the press he seemed to shove the WR forward down the field so he could be extra open.

Special teams - B - My Punter is halfway to the HOF already and is so good he is dating the quarterbacks girlfriend. My FG kicker actually isn't too bad either. 

I do not run a spread offense as a dynasty player so take this as a basic template.

I would probably go with two Vertical TE and backfield threat RB or North South Recievers as my primary guys

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Episode 5

The Washington D.C University Red Tails coach mode series

The Washington D.C University Red Tails walked into their hotel just across from Center parc stadium in an upbeat mood after getting back in the win column to bring their record to 2-2.

This weeks game looked very winnable on the schedule and former 9U coach Xavier Archer is finally starting to feel like he belongs at this level. 

While they wait to check in Senior QB John Ogle walks up to him "Feelin it coach...feelin it." and simply walks away.

Carson "Tiny" Phillips walks up holding a tray of Lemon Pepper chicken wings in one hand and his rolling suitcase in the other "Dawg...you gotta try these..this shit right here is the second coming." He says as he straps the meat from the bone. "On god...I'm gonna need some of these during the game."

Xavier shakes his head "2 and 2 and were acting like we're favorites here" he says in a low grumble as players start heading towards their rooms.

Ogle holds his fist in the air "Feelin it baby...feelin it."

The first half of the game could not have gone much worse and yet the Red Tails were only down 14. Unfortunately it was 14-0 and the offense looked lost, dropped passes, missed blocks and even John "Feelin it" seems off.

"Tiny" walks past Xavier in a rush "72 chicken wings was a bad choice..why didn't you stop me." He says clinching his cheeks together. "Can't trust a fart"

Xavier stops and looks at the team as they move towards the lockers "We're staying out here...take a knee in the end zone" he shouts." He stands there pointing towards the visitors end zone. "You all wanna act like a 9U team...I'm gonna treat you like one...now get down there and take a damn knee, you don't deserve a cushy ass locker room...this is fuckin embarrassing. "

What followed could only be described as a string of anger laced profanity...hardly a normal word was spoken.

The 3rd quarter was uneventful with both teams trading punts and the Red Tails missing a 49 yard field goal.

There was a certain feeling of doom that snapped when Junior running back Brian "Zoom"Tarpley went untouched 63 yards on 3rd and short.

Suddenly there was life...the Red Tails weren't quite dead yet.

The defense which had been sleep walking for 3 quarters finally found their balls and forced a 3 and out.

John "Feelin it " Ogle put together a drive that would make Miss Daisy proud and finds Sophmore reciever Jeremiah "Hasn't earned an official nickname yet" Koppen on a 23 yard strike to tie the game.

Tiny finally back from the restroom after one of the most titanic visiting team dumps of all time reaches Xavier all sweaty and out of breath. "I disrespected the locker room...no matter what after the game we should give it time."

Georgia state gets the ball with just over a minute to go.. they only needed 20 seconds to get into field goal range.. with 9 seconds left they kick a gimme field goal and effectively end the game."

Xavier feels this loss in his bones...it isn't his first and it won't be his last but for some reason not entirely clear it hurts. Maybe because for the first time this year they lost to a team they could actually beat...maybe it was the overall complacency of the team...maybe he should have had a chicken wing too.

This is from Gravedigger1776 on TikTok. Might be worth a follow.

I don't run the Veer and shoot so for more information on why he thinks what he does go talk to that dude.

If you run the Veer and shoot what do you do differently?