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Superb Owl I
So it's finally the big day -- after months of anticipation, it's O RLY? versus YA RLY in Superb Owl I.
Yes, I decided this needed to be done. Part of it was making sure that I could make uniforms/stadia/logos based on owls (and if I'd have thought of it sometime before this afternoon, I'd have done a better job with the logo masking; sorry), and part of it was just asking the thought -- what if O RLY and YA RLY played each other in a football game? Let's arbitrarily decide that O RLY is a smash-mouth football team, and that YA RLY's strength is its defense. Let's slap them onto the gridiron and see who emerges the winner!
I took the helm of O RLY mainly because I'm more preferential to the snowy owl, myself. To compensate, we moved the game to YA RLY Stadium, placed in Manhattan, with a touch of light snow....
We win the toss, and our first drive comes up with just a field goal. YA RLY's QB is a deluded young man named Grant Erb, thinks he's Michael Vick but isn't even Ron Mexico. Erb throws an INT -- first of six on the day -- and O RLY comes marching right back down the field. O RLY's quarterback, Ernie Snell, seems to have that laser-rocket arm tendency, and finds rookie wideout Stacey Blades for a 54-yard touchdown, and the rout is on.
YA RLY stalls, goes four-and-out, and it takes Snell four plays to find wide receiver Jake Small cutting fast to the right, too fast for YA RLY to catch him. 17-0, O RLY. The pressure mounts on Erb and YA RLY, and they chuck the ball straight to O RLY defensive back Ted Orlando.
Six plays later, O RLY halfback Donovan Addis catches a pass in the back of the end zone to give them a 24-point lead.
Most quarterbacks are talented with moments of inadequacy; Grant Erb is inadequacy with brief glimpses of potential:
But the drive stalls again, and after one quarter, the game's decidedly in favor of the arctic avians.
O RLY made only one real mistake in the game -- a 54-yard field goal attempt that kissed the right upright. My bad.
Naturally, YA RLY decides to pass its collective way out of a 24-point deficit, and responds with a touchdown pass. Unfortunately, it's a touchdown pass for O RLY.
By halftime, the score is a painful 34-0. To its credit, YA RLY does not slink away during the halftime show.
Third quarter? More of the same; Snell and Small find the end zone again:
And it just disintegrates from there. YA RLY puts together a good drive, but stalls out, and O RLY's deep passing routes continue to find paydirt.
The YA RLY fans do not want.
Snell pulls down the excessively-marketed MVP award:
Home crowd not receptive to O RLY punching the ball in from the 1 with 18 seconds left.
Superb Owl I: not even close. O RLY is your Superb Owl. No wai!
You know what would be great? An owl-based football league. Yes. Based entirely on owl macros. Hrm. Something to do before next season....
Yes, I decided this needed to be done. Part of it was making sure that I could make uniforms/stadia/logos based on owls (and if I'd have thought of it sometime before this afternoon, I'd have done a better job with the logo masking; sorry), and part of it was just asking the thought -- what if O RLY and YA RLY played each other in a football game? Let's arbitrarily decide that O RLY is a smash-mouth football team, and that YA RLY's strength is its defense. Let's slap them onto the gridiron and see who emerges the winner!
I took the helm of O RLY mainly because I'm more preferential to the snowy owl, myself. To compensate, we moved the game to YA RLY Stadium, placed in Manhattan, with a touch of light snow....
We win the toss, and our first drive comes up with just a field goal. YA RLY's QB is a deluded young man named Grant Erb, thinks he's Michael Vick but isn't even Ron Mexico. Erb throws an INT -- first of six on the day -- and O RLY comes marching right back down the field. O RLY's quarterback, Ernie Snell, seems to have that laser-rocket arm tendency, and finds rookie wideout Stacey Blades for a 54-yard touchdown, and the rout is on.
YA RLY stalls, goes four-and-out, and it takes Snell four plays to find wide receiver Jake Small cutting fast to the right, too fast for YA RLY to catch him. 17-0, O RLY. The pressure mounts on Erb and YA RLY, and they chuck the ball straight to O RLY defensive back Ted Orlando.
Six plays later, O RLY halfback Donovan Addis catches a pass in the back of the end zone to give them a 24-point lead.
Most quarterbacks are talented with moments of inadequacy; Grant Erb is inadequacy with brief glimpses of potential:
But the drive stalls again, and after one quarter, the game's decidedly in favor of the arctic avians.
O RLY made only one real mistake in the game -- a 54-yard field goal attempt that kissed the right upright. My bad.
Naturally, YA RLY decides to pass its collective way out of a 24-point deficit, and responds with a touchdown pass. Unfortunately, it's a touchdown pass for O RLY.
By halftime, the score is a painful 34-0. To its credit, YA RLY does not slink away during the halftime show.
Third quarter? More of the same; Snell and Small find the end zone again:
And it just disintegrates from there. YA RLY puts together a good drive, but stalls out, and O RLY's deep passing routes continue to find paydirt.
The YA RLY fans do not want.
Snell pulls down the excessively-marketed MVP award:
Home crowd not receptive to O RLY punching the ball in from the 1 with 18 seconds left.
Superb Owl I: not even close. O RLY is your Superb Owl. No wai!
You know what would be great? An owl-based football league. Yes. Based entirely on owl macros. Hrm. Something to do before next season....
Madden NFL 07 PC vv1.0 Game Log - O RLY at YA RLY Game Time: Sun Feb 04 16:41:33 2007 Skill Level: Pro Quarter Length: 5 minute(s)Slider Human CPU QB Accuracy 50 50 Pass Blocking 50 50 Receiver Catching 50 50 Running Ability 50 50 Offensive line Run Blocking 50 50 Defensive Awareness 50 50 Defensive line Knockdowns 50 50 Interceptions 50 50 Defensive Break Blocks 50 50 Tackling 50 50 Fieldgoal Length 50 50 Fieldgoal Accuracy 50 50 Punt Length 50 50 Punt Accuracy 50 50 Kickoff Length 50 50Weather Forecast: Rain Wind: 0 mph Temp: 0 degreesTeam Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL O RLY 24 10 7 14 0 55 YA RLY 0 0 0 0 0 0Game Statistics: O RLY YA RLY First Downs 22 12 Third Down Conversions 9 5 Third Downs 13 13 Third Down Percentage 69.2% 38.5% Forth Down Conversions 0 0 Fourth Downs 1 1 Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0 Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0 Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Offense Redzone Num 6 0 Offense Redzone TDs 3 0 Offense Redzone FGs 1 0 Offense Redzone Percentage 66.7% 0.0% Rushing Attempts 32 18 Rushing Yards 134 58 Rushing Average 4.2 3.2 Rushing TDs 1 0 Passing Yards 389 169 Passing Completions 22 15 Passing Attempts 36 32 Completion Percentage 61.1% 46.9% Passing Average 10.8 5.3 Passing TDs 5 0 Offensive Pass Interceptions 0 6 TOTAL OFFENSE 523 227 Defensive Pass Interceptions 6 0 Punt Return Yards 20 0 Kick Return Yards 26 193 Punts 0 5 Punt Avg 0.0 40.4 Fumbles 2 0 Fumbles Lost 1 0 Penalties 1 1 Penalty Yds 10 23 Turnovers 1 6 TIME OF POSSESSION 11:28 08:32Individual Stats: YA RLY PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING Grant Erb 15 32 195 46 6.0 5 0 6 39 27.0RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM Grant Erb 7 30 4.2 10 0 0 Bam Morse 10 20 2.0 6 0 0 Trey Ausberry 1 8 8.0 8 0 0RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC Ronyell Holmes 5 72 14.3 39 0 1 4 J.J. Harrison 4 64 16.0 28 0 0 1 Xavier Fields 1 27 27.0 27 0 0 4 Aundre Watters 3 26 8.6 11 0 0 0 Anthony Scott 1 10 10.0 10 0 0 3 Bam Morse 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 0 -5KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS Michael Wilkes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS Michael Wilkes 5 202 40.3 44 0 1 0KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG Xavier Fields 9 193 21.4 0 28PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD Xavier Fields 0 0 0.0 0 0DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES Bill Harris 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 Lomas Grant 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Daryl Philips 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 Jed Glaser 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Jonas Armstrong 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Julian Robertson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 Dan Randle 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 Brandon Bennett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Tim Lucas 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Clint Bond 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Bam Morse 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Peter Kennison 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Aundre Watters 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Curtis Caudle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Aaron Short 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Joel Diaz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Byron Morrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED Lawrence Evans 14 0 Shevin Reed 7 4 Bobby Lang 5 1 Byron Morrison 3 0 C.J. Franks 3 0 Anthony Scott 2 0 Bam Morse 1 0 Aundre Watters 1 0Individual Stats: O RLY PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING Ernie Snell 22 35 398 62 11.3 1 5 0 54 141.4 Elijah Dillon 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 39.6RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM Tim Mack 22 118 5.3 24 0 1 Ernie Snell 2 8 4.0 5 0 1 Michael Williams 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 Stanley Thomas 2 3 1.5 2 0 0 Donovan Addis 5 -1 -0.1 4 1 0RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC Stacey Blades 6 143 23.8 54 1 0 22 Jake Small 4 96 24.0 43 2 1 29 Lloyd Clement 7 85 12.1 22 1 0 7 J.J. Brock 3 36 12.0 19 1 0 2 Donovan Addis 1 20 20.0 20 0 0 0 Barron Higgins 1 18 18.0 18 0 0 0KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS Michael Woolford 2 3 66 0 7 7 100 0 0 0 Elijah Dillon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS No stats.KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG Stacey Blades 1 26 26.0 0 26PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD Stacey Blades 3 20 6.6 14 0DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES Ted Orlando 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 8.0 1 0 Robbie Austin 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 10.5 0 0 Conrad Holmes 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 Sylvester Abraham 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Pat Kelly 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Tony Haley 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 Darius Reed 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.0 0 0 LeMarcus Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Steve Thompson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Jake Small 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Horace Wallick 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Kendall McNeal 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 John Hansen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 William Farr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Riddle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Chris Tripp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Duane Pierce 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 44 44.0 0 0BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED Jeremy Gore 18 0 Charlie Marshall 6 0 Ike Randle 5 0 Ricardo Koler 5 0 Lloyd Clement 4 0 Adrian Nelson 4 0 Dwayne Blackmon 1 0 Stacey Blades 1 0 Michael Williams 1 0