Uh-oh. Got a legitimate glitch here. Either that or some hometown officiating.

Provo
3rd Q 13:13 4th and 39 Provo -2 Free kick, ball returned to the 32 yardline.
3rd Q 13:05 1st and 10 Provo 39 Darren Sproles rushes for 9 yards.
3rd Q 12:23 2nd and 1 Provo 49 Ben Roethlisberger passes complete to DeSean Jackson for a gain of 9 yards.
3rd Q 11:38 1st and 10 Independence 42 Ben Roethlisberger passes complete to Daniel Graham for a gain of 13 yards.
3rd Q 10:53 1st and 10 Independence 29 Ben Roethlisberger (pressured) passes complete to DeSean Jackson for a gain of 11 yards.
3rd Q 10:08 1st and 10 Independence 19 Darren Sproles rushes for 2 yards.
3rd Q 9:26 2nd and 8 Independence 16 Ben Roethlisberger passes incomplete to Chad Ochocinco.
3rd Q 9:19 3rd and 8 Independence 16 Ben Roethlisberger passes 24 yards intercepted by Josh Wilson and returned 0 yards. Touchback
Provo 26, Independence 14

Independence
3rd Q 9:07 3rd and 71 Independence 20 Donovan McNabb (pressured) passes complete to Darrius Heyward-Bey for a gain of 23 yards.
3rd Q 8:22 4th and 49 Independence 43 Donnie Jones punts 48 yards, returned for 3 yards by Darren Sproles
Provo 26, Independence 14

I wasn't sure the actual sims could hold my interest like the draft did, but this is awesome. I am completely hooked. What's the current plan for taking this thing completely live? 2013 season?

Are you on a streak? Weren't you 3-6 at some point, or am I thinking of another team?

It's looking good, so we may do a soft launch this fall with plans for a big rollout in February or so of 2013.

Heh. Shank.

Provo
4th Q 8:32 1st and 10 Provo 32 Darren Sproles rushes for 4 yards.
4th Q 7:42 2nd and 6 Provo 36 Darren Sproles rushes for -1 yards.
4th Q 6:52 3rd and 7 Provo 35 Ben Roethlisberger passes complete to Chad Ochocinco for a gain of -2 yards.
4th Q 5:57 4th and 9 Provo 33 Brandon Fields punt shanked for 9 net yards.
Provo 37, Independence 17

Yep, started 0-2. Got to 2-2 and dropped 3 straight to get to 2-5. Then from 3-6 I've won 3 straight to get back to .500. Streaky team.

OK. I did some crazy shit with my passing percentages this week, as I was facing a team that was almost completely depleted in the secondary, and has a crummy pass rush.

I basically decided to turn my team into an arena team. I'm super excited to log into the SSL site now and check my stats.

Annnnnnnnd I scored 24 points. I won, but 24 points? I was counting on 50.

Are you kidding me?

Well, time to dive into the box.

Duluth is going to win the division. I guarantee it.

This is the one thing about Sandbox that might be unrealistic. I can literally go into a game knowing I can drop Brady back 80 percent of the time and he won't get hurt.

Is there a function built in where the more pressure a QB faces, the worse he performs? That sounds really hard to program if it's in there.

EDIT - Whoa, my defense scored a TD.

I am really pissed off at scoring 17 points against a team with no CBs.

On the other hand, this is pretty awesome. This is like playing the 2004 Chiefs.

Yes, yes there is.

The sim engine doesn't use 4300 lines of code and around 3000 random numbers per game for nothing.

Music to my ears. For the right kind of football nerd, this is pretty cool. I was surprised I got ticked off the first time my team lost. If I can just get the end of game coaching decisions coded correctly and fix a couple issues with the stats, I'll be pretty pleased with the sim engine.

LMAO In the NFL, once in a while, a guy will return a punt inside the 10 when he's not supposed to. And once in a while, a guy will lose yardage on a punt return. But I'm trying to remember if I ever saw a safety on a punt return. This was bad luck stacked on top of bad luck.