Powerhouse OD - General Discussion Thread

[Kingpin32]

I bought the 1995 Ohio State Media Guide before NCAA 07 was released. I can remember this because while I was standing in line to buy NCAA 07, Eddie George walked out with his copy. If I'd been thinking straight that night, I would have pointed out to him what I had, because I had the guide with me while in line.

In one form or another, I've been working on this roster since 2006. NCAA has gone through a lot of changes in that time, which has caused my own rosters to go through their own changes. This will be at least the second time that I was "done" with the team. But it shall be fun.
Damn I definitely would've tried to get him to sign it. But I bet recruiting with them would be a bit weird. "Yeah we want you take over once Eddie George leaves" lol.

[JeffHCross]

Damn I definitely would've tried to get him to sign it. But I bet recruiting with them would be a bit weird. "Yeah we want you take over once Eddie George leaves" lol.On the one hand, I'm kinda glad I didn't. I have gotten a lot of use out of that guide, and I would hate to have to consider it a "collector's item".

Yeah, recruiting is going to be interesting. The 1995 Buckeyes had one of the top classes in the nation ... and they needed it. Their starting MLB, WR, and #2 HB in the 1997 Rose Bowl were all true Freshmen. Andy Katzenmoyer, David Boston, etc. Another two members of the 1996 recruiting class would be starters in 1997.

Based on what I'm hearing about recruiting this year, I don't have any hopes of recruiting at that level in Year 1. But if I don't, my depth is going to suffer.

This is going to be very, very interesting.

[fsuprime]

i have to say hp just blew me away with their turn around time today. sent my laptop in monday and received it this morning =o

[skipwondah33]

I still need to get a game in with the Hokies. Not sure what offense I will run with them since they are completely different from ASU.

[Oneback]

So if Jeff finishes his team before Friday, I should be done with run pass ratios in the next two days we should be able to kick this thing off possibly Friday or Saturday.

[Oneback]

I still need to get a game in with the Hokies. Not sure what offense I will run with them since they are completely different from ASU.

I will be on tonight.

[fsuprime]

So if Jeff finishes his team before Friday, I should be done with run pass ratios in the next two days we should be able to kick this thing off possibly Friday or Saturday.

sweet, i cant wait, so u can edit every teams run pass ratio even if they are not user controlled?

[skipwondah33]

I will be on tonight.

Cool


sweet, i cant wait, so u can edit every teams run pass ratio even if they are not user controlled?

Yeah I didn't understand this part either.

[Oneback]

sweet, i cant wait, so u can edit every teams run pass ratio even if they are not user controlled?


Yeah I didn't understand this part either.

Yes, I am going through all the teams to make sure their run pass ratio is in line with what they did the previous year. For teams that had coaching changes I am looking at the new coaches previous team.

[gschwendt]

Yes, I am going through all the teams to make sure their run pass ratio is in line with what they did the previous year. For teams that had coaching changes I am looking at the new coaches previous team.
Arkansas State has a new OC, Hugh Freeze. He was head coach at Lambuth... supposedly he helped design Malzahn's offense (they are friends) so I'd suggest possibly giving similar numbers to Auburn's.

[Iron Dragon]

I'll have my newest roster out by Thursday morning, so that fits good with our timing.

[skipwondah33]

I'll have my newest roster out by Thursday morning, so that fits good with our timing.

ID I think I have a few more for VT. I'll have to check when I get home

[psusnoop]

I'll be ready for this to kickoff at any point.

If anyone wants a game tonight I'll be online as well.

[Escobar]

I'll be ready for this to kickoff at any point.

If anyone wants a game tonight I'll be online as well.

I'll be on later tonight if you want to play a game against Clemson. I haven't played with them since the Demo.

[Kingpin32]

I always seem to have bad luck when using TTU. I'm hoping that can change in the OD.

[JeffHCross]

Yes, I am going through all the teams to make sure their run pass ratio is in line with what they did the previous year. For teams that had coaching changes I am looking at the new coaches previous team.Oneback, I have an Excel spreadsheet ready to go with Run/Pass ratios. Want me to post it up? These are actual ratios, not converted to NCAA-speak.

[JeffHCross]

1. JeffHCross - Ohio State
2. psusnoop - Penn State
3. Oneback - Michigan
4. Gshwendt - Wisconsin

1. Papa Lonestar - Texas
2. Iron Dragon - Oklahoma/Oregon State
3. KingPin - Texas Tech
4. xGRIDIRONxGURUx - Oregon

1. fsuprime - FSU
2. Escobar - Clemson
3. texacotea - Miami
4. skipwondah33 - Va TechIf anybody's kinda bored tonight, I'd love to see "My School" ratings for at least a few of these schools. I want to edit Ohio State's "My School" ratings to more accurately reflect 1995, but I also don't want to completely screw myself with a disadvantage like I did last year.

Any help would be appreciated. Maybe at least the Big Ten schools, other than the Bucks.

[psusnoop]

I'll be on later tonight if you want to play a game against Clemson. I haven't played with them since the Demo.

Sounds good, look me up arond 9:15pm if your interested. U send the invite I'll play at your house.

[Oneback]

Oneback, I have an Excel spreadsheet ready to go with Run/Pass ratios. Want me to post it up? These are actual ratios, not converted to NCAA-speak.

Sure.

[Escobar]

I'm bout to go to the movies, so I don't know if I'll be back while you're still up. We can play tomorrow tho.

[skipwondah33]

Played my first game with VT and using their offense. With the new playbook and not ever really getting into a flow with the time going by so fast we looked rough. OB's defense was a factor as well.

Not sure if I will use that book or not. Its completely different from what I had with ASU

[JeffHCross]

Sure.
Team|Run/Pass
Air Force|83 / 17
Akron|50 / 50
Alabama|61 / 39
Arizona|46 / 54
Arizona St.|44 / 56
Arkansas|44 / 56
Arkansas St.|52 / 48
Army|77 / 23
Auburn|58 / 42
Ball St.|54 / 46
Baylor|41 / 59
Boise St.|52 / 48
Boston College|55 / 45
Bowling Green|35 / 65
Buffalo|50 / 50
BYU|50 / 50
California|51 / 49
Central Mich.|50 / 50
Cincinnati|42 / 58
Clemson|54 / 46
Colorado|39 / 61
Colorado St.|53 / 47
Connecticut|56 / 44
Duke|37 / 63
East Carolina|52 / 48
Eastern Mich.|53 / 47
FIU|45 / 55
Fla. Atlantic|47 / 53
Florida|57 / 43
Florida St.|47 / 53
Fresno St.|61 / 39
Georgia|55 / 45
Georgia Tech|81 / 19
Hawaii|30 / 70
Houston|33 / 67
Idaho|50 / 50
Illinois|57 / 43
Indiana|44 / 56
Iowa|50 / 50
Iowa St.|56 / 44
Kansas|39 / 61
Kansas St.|60 / 40
Kent St.|48 / 52
Kentucky|61 / 39
La.-Lafayette|52 / 48
La.-Monroe|58 / 42
Louisiana Tech|58 / 42
Louisville|49 / 51
LSU|52 / 48
Marshall|51 / 49
Maryland|47 / 53
Memphis|50 / 50
Miami (FL)|49 / 51
Miami (OH)|33 / 67
Michigan|57 / 43
Michigan St.|48 / 52
Middle Tenn.|52 / 48
Minnesota|48 / 52
Mississippi|55 / 45
Mississippi St.|65 / 35
Missouri|47 / 53
Navy|86 / 14
Nebraska|56 / 44
Nevada|66 / 34
New Mexico|39 / 61
New Mexico St.|62 / 38
North Carolina|53 / 47
North Carolina St.|46 / 54
North Texas|49 / 51
Northern Ill.|64 / 36
Northwestern|46 / 54
Notre Dame|44 / 56
Ohio|50 / 50
Ohio St.|61 / 39
Oklahoma|47 / 53
Oklahoma St.|61 / 39
Oregon|60 / 40
Oregon St.|45 / 55
Penn St.|52 / 48
Pittsburgh|57 / 43
Purdue|44 / 56
Rice|44 / 56
Rutgers|55 / 45
San Diego St.|40 / 60
San Jose St.|42 / 58
SMU|40 / 60
South Carolina|45 / 55
South Fla.|58 / 42
Southern California|51 / 49
Southern Miss.|55 / 45
Stanford|62 / 38
Syracuse|51 / 49
TCU|63 / 37
Temple|64 / 36
Tennessee|52 / 48
Texas|46 / 54
Texas A&M|49 / 51
Texas Tech|29 / 71
Toledo|46 / 54
Troy|43 / 57
Tulane|48 / 52
Tulsa|50 / 50
UAB|58 / 42
UCF|52 / 48
UCLA|46 / 54
UNLV|46 / 54
Utah|52 / 48
Utah St.|53 / 47
UTEP|46 / 54
Vanderbilt|53 / 47
Virginia|48 / 52
Virginia Tech|66 / 34
Wake Forest|47 / 53
Washington|46 / 54
Washington St.|41 / 59
West Virginia|57 / 43
Western Ky.|53 / 47
Western Mich.|37 / 63
Wisconsin|61 / 39
Wyoming|51 / 49Ratio of number of snaps, not yards or anything like that.

[Oneback]

Jeff is that from the game or real life?

[JeffHCross]

Real life. That's what I meant by "not converted".

[JeffHCross]

Just an update ... all ratings are now entered into my Excel spreadsheet. That means I have 30 defensive players to put into Teambuilder, and then I'll be ready to go. I'd expect Saturday at this point for the start of the dynasty ... I'll finish before I crash Thursday, and that'll leave Friday for people to give them a try and tell me if anything is off.

[JeffHCross]

Only have 3 ROLBs, 6 CBs, and 5 Ss left to do. Will be done tomorrow easily. Would appreciate people being willing to give them a try either during the day tomorrow or after I've finished them tomorrow night. Play with them or against them, I don't particularly care ... just let me know if anything feels unfair.

Other than Terry Glenn's speed. I can't help that. ;)

[Oneback]

For those of you that have messed around with online dynasty have you found a way to upload an offline dynasty to start the online dynasty like we could in previous years?

I also haven't found where I can bring a team builder team into the onine dynasty either. Granted I haven't really poked around a lot with it however.

[psusnoop]

I could probably battle with them tonight. Would you be interested in switching up teams, like u with PSU and me run with OSU 1995? That might give you a better feel for you team as well as helping me gauge your team as well. Thoughts?

[gschwendt]

For those of you that have messed around with online dynasty have you found a way to upload an offline dynasty to start the online dynasty like we could in previous years?

I also haven't found where I can bring a team builder team into the onine dynasty either. Granted I haven't really poked around a lot with it however.
You can't start an OD from an offline version.

As for bringing in TB teams, I haven't messed with that but I'm sure there's a way.

[Papa LoneStar]

Usually....TB teams are inserted in the "custom conference" schedule....although I haven't done it on this year's version though.

EDIT: I need to go back to sleep....schedule? I meant section.

[fsuprime]

oneback, on the first page of settings for the OD (after you pick your school) thier is an option above 'custom conferences' to import teambuilder schools. You import the tosu then do everything else like dynasty house rules (sliders/rec difficulty) etc...and start up the OD, from inside the OD you send out invites to the rest of us, and the rest of us will be prompted to pick our own teams (for some reason the commish does not pick what team each person takes).

One question i do have, will tosu1995 be replacing the regular tosu? like we will we just rate everyone on tosu2011 at 30 or something?

[Oneback]

You can't start an OD from an offline version.

As for bringing in TB teams, I haven't messed with that but I'm sure there's a way.

Without being able to upload an offline dynasty I may not be able to update the run/pass ratios. I guess we'll see once we get started.

[Oneback]

oneback, on the first page of settings for the OD (after you pick your school) thier is an option above 'custom conferences' to import teambuilder schools. You import the tosu then do everything else like dynasty house rules (sliders/rec difficulty) etc...and start up the OD, from inside the OD you send out invites to the rest of us, and the rest of us will be prompted to pick our own teams (for some reason the commish does not pick what team each person takes).

One question i do have, will tosu1995 be replacing the regular tosu? like we will we just rate everyone on tosu2011 at 30 or something?

1995 OSU will be replacing 2011 OSU.

[Iron Dragon]

Trying to figure out what offense I wanna run with Oklahoma/Oregon State.. maybe the pistol? I like Ohio's playbook, but I wish it had one or two I-Form formations..

[Iron Dragon]

I'm going with Oklahoma, actually, for sure. Not sure what offense I want to run yet. Considering Run & Shoot (SMU PB), Multiple (Oklahoma's/Ohio St PB), Pistol (Ohio/Indiana PB) and Pro (Tulane/Syracuse).

The Pistol worries me since Landry Jones doesn't have the speed to pull off the option that well (65 SPD, 80 ACC, 45 BTK, 59 CAR). However, he can throw the ball from any formation pretty well (93 THP, 88 THA).

[JeffHCross]

I could probably battle with them tonight. Would you be interested in switching up teams, like u with PSU and me run with OSU 1995? That might give you a better feel for you team as well as helping me gauge your team as well. Thoughts?We could certainly do that. I'm hoping to be home around 7:30, and then I should be working on the team by 8. So by 9ish is when I'm expecting to have the team done, based on how fast the players were going this morning.

One question i do have, will tosu1995 be replacing the regular tosu? like we will we just rate everyone on tosu2011 at 30 or something?Just a straight swap, using Import Teambuilder Schools. There are a couple of players that I'm not replacing on OSU's roster with 1995 players, so I'll just be rating those guys as 40 OVR Seniors, so they'll graduate with the first class.

I can't speak for Online Dynasty, Oneback, but for offline there are two different settings to pick ... one for "Import Teambuilder Schools" and one for "Custom Conferences". Unlike previous years, it's not a Menu item. It's down at the bottom of the screen as a button you press, while you're at the screen where you pick your team. I think you would want to import the 1995 team first, then do the Custom Conferences. Just for sanity.

Snoop, I discovered last night through testing that using Import Teambuilder will eliminate the rivalry between PSU and OSU. I can live with this ... hopefully. I know last year there wasn't a huge difference between scheduling a visit for a rivalry game and scheduling for a conference game. I'm hoping that continues. I don't want every visit hinging on OSU vs Michigan in Week 13, lol.

[fsuprime]

Hey gshwendt, i just got this email


Dear masseffect2216246190832,
Welcome to NCAA® Football 11! We noticed you have not yet activated your Online Pass, a new way to expand your quest for greatness and enhance your experience. Activate your exclusive NCAA Football 11 Online Pass to access the following bonus content:
• Recruiting Reports in Dynasty Mode™
• Maximum TeamBuilder Slots

i did not sign for this at all and do not have a name 'masseffect20394838282'???

i also got an email saying i had successfully used my online pass and now have access to unlimited teambuilder slots?

its all linked to my email but i did not do this?

[gschwendt]

What email address did that come from? Wonder if it's a database issue (ie masseffect's email is somehow linked to yours or something) or if it's a spam/fishing attempt.

[JeffHCross]

AFAIK, I've received no e-mails regarding Online Pass one way or another.

[Kingpin32]

I got 2 earlier today. They both were sent to my normal e-mail address that I registered for my account. One was saying thanks for activating and the other was saying I haven't activated it.

[fsuprime]

I got 2 earlier today. They both were sent to my normal e-mail address that I registered for my account. One was saying thanks for activating and the other was saying I haven't activated it.

yea same with me, it was from ea support email "do not respond' etc..

[Oneback]

Jeff, let me know when your team is done and I'll play against them.

[JeffHCross]

Done done done, done done, done done.

http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/showthread.php?658-1995-Ohio-State-Buckeyes

[skipwondah33]

I think I have found an offense, at worst it will be atleast one of the offenses I'll run.

And I have settled on a defense as well. Had to change PB's because VT does not have the defense ASU had.

[Oneback]

As of right now the play is to kick this thing off tonight. It'll probably be later on in the evening however as I have my son's Tee-ball game tonight so be on the lookout for invites.

[fsuprime]

:) dont forget to re download icedragons rosters oneback, he made a correction to fsu this morning :)

[JeffHCross]

As of right now the play is to kick this thing off tonight. It'll probably be later on in the evening however as I have my son's Tee-ball game tonight so be on the lookout for invites.I'm not getting home until around 8 eastern, then I'm going to make a couple final tweaks to Ohio State. Text me or let me know on here when you're home and I'll let you know of my status. Planning to be up most of the night anyway.

[psusnoop]

Oneback, kicking this off tonight would be pretty sweet. I'm pumped and ready to battle.

[Kingpin32]

Sweet, can't wait to jump this thing off.

[Iron Dragon]

:) dont forget to re download icedragons rosters oneback, he made a correction to fsu this morning :)

Don't download ice dragons, you want to download mine. ;)

Also I'm ready if we start to tonight. Very ready.

[fsuprime]

haha woops, must have been spacing out.

[psusnoop]

haha woops, must have been spacing out.

LOL No comment.........

[Oneback]

Just walked in the door and checked in with Jeff and he is just finishing up. Shouldn't be much longer.

[Oneback]

Invites have been sent.

As a reminder here are the teams I have everyone down as:

1. JeffHCross - Ohio State
2. psusnoop - Penn State
3. Oneback - Michigan
4. Gshwendt - Wisconsin

1. Papa Lonestar -
2. Iron Dragon - Oklahoma
3. KingPin - Texas Tech
4. xGRIDIRONxGURUx - Oregon

1. fsuprime - FSU
2. Escobar - Clemson
3. texacotea - Miami
4. skipwondah33 - Va Tech

[Oneback]

Just as an update if I can get everyone's cell numbers (for texting purposes if we need to get ahold of you) PM'ed to me. If you do not have mine please let me know in your PM and I will send it back.

[xGRIDIRONxGURUx]

ok... you have my cell...
PSN: POWER-GUN-COACH

i think i posted about us buying a new house? if not... well i have now lol... anyways... charter cable is coming tuesday to make our house "serviceable"... i figured i would have had this done... we bought one thats in a pretty rural area, and the house is secluded nicely with a tad over an acre surrounded by trees... ANY WHO...

i guess... either boot me... or wait on me... and skip past me... im eating up practice mode, but... i can already tell i should have picked UGA... or Auburn... but the Ducks will be nice... just not exactly what i was hoping for... especially when i get the update and Masoli gets the boot... ive not even been practicing/playing with him so that i dont develop reliability issues... lol

anyways... everyone's call... this REALLY SUCKS... b/c i can only tether my droid for net...

PS... im trying to find a way to get this tethering to work on PS3... if anyone out there can hook me up a tut on it... i will hop on and do that... im getting 1.6-2.2MB download and 400-725KB upload... so its not like ridiculous... but definitely not cable modem 8MB standard service... but im working on it boys...

"E"

[fsuprime]

doh

[Oneback]

ok... you have my cell...
PSN: POWER-GUN-COACH

i think i posted about us buying a new house? if not... well i have now lol... anyways... charter cable is coming tuesday to make our house "serviceable"... i figured i would have had this done... we bought one thats in a pretty rural area, and the house is secluded nicely with a tad over an acre surrounded by trees... ANY WHO...

i guess... either boot me... or wait on me... and skip past me... im eating up practice mode, but... i can already tell i should have picked UGA... or Auburn... but the Ducks will be nice... just not exactly what i was hoping for... especially when i get the update and Masoli gets the boot... ive not even been practicing/playing with him so that i dont develop reliability issues... lol

anyways... everyone's call... this REALLY SUCKS... b/c i can only tether my droid for net...

PS... im trying to find a way to get this tethering to work on PS3... if anyone out there can hook me up a tut on it... i will hop on and do that... im getting 1.6-2.2MB download and 400-725KB upload... so its not like ridiculous... but definitely not cable modem 8MB standard service... but im working on it boys...

"E"

The reason why I asked for your PSN is because when trying to send you a invite I get an error that states, "That user does not have an EA account". Now I assume you haven't gone online yet with NCAA 11 so that may be the issue as I am fairly certian I cannot invite you to an OD unless you've registered for Online Access.

Here is the only video I could find on tethering your driod to give your PS3 internet access. Its actually using your computer to share your internet connection but it should allow you to sign in and get your pre-season stuff done then we can wait until Tuesday for you to finish week one.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twx29m_Phzg&feature=PlayList&p=E3AD3A922C062D30&playnext=1&index=9

[JeffHCross]

Guru: http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/21713-tether-droid-playstation-3-a.html

[xGRIDIRONxGURUx]

the youtube vid the guy is using a wifi tether... which can only be used if you root your phone... which... even i dont want to do... just b/c i have insurance on it, etc etc... i dont want to void out anything i would get if i drop the phone, or it craps on me...

ill keep looking but im sure that i will be waiting until after tuesday... ive waited this long to get someone from charter out here (almost a month now that we have been living here and asking them about service) i guess i can wait a few more days... and thats based on if the guy says that i can even do anything... im not even sure what there reasoning is that i am not serviceable... 2 people live within 200 yards of me and both have charter digital cable/internet... so who knows...

"E"

[fsuprime]

im glad u centrally located to most of us ;) i cant imagine being in the sticks in cali and getting a good connection.

pre-season stuff doesnt really matter, u can let someone use your login and put ur ea code in and join the OD and pick your team for you, then you could recruit week 1 (and oneback could give u a bye week for week 1) not sure if you know anyone well enough to do that for u

[JeffHCross]

Another option, to me, would be to go ahead and press forward, play a game or two while Guru's waiting ... then start the dynasty over when he's online. Get some experience with how recruiting against each other will work, etc.

Just a thought.

EDIT: Of course, part of this is that, unlike the rest of you, I've yet to play a game, lol.

[fsuprime]

id rather not waste the recruits i have right now i doubt i will be in this position again, but its up to the group, i wont bother playing the first few weeks if its just for fun :)

[Oneback]

I am up to whatever everyone is up for.

[Escobar]

I would say have him get somebody to accept the invite for him, or set up a dummy PSN account and accept it. Then let him log on there and recruit from the web. Then give him a bye for week 1.

[Papa LoneStar]

I'm definitely not voting for starting over....I've taped up and shielded all my players....switched some numbers (#10 and #20 are off-limits)....and provided neckrolls and towels to certain players. It's always tough to do the kick-off roster....but it makes it easier to maintain when I only have to do in-coming freshmen for the future.

[psusnoop]

LOL

I've still got all the equipment to do yet.

[JeffHCross]

Well Papa, at least you have the luxury of knowing what equipment to set. I have to go back to the 1995, 96 and 98 media guides.

[Papa LoneStar]

I'm not looking up any pics....Coach Shirlee has his own style per position ;-)

[Oneback]

I setup my players equipment based on pictures. Google is your friend. I woke up way too early for a Saturday and didn't want to wake up the family. I setup the depth chart, redshirts, formation subs. I think I've gone through and swapped out players on my recruiting board 4 times now.

I'm ready to go!

[Oneback]

Well Papa, at least you have the luxury of knowing what equipment to set. I have to go back to the 1995, 96 and 98 media guides.

Here's one:

http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/27-george-eddie.jpg

[fsuprime]

yea i thought tosu from the 90s would be easy, just add hand warmers and make all their speeds below 80.

[JeffHCross]

I setup my players equipment based on pictures. Google is your friend.Google doesn't have many of 1995-1998 Ohio State except for the superstars ;)

Here's one:Hai! Look! It's the very picture I used for the cover of NCAA 07.

Yeah, I know that picture exists. Like I said ... superstars ;)

[JeffHCross]

I'm definitely not voting for starting over....I've taped up and shielded all my players....Papa, can you go to this post (http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/showthread.php?523-Bugs-amp-Glitches-NCAA-Football-12-Wish-List-amp-Feedback&p=14901&viewfull=1#post14901) and respond to that thread if you've seen any of those problems?

[JeffHCross]

yea i thought tosu from the 90s would be easy, just add hand warmers and make all their speeds below 80.

A Rookie's Greatest Gains
By THOMAS GEORGE
Published: January 3, 1997

FOXBORO, Mass., Jan. 2— For those who think that Terry Glenn is an overnight sensation, think again. Sensational? Yes. But there is nothing overnight about it.

Glenn was an all-America receiver at Ohio State. He was the seventh player selected in the 1996 draft. In his rookie season with the New England Patriots, he caught 90 passes for 1,132 yards and 6 touchdowns. No other receiver in the 76-year history of the National Football League caught more passes in his first season. The last rookie to gain more receiving yards than Glenn was Bill Groman in Houston -- and that was 26 years ago.

...

The 22-year-old Glenn is 5 feet 10 inches, 184 pounds. He has run the 40-yard sprint in 4.29 seconds. A time of 4.5 is considered fast in the N.F.L. A 4.29 is really cooking.;)

[Papa LoneStar]

lol @ Prime....Jeff....I haven't run into that....I didn't touch the sleeves....just tape, towels, shields, neckrolls, helmets, backpads, and shoulder pad height.

[Papa LoneStar]

Oh yea....Jeff...after seeing that picture that Oneback posted....put Eddie George's shoulder pad height on 100....my GOODNESS! lol

[fsuprime]

;)

there is always an exception to the rule, i hope i get to play joe germaine in the sugar bowl! i always thought it was funny they based keeanu reeves off him in the replacements.

Are you really going to edit your roster to 90-fy them?

and boldin broke his rookie reception record :)

[psusnoop]

speaking of ready to go, what are the plans for the start of this?

[Oneback]

speaking of ready to go, what are the plans for the start of this?

It looks as though we will be on hold until Tuesday. Stay tuned however.

[psusnoop]

Ok no problem.

[Papa LoneStar]

Be honest, Snoop.... :-)

[fsuprime]

ohhh i vote to advance to week one, it wont affect him (he just needs to bury the players he wants redshirted on the depth chart (and not super sim)

[Oneback]

ohhh i vote to advance to week one, it wont affect him (he just needs to bury the players he wants redshirted on the depth chart (and not super sim)

You've got a point. Considering we have formation subs this year it makes it easier to do this.

We're advancing!

[Kingpin32]

This is the most recruits I've ever had on my board. I'm hoping I can get all of them.

[JeffHCross]

Are you really going to edit your roster to 90-fy them?Clearly someone hasn't downloaded my team ... geez.

[fsuprime]

im hoping we meet in a bowl game and dont want to spoil it ;)

[JeffHCross]

there is always an exception to the rule, i hope i get to play joe germaine in the sugar bowl! i always thought it was funny they based keeanu reeves off him in the replacements.There is no way that "Footsteps" Shane Falco was based off Joe Germaine. Joe couldn't run to save his life.

[JeffHCross]

Off-topic: It's amusing to me with all the Huskers on this forum that Nebraska's a CPU team.

[fsuprime]

There is no way that "Footsteps" Shane Falco was based off Joe Germaine. Joe couldn't run to save his life.

haha i just meant how he was getting crushed in the sugarbowl vs fsu when they talk about his past in the movie, ive always considered him joey germ.

[Oneback]

I am loving the Dynasty Wire. Not to mention the stories but it's cool seeing the pics and videos.

[Papa LoneStar]

I am loving the Dynasty Wire. Not to mention the stories but it's cool seeing the pics and videos.

Definitely! Speaking of this....has anybody had any trouble creating a story on the website? It doesn't do anything when I click on the create button after I typed the article, selected the media, etc. I was thinking it was my IE browser on a laptop, but I wanted to make sure. I was trying to create a story about an injury and couldn't.

[Oneback]

I created one last night and it worked fine. It even shows up in the dynasty.

[JeffHCross]

Lmfao. I've been e-mailed 3 times in 40 minutes that I'm the last user in the dynasty not Ready.

[Kingpin32]

Lmfao. I've been e-mailed 3 times in 40 minutes that I'm the last user in the dynasty not Ready.

Well then you should hurry up. :P

[JeffHCross]

Well then you should hurry up. :PI was pacing myself :P

[Kingpin32]

Well I was bored at work and started looking at my QBs once Potts and Sticks leave, and I may be running a different type of offense next season.

[skipwondah33]

Anyone else facing the BS CPU breaks damn near every tackle? I mean I'm not going for strips or hit sticks, even set big hits to conservative instead of balanced.

They always get that animation where it freaking propels them to run faster and ur not catching them but I never get that animation breaking tackles.

[fsuprime]

i couldn't tackle BYUs RB for shit in the rain, i think he broke like 17 tackles total (it felt like it), but overall ive had success sacking the QB manually and with the DL

[JeffHCross]

Anyone else facing the BS CPU breaks damn near every tackle? I mean I'm not going for strips or hit sticks, even set big hits to conservative instead of balanced. I was going to ask this same question. Wayyyyyyyy too many broken tackles, especially for the relatively inferior competition we've been playing.

Upping the tackling or knocking down the RB Ability slider a tad would probably help.

i couldn't tackle BYUs RB for shit in the rain, i think he broke like 17 tackles total (it felt like it), but overall ive had success sacking the QB manually and with the DLThat's actually a good point ... I haven't had problems with the QB or with most receivers ... just the running backs that are breaking tackles left and right.

[skipwondah33]

ECU's back broke 8 tackles on 11 runs, the receivers were never tackled on the first attempt, breaking the mist tackles and got 3 TD's this way.

Yeah I can get the QB manually usually with my backers or if the QB tries to get cute and run.

[Iron Dragon]

I had a huge problem with Toledo breaking a ton of tackles, Iowa wasn't a big problem since they passed more than they ran but when they did, they called for holding on about 3-5 big runs (blatant holding). Tulsa didn't run much.

I'm having a problem getting sacks but I've started switching up my blitzes and getting alot of TFLs running a 3-3-5 since I can release a safety or a linebacker safely without worrying about the pass too much. I didn't run a 3-3-5 against Toledo (ran a 4-3 which failed), so that's why I've had a big improvement.

[fsuprime]

Bonus, parents are getting an HDTV for the cottage in michigan, so i wont have to play my games on a dinky TV this weekend!

[Escobar]

Auburn was the first team I faced that broke tackles, but it wasn't unreal because it was Ontario McCaleb or Mario Fannin. I still shut down their run game tho. Once Cameron Newton went out for the game their offense went downhill.

[fsuprime]

Hey Skip, have you heard much about madden Online Franchise this year? Did they add salary cap and import draft classes?

[gschwendt]

Hey Skip, have you heard much about madden Online Franchise this year? Did they add salary cap and import draft classes?
No and no. They did little to nothing for OF this year... they said it was because very little percentage played it. Very little percentage played it because it sucked.

[fsuprime]

yea that is pretty a pretty dumb reason lol, the OF was so broken it was worthless to play at all :/ might be first year i dont purchase madden at all, i doubt they have done anything to offline franchise as well.

[skipwondah33]

I dont play Online or Offline Franchise at all, I strictly play in leagues in another community. I loved what they did to Madden 10 so I'm sure I will love 11 with the addition of Locomotion alone.

Mostly for the same reasons that I hate playing the Offline Dynasties in NCAA, too much tweaking needs to be done just to play the CPU.

[Kingpin32]

I think I just played the best game of my life lol. I gave 28 points in the first quarter, but only allowed 3 for the rest of the game.

[fsuprime]

i can see that skip, i just have a good friend who lives in WA now and when we were in the navy we used to love fantasy drafting teams and doing franchises...usually we do 1 fantasy draft and 1 with regular rosters and our favorite team.

[Kingpin32]

i can see that skip, i just have a good friend who lives in WA now and when we were in the navy we used to love fantasy drafting teams and doing franchises...usually we do 1 fantasy draft and 1 with regular rosters and our favorite team.

Me and my cousin used to do stuff like that. He would always have a better team than I did at the time because he always had cable, so he would watch ESPN 24-7.

[JeffHCross]

yea that is pretty a pretty dumb reason lol, the OF was so broken it was worthless to play at all :/ might be first year i dont purchase madden at all, i doubt they have done anything to offline franchise as well.While I agree with G that the background (read: fundamental and real) reason for the lack of changes is because so few played it, the official reason is that Tiburon is planning a massive overhaul of both offline and online franchises for Madden 12. Because of the size of the project, they did not make any changes this year (I presume with the reasoning being that it's better to put out a massive update than incremental releases).

So yeah ... nothing changed in Offline this year either.

[Escobar]

Looks like I won't be playing Madden again this year. I really haven't played it since I moved to the PS3 3 years ago. It's strange since I was a hardcore Madden guy on PS2. I used to play in the tournaments and other ones, and play franchise mode all day and draft the NCAA players. Now my NCAA dynasty guys go no where. :dunno:

[xGRIDIRONxGURUx]

ok... i finally got online... got into the OD... i am still tethered... someone from charter is supposed to call me tomorrow (actually today since its 2AM) and let me know what they can do... i actually played a guy on this tethered setup (using Easytether by the way... was a 3 minute process no joke... i even paid 9.99 for the app to support the dev) anyways... the game was decently smooth... had its rough spots obviously, but... i need to catch a few of you guys on to just mess around in a practice game to get a feel for it...

once i find out what charter says, i will be able to give a better idea of when/if i will be getting cable speeds any time soon...

"E"

[Oneback]

So as much as I hate to say it, from everything I am reading I see a patch coming out soon to fix the issues with recruit ratings and progression and I get the feeling like in years past we will have to restart the OD.

The good in that: we will have ironed out all the issues (sliders) and anything else that comes up between now and then.

The bad: This may end up being a practice run.

Hopefully it doesn't come to that but I just have a feeling.

[skipwondah33]

Ahhhh man not those words

[psusnoop]

So as much as I hate to say it, from everything I am reading I see a patch coming out soon to fix the issues with recruit ratings and progression and I get the feeling like in years past we will have to restart the OD.

The good in that: we will have ironed out all the issues (sliders) and anything else that comes up between now and then.

The bad: This may end up being a practice run.

Hopefully it doesn't come to that but I just have a feeling.

Once the patch is in, doesn't it fix current dynasties? I guess I always assumed it did but I may have assumed wrong.

[gschwendt]

Once the patch is in, doesn't it fix current dynasties? I guess I always assumed it did but I may have assumed wrong.
It would fix it in terms of player progression but if the patch also were to address something like recruiting being rated too low, it wouldn't impact this season, but it would impact future seasons.

[psusnoop]

I see that makes sense, didn't think of it like that for some reason.

[fsuprime]

if it fixes progression i dont mind some of this seasons recruits being low, then i can still use some of the frosh and soph on my roster (which is why i liked the low ratings in the first place ;/)

if they go back to the old ways, then 3*s QBs will all be 70 ovr or better and instantly be better than my current 3* freshman from last year (66 and 68 ovr) which is lame considering one of them was the best QB in the state of FL last year.

ONeback can you link to where the patch is being discussed? I cant find anything.

[psusnoop]

I just searched around and couldn't really find anything either.

[gschwendt]

ONeback can you link to where the patch is being discussed? I cant find anything.
A poster on the official EA boards said that he talked to support and that a patch was supposed to be released last night. I'm willing to bet that if it is indeed true that rather than a patch addressing the issue, instead a Tuner Set would address it. Patches take at least several weeks for them to go through the complete certification; tuner sets can be a matter of days, just requires determining what and how much needs to be adjusted and then testing it in-house.

[fsuprime]

ahhh, yea i love the idea of tuner sets to get around xbox/ps3 bureaucracy crap.

[psusnoop]

Interesting about the tuner sets, can they address what needs to be done or is this a maybe? Would we know when EA did this or would it come out after they did something?

[Oneback]

if it fixes progression i dont mind some of this seasons recruits being low, then i can still use some of the frosh and soph on my roster (which is why i liked the low ratings in the first place ;/)

if they go back to the old ways, then 3*s QBs will all be 70 ovr or better and instantly be better than my current 3* freshman from last year (66 and 68 ovr) which is lame considering one of them was the best QB in the state of FL last year.

ONeback can you link to where the patch is being discussed? I cant find anything.


I just searched around and couldn't really find anything either.

It's not so much that they are discussing a patch but more all the issues they are finding with recruits/progression and that if it's like last year the first patch will address it which will require a OD restart (I believe).

I am perfectly fine with where the recruits are coming in at OVR, I think its more progression that needs to be tuned and the other ratings like elusiveness, juke move, etc that need to be addressed.

[Kingpin32]

I think they would post something about it when they do it. And considering they never really went into detail about, they would probably do that too.

[gschwendt]

Interesting about the tuner sets, can they address what needs to be done or is this a maybe? Would we know when EA did this or would it come out after they did something?

I think they would post something about it when they do it. And considering they never really went into detail about, they would probably do that too.
Yeah... I assume that they haven't went into detail about this feature because they were waiting until they had a tuner set to download. My assumption is that whenever there is a new tuner set available, it will automatically download at the start of the game. You'll notice that when starting up the game, one of the things it does says something regarding "checking for tuner sets" or something like that.

It's not so much that they are discussing a patch but more all the issues they are finding with recruits/progression and that if it's like last year the first patch will address it which will require a OD restart (I believe).

I am perfectly fine with where the recruits are coming in at OVR, I think its more progression that needs to be tuned and the other ratings like elusiveness, juke move, etc that need to be addressed.If it's just progression, an OD restart won't be necessary... it's only if they determine that recruits are coming in below their expectations. In fact, even if it's recruits, I could see the possibility of that even being adjusted via tuner sets. The way recruits are created is that they pull randomly from ~2000 player molds, and then again randomly, it will fluctuate that player mold's ratings +/- here & there to generate each recruit in a class. Tuner sets couldn't adjust the ~2000 player molds, however it could adjust the +/- fluctuations.

[fsuprime]

i think (hope) that progression change is all they need to fix.

[psusnoop]

Thanks guys for all the information, I really appreciate that.

[skipwondah33]

i think (hope) that progression change is all they need to fix.

Yeah me too, don't think I could take a restart. Spent a boatload of time on my roster plus I just don't want to face the same teams again this year lol

[fsuprime]

hopefully if they do alter recruits, it will fix our OD for season 2, then we could all deal with less than perfect recruiting in season 1 and just keep on keeping on.

Everything ive read is that lower 3*s and below are just 'to low' right now from ppl and 4 and 5*s are right where EA wanted. IF they fix progression the 3*s should increase nicely enough and everything would be fine in our OD if we just have 1 year.

[fsuprime]

Irondragon, Glenn Stanley (LB for USC) has been released from his LOI (he was a juco guy) and will enroll at fsu :) so if we do restart at least i get another LB lol, of course he is expected to move to DE for us.

[Papa LoneStar]

Smart move by Guru....I wouldn't want to mess up my chances if I was about to take over the #2 team, too ;-)

[Oneback]

Well, good news for those that have not seen it yet. The problems with recruits and progression look like they can be fixed with a tuner set....which is due out next week.

I wonder though what impact the gameplay tuning will have on the slider set we have.

[skipwondah33]

Does play action work for anyone against the CPU. I try to set it up with my run game but 9/10 I'm getting sacked or hit very quickly (like before the end of the drop back).

[Oneback]

Play-Action is hit or miss for me. It is a function of the pass rush however. I usually keep an extra blocker in while running a play-action which seems to help, but I do plan on upping HUM pass blocking a little more as well.

[fsuprime]

Our first LTP should be arriving next week along with detailed notes on what the update contains. I can tell you that based on the collective feedback we've received, we will be carefully down-tuning the athleticism of defensive lineman and reduce the number of impressive picks by the big guys. We're also looking to address a few important dynasty progression and recruiting issues.

seems to me that our OD will be safe, progression should be fixed before we head to the offseason, and recruiting will be fixed for year 2 as well (and i bet the 5* and high 4* ratings do not get changed much anyways.

[JeffHCross]

Does play action work for anyone against the CPU.It works, but not on 3rd down. On 3rd down, the CPU sends too many blitzers, so unless you do a lot of things to your pass protection (just having an extra blocker doesn't help, because a lot of the time your otherwise extra blocker is the guy doing the PA fake), you don't have a chance to stay upright.

[Oneback]

I have a way to fix the CPU blitzing and run/pass ratios for the CPU...only problem is I haven't found a way to do this for Online Dynasties as I cannot access coach settings for the other schools nor can I upload a file.

[skipwondah33]

It works, but not on 3rd down. On 3rd down, the CPU sends too many blitzers, so unless you do a lot of things to your pass protection (just having an extra blocker doesn't help, because a lot of the time your otherwise extra blocker is the guy doing the PA fake), you don't have a chance to stay upright.

Usually if I run one its after I've ran a few successful runs and trying to set it up to run on 1st or 2nd down. I've never attempted to run one of 3rd down before. Still when trying to attempt one on 1st or 2nd, its like they know exactly whats coming and ALWAYS get at minimum 3-4 guys in the backfield once the fake is made. I even try to make adjustments for extra blockers to stay in, for example 1 of the TE's who was running a route initially.

And the D-line always uses the jump the snap feature somehow.

[fsuprime]

i just found sometihng that could be quite annoying in the future. I advanced a minors OD im running with my friends to conf. champ week forgetting neither of us had a game to play, and now it wont let me advance to bowl week until i wait for 20 minutes. Gshwendt, do u know if their is a 20 minute minimum in offseason as well? This could really lengthen our post season activities.

[JeffHCross]

Gshwendt, do u know if their is a 20 minute minimum in offseason as well? This could really lengthen our post season activities.One of the recent blogs said they patched out the 20 minute wait during post season. But it's still there for week to week.

[gschwendt]

i just found sometihng that could be quite annoying in the future. I advanced a minors OD im running with my friends to conf. champ week forgetting neither of us had a game to play, and now it wont let me advance to bowl week until i wait for 20 minutes. Gshwendt, do u know if their is a 20 minute minimum in offseason as well? This could really lengthen our post season activities.No. Initially it was in offseason as well but they made an adjustment in the past week or so that does not require it in the offseason.

[Kingpin32]

Has anybody heard from Guru?

[JeffHCross]

I PM'd him earlier today. Haven't seen anything from him since Tuesday. Last on PSN 2 days ago.

[psusnoop]

Boo

[JeffHCross]

At halftime, I'm being outgained both in Total Offense and Total Yards by Indiana. But they have 3 turnovers, I have none, and the score is 42-3. :D

[xGRIDIRONxGURUx]

sorry guys, but i have to step out... ive tried everything i can with the cable company... but nothing... everything with dsl... but nothing... i can tether finally using the easy tether like i had wrote about... but unfortunately, if you watch any commercials from at&t... you cant use data and take a call... so everytime i play, i get booted if i get a call... pisses me off so bad...

oh well... sorry guys... but honestly nothing i can do at this point... and i had looked forward to playing for so long...

"E"

[Kingpin32]

sorry guys, but i have to step out... ive tried everything i can with the cable company... but nothing... everything with dsl... but nothing... i can tether finally using the easy tether like i had wrote about... but unfortunately, if you watch any commercials from at&t... you cant use data and take a call... so everytime i play, i get booted if i get a call... pisses me off so bad...

oh well... sorry guys... but honestly nothing i can do at this point... and i had looked forward to playing for so long...

"E"
That sucks big time man. Hopefully sooner or later you get all that worked out.

[JeffHCross]

sorry guys, but i have to step out... ive tried everything i can with the cable company... but nothing... everything with dsl... but nothing... i can tether finally using the easy tether like i had wrote about... but unfortunately, if you watch any commercials from at&t... you cant use data and take a call... so everytime i play, i get booted if i get a call... pisses me off so bad...

oh well... sorry guys... but honestly nothing i can do at this point... and i had looked forward to playing for so long...

"E"Good luck with getting Internet out there, Guru. Sucks not having you around.

[Kingpin32]

Steven Sheffield for the Heisman. I'm starting the campaign now.

[Iron Dragon]

Dejuan Miller already has it wrapped up, sorry. 11 TDs in six games. :)

[Kingpin32]

Sheffield is a little under 200 yards away from 3000. The next closest is Jerrod Johnson with 1738. Also in 6 games. :)

[JeffHCross]

Dejuan Miller already has it wrapped up, sorry. 11 TDs in six games. :)Uhm, 14 in six for Eddie ...

Unfortunately, 0 in Week 7 :(

[skipwondah33]

Well the 770 last game sure did help lol

Im just pushing to be in that national title game

[Kingpin32]

Well the 770 last game sure did help lol

Im just pushing to be in that national title game

Lol I just wish it would've led to a win though. Also worth noting I got 3 receivers in the top 10 for receiving yards. That'll probably change though since I didn't play this week.

[skipwondah33]

My RB Williams is playing pretty solid. In 6 1/4 games he had 17 rushing TD's, but the offense is finally coming around to rely on Taylor and Evans as well.

[JeffHCross]

Williams got 4 TDs? He only had 13 coming into the week.

[Iron Dragon]

#1 Texas @ #2-4 Oklahoma... this one is a HUGE game.

[skipwondah33]

Williams got 4 TDs? He only had 13 coming into the week.

yeah he had 4. His 3rd 4 TD game of the season.

[psusnoop]

Well I guess my hopes of Royster moving up the charts for rushing has ended since he is out for 4 weeks I think. Looks like Green is going to get the bulk of the carries the rest of the season. Time for him to step up and show his durability.

Royster was averaging 10.3 yds a carry too, BIG BOO!!!!!!!!!

[Oneback]

Well I guess my hopes of Royster moving up the charts for rushing has ended since he is out for 4 weeks I think. Looks like Green is going to get the bulk of the carries the rest of the season. Time for him to step up and show his durability.

Royster was averaging 10.3 yds a carry too, BIG BOO!!!!!!!!!

Perfect Timing!

[psusnoop]

I was just looking at my QB Newsome, wow I'm impressed with his numbers actually.

55-91 9TD's 0 INT's
26 rushes for 195yds and 4TD's

I'm liking that a lot.

[psusnoop]

Perfect Timing!

Easy, I'm very upset because I thought about pulling him in the game against Illinois but I was only up 14 late in the third so I kept him in with the idea that if I scored again I would pull him. That will teach me, I have to start using my gut more.

Green has wheels, but his doesn't shed many tackles which is key for my kind of game plan. I might have to try Dukes out against Minny to see if he can be workhorse or not.

[Oneback]

Just look out for Nick Cleveland next year...he is an Emmitt Smith clone.

[psusnoop]

I was kind of upset that 4* HB Jeremy Mackey committed to me so soon. I was hoping to be a player on Cleveland as well but once i got Mackey I had to back off of him. He looks very good, lets hope the injury bug bites him a few times, LOL.

[Kingpin32]

I'm real disappointed that I'm not moving up on any of my recruits lists. I lost the TE that I really wanted.

[psusnoop]

Ouch, I heard the recruits were fearful of the storage units that were built near Texas Tech's University.

[Kingpin32]

Well a lot of them will get to see it in person this week against A&M, but we'll make sure to throw in some "extra perks" with them so they won't be alone.

[psusnoop]

Bribery, gotta love it.

[Kingpin32]

This probably won't affect the OD too much, but I got a final tomorrow, so it will probably late tomorrow night or Friday before I get my game in.

[psusnoop]

New Member taking over USC is psuexv (he has the same PSN name: psuexv)

[psusnoop]

This probably won't affect the OD too much, but I got a final tomorrow, so it will probably late tomorrow night or Friday before I get my game in.

Good luck King, I know you don't need it though.

[fsuprime]

welcome psuevx, hope u r as dedicated as snoop (besides his damn bowling nights)

[psuexv]

thank you - I'm just glad his bowling nights screw up other dynasties other than the one I run.

I do have a quick question while reviewing some rules -
Audibles
You may not audible "Up" or "Down" on offense or defense. Audibles to match what your opponent has on the field are acceptable.

What is the audible "up" or "down"?

[Kingpin32]

Good luck King, I know you don't need it though.

Thanks, it's for my Spanish class, so I need all the luck I can get lol.

[fsuprime]

thank you - I'm just glad his bowling nights screw up other dynasties other than the one I run.

I do have a quick question while reviewing some rules -
Audibles
You may not audible "Up" or "Down" on offense or defense. Audibles to match what your opponent has on the field are acceptable.

What is the audible "up" or "down"?

it means to come out in a Dime and then audible to a 4-3 so that your DBs are put in Linebacker spots, or OLBs dont go to DE...

[skipwondah33]

it means to come out in a Dime and then audible to a 4-3 so that your DBs are put in Linebacker spots, or OLBs dont go to DE...

or come out in 5-wide and audible down to I-Form or come out in I-Form and audible up to 5-wide.

Welcome to the OD man, good luck with the Trojans

[fsuprime]

or come out in 5-wide and audible down to I-Form or come out in I-Form and audible up to 5-wide.

Welcome to the OD man, good luck with the Trojans

yea for sure, just using one example ;)

[skipwondah33]

yea for sure, just using one example ;)

Haha just making sure all the bases were covered my man. Wish we had a "taking players away from other coaches" rule :P

[psuexv]

Gotcha - thanks for the info. When I saw up and down I was thinking about the upstick for quick pass and down for run. Good to hear that's not the case.

[fsuprime]

down stick for run is banned, up stick for pass is ok though i think (only 3rd and longs and other times sparingly?)

[Kingpin32]

down stick for run is banned, up stick for pass is ok though i think (only 3rd and longs and other times sparingly?)

I think he meant on offense using the quick audibles.

[fsuprime]

ahhh

[psuexv]

I did mean on offense for the quick audibles.... but good to know about the defensive keys...even though they are not as ridiculous as last year.

[psusnoop]

I'm glad they toned things down this year on the defensive side of things. I really only use the pass commit on 3rd and 8 or more and then when I know a team is trying to make a comeback against me and is tossing the rock around.

[psusnoop]

New Tuners are out, I posted info in the News section.

[Oneback]

New Tuners are out, I posted info in the News section.

Haven't read, excited though....take the rest of the day off....hmmmm. Wish I could....off tomorrow though!

[Oneback]

Just read the blog and the one thing that concerns me is the kicking and awareness fixes will be in a title patch. Will this require a restart?

[Kingpin32]

I'm done with my final, and I took my nap, so I'll get my game in now before I start packing to move into my new room.

[fsuprime]

Just read the blog and the one thing that concerns me is the kicking and awareness fixes will be in a title patch. Will this require a restart?

not sure, i would think new recruiting pool would be fixed after the patch, but i doubt our current kickers at time of patch will be fixed...i think it 'could' be remedied by sliders but im not sure.

[Oneback]

I'm not worried about my kcikers. Both are freshman :)

[Kingpin32]

My kicker would be a senior. And I could only get a * to replace him.

[fsuprime]

mine are sophomores this year so it should be fixed before i recruit another ;)

[skipwondah33]

Well I'll likely be bringing in a walk-on punter this year. I think my kick is a soph or junior not sure.

[gschwendt]

Just read the blog and the one thing that concerns me is the kicking and awareness fixes will be in a title patch. Will this require a restart?
Shouldn't. For kickers, I imagine it will simply effect the next recruiting class that's generated (ie next Preseason) and awareness will simply be taken into account on next progression stage. So basically I'd say the furthest we should get before the next patch is finish offseason recruiting.

[gschwendt]

As for kickers/punters, both of mine are JRs but I'm closing to signing a decent prospect as project kicker if needed.

[Kingpin32]

My next 2 weeks are going to be tough. I got Texas, and then I got OU right after that, and one of those teams are gonna be number one. But the team is doing much better than I thought we were going to do. I definitely could be sitting at 4-3 instead of 6-1. I'm hoping we can at least split the Texas and OU game, especially because we have OU at home.

[JeffHCross]

down stick for run is banned, up stick for pass is ok though i think (only 3rd and longs and other times sparingly?)There is no reason in the world to keep banning any of the Commits. They're easily beatable this year.

[JeffHCross]

FYI, guys, AWR for DBs is a big deal this year.

[Oneback]

FYI, guys, AWR for DBs is a big deal this year.

It was last year as well. If you looked at Alabama's roster in NCAA 10 you'll understand what I mean and why Papa's pass defense was so good.

[JeffHCross]

It may have been a big deal last year and I didn't notice. But I saw a couple things reviewing the YouTube G posted, and a couple things in my own game today against Purdue ...

Though then I see Russ's blog where it says AWR has nothing to do with playing defense (and that stuff is controlled with MCV / ZCV) that makes me wonder. Yes, the two guys I saw make mistakes were lower in AWR and lower in MCV/ZCV, but I find it much easier to believe their 40 AWR was the cause than slightly lower MCV/ZCVs.

[psuexv]

I think I remember reading that no matter how much you played underclassmen they progressed all the same in rankings. I didn't see anything in the blog post that addressed this. Anyone know if this was fixed or is going to be looked into?

[Kingpin32]

I just want to throw out there that Papa really put a lot of work into his team. When I first saw his offense I think I was in shock at how they looked the entire drive lol.

[Papa LoneStar]

lol....we like to look GOOD while we are out there on the field....lol

[JeffHCross]

I just want to throw out there that Papa really put a lot of work into his team.No matter what, he couldn't have put more in than me :D

[Papa LoneStar]

Yea....but I didn't use any media guides....I've hired a fashion equipment advisor here at the University of Texas :-p

[JeffHCross]

Yea....but I didn't use any media guides....Trust me when I say that changing everyone to your own concept is 20 times easier than trying to recreate actual players.

[JeffHCross]

Through Week 8, OD members in Top 25 Classes:
#1 USC
#4 Texas
#5 Ohio State
#12 Virginia Tech
#13 Florida State
#19 Penn State

[JeffHCross]

There is no reason in the world to keep banning any of the Commits. They're easily beatable this year.Just want to reiterate my point here. Call Run Right against a running play to the right, and you can still get beaten if it's well blocked. Call Run Mid against a toss to the right, and you're screwed. No reason to ban them this year,they're really risk/reward.

[JeffHCross]

As the season is winding down, just wanted to leave a friendly reminder for people that as you finish your recruiting, if you don't use all your time, please set "Ready to Advance". Because of the change to the OD interface, we can't see who has/hasn't used their time.

Also, Oneback, it appears that through "User Teams & Coaches", you can go in and change who your team is, and I presume you could change anyone's. Looks like you don't have to delete, then re-invite this year.

[skipwondah33]

I definitely want to play West Virginia next year, because those bastards have taken away a good bit of the players we were battling for and I want them to see what they could have had lol

[Oneback]

I just want to let you guys know that with 4 games left on my schedule I fully intend on winning the NCAA Rushing title this year. Michael Cox may be behind Eddige George by 300+ yards at this point and it will all come down to that game. Illinois and Purdue aren't going to be able to stop it. We'll see about Wisconsin and Ohio State. Penn State stepped up to the plate, tried and failed. Just know Eddie George, Michael Cox is coming for you! LOL

[gschwendt]

I just want to let you guys know that with 4 games left on my schedule I fully intend on winning the NCAA Rushing title this year. Michael Cox may be behind Eddige George by 300+ yards at this point and it will all come down to that game. Illinois and Purdue aren't going to be able to stop it. We'll see about Wisconsin and Ohio State. Penn State stepped up to the plate, tried and failed. Just know Eddie George, Michael Cox is coming for you! LOL
I actually don't want the rushing title with Clay, particularly because I'd like for him to return for his senior season. Granted I have Ball coming back next year but if I could have Clay, then I could potentially redshirt Ball next season... will just depend on how the offseason shakes out though.

[Kingpin32]

I just want to let you guys know that with 4 games left on my schedule I fully intend on winning the NCAA Rushing title this year. Michael Cox may be behind Eddige George by 300+ yards at this point and it will all come down to that game. Illinois and Purdue aren't going to be able to stop it. We'll see about Wisconsin and Ohio State. Penn State stepped up to the plate, tried and failed. Just know Eddie George, Michael Cox is coming for you! LOL

Well I think I got the NCAA Passing title on lock then.

[skipwondah33]

I just want to let you guys know that with 4 games left on my schedule I fully intend on winning the NCAA Rushing title this year. Michael Cox may be behind Eddige George by 300+ yards at this point and it will all come down to that game. Illinois and Purdue aren't going to be able to stop it. We'll see about Wisconsin and Ohio State. Penn State stepped up to the plate, tried and failed. Just know Eddie George, Michael Cox is coming for you! LOL

http://u1.ipernity.com/15/57/65/8095765.121d6f53.jpg

Mr Williams has something to say about that

[Oneback]

LOL, I was waiting for that response.

[skipwondah33]

LOL, I was waiting for that response.

Oh yes Mr. Williams sees and hears all lol.

I told you we now go by "Chip on our shoulders" Virginia Tech haha

[JeffHCross]

Having Penn State and Michigan in two of my last three games pretty much kills any chance I have of winning.

[Oneback]

I just noticed today I have Wisconsin and Ohio State as my last two games. Talk about killer to finish the season.

[JeffHCross]

Welcome to the Big Ten.

[JeffHCross]

In the test dynasty I threw up there to test switching teams, Virginia Tech defeated Boise State in Week 1, 28-27.

VT scored 21 points in the 4th quarter.

Including a 75 yard fumble return with :42 to go.

Ouch.

[psusnoop]

Can I get a refresher on setting D-Line to Aggressive? Is this a yes or a no?

[Oneback]

Can I get a refresher on setting D-Line to Aggressive? Is this a yes or a no?

I think the decision was that there was not a decision. I think it was something like 4 for it, 4 against it and 4 that didn't really care. I have noticed in CPU games that the CPU always has D-Line on Aggressive, the only thing that bothers me about it being on agressive is that an already broken play-action game gets even more pointless to attempt. Now I have heard that EA plans on fixing the issues with play-action in the patch so it may be a non-issue once that happens.

I am on that is in the camp of it doesn't matter to me. I have faced it agaisnt the computer and in random online games and it hasn't hurt my offense that much, I however unlike last year haven't used it once and haven't seemed to be hurt by the fact I am not using it.

[psusnoop]

I messed around with it a little last night and tried to remember to use it in situational downs and distance. Like 3rd and long or 3rd and very short. I actually liked that idea even though I really saw no difference it just made me feel like I was calling a defensive game plan a little more. It doesn't matter either way for me either. I can use it or not but I think I will continue to use it like I did last night in the SBCOL.

[skipwondah33]

is that the reason the CPU gets insanely fast pressure majority of the game, because of agressive D-line?

[JeffHCross]

is that the reason the CPU gets insanely fast pressure majority of the game, because of agressive D-line?Yes. They are jumping the snap on almost every play.

[Oneback]

Title Patch #2 is out. I am going to do some testing tonight to see how this effects the slider set and will let y'all know.

[fsuprime]

early reports from online games has people saying that aggressive DL is alot better now and they are getting alot of offsides calls :)

[Oneback]

Yeah, it seems as though there is actually a penalty for having your D-Line set to aggressive.

[psusnoop]

So I guess it really should matter if we set it now as there appears to be a penalty that could happen from doing so?

[fsuprime]

It is 100% a glitch and he was most likely telling the truth.

I was able to get the team i was playing to get 20 encroachments in a row on CONSERVATIVE.(two controllers playing myself)


People are not cheesing you everybody by having the D Line on aggressive the whole game, the patch added this glitch.

The only cheese is to continually fake hike after you opp gets a penalty. Even if he changes it back to conservative it does nothing and the game glitches out.


So STOP FAKING HIKE UNTIL EA FIXES THIS! It is now as big of a glitch as the QB walk and the disconnect glitches. If you do this INTENTIONALLY you are glitcher, please people put an end to this until EA patches the game(again lol), it is, and will ruin online play.


got this from utopia on new patch after i ran into a problem last night, others may need to test but we might need to ban DL aggressive and Fake Snap for a while until its fixed

[Escobar]

I played someone online last night, who had their settings on Aggressive. The only time I got them to jump offsides is on 3rd down and short or on 4th down. When teams would try and get someone to jump offsides. The rest of the game fake hiking only made his people jump a little bit, and you had to time the snap to get an offsides penalty. When I did time it right, it was because he tried to jump the snap himself with his DE not the computer. So it's not guaranteed that they will jump.

[fsuprime]

i had a big problem in g's scbol od last night against another user, i only pressed it 3 times and got 3 offsides calls, he claims he was on DL normal or DL conservative for the last 2.

[psuexv]

Doesn't it also depend on the quality of the player's rankings? Not sure what teams were used in the above examples but isn't the other OD with very bad teams.

[fsuprime]

yea i have temple, im not sure but its being reported by many people from play now online games who use good teams.

By all means i dont mind people using DL aggressive now that there is a counter, i just hope ppl are prepared for lots of offsides calls if they choose so and we dont ban em :)

[psuexv]

Yeah I didn't know how much ratings were taken into account. I know with the patch they made it is good DBs won't fall for as many pump fakes so it would make sense that good DLs won't go for a fake snap but you never know.

[fsuprime]

well pump fakes are broken to, (i never saw them work before the patch) and now they work every time lol, apparently its a huge issue for 'play now' games.

[Papa LoneStar]

If the undefeateds hold....it's gonna be some conTROversy!

[psusnoop]

LOL, Papa you have to be smiling a little bit inside being where you right now. Though with no conference championship game.

[Papa LoneStar]

VERY happy....lol....I got scared after Kingpin drove down the field without a 2nd down and scored easily on the first drive of the game....palms started to sweat....lol....knowing that the game could very well decide where I would play my last game. I'm still nervous and I'm hoping that Ohio State beats Michigan and Michigan beats Wisconsin....I'm already down to #2 in the AP poll and I have a feeling if the ACC title game is played with 2 undefeated teams....the champion will be fresh in the mind of the voters....my quality win will be USC if they finish strong....but if there's 2 other undefeated teams at the end....they'll be fresh off a likely top 5 victory.

[fsuprime]

Yea i think i have to root for va tech to beat miami to give the ACC champ a chance at the title (either va tech or fsu)

If i do win the acc title and dont go to the nat'l title game ill still be happy, my goal at the beginning of the year was to get back to 6* prestige.

[Oneback]

After the last couple of years Michigan has had and how young their team is I was just hoping to have a winning record. Starting ranked 51st and climbing all the way up to #3 was never in the cards, but now that we are here we are gunning for the MNC...there are two big tests in the next two weeks that loom however.

[Kingpin32]

A 10-2 season and most likely a Cotton Bowl appearance for Tech. I see this as a success with a fairly young defense and an outgoing senior at QB. If only I could have beat USC, and we could possibly be in the top 10 or at least top 15.

[fsuprime]

haha just having a winning season oneback, i dont think u have lost to the cpu in any of our ODs ;) maybe in the minors one we did 2 years back.

[Iron Dragon]

I should be headed for the Sun Bowl at this point since I've lost all three of my user games. Which we'll get the #4 team in the ACC.

[Kingpin32]

I always forget that we're in the Pac-10, so I don't know what bowl game we'll be going to. If Papa goes to the NC, then USC should get the Rose Bowl, and I think we'll end up at #3 in the Pac-10.

[psuexv]

Doesn't the Pac 10 #3 go to the Emerald Bowl or something like that

[Oneback]

haha just having a winning season oneback, i dont think u have lost to the cpu in any of our ODs ;) maybe in the minors one we did 2 years back.

That may be true, however I knew Penn State, Wisconsin and Ohio State would/will be tough as they are all rated better than I am. I figured Iowa would have been tougher as they are also rated better than I am, then there was Notre Dame and Michigan State...both equally rated and rivarly games. Both games were close as I won by a combined seven points.

The game I was not counting on being close was Illinois. The Purdue game was 28-21 UM going into the 4th where I scored 14 unanswered to pull away.

It hasn't exactly been a dominating year, but we have come up big in big games thus far (Penn State and Iowa).

[Iron Dragon]

Way Too Early 2011 Preview - Offense

Starters lost: 2 (Broyles, Murray)
Possible entering early: 2 (Jones :D, Miller)
Contributors lost: 4 (Mensik, Caleb, Kenney, Madu)

So I'm bored and here's what we look like for next year since hopefully we can finish out with 9 or 10 wins as we might be CPU the rest of the way.

QB - Landry Jones (he shouldn't go pro unless he wants to be like Snead with a 20 TD, 16 INT season so far, rJR), Drew Allen (JR), Blake Bell (rFR).. I'm interested in Bell because of his 93 ACC, he would probably start next year if something happened to Landry, since he has a duel-threat ability. Allen's a good runner too, but not 93 ACC good.

RB - Calhoun (rJR), Clay (rFR), Finch (rFR), incoming recruit Travis Lawson (redshirt?).. Clay has 96 SPD which could become 97-99 in training, who knows. Finch has 90 SPD, 93 ACC. Calhoun will be more of a powerback next year with Clay and Finch taking it to the outside.

FB - Musil (rSO)/Crow (SR) - We use both of our fullbacks.

WR - Miller* (SR), Reynolds (JR), Stills (rFR), Abrams (FR), McClain (rFR), other freshman .. We lose 3 of our top 4, and if Miller goes pro, we'd lose all of our top 4 WRs. Miller's speed could become 98 or 99 in the offseason, too if he sticks around, if not, we could be a running team next year.

TE - Ratterree (rSR), Millard (rFR), Haywood (rFR) .. Millard at 6'2" 235 intrigues me with his 90 ACC, he could easily be a WR next year, but we'll see.

LT - Jones (rSR), Thompson (rFR) .. We're good here.
LG - Good (SR), Irwin (rFR).. and here.
C - Habern (rJR), Ikard (rSO).. Habern will probably be one of the top C's next year.
RG - Evans (JR), recruit.. A little light here.
RT - Stephenson (rSR), Aladenoye (rSO), Williams (FR).. Stephenson should jump from LT to here and start.

Bold = starter in 2010