NCAA Football 14 - General Discussion

[ram29jackson]

They probably will have another patch but it's just so strange as to how quiet they are this year. Why has EA/Tiburon not mentioned a word this year? It seems like a strange strategy. This is pretty much identical to how NCAA Basketball 10 went down. Do you know why the NCAA team has been so hush, hush this year? Marketing and communication have been somewhat non-existent this year .

everyone said the same thing last year...its not taking any longer then last year I don't think. And they are doing the same thing as last year as far as I can tell. Yet still, this years game sucks, especially for head to head. A patch or update or what ever is going to correct what it took a year to make sub par in the first place ? adjustments was the most videogamey, childish aspect of this game but it looks like a lot was connected to it as how AI reacts to stuff. And or other stuff is just plain bad.

in ultimate team last night I had 4 deep zones in what ever the term is for opposite of aggressive. And this jerk was still able to throw over the top of the Defense to randy Moss every time with hardly needing to try because you defense is always made to be slow and behind the play.

...for the record, I still won because he kept trying to go for 2 and onside kicking but the game was just freaking annoying and frustrating and stupid.
He got like over 200 yards in 5 throws and it took me like 16 lol. Thank God his defense was so bad :)

that's the way this years game is...in my last 15 games in ultimate team h2h i'm 13-2 but it never feels like you are winning or going to win any of the games. You just watch your defense fall down every where like someone is getting paid to throw the game :D.

ballhawk doesn't work and general AI defense is dropping way more picks then it should in video game world in my opinion.

[ram29jackson]

start at 10:28


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIaKQaTtGnU

[jaymo76]

I've been playing the Madden demo so much that I haven't played NCAA in over a week. Lack of a patch to deal with all the issues and generally stale dynasty experience has given me no reason to play right now.

[souljahbill]

LMFAO at the video Ram posted! Is that even possible?!?!

[Tarhead10]

Wow Ram!!!!!! I can't stop laughing!!! What was that!! :D

[ram29jackson]

Wow Ram!!!!!! I can't stop laughing!!! What was that!! :D

just go on youtube and look for the guys channel.

[Noleacious]

start at 10:28


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIaKQaTtGnU

So the DB intercepted the pass off the goal post and the clock kept running despite the dead ball?

[ram29jackson]

So the DB intercepted the pass off the goal post and the clock kept running despite the dead ball?

:D apparently so

[ram29jackson]

so..basically...no matter what defense you call...fake extra points are easy too...dude did it every fucking time and got it every fucking time...i'm sure theres ways to stop it bla bla bla but if i'm in a defense expecting to see it, it shouldnt be that fucking easy every fucking time. This game this year is a giant fucking exploit online :deadhorse: :down:

[GatorfanStovy]

Then why play online if it just a cheese fest ? Fuck it . Stay away from online. It will always be crap.

[ram29jackson]

Then why play online if it just a cheese fest ? Fuck it . Stay away from online. It will always be crap.

because playing the cpu by itself is boring and all you are really doing is creating a little world you cant fail in or don't fail in that badly . There are moments I play just the cpu especially with my created teams but the aspect of unpredictability even with the limited game logic in head to head games is fascinating...then i'll play ultimate team games against cpu and just appreciate the game for what it is visually etc

that said, on this forum I am also giving my consumer opinion of a like or dislike by posting comments like that

[ram29jackson]

since the update...now 3 times...if I try to delete highlights from my legacy, it will freeze...I cant pull up psn menu so I have to eject disc

[ram29jackson]

I reiterate...

I have to see someone open when I THrow. It needs to look good to me.

I just played a guy where just about every pass completion he threw looked like lucky crap. I had them covered every single time but it didn't matter one damn bit. Deep ball after deep ball with no adversity at all LOL.

you know what.. I was ahead 21-7 at the half and he quit. But this is efing frustrating that everything has to be so damn dramatic and easy every single time. Its not fun.

LOL...at least its forced me to look at other defensive plays just to see what the hell happens when you use them. But coooome ooon maaaan ...sigh

[ram29jackson]

what the hell is up with that circular downward left turn my receivers do when trying to simply push left stick up to make them go up field after a catch on the right sideline ?

[ram29jackson]

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I think ive seen it happen both whether i'm doing hurry up or coming out of a huddle ..but sometimes the -A- route and -RB route will be flipped instead of how its pictured. I have noticed if you pick original play on the audible commands they will go to original positions.


also as far as defense in relation to this play...I have seen a single defender ride that wide receiver-A route- through most of his route and wont release from him well into the curve of the route staying on his inside shoulder the entire time

[GatorfanStovy]

Man there is just no defense in this game . shit. I jumped into my dynasty today. decided to schedule Texas. But damn they run all over on AA. Just in sane how I can't stop the run for crap.

[ram29jackson]

EA still not updating the EA sports profile site with the new games...your stats etc

[baseballplyrmvp]

so after playing an offline game and getting a huge lead, i decided to turn the play clock off, and just let the 4th quarter run itself out....

it may just be my 360 running slow, but as the clock is running, i noticed that the 15 minute quarters doesnt translate to 15 minutes of real life. it took close to 20 minutes of real time to complete the 15 minute quarter. idk if it was my system running slow, but thats a problem, imo.

[ram29jackson]

so after playing an offline game and getting a huge lead, i decided to turn the play clock off, and just let the 4th quarter run itself out....

it may just be my 360 running slow, but as the clock is running, i noticed that the 15 minute quarters doesnt translate to 15 minutes of real life. it took close to 20 minutes of real time to complete the 15 minute quarter. idk if it was my system running slow, but thats a problem, imo.

no, its the games clock logic. I have played plenty of online games and the seconds take forever to tick away. I know its slower than last year.

the average play only seems to tick off 4 sconds and even when theres no rush and the QB has forever the clock doesn't seem to be counting down a whole lot of time. The last minute and 30 seconds take waaay longer than last year.

[Stan HAMsen]

I apologize for not doing some searches on my own and just asking to be spoon-fed.

Last night I got my first "commissioner has made changes" error in an OD. I had played a game but it didn't save, gave me the error instead. I didn't try to play again, partly because I've seen this one mentioned here before.

If I play the game again, am I going to get the same error? Is this OD basically over now?

[SCClassof93]

I apologize for not doing some searches on my own and just asking to be spoon-fed.

Last night I got my first "commissioner has made changes" error in an OD. I had played a game but it didn't save, gave me the error instead. I didn't try to play again, partly because I've seen this one mentioned here before.

If I play the game again, am I going to get the same error? Is this OD basically over now?

No clue what will happen if/when you play it again. I do know it ended my excitement over the game and we (buddy back south) stopped playing. To detail again (open wide for the spoon:D) I was comish, won a thriller as an underdog, got the error message and nothing saved. This was after a first attempt in an OD where after the season was over I took a promo to head coach and my coach points were reset:fp:. Two attempts and I am done. Game is for me, fun to play but bugs killed it.

[Stan HAMsen]

open wide for the spoon:D

I figured you or CLW would be in here calling me a liberal or something, haha. :D

Anyway, I'm in more or less the same situation as you. Just a 2 man OD with an old roommate who now lives out of state. I'm the comish, so obviously no changes were made. This is really the first problem we've had and this is Year 5, Week 7. We did have a little trouble loading our head to head game but that seems to be because I was getting the uniform updates and he wasn't. When we finally had a head to head with an updated uniform, the game wouldn't load. Took us almost a week to figure it out. :fp: :dunce:

Hopefully this won't kill our OD.

[Stan HAMsen]

So, I played that game again and it saved just fine. But two games later, I've got the same 'comish made changes' error.

My buddy found a post on the EA forums that says the error seems to be caused by editing the schedules and that once it appears, it will effect every 3rd week for the rest of the season.

I guess we're going to start a new dynasty. Maybe. I'm not sure how much fun it will be using default schedules every year.

[SmoothPancakes]

Something I absolutely love about NCAA '14. Special team are relevant again!

Ever since I started my coaching carousel dynasty back on NCAA '12, between 9 seasons on '12 and '13, I can't remember a single instance that I returned a kickoff or a punt for a touchdown. I had some good returns, but they were clearly never going to be taken back for a touchdown. I'm just under 4 minutes away from halftime of my bowl game in my first season on '14, and I just returned my third kickoff of the season for a touchdown.

Looking back through the previous 12 games this season, I've returned a kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown, a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown and just now a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown. Add in a couple other kickoffs and punts that I nearly returned for a touchdown, just needing to beat maybe one or two players and I would have been able to score, my god I love being able to score with special teams again.

Even defense matters again. Once in a very rare blue moon I'd be able to make a return on a fumble or interception in '12 or '13. So far in this one season on '14, I've returned a fumble 20 yards for a touchdown and an interception 81 yards for a touchdown.

All three areas of the game finally matter in '14. You can score and put up points with all three parts, offense, defense and special teams. Get the right blocks, hit the right hole, and you're going for a touchdown on a kickoff or punt return. Make the right move on an interception, and you can actually get away from the receiver you just intercepted the ball from and actually take it back for a touchdown, instead of being instantly tackled without being able to do anything like years past. No longer do all your points have to come by way of offensive touchdowns or field goals. I love it!

[Rudy]

Is the truck move the R3 button or up on the r-stick? A help menu says R3 but I've never used that before.

[bdoughty]

Up on the R-Stick.

[Rudy]

Well I picked up NCAA 14 last week and I'm having a lot of fun with it. The game is good and I love having the option back both to run it and play against it. A lot more options plays in this version. I kind of suck running the inverted veer and speed option right now but the read and mid-line read are fun. Bubble screens are good too as long as the DBs aren't pressing. The cpu needs to audible out of that look more. The halftime show is good (they should have done a post game too) and while I wish they wouldn't do the 3 spline replays all the time and mix in more broadcast/press box angles I have to say the presentation is better than Madden as a result. I still like Nantz and Simms but being away from Herbie for a few years makes him acceptable for me right now. Nessler is still great.

The game is simpler than Madden. I don't see as many animations as Madden and yet I like it better. I'm not a big fan of the changes to IE in Madden. The sideline awareness is something that was terrible in Madden and really pissed me off. It's better in NCAA and with one foot catches it is not an issue. The DL in NCAA can break through the line occassionally which is nice. In Madden ISO runs up the gut are almost a money play. The read-option is a little over-powered but it can be stopped. My biggest beef is how overly effective it seems when the QB keeps it. Four verticals can be too effective as well.

A couple of annoyances. There are times when the cpu QB just throws the ball away almost immediately. Sometimes I don't see it at all and then some games I see it three or four times. The cpu RBs seem to weave and have good vision but never use special moves like jukes and spins. The jukes aren't as effective as Madden but I'd like to see more moves from the cpu. Does this happen if you crank the RBA? Shoe string tackles don't exist in Madden and may be a bit overdone in NCAA but are fine and a nice change of pace. You do see them in real football.

I know this sounds silly but it's nice not to be annoyed by some of the little things wrong in Madden. Like the Dolphins uniforms being screwed up, the home team cheering backwards on a replay challenge (they boo if it benefits the home team and vice versa), Nantz giving away the chain gang measurement, bad replay angles that are zoomed in too much, not correctly announcing kick return yardage (all kick return yardage should be counted from where they catch it, including 3 yards deep in end zone; Madden only counts from goalline), etc. The one annoying glitch I encountered was the slowdown. I read that's related to looking at replays and highlights so I don't do that in game anymore. Haven't seen it since.

Overall I've had three ESPN classics and have played quite a bit. I'm looking forward to starting a dynasty after our family returns from Disney. We leave on Friday. I traded in Madden 25 today as well towards my son's birthday gift so it's NCAA 14 or bust now. Just not feeling Madden this year.

[WolverineJay]

I decided to pick up NCAA 14 as well, but I haven't played it yet. I am still finishing up season 1 of Madden, I'm finally in the playoffs, lol. After year 1 is complete, I am going to give NCAA 14 a go. After reading plenty of comments this year about NCAA 14 being better than Madden 25 and not playing much of NCAA 13, I am looking forward to starting a Dynasty.

I've played over 50 games of Madden 25 so I will notice what is better or worse in NCAA 14 pretty quickly I imagine.

[Rudy]

On longer kicks does lowering the accuracy arrow get you more distance? It definitely seems like it to me. I think Madden removed that this year.

[psusnoop]

On longer kicks does lowering the accuracy arrow get you more distance? It definitely seems like it to me. I think Madden removed that this year.

I feel it does as well. I usually always lower mine to some degree on any kick over 35yds.

[SmoothPancakes]

I'm of the belief it does. In the past, I've kicked a 52 yard field goal, never lowered the arrow, and missed by about 5 yards short of the goal post. Another field goal from 52 yards, I lowered the arrow as far as I could, nailed it with 5-7 yards to spare. No wind on either kick, so that didn't help or hinder the kicks. Only thing that changed was me lowering the arrow before the kick.

[jaymo76]

On longer kicks does lowering the accuracy arrow get you more distance? It definitely seems like it to me. I think Madden removed that this year.

Yes I agree with Smooth and Snoop. It does make a difference as the trajectory is lower. I think you get at least 3-7 yards more.

PS Great to see you back in the NCAA flock Rudy!

[Rudy]

It's nice to be back! We are heading to Disney on Friday so I'll have to start a dynasty on my return.

[oweb26]

I'm of the belief it does. In the past, I've kicked a 52 yard field goal, never lowered the arrow, and missed by about 5 yards short of the goal post. Another field goal from 52 yards, I lowered the arrow as far as I could, nailed it with 5-7 yards to spare. No wind on either kick, so that didn't help or hinder the kicks. Only thing that changed was me lowering the arrow before the kick.


Yes I agree with Smooth and Snoop. It does make a difference as the trajectory is lower. I think you get at least 3-7 yards more.

PS Great to see you back in the NCAA flock Rudy!


When recruiting field goal kickers always just go for power, if you find one with a 95+ power 58-60 yard fields goals will be commong if you just lower the arrow all the way down with full power.

Accuracy only comes into play if you are being iced and honestly if you kick enough field goals against the computer he will get the little boost that happens during the year.

[Noleacious]

So what sort of rating should Jameis Winston have?

[oweb26]

So I know it has been mentioned before but does anyone know how to stop the WR from shaving that little half second stop after the catches the ball?

[Rudy]

So what sort of rating should Jameis Winston have?

It should probably be higher lol. He wasn't in the top 3 when I used them last but he was still awful good.

[dhook27]

Hey Rudy since you are starting a dynasty here are some good sliders to use http://www.operationsports.com/forums/ncaa-football-sliders/653804-unleash-infinity-infinity-based-simulation-slider-set.html

[Rudy]

Those look tough. But they are on the settings I'm using: Heisman offence and AA defence. I will keep them in mind.

[Rudy]

I decided to be Miss St. in the SEC for my dynasty. I like the Studio Updates and ticker while playing a dynasty game. It's how I found out Buffalo upset Ohio St in week 1. Also, the ticker scrolling across the bottom actually flashes a score update while you play. I like that as it does immerse you into your fictional college football world. The one thing the game does badly though are injuries. I don't see any injury cut scenes and you just don't find out until an injury screen pops up later that someone got hurt. Where did the sideline reporting go?

I do think NCAA football does a much better job with the DL than Madden in the run game. There is more dynamic play - guys can break off a block once in awhile for a tackle for loss while in Madden inside runs were consistently positive yards. Even with sliders completely maxed out for the cpu on All-Madden you just never saw a DT break free and tackle a RB in the backfield. This leads to RB vision mattering a lot more in NCAA imo. I do think the pass rush moves have much less control in NCAA though. That would have been nice to get patched. Oh well.

[Rudy]

The spread offenses are so much better to play against now. Auburn just beat me 24-17 although they missed 2 FGs. They ran all over me. I was running my base 3-4 against their 3 WR spread and still struggled. Tre Mason had just over 200 yards against me (28-204), their QB had over 150 (24-152, no sacks). They had 24 first downs (8 min quarters) and 469 yards of offense. 53 carries for 369 yards and 2 TDs. Ugh. I was leading 14-10 at the half too. My WR dropped a wide open ball in the end zone early in the 4th quarter and I threw a pick with 2:05 left that ended my last drive. Real fun game though. Auburn's offense was fun and tough to play against.

[Stan HAMsen]

Right now I'm only playing an offline dynasty as Arkansas but I am still really enjoying the game. I tweak sliders in the offseason and give them a full year to play out. After back to back undefeated seasons in years 2 & 3 with only two or three games in doubt, I lost 18 or so starters and made slightly more dramatic slider tweaks for year 4. Great results. I got blown out by Florida in the SECCG, lost at home to Bama by a TD when I got stopped at the 1 on 4th&G on the last play of the game, lost at home to OU in 5 OTs, and had 2 or 3 other games that I won but were in doubt in the 4th quarter.

I'm not sure what mattered more, losing all those starters or the slider tweaks. Either way, it was a fun season. My squad is only slightly more talented for season 5, so we'll see.

[Rudy]

Do you guys find it cheeze if I set my option defense to key on the QB? I just contained Manziel pretty good by using it all game long. I felt a bit dirty. Their RB still rushed for over 100 yards (5.4 ypc) against me but I just wanted your opinion on it. I was down 21-10 in the 4th and came back to win 25-21 to upset the #10 Aggies.

The one thing I wish the game would do with scrambling QBs is actually have them scramble AND throw. Once they make that decision to tuck and run it's all run and no pass. Those are some of the biggest plays Manziel does in real life and yet you don't see that in the game. I'd like to see more pass defensed animations from EA in the future. It seems most deflections are dropped picks.

[bdoughty]

Do you guys find it cheeze if I set my option defense to key on the QB? I just contained Manziel pretty good by using it all game long. I felt a bit dirty.

You could always not utilize something in the game to help you stop one the best players in the game, take an ass kicking but feel better about yourself.


http://i.imgur.com/fIdLwB1.gif

[oweb26]

Do you guys find it cheeze if I set my option defense to key on the QB? I just contained Manziel pretty good by using it all game long. I felt a bit dirty. Their RB still rushed for over 100 yards (5.4 ypc) against me but I just wanted your opinion on it. I was down 21-10 in the 4th and came back to win 25-21 to upset the #10 Aggies.

The one thing I wish the game would do with scrambling QBs is actually have them scramble AND throw. Once they make that decision to tuck and run it's all run and no pass. Those are some of the biggest plays Manziel does in real life and yet you don't see that in the game. I'd like to see more pass defensed animations from EA in the future. It seems most deflections are dropped picks.


Good luck with that wait! :D

[Marlowe]

Do you guys find it cheeze if I set my option defense to key on the QB?

I think it's no more cheesy than people who run man press all day. It does eliminate the keep with the QB but, like the man press beater patterns, there are option aggressiveness beaters in the game as well. So against the CPU I would say it may be since the CPU doesn't seem to adjust to it. Against another user, no.


As far as the scrambling and passing I don't see it very often in the game. I've seen pocket presence like a mofo though. Try adjusting your intentional grounding slider.

[souljahbill]

Do you guys find it cheeze if I set my option defense to key on the QB? I just contained Manziel pretty good by using it all game long. I felt a bit dirty. Their RB still rushed for over 100 yards (5.4 ypc) against me but I just wanted your opinion on it. I was down 21-10 in the 4th and came back to win 25-21 to upset the #10 Aggies.


The defense reacts better to RBs running the ball than they do QBs so I do the exact same thing. I don't find it cheese.

[Rudy]

You could always not utilize something in the game to help you stop one the best players in the game, take an ass kicking but feel better about yourself.

http://i.imgur.com/fIdLwB1.gif

I know. I will do that if I find it gets too easy to stop the cpu and/or I'll boost the cpu run block to compensate for this strategy. I'm just not sure yet if this is too effective or not as I haven't messed around with this very much.


The defense reacts better to RBs running the ball than they do QBs so I do the exact same thing. I don't find it cheese.

I agree that the defense reacts more to the RB than QB. If they key on the QB there are still a couple defenders that will surround a RB even if he gets a decent game. But when the defense keys on the RB the QB usually has a ton of open running room unless you blitzed off the corner or brought a safety up into the box. I find the cpu defense will do this OK against me. It's more feast or famine with the QB although I find you feast a little too much.

[KCClassic7807]

Do you guys find it cheeze if I set my option defense to key on the QB? I just contained Manziel pretty good by using it all game long. I felt a bit dirty. Their RB still rushed for over 100 yards (5.4 ypc) against me but I just wanted your opinion on it. I was down 21-10 in the 4th and came back to win 25-21 to upset the #10 Aggies.

The one thing I wish the game would do with scrambling QBs is actually have them scramble AND throw. Once they make that decision to tuck and run it's all run and no pass. Those are some of the biggest plays Manziel does in real life and yet you don't see that in the game. I'd like to see more pass defensed animations from EA in the future. It seems most deflections are dropped picks.

I would say no. All you are doing is forcing the CPU to make adjustments. It's not like that completely shuts down the play, It just makes it to where the game has one read to make. Now adjusting things like the blocking, rushing and catching and other various gameplan feature I would say yes that is cheese. For the simple fact that you can tell a player to always go for a big hit, that does not mean he will everytime if the easy tackle is available. You can tell your defensive line to watch the QB because he is a run threat. They can do that every time It's not snap decision involved like running,tackling and catching.... LOL if that makes sense.

As far as pass defensive goes It can be touch up. I was hoping we would get another patch before the years out but as the days grow long, The chances grow slimmer and slimmer :(

[Rudy]

I do think the inside running game is a bit over-powered compared to the outside running game. It's not Madden bad where inside ISOs are practically money plays but it's noticeable to me.

I see Promises under recruiting but I never knew I could do that. Is that something you unlock as you get to be a better coach?

[bdoughty]

II see Promises under recruiting but I never knew I could do that. Is that something you unlock as you get to be a better coach?

The only promises you can make are during the end of season tasks, keeping someone from leaving early to turn pro or transferring. I was pretty disappointed with recruiting in 14, while I was never really heavy into recruiting, the past few NCAA's turned me around to the point I looked forward to recruiting battles.

[SmoothPancakes]

I do think the inside running game is a bit over-powered compared to the outside running game. It's not Madden bad where inside ISOs are practically money plays but it's noticeable to me.

I see Promises under recruiting but I never knew I could do that. Is that something you unlock as you get to be a better coach?

Yeah, the inside running game is definitely king compared to the outside in this game.


The only promises you can make are during the end of season tasks, keeping someone from leaving early to turn pro or transferring. I was pretty disappointed with recruiting in 14, while I was never really heavy into recruiting, the past few NCAA's turned me around to the point I looked forward to recruiting battles.

I'm sort of split. I like the changes to the recruiting, it desperately needed a breathe of fresh air. They made it a little simpler in the week to week aspect of dealing with recruits and time spent on them. There were still so many improvements they could have made though. Another year or two of work, and the team may have been able to get recruiting down pretty damn pat. :(

[jaymo76]

Yeah, the inside running game is definitely king compared to the outside in this game.



I'm sort of split. I like the changes to the recruiting, it desperately needed a breathe of fresh air. They made it a little simpler in the week to week aspect of dealing with recruits and time spent on them. There were still so many improvements they could have made though. Another year or two of work, and the team may have been able to get recruiting down pretty damn pat. :(

All I know is recruiting at small schools is a heck of a lot harder. At UNLV my classes are awful (usually between 50-70th overall. Currently I am putting all my coach skills into recruiting.

[SmoothPancakes]

All I know is recruiting at small schools is a heck of a lot harder. At UNLV my classes are awful (usually between 50-70th overall. Currently I am putting all my coach skills into recruiting.

Same here. My one and only recruiting class so far ended up ranked 55th, thanks in part to a slew of one and two star signings during the final weeks of the season and off-season. I think I've put one or two skill points into gameplanning (or whatever it's called), but everything else has been thrown into recruiting. It's my only chance to stay competitive with everyone else. Right now, trying to sign a 3-star is like trying to sign a 5-star, it's a season-long battle between at least two or three different teams, having to pour as many points as I can into the kid.

[Rudy]

How many points per week do you guys get for recruiting? I had 5000 in my first year but it is giving me 5500 in my second year. I hit level 5 after my first year. Are the point totals based on upgrades, overall coaching level or anything else?

I like that recruiting is tough but I wish they would have kept the difficulty option.

[jello1717]

How many points per week do you guys get for recruiting? I had 5000 in my first year but it is giving me 5500 in my second year. I hit level 5 after my first year. Are the point totals based on upgrades, overall coaching level or anything else?

I like that recruiting is tough but I wish they would have kept the difficulty option.

http://www.easports.com/ncaa-football/news-updates-gameplay/article/ncaa-football-14-coach-skills


Here’s the full list of Recruiting skills, with a first-level description of the benefits.

Locksmith - Get back into locked-out recruiting battles. You can unlock up to five prospects in a year, but you must be in the prospect's top 10 and have offered a scholarship.

Level 1: Open one locked recruit per season. You need to be within 2000 points of the last place team to use this skill.

Scouting- You have a knack for discovering some of the best high school talent in America. You can scout more efficiently and for less.

Level 1: Increased scouting efficiency allows you to uncover around 25% of a prospect’s true skills each week for 50 points.

Royal Treatment- Your entire staff goes the extra mile to make sure prospects have great visits.

Level 1: you will receive a bonus of +100 points the week a recruit visits your school,

The Opener- You have an early edge on your competition during recruiting.

Level 1: Increase your recruiting points total by +500 points in weeks 1-7.

The Closer- You have an edge on your competition late in the season during recruiting.

Level 1: Increase your recruiting points total by +500 points in weeks 8 through 15.

Letter of Intent- You really know how to close out the deal on signing day.

Level 1: You gain +1500 extra recruiting points for the off-season and a 5% chance you will steal a prospect from their top school.

Pipelines- You specialize in getting to know high school coaches.

Level 1: You only need five players minimum, from a state, to declare it a Pipeline (six is default).

Kitchen Sink- Your work ethic is second to none and it pays dividends on the recruiting trail. You can assign even more points to a prospect each week.

Level 1: Each recruit can have +50 extra points assigned to them each week.

Insta-Commit- You've got the gift. Nobody makes a better first impression or closes a deal faster. You must be that prospect's top school.

Level 1: You gain a +5% chance of an instant commitment, when you offer a scholarship.

[Rudy]

Thanks!

[jello1717]

Thanks!

You mentioned that you liked that recruiting was tough. Well, once you fill out your recruiting tree this will no longer be true. Here are the house rules I had to implement regarding recruiting to make it more realistic (in addition to my "can only recruit to 70 total guys" rule that I've always had in every version of NCAA).

Limit my recruiting skill tree. I can only put 2 points into the following skills:

Royal Treatment
Opener
Closer
Kitchen Sink (have to spend 3 points to get 20 point requirement. CANNOT SPEND MORE THAN 600 PER RECRUIT)
Letter of Intent
Insta-commit


Can't recruit any player that is more than 1* higher than my school's prestige unless I'm in their top 10 or they're from home state.
***When adding recruits during the season, can only add someone that has me in his top 10 already.
No more than 20% of a class can be ATHs

The recruiting skill tree limitations and the *** rule above both made a HUGE difference in recruiting. My last class with a 6* school in 2019 before I changed was 7 5*, 9 4*, 2 3* and every one of those guys was signed during the season and I didn't even have to recruit anyone in the offseason since I was already @ 70 guys. The last class I had with all of these restrictions in place was 1 5*, 8 4*, 3 3*, 1 2*.

[Rudy]

Yeah, I figured that would be the case. I had the #39 class at Miss St my first year which was pretty realistic. But that's with almost no recruiting upgrades. I will follow your suggestions. I may just upgrade the closer skills (first half, second half) and stop upgrading myself at all after that. I don't really want to upgrade much in my gameplan stuff since I don't want to get cheats on the field either.

[jaymo76]

Yeah, I figured that would be the case. I had the #39 class at Miss St my first year which was pretty realistic. But that's with almost no recruiting upgrades. I will follow your suggestions. I may just upgrade the closer skills (first half, second half) and stop upgrading myself at all after that. I don't really want to upgrade much in my gameplan stuff since I don't want to get cheats on the field either.

The only coach upgrades I wanted were matchup stick 2.0 (which is inferior to the original IMO). Everything else goes into recruiting. When you start at a small school it is really, really tough. However, progression in the game is far too fast IMO so a bad recruiting class is pretty solid within 1-2 seasons. Expect to have multiple 99's on your roster as the season pass by.

[souljahbill]

This game is so dumb when it comes to picking what games are televised locally, nationally, and the game if the week. #1 (7-0) vs. #11 (6-1) is playing on local tv while a pair of 4-4 teams are playing nationally, a 4-4 team is playing a 1-6 team nationally, a 2-7 team is playing a 1-6 team nationally, a 3-4 team is playing a 1-6 team nationally, and the GotW is #20 (6-2) vs. #14 (6-1).

[jaymo76]

This game is so dumb when it comes to picking what games are televised locally, nationally, and the game if the week. #1 (7-0) vs. #11 (6-1) is playing on local tv while a pair of 4-4 teams are playing nationally, a 4-4 team is playing a 1-6 team nationally, a 2-7 team is playing a 1-6 team nationally, a 3-4 team is playing a 1-6 team nationally, and the GotW is #20 (6-2) vs. #14 (6-1).

Agreed on all fronts.

[Rudy]

There are some things that could have made this game a lot better. I'm really enjoying it but a couple areas are weak. I loved the running game early on with the game but the inside running game is too easy. The guard/center get too much of a push. It should have been more balanced with the outside game imo. It's not as bad as Madden but this should have been tuned better. What makes this area worse is the cpu doesn't call short yardage run formations often enough. I hate seeing me lineup in a jumbo formation in short yardage and the cpu is sitting back in a basic 4-3 with both safeties back. What the heck?

The pass rush moves on the DL are really bad. Madden was better. Up on the r-stick was a swim. In this game the r-stick seems to do nothing. Furthermore just rushing the passer manually has a money move where you can sack the QB almost every time. I rarely even use a DL anymore just to avoid the temptation.

The cpu throwing the ball away for no good reason should have been fixed. Sometimes I've seen it happen almost 5 times in a game. It would be nice if they tuned FG kicking so it was actually hard on me. I'm not sure what happened. The slider worked a lot better in the past. Even at 0 it's too easy this year. Madden has been brutal for awhile but I don't remember it being like this in NCAA 11 or 12.

Other than that I think the game is the best NCAA in a long, long time. The option game is great and the cpu can challenge me although some dumb things throughout the game really tend to hurt them. In my second year with Miss St and fighting on. Stupid Ole Miss is stealing a ton of the top recruits we are fighting over right now.

[Rudy]

I was amazed when CPU pulled their starting QB in the 2nd quarter after his second pick. Brought back to start the third but I thought that was cool. I can't remember if I've ever seen that before.

[souljahbill]

This game is so dumb when it comes to picking what games are televised locally, nationally, and the game if the week. #1 (7-0) vs. #11 (6-1) is playing on local tv while a pair of 4-4 teams are playing nationally, a 4-4 team is playing a 1-6 team nationally, a 2-7 team is playing a 1-6 team nationally, a 3-4 team is playing a 1-6 team nationally, and the GotW is #20 (6-2) vs. #14 (6-1).
:fp:

#1 (9-0) vs. #2 (9-0) NOT GotW

5-4 vs. 5-4 GotW

[Rudy]

Do cpu kickers suck down the road? Only in my 2nd year I've run into two teams who had horrible kickers - rated in the low 60s with weak leg and terrible accuracy. Those teams were going for it on 4th down since they were not relying on their kicker.

I chose VERY SLOW for coach progression and I'm only level 7 at the end of the regular season in year two. My first two recruiting classes are lean. I need a few more boosts to help. I have 5 seniors on the OL and 4 were starters. The line will be hurting next year! Ole Miss has been a bitch this entire year scooping all the good OL on me. I had the front runner for the Heisman until my last game. I've never, ever won the Heisman before in NCAA. A weak final game hurt me (now 2nd at RB with over 1600 yards in 14 games, 4.6 or 4.8 ypc).

[jaymo76]

Do cpu kickers suck down the road? Only in my 2nd year I've run into two teams who had horrible kickers - rated in the low 60s with weak leg and terrible accuracy. Those teams were going for it on 4th down since they were not relying on their kicker.

I chose VERY SLOW for coach progression and I'm only level 7 at the end of the regular season in year two. My first two recruiting classes are lean. I need a few more boosts to help. I have 5 seniors on the OL and 4 were starters. The line will be hurting next year! Ole Miss has been a bitch this entire year scooping all the good OL on me. I had the front runner for the Heisman until my last game. I've never, ever won the Heisman before in NCAA. A weak final game hurt me (now 2nd at RB with over 1600 yards in 14 games, 4.6 or 4.8 ypc).

I haven't noticed it all that much. It is no where near as bad as it was in 12.

[Stan HAMsen]

Do cpu kickers suck down the road?

No, at least not in my experience. I'm in year 7 and it seems like CPU FG ATT is automatic.

I'm using very slow progression too. I started level 3 (for full scouting), so my progression is a little skewed, but I'm getting to the point where I'm only upgrading once per season.

[Rudy]

I started using Very Slow and I'm level 7 at the end of season two. I'm in the conference championship and have a bowl game so I could be better. I've decided I'm not going to upgrade any game skills for my head coach or co-ordinators. I don't want that affecting my sliders. I had upgraded my HC once in that area and 1-2 things for my OC and DC but I quit. I AM going to upgrade my recruiting until I get about 10-12 things. I started at 0 and have 6 upgrades now. I just hate how Ole Miss can put more than 500 points in every week and have great visits. They have stolen so many good recruits from me this year! In some ways I like it but they are winning those battles 80% of the time! If they want them they get them.

[Rudy]

Ahh! Finished 2nd in Heisman voting.

Won the SEC Title over Florida 20-17 in OT. I was up 17-10 late in the game when their prayer was answered on 4th and 10.
http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/178725031

[jaymo76]

Ahh! Finished 2nd in Heisman voting.

Won the SEC Title over Florida 20-17 in OT. I was up 17-10 late in the game when their prayer was answered on 4th and 10.
http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/178725031

Did your coordinators leave? My DC has left every season. If your O or D is great you need to fully expect to lose one or both coordinators pretty much every season.

[Rudy]

Did your coordinators leave? My DC has left every season. If your O or D is great you need to fully expect to lose one or both coordinators pretty much every season.

Just finishing my second season and nobody has left yet but I'm not upgrading them anyways. Keeps me from slider craziness. I wish I could just turn off the coaching tree actually.

[AustinWolv]

Did your coordinators leave? My DC has left every season. If your O or D is great you need to fully expect to lose one or both coordinators pretty much every season.

My D has been very good to great, and I still have the same DC.

I've had two OCs leave though.

Can't recall what season I'm on. I think 4th.

[Stan HAMsen]

Year 7, I'm on my 6th DC and 4th OC.

[Rudy]

I won the SEC at 10-2, 6-2 in the conference and finished in the Top 10 and played in the Sugar Bowl. Somehow Georgia at 9-3 is ranked #1 and playing 11-1 Louisville in year two for the National Championship! No way in hell a three loss team should be in the title game. I hope this stuff isn't the norm for the title game.

[souljahbill]

I won the SEC at 10-2, 6-2 in the conference and finished in the Top 10 and played in the Sugar Bowl. Somehow Georgia at 9-3 is ranked #1 and playing 11-1 Louisville in year two for the National Championship! No way in hell a three loss team should be in the title game. I hope this stuff isn't the norm for the title game.

It only gets worse.

[AustinWolv]

I have to play Louisiana-Lafeyette for the MNC title next. LOL!

I'm undefeated, so is ULL.

[souljahbill]

I have to play Louisiana-Lafeyette for the MNC title next. LOL!

I'm undefeated, so is ULL.

I built UL-Lafayette up to a national power before moving on to Southern Miss in my dynasty.

[AustinWolv]

I built UL-Lafayette up to a national power before moving on to Southern Miss in my dynasty.

If YOU can do it, definitive proof that the game logic is messed up. :P

I kid, I kid.

Crazy results like that don't get my panties in a bunch like so many on OS, etc., as long as the game *I'm* playing plays well. Unfortunately, don't have any other choice for NCAA football for a long time, and I like the sliders I'm running currently, so it is what it is. Granted, I haven't played nearly enough in the past couple months. It sucks getting old and getting bombarded with real life Office Space crap.

[jaymo76]

I won the SEC at 10-2, 6-2 in the conference and finished in the Top 10 and played in the Sugar Bowl. Somehow Georgia at 9-3 is ranked #1 and playing 11-1 Louisville in year two for the National Championship! No way in hell a three loss team should be in the title game. I hope this stuff isn't the norm for the title game.

In the seasons I have played, only one NC was questionable... BYU vs Louisville if i recall correctly. However, both teams were undefeated.

[Rudy]

Bridgewater stayed in school and beat Georgia in that title game. The title game doesn't bother me as long as it doesn't affect me personally. I didn't deserve to be there but if was 12-0 or 11-1 and Georgia jumped over me to get in the title game I would feel a lot different.

[Rudy]

I have noticed that kids tend to stay in school more. Gurley won the Heisman and came back as a senior in my third season. A lot of great players stick around.

The North Texas playbook is pretty sweet. I love the triple option plays.

[jaymo76]

I have noticed that kids tend to stay in school more. Gurley won the Heisman and came back as a senior in my third season. A lot of great players stick around.

The North Texas playbook is pretty sweet. I love the triple option plays.

The biggest problem I have found is that the further you go in dynasty the more progression is out of whack. On average players go up 5-7 points in the off season. It is common to see 5-10 high 90 rated players per team after about 5 seasons. UNLV currently has multiple 99 ovr players in my dynasty.

[ram29jackson]

I'm stunned...the game actually had illegal touching penalty in game.

I looked at the replay and my receiver ran out of bounds and back in and I threw to him...pretty funny but cool

[JBHuskers]

I'm stunned...the game actually had illegal touching penalty in game.

I looked at the replay and my receiver ran out of bounds and back in and I threw to him...pretty funny but cool

I've seen that more than a holding call in 14 I think.

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[ram29jackson]

I've seen that more than a holding call in 14 I think.

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I get the ball out quick west coast style, I rarely wait long enough to see where they go.


theres at least some realism in the game LOL I'm messing with a bunch of different " Road to glory" modes and picked Texas a&m as a QB ...so far My first year was nothing but practice and I still haven't seen the field,not even as a second string kick holder like my Michigan QB is :D is there an option to redshirt that I don't know about ? :dunno:

for those that don't know' change settings to use TAMU's high maroon socks and you'll get a nice stripe surprise :P

I play this mode just to play in different stadiums and be entertained by the visuals. I had no clue Purdue had black poles with play clocks on them just outside the end zones.

[AustinWolv]

Ultimate Team can kiss my ass.

[SmoothPancakes]

I never even tried it. I dicked around with it very briefly on FIFA, NHL and Madden in the past, but I never even bothered wasting any time on it with NCAA. Dynasty is the only thing I play and will ever play in NCAA '14. Everything else in the game? To hell with it.

[AustinWolv]

Smooth, I hear that. Except that in order to get 1000GS, I have to do Ultimate Team shit. It is a garbage throw-in mode and then they tied achievements to it which sucks. I quit playing with football cards in grade school and don't care about building a fantasy team, much less playing d-bags who spend money to build one.

[JBHuskers]

So you're calling me and CDJ d-bags huh? :D

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[steelerfan]

Sent from my DROID RAZR Maxx using Tapatalk 4 since I destroyed the CPU by frequenting shady pornographic websites

You're desktop may be broken, but this is FIXED!

[psuexv]

You're desktop may be broken, but this is FIXED!

Lmao

[steelerfan]

Your desktop may be broken, but this is FIXED!

Now this is fixed. :fp:

[AustinWolv]

So you're calling me and CDJ d-bags huh? :D

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http://tragickingdomblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nicki-minaj-late-to-idol-ryan-seacrest-angry1.gif

[JBHuskers]

http://www.badgirlzwrite.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rambo.gif

[ram29jackson]

So you're calling me and CDJ d-bags huh? :D

Sent from my DROID RAZR Maxx since I'm too lazy to get to the CPU using Tapatalk 4

not to many live competitors in ncaa nut now anyway. Just the AI match ups week to week.

last years madden mut is still pretty active though

[ram29jackson]

Mississippi State socks !!

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[steelerfan]

734

:D

[SmoothPancakes]

:D

[Rudy]

Running the triple option out of the North Texas playbook is a lot of fun. Unfortunately it feels like it's cheezing because it's too easy most of the time - even against good defenses. I know you can watch Auburn and OSU and see a good QB/HB combo tear teams up but the cpu does not defend it well. They don't blitz off the corner much and the safeties that do sit back are rather dumb. The cpu seems to read RB 75% of the time meaning you normally keep the ball and the QB gets wide open running lanes too much. When the RB keeps its not as bad. Is there any way to have the cpu read QB more often and/or not be so fooled? Do the penalty sliders like punt interferenece/roughing the kicker (these affect pursuit) help? I'm on Heisman offense with 0 run block and 100 cpu run defense and it's still too easy. I haven't dropped my RBA but it's not about that though. It's about cpu intelligence and the lack of it resulting in large running lanes.

[Noleacious]

Running the triple option out of the North Texas playbook is a lot of fun. Unfortunately it feels like it's cheezing because it's too easy most of the time - even against good defenses. I know you can watch Auburn and OSU and see a good QB/HB combo tear teams up but the cpu does not defend it well. They don't blitz off the corner much and the safeties that do sit back are rather dumb. The cpu seems to read RB 75% of the time meaning you normally keep the ball and the QB gets wide open running lanes too much. When the RB keeps its not as bad. Is there any way to have the cpu read QB more often and/or not be so fooled? Do the penalty sliders like punt interferenece/roughing the kicker (these affect pursuit) help? I'm on Heisman offense with 0 run block and 100 cpu run defense and it's still too easy. I haven't dropped my RBA but it's not about that though. It's about cpu intelligence and the lack of it resulting in large running lanes.

I just tried the North Texas playbook the other night and wow, I am in love with it.

I actually find the CPU blitzes off the edges a lot on the Option. That said the pre-snap read is so easy that I almost never stay with play and audible to a slant or deep pass.

[GatorfanStovy]

I just went last night and played a game of ncaa 13. Man was it horrible to get threw. The running game compared from each too games is just wow. I love the running game a lot more in 14 then 13 as so the passing game and just all around better game. Player control is just twice as better.

[jaymo76]

I just went last night and played a game of ncaa 13. Man was it horrible to get threw. The running game compared from each too games is just wow. I love the running game a lot more in 14 then 13 as so the passing game and just all around better game. Player control is just twice as better.

Over the Christmas holidays I need to switch from madden 25 on ps4 back to NCAA 14 on ps3. I just know it will be a HUGE difference. Generally I like madden gameplay improvements but from a depth and commentary perspective NCAA is still a better game IMO. Madden is fun but owner mode is pretty weak still IMO and lacks a lot of the depth of NCAA dynasty. Damn you people who killed NCAA next gen!!!

[Rudy]

I agree Jaymo. I am definitely keeping my PS3 around. It's a shame Sony didn't sell an exclusive SKU for PS4 that was backwards compatible.

Once you get used to co-ordinator cam all of the other camera angles in NCAA 14 stink lol. I could never go back.

[Rudy]

This was a cool video.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDPc3arKGfQ

[JBHuskers]

Rolling right off the pile :D awesome

[CLW]

Over the Christmas holidays I need to switch from madden 25 on ps4 back to NCAA 14 on ps3. I just know it will be a HUGE difference. Generally I like madden gameplay improvements but from a depth and commentary perspective NCAA is still a better game IMO. Madden is fun but owner mode is pretty weak still IMO and lacks a lot of the depth of NCAA dynasty. Damn you people who killed NCAA next gen!!!

You should send a letter to O'bannon and Keller and their lawyers personally thanking them for the end of the series.

[SmoothPancakes]

You should send a letter to O'bannon and Keller and their lawyers personally thanking them for the end of the series.

I'll send them a card with a photocopy of my ass, telling them to pucker up.

[ram29jackson]

Wisconsin socks !!
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[ram29jackson]

Oregon State socks !
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[jaymo76]

This was a cool video.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDPc3arKGfQ

Nice!

[GatorfanStovy]

IS Texas a human / playin against a computer or online ? I would be pissed if I was playing against a human or computer guy doing that .

I hope that is not a glitch. But looks cool.

[GatorfanStovy]

Man I've for gotten how much of a pain the first year of your RTG guy. Yesterday and this mooring I got threw the high school year, won the championship, then played threw 10 weeks of my freshman year and was able to get into the start job at Stanford.

Has any one ran into a glove glitch where your QB has two gloves on instead of option of just one as I do in my setting. No big I thought it was weird.

Now I just gotta get the achievements done for RTG then done with with it after i grind out the stuff. Sometime today I'll the game face and hope it turns out. Any ideas on how to properly take a good photo of your face and side ?

[ram29jackson]

yes it gives two gloves as a mistake instead of one

[GatorfanStovy]

yes it gives two gloves as a mistake instead of one

Any way to fix it? I kind of like the one glove look but not two. If I have to go no gloves I will to sacrifice the one glove look. It's weird because it never did that in the high senior year.

[SCClassof93]

Has anyone heard when online support for things like OL dynasties will end?

[CLW]

Has anyone heard when online support for things like OL dynasties will end?

My guess is this summer but its pure speculation. I suppose there is a chance they could keep the servers up for years if they wanted but I just dont see it.

[GatorfanStovy]

Decided to grind out the OLD Domino run to National Championship today. Won my first game against ECU in a 38-31 game. I couldn't stop the deep pass for shit. But was a fun game. I dropped the quarters length .. Will be a tough road to the title game. I added some top 25 teams to my scheduale to make a B- ranking. . Recruiting is gonna be more difficult as well. But should be fun and hopefully I can win the title game with in one or two seasons.

[xMrHitStickx904]

I would love to know what the situation on the servers will be like. If they keep them up, I'll buy the game again tomorrow.

[GatorfanStovy]

servers are still up for 14 . not sure how long though. It is around 35 bucks now at used stores .

[Rudy]

Over the holidays they had the game at $15 for digital download.

[Noleacious]

servers are still up for 14 . not sure how long though. It is around 35 bucks now at used stores .

They just started taking their "12" games offline, so we probably have until 2015 or so.

[GatorfanStovy]

So I just ended my second at :Florida: I thought I had the Heisman locked for Driskel but some how in some damn Hundley won it :fp:

Hundley stats for the year are 2014 total passing yards 3264,total TD 's 35 and only 8 INT 59% completion rate.

For Driskel he has twice as better stats at .. 2014 stats are 4197 total yards, 42 passing TD's sadly 14 INT. That is the only thing I can think of is the high INT but he had a monster 69% completion rate for passing rating.

He just had an amazing game in the SEC championship game with 300 yards 4 total TD's .. what the hell gives in the damn game?

[souljahbill]

So I just ended my second at :Florida: I thought I had the Heisman locked for Driskel but some how in some damn Hundley won it :fp:

Hundley stats for the year are 2014 total passing yards 3264,total TD 's 35 and only 8 INT 59% completion rate.

For Driskel he has twice as better stats at .. 2014 stats are 4197 total yards, 42 passing TD's sadly 14 INT. That is the only thing I can think of is the high INT but he had a monster 69% completion rate for passing rating.

He just had an amazing game in the SEC championship game with 300 yards 4 total TD's .. what the hell gives in the damn game?

Don't even sweat it. The game will do whatever it wants to do. You're going to see unranked teams with losing records play in the Game of the Week while the number 1 team plays another ranked team on regional tv.

[Noleacious]

So I just ended my second at :Florida: I thought I had the Heisman locked for Driskel but some how in some damn Hundley won it :fp:

Hundley stats for the year are 2014 total passing yards 3264,total TD 's 35 and only 8 INT 59% completion rate.

For Driskel he has twice as better stats at .. 2014 stats are 4197 total yards, 42 passing TD's sadly 14 INT. That is the only thing I can think of is the high INT but he had a monster 69% completion rate for passing rating.

He just had an amazing game in the SEC championship game with 300 yards 4 total TD's .. what the hell gives in the damn game?

Interceptions definitely kill Heisman caliber seasons.

[jaymo76]

I was doing some long-term planning at work today and it hit me as to how brutal May and June will be as there will be no NCAA 15 updates. Not playing NCAA the first week of July... brutal. This series is MY series. It has been for years and years. I know it's just a video game but it actually makes me feel somewhat empty. This series has given me 1000's of hours of enjoyment. I really cannot picture how sad it will be not doing the annual download the demo, play the hell out of season ticket and then stroll to BB that morning to pick up the game.

Big thanks again to all the wonderful individuals who helped make this happen...:down:

[Rudy]

Wouldn't it be great if EA released a tuner file we could actually edit to help keep the game fresh and possibly fix our own problems? A couple real easy fixes for me would be to set how often the DE reads QB or RB. They read RB way too much. Also, the sliders in general are far too weak. I would change them to a true 100 point scale (necessary for QB accuracy imo since 5 on Heisman too bad and 10 still too accurate) and double the power. It's too easy to run the ball in this game even on Heisman with 0 run block and 100 cpu run defense. I shouldn't have to reduce my RBA to fix this.

[Deuce]

I was doing some long-term planning at work today and it hit me as to how brutal May and June will be as there will be no NCAA 15 updates. Not playing NCAA the first week of July... brutal. This series is MY series. It has been for years and years. I know it's just a video game but it actually makes me feel somewhat empty. This series has given me 1000's of hours of enjoyment. I really cannot picture how sad it will be not doing the annual download the demo, play the hell out of season ticket and then stroll to BB that morning to pick up the game.

Big thanks again to all the wonderful individuals who helped make this happen...:down:

Amen!


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[SCClassof93]

Wouldn't it be great if EA released a tuner file we could actually edit to help keep the game fresh and possibly fix our own problems? A couple real easy fixes for me would be to set how often the DE reads QB or RB. They read RB way too much. Also, the sliders in general are far too weak. I would change them to a true 100 point scale (necessary for QB accuracy imo since 5 on Heisman too bad and 10 still too accurate) and double the power. It's too easy to run the ball in this game even on Heisman with 0 run block and 100 cpu run defense. I shouldn't have to reduce my RBA to fix this.

Now that is funny!!:D

[Stan HAMsen]

I'm with ya, Jaymo.

NCAA was an every year purchase for me. I think the only one that I didn't purchase was 2002, and that was a fluke combination of not owning a PS2 yet and having a roommate with both PS2 and NCAA 02. I didn't own all of the Bill Walsh games on Sega, but I did get everything from the first PS1 game through NCAA 14, minus the one.

There are some other games that I like, but I bought a PS2 to play NCAA. I bought a PS3 to play NCAA. If not for NCAA, I might have given up console gaming by now.

On the other hand, the series shutting down has changed the way I play games. I play a lot more titles now and I approach them a little differently. I don't feel like I'm in a time crunch to get my money's worth before NCAA comes out. And I don't feel like I'm in a rush to get my money's worth out of NCAA 14 either.

I wish there was a new NCAA coming out but, for now, I'm enjoying catching up with the rest of the console gaming world. I have FIFA on PS4; first FIFA game I have owned since PS1 or maybe even Genesis. I have NBA Live for the first time since Genesis (no season mode, playoffs and exhibition games only). I have my first 2k sports game ever in NBA 2k15. I have my first Lego game. I have a Need For Speed game for the first time ever and maybe the first one I've even played since the one that a friend had on Commodore 64 :D . I'm spending crazy time playing both of the PS4 pinball games and Resogun.

And I'm also still playing NCAA 14.


Now I wish I could go home and play video games. :(

[jaymo76]

I'm with ya, Jaymo.

NCAA was an every year purchase for me. I think the only one that I didn't purchase was 2002, and that was a fluke combination of not owning a PS2 yet and having a roommate with both PS2 and NCAA 02. I didn't own all of the Bill Walsh games on Sega, but I did get everything from the first PS1 game through NCAA 14, minus the one.

There are some other games that I like, but I bought a PS2 to play NCAA. I bought a PS3 to play NCAA. If not for NCAA, I might have given up console gaming by now.

On the other hand, the series shutting down has changed the way I play games. I play a lot more titles now and I approach them a little differently. I don't feel like I'm in a time crunch to get my money's worth before NCAA comes out. And I don't feel like I'm in a rush to get my money's worth out of NCAA 14 either.

I wish there was a new NCAA coming out but, for now, I'm enjoying catching up with the rest of the console gaming world. I have FIFA on PS4; first FIFA game I have owned since PS1 or maybe even Genesis. I have NBA Live for the first time since Genesis (no season mode, playoffs and exhibition games only). I have my first 2k sports game ever in NBA 2k15. I have my first Lego game. I have a Need For Speed game for the first time ever and maybe the first one I've even played since the one that a friend had on Commodore 64 :D . I'm spending crazy time playing both of the PS4 pinball games and Resogun.

And I'm also still playing NCAA 14.


Now I wish I could go home and play video games. :(

I so wish the PS4 was backwards compatible like the WiiU. After playing the PS4 with the controllers and the speeds of the system I would love to fire up NCAA 14 on the 4. What you are saying about other games... I totally agree. I own and am playing 2 NBA games right now. I don't even watch the NBA anymore but it sure is getting love on my 4.

[GatorfanStovy]

Not sure if any is playing Ultimate team lately but they have a Vandy team challenge up and its worth 7500 coins! Good way for quick cash if u need it. It seems fairly easy if you have any thing over 85 team. Which I beat my team with it so. Just a heads up.

[Stan HAMsen]

I just finished my 8th season of offline dynasty play. Still loving this game, in spite of a few minor annoyances.

It was kind of a goofy season, beginning in the offseason with Mark Richt getting fired at Georgia. My OC got the job and Richt became my OC. He maxes out as OC and at first I was pretty meh, but I figure I'm going to be playing this dynasty for a long time... maybe 1 season with all those bonuses will be fun. It was at times, but also kind of a boring season.

Still, new storyline is to see what kind of job Richt gets after an A+ season. Losing the bonuses, losing a lot of senoirs, bumping up some sliders and, probably, 2 months away from the game should setup a fun season 9.

[GatorfanStovy]

I'm slowly getting pass my 3rd season. Still love the game as well. Depth recruiting is fun and improving players on the field as well. Trying to stay perfect is a blast.

Does any one know if next year or this we will get a roster update for the new recruits from the guys at OS or not?

[jaymo76]

Just played last night for the first time since November. This game really plays a lot different from Madden on PS4. It's actually shocking to see how different both games "feel" both off and on the field.

[JBHuskers]

Snoop and I are going to face off in his OD here shortly....

www.twitch.tv/JBHuskers

[souljahbill]

I really do hate this game sometimes.

#3 8-0 Texas Tech vs. #1 8-0 Southern Miss
Regional TV
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/21/nu7ypuqu.jpg

Game of the Week
3-5 LSU vs. 5-4 Alabama
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/21/su5a6u5y.jpg
If this series ever comes back to life, RANKINGS should matter more when determining what games are on regional/national tv rather than if it's a rivalry game.

[jaymo76]

Pretty sure that the LSU-Alabama game is programmed to always be game of the week. Every season, regardless of records it has been game of the week in my dynasty.

[hawkeyeguy]

Guys, any thoughts on when EA shuts down the online dynasty site? I heard that Teambuilder was shutdown? True? Also if this is being discussed somewhere else, apologies.

[JeffHCross]

Just simulated Year 1 with updated 2014 rosters. Steve Spurrier retired from South Carolina, and they hired Louisville coach Bobby Petrino. Louisville then hired WKU coach Jeff Brohm. Lmao :D

[souljahbill]

Just simulated Year 1 with updated 2014 rosters. Steve Spurrier retired from South Carolina, and they hired Louisville coach Bobby Petrino. Louisville then hired WKU coach Jeff Brohm. Lmao :D

CC always has crazy scenarios.

[JeffHCross]

CC always has crazy scenarios.True, but I was more amused that Louisville hired Jeff Brohm. I didn't remember until just now that Brohm would have Louisville as his alma mater and schools gravitate toward that in the game. It was one of those scenarios where the game replicated real life (Brohm following Petrino at WKU), and I forgot why the game would actually be able to do that.

[JeffHCross]

I'm conflicted. I don't want to say "Dear EA, if you ever make NCAA Football again, I would be willing to buy DLC just to get extra background music (or, even better, content like ESPN Radio) to listen to" ... but I don't want to give them any bad ideas, since I'd much rather something like that just be in the game ...

But at the same time, I would totally be willing to do that. Listening to (what feels like) the same song for hours gets so old. Especially because I don't think it changed between '13 and '14.

[souljahbill]

I'm conflicted. I don't want to say "Dear EA, if you ever make NCAA Football again, I would be willing to buy DLC just to get extra background music (or, even better, content like ESPN Radio) to listen to" ... but I don't want to give them any bad ideas, since I'd much rather something like that just be in the game ...

But at the same time, I would totally be willing to do that. Listening to (what feels like) the same song for hours gets so old. Especially because I don't think it changed between '13 and '14.

LOL! I almost always listen to ESPN Radio while playing NCAA.

[gigemaggs99]

Just finished a game with my son, he's 6 and we enjoy playing some football. Had a first, he was Oregon and threw a 40 yard pass, his WR caught wide open, after I tackled him it said he had "illegal touching", I was like WHAT!? He said, "Does that mean they touched him in the privates?"

[souljahbill]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/11/a563b7ef64c6dcd1275693de7cde615a.jpg

[JeffHCross]

Yeah, the pre-defined Game of the Week are still there. In the PH DPD OD, a 4-6 Ohio State vs 5-5 Michigan was GotW.

[souljahbill]

Who's down for some football on a Tuesday afternoon?http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/14/38155e04d0c478a018718eb6c4f27df4.jpg

[SmoothPancakes]

Sweet! :D

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[steelerfan]

Who's down for some football on a Tuesday afternoon?

I am.

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/14/574f91dbe44af2e04cd7eb2c57b662fb.jpg

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[souljahbill]

I'm not sure if I mentioned it before but I restarted my dynasty and I play in coach mode. Leaving everything in the hands of the CPU is extremely frustrating but when they execute, it's more rewarding.

Anyway, I got upset last night. Game 1 of the 2019, I play Tulane as #23 Southern Miss. Lost 14-13. My O-line play was shitastic. Drove me insane. My QB didn't make things better. He's constantly running to the right to be sacked by the LE. He also threw 2 "WTF" picks. Hopefully things go better in game 2.

[GatorfanStovy]

an I tried to start a new dynasty. It is really hard playing NCAA after playing madden 15 on the x1 for so long. I don't know if i can go back last gen any more. The new engine on Madden really makes a big diffrence. NCAA feels way more slow.

I just hope that madden can really get good on scouting and drafting to make CFM really deep next year ..

Plus it was really hard to even focus on the graphics of NCAA compared to Madden15. It's gonna be hard to retire NCAA but it might be time too.

[SmoothPancakes]

I'm still enjoying NCAA, but that may very well be due to Madden generally pissing me off the last two or three years with some of the BS in it and me not even bothering to play or buy it anymore.

I can still play through games and seasons with no issues, just have to take breaks after so long to avoid burning out on NCAA and losing the drive to play the next game in the season.

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[souljahbill]

I haven't jumped to next gen yet but since NCAA Football was an annual purchase and 14 is really good, I can go deep into this dynasty.

[SmoothPancakes]

I haven't jumped to next gen yet but since NCAA Football was an annual purchase and 14 is really good, I can go deep into this dynasty.

Exactly. I can get super deep into my dynasty and maybe very well hit the 60 season limit (if that was still in 14), something I've never done because the next version had come out before I even got past season 5 or 10.

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[JeffHCross]

I imagine jumping to the next-gen is going to make it hard to go back to NCAA, which is one (of several) reason why I'm probably not going to next-gen anytime soon.

[GatorfanStovy]

I try to play the 360 once in a great while, sadly I can't get back the graphics is just outdated if you on last gen.. It sucks to cause I wanna play ncaa more but can't stomach the horrible graphics and slow gameplay ,,

[SmoothPancakes]

I try to play the 360 once in a great while, sadly I can't get back the graphics is just outdated if you on last gen.. It sucks to cause I wanna play ncaa more but can't stomach the horrible graphics and slow gameplay ,,

I don't know about Madden next gen to NCAA last gen, but I've had no problems at all going back and forth between the Xbox One/PS4 and my 360. I've actually been playing my 360 more lately as I've dug out a couple of good old games (RDR, Split/Second, etc) that have been out for years. Graphics really aren't much of an issue for me. As long as they are reasonably close, I either won't notice or won't care about a difference. As long as it's not Playstation 1 or 2 era graphics, I'm good.

[SmoothPancakes]

What the hell is the problem with this game when it comes to running backs? Every single game, I have my starting running back for the first three quarters, then once I hit the fourth quarter, it's like he disappears off the face of the earth. Every game, I never see my starting running back the entire fourth quarter. Right now, playing against New Mexico, my first stringer is already out with an injury. My second stringer, my current starter, was having a career rushing day, then up and disappeared late third quarter. Now in the early fourth quarter, my entire rushing attack consists of my true freshman third stringer and my fourth string running back who was actually my goddamn fullback! Now my rushing attack is teetering between still being successful and being completely neutered with an entire quarter still to play. :fp:

I've tried making switches and changes on the depth chart, trying to force the game to put my starter back in, but nothing works. This is getting annoying.

[xMrHitStickx904]

are the servers still up on NCAA?

[gschwendt]

are the servers still up on NCAA?
Yeah... at least were as of a couple days ago. We're still running two ODs in full swing.

[gschwendt]

What the hell is the problem with this game when it comes to running backs?

I've tried making switches and changes on the depth chart, trying to force the game to put my starter back in, but nothing works. This is getting annoying.
Smooth, what are your substitution settings at? There was a time if you had the Sub-In setting too high, the player would never get back to that level and thus never come back in. In other words, the more a HB runs in a game, his best possible stamina drops and thus he can never get back to 100%.

[xMrHitStickx904]

Yeah... at least were as of a couple days ago. We're still running two ODs in full swing.

I think I'm gonna fire up my old 360 & give it a shot. I wish we could have gotten NCAA 14 on XB1; my 360 sounds like a jet plane still.

[JBHuskers]

Still in 2 OD's they haven't shut it off yet :D

[SmoothPancakes]

Smooth, what are your substitution settings at? There was a time if you had the Sub-In setting too high, the player would never get back to that level and thus never come back in. In other words, the more a HB runs in a game, his best possible stamina drops and thus he can never get back to 100%.

I just actually turned off my 360 a little bit ago after I got my latest dynasty stuff posted, but I'll check real quick later tonight after I get home from work and see what they're set at.

[SmoothPancakes]

And yeah, I was just literally playing a dynasty (offline, but still connected to the servers) game just an hour ago. So servers are still up. With people still playing ODs and I'm sure still some decent numbers of people playing both offline and online, I can't see EA turning the servers off anytime soon.

[souljahbill]

What the hell is the problem with this game when it comes to running backs? Every single game, I have my starting running back for the first three quarters, then once I hit the fourth quarter, it's like he disappears off the face of the earth. Every game, I never see my starting running back the entire fourth quarter. Right now, playing against New Mexico, my first stringer is already out with an injury. My second stringer, my current starter, was having a career rushing day, then up and disappeared late third quarter. Now in the early fourth quarter, my entire rushing attack consists of my true freshman third stringer and my fourth string running back who was actually my goddamn fullback! Now my rushing attack is teetering between still being successful and being completely neutered with an entire quarter still to play. :fp:

I've tried making switches and changes on the depth chart, trying to force the game to put my starter back in, but nothing works. This is getting annoying.

Raise the sub out and drop sub in numbers for your RB.

[SmoothPancakes]

I just looked at my auto-sub settings. My RB Sub In/Sub Out is 85 In/80 Out. Not really much more I can seemingly do with that, unless I lower both down by 5 or 10 so that my sub in is down to 75 or 80, hopefully giving my starter a chance to come in above the sub out limit.

[souljahbill]

You're probably gonna have to use the sub-HB package more often.

[Rudy]

It is definitely a fatigue issue Smooth. The game has long term fatigue for games where their top end slowly reduces. If your sub in setting is too high they disappear.

I miss NCAA Football. Not as much as some of you guys but I like it as a change of pace from madden. Both games were always a bit different and the franchise modes were a lot different. Kept it fresh by having options.

[souljahbill]

Popped this bad boy in after a 3-month hiatus. Played game one of my coach mode dynasty that's in 2029. Beat #1 Wisconsin as #3 Southern Miss 20-0. Still my favorite football game ever.

[hawkeyeguy]

Anyone else having problems getting to the online website OR playing user vs user games? We still have a dynasty going and are noticing some glitches lately.

[psuexv]

Yep. I've been seeing it too and I know the Powerhouse dynasty here is having issues

[JeffHCross]

Anyone else having problems getting to the online website OR playing user vs user games? We still have a dynasty going and are noticing some glitches lately.Are you still having issues? My issues seemed to stop the middle of this week or so. At the very least I'm having a lot fewer issues now than I was.

[psuexv]

Are you still having issues? My issues seemed to stop the middle of this week or so. At the very least I'm having a lot fewer issues now than I was.

I had issues last night

[JeffHCross]

I had issues last nightI had issues getting into the website last night, but I haven't had an issue on my console in nearly a week. Maybe it's just timing/luck.

[JBHuskers]

Things were better last night, got in each time I tried the first time. Been a while since that happened.

[souljahbill]

I restated my dynasty. I'm the new OC at GA St. playing in Coach mode. We're terrible but I have a sophomore starting at QB so we'll be alright once we get some new blood in.

[JeffHCross]

I restated my dynasty. I'm the new OC at GA St. playing in Coach mode. We're terrible but I have a sophomore starting at QB so we'll be alright once we get some new blood in.Georgia State's offense can be very good. I was playing offense only in a dynasty and went 8-0 until I stopped playing that dynasty, including a win over Alabama.

[souljahbill]

Georgia State's offense can be very good. I was playing offense only in a dynasty and went 8-0 until I stopped playing that dynasty, including a win over Alabama.

We're 4-1 right now and on offense, we're scoring at least 3 TDs a game. Problem is that the defense gets us into shootouts and since I'm playing in coach mode, my stick skills can't compensate for deficiencies.

[JeffHCross]

Things were better last night, got in each time I tried the first time. Been a while since that happened.I ran into the error again this morning ... first time in probably a week that I've had to login to the servers again, at least on the console. So it's not gone for good, but it's definitely improved.

[skipwondah33]

Things were better last night, got in each time I tried the first time. Been a while since that happened.I haven't had any issues either on the console, knock on wood. For the past week and half probably, been getting straight into the dynasty.

The site still gives me an error at first but I'm able to log in on the 2nd attempt

[souljahbill]

Virginia Tech played Ohio St. for the National Championship. This is the final poll. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/18/e2e8c86f003cb4d308208c059fdd9789.jpg

[steelerfan]

Virginia Tech played Ohio St. for the National Championship. This is the final poll.

Wait for the patch.

[JBHuskers]

Wait for the patch.

http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cookie_monster_waiting.gif

[JeffHCross]

Virginia Tech played Ohio St. for the National Championship. This is the final poll. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/18/e2e8c86f003cb4d308208c059fdd9789.jpgPoll logic terrible.

[gschwendt]

Virginia Tech played Ohio St. for the National Championship. This is the final poll.


Poll logic terrible.
Actually, what I think happened (and saw happened in Powerhouse recently) is that the poll didn't change when you advanced to the week after the NCG. I bet if you could go back to the week of the NCG's polls (maybe even before all bowls), they were probably identical to what you see in the screenshot.

[JeffHCross]

I think you're right, G, but I don't ever check end of the season polls so I don't remember when they're last updated.

[JBHuskers]

It sure is sad to see this mock-up....

http://i.imgur.com/aLo226w.jpg

[AustinWolv]

+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000............

[souljahbill]

PS3? #FakeRosterUpdate

[GatorfanStovy]

Any one still playing ? I haven't played it a long while. How is the graphics and stuff holding up to the new maddens?

[JeffHCross]

I don't have PS4, so it's holding up just fine :D

[souljahbill]

I don't have PS4, so it's holding up just fine :D

^This

[JBHuskers]

I have a PS4 and am still in 2 OD's so it's holding up just fine :D

[JeffHCross]

Grantland wrote was essentially an Andrew Sharp op-ed piece on bringing back NCAA Football (http://grantland.com/the-triangle/for-the-love-of-god-bring-back-the-ea-sports-ncaa-football-games/).

[AustinWolv]

Grantland wrote was essentially an Andrew Sharp op-ed piece on bringing back NCAA Football (http://grantland.com/the-triangle/for-the-love-of-god-bring-back-the-ea-sports-ncaa-football-games/).

Damn straight

[baseballplyrmvp]

I miss this game. Wish they'd just randomize the rosters and rerelease it on xb1/ps4

[souljahbill]

I miss this game. Wish they'd just randomize the rosters and rerelease it on xb1/ps4

I know, right?!

[souljahbill]

How does your body feel on Sunday after FIFTY-SEVEN carries?http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/04/4718d4f547f6d22713e43636333f159b.jpgOh, and they lost in 3OT. #1 ranked team losing at home to an 0-2 team.

[SmoothPancakes]

Nice! I've made it up into that range before. I think I've had one guy get up to 45 or 50 carries in a game.

[souljahbill]

Nice! I've made it up into that range before. I think I've had one guy get up to 45 or 50 carries in a game.

My main guy is typically in the 20-25 range and the #2 gets around 10.

[SmoothPancakes]

My main guy is typically in the 20-25 range and the #2 gets around 10.
Yeah, I only hit 50 with one player when I'm having one of my run like all hell, never pass games.

It's not easy to hit 50 with one player, especially with anything other than a run heavy offense.

[MysticalDL]

I'm trying to find a OD where only 1* teams are selected as the HC job on PS3, but finding no luck at all. I'd prefer either a AA or Heisman settings with 8 to 10 qtrs.

My RB's typically get around 27 to 36 carries per game, as I try to keep my run/pass ratios equal in terms of attempts.

[steelerfan]

Finally started playing this game yesterday and I'm enjoying it so far. I started a Dynasty with Old Dominion and I'm 3-1. I opened with a 31-17 win at ECU, lost 41-7 at Maryland, beat FCS NW 41-14 and won at Utah State 23-20.

Anyway, there are alot of nuances to this game that I'm starting to really appreciate and it was definitely a nice upgrade over NCAA 13. When I played 13 recently, I didn't miss the series at all. With 14, I'm missing it again and I can see myself playing NCAA 14 off and on for a few years.

[AustinWolv]

14 was much better than 13.

[souljahbill]

Finally started playing this game yesterday and I'm enjoying it so far. I started a Dynasty with Old Dominion and I'm 3-1. I opened with a 31-17 win at ECU, lost 41-7 at Maryland, beat FCS NW 41-14 and won at Utah State 23-20.

Anyway, there are alot of nuances to this game that I'm starting to really appreciate and it was definitely a nice upgrade over NCAA 13. When I played 13 recently, I didn't miss the series at all. With 14, I'm missing it again and I can see myself playing NCAA 14 off and on for a few years.

It has its flaws but it's definitely the best entry in the series. It's why July is so sad because the series ended on such a high note. If only EA were allowed to build on '14 on the current gen.

[steelerfan]

It has its flaws but it's definitely the best entry in the series. It's why July is so sad because the series ended on such a high note. If only EA were allowed to build on '14 on the current gen.
It is a shame, for sure. I'm 7 games into my Dynasty now and I'm really having a good time with it.

Fucking Sam Keller.

[souljahbill]

It is a shame, for sure. I'm 7 games into my Dynasty now and I'm really having a good time with it.

Fucking Sam Keller.

I don't know off the top of my head but I think I'm between 2026-2029 in my dynasty. The 1 game I bought yearly was stolen by some has-beens (though I do put a lot of blame on EA for before way too close with their rosters to real life as opposed to making them more generic and letting the community make changes.)

[JBHuskers]

TGT OD is still running the original OD from launch. Amazingly no bugs or quirks screwed it up.

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[baseballplyrmvp]

I wish they'd just rerelease this game. I don't even care about rosters.

[JeffHCross]

TGT OD is still running the original OD from launch. Amazingly no bugs or quirks screwed it up.

Sent from my SM-G900V using TapatalkJB has now cursed the TGT OD.

[souljahbill]

America is dying to watch this National Game of the Weekhttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160512/a3396fd0a3b43ec65e7b979d4384694f.jpg
From my dynasty
Week 12, 2029

[steelerfan]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160625/00f2c219dcf86d16662bf269a4b7aa0e.jpg

[Rudy]

Lol

[souljahbill]

Who is Mike Hunt?

Edit: Ooooooooooooooh! LOL!

[JBHuskers]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDhhXIfIDUs

[souljahbill]

Back with another edition of "Terrible Games of the Week"

Week 14 2031
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160701/c4a762bb0a539b6be71ec31a3e6d8e56.jpg#1 Pitt vs. #2 West Virginia, 2 undefeated rivals playing for not only pride but a chance to play for the national championship. Obvious GotW, right? Nope. It's the Iron Bowlhttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160701/78fe254aa18890175092fb3526fe123d.jpg9-2 Alabama vs. 4-7 Auburn

Tune in next time for another segment of "Terrible Games of the Week."

[souljahbill]

Welcome back to another edition of "Terrible Games of the Week!"

Week 7, 2033

There's only 1 game between ranked opponents this week. #2 Wisconsin vs. #13 Michiganhttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160718/9c5d234cfff535153ea5371555101fed.jpgIt should be a great atmosphere for the College Gameday crew. At least it would be if they were going to Ann Arbor. Instead, the crew is heading down to Baton Rouge, LA forhttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160718/56aff0ee23f84dc4d2f24c24c2a0fa6a.jpg4-2 Florida vs. 0-6 LSU.

Tune in next time for another edition of "Terrible Games of the Week!"

Edit: Florida won 42-23.

[souljahbill]

I'm starting to get that NCAA '14 itch again....


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[SmoothPancakes]

I keep meaning to get back to my Utah State dynasty, but I can never find the time to just sit down and play. Work sucks.

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[souljahbill]

I keep meaning to get back to my Utah State dynasty, but I can never find the time to just sit down and play. Work sucks.

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No joke. Work kills all my free time. :D
In all seriousness, the itch is getting stronger by the day. I wish it was backwards compatible on the One so I wouldn't have to change inputs and whatnot but I found a Teambuilder dynasty on YouTube that pressing all the right buttons for me.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBYasxHcT1ThpqvdMVskwrm2Pz28E_ARG
Guy puts his video together and then does voiceover work, sounding like a homer radio announcer. His game vids aren't very long but I'm at the point where I know his players and find myself invested like a real game. I really think I'm breaking the 360 out soon to continue my dynasty.


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[SmoothPancakes]

Luckily it's all a matter of just turning on my 360 for me.

My TV only has 3 HDMI ports, so between the DVR, One, PS4, 360 and blu-ray player, it was getting to be a pain in the ass plugging and unplugging cables. So I found a 5 port HDMI hub on Amazon. I keep the DVR plugged into the TV, and everything else plugged into the hub. The hub auto switches ports based on what is turned on at the time, or I can switch it via remote.

It will also auto switch inputs on my TV, so I can go from watching TV on HDMI1, turn on my PS4 and about 5-10 seconds later, it'll override my TV and switch the input to HDMI3 which is what I have the hub plugged into. Convenience and laziness all wrapped up into one nice bundle. :D

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[Rudy]

That is nice but sometimes that auto switch can be a pain. I had one and had an old 360 and Wii U plugged in. My son would be playing Halo and then it would switch to the Wii U for a bit. I think that stupid machine would turn on for updates or check once in awhile and screw things up. Or maybe my hdmi switcher wasn't good.

[souljahbill]

I hooked the 360 up to the tv in the guest bedroom and played one game of the dynasty I was in. It felt good to get back to it. The graphics drop was a non-issue for me. It was just fun to get back on it.


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[CLW]

Yeah I've had that itch as well and I see some folks over at OS have a new/current roster file. I might just have to dive in and dust off the old PS3.

[hawkeyeguy]

Can't believe I am unable to play this game on my PS4............knew I shouldn't have gotten rid of the Xbox........

[souljahbill]

Can't believe I am unable to play this game on my PS4............knew I shouldn't have gotten rid of the Xbox........

This game is literally the only reason I still have my 360. If it were made backwards compatible on the One, I'd no longer need it.


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[souljahbill]

I’m back playing my dynasty. Feels good to be back at it.


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[oweb26]

I’m back playing my dynasty. Feels good to be back at it.


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I fired mine back up over a few days where we were snowed in and was honestly the most fun I have had playing games in some time. I forgot how much I enjoyed recruiting.

[SmoothPancakes]

I really got to get back to my Coaching Carousel dynasty. I keep neglecting it.

[souljahbill]

I really got to get back to my Coaching Carousel dynasty. I keep neglecting it.

Still waiting, bud. [emoji38]


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[SmoothPancakes]

Still waiting, bud. [emoji38]


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLol, well, it wasn't happening these past two weeks, not with the Winter Olympics. The winter games are my preferred Olympics, a lot more interesting sports than the summer games, so I actually try to watch as much as I can during the winter games (it also helps having the DVR recording NBCSN 24/7).

With the Winter Olympics ending this weekend, the last competition being the women's 30km cross-country skiing at 2am Sunday morning, I hope to have time next week to fire up the old 360 a couple times and get some more games in.

It might also help mixing some college football in as I have been really struggling lately to find interest in any of my uncompleted games. Even though I'm only 20 or 25% into Assassin's Creed Origins, and I'm probably 75% done with Shadow of War, I've seriously struggled to generate enough interest and desire to jump back into them after taking a break from them in December (and January for obvious reasons).

Even old standard fallbacks like GTA V, Watch Dogs 2, Sniper Elite 4, The Division (at least not since the Olympics started), Ghost Recon Wildlands, NHL 18 and Metal Gear Solid V have drawn no interest or desire to play them all of a sudden.

The only games I've been able to play recently have been Call of Duty World War II custom matches with bots, FIFA 18 player career, Friday the 13th (finally completed the Virtual Cabin), and Steep, which has been aided with the Winter Olympics expansion, which flying down the alpine skiing downhill course is fucking intense. Half pipe and big air snowboarding is also really fun.

So maybe mixing in NCAA will help to refresh my interest in other games again. Otherwise, I have no clue why I'm struggling to find interest. Either I'm starting to get burned out on games in general (god I hope not), or maybe it's because video games were my sole refuge and distraction all through December when my mom was in the ICU, and then again the second half of January after everything with the funeral was past and I was left with nothing but a quiet house and my thoughts, and now subconsciously maybe I just don't have a desire to play certain games as they were the ones I played during the bad times over the last couple months. I don't know, hopefully I'll find the desire to play those games again as I was enjoying them and wanted to complete them.

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[souljahbill]

I recently ended the 2037 season in my dynasty. I did all the preseason stuff but set up my recruiting board, th mist time consuming part. I’ve played the entire dynasty in coach mode so I haven’t “played” the game in a very long time. I went into RTG mode and saw that I had a created QB in his FR year at Oregon so I started playing through that. Stick skills were hella rusty initially but I eventually got into a groove with the abysmal CPU playcalling. I’ve played through the end of sophomore season. Won the Heisman and the BCS championship. Funny thing is, Not-Marcus Mariotta ([emoji6]) is still on the team as my backup. [emoji38] Anyway, this diversion from dynasty has been really fun. I’ll finish out my college career in RTG before resuming my career in dynasty mode.


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[jaymo76]

I've wanted to play this game for a bit but the kids broke both my PS3 controllers and I am not willing to pay a boatload of money for a new 3rd party controller.

[steelerfan]

I've wanted to play this game for a bit but the kids broke both my PS3 controllers and I am not willing to pay a boatload of money for a new 3rd party controller.I'm seeing Sony ones online for $16 and change US. Of course that metric system may mean it's $50 for you. [emoji16]