Well after the download fiasco I have played two games.

Game 1: Arizona St. 17 @ Michigan 7 (heavy snow)
Game 2: Arizona 14 vs Alabama 17 (last second field goal cpu wins)

The second game was phenomenal. Now I have only changed penalty sliders, moved the threshold to zero and speed to slow and the game has played pretty well.

Observations so far:

1. penalties are few and far in between
2. what's with all the gray face masks???
3. assisted tackles are not working
4. I haven't had any pancakes recorded in two games
5. half-time show is a good start... but I was kind of expecting more to be honest
6. qb read options and qb runs are just killing me
7. zone D is very, very, very soft
8. crowd noise is far too quiet, especially between plays
9. SLIDERS will be crucial to fix the defensive situation IMO
10. fields/players look great... stadiums and crows look far worse than last year

However, one thing I was really impressed with... in the Alabama game the cpu lost the starting rb and immediately changed philosophy to pass first. It was pretty shocking