Some Changes to the Quarterback in NCAA Football 11

[Jayrah]

I am really excited about the additions with the qb. And yet again, some small defensive updates are going to make a BIG difference in how the game is played this year. I think in the past games really got up and down. This will be a more grind it out game. Still explosive, but not an arcade scoring festival like years past. Key defensive updates are the defenders coming up quicker, the qb contain, gang tackle, true ratings usage for explosive players (especially at the point of attack), and no suction blocking. An inadvertent update will actually tie right in to this qb throwing out of sacks. Because of the lowering in turnovers that this will create, the "other" defense will get to see the field as more 3 and outs/punts will occur. Last year if you picked it, you had a great chance of a runback. This year more incompletions will mean more possessions on both sides of the ball. This is just overall a great decision to work on that.

CD guys I do have a question on turnovers. When the gang tackles were talked about, someone mentioned fumbles were happening in more realistic spots. With the new trajectories and less accurate passes, in the past you have said there are more "misses" by less accurate qbs. From what you saw, were the int's happening in more realistic spots? Like say, obviously there aren't any or as many instant straight duds to the waiting DL, but did the qb ever throw over the head or behind his wr, right into a pleasantly surprised defender, especially while being hit? Also did the qb ever just really miss everybody, or was it always basically close? Last year there weren't enough passes that missed everything, and also not enough that truly floated the wrong direction to be picked off, in a realistic manner. IMO of course