Quote Originally Posted by Paakaa10 View Post
I don't know this for sure, but I wonder whether or not this year's "Ironman" offering in high school is a "test drive" of sorts to see what kind of usage it gets. Part of the appeal for some people who use Road to Glory is that the games don't take as long as if you played the full game in any other mode. "Ironman" football removes this "perk" of time-saving. Maybe if "Ironman" football in the high school season gets a lot of play for NCAA Football 12, there could be more support to extend it to the college years--though "Ironmen" in the NCAA are rare--for next year.
Well said. I agree it's rare in college but there have been a few...
A handful of players have started both ways in the last 20 years, most of them at wide receiver and cornerback, such as Georgia's Champ Bailey (1996--98) and Ohio State's Chris Gamble (2001--03). Unlike those two Marecic, a senior captain, is playing a brutally concussive combination that was the province of such football legends as Jim Thorpe, Bronko Nagurski and, more recently, Chuck Bednarik, the so-called Last 60-Minute Man who had menaced opponents as center and linebacker for Penn back in the 1940s before moving to the NFL.
Charles Woodson and Eric Weddle also did a little bit of this but Owen Marecic certainly is the most prominent example in recent history and the most impressive playing the two most physical positions (FB/LB). It would be cool to be able to experience that challenge. And like I mentioned...
Quote Originally Posted by Cipher 8 View Post
Maybe some schools would only recruit you to play offense while others would recruit you to play defense and then maybe one school, maybe a smaller school, recruits you to play both. I would definitely take the chance to play both. Not only more playing time but just the challenge of it.
So it would be optional for those worried about the games taking too long then they could just choose to play for a school that recruited them as only offense or only defense. But at the same time for those who want that ironman experience they could choose the smaller school and play both ways. It's more likely a smaller school recruits you to play both anyways because lack of depth on their rosters. I think it would be a unique addition for future versions and they already got the system in place and it working in highschool so it wouldn't be that hard of an addition for the future, the only problems I think could arise is how do they treat the coach trust and xp thing if you had two positions? Do you have coaches trust for each position so maybe you earn your way as a defensive starter first but are only 2nd or 3rd string on offense making you see the field sparingly on offense but be out there on every down on defense. Do you pool the xp together and have to decide which bonuses to unlock, choosing between the two positions like upgrade my tackling this week or upgrade my catching or maybe you can choose to unlock an upgrade that helps both positions like acceleration, speed, and agility for example? Hell if you played cornerback or safety on defense and wide receiver on offense catching would even help both positions. Stuff like that would make it that much more in-depth I think. I think it would be challenging to earn your role as a two-way starter and be effective at both but it would be fun to try. It would continue to separate Road to Glory's gameplay and decisions from all the other modes and gives you a unique gameplay experience.