Played a great Florida/Tennessee game last night... I might be ready to download the rosters and start a franchise. It reminded me of one of the first/best games I played on '04, but with a much better atmosphere :drool:

On a side note, there was one play where I thought my receiver was clearly out of bounds... the replay showed that the heel of one foot was in bounds.... clearly a "bad call". Anyone else see anything like this? I know Madden had the intentional bad calls for challenges, but NCAA? :shrug:

I have Madden 05 and NCAA 05 and I say that NCAA is where your players can change direction like Barry Sanders. Not Madden.

Man, the corn keep giving me all I can handle. Beat em this year by 4 points after losing to them last year.

Offense is still very potent on AA. I didn't mess with the sliders too much, just a notch one way or another on some of the settings.

I've actually bumped up my offensive sliders on Heisman, even though I'm still tweaking. I have an Impact RB at the moment, so I'd probably be pretty successful on the ground without the slider tweaks.

I played LSU last night, and I just couldn't hold a lead... the secondary's movements of batting the ball or going up for the INT seem to have changed a bit, so I'm giving up some huge plays, but I guess that's what CPU play has always been about for EA Sports.


I'm going to download the rosters tonight and probably start a real franchise. I don't know who I want to be though... not sure if I want to build KU or go another route...

Oh, speaking of the Big 12... do you have a schedule rotation with the South teams, or are you playing the same ones in your second year, too?

I never got far enough in '05 to see if they finally changed that...

Yep. The non-con wasn't accurate in 06, but I changed it, plus added one. I play @Baylor, vs Texas and vs OSU in 06. I'll play Baylor, @Texas, and @OSU in 07.

I wish the Big XII would mix that up some day. Every year we play TTU/OU/TAMU OR BU/UT/OSU.

KU plays TTU/OU/UT, BU/TAMU/OSU.

Yep. On Heisman I can score points fairly well, especially with running the ball. However, my defense sucks shit on Heisman. I'll play around with that next year, as I have recruited a ton of good players.

Every year on NCAA I start off with KSU and do about 5 years with them until i'm in contention for the NC every year. Then for a real challenge, I take a 1 star prestige school, and build them up. Last year I did Florida Atlantic. Eventually the ACC took me in and kicked out Duke. FAU was pretty easy to do that for because I was in Florida, a big state for recruits.

A REALLY challenging school would be one in a small state, with a 1 star prestige rating.

:cuss:


Another reason I like this game is that I had to make my defense more realistic. I had problems on Heisman, too, and even though I tweaked the sliders, I'm also not getting away with the same over-aggressive defense I've played for years.

I usually do something like that, too. The problem in '04 was that recruiting was really easy, no matter which team you picked. I built KU in a couple of years, went to South Carolina for the hell of it and they were a powerhouse within a couple of years... and then went to the 117th ranked team (Buffalo) and built them in a few years.

I like building bad programs in big conferences. I've done the Buffalos and UConns, but I get tired of playing Toledo and Rutgers. My hope with KU every year is that KSU, Nebraska, Texas, OU, etc; make their way to the top so I can knock them down & so it strengthens my schedule.

I'll eventually try that, but I might go with a bigger school to start... I love the atmosphere in this game, and it's just a bit more exciting playing Tennessee @ Florida than KU @ Missouri.

I'm in love.

AA has gotten a bit too easy. I bumped it up to Heisman for the 2007 season. Messed with the sliders a bit but not too much. Not more than %10 either way.

I usually end up bumping up the difficulty to Heisman and adjusting the sliders from there after a few games. Still haven't picked up NCAA 06 yet but I'm sure I will. Parker gave me some great slider settings last year from some gaming site that he uses.

I've never been much of a fan of adjusting sliders once I'm in my dynasty... it's like predetermining the game. I try to make it as realistic/difficult as possible by playing powerhouse vs powerhouse, and then rely on me adjusting to the gameplay.

For example, last night I tweaked a little between seasons because my running game was too easy and by the end of the season, I had gotten far better at secondary play...... I beat Miami in the opener, and then figured I'd tweak some more... Played Western freakin' Michigan, and they were unstoppable. Slid them back a little, and they went to crap (well, worse than expected). I gave up for the night, because it was a little frustrating.... I'll probably leave them how they were against Miami until I play another comparable opponent.


I still love the game... Florida and Georgia are still near the top of the top 25, but Tennessee was awful last year... 2/3 isn't bad.

That's odd, because I'm South Carolina, in the SEC East, and last year I played LSU, Arkansas, Auburn, and and this year I play LSU, Arkansas, and Mississippi State.

I'm not sure if the actual rotation is correct, but it's really weird if they created a rotation for the SEC but not the Big 12 :spock:

They do do a rotation in the Big XII. The Big XII rotation is different than the SEC's, though.

KSU plays OU, Texas A&M and Texas Tech for 2 years, and then they play Baylor, OSU, and UT the other 2 years. They go back and forth with that.

KU plays OU, Texas Tech, and Texas, and then they play Texas A&M, Baylor, and OSU.

Here ****ers. Try out these sliders, I love them.
I just started a dynasty as Troy.

Heisman Level, 7minute quarters
subs 80%/85%

Hum/CPU

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Defense
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ST
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