NCAA College Football 2006

[TRR]

I picked mine up last night. I am loving the "Race for the Heisman" feature, but I can't stop anybody on D.

What does everyone else think of the game? I was hoping the College game would have the vision passing so I could get a leg up on that for when Madden 06 comes out.

Desmond Howard on the cover?

[jspchief]

Well, I definately need to up the difficulty. I just beat Purdue 59-0. They had -63 rushing yards because I sacked their QB 11 times.

I'm guessing several others are playing the Hawkeyes. For those that are, what are your favorite off/def plays?

On defense, I use a lot of the 4-3 Thunder Green (blitz) with my D-line moved wide and my DBs moved up into press coverage. Greenway and Miles rack up the sacks with this play, and it's still solid against the run. Just watch the bomb, because you're CB is on an island. Normally the pressure rattles the QB though.

[Saulbadguy]

So far my dynasty looks like this:

FIU: 63-14. Not unexpected. This is a first year Division 1-A team. I subbed in my 2nd team at the beginning of the 3rd quarter.

@Marshall: 56-21. Marshall sucks this year. They lost alot of talent last year to graduation, so this was also to be expected.

North Texas: 55-24. They ran the ball very well against me. Probably for around 150 yards. At one point they had a lead, but I broke it open after halftime.

@OU: 29-24. This was a nailbiter. They led for most the game, but it was back and forth. They ran the ball very well against me with Adrian Peterson, for 179 yards, but their QB couldn't get it done in the air.


So far, I have quite a bit of success with the option, since Allen Webb is pretty quick. When I pass, which is 1 out of every 5 or 6 plays, I usually go deep. I'll finish this season out at Varsity, even though its fairly easy. Then i'll turn it up to AA and adjust the sliders.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by jspchief

It will interesting to see how much my player grows after the first year, but I actually feel like I should see progression even during the season. Also, if I'm going to win the Heisman in my first year anyway, what's the point of playing all four years?

Your player should show if he's progressing or not, by going to the computer, and go to View Rosters and, granted, I'm not sure how exactly it works, but it does affect a single game perhaps, that you should see a (+ #) The # indicates how much he has improved in that area.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

No doubt about it.

This may have been discussed before I was a member, but I have a real problem with 2005. Once recruiting is finished, half of the prospects never sign with anyone, so it's almost impossible to fill a roster. Is there any way around that?

I played 2005 for about 4 days before I got fed up with the ridiculous drops.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by jspchief

Here's my feelings on race for the Heisman:

Your player starts out bad. Obviously you'd expect as much from a freshman, but they plug him in as starter anyway. I'm currently like a 80 overall RB, starting ahead of 5 guys that are much better than me. Not only is that stupid, it sucks playing a RB that has 74 speed, because runs to the outside rarely work.

Even with the low attribute score, after 5 games, I'm running away with the Heisman race. I ran HB dive for 295 yds and a 12.5 yard average against UNI.

It will interesting to see how much my player grows after the first year, but I actually feel like I should see progression even during the season. Also, if I'm going to win the Heisman in my first year anyway, what's the point of playing all four years?

My overall impression is the Race for Heisman doesn't do well as a stand alone. If you could include it in dynasty, it would be cool. As it stands, you might as well play dynasty and win Heismans anyway.

Also, I noticed the picture of my girlfreind on my dorm computer started as as an ugly pig, but after only 5 games, she seems to be better looking. Anyone else notice this?

I started as a RB too, 76 OVR with 84 SPD.

Here's my rushing stats so far (on default Varsity)

vs. Ball State 22 rushes 205 yds 2 TDs
vs. Iowa State 21 rushes 91 yds 0 TDs
vs. Northern Iowa 23 rushes 221 yards 4 TDs

[Saulbadguy]

That sounds about right. Ball State and UNI aren't exactly defensive juggernaughts.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by jspchief

Well, I definately need to up the difficulty. I just beat Purdue 59-0. They had -63 rushing yards because I sacked their QB 11 times.

I'm guessing several others are playing the Hawkeyes. For those that are, what are your favorite off/def plays?

On defense, I use a lot of the 4-3 Thunder Green (blitz) with my D-line moved wide and my DBs moved up into press coverage. Greenway and Miles rack up the sacks with this play, and it's still solid against the run. Just watch the bomb, because you're CB is on an island. Normally the pressure rattles the QB though.

I play a ton of Cover 2, sometimes man on the outside and sometimes zone on the outside.

With Hodge and Greenway both 97 OVR, using any play where than can spy or just roam is killer.

And Bryan Mattison (LDE, on the right as you're playing) isn't bad either...

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by TRR

I've played it for the last hour, and I just can't get used to the movements of the players. Madden is so much smoother than NCAA. One change of direction, and you can juke the defenders out of their jocks. Even playing online...

Well, Madden is smoother, but I didn't feel it was realistic. Every player could change direction like Barry Sanders...

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

That sounds about right. Ball State and UNI aren't exactly defensive juggernaughts.

Yep. And the game against Iowa State was alot of fun. It was really alot closer, but they were up 17-14 and headed in for another TD when they're QB fumbled on the ONE. I marched 99 yards and took the 21-17 lead and then they immediately threw a pick.

Against Ball State I struggled a bit throwing (just getting used to it) but once I found out the Sucklones' defense was pretty true-to-life (they were stout up front and stuffed my run) I pulled out the shotgun and abused their young secondary.

Tate hit 8 straight passes at one point and finished with 4 TDs and no INT's.

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

I play a ton of Cover 2, sometimes man on the outside and sometimes zone on the outside.

With Hodge and Greenway both 97 OVR, using any play where than can spy or just roam is killer.

And Bryan Mattison (LDE, on the right as you're playing) isn't bad either...

I normally play one of the DEs, whichever doesn't have a TE on his side, and take him really wide. I don't get to the QB often, but getting in the backfeild seems to rattle the QB and open holes for my blitzing LBs. Running that Thunder Green, Miles (#27) is a freaking sack machine (2 games with 5 sacks).

When my blitzing isn't working, I pretty much use cover 2 exclusively, and just toy with the positioning.

I'm at haltime against Indiana, and they are giving me fits. I can't stop their option, both their RBs are faster than hell, and they have a WR that's always open deep. I've only forced one punt so far. Luckily, their run d sucks so I'm killing them up the middle.

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

That sounds about right. Ball State and UNI aren't exactly defensive juggernaughts.

I was doing good against Ball St until they went to the option late in the game. The scored 21 on me in the second half. fucking option.

I beat UNI 88-0. They have to be the worst team in the game. Two punts returned, one INT returned, and 295 yards rushing on about 23 carries.

The Ohio State game was tough, but for some reason they changed their offense in the second half and I pulled away. The computer AI doesn't appear to know how to stick with what's working.

And If I haven't mentioned it, I hate the fucking option. It's good for 40+ yards on me about 75% of the time.

[htismaqe]

Against Iowa State, Stevie Hicks opened with an 87-yard TD against me. I adjusted and he had 30 yards on 20 more carries.

That option is pretty hard to defense though.

[Coach]

I haven't had much experience playing aganist a team that runs options, but normally, I would perfer a Nickel or Dime Package to stop that, since I would be more concerned on the outside than the inside, plus it would get more bodies on the outside. Of course, the risk is a FB ripping a 20 yarder in the middle.

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by Coach

I haven't had much experience playing aganist a team that runs options, but normally, I would perfer a Nickel or Dime Package to stop that, since I would be more concerned on the outside than the inside, plus it would get more bodies on the outside. Of course, the risk is a FB ripping a 20 yarder in the middle.

I can't bring myself to run a Dime because IA has two 97 ovr LBs. I don't even like the nickel, because my worst LB has 14 sacks 7 games into the season. I started running a 4-3 package that rushes 1 LB and drops the other two into zone and it seems to help against the option. Thing is, they torch me with it, then stop running it. The AI is lacking.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

No doubt about it.

This may have been discussed before I was a member, but I have a real problem with 2005. Once recruiting is finished, half of the prospects never sign with anyone, so it's almost impossible to fill a roster. Is there any way around that?

The reason why some of the guys don't sign is because they don't qualify. I know most people didn't scout on that game and I didn't most of the time. But to answer your question if you scouted some of those guys from that game, you'd find out their gpa's were so low they didn't qualify. So you basically scouted a 5 star moron who couldn't get in your school or anyone elses explaining why he sat there all 5 weeks.