NCAA 2011 thread - Page 15

DaddyTorgo · 10-20-2010, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Yep...agreed. I'm willing to be commish...I mean...if everyone is ok with that of course

. I have a good amount of experience with the 360 leagues from a couple years back. I know there's a few dynasties going on the Xbox now. One is a full 12 team league (RFL) and the other is a smaller, 4 or 5 team league. I'll get a thread going over there for prelim stuff...groovy?

cool beans

Sun Tzu · 10-20-2010, 06:15 PM

For any and all interested in a PS3 - FOFC driven NCAA 11 multiplayer dynasty...

PS3 NCAA 11 Dynasty prelim thread... - Front Office Football Central

BillJasper · 10-21-2010, 12:03 PM

Absolutely loving this game. Played a Dynasty game as #18 UC vs. #14 Oklahoma... won 34-31 in overtime (think my blood pressure went up).

The single player experience is so much more satisfying in NCAA than it is in Madden. I can't figure out how EA can get one football game so right and the other so wrong since they come from the same developer.

MizzouRah · 10-21-2010, 01:38 PM

Wow.. stressful last night.. beat #16 Nebraska 23-12, but it was 16-12 for much of the 3rd-4th quarters.

Now I have to travel to OU to play the #11 Sooners.

BillJasper · 10-21-2010, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Wow.. stressful last night.. beat #16 Nebraska 23-12, but it was 16-12 for much of the 3rd-4th quarters.

Now I have to travel to OU to play the #11 Sooners.

Watch out for the Sooner no-huddle! They killed me with that.

Groundhog · 10-21-2010, 06:40 PM

I got killed by the Louisiana Tech no-huddle last night... I can only imagine what the Sooner no-huddler would be like.

MizzouRah · 10-21-2010, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BillJasper

Watch out for the Sooner no-huddle! They killed me with that.

This is year 2.. so that was quite a surprise last year, but they threw 2 int's and I held on for the win.. then lost to KST and Colorado.

BillJasper · 10-22-2010, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

This is year 2.. so that was quite a surprise last year, but they threw 2 int's and I held on for the win.. then lost to KST and Colorado.

Ouch!

Still waiting for the inevitable beating I'm gonna take from either Louisville or Syracuse.

MizzouRah · 10-22-2010, 10:17 AM

Does anyone else have to have a 12 pack of beer by their side when playing a game in their dynasty?

Sun Tzu · 10-22-2010, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Does anyone else have to have a 12 pack of beer by their side when playing a game in their dynasty?

Ah...I remember what it was like to be single.

Sun Tzu · 10-22-2010, 11:56 AM

CraigSca...

Were you interested in joining up with the PS3 league? I understand you're "horrible" at the game, but that would put you in the same class with everybody else

. Let me know. I'd like to pick a conference and teams by Monday or Tuesday, and have the first games up and ready as soon as next weekend.

MizzouRah · 10-22-2010, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Ah...I remember what it was like to be single.

I wish...

BillJasper · 10-22-2010, 01:02 PM

Is there any difference between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, besides the cover?

Kodos · 10-22-2010, 01:15 PM

I don't believe so.

Sun Tzu · 10-22-2010, 01:17 PM

I think the PS3 version can make you a piping hot cup of espresso. It's only available as an EA add-on though.

MizzouRah · 10-22-2010, 02:13 PM

The ps3 version also has an MBBF mod that plays the Mizzou fight song repeatedly.

Pumpy Tudors · 10-22-2010, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

The ps3 version also has an MBBF mod that plays the Mizzou fight song repeatedly.

I think Mike Anderson does the commentary on that mod, too, since he seems to be in the running for every job out there.

MizzouRah · 10-24-2010, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

I think Mike Anderson does the commentary on that mod, too, since he seems to be in the running for every job out there.

Groundhog · 10-24-2010, 10:18 PM

Year #3 is tough with Hawaii. Even though I've recruited two top-30 classes, my best players have graduated and my young guys are too young to make an impact, leaving me with WRs that can't catch and QBs that can't throw. Seriously, I just had 11 dropped passes - 3 of which were sure TDs - in a game and beat LTU 9-7 on a last second FG. My QB was 9/36. Youch.

Ksyrup · 10-25-2010, 07:35 AM

Back from a week out of town, I made up for lost time with my NMSU dynasty this weekend. At the end of 2016, I was offered a spot in the Big 12 (replacing Colorado) and accepted. This was perfect since it gave me the opportunity to step up to a better conference without changing teams.

We won our first 3 non-conference games easily and then took on #22 OKST on the road, where we somehow demolished them 40-3 (3 fumble return TDs will do that for you, I guess). Then we hosted TAMU in a wild game we won 45-31 despite 7 TOs (6 INTs!). They turned it over 5 times, though. It was a crazy game. It was both way closer and not as close as the final score, if that makes any sense (I was losing 21-17 at one point in the 3rd quarter, then had a 45-24 lead before they hit a meaningless 80-yard TD as time expired).

That set up out biggest game of the year at #9 Texas. My D gave them everything between the 20s, and then kept holding them out of the endzone. I got an INT TD to take an early 10-3 lead, and then Texas kept chipping away with field goals to take a 12-10 lead. On my 3rd INT of the game (yes, I've thrown 9 INTs in my last 2 games!), they finally took it down and scored a TD, and I figured I was done at 19-10. But my offense finally got going, we converted a huge 4th-and-5 from the Texas 38 and we scored to make it 19-17 going into the 4th quarter. Then my D took over and shut them down, I got the ball back, scored another TD with 4 minutes to go, added the 2-point conversion to go up 25-19, stopped them, got the ball back, and ran out the clock to pick up the win.

So we're ranked #12 now, 6-0 and 3-0 in the Big 12. The problem I'm having with INTs is that I'm so used to being able to complete passes across the middle against inferior teams that I automatically throw the ball when the receiver makes his cut, and against the better teams, the Safety is jumping the route and picking those passes off. that doesn't happen against the crap teams. I can't keep doing that and expect to win.

Groundhog · 10-25-2010, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

The problem I'm having with INTs is that I'm so used to being able to complete passes across the middle against inferior teams that I automatically throw the ball when the receiver makes his cut, and against the better teams, the Safety is jumping the route and picking those passes off. that doesn't happen against the crap teams. I can't keep doing that and expect to win.

Yup, I have the same problem. Against bad teams I'll throw probably 1 pick a game, usually just a horrible throw where I panicked and hit pass, or I get hit while throwing and it wobbles straight to a defender. Against good teams, I throw 3 picks in the first half, and then stick to 5 yard passes out of fear.

Comey · 10-27-2010, 05:40 PM

In the first year of my dynasty, Boise State and Nevada are both undefeated, and ranked 3rd and 4th in the polls (respectively), behind Penn State (me) and Ole Miss (zuh?). We just crushed Michigan State in a game that shocked me, 48-17, to finish off the Big Ten undefeated (11-0 overall).

I went to look at Boise State's schedule, because I was curious as to when they played Nevada. Both sit atop the MAC at 6-0.

Then I noticed something odd.

They....don't....play one another.

They aren't scheduled to, that is. That will create an imbalance of games in the WAC, as some have played eight, some have played six and will play two more. Boise State is 6-0, with one more game scheduled.

Has anyone else seen this? I think it may break my dynasty.

MizzouRah · 10-27-2010, 09:31 PM

Lost to Oklahoma in double OT

I had missed a field goal earlier in the game and that cost us the game..

Ksyrup · 10-28-2010, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Comey

In the first year of my dynasty, Boise State and Nevada are both undefeated, and ranked 3rd and 4th in the polls (respectively), behind Penn State (me) and Ole Miss (zuh?). We just crushed Michigan State in a game that shocked me, 48-17, to finish off the Big Ten undefeated (11-0 overall).

I went to look at Boise State's schedule, because I was curious as to when they played Nevada. Both sit atop the MAC at 6-0.

Then I noticed something odd.

They....don't....play one another.

They aren't scheduled to, that is. That will create an imbalance of games in the WAC, as some have played eight, some have played six and will play two more. Boise State is 6-0, with one more game scheduled.

Has anyone else seen this? I think it may break my dynasty.

Hadn't noticed it, and I played 5 or 6 years in the WAC as NMSU. I didn't look at every team's schedule, but we all played 8 games (it always came down to me, Boise, and Fresno for the WAC championship). Never saw one of us with only 7 games.

k0ruptr · 10-28-2010, 01:37 PM

I read something about that wac scheduling being screwed up but I thought they addressed it in the last patch. Are you all patched up?

Ksyrup · 10-29-2010, 06:50 AM

I had one of those "Boys, we're no longer in the WAC" moments last night. 7-0, #9 NMSU at 1-5 Kansas St., and I throw another 5 INTs and can't do anything on offense. I'm down 13-10 with a minute left and driving when I throw my 5th INT - with 1 TO left and a minute to go, the game is basically over - when one of my guys strips the DB who picked off the pass and we recover. Two plays later, I hit the game-winning TD pass. And then for good measure, after 3 incompletions and a sack at their 10 gives me the ball with 11 seconds left, I throw another TD to win 24-13. And I shoulda lost. Now I'm ranked #6.

Ironically, my Big 12 schedule is worse, from a "top ranked opponents" standpoint, than if I was still in the WAC. Only OK St. is ranked among my opponents. Texas is now 5-3 and on a 3 game losing streak. I have 4-4 Missouri and 5-3 Nebraska left that seem to be my toughest games.

Oh, and I'm having a really difficult time recruiting 4 and 5 star players. NMSU is now a 5 star program, and I've snagged 4 or 5 4-stars, but last week 8 guys committed elsewhere and I had to scramble to add 8 or so 3-stars to my queue just to fill it out. I went after 3 centers with an open starting job just waiting, and all 3 committed elsewhere.

I also couldn't find that "pink diamond" bonus. I ahd a week where I didn't get any bonuses, so I went searching for the pink diamond thing and didn't see it. I have no clue what that is.

FF · 10-30-2010, 02:29 PM

Just curious, but what playbooks do you guys prefer? I'm running with the BYU playbook and really want to move towards something more balanced.

Ksyrup, in my OD it's taken me 2 or 3 seasons as Toledo at a 5* school before I had any 5* interested in my program. And don't forget about the JUCOs, I needed a stop gap last year at QB and got a 2* @ 70 ovr and this year I got a 3* C that is 77 ovr.

General Mike · 10-31-2010, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by FF

Just curious, but what playbooks do you guys prefer? I'm running with the BYU playbook and really want to move towards something more balanced.

Ksyrup, in my OD it's taken me 2 or 3 seasons as Toledo at a 5* school before I had any 5* interested in my program. And don't forget about the JUCOs, I needed a stop gap last year at QB and got a 2* @ 70 ovr and this year I got a 3* C that is 77 ovr.

Do you want a pro style playbook? If so, take a look at Western Michigan or Rutgers. Good mix of 1 and 2 back sets with the QB under center, plus some shotgun.

DaddyTorgo · 10-31-2010, 05:02 PM

Just had an instand classic I gotta tell you guys about.

Ranked #5 at the end of the year, invited to the Fiesta Bowl against #6 Boise State.

Boise goes up early and I'm ineffective on offense (2 redzone INT's including one in the endzone)...20-10 with 4 minutes left. I manage to score with just under 3 minutes left after a long pass and then a pass from around the 12 or whatever.

Force a fumble on the kickoff...Boise State recovers. Manage to get them to go 3-and-out. Get the ball back...drive down to their 30...kick a 47yd field goal after stalling to tie the game.

Game goes into OT. We trade two scores apiece...and they miss their last extra point on the 2nd TD, so I end up winning 34-33!!!

Ksyrup · 10-31-2010, 05:03 PM

So I had a strange and apparent bug fuck up a great Big 12 championship game for me today. I'm #4 12-0 NMSU playing #9 10-2 Oklahoma in a really fun, intense game. Tied 28-28 after 3, I hit a FG early in the 4th to take a 31-28 lead. With 1:40 left, I end up around my 40 yard line with a 4th-and 6. So I decide to angle put it as far as I can, and I perfectly place it just inside the OU 20 - the return man catches it straddling the out of bounds line. So as I gear up to play D, I see an "Official Review" on the screen as they show the returner catch the ball. Odd, right? What could they be reviewing? Next thing I know, OU has the ball at the 40. FUCK! I'm thinking the AI accidentily mistook my punt for a kick-off and called me for kicking out of bounds, giving them the ball at their 40. But then I realize - it's not at THEIR 40, it's on MY FUCKING 40!!! Next play 40 yard TD pass, and I get close but end up getting picked off at the 5 yard line to lose. So I quit the game - no way am I losing on a BS bug. And it ruined one of the best games I've played on NCAA11.

Anyone seen this? No way it was a valid play, right? Had to be some sort of bug that penalized me for kicking out of bounds and then gave them the ball where I kicked from, is what I'm thinking.

It's just a stupid game, but I am FUCKING PISSED!

Ksyrup · 10-31-2010, 05:04 PM

Boise State ALWAYS misses an XP in games I've played against them (and that was nearly every year until I moved to the Big 12). It's a given.

DaddyTorgo · 10-31-2010, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Boise State ALWAYS misses an XP in games I've played against them (and that was nearly every year until I moved to the Big 12). It's a given.

They missed 2 in this game...I could hardly believe it. Missed their first one...so when it came to the OT one I was self-narrating like "well they could still miss this...they missed one earlier so it's not a given...OMG THEY MISSED IT!!!"

DaddyTorgo · 10-31-2010, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

So I had a strange and apparent bug fuck up a great Big 12 championship game for me today. I'm #4 12-0 NMSU playing #9 10-2 Oklahoma in a really fun, intense game. Tied 28-28 after 3, I hit a FG early in the 4th to take a 31-28 lead. With 1:40 left, I end up around my 40 yard line with a 4th-and 6. So I decide to angle put it as far as I can, and I perfectly place it just inside the OU 20 - the return man catches it straddling the out of bounds line. So as I gear up to play D, I see a "Official Review" on the screen as they show the returner catch the ball. Odd, right? What could they be reviewing. Next thing I know, OU has the ball at the 40. FUCK! I'm thinking the AI accidentily misttok my punt for a kick-off and called me for kicking out of bounds, giving them the ball at their 40. But then I realize - it's not at THEIR 40, it's on MY FUCKING 40!!! Next play 40 yard TD pass, and I get close but end up getting picked off at the 5 yard line to lose. So I quit the game - no way am I losing on a BS bug. And it ruined one of the best games I've played on NCAA11.

Anyone seen this? No way it was a valid play, right? Had to be some sort of bug that penalized me for kicking out of bounds and then gave them the ball where I kicked from, is what I'm thinking.

It's just a stupid game, but I am FUCKING PISSED!

That's a messed up bug. You were totally justified in quitting the game, but I understand how irritating that is.

Groundhog · 10-31-2010, 05:09 PM

They probably have a 50 rated kicker! I'm in my 3rd season and about half the teams in the WAC have crappy kickers and punters. Way too many missed XPs.

Sun Tzu · 10-31-2010, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

So I had a strange and apparent bug fuck up a great Big 12 championship game for me today. I'm #4 12-0 NMSU playing #9 10-2 Oklahoma in a really fun, intense game. Tied 28-28 after 3, I hit a FG early in the 4th to take a 31-28 lead. With 1:40 left, I end up around my 40 yard line with a 4th-and 6. So I decide to angle put it as far as I can, and I perfectly place it just inside the OU 20 - the return man catches it straddling the out of bounds line. So as I gear up to play D, I see a "Official Review" on the screen as they show the returner catch the ball. Odd, right? What could they be reviewing. Next thing I know, OU has the ball at the 40. FUCK! I'm thinking the AI accidentily misttok my punt for a kick-off and called me for kicking out of bounds, giving them the ball at their 40. But then I realize - it's not at THEIR 40, it's on MY FUCKING 40!!! Next play 40 yard TD pass, and I get close but end up getting picked off at the 5 yard line to lose. So I quit the game - no way am I losing on a BS bug. And it ruined one of the best games I've played on NCAA11.

Anyone seen this? No way it was a valid play, right? Had to be some sort of bug that penalized me for kicking out of bounds and then gave them the ball where I kicked from, is what I'm thinking.

It's just a stupid game, but I am FUCKING PISSED!

I had this happen to me in the very first game I ever played. Needless to say, I was surprised something like this made it into the final version (no more patches are coming) of the game.

bhlloy · 10-31-2010, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Groundhog

They probably have a 50 rated kicker! I'm in my 3rd season and about half the teams in the WAC have crappy kickers and punters. Way too many missed XPs.

Yeah this is still close to a game killer, I don't understand why they couldn't/didn't patch it. By season 3 of my SDSU dynasty almost every other team in the league is a 50/50 proposition on XP and as for FG over 20 yards - forget about it. Really makes the game easier than it needs to be. Should be such an easy fix, I don't understand.

Kodos · 10-31-2010, 05:59 PM

At least in offline dynasty, you can address it with create-a-player. Definitely a pain though.

Groundhog · 10-31-2010, 06:08 PM

I'm considering editing the kickers of all the teams in my conference at the very least. Might check the sim stats and see how these crappy kickers are doing in simulated games.

Ksyrup · 10-31-2010, 07:00 PM

I haven't seen a huge number of bad kickers, but it seems to stick with the same teams over time. Like I said, Boise State always has a bad kicker - and I've been playing this dynasty for about 8 or 9 seasons.

Groundhog · 10-31-2010, 07:28 PM

Must be something to do with recruiting tendencies? Maybe some teams are just never recruiting kickers?

Ksyrup · 10-31-2010, 07:32 PM

I have had a hard time recruiting a kicker, so what I did was recruit a really good punter and made him my kicker and punter.

Groundhog · 10-31-2010, 07:35 PM

I just grabbed the #12 kicker in my dynasty, though he's just 2-stars and I haven't seen his ratings yet.

bhlloy · 10-31-2010, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

At least in offline dynasty, you can address it with create-a-player. Definitely a pain though.

There's no way to guarantee those kickers actually get recruited by the teams in your conference though. I created a bunch of west coast based kickers in year 1 of my dynasty and didn't see any of them get picked up by MWC teams. Unless I generate 15+ guys I don't think it's going to make much of a difference, and I'm not sure I have the patience to do that.

Also correct me if I'm wrong Groundhog, but I don't think there's anyway to edit attributes in-dynasty once you have started.

I actually just beat #4 TCU (a team way, way better than I am) 21-20 because they missed an XP earlier in the game and short field goals in the last 3 minutes. Really leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Combine that with some stupid, stupid CPU AI (letting the clock run down inside 2 minutes to have said crappy kicker try a 35 yard field goal he has 0 chance of making rather than moving the ball closer/trying to score a TD) and what should have been a great win or a close loss feels like I stole one.

bhlloy · 10-31-2010, 07:52 PM

DOLA - in my dynasty so far this year it's affected at least my games with TCU, Utah and Washington State. The best teams on my schedule seem to have the worst kickers so I'm not sure what the issue is but it's very annoying.

Groundhog · 10-31-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by bhlloy

Also correct me if I'm wrong Groundhog, but I don't think there's anyway to edit attributes in-dynasty once you have started.

You are probably right, I hadn't tried, just assumed it was possible. Maybe pumping up the CPU's sliders when playing crappy kickers would help?

bhlloy · 10-31-2010, 08:03 PM

I just thought of that - CPU now has 80 for FG accuracy in my dynasty. Hopefully it helps. If the better CPU kickers are too good, will probably just go in and edit it based on how terrible the CPU kicker is on a game by game basis.

Or EA could just take the 5 minutes that it would take to generate some more semi-decent kickers and make sure everybody is recruiting them as needed

Ksyrup · 11-01-2010, 09:25 AM

So I replayed my OU Big 12 championship game last night and won 20-14. Not quite as thrilling a game, but it hung in the balance until I was able to run out the clock. We played #11 9-3 UF in the Fiesta Bowl and beat them 34-17 to finish ranked #3 and 14-0.

I'll be headed into season #6 at NMSU next time I fire it up...

Ksyrup · 11-01-2010, 09:28 AM

You know one thing I'd love to see implemented in this game - and I really have no idea if it is feasible because of the play clock issue - but I'd love for the games to be regulation 15 minute quarters, just move as fast they do now. I just like seeing drives take the correct amount of time (extrapolated out over a 15 minute quarter, so if you play 8 minute quarters and hold the ball 4 minutes, the drive shows as 7:30). I know that's pretty much impossible to work with the play clock situation, but I wonder if it's possible.

It's such a small thing, but I know it helped me get into the game more with the hockey games when I wanted to play 6 minute periods and the scoring times were more realistic because they sped the clock up. But again, hockey doesn't have the play clock issue, so my guess is it would be too complicated to work something out for football.

MizzouRah · 11-03-2010, 09:30 PM

Well.. I've now lost two in a row. Texas Tech was 1-5 and their hurry up offense just beat me to death. I gave up 46 points.. ouch!

Groundhog · 11-03-2010, 10:02 PM

As soon as the CPU goes into hurry up mode, I get scorched. Can't stop 3 passes in a row from picking up a 1st down to save my life.

10-20-2010, 06:15 PM	#702
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	For any and all interested in a PS3 - FOFC driven NCAA 11 multiplayer dynasty... PS3 NCAA 11 Dynasty prelim thread... - Front Office Football Central __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

10-21-2010, 06:40 PM	#706
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	I got killed by the Louisiana Tech no-huddle last night... I can only imagine what the Sooner no-huddler would be like. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

10-22-2010, 11:56 AM	#711
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	CraigSca... Were you interested in joining up with the PS3 league? I understand you're "horrible" at the game, but that would put you in the same class with everybody else . Let me know. I'd like to pick a conference and teams by Monday or Tuesday, and have the first games up and ready as soon as next weekend. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

10-22-2010, 01:15 PM	#714
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I don't believe so. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

10-22-2010, 01:17 PM	#715
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	I think the PS3 version can make you a piping hot cup of espresso. It's only available as an EA add-on though. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

10-21-2010, 12:03 PM	#703
BillJasper Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Northern Kentucky	Absolutely loving this game. Played a Dynasty game as #18 UC vs. #14 Oklahoma... won 34-31 in overtime (think my blood pressure went up). The single player experience is so much more satisfying in NCAA than it is in Madden. I can't figure out how EA can get one football game so right and the other so wrong since they come from the same developer.

10-21-2010, 01:38 PM	#704
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Wow.. stressful last night.. beat #16 Nebraska 23-12, but it was 16-12 for much of the 3rd-4th quarters. Now I have to travel to OU to play the #11 Sooners.

10-22-2010, 10:17 AM	#709
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Does anyone else have to have a 12 pack of beer by their side when playing a game in their dynasty?

10-22-2010, 01:02 PM	#713
BillJasper Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Northern Kentucky	Is there any difference between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, besides the cover?

10-22-2010, 02:13 PM	#716
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	The ps3 version also has an MBBF mod that plays the Mizzou fight song repeatedly. Last edited by MizzouRah : 10-22-2010 at 02:13 PM.

10-24-2010, 10:18 PM	#719
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Year #3 is tough with Hawaii. Even though I've recruited two top-30 classes, my best players have graduated and my young guys are too young to make an impact, leaving me with WRs that can't catch and QBs that can't throw. Seriously, I just had 11 dropped passes - 3 of which were sure TDs - in a game and beat LTU 9-7 on a last second FG. My QB was 9/36. Youch. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

10-25-2010, 07:35 AM	#720
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Back from a week out of town, I made up for lost time with my NMSU dynasty this weekend. At the end of 2016, I was offered a spot in the Big 12 (replacing Colorado) and accepted. This was perfect since it gave me the opportunity to step up to a better conference without changing teams. We won our first 3 non-conference games easily and then took on #22 OKST on the road, where we somehow demolished them 40-3 (3 fumble return TDs will do that for you, I guess). Then we hosted TAMU in a wild game we won 45-31 despite 7 TOs (6 INTs!). They turned it over 5 times, though. It was a crazy game. It was both way closer and not as close as the final score, if that makes any sense (I was losing 21-17 at one point in the 3rd quarter, then had a 45-24 lead before they hit a meaningless 80-yard TD as time expired). That set up out biggest game of the year at #9 Texas. My D gave them everything between the 20s, and then kept holding them out of the endzone. I got an INT TD to take an early 10-3 lead, and then Texas kept chipping away with field goals to take a 12-10 lead. On my 3rd INT of the game (yes, I've thrown 9 INTs in my last 2 games!), they finally took it down and scored a TD, and I figured I was done at 19-10. But my offense finally got going, we converted a huge 4th-and-5 from the Texas 38 and we scored to make it 19-17 going into the 4th quarter. Then my D took over and shut them down, I got the ball back, scored another TD with 4 minutes to go, added the 2-point conversion to go up 25-19, stopped them, got the ball back, and ran out the clock to pick up the win. So we're ranked #12 now, 6-0 and 3-0 in the Big 12. The problem I'm having with INTs is that I'm so used to being able to complete passes across the middle against inferior teams that I automatically throw the ball when the receiver makes his cut, and against the better teams, the Safety is jumping the route and picking those passes off. that doesn't happen against the crap teams. I can't keep doing that and expect to win. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

10-27-2010, 05:40 PM	#722
Comey College Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CT via PA via CA via PA	In the first year of my dynasty, Boise State and Nevada are both undefeated, and ranked 3rd and 4th in the polls (respectively), behind Penn State (me) and Ole Miss (zuh?). We just crushed Michigan State in a game that shocked me, 48-17, to finish off the Big Ten undefeated (11-0 overall). I went to look at Boise State's schedule, because I was curious as to when they played Nevada. Both sit atop the MAC at 6-0. Then I noticed something odd. They....don't....play one another. They aren't scheduled to, that is. That will create an imbalance of games in the WAC, as some have played eight, some have played six and will play two more. Boise State is 6-0, with one more game scheduled. Has anyone else seen this? I think it may break my dynasty. __________________

10-27-2010, 09:31 PM	#723
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Lost to Oklahoma in double OT I had missed a field goal earlier in the game and that cost us the game..

10-28-2010, 01:37 PM	#725
k0ruptr Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Las Vegas	I read something about that wac scheduling being screwed up but I thought they addressed it in the last patch. Are you all patched up? __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: k0ruptr My Favorite Teams : Chicago White Sox - Carolina Panthers - Orlando Magic - Phoenix Suns - Anaheim Ducks - Hawaii Warriors - Oregon Ducks

10-29-2010, 06:50 AM	#726
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I had one of those "Boys, we're no longer in the WAC" moments last night. 7-0, #9 NMSU at 1-5 Kansas St., and I throw another 5 INTs and can't do anything on offense. I'm down 13-10 with a minute left and driving when I throw my 5th INT - with 1 TO left and a minute to go, the game is basically over - when one of my guys strips the DB who picked off the pass and we recover. Two plays later, I hit the game-winning TD pass. And then for good measure, after 3 incompletions and a sack at their 10 gives me the ball with 11 seconds left, I throw another TD to win 24-13. And I shoulda lost. Now I'm ranked #6. Ironically, my Big 12 schedule is worse, from a "top ranked opponents" standpoint, than if I was still in the WAC. Only OK St. is ranked among my opponents. Texas is now 5-3 and on a 3 game losing streak. I have 4-4 Missouri and 5-3 Nebraska left that seem to be my toughest games. Oh, and I'm having a really difficult time recruiting 4 and 5 star players. NMSU is now a 5 star program, and I've snagged 4 or 5 4-stars, but last week 8 guys committed elsewhere and I had to scramble to add 8 or so 3-stars to my queue just to fill it out. I went after 3 centers with an open starting job just waiting, and all 3 committed elsewhere. I also couldn't find that "pink diamond" bonus. I ahd a week where I didn't get any bonuses, so I went searching for the pink diamond thing and didn't see it. I have no clue what that is. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

10-30-2010, 02:29 PM	#727
FF Mascot Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Michigan, USA	Just curious, but what playbooks do you guys prefer? I'm running with the BYU playbook and really want to move towards something more balanced. Ksyrup, in my OD it's taken me 2 or 3 seasons as Toledo at a 5* school before I had any 5* interested in my program. And don't forget about the JUCOs, I needed a stop gap last year at QB and got a 2* @ 70 ovr and this year I got a 3* C that is 77 ovr. __________________ i've somehow gotten a computer Last edited by FF : 10-30-2010 at 02:32 PM.

10-31-2010, 05:02 PM	#729
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	Just had an instand classic I gotta tell you guys about. Ranked #5 at the end of the year, invited to the Fiesta Bowl against #6 Boise State. Boise goes up early and I'm ineffective on offense (2 redzone INT's including one in the endzone)...20-10 with 4 minutes left. I manage to score with just under 3 minutes left after a long pass and then a pass from around the 12 or whatever. Force a fumble on the kickoff...Boise State recovers. Manage to get them to go 3-and-out. Get the ball back...drive down to their 30...kick a 47yd field goal after stalling to tie the game. Game goes into OT. We trade two scores apiece...and they miss their last extra point on the 2nd TD, so I end up winning 34-33!!!

10-31-2010, 05:03 PM	#730
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	So I had a strange and apparent bug fuck up a great Big 12 championship game for me today. I'm #4 12-0 NMSU playing #9 10-2 Oklahoma in a really fun, intense game. Tied 28-28 after 3, I hit a FG early in the 4th to take a 31-28 lead. With 1:40 left, I end up around my 40 yard line with a 4th-and 6. So I decide to angle put it as far as I can, and I perfectly place it just inside the OU 20 - the return man catches it straddling the out of bounds line. So as I gear up to play D, I see an "Official Review" on the screen as they show the returner catch the ball. Odd, right? What could they be reviewing? Next thing I know, OU has the ball at the 40. FUCK! I'm thinking the AI accidentily mistook my punt for a kick-off and called me for kicking out of bounds, giving them the ball at their 40. But then I realize - it's not at THEIR 40, it's on MY FUCKING 40!!! Next play 40 yard TD pass, and I get close but end up getting picked off at the 5 yard line to lose. So I quit the game - no way am I losing on a BS bug. And it ruined one of the best games I've played on NCAA11. Anyone seen this? No way it was a valid play, right? Had to be some sort of bug that penalized me for kicking out of bounds and then gave them the ball where I kicked from, is what I'm thinking. It's just a stupid game, but I am FUCKING PISSED! __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." Last edited by Ksyrup : 10-31-2010 at 07:02 PM.

10-31-2010, 05:04 PM	#731
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Boise State ALWAYS misses an XP in games I've played against them (and that was nearly every year until I moved to the Big 12). It's a given. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

10-31-2010, 05:09 PM	#734
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	They probably have a 50 rated kicker! I'm in my 3rd season and about half the teams in the WAC have crappy kickers and punters. Way too many missed XPs. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

10-31-2010, 05:59 PM	#737
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	At least in offline dynasty, you can address it with create-a-player. Definitely a pain though. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

10-31-2010, 06:08 PM	#738
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	I'm considering editing the kickers of all the teams in my conference at the very least. Might check the sim stats and see how these crappy kickers are doing in simulated games. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

10-31-2010, 07:00 PM	#739
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I haven't seen a huge number of bad kickers, but it seems to stick with the same teams over time. Like I said, Boise State always has a bad kicker - and I've been playing this dynasty for about 8 or 9 seasons. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

10-31-2010, 07:28 PM	#740
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Must be something to do with recruiting tendencies? Maybe some teams are just never recruiting kickers? __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

10-31-2010, 07:32 PM	#741
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I have had a hard time recruiting a kicker, so what I did was recruit a really good punter and made him my kicker and punter. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

10-31-2010, 07:35 PM	#742
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	I just grabbed the #12 kicker in my dynasty, though he's just 2-stars and I haven't seen his ratings yet. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

10-31-2010, 07:52 PM	#744
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	DOLA - in my dynasty so far this year it's affected at least my games with TCU, Utah and Washington State. The best teams on my schedule seem to have the worst kickers so I'm not sure what the issue is but it's very annoying.

10-31-2010, 08:03 PM	#746
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	I just thought of that - CPU now has 80 for FG accuracy in my dynasty. Hopefully it helps. If the better CPU kickers are too good, will probably just go in and edit it based on how terrible the CPU kicker is on a game by game basis. Or EA could just take the 5 minutes that it would take to generate some more semi-decent kickers and make sure everybody is recruiting them as needed

11-01-2010, 09:25 AM	#747
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	So I replayed my OU Big 12 championship game last night and won 20-14. Not quite as thrilling a game, but it hung in the balance until I was able to run out the clock. We played #11 9-3 UF in the Fiesta Bowl and beat them 34-17 to finish ranked #3 and 14-0. I'll be headed into season #6 at NMSU next time I fire it up... __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

11-01-2010, 09:28 AM	#748
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	You know one thing I'd love to see implemented in this game - and I really have no idea if it is feasible because of the play clock issue - but I'd love for the games to be regulation 15 minute quarters, just move as fast they do now. I just like seeing drives take the correct amount of time (extrapolated out over a 15 minute quarter, so if you play 8 minute quarters and hold the ball 4 minutes, the drive shows as 7:30). I know that's pretty much impossible to work with the play clock situation, but I wonder if it's possible. It's such a small thing, but I know it helped me get into the game more with the hockey games when I wanted to play 6 minute periods and the scoring times were more realistic because they sped the clock up. But again, hockey doesn't have the play clock issue, so my guess is it would be too complicated to work something out for football. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." Last edited by Ksyrup : 11-01-2010 at 09:29 AM.

11-03-2010, 09:30 PM	#749
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Well.. I've now lost two in a row. Texas Tech was 1-5 and their hurry up offense just beat me to death. I gave up 46 points.. ouch!

11-03-2010, 10:02 PM	#750
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	As soon as the CPU goes into hurry up mode, I get scorched. Can't stop 3 passes in a row from picking up a 1st down to save my life. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

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