NCAA Football 13 Gameplay Video - Maryland vs. Michigan

[Chaos81]

Quote: Originally Posted by BA2929

Plus, I've watched a lot of bad college football the past two years being a Kansas fan and I've seen PLENTY of DEs just vacate their position and charge after the RB. It happens.

KU/Georgia Tech game from 2011 comes to mind. Honestly don't think I've ever seen defensive players so out of position like they were in that game.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=312600059

[frankwyte81]

I don't have a problem with how the last pas was thrown and how the receiver changes his route. He was looking back as soon as he get pass the cb. What I do have a problem with is when the receiver ran off the line he was looking over his left shoulder and when the ball was thrown he turned almost all the way around and caught on his right shoulder all in stride. EA, foot planting, foot planting, foot planting, please add it in NCAA 14.

The play where the DE crashed, that seemed fine. If it happens too many times in a game, then there's a problem.

[johnnyg713]

The difficulty looks to be on pro. I dont suspect the DE's to be biting like everyone is complaining about and yes it def should happen sometimes, especially if the DE has a low awareness rating.

CB animations looked just great. People complain about NCAA having sliding and gliding, they finally show realistic foot-planting and people don't seem to care. Good job EA, you get my money this year.

[mcmike9]

Some of the things yall gripe about is stupid. Lol oh and that was a curl. Comeback would be if he turned to the outside.

[StarnugskiN]

Never been so puzzled while on the fence about works in progress...but a tip of the hat to have added some visual to (hopefully)only some of the WR/DB behavior improvements.

11 days from now, EA will have the book out on if these WIP visuals were just something for us to chew on before the monumental game changer. Or if they're just bound to deliver a similar product, leaving all the fun for Madden. And therefore leaving me puzzled.

[sparkdawg777]

Who makes these videos? I'm sorry but not knowing the names of WR routes is more embarrassing than last week's video. Imagine if NBA 2k13 posted a video saying they improved "hook shots" but instead showed someone doing a turn around jumper.

[volwalker]

I am just thankful that the QB animation while running the Read Option is MUCH FASTER than in previous titles. This alone gets me excited for July. Now I feel that I can finally run a complete spread offense with conviction this year! The DE biting looked normal to me. Awesome stuff!

[Knight9299]

Quote: Originally Posted by arobbi3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G11pYLT2yHM I really have no idea what y'all are complaining about. DE's do this ALL THE TIME against the zone read (watch that video of Stanford vs UO). Sure they stay home too, but that was one play! How can you judge the DE interactions based on one play. I run the zone read quite often on 12 and feel as though they have it tuned correctly. That was to show us that the Qb's will actually get out of there quickly and not be stuck in the quicksand animation.

Couldn't agree more. This video shows your point again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBvFD...eature=related

At the 48 second mark in this video watch how this end chases the tailback. Option football is supposed to put certain defenders in conflict with their defensive assignments. 43 DEs are SUPPOSED to step down and chase when the offensive tackle releases inside. There are some ends that can chase and peel to cover the QB, Adrian Claiborne of Iowa did this against Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl effectively making Tech unable to run option to his side. But if we are talking about an average end, he's going to chase because if the front side of the defense stones the offense, the back side end can tackle the tailback. That's where the whole zone read came from, how do you neutralize this weakside ends? BTW this is one of the biggest weaknesses that NCAA has. Defenses don't really function according to the real world philosophy of those defenses.