A Football Universe (NCAA 14 and Madden 25)

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Hello everyone! So things are going to get a bit crazy on this thread. I've started a few threads before with dynasties and honestly just got bored with them because they felt stagnant. So here's the plan for this. I'm going to create a coach for NCAA 14 and Madden 25 and then export draft classes to Madden 25. You can follow players from their freshman year all the way through the professional level. This is going to be crazy for me because the NCAA dynasty will have to be a full year ahead. There might not be big write-ups for every game, but I will try to keep up to date with players of the week, awards, etc. If there is something that I am missing from updates please let me know. It will take this a little while to get started because NCAA 14 needs to get started before Madden does.

Here's how the NCAA 14 works. I am going to sim the ENTIRE first year as either an OC or DC for a 6* school (I'm thinking like Ohio State or Alabama). There will be updates as Madden goes through its first year as well (Top 25 games, Players of the Week, Heisman Watch, etc.). Once the offseason hits, I will take a job at a school that offers me a job. That way I am not just kicking a HC out of a job. There is yet ANOTHER twist to the dynasty. It will be set up in a relegation style similar to football/soccer in Europe. Teams will be relegated and promoted based on performance each season. Also, once I play through games they will be done through coach mode. I enjoy being able to see how my prospects do without me taking control of them. I will add a link to the sliders once I figure out which I am going to do.

Here are the setups for the conferences:

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East
ACC
Syracuse
Michigan
Notre Dame
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Michigan State
Purdue
Boston College
Wisconsin
Rutgers
Penn State
West Virginia

MAC
Maryland
Navy
Temple
Connecticut
Toledo
Indiana
Ball State
Bowling Green
Pittsburgh
Ohio

Sun Belt
Marshall
Kent State
Western Michigan
Miami University
Central Michigan
Buffalo

Independent
Eastern Michigan
Army
Akron
UMass

South
SEC
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Virginia Tech
South Carolina
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
Clemson
Auburn
Miami
Florida State
Louisville

American
Tennessee
Virginia
Duke
USF
Wake Forest
NC State
UCF
ECU
Vanderbilt
Kentucky

Sun Belt
Mid Tenn State
Western Kentucky
Memphis
Florida Atlantic
Troy
FIU

Independent
UAB
South Alabama
Georgia State
Old Dominion

Central
Big 12
TCU
Oklahoma
Mississippi State
Oklahoma State
Baylor
Texas A&M
Missouri
Texas
LSU
Ole Miss
Arkansas
Iowa

Big Ten
SMU
Arkansas State
Iowa State
Tulsa
Illinois
Houston
UL Monroe
Northern Illinois
Texas Tech
Northwestern

C-USA
UL Lafayette
Tulane
UTEP
Louisiana Tech
Rice
Southern Miss

Independent
North Texas
Texas State
UTSA

West
PAC-12
Nebraska
Washington
Utah
Arizona
BYU
UCLA
California
USC
Oregon
Kansas State
Stanford
Boise State

MWC
Hawai'i
Minnesota
Fresno State
San Diego State
Kansas
Colorado
Oregon State
Air Force
Nevada
Arizona State

C-USA
UNLV
Wyoming
Utah State
San Jose State
Colorado State
Washington State

Independent
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Idaho

The Madden CFM will be a bit easier because I can just get into it. I haven't decided on a team yet but will soon. I'm thinking about starting with either the Jaguars, Buccaneers, Raiders, or Steelers. All of those teams are rebuilds except the Steelers. I find them a bit of a challenge because they have an older roster. If you have an suggestions on the team to select let me know and give a reason why. Similar to the NCAA Dynasty I would like to try and use Coach Mode sliders if possible but would be ok with Simulation style sliders. I will post them once I find one I like. I am going to try and get this started ASAP. Wish me luck! It's going to be fun and crazy.

EDIT: So I think I have settled on sliders to use for both CFM and Dynasty. For Dynasty, I will be using zocrates As real as it gets CPU vs. CPU sliders. I was trying to find a set of sliders for coach mode but have found enjoyment from watching the team play outside of my control. Sure the playcalls are not always the best, but it will be the best way for a hands off progression to the team. There will be recruiting rules that will be addressed after I take my first HC job for season 2. For CFM, I will use Charter04's Madden 25 All-Madden Sliders. I've tried GJD23 & WTBB's Madden 25 All-Madden Sliders but not only found it too easy to complete passes, but the AI was throwing games with only 1 or 2 incompletions. It would have made my defense look like swiss cheese.

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2013 Season:
Randy Nelson (NCAA): 1-0 Oregon Ducks (DC)
Joe Caldwell (NFL): 0-0 Oakland Raiders

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Randy Nelson (NCAA)
Career Record: 0-0
Career vs. Top 25: 0-0
Bowl Record: 0-0
Conference Championships:0
Promotions (Team Moves Up a Conference):0
Relegations: 0
All-Americans: 0
All-Conference Players: 0
Heisman Winners: 0
Coach of the Year: 0
NFL Draft Picks: 0

Joe Caldwell (NFL)
Career Record: 0-0
Postseason Record: 0-0
Pro Bowlers: 0
Coach of the Year: 0

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August 28, 2013

The NCAA 2013-14 season gets underway this week. There is a new set up for conferences that will definitely make some interesting matchups throughout the year. So much for talk about the College Football Playoffs. The top tier conferences get automatic bids to any bowl game while the American and MAC conference champions will battle it out in the Sugar Bowl and the MWC and Big Ten conference champions will compete in the Fiesta Bowl.

Below are the Preseason Top 25:

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#1 Alabama (34)
#2 Ohio State (23)
#3 Stanford (1)
#4 Texas A&M (2)
#5 Georgia (1)
#6 Oregon
#7 Notre Dame
#8 South Carolina
#9 Clemson
#10 Florida
#11 Louisville
#12 LSU
#13 Oklahoma
#14 Florida State
#15 Texas
#16 Oklahoma State
#17 TCU
#18 Boise State
#19 Michigan
#20 UCLA
#21 Kansas State
#22 Nebraska
#23 Oregon State
#24 Northern Illinois
#25 Vanderbilt

Here is a look at the current Heisman Watch:
QB Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M, So)
QB AJ McCarron (Alabama, Sr)
QB Braxton Miller (Ohio State, Jr)
QB Teddy Bridgewater (Louisville, Jr)
QB Marcus Mariota (Oregon, So)

Here is a look at the Preseason All-Americans (both teams):

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1st Team
QB Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M, So)
HB Ka'deem Carey (Arizona, Jr)
HB De'Anthony Thomas (Oregon, Jr)
FB David Sims (Georgia Tech, Sr)
WR Mike Davis (Texas, Sr)
WR Sammy Watkins (Texas, Jr)
WR Marqise Lee (USC, Jr)
TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins (Washington, Jr)
LT Taylor Lewan (Michigan, Sr)
LG David Yankey (Stanford, Sr)
C Andrew Miller (Virginia Tech, Sr)
RG Mason Walters (Texas, Sr)
RT Cameron Fleming (Stanford, Jr)
LE Jame Gayle (Virginia Tech, Sr)
RE Jadeveon Clowney (South Carolina, Jr)
DT Will Sutton (Arizona State, Sr)
DT Louis Nix (Notre Dame, Jr)
LOLB Ryan Shazier (Ohio State, Jr)
MLB CJ Mosley (Alabama, Sr)
ROLB Denicos Allen (Michigan State, Sr)
CB Adrian James (UTEP, Jr)
CB Aaron Colvin (Oklahoma, Sr)
FS Ha Ha Clinton Dix (Alabama, Jr)
SS Sean Parker (Washington, Sr)
K Zach Hocker (Arkansas, Sr)
P Kyle Christy (Florida, Jr)
KR/PR De'Anthony Thomas (Oregon, Jr)

2nd Team
QB AJ McCarron (Alabama, Sr)
HB Henry Josey (Missouri, Jr)
HB Duke Johnson (Miami, So)
FB Jay Prosch (Auburn, Sr)
WR Jared Abbrederis (Wisconsin, Sr)
WR Jordan Matthews (Vanderbilt, Sr)
WR Brandon Carter (TCU, Jr)
TE Randall Telfer (USC, Jr)
LT Jake Matthews (Texas A&M, Sr)
LG Cyril Richardson (Baylor, Sr)
C Gabe Ikard (Oklahoma, Sr)
RG Anthony Steen (Alabama, Sr)
RT JJ Prince (Purdue, Fr)
LE Marcus Rush (Michigan State, Jr)
RE Jackson Jeffcoat (Texas, Sr)
DT Timmy Jernigan (Florida State, Jr)
DT Luther Maddy (Virginia Tech, Jr)
LOLB Shaun Lewis (Oklahoma State, Sr)
MLB Shayne Skov (Stanford, Sr)
ROLB Corey Nelson (Oklahoma, Sr)
CB (WR) Devon Cajuste (Stanford, So)
CB Chris Davis (Auburn, Sr)
FS Quandre Diggs (Texas, Jr)
SS Vinnie Sunseri (Alabama, Jr)
K Andrew Furney (Washington State, Sr)
P Steven Clark (Auburn, Sr)
KR/PR Duke Johnson (Miami, So)

There is only one Top 25 matchup for Week 1. Surprisingly, it is not the Game of the Week. That honor goes to Auburn vs. #10 Florida. However, the other game to keep an eye on out of the Top 25 is #1 Alabama vs. #5 Georgia.


The Oakland Raiders are under control of a new head coach as they look to find a winning season after several failed attempts. The preseason was not kind to them as there are a plethora of players that have either found their way onto the injury report or even the Injury Reserved list. One of the players that will miss the teams first few games of the season is star halfback Darren McFadden. He was injured during the last game of the preseason.

Stay tuned for more details about both seasons. The NCAA season is being simmed and hopefully will be done in a few days with articles so that the Madden season can get underway. I would release Week 1 NCAA and the conclusion of NFL Preseason, but I want to make a draft board for the NFL so you guys can know who to follow and will see if any of the college players are going to pop up in the news for the NCAA. I've already gotten two weeks of articles done for the NCAA and cannot wait to get them up!

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Let me know what you guys think of this layout. Since my coach is not in control of a team I will not be posting any team specific stuff in the NCAA but will be following a similar format for the Madden CFM portion of this thread. Any and all feedback is welcome as long as it is constructive! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy!

[DynasticJumper]

Love it. It's clean and very easy to read through, yet still appealing. And with the precise of your dynasty, I think it is great. Following for sure.

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I'm working on getting through the NCAA season. I have articles written for weeks 1 through 7. I'm thinking of having an update on conferences on some point but that might make the "papers" really long. I'm trying to limit these to two pages when I create them on Word. If I do conference updates then they will definitely be longer than 2 pages. As of right now I'm trying to get through the season so I can get both Madden and NCAA going at the same time. Sorry for the delay! As soon as I can get a Draft Board put together I'll post it up here and get Madden started.