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A Godsend in NCAA Football 09: Formation Audibles

06:14 PM - June 4, 2008 by RaychelSnr

Wil McCombs is back this week with a look at why formation audibles are a significant addition to NCAA Football 09. Be sure to check out his article, A Godsend in NCAA Football 09: Formation Audibles!

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	"After two weeks of articles oozing with negativity, I thought it my be therapeutic to relinquish my role as Operation Sports� resident pessimist, (at least for one week) and talk about something I�m very, very excited about."

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# 21 Antoine11 @ 06/05/08 02:02 AM

yeh i use to lovetaking my fastest player on the team(no matter what the postion) and permenently placing him into one of my shotgun formations as the QB. Then i would scramble all over my opponents. That use to be my bread and butter of formation subs.

# 22 merg311 @ 06/05/08 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Antoine11


	yeh i use to lovetaking my fastest player on the team(no matter what the postion) and permenently placing him into one of my shotgun formations as the QB. Then i would scramble all over my opponents. That use to be my bread and butter of formation subs.

Are you joking or are you really a cheeser?

# 23 coogrfan @ 06/05/08 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Antoine11


	yeh i use to lovetaking my fastest player on the team(no matter what the postion) and permenently placing him into one of my shotgun formations as the QB. Then i would scramble all over my opponents. That use to be my bread and butter of formation subs.

If there is a better argument against including formation subs than this, I haven't heard it.

# 24 Candyman5 @ 06/05/08 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Antoine11


	yeh i use to lovetaking my fastest player on the team(no matter what the postion) and permenently placing him into one of my shotgun formations as the QB. Then i would scramble all over my opponents. That use to be my bread and butter of formation subs.

Wow did he just say that...-_-?

# 25 rudyjuly2 @ 06/05/08 01:44 PM

This was the one older feature I really missed from the PS2 versions. I'm very happy to have it back.

# 26 legendkiller5 @ 06/05/08 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Antoine11


	yeh i use to lovetaking my fastest player on the team(no matter what the postion) and permenently placing him into one of my shotgun formations as the QB. Then i would scramble all over my opponents. That use to be my bread and butter of formation subs.

Wow, you can't get any cheesier than that. Haha.

# 27 jdrhammer @ 06/05/08 02:12 PM

Say Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!

# 28 nxt @ 06/05/08 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Antoine11


	yeh i use to lovetaking my fastest player on the team(no matter what the postion) and permenently placing him into one of my shotgun formations as the QB. Then i would scramble all over my opponents. That use to be my bread and butter of formation subs.

# 29 Antoine11 @ 06/05/08 04:00 PM

Dont tell me that you guys are that big of nerds that that actually bothers you. WOW! Either you are a nerd or you suck so bad that you can't figure out how to stop it. FYI: Just put a QB Spy.

# 30 rudyjuly2 @ 06/05/08 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Antoine11


	Dont tell me that you guys are that big of nerds that that actually bothers you. WOW! Either you are a nerd or you suck so bad that you can't figure out how to stop it. FYI: Just put a QB Spy.

How old are you? When's the last time you saw a team put its fastest player at QB and run their team?

# 31 bad_philanthropy @ 06/05/08 04:05 PM

If a "nerd" in this case is someone who tries to enjoy the game by trying to make it reflect real life as much as possible then there are a lot of nerds here and you a the one who is out of place.

# 32 ODogg @ 06/05/08 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Antoine11


	Dont tell me that you guys are that big of nerds that that actually bothers you. WOW! Either you are a nerd or you suck so bad that you can't figure out how to stop it. FYI: Just put a QB Spy.

It bothers us not because it can't be stopped (it most certainly can as you say) but because teams don't do that in real life and most of us like a simulation style game. I'm not saying sometimes teams in college don't put a fast WR type guy in at QB but it's a gimmick and not a game plan. When you get older you will understand these basic football things.

# 33 coogrfan @ 06/05/08 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Antoine11


	Dont tell me that you guys are that big of nerds that that actually bothers you. WOW! Either you are a nerd or you suck so bad that you can't figure out how to stop it. FYI: Just put a QB Spy.

FYI: you're really not helping yourself with this.

# 34 muggins @ 06/05/08 04:12 PM

Damn, the first time I saw the thread I thought it was formation subs. Formation audibles are ok, but not nearly as useful

Both are kind of an accepted standard now.

# 35 Dame @ 06/05/08 04:15 PM

I like formation subs i like being able have a certain RB in the backfield for that set without having to quick sub. The years when my full back sucks i like to play the second HB in pro forms. I like to put the fast receiver in three or more receiver sets in a favorable spot or run that formation without taking the time to sub.

I can live without it but it would be nice to take my star offensive players off of special teams.

# 36 rudyjuly2 @ 06/05/08 04:16 PM

While I want formation subs as well, I wanted formation audibles more. I used them a lot on the PS2. With formation subs, I used them to get more time for backup LBs and DL for the most part in nickel and dime packages. I can give my backup RB time with the packages system and don't need the formation subs that much for that area.

# 37 ODogg @ 06/05/08 04:50 PM

Will these formation audibles work online? I mean can you set all our audibles and get them how we want them and then go online and they will all be there?

# 38 Computalover @ 06/05/08 05:02 PM

the fatigue set on would nullify that fast QB thingy. i had fast QB's i recruited and after several downs scrambling, he was always auto sub'ed. so putting your fastest player, I use qb spy with fast LB's (which is part of my recruiting stradegy (?) ) to counter that move.. its always a way to counter the cheeze!

# 39 coogrfan @ 06/05/08 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ODogg


	Will these formation audibles work online? I mean can you set all our audibles and get them how we want them and then go online and they will all be there?

They should. Note that F.A's (which are preset for each team) are in addition to the traditional 5 audibles we've always had, they don't replace them.

# 40 Antoine11 @ 06/06/08 01:02 AM

Arkansas. Darren McFadden. Worked out pretty well for them.

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