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NCAA 11 obsolete already?

Posted on June 10, 2010 at 11:06 PM.

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The news of the week concerning NCAA Football is obvious, conference re-alignment. To borrow an overused phrase, unless you have been living under a rock, you know that the Big 12 is falling apart. Nebraska is jumping ship ASAP, Colorado already has and OU, OSU, Texas, Texas A & M and Texas Tech all appear to be doing so within the next week. As I pondered the possibilities of OU visiting Eugene again(where they got screwed! sorry Duck fans!), OSU vs. OSU, The people that love Rick Neuheiseil(UCLA) vs. the people he screwed(Colorado) and so on, my mind drifted to my yearly purchase(every year since Bill Walsh baby!). EA Sports does a good job of putting a realistic version of college football into our living rooms every year, but if they want to stay true to what college football is all about shouldn't they change the game to represent what is currently happening? In other words, how awesome would it be to start a dynasty, but right before we start it align the conferences to our liking? The first thing I would do is line up the old SWC(Hogs N Horns!) and old Big 8, then stick Notre Dame where they belong in the Big Ten. With the landscape of college football changing so drastically it begs the question of, is NCAA obsolete before it has even been released?

Other random thoughts:

1. Suddenly, some of the worst jobs in college football are Mizzou, Kansas, K State, Iowa State and Baylor.

2. What I wish would happen is for Kansas, K State and Mizzou to join Conference USA. Sure football wouldn't be the greatest but that would automatically be one of the top basketball conferences in the nation! (Kansas, K State, Mizzou + Memphis and UAB I love it!)

3. Three people I wouldn't want to be right now: 1.Lane Kiffin, the guy got screwed in Oakland, goes to Tennessee and stays in trouble because he can't keep his mouth shut and still somehow catches a great job at USC only to get the hammer brought down on them less than six months later. 2. Dan Beebe, regardless of what happens, whether the Big 12 survives or not, your office should probably already be cleaned out. And 3. Gary Pinkel, a few years ago you are #1 for a little bit and talking about how you are going to beat OU, now you don't know if your next conference game will be SMU or Middle Tennessee State.

That is all for now, leave your comments.

Comments

# 16 stlstudios189 @ Jun 14

Kansas and Kansas State should join the ACC (boy that would be a blast for basketball) EA has their hands tied but, this is a once in a lifetime event to have this drastic of conferance reallignment.

# 17 Hoops737 @ Jun 14

This blog is dumb. All changes in conferences won't be made until AFTER THE SEASON. NCAA 11 will have it right, but next year they'll have to make the changes as teams will be switching.

# 18 oldman @ Jun 14

@Hoops... So what you are saying is that you never play more than one season in dynasty mode? If you ever play more than one season then the conference alignments will be incorrect in the game you are playing. This has already been stated several times, go back and read what everyone says so you know what is going on in the discussion.

# 19 smlmeyer @ Jun 15

@oldman
I think the problem with adding additional teams to conferences rather than replacing them comes with the game altering all the scheduling. I agree it should be doable, especially with TeamBuilder teams. That would maximize the relevence of even having TeamBuilder. I'm right on board with you on this, I just thought I'd explain what you CAN do now in the game. And I know they won't do it, which is unfortunate because they totally could. I think obsolete is a harsh term though really. I keep my dynasties going on and on and while it might bother me that the conferences won't be correct for the year after the initial season, I'm not going to call the game obsolete over it.

The question that I think is maybe more relevent of asking - in NCAA Football 12, when the first season ends will Colorado and Boise State be in the correct conference? I mean, they would know ahead of time. It's decided a year before the game comes out.

@stlstudios189
Kansas and Kansas State aren't really Atlantic Coast places though haha it wouldn't make sense. It would make for a great conference for sure, but travel-wise it wouldn't be the best of ideas.

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