Official NCAA 08 Thread

[bearcat]

darjarbinx said:

Bearcat another great thing about recruiting is they got rid of the points system and made it into an alloted amount of hours you can spend on the phone. You can have bad interactions and the recruit could hang up on you.

DYNASTY GUYS
This could be a clincher for anyone who wants to start a dynasty but doesn't have time to devote 2 hours to playing the game and recroding the stats. You can go back and view all the stats, scoring summary, etc anytime you want within the season. That was a major seller for me and hopefully it'll encourage more dynasties.

I saw that on the YouTube video. I hate the point system. I mean, in 07 you could send the house on a recruit and have his pitch matched up, and 9/10 times you STILL didn't get the guy. Recruiting is much more than that.

And I like the fact you can go back and look up stats. That's a big help. I didn't know that, thanks DJB.

[darjarbinx]

media.putfile.com/recruitvid

My god - these two days can't come soon enough. By the way, the official number is 35 players you can recruit in-season.

[detroitbasketball]

For those of you disappointed with the demo, this from the always reliable pastapadre:

Coming out of the demo I really wasn't very enthusiastic about NCAA Football. It just didn't do much for me, especially when seeing how Madden seems to be shaping up better than ever. The 60fps clearly was a huge improvement, and there were several gameplay additions that made the game better. Still though it felt too familiar and on the boring side…but in the end I knew it was just a demo. I attributed some of that feeling to the Varsity difficulty setting, lack of commentary/atmosphere, and that the demo didn't have the things I was most looking forward to from NCAA anyway.

Now after one day with the full game I can say that I feel completely differently. Ironically, I didn't spend much time just playing the game. Most of my concentration was on learning the gameplay, starting my Campus Legend and capturing video/screens. Basically it was all project based. And I enjoyed everything about that.

The moral of the story, I suppose, is the finished product is better than the demo.

[detroitbasketball]

I know select team ratings were posted back a bit...no ratings here, but here's the list of D-1A teams in order of rank:

1. USC
2. Michigan
3. LSU
4. Florida
5. Texas
6. West Virginia
7. Wisconsin
8. Oklahoma
9. V-tech
10. Arkansas
11. Louisville
12. Ohio State
13. Auburn
14. Nebraska
15. Tennessee
16. Cal
17. Penn State
18. Georgia
19. UCLA
20. Rutgers
21. Florida State
22. TCU
23. Boise State
24. Texas A&M
25. Boston College
26. Hawaii
27. Georgia Tech
28. Notre Dame
29. USF
30. Miami
31. Oregon State
32. South Carolina
33. Wake Forest
34. Alabama
35. Texas Tech
36. Oklahoma State
37. Missouri
38. Clemson
39. Kentucky
40. Maryland
41. Iowa
42. Arizona State
43. Oregon
44. BYU
45. Purdue
46. Kansas State
47. Utah
48. Arizona
49. Cincinnati
50. Minnesota
51. Washington State
52. Souther Miss
53. Washington
54. Illinois
55. NC State
56. Pittsburgh
57. Virginia
58. Colorado
59. Michigan State
60. Kansas
61. Mississippi State
62. Vanderbilt
63. Navy
64. Ole Miss
65. Indiana
66. Northwestern
67. Houston
68. Connecticut
69. Marshall
70. North Carolina
71. Tulsa
72. New Mexico
73. Wyoming
74. Nevada
75. Central Michigan
76. Syracuse
77. Stanford
78. San Diego State
79. SMU
80. San Jose State
81. Wester Michigan
82. UTEP
83. Iowa State
84. Fresno State
85. Memphis
86. Baylor
87. UCF
88. Colorado State
89. Ohio
90. Norther Illinois
91. Rice
92. ECU
93. Air Force
94. Miami University
95. Toledo
96. Kent State
97. UAB
98. UNLV
99. Akron
100. New Mexico State
101. Troy
102. Bowling Green
103. Tulane
104. Ball State
105. Arkansas State
106. Army
107. Florida Atlantic
108. Mid Tenn State
109. Duke
110. UL Lafayette
111. UL Monroe
112. Louisiana Tech
113. North Texas
114. Utah State
115. Buffalo
116. Idaho
117. Florida Int.
118. Temple
119. Eastern Michigan

[hoosier]

Illinois at 54? That's way too high. And I don't think they'll finish above IU, although I can't be sure how Bill Lynch will do in coaching the team as interim HC.

[bearcat]

hoosier said:

Illinois at 54? That's way too high. And I don't think they'll finish above IU, although I can't be sure how Bill Lynch will do in coaching the team as interim HC.

I read Illinois' Scout board, and they sure talk big for coming off a 2-10 season. Top recruiting classes are nice, but once they win four or five games each the next two years they'll figure out Ron Zook is smoke and mirrors.

[USN]

tbbearcat5 said:

hoosier said:

Illinois at 54? That's way too high. And I don't think they'll finish above IU, although I can't be sure how Bill Lynch will do in coaching the team as interim HC.

I read Illinois' Scout board, and they sure talk big for coming off a 2-10 season. Top recruiting classes are nice, but once they win four or five games each the next two years they'll figure out Ron Zook is smoke and mirrors.

so I guess the players IN those top recruiting classes aren't going to Illinois...not really defending him but the players he recruited should do something better than four or five wins...and besides everyone knows it's the third year schools really look at for college coaches

[sep]

I hope Benn does wonders for Illinois, since he is on my fantasy teams. Besides that I don't really mind how many games they win.

[bearcat]

sepsportsfanatic said:

I hope Benn does wonders for Illinois, since he is on my fantasy teams. Besides that I don't really mind how many games they win.

You better hope that Williams increases his accuracy by about 15-20%. If not, Benn will have little to no impact.

[sep]

Some guy posted this in the dynasty section on MM. Unreal.

[USN]

so that's how long it lasts

[hoosier]

papelbon58 said:

tbbearcat5 said:

I read Illinois' Scout board, and they sure talk big for coming off a 2-10 season. Top recruiting classes are nice, but once they win four or five games each the next two years they'll figure out Ron Zook is smoke and mirrors.

so I guess the players IN those top recruiting classes aren't going to Illinois...not really defending him but the players he recruited should do something better than four or five wins...and besides everyone knows it's the third year schools really look at for college coaches

On paper, it's a good theory. But look at the talent Zook had at Florida, yet was never able to manage fewer than five losses. The talent is nice, but without coaching ability, all he's really doing is setting up the guy that follows him for some great seasons.

[GigemAGGIES13]

man this anticipation is getting to me. i want this game.

[USN]

at Florida 5 losses is a down year.... at Illinois five losses is an improvement

[hoosier]

Five losses would be an improvement. But he won't have the same level of talent at Illinois as he did at Florida, so that five losses will probably seven or eight losses. With another season like that, top-flight talent will likely stop buying into whatever it is Zook is telling them, and he won't even be getting that talent anymore.

[USN]

well he's 4-19 already...he better 6-8 wins this year or in 09 if he wants to remain employed

[detroitbasketball]

10 AM tomorrow baby.

[Chief Bstn]

I'm playing at like 9:30. We're having an employee tournament before the store opens

[USN]

made a decision on who you're going with yet?

[Chief Bstn]

me? bc, brotha