Ea college football favorite teams

[Young dawg]

For those that have already started playing the game, who are some of your favorite teams to use so far. South Carolina is one that I?ve enjoyed fast quarterback with a big arm, Nyck Arbor is a cheat code at receiver, plus rocket sanders at rb.

[Brobi-wan]

I’ve only played MSU you so far in the dynasty mode. Hope our o-line is better than the game has us. I can’t keep Shapen off his a$$

[Coach34]

Made the playoff in S1 but lost to Ohio State. The State defense was a killer. I play offense only and the D gave up 48 to Texas, 62 to UPig and 52 to Ohio St

[KOdawg1]

I recruited over Parson and MVB with a QB with 97 speed. Can pretty much do whatever you want at that point

[Young dawg]

Arkansas actually has a really good offensive on the game. They have one of the fastest quarterbacks and some fast receivers

[Brobi-wan]

The momentum mechanics in the game throw me off a bit with my timing sometimes.

[LemonDog]

Oregon is a fun offense.

Played against Washington and they nailed Will’s playstyle. He never threw more than 15 yards downfield, ran backwards on 2 sacks, and barely moved in the pocket.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I started a dynasty as the OC at TCU and now I’m in Year 3 of the dynasty and first year HC at Miami. A couple of observations:

1. I only play offense so can only speak on that side, it is a lot harder than any NCAA/Madden I have played. Even with good O lines, you get maybe 3-4 seconds to throw the ball.

2. You have to have good balance on offense. If you don’t, teams will drop 8 on you in a heartbeat.

3. You need to have some understanding of reading defenses unless you are playing on a low level. I threw A TON of picks for about a season and a half.

4. There are still some dynasty bugs to work out such as 6-6 teams making the playoffs and some recruiting bugs. But it is awesome to have a CFB game again.

[Young dawg]

I started a dynasty as the OC at TCU and now I?m in Year 3 of the dynasty and first year HC at Miami. A couple of observations:

1. I only play offense so can only speak on that side, it is a lot harder than any NCAA/Madden I have played. Even with good O lines, you get maybe 3-4 seconds to throw the ball.

2. You have to have good balance on offense. If you don?t, teams will drop 8 on you in a heartbeat.

3. You need to have some understanding of reading defenses unless you are playing on a low level. I threw A TON of picks for about a season and a half.

4. There are still some dynasty bugs to work out such as 6-6 teams making the playoffs and some recruiting bugs. But it is awesome to have a CFB game again.

I agree that at times the offense can be harder. Especially in games where the defense is really getting after you. There is also so many different looks the defense can give pre snap to hide their actual defense that can be hard to pick up on when there is no time to throw.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I agree that at times the offense can be harder. Especially in games where the defense is really getting after you. There is also so many different looks the defense can give pre snap to hide their actual defense that can be hard to pick up on when there is no time to throw.

Well in other NCAA games, for the most part, you knew where you were going with the ball pre snap. This game forces you to sometimes go to that 2nd or 3rd option and if you don't know defenses, you will end up throwing a pick more times than not.

[BulldogDX55]

Oregon is a fun offense.

Played against Washington and they nailed Will’s playstyle. He never threw more than 15 yards downfield, ran backwards on 2 sacks, and barely moved in the pocket.

I am doing a QB Road to Glory and went to Washington because I knew I'd only sit one season.

Will lead them to a 4-8 record.

[MoreCowbell]

I use to love playing with West Virginia back in the day when they had Pat White

[StarkVegasSteve]

I use to love playing with West Virginia back in the day when they had Pat White

Those teams were absolutely unfair. All you had to do was get in the two back out of gun. You had Pat White at QB, Steve Slaton at one RB and Noel Devine at the other. You could triple option people to death

[Coach34]

I’m having a tough time recruiting. 12 weeks into the season and I have 2 commits.

Any tips?

[KOdawg1]

I’m having a tough time recruiting. 12 weeks into the season and I have 2 commits.

Any tips?
Target 10-12 guys you really want and spend all your hours on them. They'll commit after a few weeks and then you target another 10 or so

[Coach34]

Thanks Dawg

[Todd4State]

I’m having a tough time recruiting. 12 weeks into the season and I have 2 commits.

Any tips?

Fire John Hevesy.

[Coach34]

That’s funny

[lawdawg]

I?m having a tough time recruiting. 12 weeks into the season and I have 2 commits.

Any tips?

Like someone else said, you gotta go heavy on a 10-12 guys. If you see you aren't going to get one (i.e. another in-state school leads and is making more weekly progress), bail early and use those hours elsewhere. And when you drop guys in the first few weeks, search for guys with 0 offers and fill your list with them.

Be sure to spend your coaching coin on improving your recruiting ability - that will let you increase the weekly hours you can spend on each recruit.

Also, after a few weeks of "sending the house", you gotta switch to "hard sell" to get max progress each week.

[Coach34]

How do you switch? I thought once you send the house you are locked in?

[StarkVegasSteve]

Like someone else said, you gotta go heavy on a 10-12 guys. If you see you aren't going to get one (i.e. another in-state school leads and is making more weekly progress), bail early and use those hours elsewhere. And when you drop guys in the first few weeks, search for guys with 0 offers and fill your list with them.

Be sure to spend your coaching coin on improving your recruiting ability - that will let you increase the weekly hours you can spend on each recruit.

Also, after a few weeks of "sending the house", you gotta switch to "hard sell" to get max progress each week.

Good tips. Also, if you are already a good team, getting kids out of the portal is damn near impossible because they all want playing time and if you're a bad team it's equally as hard because they don't want to play for a bad team.

[lawdawg]

How do you switch? I thought once you send the house you are locked in?

Go to that recruit?s recruiting tab and go down to ?send the house?. Hold down triangle to remove. You can then add hard sell for 40 and DM for 10 if you want (or more if you can spend more hours per croot). From what I?ve seen, hard sell is more effective (if the recruit likes your pitch) than sending the house.

[Young dawg]

If there is a recruit you really want you can try to sway them to care about something you have a high grade in and you can hit them with a hard and soft sell. Also I like start out by targeting people that are already interested in my school and trying to get people that are in my pipeline.