Ideally, I would have liked to run a pro-style offense in the game. However there's still too many nagging issues on certain plays with the run-blocking, and since I absolutely suck at passing, I'll be running some sort of option based scheme. The spread options in the demo work really well for the most part. I'd rather run a scheme that works, than stick to my pro-style when it doesn't.
Whatever option scheme I go with, I want to spread the field with 2x2 4 wr sets, and use heavy wr motion for jet sweeps and triple options. I also want to utilize bubble screens and the like (the PA screens that Oregon uses feels REALLY good in the game). Having 4 wrs at the line allows me to always be a threat in the passing game on every down, that's something the wishbone/flexbone just can't provide to the same extent.
I originally wanted to run this out of the pistol to maintain a balanced formation, with downhill running threat without sacrificing QB depth. However, it feels so good running this scheme out of Oregon's shotgun spread offset formation that I'm having second thoughts. It has almost all of the types of plays I'm looking for (I LOVE the new shovel option). Hopefully there's more counters or PAs off of these WR motion plays in the customs playbooks that I can run to prevent defenses from run committing as soon as the WR goes in motion. The increased shotgun depth also gives me a little bit more time to make the pitch read, which for some reason I'm struggling with this year. When I get the game, I'll have to lab the pistol option game before I officially decide, but it'll be either pistol or shotgun.
I haven't played around with defense much at all in the demo, but it looks like the CPU option will be a lot harder to stop than previous years. To counter this, I'm going to try to recruit the fastest back seven with the highest play recognition I can, and not worry about much else. I haven't tried this before, but I imagine it'll be effective to snuff out the option, and pretty good in the passing game as well. I plan to recruit run-stuffing d-lineman and probably a balanced MLB to help in the run game. It's not like the d-line gets pressure on the QB anyway
I will use FIU, not necessarily because they best fit the scheme, but I put a lot of restrictions on myself for teams I can use in a dynasty. and FIU was the best team for the scheme remaining. I plan to be their OC and work my way up to HC at a big school. FIU has a good young dual-threat QB to build around, and a junior RB with 90+ speed and acceleration. Speed kills in the spread option game, and that's how I plan to recruit as well.