TCY: Couple of Question

[Warhammer]

Its been a while since I last played TCY, and have a few questions.

1) What do you need to do to get a job offer at another school?

2) What do you look at to determine how well a player will play Bump & Run defense when there is no stat for it?

3) Do 3-4 defenses or 4-3 defenses work better? I seem to have much better luck when running a 3-4 because when I go to the 50 defense against running teams, it normally works well. When in a 4-3, going to the 46 defense causes big problems.

[MikeVick7]

2) It's their man coverage skills.

[dixieflatline]

1) What do you need to do to get a job offer at another school?


Have a good couple of years then have a not so good year and it seems like the offers will come in. Winning a championship with a small school you would expect lot's of offers from the big boys but it is the year after when you go 8-3 that the offers usually come in.


3) Do 3-4 defenses or 4-3 defenses work better? I seem to have much better luck when running a 3-4 because when I go to the 50 defense against running teams, it normally works well. When in a 4-3, going to the 46 defense causes big problems.


I have had success with both the 4-3 and 3-4. It seems to just depend on whether I have better DTs or ILBs. I agree the 50 is much more successful than the 46 which definitely will give up some huge plays in the passing game. I never use the 46 now. If you are going to use the 3-4 make sure you are going to get some good sack numbers from you DEs. Even blitzing a lot with your LBs will often not get as much pressure as two solid DEs rushing.

[OldGiants]

Switching defense to counter the offensive set works quite well in TCY, if you have the personnel. My general rule is

3-4 versus pass happy offenses
4-3 versus "pro" set only (but it does the job nicely)
50 versus Iformation sets and other FB/HB sets
46 versus power running (that is, full house backfield formations), but not Veer which will rip the 46. I learned that from reading Football For Dummies, tried it out and confirmed TCY works that way.

[gstelmack]

TCY says clearly to use the 46 when the offense does not pass much. If the other offense doesn't pass much, the 46 can be a great tool. I find it works wonders against 0/16 rated QBs (just played one recently in fact).