AZYankees Really Old Guy Varsity Sliders

[AZYankee]

Okay, so we have WWF's old man sliders for the 50+ crowd, so here are mine for the 60+ crowd, but we are not checking ID's, so if you are younger you can use them too

I did these back in the day and was really excited to get to work on something after finally getting NCAA back. I coached HS Football from 1987-2022, so my main focus was getting a set of sliders that looks natural from that perspective, coverage drops, line play, pass rush, etc.

I was worried that the new patch would wreck these but outside of needing to turn down interceptions, everything held up and the improvement in pursuit angles and LBer play helped a ton. So without further adieu, here we go.

House rule - I do not control any players on defense, I scheme by down and distance and game situation. I allow myself to audible when the CPU goes into hurry up, but outside of that the only adjustments I allow myself to make are:
1-Coverage shells
2-Press/play soft
3-Shift the line

I do not guess plays, except in the last 2 minutes of a half/game, where I will guess pass if the situation warrants it for a bit more realism. I will also adjust zone depths in the playbook menu at halftime if the CPU is exploiting certain areas of the field, such as in between the flats and outside deep thirds. Also use the sticks adjustment to drop zone depths in 3rd down passing situations, makes the back end stronger.

Finally, make sure you adjust the adaptive AI under your coach profile to aggressive.

Camera (Wide)

Original set - Updated 08/11/24

GAME SETTINGS
Difficulty: Varsity
Quarter Length: 11 Minutes
Accelerated Clock: On
Minimum Play Clock Time: 20 Seconds
Defensive Ball Hawk: Off
Defensive Heat Seeker Assist: Off
Injuries: 35
Fatigue: 70
Player Speed parity Scale: 25
Revamped Passing
Small lead
Reticle 7

PLAYER SKILL
QB Accuracy: 25
Pass Blocking: 40 (Gives you realistic 2-3.5 second count to make a decision most times)
WR Catching: 50
Run Blocking: 25 (Good run defenses will still present a challenge)
Ball Security: 50
Reaction Time: 56
Interceptions: 20
Pass Coverage: 56
Tackling:50

CPU SKILL
QB Accuracy: 25
Pass Blocking: 40 (Creates more throw aways under pressure for completion percentage)
WR Catching: 50
Run Blocking: 50 (Good running teams will still run the ball well)
Ball Security: 50
Reaction Time: 56
Interceptions: 20
Pass Coverage: 56
Tackling: 50

SPECIAL TEAMS
FG Power 50
FGA 50
Punt Power 55
Punt Accuracy 50
Kick Off Power 50

PENALTIES
Offside: 65
False State: 85
Offensive Holding: 54
Facemask: 35
Illegal Block in the Back: 50
Roughing the Passer: 48
Defensive Pass Interference: 25
Intentional Grounding and roughing the kicker off (To get more throw aways and because I still think there roughing the kicker penalties are a tad high after the patch.)

Auto subs, I use Sim Gaming Networks recommendations, as I feel it does impact gameplay as he indicates.
QB 0/1
RB 80/70
OL 80/60
WR, TE 80/70

DT 80/40
DE 80/40
LB 80/40
CB 60/30
S 60/30

Increased difficulty Set - Added 09/15/24

GAME SETTINGS
Difficulty: Varsity
Quarter Length: 11 Minutes
Accelerated Clock: On
Minimum Play Clock Time: 20 Seconds
Defensive Ball Hawk: Off
Defensive Heat Seeker Assist: Off
Injuries: 52
Fatigue: 80
Player Speed parity Scale: 42
Classic Passing
Small lead
Reticle 10

PLAYER SKILL
QB Accuracy: 18
Pass Blocking: 37
WR Catching: 48
Run Blocking: 31
Ball Security: 45
Reaction Time: 52
Interceptions: 22
Pass Coverage: 52
Tackling: 38

CPU SKILL
QB Accuracy: 28
Pass Blocking: 63
WR Catching: 48
Run Blocking: 69
Ball Security: 45
Reaction Time: 52
Interceptions: 22
Pass Coverage: 84
Tackling: 55

SPECIAL TEAMS
FG Power 50
FGA 50
Punt Power 55
Punt Accuracy 50
Kick Off Power 50

PENALTIES
Offside: 65
False State: 80
Offensive Holding: 54
Facemask: 35
Illegal Block in the Back: 51
Roughing the Passer: 49
Defensive Pass Interference: 35
Intentional Grounding and roughing the kicker off

Auto subs, I use Sim Gaming Networks recommendations, as I feel it does impact gameplay as he indicates.
QB 0/1
RB 80/70
OL 80/60
WR, TE 80/70

DT 80/40
DE 80/40
LB 80/40
CB 60/30
S 60/30

[AZYankee]

Dropped Interception to 30 from 35, this seemed to be the one thing the patch really altered, everything else playing well. Will restart my 'real' dynasty and post results.

[JoshuaN125]

Really awesome sliders, thanks for these. I played the first half on play now as Ohio State, in the horseshoe, in the snow, vs Michigan. Both teams struggled to run, as you'd expect with 2 great d lines. I need to work on my coverage game a bit, but I was up 21-14 at the half. Overall, I liked the defensive feel to these. Going to try on dynasty, to see the difference when I play Akron, to when I play Michigan State.

[JoshuaN125]

Also, you said you use adaptive passing. Is that Revamped?

[AZYankee]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshuaN125

Also, you said you use adaptive passing. Is that Revamped?

Yes revamped, I'll update that

[koebsual]

Quote: Originally Posted by AZYankee

Okay, so we have WWF's old man sliders for the 50+ crowd, so here are mine for the 60+ crowd, but we are not checking ID's, so if you are younger you can use them too I did these back in the day and was really excited to get to work on something after finally getting NCAA back. I coached HS Football from 1987-2022, so my main focus was getting a set of sliders that looks natural from that perspective, coverage drops, line play, pass rush, etc. I was worried that the new patch would wreck these but outside of needing to turn down interceptions, everything held up and the improvement in pursuit angles and LBer play helped a ton. So without further adieu, here we go. House rule - I do not control any players on defense, I scheme by down and distance and game situation. I allow myself to audible when the CPU goes into hurry up, but outside of that the only adjustments I allow myself to make are: 1-Coverage shells 2-Press/play soft 3-Shift the line I do not guess plays, except in the last 2 minutes of a half/game, where I will guess pass if the situation warrants it for a bit more realism. I will also adjust zone depths in the playbook menu at halftime if the CPU is exploiting certain areas of the field, such as in between the flats and outside deep thirds. Also use the sticks adjustment to drop zone depths in 3rd down passing situations, makes the back end stronger. Finally, make sure you adjust the adaptive AI under your coach profile to aggressive. Camera (Wide) GAME SETTINGS Difficulty: Varsity Quarter Length: 11 Minutes Accelerated Clock: On Minimum Play Clock Time: 20 Seconds Defensive Ball Hawk: On Defensive Heat Seeker Assist: On Injuries: 35 Fatigue: 70 Player Speed parity Scale: 5 Revamped Passing Small lead Reticle 7 PLAYER SKILL QB Accuracy: 25 Pass Blocking: 40 (Gives you realistic 2-3.5 second count to make a decision most times) WR Catching: 50 Run Blocking: 25 (Good run defenses will still present a challenge) Ball Security: 50 Reaction Time: 55 Interceptions: 30 Pass Coverage: 50 Tackling:50 CPU SKILL QB Accuracy: 25 Pass Blocking: 40 (Creates more throw aways under pressure for completion percentage) WR Catching: 50 Run Blocking: 50 (Good running teams will still run the ball well) Ball Security: 50 Reaction Time: 55 Interceptions: 30 Pass Coverage: 50 Tackling: 50 SPECIAL TEAMS FG Power 50 FGA 50 Punt Power 55 Punt Accuracy 50 Kick Off Power 50 PENALTIES Offside: 65 False State: 85 Offensive Holding: 54 Facemask: 30 Illegal Block in the Back: 50 Roughing the Passer: 48 Defensive Pass Interference: 30 Intentional Grounding and roughing the kicker off (To get more throw aways and because I still think there roughing the kicker penalties are a tad high after the patch.) Auto subs, I use Sim Gaming Networks recommendations, as I feel it does impact gameplay as he indicates. QB 0/1 RB 80/70 OL 80/40 WR, TE 80/70 DT 80/60 DE 80/60 LB 80/40 CB 1/0 S 1/0

Totally agree with sim on penalties hugely effect gameplay! Not much to do with actually amounts of penalties

[AZYankee]

Game 1 - BYU 45 FCS MW 10
As expected, though offensively it was sloppy with my reads, giving up 3 interceptions, 1 on a terrible read and 1 when I pushed the wrong button. L.J Martin had 111 years rushing.

First downs
BYU: 24
FCS: 11

Total Yards
BYU: 458
FCS: 248

Rushing
BYU: 173 YPC 5.1
FCS: 41 YPC 1.4

Passing
BYU: 19-32-285 yards 4 TD 3 Int
FCS: 18-34-207 yards 1 TD 2 Int

Sacks
BYU: 5
FCS: 3

Penalties
BYU: 2-15
FCS: 5-45

[AZYankee]

Game 2 - BYU 35 SMU 31
This was a back and forth battle, fun game to play and there was a total of 21 points scored in the last 2 minutes of the 4th quarter. I thought I would need to hit a long field goal to tie, but a coverage bust left my halfback open down the seam for the game winner with 5 seconds left. Fun game and the key we cutting turnovers down and also managing to avoid being sacked through scrambles, or getting an errant pass away last second. .
First downs
BYU: 28
SMU: 19

Total Yards
BYU: 439
SMU: 396

Rushing
BYU: 131 YPC 4.7
SMU: 87 YPC 4.3

Passing
BYU: 28-36-308 yards 3 TD 1 Int
SMU: 20-30-309 yards 2 TD 1 Int

Sacks
BYU: 2
SMU: 0

Penalties
BYU: 3-20
SMU: 1-10