Inopportune penalties

[davep]

I haven't kept track exactly, but does anyone else feel like holding/clipping calls happen much more often on 3rd/4th down (i.e. the more important plays)? Is that scripted?

[seriousluboy83]

Not so much on 3rd downs just the downs were you really need 2 move the chains the most is how I'd put it...

[Beefmaster]

I was Texas against UL Monroe and had 6 TD's called back for penalties. My kicker ended up 6-6 on field goals and 2-2 on extra points. Most I have ever kicked in a game.

[hellbent]

I don't see too many (with holding penalty slider at default and only turned up off/def PI, intentional grounding) on Heisman level. Though, when they do happen, it is ALWAYS against me and never the CPU. Never see a false start by the CPU either, despite my jumping the snap with regularity against them.

[JayD]

Yeah sometimes it seems the game is actually against you. I was playing a game where i had the ball inside their 10 yd line and a field goal would win it but i got 3 STRAIGHT HOLDING CALLS after each field goal attempt, which i made them all. The penalties took me out of field goal range and i had to punt, and yeah their was no holding call when i punted, so the game went into OT.

[Wet Bandit]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

[bling1202]

I was playing online. I was down by 17 at the half and by time the 4th quarter came, I had cut it down to 3. I got the ball and started driving... eventually got to a 3rd & Long. So I ran a pass play and got about a 50yd TD. PENALTY.. Clipping. so I had to punt. Then the other player gets the ball with about 2:30 left on the clock. 3 times in a row i got it to third and stopped him only to get a Personal Foul Facemask against me allowing him to win by 3. WTF!!!!!

Penalties in this game are so eff'd up. I looked at the final tally and I had 9 penalties for 75yds and he had ZERO penalties. Now I don't know what he was playing on, but I had my setting on Balanced(as opposed to Conservative or Aggressive).

[davep]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wet Bandit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

you may be right. like I said, I haven't kept exact stats...but when I get 4 holding penalties all game, and 3 of them are in a row that take me out of field goal position to send it into OT, I get a little suspicious.