B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

[BDawg35]

Re: B-DAWG RESIGNS

Rutgers in the Big Ten could be a nice challenge

I've been a Michigan fan since the early 1970s, so I am kind of partial to the Big Ten.

[studbucket]

Re: B-DAWG RESIGNS

I've been a Michigan fan since the early 1970s, so I am kind of partial to the Big Ten.

You could be a school like Iowa (feel free to plug in Minnesota, Nebraska, etc) and embrace the "rural farm vibe":
1) You can only sign a 5-star prospect once every 3 years.
2) You can only get two 4-star prospects each year.
3) You are great at taking 3-star farmboys and getting them to the NFL at OL, DL, LB, and TE
4) Your best skill players are under-appreciated players from the Northeast (Iowa gets a lot of RB/WRs from NJ, PA, etc).

Not sure if that's too many artificial limitations, but maybe it will be inspiration for the kind of setup you want.

I'm on a College Hoops 2K8 discord and there's a guy who is doing an service academy-only dynasty, so he is adhering to their height/weight requirements. He can't recruit any guys at The Citadel who are taller than 6'8" or weigh more than 240 lbs (based on actual real life military academy requirements). I thought that was a cool idea.

[OldHossRadbourn]

Re: B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

Hey B-Dawg, FirstTimer from MM here A couple easy house rules that help for more enjoyable and realistic long term dynasties:

1. You can only recruit as many Sr/RS(Jrs) you have on your roster. So at any one time you can only have that many guys on your board. Helps create class attrition and random holes in your roster you have to scheme around. It also makes recruiting more strategic so you don't end up stockpiling talent at a given spot by over recruiting a position.

2. No in-season scouting(Turn off scouting, recruit assistance, Ast Coach Fill Board)

3. Anyone at 95 OVR or above on the roster can be artificially cut to simulate them going Pro when the game doesn't do so. 97 and above is usually an automatic cut for me unless they are a K, P, or something like that.

4. You can only recruit the "star" class of kid that your program prestige is at, unless they are in-state. 3 Star school, you can only recruit 3 star and below kids, unless they are in-state, in which case, everyone is fair game.

[BDawg35]

Re: B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

You could be a school like Iowa (feel free to plug in Minnesota, Nebraska, etc) and embrace the "rural farm vibe":
1) You can only sign a 5-star prospect once every 3 years.
2) You can only get two 4-star prospects each year.
3) You are great at taking 3-star farmboys and getting them to the NFL at OL, DL, LB, and TE
4) Your best skill players are under-appreciated players from the Northeast (Iowa gets a lot of RB/WRs from NJ, PA, etc).

Not sure if that's too many artificial limitations, but maybe it will be inspiration for the kind of setup you want.

I'm on a College Hoops 2K8 discord and there's a guy who is doing an service academy-only dynasty, so he is adhering to their height/weight requirements. He can't recruit any guys at The Citadel who are taller than 6'8" or weigh more than 240 lbs (based on actual real life military academy requirements). I thought that was a cool idea.

Looking back, I should have had more restrictions on my recruiting at Air Force. About the only two I had were not recruiting JUCO players or players from Canada. That didn't exactly limit my classes too much.

A cool thing about playing with the Minnesotas and Iowas of the world is they have the most dope rivalry trophies, Floyd of Rosedale among them.

Hey B-Dawg, FirstTimer from MM here A couple easy house rules that help for more enjoyable and realistic long term dynasties:

1. You can only recruit as many Sr/RS(Jrs) you have on your roster. So at any one time you can only have that many guys on your board. Helps create class attrition and random holes in your roster you have to scheme around. It also makes recruiting more strategic so you don't end up stockpiling talent at a given spot by over recruiting a position.

2. No in-season scouting(Turn off scouting, recruit assistance, Ast Coach Fill Board)

3. Anyone at 95 OVR or above on the roster can be artificially cut to simulate them going Pro when the game doesn't do so. 97 and above is usually an automatic cut for me unless they are a K, P, or something like that.

4. You can only recruit the "star" class of kid that your program prestige is at, unless they are in-state. 3 Star school, you can only recruit 3 star and below kids, unless they are in-state, in which case, everyone is fair game.

Those are pretty good tips. One frustration with the game is that guys who should obviously be going pro stick around for their full careers. The Heisman winner always returns for his senior year if he wins as a junior, for instance.

While getting unrealistically strong classes too soon in a dynasty is an issue, I think the biggest issue is play-calling. I have my own created playbook which has plays that, for the most part, I'm comfortable calling. So, I can play a game with a weaker team and give a top-10 team a run for its money simply because I know that playbook inside and out and I'm comfortable with most of the plays. Even if I use "Ask Coach" and stick with that, there's always a play that I know I have a chance to do well with. I may need to come up with a new playbook or my next dynasty could get too easy too soon.