Making it to the National Championship

[Deegeezy]

Re: Making it to the National Championship

The game isn't scripted to make you lose. If you play on heisman, it's generally scripted to be challenging to the point where you have to play 100% the full game. Even a slight lack of focus can mean the difference between winning or losing. You have to cherish the wins, and move on with the losses.

Exactly how I feel. Heisman gives me the "chess game" feeling which to me, is how football really is.

[Pogo27]

Re: Making it to the National Championship

In my UF dynasty, I posted a 13-0 record...around week 7, I went from #2 to #3, permanently. As an SEC team, I'm beaten out by an undefeated Stanford (Pac-10) team that had the second spot, and a Wisconsin (Big Ten) team that had the #1 spot. I got the Sugar Bowl against PSU...where on the last play of a tie game, the CPU runs a normal play with time running out, I'm in complete prevent defense, and the CPU's WR runs a deep post route and is WIDE OPEN for the touchdown. whooo :/

In my Arizona State dynasty, I posted a 12-0 record...week 11 and 12 I'm number 2 in the BCS. Week 13, I fall to number 3 for the rest of the season. As a Pac-10 team, I'm beaten out by an undefeated Alabama (SEC) team that had the second spot, and an Iowa (Big Ten) team that had the #1 spot. I get the Rose Bowl against....West Virginia.

I'm not sure if its possible to make it to the NC game, either. The game seems to screw the user out of the number 2 spot no matter what teams are on top.

See... this is more of a legit gripe then "I'm a 2-loss ACC team that lost to Dook, why can't I make it to the national championship game?"

I am, however, curious about your strength of schedule.

In an online dynasty, one of the players in our league made it to the national championship game as 12-0 Connecticut in the Big East and played against undefeated Boise State.

Generally speaking, I really don't think undefeated SEC teams should be ranked lower than top 2 by the end of the season, and I think 1-loss SEC champions should, at worse, be the highest ranked 1-loss team.

But the game will put a 1-loss SEC champion behind a 1-loss team in their same division (11-1 higher ranked than the 12-1 SEC champ that it lost to). Heck, the game will put a 1-loss SEC champion behind a 1-loss Boise State, an undefeated Nevada (who plays no one), a 1-loss TCU, and a 2-loss Wisconsin.

I really don't get it. The top 25 polling is kind of out of wack.

[poopoop]

Re: Making it to the National Championship

This year you would be correct, but I did take the ACC title in my first two years. Combined over the 3 years, I have lost a total of 5 games, 2 of those were in this 3'rd year, so I don't know what else to do.

So you lose 5 games in 3 years (which would be difficulty for any team to pull off in real life) and want to attribute at least 2 of those losses to the game deciding you need to lose? If that's the case when do you lose legitimately?

I'll agree with some things, like the poll logic in this game being a bit screwy, but all of this other talk is just whining. There's too many people who just want to take their team and go 13-0 every season, then blame comeback AI, robo QBs, or rubberband AI whenever they manage to lose.

No it's not impossible to make the National Championship on this game. You can make it with one loss it just depends on when it happens and who you lose to. I've read a ton of posts about people making it with teams that realistically will likely never make it. Strangely enough I read a post earlier where a guy said he won the NC with Duke in year 5. lol imagine that.

i watched my fav team blow like a 21-0 lead at home to Northwestern last year mainly due to fumbling the ball several times. then watched them immediately go and upset Ohio State the next week. Let that ever happen in the game though it'd all be bcause of cheating.