BCS Will Continue as the Postseason Format For All Years of Dynasty in NCAA Football

[grabursock55]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

excitement for NCAA 14...

[aholbert32]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

And there it is. The malarkey reason I was expecting.

Now I'm going to seriously consider not buying the game this year.

Thanks, EA. I've bought this game every year since NCAA '98 and you're forcing me to rethink my yearly decision.

BAD MOVE.

Why is that "malarkey"? Would you prefer they make up criteria? It is what it is.

[Cowboy008]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

I expected this.

I agree. I wasn't expecting a playoff for NCAA 14.

[jpdavis82]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

SO we haven't had this in a football game since....EVER and now people don't want the game? This makes 0 sense, why is this such a big deal?????

[TheBrothers24]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

SO we haven't had this in a football game since....EVER and now people don't want the game? This makes 0 sense, why is this such a big deal?????

One of the old NCAA games had the option for a playoff. I think it might have been NCAA Gamebreaker 99 or NCAA Football 99 but I'm not sure. It was on the original Playstation and I remember having the option to select a playoff or BCS before starting a season.

[grabursock55]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

older EA Football games had playoffs, up to ncaa 2001.
Gamebreaker also had optional playoffs.

Its a big deal now because in the dynasty mode, we will be stuck playing the BCS for the entire dynasty, when in reality, it will only be around for one more year.

It would make the most sense to make it so the top 4 teams in the final AP polls make the playoffs. its simple. There isnt much else to it, because that basically what its gonna be like in real life.

[The_Rick_14]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

It would make the most sense to make it so the top 4 teams in the final AP polls make the playoffs. its simple. There isnt much else to it, because that basically what its gonna be like in real life.

You could do that but if that's not how selections are going to made then people would complain that it wasn't right. The other piece to figure out is how the bowl games that get the first round of playoffs will be rotated and picking the national championship game site.

I would have liked a generic playoff like you suggested, but the NCAA/BCS may not have allowed that option. It won't effect me enjoying the game. Gameplay determines that one.

[aholbert32]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

One of the old NCAA games had the option for a playoff. I think it might have been NCAA Gamebreaker 99 or NCAA Football 99 but I'm not sure. It was on the original Playstation and I remember having the option to select a playoff or BCS before starting a season.

That was 15 years ago and two system generations ago. I have no idea why people would expect this when the system doesnt go into effect until next year.

[FightinSnydersKSU]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

And there it is. The malarkey reason I was expecting.

Now I'm going to seriously consider not buying the game this year.

Thanks, EA. I've bought this game every year since NCAA '98 and you're forcing me to rethink my yearly decision.

BAD MOVE.

They don't have it all set in stone in real life in the first place, so why don't you just go cry about it.

[The_Wise_One]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

Doesn't matter to me. Would have been nice to have though. Could have sold more units promoting that.

[bigbob]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

That was 15 years ago and two system generations ago. I have no idea why people would expect this when the system doesnt go into effect until next year.

You're right, it was 15-years ago. And 15-years ago, we didn't have a playoff either. That's why people expect it.

[Hooe]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

You're right, it was 15-years ago. And 15-years ago, we didn't have a playoff either. That's why people expect it.

What about the previous fourteen years then, or every single release between then and now? I assert that if one were to accurately form an expectation, one should form such an expectation from strong - and more importantly recent - trends rather than from one-off examples.

That anything should be expected from things that were done nearly two decades ago when both college football and the video games industry have changed dramatically over that timespan strikes me as illogical and ridiculous.

[JerseySuave4]

Are they trying to do whatever they can to make us NOT want to buy this game? Every bit of news that has come out so far has either been bad or came included with bad videos/screenshots.

[Exile04]

how effing dare there. i cant believe EA did this. You guys are a joke EA not that you read this stuff anyways. multi million dollars and you cant figure out a playoff system.

[smack23011]

Re: No Playoffs in NCAA 14

I can see both sides here.
1. People want realistic
- Unfortunately EA doesnt give us the most realistic aspect possible. (Madden 25, 2K, The Show)

2. It's been known for sure for some time now how the process was going to work.
- Some of us like me wouldn't care if they took the top 4 teams from the BCS formula because NO ONE is going to go back and look at every teams stats who they played how tough their schedule was to determine and make sure that the top 4 teams were right.

3. As much as I love NCAA they should've fought harder to put this in. Then gave us the choice between choosing Playoff or BCS and change it year in year out like we can do with changing conferences.

Also reason why people won't buy it because they're tired of the same old thing especially when EA only focuses on one thing. A lot of people want gameplay fixed and when you see 2K, Show you only want that. Realism and the choice to such things like a playoff.