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  • jello1717
    All Star
    • Feb 2006
    • 5719

    #76
    Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

    Originally posted by Fusker
    It’s definitely still butchering home and away, for me at least. Just started a new dynasty in the ACC, and left it as is. 2 home and 6 in a row on the road, yikes!



    So was it concluded that divisions fix this for larger conferences? Does an odd number of teams in a conference impact things?


    I think home/away balance is a completely different issue from the custom conference scheduling crap that people complain about. That’s stuff like you set them up to play 9 conference games and instead they play 3. This, I believe, only affects custom conferences.

    The home/away imbalance affects anything, custom conference or not.
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    • MLcardinalfan
      Rookie
      • Jun 2011
      • 70

      #77
      Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

      Yeah. The home/away imbalance once you get past the first season has been in the NCAA/Madden games for over 20 years. I wrote a bug report about when I worked at EA, you would think that they could come up with a formula for the scheduling problem to put in their lines of code. Perhaps:Equal to or less than 3 (so there would be no home or away stretch longer than 3 games)

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      • Momoney168
        Pro
        • Aug 2021
        • 584

        #78
        Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

        Just followed up a season where I had 6 conf road games with a schedule that has 8 conf home games. Yikes.

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        • sherrane
          Pro
          • Apr 2013
          • 688

          #79
          Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

          Originally posted by AshTray
          Yes, you are probably correct my C-USA conference is solid and I understand the game is written for the 4 current or 5 past power conference champions getting automatic playoff berths, just didn't sit right with me.

          This is a very common misunderstanding and I believe it is how it was reported by the sports media. This statement does not grant an automatic bid to specific conferences, "The top five conference champions in the CFP rankings and the next seven highest-ranked at-large teams will make the playoffs". While the College Football World was focusing on who would play for and win the Big 12, it took a Tulane loss to Memphis to essentially guarantee their champion would have a spot in the playoffs. The Big 12 would have been excluded from the playoffs if both Boise State and Tulane won out, won their conferences, and finished higher in the rankings than the Big 12 Champ. Tulane entered last week #17, trailed #16 Arizona State while leading #18 Iowa State, #19 BYU, and #25 Colorado.

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          • Momoney168
            Pro
            • Aug 2021
            • 584

            #80
            Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

            Originally posted by jello1717
            I think home/away balance is a completely different issue from the custom conference scheduling crap that people complain about. That’s stuff like you set them up to play 9 conference games and instead they play 3. This, I believe, only affects custom conferences.

            The home/away imbalance affects anything, custom conference or not.
            Does using divisions within customs conferences fix the home/away issues. Also does it make a difference on whether there’s an even or odd amount of conf games on the schedule?

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            • jello1717
              All Star
              • Feb 2006
              • 5719

              #81
              Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

              Originally posted by Momoney168
              Does using divisions within customs conferences fix the home/away issues.


              I dunno as I don’t use divisions, nor would I use them even if it fixed the home/away imbalance. I’d much rather have teams playing 5 road games in a row than to have a 12-0 #2 Michigan playing an unranked 8-4 Purdue in the conference championship game.
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              • doctorhay53
                MVP
                • Aug 2005
                • 1360

                #82
                Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

                Originally posted by jello1717
                I dunno as I don’t use divisions, nor would I use them even if it fixed the home/away imbalance. I’d much rather have teams playing 5 road games in a row than to have a 12-0 #2 Michigan playing an unranked 8-4 Purdue in the conference championship game.
                I believe you can use divisions but still have the top 2 teams in the conference play in the title game, regardless of division. It's one of the settings.
                Go Colts, Go Irish!!

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                • jello1717
                  All Star
                  • Feb 2006
                  • 5719

                  #83
                  Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

                  Originally posted by doctorhay53
                  I believe you can use divisions but still have the top 2 teams in the conference play in the title game, regardless of division. It's one of the settings.


                  I’ve never looked into this, but I can’t imagine this is possibly true. It would make roughly 0 sense to split a conference in divisions if the CCG ended up as the top 2 teams in the same division. There’d be no point of the divisions except to lock in the same teams on the schedule year after year.
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                  • doctorhay53
                    MVP
                    • Aug 2005
                    • 1360

                    #84
                    Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

                    Originally posted by jello1717
                    I’ve never looked into this, but I can’t imagine this is possibly true. It would make roughly 0 sense to split a conference in divisions if the CCG ended up as the top 2 teams in the same division. There’d be no point of the divisions except to lock in the same teams on the schedule year after year.
                    Well I personally can't play with divisions turned off because every other season I have practically no conference home games to schedule visits. Especially now where recruits seem to commit later into the season, I find I need the late-season visits. In my latesy dynasty, before adding divisions I was alternating each year between 6 away/home games and 2 home/away games.
                    Go Colts, Go Irish!!

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                    • jello1717
                      All Star
                      • Feb 2006
                      • 5719

                      #85
                      Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

                      10charssss
                      Last edited by jello1717; 12-06-2024, 04:48 PM.
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                      College #1: Michigan Wolverines
                      College #2: Michigan State Spartans (my alma mater)
                      College #3: North Carolina Tar Heels
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                      • Momoney168
                        Pro
                        • Aug 2021
                        • 584

                        #86
                        Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

                        Originally posted by doctorhay53
                        Well I personally can't play with divisions turned off because every other season I have practically no conference home games to schedule visits. Especially now where recruits seem to commit later into the season, I find I need the late-season visits. In my latesy dynasty, before adding divisions I was alternating each year between 6 away/home games and 2 home/away games.
                        So did divisions fix the home away issues. I’m restarting my dynasty because of it.

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                        • doctorhay53
                          MVP
                          • Aug 2005
                          • 1360

                          #87
                          Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

                          Originally posted by Momoney168
                          So did divisions fix the home away issues. I’m restarting my dynasty because of it.
                          Yes, divisions fixes the home/away issue
                          Go Colts, Go Irish!!

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                          • doctorhay53
                            MVP
                            • Aug 2005
                            • 1360

                            #88
                            Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

                            Originally posted by jello1717
                            I’ve never looked into this, but I can’t imagine this is possibly true. It would make roughly 0 sense to split a conference in divisions if the CCG ended up as the top 2 teams in the same division. There’d be no point of the divisions except to lock in the same teams on the schedule year after year.
                            I just went through my offseason and the game allows you to turn on "Top teams by conference record" even when divisions are on.
                            Go Colts, Go Irish!!

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                            • malky
                              MVP
                              • Feb 2009
                              • 1304

                              #89
                              Re: Custom conference/schedule problems (looking for workarounds/suggestions)

                              Originally posted by doctorhay53
                              Yes, divisions fixes the home/away issue
                              That's another reason to love divisions
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