Sim or Play?

[stcloudgopher]

Quote: Originally Posted by Son of Sam99

You've got to be able to accept the simulated result though and move on, if your team gets upset by someone you know you would have beaten you've just gotta suck it up and take the loss.

I think this is exactly how to do it with simming. If you are Florida, decide to sim the Vandy game and they beat you... Well, sorry, but take the loss.

I do a similar thing with my dynasty. If it is a FCS game, or a game against a C or lower team, I usually sim unless it is a recruit visit game. I think this allows for an upset or two to occur that probably wouldn't if I played the game. I don't usually mind the upset because I lose around 1 or 2 games a season playing the game.

Another thing I enjoy (and something that helps combat the endgame of 4-8 undefeated teams) is to play the Duke/Florida State game using the CPU play call and generally laying off the sticks. It's kind of fun to have to throw on a 3-step. I do control the run plays, but the talent gap is such that one needs to be on top of their game to win.

Deckster59 does what I do as well. I have a straight sim dynasty that I use to populate Madden.

That said, I play all "R" games: Rivalry, Recruit (visits) and Ranked. I also play all bowl games (which I am routinely spanked in for some reason).