RIVALS 27-28

[JEJunior]

***** COACHES

• Create a coach, make the Alma Mater a school you want

• Postseason: Any players that want to transfer or leave early cannot be swayed

• All skill trees are the same





****** RECRUITING

- Any one who has you top 10 can be recruited
- No Athletes
- Only true freshman can be redshirted
- Players must be 230 to switch to FB or TE

***** GENERAL IN-GAME RULES

- MIX UP YOUR PLAYBOOK ON OFFENSE.. play calling should be more like the NFL than NCAA, dont be TOO repetitious
[emoji3588] - if you have a specific passing attack (short quick passes, attacking a specific defender, etc) just try and vary the formations/plays but you can use a strategic attack

***** BANNED ON OFFENSE

- shotgun flex runs up the middle, if your pb has alot of shotgun flex formations switch it
- no read options
- oline shifts
- no pass plays with 3 guys running the same route

***** BANNED ON DEFENSE

- dlinemen standing up
- run commit
- 1-5-5
- manually moving more than 1 player

***** PRESNAP OFFENSE

• No hot routes (RB/TE to block is ok)
• Pass plays cannot have 3 players running the same route (hail mary's ok)
• No Read Option
• No Shotgun Offset runs

***** PRESNAP DEFENSE

• only MANUALLY move 1 player presnap
• no nano blitzes

***** 4TH DOWN RULE (NO EXCEPTIONS)

[emoji3588] a) Inside the 35 you can go for it
b) No limit if you're down in the 4th quarter (late 3rd if its realistic) OR DOWN 21+ AT ANYTIME
c) sim regardless of situation (be realistic)

***** QB RUNNING

• You can take off as much as you want just make sure it looks real

***** SPECIAL TEAMS

- Kickers CAN NOT punt, punters CAN NOT kick fgs or kick off
[emoji3588] - You can NOT switch them in position changes
[emoji3588] - Endzone kicks can be returned if the CPU starts running

• ingame coaching strategies not allowed
• Chew Clock must be 3minutes or less
• Aggressive Clock banned
• You can run a slow paced offense but dont milk the clock throughout the game

***** ADVANCES

•Advances will be set for every Thursday Night, and every Sunday Night. Play the games you feel like playing

•You can sim any game you want (NO SUPER SIMMING), if the advance day comes up and really havent had time to play but want to I will extend the deadline.

•I expect User games to at least START getting scheduled THE DAY OF or before advance day.. if one player tries to schedule it and the other waits too long they will be put on auto

***** THREAD

• POST THE "GAME STATS" BOX SCORE EVERY WEEK

[JEJunior]

Re: RIVALS 27-28

WEEK 1

[JEJunior]

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1 OKLAHOMA vs 6 FLORIDA

First half was wild because both defenses were killin it. Ive couldnt run the ball for anything, they were in the backfield every play. Think my back was at 1.5 ypc for the longest. Our first 2 drives were long drives, tough sledding but we got to the red zone... ended both getting stuffed and having to settle for 3. They threw a pick on their first drive but got on the board after being down 6-0. 7-6 lead for UF turned into 10-6 but we had a chance going into the half but had to settle for 3 again. 10-9 at the half

Second half both QBs take over. Game turns into a big play shoot out. The defenses are still tough but the QBs are locked in. 24-24 going into the 4th and the game was just as good. OU got into the redzone again but Malone threw an int at the goalline on a great play by the DB. Florida went down the field and took a shot but we picked it back off. Drove down field and went up 31-24, but they picked us apart and tied it up at 31 with 1:15 left. Malone led us down the field and Johnson scored the go ahead td. OU keeps the winning streak alive

[Archsmith99]

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EA was really trying to cheat me so I would lose. My first drive, Hart got sack fumbled. Couldn't tackle, whoever got there first would get ran over. Didn't matter if it was their Qb, Rb or wr's. Threw 4 picks, the first one was on me, the other 3, the game had my Qb throw it 10 yds from my wr, right to a db or lb. First time in awhile this game actually pis*ed me off lol. Other then the bs, my wr's balled out. Especially the freshman 5*, he had a nice first game. That OLB, who's playing TE, actually had a couple nice catches too.

[JEJunior]

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that reminds me... I gave my freshman TE the start since I spent all my NIL money on him lol buddy dropped the first pass of his career wide open but scored later. Nice feel good story for the kid lol.. I never missed a TE so much in my life tho, 86 was a beast smh.

[JEJunior]

RIVALS 27-28

WEEK 2

[JEJunior]

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NORTH CAROLINA vs 1 OKLAHOMA

1st Half
They run a triple option which caught me completely off guard. We defended it well but they were sharp on the passing downs and the occasional 20 yd pop from the backs. They kept our offense off the field and we had another shaky 1st half. Went into the half up 10-7 after finally finishing a drive.

2nd Half
UNC marches all the way down the field and scores on a 4 minute drive. We throw an interception down 14-10 and they have a chance to extend the lead but we intercept it back. This drive ends with Malone hitting RS Freshman "JJ" on a flag route in the endzone. 17-14. OU gets the big stop and march it down with the momentum, but after a sack they have to settle for 3 in the redzone. 20-14 with 2:05 left. UNC moves it down and scores the go ahead td with 1:08 left. 21-20 and all the pressure is on Malone. UNC has a freshman kicker so the kickoff was short, giving Hawkins room for a 58 yd return. OU ran a few times and set up the game winning fg as time expired. Sooners survive

• My RB and star LB both got hurt but returned. The fear of a season ending injury is real lol

[JEJunior]

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Merry Christmas Arch.. Hope everything is good over there and you had a dope day with your people

[Archsmith99]

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Merry Christmas Arch.. Hope everything is good over there and you had a dope day with your people

A little late but Merry Christmas too. Hope you had a good one..

[JEJunior]

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WEEK 3

[JEJunior]

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16 OREGON vs 1 OKLAHOMA

I had to leave for work so I don't remember as much but basically we threw a pick on our first drive and their offense had me in Alcatraz. I felt like I was playing myself defending their no huddle because they ran it just like me but with read options. I went down 10-0 and struggled out of the gates but eventually it went back and forth. I abandoned my base defense after the second drive and figured out to play them so it helped. I was up 21-17 and got them to punt before the half. PR got me to the 40 and we made the long fg. 24-17 at the half.

3rd was all defense with each team forcing a fumble and me throwing 2 more ints. Tough sledding fr. 4th they tied it at 24 but we answered with another td. Defense stepped up and a late fg sealed the win. 34-24.

Played alot more players than usual because of them making me change my defense, good seeing my young guys step up

[Archsmith99]

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Syracuse runs the triple option and for the most part we stopped them, until the 4th quarter. We were up 27-14 in the 3rd quarter, threw a pick in the endzone. They scored. Late in the 4th quarter, we had nice drive going, we were around our 40yd line. My back up rb fumbles and Syracuse recovers. Syracuse scores again... We are down 28-27 late in 4th, I call a perfect play, my freshman Wr beats his man off the line on a seam route, they're playing cover 3 and their safety starts to drift in the wrong direction. The freshman has 5 yards on the cb trying to keep up with him. Easy throw for a Qb with 98 throwing power, 35 maybe 40 yards. Hart underthrows it and its picked. Syracuse scores again smh. 35-27, maybe 15 seconds left in the game. We get picked off again. Lost my best Lb and I think my best wr for the season. Syracuse beats Texas 35-27.

[JEJunior]

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Im about 99% sure Cuse is undefeated against us. They got me in the Natty and in my revenge game, now you. Lmk if you want a rematch at home next year lol They own us even without their stars

[Archsmith99]

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Im about 99% sure Cuse is undefeated against us. They got me in the Natty and in my revenge game, now you. Lmk if you want a rematch at home next year lol They own us even without their stars

It was all down hill after that fumble lol.. After that their one rb went crazy. Yeah, set that rematch up for next year.. I'm more bummed out about losing my Lb for the year. Noble, that Lb playing TE took his spot, until I noticed. Sub him out real quick lol. It said my wr was out for 1 week but I think they count this as being out for that game. I can't remember and I forgot to check the injured players list after the game.

[JEJunior]

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It was all down hill after that fumble lol.. After that their one rb went crazy. Yeah, set that rematch up for next year.. I'm more bummed out about losing my Lb for the year. Noble, that Lb playing TE took his spot, until I noticed. Sub him out real quick lol. It said my wr was out for 1 week but I think they count this as being out for that game. I can't remember and I forgot to check the injured players list after the game.

You can keep your WR, 1 week is pretty much a game. Im not gone nitpick that. My RB has actually got hurt every week lol my no huddle offense be putting him at risk with how much I run

Idk if youre seeing a difference in the settings yet but this is the best football Ive seen on this game consistently. Cant tell 100% yet because my roster is stacked but usually when a set does play good it only lasts a week or 2 then we're back to blowouts. These have been competitive if nothing else