No Huddle Takes Over The World

[BearsNVA]

Is it just me, or does almost every team run no huddle in 14?

Obviously not every team, but I played 13 last week and every once in a while I'd run into a no huddle team. Played 1 season in Dynasty and out of 11 games at least 9 of them ran no huddle.

I was playing with ODU and put them in Conf. USA instead of being an independent.

VT- no huddle
OKSt-no huddle
Southern Miss- no huddle
ECU- no huddle
FAU- no huddle
FIU- no huddle
Louisiana Tech-no huddle
Marshall- no huddle
UAB- no huddle
UVA- didn't run it
North Texas-didn't run it

I've only played that one year in Conf USA and played just those out of conference games.

Is this the new norm with other conferences, or is there a setting I have checked off somewhere that I can fix? It's hard to believe that college football has had that drastic of a shift.

[jejones]

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If this is the case, his the offense not having fatigue still an issue? I remember in 13 a team could no huddle me to death without getting tired

[The JareBear]

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CPU no huddle gets their players hurt like crazy

Face palm

[StoneCalf]

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I finally remembered how to fix this, same way I addressed the issue of way too much no huddle/hurry-up in '13.

Go into Coaching options and edit the philosophy of the CPU HC and OC! I was so sick of facing so many no huddle teams, that it was becoming a major buzzkill. It was no fun having to defense with my Dime package 80% of the time and hardly ever getting my other LB's on the field.

In my offline Dynasty, I was 10-1 going into the Iron Bowl vs Auburn. Auburn is a spread, no-huddle team, so I adjusted HC Gus Malzahn's hurry up philosophy from "aggressive" to "conservative". I also did this for the OC, as his was set to aggressive also.

The game played great! The CPU ran exactly ZERO hurry up plays! It actually played like a realistic football game, rather than backyard cheesiness. I'm really glad that setting/option works as it's supposed to.

It was also the best game I've played on 14, but I must add that it's also the first game I've played since whatever retail patch or tuner since I played off disc today (was using season ticket before)

Anyway, I barely won, 23-20 in OT. Auburn (CPU) was very effective at running, both the dual threat QB and HB. Tre Mason was injured and did not play, but even the backup HB had a good game. CPU ran for 193 yards, and that makes me very pleased.

In closing, being able to address the issue I had with way too much no huddle will go a long way into making this game much more enjoyable for me and my play style preferences.

[shttymcgee]

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College football in general is pretty much no-huddle almost all of the time.

[jett05]

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IF you run Auburn in that no huddle and coming out the spread they are actually decent

[JLoco11]

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In the demo, I felt like all I was playing against was the no huddle (Oregon, TAMU, Ohio State, V-Tech).

To get my bearings, if they were moving too quickly to select plays, either call of TO or go to the Buddy Ryan school of pissing people off.. take a penalty!

I liked Buddy Ryan's 14 man defense idea. Take an absolutely intentional penalty to stop the game.

[Colt45]

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In my offline Dynasty, I was 10-1 going into the Iron Bowl vs Auburn. Auburn is a spread, no-huddle team, so I adjusted HC Gus Malzahn's hurry up philosophy from "aggressive" to "conservative". I also did this for the OC, as his was set to aggressive also.

The game played great! The CPU ran exactly ZERO hurry up plays! It actually played like a realistic football game,

This is a good thing?

[stratospaly]

Re: No Huddle Takes Over The World

I finally remembered how to fix this, same way I addressed the issue of way too much no huddle/hurry-up in '13.

Go into Coaching options and edit the philosophy of the CPU HC and OC! I was so sick of facing so many no huddle teams, that it was becoming a major buzzkill. It was no fun having to defense with my Dime package 80% of the time and hardly ever getting my other LB's on the field.

In my offline Dynasty, I was 10-1 going into the Iron Bowl vs Auburn. Auburn is a spread, no-huddle team, so I adjusted HC Gus Malzahn's hurry up philosophy from "aggressive" to "conservative". I also did this for the OC, as his was set to aggressive also.

The game played great! The CPU ran exactly ZERO hurry up plays! It actually played like a realistic football game, rather than backyard cheesiness. I'm really glad that setting/option works as it's supposed to.

It was also the best game I've played on 14, but I must add that it's also the first game I've played since whatever retail patch or tuner since I played off disc today (was using season ticket before)

Anyway, I barely won, 23-20 in OT. Auburn (CPU) was very effective at running, both the dual threat QB and HB. Tre Mason was injured and did not play, but even the backup HB had a good game. CPU ran for 193 yards, and that makes me very pleased.

In closing, being able to address the issue I had with way too much no huddle will go a long way into making this game much more enjoyable for me and my play style preferences.

At this point you should expect Auburn to run it nearly the full game. Gus has run the no-huddle spread for years and done quite well with it. Something like 5 state championships at the HS level, 3 top 5 NCAA offenses, and 2 Heisman candidates (one winning).

[Wildcats302]

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This is a good thing?

Agreed. Seems like a cheat code to me if you slow down a team that is actually a hurry up/no huddle type team to make it easier to win. I mean playing with Alabama is so easy I would not think one would need any help winning against Auburn but whatever floats different peoples' boats I guess.

[mrprice33]

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Hooray for making teams not play like their real-life counterparts...?

[guru8]

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Agreed. If they're no huddle, let em roll.. In the college football realm we are in now, teams switch to the spread and no huddle all the time. Hell, even Nebraska turned up the heat at times on people while running the inverted veer and play action with T Magic. This game is cool, and I've played em all since Bill Walsh. If we sit back and ball up, we'll all appreciate it a lot more. Blogs and things cloud our thinking of how the game is. I'm not bashing anyone, I love the reads, but since we all buy it, perfect what you can and move on.

[BrettAU]

Re: No Huddle Takes Over The World

I finally remembered how to fix this, same way I addressed the issue of way too much no huddle/hurry-up in '13.

Go into Coaching options and edit the philosophy of the CPU HC and OC! I was so sick of facing so many no huddle teams, that it was becoming a major buzzkill. It was no fun having to defense with my Dime package 80% of the time and hardly ever getting my other LB's on the field.

In my offline Dynasty, I was 10-1 going into the Iron Bowl vs Auburn. Auburn is a spread, no-huddle team, so I adjusted HC Gus Malzahn's hurry up philosophy from "aggressive" to "conservative". I also did this for the OC, as his was set to aggressive also.

The game played great! The CPU ran exactly ZERO hurry up plays! It actually played like a realistic football game, rather than backyard cheesiness. I'm really glad that setting/option works as it's supposed to.

It was also the best game I've played on 14, but I must add that it's also the first game I've played since whatever retail patch or tuner since I played off disc today (was using season ticket before)

Anyway, I barely won, 23-20 in OT. Auburn (CPU) was very effective at running, both the dual threat QB and HB. Tre Mason was injured and did not play, but even the backup HB had a good game. CPU ran for 193 yards, and that makes me very pleased.

In closing, being able to address the issue I had with way too much no huddle will go a long way into making this game much more enjoyable for me and my play style preferences.

How is Auburn running zero no-huddle plays realistic?

[StoneCalf]

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How is Auburn running zero no-huddle plays realistic?

You're right, Auburn not running any no huddle is not realistic.

The game was to test the effectiveness of that CPU coaching option, and it worked well.

Going forward what I plan to do is set teams that run real life no-huddle to "normal", and other teams to conservative.

[BrettAU]

Re: No Huddle Takes Over The World

You're right, Auburn not running any no huddle is not realistic.

The game was to test the effectiveness of that CPU coaching option, and it worked well.

Going forward what I plan to do is set teams that run real life no-huddle to "normal", and other teams to conservative.

Not a bad idea. Good luck!