Just noticing some things that I wanted to share..
First off, some parameters.
Coach mode players using Matt10 sliders with
* Chedapalazzo's coaching agression settings (DEF15/85 OFF85/15)
*Holding block and Big Run to aggressive (cause Fumbles)
* 'watch' all special teams
* I use all coach skill trees (max two per block for recruiting)
This season, I followed Silver Bullet's suggestion of resetting Awareness for all my players above 77 back down to 76 AND started to do a fatigue reset at half which now has turned to the first offensive series of the second half (lol- I kept forgetting to change it back after kickoff).
What I've found is games that play truer to ratings.
Two seasons ago, my 90 team won the BCS going 14-0. Last year's 88 made it to the BCS again, this time losing.
That being said, I had 95+ PSU teams that would lose a game or two, so I think strength of schedule does come into play (PSU would follow SB's recommendation of 'A' strength. The Big12 is so weak the best I can do sometimes is "B" or "B+" as was the case last year.
This year, I'm using the fatigue reset as well as the Awareness adjustment and I have found the games to be MUCH CLOSER with a team that is 90 overall (I've won three games this season by a FG or less with two coming on the last play against 86, 86 and 81 teams). I lost to an 84 Colorado team (27-17) and got drilled 36-21 by a 93 Air Force team. Ironically enough, I was leading 17-14 in the 2nd Q when the game crashed, so I restarted only to lose.
Game play observations include the opponents being able to run the ball with authority (I'm ranked 23rd in rush defence - not #1 lol) and my offense not being as high octane. Now this could be awareness related - or it could be related to havng a new OC and going from 27 to 14 on the skill tree.
With awareness dummied down to 76, I'm surpirised to see even with my 89 or 91 QB's I'm consistently STILL around 75% when it comes to passing (again, my offense runs a lot of short and intermediate routes).
As for Fatigue, I've noticed a slight uptick with opposing teams in the fourth quarter but nothing major.
Oh yeah, one final thing.
I SAW A BLOCKED PUNT!! Well kind of. Backed up to the one, I had to punt, hit watch play and then took a sip of my drink only to see that I had given up a safety as the other team blocked the punt (we recovered), Had to go to replay to believe it. First time ever and I've PLAYED - not simmed - by my estimate close to 300 games of NCAA14 in various dynasties.
Anyway, enough rambling. Just thought I'd share these observations.
First off, some parameters.
Coach mode players using Matt10 sliders with
* Chedapalazzo's coaching agression settings (DEF15/85 OFF85/15)
*Holding block and Big Run to aggressive (cause Fumbles)
* 'watch' all special teams
* I use all coach skill trees (max two per block for recruiting)
This season, I followed Silver Bullet's suggestion of resetting Awareness for all my players above 77 back down to 76 AND started to do a fatigue reset at half which now has turned to the first offensive series of the second half (lol- I kept forgetting to change it back after kickoff).
What I've found is games that play truer to ratings.
Two seasons ago, my 90 team won the BCS going 14-0. Last year's 88 made it to the BCS again, this time losing.
That being said, I had 95+ PSU teams that would lose a game or two, so I think strength of schedule does come into play (PSU would follow SB's recommendation of 'A' strength. The Big12 is so weak the best I can do sometimes is "B" or "B+" as was the case last year.
This year, I'm using the fatigue reset as well as the Awareness adjustment and I have found the games to be MUCH CLOSER with a team that is 90 overall (I've won three games this season by a FG or less with two coming on the last play against 86, 86 and 81 teams). I lost to an 84 Colorado team (27-17) and got drilled 36-21 by a 93 Air Force team. Ironically enough, I was leading 17-14 in the 2nd Q when the game crashed, so I restarted only to lose.
Game play observations include the opponents being able to run the ball with authority (I'm ranked 23rd in rush defence - not #1 lol) and my offense not being as high octane. Now this could be awareness related - or it could be related to havng a new OC and going from 27 to 14 on the skill tree.
With awareness dummied down to 76, I'm surpirised to see even with my 89 or 91 QB's I'm consistently STILL around 75% when it comes to passing (again, my offense runs a lot of short and intermediate routes).
As for Fatigue, I've noticed a slight uptick with opposing teams in the fourth quarter but nothing major.
Oh yeah, one final thing.
I SAW A BLOCKED PUNT!! Well kind of. Backed up to the one, I had to punt, hit watch play and then took a sip of my drink only to see that I had given up a safety as the other team blocked the punt (we recovered), Had to go to replay to believe it. First time ever and I've PLAYED - not simmed - by my estimate close to 300 games of NCAA14 in various dynasties.
Anyway, enough rambling. Just thought I'd share these observations.
I think you've got me mixed up with someone else on that one lol.
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