NCAA Football 09 Beta Player Rating Screenshots

[rudyjuly2]

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So does OS have a beta copy? Who's actually playing it and where are the impressions or is there a NDA?

[KG]

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USC's defense looks incredible again

[Soonerd2]

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Can't believe Demarco Murray didn't crack that list for OU. Great O-line though. Can't remember if Sam Bradford was a 94 or 92 but thats awesome for a sophmore QB.

Weird that in the initial rosters a sophmore can be 92-94 ish but when your dynasty is 5 or 6 years down the road I can't get a sophmore that highly rated. Maybe because of a redshirt I guess, but I don't recall that high of an improvement.

[Hooe]

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Pretty fair assessment of Virginia (at least looking at their top six players), except that Vic Hall (CB #4) shouldn't be our best corner. At all.

Also, looking at both the player and team ratings, why is Florida State so good? They've been a middling team in the ACC for a few years now.

[Keyser Soze]

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Can't believe Demarco Murray didn't crack that list for OU. Great O-line though. Can't remember if Sam Bradford was a 94 or 92 but thats awesome for a sophmore QB.

Weird that in the initial rosters a sophmore can be 92-94 ish but when your dynasty is 5 or 6 years down the road I can't get a sophmore that highly rated. Maybe because of a redshirt I guess, but I don't recall that high of an improvement.

It has always been that case. EA has never allowed for players to match up to the default rosters. SOPH will never be able to be as good as default roster SOPH down the line and SRs will never be able to be as bad as default SRs. They are yet to figure out I guess how to pull this off with their current progression strategy that simply increases everyone's ratings a set amount every year based on potential. The idea of guys not panning out is not possible to implement.

[Solidice]

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Texas Tech looks good.

Graham Harrell(QB) - 96 ovr
Michael Crabtree(WR) - 96 ovr
Louis Vasquez(LG) - 90 ovr
Jamar Wall(CB) - 89 ovr
Rylan Reed(LT) - 89 ovr

based on that the impact players will(should) be Harrell, Crabtree, and Wall.

[noplace]

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Someone needs to let EA know about position changes. Cody Glenn for Nebraska has been moved to LB & is starting so far.

[Dbrentonbuck]

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Ok, whoever did this list knows nothing about UC football. Mickens and Byrd are right I guess, but there is no way QB Dustin Grutza is an 87. Maybe a 78. I would say he should be ranked nearly the same as Dimitrius Jones and Chazz Anderson. Hell, even the coach doesn't think Grutza is a good QB.

"If we get Ben Mauk back, we’ll be happy. But look, we can’t cry over it. Dustin Grutza will have to be the guy and we’re going to have to win with him. We can’t trade him. We can’t get another guy for him. We think he can do the job. If he’s our starter, we’ll get it done. We’ll find a way” Brian Kelly

Does that sound like the guy is an 87 ranked QB?

And I don't see how two players who have never played DE made it into the top 7 players when UC has some very good recievers, corner backs (one just transferred from tOSU) and line backers. No way Dustin "We can't trade him" Grutza is in the top 7 players on this team.

[jdrhammer]

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WHOA...I just noticed something, these ratings cannot be final. Look at Miss St. roster. There is no Dixon #24 on there. He is definately there second best player.behind Pegues.

I agree completely. Dixon should be about a 90-92. The guy is a beast and carried them on his back. Pegues shouldn't be rated much higher OVR, but his speed should be around 95.

Ole Miss has a Tillman rated too high, and Peria Jerry rated too low. That should be easy to fix.

[jyoung]

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No D.J. Moore for Vanderbilt?

He was their only all-SEC performer last year.

Named as First Team All-Southeastern Conference recipient by Associated Press writers; Second Team All-SEC by coaches' ballot... Received team's postseason Defensive Secondary MVP Award... Ranked among SEC and national leaders in several defensive statistical categories, including interceptions, solo tackles, total tackles and defensed passes... Finished with six interceptions, tied for the most in the SEC and the highest total by a Vanderbilt player since Leonard Coleman's 8-interception school record in 1982... Also topped the team with 63 solo tackles and ranked second with 83 total tackles and 10 pass breakups... As kickoff returner, averaged 25.7 yards and achieved a team-record 823 yards in kickoff return yardage

[davin]

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I really want to voice my thanks to OS for this. This was really a lot of meticulous work over something that really isn't that important besides something to talk about. Thank you so much.

Ohio State: Laurinaitis a 99... but 89 speed? Kind of high for him. (I think 99 is high for him anyways)
Beanie Wells: 97 overall, 92 speed, 88 strength, 90 agility, 94 accelleration, 99 Break Tackle and 99 Trucking. Should have 99 Stiff arm if these guys watched ANY Beanie Wells tape (if not 99, anything below 95 is wretched). This guy will be an absolute beast in the game.
Malcolm Jenkins: 96 overall, 93 speed, 95 accelleration, 90 awareness. Pretty accurate, although seeing him run down the Texas guy in 2005 (Jamaal Charles?) was VERY impressive.
Alex Boone: 96 overall. 94 Strength, 90 awareness. Pretty accurate.
Marcus Freeman: 96 overall, 87 speed, 92 accelleration. A bit high.
Steve Rehring: 95 overall, 95 strength, 86 awareness. WTF??????? Rehring was a big time underachiever last year, wasn't that impressive in the spring, and has a record of showing up to summer camp severely out of shape. This is a BIGTIME reach, unless Rehring really brings it this year. I would put him at an 84.
Lawrence Wilson: 94 overall, 85 speed, 84 strength, 82 agility, 88 accelleration, 72 awareness. 94 is a bit high for a guy that isn't necessarily a proven guy, but he has that kind of potential. FWIW, coaches said prior to Wilson's season ending injury in the first game that he was the best pass rusher on the team bar none (which includes Vernon Gholston).

OSU's defense IN THE GAME, is going to rock. The running game is going to dominate. Will be interesting to see what Boeckman is rated and the WRs, which you have Robiskie and Hartline and then everybody else. Maybe the LBs as a whole in the game are faster this year or whatever, but JL could easily play corner in this game with what stats they gave him.

[Rivals]

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At first glance:

UCLA's best two players are defensive tackles Brigham Harwell and Brian Price.

Tennessee's best player is Eric Berry.

Oklahoma should have Demarco Murray and Ryan Reynolds in the top seven.

LSU should have Keiland Wiliams in their top seven. Kirston Pittman and Curtis Taylor are rated too high.

Georgia should have Mohamed Massaquoi in their top seven.

Fresno State should have Ryan Mathews in their top seven.

Florida should have Cornelius Ingram rated in place of Dustin Doe.

Cal should have Jahvid Best in their top seven.

Auburn should have Tray Blackmon in their top seven.

[AuburnAlumni]

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How in holy hell does Tray Blackmon go from being an impact player last year to not even rated as the 7th best player on Auburn this year?

Oi vey EA.

[AuburnAlumni]

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On another note....

I really want to know which of Ben Tate's relatives works on the EA development team.

He is a very good back for Auburn, but he has been an absolute beast in this game ever since his Freshman year.

[Soonerd2]

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Oklahoma should have Demarco Murray and Ryan Reynolds in the top seven.

Demarco yes. I like Ryan but not the top 7. Gets beat way too much in pass coverage in real life. Great run stopper and hopefully him moving to MLB this year will help out.