NCAA Football 10 Blog: The Rebirth of the Flexbone Offense

[stewaat]

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Damnit, as a lover of the flexbone/option offense, they got me drinking the Kool-Aid again. Damn you EA!!!!

A lot of people are very hyped about Madden. Am I the only one who is anticipating NCAA more, and think it if the two fail, it won't be NCAA that takes the harder drop?

I don't really care about the NFL so I'm with you.

I liked the info but I would've like to seen a defense react. I'm afraid that these plays will be too easy to stuff when facing the CPU.

We shall see...

[KG]

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I don't really care about the NFL so I'm with you.

I liked the info but I would've like to seen a defense react. I'm afraid that these plays will be too easy to stuff when facing the CPU.

We shall see...

Same, especially if the CPU recruits slow QBs to the schools that use these playbooks.

[sportzbro]

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Same, especially if the CPU recruits slow QBs to the schools that use these playbooks.

I can definitely see this happening.. I just know they haven't tweaked it to where teams recruit based on the system they run.

[Bwnarrow3]

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Did anyone else notice in the videos that the players seemed to move a lot faster than previous versions? I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but it seems that the player speed seems closer to real life.

[floridagatorfan]

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I guess I came in expecting to not be impressed but this just isnt doing anything for me. I am frustrated by the difference in quality Madden blog posts and the NCAA blog posts. I still feel the old gen option looks just as good as this though Im hoping that when a defense is out there it will look much better.

It is only May so I am hoping they are just holding back info but it seems to me that there really arent any big improvements being made to gameplay. If oline dline play isnt much better then I will probably just pass on NCAA and wait for Madden where it will have more polished gameplay.

[thesteamontheboat]

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GREAT BLOG!!!! IVE BEEN WAITING MONTHS TO HEAR THAT INFO IM DEFINITLEY STOKED ABOUT BUYING THIS GAME NOW THIS DID IT FOR ME.

[MacPlex]

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Sorry, but I hate the idea of custom playbooks for offense. Can u imagine facing the flexbone, shotgun, wildcat and gator heavy all in the same offense. That's waaay too many schemes into 1 playbook. If they do implement it I hope it forces you too pick a generic offensive scheme limits the type plays you can use. Lately I've been playing with Navy, GT and texas a&m running the triple option killing high ranked players who choose to pick 95 and up teams. I love running the triple option, but this blog is no where near as good as pocket forming and teambilding blogs. I thought the blogs were supposed to get better as we became closer to the realease?!?!?!?

[heavy_hitter]

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Sorry, but I hate the idea of custom playbooks for offense. Can u imagine facing the flexbone, shotgun, wildcat and gator heavy all in the same offense. That's waaay too many schemes into 1 playbook. If they do implement it I hope it forces you too pick a generic offensive scheme limits the type plays you can use. Lately I've been playing with Navy, GT and texas a&m running the triple option killing high ranked players who choose to pick 95 and up teams. I love running the triple option, but this blog is no where near as good as pocket forming and teambilding blogs. I thought the blogs were supposed to get better as we became closer to the realease?!?!?!?

Custom Playbooks for online have been needed since online play began. If someone is going to cheese, they are going to cheese regardless of the formations in the PB. Plus, you have an adaptive AI now that will help you out against all the crap that people run.

[Wolverines05]

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Did anyone else notice in the videos that the players seemed to move a lot faster than previous versions? I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but it seems that the player speed seems closer to real life.

This is exactly right! I have always had a problem with game speed with ncaa on ng consoles, and it seems that they have it fixed finally. Past versions had all players too slow, and if you watch real college football, it is obvious that every player on the field is extremely fast. Also, notice how the qb is fast enough to run the option, which cpu qbs ran so poorly in 09. (partially due to the huge speed curve) Not only does it seems as though the separation of speeds between players have been fixed, but the overall game speed has increased. (whereas madden has gone the opposite direction by decreasing game speed by 5%) Seeing the qb look like a fast runner means that cpu teams will finally be able to run the option more effectively, which corresponds to the new gameplanning mechanics in 10. If cpu qbs are a threat, it will make the game much more exciting, challenging, and realistic.

Great job EA of finally getting the game speed right!

[razcan]

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I love them updating it but it definitely should not have been a priority. Flexbone accounts for what 2.3% of all real life NCAA plays in any given season? Playbook wise flexbone should near the bottom of the list.

[Tengo Juego]

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I plan on converting Nebraska back to a flexbone/option offense. I always tried to in the past but the option hasn't been fun this gen for me. So I liked this blog.

[MacPlex]

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I agree 100% until GT hit the scene last year this part of football seemed outdated. This should not have had its own blog.IMO I know this guy works really hard and deserves his shine, but what's next defensive playbooks and Uf get their own blog.

[Wet Bandit]

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I love them updating it but it definitely should not have been a priority. Flexbone accounts for what 2.3% of all real life NCAA plays in any given season? Playbook wise flexbone should near the bottom of the list.

Yeah, I agree. I certainly liked what I saw in the blog, but it did strike me that there were certainly more pressing concerns with the playbooks. I would have liked to have seen the attention they obviously devoted to the flexbone to be devoted to other more commonlt used parts of the playbooks.

[SHO]

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When Urban Meyer went to Florida NCAA completely focused on revamping that PB and it was cool, but when Paul Johnson get's a similar upgrade it's not a priority? I'm a little shocked at the flexbone hate.

[Solidice]

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When Urban Meyer went to Florida NCAA completely focused on revamping that PB and it was cool, but when Paul Johnson get's a similar upgrade it's not a priority? I'm a little shocked at the flexbone hate.

it's because the shotgun is "hot" and flexbone is "not".

I'm glad they updated the flexbone. I might try to play a dynasty with either Army/Navy/Air Force now. I think Army is the only one I've never played with, so I might go with them.