Help for an NCAA newcomer

**jgill8301** · 06-27-2010, 03:50 PM

Re: Help for an NCAA newcomer

Hi guys, I'm officially a college football noob.

I've played Madden and followed the NFL for about 6 years, but I've only ever watched a handful of college games on ESPN, and this is only my second NCAA demo (I didn't like NCAA 10 btw.).

Being from the UK, I know little about both college football and the NCAA games.

My questions are:

How many schools are in the game, and does it include the lesser teams as well as the Oklahomas and Michigans of this world? There are 120 teams. All of the Division I (FBS) schools are in the game.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/teams
All of the teams in the left column are in the game. You can create teams through Teambuilder.

Also, what provisions are made for real player names? Can you download a roster or something? They have a feature on there to download actual named rosters. You can look in the Rosters sub thread for gamertags of people who are naming them.

My last question involves the career mode. How in-depth is the recruiting of players and the ability to build your team over the seasons? The recruiting is pretty in depth. I think this year you can play up to 60 seasons. It's not as good as what it could be, but I personally think it's pretty fun.

I didn't really know where to post this so sorry if it's in the wrong place. I am considering buying the game and would appreciate some knowledge from veteran players so to speak

**Ninjoid** · 06-27-2010, 03:52 PM

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How do Woody mate....jumping onto my band wagon here too..my order is in with VG+.

As for the game there are about 120 schools in it, from the top rank to the bottom...recruiting has had a makeover this year and looks more in depth than previous years....dynasty looks better this year too with the addition of the online stuff, we're just hoping that EA have left in the ability to play any game off the schedule (I think they will have)

Rosters will be available for download via the locker, when some of the guys on here have completed them (thanks in advance)

Got mine coming over via DHL...(PS3 don't forget!)

**patsfan1993** · 06-27-2010, 03:52 PM

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It's 120 teams not 110

**osubeavs721** · 06-27-2010, 04:03 PM

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Originally posted by woody2goody

Hi guys, I'm officially a college football noob.

I've played Madden and followed the NFL for about 6 years, but I've only ever watched a handful of college games on ESPN, and this is only my second NCAA demo (I didn't like NCAA 10 btw.).

Being from the UK, I know little about both college football and the NCAA games.

My questions are:

How many schools are in the game, and does it include the lesser teams as well as the Oklahomas and Michigans of this world? There are 120 FBS teams

Also, what provisions are made for real player names? Can you download a roster or something? there is a thing called EA Locker, make sure your signed into XBL or PSN and through the game you can go online and download rosters from people who name them and get the right equipment for players and some even adjust ratings accordingly

My last question involves the career mode. How in-depth is the recruiting of players and the ability to build your team over the seasons? Its extremely deep. Recruiting has been overhauled for this year making it a little tougher. For Offline dynasty, if you start with a team like San Jose St, if you start winning with them enough you will get an invite from the pac 10 or other conferences

I didn't really know where to post this so sorry if it's in the wrong place. I am considering buying the game and would appreciate some knowledge from veteran players so to speak

And welcome to NCAA man. I personally like NCAA football more than NFL, So i hope you enjoy it

**woody2goody** · 06-27-2010, 04:22 PM

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Cheers for the replies so far guys, that's answered a lot of my queries.

Hi Ninj, not sure if I'll have the money to order for release but I might try to save

Now to go about picking a school - any suggestions guys? Here's your chance to convert a new fan to your College

**osubeavs721** · 06-27-2010, 04:24 PM

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Go with Oregon State... Underrated but good! Great coaching staff and competitive every year, And we do it the right way unlike USC!

**stoncold32** · 06-27-2010, 04:33 PM

Re: Help for an NCAA newcomer

Originally posted by woody2goody

How many schools are in the game, and does it include the lesser teams as well as the Oklahomas of this world?
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You're alright with me, mate.

**Potatoes002** · 06-27-2010, 04:46 PM

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Originally posted by woody2goody

Cheers for the replies so far guys, that's answered a lot of my queries.

Hi Ninj, not sure if I'll have the money to order for release but I might try to save

Now to go about picking a school - any suggestions guys? Here's your chance to convert a new fan to your College

I would say Washington State, but they are so bad and I don't want that to lose your interest. So I would try Oregon State, they are still a northwest team and are really good.

**woody2goody** · 06-27-2010, 04:46 PM

Re: Help for an NCAA newcomer

Originally posted by stoncold32

You're alright with me, mate.

Well I have a soft spot for the Sooners, I guess it comes from watching a lot of wrestling

I would probably pick them but I fancy starting with a smaller institution and see if I can build them up. I'll be tempted to go with OU though.

What sort of team have Oregon State got?

**Pokes404** · 06-27-2010, 04:49 PM

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Not that I'm biased or anything, but you should check out Oklahoma State. Rated pretty well (89 overall with a 92 offense), have a fun passing playbook but also have a really good running back, solid defense, nice stadium, and play in a BCS conference. We're a team that you'd be able to win quite a few games with early, but still have room to improve in order to reach the level of "national title contender" down the road. In short, a solid team on field that you can win with, but still present a challenge to build into a consistent national power.

EDIT: By the way, I think you might be getting OU and OSU mixed up. You mentioned OU being "smaller" and knowing them from watching wrestling. OU has been a much bigger power in football than OSU; however, OSU has 34 national titles in wrestling as compared to OU's 7. If you're getting them mixed up, don't worry, even the national media does it too. I can't tell you how many times I've heard people call us "Oklahoma" or the "Sooners." It drives me crazy every time too. That's even worse than being called Okie State.

**woody2goody** · 06-27-2010, 05:00 PM

Re: Help for an NCAA newcomer

Originally posted by Potatoes002

I would say Washington State, but they are so bad and I don't want that to lose your interest. So I would try Oregon State, they are still a northwest team and are really good.

Ha ha I don't mind bad teams, look at my sig, I support the Lions for Pete's sake

Hey, try to sell Washington State to me, why not

**Jase24** · 06-27-2010, 05:08 PM

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Edit. I see now you are talking about which team to play as in the game, and not looking for one to root for. I'm playing as the Oregon State Beavers in an Online Dynasty this year, and to me they are a great team to play as. I'll admit I don't know as much as the Oregon State fan in this thread, but they seem to be in the top 3 or 4 schools in the Pac-10 that could win that conference. I also know their head coach, Mike Riley, played for Alabama and thats even more reason for me to like them.

**osubeavs721** · 06-27-2010, 05:13 PM

Re: Help for an NCAA newcomer

Originally posted by woody2goody

Well I have a soft spot for the Sooners, I guess it comes from watching a lot of wrestling

I would probably pick them but I fancy starting with a smaller institution and see if I can build them up. I'll be tempted to go with OU though.

What sort of team have Oregon State got?

Well we should finish in the top 3 of the pac 10 again this year. We fell short two years in a row getting to the rose bowl. We run a pro style offense. Led by our ALll American do it all Running back Jacquizz Rodgers. His brother James is our other offensive weapon. One defense we have the strongest player in the nation in DT Stephen Paea, he is a former rugby player.
We do have questions at Linebacker this year and we have a new Quarterback but the QB Ryan Katz is a Redshirt Sophomore. And in Coach Mike Riley's offense system it takes 2 years to get to know the playbook. Katz did look good during spring ball and should fill in nicely. ESPN's Bruce Feldman said of Katz that only Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett had a bigger arm in the NCAA.

We aren't a huge school and our stadium seats 46k people. A little history. We have the only Heisman Trophy winner in the state of Oregon (terry baker), But , We actually set the NCAA record for futility. We had 28 straight losing years until 1999. Then we went 6-5 and lost to Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl and went 6-6. The next year in 2000 we went 11-1 and beat down Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. OSU's only BCS appearnce. A year later (2003) then coach Dennis Erickson left for the 49ers job in san francisco. OSU hired back Coach Mike Riley who layed the ground work of Dennis Erickson's winning teams with his 5-6 record in 1998. Ever since then he has led us to 7 bowl games out of 8 years. A school record and since 2005 the last year we missed a bowl game. We have won 36 games, averaging 9 wins a year. Lately we have started out slow and done well in conference. This Oregon State has the hardest schedule in the nation. We start out with TCU in the new Cowboys stadium, then we are home for louisville and then travel to Boise State. And unlike other conferences (for now) the pac 10 plays a round robin schedule for conference games. So we have to play the other 9 teams in the conference.

Starting next year the pac 10 is expanding with Utah and a year later Colorado is join. Many speculate that Colorado will join utah next year.

Our rivalries really consist of one and thats Oregon. the flashy, any publicity is good publicity school that gets jealous of other programs and they have USC envy. When OSU won back to back baseball national titles in 2006 and 2007 oregon decided to bring back baseball in a fit of jealous. The game every year is called the civil war. there are many households in oregon split with fans. The other rival is really Cal. For some reason our games are always close and heated. And recently we have forged a mini rivalry with USC. Being the only team in College football to beat USC 3 times in the last decade and as dominate as USC was, that was a helluva feat.

So there is a break down of Oregon State football. Hope this gets you on board!

**Jase24** · 06-27-2010, 05:23 PM

Re: Help for an NCAA newcomer

Originally posted by Pokes404

EDIT: By the way, I think you might be getting OU and OSU mixed up. You mentioned OU being "smaller" and knowing them from watching wrestling. OU has been a much bigger power in football than OSU; however, OSU has 34 national titles in wrestling as compared to OU's 7. If you're getting them mixed up, don't worry, even the national media does it too. I can't tell you how many times I've heard people call us "Oklahoma" or the "Sooners." It drives me crazy every time too. That's even worse than being called Okie State.

I may be wrong, but I took the wrestling comment he made to be in reference of Jim Ross, the Oklahoma alum in WWE.

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