25 New Plays Coming to NCAA Football 12 - Play #8: Pistol Spread RNS Switch Smash

[SoulAssassin]

Re: 25 New Plays Coming to NCAA Football 12 - Play #8: Pistol Spread RNS Switch Smash

Your 3x1 concept would be best implemented in this game with automotion with the backside/single-wideout running a choice concept locked purely on streak/post/out with an alert-slant option based on a 3 deep shell blitz call.

Hawaii has the ability to run all of its plays with a switch concept in mind- watch some film on when they played USU and NMSU who ran man exclusively - Choice-Special / Go-Special basically flip the inside slot roles out of trips and you immediately create a man beater, while running the same exact plays as base Choice/Go out of trips.

We need both Choice-Special and Go-Special added too now that you mention it. There's a play labeled as "Gambler" out of one of the trips formations that is somewhat similar to Go-Special... but anyway, if they can add the variations (use of the "tags" like Change, Special, Switch) and some other stuff I've seen referenced but I don't know exactly what they look like ("Nebraska" and "Georgia" If you have any info on these plays please educate me) we should have a really good representation of the R&S.

[willz1985]

this is a great play, i'll be using it often

[killa2222]

Re: 25 New Plays Coming to NCAA Football 12 - Play #8: Pistol Spread RNS Switch Smash

Nebraska + Georgia - Special




Straight out of an older, but real Hawaii playbook.

Ask and you shall receive.

So EA, if its in the game, is it really in the game?

[killa2222]

Re: 25 New Plays Coming to NCAA Football 12 - Play #8: Pistol Spread RNS Switch Smash

To be thread specific though- EA's current interpretation of the switch/smash concept is a little off --

Heres a basic idea of what it should look like - slightly modified.

A true Switch/Smash Balanced set w/ route options built in.

[redbird294]

Re: 25 New Plays Coming to NCAA Football 12 - Play #8: Pistol Spread RNS Switch Smash

This is a nice addition. I like the fact that I'll be able to run the RNS plays from the Pistol in both 2x2 and 3x1. I can already do it from the gun, too. Now all that's needed is being able to run all the RNS 2x2 plays from under center like I can the 3x1 plays like Choice, Go, and Slide. I could play just using those six formations (under center, pistol, and gun) the whole game. A few more of those plays like the ones killa2222 mentioned, like Nebraska and Georgia, would be nice too. I could use something like that in the red zone. I mostly use SG Bunch, SG Tight, and Flanker Close when I get down there.

[killa2222]

Re: 25 New Plays Coming to NCAA Football 12 - Play #8: Pistol Spread RNS Switch Smash

The one play that I would love to have in is this : Z/X Choice Switch out of Trips




Basically the same play as your basic X/Z Choice Trips play, but with a switch combo play side w/ X + Y.

One thing that they really need to incorporate is the hot-reads / alert(blitz) route adjustments that all WR's make in the R&S.

Alert Route Adjustments:

For Choice, your inside slot basically makes a quick slant cut - 3yd slant


The single side WR makes a similar 3 yd slant cut.

On this play, the hot read for X would be a Switch-Slant.

The lack of Alert reads + proper route adjustments in NCAA 11 are what limited the R&S more than anything + a proper screen package + associated run game.

I am curious to see if EA was able to implement the Zone-run scheme Hawaii adopted the year out of the pistol.

[SoulAssassin]

Re: 25 New Plays Coming to NCAA Football 12 - Play #8: Pistol Spread RNS Switch Smash

NICE... Killa thx for the diagrams. I hadn't been able to find those plays until now.