Funny I was on the 'beta' test list for FPS Football '99 and I still have it in a box somewhere. That 'beta' was pre-alpha at best. I remember how shocked I was with the way it was cobbled together - a few of the pieces worked but most did not.
Ncaa12 is a masterpiece compared to that title. I can remember impatiently waiting for a patch to the original FPS Football in '92 and hoping I wouldn't have to restart my league. One nice feature Sierra/Dynamix always included was a utility to convert a league from the previous year's title so you could keep the same one going indefinitely.