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PowerofRed25 · 03-16-2012, 07:55 PM

Until depth charts are updated to more properly reflect the offense and defense you use and until there is more variety in individual player ratings, 85 man rosters are not necessary. It is hard enough to get 2nd and 3rd string guys in the game, especially at defense.

What good will being able to have a couple more WR's and a couple more LB's/DB's do when the depth chart is designed in a way that you just can't get these guys in. Not only that but when there is no variety in recruits and player skill set, what's the point? Maybe if height/weight mattered or certain skill sets were more useful in certain formations/game situations, having 85 guys would be nice. But right now, I already have more guys than I use and end up with people buried in the depth chart for years.

What would be nice though is being able to offer certain recruits a preferred walk on role that doesn't apply to the 70 scholarship limit. So if you are a 6* school but see a 3* guy that you might want on your team but don't want to waste an offer/scholarship limit on you could offer him a preferred walk on spot to him.

03-16-2012, 07:55 PM	#2
PowerofRed25 MVP OVR: 13 Join Date: Jul 2011	Re: Why Not Having 85 Man Rosters Severely Hinders the Realism of NCAA Football Until depth charts are updated to more properly reflect the offense and defense you use and until there is more variety in individual player ratings, 85 man rosters are not necessary. It is hard enough to get 2nd and 3rd string guys in the game, especially at defense. What good will being able to have a couple more WR's and a couple more LB's/DB's do when the depth chart is designed in a way that you just can't get these guys in. Not only that but when there is no variety in recruits and player skill set, what's the point? Maybe if height/weight mattered or certain skill sets were more useful in certain formations/game situations, having 85 guys would be nice. But right now, I already have more guys than I use and end up with people buried in the depth chart for years. What would be nice though is being able to offer certain recruits a preferred walk on role that doesn't apply to the 70 scholarship limit. So if you are a 6* school but see a 3* guy that you might want on your team but don't want to waste an offer/scholarship limit on you could offer him a preferred walk on spot to him.