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  • divinemind
    Rookie
    • Feb 2013
    • 85

    #1

    Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

    -Not necessarily low-scoring. CFB is conducive to high scores, both virtual and real life.
    -Not necessarily a close game. 31-0 win seems like a complete blowout, but it could've been a struggle depending how those 5 scores were spread thoughout 4 qtrs.
    -Not a slow, ball control game where teams ate too much clock to have a lot of scores

    I mean at the end you felt BOTH user/cpu defenses played better than the offenses. Anybody get these games consistently or often?
  • JrueToTheGame
    Banned
    • May 2013
    • 623

    #2
    Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

    Had one earlier tonight. Oregon vs Washington (believe it or not). It was raining and there were 6 total turnovers won 24-20 but went into the 4th down 20-17 also there were 3 missed field goals between the 2 teams. I swear all the turnovers were in the Red zone, neither team could punch it in.

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    • Art01
      Pro
      • Sep 2007
      • 684

      #3
      Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

      Rosters with efficient offenses (typical) are not conducive to lower scoring games. I have lowered critical offensive player ratings and raised critical defensive players ratings to produce lower-scoring games. I use the editors to make these changes. I save these edited rosters and use them when I want a defensive struggle.

      College football today is a higher-scoring game, but I think that "three yards and a cloud of dust" games are fun to play, so I keep both kinds of rosters available.
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      • NEOPARADIGM
        Banned
        • Jul 2009
        • 2788

        #4
        Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

        My last three games have been like this, and I even play 10-min qtrs.

        Beat Penn State 24-0 (was 10-0 after three).
        Lost to MSU 21-14.
        Was beating Nebraska 17-0 in third quarter of my last game before it froze, and I had just scored a defensive TD, so only 10 points of offense for me and none for them after a good 25 minutes of gametime.

        The basic formula for these sorts of games is that user rush-defense and user rush-offense both need to be hard, while user pass-defense needs to be pretty easy. User passing game needs to be easy enough so you're not getting sacked 8 times and throwing five picks, but needs to be hard enough that you can't just abandon the run.

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        • RDMercer
          Rookie
          • May 2003
          • 348

          #5
          Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

          Yeah I've had a mix of high scoring games and low scoring battles...Recently in my dynasty I've had some great low scoring games where defense made a few big plays, a pick 6 or a turnover of some kind... Don't know if it's because I changed conferences in my dynasty but I can't argue the numbers...The conference I'm in now is playing better overall D, which they should because they're more talented teams than the conference I just left... BUT...I could just be me going through my learning curve of playing against better teams... ok ramble over...lol

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          • tarek
            Pro
            • Sep 2009
            • 840

            #6
            Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

            I just had a defensive battle with Syracuse playing Wake Forest. As Syracuse I was coming off a 3 game losing streak and was 0-3 in conference play. After a bye week I was hosting Wake Forest.

            It was a really tough matchup. The score was 9-3 (Syracuse leading) going into the 4th when Wake Forest finally put together a good drive but I intercepted the ball inside the 20 yard line. With some strong running I put together a drive and scored another FG to make it 12-3 with about 2mins left.

            Wake Forest then went into a bit of a panic and on the next kick off they made a couple of passes but I had another interception on a 4th and 14 with about 40 seconds left and returned it to the 1 yard line. After that I punched in a 1 yard run for a TD and a 2-point conversion for a comfortable 20-3 win.

            But until that last play it was really quite a tough and enjoyable game.

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            • big09
              Rookie
              • Dec 2012
              • 192

              #7
              Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

              Defense???? What is that? I haven't been able to stop anybody. OD with Wyoming on heisman and have only forced two punts in 5 games.

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              • canesfins
                MVP
                • Jul 2012
                • 2412

                #8
                Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

                Year 1 in my Miami Hurricanes dynasty against Florida State in the rain. Both defenses were showing up. Ultimately a screen pass from Stephen Morris to Duke Johnson that went for a long TD won me the game. I think the final score was somewhere around 17-10. I loved it because it reminded me of the hard fought games in the early/mid 2000s when both Florida State and Miami were near the top every year.

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                • dickey1331
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                  • Sep 2009
                  • 14285

                  #9
                  Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

                  I seem to get more defensive struggles this year compared to years past. I'm enjoying it!
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                  • skundy
                    Rookie
                    • Sep 2007
                    • 479

                    #10
                    Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

                    Just played this game the other day. It was prob the best defensive struggle I've ever played against the cpu.

                    <table class="osdyn" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="6" align="center">West Virginia Mountaineers at Maryland Terrapins</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="48%">Jan 1, </td><td align="right" width="10%">1ST</td><td align="right" width="10%">2ND</td><td align="right" width="10%">3RD</td><td align="right" width="10%">4TH</td><td align="right" width="12%">SCORE</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>West Virginia Mountaineers ()</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td class="active" align="right">10</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Maryland Terrapins ()</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td class="active" align="right">16</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="osdyn spacer" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="3">Team Stats Comparison</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="60%">
                    </td><td align="center" width="20%">WVU</td><td align="center" width="20%">MD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Total Offense</td><td align="center">245</td><td align="center">350</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Rushing Yards</td><td align="center">17-70-0</td><td align="center">49-170-1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Passing Yards</td><td align="center">19/28-1 (175)</td><td align="center">20/26-0 (180)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">First Downs</td><td align="center">14</td><td align="center">23</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Punt Return Yards</td><td align="center">27</td><td align="center">9</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Kick Return Yards</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">37</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Total Yards</td><td align="center">272</td><td align="center">396</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Turnovers</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">3rd Down Converstion</td><td align="center">2-7</td><td align="center">13-18</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">4th Down Conversion</td><td align="center">0-1</td><td align="center">1-1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">2-Point Conversion</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">0-0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals</td><td align="center">1-0-1</td><td align="center">5-1-3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Penalties</td><td align="center">5-37</td><td align="center">8-110</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Posession Time</td><td align="center">10:05</td><td align="center">25:55</td></tr></tbody></table>

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                    • Rhino25
                      Rookie
                      • Dec 2004
                      • 54

                      #11
                      Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

                      Just had an exciting game last night playing Florida at Mizzu using K-Weezy-8 rosters with the depth chart updated to reflect all of Florida's injuries (Driskel, Easley, Matt Jones) and Mizzu (Franklin)...got a 24 - 21 Florida win on the road having to stop Mizzu on the last drive to prevent a game-tying FG...was fun!

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                      • cparrish
                        MVP
                        • Apr 2010
                        • 1539

                        #12
                        Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

                        The majority of my games are defensive low scoring games.
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                        • BenGerman
                          No Place Better
                          • Sep 2008
                          • 2752

                          #13
                          Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

                          I'm ranked #2 in total defense in my Gator dynasty, and #81 in total offense. Most of my games are low scoring. Someone already said it, but the best way to get this via sliders is to make rushing the ball hard, and defending the rush hard.
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                          • The JareBear
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                            • Jul 2010
                            • 11560

                            #14
                            Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

                            I agree and I have been saying it for a long time.

                            If the CPU can't run the ball, it won't beat you. You should have to worried about the CPU run game when calling your defensive plays, that will open up their passing game as well.
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                            • ClemTiger
                              Rookie
                              • Jul 2004
                              • 156

                              #15
                              Re: Anybody ever have true defensive struggle games?

                              Originally posted by cparrish
                              The majority of my games are defensive low scoring games.
                              How? I never get them.

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