The time has come to discuss any changes in the league that you want you put into effect. I'm going to group into 3 categories.
1. Sliders - How can we make the gameplay better for the league. I personally felt defense was too easy at times this year against some good teams and running the ball was too hard against some bad teams whereas passing was generally too easy.
2. Sim Discussion - I took a look at the end-of-year stats and award winners to get a look at what sort of end-of-year statistics people were getting for slider research and I saw a lot of ridiculous end-of-year stat totals, both for teams and for individual players. I'm not going to call individuals out but I will give a simple list of stat totals I found to be intolerably high as they were beyond unrealistic.
- Over 10,000 total yards of offense. The top offensive team of the last 10 years, 2011 Houston, had about 8,400 yards of offense- over 600 YPG.
- Keep your scoring around the 55 PPG that 2006 Hawaii averaged. That's the high end. Considering the ease with which someone can use the chew clock feature, it should be easy to shorten games that are out-of-hand. There really is no excuse for not using this.
- Multiple players threatening Terrell Suggs' single-year NCAA record for sacks. We even had CB with double-digit sacks. That screams cheese to me and will not be tolerated. Balance out your depth charts. I don't care if you have a shutout going. Mass subs are your friend. Stat-chasing of any kind will not be tolerated. If this gets to be a serious issue, I will either shorten quarters, put a "soft" cap on plays per game, or impose other sanctions as I see fit to discourage this behavior.
As I stated in the original rules for this league, the idea of "playing true" to your team's style, as well as your own holds here. "Sim" does not merely mean punting or kicking FGs on 4th down. To me, it holds a much greater meaning- to play within the framework of the video game to create a simulation of the real-life, on-field product we see on TV during the fall. I take this part seriously and it's a large source of the enjoyment I derive from these games.
3. Conference Realignment
No, the Big XII will not be expanded or getting a CCG unless a credible news source reports that they will expand within the next 24 hours or so.
I'm more curious as to whether or not folks care if a teambuilder team is added to the league next year that is not typically in the game (I'm thinking Georgia Southern specifically here) and what team they might replace.
If this doesn't matter to you or you are aware of any glitches this may cause, I need to know about that right away because I'm not going to waste my time looking up Georgia Southern's projected 2015-16 football roster, depth chart, growth/development, and creating them with NCAA teambuilder if none of you care.
1. Sliders - How can we make the gameplay better for the league. I personally felt defense was too easy at times this year against some good teams and running the ball was too hard against some bad teams whereas passing was generally too easy.
2. Sim Discussion - I took a look at the end-of-year stats and award winners to get a look at what sort of end-of-year statistics people were getting for slider research and I saw a lot of ridiculous end-of-year stat totals, both for teams and for individual players. I'm not going to call individuals out but I will give a simple list of stat totals I found to be intolerably high as they were beyond unrealistic.
- Over 10,000 total yards of offense. The top offensive team of the last 10 years, 2011 Houston, had about 8,400 yards of offense- over 600 YPG.
- Keep your scoring around the 55 PPG that 2006 Hawaii averaged. That's the high end. Considering the ease with which someone can use the chew clock feature, it should be easy to shorten games that are out-of-hand. There really is no excuse for not using this.
- Multiple players threatening Terrell Suggs' single-year NCAA record for sacks. We even had CB with double-digit sacks. That screams cheese to me and will not be tolerated. Balance out your depth charts. I don't care if you have a shutout going. Mass subs are your friend. Stat-chasing of any kind will not be tolerated. If this gets to be a serious issue, I will either shorten quarters, put a "soft" cap on plays per game, or impose other sanctions as I see fit to discourage this behavior.
As I stated in the original rules for this league, the idea of "playing true" to your team's style, as well as your own holds here. "Sim" does not merely mean punting or kicking FGs on 4th down. To me, it holds a much greater meaning- to play within the framework of the video game to create a simulation of the real-life, on-field product we see on TV during the fall. I take this part seriously and it's a large source of the enjoyment I derive from these games.
3. Conference Realignment
No, the Big XII will not be expanded or getting a CCG unless a credible news source reports that they will expand within the next 24 hours or so.
I'm more curious as to whether or not folks care if a teambuilder team is added to the league next year that is not typically in the game (I'm thinking Georgia Southern specifically here) and what team they might replace.
If this doesn't matter to you or you are aware of any glitches this may cause, I need to know about that right away because I'm not going to waste my time looking up Georgia Southern's projected 2015-16 football roster, depth chart, growth/development, and creating them with NCAA teambuilder if none of you care.
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