NCAA Football 09 - Out Now

[FriskyTanuki]

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Features Trailer Here (http://www.easports.com/ncaa09/media.jsp?contentID=trailer_vid)

http://www.gamespot.com/sports/blogs/sports-blog/909097139/26358112/ncaa-09-online-dynasty-dozen.html

NCAA Football 09 also brings the atmosphere, pageantry and tradition of college football to life. Through the redesigned stadiums, which reflect even more detail of each school's individual playing field, to the dynamic sidelines filled with school colors, cheerleaders and mascots, players will feel the excitement of college gameday. Players can gain Home Field Advantage as the intensity of the home crowd rises and rattles the composure of opposing teams. All 120 Football Bowl Subdivision schools are represented in the game and players can even customize the in-game atmosphere with their own personal music collection.

Off the field, NCAA Football 09 features its most robust Dynasty Mode yet, inviting fans to create and manage a perennial powerhouse program from landing blue-chip recruits to winning championships on the field. For the first time ever, Dynasty goes online with up to 12 competitors to recruit head-to-head, customize schedules and play for up to 60 seasons.

Feature List:


Wide Open and Authentic College Style Gameplay

It's Wide Open

Bigger holes, cutback lanes, and open receivers, making the game feel more wide open than ever before
Directional pump fake on the R stick
New college specific tackling engineHome Field Advantage with new mini-game components

Pre-play confusion and difficulty making adjustments when on the road against tough teams
All new toughest places to play with dynamic rankingsAll-new Mascot Mode with User Controlled Celebrations

Mascot Games
Interactive TD celebrationsCollege Atmosphere

College Atmosphere & Pageantry

All-new Dynamic Crowd System
College sidelines are packed with additional players, mascots, cheerleaders, and more
All-new authentic fields with new textures, lighting, and field degradation
New college player models, including more than 50 alternate uniforms
User Customizable Stadium Sounds & Music
Breakaway crowd reactionsDepth & Innovation

Online Dynasty is here!!!
Roster file sharing online
Improved recruiting system in Dynasty mode highlighting ease and accessibility
New post game presentation and play by play commentary
1-4 player offline co-op
Return missed field goals
Bluff your play art to confuse opponents
Formation audibles
Smart routes
Bobble catches
Better passing control
Post play continuation
All-New Mini Games
Random play selection in practice mode
Quick replay
CPU vs. CPU (watch mode)
Smooth 60 FPS on PS3
Even teams option in play now

The online dynasty mode will be awesome, as I've been waiting for them to pull this off for years now.

[dmaul1114]

Sounds good. Like the more wide open stuff, sounds like it will be a bit more arcadey and I like that.

[doubledown]

I like the ROSTER FILE SHARING ONLINE! That will eliminate having to download a roster and use the transfer kit to get it onto your system. I love NCAA with all the real rosters in it and the used in Madden....LOVE IT.

[HighlightShow]

Alright, roster file sharing online! That is a much-needed addition to this year's game.

[FriskyTanuki]

EA has a trailer up on their site that shows off some of the new features here (http://www.easports.com/ncaa09/media.jsp?contentID=trailer_vid).

[SeanAmI]

Finally online dynastys

[n8rockerasu]

Still no freakin FCS schools? What the hell man??? My school beats Michigan in Ann Arbor, and wins its 3rd national championship in a row, but yet we're still not in this "next gen" game? There were even rumors we could have potentially been on the cover ("Upset Edition"), but to not even be in the game is just weak. Looks like another year of the PS2 NCAA 07 on my PS3 for me.

[nyprimus4]

I wonder if everyone in an online dynasty has the same rosters downloaded you can use them for the dynasty.

If we do a CAG Online Dynasty we should all pick teams from the same conference so we can play each other in most games and also have fierce recruiting battles. If we all pick teams from mostly different conferences we will never play each other.

The ACC, Big 12, and SEC all have 12 teams. So we can pick out of those three, pending we have 12 interested CAG's.

[slickkill77]

I cant wait. I played 08 like crazy and this looks to have the normal improvements and then some. Lets go BULLS!

[HighlightShow]

I played 08 like crazy as well. Let me know if you want to play sometime Ninja.

[nyprimus4]

What conference would everyone be interested in?

[SeanAmI]

Id be interested in doing an ACC league so I can be my Yellow Jackets.
Id run it if we can get enough interest in this thread.

[nyprimus4]

I'll take Clemson.

[specialk]

Looks pretty awesome.

[FrankySox]

Team Ratings (http://www.gamerosters.com/ncaa-09-player-team-ratings.html)


Is anyone else getting this when it comes out? I guess the demo is coming out tonight or tomorrow sometime. I'd like to get some cags together to play in the online dynasty feature if any are interested. I think you can have up to twelve players in the dynasty.

[slickkill77]

I am. It has been a much more fun game to play than maddon and this year looks to be no different. Actualy both games look like they have had a good upgrade this year so I am excited.....Go Bulls!

[Flyersfan]

Time to kick some ass with Temple.


WOO!

[FrankySox]

This is me hoping they actually put the team logos in the endzone for bowl games this year. That is getting really annoying!

[DomLando]

Team Ratings (http://www.gamerosters.com/ncaa-09-player-team-ratings.html)

Is anyone else getting this when it comes out? I guess the demo is coming out tonight or tomorrow sometime. I'd like to get some cags together to play in the online dynasty feature if any are interested. I think you can have up to twelve players in the dynasty.

The demo is going up tomorrow or in July?

In your post you say tonight or tomorrow but in the topic you got Demo out 7/19

[FrankySox]

The demo is going up tomorrow or in July?

In your post you say tonight or tomorrow but in the topic you got Demo out 7/19

Whoops, yeah it's tomorrow, can't find the link anymore though.

[DomLando]

Whoops, yeah it's tomorrow, can't find the link anymore though.

Nice. Can't wait to try it out.

[dmaul1114]

Man, WVU's ratings are way lower than I'd have expected.

[ph33r m3]

ASU's gonna kill everyone, so don't buy it, I don't want to commit homicide in this game.

[FrankySox]

Man, WVU's ratings are way lower than I'd have expected.

Yeah I also noticed that USF ratings seem rather low as well. Devine is going to be a beast this year though!

I'm just glad they didn't give the Huskers lower ratings than they did.

[FrankySox]

demo is up at 1.44 gigs

[Pure Apathy]

I thought the demo was a lot of fun. The wide open gameplay is a blast. I encountered a few glitches, but it's expected from me in a demo. I'll be picking this up on day one for sure.

[slickkill77]

Basically the same game as last year but with improvements in the right places.
The animations and feel to the players is much better this year.

What else is new, EA can't rate teams at all. FSU is my second favorite team but they do not deserve a 92 and 99. USF is vastly underrated. They are a 79 overall and only a 81 on offense? They are lower rated on defense than ucf? Are you kidding? We beat UCF by 50 + last year

[drbutchevil]

Just saw a sweet animation in the demo. Was punting as OSU, LSU chose to try to block it, so i ran my 1 guy down there alone, lined up the hit and hitsticked the punt returner, my guy dove at his legs, picked him up and kinda like drove him into the ground, a fumble happened during this and i returned it for a td. That was cool.

[SL4IN]

Little disappointed with A&M's stats, but I'll take what I can get.

I might pick this up next month, downloading the demo right now to give a try. Since the jump to next gen, the players just haven't felt "right", they just feel blocky and not very fluid.

[Matt Young]

I didn't get to play he demo yet, but pencil me in for the dynasty with my surprisingly decently rated Fighting Illini.

[doubledown]

Demo was GREAT. This game seems much better than last year. They seemed to have tweaked a few things...I enjoyed it a lot. Only played the 360 version, will try the PS3 one also.

The online rosters is what I am really looking forward to, no more memory card sharing (hopefully)

[DomLando]

Demo was GREAT. This game seems much better than last year. They seemed to have tweaked a few things...I enjoyed it a lot. Only played the 360 version, will try the PS3 one also.

The online rosters is what I am really looking forward to, no more memory card sharing (hopefully)

So this year you will be able to download rosters from other users? Or how will that work?

Oh and I though the demo was great. A lot more fluid than last year. I had zero framerate drops.

[doubledown]

So this year you will be able to download rosters from other users? Or how will that work?

Oh and I though the demo was great. A lot more fluid than last year. I had zero framerate drops.

Not sure, but from the first post it says that

Depth & Innovation
Online Dynasty is here!!!
Roster file sharing online

I NEED the real names for this game, makes it 100X better for me. Although, the Michigan team this year might be shaky....should be fun though.

[DomLando]

Not sure, but from the first post it says that

Depth & Innovation
Online Dynasty is here!!!
Roster file sharing online

I NEED the real names for this game, makes it 100X better for me. Although, the Michigan team this year might be shaky....should be fun though.

Yeah I need the names as well. I bought a damn transfer kit just for that. If you can share online, that would be sick.

[Pure Apathy]

The roster sharing may be similar to 2k's. In college hoops 2k8 there is a roster share menu which shows all of the available roster files. Then you can sort by total downloads, overall rating, or by name.

I'm not too sure if it'll work this way or not, but I can't really think of another way.

Also I'd also be down for the dynasty. Just like Matt, you can pencil me in with Florida. If anyone doesn't want to run the dynasty, I'll get a thread started for one.

[linkmon]

The demo is going up tomorrow or in July?

In your post you say tonight or tomorrow but in the topic you got Demo out 7/19

The demo is awesome!! Can't wait for this one!!

[SL4IN]

If anyone wants to do a Big XII dynasty....

[salter888]

I love NCAA over Madden but my stupid Iowa Hawks suck again this year!
Maybe if they would quit getting DUI's every other day. Oh well still gonna get it

[slickkill77]

The roster sharing as far as I know is like 2k's roster share. Thats what I have heard. Its a good thing to because the person that bought/runs the main roster sites now is a dbag. He steals other peoples rosters and sells them.

[SeanAmI]

Is Fairdale still doing rosters?
I tried to check his site but its dead.

[nyprimus4]

If anyone wants to do a Big XII dynasty....
I'm down for anything the majority decides on.

[Matt Young]

Same here. Although I'm wondering how things will work with only 12 players online. If we don't all choose teams from the same conference, most of us wouldn't play each other except in bowl games, right?

We could always do a Big Ten dynasty. I'd be Illinois, and I know there are plenty of Michigan and OSU fans, at least. Notre Dame may be independent in football, but they're the 11th team in the Big Ten in basketball.

[slickkill77]

Is Fairdale still doing rosters?
I tried to check his site but its dead.


Technically yes. He is doing them for operationsports.com and maybe roster share. Like I said, the guy that bought his site is a majorly cheap dbag and he is getting people(and unfortunatly people will pay for it) to go tothe site not knowing whats up. He has openly admitted and he has been caught stealing other peoples rosters.

[specialk]

glad it's getting good feedback from you guys...my gold ran out so i guess i have to wait a little while before i can dl it?

see any celebrations yet?

[nmcdaniel72]

Same here. Although I'm wondering how things will work with only 12 players online. If we don't all choose teams from the same conference, most of us wouldn't play each other except in bowl games, right?

We could always do a Big Ten dynasty. I'd be Illinois, and I know there are plenty of Michigan and OSU fans, at least. Notre Dame may be independent in football, but they're the 11th team in the Big Ten in basketball.

I don't know if I missed something during the offseason, but as of last year theres already 11 schools in the Big 10 not including ND, who plays basketball in the Big East.

[Matt Young]

You're right. I blame it on the lack of sleep (and not keeping up so much anymore with college sports). But yeah, a Big Ten dynasty would be cool.

[nyprimus4]

If we go Big Ten I'll take the Illni.

[FriskyTanuki]

I think it would be more fun to be schools all across the country and have maybe one or two clashes during the season, but the jockeying for bowl positions at the end of the season for everybody would be cool to see. If it's all just one conference, you'll end up spreading yourselves across the bowl games at the end of the season.

[Matt Young]

If we go Big Ten I'll take the Illni.

I already claimed 'em. :p

I like Frisky's idea, too. I'm sure more than one person will start a dynasty. I'd have no problem being in more than one.

[nyprimus4]

I think it would be more fun to be schools all across the country and have maybe one or two clashes during the season, but the jockeying for bowl positions at the end of the season for everybody would be cool to see. If it's all just one conference, you'll end up spreading yourselves across the bowl games at the end of the season.
At least we could take schools in the same general region for the intense recruiting battles. :drool:

Ehh, I'll take Penn State.

[FriskyTanuki]

How big of a region though? The conferences already pretty much cover a specific region.

There are six major conferences, right? We could do one where there has to be at least two people in a conference, to prevent cakewalks in a conference, but still have some guaranteed mid-season match-ups between players.

[nyprimus4]

How big of a region though? The conferences already pretty much cover a specific region.

There are six major conferences, right? We could do one where there has to be at least two people in a conference, to prevent cakewalks in a conference, but still have some guaranteed mid-season match-ups between players.
Who knows at this point. All I could assume at this point is that if there is a 4 star recruit QB in New York and Penn State (Big Ten) and Boston College (ACC) are going after them stuff like that would be cool.

There will be players that aren't good enough to garner national attention from schools very far from home but two closer colleges may be more interested.

The online dynasty is going to kick ass.

[VanillaGorilla]

If I like the game, I'll be up for some online dynasty. ACC - Va Tech Big Ten - Minnesota.

[Pure Apathy]

Well if we end up doing a dynasty with no specific conference, I'll take Florida. If we just do a Big Ten one I'll take Ohio State.

[FrankySox]

I DEFNITELY am interested in a division dynasty, no preference on the division though. Maybe the Pac 10 or something, seems like one of the most balanced conferences, either that or the SEC.

By the way, anyone noticing delayed controls for the running back? It seems like I have to juke WAY early to get my player to juke when I want him to. Other than that I love the demo.

[nyprimus4]

Well if we end up doing a dynasty with no specific conference, I'll take Florida. If we just do a Big Ten one I'll take Ohio State.
Up for a challenge eh?

[Pure Apathy]

Up for a challenge eh?

Yep. I like Florida.

If it were up to me we would just have it completely open. I do like Frisky's idea from post 51 though.

[nyprimus4]

I was playing with you. :lol:

I liked Frisky's idea from post #51. Then I started looking at schedules and unless your Ohio State or USC you really aren't playing out of your conference and the only fun we would get out of it would be playing the occasional regular season game, the even more rare bowl game, and recruiting battles.

I think we should find a conference we like and try to get everyone to pick a team from there like the SEC or Big Ten.

For the Big Ten I'll take Michigan. For the SEC I'll take Alabama.

[Pure Apathy]

I was playing with you. :lol:

I liked Frisky's idea from post #51. Then I started looking at schedules and unless your Ohio State or USC you really aren't playing out of your conference and the only fun we would get out of it would be playing the occasional regular season game, the even more rare bowl game, and recruiting battles.

I think we should find a conference we like and try to get everyone to pick a team from there like the SEC or Big Ten.

For the Big Ten I'll take Michigan. For the SEC I'll take Alabama.

Haha, I figured you were joking.

Well other than Illinois I wasn't too sure who I'd want to be in the big 10. I just picked Ohio State since I used them in the demo. I guess other than Ohio State Michigan would be my second pick. Florida is definitely my first choice out of any of the teams though.

I wonder if we are able to do custom schedules?

[nyprimus4]

I'm Michigan. :)

[FriskyTanuki]

You could easily fix that for the second season by requiring everybody to choose two or three user-controlled teams for your out-of-conference schedule, that is if that's an option for the online dynasty mode. Though I don't remember if you had the option to mess around with the schedule before your first season or not in last year's dynasty mode, as well.

[Pure Apathy]

I'm Michigan. :)

I'm Florida. :)

Yeah I know you're Michigan. I was just saying Michigan would be my second pick if Ohio State wasn't available when I picked them.

[nyprimus4]

You could easily fix that for the second season by requiring everybody to choose two or three user-controlled teams for your out-of-conference schedule, that is if that's an option for the online dynasty mode. Though I don't remember if you had the option to mess around with the schedule before your first season or not in last year's dynasty mode, as well.
If we don't have everyone in the same conference it's going to suck. We are going to play at the maximum 4 games against people in the regular season, one against someone in our conference and three out of conference games (if we can even do that). And if we're lucky another two games if two teams from the same conference make it to the conference championship. And if by some miracle two teams make it to a bowl game together that's a very rare sixth.

[FriskyTanuki]

You guys seemed to like my idea before, but maybe you're not getting the whole potential. You don't need every conference, nor do they only have to have just two players. We could end up with three conferences (say Big Ten, Big 12, and SEC) and have the twelve spread across those three conferences along with whatever out-of-conference games there will be. If it's just one conference, sure you'll get all MP games in the regular season, but unless a miracle happens, you'll all play single-player bowl games. Plus, somebody gets stuck with an Ole Miss or Northwestern that nobody would really pick unless the good teams are already gone. I get why you'd like that, but there are alternatives that can provide good results, too.

Maybe I'm just the only that see the online dynasty as an amazing melding of a single-player mode with multplayer match-ups in that you can still have single-player games, but also offer multiplayer games for some intense match-ups. I'm more concerned about seeing the big games of the season being played, both match-ups and the bowl game, so I'm just offering a way to make sure the end of the season is more likely to be a an exciting finish, hopefully with mutliple multiplayer games.

I'm thinking we all need to see how the mode works, so I checked the official site and saw this blog post that has PDFs on the entire process of setting it up and all of the options and features that it has, so feel free to download them and get to reading them:

http://www.easports.com/ncaa09/dynasty.jsp?itemID=dynasty_tutorials

Edit: Since it's likely we could have multiple dynasties running, we might as well just start up a poll thread to gauge interest in who wants to get into a dynasty, whether it's conference-specific or not. It could just be a poll that allows checking off options (for multiple options so people can try to join multiple dynasties) and shows who's voted for which of these options:

-National Dynasty (no conference restrictions except my suggestion of at least two users teams per conference and maybe a 2 conference minimum)
-ACC Dynasty
-Big East Dynasty
-Big Ten Dynasty
-Big 12 Dynasty
-Pac-10 Dynasty
-SEC Dynasty
-Other Dynasty (specify in thread)
-I just want to vote and have no intention of joining anything.


And we'd get team lists from people for what teams they'd like to have, in order for ease of picking. Then we can get a list of people for dynasties, 12 at a time, since you need gamertags to populate the dynasty first before actually starting it and sending out the invites. We would also need commisioners to take care of these dynasties and stick with them, though there are ways to get around that, from reading the PDFs, if the commish wants to bail. What do you guys think? This could get really messy

[Dandeschain]

I'm in as USC.

[nyprimus4]

64 teams advance to bowl games. Lets say we have 12 committed players. There still isn't a great chance we make it to a bowl game together either way.

[ph33r m3]

Pac-10 Dynasty aka ASU.

Get some Pac-10 $$$$as up in this bitch. The best conference in the world baby

[Dandeschain]

I'm down for a pac 10 league. As SC. If others want to do another conference, I'd be down to play a lower tier team.

[FrankySox]

Not sure what teams have been taken or if we're even there yet but here's my choices

1. Georgia
2. Florida State
3. West Virginia
4. Clemson

EDIT: Hey Frisky, are you organizing the league? If you are and you need any help or anything I'd be glad to.

[nyprimus4]

Pending what conference we decide on here is what I am picking conference by conference.

ACC - Miami
Big 12 - Oklahoma
Big East - South Florida
Big Ten - Michigan
Pac-10 - Oregon
SEC - Alabama

[FriskyTanuki]

Not sure what teams have been taken or if we're even there yet but here's my choices

1. Georgia
2. Florida State
3. West Virginia
4. Clemson

EDIT: Hey Frisky, are you organizing the league? If you are and you need any help or anything I'd be glad to.
I'll probably commish a Nation Dynasty. There will probably be a few, so there'll need to be others that'll commish the types of Dynasties they'd like to see. Look for a thread in the 360 forum sometime this week to start sign-ups for dynasties.

[nyprimus4]

If we can decide on two major conferences and have 12 committed players I think that would be the best situation. For example; 6 CAG's in the Pac 10 and 6 CAG's in the Big Ten.

Every CAG plays 5 out of 9 conference games versus other CAG's and 3 out of 3 non conference games also versus CAG's. Championship games could potentially give two CAG's another game and then bowl games there is another chance.

Potentially any random CAG can play 10/14 games versus another CAG.

[FriskyTanuki]

If you want to commish a conference-only dynasty, you're free to do so since I'm guessing there will be more than 12 people that want tinto a dynasty.

[nyprimus4]

What are you commishing?

[FriskyTanuki]

A national Dynasty, for teams from at least two conferences. All I'm saying is that you're obviously really interested in a conference-only dynasty, so you should commish one to make sure it happens.

[FrankySox]

Hey Frisky can you put a list of teams that have been chosen in the OP? My four are still the same

1. Georgia
2. Florida State
3. West Virginia
4. Clemson

[nyprimus4]

A national Dynasty, for teams from at least two conferences. All I'm saying is that you're obviously really interested in a conference-only dynasty, so you should commish one to make sure it happens.
I just proposed we do a two conference dynasty. We should get at least 8 games against non-CPU players. Read my previous post again.

[Dandeschain]

That's not a bad idea primus. But we will have more then 12 players for sure, so we are gonna need more then just frisky as a commish.

[nyprimus4]

If we have more then 12 I'll commish a dynasty as well. Lets take it by year though. As people buy the game we'll officially decide whether to run a multi-conference dynasty or if we garner enough interest for lets say a Pac 10 dynasty I would be up for either. We are going to have to wait for someone on one of those sports forums to create rosters so we should have a week or two to get familiar with everything.

[FriskyTanuki]

I just proposed we do a two conference dynasty. We should get at least 8 games against non-CPU players. Read my previous post again.
I know. I'm just saying that you're acting like my dynasty will be the only one on CAG.

[Pure Apathy]

I know. I'm just saying that you're acting like my dynasty will be the only one on CAG.

I'd like to join your national dynasty Frisky.

[DJSteel]

I'm up for online dynasty...

I'll roll with either

Florida
Missouri
Texas
Texas Tech

[GLOCKGLOCK]

I need to try out the demo soon. I thought with the demo coming out it was releasing next week, but I guess I'll have to wait for a few more weeks!

I'd be willing to hop into an online dynasty if CAGs are organizing one. Have to roll with Pitt.

[DJSteel]

I need to try out the demo soon. I thought with the demo coming out it was releasing next week, but I guess I'll have to wait for a few more weeks!

I'd be willing to hop into an online dynasty if CAGs are organizing one. Have to roll with Pitt.

I would roll with Pitt.. but they are usually so god awful ratings wise..especially in the OL and it affects everything... I'll probably roll with Pitt in the Local Dynasty though.. although I ran with Troy St to get the 1 star - 6 star prestige...

[Johnacon]

I would be interested in any online dynasty.

I can't get to the easports site to get the online dynasty information sheet. Can anyone PM them to me (if you can do that) or send me a PM and I will give you my email so you can send them over.

Also I guess to do an online dynasty I will finally have to get Live. What is the best deal going around on that right now?

[GLOCKGLOCK]

I would roll with Pitt.. but they are usually so god awful ratings wise..especially in the OL and it affects everything... I'll probably roll with Pitt in the Local Dynasty though.. although I ran with Troy St to get the 1 star - 6 star prestige...

Yea, I gotta roll with the Alma mater, even if it means getting my ass handed to me. You are right about getting poor ratings though, then again they haven't been that great the past couple years. :cry:

I used to play the crap out of NCAA on the xbox, but haven't played the 360 versions of the game nearly as much. Possibly because Pitt stunk in them! :lol:

That's it though, I am vowing to play this game this season... alot. I need to dust off 08 and play it a bit as well to see what I missed last season. :hot:

[nyprimus4]

I'm not getting the game. Sorry guys.

[FriskyTanuki]

I would be interested in any online dynasty.

I can't get to the easports site to get the online dynasty information sheet. Can anyone PM them to me (if you can do that) or send me a PM and I will give you my email so you can send them over.

Also I guess to do an online dynasty I will finally have to get Live. What is the best deal going around on that right now?
Try using "Save target as" on these:

http://easports.com/downloads/easports/ncaa09/onlinedynasty/CreatingAnOnlineDynasty1.pdf
http://easports.com/downloads/easports/ncaa09/onlinedynasty/CreatingAnOnlineDynasty2.pdf
http://easports.com/downloads/easports/ncaa09/onlinedynasty/Dynasty_Headquarters.pdf
http://easports.com/downloads/easports/ncaa09/onlinedynasty/RunningTheOnlineDynastyAsCommiss.pdf
http://easports.com/downloads/easports/ncaa09/onlinedynasty/PlayingTheDynastyAsANonComis.pdf

[Johnacon]

Try using "Save target as" on these:

http://easports.com/downloads/easports/ncaa09/onlinedynasty/CreatingAnOnlineDynasty1.pdf
http://easports.com/downloads/easports/ncaa09/onlinedynasty/CreatingAnOnlineDynasty2.pdf
http://easports.com/downloads/easports/ncaa09/onlinedynasty/Dynasty_Headquarters.pdf
http://easports.com/downloads/easports/ncaa09/onlinedynasty/RunningTheOnlineDynastyAsCommiss.pdf
http://easports.com/downloads/easports/ncaa09/onlinedynasty/PlayingTheDynastyAsANonComis.pdf

I tried, but my work has even that blocked. I guess I can just wait until I get home and do it from there. Now what am I going to do for the next 4 hours?

[slickkill77]

Pending what conference we decide on here is what I am picking conference by conference.

ACC - Miami
Big 12 - Oklahoma
Big East - South Florida
Big Ten - Michigan
Pac-10 - Oregon
SEC - Alabama


Hey hey back off of USF......They are mine!!!!!

[Ace!]

Frisky, you have a PM. Wanting to see if there is a spot for me. Thanks

[DJSteel]

why don't we have an online dynasty thread..

[Johnacon]

I wonder the same thing...

[slickkill77]

Im starting to notice some cool things in the demo. Such as the ice the kicker( Used it against the other team in ot, i still lost), balls bouncing and other recievers getting it. I can't wait to start playing this full time. I played 08 a lot

[FriskyTanuki]

Don't worry guys, I've got a thread for online dynasty sign-ups in the works right now. It'll be up in a little bit, so be patient.

[nyprimus4]

If I end up buying the game I would also like to sign up for your dynasty Frisky. Between a job and I'm already running the MLB online league and trying to finish my backlog I don't think I can handle another dynasty.

[FriskyTanuki]

The thread's up now:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=188929

[FriskyTanuki]

I got my early copy and the one pet peeve I had with last year's game (custom rosters not being able to be carried over to the Campus Legend mode) is still around.

[DomLando]

So are there any deals out there for this for day 1?

[GLOCKGLOCK]

There actually are not any really good deals for NCAA:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=188954

An 8 pack of coke zero (Target) or a college football magazine (CC), pretty lame. BB has a 10 off 75 coupon this week which isn't bad. There are also so decent trade in deals at GS/EB, $15 bonus credit when trading in 2 games worth $5 or more, or $10 bonus for 2 games worth $2 or more.

[Supreme]

I'm not sure if this was mentioned in another thread, but there's a commercial airing featuring the one and only, Bubb Rubb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo16LorzDjg

[doubledown]

Apparently both the PS3 and 360 versions of the game are BUG-RIDDEN. Apparently teams are disappearing and Custom Rosters seem to be the main culprit. Lots of roster bugs, game freezing....not a good sign :(

http://www.operationsports.com/forums/ncaa-football/

I have it pre-ordered, but now I am hesitant. I may just stick with Madden this year,

[FriskyTanuki]

I can't say I've had anything happen but two random freezes during loading screens in over 30 hours of playtime so far.

[doubledown]

I can't say I've had anything happen but two random freezes during loading screens in over 30 hours of playtime so far.

Are you using custom rosters? There are some major glitches, but it all seems related to rosters. A few gameplay issues also....I'll check it out for myself.

[GLOCKGLOCK]

This is CAG so I'm hoping that everyone knows this, but DO NOT purchase rosters (or a memory card containing edited rosters) for NCAA 09. Using the EA Locker feature you will be able to download rosters from other users directly via the game. Please note that many of the old sites that used to provide free roster downloads (FKrosters, PSXsports & gamerosters) have been purchased by the guy who sells the rosters for profit (Brian Kaldenberg). DO NOT BUY ROSTERS FROM HIM, THE ABOVE MENTIONED SITES OR FROM EBAY.

If you go to this sites:

http://www.fairdale-kings.com/

Getting rosters for NCAA Football has never been easier. Here’s how you use it for the Xbox 360:


On the main menu for NCAA Football 09, click ‘Online’
Then click on ‘EA Locker’
Then enter in the Gamertag: FAIRDALE KINGS


http://www.freencaa09rosters.com (http://www.freencaa09rosters.com/)

or to the forums at Operation Sports, this thread specifically:

http://www.operationsports.com/forums/ncaa-football/255869-ncaa-09-rosters-xbox-360-a.html

you can get all the details how to get these rosters for FREE using the EA Locker feature in game.

Don't let Brian Kaldenberg profit off of us!

[FriskyTanuki]

Are you using custom rosters? There are some major glitches, but it all seems related to rosters. A few gameplay issues also....I'll check it out for myself.
Yeah, from what I read over there, it's not custom rosters themselves that are causing issues, it's editing them yourself. The only issue I see with pastapadre's rosters is that FIU has 0-0-15 in play now and I can't say I'll even touch them in an exhibition game. It's not affecting me at all.

The gameplay issues I've seen that they mention are just that it's too easy for quarterbacks to complete passes on your defense on at least AA difficulty, which is frustrating, but I can still win anyway. Nothing else has really been that glaring that I have anything to be pissed about.

I've uploaded his rosters up under my gamertag, for anyone that wants to download them. They're titled MMMM because I didn't realize at the time that I had to enter a new name for them after downloading them.

[doubledown]

Thanks....I doubt I will modify my rosters. I will just use pasta's and FK or someones....unless UofM is a mess for some reason.

[GLOCKGLOCK]

I've uploaded his rosters up under my gamertag, for anyone that wants to download them. They're titled MMMM because I didn't realize at the time that I had to enter a new name for them after downloading them.

So what are the problems they are reporting? and do they stem from editing these rosters that you DL from the EA locker or from editing your own? I was just going to put my alma mater in (Pitt) by hand tonight and sort out the EA Locker later , but if that is causing a problem I'll just DL yours and run with them.Thanks for offering though because, they said Pasta Padre's rosters were down so if I can't find them I'll grab them from you when I pick up the game tonight.

[FriskyTanuki]

It seems to be either editing the default unnamed rosters or somebody else's rosters will result in either teams disappearing or invisible players in Play Now mode. I'd just recommend downloading somebody else's and sticking with that.

[GLOCKGLOCK]

It seems to be either editing the default unnamed rosters or somebody else's rosters will result in either teams disappearing or invisible players in Play Now mode. I'd just recommend downloading somebody else's and sticking with that.

Ok cool, thanks for the info.

[FrankySox]

It seems to be either editing the default unnamed rosters or somebody else's rosters will result in either teams disappearing or invisible players in Play Now mode. I'd just recommend downloading somebody else's and sticking with that.

Hey Frisky how are those rosters? Are they pretty accurate? I was thinking about getting the Fairdale King rosters. Do they just edit the names or do they change some of the ratings as well? Just curious I guess. I'm also a bit concerned about all the bitching I've heard about this game over at Operation Sports and game$$$s.

[FriskyTanuki]

It seems accurate, but I haven't pulled out ESPN's roster to compare them to.

[GLOCKGLOCK]

Hey Frisky how are those rosters? Are they pretty accurate? I was thinking about getting the Fairdale King rosters. Do they just edit the names or do they change some of the ratings as well? Just curious I guess. I'm also a bit concerned about all the bitching I've heard about this game over at Operation Sports and game$$$s.

They usually just add player names for the initial release. I believe in the past they tried to keep rosters up to date with create-a-players and adjusting ratings, etc throughout the season, but I'm not sure if anyone is taking this on this season. I'm sure the community at OpSports will do something though.

I usually just get the 1st release and run with those. I'm really not interested in what other people care to add/adjust in the way of new players, new ratings, etc. I just like to have accurate names for the start of dynasty and play now games.

I did download the rosters last night and I can vouch that the Pitt rosters were right on, name-wise. I would assume that most of the other mainstream teams/conferences received the same treatment. I have downloaded Fairdale Kings rosters the past 3 or 4 years and they have been very accurate.

I did have the game Freeze up in the menu's when starting a dynasty, but at that point it was late and I called it a night.

[slickkill77]

Dt's rosters are good right now. Now freezing while editing for anyone so far...His gt is EAsports com...yes thats a space in there

[Pure Apathy]

Just a heads up for everyone. A guy who worked on NCAA 09 posted a workaround for the rosters. He said to download the rosters, then immediately turn off your Xbox. Then turn it back on and they should be fine. He may have also said that you shouldn't edit the rosters, but I don't remember.

I would go with DTs rosters for now and I should have the game in about an hour or two.

*edit*

This is the exact post he made on there:

We think we have a workaround for the roster issues until the patch.

After downloading a roster from the EA Locker, immediately reboot your console to clear the memory. Then when you load the roster file you should be ok with it.

You will still corrupt the roster if you make edits to lots of different teams, so back up your files often. I suggest multiple saves instead of saving over the old file. You should be OK making edits to all the players on one or two teams.

[SeanAmI]

I've had no problems with Fairdales rosters.

[Pure Apathy]

I've had no problems with Fairdales rosters.

I'm not sure what I posted will 100% fix the problem, but Fairdale Kings posted this message on operation sports.



Terrible news!!!

Somewhere between completing Colorado and Colorado State I hit the max limit of players that can be edited.

Florida International has now disappeared.

FAU's ratings are:

0 overall
0 offense
19 defense


I had been using the proposed solution of working offline but that did not help either.

I'd suggest just waiting for a patch.

[FriskyTanuki]

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=188929

You're looking for this thread, not the general discussion thread.

[keury33]

I used the rosters from EArosters com listed on the freencaa09rosters site. I was able to use them without any trouble. However, do you know if you can use them online against other players, I couldn't figure that out? Thanks.

[doubledown]

I used DT's rosters also (EArosters com). Although, a few players were missing from Michigan, but I did not want to edit them.

[GLOCKGLOCK]

I used the rosters from EArosters com listed on the freencaa09rosters site. I was able to use them without any trouble. However, do you know if you can use them online against other players, I couldn't figure that out? Thanks.

I believe that only you will see the names of the players if you play online. For the other person to see the names they need a roster file downloaded on their HD to see names.

I tried to delete out my roster files and try out the re-download and restart the 360 trick. Found that Fairdale Kings rosters were not available so I went with EASports com and they looked good too. Didn't have any freezing either.

[keury33]

Thanks. I will try again tonight. Last night, I played online after I downloaded the rosters and only the numbers were showing up. I will check my online settings to make sure that I have it set to display the name. Thanks again.

[Flyersfan]

Quick Question.



I remember in Madden last year you could earn achievements from doing Superstar mode (or whatever the hell they call it now) by having the CPU do all the work. For example, you are a RB but the CPU QB throws for over 300 yards to unlock an acheivement.


Have they taken that out in NCAA 09 Campus Legend? I hope they did, I'm not an acheivement whore and like to really earn my achievements.



And with stadium sounds, can I just plug in my ipod and go from there or do I need to rip to a CD?

[slickkill77]

Cd

[FrankySox]

Okay, I'm lazy and don't want to read through this whole thread. Is there another CAG dynasty besides the open and big 10? If not I would like to start a BIG 12 dynasty with another conference.

[Matt Young]

The only ones that have threads about them are this and my Big Ten dynasty. Whether or not anyone else has plans to start another, I don't know. But I'm willing to play in a Big 12 dynasty. One person can be in 5 dynasties at a time, and counting mine, I'm already in 3 and committed to 1 more, LOL.

[Matt Young]

I've only played 5 games of NCAA, 1 online- after all, they do take 45 minutes a piece- but I'm loving this game. It's the first college football game I've purchased since NCAA 2005, but with the college atmosphere and 60 years of online dynasty (I've joined 4 already) I can see myself playing this even after Madden comes out, which is something I had been concerned about.

[Walt Jay]

Quick Question.



I remember in Madden last year you could earn achievements from doing Superstar mode (or whatever the hell they call it now) by having the CPU do all the work. For example, you are a RB but the CPU QB throws for over 300 yards to unlock an acheivement.


Have they taken that out in NCAA 09 Campus Legend? I hope they did, I'm not an acheivement whore and like to really earn my achievements.



And with stadium sounds, can I just plug in my ipod and go from there or do I need to rip to a CD?

Many of the achievements are tied to certain modes. For example, "Do x in Play Now or Dynasty Mode". So you can't get Play Now achievements in Campus Legend.

[OzCatter]

Well, this is the first year since 01 that I bought a NCAA or a Madden title. And so far, it's been worth it.

I so far havent experienced any of the problems people are talking about, so it's just been way too much time consuming than a real issue, lol

[doubledown]

Has anyone noticed that the running game seems a bit odd? I usually just hold my RT button for a speed burst but my runner always cuts without me hitting the Right Stick. Seems odd to me

[FrankySox]

Hello all. I'm looking to get into a smaller dynasty of about 2 or three people total. This way we can make significant progress in a dynasty. I'd like to be teams around 80- 85, but be in BCS conferences. But that's also up for debate. I'd like to play six minute quarters on All-American. If anyone is interested and serious about doing this let me know.

[Pure Apathy]

I made some videos for a few plays I've had in this game. Basically a time waster and nothing really great. Here's the link if anyone wants to check them out.

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=PureApathy&p=r

[slickkill77]

The left stick also makes a runner cut. Its part of the wide open gameplay. If you move the left stick left and right etc....it will make them do things like that

[FrankySox]

Ehh after playing a FULL season I have finally decided that this game needs all the help it can get. It has so many problems I don't even know where to begin. For one the passing defense is non existent. I gave up a 500 yard game to BYU's QB in my bowl game and his percentage was outrageous. I tried Heisman sliders and everything but nothing seems to work.

Recruitting is fucked this year. I had a five star recruit come out with a 76 rating...WTF? A four star recruit with a 84 rating that is one of the best freshman this year. Notre Dame pulled out a damn 90 freshman, CRAZY.

I really don't think a patch will save this game, which is unfortunate. Even if they did manage to patch this game and fix every problem the damage has been done for, and plus the patch would come out after Madden, which I'll be playing almost exclusively.

This year I think is finally the year that will get me to wait on NCAA games and see what problems are or what people are saying about it. This game has a lot of potential but A LOT of problems. Please god don't make Madden 09 this bad!

[deszaras]

I've only played 5 games of NCAA, 1 online- after all, they do take 45 minutes a piece- but I'm loving this game. It's the first college football game I've purchased since NCAA 2005, but with the college atmosphere and 60 years of online dynasty (I've joined 4 already) I can see myself playing this even after Madden comes out, which is something I had been concerned about.


I haven't bought a new football game since the 05 ones came out but this one is nagging at me. My only problem is I'm probably gonna get madden too. How big is the leap from the 05 title(gameplay wise). I've played the demo and was really impressed.

[doubledown]

Yeah, I feel that the game is a bit "odd" feeling to me still. I'm in my bowl game with a 10-1 season with Michigan. My running game was non-existant this year. Plus, I BLEW Ohio State out like 52-14. I know I'm only on the level below Heisman, so I may bump that up for season 2. I still enjoy the game...but it seems odd. I may trade in eventually for Madden pre-order.

[moojuice]

http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/video/48350
:wall:

[FrankySox]

http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/video/48350
:wall:

LOL, is this one of the FCS teams? Still VERY unacceptable!

[pitfallharry219]

I threw a TD last night to my WR in the back of the end zone. He was so excited that he went into the crowd. I don't mean that he jumped into the crowd. He literally ran through the wall.

[ReturnofBoltz]

Gonna rent this guy tomorrow and play it with some friends of mine tomorrow. Quick Question though: Does anyone have the name of a gamertag (EA Locker) or have one themselves with a roster with full names?

Also what's the deal with this roster glitch I'm hearing about? Downloading and loading the roster and then editing further can cause the system to freeze?

[Matt Young]

No idea on the roster glitch but I got my rosters from pastapadre or you can d/l from me directly- X Matt Young X.

[doubledown]

When does it offer you to export the rosters? I just finished my first season and I did not recall seeing export rosters for Madden. I might have missed something...I know I can always sim a season to get rosters again...but that was annoying.

I may just create a NEW franchise and just sim 4 seasons for rosters....dang.

[FrankySox]

When does it offer you to export the rosters? I just finished my first season and I did not recall seeing export rosters for Madden. I might have missed something...I know I can always sim a season to get rosters again...but that was annoying.

I may just create a NEW franchise and just sim 4 seasons for rosters....dang.

In the menu after you advance to the offseason and look at the players leaving. When you advance after that I believe is when it asks you if you want to export the rosters.

[Krams706]

I played the sickest game last night. I started a dynasty with Tulsa (just wanted a crappy team), and added Michigan to my schedule in Week 2. After leading 17-6 at the half, they came back to lead 25-23 at the end of the 3rd quarter. I drove down the field to the red zone, but ended up turning it over on a rushed pass. The first play Michigan has the ball, they throw a pick, I return it and get the 2pt conversion, leading 31-25 with 1:30 left. With 0:02 left with the ball at about my 10, I knock down the final pass in the end zone to win it. My heart was thumping like crazy when I got the pick.

I love this game.

[SL4IN]

I'd be interested in doing a Big XII dynasty, or any dynasty for that matter if there's any open.

[FrankySox]

I played the sickest game last night. I started a dynasty with Tulsa (just wanted a crappy team), and added Michigan to my schedule in Week 2. After leading 17-6 at the half, they came back to lead 25-23 at the end of the 3rd quarter. I drove down the field to the red zone, but ended up turning it over on a rushed pass. The first play Michigan has the ball, they throw a pick, I return it and get the 2pt conversion, leading 31-25 with 1:30 left. With 0:02 left with the ball at about my 10, I knock down the final pass in the end zone to win it. My heart was thumping like crazy when I got the pick.

I love this game.

I would like to know what sliders you are using and what difficulty you are playing on.

[FriskyTanuki]

My only complaints so far are pretty much just the insanely long load times to just pull up the main menus, load save files, and such.

[Krams706]

I would like to know what sliders you are using and what difficulty you are playing on.
Everything standard-Varsity level, no change in sliders.

[doubledown]

Varsity Level? I play on Heisman and I think it's still a bit easy to pass the ball. I am Michigan though...maybe I will start a new franchise eventually.

[XxFuRy2Xx]

I really don't know what to think of this game. Xplay gave it a 2 out of 5, but then EGM declares it game of the month. So how good (or bad) is it?

[doubledown]

It's a pretty darn good game....not sure what XPLAY bitched about, they never have good reviews though.

[slickkill77]

The complete list of what is being fixed in the second patch is now available thanks to producer Adam Thompson. This patch is expected to be submitted to MS/Sony today which means it could potentially arrive before September if things go smoothly. The first patch, which fixes the player editing issues, may be out as early as next week.
Expanding on what was already known (http://www.pastapadre.com/2801/update-on-ncaa-football-09-issues) the patch will include the ability to view your Online Dynasty headquarters through EA Sports World along with some bug fixes. Continue on to view the full list of items included in the patch.

Online

Ability to view your Online Dynasty HQ through EA Sports World


Improved online performance
Dynasty

Fixed a couple recruiting exploits


Faster simming between weeks
Custom Stadium Sounds

The “All” option will now only work when the user is the home team
Gameplay

Improved coverage on kicks


Hook Zones depth keeps defenders in their zones


Fixed an issue with the Strafe Catch


Allow fumbles to occur when diving


WR screen routes improved
Bug Fixes

Sliders will now work correctly


An issue with missing stats after simming has been fixed


Ball carrier will no longer run out of bounds when changing hands and heading towards the sidelines


Fixed an exploit that allowed the slot receiver to burn the safeties in a prevent defense


Fixed a bug where the the ball would hit the cross bar, drop through, and not be counted


Fixed a bug that would prevent Hot Routes from working

[moojuice]

Something like Sliders not working...it just hard to imagine why they would even release a game with it not working. "Hey guys, lets try moving at least one thing on the slider menu to see if it even changes a thing." "Nah, it'll be fine, just ship the thing."

[Matt Young]

I just got an update when I popped the game in. Could it be the patch?

[Pure Apathy]

I just got an update when I popped the game in. Could it be the patch?

It's just the roster patch. Not the big update patch.

[FrankySox]

BISTAAAAAAAAAH,

I've invested A LOT of time in this game. It has many great points and I've read my fair share of people complaining about this game. Sure it has problems but you really don't see too many people posting good things about this game. I think it gets a bad rap so I thought I'd post some of my favorite things about this game and see if anyone else agrees or whatnot.

Here we go...

1. "A lot of people will look at this as runnig up the score, however I'm sure the coach will just tell you he's running his offense."

Without this POWERFUL line from Herbstreit that is repeated OVER AND OVER every time you score, I would never know what "suicidal thoughts" are.

2. "That blows any chance of a comeback"
This is the follow up line to one after a failed attempt at an onside kick. These commentators have inspired me to be EXTREMELY optimistic and I like that. I can be beating a team by 200 points yet they still believe if my opponent had gotten their onside kick they could have come back in 90 seconds. That's a life long lesson there in disguise for our youth.

3. Can't be Stopped MODE:
When the computer just can't be stopped on a single possession, anyone who has played this knows what I'm talking about. As I mentioned in 2 this game had made me aware that I need to be more optimistic and positive. A lot of people don't like this but when it happens to me I almost feel like I've unlocked something SECRET. It happens about once a game so it's kind of nice to see it come out and play.

4. High CPU completion accuracy... This is cool and realistic I watched SEVERAL FCS NORTHWEST Thunder games last year and the QB usually averaged about 90% passing. EA must have been watching as well because this is one of the few things they got right.

5. SAME REF for all games.
I really feel as I have a relationship with the ref in this game. He's very loyal as he always shows up for all of my games. If EA would have put more than one in the game it just wouldn't have been the same. I also like how EA keeps him out of harms way as he's never on the field. I would hate for a big HB to run him over and get injured... =(

6. FINALLY MY MOST FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS GAME.....

BOWL GAMES. When playing in a bowl game there is no paint in the end zones. This is how EA separates the BIG bowl games from the normal everyday games that we play during the season. I used to think "how FUCKING hard is it to put the teams name in the god damn fucking endzone" but I realize this is how they distinguish it from the regular season games. I like it a lot better this way. Plus when I score all I want to do is grab a lawn mower and cut some grass.



Thanks for such a glorious game. There are tons more things I LUV but this game, but this is long and it's taking aways from myne playing time.

[FrankySox]

I was wondering what some of the best recruits any of you have gotten/scene in the game. I was scrolling through the players after my first year of my dynasty and saw that Notre Dame had a damn 92 safety!!! I've also noticed a lot of my four star guys are better than the five stars. I have a sophmore 4 star guard who is a 92 but a 5 star freshman redshirt who is a 79....WTF? Just wondering about everyone's recruiting within the game.

[AK85]

3. Can't be Stopped MODE:
When the computer just can't be stopped on a single possession, anyone who has played this knows what I'm talking about. As I mentioned in 2 this game had made me aware that I need to be more optimistic and positive. A lot of people don't like this but when it happens to me I almost feel like I've unlocked something SECRET. It happens about once a game so it's kind of nice to see it come out and play.

That is the EA catch up AI. It is in all of their games, it is just something that you have to deal with. I can't remember the last EA game that I played that didn't have it.

[slickkill77]

I wish all the developers at EA could learn from the team that made NHL 08 and 09. They made a great game with great upgrades last year and they are continuing this year. Same with NBA 09 this year. That new adaptive AI they are implementing is amazing. And yet the Madden and NCAA teams just roll along with a marginal feature set

[SteveMcQ]

Would a CAG that still has this set me up with the rosters that have all the names of the players of all the schools? I just picked it up. I wanna start my dynasty. Thanks.

[slickkill77]

You can download mine or type in RomanCaesar. They are both basically they same. They are very good rosters

[SteveMcQ]

You can download mine or type in RomanCaesar. They are both basically they same. They are very good rostersSweet. Thanks. So I'm guessing I have to meet you in a lobby to transfer the files then? And what's that other option you mentioned? Sorry for the questions. I only had time to play a few exhibition SP games tonight. I wasn't able to look into the online stuff.

[FriskyTanuki]

Just go to the EA Sports Locker part of the XBL menu and you should have the option to enter in a gamertag, if they're not on your friends list, to be able to download the rosters.

[brennok]

Sorry to bump this old thread but I just got the game with a new 360. I finally got the game to stop freezing every few minutes by installing it so I finally made it to the first game in campus legend.

Whenever I try to view the pass routes in an actual game, after the play is called it is nearly impossible since they act like a flag in the wind. Even the red arrow showing where the QB will drop back shifts constantly. I don't have this problem in practice events. Is this how it is supposed to work or is my game just messed up?

The fact that it freezes constantly during loading usually after the 2nd or third event makes me lean towards a bad copy, but I didn't know if this was a "feature".

[pitfallharry219]

It's been awhile since I sold this game, but I think that's part of the "away game atmosphere". All the crowd noise is supposed to affect your composure and whatnot.

[slickkill77]

Your composure may be low, or your awareness may be low

[Redrazorback]

It's been awhile since I sold this game, but I think that's part of the "away game atmosphere". All the crowd noise is supposed to affect your composure and whatnot.

Yes, this is correct. Whenever the away crowd is pumped up, your passing routes will be totally scrambled. It's best to know the play before you break the huddle.

[Stark Rhavyn]

Wow, when did they start implementing that feature?
The last version I played was 05 and I heavily relied on looking at my pass routes before the play.