[quote name='bvharris']No it isn't... Unless you're in Iceland or something.
The Saints-Steelers game is SNF, the Pats game is at 4:15.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, lots of good matchups on TV this Sunday: Packers/Jets at 10 A.M.; Titans/Chargers and Vikings/Patriots at 1; Steelers/Saints on SNF.
Rob, I can play if you get back around midnight your time. As you may have noticed, I'm not up all night anymore and I get up early, so I can't stay on too late. I guess, from what you said, you'll be gone all day tomorrow, too.
My main concern is the dropped games and freezing. I checked Operation Sports and GameFAQs, and tons of people were having the same issue I have had for the past couple games- a dropped connection, the opponent getting a message saying the first person quit, and hard system freezes right after. However, all those posts came before the patch. I couldn't find any posts about freezing after the patch, though people are still having games dropped.
As I said, I'm not sure what the cause is. Madden's the only game that does it, and clearly, it's not just my copy. I'm going to clear my cache. One thing in addition to what was said about both players having the newest rosters is that there is the free Ultimate Team DLC out there. Maybe everyone has to have that.
My other theory is that it has something to do with the dashboard preview. There were connection problems in Madden 09 between people with the standard edition and those with the collector's edition, so problems between opponents with 2 different versions of the dash could be the issue. I did play Cru and Eddie at the end of season 1 without incident (and took losses in both, for anyone who thinks I quit in these recent games) and they didn't have the new dashboard, but the thing updates every other day literally, so who knows?
If anyone has any other ideas, let me here 'em. I'm about to do a little more research.