joshuahuskers
Utopia Football League
Okay - this is the same concept I had with my Long Beach State dynasty about this time last year. I switched from that back to Wisconsin State, but my enthusiasm for Wisconsin State waned when I found out you can't mod NCAA 14 for the CFP. I switched the Nebraska, but lost interest 1.5 seasons in - so I'm trying the "full athletic program" dynasty again.
Unlike with Long Beach State, I wanted to pick a team already existing on NCAA 14, so I could mod for the playoff. A few thoughts I went through when I selected ECU:
All coaches are made up - and will be starting in year one of their fictional universes.
Settings
Football - NCAA 14
Sliders: OS Community
Coach Settings: Will start coaches at level 20, but will only spend 5 skill points at the start. Starting at Level 20 will allow me to bring in a "higher" level coach should I become a strong program and my current one "leaves" - I'll be able to create a new coach and start at level 20.
Recruiting restrictions:
National Recruits: Can Recruit at program prestige minus one (so a 3* program can recruit any 2* nationally).
Conference Footprint: Can recruit at program prestige (so a 3* program can recruit any three star within the conference footprint. Starting off in the AAC, this will include: PA, FL, OH, CT, MD, OK, TX, LA.
Bordering States: Can recruit at program prestige plus one (so a 3* program can recruit a 4* in any bordering state). For ECU this is VA, TN, SC.
Home State: Can Recruit at prestige plus two (so a 3* program can recruit a 5* in the home state). For ECU, this is obviously NC.
I think these are some challenging restrictions, although the conference footprint is favorable for us with TX, FL, OH and LA. Note that this means there's not a free reign on any recruit unless I'm a 6* program.
Basketball - College Hoops 2k7. I don't have 2k8, so 2k7 will have to do. I really suck at this game, so I think I roll on default varsity or whatever the second level is (at least to start out). No recruiting restrictions right away, because like I said, I suck. I will try to customize the conferences so we get as close to the AAC as possible in whatever conference ECU starts in for this game.
Baseball - MVP 07 NCAA Baseball. I think I played on All-American with sliders favoring hitting. I'll check what I had on my last dynasty and use those. I'll probably suck at first. No recruiting restrictions here either (beyond what the game already builds in if you're a lower level program).
History
Football - Current Head Coach Jason Nava, 1st Season, 0-0
Basketball - Current Head Coach Marvin Melton, 1st Season, 0-0
Baseball - Current Head Coach Dustin Harley, 1st Season, 0-0
Unlike with Long Beach State, I wanted to pick a team already existing on NCAA 14, so I could mod for the playoff. A few thoughts I went through when I selected ECU:
- No Power Five conference schools. Even if they suck at all three sports, I want to go with a small or mid-major school, and potentially move them to a power conference later on. This will be primarily driven by if I have football success, as it is in the real world. Potential landing spots for ECU are the ACC or SEC (likely the SEC, as ECU would expand their geographic footprint), or I guess the Big 12 as they do whatever the hell they want and it'd give WVU a better travel partner.
- No schools from CA/FL/TX. I added this stipulation because it's too easy to recruit in-state talent to those schools. This eliminated a few I was thinking of, including UCF and San Diego State.
- No major history in any of Football/Basketball/Baseball. ECU has been okay in football, but nothing to write home about. Only two NCAA tourneys in hoops (none since 1993). Baseball is somewhat of an exception here - they've been very good as of late - 25 regional appearances and 3 supers, but they've never been to the CWS, so that makes it acceptable to me.
- Prefer a team that already exists in MVP 07. This eliminated several schools. Not a deal-breaker, but the create a school on MVP isn't great. Bonus if their stadium is in MVP 07 (ECU's is).
- That's it. Others considered: Tulane, Hawaii, Middle Tennesee
All coaches are made up - and will be starting in year one of their fictional universes.
Settings
Football - NCAA 14
Sliders: OS Community
Coach Settings: Will start coaches at level 20, but will only spend 5 skill points at the start. Starting at Level 20 will allow me to bring in a "higher" level coach should I become a strong program and my current one "leaves" - I'll be able to create a new coach and start at level 20.
Recruiting restrictions:
National Recruits: Can Recruit at program prestige minus one (so a 3* program can recruit any 2* nationally).
Conference Footprint: Can recruit at program prestige (so a 3* program can recruit any three star within the conference footprint. Starting off in the AAC, this will include: PA, FL, OH, CT, MD, OK, TX, LA.
Bordering States: Can recruit at program prestige plus one (so a 3* program can recruit a 4* in any bordering state). For ECU this is VA, TN, SC.
Home State: Can Recruit at prestige plus two (so a 3* program can recruit a 5* in the home state). For ECU, this is obviously NC.
I think these are some challenging restrictions, although the conference footprint is favorable for us with TX, FL, OH and LA. Note that this means there's not a free reign on any recruit unless I'm a 6* program.
Basketball - College Hoops 2k7. I don't have 2k8, so 2k7 will have to do. I really suck at this game, so I think I roll on default varsity or whatever the second level is (at least to start out). No recruiting restrictions right away, because like I said, I suck. I will try to customize the conferences so we get as close to the AAC as possible in whatever conference ECU starts in for this game.
Baseball - MVP 07 NCAA Baseball. I think I played on All-American with sliders favoring hitting. I'll check what I had on my last dynasty and use those. I'll probably suck at first. No recruiting restrictions here either (beyond what the game already builds in if you're a lower level program).
History
Football - Current Head Coach Jason Nava, 1st Season, 0-0
Basketball - Current Head Coach Marvin Melton, 1st Season, 0-0
Baseball - Current Head Coach Dustin Harley, 1st Season, 0-0