JSU Zack
How do I IT?
When I visited my parents over the weekend, I took the opportunity to grab NCAA 06 from storage and bring it home with me. I opened it up last night, and I was a kid all over again.
And ironically, the game is better than current versions. The playbooks are incredibly good despite being limited. The old school formations and a working flexbone make it a dream to play.
Plus, all the FCS schools are in the game. I loaded all the non-HBCU conferences into a dynasty to replace G5 schools, and I'm rolling with Jax State. Before you ask, I wanted to put the HBCU schools in, but that would lead a pair of P5 conferences left, so they got cut because they don't qualify for playoffs.
Defense is actually a thing in this game, and there are some seriously good plays that were questionably removed in 3rd gen consoles. Remember Cover 1 plays that would double-team a receiver? What about double-spy plays with both OLBs?
I think someone mentioned after NCAA 06, the guy at Tiburon that did the playbooks left and his assistant took over. Compare NCAA 06 playbooks to now. Night and day difference. I can do more with the 9 formation/preset playbooks than I can with a 300 play custom book in the new game.
I'm running a veer type offense based out of splitbacks with the Wishbone mixed in. I've messed around with the other option formations, and see all these traditional plays is a breath of fresh air.
I've discovered I'm not the only one that's going vintage. There's a guy that created "NCAA 06 Revival". It's something of a throwback offline dynasty/homage to EA of old. He has some of the old playbooks posted and sliders posted. Here's my primary offense.
And ironically, the game is better than current versions. The playbooks are incredibly good despite being limited. The old school formations and a working flexbone make it a dream to play.
Plus, all the FCS schools are in the game. I loaded all the non-HBCU conferences into a dynasty to replace G5 schools, and I'm rolling with Jax State. Before you ask, I wanted to put the HBCU schools in, but that would lead a pair of P5 conferences left, so they got cut because they don't qualify for playoffs.
Defense is actually a thing in this game, and there are some seriously good plays that were questionably removed in 3rd gen consoles. Remember Cover 1 plays that would double-team a receiver? What about double-spy plays with both OLBs?
I think someone mentioned after NCAA 06, the guy at Tiburon that did the playbooks left and his assistant took over. Compare NCAA 06 playbooks to now. Night and day difference. I can do more with the 9 formation/preset playbooks than I can with a 300 play custom book in the new game.
I'm running a veer type offense based out of splitbacks with the Wishbone mixed in. I've messed around with the other option formations, and see all these traditional plays is a breath of fresh air.
I've discovered I'm not the only one that's going vintage. There's a guy that created "NCAA 06 Revival". It's something of a throwback offline dynasty/homage to EA of old. He has some of the old playbooks posted and sliders posted. Here's my primary offense.
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