Where I Come From: EA Sports NCAA Football 2011 Available Now
by Peter Bean on Jul 13, 2010 11:14 AM CDT
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Thanks to everyone for sharing in a great week of chatter about what it means to be a fan of Texas Longhorns football. And thanks to EA Sports for sponsoring the discussion. We wrap up the campaign with a word from our sponsor:
When you go to a particular school or grow up around college football, you are more than just a fan. It's who you are. We thought we could leverage this pride in your roots and show that "where you come from" is more than just a statement about geography. By positioning NCAA Football 11 as a game that understands this pride and is authentic to these traditions, the takeaway should be that anything that is in college football is in NCAA Football 11.
And this doesn't just include game play (though that's a huge part of it). It's rivals and mascots; it's legends and stories. It's those things that are at the very fabric of the game itself. Of course the game is great this year as well. With authentic entrances, mascots and specific offenses for each team, the term "where I come from" takes on a much larger meaning. While playing NCAA Football 11 is ultimately a great sports sim, it should also give you a sense of the pride and emotion one has for being a fan of a team they will never not be a part of.
EA Sports NCAA Football 2011 is available for purchase in retail stores across the country and online. For those interested in playing an online dynasty, we've got a league forming over here.
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Anyone have any luck w/ pass defense in NCAA?
It may be that the last one I played was the Lonhorns in NCAA ‘09, where our secondary wasn’t too hot in the game, but I’m completely at the mercy of the machine or any experienced player when it comes time for them to move it through the air.
It doesn’t seem like letting the guys back there do their own thing is helpful at all, but when I try to switch back there and make things happen, I normally make it worse.
I'm not great at coverage, but,
The best thing to do is to make sure you use the left trigger button to break down and not over run plays. If it appears they are going to make the catch then the best thing to do is use the hit stick right as they make contact with the ball.
"I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field."
-Walter Payton
Haven’t played this year’s version yet but generally speaking man cover 2 or cover 1 coverages tend to work better against the CPU and zone coverages tend to work better against humans. Of course if you can’t get any pressure on the QB it won’t matter. In ’10 I get pressure against the CPU by using the strong side DE and doing a swim move to the outside and occasionally mixing in a spin move to the inside.
In man coverage you’re generally going to to audible your CBs into press coverage or you’re going to get eaten up by slants. Against a human, for 90% of whom the slant is the bread and butter play try cover 2 or 3 zone with the zone coverage set to aggressive.
I'll try to see if I can get a little more pressure on the QB
Normally if I know the CPU has to make it through the air I’ll be in something like Quarters prevent. I’ll have every man on the field in pass coverage and the computer just chews up my zones.
Of course the QB isn’t under much pressure with like what, a 3 man rush? Maybe putting too many guys in the backfield is the problem.
Pressuring the QB
Even on a pure passing down, the help provided by a 4 man rush is usually worth it.
This is kind of cheap, but one way you can get some extra pressure on the QB is to move your RE all the way across the line to be next to the LE – sometimes the CPU will audible an extra TE blocker to where you moved, but often that RE will be unblocked, while the LG stands around with no one to block.
Press man coverage is good, but it’s easy to get beat over the middle by the CPU, especially in a cover 2 shell. It should be helpful in those situations to take control of the MLB, then keep an eye on your assigned HB/TB but don’t move until you’re sure that you don’t have a receiver coming into your middle zone.
I’ve actually found that you can get excellent pressure by running a 3-3-5 and calling the play that blitzes one of the OLBs between the DE and the DT and controlling the DE on that side and doing a swim move to the outside. It also has the advantage of letting you put more fast DBs on the field (last year I made Earl my FS and Christian Scott and Ben Wells my two starting SS). Linebackers can not cover RBs man to man in this game. They can usually handled a TE unless he has 88+ speed though.
NCAA '09
36 interceptions by MLB#11 for Miami in the ’10 season. 4-3 over cover 3; just find the first outside receiver that cuts inside and make a play. For teams with serious speed, any dime zone sans blitz
by Hotdog_Inferno on Jul 13, 2010 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I love this game franchise...
but can we please not have Tim Tebow all over the BON website. I know EA sports is sponsoring BON but it is not something I am enjoying.
"Football's so important in Texas. On the West Coast, it's a social. On the East Coast, it's a culture. Here, it's a religion."
-- Major Applewhite
by Sunkist on Jul 13, 2010 2:31 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Yeah
Imagine how the SEC fans felt…
I think next year they need to have their art department go to town on a bunch of different cover images. They did everything else right to market this game; would be wise to take that extra step, too.
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