So I bought NCAA 2025 yesterday and played a 12 games already. Playing the MAC Championship after work against Western Michigan today. Although this is a video game; here is my assessment:
Parkers passing ability is severely limited (1710 yrds passing heading into MAC Championship). I actually passed better with Wither. Parker has more INTs than TD passes on the season. (11 TDs-13 INTs)
Hunt is a manchild 1191 yrds rushing and 16 TDs. Tyus punishes defenders 576 yrds (not a hom-run threat). Brune has game changing speed in this game (90 speed and 94 acceleration). Used Brune on third and 5+ to catch out of backfield. (412 yrds receiving out of back field).
Hendrick, Dennis and Pugh(he can turn a corner very fast) were the starting WRs. Dominic Dowart was 4th string. Rodney Harris III was 5th string. Meanwhile, Owen and Rodarte were buried on depth chart. Had to run a lot of quick routes to get the ball to WRs. Deep passing was not in our favor this year.
Blake Leake is great in pass coverage but essentially gets swallowed up in the run game. Had to use Bowman to blitz off edge to create pressure. Our front 4 just didn't create enough pressure so I used the nickel blitz a lot in the 4-2-5 to stop 3rd downs.
Our kicker has a strong leg (93 strength) but misses kicks in bigger stadiums with accuracy only at 65.
Overall I went 11 and 1. But if i didn't make the changes (and restart 4 times) this team was headed for 8-4. Losses to Syracuse, Toledo, Kentucky, and Eastern Michigan (yes we were losing to EMU) were evident as I restarted the game playing those 4 teams. 😂 Going 11-1 allowed us to play Western Michigan (9-3).
Bradley Weaver, Roman Parodie, Adonis Williams, Ricky Hunt Jr and our punter made All-MAC. Parodie was 2nd team All American with 5 INT (2 returned for 2 TDs).
Defense allowed 22 points per game while offense only scores 25 points per game.
Steegers, Mason Williams and CJ Doggette show GREEN (high) in the transfer portal heading into the MAC championship.
Currently ranked 8th out of 12 in College Playoffs.
The game is extremely fun. Discover credit card seems to be a big sponsor as they are plastered on every big time game. And the opening Bobcats screen has a game ticket from Sep 9 2005. We all know what game that was.
Last Edited: 7/16/2024 11:09:30 AM by ExCat21