I guess it is about that time of year again. I load up on football annuals, and then along comes a new version of NCAA Football. And the waiting and anticipating begins. Thankfully, this year’s NCAA Football 08 Campus Legend mode gives me a way to hold steady until September 1, when the Cowboys from Oklahoma State come a calling. I am getting ahead of myself.
I started a Campus Legend as a speedy HB at Shaw High School (Columbus, GA for those keeping score at home). After each of my first three wins I was rated as a 4-star recruit, but after having a decent championship game, as a 5-star recruit, I was presented with a meal ticket to pretty much any school in the country. Decisions, decisions. Go to Texas as the third-string HB, or stay in state at that little school in Athens, GA as the fifth-string HB. I realize my lifetime dream of becoming a Georgia Bulldog.
Glory, glory to old Georgia!
Glory, glory to old Georgia!
Glory, glory to old Georgia!
G-E-O-R-G-I-A.
Glory, glory to old Georgia!
Glory, glory to old Georgia!
Glory, glory to old Georgia!
G-E-O-R-G-I-A.
I am not really that great a video games; never have been, and going down hill quickly with age. I only had to overcome 10 points to become fourth-string, and 10 more points to become third-string. I have 128 to make up if I want to be second string. Kregg Lumpkin, Thomas Brown, Knowshon Moreno; I want your job.
Georgia fans better divert their eyes. Oklahoma State pulls off a 28-25 upset, followed by a 39-13 spanking from South Carolina. Ouch. Double ouch. I did not see any action in the first two games. That has to be the reason for our early struggles. What a disaster of a season. One of the things that is really great about Campus Legend mode is that you do not get to call plays or pick your role; the CPU does all the handy work.
Our next game was against Podunk State (or some such 1AA or Bowl Division school). After we went up 30-0 at the half, I finally got my moment to shine. Georgia tallies up a 68-0 thrashing of this opponent, behind my 128 rushing yards and 3 TDs (and a receiving TD). I am feeling it baby, I am feeling it!
Go Dawgs!
