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This was one of the best NCAA Football games I have played in recent memory, and absolutely the best I have played with the 2007 version. I hope the new settings are going to be golden.<\/p>\nPart 1 of (2 or 3). A couple of quick housekeeping items. First, in order to get in more subs, I changed my controller settings to 45 for sub out, and 85 for sub in, but this seems to have little effect. I changed the game to All American, 6-minute quarters. I have decided to follow any recommended discipline recommendations, but I am going to track each player; three strikes and they are out. I am not going to put up with crap at my schools.<\/p>\n
This was one of the best NCAA Football games I have played in recent memory, and absolutely the best I have played with the 2007 version. I hope the new settings are going to be golden.<\/p>\n
This game earned the #1 ESPN Classic rating (622 pts). North Texas was two by two touchdowns at the start of the 4th quarter, but battled back, finally pulling even with 14 seconds left. SMU won the toss in OT, and elected to go on defense. North Texas drove on two rushing TDs to take their first led of the game since their opening drive of the 1st quarter. SMU\u2019s offense was stopped on four consecutive plays, earning North Texas a hard fought victory. <\/p>\n
\r\n 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT | Final\r\nSMU 14 14 7 0 0 | 35\r\nNorth Texas 14 7 0 14 7 | 42\r\n<\/pre>\nI did not plan to go into tons of detail with my three dynasties this year, but this game was so fun, so even, that I have to post the goodness for all to read.<\/p>\n
\r\n SMU North Texas\r\nScore 35 42\r\n1st Downs 20 23\r\nTotal Offense 462 499\r\nRushes-Yards 35-144 25-206\r\nComp Att TD 16-28-3 15-25-0\r\nPassing Yards 318 293\r\nSacked 4 0\r\n3rd Down Conv 9-14 (64%) 2-6 (33%)\r\n4th Down Conv 1-2 (50%) 2-2 (100%)\r\n2 point Conv 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)\r\nRed Zone Conv 2-2-0 (100%) 6-5 (83%)\r\nTurnovers 0 2\r\nFumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0\r\nInt 0 2\r\nPR Yards 10 6\r\nKR Yards 151 123\r\nTotal Yards 623 628\r\nPunts-Avg 3-43.0 2-36.5\r\nPenalties-Yds 0-0 0-0\r\nT.O.P. 13:47 10:13\r\n<\/pre>\nThere are a lot of discussion points here, but I am only going to mention two. First, my goal is to always win the T.O.P. battle; SMU played me incredible tough in this regard, as their impact HB ran all over me. Second, I averaged 2 yds\/punt return, which absolutely sucks. I have not figured out what I can do to make this better.<\/p>\n
Key Contributors:<\/p>\n
\r\nNorth Texas\r\nQB #7 15-25 293 yds, 2 INT, long pass of 39 yds\r\nHB #20 21-173 6 TDs\r\nWR #81 7 recs 190 yds\r\n\r\nSMU\r\nQB #16 16-28 318 yds, 3 TDs, 0 INT, long pass of 72 yds\r\nHB #8 24-112 yds, 2 TDs\r\n* 2 WRs had 100 yards receiving\r\n<\/pre>\nThis was the most fun I have had with a video game in a long time. I was constantly battling against momentum, which is too easily given to visiting teams, but I finally managed to stop SMU on consecutive possessions, which gave me an opportunity to pull even. The two defensive stops where key to the win, because SMU did not turn over the ball the entire game.<\/p>\n
I doubt I will go into this level of detail for future chronicles (don\u2019t hold your breath, but you never know), but this one was just too good not to share.<\/p>\n
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