ARGH!
Remember how I said that I read that the polling AI in Bowl Bound gets better after the midway point of the year? Ignore that. Going into the Michigan game, Ohio State was #1 in the land, with 1 loss, a 3 point defeat at Iowa. Auburn and Clemson and #2 and 3 respectively. We all have one loss. OSU beats Michigan 24-23 — and DROPS in both polls to #3, as they are leaped by Auburn and Clemson, both of whom won their game as well. I’m so upset I just sim the bowl season. OSU beats Oregon in the Sugar Bowl 45-10 and Auburn beats Clemson 28-26. The FINAL BCS standings?
Auburn
Clemson
OSU
Needless to say, this is totally FUBAR.
In fact I see a ton of weird poll changes week to week. One week in particular Cal lost 45-35 and went from 19 to 16 in the polls. As fun as Bowl Bound is, you cannot–absolutely cannot have the polls doing this sort of thing.
I need to start a new career after I do the recruiting to test out the playoff system because using the standard BCS method just ain’t gonna fly.
December 26th, 2005 at 6:10 pm
This really shouldn’t shock you if you’ve played the developer’s other football game. You should probably wait for another 6 months worth of patches before picking this one up.
December 26th, 2005 at 10:46 pm
The shocking thing is that anyone can think of Clemson every being that highly ranked. I’m a HUGE Clemson fan, but come on, they are not a football powerhouse.
December 27th, 2005 at 3:54 pm
This kind of goes with what wig said above. From the developer:
in regards to Bill’s comments -
Yeah, I think the comments are fair. It’s one of the reasons the poll logic is one of the main issues for update 1.1.
http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9727
December 27th, 2005 at 5:52 pm
I’m sure it will be really fun when it’s finished. It’s just frustrating that games are released in such poor shape these days.