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The NCAA Test Part 1

Well, I officially have the bug now. I must find a way to solve the INT problem, otherwise the solo Dynasty mode play is a complete and utter waste of my time. Chad Henne throws 5 picks in a 38-10 OSU win. Uh...whee. Look, if I can't get pumped at all about playing the OSU/Michigan game, WTF is the point? There has to be settings that fix this. There has to be.

Before I get into the testing, let me ask you guys something.

Let's say Ohio State finishes the season 11-1. Their only loss is on the road to #12 Penn State.
Texas is 10-1with one game to play -- @ A&M. Their loss -- to Arkansas State. Texas is #3 in the BCS and OSU is #9? A loss to the wily ASU Indians and you are able to be #3 in the country?

Does that seem even remotely possible?

Or how about Florida sitting at 10-1 and Tennessee at 9-2 and yet UT is ranked #6 and UF is #8? Huh? How can a 2 loss team be that high? AND the topper -- Florida BEAT Tennessee early in the year 41-24! If you were playinjg as the Gators, wouldn't you be a bit...irked by that?

Anyway, I saved the Michigan drubbing under a different file name and decided to keep on replaying that game with various settings in order to see if I could somehow get Chad Henne to have a game where he did NOT throw an INT. Actually, I'll consider just 1 INT a success at this point.

I'm going to start at ground zero: Varsity level, CPU QB Acc at 100, WR catching at 50, Human INT at 0 and Knockdopwns at 0 and Awareness at 0.

Result: Henne throws 4 picks at home in a 7 minute quarter game, looking like recycled ass in the process. 23/41 for 220 yards 0 TD and 4 INTs. Most of the picks are off tipped balls, too. Like the ball gets batted in the air and then gets hit around like a volleyball then someone discovers, "Hey the ball!" and grabs it out of the air.

I didn't expect Varsity to be the cure, but I wanted to check. I'm going to keep those settings and bump it up at All American level. I'll post the results tonight if I get a chance to test it.