Ideas for NCAA Football 09
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With NCAA Football 08 now released and having had a few weeks to play it comes time to start generating ideas for NCAA Football 09. This is when input can be considered as pretty soon the point of no return will have been reached for what goes into and is focused on for 09.
I will have the opportunity to communicate ideas and opinions to the team working on 09, so feel free to leave your thoughts on what you would like to see in the game and what you would like improved. You can do so by leaving a comment or posting in the forums.
December 14, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Like bama4life said Alabama playing Rammar Jammer would be awesome.
Also, make it where you can lateral it to a certain person or just chunk it because if you are down to your last play sometimes it won’t let you lateral and you will automatically get tackled. So make some kind of play or special feature for lateraling.
Division II and division III would be good to since app. state upset michigan
make the players get excited when they score a game winning or tieing field goal or td. They just act like it was a regular score.
Transfer request for campus legend
Able to be the return man in campus legend
Able to be on the o line, a tight end, fullback, and kicker in campus legend
December 14, 2007 at 7:45 pm
also fans running out out onto the field after a big upset or game winning score
practice in offseason
halftime shows but give option to watch it or not
dorm rooms like it was in 06
play the pich up games of football, darts, and tug of war it said you did in campus legen after evening event
December 14, 2007 at 9:40 pm
i think you should have better facemaks for all the different types of helements. you should have the crowed charge the field after a big win. have better camera views and stuff.
December 19, 2007 at 2:04 am
I think that a Coach career would be an awesome addition. It would be an add-on to the already existing dynasty mode except you start of by creating a coach and pick a playbook and set goals for your stay (i.e. how many years you want to stay, how many years until you contend for the conference championship, national championship, top 25) if the school likes the goals that you set they’ll hire you, if they want the goals set a little quicker than you want they won’t hire you. You can track your progress as a coach by your coach prestige rating which starts at 10 and improves as you reach your goals and win games. if you sign with a higher prestige program your points will jump. you fail to reach your goals you said during your interview, you lose points. Everything else that is in the dynasty mode already can stay the same. I think it would add an interesting spin on the dynasty mode. when you start out only the smaller schools will give you a serious look. but as you win more and improve your rating you can move up through the ranks and become a coach at a high profile school
December 19, 2007 at 2:14 am
also alternate uniforms would be awesome like georgia in black…and make it so you have more control over the team so you have to keep track of their academic progress and keep them out of trouble off the field…i liked having players suspended for missing class.
December 19, 2007 at 2:59 pm
come on guys you know that ea ports produces the game those are good ideas though vbut i think it is highly unlikley for ea sports to do stuff like that but hey i have some ideas in stead of having brad lee kirk announce the entire game include college gameday where you can have rece davis lou holtz and mark may also have haltime like in nfl 2k5 only have chris flowers,desmond howard host it and holly rowe on the sidelines also what happened to pontiac game changing performances have those back in with new ones such as boise state/oklahoma auburn/virginia tech alabama/texas tech texas/usc appalachian state/michigan ulm/alabama
December 19, 2007 at 7:31 pm
-I like what u guys r saying. I like the college gameday idea. But there is a couple things i want to see.
-Bring back the dark and orange visors. Also make a chrome looking one.
-Make a botomm line like ESPN has w/ games for the gameday on the game.
- Make a 1-AA dynasty mode.
-More alternate jerseys like the all purple at Clemson.
December 19, 2007 at 7:39 pm
I love this. OK I like what winston said. I think that the coaches in dynasty should vote for the trophies,pontiac game changing performance, and coaches poll each week. Also there sholud be an actual trophy ceremony like at Disney and a actual Heisman ceremony
December 19, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Have the new UCF Kinghts Stadium. Because 24K9Kevin Smith) will be runnin’ in it next year!!!!!!!
December 19, 2007 at 7:44 pm
24K sorry i said 24k9
December 20, 2007 at 3:14 am
what about a create a rivalry game feature in dynasty/a.d./coach mode. if you play a team that is geographically a logical rivalry team and the games are close enough (top 10 greatest games feature) then you can add them as a rival after like 5 years and you can create a rivalry trophy
December 20, 2007 at 2:51 pm
have you noticed that pontiac game changing performance games are no longer in the video game i have a feelin g it will be back next year with aubu/virginia tech auburn/georgia auburn/florida auburn/nebraska auburn/florida alabama/ole miss alabama/tennessee alabama/texas tech alabama/oklahoma state texas/usc alabama/arkansas boise state/oklahoma colorad/oklaHOMA STANFORD/USC APPALACHIAN STATE/MICHIGAN ALSO DO ANY OF YOU FEEL THEIR SHOULD BE NEW ANNOUNCERS SUCH AS HOLLY ROWE BOB GRESIE MARK MAY RECE DAVIS LOU HOLTZ CHRIS FLOWERS AND DESMOND HOWARD TO KEEP BRAD LEE AND KIRK COMPANY WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK I WAS DISSAPOINTED THAT THE HIGHSCOOL PLAYOFF WAS NOT IN THE PS2 VERSION THIS YEAR SOMETHING TELS ME IT WIIL BE IN THIS YEAR NTIL NEXT TIME WAR EAGLE TO ALL THE AUBURN FANS AND ROLL TIDE TO THE ALABAMA FANS EVEN THOUGH IM A FUL BLOODED AUBURN FAN
December 23, 2007 at 12:00 am
ok listen this what yall need it wud be ba
1. better jerseys…….
2. bettter stadiums make them real
3. better helmet selectiont the revo facemask’s are gay
4. Better game modes.
5. on online play have a section for tournament mode so you dont have to go online and do it. go online is a pain in the butt
6. BETTER STATS. cant stress this enuf alota players shud be having 96 speed and they have 90! this really needs to improve.
7. better comentary it kinda sux they get annoying!
9. dont make west virginias bs offence so unstoppable.
10. put in actually plays that they run for example florida a tebow self playaction and a jump pass that wud be awsome.
11. make them have features like towels and eye shields, bicep bands, and the rite facemask they do in real life
December 23, 2007 at 8:09 am
when does this game come out i think they usually come out in june or july but im not sure
December 23, 2007 at 3:12 pm
I will start off by saying ea has got the gameplay right and i also love the shrine. Please do not mess with those things too much.
Here’s what needs to be improved…
-presentation needs to get a total overhaul. Look at NFL 2k5 to see what i mean and please incorperate ESPN more. For instance, have an espn logo on the scoreboard and for replays instead of EA sports.
-Crowd annimations vastly need an overhaul. When u are watching a game at michigan stadium, do all 105,000 fans jump for two hours nonstop? No only the student section.
-Please add realistic bands to the stadiums.
-Add refs and chain gangs as well as coaches
-Please make the sidelines more vibrant. Have assistant coaches and players, camera men, security people and various people on the sidelines. You shoudnt see very much open space around the field.
-add realistic weather affects and changing conditions
-add many more band songs and team chants to the game like michigan’s go blue song, iron man, and other team spacific songs as well as generic ones that many teams use after almost every play just like in reality.
-add more coaching features that make you truly believe you are coach like create a coach with a tiger woods twist (game face).
-add a vast create a school feature.
-try and get real sponsers in the game like gaterade, underarmer, russel, pontiac, state farm, cocacola, pepsi etc and put them in their appropriate places on scoreboards and such.
-add alternate uniforms, including the hundreds of variations that oregon uses.
-add more to bowl and rivalry games. Make them feel more awarding and have harder hits etc in those games.
-have a post game show
-make the fields look better and realistic and have each different type of turf play a little differently to add a touch of realism. Have blads of grass fly up when appropriate and mud splashes in the rain and much better snow affects including footprints, snow banks, accumalating snow, etc.
-include something on the game simalar to college hoop’s 2k share
-have a deeper dynasty mode than ever with tons of options to choose from for every different type of person who plays this game.
-have a weekly sports show like college hoops 2k thing as well as the espn.com that u already have(this is the least important aspect to me but get it in there in the next few years)
-make jerseys and helmets look more realistic and move according to motions etc.
-bring back the stadium pulse thing you guys had in 2005 but make it less gimmicky.
-include player entrances that are team spacific like i see a lot of people already said.
-appropriate attendance for games and that sort of stuff
-make more hype surrounding the national champianship game, u know what i mean
-post game celebrations
-a more realistic simulation generator that reflects real life a little bit more, like big ten grudge matches or pac ten shootouts. Make each conference have its own personality acording to real life.
I know this is a long list and probably no one will read this but if someone from ea does read this, know that what you’ve got now is decent, but build on it instead of overhauling it each year. If it takes a few extra months to make improvements, by all means, take the extra time. If you truly make a real next generation game, which there are a very few out there, it will be worth it for both you the company and me. You can still bring back your reputation that you had three or four years ago if you just use your recources and not spend your time on gimicks. If you include some of my suggestions and create a real ncaa sim, i will be willing to spit out 90 bucks for the game and i think many other people will if you just give the extra effort. Please make some vast improvements on NCAA 09 for your fans sake.
Thank you for your time.
December 27, 2007 at 3:28 pm
1) 1-AA teams have to be in after app. st. did to michigin
2)motivational players should have a bigger role
3)more of a college feel
4)pre game, and after a top 25 upset players and fans rush feild
5)senior leadershipm against rivals and big games
6)alternate uniforms
7) create a team
8)make it where any team can win
6)better post award ceremonies
December 27, 2007 at 3:29 pm
also faster gameplay it was a little slow last year
January 4, 2008 at 9:38 pm
1. Bring back all-time clasic games
2. Differnt Uniforms
3. Make a team and new logos
4. all the other divisons
5. half a season for high school thing
January 6, 2008 at 2:35 pm
1.Have alternate jerseys
2.Have real face masks for revolution
3.Show players warming up on field
4.Show players rush on field
5.Let players on sidelines pump up crowd
6.Have refs, coaches, and sideline players interact
7.Put clear visors, towels, and hand warmers on players.
8.Let crowd rush on field and tear down goal posts after big win
9.Put names on back of jerseys instead of QB #15
10.Have a pregame, haltime, and postgame show
11.If a senior makes a big play, let the whole team get a boost
12.Show buses coming on campus for the game
13.Have signature entrances onto the field
14.In rivalries have fights at midfield
15.Make the game more challenging
16.Let your legend return kicks and punts
17.Make stadiums more realistic like if you play FCS southeast not have a sellout crowd
18.Make snow and rain look realistic
19.Let it start snowing or raining in the middle of the game
20.Let jersey and helmet get dirty
January 11, 2008 at 4:59 am
is it just me or is there no facemask calls at all in ncaa 08, i have bene playing it for over a year and not one facemask call ever.
o and they cant put names on the back of jerseys cuz it is a conflict with the whole ncaa student athletes cant be sponsered. just like how u cant pay a recruit to come to ur school kinda like that
January 14, 2008 at 6:34 pm
they should have a trophy presentation
from all bowl games award the mvp
they should al so have confetti and fireworks after the bcs bowl games
and fan reactions after major upsets like people crying they should also put a new feature like pac-10 vs sec
January 17, 2008 at 5:40 pm
they need to add create a school again. they also need to add a pre, half and psot game show. braging rights aftet the game. if it’s like OSU/ michigin when OSU kills michigin they need to be able to brag. and on tyhe national champinship game they need to have a huge huge pre game show for it. at the halftime show they need to show OSU doing scirpt OHIO . with the band.
January 18, 2008 at 2:35 pm
It would be pretty sweet to allow online teamplay. Just like nba live 08 just began featuring where online teams can play 5 on 5 without any computer ai. Even if you cannot do full on teamplay, allowing 4 users on one system to play online together. Being able to player lock a position on offense and defense and playing as a team would be great. Also on 360 you need to be able to shift the offensive lines protections. Custom playbook would be sweet where you can mix and match plays and formations. Also being able to create your own plays, like the old ps1 game “gambreaker”. And finally possibly the addition of classic teams and players.
Thanks for consideration.
January 20, 2008 at 12:27 am
I think having more interaction with legend would be nice.
Also having the option to go pro if your coach is good enough for the nfl in dynasty.
Also pep rallys and interviews with legends.
Also the senior bowl for your legend before you end your career.
Also being able to see your espninstant classics again.
It would also be nice to have team to get exited with a big play ( like if you get a game winning TD and the team runs onto the feild).
Also if your a great player have pre game interveiws and get lee and kirk to talk about you.
January 20, 2008 at 12:37 am
Make it possible to transfer schools.
make it possible for the snow and rain to actualy effect you also make the snow build up and make the rain make the feild muddy make the snow like a packers game in the winter.
In dynasty actualy go see your recruit and retire certain alumni number.
It would be cool if you became a legend for a school and they have a ceremony to retire your jersey.
Also in dynasty to retire a jersey.
It would be coolto have a bowl game atmosphere at school and the games.
January 20, 2008 at 6:30 pm
b able to make highschool football jerseys better and have announcers for state championship.
Also make highschool football a whole season and be able to commit and be reqruited through out the season,
January 25, 2008 at 10:00 am
I have played the game every year since tommie frazier was on the cover and It has had the best game play of any football game ever. Since the dawn of the new systems the games gameplay has suffered and the 08 xbox version was way better.
I can deal with some change in gameplay for new system but let us not leave the ship that brought you here.
Changes that need to made for 09 is more stadium likeness and certain college pre-game traditions. Gameday should be an option to watch before every week and a gameday final after every week. The coaches names should be on the game , i understand that the players cant but the coaches names should.
Also need a more realistic coaching position changes mor firings when not living up to expectations and more other coaches leaving to take more high profile jobs or even taking your job.
The commentary is old so it needs to be updated so instead of having kirk and corso on every game just have them on at the game of the week and if it is possible have a different commentary team on the national broadcasts like Bob Davie and musberger and for regional broadcasts have rece davis and lou Holtz.
The coaches having a vote on the awards and the coaching polls would be nice also. The championship game should be harder to win no matter what and create aply would be useful. Would like to have the mascots not walk thru the bushes and less graphical bugs. Also the fair catch kick rule should be added.
Also like the whole in depth presentation of each award and an in depth celebration after the national championship game with MVP award and championship trophy award being presented to the coach with commentary about how many he has won and years coached.
Just keep that gameplay simple and great and you will just being improving on the greatest game series ever.
February 6, 2008 at 8:08 pm
1) ima hogs fan and tha hogs looked nuthin like tha hogs. their uni’s were almost pink.make them and other teams jerseys look more realistic. also have alternates like tha hogs beastly lookin red pants.
2) the speed was horrible the players wer friggin slow even at 99 in speed. i couldnt expode though the hole with mcfadden or make quick cuts with felix jones. it was gay.fix it.
3) In dynasty have college gameday in front of the stadium that the game of the week is being played in and have the gameday dudes reveiw all the major games in the coming week. and show highlites of that team from earlier in the season, or practice. also show the players coming onto the feild. have a short 2 minute half time show with the band or something.
4) bring back the espn magizine like on the origonal console versions. be able 2 practice in shorts and practice jerseys. have drills like pulling sleds, and runnin the track around the feild.
5)be able to create ur own plays and playbooks. in dynasty have position battles during the offseason even if the ratings are like 20 points off. be able to run drills with each player at every position as well as plays in scrimmages. this way ull have more dramatic drops but more importantly rises in overall ratings like 10 or 12 points.
6) ima huge football fan and the last ncaa i just didnt feel the college atmosfere. work on that. and ull have the best ncaa yet.
February 10, 2008 at 1:48 pm
why dont u make it to where u can create your own team like it had a few years ago…..
February 15, 2008 at 8:57 am
i would like them to put the create a school feature back in it really sucked that i could not create my university the past 2 years for the 360.also you should have a highschool season alons with the college season where you can create a prospest and take him through a highschoolseason and the better he does throgh out the season the higher his blue chip value in the recruit a player screen.or just create a seprate highschool football game where you can export your blue chipper into ncaa09.nut they deffanetly need to put the create a school feature back in for the x-box 360 that was the best feature on the other consoles.please stress that to them.thanks
gammer for life,heath
February 24, 2008 at 7:09 pm
i would really like a collge gameday. it could be right outside the stadium for the game of the week. for example the florida vs georgia game. the ohio state vs michigan game. and definently for the national championship game. thank you
February 24, 2008 at 7:34 pm
the dog walk for georgia would be great. also in dynasty mode u should be able to set a blackout for a big game or some stunt like that.
February 24, 2008 at 8:13 pm
it would be great on the scoreboard if it had a cbs style an fox style and espn/espn2 style in stead of ea sports style.
February 24, 2008 at 8:25 pm
i like what yu said. like for the saturday 1:00 sec games should have on the cbs or raycom sports style on the scoreboard. and the thursday night games on espn style of the scoreboard. and the other games on other styles of channels. and the big ten games on the big ten network style.
February 29, 2008 at 11:16 am
Being able to create your own plays was great. You need to bring that back.
Otherwise, just update stuff. Have new celebrations after games. Have the players and coaches do different things on the sidlines. Have all the marching bands and school songs. Have the teams run on to the field in their unique way. And mostly, come up with more things for the announcers to say. They get way too repetitive.
As far as plays, the read option is the thing. Have more ways to run it.
Formations, could you introduce the Single Wing?
April 2, 2008 at 4:38 pm
This is for all gaming units. Instead of focusing their time on improving the campus legend feature, they need to focus on realistic issues in college football. I thinkg it would be more realistic if there were open slots to move d1-fcs teams up without having to replace current teams. Another option should be to choose black or white socks or shoes and customize uniforms, besides what each teams have. Maybe have the ability to pick your sponsor ie Nike, Adidas, Under Armour. There should be a mode, where you stadium size can increase in size, more seat, etc… so you can take a team that holds 30,000 and in 10 years on the dynasty mode hold 60,000. Created teams should be able to have the loadest stadium. Conference realignment should be an option, where one conference might add two teams to develop it’s own conference title game instead of replacing teams. More stadiums should designed for D1-FCS because it gets old looking at the grass seating all the time. I have more, I just have to remember them.
April 8, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Why cant you be a Kicker in campus legend.Also why dont you have the FCS Rosters on the XBOX360 and have the actual names in the games
April 8, 2008 at 7:34 pm
At least have a quarterback on one of the covers like colt brennen or Brian Brohm or any other QB
May 28, 2008 at 2:24 pm
i think that the video game ncaa 09 should have a clear and amber visor. same with madden i mean its a video game this is time to customize a player and some people want to go all out. black is good but its not enough. i think they should have a clear and amber visor as well as a black one
June 18, 2008 at 11:50 am
I think there should be fans flooding the field on a big win
I also agree about the fight songs, they need to sound better ohio states fight song sounds nothing like the real one
it would be sweet to have the fans do the wave every now and then and the fans need to look realer and the players on the sideline need to be more active
for campus legend have your player you created walk over to the time outs and stay there until the timeout is over and during halftime have him walk to the tunnel and enter the locker room and listen to the coach talk and go back out on to the field after the game is over, all this should happen without the computer controling your player, we should have total control over our player
during the national championship for campus legend if you win bring out that big stage and have your player walk up there and talk and pick what you want him to say just like in maddens interviews
June 25, 2008 at 10:18 pm
1) I think they should correct Alabama’s helmets. (Add numbers on it).
2) Make the big games seem like they actually matter than the non telivised games.
3) Make stadium realistic
4) Add BCS stadiums as realistic as possible.
July 15, 2008 at 4:27 pm
how do you flip into the endzone on ncaa football 09 on xbox 360
August 4, 2008 at 4:47 am
I think that you should do more than just the high schoool play offs maby start out as a freshmen and work your way up to being a five star player. Also you can have the option to do tryouts for high schoool football and see wether or not you start on Jv or varsity. and also be able to customize uniform not just chooose from uniforms already designed I was so angry about that. and dont auto start campus legends.
November 24, 2008 at 3:36 am
They need to have MORE facemask options, including Percy Harvin's Revolution or Chase Daniel's Revolution. PLEASE! Some of the Revolution facemasks really don't look anything like the real thing. Either they stick out too far or they are WAAAY too big. Also, there needs to be team specific entrances. Kind of like Michigan with the banner or Clemson with the hill and the rock. I know this might be a lot to ask but the teams should actually go into the locker rooms at halftime and then come back out before the 3rd quarter instead of just running off to the sidelines. AWESOME GAME!!!!!!