
Yes, its still December, but the website for EA Sports NCAA Football 09 has just gone live. Reachable through BCSPreview.com as well as easports.com the site currently features previews of the upcoming BCS games using the NCAA Football engine.
Following the Bowl season the site will fully transition into NCAA Football 09 mode. It is worth noting that EA has never launched a site for a game this far in advance of its release.
Interestingly it appears that the cover announcement may be coming a lot sooner than expected as they are already teasing it. It is unknown how soon following the end of the season that could be revealed considering some of the top candidates would be underclassmen who would need to declare for the draft. I’ll be previewing the most likely choices for the cover sometime over the next week.
February 11, 2008 at 7:21 am
[quote comment="12752"]I really couldn’t care about all the uniforms or stadiums or things of that maner. I would like to see them fix the game play. Make the passing controls better so that the WR’s will go up for the ball. And make it where you can get pressure on the QB without bringing two or more people on a blitz. They have it on 08 where a 5″10 corner can catch a pick all over a 6″4 WR. You can’t really create pressure with your front four and the game play is stiff where it seems like alot of players have no awarness. I’m a offenseif minded player who loves to throw the ball but online all you can really do is run the ball. Finally online they should make it like madden where the players ratings update according on how they are doing or make it where the players ratings increase for you according to how good you do every game.[/quote]
NOT TRUE HOMEBOY CUZ WHILE ONLINE I COULD RUN OR PASS DATS HOW GOOD MY SKILLS ARE!!! BUT EVERYTHING ELSE U SAID WAS RITE!!!! 09 WILL BE WHAT WE ALL WANT, WATCH
February 11, 2008 at 7:31 am
ADD TEAMS LIKE VILLANOVA, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AND PORTLAND ST CUZ I LIKE TO PLAY WITH ALL THE TEAMS NOT MIAMI, GEORGIA BOSTON COLLEGE EA HAD THEM BEFORE!!!!!!!!!!! IM A BEAST WHEN IT COMES TO PLAYING ONLINE!!!!!
February 11, 2008 at 1:45 pm
i like the great games thing in NCAA football 2005 they need to add that and put more games on there that would be cool.
February 11, 2008 at 3:49 pm
TRAVIS, what i meant was it is alot easyer to run the ball not that i cant throw the ball. Some how linebackers get picks when they are a couple yards behind who they are covering. It’s so unrealistic.
February 11, 2008 at 5:31 pm
we all know we want 1-aa teams but how would u feel if you could start as a assistant coach and work your way up like if your the quarterbacks or wide receivers coach you create the plays or get plays from anyones playbook to see how to best throw against the team like if they have a bad corner or something. Linebackers and defensive lineman can cocentrate on the blitzes and run stopping while defensive backs do the coverage.
February 12, 2008 at 1:48 pm
in ncaa 09, they need to include 1 aa teams like southern university-baton rouge jaguars with there real stadium. not some made up stadium. or grambling, appalachian state, or etc…
they also need to have extra space for when u create a team and/or character. they need to have bands in the stands cheering us to succede in a game.
February 12, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Please include the following items to in my opinion the best sport game of ever made:
1)The referees need to be added and penalities need to be called.
2)Alternate Uniforms.. Football jersey are a hot item as far as fashion is concerned.. includes all alternate jerseys pants and helments.
3)The Formation Sub. I may want a freshman linbacker in my “Dime” that is not in the 2-deep to get his speed on the field in passing situations.
4)Pre-Game Entrance. As a huge fan of College Football; there is nothing like the home team coming out to the field.
5)Better Fan AI.. If I am the home team; cheer loud when we are up. If we are getting routed; leave to beat the traffic.
6)Raise the level of the computer AI. I can take some L from the computer.
7)Improvement of the offense and defense line. Pass Rush, Pass Blocking,football is won in the trenches… MAKE IT THAT WAY.
8)I-AA teams. Many areas in the country support I-AA teams as much as I-A teams. Give the teams a chance to win cause after the 2007 season… IT CAN HAPPEN
9)Bring the cheerleaders back out and lets all celebrate after a win.
10)If we can get the 1st 9 items… that would mean a GREAT GAME in stores July 2008.
February 12, 2008 at 3:19 pm
will some one please tell me how to do a good user catch. I was just playing a guy and he was doing it all over me. I need something to spark my passing atack so wont have to just run the ball.
February 12, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I think they should bring back create a sign, nothing was better then seeing guys hold up signs that say “I love the cock!” randomly during the game.
February 13, 2008 at 5:38 am
RAY DARK, U AND ME THINK ALIKE CHECK OUT MY OPINIONS IN THE BEGINNIN AND SEE IF U AGREE!!!! IM A BEAST BY DA WAY VA(757)
February 13, 2008 at 5:44 am
ICE2JR IM JUS JIVING WITH U MAN, WE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM, BUT I FEEL WHAT U SAYING BUT ONCE I LEARNED HOW TO B PATIENCE IN DA POCKET AND KNOW TO SCRAMBLE AND WHEN NOT I GOT IT POPPIN,,, BEIN ABLE TO PLAY WITH A POCKET PASSER HELPS DEVELOPE INTO A GOOD PASSER CUZ U NOT RELYING ON RUNNIN DA ALL DA TIME WITH DA QB,, LIKE HAVING DENNIS DIXON OR TIM TEBOW OR PAT WHITE THEY ALL SCRAMBLERS WITH GOOD SPEED, BUT GET SUM1 LIKE MITCH MUSTAIN
February 13, 2008 at 6:37 pm
alot travis i think i get what your sayin i gues i’ll try that out now
February 13, 2008 at 9:04 pm
A better vibe when u play on the road or home. They should have different feels in the game u go to a different stadium. Also the refs on the field when u play would add on to the college football experiance. Make tim tebow the best on the game please!!!!!!
February 14, 2008 at 2:52 pm
[quote comment="13279"]A better vibe when u play on the road or home. They should have different feels in the game u go to a different stadium. Also the refs on the field when u play would add on to the college football experiance. Make tim tebow the best on the game please!!!!!![/quote]
TEBOW IS A GOOD QB BUT MAKE HIM WHAT HE IS AND NOTHING ELSE!!! HE WON THE HEISMAN BUT NOT A TITLE THIS YEAR!!!!!
February 14, 2008 at 2:56 pm
PUT TEAMS LIKE TOWSON, HOFSTRA,JAMES MADISON AND WILLIAM & MARY BACK ON THE GAME COME ON WITH THE B/S EA
February 14, 2008 at 7:46 pm
hey what do you think about starting out as a assistant coach and what i said your job would be before?
February 15, 2008 at 9:17 am
i think they could make the game a little bit more realistic! they could have the whole team on the sideline instead of having all those fat linemen just clapping there hands! they could have all the ass. coaches on the sideline and also for recruting. and the crowd sucks! ea sports just needs to and alot more simulation to this game plain and simple! there should be clear visors every player does not have dark tint visors, different shoe colors alternative jerseys and pants for every team! home field advantage is a big must! create sign should be brought back to the game. just step it up ea!
February 15, 2008 at 9:10 pm
MORE REALISTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE!
I think we should have more options for creating a teams stadium
Look at madden they have so many different options. i dont want it like maddens just give more options like mabey make a bowl, but then add duel sides on top if you understand what i mean.
COME ON
more flexability would be nice
CROWD Reactions and noise mabey where you cant here the anoucers well because of a touchdown.
GO Boise State
February 16, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Ok here is my list of things which could be done and need to be. Yes there are others but ill just stick with ones that i think would be easy for EA to do so that they can work on improving the game as a whole.
1. Be able to play on the same team as another human player. I know the game is about competition but every so often i like to have a buddy on my team like in the older games.
2. More of the stadiums there are so few atleast with 360. On the old xbox i was able to play in a pretty decent rep of Waldo stadium now its generic.
3.Bring back the D1-AA teams, you could even for fun toss in the top teams from the other divisions like D-II power house GVSU
4. In legend mode use the actual team play book which you have in the game it might not be the real play book but im tired of creating a option QB then going to a big pass school where im forced to use the option, maybe i just wanted to make it so i could run with my QB
5.Switch up recruiting, i liked the suggestions of actually haveing coaches recruit areas of the country for your team. It gets tiring having to do the same recuit thing every week.
6. having an impact stadium should make a difference. Also in dynasty mode even if your a little say MAC school but you have not lost in 4-5 years your stadium should make it to an impact one. On my ncaa 08 im in year 2017 and have not lost but WMU is still not an important stadium a bit crazy if you ask me. I do believe the stadium would be packed full and make a good bit of noise.
7.Bring back classic teams, would be fun to be Barry sanders or Flutie.
8. Like in college basketball you can improvew your campus maybe do something like that so ur able to interest more recruits.
Those are just the ones that stick out to me. Better graphics should always be a given along with little adjustments in the gameplay or what things look like. Also Tebow should not be the best in the game. Maybe if he gets into the 3000yard 100yard club you could think about it but right now thats held by only 2 people Vince Young and some Guy from the MAC conference who plays for some Central MIchigan school.
But really EA i think you need to actually use these suggestions because many keep getting said year after year.
February 17, 2008 at 1:22 am
OK ASSIST TACKLING PLEASE!!!!!!! COUNT SOLO AND COUNT ASSIST TACKLING!
CLEAR VISORS C’MON BASIC SHIT!
EDIT MATCHUPS, I WANNA MATCH MY BEST CORNER ON THEIR BEST RECIEVER!
ADD DREADLOCKS ON PLAYERS, C’MON BASIC STUFF!
WHY DO THE LINE-MEN LOOK SO DAMN FAT??? FIX THEIR BODIES..
THE SLEEVES LOOK HORRIBLE MAKE THEM CUT SHORTER.
I MEAN C’MON EA NEEDS TO STOP PLAYING AND FOCUS ON THE LITTLE STUFF!
February 17, 2008 at 1:31 pm
hey you were right you should be able to assign assistants to areas that they specialize in so you don’t have to call them every week or you can just listen to what they want and respond. Also you should be able to make money playing bowl games or away games at large universities and be able to upgrade facilities and they show u options of what you can upgrade and you can edit it like color, logo, location in the room etc. or you can design a entire new weigh room, or housing complex, or stadium whatever else there is.
February 17, 2008 at 7:51 pm
They should have all division 1 teams both bowl sub-division and playoff sub-division
alternate jerseys and the ability to change the jersey
bring back crate your play book
and formation subs
and i think you should be able to add teams and change conferences
February 17, 2008 at 9:03 pm
[quote comment="8571"]kodi burns needs after our win against clemson last night[/quote]
February 17, 2008 at 9:04 pm
actualy be able to go to parties and hang out on campus legend.NOT JUST CLICK IT! Have the players real name on the jerseys.
February 17, 2008 at 9:06 pm
kodi Burns is the best player in college football…jk but he is good!!!!!!!!!! so dont make him suck like BRANDON SUCKS COX..ok!
For the BAMA fan take out JPW and put in *STAR* Jackson
February 18, 2008 at 10:30 am
YALL NEED TO COME WITH SOME THINGS INSTEAD WORRYING ABOUT HAVIN PARTIES AND HAVING ASS. COACH IN LEGEND MODE AND ALL DAT SECONDARY STUFF LET THEM WORK ON THE GAME PLAN ITS SELF
February 18, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Alright im going to try to keep it pretty simple.
1) Put in a wider view for gameplay. It’s really aggravating when the opponent is in cover 2 and you throw it to the flat because you can’t VISUALLY see out there.
2) Enhance the graphics. I believe the graphics took a dramatic step backwards from 07 to 08, but that’s JMO.
3) Try to make the stats as accurate as possible. For example, i couldn’t even find Joe McKnight on USC’s roster. That’s ridiculous.
4) Put the correct #’s on the right player’s. If your a guru like me you like to fill in your guys with names when getting the game. Although i don’t like having to try to mix and match the names with the INCORRECT #’s.
5) I agree with the above poster on putting some kinda tourney in the online menu.
Thank you for reading! The biggest thing to me out of all the things i said is the camera view. It get so aggravating when i throw pick six’s because i can’t see. I’m an avid online player and am on level 25. Therefore no excuses for pick six’s hahahaha. Thanks for everything, and thanks for reading my suggestions.
February 18, 2008 at 12:27 pm
[quote comment="13651"]actualy be able to go to parties and hang out on campus legend.NOT JUST CLICK IT! Have the players real name on the jerseys.[/quote]
You cannot have the player’s real name on the jersey. That violates NCAA rules.
February 18, 2008 at 2:39 pm
This years game needs alot done. One thing. make the refs call fumbles. you dont need to review it every time. and how can qb’s like tebow who can carry the ball and take a hit fumble every time he gets pushed down. players need to react to each other beter. qb will fall over if your guy is laying on the ground and he steps on him. roughing the passer somehow. make the stadiums have an alive atmosphere. no stupid looking fans. and make the players on the bench look real and cheer and react. injuris cant always be walked off and have a little cut scene to the stands and make it look like your watching a game on tv. One thing that i really miss is being able to switch up the packages while in play call screen. I would recruit two good running backs or a fast qb and an accurate one and have to go way out of the way to put one in for just a play or two. there are alot of things i think need to be beter. I love the recruiting though. I only would change one thing about it. Back a while ago when you started a dynasty you had to start your career of at a crapy school. YOu then would be able to move up to your ultimate school as opposed to starting wherever you want. Depending on if a team needed to fire its coach or not. you couldnt go to any school any time. that would make it more realistic and i love the dynasy modes.
February 18, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I do hate how you cant return kicks in campus legend. I know some of you say you can, but I have yet to have it happen. I have 2 guys a RB and WR that are 99 overall in returns, they are on the depth chart but in 3 seasons with each they have yet to return one kick. whats up with that?
February 19, 2008 at 10:53 pm
i think they definetly need to add clear visors i mean dark ones only?? their not even aloud to wear dark anymore? also the gloves and cleats need to be under aumor like they jerseys were in 08 they were just plain grey. i think that on the visors they should have the company like nike oakley or under aumor. towels arm bands on the calves would be great also teams need to have something special when they come out of the tunnel instead of just showing up on kickoff the backflap should be able to show and way more emotions and i think trash talk or trash gestures should be added in big games or big plays, rival games etc.
February 21, 2008 at 3:27 pm
How about you focus on the minor details like getting the players facemasks correct(all players with Revo 2 bars have normal Revo and vise versa) and jerseys right, some teams changed jersys years ago and their still not updated (miami’s green on green, all 40? oregon combinations) And you could get the colors right on the cleats (oregons red and white cleats?) and maybe you could get the players skin tone correct? (Im pretty sure IU’s andrew means #13 is WHITE) Thank you because im tired of getting this game every year and fixing every little thing that buggs me.
February 21, 2008 at 3:30 pm
O yea and all the stupid penalties need to be fixed, but it wouldnt hurt if they occured once in a while (roughing the passer about 7/10 times geez!) And maybe if one of my extra points didnt get blocked when playing a two player game with one of my buddies? Thanks
February 21, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Fan cheers and boo’s make them do the wave or somthing. get some new cleats on there and add logos that correspond to each team(visors, gloves and armbands.)
February 22, 2008 at 8:48 pm
im a 14 year old halo 3 fan and i dont agree with mkb’s comment ncaa will never be as good as halo 3 look at how many halo 3 were preorderd ther were more halo 3 bought in a week than the ncaa were bought in a month. but i dont have nothimg aginst ncaa dont get me rong but i just wanted to state my oppinion
February 22, 2008 at 8:55 pm
hey Brady i dont think youve ever played ncaa before and i think you should keep your dumb halo3 comment to yourself . this is for ncaa fans only.
February 23, 2008 at 4:34 pm
EA needs to bring in the new revolution face masks, mostly every player in football wears it. Bring in CLEAR VISORS!!! None of that dark visor stuff. Show the team taking the field, and show the crowd up close doing cheers from their school. More interaction, rather than going straight to the coin toss. MAKE A COOLER HEISMAN MODE.
February 23, 2008 at 4:42 pm
O YEAH! BEAT USC, AND GO BRUINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 23, 2008 at 6:31 pm
they should have the georgia black uniforms…all revolution helmets…colored visors(clear,blue,yello,ect.)if you are a struggling unranked team or a ranked team and you are at home aginst a higher ranked team your fans should rush the field if you win….they recruiting on ps3 sucks….i liked the recruiting on ps2 better…it takes to long….on ps3 you pick 35 people to recruit and you can remover or add more prospects and in the offseason you can only recruit the same people that hadnt signed already….and the plays are more like madden plays…where is the HB directs snap….you cant make your own playbook with your own plays
February 24, 2008 at 11:23 am
make the feel for the game more live,, like have a gameday presentation as the teams storm the field that can be skipped if want to skip it
February 25, 2008 at 9:43 pm
does anybody know wut happened to the eye black? it would be awesome if they had different types of it like straight across the nose (like devin hester), regular, or even crosses like in two-a-days. clear visors, or possibly a team color visor, towel on pants, player names,college gameda. does anybody remember the EA game MVP baseball 2004 where theyhad owner mode with the upgrades for stadium and stuff?
February 28, 2008 at 11:22 am
MAKE 09 DEMO FIRST AND IF ITS NOT UP TO PAR WE NOT GOING TO BUY IT!!!!!!!
March 1, 2008 at 6:54 pm
PS3 ONLY they should have pre game shows like having them break down the teams and showing recent footage of the last played game and have the team enter and at halftime thy should have a real half time show and a little more realistic reccruting
March 2, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Classic Teams
March 3, 2008 at 1:06 pm
They beeter get the ratings right this year. Tim Tebow is much faster than just 82 speed.
March 3, 2008 at 10:55 pm
The in game play needs to be fixed. Passing is rediculas, The tackling is getting better, the commentary has been the same the past 3 years. And i hate when i run into the endzone and my running back just stops and stands there the second he steps foot in the endzone! mabe my fans can cheer for my team when they score the game winning touchdown? and the commentary might say something about it?
March 6, 2008 at 10:42 am
we need som more detail this year as far as graphics its been the same da past 3 years n the game speed is to slow speed it up o0 n fix the eqiupment like diffrent color visors n da shoulder pads they look huge thanks very much if this happens then it will be th ultimate game
March 6, 2008 at 10:46 am
all sooo make ncaa rosters accurate because there are players that not even on the team like fake playerz
March 6, 2008 at 2:25 pm
mcfadden is on the cover
March 6, 2008 at 2:26 pm
they just said it on espn