PSUEagle
Well-Known Member
After struggling a bit on offense against @bruin228, decided to go back to the drawing board and revamp things a little bit. I moved the ball well and scored points, but over the last few games I've had about 3-4 empty possessions: unacceptable considering the state of defense in this game.
One thing I've found that's hurt me in NCAA 14: I still have that mentality of being obsessed with finding press man beaters. The reality is that in this version it's not as important: there's a myriad of routes that get open and most people play zone, anyway. Also found that I've fallen in love too much with my vertical passing game: I take too many sacks holding the ball waiting for things to develop. In it's place I plan to get back to more of the short passing game off both quick and standard drops.
This new book is geared towards running the ball. I stripped out some of the formations that sucked in the running game (they're in the West Coast tab if you're curious) and replaced them with sets that I can run the ball well from, with an emphasis on Inside Zone and Counter out of 11 personnel shotgun. Also added in a couple pistol sets with the TE in a sniffer/H-Back spot: like some of the versatility that offers in terms of Counter, Split Zone, and Slam.
I retained a few I Formation sets: the play action along with runs available in Normal and Slot Flex are really good. Other than that, though, this thing's a one back offense.
One thing I've found that's hurt me in NCAA 14: I still have that mentality of being obsessed with finding press man beaters. The reality is that in this version it's not as important: there's a myriad of routes that get open and most people play zone, anyway. Also found that I've fallen in love too much with my vertical passing game: I take too many sacks holding the ball waiting for things to develop. In it's place I plan to get back to more of the short passing game off both quick and standard drops.
This new book is geared towards running the ball. I stripped out some of the formations that sucked in the running game (they're in the West Coast tab if you're curious) and replaced them with sets that I can run the ball well from, with an emphasis on Inside Zone and Counter out of 11 personnel shotgun. Also added in a couple pistol sets with the TE in a sniffer/H-Back spot: like some of the versatility that offers in terms of Counter, Split Zone, and Slam.
I retained a few I Formation sets: the play action along with runs available in Normal and Slot Flex are really good. Other than that, though, this thing's a one back offense.