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14 hours ago, Derka said:

45-3 the last three years with two heisman winners and like 14 first round picks:

 

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How have you been recruiting and I assume you've been in the CFP every year? It can sometimes be a bitch if you don't know how to game it, it took me probably 5-6 cycles to really get the hang of how to maximize my chances. Obviously I was playing Tech and I had to grind out like 3 nattys in a row at the beginning of my dynasty before I started getting a critical mass of great players interested enough off the jump. Now I'm like 10 years in and I have to fuck up real bad to not get 7-8 5-stars each recruiting cycle, starting out top 5 every season and have been 99/99/99 rated for the last 3-4 seasons.

I feel like I could write a damn book on how to game recruiting now but it's pretty easy when you win a bunch of nattys in a row. I also realized that scouting and picking the right dudes rather than just looking at their ranking is actually a lot more important than it seems at first.

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1 hour ago, Brian Fantana said:

How have you been recruiting and I assume you've been in the CFP every year? It can sometimes be a bitch if you don't know how to game it, it took me probably 5-6 cycles to really get the hang of how to maximize my chances. Obviously I was playing Tech and I had to grind out like 3 nattys in a row at the beginning of my dynasty before I started getting a critical mass of great players interested enough off the jump. Now I'm like 10 years in and I have to fuck up real bad to not get 7-8 5-stars each recruiting cycle, starting out top 5 every season and have been 99/99/99 rated for the last 3-4 seasons.

I feel like I could write a damn book on how to game recruiting now but it's pretty easy when you win a bunch of nattys in a row. I also realized that scouting and picking the right dudes rather than just looking at their ranking is actually a lot more important than it seems at first.

this is the team that just lost to oregon in the title game:

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this is my incoming recruiting class:

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i cleaned up at the top of the rankings:

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basically the first/main thing i did was max out my HC’s recruiting capabilities, so i’ve been killing it in recruiting for a minute now. i target all the best 5* players at positions of need, i then target as many guys who have me in the their top 3-5 as i can, i throw a ton of hours (75-80) at all of the best targets, i schedule visits as early as possible, i sign as many top flight guys as i can, and then after that i use my remaining hours to go very hard after the 4* and 3* guys who still show interest, plus a couple late offers on guys who i hadn’t offered originally. 

im great at recruiting to my style, which again is a power rushing attack and huge/athletic defense, mostly because i am impossibly bad at passing. like, four int’s in one half bad at passing. it makes for some close and entertaining games,  it every time i get to the NC it feels more scripted than anything else.

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1 minute ago, Derka said:

this is the team that just lost to oregon in the title game:

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this is my incoming recruiting class:

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i cleaned up at the top of the rankings:

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basically the first/main thing i did was max out my HC’s recruiting capabilities, so i’ve been killing it in recruiting for a minute now. i target all the best 5* players at positions of need, i then target as many guys who have me in the their top 3-5 as i can, i throw a ton of hours (75-80) at all of the best targets, i schedule visits as early as possible, i sign as many top flight guys as i can, and then after that i use my remaining hours to go very hard after the 4* and 3* guys who still show interest, plus a couple late offers on guys who i hadn’t offered originally. 

im great at recruiting to my style, which again is a power rushing attack and huge/athletic defense, mostly because i am impossibly bad at passing. like, four int’s in one half bad at passing. it makes for some close and entertaining games,  it every time i get to the NC it feels more scripted than anything else.

Yeah it looks like you just had one of those seasons where you lost a big chunk of players off the top right at the end.

Interesting approach to recruiting, personally I don't bother targeting anyone that doesn't have interest and I fully scout everyone I target just to make it feel more real/immersive, and I dump all the potential busts. That way I don't have to dump a lopsided amount of hours into most prospects, with a few exceptions here or there. I generally end up with 7-8 5-star guys and 20ish 4 star guys every season now. I haven't signed a single 3 star in probably 5-6 seasons besides an occasional rare exception at a high need position with a potential gem or kickers/punters.

I force every upperclassmen that hasn't climbed out of the high 70s or low 80s to transfer, unless they are actually needed for depth. I also redshirt as many players as I can get away with, down to the minimum required 3-deep at every position besides WR and CB, and aggressively manage my depth chart, especially at all the niche spots like RRE.

I recruit to basically the same style, I run the veer and shoot with a heavy emphasis on the run, short passes, screens and RPOs. I have found that (at least against the CPU) that passing the ball deep is almost never worth it unless they are single covered and very obviously have their man beat. Otherwise I run a lot of slants, crossing routes, stop routes, and screens with heavy emphasis/usage of RBs and TEs. Usually about 55% pass/45% run, depending on the opponent. I've only recently started using RPOs a lot more, they're a bit tricky but very effective once you get the hang of it.

A couple of interesting things I've noticed are:

  • I think my style of play has made it difficult for me to recruit top-shelf QB talent, as I haven't had any first round QBs (I don't think) and all of my Heisman winners have been RBs. I also haven't been able to close the deal on a single 5-star QB to date, although this cycle I think I may land my first. I think this is pretty cool and lends a degree of realism to recruiting. I've always had solid QBs but there haven't really been any superstars in there yet.
  • The transfer portal seems pretty light every cycle, I've certainly pulled some great players out of it but compared to real life it seems a bit slim, and I don't think I've ever seen a 5-star prospect in there.

Also, nice coach name lol

  • Hook 'Em 1
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In my 11th game, up 28-0, my Florida opponent got kicked after multiple pauses and delay of games for “griefing” — a first, but I love it. 

12-0 online, heading into CFP. 

@ Oregon. I can’t do fucking anything offensively. He’s sitting on my drag routes. Picking my 1-on-1 shots. Hitting Arch immediately off the right side. Stuffing my run game. I’m down 13 points with 90 seconds to go, using my time outs, just maintaining a glimmer of hope. He throws a deep ball and Jordan Johnson-Rubell (who?) gets his 2nd pick-6 of the game to make it 21-27.

We recover another onside kick. I’m now 2 for 2 in NCAA 2026. 

We go empty the whole way. In hurry up, with 10 seconds left and no timeouts, Jack Endries gets stood up after catching a slant at the goal line and muscle fucks his way across. 

I’m immediately hit with a DM from the salty loser: “LOL u got bailed tf out. That onside kick and last td was straight EA forcing you to win”

How should I reply? 
 

 

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me, every time the cpu completes a pass:

”should i switch to the nearest defender so i can overrun the play, or should i do nothing, and watch as my 11 ai defenders move at half speed, take diabolical angles, and generally give up on the play?”

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