NCAA09 PS3 BP Online Dynasty

[Piney]

So to summarize....

Okie St. and AtM are staying in the same division?

In the end, that will be up to you and wood to decide. If both of you sign off on something, I will do what you both want.

Nope, just the top rival. When I swapped Army for Ohio State, Army lost AF and Navy and ended up with just Michigan.

You can have a TB team be computer controlled. That's how I did some of my sims.

I also tried putting Olafs TB Army in directly as tOSU, then bringing tOSU back in in place of the real Army, without ever touching the conferences...same result as before. That's what makes me think that I misread that Olafs Army team would be able to keep AF and Navy if he stayed independent. The more I think about it. I think that all TBs will only get one rival of the team that they replace. Like you said. We've got time to play around with this and find out exactly what is going on.

Is there a place to find out who your rivalry teams are besides just looking at their schedule? (I couldn't find that screen last night when I was figuring out my superconference team)

The good thing in the end is at least they will have one rival within whatever conference they end up in. I am now just worried about the regular teams that switch conferences. Hopefully it is at least like you said they just pick up the additional top rival of the team they replace. Probably the best test is to switch a team out of the SEC as every SEC team seems to have 3-4 rivalries.

Cuz really in the end, for example, scheduling Navy & Air Force for non-conference rivalry games for Army probably won't happen.

 

[IronBuckI]

Is there a place to find out who your rivalry teams are besides just looking at their schedule? (I couldn't find that screen last night when I was figuring out my superconference team)

You have to advance to the beginning of the season. Once you're in the regular season you go to conference standings scroll to the team you want to look at and hit R3 to bring up that teams info. In the upper left-hand corner of the screen with the rankings and team leaders, the rivals are listed just under the team name and logo.

The good thing in the end is at least they will have one rival within whatever conference they end up in. I am now just worried about the regular teams that switch conferences. Hopefully it is at least like you said they just pick up the additional top rival of the team they replace. Probably the best test is to switch a team out of the SEC as every SEC team seems to have 3-4 rivalries.

All of the other teams that I moved to the Big East retained their rivalries. USC actually gained WVU.

Cuz really in the end, for example, scheduling Navy & Air Force for non-conference rivalry games for Army probably won't happen.

Since there's an even number of us, you were going to put me and Olaf in the ACC or Big East together anyway. so you wouldn't have to put us on each other's non-conference schedule.

 

[Piney]

You have to advance to the beginning of the season. Once you're in the regular season you go to conference standings scroll to the team you want to look at and hit R3 to bring up that teams info. In the upper left-hand corner of the screen with the rankings and team leaders, the rivals are listed just under the team name and logo.

The only place I didn't look...

All of the other teams that I moved to the Big East retained their rivalries. USC actually gained WVU.

I think that is because in the Big East only had one rivalry being Pitt v WVU.

Since there's an even number of us, you were going to put me and Olaf in the ACC or Big East together anyway. so you wouldn't have to put us on each other's non-conference schedule.

Hmmmm, interesting to see if Navy loses it's rivalry due to Army being a TB team? Cuz you said once I would put TB Army in a conference it would lose it's natural rivalries. So that begs to say that the Army/Navy rivalry stops.

But that just means the two teams I remove from a conference to put you two together would have to be rivals so you guys can keep your rivalry. So that actually rules you two out from going to the Big East since the only rivalry is Pitt v WV.

Something to test tonight

 

[IronBuckI]

Hmmmm, interesting to see if Navy loses it's rivalry due to Army being a TB team? Cuz you said once I would put TB Army in a conference it would lose it's natural rivalries. So that begs to say that the Army/Navy rivalry stops.

But that just means the two teams I remove from a conference to put you two together would have to be rivals so you guys can keep your rivalry. So that actually rules you two out from going to the Big East since the only rivalry is Pitt v WV.

Something to test tonight

I think that moving Olaf anywhere but independent might screw it up. When I moved UCLA to the Big East as WVU, and USC to the Big East as Pitt. UCLAs only rival was Pitt, not USC. USC added WVU as a rival, and I can't remember if UCLA was definitely taken off of USCs rival list, but I think that they were. USC had three listed, and the first two were WVU and ND. Can't remember who the third one was...could've been UCLA...which would be kind of fucked up. "We're your rival, but you're not our rival". Sort of like Colorado and Nebraska. :tongue2:

 

[Smooth Olaf]

Hmmmm, interesting to see if Navy loses it's rivalry due to Army being a TB team? Cuz you said once I would put TB Army in a conference it would lose it's natural rivalries. So that begs to say that the Army/Navy rivalry stops.

But that just means the two teams I remove from a conference to put you two together would have to be rivals so you guys can keep your rivalry. So that actually rules you two out from going to the Big East since the only rivalry is Pitt v WV.

Something to test tonight

One thing that definitely is lost is the Army/Navy game in Philly. TB only allows for one stadium. I chose Army's home field instead of the one in Philly. Unless the commish can create neutral site games when scheduling (I don't think you can, but maybe?), that's out. And the only way I see a TB Army team that's moved to the Big East retain Navy as a rival is if TB Army and Navy replace a set of rivals.

 

[IronBuckI]

One thing that definitely is lost is the Army/Navy game in Philly. TB only allows for one stadium. I chose Army's home field instead of the one in Philly. Unless the commish can create neutral site games when scheduling (I don't think you can, but maybe?), that's out. And the only way I see a TB Army team that's moved to the Big East retain Navy as a rival is if TB Army and Navy replace a set of rivals.

I'm positive that that doesn't work. See the post that was written one minute before yours.

The only thing that I'm unsure about is whether you'll only get one of your two rivals if you stay independent.

 

[Smooth Olaf]

Bastard.

I'll stay independent if I can get some good schools on my schedule. The only thing that sucks about that is there would be no BCS Conference bowl. I could go undefeated (not gonna happen, but still) and wind up in the Texas Bowl or something.

 

[IronBuckI]

Bastard.

I'll stay independent if I can get some good schools on my schedule. The only thing that sucks about that is there would be no BCS Conference bowl. I could go undefeated (not gonna happen, but still) and wind up in the Texas Bowl or something.

When we thought we'd have an odd number of people. I was more than willing to stay independent, and try to be the guy that helps get a human vs. human NCG every year. Piney could have given me four human opponets to kick my ass every season, and 8 highly ranked cpu controlled teams that I could try to knock out of the national title hunt. Piney never grants my schedule requests though. So don't hold your breathe for us getting good opponents while playing as independents.

 

[buckeyemania11]

alright I just picked up the game

not sure what the protocol for selecting new teams is going to be, but im going to feel some out

 

[IronBuckI]

alright I just picked up the game

not sure what the protocol for selecting new teams is going to be, but im going to feel some out

I suggest that you feel out teams that are rated B- and below. And Texas, of course.

 

[IronBuckI]

With all of this rivalry mess, and the fact that I really want to successfully run the flexbone. I think that I'm going to go ahead and remake my Kentucky team.

Even though I didn't recruit the last season, and I lost my top two RBs, I think that I'll still have a much better flexbone capable team with them, than I would have had with Navy. I really wanted to be Georgia Tech, but I'm not willing to do that to myself in the Super Conference Dynasty, and Georgia Tech, at B+ rating, is too highly rated to take in this Dynasty.

I'll start working on making UK tomorrow morning.

 

[buckeyemania11]

With all of this rivalry mess, and the fact that I really want to successfully run the flexbone. I think that I'm going to go ahead and remake my Kentucky team.

im liking the flexbone and the option game in general this season

I think I want a challenge this year so I may take Air Force, Navy or turn some random Sun Belt squad into an option team and build them in this dynasty

 

[IronBuckI]

im liking the flexbone and the option game in general this season

I think I want a challenge this year so I may take Air Force, Navy or turn some random Sun Belt squad into an option team and build them in this dynasty

I played on Heisman as Navy (terrible) against Olafs Army team (pretty damn good) and only lost 17-14 on a last minute FG. I'm getting the hang of this offense more and more, and may have to see if the Air Force playbook still has it, so I can mix the occasional flexbone in at Ohio State, to go along with some 'I', ace, and shotgun formations.

 

[Smooth Olaf]

I played on Heisman as Navy (terrible) against Olafs Army team (pretty damn good) and only lost 17-14 on a last minute FG. I'm getting the hang of this offense more and more, and may have to see if the Air Force playbook still has it, so I can mix the occasional flexbone in at Ohio State, to go along with some 'I', ace, and shotgun formations.

You should see them with Wolfe at QB. Oh, lawdy...

And damn, Heisman is hard as hell this year. All American is already tougher than last year's Heisman by miles. I took my Army team and played Fresno State on Heisman and didn't stop them once. My defense sucks something awful. I can't really blame TB that much since they weren't any good in the first place, but still. The Bulldogs just marched up and down the field without much problem.

 

[THEWOOD]

I played OSU with my oSu team from teambuilder and got beat. I played on AA with 6 minute quarters. I was down 21-0 after the 1st quarter. EA changed up the playbook I used last year and now it sucks. Also passing is a lot harder to me, so is tackling. I was able to mount a comeback and got to within 28-23 (failed 2pt), had a late drive get stalled by throwing a pick. Ended up losing 31-23. I am going to have to play more games and get used to this passing.