Which football game do you prefer?

Coach · June 25, 2004

NCAA comes out in less than three weeks, so this is a hot topic right now.

Over the last three years, I feel that NCAA has been the better game. I also think that NCAA has improved everything, graphics, gameplay, depth, over the last few years while Madden has added fluff that gets old after about 10 minutes. I have already pre-ordered NCAA, and won't get Madden unless it is used and at a good price later on.

So which one is it, you have to have a favorite!

untbowler · June 25, 2004

NCAA just seems so much more innovative and also because the players are never the same, while Madden just has rehashes and basically the same players in different uniforms.

meangreendork · June 25, 2004

NCAA, more or less because it's more relevant to me right now. I don't really identify with any of the NFL teams, so I've always done a fantasy draft with whatever team has the nicest uni's that year.

I also found myself lacking the time to play both games and manage the rosters and whatnot for two teams.

I heard this is the last year Madden will be on the staff for EA's NFL series. I'm not sure who they'll replace him with, but I think the series will be alright without him.

Edited June 25, 2004 by meangreendork

NTEagle08 · June 25, 2004

I don't know what it is but I can never find myself getting into the Madden games, I mean they are good games, but I can never really get into them. Hopefully this year on NCAA 2005, they will have the all green jerseys and hopefully the video screen at Fouts(all though I doubt this one will be in there)

Zeke · June 25, 2004

I already pre-ordered NCAA. Madden is good for a rental game to get an NFL fix, but NCAA seems like a much more complete game. I am just crossing my fingers for the fight song and to be refered to as the Mean Green.

Coach · June 25, 2004

Wow, NCAA is up right now 9 votes to 0. I know this is a college team's fansite, but I thought it would be much closer than that.

Maybe we should have a gmg.com NCAA tourney?

June 25, 2004

Is anyone here getting NCAA 2005 for the xbox?

Gakusei · June 25, 2004

Is anyone here getting NCAA 2005 for the xbox?

I'm thinking about it. It'd be fun to start up some sort of NCAA 2005 tourney with people from the other schools, like someone did with March Madness for basketball.

Texas Stranger · June 25, 2004

Maybe we should have a gmg.com NCAA tourney?

Here's what the bracket would end up looking like:

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Patrick Cobbs would have over 1,000 yards rushing for the Tournament

Texas Stranger · June 25, 2004

This looked a lot better when I was creating it.

The word-processing capabilities of this board are sub-optimal.

PerryG2480 · June 25, 2004

Wow, what a landslide. I love the NCAA games, and I don't think I've ever spent more time playing one game as I did with 2003.

I too am REALLY hoping we get a "Mean Green" mention and an updated Fouts scoreboard into the game.

June 25, 2004

I really hope they added some more funny mascot dances

June 25, 2004

Another question: Are yall going to update the rosters yourselves or are you going to use an Action Replay to download someones rosters?

meangreendork · June 26, 2004

i'll end up doing rosters by hand, but only for NT. as for stadiums, EA will probably have the vidscreen in this year's version. considering that it was finished long before the end of the 2003/4 season, i'm sure EA can patch a few polys together.

i'm hoping they have alternate uni's as well as the fight song.

Coach · June 26, 2004

Wow, 16-0 in favor of NCAA.

I still think a tournament would be a success, this poll proves it. Maybe at a tailgating this year?

meangreendork · June 27, 2004

yep, a tourney at tailgating would be pretty sweet. but you'd be looking at 30+ NT teams being played.

Coach · June 27, 2004

I will no doubtedly run an in depth franchise with North Texas, but when playing against someone else, I hardly ever pick them.

If there is a tourney, we would use default rosters, and other than Booger, no NT players have gotten any ratings love the last couple of years (PC has a good shot this year). Last year, K-State was my team, and the year before Ohio State.

I am really starting to get sold on the tournament idea. Cerebus, what do you say about an official gmg.com NCAA football tournament this year? I will take on the load of planning it out if that helps.

June 27, 2004

PC better be rated 90+ <_<

I'm up for a tournament. It will give all the people here who don't like me a chance to take their frustrations out. Until I beat them, that is

We would need more than one game going at a time or it would take forever and we wouldn't be able to get many people to play. That said, we would need to have either all PS2s or all xboxs. So what console is everyone here getting NCAA 2005 for? I'm getting it for the xbox and will offer my xbox's services if we choose to play on xboxs.

meangreendork · June 27, 2004

<--- gamecube all the way. PS2 is slow on the loading.

June 27, 2004

I got a GC on launch and have quite a few games for it, but it really isn't sports game friendly. I recently got an xbox so I could not worry about running out of space on memory cards and so I could play online on xbox live. Plus, I got the Best Buy 2 year replacement warrenty, so when the next consoles come out I can trade in my xbox and have $150 towards a new console

Coach · June 28, 2004

I have a GC as well. So that is three.

I am more than willing to get a tourney organized...

We would need to set a good date. Tourney rules are no problem. The hard part will be arranging for the right amount of whatever console we will use, enough TVs, and a power source if we do it at tailgating. I will make a bracket with no problem.

Anyone else with ideas, supplies, or suggestions?