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5 reasons why EA Sports NCAA Football needs to make a comeback

By Jerran Anderson

Jan 8, 2017; Tampa, FL, USA; The Heisman Trophy on display at Playoff Fan Central at the Tampa Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 8, 2017; Tampa, FL, USA; The Heisman Trophy on display at Playoff Fan Central at the Tampa Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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1. Recruiting mode was one of the best features

The best feature (arguably) in the EA Sports NCAA Football franchise was recruiting mode. Deep within the games Dynasty mode, players also were given the reigns of the team’s recruiting department with Recruiting mode.

In this mode, players could target, make recruiting pitches and offer scholarships to a fictional list of up to 25 players in order to build their team. The mode was full of different nuances that gave you breakdowns by position, state and even by offense and defense.

It was fun to participate in weekly battles for recruit that allowed you to offer up to 5,000 points to learn if recruits were interested in your school. While it doesn’t work like this in the real world, it was fun to be given the power to get in recruiting battles for fictional five-star prospects.

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Players could schedule in-home visits with prospects as well as offer scholarships immediately, allowing for a possible boost in player interest.

A recruiting mode like this one is hard to mimic in a game like EA Sports NFL Madden. Please, EA Sports, give us the NCAA Football franchise back.

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