College Football: 5 must-have features in a new NCAA football game

5. Create a player

Whatever the game mode is called, EA’s Road to Glory or IMV’s Gridiron Icon, the RTG mode was pretty good in the 2014 edition of EA’s NCAA Football. It was engaging that the better your athlete performed the more freedom they had at the line of scrimmage or in the playbook. However, a few things that would make sense would be to add to the realism with All-State teams, USA Today All-American squads, Elite 11 invites, and UnderArmor or Army All-American games.

The run through the high school playoffs was a lot of fun and a great addition (especially customizable lengths). A good format would be to create your athlete, have them attend Nike’s The Opening for regionals, then if you place well attend The Opening national events. From there if it’s a quarterback they could qualify for Elite 11 and another passing showcase. With each piece of the recruiting process achieved you can unlock another.

Once on campus- a playbook quiz would be fun but would have to be a one-off, practice sessions that are shorter to load are necessary, have the overall points achieved via games and practices make more sense, and incorporate social media into the Heisman Trophy campaign.