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

By Justin Dottavio

TALLAHASSEE, FL - OCTOBER 7: Wide receiver Braxton Berrios #8 of the Miami Hurricanes celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NCAA football game against the Florida State Seminoles at Doak S. Campbell Stadium on October 7, 2017 in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images)
TALLAHASSEE, FL - OCTOBER 7: Wide receiver Braxton Berrios #8 of the Miami Hurricanes celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NCAA football game against the Florida State Seminoles at Doak S. Campbell Stadium on October 7, 2017 in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images) /
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3. Create a head coach

The options in EA’s NCAA Football ’14 in the create-a-coach feature were extremely limited. Coaches need more appearance options to make your coach look like you, but also more wardrobe options. If I want to wear the Alabama white long sleeve 1/4 zip give me the option. Options to create your coach to be a CEO type (recruiting), or a coordinator type would be great too. The coaching skill trees were fun but if I select CEO as my option I should accumulate those points quicker than otherwise.

But even further than that, there needs to be a pipeline feature for the coach’s home state to align with players from that state. For instance, in the ’14 version, you did have “pipeline” states but they aligned more with the current institution where you’re the head coach rather than the coach himself (and there is no her-self which is a bummer, too). The pipeline would be nice to align to the coach where if my alma mater is Miami (FL) I would be aligned with Florida schools even as the head coach at Minnesota.

The head coach can also be aligned with the type of players their scheme fits, too. If a running back is labeled a “scat back” he would lean towards a program that’s more in a zone scheme. The same would go to a coach that runs a pro-style offense- they would be able to sign the fullbacks and blocking tight ends before a 10 personnel (one back, no tight ends) spread offense. Obviously, a defensive-minded head coach could pick defensive leans like a 3-4 scheme coach would have a better chance at an edge rusher and a true nose tackle.

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