Official NCAA Football 2009 Thread

[KCVolLaw]

Originally Posted by BleedOrange11

Pasta's early impressions:

NCAA Football 09 hands-on: Part one | pastapadre.com

embargoed until May 2nd. Link is dead.

[BleedOrange11]

Originally Posted by KCVolLaw

embargoed until May 2nd. Link is dead.

Read it here:

Operation Sports Forums - View Single Post - NCAA Football 09 Hands-On Preview: Part one: Pasta Padre

[BleedOrange11]

Gameplay footage of #19 UT vs. #5 UF:

GameSpot Video: NCAA Football 09 Demo

Florida
97 overall, 97 Offense, 88 Defense
Tennessee
84 Overall, 87 Offense, 80 Defense

UT Impact Players:
1. LB Rico McCoy
2. DE Robert Ayers
3. ? [WR Lucas Taylor? (from other video)]

UF Impact Players:
1. QB Tim Tebow
2. WR Percy Harvin
3. ?

Good:
1. They have our orange alternates.
2. It looks like the surrounding LED video scoreboard has been added.
3. PS3 version is nice and smooth.

Bad:
1. They screwed up the orange alternates (not supposed to have white stripes on the pants).
2. Bad job picking impact players...Arian Foster and Eric Berry are musts. Demetrice Morley, Gerald Jones, and Rico McCoy are quality options for the third.
3. Tennessee is underrated at #19. That's not a big deal though.

Granted that the gameplay was on "Freshman" and it's hard to know anything without actually playing it, this game looked very similar to NCAA 08 with slightly better graphics and improved juking. Hopefully, the final retail version will have some "Wow!" to it.

[duckman398686]

Robert Ayers an impact player?

[duckman398686]

also, nice find on the vid. the gameplay looks to be improved upon a little. i will say that it's really dissapointing to see no improvement in pre-game presentation though. at least have player warmups or something......

[TheDeeble]

Originally Posted by duckman398686

Robert Ayers an impact player?

Must be going off the *hopes* of Vol fans.

[RockyTop572]

Those bastards let Florida run back the opening kickoff!!!

[toxicdonut]

Ayers as an impact player over Eric Berry? What retards. I also hate the face they simmed through Tennessee's offense.

[ut 4 me]

I didn't think the video was all that impressive. All I know is, they better let you return punts and kick offs in campus legend mode. And have night games

[govols182]

Originally Posted by ut 4 me

I didn't think the video was all that impressive. All I know is, they better let you return punts and kick offs in campus legend mode. And have night games

They had night games in the last one.

[TreeGreen]

I think they seriously underrated our defense.

[govols182]

I'm sure the rankings will change a little bit before the game comes out.

[BleedOrange11]

Originally Posted by TreeGreen

I think they seriously underrated our defense.

I agree, but I don't really mind. Ratings can be adjusted (except for Online Mode). It's inevitable that EA will majorly screw up something on Tennessee's roster, and I'd rather it be ratings than creating players who were dismissed or transferred.

Also, I kind of enjoy the sleeper position that Tennessee is in right now. Everyone knows UF and UGA are talented, but I think the Vols will surprise a lot of people with our excellent secondary and wealth of talent at RB and WR.

Originally Posted by govols182

I'm sure the rankings will change a little bit before the game comes out.

I doubt it, given EA's history, but I hope you are right.

[duckman398686]

Originally Posted by govols182

They had night games in the last one.

i think he meant not having night games in campus legend mode.

[Chad003]

This isn't the finished game. I'm sure come release Foster & Berry will be impact players.

I'm hoping...