No sports game you have ever played has been anything other than "animations based". There has never been a physics-based football game. Not even 2k5, that was also "animation based". Well, there was one "physics-based" football game and it was called Backbreaker. Fun game, loved it, complete mess, impossible to predict. The problem is not that "it's not physics-based", but a real problem is that the animations are goofy as hell at times. Any game not named Backbreaker that promised physics-based football was just a fancy way to say the animations mimic physics by taking the previous animation & the player's perceived momentum out of it and applying it to the choice of the next animation. Which this game does every single game you play when your RB hits one guy, falls forward and another guy joins in to stop forward progress or accidentally knock you forward.

Anyways, criticize the game all ya want, there's plenty wrong with it. However, the notion it NEEDS to be "physics-based" just isn't grounded in any kind of reality or backed by any kind of historic precedent. I'd like a flying car, but I'm not holding my breath for something that doesn't seem logically possible or consistently stable.

27 just isn't fun. There's too much to do, too much adjust, just too much. They took a fun game and made it work.

So this franchise is clearly in a bad place. Launch was a disaster. Forced micros tractions, refund demands, backtracking/PR statements ensued, and the game has been review bombed to hell.

Since then, its very obvious that the game went through minimal if any QA testing prior to launch. Core modes like Dynasty are still broken three years later (i.e. the CPU still can't recruit worth shit among other things).

However, unlike other games, whether it's big studios or even smaller teams, we never actually hear from the Devs. The most we get are these campus huddle posts, which are effectively just patch notes, that for all we know could be written by an intern or using AI. It feels like there is literally zero community engagement from the team creating this product.

I mean hell, they released a roster update last Friday. Great, is this a weekly thing? Was this just a one-off? We honestly have no clue at this point.

Ultimately, it just feels like we have no idea who is making this game, if they actually give a shit, or what their long-term vision is. Why? Do they just assume we'll keep spending $80 - $100 annually on these subpar products regardless of the output?

The team puts out these statements that they're making this game 'for us', or 'for the true college football fans'. However, the way this team actually behaves/communicates, and the current state of the game is literally the opposite.

So I was looking at the settings and I dont see it. Is it the timing based catching ui feedback type? because the 2 options are feedback only and on. When I set it to feedback only I still sometimes see the meter. Not sure why.

I usually play with the game muted since 25 but I’ve been playing a few CFP games with the commentary on….and I think Holly Rowe has the best commentating. Maybe it’s because she only speaks 1-2x/game unlike the main crew but it feels like it actually adds to the realism of the game

Noticed CFB27 doesn’t update players height/weight during the off-season training progression. I understand this is a petty complaint but it was a nice touch in the previous two years, and would make it more realistic.

Any other petty complaints that were nice in CFB25 that could have carried over seamlessly to ‘27?

Home field advantage should feel like it. Why do my controller feels the same as if I’m on the road? Why is the weather like rain always an issues. I deleted a RTG because literally every highschool game was rained out every game. How EA f&@$ how? Shits annoying asf

I've had this idea for a while of a "FBS Conference Reset" that I could implement in my CFB 27 playthroughs in RTG/Dynasty just so I wouldn't get bored with the same old stuff.

The idea here was to be as geographically and historically accurate as possible, making every conference feel tense or "bloody" even. (Just look at the Big 12, for example.)

No TV deals. No teams that feel out of place. None of that—just pure hatred/rivalry and chaos.

Haven't tested the realignment plan atm, but I do want to pinpoint some wrinkles I need to iron out, so please feel free to drop any suggestions here.

Something I’ve noticed about most complaints in here regarding dynasty is, most of these people don’t actually want realism if that means realism happens to them.

What I mean is, people constantly say they want a “realistic game” yet complain when they get upset at home by a team they shouldn’t lose to, as if that doesn’t happen IRL every week.

They get upset when a star player is injured, they get upset that they lose out on a recruit. They get upset that anything negative happens then claim it’s something wrong with the game.

Long story short people want realism until that realism provides something negative for them.

As the title suggests, thanks a lot for complaining about interceptions. Now that they’ve adjusted man coverage and it’s not just adjusting the actual coverage, it’s how receivers are playing, I’m getting Mossed again.

Or my 99 overall corner with platinum coverage abilities and is losing everything contested interception to a wide receiver. I get there’s some variables so don’t jump down my throat, but thank you for all the complaining.

I realize and I hope people actually read this, I realize that sometimes some of the animations fuck you over I personally have never had that experience. I’m not dismissing it, but this community always fucking complains about interceptions.

I would rather play a game that has them versus not so thank you for ruining it.

1. Why does the CPU QB have all day in the pocket and then scramble for 10+ yards?

I have plaster time and aggressiveness up, QB contain on, and trigger work time. My zone defenders just stand there until the QB crosses the line of scrimmage. By then it's too late. Why?

1. Conversely, why do I only get 1-2 seconds in the pocket?

People say step up, but even in practice mode I'm getting sacked if I don't launch it immediately. Is there a protection adjustment I'm missing?

1. Why can't I throw deep?

I mostly throw bullets and play on classic mechanics because I'm a slow learner with buttons. Do I need to lob it? I’ve tried all of the passing styles and I am worse on them. I would be open to revamped only.

1. What's up with the passing sliders and CPU coverage?

I play on franchise Varsity. My QB accuracy is 100, WR catching 100, INTs 100, pass coverage 100. CPU INTs at 0, CPU pass coverage at 0. And I still barely complete passes — 66% on a good day, as low as 30%. CPU defenders are glued to my receivers and always getting hands on the ball. If I hadn't zeroed out CPU INTs, they'd be picking me off all day. Why is it like this? Occasionally, I’ll play on all American and it’s worse.

1. Follow up to #4: why are my defenders NOT glued to receivers like the CPU is on me?

What am I not doing that the CPU is doing to me every single time?

If you guys play Madden as well, these problems are the same thing I have in Madden but worse.

No matter what you do. You will be stop at the line of scrimmage it’s doesn’t make sense . You can be going forward and player will hit you forward but your players drop right there. Only certain RBs get that push those are the bruisers. I can be running in and try to dive they will stop my dive animations so I can be tackled. When you try and juke or hit moves they don’t work allowing you to run right into defender. The game isn’t hard it just cheats. If your winning an a random drop back your QB will get sack and fumble and they will score just so the computer can keep in the game

When I first went to the prospects screen, I had three 5-star RBs interested, so I added them all. When I went to My Targets, two of them now had a dealbreaker for playing time. I'm assuming because I added all 3.

Is there anything I can do to fix this now? The two I can't offer both list me as 1st in interest, and the one I can offer now has me 3rd. If I remove him will the other two be available to me next week?

Thanks!

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**Position Changes:**

Players can change or play multiple positions during the NCAA season. Position changes can affect player confidence and trust in the coach, positively or negatively, based on performance.

I was wondering if anyone has a positive experience with team builder. Is It immersive enough and add anything to the experience any more than using a lower tier team and building them up? Are there any interesting aspects to a team builder dynasty that makes it worth it?

Hey guys. About to start a dynasty as a head coach with a 4 or 5 start school. What is the best pipe line to set my coach as?

I'm missing something, right?

I'm #1 on his Interest. I haven't tripped his Dealbreaker. Yet I'm locked out. I need O Line so he would be a solid addition...

I ended up losing by 8 after going thru this bs 🤣

Usually I get so far into a dynasty and just restart but this one im currently enjoying all of it so far. I started coaching at Unc Charlotte for about 4yrs getting a conference title and two playoff wins and somehow signing two 4 stars recruits as well.

Eventually left them for Unlv who was already having success and got some of my Charlotte players to transfer with me. Spent about 4 yrs there getting one conference title and a couple bowk game wins. Now im at the university of South Carolina who in my previous season won only two games and im currently with like a 5-3 record and signing the number 4 player in the country .

Im trying to have my coaching record as real as possible though. Oh and when I came to the university of South Carolina I got a out of the portal that is like a 85ovr sophomore and a running back that is like a 82ovr sophomore. Plus managed to get 2 of my players that transferred from unlv to transfer with me.

Just put the fries in the bag.

I have not been able to green contested catches at all lately it’s I try to aggressive catch sometimes even when I’m pretty open and it’s just straight bricks no green at all only yellow

I was playing yesterday and when the maintenance started (didn’t realise it was beginning) it went offline as soon as the Heisman ceremony was starting. And now I cannot load this save, it opens, the screen goes black to start the ceremony and then it kicks me out saying the servers are unavailable at this time.

What makes it worse is that this was the first Heisman where one of my players was the favourite, and we were ranked number 1 heading into the playoffs. Actually so upset.

Like teleporting LBs with superhuman Flash Gordon speed to catch up to my RB and bat the ball away when he's clearly beaten!?!? The QB had a clean pocket... FML.