Who's Got Game? EA NCAA 2007

So just acknowledge the way that I kick it,
cuz if rap was a house, you'd be evicted,
And dismissed from the microphone,
chokin' on a bone, cuz Daddy's home,
And battlin' me is hazardous to health,
so put a quarter in your ass, cuz ya played yourself...

The loose association of derelicts, drunks, and porn fiends have opened the Slushy Gutter Summer ritual known as CF, aka EA Sports NCAA 07. Twice weekly binges will transpire between now and kickoff of real football season. Like I’ve said before, it’s like crack, just not crack. The game was released this week and that can mean more Coors, more Playboy “reading,” more BS plays, and more idiotic statements emanating from the mouths of the aforementioned idiots.

Currently, we are smitten with the new game, in fact, a few of us might actually make sweet love to the CD. We have a written record of each game, a poll, and the real names of every player in the game. Inevitably, as Fantasy Football, tickets to CU and Broncos’ games, and a funny thing called the family creep back into life, they’ll will curb our CF-jones, and our lil’ season will come to a screeching halt at around 150 games.

NCAA 2007 Game Review:

The game hasn’t changed too much from the years past. Passing seems a bit easier to maneuver yet bit easier to defend. Players still get “hot” and when they do, they can really tear it up with a noticeable difference. A smoking WR will make Lynn Swannesque catches and an en fuego RB will break tackles and come up with 5 yards on each carry. Likewise on defense, a hot DL or LB can wreak havoc on an offense.

Audibles are vastly improved this year as well. For us memory-impaired players (I can rattle off the batting order of the 1995 Rockies, but can’t remember what hot route symbol is a deep route) the screen now displays your audible options when selected. For the bumbling fingerers, an offensive player will now jump and high-step on his own.

The wackest addition to the gameplay this year is unsportsmanlike penalties. When a player makes a big play, he sometimes gyrates and prances like a computer generated P-Diddy. The ref will whistle you nearly every time and you’re docked 15 yards. It turns a nice gain into a loss or momentum killer, kind of like Ma$e was to Diddy’s career. Keep an eye on your guys after big plays and press every button to get them to stop their Neon Deion-like antics.

The Buffs are represented a bit above average on NCAA 07. Folsom looks pretty accurate, with the east side suite addition finally added. The stadium seating does look a little steep, not the gradual rise in reality. They also missed out on the projectile-lobbing student section, the hackey sack playing hippies, and the drunks in Section 121 spewing venom at the opposing team. Starting QB Brian White is inconsistent, with a ton of overthrows and misreads. RB Hugh Charles is quick, but will go down with a stiff breeze coming off the Flatirons. Getting the ball in WR Stephone Robinson’s hands seems to be the best weapon. The defense is strong, with Thaddeus Washington being the stalwart of the unit; select him at LB and stick with him on that side of the ball. Split either DE out and try to outrush the tackle and you may see some sackage. The Werewolf, Mason Crosby is the game’s top rated kicker, but he still couldn’t get the ball out of the endzone.

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