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One of the downfalls of the NCAA Football franchise has been the absolute lack of presentation and environment.  Considering that these are the 2 most important things that separate College football from NFL Football, you would think that EA would have figured out the formula to create a truly immersive college football experience.  Unfortunately, I have to spend my time writing about 9 simple ways to make the bowl games and BCS National Championship more exciting:

1.  Play remixed music - While it’s great that we’ve been hearing the same music over and over, why can’t we get a remixed version of the theme song to play?  If we can’t get a remixed version of the theme song, why not play something like TI’s “Dead and Gone” during the halftime highlights…How dramatic would it be to see your team highlights over the chorus “I’ve been travelling down this road too long…trying to find my way back home…” ?

2.  Before the coin toss, show me the BCS rankings along with all of the associated stats.  In the last few years of college football, there has always been a controversy in regards to who is playing in the national title game.  Why not play up a little bit of drama before the game?  From a gamer’s perspective, I want to be pissed off that Corso is doubting why my #2 Oklahoma State Cowboys are playing in the title game.

3.  More camermen and others near the endzone…this is the BCS National Title Game…There oughta be tons of these guys

4.  More dynamic  volume control…crowd volumes should be LOUDER on big plays in this game than in any regular season games.

5.  Teams celebrate after the game instead of just walk off of the field.

6.  Winning coach gets Gatorade bath and shakes hands with the other coach in the middle of the field

7.  Team poses for pictures with the trophy

8.  Special half time shows for both bands.   EA already has the technology to make a band do just about anything…why not have the bands do something special for the half-time show?

9.  All graphics should be “BCS-fied”.  All of the injury reports, stat reports, and everything else should be jazzed up…including the score bar.

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By including even just a few of the smaller recommendations, you can make the BCS game FEEL like a different experience for the gamer.  Make the BCS experience unique and different instead of just the same ol’ same ol.

While playing the PS3 demo today, I noticed a big glitch in the clock when Florida was running the hurry up offense late in the game.  Only the play clock will run and the game clock just sits there.  This basically is like giving the offense a timeout without them having to take one.  Essentially, here’s how you replicate the issue:

1.  Run a play and get a first down

2.  Run the hurry up and get your players back to the line

For whatever reason, only the play clock continues.  It seems like the developers forgot to put in the code that starts the clock after the ball has been set.

Need to get your NCAA Football 10 fix?  Now, you can with the new demo.  It’s currently available for download on both 360 and PS3.