My (virtual) college football season blog
In addition to all of the sportswriting I'm normally doing for the real-life college football action, I'm going to blog about my virtual college football season - in a video game. Passing through Blockbuster tonight my eye caught a copy of
EA Sports' NCAA 06 Football, which I haven't got yet - available for the clearance price of $16.99. Done.
I've owned or have heavily played most of the EA Sports college football titles since the days when Tommie Frazier and Nebraska's option-laden offense ruled. Tradionally there have been the constants (1) I play the whole season out, (2) I always play as
Michigan, (3) I embarrass what is otherwise a dominant football program.
The team's 2005 schedule has us at home for the first two games (the second against Notre Dame, which IRL they lost), and the on the road against 'Sconsin and Michigan State, and then some other Big Ten games...until the season capper in the Big House against Ohio State.
I've yet to play, but if the game holds true to the pre-season rankings, UM should be around #5, with OSU around #7. I'm going to play frantically this weekend to catch-up to the real world Week 6 schedule, and the keep pace.
I'll blog about it as I go along...Go Blue!