NCAA ALL THINGS RECRUITING THREAD!!

[ronnyballgame]

I am in the my year dynasty with FSU, well I am in the off-season now, I went 12-1 and won the Orange Bowl, during the season, I ended up with 4-4* recruits, and, as of the 2nd week of off-season recuiting, I have 17 players, 13-4*, 3-3*, and 1-2*, I know, I am FSU, and no 5*. None were that interested at me. But basically, I put the recruits in order of how many stars, and by where they rank me, 1-8. For 1-2(according to the players ranking) overall recruits, I quick call 20 mins for them, and then 10 mins for 3 star, and 5-10 for the leftovers and I have been having no problem. I bring them in early, it seems to be the way to go this year for sure.

[Ruffy]

Quote: Originally Posted by ufox1810

See I do it the exact opposite way. I manually call to unlock the stuff because some guys I may decide to go ahead and get 6-8 things unlocked in one call and others I may only want 2-4. And then once I have everything I want unlocked, I use quick calls to let the CPU take control. By then I figure I already know what the guy likes and I'm just letting the CPU do the maintainance for me.

This is the same strategy im going for at the moment.....I'm testing this offline in my Utah State dynasty....just about to play my last game then i should get a bowl appearance and then head into the off-season.....to this point I have 1 2 star G signed...i have alot of 2 stars and the odd 3 star interested still....have lost a few 3 stars along the way...but hey im Utah State...

My on line dynasty as the Ragin Cajuns where my buddy and I sim every game except the one we play eachother....hes North Texas....im 6-6 heading into the off season...and have signed 2 1 star players so far I think....just to cover some needs.....it will be interesting what kind of guys I can pull in.

[footballislife]

Quote: Originally Posted by scarlet_knights

I'm not sure if this has be brought up but it should be noted that the CPU cheats when recruiting in one respect. They can schedule visits regardless of whether or not it's a home or away game. For those that really hate the process of recruiting just use the save and reload method. If you remove a prospect from your recruiting board you can offer him a scholarship and schedule visits over and over again until he is number one on your list. Then remove him one last time and save and reload until he commits on the scholarship offer. Since this takes all the fun out of the recruiting process, I only recommend it for people who want top prospects with zero risk of losing them.

I hope no one does this online. I hope this is the recruiting glitch that EA is talking about fixing

[jdrhammer]

Quote: Originally Posted by frankstallone83

I'd like to hear more opinions about scholarship offerings. I use to just offer to everyone or at least the top 25 guys. But since I now know that a guy with #1 interest will sign immediately sometimes when offered, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to wait until the recruit has me in his top 3 or something.

Well, the guys that have you #1 aren't a lock to sign when offered. It's far from that. It's a small percentage of the time that they'll sign with you when offered but there is no chance of them signing if they're not #1. I rarely have guys on my board that I don't want. There are a few that I keep on the board as projects but I don't offer them unless I need them. However, I try to offer the guys that have me #1 and lock up a commitment unless I really want someone else at their pos. more. If you aren't in someone's top few choices, you might as well offer them and plan to spend time with them each week. The offer will give you a little extra boost up the list and it's just seeing how bad you want the recruit after that. There are some you're just gonna have to outwork other schools for, especially in an online dynasty.

[Solidice]

Quote: Originally Posted by footballislife

I hope no one does this online. I hope this is the recruiting glitch that EA is talking about fixing

i don't think you can do this online, theres no manual quick save. so when you back out of the recruiting screen it automatically uploads and saves to the server/file on HDD. though i guess people who like to cheat could find a way.

[jdrhammer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Solidice

i don't think you can do this online, theres no manual quick save. so when you back out of the recruiting screen it automatically uploads and saves to the server/file on HDD. though i guess people who like to cheat could find a way.

I have wondered about this myself. It was someone on this board after 08 came out that told of this method. It's cheating/cheezing to say the least. I'm running a dynasty that will start after the patch. Would someone be willing to try this?

Also, what's the lastest on when to expect the roster patch?

[Ruffy]

Quote: Originally Posted by srudoff

can this be stickied now that we have info from adam and pretty good tips from OS members as well?

I agree it should be stickied to encourage more advice for the EA guys....but was told we already have too many threads stickied and it clutters the forum....I thought 15 threads on the same subject did that.....ah well....

I'm off to get a game or two in and see if I can finally get some guys to sign.

[BIGFOOT999]

Is there a way to take away a scholarship without emoval from the board? I couldnt figure out a way. And yes i know that this is not a great move typically, but there are certain situations....

[scarlet_knights]

Quote: Originally Posted by BIGFOOT999

Is there a way to take away a scholarship without emoval from the board?

Nope.

[USC-Trojans]

What are the %'s quick call will work?

Because I ain't that good doing it manual.