Historical Playbooks

[Soonerfan09]

I would like to see historical playbooks, old Oklahoma, Nebraska, ect.

[JeffHCross]

Even if they did this, it proably wouldn't actually correspond to what the team ran at all. It'd be too much of an endeavor to look through old footage, figure out what old-school Oklahoma ran and put it into the game.

Heck, it's hard enough for them to get current teams right, obviously.

I would, however, like it if the historical teams didn't come with the current team's playbook by default. '96 Ohio State obviously did not run the spread offense we're running now. At the very least I'd like a team that was very much a pro-style offense ('96 Ohio State) to use a Pro-style playbook by default, and an option team (Nebraska) to use an option playbook. More options would probably suffice.

I really wish they'd bring back the Global playbook.

[rhombic21]

They wouldn't have to tailor it after specific teams. They could just install a single wing playbook, a split T playbook, a wishbone playbook, a veer (houston) option playbook, etc...

I think it would be pretty doable if somebody really wanted to. A lot of those offenses are still in operation at the HS level. And I'm sure that you could find an ex-coach somewhere, or even a current HS coach, and have them put together those playbooks.

[JeffHCross]

They wouldn't have to tailor it after specific teams. They could just install a single wing playbook, a split T playbook, a wishbone playbook, a veer (houston) option playbook, etc...Agreed. That's all I would want, but I don't know what Soonerfan was looking for, which is why I pointed out the difficulty of tailoring it.

[Fluff E Bunny]

The Jeff Bowden era playbook would take about 5 minutes to implement.

[WKUsSledgehammer]

The Jeff Bowden era playbook would take about 5 minutes to implement.

Is that anything like the Randy Sanders playbook? Toss, Dive, Screen, Punt?

[Fluff E Bunny]

Is that anything like the Randy Sanders playbook? Toss, Dive, Screen, Punt?

Very similar: Dive, Toss, Deep Fade, Punt.

[BoomerSooner]

They wouldn't have to tailor it after specific teams. They could just install a single wing playbook, a split T playbook, a wishbone playbook, a veer (houston) option playbook, etc...

heck, most of their homework has already been done for them. i can't remember exactly which year, but in one of the past few versions of the game, you could select wishbone and option were a couple of alternatives to any teams default offense. never have seen those other offenses in a video game but that would really be wild

[rhombic21]

I think part of the problem with the old-style offenses is the fact that you'd have to go back and mo-cap a bunch of new animations in order for certain aspects to be replicated on the game, and there just isn't enough interest in it to justify that kind of expense. I talked to the playbook guy, and he told me that he has tape on everything going back to the old Notre Dame Box offense. So I don't think it's a matter of not being able to implement it from an Xs and Os perspective. It's more about the resources that it would take to get them in the game.

[DonohoFlnkr]

Is that anything like the Randy Sanders playbook? Toss, Dive, Screen, Punt?

Reminds me of 2 AU playbooks in the 90's

91-92: The Pat Dye Death rattle playbook- Dive, Draw, Draw, Punt

94-95: The Terry Bowden, Steven Davis is my meal ticket PB- Toss Sweep, Toss Sweep, Toss Sweep, Injury to Davis.

[DonohoFlnkr]

I think part of the problem with the old-style offenses is the fact that you'd have to go back and mo-cap a bunch of new animations in order for certain aspects to be replicated on the game, and there just isn't enough interest in it to justify that kind of expense. I talked to the playbook guy, and he told me that he has tape on everything going back to the old Notre Dame Box offense. So I don't think it's a matter of not being able to implement it from an Xs and Os perspective. It's more about the resources that it would take to get them in the game.

I Love the Notre Dame Box. We ran that in high school, from my 9th grade til my JR year and I like that and the Delaware Wing-T as much as many of you like the Flexbone I think that would be awesome to have at least one ND Box formation in this game

However, I need to see that the Defensive AI can handle the HB Direct plays in the normal formations before I approve of an entire formation based on it.[down]