Michigan @ Washington - 2020 Week 1 Simulation (NCAA Football 21)
When the offseason starts to get offseason-ey and old season highlights just won't do anymore, I tend to turn to SG1 sports on Youtube for my football fix. Tonight @ 9pm, they'll be airing a NCAA 14 simulation of the Week 1 Washington game for any who are interested.
Week 1: Michigan @ Washington 9pm
If you're unfamiliar with SG1 Sports, they simulate all Michigan games (they do the other schools, too) including post-season games each summer. I find it helps with the withdrawal. It also gets me excited with false hope of our offense putting up video game numbers but whatever.
Do they already have all the NCAA '14 rosters updated?
Yes. As best as they can without spring practice anyway.
Awesome, thanks!
Does the simulation have home-team friendly officiating "ON" or "OFF"?
I hear that happens sometimes... though I've never seen it personally.
Is there a feature called "creative officiating"?
Like when a running back is faked a hand-off, gets tackled at the line of scrimmage, and gets a 15yd holding penalty assessed for getting tackled?
Not in NCAA 14, no. But maybe they'll add it if they bring the game back now with this whole NIL business.
So a computer plays the game? Have you found it to be accurate after the game is played in real life?
I've wanted to see for a long time a study of various prognosticators and how they fare. I could click on beveled guilt for a good solid report of PhilSteele vs. SG1 vs. GameDay vs. all the other sources out there. Appropriately controlled, cross-referenced, etc.
It's been downhill for us since they predicted Michigan would beat Ohio State in Columbus in 2018.
/I do appreciate their work but I find some of their analysis to be oversimplified and lacking.
Yeah, I don't really care for their analysis. But fake football is better than no football at a certain point in the offseason.
Chris Hinton having a heck of a game McCaffrey with three turnovers though...
And two critical dropped pick-6‘s. And it looks like running zone reads without reading as well. We’re doomed /s
Michigan pulls it off 34-30 with an INT to seal the game. That was kind of fun, I could the end.
Man that AI clock management and play calling is rough. Result actually seemed pretty realistic though.
That calling timeout when you kneel without any possibility of stopping future kneels always infuriated me. I’d pull up Four Verticals and bomb them after that shit.
I can see the score happening but I sure hope McCaffrey (or Milton, I suppose) doesn't turn the ball over 3 times.
I would like for Hinton to be the monster he was in this game in real life. Please and thank you.
Chances we actually play that game?