Easier College Classics -
To ensure your success at the College Classics challenges, start a game,
then go to the AI Settings in the Settings menu (from the pause screen).
Set all of the CPU's offensive and defensive skills as low as they can
go. You can also change any penalties you'd like. We suggest turning off
defensive pass intereference if the Classic you're trying to beat
involve any sort of pass defense.
Unlock Classic Teams -
To unlock the teams involved in some of the biggest college football
games in history, beat College Classic games.
Easy EA Bio Growth -
Once you create an EA Sports Bio, just leave the system on with the game
running, and you will log hours to grow the levels of your EA Sports
Bio.
Butter Fingers cheat: Reach level 2
in your EA Sports Bio.
Rose Bowl stadium: Reach level 4 in your EA Sports Bio.
Orange Bowl stadium: Reach level 8 in your EA Sports Bio.
Fiesta Bowl stadium: Reach level 12 in your EA Sports Bio.
2002 All-American team: Reach level 18 in your EA Sports Bio.
All-Time Notre Dame team: Reach level 24 in your EA Sports Bio.
Touchdown celebrations: When you score a TD, the word "Touchdown"
appears. When it first appears, press the following button combinations.
Note: This could also get you an 15 yard Unsportsmanlike Conduct
penalty.
L + X: Player spikes the ball, points to the crowd, then beats his
chest.
L + Y: Player bows to the crowd.
L + B: Player spikes the ball, then shrugs his shoulder.
L + A: Player does Heisman Trophy pose.
R + X: Player will dunk on the Goal Post.
R + Y: Player will punch the ball towards the crowd.
R + B: Player will kick the ball into the crowd.
R + A: Player will throw the ball to the crowd.
Extra campus challenge points: Play several games at the Heisman
level, however alter the AI settings in the settings menu before
playing. Set the CPU levels at their lowest, and the Human levels at
their highest. This will force the CPU to make a lot more mistakes and
you to allocate challenge points, which can be used to purchase pennants
and unlock other secrets within the game. The play level is still very
difficult, but with your added AI, you should be able to be successful.
CPU control: Snap the ball. Do not press anything else. The CPU
will sense that you are not playing and will play for you. They will
almost get a touchdown or a very good pass or run. If you press anything
after the snap, you will have to play. This works best on pass plays,
and only works on offense.
Easy sacks: You can get an easy sack by doing a linebacker, line
and coverage audible and press Down. When the ball is snapped, rush the
QB. He will throw a bad pass or get sacked.
Press Start, go to "Setting", then choose "Penalty Settings". Turn off
offsides. Before the ball is snapped, hold Down. You will begin to run
and have a head start on the offense. This works best in 5-2.
When playing on defense and you are having trouble putting pressure on
the quarterback, select the Nickel Defense, down arrow once and choose
the center play (A) for the Cornerback Blitz. It is also very effective
at stopping toss plays and full back dives. If you pay attention to the
offensive line, you can usually alter your coverage audible to close
coverage, which helps stop the run as well.
Choose the 3-4 formation and select Fire 2 defense. You will always have
pressure on the QB.
Easy first down: Choose a Hail Mary and when everyone is far out,
press Y and just run it.
Easy two point conversion: Once you score a touchdown, go to goal
line then rollout. When you line up make, sure your wingback is on the
right. Snap the ball, then rollout right. Your quarterback now has the
option of throwing (to the tight end recommended), or running it in.
Easy punt blocks: To block punts, its easier to turn the offsides
penalty off to get a head start on the offensive line. Choose a corner
or a running back (someone that is fast enough and tall enough) and do
one of the two; blitz the kicker and tackle him, which takes yardage off
your opponent's rushing yards in the game, or press Y to jump and block
the kick. This is not a play that works all of the time. However it
usually works in the punt return play, and not the punt block play.
Also, it never hurts to use a little play action once every series or
so.
Longer punts: Choose to punt out of bounds left or right. The
defense will not go into punt coverage. Simply move the arrow to the
middle of the field and just boom it. If a returner does get back in
time to field it, he will muff it most of the time. This works great for
making sure the opposing team has a long field to work with, as well as
getting your Punter All-American status.
When you line up to punt the ball away, point the arrow straight down.
If timed correctly, you will punt the ball at least 70 yards almost
every time.
Quicker tackle: When you are defending a receiver and they make a
catch, press Y, You can use that as quicker tackle, as well as intercept
passes.
Kickoff: When kicking off, choose "Kickoff Left" or "Kickoff
Right", whichever way the wind is blowing. The CPU will almost always
pick "Return Middle". When you kick the ball, the return man will be
alone and your coverage can nail him around the 15 yard line. Be careful
not to kick the ball out of bounds.
Big plays: When you get a QB crossed over the line by having a
profile to get, you can cross the line of scrimmage and still throw the
football.
Easy trophies in Dynasty: Make all of them juggernauts and
increase all of their players' stats very high. After you have made all
of the teams, go to dynasty mode and sign on the twelve teams you
created. Then, if desired, change all of their schedules so that they
play all the top ranking teams. Your created juggernaut teams will
rarely lose. Simulate the entire season. For better measures, put all of
the teams in a different conference so that at the end of the season you
will get all conferences, most of the bowl games, the Heisman trophy,
and all the individual trophies. You will not always get all trophies,
as the season stats and games will vary each year, but you will
defiantly get the bulk of them.
Recommended defensive plays: Play as Oklahoma and go to the 4-4
Defense. Call Mad Dog Blitz and no play can get past it.
Identifying man-to-man coverage: When on offense, set a person in
motion. If he is followed, the defense is using man-to-man coverage.
Send a man in motion. If someone follows them, they are using man
coverage. If nobody follows, then they are using zone coverage.
Cornerback commentary: If you go to the rosters, you can edit a
player's ranking skills. Set catching, carrying, and speed as high as
possible for a cornerback and you can make him an effective wide
receiver for your team. However, if he drops a pass Lee Corso will say "
He's better at deflecting passes than catching them!" Note: Corso only
says this if he was not already set as a receiver. The message usually
is heard with a created cornerback put into the WR position.
Crowd chant: If you are playing at home and score a high amount of
points and dominate the other team, each time you make another big play
the crowd will start chanting "We are number one". Note: You also may
need to be ranked number one.
Play against a Top-10 team. If you are winning late in the fourth
quarter, the crowd will start chanting "Overated".
During home games, if you happen to get the ball spotted a few short
yards within the first down marker on fourth down, the crowd will chant
"Go, go, go, go..." They will either cheer or boo depending on if you do
or do not go for it (respectively). If you fake the punt or kick though,
somehow the crowd will know it and cheer for you.
Easy trophies in Dynasty: This trick requires a decent amount of
free space on your memory card to create twelve teams. Make all of them
juggernauts and increase all of their players' stats very high. After
you have made all of the teams, go to dynasty mode and sign on the
twelve teams you created. Then, if desired, change all of their
schedules so that they play all the top ranking teams. Your created
juggernaut teams will rarely lose. Simulate the entire season. For
better measures, put all of the teams in a different conference so that
at the end of the season you will get all conferences, most of the bowl
games, the Heisman trophy, and all the individual trophies. You will not
always get all trophies, as the season stats and games will vary each
year, but you will defiantly get the bulk of them.
Score contradiction: This is easier with a very good team such as
OSU or OU playing against a team such as Harvard or Yale. If you score
100 points in one game, the scoreboard will read 0 in the stadium, but
the small one in the corner will read 100. |