Comments on: DON’T FORGET BILL WALSH’S OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:11:31 +0000

Ah, the memories. A 78-78 tie with my roommate between Auburn ‘83 and Michigan ‘92 (Wheatley left and right with a few Grbac to Alexander passes thrown int.) The defensive struggles between Alabama ‘92 and Texas ‘81 (the two best defenses in the game). FSU ‘92, which combined the joys of Marvin Shade Tree Jones covering the entire field with the joys of running the fastbreak offense (”look, I can call an audible and cause FSU to shift from the I to the shotgun, just like in real life!”) and having a QB who could run and throw. The fact that Stanford was inexplicably good in the game. (OK, it was quite explicable.) The handy dandy cards listing the ratings for each player.

I didn’t get laid much my freshman year. Can you tell?

By: Supremo General Chow

Supremo General Chow — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:52:08 +0000

the General Ruled the World on this game with 2 plays: wishbone QB run and pitch outside…the rest was all filler lol

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:20:58 +0000

Nebraska’s option attack was the best in the game. I’m sure you remember that Orson.

By: Cover Boy

Cover Boy — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:34:43 +0000

This is the second best video game of all time behind NHL 93 (and I hate hockey). I haven’t even played a video game since these two because you can’t improve on perfection. You could maul receivers with no p.i., set 3 audibles, run a little option, sneak in the counter option to the flanker, and you had to manually run play-action.

Played with Texas’s all-time team. Best D on the game, #24 at running back. I can say with 100% certainty that I am the greatest player in the history of the game, except when my nemesis ran clock on me. I still consider it my greatest accomplishment.

Oh, I forgot that the HB Toss and Pass was amazing, the cheerleaders were smoking, and the Woody Hayes style coach would get in a face.

Texas’s road uni’s (burnt orange pants) looked great in the snow. The Horns made a goalline stand–stoning PSU 4 times inside the 1, the last play as time ran out, to preserve a W in a retirement match. This is in HS, about 12 guys in a room watching (we charged admission). Probably the highlight of my life. Of course I’m kidding. Not really…

By: Judge

Judge — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:21:43 +0000

#3
wow, yeah, Night Trap. The first video game with real video gore and scantily clad women….who knew it would become standard…..

weird game…the CD skipped so much I can’t really even remember what the plot was….weren’t they sucking fluids out of people?

By: ChicaGoBlue

ChicaGoBlue — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:14:48 +0000

Bo Jackson was an absolute beast in this game. I used to play my brother all the time, and would use Student Body Right/Left all day. He was powerless to stop the Bo.

By: Judge

Judge — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:00:49 +0000

I remember drunken college all-night tourneys in my apartment. I remember the sad night that I finally had my roomate on the ropes. He was unstoppable with the Hagan – BEEINAMEE option threat of Colorado 90…and those bookends….Williams and McGee…..and Joel Steed…and Chad Brown…dang, that was a well paid college team…

I had Washington 91 and had him beat by two..then he nailed a 50 yard field goal to win it………..He did the Valvano all over the apartment……..never got over it….

By: Spittoon

Spittoon — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:40:58 +0000

Man how I miss hitting players after the whistle.

By: Biggus Rickus

Biggus Rickus — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:30:41 +0000

Ah, the first college football game I ever saw or played. It wasn’t Tecmo Bowl in terms of fun, but Georgia was on the game. I could control the Dawgs. No longer would Goff fuck up potential 11-0 matchups in championship games. Still, the first playstation version was the first one of these I really loved.

By: Bottagetta

Bottagetta — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:20:24 +0000

Re 16:

I do the exact same thing with Auburn RB, Ben Tate. Half way through the season he has 2600 yds rushing (15 ypc) and 36 TD’s. Coincidentally, my QB is last in all categories in the SEC.

By: MCab

MCab — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:10:15 +0000

NCAA 08 has it’s own Bo Jackson issue: Pick Arkansas, call a twins I formation and run counter to the strong side. You’ll be in the endzone in 3-5 plays. I busted the NCAA rushing yards record for one game against UF at the swamp, on All American level.

By: PW

PW — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:59:51 +0000

Re: 10-11

Provo, who I believe had Ty Detmer, was also a force to be reckoned with.

By: MiseanAUFan

MiseanAUFan — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:51:52 +0000

If you played 15 minute quarters on Bill Walsh it was fairly easy for Bo to have a 1000 yard rushing GAME (I think my record was about 1250, but it just says 250 on the final stats), and the score would make Cumberland College feel sympathy for the opponent.

By: Wooderson

Wooderson — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:34:27 +0000

Orson, did the Jerome BEttis toss sweep not adequately prepare you for the ‘92 Sugar Bowl? I’d have thought you guys would have seen that coming.

By: Chg

Chg — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:39:14 +0000

You can't fool me. That's just early Madden repackaged with college labels for every team. Video game fans are too sophisticated to fall for a trick like that nowadays.