GAMES MICROSOFT XBOX NCAA FOOTBALL 2K3 Manual - page 14
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CHOOSING TEAMS
Note: the team on the left is the visitors and the team on
the right is at home.
To make it easier to find the team you are looking for the
teams are grouped by conference. Press the White / Black
buttons to scroll through the list of conferences. Then the
left / right triggers to select your team. For a change of
pace, you can also change the playbook your team is using.
Want to see what your team would look like running an
option offense? Then try out Nebraska's playbook.
CONTROLLER ASSIGNMENT SCREEN
Once you've selected the teams, the Controller Assignment
screen appears. Press the left thumbstick button or
directional pad left/right to align your controller with the
team you wish to coach. Once you've picked a team, you
can choose Maximum Passing by pressing the
A
button.
When everything is set the way you want, press the START
button to advance to the game. Controller Assignment
for Exhibition is on the same screen as Team Select;
for all other modes, it is separate (this is to allow the
user access to his User Records’ name during any
gaming mode).
COIN TOSS
The visiting team gets to call it. The winner of the toss
gets to choose whether to kick or receive. The loser
chooses which goal to defend. Following the coin toss,
the Special Teams play calling screen appears and the
game is set to begin.
SELECTING YOUR PLAYS
The National Championship is built around the talent
of the athletes, teamwork, and the coach's playbook.
This isn't old school AI where you could call the same
plays over and over again. To win, you are going to
have to mix up your plays on offense and defense.
Play to your team's strengths. If you have great
cornerbacks, you can gamble more with blitzes and
exotic zone defense. If you have a great running
back, then pound the ball out on the ground. For
the offensive playbook, passing plays are displayed
in blue, running plays are displayed in red, and
option plays are displayed in yellow.
SEASON MODE
To make it to the post season bowl games, you first have
to make it through the regular season. Play conference
and non-conference games as you battle against the rest
of the Division 1-A teams. If you rank high up in the
Sega Championship poll, you will get invited to one of
the premier bowl games. If you're good enough to
finish first or second in the poll at the end of the regular
season, you can move on to the Fiesta Bowl and battle
for the National Championship. In Legacy Mode, the
championship game will rotate between the four major
bowls in this pattern - Fiesta Bowl (2003), Sugar Bowl
(2004), Orange Bowl (2005), and Rose Bowl (2006).
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