Mr. C
June 1st, 2005, 10:18 PM
Just discovered this story on the Strat-O-Matic website. I've played Start-O-Matic baseball for years, so this is great news.
Link: http://www.strat-o-matic.com/sphere/collegefb.htm
Returning to the sport after nearly two decades away, Strat-O-Matic will unveil a computer college football game early this fall with all 237 Division I-A and Division I-AA schools that played in 2004.
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The vast number of teams, the speed of the computer and the flexibility of the program will allow gamers to play any school’s entire actual schedule or to create their own dream match-ups, bowl games or tournaments.
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The timing is outstanding for college fans who were left wondering whether undefeated Auburn and Utah should have had a chance to play for the national championship that USC won in a match-up with Oklahoma. Did Oklahoma just have a bad day against USC, or were the Trojans really that much better? Was LSU strong enough at season’s end after two early-season road defeats (one a last-minute loss at Auburn) to have won a second straight national championship in a full tournament? Would the Texas-Michigan point-a-minute Rose Bowl have turned out differently with you calling the plays?
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And now, fans of, say, Princeton and Bucknell (a 7-4 team that is Strat-O-Matic creator Hal Richman’s alma mater) can play a full schedule, too.
Link: http://www.strat-o-matic.com/sphere/collegefb.htm
Returning to the sport after nearly two decades away, Strat-O-Matic will unveil a computer college football game early this fall with all 237 Division I-A and Division I-AA schools that played in 2004.
*
The vast number of teams, the speed of the computer and the flexibility of the program will allow gamers to play any school’s entire actual schedule or to create their own dream match-ups, bowl games or tournaments.
*
The timing is outstanding for college fans who were left wondering whether undefeated Auburn and Utah should have had a chance to play for the national championship that USC won in a match-up with Oklahoma. Did Oklahoma just have a bad day against USC, or were the Trojans really that much better? Was LSU strong enough at season’s end after two early-season road defeats (one a last-minute loss at Auburn) to have won a second straight national championship in a full tournament? Would the Texas-Michigan point-a-minute Rose Bowl have turned out differently with you calling the plays?
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And now, fans of, say, Princeton and Bucknell (a 7-4 team that is Strat-O-Matic creator Hal Richman’s alma mater) can play a full schedule, too.