If you're going to review sports games... I think you should have a more unbiased opinion. About 3% of the country wants to sit and waste 5 minutes of their day reading about how good the Florida Gators are. We would all like to know how good some of the other teams are as well.

How can you possibly give it a 9 when the gameplay is so bad? Perfect CPU QBs, no pass rush, no running game- EA should be embarrassed. The fact that you have to turn your defense over to the CPU to get a 3rd down stop is ridiculous. The Wii version is programmed different- does that have the same issues? I'll probably save my money for Madden, but since it was designed by the same people I'm worried about that one too.

Wow - that's a surprise. An EA Sports game that is high on flash and low on playability or realism. They finally got it right last year for Madden 08 - looks like this title hasn't followed suit.

Who the heck wants to even play a football game where there are a million turnovers? What, the programmers can't program dropped or incomplete passes? No, that's because they're too busy spending their time on the rediculous other modes and games.

EA has a monopoly on the football game market and has proceeded to ruin it. How about a football game where strategy and statistics actually play a part in how the game turns out?

I'm a Texas grad, but I'm holding onto my $$ until they bring back 1-AA, let us play a 1-AA season/postseason, and give us a playoff (or plus-1) option for 1-A.

could you suck up to Tebow anymore? Can't be stopped? Just check the UGA game last year and see if he can be stopped. GO DAWGS!!! Number one on NCAA '09 - that being said, I lost to Ohio State in the first game I played with the Dawgs, West Virginia's offense is NASTY on this game, just run the option with White and Devine, they can't be contained

Last I checked, Tebow was hurt when UF played UGA last year. Well, he's not hurt anymore, but Richt remains classless for this "unplanned" team celebration. Bring on the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party 2009 - there's your national championship game, baby!

Honestly....nobody cares that your a gator fan...and by the way..your so called superman tebow can be stopped....by the maize and blue kryptonite.

How about we have some one review the game that actually has an understanding about how to play it.
Dline only gets past on crashes while using the finese move. To get a stop on third send a de in zone and bring more linebackers.
And whats with all this fan love affair with florida.

How about we have a guy review the game that actually knows how to play it. To get a stop on third down drop your DEs In zone and bring more linebackers. For the dline to get to the Qb you have to crash while using the finese move.
And whats with all this fan love affair with florida.

wow. too many people on here take things way too seriously. its a great game. all of the flaws they mentioned are exaggerated. it is tough. if you were to really throw a ball into double coverage. it will probably be picked off. the game is realistic. i dont want to play a game that is too easy. do you?

Crabtree only 96... come on

Wow, is this a review of NCAA 09, or of the Florida Tebows? Next time get someone who looks at more than one team before running to keyboard and drooling over the 'unstoppable' Teabag.

Wow, could this guy be more of a homer? I think this infatuation goes past the football field from the sound of it. He probably cut out picture sof his head and put it on peoples bodies in pictures with Tebow. His walls are covered in them and "practices his montra" to them all night.

Anyway, I would be willing to give some of the great graphics back in the game for a little bit more game-playability. It's too jerky and I hate all the interceptions. They are as bad as the roughing the passer calls last year.

Interceptions are much easier to avoid than in the '08 version, you simply need to use the stick to put touch on the ball away from the defender. Crossing routes are also much safer than vertical ones. Moreover, fumbles almost seem to be taken out of the game completely. I've played numerous games since the release and have yet to see one fumble, while my interceptions totals have been perfectly reasonable. I think the turnover rate is actually much, much more realistic than NCAA '08, which is a good thing because that game drove me up the wall.

I will say that rushing the passer is difficult, but that's better than having DEs in the backfield all day long, so it doesn't bother me as much. Rushing also requires patience, so stop sprinting up the middle and you'll probably have much more success. Actually aside from the sacks (which you rarely get except when blitzing), I think the game plays very well and realistically. I was hoping that the online dynasty would be different, but aside from that I'm pleased with my purchase.

I don't know if the reviewer is just no good at the game or what, but I have DOMINATED the computer on Heisman difficulty level since I got the game. If they computer wants to throw short routes in the flats, then COVER THE FLATS.

Mostly I just bring the safety up the line and blitz him. The CPU QB has to get rid of the ball early and I get a tackle short of the first down marker.

Also, the single biggest OMISSION from this game is the lack of package options. In NCAA 08, you could move your receivers and running backs around the formation in the play call screen. I don't know why this option was omitted.

Bring back the Create-A-School and the I-AA level schools! Not a bad game, but almost feels like a step back from previous gen.

Oh, and the other major change from '08 is that special teams returns went from impossible to unstoppable. They over-corrected and now it's too easy to get big gains that often go the distance.

NCAA 09 still needs improvements!
1. EA Sports needs to bring back Formation Subs!
2. Why did EA Sports take away the custom control settings on NCAA 09? Those you have been playing the NCAA game for the past few years will understand this. You can only change/customize a limited number of controls on offense & defense. The one that bugged me the most was the fact that you have to press B to cycle through the players on the defense instead of any button you want (preferably A). The graphics are great & the game play is fun but these two things really stick out to me.

man i played as wvu's offense and basically was never stopped. with devine and white running the option ea made it waaaay to easy

It's Simple. Be the Nittany Lions.. You'll be able to go to the National Championship right quick with D-Williams taking so many kicks back to the house!

The Gators are going to be scary good this year...the makers of the game recognized that, all the doubters will have to find out the hard way

Florida, Florida, Florida....this is a horrendous review.

GO DAWGS!!!!!! Your Tebow mancrush is pretty creepy.

This review bit. All you really had to say was that the SI staff reviewing this game has a man crush on Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer. This review really tells little of the game itself, and more of how biased SI is. Why not stick to the Brett Favre 24 hour drama you guys produce and leave the real reporting to actual writers, and real game reviews to real people, and not UF/Tebow/Meyer drones.

wow you must be horrible at ncaa football dude. if you cant stop slant ins and 5 yard passes you shouldnt be playing the game. and you can stop sucking off tebow because he is overrated as hell and is definitely not 99's across the board. he has no accuracy throwing the ball, basically he is a white running back with a little speed that can throw 10 yard passes at most. this is a terrible review and you shouldnt even be reviewing this game since you dont even know how to play it.

yeah the game seems wack... I used to love the 03, 04, 05 versions, but since then they added too much detail to recruiting and have done nothing to make for realistic and entertaining game play... The FGs and kick returns are the same year in year out and can be played on auto-pilot, this on top of the junk the reviewer mentions (which is true - played the demo) makes this game a complete waste of time.

Down with EA, where is 2K???

Hey Leghumper, OF COURSE Tebow cannot be stopped. The only reason UGAly even won that game was because of Florida's defense. Oh, and that was last year...See ya in Jax, chump.

that was the most biased review of a video game EVER. Maybe you just really don't like the game but as a Florida fan you couldn't but love the fact that EA has crowned the Gators even before the season has started. Seriously, waxing poetic about both Tebow and Harvin in the same review? Lame.

Until they bring back the recruiting system from NCAA 2007, this game is not worth my time.

First off, you can throw into double coverage and get yardage all the time . Two, recruiting is OODLES better than 08. QB's aren't perfect on the game. The fact that speed guys return kicks so easily is irritating. My biggest complaint is the difficulty level. I was playing on Heisman from the get go and beat OU with Baylor.

I ran a play in which Tebow failed to gain any yardage at all running up the middle, which is preposterous. Not only that, but he was slow getting up, almost as if he were injured, which is impossible. And Tebow being intercepted is just not acceptable. Nothing can stop Tebow from dominating. EA Sports should know that.

Hey were you in another country when Georgia beat down Florid last year. Tim Tebow sucks and so do you. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!

I think it is a great review, because he is talking about the Heisman Trophy winner. Tebow has become the face of college football for this season as the other big names have gone on to the NFL. People are just jealous because Gators will be back on top!

Mr. Tebow, take your hands off of Darren McFadden's Heisman and walk away slowly.

Good gawd, the media love affair with this kid knows no ends...

Gators gonna kick the Dawgs but thise year. What are we, about 17-3 against them in the past 20 years?

All that matters is what this game got on Metacritic (i.e. the aggregate review from ALL media). It's got an 85% right now which is pretty damn good.

All around great job by EA.

This game is amazing.. if you have some type of football background, you will be able to dominate on offense because it is really really easy to read the defense...playing defense is difficult... you really do have to mix it up (if you are playing against another user) because the O LINE is really good and the QB's have a lot of time to throw...the computer is NOT unstopable...I have played 3 years in my dynasty on heisman with the computer AI turned all the way up with Illinois and I have lost once to Indiana when the computer stopped me on 4th and 8... the special teams was DEFINITELY over corrected but I like it alot better than not being able to gain more than 10 yards per return like the previous games... still not enough punt and FG blocks (espcially for teams who specialize in that area (texas, va tech, etc))... and you CAN MAKE FORMATION SUBS by selecting your formation and simply pressing over on the right stick... and what is with the complaining about the interceptions!!! if you watch ANY football, 90% of the time ANY qb throws into double coverage its a pick!!! Dont expcept to be bailed out for making a bad read and...STOP COMPLAINING AND LEARN HOW TO THROW THE BALL AWAY IF NO ONE IS OPEN!!!! The only thing that is really hard is rushing the QB but that is hard in real life so it should be hard on the game as well...a true gamer will love this game because of how much control you have over your players...a casual gamer will probably not like it as much because they cant just drop back 25 yards and chuck it deep

i don't think i would take anything this moron says about games seriously. the reviewer obviously doesn't know much about games and spent an entire paragraph saying how mediocre tebow is. if you can't deliver with a quarterback who has 99 ratings across the board, then you should be reviewing ngage games.

I hate the fact that the Running Back is LB and not RB. I hate dropping back and getting rushed right away and having an open running back heading to the flat and I hit the LB button, throwing the ball away and loosing yards. Just so used to the running back be RB from past years and running back and the button RB, c'mon!