I rarely comment on youtube videos, but man, I LOVE this series. Hung around after watching your pitch science videos. Your knowledge of the game, and ability to play organic (not spammy) football on heisman is awesome! I'm consistnely watching to the end of every video. Regarding your game today, I noticed you got away from the dominant run game that has fueled the recent ball state resurgence, which made this game a big hairy in the middle quarters. Magwood ABSOLUTELY dominates when the defence has to respect the run.
First, THANK YOU for sticking around!! I’m with ya on the gameplay. Sometimes I get so excited to try new pass concepts that I forget to just get my 7 yards per carry with our downhill option attack - I’ll do my best to improve on that!
@maxplayscfb I have a teambuilder dynasty that I replaced NIU with my team and it was wild watching those guys beat Notre Dame. I had like 3 seasons with some of them.
Just sat down after a loooooong Tuesday. I needed this video. Ball state has been one of the most consistently enjoyable things in my life right now. Love watching you man! Keep up the grind, you’ll always have a fan in me! God bless man!
I love the Ball State Chronicles!! Keep them coming, learned a lot about cfb25 I was just looking for some tips on recruiting, when I came across your videos and I started watching from the beginning thank you for the content I've been enjoying it
Hey Max! Its Christmas eve for me but i just want to say ive loved every second of this series, even the rough start lol. thanks for the awesome content.
You gotta try jet sweep out of Wildcat. It is money. I have found that if I hit X to start the play and my guy goes in motion and they immediately adjust (not talking about just sending a guy who’s man covering the motion guy, but another guy adjusts wide just before you snap)…. (Hope that makes sense) you gotta call a timeout immediately before the snap or take the tackle. But when it works… it’s killer
I ran it in one of these last few games but I can’t remember which - I’m hoping it was a future one (conf champ game, bowl game or game 12) and we just haven’t seen it But lmk when we finally see it! Spoiler: you were right, it worked
I think on those RPOs where you have to hold for a long time you’d have to hold A in order to “keep” with the a then make the read. I may be wrong though, I stay away from those plays because of illegal man down field.
Random thought. I wouldn't schedule a FCS school. They are glitchy/weird when playing on Heisman. Like how can a 68 overall team even come close to competing to a high caliber team but they do and do it well. Just schedule a weak FBS school instead.
I rarely use "X" when defending the pass anymore. Its either "Y" for the pick attempt or "A" for immediately hitting the receiver & dislodging the ball (something that works way better than most understand how to use). "X" or swatting is only really touched on the long Hail Mary knockdowns personally..
I've moved a couple of my faster TE's in the past to WR and oh boy does it absolutely change the run game ... The edges are always sealed, corners are always out muscled by your new "physical wide receiver", getting man pressed is now laughable & 50/50 jump balls in the back of the endzone or touchlines feel more like 80/20's in my favor. Perhaps look into it? I'm not saying you'll definitely have a guy that can fit this mold but if you do its VERY overpowered atm.
Solid week. Good use of TOs in 1st half. How many recruits are you planning on signing? Why aren't you scouting the 3* for gems? I'd look for some speed at WR to replace Magwood.
1. Hoping to get as many as possible. I overrecruited last year so I have plenty of bad rising sophomores that I can cut after this season 2. Not doing much scouting bc I really wanna land volume. Maybe that’s a bad way to approach but yeah, I like to just land a ton of guys 3. Do you mean timeouts or turnovers when you say TO?
@@maxplayscfb 3) I should have been more clear, b/c we know TN grads don't English well. The timeouts at the end of the half. You thought about it on 2nd down, and didn't. You had 2 left, and likely knew that but didn't reference the catch challenge at the start. I'll re-watch the last recruiting class and comment on the others.
Season 1. 7 4* players. Season 2. 1 5* and 7 4* (hopefully). Your 4* guys come in around 74-76 overall. 3* guys come in upper 60s. I'd consider scouting for as you have numbers. If you continue to progress, YR 4 could have 80+% of 4* on the field. 21 JRs, so still room for a big class in YR3. Knight (mistake) was definitely in that end of season video. I'd consider recruiting 3* Athlete gems so you could plug holes as their body size can play multiple positions. Of course, you've probably already played the bowl game at this point and finished Off-Season recruiting. On Nat'l Signing Day, you can see Dev Traits (mentioned earlier). Make notes of traits to put in the starting line up (and helps on cut list). Can't see Dev Trait on Transfer Day (easily).
Good question - I’d like to be able to increase them but also these vids are already pushing 40 min per game, so I’m scared to make yall sit around for even longer🤣
Love the vids. Great way to get my dynasty fix during down time at work. Is there a reason you don't care about national rank when adding recruits? Especially when adding 3 stars. When adding WRs, you added Kazee who is ranked 1608 when Wells was available and ranked 674. That's almost a ONE THOUSAND player difference.
@@maxplayscfb Might make for an interesting science video, or videos. Does national rank corelate to OVR player rating? How important is interest vs pipeline vs nat rank when adding a prospect?
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh man that’s a GOOOD ONE. A REAL GOOD ONE. I have 2-3 that I gotta film and edit this weekend, but highly likely I do something like that
There is never too much Ball State Chronicles brotha
Heck yeah love the mindset
I rarely comment on youtube videos, but man, I LOVE this series. Hung around after watching your pitch science videos. Your knowledge of the game, and ability to play organic (not spammy) football on heisman is awesome! I'm consistnely watching to the end of every video.
Regarding your game today, I noticed you got away from the dominant run game that has fueled the recent ball state resurgence, which made this game a big hairy in the middle quarters. Magwood ABSOLUTELY dominates when the defence has to respect the run.
First, THANK YOU for sticking around!!
I’m with ya on the gameplay. Sometimes I get so excited to try new pass concepts that I forget to just get my 7 yards per carry with our downhill option attack - I’ll do my best to improve on that!
I watched like 10 min of the Ball St vs Miami(Oh) on ESPN tonight. It was great to see Magwood, Semonza, and Kelly playing
I put money on Ball State because of this series. LOL. They didn’t win the game but they covered the spread, which was all I needed. 😎
LOL
Yeah it’s wild, you forget half these players are real people🤣🤣
@maxplayscfb I have a teambuilder dynasty that I replaced NIU with my team and it was wild watching those guys beat Notre Dame. I had like 3 seasons with some of them.
Just sat down after a loooooong Tuesday. I needed this video. Ball state has been one of the most consistently enjoyable things in my life right now. Love watching you man! Keep up the grind, you’ll always have a fan in me! God bless man!
Glad you enjoyed it!thanks for always coming back !!
My fave series on youtube right now. Love your analysis of your plays. Nice nice nice
Glad you enjoy it! Really appreciate you watching!
Don’t apologize for posting so frequently! Interested to see how the season will end
Great win! This series continues to be intriguing! Keep it up!
Thanks! Will do!
I love it! Keep the series going!
I love the Ball State Chronicles!! Keep them coming, learned a lot about cfb25 I was just looking for some tips on recruiting, when I came across your videos and I started watching from the beginning thank you for the content I've been enjoying it
Thanks! Will do!
Hey Max! Its Christmas eve for me but i just want to say ive loved every second of this series, even the rough start lol. thanks for the awesome content.
Heck yeah, thank you for watching and hope your Christmas is/was great!!
Some big interceptions in this game! That pick by #51 off that guy’s foot was insane!Great job, Max. Love the content.
Truly INSANEEEE, thank you for watching!!
I love this channel so much! Can’t wait to watch tonight!
Heck yeah thank you!! Hope y’all enjoy it!
For sure even if i dont watch a video i read the thumbnail its what draws me in allot of times
Dang, I gotta improve them then
Congrats on moving up to being Bowl State!
Heck of a name, thank you!
Great game. Made a lot of good reads that time.
Thanks!!
of course we do mane
You gotta try jet sweep out of Wildcat. It is money. I have found that if I hit X to start the play and my guy goes in motion and they immediately adjust (not talking about just sending a guy who’s man covering the motion guy, but another guy adjusts wide just before you snap)…. (Hope that makes sense) you gotta call a timeout immediately before the snap or take the tackle. But when it works… it’s killer
I ran it in one of these last few games but I can’t remember which - I’m hoping it was a future one (conf champ game, bowl game or game 12) and we just haven’t seen it
But lmk when we finally see it! Spoiler: you were right, it worked
@@maxplayscfb can’t wait!
I dove, I dived, I daved absolutely slayed me
To this day I’m still not sure which is right
I think on those RPOs where you have to hold for a long time you’d have to hold A in order to “keep” with the a then make the read. I may be wrong though, I stay away from those plays because of illegal man down field.
Ahhhhh gotcha
Its my favourite series of cfb25
Heck yeah thank you!!
Needed this this morning 😔
Yes we do!
Random thought. I wouldn't schedule a FCS school. They are glitchy/weird when playing on Heisman. Like how can a 68 overall team even come close to competing to a high caliber team but they do and do it well. Just schedule a weak FBS school instead.
Yeah after losing to the sharks this year, I may avoid it
On the other hand, kind of want a revenge game next year
yes we do
Yes, yes we do.
I rarely use "X" when defending the pass anymore. Its either "Y" for the pick attempt or "A" for immediately hitting the receiver & dislodging the ball (something that works way better than most understand how to use). "X" or swatting is only really touched on the long Hail Mary knockdowns personally..
I've moved a couple of my faster TE's in the past to WR and oh boy does it absolutely change the run game ... The edges are always sealed, corners are always out muscled by your new "physical wide receiver", getting man pressed is now laughable & 50/50 jump balls in the back of the endzone or touchlines feel more like 80/20's in my favor. Perhaps look into it? I'm not saying you'll definitely have a guy that can fit this mold but if you do its VERY overpowered atm.
Interesting …. I’ve heard the WR to TE argument, but NOT the other way around - I have a spare 4 star sophomore TE that I may experiment with
Solid week. Good use of TOs in 1st half. How many recruits are you planning on signing? Why aren't you scouting the 3* for gems? I'd look for some speed at WR to replace Magwood.
1. Hoping to get as many as possible. I overrecruited last year so I have plenty of bad rising sophomores that I can cut after this season
2. Not doing much scouting bc I really wanna land volume. Maybe that’s a bad way to approach but yeah, I like to just land a ton of guys
3. Do you mean timeouts or turnovers when you say TO?
@@maxplayscfb 3) I should have been more clear, b/c we know TN grads don't English well. The timeouts at the end of the half. You thought about it on 2nd down, and didn't. You had 2 left, and likely knew that but didn't reference the catch challenge at the start.
I'll re-watch the last recruiting class and comment on the others.
Season 1. 7 4* players. Season 2. 1 5* and 7 4* (hopefully). Your 4* guys come in around 74-76 overall. 3* guys come in upper 60s. I'd consider scouting for as you have numbers. If you continue to progress, YR 4 could have 80+% of 4* on the field. 21 JRs, so still room for a big class in YR3. Knight (mistake) was definitely in that end of season video. I'd consider recruiting 3* Athlete gems so you could plug holes as their body size can play multiple positions.
Of course, you've probably already played the bowl game at this point and finished Off-Season recruiting. On Nat'l Signing Day, you can see Dev Traits (mentioned earlier). Make notes of traits to put in the starting line up (and helps on cut list). Can't see Dev Trait on Transfer Day (easily).
i read it
Awesome
Yes
Yes, I read the thumbnails, even tho it got changed lol
LOL good catch, actually that may be related to TH-cam’s A/B thumbnail tester
Let’s gooooo BSC!
What are these hieroglyphix?
MOAR CONTENT!! 😊
always
😂😂😂😂 making poor Buffalo pay because of the teams who beat you earlier is diabolical, Max😂😂
We are going to make EVERYONE pay for the rest of this rebuild
Hey Max, do you think when the team gets really good, you could put up Heisman level numbers with 6 min quarters, or would you need to increase them?
Good question - I’d like to be able to increase them but also these vids are already pushing 40 min per game, so I’m scared to make yall sit around for even longer🤣
@@maxplayscfb haha that's a fair point
Why did the endzones swap at the end of the game?
Wdym? Honestly I didn’t even notice
Yes! 😅
Dang good to know
Love the vids. Great way to get my dynasty fix during down time at work. Is there a reason you don't care about national rank when adding recruits? Especially when adding 3 stars. When adding WRs, you added Kazee who is ranked 1608 when Wells was available and ranked 674. That's almost a ONE THOUSAND player difference.
Ahhhhhh dang, honestly no smart reason. I should care more tbh especially since there’s usually like 1500+ 3 stars
@@maxplayscfb Might make for an interesting science video, or videos. Does national rank corelate to OVR player rating? How important is interest vs pipeline vs nat rank when adding a prospect?
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh man that’s a GOOOD ONE. A REAL GOOD ONE. I have 2-3 that I gotta film and edit this weekend, but highly likely I do something like that
Do you read comments?
Every one!!
0/10. I didn’t see a single backwards hurdle in this game. 😉
Jeeez Louise I didn’t know that was the expectation