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Conference:
Location:

REPORT CARD AND PRESTIGE

DEFENSIVE DEPTH CHART AND SCOUTING REPORT

OFFENSIVE DEPTH CHART AND SCOUTING REPORT

OFFENSIVE PLAYBOOK: RUN AND GUN

PRESTIGE RATINGS
Academic
Program
Coach

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★ ★ 
★ 
★  

9-3 overall record
6-3 conference record 
1st in SWAC East

Aggressive 4-3 or 3-3-5 Defense 
AI Playcall Tendency: 42% defend run, 58% defend pass

Conservative Balanced Offense
AI Playcall Tendency: 52% run, 48% pass

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The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of NCAA Football 

08 feature 79 Division I FCS (Football Championship Sub-
division) teams from nine conferences: Atlantic 10, Big 
Sky, Ivy League, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), 
Gateway Football, Ohio Valley, Southern, Southland and 
Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).  

In terms of structure and content, the FCS team profi les 

are similar to the FBS profi les.  When comparing FCS and 
FBS teams, you’ll notice that 
the FCS Report Card grades 
and prestige ratings are 
rather low compared to FBS 
teams (the notable excep-
tion being the academic 
ratings of some schools, 
particularly those in the Ivy 
League). 

However, those low 

grades and rankings do not
mean that FCS teams play 
poorly.  It merely refl ects 
the relative disparity between the two divisions.  As one 
can imagine, an FCS school is almost always at a disad-
vantage when playing against an FBS school. Still, upsets 
are indeed possible and have happened numerous times 
in recent history—but it’ll take smart play calling and 
mistake-free gameplay.

Something else you’ll notice in the FCS depth charts is 

the reduced roster total for most teams.  While all FCS 
teams have three impact players, there are fewer substi-
tutes available for many positions.  

While FBS schools have school-specifi c playbooks, the 

default playbooks of FCS schools are based on one of six 
fairly self-explanatory playbook templates: Balanced Pass, 
Pass Heavy, Run and Gun, Balanced Run, Option Run and 
West Coast.

In addition, FCS teams in Dynasty Mode have the 

3-3-5 as the default defensive playbook; the defensive 
scouting reports in this section list a suggested alterna-
tive defensive playbook to choose instead.