I, like many of you, absolutely loved the game NCAA Football. While the play itself was fun, my favorite part of it was less about the individual seasons and games, and more about the program-building built into the game play. Maybe I am a little like Gary Patterson, loving the build as much as the blowouts.
One of the best aspects, in my opinion, was recruiting; creating a board, contacting players, making promises, and hoping they would sign on the dotted line. Even in the game, TCU Football was at a disadvantage in this area, rarely beating out the Blue Bloods for top talent until after I had taken the Horned Frogs to ten straight National Championships (just call me the Nick Saban of the XBox, I guess).