Blue - you’re in motion before the play. After the motion you can get a hand off, block or go out for a pass. Yellow - going out to try and catch a pass. Red - receiving a hand off to run the ball or you’re the main target for catching a pass (basically the same as yellow but you’re the main target for play). Grey - blocking for your teammate running the ball. Option - QB can keep or pitch it to you
yeah, since you chose Army which is an option-heavy offense, you should look up what an option in american football is. the QB has different options of what to do with the ball depending on what he reads from the defense. are they stacking the line of scrimmage? then the QB shouldn't hand it off to the back diving up the middle. defensive end/linebacker on the end of the line crashing down to tackle the QB as he carries it? QB should pitch it to the back who is unmarked. it's all about having different options of how the play should be run and making the right choice on what you read the defense doing
also, while yellow means you're going out on a pass route, orange means you're the main read on that pass. you may not get the ball, but if you're open you'll get the ball since you're the first option the QB will look at
Express Sports did a great job breaking down the colors you were seeing, I'll give some info on the offense Army runs. It's called the Option offense, most of the plays they run are called Triple Option plays. It means the play has three options - (1) the QB hands the ball off to the FB (fullback) down the middle of the offensive line, (2) the QB keeps the ball (called a fake handoff) and runs out wide, or (3) the QB runs out wide and pitches the ball to the HB (halfback) running to the side of him. You had a few plays where you were the HB running to the side of the QB, you want to stay a safe distance behind and to the side of the QB so that you're not near any tacklers and have open space to run if you get the pitch. There's also plays where Army will just do option 1 or just option 1 or 2, etc. but that's the gist of their offense. Look a little bit up about the Option offense if you want, it's not that complicated, just unique cause only a small handful of schools use it. It's actually one of the original types of offenses in American football! Also when you're blocking (gray color), make sure you do not block anyone who's back is turned to you cause that's a penalty (block in the back). And if Army is passing don't block before a pass is caught, that was the offensive pass interference you did in the video. A few of the abbreviations/play names: - FK = Fake - Triple/Triple Option = Triple Option play - Option = A play with multiple options for the QB, usually just option 1 or 2 if it's not a Triple Option play - Load/Speed Option = An option play where the QB has option 2 or 3 as described above - WB = Wingback, that's usually a halfback that is lined up way out wide to the left or right. Doesn't mean much, just what the offense has in when lined up before the snap - QB Kneel = Runs down the clock, usually done at the end of a game when one team has essentially won the game. Also called "Victory Formation"
When you are out to catch a pass, you can hold or tap A to call for the ball to be thrown to you. When catching, there are different types. X is a catch and run, player will catch it in stride. Y is aggressive, your player will jump for the ball and be aggressive. A is possession, your player will take care of the ball and control it. You can also change the camera angle with the d pad(in game). Love the vids!
Blue means you’re an option/check down. The QB has the option to pitch you the ball hence the name “option”. The triple option means the QB can hand the ball to the FB, keep it himself or pitch it to the HB. Red is who is getting the ball, gray means you’re blocking on the play, if it’s a passing play past the line of scrimmage you can’t block the defenders until after the pass is caught by the receiver or you’ll get a penalty flag for pass interference
Grey lines means that player is supposed to block, red is for running plays and can have up to 3 people to run the ball on option running plays, blue is a delayed route meaning that player starts acting like he's blocking and then release into a route, yellow is receivers routes on passing plays, but red on passing pays with yellow lines are the suggested person to pass to
Conference games are games you’ll play against other teams in your conference. For example the SEC or Big 10 conference. At the end of the season before the bowl games or college football playoff, if you’re good enough your team will be invited to play for the conference championship
You're doing a great job figuring everything out on the fly, but I've gotta say you probably picked the team with the single most confusing offense in all of college football lol. Most teams don't run so many option plays, which are the ones where the QB is running with the ball and sometimes pitching it to you or one of the other RBs. Another thing I wonder about, in college football if you don't play more than 4 games in a season you can do whats called redshirting. From what I understand the game does this automatically for you if you don't play 4 games so based on how little you played in the first season you should have redshirted, which means you would still have 4 years of eligibility left.
@@TheApexHound For Notre Dame it's a matter of tradition and a way to maintain their rivalries. Notre Dame formed so many rivalries with schools all over the country that they decided it was more important to maintain those rivalries than to have the stability of a conference schedule and the massive TV money that comes with a big-name conference. They do have their own exclusive TV deal, but I believe it's not as big as the SEC or Big Ten conference deals. I commend them for maintaining tradition, considering that in the past few seasons many schools have thrown away 100 years of historical rivalries in order to chase that TV money.
Red is the direction need to run to getting a hand off. Army runs a triple option. Which means the qb as the option to hand it to hb 1 or hb2 or keep it himself
If you go to standings you can see your conference standings. All conference games count towards your conference record. The two teams with the best conference record play for the conference championship at the end of the season. Your conference games as well as your out of conference games count towards your overall record. Your overall record is used to rank you among every team in the nation, not just your conference. After teams play for their conference championship, the best teams will then play a 12 team tournament for the national championship. Norte Dame doesn’t have a conference record because they aren’t in a conference, they’re one of three teams that are “Independent”. Teams that are independent can only compete for a national championship.
I’d like to extend my help, played football for 10+ years and used to play the crap out of madden growing up. I think it’d be easier if you asked me questions, or a voice call where we could go over everything!
Notre Dame is an independent meaning the have no conference. Army was in dependent until this year when the joined the American Athletic Conference. I believe your conference games are marked by the AAC logo appearing on the match up. That the blue A with a star in it.
Notre Dame is an independent and does not belong to any conference. Army is usually tough, but due to army regulations they are limited on how big thier players are... so it's usually an uphill battle against the better teams...
You need to go to an actual game at West Point at some point. It will be a fantastic experience in one of the best settings in sports. Go Army, Beat Navy!
On the training with the circles, you need to use the 30 seconds it gives you. When a small circles appears you need to bait them to the other side of the big circle, then run around to the other side and quickly get the small circle and run out of the big circle and repeat. Dont feel so rushed.
On the option play you have to give the quarterback some distance so he can give you the ball in case he is about to get tackled. Maybe 5 meters behind him. The option plays are when it’s blue
Fun fact: North Texas, the green team you played, are the only team named after a former player. They're called the Mean Green, named after Mean Joe Greene, who played for them around 1970. He then went on to the NFL and became the leader of the Pittsburgh Steelers "Steel Curtain" defense that won 4 Super Bowls and was the greatest defense ever assembled.
Just a tip if you do this again. Try not to join a military school because you can’t red shirt at a military school. Red shirting is smart if you have a low overall because it allows you to upgrade your player that year without counting as a year played.
Notre dame doesn’t have “conference” games because they’re one of the only independent schools in college football meaning they aren’t apart of a conference so all their games are technically non conference games that’s also the school u should transfer to
Hey btw...if u need any other tips or hints on matches you should keep a eye out for..or any other questions about NCAA in general feel free to elaborate in areas u may need help i have been a college fan for most of my 45 years alive lol there is a lot of small details and minutiae in college...oh and BTW dont feel rushed to modify difficulty most folks telling you to turn it up have been playing madden for years..and the frostbite engine football games are very animation focused more thsn physics .so learn the way the game flows first for sure dude
On that circle drill run in and out of the circle so they are not in the way of the circle. Don’t run where they are right next to the circle just bait them away from it and get it when they are far away from it
if you have a good conference record you may be able to go to your conference's championship, it's basically like different divisions in a way. I'm kinda salty that the conference my team is in the Big 10 now has 18 teams way back in the day there were only 10 teams Lol the coach is really penalizing you for calling that time out and loosing that one game that's probably why he hasn't played you as much. maybe increasing the quarter time would help to get out there more as the players wear down or possibly become injured. New school year new material to learn If you take out or make contact with a receiver before the ball gets there you get a pass interference call. seems like the elusiveness drill you've got to kite them
I understand practicing the controls in the practice section, but the different drills don't give you more points. You can do the easiest drill over and over again and just get gold everytime. Gives you the best chance to over take the player in front of you. Boring and not entertaining, but thats what I did to get ahead quicker.
38:02 the penalty in this game you got was because you can't "run people over" at the beginning of every play, only on rushing plays, or after the pass has been completed
Turloch running the wrong routes and not understanding that the QB will pitch him the ball or run on the option is funny as hell. Thats why its called option mate, he has the option to run it himself or pitch you the ball depending on what the defense does, you need to get wide not run next to the QB,. 😂
Stop hesitating on the backfield survival training. You need to collect as much as possible before the second guy comes out. The first guy can’t catch you unless you run directly into them
The way your player is built you should play Linebacker your guy is too slow for HB it’s like a CB playing ST it also doesn’t help that your team runs heavy triple option which is like the 4-4-2 it’s antiquated and rarely seen anymore
Don't worry, I don't understand this sport either, also I don't understand why they call it football when players barely use their feet, it's an odd sport tbh. 😅
You need to learn to juke. I'm pretty sure red is the intended target for the play. Least that is what it means in madden but as a QB you can throw to anyone you choose to buy id think if your route is red you will get the ball most likely if opened. Gray should mean block and blue you might get the ball on option play. Yellow is your route to just run and get open. Far as I know you can just get opened and might get thrown to
College football is my favorite sport. I say sport because it's unique compared to the NFL The best comparison I can think of is the difference in language between Americans and English. Both speak English, but they're both unique. ruclips.net/video/-TJa3TTVPfI/видео.html West Virginia and Pittsburgh are traditional rivals. The nickname of the rivalry is "The Backyard Brawl". College Football has many interesting nicknames for rivalries. The Civil War, The Iron Bowl, Farmageddon, Bedlam, and one of my favorite "Clean, Old Fashioned Hate"
On the option play you have to give the quarterback some distance so he can give you the ball in case he is about to get tackled. Maybe 5 meters behind him. The option plays are when it’s blue
It's so funny watching someone who didn't grow up with football play football. Thank you for the laughs.
Hahaha having a blast tbh
I was thinking the same thing. Go Apex.
This is incredible. Army has one of the most confusing playbooks for someone who has never played a football game. Keep grinding!
Haha I’m trying my best
Blue - you’re in motion before the play. After the motion you can get a hand off, block or go out for a pass.
Yellow - going out to try and catch a pass.
Red - receiving a hand off to run the ball or you’re the main target for catching a pass (basically the same as yellow but you’re the main target for play).
Grey - blocking for your teammate running the ball.
Option - QB can keep or pitch it to you
yeah, since you chose Army which is an option-heavy offense, you should look up what an option in american football is. the QB has different options of what to do with the ball depending on what he reads from the defense. are they stacking the line of scrimmage? then the QB shouldn't hand it off to the back diving up the middle. defensive end/linebacker on the end of the line crashing down to tackle the QB as he carries it? QB should pitch it to the back who is unmarked. it's all about having different options of how the play should be run and making the right choice on what you read the defense doing
also, while yellow means you're going out on a pass route, orange means you're the main read on that pass. you may not get the ball, but if you're open you'll get the ball since you're the first option the QB will look at
Thank you sir
@@TheApexHoundand if you are open, press ‘X’ to call for the ball and the QB will pass to you.
28:04 whoever edited this video, that was perfection 👍
lol it was me thanks
Express Sports did a great job breaking down the colors you were seeing, I'll give some info on the offense Army runs.
It's called the Option offense, most of the plays they run are called Triple Option plays. It means the play has three options - (1) the QB hands the ball off to the FB (fullback) down the middle of the offensive line, (2) the QB keeps the ball (called a fake handoff) and runs out wide, or (3) the QB runs out wide and pitches the ball to the HB (halfback) running to the side of him. You had a few plays where you were the HB running to the side of the QB, you want to stay a safe distance behind and to the side of the QB so that you're not near any tacklers and have open space to run if you get the pitch. There's also plays where Army will just do option 1 or just option 1 or 2, etc. but that's the gist of their offense. Look a little bit up about the Option offense if you want, it's not that complicated, just unique cause only a small handful of schools use it. It's actually one of the original types of offenses in American football!
Also when you're blocking (gray color), make sure you do not block anyone who's back is turned to you cause that's a penalty (block in the back). And if Army is passing don't block before a pass is caught, that was the offensive pass interference you did in the video.
A few of the abbreviations/play names:
- FK = Fake
- Triple/Triple Option = Triple Option play
- Option = A play with multiple options for the QB, usually just option 1 or 2 if it's not a Triple Option play
- Load/Speed Option = An option play where the QB has option 2 or 3 as described above
- WB = Wingback, that's usually a halfback that is lined up way out wide to the left or right. Doesn't mean much, just what the offense has in when lined up before the snap
- QB Kneel = Runs down the clock, usually done at the end of a game when one team has essentially won the game. Also called "Victory Formation"
Thank you sir, very helpful
Defiantly need more of these.. Great Vids..
Thanks man🙌🏻
It’s so fun seeing how much Apex is enjoying this🤣
Truely one of the more entertaining content out there. Playing a triple option team without knowing what the option is 😂
😂😂
I’m so excited to see the next video each time to see how you learn from everything in the video before. It’s awesome!
Thanks man🤝
@@TheApexHound any time my dude!
When you are out to catch a pass, you can hold or tap A to call for the ball to be thrown to you. When catching, there are different types. X is a catch and run, player will catch it in stride. Y is aggressive, your player will jump for the ball and be aggressive. A is possession, your player will take care of the ball and control it. You can also change the camera angle with the d pad(in game). Love the vids!
Thank you sir
Love your vids man! Were from the same city keep it up 🔴 ⚪️
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Blue means you’re an option/check down. The QB has the option to pitch you the ball hence the name “option”. The triple option means the QB can hand the ball to the FB, keep it himself or pitch it to the HB. Red is who is getting the ball, gray means you’re blocking on the play, if it’s a passing play past the line of scrimmage you can’t block the defenders until after the pass is caught by the receiver or you’ll get a penalty flag for pass interference
This is awesome Apex, keep going 🎉
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😂from an irl perspective, publicly calls for the coach to be fired then wonders why not the starter, just made me giggle thinking about
lmao, That'd be something in real life
Grey lines means that player is supposed to block, red is for running plays and can have up to 3 people to run the ball on option running plays, blue is a delayed route meaning that player starts acting like he's blocking and then release into a route, yellow is receivers routes on passing plays, but red on passing pays with yellow lines are the suggested person to pass to
We need more of these videos!!!
Conference games are games you’ll play against other teams in your conference. For example the SEC or Big 10 conference. At the end of the season before the bowl games or college football playoff, if you’re good enough your team will be invited to play for the conference championship
You're doing a great job figuring everything out on the fly, but I've gotta say you probably picked the team with the single most confusing offense in all of college football lol. Most teams don't run so many option plays, which are the ones where the QB is running with the ball and sometimes pitching it to you or one of the other RBs. Another thing I wonder about, in college football if you don't play more than 4 games in a season you can do whats called redshirting. From what I understand the game does this automatically for you if you don't play 4 games so based on how little you played in the first season you should have redshirted, which means you would still have 4 years of eligibility left.
Notre Dame is what's called an "independent" team. They aren't in a conference that's why they don't play any conference games.
Oh haha, that’s tough
@@TheApexHound For Notre Dame it's a matter of tradition and a way to maintain their rivalries. Notre Dame formed so many rivalries with schools all over the country that they decided it was more important to maintain those rivalries than to have the stability of a conference schedule and the massive TV money that comes with a big-name conference. They do have their own exclusive TV deal, but I believe it's not as big as the SEC or Big Ten conference deals. I commend them for maintaining tradition, considering that in the past few seasons many schools have thrown away 100 years of historical rivalries in order to chase that TV money.
Red is the direction need to run to getting a hand off. Army runs a triple option. Which means the qb as the option to hand it to hb 1 or hb2 or keep it himself
If you go to standings you can see your conference standings. All conference games count towards your conference record. The two teams with the best conference record play for the conference championship at the end of the season. Your conference games as well as your out of conference games count towards your overall record. Your overall record is used to rank you among every team in the nation, not just your conference. After teams play for their conference championship, the best teams will then play a 12 team tournament for the national championship. Norte Dame doesn’t have a conference record because they aren’t in a conference, they’re one of three teams that are “Independent”. Teams that are independent can only compete for a national championship.
I’d like to extend my help, played football for 10+ years and used to play the crap out of madden growing up. I think it’d be easier if you asked me questions, or a voice call where we could go over everything!
Notre Dame is an independent meaning the have no conference. Army was in dependent until this year when the joined the American Athletic Conference.
I believe your conference games are marked by the AAC logo appearing on the match up. That the blue A with a star in it.
Notre Dame is an independent and does not belong to any conference. Army is usually tough, but due to army regulations they are limited on how big thier players are... so it's usually an uphill battle against the better teams...
You need to go to an actual game at West Point at some point. It will be a fantastic experience in one of the best settings in sports.
Go Army, Beat Navy!
On the training with the circles, you need to use the 30 seconds it gives you. When a small circles appears you need to bait them to the other side of the big circle, then run around to the other side and quickly get the small circle and run out of the big circle and repeat. Dont feel so rushed.
More of this please! :)
🙌🏻
On the option play you have to give the quarterback some distance so he can give you the ball in case he is about to get tackled. Maybe 5 meters behind him. The option plays are when it’s blue
Future turloch insert was magic 🤣
If you pause at any point during practice you can restart, but you have to do so before it ends completely
Ohhhh damn good to know
Fun fact: North Texas, the green team you played, are the only team named after a former player. They're called the Mean Green, named after Mean Joe Greene, who played for them around 1970. He then went on to the NFL and became the leader of the Pittsburgh Steelers "Steel Curtain" defense that won 4 Super Bowls and was the greatest defense ever assembled.
I remember a story were Mean Joe and his family went to an NT game and his grandkids were sad everybody their called grandpa Mean Joe.
Lol it's great watching you get better bro.
Hell yeah
Just a tip if you do this again. Try not to join a military school because you can’t red shirt at a military school. Red shirting is smart if you have a low overall because it allows you to upgrade your player that year without counting as a year played.
Keep playing this 🙏🏼
Grey means you have to go to block someone. Red means you’re getting the ball. Blue means the quarterback has an option to give you the ball or not
Notre dame doesn’t have “conference” games because they’re one of the only independent schools in college football meaning they aren’t apart of a conference so all their games are technically non conference games that’s also the school u should transfer to
Keep an eye on the wear and tear impacts when you spend energy on training.
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Just remember to run the route you’re expected to run IF you have a route. You won’t get the ball on a broken play.
Loving this
Thanks man
Hey btw...if u need any other tips or hints on matches you should keep a eye out for..or any other questions about NCAA in general feel free to elaborate in areas u may need help i have been a college fan for most of my 45 years alive lol there is a lot of small details and minutiae in college...oh and BTW dont feel rushed to modify difficulty most folks telling you to turn it up have been playing madden for years..and the frostbite engine football games are very animation focused more thsn physics .so learn the way the game flows first for sure dude
34:10 i shoulda known these zoomer skibidi dance moves would be in this game 😂😂😂
On that circle drill run in and out of the circle so they are not in the way of the circle. Don’t run where they are right next to the circle just bait them away from it and get it when they are far away from it
I think after RTG, you should do dynasty with your fighting Irish
if you have a good conference record you may be able to go to your conference's championship, it's basically like different divisions in a way. I'm kinda salty that the conference my team is in the Big 10 now has 18 teams way back in the day there were only 10 teams Lol the coach is really penalizing you for calling that time out and loosing that one game that's probably why he hasn't played you as much. maybe increasing the quarter time would help to get out there more as the players wear down or possibly become injured. New school year new material to learn If you take out or make contact with a receiver before the ball gets there you get a pass interference call. seems like the elusiveness drill you've got to kite them
Blue is motion before the snap
Apex you gotta do a QB career after this one
I understand practicing the controls in the practice section, but the different drills don't give you more points. You can do the easiest drill over and over again and just get gold everytime. Gives you the best chance to over take the player in front of you. Boring and not entertaining, but thats what I did to get ahead quicker.
Good to know mate
34:43 im dying bro 😂😂😂😂😂
I’m an idiot😂
Keep this series going😂
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38:02 the penalty in this game you got was because you can't "run people over" at the beginning of every play, only on rushing plays, or after the pass has been completed
Oh okay hahaha
You can always pause and restart practice.
Wonder what M.O.S Turloch is picking after graduation 😂😂😂
Yellow is your pass route
Turloch running the wrong routes and not understanding that the QB will pitch him the ball or run on the option is funny as hell. Thats why its called option mate, he has the option to run it himself or pitch you the ball depending on what the defense does, you need to get wide not run next to the QB,. 😂
Got it😂
Stop hesitating on the backfield survival training. You need to collect as much as possible before the second guy comes out. The first guy can’t catch you unless you run directly into them
Need to upgrade your speed, that will up your overall a lot
The way your player is built you should play Linebacker your guy is too slow for HB it’s like a CB playing ST it also doesn’t help that your team runs heavy triple option which is like the 4-4-2 it’s antiquated and rarely seen anymore
Grey means block your not apart of the play blue is go block then shed the block to become open and red means your getting the ball
Don't worry, I don't understand this sport either, also I don't understand why they call it football when players barely use their feet, it's an odd sport tbh. 😅
More of this Turloch
On it
You need to learn to juke.
I'm pretty sure red is the intended target for the play. Least that is what it means in madden but as a QB you can throw to anyone you choose to buy id think if your route is red you will get the ball most likely if opened. Gray should mean block and blue you might get the ball on option play. Yellow is your route to just run and get open. Far as I know you can just get opened and might get thrown to
Notre Dame is not in a conference that is why next to the 9-2 it says 0-0 because that is usually where the conference record goes.
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Turn your fatigue down to get more playing time
What do you mean?
@@TheApexHound turn down your fatigue.
(I don’t know what he means either)
In settings, you can turn down your fatigue and your player won't get taken out of the game as much so you'll play more.
I’m fast as fuck boi 😂
Damn right 😂
Grey is your blocking
Please change your number lol. 50-70 is ineligible in IRL college football and are reserved for lineman. 1-49 and 80-99 are used by skill players
bro is gonna fail college
NO
College football is my favorite sport. I say sport because it's unique compared to the NFL The best comparison I can think of is the difference in language between Americans and English. Both speak English, but they're both unique.
ruclips.net/video/-TJa3TTVPfI/видео.html West Virginia and Pittsburgh are traditional rivals. The nickname of the rivalry is "The Backyard Brawl". College Football has many interesting nicknames for rivalries. The Civil War, The Iron Bowl, Farmageddon, Bedlam, and one of my favorite "Clean, Old Fashioned Hate"
On the option play you have to give the quarterback some distance so he can give you the ball in case he is about to get tackled. Maybe 5 meters behind him. The option plays are when it’s blue