NCAA Football 2006 and Action Replay

Today I started playing NCAA Football 2006 on the XBox. Although I've only played one game so far my first impression is that it seems like a pretty solid improvement from last year's version. Since Heisman mode is the marquee feature this release, I decided to give it a go first. After running the training drills, I ended up building a Running Back who got a scholarship to Kansas State where I now plan to run the option like nobody's business. Working my future star up the Heisman ranks should provide a fun distraction as I focus on the real challenge of building yet another Gator dynasty.

The best part is that when I got the game I also bought an Action Replay device which allows you to download game cheats from the internet and then transfer them to an XBox memory card using a USB docking device. One of the limitations of the NCAA games has always been that they can't include real player names in the game, so you end up with guys with names like 'QB #12' instead of 'Chris Leak'. Using the Action Replay, I was able to download the full rosters for every college team from FKRosters.com and then save them for use on my XBox's harddrive. Now when I play I have all of the real player names for every team! In the past I've spent multiple hours typing in the names of all of the Gator players, so I was thrilled to spend a little extra money to save me from having to put in all of that effort.

Only 41 more days until the real Gators' season starts!