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This weekend I spent the majority of my time playing Madden 06. There are worse things to waste time on, I suppose.I started the weekend playing NCAA 2006. I've had this game for a while and in it you are allowed to create a player.
I created myself, and made me a QB. Sure I got a scholarship to Michigan, but screw them. I declined and went to Michigan State University. I had a good freshman year losing only one game to Ohio State in overtime which of course the game saved automatically as the "#1 Greatest Game", which I suppose it would have been if one is an Ohio State fan, but I'm not, so I don't see what was so great about it.
Since that defeat, I took QB Mike through his sophomore year throwing for 70+ touchdowns on the year figuring for sure I was a lock to win the Heisman. The game does this dramatic Heisman award ceremony cut scene complete with drum roll to build up the anticipation. I had had the single greatest season for a college QB ever, but they gave the Heisman to some dipshit from Iowa. That was crap. The poor controller never saw it coming when I threw it to the ground in disgust. Although we did win the national championship, which is nice.
So I'm back for my junior year. After getting snubbed for the Heisman last year, I was back with a vengeance. This time around I only passed for 61 TD's but my completion percentage was much higher. Plus we went undefeated again. So they gave me the Heisman finally. After that, we (the rest of the video game Spartans and I) went on defeat Boston College in the national championship game. It was a great game, if you were a Spartan fan, but the game itself didn't think so, so I still have to look at that Ohio State loss. Although back-to-back championships are nice. Hoo-ray.
So after finally winning the Heisman and back-to-back national championships I graduated me early. The sad part is, I felt guilty about doing that. I mean, I had my senior year to come back to, but instead I went to the NFL by exporting me to Madden 06 (which is a cool feature). I placated my own guilt over a video game me leaving school early by telling myself that video game me graduated early with a degree. It's the little things.So here I am with my back-to-back championships and ridiculous college stats where I broke every record in the books, getting ready for the draft. I had to sign an agent and do all sorts of football IQ tests, personality tests, etc... One of the questions was "What do you eat the night before the game?"
The options:
I usually ate alone in my room with my thoughts.
Pizza.
Whatever my teammates were having because we eat like we play...as a team.
Ok, now it's obvious what the "right" answer is. The "team" one. I like pizza though, so I chose that option, because come on, it's pizza. That must have hurt my draft value because I fell to the second round. With the 10th pick in the second round I was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys. At first I was disappointed, I'm not much of a Cowboys fan. However, it has worked out well. I beat Drew Bledsoe out for the starting job, and Dallas is a big market team. So now I'm the starting QB for the Dallas Cowboys. So far we are 6-0 this season.
I'm doing pretty well as a rookie. In my first regular season game as starting QB I drove our team all the way down to the opponent's 7 yard line where video game me threw an interception. That was disheartening, but I told video game me to keep his spirits up. Not to worry though, we rallied back to win the game (as you may have surmised from my earlier statement about being 6-0).So that's how I spent my weekend.
I created myself, and made me a QB. Sure I got a scholarship to Michigan, but screw them. I declined and went to Michigan State University. I had a good freshman year losing only one game to Ohio State in overtime which of course the game saved automatically as the "#1 Greatest Game", which I suppose it would have been if one is an Ohio State fan, but I'm not, so I don't see what was so great about it.
Since that defeat, I took QB Mike through his sophomore year throwing for 70+ touchdowns on the year figuring for sure I was a lock to win the Heisman. The game does this dramatic Heisman award ceremony cut scene complete with drum roll to build up the anticipation. I had had the single greatest season for a college QB ever, but they gave the Heisman to some dipshit from Iowa. That was crap. The poor controller never saw it coming when I threw it to the ground in disgust. Although we did win the national championship, which is nice.
So I'm back for my junior year. After getting snubbed for the Heisman last year, I was back with a vengeance. This time around I only passed for 61 TD's but my completion percentage was much higher. Plus we went undefeated again. So they gave me the Heisman finally. After that, we (the rest of the video game Spartans and I) went on defeat Boston College in the national championship game. It was a great game, if you were a Spartan fan, but the game itself didn't think so, so I still have to look at that Ohio State loss. Although back-to-back championships are nice. Hoo-ray.
So after finally winning the Heisman and back-to-back national championships I graduated me early. The sad part is, I felt guilty about doing that. I mean, I had my senior year to come back to, but instead I went to the NFL by exporting me to Madden 06 (which is a cool feature). I placated my own guilt over a video game me leaving school early by telling myself that video game me graduated early with a degree. It's the little things.So here I am with my back-to-back championships and ridiculous college stats where I broke every record in the books, getting ready for the draft. I had to sign an agent and do all sorts of football IQ tests, personality tests, etc... One of the questions was "What do you eat the night before the game?"
The options:
I usually ate alone in my room with my thoughts.
Pizza.
Whatever my teammates were having because we eat like we play...as a team.
Ok, now it's obvious what the "right" answer is. The "team" one. I like pizza though, so I chose that option, because come on, it's pizza. That must have hurt my draft value because I fell to the second round. With the 10th pick in the second round I was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys. At first I was disappointed, I'm not much of a Cowboys fan. However, it has worked out well. I beat Drew Bledsoe out for the starting job, and Dallas is a big market team. So now I'm the starting QB for the Dallas Cowboys. So far we are 6-0 this season.
I'm doing pretty well as a rookie. In my first regular season game as starting QB I drove our team all the way down to the opponent's 7 yard line where video game me threw an interception. That was disheartening, but I told video game me to keep his spirits up. Not to worry though, we rallied back to win the game (as you may have surmised from my earlier statement about being 6-0).So that's how I spent my weekend.
posted by Mike at 7:27 PM
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