Matt land walked so Jeff Shelby could run

The return game and blowouts early weren't slider issues really. You just had generational talent out there on KR and your offense playing against mediocre teams that _used_ to give you challenging games when GRU was mid-awful. This team had essentially the college versions of AP, Lamar Jackson, Maurkice Pouncey (your center was actually super underrated for how he was playing, elite lineman there), and a Stanford CMC at WR/RS.

never slides but “wonders why pat smith can never stay healthy”

Zach Wilson needing to do his best Devin Hester impression trying to carry the team way more than he should have to lol

Pat Smith whenever he throws the ball inaccurately just absolutely NUKES it away from ANY receiver, it's hilarious

this series carrying the winter fr 🗣️🔥💯

Ya gotta go Big 10 for the Michigan matchups. It'd be cool to see you bring Central Michigan to Big 10 too since they're pretty dominant.

The worst thing about this series is it takes a week to see another episode

RE: kickoff returns, I had a Buffalo dynasty where my offense was spread option only (no normal runs or passes). My recruiting strategy was basically just speedy WRs/athletes and athletic blocking TEs, which had a side effect of making my return team crazy overpowered - I had a couple of games like the one in this video. After a couple seasons of that, my "solution" was just to let the CPU choose my returners and to make starters ineligible for the role - it doesn't prioritize speed like players do which makes it a lot harder if the best return stats on your team belong to a player who isn't as fast. And if a guy is both fast and has good return skills, he's probably starting somewhere.

That michigan game might be the greatest comeback in GRU history and Zach Wilson is easily the greagest return man of all time.

One thing I like to do that you could incorporate if you wanted, is I go person by person in coaching carousel, and when you get a new coordinator hired, it shows what playbook they use, then you switch the playbook to whatever each coordinators playbook is. Makes each season feel a little different. Unless it absolutely sucks, then you say the head coach has taken over play calling 😂

"And our fans got a little confused and painted Navy on their chests" lol!!!

GRU merch when? Loving this series. Would love to see us go to the B10

Zach Wilson is OP😂😂😂

My heart was racing at 18:40

Can’t wait for the 30 for 30 bout Lucks coaching career

Just started spring semester here in Fairbanks Alaska, and these videos are making the cold dark days infinitely better! Loving the series!!

when you do series like this in the future, you should do a little more coverage on what's happening nation wide, like notable upsets, matchups, conference championship results, etc. As much as we are rooting for the Mastodons, still very fun to see our real life teams do well. EX. #5 Michigan taking down #9 Ohio State 34-20 was just awesome to see as a Michigan, only loss of the year was to you!

Congratulations on Grand Rapids first Championship! I love this series!

Player speed threshold should be closer to 50 if you want the kickoff returns to happen less. If you don't want to do that, you can increase kick power of the CPU so they kick more touchbacks/deeper in the endzone.

Zach Wilson glazing is at an all time high

The freshman looks likes he’s been training with Eddie lacy😂

John Davis has huge potential, I feel like the Mastodons are in good hands once Smith graduates

Great video, I think the big 10 is the most realistic conference to join.

This is literally the rise of GRU

Spoilers: LET'S GO! GRU ARE YOUR COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS! THANK YOU PAT SMITH FOR THE GREAT YEARS!

I don't think GRU should leave the MAC but honestly just straight up becoming an independent might be a fun option, as you'd be able to schedule basically anyone you'd want. So you could do things like keep series against the Michigan MAC Schools, bring back the Notre Dame series (that was always a fun rivalry) and then have the flexibility to have schools on the schedule you might never play otherwise (outside of fringe playoff scenarios) like Clemson or Alabama. Plus this is (in universe) for a TV Show, so being able to schedule big name brands after winning a natty would keep ratings up.

i love this series, i could watch it for hours.

this season had WAY too many heart attacks, but the Natty is nice

And then we got a juco fullback we will never use 💀

James when the pass doesn't work- "This is why we need to stick to the run game" James when the run doesn't work- "This is why we need to stick to the pass game" For real this series is so good. Big 10 is a move but what about big12? And I feel like to simulate realism better, you could take more kneels

Winning a championship in all the power 5 conferences would be crazy

I will do a sit up per like this comment gets You have until 12pm central time

Add a 2nd deck to the stadium it would be lit🔥🔥🔥

With Bordeaux, there is no offseason!

I am so proud of Jeff Shelby. He went from a disaster last season to a reliable big play guy this year. He’s made incredible strides.

For punt/ kick returns I have an idea, on kick offs: If the ball is going into the endzone, fair catch and start the drive at the 20 yard line, if the ball is short of the endzone, return the football. On punts: If the ball is going behind the 20 yard line, return the football. If the ball is beyond the 20 yard line, fair catch the football. You will still get returns, but limit its potential and try to keep it realistic.

Bordeaux always makes my Friday night!

When he starts the playoffs with 30 minutes left you know he has a chance!

can we all agree on him not changing any sliders and realize zach wilson is just a DAWG you needed him and there you go 😂😂

Would love to see the all American and conference love the videos

Bro is the definition of carrying YT.

Bordeaux I love watching this series it is so perfectly awesome and can never get sick of it! You are an inspiration but could you please consider the Big 12 has a bunch of new talent in it now and I’m a Kansas state fan so it would be awesome to see you compete against my wildcats. I know I’m not the only person you will look for and I get if the majority says sec or big 10 but it would be awesome for big 12

Damn. When Zach Wilson isnt sleeping with moms, he is a beast returner

It’s gotta be the big 10 because you’re in Michigan and because Michigan and MSU are rivals. But you should join the big 10 west ( same as Iowa, Wisconsin and such) It even seems like PSU will be a rival soon. You could even carry on the battle for that road, I forgot the name of it but it’s between between the three smaller Michigan schools. But Instead you could use MSU, Michigan and Ohio. The only other conference that could make sense is maybe the Big 12. ACC, SEC, and the pac 12 don’t make much sense geography wise. if you choose to go Into a power five conference that is. If not I’d say the American conference is the only other conference you could join. Maybe the MNW but that’s basically the MAC in NCAA. Just a little better.

A few years ago, my favorite team Missouri wasn't very good. I lost intrest in CFB for a year or two, but I saw bordeaux's channel, and that got me back into CFB. And Missouri is good now too

Getting violently stoned and throwing this show on in bed with a fresh Zyn in is thing that has gotten me through work the past past week and a half

A suggestion to improve the run defense; since you’re running 3 down lineman, they should be the biggest guys on the field to eat those run blocks and let the linebackers make the tackles. Even though the overall improved on the linebackers switched to de/dt, the builds of the players don’t support the scheme. Like the linebacker you moved at the end of the video has the same weight as Harold Perkins, who we can safely say will never play defensive tackle

love tuesdays and fridays!!!

I’d love to see 20 seasons at least!

Gotta go to the Big 10. That’s where old rivalries like Michigan and Michigan State are. Plus Penn State and USC look like great new rivalries

Look forward to these videos and try to watch them asap. Like the whole season in a long form video. Keep them coming!

Hey dude you should try the NCAA mod in Madden 24! It’s really fire try it out

Do a video where every college player plays for their own state

The devs never really balanced kickoff returns. They always put backups on special teams so if you just don't do that you automatically have an advantage and the game just breaks when you have a high overall speed guy returning even though thats pretty much what you're supposed to do. Also I find it weird that they don't stop kicking to the high overall speed guy, NCAA does a fairly ok job of changing strategies based on what you're doing but they never stop kicking directly to the guy who already has 2 kickoff return TDs

This series will go in the history books 🐐 I love you to bro 💙

Another banger from the goat🔥🔥🔥

This is why you recruited Zach Wilson!! Don’t hold it against him!💪🏽

One thing to maybe make it more challenging and add a twist could be maybe Andrew luck or some of your coordinators getting poached by another big 10 school. Maybe Michigan? Make it a real proper rivalry. Maybe for the Zach Wilson nerf you can only be allowed one KR and PR per half? Idk. Against the bigger schools it definitely isn’t as easy but it still felt a little too easy to get really good field position. Loving this series. I eagerly await it every Friday! Loving the style, the commentary, all of it. You’re doing great.

Bord: rushing a fourth down play instead of waiting for the read against Bowling Green Me: Welcome to Dumb Decisions

Didn't like you taking Wilson off KR, should've kept him there

We want Zach Wilson!!! That feels so weird to say

Finally been counting down the days 🎉

The only thing I don't in the series is the kick and punt returns because it is unrealistic to get good kick returns everytime

New challenge to keep it competitive for next year Sim all kick returns and punts (even if its a big school and you need a TD) Punting the ball to the 1 and returning every kick off for a TD makes it less fun

I will do 2 pushups for every like this comment gets

My favorite day of the week is when Bordeaux posts

an easy fix for the zach wilson return is to just sim the kick returns

People who hate “I will do one push-up for every like this comment gets” comments 👇

I will buy one car every like this comment gets

Put GRU in the Big 10 so they can have matchups with Michigan and Michigan State. You can boot Rutgers to the MAC or somewhere else to make up for it. Zach Wilson is going to be even more insane next season. Max speed already and he got upgrades in acceleration and multiple other stats. Probably the best player on your team and will be next season.

Waited all day for this to drop

Bro should’ve made Zach Wilson you’re backup RB, dude is electric

POV Grand Rapids is down by a touchdown and needs a miracle. Zach Wilson: Hold my beer

Nice to see a competent Zach Wilson play football. That final depth chart of the season looks like the 2001 Miami Hurricanes roster. GRU is going to be a problem for years.

PLEASE NEVER END THIS 🥹🙏🙏

Bordeaux: Can't have a winning record for multiple seasons Also Bordeaux: Finally gets a really solid team and changes the sliders 🤦🏿‍♂️ This guy is really unbelievable sometimes Lmao

Bord always coming in clutch love all the videos and this series 🐐🔥

Only real ones remember when this video was titled "Championship or BUST!"

Zach Wilson living up to his name as the Goat😤

So 30 minutes in it looks like the team is ready for a jump in conference competition. I think the best way to balance out the MAC schools low overall backups versus the better recruits the team is bringing in now is going to a conference that recruits 4 and 5 star players like the Big Ten. That way you can avoid messing with too many sliders. I may edit this comment when I finish the video though...

Bro this series is carrying Friday nights after school

anybody else waiting all week for this series?

Ever since episode one I wait till the end of the week with such excitement to watch this series

Love tuesdays and Friday’s best days of the week

LOVE IT BORDEAUX I WATCH YOUR VIDEOS AFTER SCHOOL EACH DAY Keep it going

Never forget Braden Nico. Absolute legend

Thanks you for this series

Why is this the best series on KZfaq

the zach wilson saga has been a joy to watch

This one did not disappoint and damn sure made my Friday night better

Zach Wilson is so good in this series unlike how he is in real life

Naa the kickoff returns are just too OP in this game

Can’t wait to binge this series in about 2 years

Love this series ❤🎉🎉

Texas tech making it to the playoffs made me so happy

5:59 I hope you place this team for a long time. Go Grand Rapids ! MASTODON'S

Potential hot take: the return TDs are fun, and trying TOO hard to balance everything is the exact opposite of realistic. If you're building a dynastic program, it should be a dynasty. Programs like Georgia, Clemson, Michigan, etc. destroy at least a quarter of the teams they play every year.

Never have I anticipated a video harder

before i watch i think they're winning at least 1 playoff game