Let's get started. We'll get some of the simple achievements out of the way first.
EXHIBITION GAMES
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Start up an exhibition game, set the Offense and Defense difficulties to Freshman, and the quarter length to 1 minute. Start up the game, pick any team you want, and be sure in this 4 minutes game to break a run for 20 yards, complete a pass for 50 yards or more, change the camera angle in the visual settings (you don't have to use the angle the entire game), and score ONLY field goals as needed. Try not to gain more than 200 yards and you'll receive these achievements...
- Pick Up 20
Break off a 20 yard run (excludes Co-Op).
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- Get My Good Side
Play a game with a new camera angle
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- Go for Broke
Complete a pass for 50 or more yards (excludes Co-Op).
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- Tire Fire Offense
Win a game without scoring an offensive touchdown and gaining less than 200 yards (excludes Co-Op).
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- All Too Easy
Play a game with custom difficulties set for Offense and Defense
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Now, start up another exhibition game, only this time set the difficulties to Heisman, quarter length to 6 or 7 minutes to give you a good amount of time, pick a good team to use and play against a horrible team (avoid Texas State and Old Dominion, they became gods against me and made these ones hard for some reason.) Be sure to gain over 200 yards rushing and passing, and win by at least 35 points and you'll net these achievements...
- Unstoppable
Win a game by 35+ points on Heisman difficulty (excludes Co-Op).
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- Keep 'em Honest
Gain 200 rushing yards and 200 passing yards in the same game (excludes Co-Op and Road to Glory).
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NIKE SKILLS TRAINER (in play now menu)
Ok here is where things can get widely annoying for the newer, and even some experienced NCAA Football players. This is where you test your skills at various aspects of the game, along with the improved stuff they added to this year's addition.
There are four categories of drills to do: Passing, Running, Defense, and Pre-Play. Here's what they consist of:
Passing: Pass Trajectories, Total Control Passing, and User Catching.
Running: Acceleration Burst, The Option, Triple Option, Shovel Option, and Oklahoma Offense.
Defense: Ball Hawk and Oklahoma Defense.
Pre-Play: Offensive Hot Routes, Defensive Hot Routes, Offensive Audibles, and Defensive Audibles.
Each drill specifies what you need to get a gold, which is what we are aiming for with these, and has a tutorial video to show you what you need to do. Some give you leeway and allow you to mess up once or twice and still get gold, but the majority are strict and expect perfection so be warned. The Ball Hawk one can be a bear for those who can't intercept well, like me. The Shovel and Triple Option are tricky as well as you have to read one or two defensive players to make the correct pitch or carry. The audible ones in Pre-Play aren't terrible, but can be testing. The one that takes the cake is The Oklahoma Defense; this unfortunately requires perfection. You start out the first 3 plays using a defensive lineman and you must break off the block to tackle a RB looking to score. Make sure you really plant him on his ass (pardon my language) or he can, a lot of the time, miraculously keep his feet and score and cause you to have to start over to get gold. I just slammed the hit-stick right as I met with him and held it down until he was on the ground. After I got the hang of it, I would wreck his life all three times.
Now comes the fun part of this drill: you become a Middle Linebacker and you must pay close attention to see which direction the QB is handing off the ball and wreck the RB again. Some problems that you may encounter stretch from the RB shaking you off from a tackle, to one of your own guys tripping or blocking you from murdering the RB. This is the most frustrating part obviously. Just really keep an eye on where the ball is being handed off and hold down RT for stamina. Once you lock in on him, and then when your close, hold in X and jam him with the hit-stick to get him down. This is the method that really solidified it for me and got him on his ass; hopefully it'll work for you too. Once you have this drill down, the rest is relatively easy.
Earn gold in all these drills and receive...
- You’re but the Learner
First drill completed!
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- Gold Digger
First gold medal in a drill
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- Now I am the Master
Completed all of the drills
- End of the Rainbow
Earned a gold medal in every drill
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ROAD TO GLORY
Once again NCAA Football brings us some RTG achievements; all but one are the same from previous versions.
First off, if you read the tips section of this walkthrough, you should have made a gameface [via the link mentioned in this section] to upload onto your game. Go to create a new player in the RTG menu and it will ask if you want to upload your gameface you made; say yes, and this will pop.
- Face Off
Import your GameFace
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Personally, I made a QB because I feel it's the easiest way to become a 5-star, beyond making a LB and turning offsides off. Once you've made your guy, start your Road to Glory season and skip the High School regular season up until the last week of it to give yourself 5 total games to get stars. I had simmed to the playoffs and by the end was only a 4 star, so I'm guessing they made it harder to increase your star rank. After you play the 5 games (1 regular season and all playoffs), you'll get these...
- High School Champ
Play and win the High School Championship Game in any state.
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- Future Star
Become a 5-star prospect in Road to Glory Mode.
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Now pick a college where you will be a 2nd string or worse (if you really want to earn your stripes that is) and get enough points in a practice to earn the right to battle for the next string in next weeks practice. Win that position battle the next week and get...
- Take What's Mine
Win a position battle in Road To Glory Mode.
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Now if you chose a school where you started as a second string and won the position battle, you're now a starter and you'll get...
- Put Your Helmet On
Become a starter in Road to Glory Mode.
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In 2014 they added 3 more coach trust levels I believe, so to get max coach trust takes a bit more. However, do well in practice and get all 1,000 points, and then play a game and get 1,000; you'll go up 2 trust levels a week, which I don't believe you could do in 2013 or any other NCAA Football game that has had coach trust, so this will make the process go faster. Reach the pinnacle of all trust and you shall receive...
- Earn My Trust
Reach the max coach trust in Road to Glory Mode.
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DYNASTY 1
Pretty much the same story as previous versions.
First make a new coach and make his alma mater newbie school Old Dominion (you'll see why).
Now pick Old Dominion as your school and you will get...
- Dream Job
Become the head coach of your alma mater in Dynasty (Coach Contracts on).
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Make a custom schedule and put some good teams on there to get your schedule in an A to B range and make sure your dynasty is set to freshman, and one minute quarters in the House Rules section. Now play these games, go undefeated, win the national title and you'll get...
- Welcome to the Club
Win the National Championship in year 1 of Dynasty with S. Alabama, Georgia State, or Old Dominion.
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- Hometown Hero
Lead your alma mater to a National Championship as a head coach in Dynasty (Coach Contracts on).
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Once you sim to either the off-season or next season, after going undefeated and winning the title and such, you should net this. If not, you can get it in the next dynasty...
- Living Legend
Reach a coach prestige of A+ with a created coach in Dynasty (Coach Contracts on).
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DYNASTY 2
Now make a new dynasty and a new coach and pick a team like Oklahoma, Alabama, or my personal favorite, Ohio State; any school that'll net you recruits basically. Personally I'd pick Ohio State (no bias intended) just because Braxton Miller seems to be a great pick to win the Heisman in this game, most of the time by simming through games. Texas A&M might not be a bad choice either. Make sure that for the coaching you set your level to 20, which I believe is the highest default you can set it to, and make the experience set the fastest so you get XP points quickly. Also, turn off autosave, manual saves will come in handy.
Sim through the season; you'll most likely go undefeated if you picked Ohio State or Alabama. Odds are since you simmed the recruiting also, you probably netted this on the way...
- One to Remember
Schedule a visit with only complimentary players
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If you didn't, this achievement is where you have to schedule a visit with only complimentary players, for example a Guard and a Tackle, or I believe a QB and WR would work too. I got this through simming so you probably will too.
Also through simming you'll probably get these two as well...
- Last Place Winner
Schedule a prospects fifth and final visit
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- Perfect Match
By the time the prospect visits, have an A+ grade in all of their interests
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If not again, Last Place Winner requires you to be a recruits fifth and final visit, so if you don't get it through simming, in the next season, just follow your recruits and one of them is bound to end up with four visits and you can schedule to be their fifth and final one and you'll get this.
The Perfect Match achievement requires you to have all A+ in the recruits 3 main interests by the time they visit you. If you get a recruit that has "proximity to home" as one of these and they are in the state your school is in (Ohio in my case), then you'll have an A+ there already. A 6-star school and an A+ coach prestige will help you if they have those as their interests. If you can't get this through simming like I did, then work to get one recruit at all A+ and then schedule him to visit. Once he does you'll net that achievement too.
Now with simming, and hopefully being undefeated, and heading into bowl season at this point, you will have enough coach points (may take another season) to max out the Game Management head coaching skill tree to get these...
- Halfway There
Complete Tier 1 and Tier 2 of a Head Coach Skill tree
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- Pop the Clutch
Unlock all levels of the Clutch skill
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- Go Outside
Max out either Recruiting or Game Management skill tree
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By this point, hopefully Braxton Miller, if you picked Ohio State, won you the Heisman and you'll net this if you haven't by now...
- And the Winner Is…
Win the Heisman Memorial Trophy® in single team Dynasty, Road to Glory, or Heisman Challenge Mode.
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Hopefully the game, by this point after you play the title game and go into the off season, did its job recruiting and you are at, or are really near to, the top of the recruiting classes. Sim to the recruiting phase of the off season. If a player you are after has a lock (this means he locked you out of his recruiting battles) by his name and you are within, or somewhere around, 2,000 points of the next team ahead of you, you can press A and have the option to unlock him. Do this and get...
- Thief
Break a locked prospect
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If you don't have one you can unlock, sim another season and eventually you'll have one.
Now, if you won the national title and have the number 1 recruiting class, sim past Signing Day in the offseason, you'll get...
- Best Class Ever
Have the #1 ranked recruiting class in a season in single team Dynasty Mode.
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- Dual Threat Coach
Win the BCS Championship & have the #1 recruiting class in a single season as head coach in Dynasty.
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Now sim another season and win the title again to be sure. It should give you an option to extend your contract; do so and get...
- Let's Do It Again
As a head coach in Dynasty, sign an extension to stay at the same school (Coach Contracts on).
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NCAA ULTIMATE TEAM
This is a new feature where you can obtain cards of players from all teams. Your goal is to assemble the best team possible in order to beat computer opponent challenges and other people through a head-to-head season online.
Firstly, opening your first pack they give you for free and assembling a team will get you this...
- Way Too Easy
Build an NCAA Ultimate Team.
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In this mode you earn coins by winning games against other people and in most of the computer challenges. Find a player you want or that is good and cheap enough in the auction tab of this. When you have enough coins and the buyout price of this player is to your liking, buyout the player and get...
- Who's the Big Winner?
Win an auction for an NCAA Ultimate Team Item.
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You don't have to bid and wait to get that basically.
I would suggest maybe buying out a player in one of the Bronze Collections to start working on those. I did the Bronze WR collection because all the players needed people who were selling for relatively lower prices. Buy all the players in the collection, send the cards to pending collections, then go to the collection and add them in. This will pop once you complete the collection...
- Hoarder
Complete an NCAA Ultimate Team Collection.
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If you have played a season game versus an actual person already, and managed to win one, you will get...
- Start the Journey
Win an NCAA Ultimate Team Seasons game.
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Play 20 complete games without quitting out against both computer and real people opponents and net this...
- NCAA Ultimate Team Fanatic
Complete 20 NCAA Ultimate Team Games.
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As you win and buy more players through packs or auctions, your skill rating for your team will go up. Once it reaches 85 you'll get...
- This One Is Hard 3.0
Build an NCAA Ultimate Team with a skill rating of at least 85.
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Five wins against a human opponent will net you a playoff berth and 8 will get you a first round bye. This has been said to be boostable during late night hours to get to this, but if you do it legitimately and win the championship in ultimate team you'll get...
- Top of the Class
Win an NCAA Ultimate Team championship.
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MISCELLANEOUS
There are two achievements you can get along the way that are easy and separate from all of these other categories.
One is the recurring writing of a comment on a Dynasty Wire Story. Basically, join an online dynasty that isn't private and is in the offseason. Write on a Dynasty Wire story and then retire from it so you don't have to stay in the online dynasty if you don't want to. You'll net this...
- My Two Cents
In Online Dynasty, write a comment on a Dynasty Wire story.
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Now this is where the Kinect comes into play. Have the Kinect hooked up and when you select a play, press X for the audible menu then say what play you want, such as quick pass or run, instead of selecting it on the controller. Once you do, this will pop...
- Change Your Mind
Call an audible via Kinect
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Congratulations! You are now done with NCAA Football 2014. Bask in the glory of your new completion and 1000G. Well earned. Keep achieving ladies and gents. Flydog out.
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