re: NCAA '14 defensive gameplay

I've had great success running a simple Cover 2 Man for the majority of games. I tend to play basic, conservative defense that forces you to go underneath.

I've always found defense on NCAA more difficult to play than offense, so my goal on defense is to

1 - Not give up the big play

2 - Very rarely blitz (and when I do, it's long yardage situations where even if I get burned, I likely won't give up the first down)

3- By playing conservatively and forcing everything underneath and short, I cause the offense to have to run more plays, drop back more times and in my mind, they eventually will make a mistake. A guy can make 6 perfect throws and have 5 good running plays, but on that 12th play, if he throws an INT, those good plays won't matter.

Most people want to be flashy, go for the long ball, make the homerun play. By forcing them to take short yardage passes and runs all game, they eventually get bored and try the long ball or do something uncharacteristic to force something. That's when I capitalize.

I am by no means an expert at this game but this strategy has worked for me thus far.

ETA: I basically employ a defensive style that doesn't try to force mistakes, but rather hold you in check until you get frustrated and botch up a play action, an option play or a deep ball...essentially waiting for YOU to MAKE the mistake for me.