By Doug Radcliffe
Design by James Cheung

Great players rise to the occasion in big games. EA Sports’ NCAA Football 06 puts increased emphasis on the great players. The new impact player feature focuses on each team’s most important offensive, defensive, and special team players. These standouts are some of the best at their position and can get "in the zone" and single-handedly take over a game.

In Race for the Heisman, you begin as a graduating high school hopeful in summer camp drills hoping to impress college scouts. Hopefully, you’ll end as one of the greats destined to win the highest individual award in college football, the Heisman trophy.

This GameSpot NCAA Football 06 game guide compiles team stats, tips for Race for the Heisman mode, and strategies to improve your offensive and defensive gameplans. This game guide features:

• Team Stats: Compiled statistics for all I-A and II-A schools, historic teams, and toughest places to play.
• The Top 25: Analysis of the top 25 teams in NCAA Football 06, including stats, impact players, and tips.
• Race for the Heisman: This section includes specific tips for the new Race for the Heisman mode, including tactics for scoring high at the summer camp drills!
• Offensive Gameplan: Improve your passing, running, and option game with these strategies. Features tips on impact players, exploiting match-ups, reading defenses, and stats for the best offensive players in the game.
• Defensive Gameplan: Stuff the opposition with these defensive tips, including containing the big plays, formations, shifts, audibles, and stats for the best defensive players in the game.
• Online Tips: This section provides tips specific to online NCAA Football 06 play.
• Codes: Unlock hidden teams and cheats with these pennant codes.

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