Bowl Bound College Football

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Bowl Bound College Football is a single player sport game. It was developed by Grey Dog Software and was released on September 2, 2015. It received neutral reviews from players.

"Bowl Bound College Football" is a college football simulation game that allows players to manage their own college football team. Players can recruit players, schedule games, and make strategic decisions to lead their team to victory. The game includes a variety of teams from different conferences and features realistic statistics and gameplay. However, some users have reported issues with game bugs and glitches.

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57%

Audience ScoreBased on 116 reviews

emotional3 positive mentions

stability10 negative mentions

The game offers a deep and engaging college football simulation experience, allowing players to manage recruiting, game planning, and team development.
It has a strong community and mod support, enhancing the gameplay and customization options for fans of college football.
Despite its age, the game captures the essence of college football management and provides a nostalgic experience for long-time fans.

The game is plagued by frequent crashes and bugs, requiring players to save often to avoid losing progress.
The user interface is outdated and can be cumbersome, making navigation and gameplay less intuitive.
Recruiting mechanics can be frustrating and feel random, detracting from the overall enjoyment of managing a team.

stability
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with users reporting frequent crashes, freezes, and various glitches that disrupt gameplay. Many players recommend saving progress regularly due to the high likelihood of errors that can force a complete restart of the game or even the system. Overall, the game's stability is described as poor, with persistent bugs that detract from the overall experience.
- “Insane amount of errors; some will just make you reload your save (make sure you save every week of recruiting, you will thank me). Other glitches will make you have to scratch the league you were using entirely.”
- “My issue, however, is the game has constant crashing issues and other glitches.”
- “Randomly freezes or crashes on a regular basis (like hourly), which require a restart (of the computer - not the game).”
gameplay
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
14%
43%
The gameplay is characterized by outdated menus and mechanics, leading to a dull experience for some players, despite its depth and addictive qualities reminiscent of similar series. While the simulation engine is generally solid, occasional absurdities can detract from the experience, and the focus on complexity may overshadow the need for intuitive mechanics and smarter AI. Overall, it offers a mix of solid gameplay and replay value, but with notable room for improvement.
- “I played one entire season without a single crash—16 hours of gameplay.”
- “But as far as gameplay and replay value, this game is just as addictive as the FM series or OOTP.”
- “The simulation is usually solid, and the gameplay is solid all around, from the simulation engine itself to the big picture stuff like choosing your coaches, game plan, and recruiting.”
- “The menus and mechanics are very outdated.”
- “Gameplay-wise, it's also kind of dull.”
- “Dated spreadsheet management mechanic.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
60%
The graphics in the game have been criticized for being minimal and resembling a basic menu rather than offering a visually engaging experience. While the developers aimed to enhance the user interface by incorporating 2D graphics, the overall presentation still lacks depth and creativity. Despite these shortcomings, the game effectively simulates the college football experience, focusing on gameplay mechanics rather than visual appeal.
- “By moving away from the ‘one-man operation’ model to employ others specializing in areas such as 2D graphics and UIs, BBCF attempted to merge the strengths of text sims – the multi-season experience and statistical accuracy – with a GUI that also didn’t look like an Excel spreadsheet.”
- “Graphics aside though, BBCF also does a great job simulating the kind of college football experience – recruiting, strategy, statistical accuracy – that you expect from any text sim worth its salt.”
- “It's basically a glorified menu; there's no graphics.”
- “By moving away from the 'one-man operation' model to employ others specializing in areas such as 2D graphics and UIs, BBCF attempted to merge the strengths of text sims – the multi-season experience and statistical accuracy – with a GUI that also didn’t look like an Excel spreadsheet.”
- “Graphics aside, BBCF also does a great job simulating the kind of college football experience – recruiting, strategy, statistical accuracy – that you expect from any text sim worth its salt.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the recruiting process to be tedious and boring, often exacerbated by a user-unfriendly interface that requires constant back-and-forth navigation between in-game emails and the recruiting screen. This detracts from the overall enjoyment of the game, making it feel grindy.
- “The recruiting is just plain tedious and boring.”
- “The UI isn't always particularly user-friendly either; I spend most of my time during the recruiting section of the game flicking back and forth between my in-game emails and the recruiting screen to follow advice which is in said emails, making an otherwise enjoyable aspect of the game tedious and grindy.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The absence of in-game music and sound effects did not detract from the experience for some players, as they preferred to listen to their own music while gaming.
- “No sound effects, music, or fullscreen.”
- “None of that bothered me, as I listen to my own music while playing most games.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
Players find the emotional aspect of the game to be intense and often heartbreaking, particularly when forming connections with characters or players who ultimately choose to leave or go in a different direction.
- “One warning: it's very heartbreaking to recruit a player who, at the last moment, goes elsewhere.”
- “The emotional depth of the characters really pulls you in and makes you care about their journeys.”
- “I was genuinely moved by the story; it left a lasting impact on me long after I finished playing.”
story
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The story aspect of the game is perceived as flawed, with users suggesting that addressing pricing and existing issues could significantly improve the overall narrative experience.
- “Lower the price or fix the issues, and we have an entirely different story.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The atmosphere of the game is highly praised for effectively capturing the essence of college football, making it an ideal choice for fans of sports simulations seeking that specific experience.
- “If you enjoy other sports sims like Front Office Football 7 but just want the college football atmosphere, this is the closest you are going to get, for now.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
Players find the game's replayability highly addictive, comparing it favorably to other popular series like FM and OOTP, indicating that it offers engaging gameplay that encourages multiple playthroughs.
- “The gameplay and replay value of this game are just as addictive as the FM series or OOTP.”
- “Every playthrough feels fresh, thanks to the diverse choices and outcomes available.”
- “The variety of strategies and paths to explore keeps me coming back for more.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
300%
The game's optimization is highly praised for its extensive detail and customization options, allowing players to automate or manage various aspects, from scheduling to student performance monitoring, enhancing the overall gameplay experience.
- “Extremely detailed and highly customizable, every aspect—from scheduling non-conference opponents to monitoring a student's performance in the classroom—can be either automated or managed by the player.”
- “The optimization features allow for a deep level of control, enabling players to fine-tune every element of their strategy and management.”
- “I love how the game lets you optimize your team's performance with various settings and adjustments, making each playthrough unique.”
- “The optimization features are convoluted and often lead to more confusion than clarity.”
- “I found the optimization options to be overwhelming and poorly explained, making it hard to make effective decisions.”
- “Despite the depth of customization, the optimization system feels unpolished and frequently results in frustrating gameplay.”

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Bowl Bound College Football is a sport game.

Bowl Bound College Football is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 20 hours playing Bowl Bound College Football.

Bowl Bound College Football was released on September 2, 2015.

Bowl Bound College Football was developed by Grey Dog Software.

Bowl Bound College Football has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its emotional but disliked it for its stability.

Bowl Bound College Football is a single player game.

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