For many, college is about pensive study, thought-provoking discussion, the comfort of a peer group and acceptance of ideas. For everyone else, it's about football and beer.

If you fit into the latter category, and play videogames, you've probably purchased a copy of EA's excellent NCAA 2004. This year's edition is even better than last year's stellar effort. College Classics have been added to allow avid football fans to relive the biggest moments in college pigskin history. EA Sports Bio has also arrived, adding yet another wrinkle to the single player experience. AI on both sides of the ball has been tightened, and the Dynasty Mode is deep as ever.

The end result is that NCAA 2004 is the toughest, most expansive version yet. There's so much to see and do here Luckily, you've got IGN Guides on the sidelines with you. This is the biggest NCAA guide we've ever done. We've built on previous guides to make this the ultimate resource. The Dynasty and Features sections have been completely reworked, there are new tips on Offense and Defense, the links to Roster-building sites have been updated, and we've dedicated entirely new sections of the guide to the College Classics and Top 25 Teams. In addition, you'll be able to find quick answers to your pressing questions in the Q&A section.

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To ensure your success at the College Classics challenges, start a game, then go to the AI Settings in the Settings menu (from the pause screen). Set all of the CPU's offensive and defensive skills as low as they can go. You can also change any penalties you'd like. We suggest turning off defensive pass intereference if the Classic you're trying to beat involve any sort of pass defense.

To unlock the teams involved in some of the biggest college football games in history, beat College Classic games.

To unlock specific pennants in the game, complete levels of your EA Sports Bio. Here's what each level gets you:

• Level 2: Rose Bowl Pennant (unlocks stadium)
• Level 4: Butter Fingers Pennant (unlocks cheat)
• Level 8: Orange Bowl Pennant (unlocks stadium)
• Level 12: Tostitos Bowl Pennant (unlocks stadium)
• Level 18: 2002 All-American team

A complete list of all 37 unlockable All-Time Teams:

#242 2002 All-Americans	#243 2001 All-Americans	#244 2000 All-Americans	#245 1999 All-Americans
#246 1998 All-Americans	#247 1997 All-Americans	#248 1996 All-Americans	#249 1995 All-Americans
#250 1994 All-Americans	#251 1993 All-Americans	#252 1992 All-Americans	#253 1991 All-Americans
#254 All-Alabama	#255 All-Auburn	#256 All-Clemson	#257 All-Colorado
#258 All-Florida	#259 All-FSU	#260 All-Georgia	#261 All-Iowa
#262 All-LSU	#263 All-Miami	#264 All-Michigan	#265 All-Nebraska
#266 All-North Carolina	#267 All-Notre Dame	#268 All-Ohio State	#269 All-Oklahoma
#270 All-Penn State	#271 All-Pittsburgh	#272 All-Tennesee	#273 All-Texas
#274 All-Texas A&M	#275 All-UCLA	#276 All-USC	#277 All-Virginia Tech
#278 All-Washington

A complete list of all 30 unlockable stadiums:

#212 Alamo Bowl	#213 AXA Liberty Bowl	#214 Capital One Bown	#215 Continental Tire Bowl	#216 Cotton Bowl
#217 Fiesta Bowl	#218 Fort Worth Bowl	#219 Gator Bowl	#220 GMAC Bowl	#221 Hawaii Bowl
#222 Holiday Bowl	#223 Houston Bowl	#224 Humanitarian Bowl	#225 Independence Bowl	#226 Insight Bowl
#227 Las Vegas Bowl	#228 Motor City Bowl	#229 Music City Bowl	#230 New Orleans Bowl	#231 Orange Bowl
#232 Outback Bowl	#233 Peach Bowl	#234 Rose Bowl	#235 San Francisco Bowl	#236 Silicon Valley Classic
#237 Sugar Bowl	#238 Sun Bowl	#239 Tangerine Bowl	#240 EA SPORTS Stadium	#241 Tiburon Stadium

After you score a touchdown, press these button combos to see the specific celebration. (This could result in a penalty).

• R2+X: Throw ball into crowd.
• R2+SQUARE: Dunk over goal post.
• R2+TRIANGLE: Display ball.
• R2+CIRCLE: Kick ball into crowd.
• L2+X: Heisman pose.
• L2+SQUARE: Spike ball.
• L2+TRIANGLE: Bow.
• L2+CIRCLE: Spike ball, then shrug.

Once you create an EA Sports Bio, just leave the system on with the game running, and you will log hours to grow the levels of your EA Sports Bio.

Golden Hat Texas vs. Oklahoma	Governor's Victory Bell Minnesota vs. Penn State	Administaff Bayou Bucket Houston vs. Rice
Apple Cup Washington vs. Washington State	Black Diamond Trophy Vermont vs. West Virginia	Bronze Boot Colorado State vs. Wyoming
Commander-in-Chief's Trophy Army vs. Navy	Commonwealth Cup Virginia vs. Vermont	Cy-Hawk Trophy Iowa vs. Iowa State
Floyd of Rosedale Iowa vs. Minnesota	Golden Boot Arkansas vs. LSU	Golden Egg Trophy Mississippi State vs. Mississippi
Governor's Cup Kansas vs. Kansas State	Illibuck Illini vs. Bucks	Ireland Trophy Boston College vs. Notre Dame
Jeweled Shillelagh Notre Dame vs. USC	Little Brown Jug Michigan vs. Minnesota	Maloof Trophy New Mexico vs. New Mexico State
Marching Drum Kansas vs. Mizzou	Megaphone Michigan State vs. Notre Dame	Missouri-Nebraska Bell Mizzou vs. Nebraska
ODK-Foy Sportsmanship Trophy Alabama vs. Auburn	Old Brass Spittoon Indiana vs, Michican State	Old Oaken Bucket Indiana vs. Purdue
Paul Bunyan Trophy Michigan vs. Michigan State	Paul Bunyan's Axe Minnesota vs. Wisconsin	Peace Pipe Bowling Green vs. Toledo
Purdue Cannon Illini vs. Purdue	Shillelagh Trophy Notre Dame vs. Purdue	Silver Spade New Mexico State vs. UTEP
Stanford Axe Cal vs. Stanford	Sweet Sioux Tomahawk Illini vs. Northwestern	Telephone Trophy ISU vs. Mizzou
Territorial Cup Arizona vs. Arizona State	Textile Bowl Trophy Clemson vs. North Carolina	The Bell Marshall vs. Ohio
Victory Bell UCLA vs. USC	Victory Bell Cincinnati vs. Miami

In the College Classic Mode, make the SMU Vs. BYU game much easier by turning off penalties in the Pause Menu. This way, you can kick very short onside kicks (which are easier to recover) and not get penalized.

It is possible to get five full years of eligibility for any of your players in dynasty mode. Begin by recruiting a player but do not redshirt him during freshman year.

Now before you end the season go to your rosters and use "Formation Subs" to sub the player into as many formations as you will want to use him in the next year.

Advance to the new season after doing all the normal off-season tasks. Go to the "Preseason Options" menu. Redshirt the player that you formation subbed. Exit the menu, set up your schedule and start playing.

The player that you redshirted will be in all the formations that you subbed him into. He will not appear on the depth chart and you will not be able to sub him into any other positions, but you will be able to use him and build up stats. So, when he is done with his redshirt season he will be a RS Sophomore but have played for two years with three more years possible (Sophomore, Junior, and Senior) for a total of five years of eligibility.

If you want an unbeatable defense you should use the dog 2 play in the dime formation. Bring your MLB to the side with no tight end or pick a side if theirs is a tight end. Then just line up and run in on every play the QB will either throw it away of get sacked almost every play.