What's New in Collegio Football 2006

This version of Collegio Football covers the 2005-2006 NCAA College Football season and contains hundreds of enhancements, expansions and refinements, all of which are meant to make your experience using the program even more informative and enjoyable.

New Conference, Team, and Player Details

·         New I-A teams:  Florida Atlantic and Florida International...both with complete historic data

·         New conference alignments...16 teams playing in new conferences this season

·         New conference divisional setups for the ACC and CUSA

·         New Alma Mater and graduation year details for over 1,100 assistant coaches (as well as all 119 head coaches)

·         Newly expanded Futures Schedules screen now shows 10 years of future schedules (a 66% increase), with a 92% increase in the number of future games listed

·         Newly enlarged Historic Winning Percentages trend graph on the “History” tab of Team Properties screen to better show and select individual years

·         Newly enlarged “Schedule & Results” tab of the Team Properties screen now can show up to 14 games without scrolling

·         Newly enlarged Conference Composite Schedule screen now shows all teams without the need for horizontal scrolling

·         New “Game Name” descriptive text (including rivalry and/or game trophy names; e.g., “The Apple Cup”) added both in tooltip form on the “Schedule and Results” tab of the Team Properties screen as well as in on-screen textual form on the Head-to-Head Matchup screen

·         New Opponent's Schedule on the “Schedule and Results” tab of the Team Properties screen...click on an opponent an quickly see its schedule

·         Newly expanded Alumni Current I-A Coaches screen shows all alumni of a given school who are coaching at the NCAA I-A level, both head coaches and now assistants (new)

·         New full display of contact info for Presidents and Football Media Relations Contact (previously just names only) on the “Contacts and Radio” tab of the Team Properties screen

·         New Admissions Director contact info (name, address, phone, and fax) on the “School Info” tab of the Team Properties screen

·         Newly added Alma Mater lyrics for 9 schools

New Digital Broadcast Technology Coverage

·         Newly expanded HDTV coverage listings, including broadcast format (1080i, 720p, etc.) in tooltip

·         New Satellite Radio coverage listings for Sirius (tm) and XM (tm), shown on four different screens:

·         Team Properties screen (“Schedule and Results” tab)

·         Head-to-Head Matchup screen

·         This Week’s Games screen

·         TV and Radio Listings screen

New Web/Internet Features

·         New choices for game-site weather forecast WebLinks:

·         Netscape (tm)

·         Yahoo! (tm)

·         New academic reference WebLinks to the College Board (tm) and ACT (tm)

·         New College Football Hall of Fame WebLinks allow you to double-click on a Hall of Fame member and jump to the Hall’s website for more member details, a photo, and a bio

New Historical Data

·         New award listings:

·         Broyles Award

·         Disney Award

·         Ford Award  New in 2005!

·         Manning Award  New in 2005!

·         Stagg Award

·         Wuerffel Trophy  New in 2005!

·         New Media Contact info and tools for Awards screen, including e-mail, phone dialing, vCard export, and mailing address copying tools

·         New TV share data for 2002, 2003, and 2004 bowl games

·         New College Football Hall of Fame member “familiar” first names (e.g., “Bob” Devaney)

·         Newly expanded College Football Hall of Fame player nicknames listings

User Interface Improvements

·         Newly expanded screen sizes take advantage if today’s larger monitors to bring you more data and less scrolling

·         Newly enlarged Tabs on the Team Properties screens (with bolder font) for quicker identification and selection

·         New Smart Double-Click option (registration required) for main screen with 4 double-click behavior options from which to choose (see Tools / Options... / Display)

·         Newly updated logos for 6 conferences, 5 teams and 8 bowls

·         Newly improved printing on several screens, including auto conversion to Landscape mode

·         New toggle of Open Date placeholders for the “Future Schedules” tab of the Team Properties screen (see Tools / Options... / Display)

And Much More...

Be sure to explore all the nooks and crannies of Collegio Football 2006 firsthand to witness hundreds of other new enhancements, expansions and refinements.

Send Us Your Feedback

As always, we value your feedback on Collegio Football, so be sure to let us know what you think of the new version as well as what new features and data we should be working on for future versions.  E-Mail us your feedback.

Thanks, and enjoy the 2005-2006 season with Collegio Football 2006 as your guide!

-Collegio Football Development Team