NCAA Football 12
39 Achievements
1,000
12-15h
Cool Off The Hot Seat
Escape the hot seat (less than 30% security) to keep your job for next Season (Coach Contracts on)
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How to unlock the Cool Off The Hot Seat achievement in NCAA Football 12 - Definitive Guide
Step 1: pick Texas
EDIT: Step 1A: It appears to make a difference after all, so go ahead and turn difficulty to "Heisman" with 15 minute quarters.
Step 2: The 2nd option on the menu is "Redshirt players". Select this.
Step 3: Redshirt EVERYONE that you can. This ensures that your team is terrible.
Step 4: Advance to season
Step 5: Advance week; select the last week possible (Conference Championship)
Step 6: Read a book. Or watch a movie. Or take a long walk. Seriously, the simming in this game is painfully slow.
Step 7: You most likely only won 2 games. Choose advance week one more time and advance to End of Season.
*Achievement Unlocked*
The preceeding steps were exactly what I did and I popped the achievement on the first try. I had seen a suggestion to nerf the starters, but it is MUCH quicker to redshirt them. If anyone has any problems or improvements, feel free to leave a comment.
Change the dynamics of the conference.
I followed the steps that mattcrossUNC outlined, but I was still beating teams like Kansas, Baylor, Kansas State, even Oklahoma State. So I decided to up the ante.
When I first set up the Dynasty, I customized the conference and placed the top 5 teams (Oklahoma, Stanford, LSU, Oregon, Alabama) in the same division as Texas, and replaced some of the other teams with better ones to create a stronger second division (Boise State, Florida State, Ohio State, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M). This gave Texas a beastly schedule. Then I redshirted all the players and simmed through the season. I finished 1-11. Yay!
Just as an FYI: I checked the job security rating throughout the season, and it never fell below about 47%. It wasn't until after the end of the season that the screen came up showing 23% security. I wasn't fired, and while on that screen the achievement popped. Yay again!
Start off by choosing Texas and become the head coach. Go to roster and edit everyone over 80 overall. Lower the first 5 options to 0 and then save. Continue that until all players over 80 overall change to 40 overall. Now go to your depth chart and make everyone that is now 40 overall a starting position. If you get to a position with no one that is 40 overall, just skip that position. It shouldn't matter if some positions have decent overall players. The positions that are most important to have starters at 40 overall are QB, HB, and WR. Now simulate to the start of the season. After that, simulate to conference championship week. You will most likely be 0-12 at the end of the conference championship week. You will not qualify for any bowls, so just simulate to the end of the season. The trophy will unlock after the season ends.
Credit to Dangles for this.
Start a new dynasty and choose a mediocre team. Schedule as many of the top ranked teams. Sim through to the end of the season and you should have a losing record and have less than 30% security. Play through the off season and you should be able to keep your job.
An alternate method is to start off by choosing Texas and become the head coach. Go to roster and edit everyone over 80 overall. Lower the first 5 options to 0 and then save. Continue that until all players over 80 overall change to 40 overall. Now go to your depth chart and make everyone that is now 40 overall a starting position. If you get to a position with no one that is 40 overall, just skip that position. It shouldn't matter if some positions have decent overall players. The positions that are most important to have starters at 40 overall are QB, HB, and WR. Now simulate to the start of the season. After that simulate to conference championship week. You most likely will be 0-12 at the end of the conference championship week. You will not qualify for any bowls, so just simulate to the end of the season. The achievement will unlock after the season ends.