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A sickos’ guide to your next CF27 Syracuse Orange dynasty
Nov 26, 2022; Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA; The logo of the Syracuse Orange is seen on a helmet during the second half of their game against the Boston College Eagles at Alumni Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-Imagn Images
College Football 27 is officially out, giving Syracuse Orange fans as well as the rest of the college football world the chance to play with their hometown team (or even mascots ), build their program into a powerhouse, and so much more.
Notably, the third edition of the college football video game includes plenty of big chances to arguably its most popular mode: dynasty. Among the additions , there’s now NIL implemented in both recruiting and the transfer portal, points to allocate to staff and facilities, and athletic director expectations to meet. Compared to either CF25 or CF26, CF27 is just a completely different experience.
So, say you’re booting up a new Syracuse Orange dynasty and want to bring the ‘Cuse to the top of the college football world. What do you need to know heading into your new job? Here’s a full breakdown of all things to know with dynasty mode and the Orange.
For starters, picking the Syracuse job is actually, on paper, one of the easier ones. Here’s why.
Looking at all schools, there are two scales to take note of: Job Difficulty and School Demeanor.
Every option available pretty much falls into one of four categories for difficulty: low, medium, high, and very high. You’ll take the Syracuse job with medium job difficulty. As for school demeanor, the tiers are patient, balanced, reactionary, and impatient. Syracuse is a patient school, according to CF27.
For context, here’s a look at where all the ACC teams compare to Syracuse in these two groups:
Boston College: patient, medium
California: patient, low
Clemson: impatient, high
Duke: patient, medium
Florida State: impatient, very high
Georgia Tech: patient, low
Louisville: balanced, high
Miami (FL): reactionary, very high
NC State: impatient, very high
North Carolina: reactionary, very high
Pittsburgh: patient, low
SMU: impatient, very high
Stanford: patient, medium
Syracuse: patient, medium
Virginia: patient, medium
Virginia Tech: balanced, high
Wake Forest: patient, high
Compared to Syracuse, schools in the game like Miami and Clemson will have more resources to work with but higher expectations and less wiggle room to meet them. For the Orange, there’s more time to get settled and build a foundation versus those programs.
One other notable category you’ll see in the opening menu for picking Syracuse is “Available Dynasty Points.” Think of those like your budget. It can be used to upgrade facilities, retain players via NIL, add players with NIL, or pay for your new coordinator.
Syracuse’s budget will open in the middle of the pack compared to the rest of the teams in the game, with 2,760 dynasty points to spend out of the gate and a max of 4,825 you can get to.
Out of the gate, your available dynasty points are actually one of the better marks among all teams available (36th out of 138 programs). Your eventual maximum available budget can get to 42nd-best.
Ways to improve your budget include improving your team grades and meeting those AD expectations/contract goals.
When you take the Syracuse gig, here is where there’s room to add more resources into the fold:
Conference prestige: 1,625 out of 2,000
Brand Exposure: 1,700 out of 6,000
Stadium Atmosphere: 750 out of 2,000
Program Tradition: 750 out of 2,500
Misc
Contract Goals
Your opening dynasty budget/blueprint for the Orange will look like this (writer’s note: the suggested percentage is what is recommended by the game itself):
57% unspent
19% roster NIL (suggested 30%)
0% recruit NIL (suggested 25%)
14% facilities (suggested 10%)
9% staff (suggested 15%)
You’ll also begin your Syracuse dynasty with three-star prestige. Other ACC schools in three-star status include Virginia, Louisville, SMU, Pittsburgh, and California. Non-ACC programs in this group include Arkansas, Houston, Oklahoma State, and Mississippi State.
School grades are also back in dynasty. Syracuse opens with the following grades in each of the eight categories:
Academic Prestige: B-
Brand Exposure: B-
Championship Contender: C-
Coach Stability: B-
Athletic Facilities: B+
Campus Lifestyle: C
Coach Prestige: C
Conference Prestige: A
The biggest challenge will come at the beginning of your dynasty because Syracuse’s roster ratings are mostly in the 70s.
The Orange’s best players in the game are both at cornerback: Chris Peal (90) and Demetres Samuel Jr. (87). Only five other players are an 80 overall or higher: HB Ahmad Miller (82), WR Cole Weaver (81), QB Steve Angeli (81), LEDG Tunmise Adeleye (81), and MIKE Antoine Deslauriers (80).
That will matter most due to trying to hit those aforementioned expectations from your AD, especially in year one.
Your dynasty will begin with three AD expectations. They can range from end-of-season results, what happens on the field, recruiting success, and so on. Here are a few examples you could get for your Syracuse dynasty:
Win a bowl game in the next five seasons
Average at least 27 points per game this season
Make the College Football Playoff this season
Beat Boston College
Maintain elite facilities for the next five seasons
Have at least 400 yards in any one game
Be ranked in the top 15 at some poin t
Looking at the above list, AD goals in bold are ones where there are more stakes with your job security. For example, beating Boston College definitely keeps you in the green, but losing to them in your first year can already have your seat feeling a little bit warm. There are also other goals, which are underlined above, that are more long-term and require constant monitoring.
One last logistical point to mention is recruiting.
The usual recruiting, along with school pipelines, is back. Similar to the real world, Syracuse’s recruiting success has mainly c...
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