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NCAA Football 2003 (GameCube)

The College Game: Feel all the pageantry with over 200 fight songs, 3D cheerleaders, and 117 Division I-A schools. My Favorite Team: Personalize the game interface based on your team's fight song, mascot, logos, and school colors. Build A Dynasty: Create your own school and schedule, recruit star athletes, and redshirt developing players to build a national powerhouse. Rivalry Mode: Beat your school's archrival and win one of 23 coveted trophies. Trophy Room: Display up to 59 total trophies including conference championships and individual player awards. [EA Sports]

EA Sports
Sports
Players: 4
E (Everyone)
Developer: Tiburon
Released July 23, 2002

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

91 / 100

Critic Reviews

100	GamePro The three versions of NCAA are virtually identical... The GameCube version doesn’t control quite as comfortably, but that’s mainly because the controller layout isn’t as suitable for sports games.
100	Maxim Online The sleaziness of recruiting players to build a powerhouse program is almost worth the price of admission alone, but it’s a damn shame that you can’t bribe them when push comes to shove.
95	Armchair Empire From the tip of the shiny helmets to the grass-wedged cleats, NCAA Football 2003 is a marvel to behold.
94	Gamers' Temple If you're a college football fan, you can't go wrong with this game - you'll love it.
93	GameZone I’ve seen NCAA Football 2003 on both the Xbox and Gamecube, and I must say the Gamecube version looks better.
91	netjak While the exhibition games are fairly bland, the season mode as well as the create-a-team mode just jaks this game into stardom.
90	Yahoo! Games The look and sound of the game is tremendous. There is a real sensation of taking part in something real here, an excitement that somehow isn't present when dealing with the professional franchises in the Madden series.
89	IGN Forget about best college games, NCAA Football 2003 is the best football game out there for serious football videogamers... Challenging and satisfying.
88	GameSpot Undeniably a great college football game.
84	Nintendo Power The game play is as solid as Madden. [Aug 2002, p.145]
80	Play Magazine The play by play when applicable (while still a bit parrot-like) is seamless, the player models are so real you can smell the BO, and the replays so comprehensive you'll be picking the grass out of your teeth. [Aug 2002, p.69]