[Professor S]

Thanks for the effort, but it was a little too late. I ended up making it through two rounds, but I lost in the semi-finals. Not too shabby for an old head gamer who never played Madden 08 before.

The structure was 2 minute quarters because of time constraints, so my strategy was to put together long drives that would take up nearly an entire half of play. It worked out pretty well, too, as I won the first game 7-0 and second 22-0. I lost the semi's 32-11.

In the last game, I was more a victim of chance. I lost two fumbles on running plays and my opponent made some miraculous catches in double and triple coverage. All in all, the better player won, but the score was more lop-sided than it should have been.

I was happy with my showing.