🧵 Bug Report: Playoff Semifinal Advance = Game Freeze (Every Time)

Platform: EA Sports College Football 26

Mode: Dynasty

Issue: Game freezes 100% of the time when advancing to the Playoff Semifinals. Requires closing and restarting the app to proceed.

❄️ Repro Steps:

1. Finish the conference championship week

2. Advance to the playoff semifinals

3. Game hard-freezes on loading screen or scheduler

4. Must force-close the game (PS5/Xbox)

5. After reboot, the advance does work — but freeze happens every season

🧩 Additional Details:

Verified across multiple users and dynasties

Affects offline and online dynasties

No crash error message appears — the game just locks

Workaround = close app > reopen > re-enter Dynasty

📎 Potential Cause:

Could be tied to Playoff Bracket rendering, scheduler bug, or bowl game assignment logic in transition week

🎮 Platform Affected: ✅ Xbox Series X ✅ PS5

🔥 Community Reports:

This is becoming one of the most frequent Dynasty bugs being shared on forums:

Reddit: Freezes at Playoff Semis

OS Forums: Dynasty Semi-Final Crash

> “My game freezes every single year when I try to advance to the playoff semifinals… Have to quit and reload every time.”

“It’s consistent. Doesn't happen in regular season, only then.”

✅ Recommended Fix Ideas:

Patch playoff transition week logic Freezes only occur during playoff seeding week

Add save buffer before bracket render So users don’t lose progress if hard crash

Optional: Force background sim on semis To bypass graphical bracket issues

🚨 Impact: High severity for Dynasty players

Guaranteed freeze = immersion and flow breaker

Happens every season, not just isolated to one year or one team.

📣 @EASPORTSCollege — this is one of the biggest repeat offenders in long-term Dynasty. Please prioritize for patch #1 or hotfix.

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