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I write Extra Points, a newsletter about business, policy and off-the-field stories in college sports. I do not make the college football video game.
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Friends, have you noticed a bug in EA Sports CFB25? Think a uniform or stadium wasn't rendered properly?
Don't tweet or DM me! Fill out this form instead, and I can pass this info along.
I can share repeat bug/mistake reports with EA folks
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You fools! You invited a Pac-12 team to play football after midnight!!!!
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Senator,,,,I'm afraid I have some terrible news
Athletes who are on scholarships shouldn’t be considered employees.
That would mean if you drop a pass or miss a free-throw you could be fired and lose your scholarship.
That’s bad for college athletics.
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Me, when I schedule Alabama in week two of my Sam Houston State Dynasty
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Are you a casual football fan just tuning in for the Super Bowl?
Do you love low scoring contests? Games between Californians and the Midwest? Questionable officiating? PUNTS?!?
Good news! The fun doesn't have to end now! Let me introduce you to something called
The Big Ten
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USC and Washington have no idea what kind of conference they're joining
Cow-milking celebration?????
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quick note in case anybody was wondering: this feature is NOT in the new college football video game
THERE IS A GUN THAT USES CRUSHED SKULLS AS AMMO WHAT THE FUCK DUDE
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YOU'RE OUT HERE QUESTIONING OUR TOUGHNESS? WHEN WE'RE OUT HERE FACING MARYLAND, THE ALMA MATER OF JEFF KINNEY, AUTHOR OF THE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID?!? WHO IS THE WIMPY KID NOW, HUH? NOT THIS FOOTBALL TEAM
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and somewhere, Nick Castellanos steps into the batters box
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When you realize nobody else is going to accept your PragerU course credits
When you learn the word "homosexuality" didn't appear in any Bible translations until after World War II
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Hell yeah it's awesome to be the generation that gets pandered to now
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I still can't believe Maryland canceled class, actually got students to go to a football game, and then got blasted 59-0
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Some personal news,,,today is my first day at my new job, GM for the Atlanta Falcons!!! It's going to be a learning process but I hope I do a good job,
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UCLA to Rutgers, btw, is almost the same distance as Rutgers to Reykjanesbær, Iceland.
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Joe Biden should make it illegal for SaaS companies or real estate concerns or made up financial service companies to sponsor bowl games. Every game deserves something like this.
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My QB in EA CFB25 when my first read isn't open and I'm too stupid to look for anybody else
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How does Calvin Ridley's gambling suspension impact YOUR fantasy team, presented by DraftKings! But first, a word from Coinbase:
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every too early top 25:
1) bama
2-20) the same teams that were good last year, slightly rearranged
21-22) bad blue bloods who just made a coaching change and NOW will turn it around
23) 6-6 team that looked good in their bowl
24) a G5, so we can show we're refined
25) Texas
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NEW EXTRA POINTS:
I played EA Sports College Football 25 last week. Here are my first impressions from the game...which is clearly a love letter to college football fans, by college football fans.
The game is a lot of things. And it isn't Madden.
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imagine explaining this to a european
The
@PopTartsBowl
postgame was amazing. They called out the
@DukesMayoBowl
by name, killed a human pop-tart and had the entire crowd chanting "toast that mas-cot!"
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Okay NOW I'm starting to believe in Deion Sanders
NBC is reporting Alabama could soon lose Space Command to Colorado.
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Confession: I came to Florida for an EA sports event about the video game. I played it today, interviewed developers and got loads of info. But I can't share it YET. I promise I will share everything as soon as I am allowed. Stay tuned!!
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TIRED: Dr.Pepper halftime chest pass competition
WIRED: Monster Energy Drink halftime Oklahoma Drill competition
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I don't want to hear a single pundit or administrator talk about preserving the sanctity of college football regular season, the only sport where "every game matters", ever again
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If this game doesn't let us rob an NIL collective what are we even doing
GTA 6 will take place in the entire state of Florida, not just Miami and its surrounding areas.
We’re in for the experience of a lifetime 👀
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well folks, dabo *did* threaten to quit if players started getting paid
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THIS is who Russia is having trouble with right now? I'm sorry. That's an unserious program.
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Nothing matters anymore. Add Washington State.
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When the Lord's Name, Image and Likeness checks bounced
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I don't know about you guys, but this submarine discourse really makes me miss Mike Leach. You KNOW he would have had a good twenty minutes on this.
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The Rose Bowl is famous for the sunsets, but I see ESPN just learned that uh, the Sugar Bowl environment has some unique sights as well
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Lol lemme send some emails
Hey
@EASPORTS
. Was wondering since you used my image in two previous NCAA Football games could yall send me the new game? Just a band guy trying to take UAB through a multi year dynasty.
@EASPORTSCollege
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It is reasonable for people to be upset when a service they previously got for free suddenly costs money, but is also worse
Ohio State fans upset game vs. Purdue will air on Peacock
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Look, just because we ate the Pop Tart mascot doesn't mean we need to eat EVERY mascot
Due to unforeseen circumstances, tonight’s Mascot Night is postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.
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FINE i'll make some phone calls and try to figure out if you can eat the pop-tart mascot in the video game next summer
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My wife just told me not to lose any more weight or "you'll ruin the whole King of Queens vibe of our relationship" and I don't think I've ever been so thoroughly dunked on in my life
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Here's my current College Football Playoff rankings:
1) Notre Dame
2) Mercer
3) Navy
4) North Alabama
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Per multiple sources familiar with the situation, EA is expected to announce tomorrow morning around 10 AM ET that EA Sports College Football will be delayed until 2024. More details to come tomorrow.
Hearing some EA Sports College Football news is coming very soon that i don't think the TL is going to like...
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Yes, you have cross play
and yes, there is an online dynasty...up to 32 teams
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In case you were wondering, here are the three helmets Colorado submitted to EA Sports as potential assets for EA Sports College Football:
They also submitted drone footage and hundreds of other photos of fans, the mountains, and basically every possible angle of the stadium:
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nice try cop
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oh no, this is terrible, nebraska might have to vacate both wins of the scott frost era
Nebraska & Coach Scott Frost under NCAA investigation for improper use of analysts, sources told
@ActionNetworkHQ
. Also, during pandemic, NU held unauthorized off-campus workouts under staff’s direction to avoid detection by school officials, sources said
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Joe Burrow passing touchdowns in the college football playoff: 7
Northwestern passing touchdowns over the entire dang 2019 season: 6
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I'm torn between thinking that putting ACC football games in movie theatres is creative and probably low cost for the league...and thinking that anybody who buys tickets to watch Syracuse/Virginia in a theatre belongs on a federal watch list
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TexAgs: No, that's just the official plane. That's obviously a feint. Y'all gotta track the BOOSTER'S plane, which....clearly shows Putin is on his way to accept the OC job at Liberty.
BREAKING:
Putin’s plane has left Moscow for St. Petersburg.
Looks like he is fleeing from the advancing Wagner Group military column
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This would mean that any organized opposition to the proposed opt-in contract is now pretty much already dead. Over 10K is roughly 90% of eligible athletes already signed
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Just talked to 2 people at EA with direct knowledge, and both said "we have not shared a direct date with anybody" and would not confirm this date.
July is what I've heard is the target. So this could be correct! But I haven't seen it in writing and EA won't confirm it
🚨SOURCES: EA Sports College Football planned to launch on July 12, 2024🚨
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this is the funniest non-denial ever.
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I dunno, is THIS the guy you want to listen to when it comes to clock management?
Make daylight saving time permanent, Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville says.
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The economics of big time college football are so messed up that Indiana...INDIANA...has the money to pay a dude 20 million not to coach, but "Indiana" probably doesn't have the 3ish million needed to pay for a quality enough roster to win 7 games
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Mistakes are going to happen, and it's fine to call attention to things that need fixed, but filling your diapers and yelling THIS ISNT HARD (over something that is, in fact, hard) over an unreleased game is entitled and ridiculous. It's May. Relaaaaaaax
This is a CALL TO ACTION.
Tell
@EASPORTSCollege
they need to fix the Red River Rivalry in the new game.
Missing midfield art
crowds not split 50/50
Team endzones are on the wrong ends
OU is ALWAYS on the tunnel end
Texas is on the other
It's NOT. THAT. HARD.
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It would appear that this Baylor/BYU game is featuring a lot of very frustrated young men who are being prevented from scoring
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If Elon's whole deal is throwing around massive amounts of money just to troll people, just wait until somebody in Texas explains college football to him
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Mike Leach with lousy defense against a spread?
well I never
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Indiana State and Drake should both make the NCAA Tournament based on the critical "cmon" principle imo
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I'D SURE LIKE TO KNOW WHERE OL ORVILLE REDENBACHER IS NOW! YOU KNOW WHO REALLY POPPED UP IN LESS THAN A MINUTE? THIS FOOTBALL TEAM. THEY CAME OUT HOT TODAY
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fast forward to when Elmo is pleading the fifth when asked, under oath, about the whereabouts of Rocco
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Y’all laugh but the next Pac-12 TV deal is gonna be on nickelodeon
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Alaska should be allowed to cheat
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could you imagine if somehow Alabama won that on a walk off safety
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Remember how once upon a time, every college mascot had a sailor hat? That was cool.
But what we really need to bring back are illustrations where every college mascot is carrying of jug of booze.
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I for one am shocked to see a Buffalo having a bad time on the Oregon Trail
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A college basketball tradition unlike any other: early season games against schools that do not sound like real colleges:
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Realignment sucks but USC playing in gray, 28 degree sleet at Purdue, or Spiritually Purdue, multiple times a year is going to be very funny
USC in gross Midwestern weather, soon to be a thing 3-4 times a year.
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Sure, this game is awesome, but just think about how much better this tournament would be if the Horizon League champ didn't get an automatic bid anymore so we could get Iowa or UCF in here instead
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A possible takeaway from the first half of FSU/Clemson
have we considered the possibility that actually, Duke is the best team in the country
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Neck is in the game. I saw the sheet music for it and everything.
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i realize this isn't an original thought or anything, but this particular realignment news cycle is legitimately making me sad.
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I thought I had seen all the Aaron Rodgers jokes until I saw somebody on this website call him Breitbart Starr
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NEW EXTRA POINTS:
We have
@rodger
investigating how Jacksonville State won a dang national title in women's bowling in the first year of their program.
It started with Texas joining the SEC.
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I've been reporting this for like, an entire year. EA has been saying this for almost an entire year. Why are we pretending this is a new revelation just to mine some cheap engagement? It's misleading to readers
BREAKING: EA Sports' new College Football game is still expected to be released this summer,
@PeteNakos_
reports‼️
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Nobody will remember:
- Your salary
- Your fancy title
- How ‘busy’ you were
- How stressed you were
- How many hours you worked
People will remember:
- in 2016, Notre Dame football went 4-8
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I'm not the first person to make this observation, but the fact that Texas A&M now employs two millionaire adult men named Jimbo and Buzz feels...correct, somehow.
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It's been a wild (three?) years constantly writing about the development of this game. Learned a TON. Still feels a little surreal to have it in my hands. And I don't lie to y'all...it feels special to see my name in the credits. A career milestone I won't forget.
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Was working on some CFB25 stuff this morning, and my oldest kid saw a clip of Nebraska's football helmets.
She got all excited and said "wait, Netflix has a football team in this game?!?"
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yall gotta stop believing everything you read on the internet
Non
#CFB25
related news, BUT this message was recently shared with me from an anonymous rep at EA.
Could we see a REVAMPED College Baseball series in the near future? A reskin of fan favorite MVP Baseball makes sense given EA’s timeline. HUGE, if true!
#EASports
@Vol_Baseball
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Can't believe the Supreme Court just ruled that Gregg Berhalter has complete immunity for these crimes
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I've gotten this question a LOT. If it makes you feel better coming from somebody other than me, here's confirmation that Dynasty attendance, and Home Field Advantage, is Dynamic:
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Boy, that looked like the largest collection of Duke fans storming past some barriers since, well...never mind
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shouldn't pitbull be performing at the puppy bowl instead
send tweet
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I know this is not even close to the most important issue at stake right now, but if you care about this sort of thing, the path to a new NCAA video game looks much clearer with a Dem-controlled senate.
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So Russia has this massive recruiting base, unlimited national resources, tons of rich guys AND a tv station dedicated to their propaganda, and they still got embarrassed when they had to face a decent opponent on the road? Who do they think they are, Texas football?
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Wisconsin beating the crap out of Michigan and then wearing Khakis for their next football game is such a powerful flex. I love it.
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TIRED: Urban Meyer is gonna quit the Jags and coach USC
DIVINELY INSPIRED: Urban Meyer is gonna quit the Jags and coach Liberty
Urban Meyer is now trending on Twitter due to this video (that is not his wife)
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Important update:
S-E-C crowd chant confirmed.
Sarcastic S-E-C crowd chants, sadly, still tba
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the logo is probably fine but the first thing I think when I see these types of rebrands is "wait that looks like an SB Nation team blog logo"
The
@LAClippers
are rebranding.
In a new logo unveiled Monday, a navy blue ship with basketball lines etched into its hull sits inside of a C-shaped compass. The team name, meanwhile, stretches around the circumference in a custom typeface once again inspired by nautical
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There's losing to an FCS team...and there's getting your ass BEAT by an FCS team
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I write about this sort of thing for a living and i don't understand why anybody other than a CBS executive should care if the Final Four gets good ratings or not
Look, maybe FAU vs. San Diego State will lead to bad ratings. The data doesn’t really seem to support it, we’ve had record ratings without a single relevant “blue blood” involved, but it is a thought.
Whether that’s the case has *zero* relevance to the product.
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According to documents I have inspected:
* EA Sports College Football is still slated for July 23 release
* EA is trying to get more school-specific audio assets (chants, cheers etc)
* School payouts range from a little over 100K to ~10K
and more:
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weird, a Michigan Man writing a huge manifesto has never gone poorly before
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How stuck are these basketball players??
Well, I'd say Fairleigh.
Breaking: Tonight’s game between Fairleigh Dickinson and Long Island University at LIU is in a delay because FDU players are stuck in an elevator coming from the locker room to the court. Firemen are on the scene trying to get FDU players out of the elevator now:
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