The cover campaign featuring both legends and current stars for Madden NFL 25 has reached the semifinals in the two brackets. The “Old School” and “New School” participants are now in the Final Four stage with the eventual winners from each side facing off for the cover honors. Another round has passed without any big surprises and the result is some epic pairings to vote on. Colin Kaepernick is gone in what some might consider an upset due to his #1 seeding ...

The voting in the quarterfinals for both brackets in the Madden NFL 25 cover campaign continues until next Wednesday with support being cast through the ESPN SportsNation page. The lowest seeds remaining are two fives and otherwise it's all the big names that were expected to still be around at this point. That could change though heading into the semifinals. Colin Kaepernick, Ray Lewis, and Andrew Luck are higher rated seeds in their respective pairings who have demonstrated clear vulnerabi...

The cover campaign featuring both legends and current stars for Madden NFL 25 has reached the third round. The "Old School" and "New School" brackets are now in the Elite Eight stage with the eventual winner from each side facing off for the honor. No huge surprises were found in the previous round as the lowest seeds remaining are fives. The only mild upset was Michael Strahan squeezing by Kurt Warner. Colin Kaepernick had a second straight weak outing and could be looking at getting bou...

The results from the first round of the Madden NFL 25 cover competition that came in a few days ago will help to provide some insight on where the voting base is trending and the chances for each entrant going forward. There were no real shockers in the round involving active players though a few lower seeds moved on in tight races. After analyzing the "Old School" bracket earlier here is a look at how things are shaping up in the “New School” bracket.  (more…)...

The results from the first round of the Madden NFL 25 cover competition that came in yesterday will help to provide some insight on where the voting base in trending and the chances for each entrant going forward. Interestingly all of the 10 seeds in the running through both brackets advanced but are facing almost sure elimination as they go up against the 2 seeds. While a few upsets took place early in the competition any significant ones now seem unlikely to occur. With the second round ru...

The competition involving 32 legends and 32 active players to win the cover of Madden NFL 25 has now moved forward to the second round. A campaign to push Jake Delhomme over Joe Montana failed miserably as 92% of the votes went Montana's way. A day after claiming he was a lock to win the whole thing Chad Johnson has thankfully been knocked out by Tim Brown. Over 21 million votes were cast in the round. Biggest margin of victories went to Barry Sanders (95%), Jerry Rice (94%), Adrian Peter...

A few days of voting still remain in the first round of the Madden NFL 25 cover tournament. 64 candidates are involved with 32 legends in one bracket and 32 current stars in the other. Last week an evaluation of the match-ups in the "Old School" bracket was made and now is a chance to look at how the "New School" side shapes up.  (more…)...