Archive for the ‘NCAA Football’ Category
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Top NCAA Football 09 cover candidates
With EA already teasing the cover announcement, it is time to look over the top candidates to grace the cover of NCAA Football 09. Historically EA has gone for the most popular and dynamic player entering the draft. The are a couple exceptions though such as when they went retro with Desmond Howard in 06 and chose Jared Zabransky for 08 based less off the success of him as an individual and more on the overall excitement around the Boise State team. The cover also generally goes to an of...
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NCAA Football 09 website has launched
Yes, its still December, but the website for EA Sports NCAA Football 09 has just gone live. Reachable through BCSPreview.com as well as easports.com the site currently features previews of the upcoming BCS games using the NCAA Football engine. Following the Bowl season the site will fully transition into NCAA Football 09 mode. It is worth noting that EA has never launched a site for a game this far in advance of its release. Interestingly it appears that the cover announcement may be c...
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NCAA Football 08 patch for 360 is out
The patch for the 360 version of the NCAA Football 08 has been released by Microsoft. This is the same patch that came out for the PS3 back at the end of October. EA was able to work around technical conflicts that seemed as though they were going to prevent the patch from coming to the 360. The patch addresses such issues as toning down the fumbles, more realistic defensive AI, and the ability to better lob passes. It also includes clock extensions allowing more time to choose a play on...
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College Football Game of the Week: Missouri @ Kansas
This year the "Border War" has National Championship implications as the #4 Missouri Tigers heads to take on the #2 and undefeated Kansas Jayhawks. Continue on to read a recap of the game along with screenshots and highlight videos. This game lived up to the billing and you'll want to check out the exciting ending. (more…)...
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College Football Game of the Week: Ohio State @ Michigan
This weekend the premiere match-up is the rivalry game between #7 OSU vs #21 Michigan. The winner comes away as the Big-10 Champions and will receive the automatic bid into the Rose Bowl. The National Championship may not be on the line, but for these two teams the game is always the most anticipated of the year. Continue on for the recap of the game as it was played through with NCAA Football 08. Also included are video highlights and screenshots via EA Sports World. (more…)...
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College Football Game of the Week: ASU @ Oregon
From here on through the bowl season I'll be featuring one game a week using NCAA Football 08. The game will be played through and include the summary and statistics along with game highlights via clips and screenshots through EA Sports World. This week the #4 Arizona State Sun Devils (8-0) head to Autzen Stadium to face the #5 Oregon Ducks (7-1). Oregon is favored by 7 1/2 points. The winner will position themselves at the top of the Pac-10 and keep their National Championship hopes aliv...
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NCAA Football 08 gets a patch of its own
While the upcoming patch for Madden has been looming for a while, there wasn't much expectation that NCAA Football 08 would receive one as well. Despite that one was released just recently (under the radar) for the PS3 and seems likely to be out for the 360 in the near future. I am hoping to get word on the status of the 360 patch soon. **See update below the summary for the latest news.** Unfortunately some of the major issues such as the depth chart button lag were not dealt with, howev...
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Blogs on NCAA Football 08 recruiting and Madden 08 progression
Two new EA Sports producer blogs have been posted. One covers the details of the recruiting process in NCAA Football 08 and offers tips on how to maximize results. The other discusses how the progression system in Madden 08 works. These are two topics that have been brought up on numerous forums and EA has reacted by posting these blogs to provide answers to the community. In the case of NCAA much of the recruiting aspect is seen as overwhelming to fans of the game. The hardcore Dynasty mo...
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