Folks, it’s almost our time. After 11 years, college football is finally back in video game form.
EA Sports’ College Football 25 will finally be released officially on July 19. Many of us can’t wait to play it. Uhhh, some of us have already begun playing it and haven’t quite figured out how to stop.
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There’s so much good with this game. The detail is unreal. Both the Dynasty and Road To Glory modes look incredible. It looks like EA Sports has a hit on its hands.
Many of the staffers here at For The Win will play the game when it finally comes out. We wanted the skinny on how they’d be playing it. Which team will be their go-to for playing head-to-head? What school are they rebuilding in Dynasty mode? Who are they leading to the promised land in Road To Glory? Do they even know what Road To Glory is?
Check out their answers here.
What team will you use for Play Now head-to-head mode?
Mike Sykes: I’m going to go with Kansas. I know some of my colleagues here will probably make the same pick. Jalon Daniels is that good, though. I just need a good QB and the rest will work itself out.
Tyler Nettuno: I’m loyal to a fault, so I will be sticking with the Gators here. But since I cover LSU, I’m going to have to play with the Tigers a lot and definitely will not base any of my game predictions on College Football 25.
Christian D’Andrea: I will hit random and if the game gives me Tennessee I will take it as a sign the universe can no longer offer me good things.
Prince Grimes: Probably won’t be any constant. Could be Colorado and Shedeur Sanders one day, Oregon’s cool unis the next.
Blake Schuster: As if I weren’t going to already immediatley use Kansas, Sykes hyped me up even more.
Bryan Kalbrosky: Oregon. Why else did I pay four years out-of-state tuition if not to win in a video game when their offense and defense are both elite?
Nick Schwartz: Anybody but North Carolina.
Go-to Dynasty team?
Nick Schwartz: I really like Kent State as a starting option. The MAC is a super-competitive conference so your games will be close, but you’re also in a talent-rich state so recruiting should be fruitful. The Golden Flashes also have some of the best uniform options in the game, with 5 different uniform sets and more than *20* helmet options. They’re basically the Oregon of Ohio.
Christian D’Andrea: Vanderbilt because a) I went there and b) I hate myself.
Prince Grimes: Maryland. I’ve been mostly undecided for the lead-up to release because I wanted to get creative and step outside of my typical homer pick. But I won’t be able to resist the temptation of having the Terps dominate the Big Ten and actually keep the best in-state talent home for once.
Tyler Netunno: I’m going to start as an OC at an FBS team that wasn’t in the previous game. I’m still undecided, but I think the current finalists are Kennesaw State, Jacksonville State or Sam Houston.
Bryan Kalbrosky: Oregon is already perfect so I don’t need to mess with a good thing. I’m going to find a mobile quarterback for UCLA and watch the sunsets at the Rose Bowl.
Blake Schuster: Starting as the OC at App State because I want to work my way up, but also have you seen how sick the views are from the stadium???
Mike Sykes: I’ve landed on Florida Atlantic University. Obviously, being directly in Florida is a big deal. You’ll get access to all of those recruits and have a pipeline directly linked to some of the best prospects. We have a lot of competition in the state, but I’m confident I can make it one of the best programs in the nation. I’ll do what Lane Kiffin could not. Have I thought about this way too much? Absolutely.
What about Road to Glory?
Christian D’Andrea: I don’t know what that is. I’m assuming a B-tier wrestling pay-per-view.
Mike Sykes: Alright. So I wanted to go home and pick Maryland, right? But I also needed a challenge. I’m tryna Elden Ring this thing, you know what I mean? I’m going to be a two-star “underdog” recruit playing at…Old Dominion University.
Note from Sykes: I DID THIS AND IT WAS A MISTAKE. PLEASE DON’T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AS ME. I’M BEGGING YOU.
Bryan Kalbrosky: I’m excited to keep my options open, although I’ve watched enough Friday Night Lights to fantasize about starring for the Texas Longhorns.
Nick Schwartz: I went with Duke initially as a running back – but I think if I could do it over again I’d play QB at a smaller school just to give myself more of an impact on gameplay.
Tyler Netunno: I don’t think I can do anything other than start with my alma mater, the Florida Gators, so I can virtually live out dreams that were never possible due to being 5-foot-10 and slow.
Prince Grimes: Oh, it’s way too soon to say now. I’ll narrow my decision to whichever teams show the most interest in recruiting. From there, we’ll go where we feel most comfortable. A place where I can win a natty and boost my professional stock. Nothing too serious.
Blake Schuster: Kansas, because it’s a sleeping giant with a new stadium on the way and you can easily become one of the greatest players the school has ever seen.
What position will you play?
Blake: Running back, but more Devin Neal than Pooka Williams.
Tyler: I’m going to be honest, I’ve never been a fan of non-quarterback positions in Road to Glory. Running back gets boring, and I’ve never liked the user receiver controls. QB all day.
Nick: RTG as a RB or WR has its moments, but you’re also a prisoner of your coaches and playbooks.If you aren’t a first-year starter, prepare to spend a lot of plays doing nothing but blocking. And even when you do get some carries, a good portion of them are going to get blown up. I’d say RTG is best experienced as a quarterback.
Prince: Yeah, it’s quarterback for me. I want all the heat, good and bad. We’re built for it.
Bryan: I’d have to try quarterback, but if it’s too challenging for me after years of not playing football video games, maybe I’d switch to something simpler where I can still get some action like tight end.
Christian: As a truly awful option quarterback, I will not rest until I have shattered my femur misreading the defense on an RPO.
Sykes: You’ve got to start at QB, right? I wanted to choose running back but the underdog QB story was too enticing.
Another note from Sykes: NONE OF MY TEAMMATES CAN CATCH OMG WHAT IS HAPPENING.
Are you playing Dynasty or Road to Glory first?
Prince: Road to Glory. I just feel like this is a good starting point to get my feet wet. Something with an endpoint. Once I start dynasty, I probably won’t go back to anything else.
Sykes: I started with Road to Glory. I know if I start with Dynasty I’ll quite literally never stop. You all my never hear from me again. You don’t want that, do you? That’s what I thought.
Nick: I’ve spent way more time in Dynasty to this point, which is hugely addictive.
Tyler: Dynasty is definitely the mode I will spend the most time with, but I think I want to get my feet wet before diving into a long-term dynasty, so I will probably run a Road To Glory career first.
Bryan: Dynasty, for sure. When I play sports video games, I genuinely prefer assembling rosters and all of that goofy stuff way more than I actually enjoy playing the games themselves. It tickles my brain.
Blake: Dynasty is what I’ve been craving since 2014 and as much fun as RTG is, Dynasty will always be what I think of first with this franchise.
Christian: WHAT THE [expletive] IS ROAD TO GLORY