According to EA Sports’ rankings for the upcoming ‘College Football 25′ video game, Kyle Field is the toughest place to play. That seems a bit bold considering teams like Appalachian State have come into Kyle Field and walked away with a win in hostile territory.
Since 2000, the Aggies have had one undefeated season at Kyle Field. That year was the 2020 pandemic season in which there were no full-capacity crowds.
Two other teams that hail from the SEC have been more dominating at home than the Aggies and they were ranked No. 2 and No. 3 on EA Sports’ list. The LSU Tigers have finished with seven seasons with an unblemished home record since 2004.
The Alabama Crimson Tide have 10 seasons with an unblemished home record since 2007, the year that Nick Saban took over the program. Under the guidance of Saban, the Tide were 108-9 at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Now that is some home dominance.
Comparisons with LSU and Alabama
Team
Home Record
Avg Home Record
LSU
139-24
5.8-1.0
Alabama
140-27
5.8-1.1
Texas A&M
109-49
4.5-2.0
Kyle Field is truly a remarkable experience on game day, but for my money give me Tigers Stadium or Bryant-Denny Stadium as the toughest places to play in college football.
Spartan Stadium is considered one of the toughest places to play in the new EA Sports college football video game
Spartan Stadium is considered one of the toughest places to play in the new EA Sports college football video game.
“College Football 25” is set to be released next month — which will be the first college football video game in over 10 years. As part of the lead up to the game’s release, EA Sports will be unveiling numerous rankings this week, which included the top 25 “toughest places to play” in the game list. Spartan Stadium came in at No. 22 on that list.
Spartan Stadium ranked as the seventh-highest in the Big Ten behind Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Oregon, Michigan and Iowa. Click on the link below to see the complete rankings from EA Sports:
Spartan Stadium is the No. 22 toughest place to play in “College Football 25.”
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CMC is one of many stars who missed out being in the college football video game series.
The return of EA Sports’ ‘College Football’ video game series has created quite a buzz from fans to players and everyone else in between. The 10-year hiatus also cost many the chance to be in the game such as former Stanford Cardinal star running back Christian McCaffrey.
In an interview with USA TODAY Sports, the reigning NFL Offensive Player of the Year discussed the upcoming game. CMC is just one of many former players that didn’t get the opportunity.
“That would have been so cool, “McCaffrey said. “I’m excited for the new game. I think that’s so cool they’re bringing it back.”
The Consensus All-American was a two-way star for the Cardinal. He rushed for 2,019 yards during the 2015 season. That year McCaffrey also racked up 1,070 kickoff return yards. When it comes to the historic teams, there is one team that McCaffrey wants in there.
“I don’t know what the logistics of how they’re going to do it is, but I’m praying that there’s a 2015-2016 Stanford team that you can choose to play with,” he said. “I think there’s a lot of guys that will be excited about that.”
He might not have gotten the opportunity to grace the cover of the college football video game series, but McCaffrey will be on the cover of Madden NFL 25. It was announced on Tuesday.
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People really do not think Clemson should be a 95 overall.
At long last, we finally got our first look at some actual, honest-to-god gameplay for College Football 25.
Fans are absolutely thrilled about the revival of the beloved video game series from EA Sports, which has been stuck in limbo since 2013 but will release its reboot on July 19, featuring actual player names and likenesses for the first time.
However, fans aren’t exactly pleased with every aspect of the game we saw in Friday’s gameplay reveal. One element featured in the trailer was team ratings for several college football squads, giving us an idea of how teams will compare to each other in the game.
Team Overalls in EA College Football 25 Trailer: *Not Official*
Ohio State finally gets some College Football 25 respect! #GoBucks
We have been diving deep into the conspiracy that EA Sports hates Ohio State recently, but EA Sports has finally released some gameplay footage of the upcoming College Football 25 and it looks like the Buckeyes have finally earned some respect.
As former Ohio State quarterback, Kirk Herbstreit, is narrating the new features of the game, and we can see star wide receiver, Emeka Egbuka, make a beautiful sideline catch much like he would in real life. It isn’t much, but after the trailer debacle which featured Lathan Ransom get annihilated by a Donovan Edwards stiff arm, this was the most we could hope for.
Ohio State finally gets a highlight leading up to the EA Sports College Football 25 release.
Emeka Egbuka with a toe tap catch, looks very similar to what we saw him do in the spring game. pic.twitter.com/DtaLaUyMNK
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So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the offensive rating for Iowa’s team on the new EA Sports College Football 25 is … well, offensive. Per screenshots shared on Friday, Iowa’s offense is a 71. I’m willing to bet that an Alabama or Clemson is somewhere in the 90s.
Here’s a sampling of the reaction from X (formerly Twitter) as people roasted but respected the Iowa rating:
Unfortunately, EA Sports has seemingly nailed the accuracy of college football. pic.twitter.com/AZTMZ8NARD
Check out the latest teaser of College Football 25 featuring Bevo and Quinn Ewers.
The countdown for the release of the College Football 25 video game from EA Sports continues to march on. We are getting closer to the return of one of best sports games on the market.
In the latest teaser, EA Sports released a gameplay reveal where they walk you through some of the top features of the game. While some thought this might be a re-skin of the Madden NFL franchise, that couldn’t be any further from the truth.
This five minute video narrated by ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit is definitely worth your time. You can even see plenty of footage that involves the Texas Longhorns, including an appearance from Bevo himself.
You can even see the Texas Longhorns injure Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jackson Arnold in the video, although he looks a little darker than the last time we saw him on the field.
College Football 25 is set to be released on Jul. 19. You can preorder the game through the Playstation and Microsoft stores or wherever you buy your video games.
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Good morning, Winners! Welcome back to the Morning Win! Thank you so much for rocking with me today. I appreciate you.
Did anyone else get extremely hyped up on Wednesday when EA Sports’ College Football 25 reviews started trickling in from around the internet?
The developer invited some reporters and YouTubers to its Orlando offices to give the game a test run for a couple of hours. It’s still not complete yet, according to The Athletic’s Chris Vannini, with a few bugs popping up here and there and some of the ratings still incomplete. That’s natural for a game still going through its development lifecycle.
Even with that, there’s so much reporting out there that makes this game seem like it’ll be awesome.
The pros: Everything from the college football traditions included to the fact that you’ll be able to sign name, image and likeness deals with your created player has me giddy. This is the college football sim I’ve always wanted.
Road To Glory mode is back (this is one of my favorites). You’ll be able to create your player again and put them on a team of your choosing. Your player will also be able to snag NIL deals, per IGN’s Taylor Lyles, and those deals will influence your rating in some way. How is not exactly clear yet.
Dynasty Mode (this is the big one) is largely the same as it was previously, but this time you’ll have to deal with the Transfer Portal and NIL deals yourself as the director of your school. I can’t wait to steal all of Georgia’s players away from Kirby Smart.
Roster updates will be part of the game throughout the season. That makes a ton of sense for a modern sports game, but we’ve never experienced this on an NCAA game before. And, I’ve got to say, it sounds awesome.
The cons: Because nothing in this world is perfect, there were some things in the news that I was not as excited about.
Road to Glory doesn’t have that truncated high school season mode anymore where you’d have to play your way up to get recruited by the best schools, Lyles says. Instead, you just pick your star level and school now. BORING.
You’ll also be unable to export draft classes from College Football 25 into Madden if that’s something you’re into. Madden isn’t my cup of tea, so I wasn’t as concerned about this. But it still would be a nice feature to have.
I’m not going to lie, folks. I was very worried about this game. Those of you who play Madden know — the experience has been extremely buggy and glitchy over the years. I was so afraid that this game would just be a copy and paste job by EA, bringing all of the qualities of Madden over to the college football world.
But the big takeaway from everything I’ve sifted through on this one so far is that this game is not Madden. They are built on the same engine, but the gameplay is different. This game is its own beast. That, alone, has me extremely pumped to play this.
July can’t get here quickly enough.
JJ Redick? Seriously?
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If you’d told me at the beginning of this NBA season that, by the time it was over, JJ Redick would be in the lead spot as the Lakers’ next head coach, there’s no way I would’ve believed you.
As a first-year head coach with no prior experience on an NBA bench, JJ Redick coaching a LeBron James team sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.
"I will be very surprised if their next Head Coach is anybody but JJ Redick. Everything that I'm hearing is JJ Redick. From what I know he's doing some background, calling some assistant coaching candidates who might be able to join his staff."
“Everything that I’m hearing is JJ Redick. From what I know he’s doing some background, calling some assistant coaching candidates who might be able to join his staff … I’m pretty positive it’ll be JJ.”
That’s a tough sell for me. JJ is a very smart basketball mind, obviously. But for his first head coaching gig to be coaching LeBron James’ Lakers? Sheesh, man. That’s a lot.
He could be pretty good on the bench but this just feels so risky. We’ll have to wait until after the NBA Finals to see if he’s the guy.
A new champion in a new league
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Wednesday was a big night for hockey and not just because the Oilers tied up their series at 2-2 against the Stars with a stunning 5-goal rally (though that’s a pretty big deal, too).
The big news here is that the PWHL just crowned its first champion: Minnesota. On Wednesday, Minnesota beat Boston 3-0 to win it all. This is Minny’s first championship squad since the Lynx won it all in 2017.
The crowd after last night’s game was electrifying. The arena was packed wall-to-wall.
HOW IT WAS MEANT TO BE!! 🏆🥹 Congratulations, @PWHL_Minnesota 🌟
P.S. This is how we are celebrating right now
P.P.S. ignore the minor details and the date this was taken and the home ice and the purple home jerseys btw pic.twitter.com/eerDESG4GH
LSU fans can rest easy. “Neck” is featured in College Football 25.
College sports fans are buzzing as details continue to be revealed for EA Sports’ upcoming revival of its beloved college football video game series.
We haven’t seen any gameplay footage yet for College Football 25, which is set for a July 19 release. But we have learned more about the game modes and the presentation, and according to a report from The Athletic, LSU fans will be happy with at least one tradition set to be included in the game.
According to the report from Chris Vannini, he saw sheet music for an instrumental version of the LSU anthem “Neck,” which will seemingly appear in the game.
Every school has unique fan chants, as EA acquired thousands of assets from schools and in many cases had staff members replicate the cheers for recording. The studio also recorded 41 real game crowds over the last two years, from big to small programs. And yes, I saw sheet music for an instrumental version of “Neck.”
Matt Brown of the Extra Points newsletter confirmed the song’s presence.
The song, which is based on “Talkin’ Out Da Side Of Ya Neck,” a Dem Franchize Boyz cover of Cameo’s 1982 hit song, has been officially banned at Tiger Stadium since 2010 due to the profane chant from the student section that accompanies it.
Still, the banning hasn’t stopped the band from playing it on occasion, and it seems that EA doesn’t care either as it was willing to license it in its game.
That’s not the only tradition from LSU that we know will be featured in the game, as we also saw the “Win Bar” featured in the initial reveal earlier this month.
We’ll have to wait and see exactly how the atmosphere and traditions of Tiger Stadium are portrayed in the game, but it’s clear that EA is doing its due diligence to replicate the gameday atmosphere in Baton Rouge.
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Who else joined the Buckeyes at the top of the hill? #GoBucks
The release of EA Sports College Football 25 is so close we can almost taste it. The popular video game will be back in action after a 10-year hiatus and a lot of work done to pay universities and players for the use of Name, image and likeness.
We now know how much The Ohio State University will be paid to be used in the game. According to cllct.com, OSU will receive $99,875.16 for its inclusion in the game. This is the highest sum being paid out to what is being called “Tier 1” schools.
Four different payouts will be made to schools according to one of four tiers. The variations were determined by a formula that included the team’s final AP poll rankings over the past 10 years. When a team finished in the AP Top 25, 1 point was awarded.
Tier 1: 6-10 points, payout $99,875.16
Tier 2: 2-5 points, payout $59,925.09
Tier 3: 1 point, payout $39,950.06
Tier 4: 0 points, payout $9,987.52
EA Sports is paying colleges for CFB25 based on a tier system using AP Poll finishes from the past 10 years👀
The new look Big Ten led the way with five Tier 1 schools which included Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Oregon, and somewhat surprisingly, Iowa. The SEC came in second place with four teams.
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