Yesterday while looking at the sports news, I happened upon a story that commented on the process of the new EA College Football game.

I have said on the podcast and the website how I am not much of a video game guy. I just do not get them or I get bored too easily by them. I am also not very good at most video games. I just do not have that part of my brain that helps you to be good at them. It is not my thing. But I do love the older EA College Football game. I was also pretty good at it. RD can attest to as much. I love college football anyway, so a video game is just another extension for me. It was cool to play as my all time favorite sports team, the Michigan Wolverines. To see their helmets and The Big House on my TV screen through a video game, even I have to admit, that was cool. So this was one video game that I took my time with. And I got good. I figured stuff out. I found plays that worked on offense and defense. I had dynasties that were unstoppable. I had the goods. So when it went away, I was bummed. I bought the last version they made, with Denard Robinson on the cover, and played it until it couldn't be played anymore. Then when I got a newer Xbox, I bought older versions of the game and played the hell out of those. I kept at it. But one day it was totally off the internet. It was no more. The game didn't exist. They had copycat versions, versions they tried to make like the real version, but none of them worked. I bought Doug Flutie's game, which was trash. I found some other college football adjacent games, those were trash. I tried Madden, that never changes, and is kind of trash. So I decided to switch to NBA 2k on my son's Switch. That game is cool, it is fun and easy to play, but it is not EA College Football. I even get bored with NBA 2k. So this news that they are targeting a summer release of a new version of the classic EA game, well I am ecstatic.

None of this would be possible without the NIL either. NIL is one of the best things to come out of college athletics in forever. It is letting these kids finally profit off their likeness, as they should have been able to forever. And without it, the EA College Football game would not even be a topic of discussion. Now it is. Now it seems real. Now it seems like I only have to wait about 18 months to play a game again. I cannot believe it. And with NIL that means we will get not only the real players' image, but their real names also. In the past the players kind of looked like the real version of themselves, but the names were auto generated. I could have gone in and put the real names in there, but that would have taken way too much time and effort. Now I won't have to. With the NIL, all of the players will have their real name in the game if they want. I also think that the college athletes are going to think it will be pretty cool to see themselves in a game. I know I would freak out if I was in their situation.

This all seems so real and so soon and so cool. I hope it comes to fruition. I hope nothing happens to screw this up. I don't want the NCAA to get their grubby hands on this video game. I really miss playing that game, and with it looking like it is going to come back, I simply cannot wait. This is good news for me and a lot of other college football fans. Now we just have to wait a little bit longer. Hopefully.

Ty

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