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by Peter Bean on Jun 26, 2007 9:20 AM CDT in Texas Longhorns Football

Kevin Durant will be featured on the cover of EA March Madness 2008, in the process becoming the ~~first-ever~~ second Longhorn (Ricky Williams, NCAA Football 2000) and second-youngest athlete (Freddy Adu, 16) to grace the cover of an EA video game.

If you're scoring at home, that's two Longhorns (Vince Young, Madden '08) who will be smiling back at you from the game aisle this year.

The Statesman's Alan Trubow with a nice feature on Cedric Dockery, who's rehabbing from his ACL injury. If Dockery is full strength this fall, that would go a long way toward helping stabilize the shakiest line unit since Mac McWhorter's been at Texas.

Tonight's edition of EDSBS Live! will focus on the Big East. Orson's got an appropriate introduction to the conference in '07. As usual, it's better written than most everything you'll find anywhere else.

--PB--

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Texas Baseball also got an EA Cover

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...

MVP 06 was also a great game. Can't wait for Madden.

by the1austin on Jun 26, 2007 11:08 AM CDT reply actions

BZZZT! The correct answer was...

Ricky Williams appeared on the cover of EA's NCAA Football 2000.

Thus, Kevin Durant is the second longhorn to grace the cover of an EA game.

by Brandon 97 on Jun 26, 2007 12:36 PM CDT reply actions

Well damn

Called out again.

Thanks for the correction.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Jun 26, 2007 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions

I spent way too much time

playing NCAA 2000 on my PS1. I think Ricky ran for like 8000 yds durring that fantasy national championship season (we beat FSU, for the record). Thankfully the Longhorn's woeful kick coverage (I nver quite master that) wasn't enough to keep them from the crystal football.

by Brandon 97 on Jun 26, 2007 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions

The Big East isn't so bad

I don't think it is such a poor conference, but just lacking in balanced teams. It kind of reminds me of the PAC-10 5-10 years ago.

IMO, either Cincy or Pitt will emerge the next two seasons as a the next resurrected program. I'm putting my chips on Cincy, because their coach has that Urban Meyer tab of Mr. Fix-it.

Cats and dogs sleeping together.

by EYESofBEVO on Jun 26, 2007 12:55 PM CDT reply actions

Regarding EA Sports..

Think of us, over at the Nation whenever you see one of these commercials on T.V. 'cause my Co-admin/owner, Burnie creates & produces ALL of them!

Cool stuff. And he has to personally sit down and meet with all of the cover guys (we all know who's on the college football one, right?) ;-)

I think my favorite ones are the Arena football (shattered glass) and MLB (borken bat at camera) ones.

Out.
-Sq

by Squirrel on Jun 26, 2007 2:23 PM CDT reply actions

Confused...

Wouldn't Vince be the second Longhorn to be on the cover of an EA video game? Or do you mean current Longhorn...

by nahmorlah on Jun 26, 2007 4:28 PM CDT reply actions

featured as a longhorn

vince is featured as a titan (and thus a former longhorn) on Madden.

they technically can't be current college players under stupid NCAA rules (which is why the NCAA video games just have positions and numbers and you have to add the names yourself). but after someone goes pro, they can be featured in their college uniform on an NCAA game. KD is the second texas player with that honor (reggie got the cover over vince last year).

by billyzane on Jun 26, 2007 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions