Kicking Off The Season With EA Sports

by Peter Bean on Jul 5, 2010 8:00 AM CDT

I officially allow myself to begin getting excited for the upcoming football season each year during the second week in July -- when the annual editions of The Eyes of Texas and EA Sports NCAA Football hit the newsstands and store shelves, respectively.

So needless to say I was excited when EA Sports asked to sponsor a week's worth of posts leading up to the release of NCAA Football 2011 next Tuesday, July 13th. They weren't interested in telling us what to say, but rather in sponsoring a series of posts celebrating diehard fans of college football.

If you're like me, the annual release of EA's NCAA Football is like Christmas in July, and I'm more than happy to celebrate next week's holiday with a week-long look at what it means to be a fan of the Texas Longhorns. I'll be posting once a day between now and the release of the game next Tuesday, starting in a few minutes with the first of the series -- "Where I Come From: How I Came To Be A Diehard Longhorns Fan. From there, the series will unfold as follows:

Tuesday: All-Time Favorite Texas Teams

Wednesday: Tailgating Traditions (including a recipe for smoked brisket)

Thursday: All-Time Favorite Longhorns

Friday: Most Memorable Moments as a Longhorns Fan

Monday: Expectations for the 2010 Season

Tuesday: Christmas in July

EA Sports and I invite you to jump in the comment section of each post. I look forward to hearing all your own stories and traditions related to bleeding burnt orange.

Hook 'em.

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Awesome!

I can’t wait for the game to come out…. One of my favorite moments of summer….

by junglerules on Jul 5, 2010 9:21 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

I had thought about buying a PS3 and NCAA Football 11

But then I noticed the cover of the game. Looks like an excuse to wait another year.

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by burntorangehorn on Jul 5, 2010 10:05 AM CDT reply actions

+1

by vy til i die on Jul 5, 2010 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm a diehard college football fan

but I decided to buy Madden last year. I haven’t had Madden since 1998 on Sega Genesis, but figure I’d give it a shot to see if the Madden hype is worth it. I played for a little while, only intrigued mostly by the drafting process. But after a few weeks, I stopped playing it altogether and put NCAA Football back in, and have been playing it since. I guess I’m not much of an NFL, which translates to my preference for NCAA Football.

It Ain't Easy, But It's Worth It.

by DONSLIQ on Jul 5, 2010 10:12 AM CDT reply actions

I have not bought EA NCAA FB..

since the last edition for the original XBOX. I saw the previews for this years game and made sure I got a 360. It is like waiting for Christmas. Speaking of Christmas, when does EOT hit the news stands? I live here in the Land of Thieves and need to know when to cross the RR to bootleg it back in the middle of the night.

We're Texas...and you're NOT

by Bevoboy94 on Jul 5, 2010 11:24 AM CDT reply actions

EA Sports

My favorite PC game ever was EA Sports MVP Baseball. Then they quit making it a few years ago. I guess the ML Players Union wanted too much money for the license or something. Wish they would bring it back.

"Only angry people win football games." --DKR

by OBdoc on Jul 5, 2010 12:58 PM CDT reply actions

I'm a big fan of the NCAA series but....

who is defensive lineman number 18 and outside linebacker number 9 in the demo? Donde esta las Acho hermanos?

by InDKR'sShadow on Jul 5, 2010 1:43 PM CDT reply actions

I think it’s an error. 18 should be acho (81.) I think 9 is dravannti johnson. Don’t know where Emmanuel is…. ea messed up .

by junglerules on Jul 5, 2010 2:34 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Emmanuel is normally 18, of course, and it's almost like they moved him to down lineman

9 is indeed Johnson. He came in as a linebacker, although I think he spent last year practicing at DE and TE, and I think he’d be best slotted at DE in the game.

Anyone have a link to the team roster in the game?

by burntorangehorn on Jul 5, 2010 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Number 9 is the best player on defense other than Williams. What I was getting at is that 18 is Sam and 9 is Emmanuel. Just misnumbered.

by InDKR'sShadow on Jul 5, 2010 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions

I wish they went the route they did..

…when they put multiple players on different game consoles.

by vy til i die on Jul 5, 2010 6:21 PM CDT reply actions

re: Eyes of Texas

PB, I went to the HEB at Hancock center (41st and Red River) this weekend (July 2nd or so) and EoT was nowhere to be found. Is it on the shelves at other HEBs?

Other Receiving Votes: Oklahoma

by pleaseplaykindle on Jul 6, 2010 9:06 AM CDT reply actions