Can the EA Sports video game ratings predict real-life performances of 2024 college football teams?

Andy & Ari On3

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🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Andy and On3 national writer Jesse Simonton use the EA Sports offense and defense unit rankings released Thursday as a jumping-off point to discuss the how the real-life versions of these units will fare. (0:00-2:26) Intro - EA Sports Offensive and Defensive Rakings (2:27-3:24) Jesse Simonton joins to break down the rankings (3:25-6:51) Colorado ranked too high? (6:52-8:23) USC Rankings (8:24-11:07) Ohio State (11:08-15:11) Georgia's Ranking (15:12-16:39) Liberty on the game (16:40-18:23) Miami (18:24-22:47) Alabama (22:48-28:34) Omission of Tennessee (28:35-32:24) Clemson (32:25-35:15) Ole Miss (35:16-38:09) Florida at #25 on defense (38:10-42:19) LSU (42:20-45:51) Sneaky Defense: Texas A&M (45:52-50:09) Penn State (50:10-53:20) SMU Ponies (53:21-55:10) UCF Knights (55:11-57:45) Big 12 Outlook (57:46-1:01:48) Wrapping up with Jesse (1:01:49-1:04:10) Who is YOUR Dynasty Team? (1:04:11-1:05:09) Conclusion, see you Monday! Do Georgia and Oregon really have the best offenses? EA Sports didn’t have Tennessee in its top 25 on offense or defense, but where should the Volunteers actually fall? (Andy and Jesse will remind game-makers that James Pearce Jr. is a person who exists.) Is Colorado really going to be as good on each side of the ball as the video game rankings suggest? Also, will LSU and USC improve enough on defense in real life to be among the top 25 units? Because if they are, then those programs might be looking at College Football Playoff berths. Want to watch the show instead? Join us LIVE, M-F, at 8 am et! https://youtube.com/live/ZoVfZQPTg5I Host: Andy Staples Guest: Jesse Simonton Producer: River Bailey

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0:00.0	Welcome to Andy Staples on three.
0:04.2	Today, of course, we're going to talk about the thing everybody was arguing about on the
0:08.2	internet on Thursday.
0:09.7	Oh, wait.
0:11.2	Well, one of the things everybody was arguing about on the internet on Thursday.
0:17.0	That one thing, nah, there's enough shows that handle all that stuff. Uh,
0:23.2	brawny James getting drafted 55th. Not a real hot take on that either because, you know,
0:29.8	second round draft picks, especially that low in the second round don't tend to do very much.
0:36.1	So if daddy wants to have him on the team, eh, whatever.
0:40.5	No, no, of course, I'm talking about EA Sports, college football 25, the top 25
0:49.4	offenses and defenses.
0:51.8	And these rankings were, well, they were a little different.
0:55.9	They were a little odd.
0:58.3	There were some, some in there that you just kind of wonder, huh?
1:03.3	Like, LSU's defense is probably like, wait a second.
1:06.2	We're in here.
1:08.0	How?
1:20.3	Tennessee's like, wait, where are we? We're not in here at all? Colorado, way up there in both.
1:31.9	It was very strange, very, very strange. So I got to thinking, we can talk about these ratings, but remember, that's for a video game.
1:37.6	We still haven't done the who are the best offenses and defenses in college football show this year.
1:39.8	That's a great offseason topic.
1:46.5	So let's just use EA sports rankings, which are kind of weird.
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