I played EA Sports College Football 25 | Ask me anything!

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🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Andy got a chance to play EA Sports College Football 25, which has been a near-constant topic of discussion on the show since the announcement that the beloved video game franchise would return after a 13-year absence. He explains what he learned during a trip last week to EA Sports headquarters in Orlando. (0:00-3:27) Intro (3:28-5:23) Breaking Down EA Sports (5:24-12:50) Differences in Madden and College Football (12:51-18:12) Overall Gameplay (18:13-24:27) Mechanical Changes (24:28-25:37) O-Line Protections (25:38-31:04) Dynasty Mode (31:05-34:49) Road to Glory Mode (34:50-37:44) Wrapping up EA Sports (37:45-39:07) Ask me anything! (39:08-41:21) Crowds in the game? (41:21 -45:28) Equipment (45:29-47:11) Gameplay smooth? (47:12-51:16) Fowler/Herbstreit in the Game (51:17-52:37) Anything not good in the game? (52:38-53:11) Mascots in the game (53:12-54:53) Bands play fight songs? (54:54-57:52) Playbooks? (57:53-1:00:44) Music in the game (1:00:45-1:02:48) Stadium Renovations (1:02:49-1:03:19) Weather Affect Gameplay? (1:03:20-1:04:46) Tennessee - Checker Neyland (1:04:47-1:06:06) Kicking Mechanics (1:06:07-1:06:30) Turn off NIL and Transfer Portal? (1:06:31-1:06:49) Dynamic Crowd? (1:06:50-1:08:43) Coaches in the game (1:08:44-1:09:31) Virginia Tech and Enter Sandman in game? (1:09:32-1:10:03) More Cowbell at Mississippi State (1:10:04-1:11:40) Team Builder Settings (1:11:41-1:12:49) Player Ratings Release? (1:12:50-1:13:24) Crowd Rush the Field? (1:13:25-1:13:49) Neck at LSU? (1:13:50-1:14:50) Realignment Discussion in the Game (1:14:51-1:16:07) Create a head coach (1:16:08-1:17:47) Conclusion - Dear Andy tomorrow! Andy talks gameplay, the college football game versus the Madden NFL franchise, Dynasty mode and Road To Glory mode. The attention to detail is spectacular, and college football nerds will appreciate the care put into recreating the world of each individual program. After Andy explains what he learned from playing the game, he answers your questions about the game. Want to watch the show instead? Head on over to YouTube and join us LIVE, M-F at 8 am et! https://youtube.com/live/0M0ZIeNHukY Host: Andy Staples Producer: River Bailey

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0:00.0	Welcome to Andy Staples on three.
0:03.8	It's Dear Andy Day.
0:05.6	We're kind of doing it here, Andy.
0:07.5	I got to play EA Sports College Football 25 last week.
0:11.5	I was down in Orlando at EA Sports.
0:13.7	They let us play the game for a few hours on Thursday afternoon.
0:17.7	That information was embargoed until Wednesday at 1115 Eastern Time,
0:25.1	and that is when we released what we knew. Now, some of you may have seen what I'm about to
0:31.4	say already because I basically said, all right, I've got all this in my head. We can now release it.
0:38.1	So I'm going to tell you everything I know.
0:41.1	Of course, I realized afterward, it's not everything.
0:45.3	There are so much other things.
0:46.6	I'm looking at some of the questions you've already put in the chat.
0:49.0	So many things I didn't get to.
0:51.0	But we do want to show you all that because not everybody's seen that.
0:53.7	And also our friends who listen in podcast form have not heard any of this yet.
0:58.4	So we ought to talk about that. But Chris in the chat says, did you accidentally break the
1:03.4	embargo rules? It seems like you shared more than more info than other people who played it
1:07.5	and released videos. Not mad at it. No, no i think that me i think it just comes from me
1:11.9	being not particularly polished at youtubeing we intended to talk for about 10 minutes i think i went
1:19.3	for 33 because there's so much to get in um yeah i wanted to make sure i told you everything I knew about the play now mode, about
1:30.3	the dynasty mode, about the road to glory mode, because it, it, everybody wants something
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