We PLAYED NCAA 25! Gameplay, features & more with EA Sports' Ben Haumiller & Christian McLeod

Until Saturday: A show about college football

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🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

The rumors are true, we PLAYED EA Sports College Football 25...well, Chris Vannini did (Ari Wasserman definitely isn't jealous). While at a function hosted by EA Sports in Orlando, Chris had a first-account of what the gameplay is like; from the revamped running and passing mechanics to the pagentry and electric in-game atmostphere. Chris walks us through all the details he gathered about Dynasty Mode, NIL, the transfer portal, Road to Glory, and Road to the CFP. Later in the show, hear from EA Sports' very own Ben Haumiller and Christian McLeod about the game's development and features. Out the door, a farewell to the Pac-12 and one of its most prominent ambassadors, Bill Walton. Read Chris' NCAA 25 story on gameplay: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5523815/2024/05/29/ea-sports-college-football-25-video-game-features/ NIL: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5525588/2024/05/29/ea-sports-college-football-25-video-games-nil/ Dynasty Mode: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5525517/2024/05/29/college-football-25-video-game-dynasty-mode/ Rundown: - We played NCAA 25! What's one thing Chris was surprised by? (2:30) - What was the gameplay like? Running game features (11:00) - Passing game features (16:00) - What ISN'T in the game? (21:45) - Pagentry + fan reactions (22:45) - Dynasty mode info dump (25:30) - How does recruiting work? (33:30) - How does NIL & the portal work? (43:00) - Road to Glory details (48:00) - Ben Haumiller & Christian McLeod join the show! (54:00) - Friend to Friend...was it badass? (1:09:30) - Pac-12 + Bill Walton memories (1:07:30) Call/text the Until Saturday phone and leave us a question for a future mailbag and/or Sunday Sound-Off podcast: (316) 462-9852 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone it's Meg Linnahan here if women's soccer is your calling I'm
0:09.2	excited to say my podcast full-time is back on May 23rd.
0:13.8	Join myself and my new amazing co-host to Mary Griffin every Thursday
0:17.4	as we take a deep dive into the biggest stories in the women's game
0:20.6	from the NWSL to the Olympics.
0:23.0	We'll bring you in-depth reporting that only the athletic can provide,
0:26.2	chat to leaders within the industry,
0:27.8	and chart the next phase of the US Women's National Team
0:30.5	as they look to rebuild.
0:32.1	Just search for full- time wherever you get your
0:34.2	podcasts and follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode. And the Welcome back to Until Saturday. I'm Ari Washer and joined by a very
0:59.2	special and seasoned guest who went to Florida last week to experience and play the new NCAA 25 video game that we're all talking about.
1:11.2	Chris Vanini has a no tan for somebody who went to Florida and that's what you would expect from somebody who was indoor playing video games.
1:18.0	How are we doing today, bud? I'm good man. I'm excited to do this. You and I have not really not really talked since I got back and played the game.
1:26.0	And so this is going to be the first time we're talking about this stuff. It was a it was a long two days in Orlando.
1:33.1	Me and some reporters and some YouTube creators
1:36.0	got invited down to test out the game,
1:38.8	just the game mode, just a gameplay,
1:40.7	but also get three hour presentations on college football video game and on Madden as well.
1:46.0	Can't speak about Madden yet, but there's so much to get into and I know you have a ton of questions.
1:51.8	I'm excited to finally be able to talk about this
1:53.8	because everybody's sitting me up
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