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College football fans rejoice at the pending return of EA Sports video game
By Keith Farner
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College football fans did a collective touchdown dance on Tuesday when news spread that EA Sports is in development for a new college football video game.
EA Sports, which hadn’t made a college football video game since 2013, announced that it would begin working on a new version, though any release would not happen this year.
Still, fans around the country rejoiced at the possibility of playing it some day again.
Former SEC stars were among the options fans mentioned to be on the cover, from LSU’s Joe Burrow, to Kentucky’s Lynn Bowden.
Here is a sampling of the reaction:
Where do I give my money @EASPORTS? I’m ready to preorder now #Finally #CFB https://t.co/1zXRv94c9W
— Jared Down (@JaredDown) February 2, 2021
. @EASports announced the return of its #CFB video game, now called EA Sports College Football. The last version of this series was #NCAAFootball14, which featured then-Michigan QB Denard Robinson on its cover.
— Deb Carson (@DebCarson) February 2, 2021
Hope I can resume my DYNASTY MODE in the new @EASPORTS College Football Game. I was undefeated for 7 years and won 7 National Championships
Im like a young Nick Saban
— Big Duke (@BigDuke619) February 2, 2021
Just bought myself some EA sports stock because they did right by the world today and should be rewarded.#ImpactInvesting
— Jakob Sanderson (RTDB) (@FF_RTDB) February 2, 2021
IM GONNA ABUSE THE TRANSFER PORTAL ON THE NEW EA SPORTS CFB GAME
Nobody safe
— BEEZY (@Burke_Franklin_) February 2, 2021
@Stephen10Hodges if @EASPORTS doesn’t put @JoeyB on the upcoming NCAA CFB….we have a problem!! https://t.co/g4blnmXpwP
— Jeremy Jones (@JeremyJones03) February 2, 2021
Can we please get a petition to get the best CFB of all time to be the cover @espn @EASPORTS @NCAAFootball @LSUfootball @Bengals https://t.co/b5fgRiGj62
— Logan Dunn (@ldunn_12) February 2, 2021
Favorite EA Sports CFB memories:
– Getting the original Bill Walsh game at age 11, then getting it on Sega CD and hooking up speakers in my bedroom to hear those sweet updated sounds
– Seeing an ad for CFUSA 96 in some magazine (EGM?) and discovering every team was in the game
— Will Shelton (@wshelton2) February 2, 2021
YES! I’m excited that #EASports is bringing back CFB but this is just another way for the #NCAA to make money off of student-athletes who get in trouble if Subway puts an extra pickle on their footlong. #paythem https://t.co/tVaxB67Icf
— Bagel Assassin 🥯 (@bagelassassin1) February 2, 2021
We riot if @LynnBowden_1 isn’t on the cover of the new CFB game… @EASPORTS
— Nathan (@VeghNathan) February 2, 2021
EA Sports is making a new CFB game and it’s not the most important news everywhere???? WTF
— EverythingIsOnTheTable (@SpottedBabies) February 2, 2021
EA Sports CFB is back! No group license or NIL breakthrough to play with individual players. But good platform for install rosters from current team. This is clearly a sign that NIL is coming. EA waiting in wings. No firm date on return. Won’t be this year. Look for 2022 season.
— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) February 2, 2021
I love the EA Sports College Football franchise!! 100% Only fear I have is they’re gonna go in the same direction as Madden (Online priority and ignore the base game features) which has been suffering for same time CFB has been gone!
PLEASE be worth the return!— TraditioNole (@TraditiNole) February 2, 2021
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
