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I didn't plan on putting out a video today, but some very important information just dropped
about EA Sports College Football 25, including the cover for the Deluxe Edition, which I'll
show you guys in a minute, including the cover athletes, obviously, which is always
a big question, the amount of players that signed on before the potential, or before
the final day, which is April 30th, and the most important thing I think that a lot of
people are waiting for. They've released a date that you can expect to see the actual, the reveal, which has been
teased for a while since they uploaded the trailer. They said that there'd be a full reveal sometime in May
So now I have the exact, precise date released by EA, there's no question about it
This is going to be the date that you're going to get all the information, including gameplay, features, all that stuff's going to come out on a very specific date that has been already released
But before I get into that information, as always, if you guys want me to continue to give you guys updates on things like Madden 25 and the new EA Sports College Football
game, please make sure to be a subscriber, hit the like button, leave me on the comment section
Other than that, let's get right into the video. Now the cover is probably the biggest news, because one of the biggest things every time
a new game drops is who's going to be the cover athlete. And this was released so that you could put the, basically it was released on the PlayStation
Store so that you have something if you wanted to pre-order the game
Now I tried to look on Xbox to see if it's available there, but they still don't have this
This is only on PlayStation for some reason, it's not on Xbox. And I'm pretty sure that this game, in a previous video that I did, I had mentioned that you're
really only, this is only going to be on Next Gen. It's not being made for current gen or old gen, whatever you want to call it
So if you're planning on hopping on PlayStation right now, make sure that you're actually
on Next Gen consoles, because I don't think it's going to be on anything else
So it's only going to be on Next Gen. I haven't heard, I mean it's also kind of a mystery whether it's going to be on a computer
or not. I heard that people don't really want to do, that the EA doesn't want to do a computer
release because of things like, people just do a lot of mods and stuff like that
So that hasn't been, none of this has really been confirmed yet, but these are all the
theories that are floating around in the ethos. But if you are on PlayStation though, if you're on PlayStation 5, you can hop on right now
and pre-order the game. I would imagine it would be better to wait a week or so because I'm sure there's going
to be a bunch of pre-order bonuses if you pre-order it at this store, if you pre-order
it at that store, stuff like that typically happens. I tried to hop on and see if I could find it on Xbox because a lot of times when you
buy the Deluxe Edition, and I expect this to be the same way when it comes to EA Sports
College Football 25, you typically get an early release. Which is kind of weird because I don't know how they could put something like the Deluxe
Edition up for pre-order and then not give you a release date, but it is what it is
But the most prominent thing about this cover is the cover athletes themselves
There's three players that really stand out here even though it's a view of what looks
like hundreds of players because this cover really, to me, it's really trying to celebrate
something that is really groundbreaking and really shouldn't be looked over when it comes to the fact that this is the first time ever when they have the names of college athletes
in the game, which is really a big deal. Because if you played the game back in the day, you know that there was no names of the
athletes because they didn't have the rights to their likeness like they do now because
of the NIL deal and stuff like that. Back then it was like instead of Travis Hunter here, you would go play with Colorado, it
would just be number 12. That always kind of sucked because that's why I always preferred Madden over NCAAs because
who wants to play as number 7 in Michigan? You know what I mean
It's like you want the name, you want the likeness. So it's really a big deal to me that this cover, to me, it says more than...it's really
more about that. It's really more about celebrating the fact that you finally have the ability to play
as your favorite college athletes rather than just number 3 for Texas
You know what I mean? It's like that was always so lame
I think back then you could edit the players and edit their names in if you knew them and stuff like that
I really don't remember. But I remember even Madden was that way if you go all the way back to Madden 94 and stuff
like that. Emma Smith was like number 22 on Dallas. It wasn't really...it was the same way
It wasn't until they started getting the licensing rights and stuff like that to the players
likenesses that they started adding names. And that seems small, but it was such a huge addition
So I'm not going to gloss over that. I think that's really cool that they made the cover like this, that they really highlighted
the name on the back of the jersey because something so simple was not available 10 years
ago when NCAA 14 was playing, if I remember correctly. I think that that was really what...I mean that's what cost the world the game in the
first place is the fact that they were fighting over that. You know what I mean? That they didn't have their likeness rights and that's why they stopped making the game
Well, it's back and it's so cool to see that. I really think this cover art...if you're a fan of the series, this cover art really
hits home. So, I will go into a little more detail about the three cover athletes
Edwards, the running back from Michigan who...I'm reading an article off of CBS Sports
Edwards is Donovan Edwards, running back from Michigan. He was not ranked in the CBS Top 100 rankings
So they're kind of looking at that. And that was the name...when I did a video about a week or so ago, they said that...I
think it was Matt Brown said that he was surprised. He knew who the cover athletes were and he was surprised by one of them
I'm guessing he was talking about Donovan Edwards because Donovan Edwards, if you guys
know, he wasn't the starting running back. Blake Corham was. He just went to the NFL
I forget who drafted him, but I think it was like a fourth or fifth round pick
He was kind of the star tailback of Michigan, even though Donovan Edwards had a very big
national championship game against Washington. I think he had two touchdowns, 104 yards on just six carries
So he obviously...he had a big time moment in a big time game
So it's not like he's an unknown player. But he's not rated the same way that guys like Travis Hunter are, where everybody kind
of looks at him as the number one player in college football. He might be like a 99 overall
He also plays quarterback and receiver. This is the guy who's probably going to be a top five pick easy
Obviously quarterbacks are a little bit more important, so they might jump over him. But this guy is an absolute stud, an absolute freak player
He deserves to be on that cover just because he's probably one of the most recognizable
names and faces in college football. Then you also have Quinn Ewers
I'm not sure if I'm saying that name right. He's ranked number 15 on CBS Sports Top 100 for Texas, which is another powerhouse program
So it's like these guys are much bigger stars in their own right than Donovan Edwards
But since Michigan is the reigning national champion, I guess they wanted to have somebody
there just basically because it's more about the helmet and the logo, I think, at this point
Plus Michigan's obviously one of the biggest schools in history. I think they're still the winningest school ever
I don't know if anybody passed them, but I know they were not too long ago. But they're coming off a perfect season
They're coming off a national championship. I don't think anybody expects them to repeat or be anything close to that, especially since
they lost their head coach. They lost so many important players to the NFL
But yeah, you definitely need that type of brand recognition on the cover
Like I said, it's still Michigan. It's still one of the biggest college football sports programs in the world
And I think that that's probably why Edwards is there. It's just a little bit of a weird representation
I think most people would agree. There's still a lot of really big-name players out there that didn't make the cover
We still don't know who's going to be on the Standard Edition. I would imagine if Travis Hunter is on the Deluxe Edition like he is, that Shador Sanders
would not be. Although I really thought that Shador Sanders would be a great choice for a cover of the
Standard Edition. But there's still guys like Carson Beck, who I think has a pretty good chance of getting
the solo cover. It's going to be interesting to see who gets the solo cover, is my point. Let me know in the comments section who you guys think will get the solo cover by themselves
because obviously that's still a big question that remains to be named
Who do you think will be on the Standard Edition? I'm still going to go with Shador Sanders, just because of the fact that quarterback
Sel, I'm going to say it's going to be him or Carson Beck
That's my two choices. Although there's also Jalen Milrow, who is on this cover from Alabama
You can see him. So once again, I think if you're on this cover, you're probably not going to be on the Standard
cover, which is why I think Shador Sanders makes the most sense, because I don't see
him anywhere mixed into these athletes. The second biggest piece of information is the May reveal
They gave you a specific date. We've been saying for a while now, if you watch any of these videos from me or any other
creators, we all know that since the trailer dropped, or the teaser trailer really, that
they said at the end of that, that there will be a full reveal in May. That reveal is less than a week away
I'm releasing this video May 10th. EA Sports is reporting that May 16th is the expected May reveal
May 16th news update is expected May 16th. So I'm going to say that that's the reveal date, which makes a lot of sense, because
a lot of people thought it was going to be mid-month anyway. So that's what that sounds like to me
Those are probably the biggest pieces of information that were released today, but they're all very important, as now all of us will be setting our watch to May 16th for probably a huge
trailer to drop or a lot of information to come out. Things like gameplay, things like the features, new features, all that stuff
It should come out on May 16th, so set your calendar for that. I'm going to end the video there though
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