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5-at-10: EA Sports video excitement, SEC meetings with cut-back consternation, Alabama gets star PG back

This combo of images provided by EA Sports, shows the video game covers for the new standard edition College Football 25, left, and Deluxe Edition College Football 25, featuring Texas' Quinn Ewers, Colorado's Travis Hunter, and Michigan's Donovan Edwards. (EA Sports via AP) This combo of images provided by EA Sports, shows the video game covers for the new standard edition College Football 25, left, and Deluxe Edition College Football 25, featuring Texas' Quinn Ewers, Colorado's Travis Hunter, and Michigan's Donovan Edwards. (EA Sports via AP)

By Jay Greeson May 30, 2024 7 min read

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NCAA excitement

It’s simply impossible to overstate my giddiness about the return of the EA Sports college football game later this summer.

Granted, I don’t have the time I once did to log marathon sessions playing Xbox like I used to. Life and all.

But the allure of the “dynasty” mode of the EA classic — and the leaks circulating about NIL and the portal and all the various changes in college football — make this the most anticipated sports video game since the Tecmo Bowl 2.