Where I Come From: EA Sports NCAA Football Available Now

by Mike Rutherford on Jul 13, 2010 8:38 AM EDT in EA Sports NCAA FB 11

This post is sponsored by EA Sports NCAA Football 2011.

Below is a message form the fine, fine folks at EA Sports, who would greatly appreciate it if you would consider buying their college football video game. Available in stores today!

When you go to a particular school or grow up around college football, you are more than just a fan. It’s who you are. We thought we could leverage this pride in your roots and show that "where you come from" is more than just a statement about geography. By positioning NCAA Football 11 as a game that understands this pride and is authentic to these traditions, the takeaway should be that anything that is in college football is in NCAA Football 11.

And this doesn’t just include game play (though that’s a huge part of it). It’s rivals and mascots; it’s legends and stories. It’s those things that are at the very fabric of the game itself. Of course the game is great this year as well. With authentic entrances, mascots and specific offenses for each team, the term "where I come from" takes on a much larger meaning. While playing NCAA Football 11 is ultimately a great sports sim, it should also give you a sense of the pride and emotion one has for being a fan of a team they will never not be a part of.

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Sellout

Now just pretend I were clever enough to fill this space with some comments about blogging that were really just a satire about whiny indie-rock fans. Sadly, I’m not, but you can imagine what it would be like.

by _TheGainesShow_ on Jul 13, 2010 10:23 AM EDT reply actions

Totally

by Mike Rutherford on Jul 13, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions

I picked mine up a little after midnight

I’ve simulated the first couple games for UofL and will post what happened later today.

by guyngreen on Jul 13, 2010 10:37 AM EDT reply actions

This “Where I Come From” stuff is getting old. Are all of the SB bloggers required to use it?

by Harmon on Jul 13, 2010 11:00 AM EDT reply actions

It's over

by Mike Rutherford on Jul 13, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions

I hope you were well compensated

for your activities as a shill.

by rickmbari on Jul 13, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions

More compensated than usual

But still, poorly.

by Mike Rutherford on Jul 13, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Man's gotta get paid...

You don’t have to read it

by quiet cardinal on Jul 13, 2010 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I love the CC so much that this advertisement will in no way affect my opinion of the site

But it disappointing that the ads of moved from the corners, tops, and sides of the pages to literary writing posts about themselves

by Blocky on Jul 13, 2010 11:53 AM EDT reply actions

Adblock Plus

If you use Mozilla Firefox as your browser, use the Adblock plug-in… I don’t see many ads anywhere.

by guyngreen on Jul 13, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm having a hard time believing all this meaningless whining about advertising.

Do you feel like paying a fee to visit this site? Do you think the internet and everything on it exists by magic and was created to entertain you for free? Even though these EA posts popped up where the unadulterated content usually is, and I appreciate the fact that it was clearly (even mockingly) labeled for what it was. There’s a post on this site that reviews the damn game and points out its flaws. I’d say that’s advertising that is refreshingly free of sliminess. If that’s too much advertising for you, then go start a utopian commune somewhere, you dirty hippies. (Not aiming this at you, Blocky. I just got carried away.)

by sarasota-card on Jul 13, 2010 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't hear any whining

and I’d happily contribute if Mike put a PayPal button on the site.

by rickmbari on Jul 13, 2010 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Blue, in my Card Chronicle?

It’s more likely than you think.

by yep_yeppers on Jul 13, 2010 12:28 PM EDT reply actions

I haven't played a video game

since Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. So I guess that makes me really cool or really dorky. I can never tell these days. The pendulum keeps moving.

I’m looking forward to quality CC stories from now on. I guess until EA Sports NCAA Basketball 11 is launched. Fave basketball Card-Beau Zach Smith. Not really.

MnPDX

by kentuckybred on Jul 13, 2010 1:05 PM EDT reply actions

they won't have a bball one

by Final4Galore on Jul 13, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions

For the love of God

The EA series resulted in an ART CARMODY-AUTHORED POST ON CARD CHRONICLE.

That alone demands your respect.

by Mike Rutherford on Jul 13, 2010 1:23 PM EDT reply actions

by SullyCard on Jul 13, 2010 2:05 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Exactly.

Did you hear Art-O-Matic bitching about the advertising? No. You didn’t.

by sarasota-card on Jul 13, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I will preface this by saying that I have the game on the way and will play its balls off.

However, EA Sports deserves little respect for the way they handle many things. This advertising deal is just the latest attempt from them to try to pull the wool over people’s eyes that Madden and NCAA are, by and large, broken football games. I buy it anyway because I love college football (and video games) too much not to, but I don’t every play it without wishing that the NCAA and NFL would man up and refuse EA’s bribes to keep the exclusive licenses, which makes up for their lack of talent in making good football games.

One statement in particular makes me very angry: “anything that is in college football is in NCAA Football 11.” Really? Ask any fan of Hawaii or SMU if they agree, since despite EA’s contention, the Run & Shoot offense is horribly broken in the game. There are no option routes in their respective playbooks, which is the foundation of the Run & Shoot. Not to mention shovel passes, which are just plain missing.

by CARD_G6 on Jul 13, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions