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I write Extra Points, a newsletter about business, policy and off-the-field stories in college sports. I do not make the college football video game.

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3 months
Friends, have you noticed a bug in EA Sports CFB25? Think a uniform or stadium wasn't rendered properly? Don't tweet or DM me! Fill out this form instead, and I can pass this info along. I can share repeat bug/mistake reports with EA folks
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You fools! You invited a Pac-12 team to play football after midnight!!!!
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Me, after playing EA CFB25 for the last month, when I see somebody run a jet sweep in real life
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Senator,,,,I'm afraid I have some terrible news
@SenTedCruz
Senator Ted Cruz
1 year
Athletes who are on scholarships shouldn’t be considered employees.   That would mean if you drop a pass or miss a free-throw you could be fired and lose your scholarship.   That’s bad for college athletics.
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Me, when I schedule Alabama in week two of my Sam Houston State Dynasty
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Jaylen Brown
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Im not afraid of you or your resources
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Are you a casual football fan just tuning in for the Super Bowl? Do you love low scoring contests? Games between Californians and the Midwest? Questionable officiating? PUNTS?!? Good news! The fun doesn't have to end now! Let me introduce you to something called The Big Ten
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Has anybody actually broken down tape of the HS teams that Walz coached? Are we really potentially about to elect a Single Wing guy, or was he dropping Air Raid stuff on rural Minnesota teenagers
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USC and Washington have no idea what kind of conference they're joining
@SolidVerbal
The Solid Verbal College Football Podcast
1 year
Cow-milking celebration?????
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"I have concepts of a plan"
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4 months
quick note in case anybody was wondering: this feature is NOT in the new college football video game
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kate bush's husband
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THERE IS A GUN THAT USES CRUSHED SKULLS AS AMMO WHAT THE FUCK DUDE
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1 year
YOU'RE OUT HERE QUESTIONING OUR TOUGHNESS? WHEN WE'RE OUT HERE FACING MARYLAND, THE ALMA MATER OF JEFF KINNEY, AUTHOR OF THE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID?!? WHO IS THE WIMPY KID NOW, HUH? NOT THIS FOOTBALL TEAM
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anyway, this is Florida State's next opponent
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Don Grizzell, Ph.D.
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Remember, college football saturday is not about wanting good things to happen to your team. It is about wanting bad and/or funny things to happen to everybody else.
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3 years
and somewhere, Nick Castellanos steps into the batters box
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10 months
When you realize nobody else is going to accept your PragerU course credits
@JasonKirk_fyi
Jason Kirk (read my novel)
10 months
When you learn the word "homosexuality" didn't appear in any Bible translations until after World War II
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Hell yeah it's awesome to be the generation that gets pandered to now
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5 years
I still can't believe Maryland canceled class, actually got students to go to a football game, and then got blasted 59-0
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6 months
Some personal news,,,today is my first day at my new job, GM for the Atlanta Falcons!!! It's going to be a learning process but I hope I do a good job,
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UCLA to Rutgers, btw, is almost the same distance as Rutgers to Reykjanesbær, Iceland.
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3 months
I love that so many FCS schools and leagues were like "I know you're all going to try and create our team in TeamBuilder so lets just do that for you"
@SouthlandSports
Southland Conference
3 months
IN THE GAME 🏈🎮 We know you needed some Southland Football in College Football 25... so we created all 10 teams. For PS5 users, look at the user name hillgators32 and download your favorite team! #GasTankLeague
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Joe Biden should make it illegal for SaaS companies or real estate concerns or made up financial service companies to sponsor bowl games. Every game deserves something like this.
@taleast
Talmadge East
10 months
@BunkiePerkins Who’s Next?
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My QB in EA CFB25 when my first read isn't open and I'm too stupid to look for anybody else
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3 years
How does Calvin Ridley's gambling suspension impact YOUR fantasy team, presented by DraftKings! But first, a word from Coinbase:
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every too early top 25: 1) bama 2-20) the same teams that were good last year, slightly rearranged 21-22) bad blue bloods who just made a coaching change and NOW will turn it around 23) 6-6 team that looked good in their bowl 24) a G5, so we can show we're refined 25) Texas
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3 months
Did everybody know the golden gopher could do this or
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5 months
NEW EXTRA POINTS: I played EA Sports College Football 25 last week. Here are my first impressions from the game...which is clearly a love letter to college football fans, by college football fans. The game is a lot of things. And it isn't Madden.
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10 months
imagine explaining this to a european
@NicoleAuerbach
Nicole Auerbach
10 months
The @PopTartsBowl postgame was amazing. They called out the @DukesMayoBowl by name, killed a human pop-tart and had the entire crowd chanting "toast that mas-cot!"
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1 year
Okay NOW I'm starting to believe in Deion Sanders
@WarOnDumb
Kyle Whitmire
1 year
NBC is reporting Alabama could soon lose Space Command to Colorado.
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3 months
As everybody is downloading their games.... ()
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5 months
Confession: I came to Florida for an EA sports event about the video game. I played it today, interviewed developers and got loads of info. But I can't share it YET. I promise I will share everything as soon as I am allowed. Stay tuned!!
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5 years
TIRED: Dr.Pepper halftime chest pass competition WIRED: Monster Energy Drink halftime Oklahoma Drill competition
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11 months
I don't want to hear a single pundit or administrator talk about preserving the sanctity of college football regular season, the only sport where "every game matters", ever again
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good morning
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11 months
If this game doesn't let us rob an NIL collective what are we even doing
@that1detectiv3
Detective
11 months
GTA 6 will take place in the entire state of Florida, not just Miami and its surrounding areas. We’re in for the experience of a lifetime 👀
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@bomani_jones of all the musicians to *not* fuck with, the sousaphone player in an hbcu band has to be near the very top
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3 years
well folks, dabo *did* threaten to quit if players started getting paid
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1 year
THIS is who Russia is having trouble with right now? I'm sorry. That's an unserious program.
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1 year
Nothing matters anymore. Add Washington State.
@IvyLeague
Ivy League
1 year
The more things change, The more they stay the same. 🌿
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That’s right, Cal twitter. Your program is among the very best at forcibly redistributing resources
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1 year
When the Lord's Name, Image and Likeness checks bounced
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no context college football
1 year
caption this
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1 year
I don't know about you guys, but this submarine discourse really makes me miss Mike Leach. You KNOW he would have had a good twenty minutes on this.
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10 months
The Rose Bowl is famous for the sunsets, but I see ESPN just learned that uh, the Sugar Bowl environment has some unique sights as well
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Matt Brown
4 months
Lol lemme send some emails
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Jesse Taylor
4 months
Hey @EASPORTS . Was wondering since you used my image in two previous NCAA Football games could yall send me the new game? Just a band guy trying to take UAB through a multi year dynasty. @EASPORTSCollege
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1 year
It is reasonable for people to be upset when a service they previously got for free suddenly costs money, but is also worse
@awfulannouncing
Awful Announcing
1 year
Ohio State fans upset game vs. Purdue will air on Peacock
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4 years
Liberty University Offensive Coordinator Mike Gundy
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Matt Brown
10 months
Look, just because we ate the Pop Tart mascot doesn't mean we need to eat EVERY mascot
@UNMLoboMBB
Lobo Basketball
10 months
Due to unforeseen circumstances, tonight’s Mascot Night is postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.
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10 months
FINE i'll make some phone calls and try to figure out if you can eat the pop-tart mascot in the video game next summer
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4 years
My wife just told me not to lose any more weight or "you'll ruin the whole King of Queens vibe of our relationship" and I don't think I've ever been so thoroughly dunked on in my life
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1 year
Here's my current College Football Playoff rankings: 1) Notre Dame 2) Mercer 3) Navy 4) North Alabama
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2 years
Per multiple sources familiar with the situation, EA is expected to announce tomorrow morning around 10 AM ET that EA Sports College Football will be delayed until 2024. More details to come tomorrow.
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2 years
Hearing some EA Sports College Football news is coming very soon that i don't think the TL is going to like...
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5 months
Yes, you have cross play and yes, there is an online dynasty...up to 32 teams
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1 year
In case you were wondering, here are the three helmets Colorado submitted to EA Sports as potential assets for EA Sports College Football: They also submitted drone footage and hundreds of other photos of fans, the mountains, and basically every possible angle of the stadium:
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5 years
nice try cop
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DatPiff
5 years
Name a song that you downloaded from LimeWire.
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oh no, this is terrible, nebraska might have to vacate both wins of the scott frost era
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Brett McMurphy
3 years
Nebraska & Coach Scott Frost under NCAA investigation for improper use of analysts, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ . Also, during pandemic, NU held unauthorized off-campus workouts under staff’s direction to avoid detection by school officials, sources said
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Joe Burrow passing touchdowns in the college football playoff: 7 Northwestern passing touchdowns over the entire dang 2019 season: 6
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Updates straight from EA on features, gamemodes, etc
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1 year
I'm torn between thinking that putting ACC football games in movie theatres is creative and probably low cost for the league...and thinking that anybody who buys tickets to watch Syracuse/Virginia in a theatre belongs on a federal watch list
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TexAgs: No, that's just the official plane. That's obviously a feint. Y'all gotta track the BOOSTER'S plane, which....clearly shows Putin is on his way to accept the OC job at Liberty.
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BREAKING: Putin’s plane has left Moscow for St. Petersburg. Looks like he is fleeing from the advancing Wagner Group military column
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This would mean that any organized opposition to the proposed opt-in contract is now pretty much already dead. Over 10K is roughly 90% of eligible athletes already signed
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EASPORTSCollege
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10k and counting... pretty pretttyyy good #CFB25
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Just talked to 2 people at EA with direct knowledge, and both said "we have not shared a direct date with anybody" and would not confirm this date. July is what I've heard is the target. So this could be correct! But I haven't seen it in writing and EA won't confirm it
@GatorDave_SEC
David Waters - Gators Breakdown
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🚨SOURCES: EA Sports College Football planned to launch on July 12, 2024🚨
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NEW EXTRA POINTS: We have @rodger investigating how Jacksonville State won a dang national title in women's bowling in the first year of their program. It started with Texas joining the SEC.
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this is the funniest non-denial ever.
@CUBuffsFootball
Colorado Buffaloes Football
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We here. #GoBuffs
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I dunno, is THIS the guy you want to listen to when it comes to clock management?
@aldotcom
AL.com
3 years
Make daylight saving time permanent, Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville says.
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The economics of big time college football are so messed up that Indiana...INDIANA...has the money to pay a dude 20 million not to coach, but "Indiana" probably doesn't have the 3ish million needed to pay for a quality enough roster to win 7 games
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5 months
Mistakes are going to happen, and it's fine to call attention to things that need fixed, but filling your diapers and yelling THIS ISNT HARD (over something that is, in fact, hard) over an unreleased game is entitled and ridiculous. It's May. Relaaaaaaax
@Onikuno
Mr. Pilkington
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This is a CALL TO ACTION. Tell @EASPORTSCollege they need to fix the Red River Rivalry in the new game. Missing midfield art crowds not split 50/50 Team endzones are on the wrong ends OU is ALWAYS on the tunnel end Texas is on the other It's NOT. THAT. HARD.
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Matt Brown
2 years
It would appear that this Baylor/BYU game is featuring a lot of very frustrated young men who are being prevented from scoring
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3 years
If Elon's whole deal is throwing around massive amounts of money just to troll people, just wait until somebody in Texas explains college football to him
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4 years
Mike Leach with lousy defense against a spread? well I never
@BunkiePerkins
Bunkie Perkins
4 years
A masked pirate appears!
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Indiana State and Drake should both make the NCAA Tournament based on the critical "cmon" principle imo
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1 year
I'D SURE LIKE TO KNOW WHERE OL ORVILLE REDENBACHER IS NOW! YOU KNOW WHO REALLY POPPED UP IN LESS THAN A MINUTE? THIS FOOTBALL TEAM. THEY CAME OUT HOT TODAY
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3 years
fast forward to when Elmo is pleading the fifth when asked, under oath, about the whereabouts of Rocco
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4 years
Y’all laugh but the next Pac-12 TV deal is gonna be on nickelodeon
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3 years
Alaska should be allowed to cheat
@NCAA_PR
NCAA News
3 years
NCAA violations occurred at Alaska Fairbanks:
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10 months
could you imagine if somehow Alabama won that on a walk off safety
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Matt Brown
4 years
Remember how once upon a time, every college mascot had a sailor hat? That was cool. But what we really need to bring back are illustrations where every college mascot is carrying of jug of booze.
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NEW EXTRA POINTS: We brought back old friend @LeverFever to explain how we probably don't talk about the Oklahoma Softball Dynasty enough...a program that has found ways to win, even though college sports keeps changing:
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I for one am shocked to see a Buffalo having a bad time on the Oregon Trail
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2 months
Clemson is just prosperity gospel Iowa
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no context college football
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A college basketball tradition unlike any other: early season games against schools that do not sound like real colleges:
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1 year
Realignment sucks but USC playing in gray, 28 degree sleet at Purdue, or Spiritually Purdue, multiple times a year is going to be very funny
@ChrisVannini
Chris Vannini
1 year
USC in gross Midwestern weather, soon to be a thing 3-4 times a year.
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Matt Brown
7 months
Sure, this game is awesome, but just think about how much better this tournament would be if the Horizon League champ didn't get an automatic bid anymore so we could get Iowa or UCF in here instead
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3 years
TIRED: surrender cobra INSPIRED: surrender sloth
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1 year
It's time for Interim House Speaker Ed Orgeron
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A possible takeaway from the first half of FSU/Clemson have we considered the possibility that actually, Duke is the best team in the country
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3 years
Looks like a normal teen’s bedroom, right? Think again.
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This is terrible. Wittenberg, of course, is in Springfield, Ohio.
@WittAthletics
Wittenberg Athletics
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5 months
Neck is in the game. I saw the sheet music for it and everything.
@FragnificentKW
Charles Fraga
5 months
@MattBrownEP The most important question: did their audio team license “Neck”?
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3 years
I thought I had seen all the Aaron Rodgers jokes until I saw somebody on this website call him Breitbart Starr
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Matt Brown
1 year
i realize this isn't an original thought or anything, but this particular realignment news cycle is legitimately making me sad.
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Matt Brown
11 months
I've been reporting this for like, an entire year. EA has been saying this for almost an entire year. Why are we pretending this is a new revelation just to mine some cheap engagement? It's misleading to readers
@On3sports
On3
11 months
BREAKING: EA Sports' new College Football game is still expected to be released this summer, @PeteNakos_ reports‼️
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6 years
I'm not the first person to make this observation, but the fact that Texas A&M now employs two millionaire adult men named Jimbo and Buzz feels...correct, somehow.
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Matt Brown
2 years
Nobody will remember: - Your salary - Your fancy title - How ‘busy’ you were - How stressed you were - How many hours you worked People will remember: - in 2016, Notre Dame football went 4-8
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Matt Brown
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It's been a wild (three?) years constantly writing about the development of this game. Learned a TON. Still feels a little surreal to have it in my hands. And I don't lie to y'all...it feels special to see my name in the credits. A career milestone I won't forget.
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Was working on some CFB25 stuff this morning, and my oldest kid saw a clip of Nebraska's football helmets. She got all excited and said "wait, Netflix has a football team in this game?!?"
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Matt Brown
4 months
yall gotta stop believing everything you read on the internet
@cfb25_insights
CFB Insights
5 months
Non #CFB25 related news, BUT this message was recently shared with me from an anonymous rep at EA. Could we see a REVAMPED College Baseball series in the near future? A reskin of fan favorite MVP Baseball makes sense given EA’s timeline. HUGE, if true! #EASports @Vol_Baseball
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Matt Brown
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Can't believe the Supreme Court just ruled that Gregg Berhalter has complete immunity for these crimes
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Matt Brown
4 months
I've gotten this question a LOT. If it makes you feel better coming from somebody other than me, here's confirmation that Dynasty attendance, and Home Field Advantage, is Dynamic:
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Matt Brown
1 year
lol our computer game is almost ready
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Matt Brown
1 year
Boy, that looked like the largest collection of Duke fans storming past some barriers since, well...never mind
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5 years
shouldn't pitbull be performing at the puppy bowl instead send tweet
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