College Football game brings excitement, hope to HBCU players

The release of the College Football ’25 EA Sports video game was on Monday, and it trilled everyone in the HBCU football fraternity. It is similar to the excitement in the SWAC Media Day held in Birmingham Al the following early release of the game, where the player and the coach vocalized their enthusiasm for the inclusion in the favorite franchise.

Florida A&M University’s Kelvin Dean, a fine running back, was finding it rather hard to conceal his enthusiasm.

He said he was more than excited to get a hold of the game and to crown it even slept with his Play Station from home here just to be among the first to download the game once released. Dean certainly looked forward to it, despite the fact that no HBCUs, or other non-FBS teams, were natively included in the game.

“I paid $100 — I got the early version,” Dean said to HBCU Gameday. “That is why I wanted to be on there to at least get some update of some kind or something puts us on their TeamBuilder or whatever they have in mind they are working on But yeah man, it is crazy I have been waiting for this game to come out for 10 to 11 years and now has finally come I would like to get a try to play and redo that again since it has been so long. ”

Another player, Evan Henry an Offensive lineman for Jackson State made similar statements during the SWAC media day.

“Well, I’d be playing right now if, you know, we wasn’t at SWAC Media Day I already downloaded it I’m waiting to get back to the crib so I can play me some NCAA,” he said with great anticipation.

Quintin Talley, a defensive back of Grambling State declared how eager he was to plunge into the game. But, he opts out of paying the additional $30 and thus has to wait a few days.

“I’m a gamer. I look forward to playing it. I know the early drop just happened. I gotta wait my three days before I can play, but I look forward to playing. ”

Still, Florida A&M defensive back Kendall Bohelr was not shy to buy the precursor of College Football 2025 game as well.

”When that came out I immediately bought the $100 version I had to play it early,” he said with laughter.

Any gamers that wish to play with HBCUs will have to build them from scratch using a so-called Team Builder mode. This has been the scenario since the series transferred to Playstation III two decades back.

The current running back for Alabama A&M, Donovan Eaglin, was among the many HBCU athletes expressing the hope that this won’t always be the reality.

“Yeah, except for HBCUs, I wish they were there but soon — maybe soon — a couple years from now, hopefully HBCUs will be there, add FCS schools even though I won’t be there, but it’s a great game.

Jackson State head coach T. C. Taylor joined in the reminiscing of the good old days of gaming. “

As for the game, my kids been blowing me up about it, trying to get me on the sticks and all of that. They’ll be asking yeah, alright the young boys how long have you been playing and me, laugh me head off; Im back, it’s been a while I said, alright, alright it’s been a while and I been ‘the don’ of the game.

This excitement for College Football 25 is energy that transcends the gaming enthusiasts even people like Jackson State’s defensive back Esaias Guthrie.

“I am not into gaming but watching dudes play games and some ruthless video game being in the back just ordering your stuff and getting dudes mad, that’s my jam,” Guthrie said.

The popularity of the EA Sports College Football 2025 EA Sports video game shows how HBCU players have ambitions for more attention to be paid to their teams and of how they give their all just for their favorites to stand on the same level with FBS schools.