First NCAA Football 14 Screenshot Unveiled

EA Sports has released the first screenshot for their popular college football video game titled NCAA Football 14.  It features and Oregon Duck player #7 juking an opposing USC Trojans defender #16.

The screenshot, pictured above, doesn’t tell us all that much about the upcoming game.  However, it does signal the start of what should now be constant news, information, and videos coming out of EA Sports’ headquarters detailing what we can expect from NCAA 14.

NCAA Football 14 is still scheduled to come out on July 9th, 2013.  It will be available on both the PlayStation 3 and the XBOX 360.

You can reserve your copy of NCAA Football 14 today at PreOrder.org.

Denard Robinson Wins NCAA 14 Cover

Former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson has won the EA Sports NCAA Football 14 cover vote tournament.  Robinson beat out Texas A&M receiver Ryan Swope to land his spot on the cover.

The choice is absolutely the correct one considering how dominant Denard Robinson was on previous NCAA Football video games.  Each of the past 3 years he was easily one of the top 5 players in the game.  Even before Michigan’s recent re-emergence to football prominence, a lot of people would pick the Wolverines simply because their QB, Denard Robinson, was so effective in the game.

The cover vote started with 8 players and lasted a few months.  The cheating scandal in the finals will likely impact the way all future sports game cover votes will be handled.  Now that it has wrapped up, EA Sports has launched their Madden 25 cover tournament which will conclude in late April.

NCAA Football 14 is still scheduled to come out on July 9th of this year on both the XBOX 360 and the PlayStation 3 consoles.  There is still no word on if it will make its way onto future generation consoles like the PS4 or XBOX 720.

The first real news about the NCAA Football franchise traditionally comes out in mid-late March.  Look for some of the major issues from NCAA Football 13 to be addressed.

NCAA Football 14 Cover Vote Cheating

News came out of EA Sports’ NCAA Football 14 twitter account earlier today that voting irregularities a.k.a. cheating has taken place in the cover vote between Texas A&M’s Ryan Swope and Michigan’s Denard Robinson.  Apparently some fans have taken the vote so seriously that they created thousands of fake FaceBook profiles to cast extra votes.

Apparently the event that trigger the investigation took place yesterday when Denard Robinson was leading by almost 7,000 votes.  Within a matter of hours, that lead had been wiped out and Ryan Swope had taken over.  An investigation into the matter by EA Sports apparently uncovered the fake profiles.

This certainly could have been avoided had EA Sports decided to use a different platform to host the voting.  It is notoriously easy to manipulate FaceBook’s polling feature.

There is still no word on how exactly the fake voting impacted the standing or whether it was just on the Texas A&M’s side.  Voting closes tomorrow and we’d expect to get an answer by then.

Who did you vote for?  Let us know in the comments section.

Jadeveon Clowney Should Have 99 Rating in NCAA Football 14

South Carolina’s Jadeveon Clowney, the all but certain #1 overall NFL draft pick were he allowed to enter this year, deserves the elusive 99 overall rating in NCAA Football 14.  On top of his mind boggling statistics and highlight clips from last year, the news came out today that the 6’6″ 275 pound defensive end also ran a 4.5 40 yard dash.

If players still in college were allowed to be on the cover, he would be as close to a sure thing as there is.  Unfortunately, due to NCAA rules that can’t happen.  Nonetheless, Clowney should be comparably more dominant in NCAA Football 14 than Demarcus Ware in Madden 25.

Even though the NCAA Football series does not come out with player names, look for #7 on South Carolina to be the most effective and highest rated defensive player over the last decade.

NCAA Football 14 comes out on July 9th, 2013.  Ryan Swope and Denard Robinson are still battling it out via a fan vote to decide the cover athlete.  Look for Jadeveon Clowney to grace the cover of NCAA Football  15.

Who else do you think deserves the 99 overall rating in NCAA 14?  Let us know in the comments section.

NCAA Football 14 Release Date Announced

After plenty of speculation, EA Sports has announced the release date for this year’s edition of their college football series, NCAA Football 14.  We will be able to get our hands on the game just slightly earlier than usual with it hitting stores on July 9th, 2013.

NCAA 14 will be released on both the PlayStation 3 and the XBOX 36o.  There still is no word as to whether it will be coming to next generation consoles like the PlayStation 4 that are set to come out later this year.

NCAA Football 13 showed a strong improvement from the previous year’s game setting the stage for a higher than usual expectation level for NCAA Football 14.  Some people still play the NCAA series as a preparation for the Madden NFL series that comes out in August but their is a growing number of fans who play NCAA Football exclusively.  Strong reviews from critics in July is something EA Sports could really use as they kick off their sports title releases for this year.

July 9th falls on a Tuesday this year so those of you planning to take the day off of work should make plans accordingly.

NCAA Football 13 Read Option Tutorial

In today’s NCAA Football 13 tutorial, CDJ from the EA Sports GameChangers program goes over how to properly run the speed option in NCAA Football 13.  There are a few things to keep in mind when running the zone read option in this year’s game.

  1. Use a quarterback with a high speed rating
  2. Read the backside defensive end
  3. Hold X/A to hand the ball off the the running back

The read option can be deadly if used correctly in NCAA 13.  Watch the video below for a few more tips on running it properly.