Less than a month 'till NCAA Football 2010

With today being June 15, that means that there are only 29 days (less than a month) until Best Buy's and GameStop's everywhere are stocked with EA Sports' NCAA Football 2010. Michael Crabtree (XBox 360 cover), Brian Johnson (PS3 cover), Brian Orakpo (PS2 cover) and Mark Sanchez (PSP cover) will be featured more than annoying, anti-athlete Rick Reilly articles in ESPN The Magazine or Kobe and Lebron puppets on ABC (I'm a fan of those Nike commercials, and don't understand why Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon aren't), and I can't wait. This year's game will feature sideline commentary from ESPN's Erin Andrews (who talks like a dime), and while I usually don't get hyped up over a game's features (I have basically skipped past features like superstar mode and mascot mode), I am interested about the new strategic-playcalling feature, which claims that you can fool opponents by running virtually the same types of plays out of one formation (say consistent HB dives and smashes to the 2.5 hole) via "Playaction, misdirection or double moves (EA Sports)."
I will get the game at Best Buy on July 14 and play it heavily (along with Tiger Woods 10, which I am playing now) until Madden 1o comes out on August 14, and then play it at about a 1-t0-8 ratio to Madden (that's the tough thing about playing a college game with a pro game, the pro game is usually played at a faster pace, and thus better-in my opinion).
There are three teams that I am looking forward to playing with the most in NCAA Football 10, The U, Ohio State and LSU. Jacory Harris was really good in the game last year and should be even better this year in the green and orange, and you can probably say the same thing for Sean Spence, Aldarius Johnson and LaRon Byrd, while playing with Terrell Pryor is just as fun as playing with Troy Smith for the Buckeyes a couple of years ago, and I am looking forward to seeing who is better at QB for the Tigers in this years game, Jordan Jefferson (who played well in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl last New Year's Eve) or Russell Shepard, the true freshman who is this year's SEC version of Julio Jones from a hype and scouts/rivals.com standpoint. Plus in dynasty mode you will have to go to Georgia, Alabama and Ole Miss with Les Myles' team.
It will also be interesting to see how Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy compare to each other in the game, and how good EA Sports makes Mitch Mustain, Aaron Corp, Matt Barkley and Garrett Green, who are all vying to fill Mark Sanchez's shoes at USC.
I cannot wait to play NCAA Football 10 on PS3 in 29 days, and guarantee you that I can beat anybody in an online game no matter what their ranking (my PS3 gamer tag is cletitans if anyone's interested in playing me). Its nothing to Prince Peter mane!

Heisman Trophy Wrap-up

Sam Bradford winning the Heisman Trophy is a complete disgrace, and this is coming from a Sooners fan. There was a reason why Bradford led a Sooners team that put up the most points in big-time college football history: He had the most talent around him. Even more than Matt Leinart had at USC in 2004 when he could throw to Bush, Jarrett, Smith and Byrd and had Bush and White coming out of the backfield. Bradford could throw to three elite receivers in Joaquin Iglesias, Manuel Johnson, Quentin Chaney and TE Gresham to go along with the speester out of Las Vegas (a Peter Cady favorite) DeMarco Murray and Chris Brown coming out of the backfield. Meanwhile Colt McCoy had two average-good receivers to throw to in Quan Cosby and Jordan Shipley and two average running backs in Chris Ogbonnaya and Fozzy Whitaker that didn't live up to their expectations. Cosby and Shipley run good routes and have good separation skills, but are not the type of explosive receivers that Iglesias and Shipley are. In essence McCoy was the one QB out of the other three (Tebow, Bradford and Graham Harrell) that was the most responsible for his team's success. I bet a substantial amount of money on Texas winning the BCS National Championship in Vegas back in August, and they were freaking 18-1 odds, but overachieved due to McCoy and a great defense. Tebow you could justify due to his lack of good receivers outside of Percy Harvin and Chris Rainey and Aaron Hernandez, but Bradford you can't. Heisman trophy voters: You know nothing about football. BOOM! OUT OF HERE!


Heisman Voting Courtesy of ESPN.COM
Player
1st
2nd
3rd
Total
Sam Bradford, Oklahoma
300
315
196
1,726
Colt McCoy, Texas
266
288
230
1,640
Tim Tebow, Florida
309
207
234
1,575