Kenny Dillingham pranks Arizona State players with fake EA Sports College Football game

There’s huge hype surrounding the release of EA Sports College Football 25. The anticipation for the long-awaited NCAA college football game led to this hilarious moment for the Arizona Sun Devils, courtesy of their head coach, Kenny Dillingham.

During a summer practice, Dillingham approached his team with a handful of envelopes, pulling out ‘special editions’ of the game that had yet to be released. The Sun Devils head coach told his players in attendance that there were only a select number of copies, and a planking competition would decide who got their hands on a copy of EA Sports College Football 25 early. But what he didn’t tell them until it was too late was that this was all just a prank.

In the video below, you can check out Dillingham pulling one over on his Arizona State players and their competition for a faux copy of College Football 25.

HA got em 🤣

Safe to say the anticipation for @EASPORTSCollege is high🔥#ForksUp /// #ActivateTheValley pic.twitter.com/Y9SMY9CHvv

— Sun Devil Football (@ASUFootball) June 12, 2024

The hype for the long-awaited EA Sports College Football is at a fever pitch. And if you don’t believe individuals are ready to get their hands on a copy of this game, three let the video above serve as a counterpoint to that belief. In the middle of the summer, down in Arizona, where temperatures have already hit the triple digits, these Arizona State players were willing to do what they had to do to try and get their hands on a copy before the game officially drops in July.

EA Sports College Football 25 releases breakdown of gameplay

College football fans are getting an in-depth gameplay breakdown of the heavily anticipated EA Sports College Football 25 video game on Friday.

The breakdown focused on the new in-game feature called “CampusIQ” including the “Wear & Tear System.” ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit narrated the breakdown.

Per EA, “As the hits add up, players wear down with the Wear & Tear System. Manage your players’ health, limit fatigue, assess the risk of injury and avoid on-field mistakes by using strategic substitutions to ensure your players are at their best with it counts the most.”

Mental and player abilities will also be included in the game, specifically made for veterans in the game. Players can have up to eight abilities with different levels to achieve. The breakdown also included a revamped passing game.

Home-field advantage is also back. Players can test their squad’s road game composure and confidence levels with distractions like screen shaking, missing pre-play icons and moving play art.

The franchise has been dormant for more than a decade and is slated to be released on July 19. Available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, EA announced gamers will have three editions. The standard base game costs $69.99. The deluxe edition allows three-day early access and a slew of perks, priced at $99.99. The MVP bundle is priced at $149.99 and includes an early release for EA Sports College Football 25 and Madden. The video game will not be offered on PC.

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, Colorado wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter and Michigan running back Donovan Edwards are all featured on the game’s cover. The game also includes all 134 FBS teams and the name, image and likeness of current players.

The original EA college football video game franchise ran from 1998 until 2013. Moving from the Bill Walsh College Football moniker to NCAA Football, the annual game was eventually discontinued. Lawsuits emerged, most notably former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon and 19 others’ decision to sue the NCAA, arguing the organization violated United States antitrust laws by not allowing athletes to make a share of the revenues generated from the use of their in broadcasts and video games.