Newsstand: EA Sports College Football 25 sights and sounds deep dive
Tweets Of The Day
EA Sports released its “sights and sounds” deep dive for the upcoming College Football 25 video game, which is set to release July 19. Here are three excerpts that include details in the game about U-M and other schools:
Crowd noise
Over the last two seasons, we worked with ESPN to capture crowd audio straight from their broadcasts. From Autzen Stadium to Death Valley (both of them), and more, this content will function as our crowd noise, swells, and reactions that you’ll experience in every game you play.
Remember that OT game from 2022 between LSU and Alabama? Yeah, we were there. And we got all of it.
In addition to that game in Baton Rouge, we ended up capturing crowd noise from 41 games in places like Oregon State, Georgia, Florida State, Duke, UCLA, Texas, West Virginia, Georgia Tech, Miami, Ole Miss, Missouri, Kentucky, NC State, North Carolina, USC, Florida, Auburn, Louisville, Washington, Alabama, Michigan and from the previously mentioned, LSU, Clemson and Oregon.
This is my fight song
One of our Feature Producers Torsten Staley, Oregon Marching Band Alumni, traveled to Nashville to record every team’s Fight Song. We utilized an amazing group of musicians who were just as passionate as us in getting these songs right. Many were previous students and alumni from schools like Oklahoma, North Texas, Vanderbilt, USC, Auburn, and Tennessee.
Not only did we record each team’s fight songs, but we also recorded many of the rousers that are normally heard between plays and during pressure moments throughout a game. Some examples include “Go Gators” and “Roll Tide Roll” for those stadium-rousing moments, “Dies Irae” and “Mars” for those 3rd and 4th down defensive moments, and a few others that you’ll just have to find out for yourself…
Over 180 school band songs and drum grooves, including all 134 fight songs, are in the game. This process took 11 days, across 3 different groupings of players, Marching Percussion, Brass, and Winds. We are so excited for you to hear and experience each one of these songs – whether it’s a classic like “Hail to the Victors” from Michigan; for the first time ever in our College Football game history, “War Eagle” from Auburn, or one you may be hearing for the first time…by the way, the JSU Fight Song from Jacksonville State, SLAPS!
Crowd section layouts
In addition to seeing the unison of the crowd come together for key matchups, each and every stadium is setup with its band section, away visitors section, and student section. Also schools are equipped with pageantry props accurate to life such as Pom-Poms at Michigan and Tennessee, towels at South Carolina and Pitt, and even the Tiger Tails for Missouri.
Some Michigan-specific sights and sounds:
Screenshots on Michigan in the video game:
Michigan junior cornerback Will Johnson is a top 2025 NFL Draft prospect.
Quote Of The Day
“What we have here is a tireless worker — absolutely tireless. Nobody is going to work more productive hours than Dusty May is going to work. That’s always a great sign.”
— Former Michigan basketball head coach John Beilein on new head man Dusty May
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