Ahead of Monday night’s College Football Playoff national title game between Washington and Michigan, rumors — the source of which remains unclear — began to circulate that EA Sports would announce a major piece of news regarding the upcoming revival of the college football video game series, which has been dormant since its 2013 release.
Some expected an official release date would be announced or perhaps even a gameplay trailer, but halftime came and went, and by the second half, it became clear that we wouldn’t be so lucky.
It shouldn’t exactly be a surprise. Matt Brown of the Extra Points newsletter, who has reported extensively on the game’s development, has said throughout the week that while he thought some minor news might be revealed, he had no reason to believe it would be something as substantive as a gameplay trailer.
I think there will be *something* today, but I really think a lot of the social media hype machine does not line up with the existing reporting or what I have been hearing.
There's gonna be a pretty good actual football game today, though. I think you'd enjoy tuning it for that
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownEP) January 8, 2024
It seems this was the case of a rumor spun out of control, but that didn’t stop fans from voicing their disappointment on social media during the game.
me waiting for the new NCAA football video game trailer pic.twitter.com/G6WRq2iy8N
— nick (@nick_pants) January 9, 2024
Me at EA headquarters if they don’t announce the NCAA Football game pic.twitter.com/qsIiDdk3xh
— sky (@GonsolinRBW) January 9, 2024
Me waiting for the NCAA football game announcement pic.twitter.com/JQXy0tFc5u
— Tyler Browning (@DiabeticTyler) January 9, 2024
WHERE IS THE NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL VIDEO GAME ANNOUNCEMENT‼️‼️ pic.twitter.com/MoY8YVnZYk
— Ace 🦅 (@AceWDE) January 9, 2024
No NCAA video game trailer at halftime. EA Sports just finessed us all once again. pic.twitter.com/vLHMf69bWX
— Zach 🌎 (@zzachary_1) January 9, 2024
No NCAA video game halftime announcement (-135) cashes 😐 pic.twitter.com/cGekFxjrBG
— br_betting (@br_betting) January 9, 2024
Waiting on the ncaa football video game announcement pic.twitter.com/OaZRnxnwDQ
— Joe DiTullio (@DiTullioJoe) January 9, 2024
CFB Fans: “So you’re going to give us a preview of the new NCAA Football game during halftime of the Natty, right?”@EASPORTS : pic.twitter.com/4dc7I8pq4J
— 𝙿𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚕 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 🤠 (@PistolPeterOSU) January 9, 2024
When there still hasn’t been a commercial yet from EA Sports about the new NCAA game pic.twitter.com/AeuFbJEYLo
— Father Zo – Cesspool Lifeguard (@SouthsideZo) January 9, 2024
I’m fully expecting the NCAA Video Game Commercial to be at the end.
ESPN needs viewers to stick around
— College Football Report (@CFBRep) January 9, 2024
This night is turning out to be horrible. Michigan running all over Washington. 🤦🏾♂️
The NCAA lied about the College Football Video Game.
I'm down bad right now. pic.twitter.com/uu5Niv8T1I
— Wayne" Austin High's Finest (@Dewayne42005783) January 9, 2024
Me watching all the commercials making sure I don’t miss the NCAA Football Video Game commercial pic.twitter.com/LgqOxb4KiN
— Derek Duke (@DerekDuke25) January 9, 2024
Halftime over and no NCAA football video game trailer ?!? pic.twitter.com/Os01y6GPAk
— Dylan Kanner (@DKanner10) January 9, 2024
We got a dude pushing a sled across the screen for a DoorDash commercial before the NCAA Video Game Commercial 💀😭
— College Football Report (@CFBRep) January 9, 2024
Plot twist- NCAA 24 drops immediately following the game
— Zirksee🍽️ (@Zirksee) January 9, 2024
Boycotting every company that has a commercial play before the NCAA game announcment
— RBT (@SamuelBrownRBT) January 9, 2024
ALL THIS HALFTIME YAPPING, WHERE’S THE NCAA FOOTBALL GAME ANNOUNCEMENT AT??? pic.twitter.com/fxBKRcU39s
— marcus! (@MarcoMilIennium) January 9, 2024
Me waiting for the NCAA Football video game Trailer pic.twitter.com/iY0ywpWGrJ
— Christian Carver (@cc49ers) January 9, 2024
Is folks really watching the game or waiting for the NCAA 25 commercial 🤣👀?
— 🅰️ce ♠️ (@QueReid) January 9, 2024
