Two days after the NCAA announced it would not be renewing its football video game partnership with reigning two-time Worst Company In America champ Electronic Arts comes confirmation that the gaming giant will indeed continue to make college football games, but they simply won’t carry the “NCAA” brand. [More]
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NCAA: EA Won’t Be Making Our Football Titles Anymore (But It May Continue To Make College Games)
By 7.17.13
While we know in our heart that winning a second consecutive Worst Company In America title was the most heartbreaking moment for video game publisher Electronic Arts, this news has to come a pretty close second. The NCAA, which had an exclusive arrangement with EA to produce the wildly popular NCAA-branded college football game, has decided it won’t be signing a new contract with EA. However, it doesn’t look like it’s the end for EA’s association with college football. [More]
College Football Bowl System Apparently Warrants DOJ's Attention
By 5.4.11
Because antitrust investigators at the Justice Department made such quick work of their investigations into the United/Continental and NBC/Universal mergers, they apparently have plenty of free time to wonder why there are no playoffs in the Bowl Championship Series. [More]
Big Ten's Logo A Shining Example Of Creativity
By 12.14.10
The world of college sports is a confusing place nowadays. The Big Ten Conference has 12 teams, while the Big 12 has 10 teams. The Big 10, which once actually had 10 teams but adopted a clever logo that integrated the number 11 into the structure of its old logo, paid tribute to its 12th team by moving on to a logo that appears to have been designed by a 12 year old. [More]
Best Frozen Hors d'Oeuvres To Give The NCAA Basketball Fans At Your House
By 3.20.10
Are there NCAA basketball people camped on your couch? Do you need something to feed them? Do you not want to miss the game? We have located a list of the best frozen hors d’ouerves from Real Simple. [More]
NCAA Charges Non-Refundable $9 Fee To Enter Ticket Lottery
By 4.7.08
Here’s another reason to be glad you don’t like college basketball–the NCAA charges a $9 fee for the privilege of maybe getting tickets to next year’s basketball tournaments.
