Vote For BC In EA Sports' NCAA Football 12 Traditions Tourney
by A.J Black on Jun 9, 2011 3:00 PM EDT
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As a huge gamer and a college football fan, there is nothing better than EA Sports NCAA Football. I find the game to be the easiest way to live out all of my favorite BC delusions.
Recruiting five star QB's who can run a 4.4 40 yard dash? Absolutely.
Back-to-back National titles?
Beating Virginia Tech 42-0? Sure why not.
Last year's game helped me get through many of the dark parts of the season. NCAA 2012 looks really good, but should I buy it? Of course! The new features are always what makes me shell out $50 a year for the newest version. This year, EA Sports added a new feature chronicling the "traditions" of each school, basically what each school does as a tradition before each game. To add to the excitement, EA Sports is trying to determine where fans can vote on their favorite traditions. For BC they added the Eagle Statue touch, which if you ever go to a game, they show on the jumbotrons before every game.
Do I believe the Eagle Touch should win? No. Even though I love it, and it's added a great tradition to our pre-game ritual, there are other schools that have much better more storied traditions. Some of my favorites would include:
- Florida State -- Chief Osceola/Renegade Spear Plant (real Indian, flaming spear equals awesome)
- Oklahoma -- Sooner Schooner
- Oregon -- Duck on the motorcycle (Donald Duck on a motorcycle, almost as insane as Chip Kelly's offensive schemes)
- Clemson -- Howard's Rock (Basically the same thing as BC's tradition, it just has been around longer)
- Auburn -- War Eagle (BC did this once last year. Please continue it. It's awesome.)
Head on over to EA Sports' Facebook Page and vote for your favorite pre-game tradition. Winner will be announced on ESPN's SportsNation on July 12th.
Let's open up the comment section with a few thoughts:
What do you think of BC's pregame traditions (walk through campus, Eagle Statue touch)? Is there anything you wished they added? What traditions from other programs do you like/can't stand?
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The Eagle touch is pretty lame, but I’m also not a fan of Chief Osceola and Renegade. Allow me to channel my inner JBQ: Dressing up like an “Indian,” riding a horse and “planting” your “burning spear” into the “grass” of Doak Campbell Stadium … no thanks.
Also, I’ve witnessed the Auburn War Eagle first hand. It’s a pretty awesome tradition, but stop stealing our mascot! Aren’t you supposed to have like … one … mascot?
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Eagle Touch
I like the Eagle Statue touch simply because it is pretty much the only pregame ritual/tradition that BC football has…
I don’t mind the walk through campus, but it would be a lot better if more people were there to see it.
One tradition that I’ll miss: seeing Mark Herzlich rip apart the BC banner and sprinting across the field leading the rest of the team out.
Dont like our tradition....
but its all we got. As for the game the team ratings were released. BC is 67th (yes 67th) on the list. Our ratings are Offense-B Defense-B+ SPecial Teams-B- Overall B+ Prestige (highest is 6 stars) 3. Im looking forward to leading Boston College to a national title and making a dynasty.
For Horton
Defense a B+? If we didn’t get an A, who did?
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At least our ratings have gone up a little. I’m still on NCAA ’10 and I think we are B- across the board.
xbox 360: ONLY LIONS FAN
by chicagofire1871 on Jun 9, 2011 11:59 PM EDT reply actions
Video games aren't real life
we are better than 67 for sure. Video games are not reality, one player led me to multiple national titles and did diddly squat on the field. JEFF SMITH
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