We played College Football 25; Mr. Met, he’s not; NBA Draft withdrawal deadline winners, losers

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EVERYONE PLANNING TO PLAY EA SPORTS 25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

It’s almost here and it will be glorious. After an 11-year hiatus, EA Sports’ college football video game will return on July 19. the trailer it was not enough…

1. Perhaps watch againbecause it’s amazing, and if this is yet insufficient…
2. WE NEED TO PLAY THE GAME!

By “we” I mean Bud Elliott, and he told Cameron Salerno the game does not disappoint. Here are his general thoughts:

• Elliott: “The main thing you take away from this is that these guys who make the game are not just another sports game they work on. They are absolute college football nerds. They are geeks in every little detail. … The mantra o What they tried to express is that every team is someone’s favorite team, so we want every Division I team that people are playing on to be represented and feel special when they’re playing.”

Obviously the biggest development since the last game is NIL. And while “money” won’t be moving hands in the popular Dynasty or Road to Glory game modes, NIL will play a role.

• Elliott: “The level of school you play at will dictate how much you can actually promise things like going to the NFL, exposure and branding — which is obviously kind of the code word for NIL. the Ohio Bobcats and win the national title real quick, but that’s not that easy to do because of all the different promises that recruits care about. in six or seven years, that’s really cool. Makes the game playable for longer.”

You can read the full interview here.

Honorable mentions

And it wasn’t such a good day for…

THE NEW YORK METS

When a player describes your own team as ‘the worst team probably in the whole fucking MLB’, It’s probably safe to assume things aren’t going well. In fact, for the Mets things are going very, very wrong.

After giving up a home run to Shohei Ohtanibeing ejected and throwing his glove over the net into the crowd, reliever Jorge López ripped his own team apart. When asked to clarify his comments, López didn’t exactly back down, saying he looked like the worst teammate on the worst team in the league. So… it’s still not great!

At least his time as the worst teammate on the worst team will supposedly (and understandably) end soon. He is expected to be assigned to a mission.

The explosion occurred during/after a 10-3 loss to Dodger, a game that was tied 3-3 in the eighth inning. With the loss, the Mets…

• were swept by the Dodgers
• lost eight of the last nine
• are MLB’s worst 7-19 in May
• are 22-33 on the season, just better than Rocky Mountains It is Marlins In Holland.

So that’s the embarrassing side of things. Now for the old bad/unlucky side.

Let’s just say there have been better days in Mets history.

Not so honorable mentions

Oilers score five goals in a row, win Game 4 and tie the series

O Lubricators‘The offense, behind stars and unlikely heroes, finally got back on track. As a result, they are heading back to Dallas with the series tied at two games apiece. After trailing 2-0 early, hosts Edmonton scored five goals in a row as they bounced back for a 5-2 victory over Stars.

• Wyatt Johnston scored 58 seconds into the game, and Esa Lindell scored another less than five minutes later thanks to a wild Edmonton rebound Nurse Darnell.
• Then the hosts came back with everything. Ryan McLeod – who didn’t even play in Game 3 – scored his first goal of these playoffs, scoring a loose puck in front of the net. Evan Bouchard then hit a rebound to tie it at two.
• In the second period, Mattias Janmark scored a shorthanded goal on an awkward run, sending the crowd into a frenzy. Fifty-one seconds later, Leon Draisaitl shot another past Jake Oettinger. It was a big goal not only for Edmonton, but also for Draisaitl, who has scored a point in each of the first 13 games of this postseason but none in each of the last two games.
• Mattias Ekholm scored an empty goal late to save things.
• After a suspicious start, Stuart Skinner grew a lot in the last two periods.

To make matters worse for Dallas, Chris Tanev left after blocking a shot and did not return.

Winners, losers, new Top 25 and 1 after the registration deadline

One of the busiest days in college basketball’s increasingly busy offseason calendar has come and gone: The NCAA’s deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft is in the rearview mirror. Here are the biggest comings and goings:

• Bronny Jamesas expected, it is staying in the NBA Draft.
• Alex Karaban It is coming back to UConnlooking for a third consecutive national championship.
• Pac-12 Player of the Year Caleb Love It is coming back to Arizona (which is now in the Big 12). His return, however, led to two revocations of Wildcat authorizationsand one of them joined his archrival State of Arizona.
• Mark Sears – one of my favorites in sport – is coming back to Alabamahaving just led the Crimson Tide to their first Final Four. Jarin Stevenson is also returning.

Three big conclusions:

First, we have winners and losers of a day of enormous importance. Alabama is undoubtedly one of the biggest winners, but we’ll get to them soon. Also a winner is…

• Salerno: “Awakened Forest – In one of the surprising decisions of the day, Wake Forest star Hunter Sallis elected to bypass the NBA Draft to return to school for another season. The old one Gonzaga the forward found a home with the Demon Deacons last season and averaged 18 points and 4.1 rebounds. Sallis immediately becomes a leading candidate for the ACC Player of the Year award. Sallis was ranked 50th in CBS Sports’ NBA Draft Prospect Rankings.

The Demon Deacons were supposed to be really good.

Second, back to the Crimson Tide, who climbed all the way to second place in Gary Parrish’s latest Top 25 and 1.

1. Kansas (previous: 1)
2. Alabama (9)
3. Houston (2)
4. North Carolina (3)
5. UConn (4)

And finally, with the draft pool nearly complete, Travis Branham your latest mock draft

Are rule changes behind NBA stars missing playoff games due to injuries?

Thursday was only the second time in May that we didn’t have NBA action, and while I missed it, I was reading about why so many stars missed out real games. Among the stars who missed time this postseason were Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler, Zion Williamson, Donovan Mitchell It is Tyrese Haliburton.

This coincided with…

• the NBA implementing the minimum of 65 games for individual tributes
• the introduction of the season’s tournament and NBA Cup, which led to a compressed second half of the season
• referees allowing more physicality in the final stretch

Did these changes play a role? Sam Presti is an intelligent man, and he I asked about the possibility. James Herbert is also an intelligent man and wrote about it.

• Herbert: “If the Stars had continued to play more games than they have in recent years, then the rule changes would seem like unequivocal success stories. But that’s not what happened. … Presti repeatedly emphasized that he only wanted to ‘red flag’ these issues. He didn’t rent. Adam Silver or the NBA, but he made it clear that he didn’t want the league to go from one extreme to the other when it came to player health and well-being.”

This was a fantastic – in-depth and balanced – look at what happened and what might come next.

What will we watch on Thursday

Game 5: Panthers vs. Rangers8pm on ESPN
Game 5: Mavericks vs. Timberwolves8:30 pm on TNT