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Pitt Featured in College Football 25 Trailer

The Pitt Panthers were a central part of the EA Sports College Football 25premiere.

Stephen Thompson

Oct 8, 2022; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Panthers running back Israel Abanikanda (2)
Oct 8, 2022; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Panthers running back Israel Abanikanda (2) / Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers were a central part of the official EA Sports College Football 25 trailer, which was released this week ahead of the game's mid-July premiere.

About 40 seconds into the two minute-long trailer video, the Pitt band took center stage to spell out the school's nickname in script lettering at Acrisure Stadium in between shots of Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin and Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania.

Pitt football teased some of the elements that they have approved for use in the game, including the band, three different uniform sets and some gameday atmosphere things that will be featured when one plays as the Panthers.

The "turnover dunk" that the Panther players use to mark every takeaway from the defense will also be included in the game, if the trailer is to be believed.

Panthers fans will also be able to finally play as their favorite players in the new game, the first of it's kind to be made since 2014. The game was discontinued due to lawsuits over the use of name, image and likeness without compensation from former athletes. Now with the NCAA's regulations agianst player compensation largely a thing of the past, EA has gone ahead and reintroduced the iconic video game.

Players who opted in to being included in the game have been compensated with a free copy and $600 from Electronic Arts.

The game is set to be officially released on July 19.

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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