Wii NCAA Football 09 confirmed and cover mascot challenge begins
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EA Sports has officially revealed that for the first time the NCAA Football franchise will be coming to the Nintendo Wii. NCAA Football 09 is tentatively scheduled to release on July 15th.
To commemorate the occasion EA is hosting a poll to choose which mascot ends up on the cover. The mascot cover will be exclusive to the Wii version of 09 with the voting having just opened up on the official website.
Voting for the NCAA Football 09 Wii Cover Mascot Challenge will start on Thursday, February 14. By visiting www.ncaafootball09.com fans can cast one vote per day for their favorite college mascot until the contest closes on Thursday, March 6. The winning school’s mascot will be announced March 14 on the NCAA Football 09 website.
Fans will be able to choose their favorite NCAA FBS (formally known as Division 1-A) college team mascot, and will ultimately decide which college mascot will represent this year’s NCAA Football 09 Wii cover.
I say we begin a drive to get behind the most ridiculous mascot out there, that of course being the Stanford Tree.
Update: With voting now open not all of the NCAA teams are available to choose from. Apparently all 76 mascots that will be in the Wii version are eligible (some teams don’t have their mascots in). Figures that the Tree is not one of them. So we’ll all need to unite behind another option. Which one would be the most hilarious?
February 14, 2008 at 10:53 am
VOTE SPARTY FOR 09!!!!!
February 14, 2008 at 10:56 am
so will EVERY mascot be on there? or just like 10 or so? or just D-1? or what?
February 14, 2008 at 11:10 am
[quote comment="13374"]so will EVERY mascot be on there? or just like 10 or so? or just D-1? or what?[/quote]
Sorry, I’ll add the following quote. Looks like every mascot is eligible.
“Fans will be able to choose their favorite NCAA FBS (formally known as Division 1-A) college team mascot, and will ultimately decide which college mascot will represent this year’s NCAA Football 09 Wii cover.”
February 14, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I’m just ecstatic that NCAA Football is coming to the Wii. I might vote once or twice, but the cover really doesn’t matter to me. I just hope Wii owners get a solid college football game. Great news!
February 14, 2008 at 1:44 pm
It should be mascot for all consoles enough with having players from the previous year on the covers, start going with mascots representing the best or most popular team.
February 14, 2008 at 2:29 pm
i can almost guarantee it will be one of the following..seeing how these are the trendy teams..
*usc
*miami
*florida
*ohio state
*notre dame
February 14, 2008 at 2:59 pm
What about otto the orange
February 14, 2008 at 3:03 pm
[quote comment="13389"]i can almost guarantee it will be one of the following..seeing how these are the trendy teams..
*usc
*miami
*florida
*ohio state
*notre dame[/quote]
Thats why we’ve all got to unite behind the Tree.
February 14, 2008 at 4:24 pm
either the tree or rocky the rocket for toledo
February 14, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Sucks that it is only D1 mascots. I would have voted for keggy the keg. He is the mascot for the University of Dartmouth.
February 14, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Ok so all the teams in the Wii version are eligible, it won’t have every team like the other versions. There are 76 total. So we need to to up with the most hilarious one to unite behind
February 14, 2008 at 5:56 pm
KU Jayhawks baby!
February 14, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Some goofy mascots:
Syracuse Orange
ECU Pirate
Akron’s Zippy
MTSU Lightning (Blue Dragon)
February 15, 2008 at 7:32 am
[quote comment="13410"]Ok so all the teams in the Wii version are eligible, it won’t have every team like the other versions. There are 76 total. So we need to to up with the most hilarious one to unite behind[/quote]
Umm…so there are only 76 teams in the wii version? Is this Bbill Walsh College Football for my Genesis? You’ve got to be kidding me.
February 15, 2008 at 8:03 am
[quote comment="13465"][quote comment="13410"]Ok so all the teams in the Wii version are eligible, it won’t have every team like the other versions. There are 76 total. So we need to to up with the most hilarious one to unite behind[/quote]
Umm…so there are only 76 teams in the wii version? Is this Bbill Walsh College Football for my Genesis? You’ve got to be kidding me.[/quote]
Just got clarification that the mascots on the website are all of the ones in the game. However all the teams will be in. So its just that some teams don’t have their mascot in.
February 15, 2008 at 10:44 am
[quote comment="13416"]Some goofy mascots:
Syracuse Orange
ECU Pirate
Akron’s Zippy
MTSU Lightning (Blue Dragon)[/quote]
Otto the Orange is not goofy.He’s the best mascot ever!
February 15, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Here are my top 5:
1) The CU Buffalo — Not a guy wearing a suit…This is a beast thundering on turf….
2) Sooner Schooner — Any mascot that gets a penalty in a bowl game deserves some love (Unsportsman like conduct for going onto the field)
3) Ugah (Georgia Bulldog) — Get close and get bit
4) Nebraska — The most ridiculous looking thing I have ever seen….
5) Not a Texas fan but that Longhorn is awesome looking
February 16, 2008 at 1:42 pm
VOTE FOR AUBIE, CUTEST AND MOST ADORABLE MASCOT, NOT TO MENTION A PIMP.
February 18, 2008 at 1:58 pm
SOONER SCHOONER!! YEAH!
February 18, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Oh wait they don’t have it. POOP!
February 19, 2008 at 8:29 pm
VOTE BUTCH!!! Washington State University!!!!
February 29, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Sooner Schooner isn’t even a mascot. Two ponies pulling a wagon, come on. OU does not even have a mascot. What does a sooner and a dog have in common buy the way, nothing. There is a reason why they are not even an option.
Pistol Pete anyone!?!
February 29, 2008 at 4:49 pm
It has to be Auburn University’s “AUBIE”…..Vote AUBIE 2009!!!!!!!!!!!
WAR EAGLE……
March 5, 2008 at 3:19 pm
This is why Pistol Pete should be the cover, he isn’t just some made up character, he was the real deal!
The “real” Pistol Pete a.k.a. Frank Eaton
What: Known as “Pistol Pete” for his gun-totin’ skills, Francis Boardman Eaton was a deputy U.S. marshal in Indian Territory. Born in 1860, the Perkins, Okla. resident was one of the wild west’s most colorful characters.
When: As a boy, young Frank witnessed the murder of his father, a Yankee, at the hands of six Confederate outlaws. Vowing to avenge the murder of his “pa,” Eaton became an expert marksman by the time he was a teenager. True to his word, he tracked down and killed all but one of his father’s assailants in true gunslinger style. The final desperado died before Eaton could get to him, but the ever-vigilant marshal attended the man’s funeral anyway, just to make sure he was dead. Eaton, who lived to be 97, recalled this quest for frontier justice and other fabulous tales in his 1952 autobiography, Veteran of the Old West.
Why: In 1923, a growing number of Oklahoma A&M students were becoming dissatisfied with using a Tiger mascot, which had been copied from Princeton. After all, “Hold that Tiger” didn’t represent the spirit of Oklahoma. When the students spotted the colorful Eaton leading Stillwater’s Armistice Day parade on horseback, the idea for a new mascot was born. The rugged cowboy’s likeness soon became a classic symbol of the university, complete with Eaton’s trademark mustache and 10-gallon hat.
Today: In 1984, OSU officially sanctioned the cartoon emblem and “Pistol Pete” moniker, preventing unauthorized use of the popular symbols. For more than 70 years, the student body, alumni, faculty and fans of Oklahoma State have been a part of Frank Eaton’s rich legacy. And here on the information superhighway, the legend lives on. Ride `em, Cowboy!
March 11, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Vote Butch! Washington State University FTW!!
March 12, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Cougs, baby!
March 14, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Cougs are gonna win it, Go COUGS!!!
December 24, 2008 at 5:25 am
rock chock jayhawk