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If it feels like every football fan in your life right now is playing the College Football 25 video game, well, they probably are.
That even includes members of the Ohio State football team themselves, at the behest of head coach Ryan Day:
A video game can't replace the real thing, of course, but given that real players are represented in the return of the EA Sports' college football series—and the game does include extensive playbooks and schemes—it's not the worst way for players to gain a rudimentary understanding of their future opponents before the real film work commences.