No individual coach had been on the EA Sports college football video game cover since the 1990s, but taking a team from perennial struggles to a national championship in two years brings the highest recognition.
Indiana football’s Curt Cignetti, the consensus national coach of the year in consecutive seasons, is front and center on this year’s Deluxe Edition cover, with IU’s Memorial Stadium in the background. Several players, helmets, and the mascots from Western Kentucky, LSU and Arizona State join Cignetti.
Bill Walsh, the Super Bowl champion coach of the San Francisco 49ers and former Stanford coach, attached his name to the game in its first two years, 1994 and ’95. Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier became the first player on the cover in 1997.
Groups of coaches have been on the Deluxe Edition cover in recent years.
Reaction to EA Sports College Football 27 cover
As you might expect, Hoosiers fans are love it and some others … not so much.
Players on the EA Sports College Football 27 cover
EA Sports College Football covers
Want more Hoosiers coverage? Sign up for IndyStar’s Hoosiers newsletter. Listen to Mind Your Banners, our IU Athletics-centric podcast, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch the latest on IndyStar TV: Hoosiers.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Reaction to Curt Cignetti on the cover of the EA Sports College Football video game cover
Reporting by Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star / Indianapolis Star
USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect
