EA Sports pretty much making Sam Keller's case here by teaming up with ESPN to "simulate the biggest early-season NCAA football games of 2010, including extensive screenshots and stats."
Just blatant stuff here, with Jon Robinson not even trying to pretend that the positions and numbers don't correspond with an actual player. He even uses the names in the recap, although the Game Leaders section references "QB #12". They probably should have coached him a little better on that.
To be clear, I'm not hating on EA Sports (ESPN, different story). I'm glad that their games are so accurate and lifelike year to year; that's what were paying for. But there's no question that as technology has improved, they've also moved in closer and closer on players likenesses, and done so intentionally. Again, no problems there for me - if they didn't, we'd still be playing with this:
I just wish they'd admit it instead of hiding behind the letter of the law.
That looks like an Ohio v. Knoxville match up.
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