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The 2nd Annual EA SPORTS NCAA Football Challenge Kicks Off Next Week
The 2nd annual EA SPORTS NCAA Football Challenge, the ultimate college video game tournament featuring NCAA Football 06, kicks off next week at the University of Arizona. The sixteen-campus tournament will decide the nation's best EA SPORTS NCAA Football player (full schedule below) using the Xbox videogame system from Microsoft.
The individual winners from each campus will advance to the finals in New York City on December 9, 2005. The 2005 EA SPORTS NCAA College Football Champion will be awarded $10,000 as well as an invite to the exclusive Heisman Trophy Awards Dinner, where the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner will be honored.
To qualify for the 2005 EA SPORTS NCAA Football Challenge, players can pre-register online at www.ncaafootballchallenge.com, the official EA SPORTS NCAA Football Challenge website, or via on-site registration one hour before event start time. The 128 competitors per campus will be determined on a first-come, first-serve basis. Registration is limited to active students at each participating school.
The 2005 EA SPORTS NCAA Football Challenge schedule:
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DATE |
CAMPUS |
LOCATION |
TIME |
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Monday, Aug. 29 |
University of Arizona |
UA Mall A&B |
4:00pm |
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Wednesday, Aug. 31 |
University of Colorado |
UMC South Terrace |
4:00pm |
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Tuesday, Sept. 6 |
Kansas State University |
The Student Union Courtyard |
11:00am |
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Tuesday, Sept. 13 |
Boston College |
O’Neil Plaza |
4:00pm |
|
Thursday, Sept. 22 |
University of Maryland |
Stamp Student Union Ballroom |
4:00pm |
|
Friday, Sept. 23 |
Virginia Tech |
The Old Dominion Ballroom |
4:00pm |
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Wednesday, Sept. 28 |
Penn State |
The HUB |
4:00pm |
|
Wednesday, Oct. 5 |
University of Michigan |
Michigan Union – Ground Floor |
4:00pm |
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Thursday, Oct. 6 |
Ohio State University |
South Oval |
4:00pm |
|
Friday, Oct. 14 |
University of Wisconsin |
The Library Mall – Parking Area |
4:00pm |
|
Friday, Oct. 21 |
Purdue University |
Outdoor/Union & Stewart |
4:00pm |
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Thursday, Nov. 10 |
Florida State University |
The Courtyard |
4:00pm |
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Wednesday, Nov. 16 |
University of Georgia |
Georgia Hall |
4:00pm |
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Thursday, Nov. 17 |
Clemson University |
Hendrix Student Center Lounge |
4:00pm |
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Tuesday, Nov. 29 |
University of Texas |
The Gregory Gym Plaza |
4:00pm |
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Tuesday, Dec. 6 |
UCLA |
Westwood Plaza |
4:00pm |
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Friday, Dec. 9 |
New York City |
ESPN Zone |
TBD |

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