Sony Computer Entertainment of America is teaming up with EA Sports to bring you the 2009 NCAA Football Challenge. The challenge which is kicking off it’s 6th season, puts gamers and college football fans alike up against each other to battle it out for a chance to win a PlayStation 3, or the grand prize of $10,000.
The challenge will be touring across the country, and will stop at 19 different cities over 3 months, and will culminate on January 1, 2010, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California where EA Sports will put on its own version of the BCS National Championship Game.
Full details and locations after the jump…
Sony Computer Entertainment America (“SCEA”), together with EA SPORTS, is pleased to announce the 2009 NCAA Football Challenge presented by Best Buy. The NCAA Football Challenge is kicking off its sixth season on October 9 at UCLA, Los Angeles, beginning a 19-city, three-month tour of college towns across the nation. The competition will culminate in the finals tournament held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, where the lucky finalists will face off for the chance to win a custom PlayStation®3 system and a grand prize of $10,000.
The NCAA Football Challenge is a high-intensity competition that reflects the gridiron battles that occur every Saturday, providing an official tournament for the gamers of all types, from hard-core to casual, to compete for prizes and claim bragging rights for their favorite schools. Participants at each stop will also have the opportunity to check out the PlayStation® patrol truck as it paves the road to the 2010 Rose Bowl fully loaded with EA SPORTS NCAA Football 10 on state-of-the-art PlayStation®3 systems.
The NCAA Football Challenge will touch down at college towns around the nation with the winners from each of the campus tournaments taking home their very own PSP system and earning the chance to advance to EA SPORTS’ own version of the BCS National Championship Game – the NCAA Football Challenge finals on January 1, 2010. The finals will be held at the historic Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Dates and locations for challenge venues are:
Date School Location
- 10/9/2009 UCLA Brentwood, CA
- 10/10/2009 UCLA vs. Oregon Pasadena, CA
- 10/13/2009 San Diego State University San Diego, CA
- 10/16/2009 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
- 10/17/2009 Arizona vs. Stanford Tucson, AZ
- 10/20/2009 University of Colorado Boulder, CO
- 10/23/2009 University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE
- 10/24/2009 Nebraska vs. Iowa State Lincoln, NE
- 10/27/2009 North Texas University Denton, TX
- 10/28/2009 BEST BUY Dallas, TX
- 10/30/2009 Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
- 10/31/2009 LSU vs. Tulane Baton Rouge, LA
- 11/3/2009 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
- 11/6/2009 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
- 11/7/2009 Michigan vs. Purdue Ann Arbor, MI
- 11/11/2009 Miami University Oxford, OH
- 11/12/2009 Miami vs. Bowling Green Oxford, OH
- 11/14/2009 Maryland vs. Virginia Tech College Park, MD
- 11/15/2009 University of Maryland College Park, MD
- 11/18/2009 BEST BUY Raleigh, NC
- 11/20/2009 Clemson University Clemson, SC
- 11/21/2009 Clemson vs. Virginia Clemson, SC
- 11/25/2009 BEST BUY Columbia, SC
- 11/28/2009 Virginia vs. Virginia Tech Charlottesville, VA
- 11/29/2009 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
- 12/2/2009 BEST BUY Philadelphia, PA
- 12/4/2009 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
- 12/5/2009 Connecticut vs. South Florida Storrs, CT
- 1/1/2010 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA
PlayStation and EA SPORTS will travel around the country to host events where participants can register, enter and play in a tournament. Participants in the NCAA Football Challenge will compete playing the game on the PS3™ system from Sony Computer Entertainment America. The winner of the NCAA Football Challenge will receive a grand prize of $10,000. For more information on rules, registration and regulations, go to http://www.us.playstation.com/PSN/Events/Easportsncaa/index.html
