The long-awaited return of EA's college football video game franchise took the sports world by storm this week.

"College Football 25" is racking up downloads for gaming consoles across America as football fans rejoice with the chance to pick the controllers back up. From Dynasty mode to operating your team's favorite offense, the game appears to be exceeding expectations throughout the college football community.

On Thursday's episode of "Boston Has Entered The Chat," NESN's George Balekji and Travis Thomas expressed their excitement for the revamped installment of the popular game and reacted to social media posts from the first week of play.

You can catch the full clip from the podcast on YouTube or listen on Spotify.

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