Players can live out their biggest footballing dreams a little sooner this year, as EA Sports College Football has dropped well before the release of the mainstay in Madden 25. There's no mistaking that this is its own game in itself, and one that has been eagerly anticipated for over a decade. Players can take control of the best collegiate level teams in the United States as they chase national championships and etch their name in the history books of competitive college sports.
For an up-and-coming quarterback, there is plenty of strategy, quick thinking, and skill required to be successful at college level. One of the fundamental skills they need to perfect in order to lead their team to glory is passing, and understanding which passes to use and when. With this in mind, players will want to know how to throw a lob pass in College Football 25 so they are equipped for any offensive situation.
College Football 25: How To Skip Huddles
When the clock is against players in College Football 25, they can opt to skip the usual huddle and quickly move on to the next play in their drive.
How To Lob Pass In College Football 25
Dozens of play scenarios will be ahead of you on the gridiron in any given game, so it's best to be prepared for anything the defense allows or throws at you. To do this, quarterbacks will need to assess who the best available player is and ensure the passing type they use, if necessary, gives their receiver the best possible chance of catching the ball. To do this, they will need to vary their passing style between bullet, touch, and lob passes.
The difference between a bullet pass and a lob in College Football 25 is the timing of the pass. If you hold down the button for your intended receiver, your quarterback will fire off a bullet straight to the chest of an unobstructed player, but if you dial the aggressiveness down a touch, you'll be able to accommodate players that are battling with a defender. To throw a lob pass in College Football 25, players simply need to tap the button of the intended receiver. The longer you hold down a receiver button, the lower the arc and trajectory of the throw, so you can tweak the timing to best suit the amount of space the receiver has to catch the delivery.
When To Lob Pass in College Football 25
As mentioned, a lob pass is used when a higher arc is required to safely get the ball to the receiver, so the best use of these passes is when offensive players are battling with a defender and may have a height, speed, or leaping advantage. Of course, it is difficult to determine who is statistically more likely to catch a lobbed ball between two players, but generally speaking, a lob is intended to go over a defender's head, so a wide receiver who is moving up the field along the sideline, for example, will need a lob pass as opposed to a bullet.
Not only are lob passes important in these scenarios for creating space for the receiver, but it is also worth noting that longer range plays are lower percentage because the ball is generally harder to catch, and the throw needs to be pinpoint accurate to pull off. As such, a bullet pass is not an ideal option for long-range passing because it won't get past the defender, and there will be too much force in the throw to cater for the receiver's needs.
EA Sports College Football 25
- Released
- July 19, 2024
WHERE TO PLAY
- Developer(s)
- EA Orlando
- Publisher(s)
- EA
- Franchise
- EA Sports College Football
- Platform(s)
- PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Genre(s)
- Sports
