NCAA Football 2004 is an American football

American football

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 video game released in 2003 by Tiburon

EA Tiburon

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. The player on the cover is former USC

University of Southern California

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 quarterback and current Oakland Raiders

Oakland Raiders

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 quarterback Carson Palmer

Carson Palmer

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. The game is available for play with the N-Gage

N-Gage

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. Commentators are Brad Nessler

Brad Nessler

Bradley "Brad" Nessler is an American sportscaster, who currently calls college basketball and college football games for ESPN with occasional appearances on ESPN on ABC. He will also call Thursday Night Football on NFL Network beginning in 2011, and appears annually as a commentator in EA Sports'...

, Kirk Herbstreit

Kirk Herbstreit

Kirk Herbstreit is an Emmy Award-winning analyst for ESPN's College GameDay, a television program covering college football and a provider of color commentary during college football games on ESPN and ABC. He appears annually as a commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football. He was a quarterback on...

 and Lee Corso

Lee Corso

Leland "Lee" Corso is a sports broadcaster and football analyst for ESPN. He has been featured on ESPN's College GameDay program since its inception and he appeared annually as a commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football through NCAA Football 11...

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Gameplay

Gameplay is similar to NCAA Football 2003, but with updated player stats and rosters. Players have their jersey number and position as their names in the game, however the user can name the players their real-life names or other names if they so choose. The player can also create their own college for gameplay in the game or Dynasty Mode. If the player names the school after one of the schools in the game, the announcers will announce it in the game and its fight song will be played. For instance, if the player's created school has Florida in its title, players will do the Gator Chomp after touchdowns and the Gators fight song will play after scores and in the menus.

Box highlights

• NCAA Tradition Comes Alive
• Wide Open Gameplay
• Battle Rivals Online
• Old School Players and Uniforms

Legacy

NCAA Football 2004 was the first videogame to feature the true pageantry of college football. The introduction of the revamped from the previous year as players would walk out of their locker room area and then onto the field behind a group of flag bearers and they would also march out every time a touchdown was scored. It also featured the advent of player touchdown celebrations which if the player was caught by the referee would call a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. Avalibility of the game is still active and it remains a classic and one of the best games of the series. Copies for the Nintendo Gamecube version are difficult to obtain.