Madden Nation

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Madden Nation
Genre Reality TV
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 24
Production
Running time 30 Min.
Broadcast
Original channel ESPN2

Madden Nation is an American reality television show, created as a joint effort between EA SPORTS and ESPN Original Entertainment to take viewers inside the world of Madden NFL, a popular video game with over 10 million players worldwide. The series premiered on December 6th, 2005 and has aired for two seasons on ESPN2. The upcoming third season is scheduled to premier fall 2007. All of the contestants on this show have usernames on the forums at SportsGamer.Com The tournament scene/freestyle Madden players are encouraged to check this website out.

The eight episode series featured the nation’s top Madden NFL gamers—along with real-life NFL player sponsors— playing against each other in elimination-style tournaments. Throughout the competition, the players traveled across the country in the Madden Nation Bus making their way to New York City for the tournament finals and a chance to win the $100,000 grand prize. The final game of both seasons was held in Times Square on the ABC Super Sign.

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[edit] Coach Cam

Coach Cam is a mechanic used during Madden Nation as a tool to provide insights into the minds of the players. Before certain plays, the gamers would reveal play selection to the television audience. Often, this mechanic would set expectations and provide a deeper understanding of the players’ strategies for the viewer.

[edit] Season 1

Madden Nation season 1 debuted on December 6th, 2005 and ran for 8 episodes. Rob Taylor, a.k.a. Duka defeated Sherman Jameson a.k.a. Sherm Sticky to become the champion of Madden Nation Season 1.

[edit] Format

The competition started in San Francisco, California where EA hand picked 8 of the country’s best Madden 06 players to play for a grand prize of $100,000. These elite gamers were not alone. Each one represented an NFL superstar that had their back. The gamers traveled city to city on a tour bus playing against each other in Madden competitions with two people losing their way into the jeopardy game. The loser of the jeopardy game must then play a free agent-gamer for the right to remain on the bus. In the end, the two best gamers of the bus played one game on the big screen in Times Square for $100,000.

[edit] Contestants

Contestant Nickname Gamer Tag NFL Representative Results
Rod Lane
37, Dover, NJ		 NJ Madden baller ROD79 Jevon Kearse Eliminated in episode 1
Chris Jackson
22, Atlanta, GA		 Action Jackson Byron Leftwich Eliminated in episode 2
Raymond Goode
33		 Shopmaster Shopmaster Shaun Alexander Eliminated in episode 3
Rod Wynn
29, Inglewood, CA		 Reality RealityWynn Dwight Freeney Eliminated in episode 5
Daniel Grundei
27, Cincinnati, OH		 Clark Kent Ben Roethlisberger Eliminated in episode 6
Justin Chow
20, Great Falls, VA		 Chow NoTime4Haters Tony Gonzalez Eliminated in episode 7
Kyle Hustek
24, Detroit, MI		 The Gift Roy Williams Eliminated in episode 7
Charles Smith
25, San Diego, CA		 Solution Donnie Edwards Eliminated in episode 7
Dan Bertholomey
40, Portland, OR		 Packwolf Packwolf Ashley Lelie Got on the bus in episode 3, eliminated in episode 7
Antoin Williams
23, San Antonio, TX		 Pretty Boy Larry Fitzgerald Got on the bus in episode 2, eliminated in episode 8 during the semi-finals
David Grant
26, St. Petersburg, FL		 Dred Michael Vick Eliminated in episode 8 during the semi-finals
Sherman Jameson
20, Midland, TX		 Sherm Sticky Chad Johnson Lost to Duka in the finals during episode 8
Rob Taylor
24, Youngstown, OH		 Duka Ed Reed Champion; Got on the bus in episode 6

[edit] Season 2

Billy Wolf, a.k.a. Da Secret, defeated Frederick Amponsem, a.k.a. Fred Dizzle, to become the champion of Madden Nation Season 2.

[edit] Format

In its second season, Madden Nation once again documented the high drama of eight professional Madden NFL 07 players as they competed for a cash prize of $100,000. Again, each player represented an NFL superstar, but this time, the gamers began their journey at the EA Sports studios in Orlando. Unlike last year the contestants were paired in teams and forced to support each other or face elimination. On the 12 city tour, they battled each other for the right to stay in the game until the ultimate finale in Times Square, New York City.

[edit] Contestants

Contestant Nickname Gamer Tag NFL Representative Results
Richard Thomas
30, Brooklyn, NY		 DJ Rhude DJRhudeRT30 Michael Strahan Left in episode 2 for private reasons
Fredrico Williams
29, Wilmington, DE		 Hollywood RicoHollywood Vince Young Walked off in episode 2
Michael Southam
29, South Australia		 Blotto/Aussie Blotto Antonio Gates Eliminated in episode 3
Thomas Tsandis
25, Orlando, FL		 UCF Champ UCF Champ Alex Smith(Tampa Bay) Free agent; elminated in free agent game
Troy Brown
22, Houston, TX		 T-Roy ALLWORKNOPLAY Edgerrin James Eliminated from the final 8
Robert Warren
18, District Heights, MD		 RJ Mario Williams Eliminated from the final 8
Mukala Sikyala Jr.
28, Riverdale, MD		 Coach Muk COACHMUK Clinton Portis Eliminated from the final 8
Michael McAnany
22, Rochester, NY		 Mad Dog vincepapale83 Vince Young Replaced Hollywood; eliminated from the final 8
Tommie Hill
22, Brooklyn Park, MN		 Therapist TommyBears Reggie Bush Eliminated from the final 4
Donald Mazzola
21, Bellevue, WA		 DJ THE DJ LAB Carson Palmer Eliminated from the final 4
Frederick Amponsem
22, Washington, DC		 Fred Dizzle FredDIZ Randy Moss Lost to Da Secret in the finals
Billy Wolf
19, Tampa, FL		 DaSecret DaSecret Willis McGahee Champion

[edit] Season 3

Season 3 of Madden Nation began airing on ESPN2 on October 9th at 11PM ET. Airing as back-to-back episodes on Tuesdays, which began on October 9th, the finale, which again took place in New York City’s Times Square, was televised Tuesday, Oct. 30, with the Madden Nation winner claiming a $100,000 prize. Tour stops in season 3 include NFL cities Dallas, Kansas City, St Louis, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo, Boston and New York.

[edit] Contestants

Contestant Nickname Gamer Tag NFL Representative
Steve Williams
Sugarland, TX		 Coach YourboyCoach Roy Williams - DAL
Haaruwn Brown
Mobile, AL		 Houseshoe Houseshoe251 Santana Moss - WAS
Jesse Rhoads
Westville, New JerseyWestville, NJ		 J-Rhoads Jonathan Vilma - NYJ
Brian Delph
Sandusky, OH		 Delph Delph419 Shawne Merriman - SD
Sheila Barger
Fresno, CA		 PG-13 littlebitof pg13 T.J. Houshmandzadeh - CIN
Jet Steele
Tampa, FL		 Jet Sonic boom12 Samari Rolle - BAL
Charles James
Bloomfield Hills, MI		 Hollywood Matt Leinart - ARI
Van Bernardino
Napa, CA		 Prodigy NHFB JaMarcus Russell - OAK
Ronnie Casey
Louisville, KY		 Sirus the Virus Steven Jackson - STL
Marcus Phillips
Oakley, CA		 Panoramic 5starzboss Larry Johnson - KC
Eric Velarde
West Covina, CA		 Problem Snowman Devin Hester - CHI
Rafael Andrada
Converse, TX		 Raf SC0rp15 Reggie Wayne - IND
Marcus Carr
Bowie, MD		 Marc Dog Kellen Winslow Jr. - CLE

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