The ultimate school-boy fantasy: A sports video game with Erin Andrews in it

A "news alert" from EA Sports today:

Sports broadcaster Erin Andrews will be featured as a sideline reporter in "EA SPORTS NCAA Football '10" for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3. In addition to delivering in-game news straight from the gridiron, Andrews will also be featured in a major "NCAA Football '10" mode that will be revealed at a later date.

Andrews joins ESPN collegues Brad Nessler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit (no Chris Fowler?) for the "NCAA Football '10", which "envelopes the excitement and pageantry of college football at its best.

In another attempt to legitimize her, EA has also asked Andrews for her opinions about the guys who'll soon be drafted by the NFL. Go here to see it here, kids (linked here). And watch the video of her above ... talking.

The game will hit stores on July 14. More info: www.ncaafootball10.com. More on the Andrews hiring (linked here).

No, she's not on the cover. Yet. She's just in the game.

Do you kid brother a favor. Get it for him when it comes out, but don't tell him she's in it. It'll be like the scene in "Animal House" where the kid reading the Playboy magazine suddenly has a real lady fly through the window and onto his bed.

"Thank you, God."