Yea for some reason people seem to forget that different teams work on different genres, even though all the games are under the same company.
The evidence is everywhere, from EA, to 2k , and SCEA.
The OP mentioned that with the PS3 he feels they would make a great football game, but SCEA has the PS3 for their basketball game and it sucks, so I dont understand why he doesn't get it. The staff that worked on the show wouldn't be working on Football.
Oh well everyone is entitled to wishfull thinking.
Right now all I care about is Madden 10 being successful. I miss the days of having my boys coming over to do battle for money. Its been 3 yrs since we have been able to do so cause Madden hasn't cut it, but my fingers are crossed for Madden 10.