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Who do you want to see on the cover of NCAA Football 13? Each year, some of the first game-related info surrounding NCAA Football is of the cover athlete. Last year, fans voted for the NCAA Football 12 cover athlete and it seems logical to expect some sort of fan voting once again given the success of cover votes for NCAA 12, Madden NFL 12 and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13.

The Gaming Tailgate asked our Twitter followers and Facebook fans to tell us who they would like to see on the cover of NCAA Football 13 this coming July. Taking their requests, we have formulated a list of potential candidates for the NCAA 13 cover. Continue on to see who we feel are the favorites and vote for your pick, players on the radar and a brief look at players who are on track to grace the cover of NCAA Football in the future. ...

With the release of NCAA Football 12, many Online Dynasties fell victim to the "Transfer Failed" issue which helped end ODs and damper the enthusiasm surrounding numerous improvements to the mode, including Coaching Carousel. Rectifying the "Transfer Failed" issue has been a priority for the NCAA Football team in regards to both NCAA 12 and NCAA 13.

A now released server-side update will help alleviate additional "Transfer Failed" issues in NCAA Football 12. Currently, these "Transfer Failed" issues could be a result of a wide variety of issues making it difficult for the team to diagnose, even with details and information from the community. The cause of these transfer issues can be very random as, for example, some long file names were getting truncated, leading to the "Transfer Failed" message. Heading into July, the dev team is working on a significantly proactive measure to prevent a repeat of the "Transfer Failed" issue in NCAA 13.

With NCAA Football 13, the development team will utilize an (server-side) Online Dynasty Live Dashboard which will record all user actions, providing a clear idea of the issue and therefore a quicker resolution. Expect more news on NCAA Football 13 this spring. ...

What features do you want to see in NCAA Football 13? Next month is the first NCAA Football Community Event with community members from The Gaming Tailgate, other community sites and members at large being brought in to help convey community requests for NCAA Football 13 and the franchise in general.

Before the event next month in beautiful Orlando, we want to hear more from you on what you want to see in the game. While we will be compiling info from your wish lists and the Community Wish List Tournament, we want to know your top requests in the following areas of focus:

• Top 10 issues that you have with Dynasty mode
• Top 10 issues that you have with Road to Glory
• Top 10 gameplay issues that drive you crazy
• Top 10 presentation issues that you have
• Top 10 items that you’d like to see in NCAA Football 13

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As some of you may already know, Stat Box Stories is a great community site that uses NCAA Football 12, Madden NFL 12, NHL 12, and FIFA 12 to play games, record statistics, post video highlights, and tell the stories of games played every week. With Bowl Season beginning next Saturday, December 17th, Stat Box Stories is trying to rally some interested guest writers to the cause of trying to create statistical write-ups of all of the Bowl Games for this 2011-2012 season.

If you have yet to read a write-up over at the blog site, here is the most recent example of work done using NCAA Football 12: the Army-Navy Game. Here also is the link to the guide for guest writers--Write a Guest Story--to give you some idea of what is looked for from guest contributors. Our own psuexv here at The Gaming Tailgate actually contributed the first guest story for the site this week, which you can read here: New York Islanders at Pittsburgh Penguins in NHL 12.

Continue on to learn how to help write a guest story for Stat Box Stories for any of the great bowls this postseason and to sign-up. ...

The bowl match-ups have been set, beginning with the New Mexico Bowl (Temple vs. Wyoming) and ending with the BCS National Championship Game (LSU vs. Alabama).

Do you think you can predict bowl winners? Join TGT's group in ESPN.com's College Bowl Mania and show your knowledge - or supreme guessing ability.

Continue on for complete information and instructions on signing up for the group. ...

Each year, NCAA Football playbook designer Anthony White strives to make each team's playbook accurately represent their system and play style. Leading up to the release of NCAA Football each year, Anthony adds in actual plays run by teams that can only be found in their specific playbooks. With NCAA Football 12 adding Custom Playbooks, users can now add these team specific plays to their custom playbook.

Thanks to playbook guru Anthony White & producer Ben Haumiller, NCAA Football fans now have the full list of Team Specific Plays in NCAA Football 12. Of the Team Specific Plays in the game, which ones are your favorites to use? Are there any unique plays that your school is known for running and you would like to see in the game? If so, describe it in the comments or post a video of the play.

Conversely, are there any plays from the last-gen (PS2 & X-Box) versions of NCAA Football you would like to see return? Post them in this thread, started courtesy of community member xMrHitStickx904.

Continue on to see the full list of Team Specific Plays in the NCAA Football franchise. ...

Courtesy The Omaha World-Herald: In the future, when football fans play the Madden NFL or NCAA Football video game series, they'll see the face and hear the voice of referee Clete Blakeman.

It's the first time an identifiable referee has been chosen for either of the popular EA Sports series, which have been played by millions on PlayStation and Xbox.

Creative Director Jeff Luhr said it isn't certain yet whether Blakeman will be featured in next year's games, which will be Madden 13 or NCAA Football 13. Both come out in the summer of 2012.

"It will definitely will be in (the games) at some point," Luhr said. "Both are considerations." ...

Kotaku's Owen Good recently caught up with NCAA Football Producer Ben Haumiller to discuss how all of the announced, rumored and possible conference realignment in real life can cause design issues and chaos before the release of NCAA Football 13.

Continue on to read some of the highlights from the article. ...

EA SPORTS has posted a new blog detailing the contents of Game Update #4, expected to be available on Tuesday, November 8.

UPDATE - 11/8: The patch is now available on PS3 and 360. Share your thoughts on the patch in the comments below.

The update will address online desync issues, Road to Glory play-calling, and Online Dynasty transfer fail issues.

Continue on to read full details of the game update. ...

This year, the third annual NCAA Football Community Wish List Tournament sees several changes made at the request of the community to help further highlight the top community requests for each major game area. The tournament will be held in four different areas of focus: Gameplay, Online Dynasty, Presentation & In-game Atmosphere, and Features/Other.

While there is no guarantee the winning items will appear in NCAA Football 13, the development team has stated in the past that they follow the tournament and strong showing by particular items have helped get them into the franchise.

Continue on to learn more about the Tournament and to vote and submit your ideas for upcoming brackets. ...

Here is the latest news on NCAA Football Title Update #3, courtesy of EA SPORTS and NCAA Football Community Manager Justin Dewiel:

From the NCAA Football development team - Title Update #3 addressing the "No Huddle" issue has made it through first party certification and will be available Friday (10/7). This update was rushed out to get [the no-huddle issue corrected] as quickly as possible, so the "No Huddle" is the only thing addressed.

The team is also still working on the transfer fail issues and tracking down the specific issues based on your feedback. Thanks again for taking the time to provide as much information as possible.

If you are experiencing the Transfer Failed issue in your Online Dynasty, visit this thread for more information and share details with the dev team. ...

The second patch for NCAA Football 12 is now available on both the Playstation 3 and X-Box 360. The updated patch notes have been released by EA in a new blog. Continue below after the break for the details of what is included in the patch.

UPDATE - Info on title update #3 and "Transfer Failed" issues can be found here.

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The seventh year of the EA SPORTS NCAA Football Challenge is underway.

The videogame tournament tour featuring EA SPORTS™ NCAA Football 12 will make its way across the country from September through December, stopping at 36 locations, including:

• 16 campuses
• 12 college football gamedays
• Multiple BEST BUY stores and other retailers
• One BCS bowl game

At each stop, gamers and fans will have a chance to play the newest edition of the EA SPORTS NCAA Football franchise, and win cool prizes from NCAA Football, EA SPORTS, Reese’s® Peanut Butter Cups and Best Buy!

Best of all - winners from the campus tournaments will earn their spot on a trip to the 2012 Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO to compete for the national title and grand prize of $10,000!

If you attend or compete in any events in your area, make sure to share your experience here with the community. ...

- The new issues emerging from NCAA Football game update #2 (as well as those not fixed in the update) are now being posted at gaming news sites around the web including Joystiq.

- In a follow-up to the recently announced NCAA Football fellowship, EA looks to former players for more authenticity in games.

- "LeGrand Bowl" takes place this Sunday on the campus of Rutgers University.

- The EA jobs site is currently listing openings at EA Tiburon on the NCAA Football team (Executive Producer and Tools & Pipeline Lead), extensive positions for their NBA (sim) title, and also a large number of openings for a new IP. Any guesses? ...