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In our first Bowl Preview Game of the Week, the drama and storylines off the field may eclipse on-the-field news.

Despite being border states, Iowa (7-5) and Missouri (10-2) have not met in football since 1910. The two programs had scheduled a four-year series from 2005 through 2008, but Missouri backed out of the first two years to schedule other opponents, leading Iowa to void the final two years on the deal. For the program administrators at that time, this led to some hard feelings. Click Read More for the full preview & video. ...

The bowl season is here! The bowls kick off on December 18 leading up to the BCS National Championship Game on Jan 10 with Auburn facing Oregon.

Prepare yourself for the bowl season with The Gaming Tailgate Bowl Schedule & Discussion. Match-ups, bowl schedule, date & time, TV coverage, links to official bowl websites and more are at your disposal and also talk about the bowl games with the community.

Think you know who will win the bowls? Join The Gaming Tailgate Bowl Pick 'Em Challenge at Yahoo! Sports. Just pick the winners straight up and we'll see who has the most success. Also, congrats to steelerfan for winning the regular season pick 'em. ...

Tuesday night on OS Radio, Operation Sports' Chris Sanner & Christian McLeod welcomed Ben Haumiller, Associate Producer for NCAA Football.

Among the topics discussed included working with the NCAA and universities, Dynasty/Online Dynasty, the development process & more, as well as their picks for some of the best games in the upcoming bowl season. Click here to listen to the show. ...

With the college football regular season at a close, talk has started amongst community members on whom may be potential cover athlete candidates for NCAA Football 12. This year appears to potentially be the most wide-open in recent memory as there is strong rationale for and against almost every candidate and the majority of candidates are all under-classmen. With the possibility of an NFL lock-out looming, the underclassmen have a difficult choice in deciding whether to stay in school or enter the NFL Draft. Following the bowl games, the cover athlete discussion should become clearer and we will revisit the topic to see what candidates emerged or may have dropped out of the picture.

Continue on to read bios for the early pre-bowl list of candidates and then vote for your top three choices. ...

In this edition of The Gaming Tailgate podcast, JBHuskers, gschwendt and cdj discuss some vague info on NCAA Football 12/Madden NFL 12 the and recap the 2010 NCAA Football Community Wish List Tournament.

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Continue on to download or listen to the show. ...

The SEC Championship is the focus for our latest Game of the Week as Auburn looks to secure its spot in the BCS National Championship Game while South Carolina looks to avenge a 35-27 regular season loss to the Tigers.

South Carolina has started to reach the potential they thought existed when they hired Steve Spurrier as head coach in 2004. This season they won their first SEC East championship, defeated defending National Champion and #1 Alabama, and won in Gainesville for the first time.

At times, Auburn has looked dominant but has also needed lots of poise as they have rallied from behind in eight games including overcoming a 13-point deficit in the first match-up against the Gamecocks. Off the field, they have also overcome the rumors and speculation surrounding the eligibility of QB Cam Newton.

Will Auburn continue on their date with destiny and move one game away from being crowned Nation Champions? Or will South Carolina's breakthrough season continue with a victory and a spot in a BCS bowl?

Click Read More for the video preview and to vote on your pick for the Game of the Week. ...

After weeks of voting, 68 of the most requested features from the NCAA Football community have been whittled down to just two: Custom Playbooks versus a Coaching Carousel. No matter which items wins, when voting make sure to share your thoughts on how you would like to see either item implemented into the game.

Also, make sure to vote in the 2nd Chance Tournament where items eliminated in the first round of the main bracket have a chance to emerge as highly requested in the eyes of the community. ...

Last season, upset minded Auburn pushed Alabama to the brink before falling 26-21 to the eventual National Champions. This year, Alabama hopes to knock Auburn out of title contention by winning the Iron Bowl on Friday.

The Crimson Tide have taken everyone's best shot, with six conference foes having a bye week before playing Alabama. A team that is young and inexperienced at spots still finds itself in the top 10 and with a 9-2 record. South Carolina ended their undefeated streak at 19 games in early October with a 35-21 win before the Tide fell at LSU 24-21 a month later to end any chance of repeating as National Champs.

Auburn has used skill and luck as they have racked up a 11-0 record while overcoming rumors and speculation surrounding stand-out QB Cam Newton. By defeating Alabama and then South Carolina in the SEC Championship game, the Tigers will be playing for the National Championship. However, they have the toughest remaining road to Glendale among the four undefeated teams (Auburn, Boise State, Oregon, TCU).

Click Read More for a video preview of Auburn vs. Alabama and then vote on who you think will win the game. ...

The NCAA Football Community Wish List Tournament started with 68 of the most highly requested items from the community and has now been whittled down to the Elite 8. Voting for the final four is now open and each poll will close Thursday morning. Head over to Tournament Headquarters to vote today and let your thoughts on each feature (and how you would like both to be implemented) be known.

Also, make sure to vote in the 2nd Chance Tournament to help determine the 'Best of the Rest' from items eliminated in the first round. Click Read More to see the match-ups that comprise the Elite 8. ...