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It can be hard getting excited for an annual football franchise. Sure, there will be new players, new mechanics, and a new sheen to everything, but in reality, isn't it just the same thing as last year? In the case of NCAA Football 12, the answer is "hell no." We already know that the presentatio...

#stickjockey Alex Howell was the only freshman in the tunnel that Saturday, his chinstrap so tight it fused his jaw shut, 89,000 people packed into to the last row at Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium. Earlier in the week the graduate assistant tapped Howell on the shoulder and asked if he'd like to dress for the game against Mississippi State. Howell doesn't remember the exact words he said, other than it was an emphatic affirmative. So here he was. More »

Are you aching for more information on NCAA Football 12? Well, the wait ends tomorrow. The developer behind the annual dose of school spirit is going to swing by IGN Wednesday, May 11th, and take on me (IGN's Greg Miller) and my Missouri Tigers. We'll be streaming the event in this very article -- s...

#madden In the two and a half months since he traded Canada's weather for Florida's, and titles like FIFA for Madden, Cam Weber has read that he delayed Madden's release for three weeks because of the NFL lockout; that he's adding some kind of social network to the game, like Need for Speed's Autolog; and that he is at the same time doubling the size of the Madden team while presiding over a massive brain drain within it. More »

College football isn't about the stars and heroes that populate game covers, make the newspaper headlines, and get blown out of proportion in the media. At its heart, every element of college ball is about the teams, their traditions, and their fans. While college has its fair share of superstars, t...

#coverstory Alabama's Mark Ingram, the 2009 Heisman Trophy winner, was voted the cover athlete of NCAA Football 12, whose debut trailer you saw yesterday. Ingram, expected to be a high draft pick in next week's NFL draft, beat out candidates Nick Fairley of Auburn, Jake Locker of Washington, and DeMarco Murray of Oklahoma in a fan-voted contest stretching six weeks. Though Ingram is the cover athlete across all retail versions of the product, EA Sports has said it will make available downloadable covers featuring the other three candidates. More »

#trailerbowl You know, I don't think I've ever seen a sports game trailer that has a dog, a Centurion, an American Indian, a bull and a buffalo in it before. More »

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced Mark Ingram, former University of Alabama running back, has been chosen by fans to be featured on the cover of EA SPORTS NCAA Football 12, set to hit retail shelves on Tuesday, July 12. The NCAA Football 12 "U Want ME" campaign was the first-ever online consumer vote for a cover athlete in franchise history...

#blam Several weeks back we mentioned NCAA Football 12's developers were looking for some crowdsourced research on where the bands sit at all 120 college football stadiums. Now they need to know if your alma mater fires a cannon at the games and, if so, what type. More »

A first look at some of the graphical improvements coming to NCAA Football 12!

#easports EA Sports is teasing an impending reveal of its next college football game, NCAA Football 12. What's new? ESPN's Jon Robinson spies new Nike Pro Combat uniforms, better looking grass (really!) and even more realistic dreadlock rendering. More details due tomorrow. [ESPN] More »

#stickjockey I tried to disguise my blitz but Jake Locker picked it up immediately. He's a first-round draft pick and a four-year starter at quarterback for Washington. You reach that level, you're probably well coached. More »

Cover athletes for EA Sports' NCAA Football series may not get the same attention as Madden's leading men -- but hey, at least they're not cursed. In fact, you can help the next young star get "lucky" by voting him onto the cover of NCAA Football 12.

Popular vote is coming to video game covers.