Archive for the ‘NCAA Football’ Category
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Statements from NCAA Officials Show Level of Concern Over Player Likeness Lawsuit
Demonstrating just how traumatic an unfavorable outcome in the player likeness lawsuit currently making its way through the legal system could be, a recent court filing suggests that the lifting of the current rules on amateurism would result in some schools exiting Division I or Bowl Subdivision football. University of Texas, Wake Forest, Utah State, and the California State University system all contributed to the filing by expressing that the need to pay players would make it unlikely th...
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Denard Robinson Wins Cover of NCAA Football 14
The national nightmare that has been the process to determine the cover of NCAA Football 14 has finally ended. After nearly three months and involving all 126 FBS schools Denard Robinson, representing the Michigan Wolverines, has captured the cover. He held the lead in the finals over Texas A&M's Ryan Swope throughout until voter fraud became evident when the numbers dramatically shifted in the final hours. Both sides cheated forcing EA Sports to go back through the numbers and eliminate...
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NCAA Football 14 Cover Vote Appears to be Plagued By Rampant Cheating; EA Sports Now Investigating
For those who have followed the ongoing cover campaign for NCAA Football 14 since it began in mid-December or at any point since then, it has ranged from acting as a mild distraction to being a major annoyance. EA Sports has incessantly pushed it through social media while making huge mistakes along the way by settling on Facebook polls as the method of collection, which was not the way it was originally explained and instead deciding to add even more polls mid-round, along with changing end...
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NCAA Football 14 Cover Vote Finals
Over 10 weeks into the campaign to determine the cover athlete for NCAA Football 14 and it has now reached the finals. Michigan's Denard Robinson goes head-to-head against Texans A&M's Ryan Swope for the honor. Voting is open now on the official Facebook page and will run through Friday, March 8. At or near the top through every round Alabama and representative Eddie Lacy got knocked off in surprising fashion by Swope in the semifinals. Ultimately the fatigue of having to vote severa...
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NCAA Football 14 Cover Vote Advances to Semifinal Round
The lengthy campaign to determine the cover athlete for NCAA Football 14 continues with now just four candidates remaining. Voting for this round starts from scratch and runs through Sunday after which only a pair will remain to go head-to-head for the cover honor. Support is cast through the game's official Facebook page poll. Based on the previous rounds Denard Robinson and Eddie Lacy would be expected to advance in relatively easy fashion over Ryan Swope and Kenjon Barner. While Robin...
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No Surprises in NCAA Football 14 Cover Vote Tally; Advances to Final Four Next Week
The current round of voting in the competition to earn the cover of NCAA Football 14 has now stretched on for three weeks with one more still to go. Checking on the results shows that the four schools, and respective athletes representing them, that jumped out on top early have only solidified their position since. None of the players involved really have reach beyond their individual fan bases so the voting has become predictable. The top four will be moving on with the slates being wiped ...
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Voting on NCAA Football 14 Individual Cover Athletes Opens
EA Sports continues to try and milk the cover campaign for NCAA Football 14 even though it hasn't been able to create the awareness they had hoped. The latest act comes as individual cover athletes can now be shown support through a "like" on the NCAA 14 Facebook page. Presumably these totals will be added into the primary poll which has been up for two weeks. The round will come to a close on February 18. (more…)...
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All Eight NCAA 14 Cover Candidates Now Announced
EA Sports has now completed the reveal of cover candidates for the eight schools remaining in the NCAA Football 14 campaign. Joining Denard Robinson, Eddie Lacy, John Simon, and Jarvis Jones are E.J. Manuel (Florida State), Kenjon Barner (Oregon), Ryan Swope (Texas A&M), and Tyler Eifert (Notre Dame). Voting on the individual athletes will begin on Monday and presumably those totals will be added into the program specific poll that has been up and running for over a week now. The four...
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