I don't know if it's been posted yet, but has anybody heard about this?
http://investor.ea.com/releasedetail...leaseID=602726
Supposedly they are hiring a couple of former student athlete football players to assist with the development of the game, hoping to have them translate their experience of playing football at the collegiate level into ideas that can be used to further the gaming experience.
Perhaps this could be a source of optimism for next year's game? Hopefully someone in that organization has realized they need some actual fans/players of the sport before they can make a game that truly emulates a college football experience, rather than a few guys who seem to be building the game for themselves, rather than for the consumers who are constantly denied the things that they have been asking for for years.
Just stumbled across it, and noticed it was fairly recent, so I thought I'd share.