EA Sports issues statement on Twitter regarding the Cover Vote irregularities

Looks like M fans are now using the same tactic TAMU fans were using, as Denard has regained the lead in the stated voting and continues to pull away.

So if they just use the numbers as listed Denard wins.

If they weed out the fake accounts, Denard wins.

Denard wins.

Denard was fairing well before last night, im confident

The easiest way would be to have them just not count any of the votes from fanpages if they are able to differentiate them from regular votes.

Sad they had to do this. There is no one outside of College Station who legitimately thinks Ryan Swope deserves this over Denard.

I'd be shocked if it were the actual schools involved with this (the people EA allegedly talked to), not rabid fanbases.  Leave something to the internet and good freaking luck trying to keep your thumb on it.

Maybe they'll go back to eating the mushrooms off the cow shit in College Station.

This whole thing is so fucking stupid.

they're just trying to fit into the SEC, and they haven't quite gotten the hang of oversigning yet. However, thanks to Johnny Football, we know they're pretty good at scheduling "online" classes for the football team.

We are back, Jack!!

Who wants to bet that EA won't be doing the voting system next year. Haha

I mean, he was that far ahead 24 hrs ago.

Plus, I can't imagine EA sports is excited about having Ryan Swope on the cover. No one knows who he is outside of Texas. I bet there are A&M fans who would see that cover and see "Look at dat. They put Manziel on the cover!"

What woud sell better:   A cover with the most famous helmet in football, from a school that sells the most merchandise of any other University; or, TA&M... which sells the second most merchandise in its own state.

I think EA Sports may comb through this voting scandal very very carefully to assure the "most popular" wins.

Both sides are full blown cheating right now. The major difference is that A&M are using dummy profiles complete with photos, and most of the UofM cheaters are spamming fan pages which are easy to tell at a glance.

I looked through the Swope votes, and noticed repeats of facebook profiles at intervals of 50 or so, a suspiciously high proportion of Guatemalan voters, and a certain frequency of reused photos with differing account names.

I hope to god EA can tell what's what somehow, otherwise this will look very very bad for us in the end.

Come on, guys.  Ryan Swope is clearly an all-time superstar.  He deserves the cover for his popularity, which has been sweeping the nation for years!

Maybe I'm childish about this vote but I've pretty much AT LEAST every other year purchased EA NCAA football because I love to build a Michigan dynasty up and then when i'm done I like to take the little teams up from the depths of recruiting failure to become major contenders.

Now I know the cover vote won't change my actual gameplay but I'll be damned If I have to load that game up and wait 2 minutes with a loading screen of some random receiver who didn't even lead his team in receiving yards or receptions and notoriously got his fame through a fast 40 time.

FUCK YOU EA.

/rant

16,000 votes in 2 hours???!!!  That's not cheating, that's just ESS EEE SEE SPEED!!!

I'm not sure what I'm going to do when this contest is finished.  

Does anyone know of any time-consuming activities coming up later this month?

...why so many of u care about the cover of this video game? Maybe I am starting to get too old, but I just don't get it...and no, this is not a flamebait post...I am actually interested to know why people care so much. Especially when Michigan B-Ball is in full swing, spring ball is about to start and 2014 recruiting is heating up. It isn't like I am not going to buy the game if D-Rob isn't on the cover.

And yes... I like to play X-Box, yes...NCAA football is my favorite game, yes...I think it woukd be cool to see D-Rob on the cover b/c he was an amazing player, and yes, I understand the reasons from a marketing perspective why it is important to the Michigan brand to gain future generations of fans and recruits. Ok maybe I just answered my own question and am over thinking this whole thing, but it just seems like there are way too many posts on this topic.... Hopefully this will not elicit a this isn't going to end well post.

EDIT: Instead of anonymously downvoting...please articulate a response. Thanks.

Denard should win this if the fakers are cancelled. He was killing swope before the cheaters came in.

Thank God. We may have our 4th cover man guys!!