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Outrage! Injustice! Tragedy! South Alabama Promoted To FBS, But Left Out Of EA’s NCAA Football 13

Everyone knows the coolest thing about playing a sports is getting a uniform. If you’re lucky, you get a uniform with your name on it. And if you’re really lucky, at some point, you get to a high enough level to see yourself in a video game.

Unless you play for the South Alabama football team.

The Jaguars were recently one of the four college football teams promoted to the FBS beginning in 2013. With EA’s NCAA Football 13′s release around the corner, the South ‘Bama faithful were excited to get to play as their favorite team. Because, let’s be real — the Jaguars aren’t winning a National Championship any time soon; not an Orange Bowl, not a Sugar Bowl, not a SportsGrid Filth Bowl (seriously, we should look into making the “SportsGrid Filth Bowl” a thing, since the FBS will let anyone sponsor a bowl game).

In summation, NCAA Football 13 was just about the only thing these fans and players had to look forward to.

Welp, looks like those hopes have been crushed.

Turns out that EA caught wind a little late of the Jaguars promotion, and omitted them from the game. Here’s the statement EA sent to the South Alabama fans who inquired about being left out:

“South Alabama was a provisional member of FBS last year and did not play a full FBS schedule,” the email read. “We did not receive confirmation that they were changing to a full FBS schedule this year until it was too late for inclusion in NCAA Football 13.”

Really doesn’t get any worse than that. What do you think these players said when they got promoted to the FBS? That they were so excited to get smoked by real Alabama and other FBS powerhouses? NOPE! It’s all about having a little tiny virtual version of you running around in NCAA 13.

[Via CBS Sports]

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