TaxSlayer.com is taking the show on the road this year. In an effort to help promote the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl and to reach campuses across the country, we have launched the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl Road Tour. The TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl Road Tour will travel the Southeast this fall in promotion of the New Year’s Day bowl game. The TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl bus will make eight stops at SEC football games offering students the opportunity to win a $10,000 scholarship courtesy of TaxSlayer.com. The scholarship contest will require students to submit a photo showcasing their game day attire, enthusiasm and team spirit! One student per campus will win a $1,000 scholarship and the chance to compete for the $10,000 grand prize. Beginning Monday, September 10th, you can visit www.taxslayerplayer.com to view photos from the road and to cast your vote for the TaxSlayer Player! We will be visiting a different college campus every week with prize giveaways and promotions. Make sure to review the schedule below and visit the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl Road Tour when it visits a town close to you. • Texas A&M University – 8/7-8/8 • Louisiana State University – 8/14-/15 • Mississippi State University – 9/21-9/22 • Auburn University – 10/5-10/6 • University of Florida – 10/19-10/20 • University of Georgia – 11/2-11/3 • University of South Carolina – 11/16-11/17 We believe college football fans remain some of the most passionate in all of sports. That is, without a doubt, the main reason that we have chosen to continue to integrate ourselves within the sport. Whether you are a Bulldogs fan, a Tiger, a Trojan, or a Wolverine, your dedication to your team is undoubtedly strong. College football unites the country in a way that few other sports can. So, as the season kicks off, many of you may be looking for the best sources to stay up to date on news and schedules. Without a doubt, my favorite site for finding football schedules is www.thefootballschedule.com. They show the schedules in a graphic format that makes it very easy to keep up with every team. For news, www.espn.com has always been number one. But, don’t forget to check out newcomer www.sportsonearth.com. And, without a doubt, make sure you enter weekly contests and more at www.gatorbowl.com or www.taxslayerplayer.com.

Football season is here and I hit hard on the football field! That’s right! I train hard to kick butt on the field. Well….. let me back up a moment to clarify a few things. I don’t physically hit hard and there ‘ain’t’ no way on this earth that you will find me on a football field. But thanks to EA Sports, the creator of the NCAA Football 2013 video game, I can smash with the best. As many of you may know, TaxSlayer.com is the entitlement sponsor of the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl through 2013. As you can imagine, we are excited about the opportunity to be a part of collegiate sports and it is an honor to have 2 storied divisions play in the Gator Bowl, The SEC and Big Ten. I heard rumors that the Gator Bowl may be one of the Bowl locations to choose from in this year’s NCAA Football 2013 video game. Last weekend, a buddy of mine told me to come over to his house to get my butt kicked in NCAA Football 2013. Normally, both of us are EA Sports Madden Football video game enthusiasts and neither of us is good at NCAA Football, so I took him up on the invitation and went to his house to play. That’s when I remembered- I have to see if the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl is a field of choice in NCAA Football 2013. After we selected our teams and began searching for the Gator Bowl, I was anticipating the best but knew there may be a chance that the field may not be added. However, in this case, the rumors were true and the Gator Bowl football field is awesome! I was the South Carolina Gamecocks and he was the M-i-i-i-chigan Wolverines. (No offense to you Michigan fans but I couldn’t resist). The field was just as I remembered it earlier this year when our company was in Jacksonville, Florida at the Gator Bowl. EA sports did a great job with every detail of the field. The gameplay was awesome as both of us executed the option and sent maddening blitzes at each other. TaxSlayer.com supports collegiate sports and, most importantly, the men and women attending Universities and Colleges throughout the United States. It is an honor to tie into collegiate athletics and it was awesome to ‘play’ in the Gator Bowl thanks to EA Sports NCAA Football 2013. I am an ‘old fogey’ and there ‘ain’t’ a chance that I can do what those guys were doing on the real football field. Just in case you’re wondering, my friend and I tied our games at 3 games apiece last weekend. But Cocky, South Carolina’s Mascot, was going crazzzy on the sidelines. LOL! Next weekend I will beat him because, let’s face it, I always do! If you want to get beat by an ‘old fogey’ hit me up on Playstation 3. My gamer tag is killakyi. Have fun gaming and see you at the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl in 2013! Darcel Walker Director of Growth TaxSlayer.com

As part of our new title sponsorship with the Gator Bowl, TaxSlayer.com developed a new contest in November during the final 2011 college football push – ‘TaxSlayer Player’. By providing a means for these fanatics to share their college game day rituals, fans were encouraged to load their photos and videos on the contest website and have their friends and family vote for them. During Round 1, the last four weeks of the college football season were featured, weekly photo and video winners were selected, along with two overall winners; each for photo and video submissions. Following the announcement of the Florida Gators and Ohio State Buckeyes as the 2012 participating teams in the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl, fans of these teams were encouraged to participate in the ‘TaxSlayer Player - Road to the Bowl’. The final leg of the contest, held for one week, garnered 779 votes for the 7 videos submitted and 1,713 votes for 39 photos. The participating school winners were Korin of Florida and Joey of Ohio State; who were treated to the ultimate VIP experience during the 2012 Bowl weekend. With their participation in the Gator Bowl Parade, the Tailgate Party and pre-game festivities, the text-to-vote campaign was in high gear. During half time of the Bowl on January 2, 2012, the winner was announced on the field for all to witness. Over 1,100 votes were texted to help declare Joey the ‘2012 TaxSlayer Player of the Game’ – of which this Ohio State Buckeyes fan was elated to learn. TaxSlayer.com wishes to thank those who participated and voted in this inaugural contest and looks forward to the 2012-2013 college football season! Check out all the ‘Road to the Bowl’ finalists at roadtothebowl.taxslayerplayer.com.