Yup, that's a problem I've seen plenty of. Luckily it's never been at the end of the game for me, only at the end of the first half.
If EA is planning on releasing this game next year, I'm not sure how many people they think plan on buying this. It's been an issue since 09, and it's much worse and prevelant this year, do they think a lot of people will buy it?
Really makes me think this will be the last year, because it would be a pretty easy business decision to patch it if they planned on continuing the series. Unless they like a significant drop in sales, because I don't see how you could buy this game next year if you have experienced the freezing.