ABC Sports, ESPN College Football Pundits Nominate Wisconsin Running Back Brian Calhoun for the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America
05 Septembre 2005 - 2:06AM
PR Newswire (US)
Fan Voting Will Determine this Week's Player of the Week ATLANTA,
Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The national player of the week nominations
are in and the polls are officially open. Badger fans can cast
their vote for University of Wisconsin junior running back Brian
Calhoun for the Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of
the Week, the only major college football honor determined
exclusively by fans. Calhoun was nominated for the award after
rushing for 258 yards and a school record five touchdowns in the
Badgers' 56-42 win over Bowling Green Saturday. Calhoun is one of
four candidates for the All-America Player of the Week, who are
selected by a panel of ABC Sports and ESPN college football
analysts. The other finalists are: Clemson kicker Jad Dean, who
kicked six field goals, including the game winner, in the Tigers'
25-24 win over Texas A&M; and Bowling Green quarterback Omar
Jacobs, who passed for 458 yards and five touchdowns in the
Falcons' loss to Wisconsin; and Georgia quarterback D.J. Shockley,
who accounted for 374 yards and six touchdowns in the Bulldogs' 48-
13 win over Boise State. Who will be this week's winner now rests
solely in the hands of college football fans nationwide. Fans have
until Wednesday, September 7 at 11:59 p.m. EST to submit their
votes via wireless text messaging.* The winner will be announced
September 8 in the first half of the ESPN Thursday Night College
Football Game between Oklahoma State and Florida Atlantic. Fans can
learn more about this week's nominees online at
http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ or at ESPN.com (keyword:
cingular). Here's how fans can register to vote for the
Cingular/ABC Sports All- America Player of the Week this week and
every week throughout the 2005 season: - Text "VOTE" to "87654" on
your wireless phone - Follow the prompt to vote for your
All-America selection - Cingular/ABC Sports Player of the Week
candidates will be automatically sent out via text messaging each
week Each time fans vote, they are entered into a sweepstakes to
win a trip to the Bowl Championship Series game of their choice.
Fans can vote as often as they like. In December, fans will get a
chance to say who the best player in the nation is by voting for
the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Year. The
selection process will culminate in December in a one-hour special
on ABC Sports when the Cingular/ABC Sports Player of the Year and
the Football Writers Association of America All-America team will
be announced. Last year, University of Texas running back and
Chicago Bears first round draft pick Cedric Benson was selected by
fans as the Player of the Year. * Other wireless carriers must
opt-in for their subscribers to participate ABOUT CINGULAR WIRELESS
Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United
States, serving 51.6 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture
between SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth
Corporation (NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data
network in the nation -- the ALLOVER(SM) network -- and the largest
mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier.
Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(R),
the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly
minutes. Details of the company are available at
http://www.cingular.com/. Get Cingular Wireless press releases
e-mailed to you automatically. Sign up at
http://cingular.mediaroom.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless
CONTACT: Bates Grainger, +1-770-331-6617, , of Career Sports &
Entertainment for Cingular Wireless; or Clay Owen, +1-404-236-6153,
of Cingular Wireless Web site: http://www.cingular.com/
http://cingular.mediaroom.com/ http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/
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