ABC Sports, ESPN College Football Pundits Nominate Bowling Green Quarterback Omar Jacobs for the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America
05 Septembre 2005 - 2:07AM
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. Falcons fans can cast
their vote for Bowling Green University junior quarterback Omar
Jacobs for the Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of
the Week, the only major college football honor determined
exclusively by fans. Jacobs was nominated for the award after
passing for 458 yards and five touchdowns in the Falcons' 56-42
loss to Wisconsin on Saturday. Jacobs 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: Wisconsin running back Brian Calhoun, who rushed for 258 yards
and five touchdowns in the Badgers' victory over Bowling Green;
Clemson kicker Jad Dean, who kicked a school-record six field
goals, including the game winner, in the Tigers' 25-24 win over
Texas A&M; 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 of Career Sports & Entertainment,
+1-770-331-6617, ; or Clay Owen of Cingular Wireless,
+1-404-236-6153, Web site: http://www.cingular.com/
http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ http://www.espn.com/
http://cingular.mediaroom.com/
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