ABC Sports, ESPN College Football Pundits Nominate Clemson Kicker Jad Dean For The Cingular/ABC Sports All-America Player of The
05 Septembre 2005 - 2:08AM
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. Tiger fans can cast their
vote for Clemson University junior kicker Jad Dean for the Cingular
Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week, the only major
college football honor determined exclusively by fans. Dean was
nominated for the award after kicking a school-record six field
goals, including the 42-yard game winner, in the Tigers' 25-24 win
over Texas A&M Saturday. He is the first kicker to ever be
nominated for the award. Dean 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' 56-42 victory over Bowling Green;
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 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://cingular.mediaroom.com/
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