ABC Sports, ESPN College Football Pundits Nominate University of Minnesota Running Back Laurence Maroney for the Cingular/ABC Sp
25 Septembre 2005 - 10:34PM
PR Newswire (US)
Fan voting will determine this week's Player of the Week ATLANTA,
Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The national player of the week
nominations are in and the polls are officially open. Golden Gopher
fans can cast their vote for Minnesota running back Laurence
Maroney for the Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of
the Week, the only major college football honor determined
exclusively by fans. Maroney was nominated for the award after a
multiple career-high game with 46 carries and 217 yards in the
Golden Gophers' 35-42 win over Perdue and what's more, he now leads
the nation with 698 yards after just four games. Maroney 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: Michigan State quarterback Drew
Stanton, who had 259 passing yards and a school record of five
touchdown passes in the Spartans 61-14 win over Illinois; BYU
quarterback John Beck, who had 517 yards and five touchdowns in the
Cougars loss to TCU; and University of California running back
Justin Forsett, who had a career high of 234 rushing yards and one
touchdown in the Golden Bears' win over New Mexico State. Who will
be this week's winner now rests solely in the hands of college
football fans nationwide. Fans have until Wednesday, September 28
at 11:59 p.m. EDT to submit their votes via wireless text
messaging.* The winner will be announced September 29 in the first
half of the ESPN Thursday Night College Football Game between Air
Force and Colorado State. 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: Sarah Didier of Career Sports & Entertainment,
+1-770-226-5550, or +1-770-617-8737, , for Cingular Wireless; 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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