ABC Sports, ESPN College Football Pundits Nominate Michigan State University Quarterback Drew Stanton for the Cingular/ABC Sport
25 Septembre 2005 - 10:43PM
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. Spartan fans
can cast their vote for Michigan State quarterback Drew Stanton for
the Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week
(CAAP), the only major college football honor determined
exclusively by fans. This is Stanton's second CAAP nomination this
year and his third nomination since the award's inception. Stanton
was nominated for the award after passing for 259 yards and setting
a school record with five touchdowns in the Spartans' 61-14 win
against Illinois. Stanton 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:
Minnesota running back Laurence Maroney, who had career-highs with
46 carries and 217 yards in the Golden Gophers 35-42 over- time win
over Perdue and what's more, he now leads the nation with 698 yards
after just four games; 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, +1-770-617-8737, ; or Clay Owen of Cingular
Wireless, +1-404-236-6153, Web site:
http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ http://espn.com/
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