ABC Sports, ESPN College Football Pundits Nominate University of Nebraska Quarterback Zac Taylor for the Cingular/ABC Sports All
02 Octobre 2005 - 10:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
Fan voting will determine this week's Player of the Week ATLANTA,
Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The national player of the week nominations
are in and the polls are officially open. Husker fans can cast
their vote for University of Nebraska quarterback Zac Taylor for
the Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week,
the only major college football honor determined exclusively by
fans. Taylor was nominated after 36 completions and 431 yards
passing -- setting a new school record in completions and passing
yards -- in the Huskers' 27-20 double-overtime win against Iowa
State. Taylor 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: Notre Dame
quarterback Brady Quinn, who passed for 440 yards and three
touchdowns in the Irish's 49-28 win over Purdue; University of
Michigan running back Michael Hart, who rushed for 218 yards and
one touchdown in the Wolverines' 34-31 overtime win against
Michigan State; and University of Southern California running back
LenDale White, who had 19 carries and a career-high of 197 yards
and two touchdowns in the Trojans' 27- 20 come-back win over
Arizona State. Previous Cingular/All-America Player of the Week
winners this season include Georgia quarterback D.J. Shockley,
Texas quarterback Vince Young, Texas A&M quarterback Reggie
McNeal and University of Minnesota running back Laurence Maroney.
Who will be this week's winner now rests solely in the hands of
college football fans nationwide. Fans have until Wednesday,
October 5 at 11:59 p.m. EDT to submit their votes via wireless text
messaging.* The winner will be announced October 6 in the first
half of the ESPN Thursday Night College Football Game between NC
State and Georgia Tech. 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, Career Sports & Entertainment,
+1-770-226-5550, +1-770-617-8737, ; Clay Owen, Cingular Wireless,
+1-404-236-6153, Web site: http://www.cingular.com/
http://cingular.mediaroom.com/ http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/
http://espn.com/
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