ABC Sports, ESPN College Football Analysts Nominate Texas Tech Quarterback Cody Hodges for the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America P
16 Octobre 2005 - 10:54PM
PR Newswire (US)
Hodges nominated for the award for the first time in his career
ATLANTA, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The national player of the week
nominations are in and the polls are open. Red Raider fans can cast
their votes for Texas Tech quarterback Cody Hodges for the Cingular
Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week, the only major
college football honor determined exclusively by fans. Hodges was
nominated for the award after recording 643 yards -- the 4th
highest total in Division 1-A history -- and passed for five
touchdowns in the Red Raiders' 59-20 win over Kansas State. Hodges
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: University of Texas quarterback
Vince Young, who was nominated for the award for the second time
this season after recording a career-high 336 yards, including 58
rushing yards and five touchdowns -- passing for two and rushing
for three more -- in the Longhorns' 42-17 win over Colorado; West
Virginia running back Steve Slaton, who was nominated for the first
time in his career after 31 carries, for a career-high 188 yards
and six touchdowns in the Mountaineers' triple over-time win over
Louisville; and USC running back Reggie Bush, was nominated for the
award after 15 carries for 160 yards and three touchdowns --
marking his 5th straight 100-yard rushing game - - in the Trojans'
last second win over Notre Dame. Bush's nomination also makes the
fourth USC player nominated this season. Previous
Cingular/All-America Player of the Week winners this season include
Georgia quarterback D.J. Shockley, Texas quarterback Vince Young
and Texas A&M quarterback Reggie McNeal, Minnesota running back
Laurence Maroney, Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn, and UCLA
running back Maurice Drew. Who will be this week's winner now rests
solely in the hands of college football fans nationwide. Fans have
until Wednesday, October 19 at 11:59 p.m. EDT to submit their votes
via wireless text messaging.* The winner will be announced October
20 in the first half of the ESPN Thursday Night College Football
Game between Virginia Tech and Maryland. Fans can learn more about
this week's nominees online at http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/
or at http://www.cingularallamerica.com/. 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, 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://www.cingularallamerica.com/
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