ABC Sports, ESPN College Football Analysts Nominate Southern California Running Back Reggie Bush for the Cingular/ABC Sports All
16 Octobre 2005 - 10:56PM
PR Newswire (US)
Bush 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. Trojan fans can cast
their votes for Southern California running back Reggie Bush for
the Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week,
the only major college football honor determined exclusively by
fans. 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. Bush 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; Texas Tech quarterback Cody Hodges, who recorded 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; and 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. 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, of Career Sports & Entertainment,
+1-770-226-5550, or +1-770-617-8737, , for Cingular Wireless; or
Clay Owen, +1-404-236-6153, , of Cingular Wireless Web site:
http://www.cingular.com/ http://cingular.mediaroom.com/
http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/
http://www.cingularallamerica.com/
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