ABC Sports, ESPN College Football Analysts Nominate Wisconsin Running Back Brian Calhoun for the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America
30 Octobre 2005 - 10:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
Calhoun nominated for the award for the second time this season
ATLANTA, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The national player of the week
nominations are in and the polls are open. Badger fans can cast
their votes for University of Wisconsin running back Brian Calhoun
for the Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the
Week, the only major college football honor determined exclusively
by fans. Calhoun was nominated for the second time this season
after 35 rushes for 197 yards and five touchdowns -- tying his
career high -- in the Badgers' 41-24 win over Illinois. Calhoun 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: Iowa State wide receiver Todd
Blythe, who was nominated for the award for the first time this
season with eight receptions for 216 yards and four touchdowns in
the Cyclones' 42-14 win over Texas A&M; USC wide receiver
Dwayne Jarrett, who had 11 receptions for 200 yards -- both career
bests -- and two touchdowns in the Trojans' 55-13 win over
Washington State; and University of Texas quarterback Vince Young,
who passed for 239 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 267
yards -- setting a school record for a quarterback -- and two
touchdowns in the Longhorns' 47-28 win over Oklahoma State
University. Previous Cingular/ABC Sports 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, 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, November 2 at
11:59 p.m. EST to submit their votes via wireless text messaging.*
The winner will be announced November 3 in the first half of the
ESPN Thursday Night College Football Game between Pittsburgh and
Louisville. 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 52.3 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 (SM),
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://www.cingular.com/newsroom. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless
CONTACT: Sarah Didier, of Career Sports & Entertainment,
+1-770-226-5550, or +1-770-617-8737, or , for Cingular Wireless; or
Clay Owen, of Cingular Wireless, +1-404-236-6153, or Web site:
http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/
http://www.cingularallamerica.com/ http://www.cingular.com/newsroom
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