College Football Fans Select Tennessee Quarterback Erik Ainge as the Week Six Cingular All-America Player of the Week
13 Octobre 2006 - 4:07AM
PR Newswire (US)
Ainge Wins the Closest Voting in the Three-Year History of the
Award ATLANTA, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Quarterback Erik Ainge led
Tennessee to a convincing win at Georgia last weekend, and fans
have rewarded him for his outstanding play. In the closest vote in
the three year history of the award, Ainge has been selected as the
week six Cingular All-America Player of the Week, the only major
college football award chosen exclusively by college football fans.
Ainge earned the award after leading the 13th-ranked Volunteers to
a 51-33 win over the 10th-ranked Bulldogs last Saturday night.
Ainge completed 25 of 38 passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns
and added a score on the ground. He helped Tennessee rally from a
24-7 deficit as the Volunteers became just the second team to score
more than 50 points on Georgia's home field. Ainge received 2,719
votes (40.4%) to edge out Notre Dame running back Darius Walker
(40.1%) by just 17 votes. California quarterback Nate Longshore
(11.8%) and Wisconsin running back P.J. Hill (7.7%) finished third
and fourth, respectively. Each player was nominated for this week's
award by a panel of ESPN college football analysts based on their
outstanding performances last weekend. A first-time winner of the
Cingular All-America Player of the Week, Ainge joins Rutgers
running back Ray Rice, Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn, Michigan
wide receiver Mario Manningham and Georgia Tech wide receiver
Calvin Johnson on this year's winner's list. Fans can register to
vote for the Cingular All-America Player of the Week throughout the
season by text messaging "VOTE" to "87654" on their wireless phone,
with the nominees being revealed each Sunday on the 9 a.m. ESPN
SportsCenter and on the Web at http://www.espnallamerica.com/. Fans
have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the following Wednesday to
submit their votes. The winner will then be announced during ESPN's
Thursday night college football game. Fans can vote as many times
as they like, with each vote counting as one entry into a
sweepstakes to win a trip to the 2007 BCS National Championship
game. Cingular customers can visit Cingular's NCAA(R) Football
Portal on their wireless handset to view video highlights of each
week's candidates, retrieve photos, check scoreboards, track their
favorite teams, and download school ringtones. In December, four
finalists for the Cingular All-America Player of the Year award
will be announced during a one-hour special on ABC Sports. Fans
will then get a chance to say who the best player in the nation is
by voting for the Cingular All-America Player of the Year up until
the Bowl Championship Series. The selection process will culminate
during the BCS National Championship game on FOX when the Cingular
All-America Player of the Year will be presented. Last year, Texas
quarterback Vince Young was crowned as the Cingular All- America
Player of the Year, beating out Southern California teammates
Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart and Notre Dame quarterback Brady
Quinn. Young was the second Longhorn to claim the award, after
running back Cedric Benson won the inaugural honor in 2004. ABOUT
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