College Football Fans Select Texas Quarterback Colt McCoy as the Week Seven Cingular All-America Player of the Week
20 Octobre 2006 - 4:07AM
PR Newswire (US)
McCoy Tops Fan Voting After Record-Setting Performance Against
Baylor ATLANTA, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas quarterback Colt
McCoy lit up the scoreboard with a record setting performance in
the Longhorns' 63-31 victory over Baylor last weekend, and fans
have rewarded him for his outstanding play. McCoy has been selected
as the week seven Cingular All-America Player of the Week, the only
major college football award chosen exclusively by college football
fans. McCoy completed 21 of 32 passes for 275 yards, including a
school-record six touchdowns, last Saturday against Baylor. McCoy,
who helped Texas rally from a 10-0 first quarter deficit, broke the
school record of five touchdown passes previously held by James
Brown (1994) and Chris Simms (2001) while setting personal highs in
passing yards and completions. McCoy received 39% of the votes to
win the fan balloting over West Virginia quarterback Pat White
(23%), Oklahoma State wide receiver Adarius Bowman (20%) and
Indiana quarterback Kellen Lewis (18%). 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, McCoy joins
Rutgers running back Ray Rice, Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn,
Michigan wide receiver Mario Manningham, Georgia Tech wide receiver
Calvin Johnson and Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge 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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