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Oklahoma Running Back Adrian Peterson Vying for a Record Third Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week Award ATLANTA, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Adrian Peterson continues to turn in record-setting performances and turn the heads of college football fans nationwide in the process. Oklahoma's freshman running back rushed for 240 yards and three touchdowns in the Sooners' 35-0 win at Baylor yesterday to earn his third Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week nomination. He's already won the honor twice this year based on fan voting, and if he wins again this week, he will be the first three-time winner of the award. With his performance yesterday, Peterson tied an NCAA record for the most 100-yard rushing games by a freshman with ten. Peterson 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, led by John Saunders. The other finalists are: Miami (FL) quarterback Brock Berlin, who set career highs with 361 yards passing and four touchdowns in the Hurricanes' 52-7 win over Wake Forest; Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton (who is also vying for his third All-America Player of the Week award), who passed for 522 yards and six touchdowns in the Boilermakers' 63-24 rout of Indiana; and Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith, who passed for 241 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 145 in the Buckeyes' 37-21 victory over No. 7 Michigan. Who will be this week's winner is still undecided and the final decision now rests in the hands of college football fans nationwide. For the first time in college football history, fans can now make the call on who they think deserves to be the All-America Player of the Week with the power and ease of wireless text-messaging. Cingular is making the voting open to other wireless carriers* allowing even more fans to participate. Fans can also vote online at http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ or at ESPN.com (keyword: cingular). Sooner fans can vote for Peterson as many times as they would like up until 8 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 21. The winner will be announced during that night's 11 p.m. EST broadcast of ESPN "SportsCenter". Here's how fans can vote for the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week this week and every week: * Text "PLAYER" to "64444" on your wireless phones * Follow the prompt to vote for your All-America selection * Alternatively, go to http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ or log onto http://www.espn.com/ and enter keyword "Cingular" Previous winners include Orton (twice), Texas Tech quarterback Sonny Cumbie, Georgia quarterback David Greene, Peterson (twice), Auburn quarterback Jason Campbell, Michigan running back Michael Hart, Oklahoma quarterback Jason White and Auburn running back Carnell Williams. Fans who vote on their wireless phones only need to register one time. Then, each week, the four candidates for Player of the Week are automatically sent to their wireless phones. Each time fans vote, they are entered into a sweepstakes to win a trip to the Bowl Championship Series game of their choice or thousands of other instant prizes. Fans can vote as often as they like. On December 1, fans will also get a chance to determine who the best player in the nation is by voting for the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Year. Fans will have until December 8 to choose from among five finalists - voting by either text messaging or online. The selection process will culminate on December 11 at 2 p.m. EST in a one-hour special on ABC Sports when the Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All- America Player of the Year (selected by fans), and the All-America team (selected by the Football Writers Association of America), will be announced. * 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 more than 46 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between SBC Communications (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth (NYSE:BLS), has the largest digitalvoice and data network in the nation. 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: Bates Grainger, Career Sports & Entertainment, +1-770-226-5526, or +1-770-331-6617, or ; or Clay Owen of Cingular Wireless, +1-404-236-6153, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/newsroom http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ http://www.espn.com/

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