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Fans Can Vote for Syracuse Senior Diamond Ferri for The Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of The Week ATLANTA, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Syracuse senior defensive back Diamond Ferri who also filled in on offense in place of the injured running back Damian Rhodes was selected as a Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week finalist. Ferris becomes the first defensive player to be nominated for the national honor this season. Playing the majority of the game on both sides of the football, Ferri finished the day with a total of three touchdowns. On offense he rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns in place of the injured Rhodes and on defense he totaled six tackles along with the game sealing touchdown on a 44 yard interception return late in the 4th quarter to lead the Orange in a 43-17 victory over No. 17/19 Boston College and a share of the Big East title. Ferri 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: No. 1 Southern California junior quarterback and Heisman Trophy contender Matt Leinhart, who threw for 400 yards and a school record-tying 5 touchdowns in the Trojans' 41-10 victory over Notre Dame; No 7 Louisville wide receiver Montrell Jones, who caught two touchdown passes and returned a punt 72 yards for a score as the Cardinal's routed Cincinnati 70-7 to clinch the Conference USA championship; and Memphis running back DeAngleo Williams, who turned in his fourth 200-yard rushing performance of the season in the Tigers' 31-15 win over South Florida. 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). Syracuse fans can show their support for Ferri by voting for him up until 8 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 28. 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" Ferri will is vying to become the only defensive player, the fourth running back, and the only player from the Big East to claim the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week award this season. Previous winners include Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton (twice), Texas Tech quarterback Sonny Cumbie, Georgia quarterback David Greene, Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson (three times), 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: Jamie Sims, Career Sports & Entertainment, +1-770-226-5556, +1-404-358-0077, ; Clay Owen, Cingular Wireless, +1-404-236-6153, Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.cingular.com/newsroom http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ http://www.espn.com/

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