Fans Can Vote For Louisville Wide Receiver Montrell Jones For The Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player Of The Week
28 Novembre 2004 - 8:08PM
PR Newswire (US)
Fans Can Vote For Louisville Wide Receiver Montrell Jones For The
Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player Of The Week
ATLANTA, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Louisville junior wide receiver
Montrell Jones has been selected as a Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports
All-America Player of the Week finalist for the first time this
season. Jones was nominated for the award after his three touchdown
performance on Saturday as No. 7 Louisville defeated Cincinnati
70-7 and clinched the Conference USA championship. Jones' first two
touchdown catches came in the first half on throws of 43 and 13
yards and were his first two touchdown receptions since
transferring from Tennessee two years ago. His final touchdown came
in the 3rd quarter on special teams with a spectacular 72-yard punt
return. Jones 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; 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; and Syracuse senior defensive
back/running back Diamond Ferri, who rushed for 141 yards with two
touchdowns on offense and an interception return for a touchdown on
defense to lead the Orange to a 43-17 win over No.17/19 Boston
College and a share of the Big East title. 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 http://espn.com/
(keyword: cingular). Louisville fans can show their support for
Jones 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" Jones will
is vying to become the only wide receiver as well as the only
player from Conference USA 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 digital voice 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 of Career Sports & Entertainment,
+1-770-226-5556, +1-404-358-0077, ; or Clay Owen of Cingular
Wireless, +1-404-236-6153, Web site: http://www.cingular.com/
http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ http://www.espn.com/
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