June 2004 Fall, We Want You to Gather New Members Our Membership Turns Over Every Year
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Raking in new members Before you begin raking leaves this profession is sometimes swift. So, part of June 2004 fall, we want you to gather new members our membership turns over every year. this summer. The FWAA is beginning its On the other hand, there are some of Vol. 42, No. 2 “Raking in New Members Drive.” you who have been constant members Starting in June, we’d like every ac- over the years. tive FWAA member to get one other per- We always appreciate your comments Inside this issue: son to join the organization for the 2004- concerning possible improvements in 05 school year. anything we do. And we think we have This could be the co-worker who has been responsive in making college foot- put off joining, or a journalist at another ball easier to cover. Here’s to a great President’s column 2 paper or web site, or a sports information 2004 football season! associate in an allied field. Bronko Nagurski Tro- It’s easier than ever to join the FWAA. DIVISION I-A MEDIA DAY DATES phy preseason watch 3 A potential member merely needs to (FWAA representative in parentheses) list go to www.fwaa.com and click on “Join ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Us.” July 25-27, Greensboro, N.C. (Bob Thomas) There’s an explanation of what the BIG EAST FWAA, a 64-year-old organization, does July 28, East Rutherford, N.J. (Mark Blaud- All-America checklist 4-5 and the many benefits for members. schun) There’s also an application form, which BIG TEN can be printed out and sent in to the na- Aug. 4-5 Chicago Hyatt Regency (Chip Scoggins) tional office at FWAA, 18652 Vista Del Members of the FWAA BIG 12 5 All-America committee Sol, Dallas, Texas, 75287, along with the July 20-22, Kansas City, Mo. (Dennis Dodd) $40.00 annual dues. CONFERENCE USA We will have an FWAA representative Aug. 2-3, Memphis (Russ Anderson) at each of the 11 Division I-A preseason MID-AMERICAN football media days this summer. They Aug 2-3, Detroit (Gary Richter) John Outland Trophy 6 run from mid-July to early August. The MOUNTAIN WEST preseason watch list representatives and dates of the confer- July 21-22, Las Vegas (Steve Kiggins) ence media days are listed on this page. PACIFIC 10 The FWAA reps will help you with the July 28, Sheraton Gateway at LAX (Charles application process and answer ques- Durrenberger). Ira Berkow on former tions about the organization as well. SOUTHEASTERN Cincinnati Post sports 7 But you don’t need to wait until then July 27-29, Birmingham, Ala. (Ron Higgins, editor Pat Harmon to rake in your new member. Do it now! Tony Barnhart) The world of newspaper and web SUN BELT coverage, as well as many broadcast July 18-20, New Orleans (Judy Willson) WESTERN ATHLETIC mediums and the sports information Key contacts at the July 27-29, Reno, Nevada (Chad Hartley) 8 field, is constantly changing. And the FWAA movement of people in and out of the Page 2 THE FIFTH DOWN President Dick Weiss New York Daily News First Vice President President’s column Alan Schmadtke miles from the beach and near numerous Orlando Sentinel Joe Hornstein. restaurants. The Orange Bowl has re- Second Vice President Joe Hornstein. served 330 rooms for us. The rate is Dennis Dodd Joe Hornstein. $169, very good for South Florida that CBS SportsLine He and his col- time of year and better than last year’s leagues from the media hotel rate. The hotel also hosted Executive Director FedEx Orange Bowl the media for the NHL All-Star game. Steve Richardson Dallas Morning News have come on like a There are plenty of direct flights into clap of thunder, the Fort Lauderdale Airport, which is less 2004 Directors working really hard than five miles from the hotel. Mark Anderson to upgrade the me- All of the formal interviews, which Las Vegas Review & Journal dia situation for the begin Dec. 30 with the coaches and go Jack Bogaczyk 2005 national cham- through Jan. 3, will be held in the Mar- Charleston Daily Mail pionship game in riott ballroom, with the exception of Jan. DICK Charles Durrenberger Miami. 2, when the annual Orange Bowl media Arizona Daily Star WEISS Mark Blaudschun day will be at the stadium. There will be of the Boston Globe shuttle bus service every day to both Rob Daniels and I made a special trip to Miami re- practice sites and Jan. 2 to the stadium. Greensboro News & Record cently to check out the progress. And, There will be a computer work room at Chad Hartley aside from the flight problems I experi- the hotel with high speed access. Reno Gazette Journal enced getting into the Miami Airport at On game day, there will be a police Steve Henson the tail end of a President’s Day week- escort for the media buses to the sta- Los Angeles Times end, I came away impressed with the dium on a regular basis between 2:30 initial game plan. and 6 p.m. Kickoff will be at 8 p.m. EST. Todd Jones Columbus Dispatch No, the Football Writers Association The press box has limitations, ever of America is not about to open a can of since the Dolphins split it up and put the Rich Kaipust worms with APSE and stay at a new ca- majority of the media in the corner on the Omaha World-Herald sino hotel, as was originally thought. But southwest side of the stadium. There will Steve Kiggins Hornstein, who came over from the Uni- be room for 200 working media inside Casper Star-Tribune versity of Miami in November 2002 to with an auxiliary press box outside for become media relations manager, has those who are not on deadline or late Malcolm Moran USA Today worked hard with CEO Keith Tribble, applicants for credentials. And here’s president Chris Knight, associate director some good news. There will be 250 pub- Joseph Person Stephan Benson and Phoenix Harvey lic phone lines and a huge pregame buf- The State (S.C.) and Mike Partee from his staff and the fet as well as halftime and postgame Michael Pointer Greater Fort Lauderdale Conventional snacks. Writers also can purchase their Indianapolis Star and Visitors Bureau to correct the mis- own lines through Bell South. George Schroeder takes that plagued college football’s pre- Unlike the Sugar Bowl, the media will Daily Oklahoman mier BCS event here in 2001. be allowed on the sidelines from the Yeah, we all remember staying down- eight minute mark. There will be a pres- Chip Scoggins town in a hotel where there was nothing entation ceremony afterwards, but there Minneapolis Star-Tribune to do in the immediate area, the lack of will be quickie quotes with ASAP stenog- Jeff Shain directions to the practice sites, having a raphers typing them up for dispersal Miami Herald media bus get lost on the way to the within 10 minutes. The media will be able Bob Thomas game at Joe Robbie Stadium and having to watch the postgame interviews on Florida Times-Union OU coach Bob Stoops spend a hour on closed circuit TV. Photo will have their the field with his players and with own area with high speed access. Keith Whitmire ESPN’s Game Day before gracing us One more thing. The Orange Bowl Dallas Morning News with his presence in the media interview has planned a welcome reception for the Ex-officio session at 1 in the morning, long after media on Dec. 30 and a blowout bash on Chris Theisen the Eastern print deadlines were over. Jan. 2 on a yacht that will sail up the In- Big 12/BCS liaison Hornstein has arranged to put the tercoastal to the ocean and back. Jon Jackson media up at Marriott Marina Hotel on the If Hornstein can pull this off, we Duke/CoSIDA Intercoastal waterway, less than two should have a winner. Page 3 THE FIFTH DOWN Bronko Nagurski candidates The FWAA has announced the 2004 Bronko Nagur- ski Watch List, which is a compilation of the best defen- sive players in college football regardless of position. The winner of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, pre- sented by the FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club, will be named on Dec. 6 at a banquet in Charlotte, N.C. Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops will be the keynote speaker. Last season’s Bronko Nagurski winner was Okla- homa defensive back Derrick Strait, who was the second Sooner to win the award in three seasons. Oklahoma defensive back Roy Williams won the award in 2001. The FWAA will select a defensive player of the week during the 2004 season. Top defensive performances around the country will be submitted by schools and con- ferences. And an FWAA committee will select the winner from those nominees. None of the 2003 Bronko Nagurski finalists returns this season, but a finalist from 2002, Georgia end David Pollack, is returning for his senior season. Missouri linebacker James Kinney (24) is one of One player per school is listed below. But all defen- the 59 players on the initial watch list for the sive players on the All-America Watch List (Pages 4-5) Bronko Nagurski Trophy. are considered by the FWAA All-America Committee. Those players who win defensive player of the week considered. Please contact your conference committee awards and have not been previously listed also will be person for updates during the season. NAGURSKI WATCH LIST (One player listed per school) Adell Duckett, DE, Texas Tech Kirk Morrison, LB, San Diego St.