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Coach of the Year event to be in New York City June 2010 Vol. 48, No. 2 DALLAS — The 2010 FWAA/Eddie ence. We are grateful to the National Robinson Coach of the Year Reception/ Football Foundation and the FWAA for Inside this issue: Announcement, sponsored by the Tosti- their efforts in making this happen.” tos Fiesta Bowl, will be held in New York Coach Robinson’s son, Eddie Jr., is City in conjunction with the annual Na- expected to be on hand for the an- tional Football Foundation Induction Din- nouncement, which will be attended by President’s column 2 ner in early December. other coaches, former Grambling players This season’s Coach of the Year an- and Coach of the Year winners, Fiesta nouncement will be made on the after- Bowl, FWAA and NFF officials, specials noon of Dec. 6 at the Waldorf Astoria guests and numerous members of the FAQs about the FWAA 3 Hotel, the day before the NFF Banquet is media. held at the same hotel. A reception and "The Eddie Robinson family is very news conference are planned to an- excited about helping to bring this award nounce the Coach of the Year winner, ceremony to New York City,” Eddie Rob- which is expected to be carried on ESPN inson Jr. said. “Our family's relationship Watch 4 News. TCU’s Gary Patterson claimed with this great city goes back at least four List the 2009 Award. decades when in 1968 Grambling played "We at the FWAA will be honored to Morgan State before a large crowd at present our Eddie Robinson Award every Yankee Stadium. I am certain that my December in New York City,” said Tim late father would be just as excited as we Griffin, FWAA’s 2010-11 president. “It's are." Bronko Nagurski 5 only natural that 's most The late Robinson is the winningest Trophy Watch List revered award for coaching excellence coach in Division I history (408 games) will now be announced along with the and the move to presenting this award in festivities of the National Football Foun- New York City is a natural. The Gram- dation's annual induction dinner. The fact bling Tigers, which Robinson coached it will be announced in the nation's media from 1941 through 1997 played numer- FWAA Awards Calen- 6 center makes it even more exciting. We ous regular-season games at Yankee dar are thrilled with our upcoming opportu- Stadium starting in the late 1960s and nity." into the 1970s and later at the Meadow- “The Fiesta Bowl is honored to be lands in New Jersey. involved with the Eddie Robinson Robinson, who passed away on April Jack Hairston, 1990 Award,” Fiesta Bowl chairman Duane 3, 2007, won 70.7 percent of his games Bert McGrane Award 7 Woods said. “This move will allow the during his illustrious career. Robinson’s winner, remembered most prestigious national coaching teams won or tied for 17 Southwestern award to reach an even broader audi- (Continued on page 6) Page 2 THE FIFTH DOWN

President Tim Griffin

ESPN.com President’s column First Vice President Tommy Hicks I faced some with television revenues and coaching

Mobile Press-Register excruciating salaries soaring, it’s clear that these

Second Vice President choices a few guides rank low on the spending priori- Lenn Robbins weeks ago. ties of most schools.

New York Post A recent down- Some conferences have talked about sizing in my li- grouping all of their schools on a thumb Board of Directors John Davis brary area meant drive. And the Cotton Bowl folks with the Oxford (Miss.) Eagle that space on my help of our own Ted Gangi had that Heather Dinich shelves was at a handy compilation of all of the guides on ESPN.com premium. It left a disk last season and will again this Pete DiPrimio me with a tough season. Fort Wayne (Ind.) News- decision. But it’s not the same. Sentinel Namely, would These humble sources of information Chris Dufrense TIM I keep my collec- have been around for many years, evolv- Times tion of college ing from a simple guide that could be Ryan Finley GRIFFIN Arizona Daily Star football guides, fitted into your back pocket into the mega Pete Fiutak even if many of promotional guides for the biggest na- College Football News them have evolved into promotional tools tional programs. I remember counting Cory Giger for their programs that become dated one coach I covered being pictured more Altoona Mirror and of little use after only a year? than 100 times – give or take a group Kevin Gorman Most of them still are safely tucked shot with a movie star or a group of Pittsburgh Tribune-Review away, mainly because I can read the Shriners – in one book. Kate Hairopoulos handwriting on the wall. In the not-too- I’ve been fascinated with media Dallas Morning News distant future, these informational guides since I was a kid. I remember Mick McGrane Freelance sources will be eliminated — at least in buying one late each summer to get Rodney McKissic their current printed and bound format. ready for the start of Tennessee football Buffalo News The ’s re- at my neighborhood newsstand in Mem- Dave Matter cently accepted proposal to return these phis. Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune sources to their stated use as an infor- Later, I learned how to compose busi- Jorge Milian mational tool for the media rather than a ness letters by writing to every major Palm Beach Post recruiting guide has only bought them sports information director and major- Malcolm Moran time. The inevitable still seems likely to league franchise across the country. Knight Foundation happen much sooner than we’d all like. Somewhere buried in my parents’ home, Randy Rosetta Baton Rouge Advocate We as media members should feel those guides are tucked away for poster- Roger Rubin fortunate that media guides haven’t al- ity. New York Daily News ready been legislated out of existence by The digital age has made those hal- Adam Sparks the NCAA. That idea became more wor- cyon days of my youth seems much far- Daily News (Tenn.) Journal risome last season after Big Ten powers ther removed than the 35 years on the Andy Staples State, Michigan and Wisconsin an- calendar. It’s a little sad for me to see Sports Illustated nounced that they would not print media them go. But it’s not surprising. Phil Steele guides and also were actively encourag- By my count, about 30 major football- Phil Steele Magazine ing other schools to follow suit. playing schools did not print guides last Jake Trotter Daily Oklahoman That announcement came after the season. The number appears to be Jimmy Watson Pacific-10 Conference proposed to do growing as we enter the 2010 season.

Shreveport Times away with all printed media guides, in- There’s no doubt that the savings of stead providing them in a PDF format. not printing these guides are becoming Ex-Officio Charles Bloom Some schools made printouts that were more prevalent in these cost- Southeastern Conference available in press boxes when needed. containment days. Only the biggest of Mike Finn Others didn’t. the programs can expect these guides to Atlantic Coast Conference The forces of cost containment are come close to paying for themselves. Joe Hornstein becoming more prevalent in college ath- There’s an argument that a new gen- Central Florida letics. Other schools have made “going eration of reporters who are savvy with green” an important consideration. But (Continued on page 6) Page 3 THE FIFTH DOWN Frequently asked questions

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Outland Trophy watch list unveiled

The 2010 Outland Trophy Watch List has been an- nounced by the Football Writers Association of America. The prestigious list gives football fans the first glimpse at a great crop of college offensive and defensive tackles, offensive guards and centers. The FWAA will consider other players for the 2010 Outland Trophy Watch List and will also delete players as the season progresses. The FWAA All-America Com- mittee will select three finalists in late November and eventually the overall winner. The Outland Trophy, presented annually since 1946, is the third oldest award in major college football. The Outland Trophy is named after the late John Outland, an All-America lineman at Penn and Kansas at the turn of the century. The 2010 winner will be announced on the Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show on Dec. 9. FWAA President Tim Griffin presents the Out- The Outland Trophy presentation banquet, spon- sored by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee, will be land Trophy to 2009 winner Ndamukong Suh on Jan. 13 in Omaha, Neb. of Nebraska.

OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST , Texas (DT) Marcus Forston, Miami, Fla. (DT) , LSU (DT) , North Carolina (DT) , Miam, Fla. (OT) Kristofer O’Dowd, Southern Cal [C] Tim Barnes, Missouri [C] Anthony Gray, Southern Miss (DT) Josh Oglesby, Wisconsin (OT) Colin Baxter, Arizona [C] Lawrence Guy, Arizona State (DT) , Oregon State (DT) Sean Bedford, Georgia Tech [C] Ben Habern, Oklahoma [C] Alan Pelc, North Carolina (OG) , Stanford [C] Kyle Hix, Texas (OT) Jason Pinkston, Pittsburgh (OT) Clint Boling, Georgia (OT) , Florida State (OG) Ken Plue, Purdue (OG) , Ohio State (OG) Omar Hunter, Florida (DT) Nate Potter, Boise State (G) Cory Brandon, Oklahoma (OT) Rod Huntley, Texas-El Paso (OG) Mike Pouncey, Florida [C] , Ohio State [C] Zach Hurd, Connecticut (OG) , Mississippi (DT) , Ohio State (OG) Benjamin Ijalana, Villanova (OT) Matt Reynolds, BYU (OT) Marcus Cannon, TCU (OT) Andrew Jackson, Fresno State Trevor Robinson, Notre Dame (OT) , Wisconsin (OT) (OG) , Michigan (OG) James Carpenter, Alabama (OT) Jarvis Jenkins, Clemson (DT) Caleb Schlauderaff, Utah (OG) Jurrell Casey, Southern Cal (DT) Carl Johnson, Florida (OG) , Colorado (OT) Anthony Castonzo, , Alabama (OG) Adrian Taylor, Oklahoma (DT) (OT) Ben Jones, Florida [C] Zane Taylor, Utah [C] Thomas Claiborne, Boston College Jake Kirkpatrick, TCU [C] Bo Thran, Oregon (OT) (OG) Karl Klug, Iowa (DT) Muhammad Wilkerson, Temple Jared Crick, Nebraska (DT) Ben Lamaak, Iowa State [C] (DT) Blake DeChristopher, Virginia Tech DeMarcus Love, Arkansas (OT) , Penn St. (OG) (OT) Ryan McMahon, Florida State [C] , Auburn (OT) Art Forst, Rutgers (OG) Ryan Miller, Colorado (G) THE FIFTH DOWN Page 5 Early Nagurski nominees revealed

The 2010 Bronko Nagurski Watch List features the best and brightest of the upcoming season’s defensive players. One of the more than 70 players on the list most likely will receive the that is awarded annually to the nation’s best defensive player by the FWAA and the Charlotte Club. Players may be added or deleted to the Bronko Na- gurski Watch List during the season. Each week during the 2010 season, the FWAA will choose a Defensive Player of the Week. If that player is not on the Watch List, he automatically will be added. The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce five finalists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy on November 18. The annual Bronko Nagurski Trophy Banquet will be on Dec. 6 at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. Besides the 2010 winner being announced, the banquet will also celebrate the winner of the Bronko Nagurski Legends Award, presented by CSX Intermodal. Defensive Mike McCoy, a standout for Notre Dame, is being hon- ored from the FWAA’s 1969 All-American team. Oregon State’s Stephen Paea Nagurski Watch List Sam Acho, Texas Dont'a Hightower, Alabama Stephen Paea, Oregon St , Nebraska Ross Homan, Ohio St , LSU Marvin Austin, North Carolina , Georgia Jerrell Powe, Mississippi Akeem Ayers, UCLA Jarvis Jenkins, Clemson Robert Quinn, North Carolina , Miami, Fl , Florida Adrian Robinson, Temple , Alabama , TCU Greg Romeus, Pittsburgh , Oklahoma Greg Jones, Michigan St Kenny Rowe, Oregon Nick Bellore, Michigan Thomas Keiser, Stanford Robert Sands, West Virginia Chris Borland, Wisconsin Noah Keller, Ohio , Iowa Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson Shiloh Keo, Idaho JK Schaffer, Cincinnati Curtis Brown, Texas , Purdue Kelvin Sheppard, LSU , Arizona St , Boston College Aldon Smith, Missouri Tank Carder, TCU Mark LeGree, Appalachian St Craig Stevens, Auburn Bruce Carter, North Carolina Travis Lewis, Oklahoma , North Carolina , Iowa Chris Marve, Vanderbilt Manti Te'o, Notre Dame Jared Crick, Nebraska Cliff Matthews, South Carolina JT Thomas, West Virginia Marcell Dareus, Alabama DeAndre McDaniel, Clemson Trevin Wade, Arizona Ras-I Dowling, Virginia Marcus McGraw, Houston JJ Watt, Wisconsin Brian Duncan, Texas Tech Josh McNary, Army Aaron Williams, Texas Chris Galippo, USC Carmen Messina, New Mexico Korey Williams, Southern Miss Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina , Texas A&M , Connecticut , Miami, Fl Bruce Miller, Central Florida Ryan Winterswyk, Boise St Mario Harvey, Marshall Dontay Moch, Nevada Anthony Wright, Air Force , Boston College , California Alex Wujciak, Maryland Cameron Heyward, Ohio St , UCLA Page 6 THE FIFTH DOWN Coach of Year event moves to NYC (Continued from page 1) opened in his honor in Grambling, La., where numerous Athletic Conference (SWAC) championships after joining memorabilia now reside, including a bust of the Eddie the league in 1959. His Tigers claimed nine Black Col- Robinson Coach of the Year Award. lege Football Championships during his career spent. The FWAA, Fiesta Bowl and Eddie Robinson and Robinson, who was named by the FWAA in 1966 as family have been joined together since the 1998 football “The Coach Who Made the Biggest Contribution to Col- season. The FWAA Coach of the Year Award took on lege Football in the Past 25 Years,” took his show often the legendary Coach Robinson as its namesake during on the road to places such as the Louisiana Superdome, the 1997 football season, his final season as Gram- the Cotton Bowl, the Astrodome, Tiger Stadium and bling’s coach. aforementioned Yankee Stadium. And with his star- Over the past 14 years, among the winners have in- studded array of African American players, Robinson cluded Alabama’s , Florida’s Urban Meyer, helped integrate professional football. Rutgers’ Greg Schiano, Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer, In 1949, Grambling standout Tank Younger was the Ohio State’s , Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops and first player from a Historically Black College to sign with Maryland’s . an NFL Team (Los Angeles Rams). By 1963, Buck Bu- The FWAA has chosen a Coach of the Year since the chanan became the first player from a Historically Black 1957 football season, when Ohio State’s Woody Hayes College to be selected first overall in the professional won the inaugural award. The winning coach is selected draft ( League by the Kansas City by a vote of the entire membership after finalists are Chiefs). Over the years, Robinson produced a Who’s nominated by the FWAA All-America Committee and Who of professional football players, with more than 200 placed on a ballot. of his former players doting professional rosters. In 1975, with one of his greatest teams quarter- backed by eventual All-Pro Doug Williams, Robinson’s Grambling team and Alcorn State became the first col- FWAA Awards Calendar lege teams to play a game in Louisiana the Superdome. ● Nov. 8: All-America defense ballots sent to mem- The next season, Robinson’s Tigers, along with Morgan bership State became the first American college football teams ● Nov. 14: All-America defense selection committee to play in Japan. call A member of the College Football Hall of Fame, Rob- ● Nov. 15: All-America offense/special teams ballots inson has the keys to cities all over the planet, has been sent to membership awarded in every form and fashion and has honorary ● Nov. 16: Eddie Robinson finalists announced degrees from many schools. ● Nov. 18: Announcement of five Bronko Nagurski Last February, the Eddie Robinson Museum was Trophy finalists ● Nov. 21: All-America offense/special teams selec- tion committee call President’s column (cont’d) ● Nov. 22: Announcement of three Outland Trophy finalists (Continued from page 2) ● Dec. 6: Bronko Nagurski Trophy announcement/ computers can use the information on a stick or a web- presentation (Charlotte, N.C.) site as quickly as if they had the computer in front of ● Dec. 6: Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year an- them. nouncement/presentation (New York City) That might be true, but ask those reporters who were ● Dec. 9: Announcement of Outland Trophy winner trying to cover the Georgia-Florida game in Jacksonville (Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show) where the Gator Bowl’s spotty wireless system struggled ● Dec. 11: Announcement of 25-man FWAA All- to accommodate all of the users. And other facilities America Team (ABC-TV) don’t have wireless access, leaving fact-checking forays ● Jan. 3: FedEx Orange Bowl Courage Award on- on deadline a harrowing concept. field presentation (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) So before we do away with printed media guides, ● Jan. 10: Freshman All-America Team announced forgive me for buying an extra bookcase or two for my (Scottsdale, Ariz.) home. Something tells me that more room is needed for ● Jan. 11: Grantland Rice Trophy announcement/ some of the most prized items of my collection before presentation (Tentative, Scottsdale, Ariz.) they are done away with completely. ● Jan.13: Outland Trophy presentation banquet (Omaha, Neb.) THE FIFTH DOWN Page 7 Hairston was always out to get story

Editor’s Note: Jack Hairston, the FWAA’s 1990 Bert Hairston then moved to the New Orleans Item cover- McGrane winner and the association’s president in 1982, ing LSU in 1956 and ’57. Next stop Jacksonville. passed away on May 15, 2010, in Gainesville, Fla., at Hairston became sports editor and, in addition to his run the age of 81. The following is a profile of Hairston previ- in with Namath, covered the University of Florida and ously written by FWAA member Gene Duffey. wrote columns. He covered many big time events while working for Jack Hairston worked for the Jacksonville Journal in the Jacksonville Journal, including the World Series and January 1968 when he attempted to interview Joe Na- the . math. The was in town for “I remember Casey Stengel would sit in the press the American Football League All-Star room and tell stories until 1 or 2 o’clock in Game. Hairston met Namath at 10 a.m. the morning,” Hairston said of the 1957 in the hotel lobby. World Series. He covered the New York “He was nice as could be,” said Mets upset of Baltimore in 1969 and 13 Hairston. “I walked around with him for Super Bowls. 15 minutes. He introduced me to other Jacksonville was the Triple A baseball players. Then I asked him to sit down affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals in those for an interview.” days. Branch Rickey, the famous general “I don’t have time for no sports writ- manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, ers,” replied Namath. served as an adviser to the Cardinals, Hairston went to the East team’s giving Hairston the chance to meet him. practice that day and received the same “I had been an admirer of his from a dis- type of rejection from Namath after tance for years,” said Hairston. “He was a practice. Later, Hairston attempted to brilliant man. A lot of people told me he call Namath at the hotel, but the opera- was the smartest baseball man they tor told him that all calls to Namath’s knew.” room were blocked. The Gator Bowl was one of the big- “I went back to the paper and blis- gest events in Jacksonville and in those tered the son of a bitch,” said Hairston, days there was true competition in the who joined the FWAA in 1954. “I must Jack Hairston newspaper business. have gotten 250 letters. Most of them “There was always a battle to find out were pro Namath.” who the Gator Bowl teams would be,” said Hairston. “I Of course, it didn’t help Hairston’s cause that Namath prided myself in getting them before they released it.” threw for 249 yards in the game, scored the winning In 1968, Gator Bowl officials were determined not to touchdown on a sneak with 58 seconds to play in a 25- let the story leak out ahead of time, particularly to 24 East victory and shared Offensive MVP honors with Hairston. He was in the press room one day and picked receiver and Jets teammate Don Maynard. up the phone. Somehow he ended up on a conference Hairston started out as “a wannabe athlete” at India- call among Gator Bowl and Missouri officials about the nola High School in Mississippi. He began stringing for Tigers’ matchup with Alabama in the Gator Bowl. Gator the Memphis Commercial Appeal at 16. By age 18 he Bowl officials were completely befuddled when the story was working full time for the Morning Star in Green- appeared in the paper the next day. wood, Miss. There was a brief stint with the Atlanta Constitution “I was sports editor, city editor, managing editor,” he as executive sports editor before landing in Gainesville said. “That was a pretty good education. The paper was in 1971. on the verge of going broke.” After leaving the Gainesville Sun in 1991, Hairston He also attended Sunflower Junior College in Moor- started “Gator Pipeline,” his own weekly newsletter de- head, Miss., for a year. After four years at the newspa- voted to Florida football. per, he joined the Army in 1951 and served in Korea. He looked back on his career with very few regrets. Hairston returned in 1952 to become assistant sports “I had a good run, met a lot of interesting people,” he editor of the Jackson (Miss.) Daily News, where he said. worked with Jimmie McDowell, the 2000 Bert McGrane But the demise of the newspaper game saddened winner. He switched to the new Jackson State Times in him. “It’s not a good business to be in anymore. TV’s 1956. gobbling up all the advertising money.” Page 8 THE FIFTH DOWN FAQ (continued)

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