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Across ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE BCS Standings Update - For the first time this season there is a new number one in the BCS Standings. WithAlabama’s loss to Officers Texas A&M, Kansas State moved into the top spot in the standings, while the Crimson Tide fell to fourth. It’s the first time a non-SEC school holds on to the number one ranking since Oregon held the spot on Nov. 21, 201. The Ducks and Notre Dame rank second and President & Chair...... O. Ford Gibson third, respectively, while Georgia rounds out the top five. The No.8 Aggies made the biggest jump following their upset of the former Chair-Elect...... Andrew P. Hertz number one team, climbing six spots over the weekend. They replace No.19 Louisville in the top ten, which fell ten spots after their loss Vice Chair...... Luis E. Boué to Syracuse. No.21 Michigan, No.24 Oklahoma State and No.25 Washington move into the standings with Toledo, Northwestern and Vice Chair...... Lee E. Stapleton Mississippi State all dropping out. Secretary...... Ann E. Pope Treasurer...... Shaun M. Davis Lock It Up - This past weekend, both Wisconsin and No.5 Georgia secured spots in their respective conference title game, and a few Past President...... Jeffrey T. Roberts more teams have a chance to join them with wins this week. The winner of the Pac-12 game between No.18 USC and No.17 UCLA earns CEO...... Eric L. Poms a spot in the Pac-12 title game, and they’ll face No.2 Oregon if the Ducks manage to defeat No.13 Stanford at home. No.1 Kansas State can lock down the Big 12 with a win over Baylor, and No.10 Florida State will represent the ACC Atlantic if they can down Maryland in Communications Staff College Park this weekend. 305-341-4700 [email protected] Ball So Hard - is just one touchdown shy of the NCAA career record heading into this weekend’s matchup with Ohio State. After his 198 yard, three touchdown performance in last week’s win over Indiana, Ball now has 77 career touchdowns, passing Ricky Williams for second on the all-time list. The senior has at least two games left to break Travis Prentice’s record. Over on the West Coast, Larry Wahl two more athletes made their way into the record books as well. In the absence of star running back , Oregon quarterback VP, Communications & Community Outreach tied a school-record in tossing six touchdown passes in the Ducks 59-17 win over Cal. sophomore Ka’Deem Carey slashed and gashed his way through the Colorado defense for 366 yards on just 25 carries in the Wildcats 56-31 win over the Noah Sharfman Buffs. Communications Associate Across the ACC Kristina Taylor Communications Assistant Look Who’s Next Door - Florida State and Clemson rank No.10 and No.11 in the BCS Standings, respectively. The Seminoles held on to their spot for the second week in a row after a hard-fought victory over Virginia Tech on Thursday, while the Tigers jumped two spots Ryan Trapp following their win over Maryland. Communications Assistant Points on Points - Basketball season is kicking into gear, and some of the fever must be spreading to the ACC gridiron. The 118 points scored in Georgia Tech’s 68-50 victory over UNC last week were the most in league history, breaking the previous record of 106 points ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN set in Clemson’s 82-24 victory over Wake Forest in 1981. The two schools combined for 1,085 yards of offense and 51 first downs. PRESS BOXES THIS WEEK Georgia Tech quarterback Vad Lee accounted for 169 of those yards through the air, on just six passes. The freshman also added 112 yards rushing and three scores, giving him five touchdowns over the past two games.

Hanging By A Thread - In his first start since Sept. 29, Virginia quarterback Michael Rocco led the Cavaliers to a brilliant come-from- behind win over Miami last week. The junior threw for 300 yards and four touchdowns, the last of which came on a 10-yard connection to Jake McGee with six seconds left to secure UVA’s comeback from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit. The win keeps the Cavaliers bowl hopes alive, although they will need wins against North Carolina and Virginia Tech to qualify for postseason play. Wake Forest at Notre Dame...... Tony Argiz, Ford Gibson, Here’s To You Kid(s) - The ACC has had some fresh faces making plays in big places this season, sporting some of the most dynamic Mario Murgado and Jack Seiler freshman this side of Johnny Football. Nationally, Miami dynamo Duke Johnson ranks in the top five among qualified kickoff returners in Western Carolina at Alabama...... Kevin Crews and Darryl Robinson yards, average and touchdowns, while also ranking ninth nationally with 169.8 all-purpose yards per game. Maryland Stefon Stanford at Oregon...... Larry Gautier and Sara Herald Diggs leads the team in receptions and receiving yards, while trailing only Johnson and UNC tailback Giovani Bernard in the conference Kansas State at Baylor...... Al Dotson Jr. and Eric Poms for all-purpose yards this season. Virginia’s Maurice Canaday and FSU’s Ronald Darby have emerged as big-time playmakers in their Florida State at Maryland...... Charlie Johnson and Sean Pittman respective secondaries. Rutgers at Cincinnati...... Ron Stone and Mario Trueba Utah State at Louisiana Tech...... Tim Battle and Jeff Rubin

IMPORTANT MEDIA DATES WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING

Sun. Oct. 16 BCS Standings Released Sun. Dec.2 BCS Selection Show / Coaches’ Teleconference Matt Murschel 2013 Discover Orange Bowl Online Credential Application Thur. Nov. 1 Sat. Dec. 15 Credential Application / Media Hotel Reservations Closed Opens Mark Schlabach Brad Edwards Stewart Mandel Jerry Palm Brant Parsons

Sat. Dec. 1 Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game (EPSN) Sat. Dec. 29 2012 MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic (FSN) Kansas State Kansas State Oregon Oregon Oregon Kansas State vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. DISCOVER ORANGE BOWL DISCOVER BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Oregon Oregon Kansas State Kansas State Kansas State Oregon Wed. Dec. 26 Team Arrivals / HC Press Conference Wed. Jan.2 Florida State Florida State Florida State Florida State Florida State Florida State Thur. Dec. 27 HC/Student-Athlete Media Availability Sat. Jan. 5 vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Sun. Dec. 30 (post practice) Rutgers Rutgers Louisville Louisville Rutgers Louisville

Fri. Dec. 28 Thur. Jan. 3 Coordinators Press Conferences Sat. Dec. 29 Fri. Jan. 4 Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Wisconsin Nebraska vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. N/A Media Day Sat. Jan. 5 Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Stanford Mon. Dec. 31 HC Press Conferences Sun. Jan. 6 Mon. Dec. 31 AvMed Orange Bowl Coaches Luncheon presented by Deloitte N/A Georgia Georgia Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Mon. Dec. 31 Media Party Sun. Jan. 6 Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson Oklahoma

Orange Bowl Game Day Fan Zone Tue. Jan. 1 N/A 2013 Discover Orange Bowl (ESPN) Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Notre Dame vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. National Championship Game Day Fan Zone N/A Mon. Jan. 7 LSU Texas A&M Texas A&M LSU Florida LSU 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game (ESPN) Weekend Watch List Oklahoma’s Woods nominated for Discover Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award No.10 Florida State at Maryland Saturday, Nov. 17, 12:00 p.m. DALLAS (FWAA) – Oklahoma’s Austin Woods is the weekly nominee for the 2012 Discover Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award, to be announced at the end of the season. Woods, a junior offensive lineman from Rockwall, Texas, is A win here and the Seminoles will secure a spot in playing this season after undergoing chemotherapy treatments for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. their third ACC Championship Game. Quarterback E.J. Manuel secured a Thursday night win with a Woods was diagnosed with cancer last spring after complaining of a constant sore throat and swollen glands. He spent the last-minute touchdown drive against the Hokies last summer and fall going through chemotherapy treatment, but continued to practice with the team as the deep snapper and week, and his play has FSU looking down on the rest backup center. For several hours every other week, he endured an infusion of chemicals that left him drained. of the ACC this year. In College Park, the Terrapins “I love football, I love being with my teammates, I love the University of Oklahoma,” Woods told the Associated Press. are hoping linebacker turned quarterback Shawn “Football was the first thing on my mind. How can I get back to playing football as fast as I can?” Petty can continue to grow in his second start. He completed the treatments in early October. Earlier this month, a biopsy showed the cancer was in remission. Iowa at No.21 Michigan Saturday, Nov. 17, 12:00 p.m When he got the good news, Woods tweeted: “Just for the call from Dr. Selby. My cancer is in remission!” A moment later, realizing he’d typed “for” instead of “got,” he added: “My fingers couldn’t control their excitement!” With 333 yards and four touchdowns, Devin Gardner led the Wolverines to a gutsy overtime victory over Supporters of Woods’ battle have adopted the Twitter hashtag: “BeatCancer50.” Woods described his approach as: Northwestern last week for the junior’s second win in as many starts. He’ll need to keep the ball rolling “I was going to tell my mind, ‘I’m going to get through this, I’m going to attack these treatments just like we attack a team on against a tough Iowa team if Michigan hopes to keep Saturday. … I’m going to get through it and I’m going to beat this thing.’ Defeat was never really an option.” pace with Nebraska in the Big Ten Legends. Oklahoma offensive line coach James Patton said Woods was “an inspiration.” No.22 Rutgers at Cincinnati For the seventh straight year, the Football Writers Association of America and the Discover Orange Bowl will announce a Saturday, Nov. 17, 12:00 p.m. weekly nominee each Wednesday during the season. A blue-ribbon panel will determine the winner from all of the nominees. Rutgers has been perfect in conference play behind The winner of the Discover Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award will be announced in December and be presented with the the nation’s fifth-ranked scoring defense. The Scarlet trophy during the week of the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game. Knights need to keep the wins coming with their season finale against Teddy Bridgewater and the The Courage Award was created by ESPN The Magazine’s senior writer Gene Wojciechowski, also an FWAA member. A Louisville Cardinals looming on the horizon. A win by select group of writers from the FWAA vote on the winner each year. The requirements for nomination include displaying the Bearcats and Cincinnati will move into second courage on or off the field, including overcoming an injury or physical handicap, preventing a disaster or living through place in the Big East. hardship. No.18 USC at No.17 UCLA Saturday, Nov. 17, 3:05 p.m. The winner of this contest will represent the Pac-12 Quick Hits South in the conference title game. Running back For the first time conference history, the ACC had three kickoff returns of at least 90 yards on the same day. Georgia Johnathan Franklin has the Bruins offense playing Tech’s Jamal Golden returned a kickoff 100 yards for a TD against North Carolina, Wolfpack wide receiverTobias Palmer some of the hottest football in the country right now, did the same against Wake Forest and Miami’s Duke Johnson ran a kickoff back 95 yards for a score against Virginia. but USC all-world receiver Marqise Lee (second in the nation in all-purpose yards with 2,234) will try and Not a week goes by without USC wide receiver Marqise Lee making his way into the headlines. After suffering through torch a UCLA defense that ranks in the bottom half a pregame allergic reaction that would have sidelined most players, the dynamic sophomore went on to haul in 10 of the conference in receptions, receiving yards, and catches for 161 yards and a touchdown in USC’s 38-17 victory over Arizona State. Any other season and Lee could receiving yards a game allowed. be considered the Heisman favorite; he’s already recorded more yards on offense (1,551) than any of the three wide Ohio State at Wisconsin receivers to win the award. Saturday, Nov. 17, 3:30 p.m. Duke wide receiver Conner Vernon has caught a pass in 45 straight games, every game of his collegiate career. It’s the Wisconsin locked up the division last week with a win longest active FBS streak, and it ties the conference record set by North Carolina’s Corey Holliday. He’ll have a chance over Indiana, but Ohio State remains unbeaten and to set the ACC mark this weekend at Georgia Tech. Vernon will also have the chance to set a new ACC record for is no doubt looking for a statement win over Montee career receiving yards, needing just 35 to surpass FSU’s Peter Warrick’s mark of 3,517. Ball and the Badgers. The Wisconsin running back has 13 touchdowns over his last six games, and will Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o notched his sixth interception of the year last weekend in the Irish’s 21-6 victory over try to continue his Heisman-worthy midseason run Boston college. The senior now ranks second in the nation in that category, tied with Fresno State’s Derron Smith and against a hobbled Buckeye defense that should be trailing Smith’s teammate by two, and has more than any non-defensive back in the country. The player healthier coming off of a bye. closest to Te’o’s mark is Trojans linebacker who has four on the season. Utah State at No.20 Louisiana Tech Saturday, Nov. 17, 4:00 p.m. Photo of the Week The WAC leaders go head to head in this big-time BCS Standings conference matchup. With a combined 17-3 record, 1. Kansas State the winner of this contest could be crowned the 2. Oregon WAC’s last football champion. Colby Cameron and Kenneth Dixon have the Bulldogs clicking coming 3. Notre Dame into this week’s showdown in Ruston, but the Aggies’ 4. Alabama sixth-ranked scoring defense might have a thing or 5. Georgia two to say about who the final conference champ is. 6. Florida No.1 Kansas State at Baylor 7. LSU Saturday, Nov. 17, 8:00 p.m. 8. Texas A&M Baylor plays host to the Wildcats this weekend for 9. South Carolina their second of four consecutive top-25 matchups. 10. Florida State Despite their 1-5 conference record, Nick Florence 11. Clemson and the Bears high-powered offense could sneak their way back into the bowl picture with wins in two 12. Oklahoma of their next three contests. Kansas State can lock 13. Stanford up the Big 12 crown with a win over the Bears. It 14. Nebraska would be just the second conference crown for the Wildcats, and their first since 2003. 15. Texas 16. Oregon State No.13 Stanford at No.2 Oregon Saturday, Nov. 17, 8:00 p.m. 17. UCLA Oregon has dropped at least 50 points in their past 18. USC three games behind the brilliant performances of 19. Louisville Kenjon Barner and Marcus Mariota. However, this In 2011, the Orange Bowl initiated the “Orange Bowl Kicks for Kids” program. Each 20. Louisiana Tech week they’ll face arguably the toughest defense pair of shoes collected from drop locations across South Florida was donated to they’ve played all season. Only the Arizona Wildcats 21. Michigan the YMCA of Greater Miami to ensure every child involved in their after-school 22. Rutgers have scored more than 25 points on linebacker programs could participate in youth sports. Together, the Orange Bowl and the Chase Thomas and the Cardinal defense. The South Florida community were able to provide over 1,000 kids with new or gently 23. Texas Tech winner of this contest will claim the top spot in the used footwear.We hope that our Kicks for Kids program can go even further during 24. Oklahoma State Pac-12 North, and a win for the Ducks secures them the 2012 college football season. Donations of new or gently used footwear can be 25. Washington a spot in the conference championship game. dropped off at any of the several shoe collection boxes located across South Florida