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FWAA Distributes Awards to Players, Plans Annual Meeting December 2003 FWAA distributes awards to players, plans annual meeting December 2003 The Football Writers Association of Fifth Down. Vol. 41, No. 5 America has selected winners of the The FWAA Board Meeting will be at 6 Bronko Nagurski and Outland Trophies p.m. Jan. 3 at a room to be designated at and named its 25-man All-America team. the Hyatt Regency. An invitation only Inside this issue: The FWAA also is preparing for its an- Past Presidents Dinner will be held the nual meeting Jan. 3-5 in New Orleans evening of Jan. 3. On Jan. 4, the and selection of the Eddie Robinson FWAA’s award breakfast/meeting will be President’s column 2 Coach of the Year. at the Hyatt Regency from 9:15 to 11:45 The Nagurski Trophy was claimed by a.m. Big East commissioner Mike Six named finalists for Oklahoma defensive back Derrick Strait Tranghese, chairman of the BCS, is ex- Eddie Robinson Coach 3 on Dec. 8 at the Charlotte Touchdown pected to be available for a question and of the Year Award Club banquet. answer session at the breakfast. The Outland Trophy went to Iowa of- For the second year, the FWAA, in All-America Offense 4 fensive tackle Robert Gallery, who was conjunction with ESPN The Magazine, named the winner on Dec. 11 in Orlando, will present the Courage Award to a wor- Fla. Gallery also will be honored at the thy recipient. The winner will be an- Omaha Sports Committee Banquet on nounced at the FWAA awards breakfast All-America Defense 5 Jan. 8 in Omaha. and receive the Courage Award Trophy. The FWAA All-America team, which The FWAA also will honor a deserv- Robert Gallery of Iowa has been selected since 1944, was ing son or daughter of an FWAA member 6 named in late November and appears on with the Volney Meece Scholarship, so wins Outland Trophy Pages 4-5 of The Fifth Down. The team named after the long-time executive di- is highlighted by six players from Okla- rector. Winners of best writing contest Oklahoma’s Derrick homa. The entire team was honored at a will be recognized and receive certifi- Strait wins Nagurski 7 banquet hosted by Florida Citrus Sports cates and cash prizes at the breakfast. Trophy on Dec. 12 in Orlando. The presentation of the FWAA’s On Page 3, six finalists for the Eddie Grantland Rice Super 16 Trophy is tenta- Robinson Coach of the Year Award ap- tively scheduled for the morning of Jan. 5 pear. FWAA members will be able to at the Hyatt Regency. The FWAA has vote on-line for the Eddie Robinson conducted a poll during the 2003 football Coach of the Year award. season, and its 16 voters will determine The FWAA’s annual meeting will be the trophy winner in balloting after the Jan. 3-5 at the New Orleans Hyatt Re- Sugar Bowl. gency Hotel in conjunction with the Bowl If the poll winner is a team other than Championship Series 1-2 game at the the victor in the Sugar Bowl, the Grant- Nokia Sugar Bowl Nokia Sugar Bowl. The Sugar Bowl’s land Rice Super 16 trophy will be pre- schedule of media schedule of events is on Page 8 of this sented later. 8 events Page 2 THE FIFTH DOWN President Wally Hall Arkansas Democrat-Gazette President’s column At our annual that they all aren’t). In case of dispute First Vice President meeting in New Or- involving that particular SID, an alternate Dick Weiss leans early next SID in each league would be appointed. New York Daily News month, members of This could be a two-way street. the Football Writers Taking it a step further, there could Association of Amer- Second Vice President be a neutral writer in each league who ica will consider a Alan Schmadtke would then huddle with the designated Orlando Sentinel new system to help SID to try and iron out the problem. writers and sports SIDs often are irritated at writers. Executive Director information directors Imagine that. Although they often refrain Steve Richardson improve working con- Dallas Morning News ditions in press from commenting directly to their own WALLY boxes and resolve writers, they have called the national of- other complaints by fice about writers making fun of their 2003 Directors HALL not only writers but teams in the press boxes. They have Mark Anderson complained about writers giving away Las Vegas Review & Journal also SIDs. press credentials. They have complained Rob Biertempfel Duke sports information director Jon about writers not showing up for games Tribune Review (Pa.) Jackson suggested the idea earlier this after requesting credentials that some- Kurt Caywood month. And I think it has some merit! Topeka Capital-Journal one else could have used. The FWAA gets calls all the time from Eric Crawford And there are the complaints by writ- both writers and sports information direc- Louisville Courier-Journal ers — no press parking available at tors about situations in press boxes or in Rob Daniels some schools (even if paying for it), matters covering teams. It seems some Greensboro News & Record cheering in the press boxes by fans, writers are afraid to complain directly to Dennis Dodd poor seating in press boxes, inadequate those they cover. And vice-versa. CBS SportsLine areas to interview visiting teams at Mike Griffith Sports information directors some- games, little or no access to players or Knoxville News-Sentinel times say they are afraid to bring up Steve Henson coaches during the week before a game, complaints they have about writers for no call backs from players after SIDs say Los Angeles Times fear of “negative coverage.” There Brian Landman they will call. sometimes is a communications break- St. Petersburg Times We have received all those com- down over working conditions. Stewart Mandel plaints and more from both sides. SI.com So let’s set up a buffer system on the And, as other recent presidents have Ted Miller regional, not national level. Seattle Post-Intelligencer suggested, with the advent of the Inter- When these complaints come into the net there is less personal contact be- Malcolm Moran national office, it is often like the federal USA Today tween writers and sports information di- government taking the complaint. Far Michael Pointer rectors than ever before. If the press box Indianapolis Star removed from the situation at hand, the is being realigned, then maybe the writ- Darryl Richards FWAA national office often has to be a ers should at least know before they Freelance mediator for something it has not seen walk-in on game day and find them- George Schroeder and has to rely on second-hand ac- selves in the end zone. The same can be Daily Oklahoman counts. It really is ridiculous that the par- said about writers failing to inform SIDs Jeff Shain ties involved can’t sort these things out. about changes in their profession. Miami Herald Jackson suggests that each major The more communication the better. David Teel conference appoint a sports information In a profession where communication Daily Press, Newport News director who is an FWAA member to be (Va.) is paramount, it would be nice to see the liaison for that league. In other Wright Thompson FWAA members communicate. Kansas City Star words, the FWAA SID designee would Keith Whitmire be the person the writer and/or SID Dallas Morning News would go to in case of a dispute. Each league would strive to have an SID who is considered fair and professional (not Ex-Officio John Paquette Big East THE FIFTH DOWN Page 3 Six named finalists for coach of the year Six coaches have been named finalists for the Eddie Robin- son/FWAA Coach of the Year Award. Southern California's Pete Carroll, Navy's Paul Johnson, Tulsa's Steve Kragthorpe, Texas Christian's Gary Patterson, Pete Steve LSU's Nick Saban and Oklahoma's Bob Stoops were named finalists for the award, whose winner will be named Jan. 8 in Carroll Kragthorpe Phoenix. The FWAA has presented a Coach of the Year Award since 1957 and annually selects the winner by a vote of its entire membership. The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and America West Air- lines sponsor the awards banquet. Carroll's Pac-10 champion USC Trojans (11-1) will face Michigan in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. Because USC is ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll, it could lay claim to a na- tional championship with a victory over the Wolverines. Johnson has led Navy to an 8-4 mark and an appearance in the Houston Bowl in his second season at the Academy. The Midshipmen have enjoyed their first winning season since 1997, and they won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the first time since 1981. Navy's postseason appearance is its first since the 1996 season. Kragthorpe is in his first season at Tulsa. Going into the Hu- manitarian Bowl against Georgia Tech, Kragthorpe has fash- ioned an 8-4 record with Tulsa, which was 1-11 last season. His coaching job helped produce the biggest turnaround in Divi- Paul Gary sion I-A this season. And, the eight victories are the most at the Johnson Patterson school since 1991. Patterson's Horned Frogs (11-1) were 10-0 and challenging for a spot in the BCS before losing to Southern Mississippi in their 11th game of the season. Still, TCU will appear in its sixth straight bowl game when it faces Boise State in the first Fort Worth Bowl on Dec.
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