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FWAA, Charlotte Club unveil defensive legends award June 2007 Vol. 45, No. 2 The FWAA and Charlotte Touchdown defensive player in . Club will present the first annual Bronko Starting in 2008, a special FWAA Blue Nagurski Legends Award in conjunction Ribbon will select the Inside this issue with the Trophy this com- Nagurski Legends winner from the 11 ing December in Charlotte. players who were named to the 1967 The FWAA began selecting separate FWAA All-America Defensive Team. And President’s Column defensive and in 2009, offensive All- the com- Page 2 America mittee will squads during select a the 1966 sea- player FWAA news and notes son. And the from the first annual 1968 Page 3 award will go FWAA All- to the players America at Defensive State and team and All-America team checklist Notre Dame so forth. who played in A Bronko Pages 4-5 one of the Nagurski greatest de- Watch List fensive games for the of the 20th 2007 sea- Nagurski Award watch list Century. The son is on teams were Page 6 of Page 6 ranked No. 1 and 2 in the country when this Fifth Down. In this issue, there also is they met in East Lansing that season. the complete 2007 FWAA All-America The historic game ended in a 10-10 tie. Watch List (Pages 4-5) and the Outland watch list For the only time in history, two players Trophy Watch List (Page 7), along with from two teams made the 1966 FWAA All- the members of the 2007 FWAA All- Page 7 America team on the defensive side of the America Committee. ball: Notre Dame’s Jim Lynch and Alan The FWAA and the Charlotte Touch- Page and Michigan State’s down Club have combined to award the and George Webster. One of those play- since 1995, two Trophy ers or a representative from each school years after the FWAA started a Defensive is expected to be in Charlotte on Dec.3 for Player of the Year Award. the presentation when the 2007 Bronko Page 8 Nagurski Trophy is awarded to the best Page 2 THE FIFTH DOWN

President Mike Griffith Knoxville News Sentinel President’s column First Vice President Ron Higgins There was a time BCS sites. Memphis Commercial Appeal when the Sugar Anyone who has covered a John

Second Vice President Bowl was the Junker-Shawn Schoeffler pro- George Schroeder sweetest college duced knows how good The Daily Oklahoman football production things can be at bowl championship on New Year’s sites. Executive Director Day. Enter Duane Lewis, a 35-year-old Steve Richardson Fans and media Plaquemine, La., native who has re- alike enjoyed the turned to his home state to take over as 2007 Directors novelty of good the ’s Director of Communi- Eric Bailey times and Cajun cations. Lewis spent 10 years with the Tulsa World food in the French St. Louis Rams, working five Super Craig Barnes Quarter leading Bowls and most recently serving as di- South Florida Sun-Sentinel MIKE up to an event at rector of news media. Chip Brown a facility that lived “Contributing to a bowl of this magni- The Morning News GRIFFITH up to its name, tude and tradition was an exciting oppor- Bob Clark the Superdome. tunity,’’ said Lewis, a graduate of South- Eugene Register-Guard Chad Cripe Somewhere between then and now, a ern University. “I’m in the process of ac- Idaho Statesman 30-year-old imposter showed up playing cessing how the Sugar Bowl has oper- Buddy Davis backup for before the ated and what I can do to make it bet- Ruston Daily Leader 1995 Sugar Bowl against Tech. ter.’’ Scott Ferrrell It took a while for the Longhorns to Lewis’ e-mail address is Shreveport Times realize it; few are prone to question iden- [email protected]. He wants to Robert Gagliardi tity without cause. hear from you. Wyoming Tribune-Eagle Hurricane Katrina and imposing crime The Sugar Bowl has guaranteed wire- Eric Hansen South Bend Tribune statistics, however, have given us reason less Internet, Ethernet and a pool of Bob Holt to take a closer look at as a phones for deadline writers in the press Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports destination city. Is the Sugar Bowl box. Shuttles will run on media day and Mike Huguenin an imposter among the BCS sites? game day, and the media hotel will be Orlando Sentinel Rockets star Tracy the Marriott Convention Center, where Steve Irvine McGrady, in a copyrighted March player and coach press conferences Birmingham News 1 Houston Chronicle story, said he was will be held. Michael Lewis so concerned about safety in New Or- Charles Bloom, whose titles include Salt Lake City Tribune leans that he would consider skipping SEC BCS Media Coordinator, SEC asso- Andrew Logue Des Moines Register the NBA All-Star game next year if it’s ciate commissioner and incoming Presi- Tom Luicci held there as scheduled. dent of CoSIDA, believes the Sugar Bowl Newark Star-Ledger “I don’t think it’s the right city to have will be ready. Matt Markey this type of event right now,’’ McGrady “The Sugar Bowl made a tremendous Toledo Blade said. “I know the city is in need of trying hire with Duane,’’ Bloom said. “It has Brett McMurphy to get back on its feet, but safety comes made the commitment with personnel as Tampa Tribune first.’’ well as financially to host a first-class Jeff Metcalfe But ready or not, here we come, the media operation.’’ Arizona Republic BCS cycle having dropped the national SEC commissioner Mike Slive, acting Robbi Pickeral Raleigh News & Observer title game on Jan. 7, 2008, in the middle BCS Commissioner, addressed con- Carter Strickland of the Mardis Gras metropolis once cerns about the city of New Orleans at Atlanta Journal-Constitution more. The FWAA will also conduct is the FWAA breakfast in Phoenix.

annual meetings there Jan. 5-8 Ask not what New Orleans can do for Ex-officio New Orleans isn't what it used to be, you, Slive said, but what you can do for Charles Bloom having become the rough among BCS New Orleans. SEC/BCS liaison diamonds. The Superdome seems less A better question might be to ask Joe Hornstein super each year. There are more profi- what’s best for college football. Central Florida cient work conditions for press at other (Continued on page 8) Page 3 THE FIFTH DOWN Deadline for submitting information for membership directory is June 25th

FWAA members have until June 25th to be included nis Dodd of CBS SportsLine, are scheduled to attend in the 2007-08 FWAA Membership Directory. Those who CoSIDA’s annual convention in late June and early July fail to meet that deadline with their updated information and participate on a panel concerning access and also may be left out. The FWAA is closing membership for conduct a chapter meeting of the FWAA in San Diego. the directory earlier this year, so production deadlines … Dodd and the Kansas City Star’s Blair Kerkhoff, can be met. Renewal forms were sent out to members in FWAA president in 1997, spoke with early April. sports information directors in early May in Kansas City If you have failed to renew your membership, go di- regarding issues of coverage, access and press rela- rectly to www.fwaa.com and click on “Join Us” at the tions with football coaches in . top of the home page. After filling out the required infor- mation, you pay with a personal credit card on PayPal. Members on the move Or you can print out the form and send in a check into J.D. Campbell has moved from Bowling Green to be- the FWAA Office in Dallas. The FWAA will not accept come Sports Information Director at . … Corky phone-in renewals. Simpson, FWAA president in 1996 , has retired from the Tucson Citizen and has plans to relocate in the Missouri- Blaudschun to receive Kansas area. … Chuck Pool has moved from the Lombardi Trophy to become sports information director Bert McGrane Award at Rice. … Michael Harris has moved from Miami, Ohio, The Boston Globe’s Mark Blaudschun will receive the to become sports information director at Cincinnati. … 2007 Bert McGrane Award at the National Football Sadly, Don Clerkin and Pete Nevins have both passed Foundation’s Enshrinement Festival at the College away. … Ohio State sports information director Steve Football Hall of Fame on July 21 in South Bend,. Indi- Snapp will be moving into a different position at the ana. The announcement that Blaudschun had won the school. … Shawn Nestor has moved from Akron to award was made last January. Current FWAA president and is the football SID for the Terrapins. Mike Griffith will present the award to Blaudschun, who was FWAA president in 1999. Blaudschun’s name will Conference media days be added to a plaque in the rotunda of the College Foot- ►WAC — July 22-24 San Jose , Calif. (Hilton) ball Hall of Fame. The McGrane Award, symbolic of the ►Big East — July 16-17, Newport , RI . (Quality Inn & FWAA’s Hall of Fame, is awarded to an FWAA member who has performed great service to the FWAA and/or Suites Atlantic/Hotel Viking) the writing profession. It is named after McGrane, a Des ►Pac-10 — July 26, (Sheraton Gateway Moines writer who was executive secretary of the FWAA Hotel, LAX) from the early 1940s until 1973. Blaudschun has been ►Big 12 — July 23-25, (Wyndham St. An- the press liaison for the FWAA with the BCS and takes over as chairman of the Bert McGrane Award Commit- thony) tee. ►Big 10 — July 31-Aug. 1, Chicago (Downtown Hyatt) FWAA reps meet with BCS ►MAC — July 24-25, Detroit (Ford Field) ►C-USA — July 30-31, New Orleans (Royal Sonesta The FWAA has met twice with officials from the about media plans for the BCS 1-2 Hotel) game on Jan. 7, 2008, in New Orleans. The Sugar Bowl ►ACC — July 22-24, Pinehurst , N.C. (Pinehurst Re- will be the host for the title game this season. The FWAA sort) will hold its annual meeting at the site and also an- ►SEC — July 25-27, Hoover , Ala. (Wynfrey Hotel) nounce the winner of the FWAA/ Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award during the ►Mountain West — July 23-24, (Green Val- activities leading up to the game. FWAA President Mike ley Ranch Resort) Griffith’s column on Page 2 of this Fifth Down deals with ►Sun Belt — July 23-24, New Orleans (Pan American the FWAA’s approach to this coming January’s game. … Griffith and the FWAA’s immediate past president, Den- Building) Page 4 ALL-AMERICA LINEMEN Kory Lichtensteiger, Bowling Greg Carr, Florida St. , Ole Miss Green , Michigan Kregg Lumpkin, Georgia Andre Smith, Dallas Griffin, Texas , Purdue Chris Markey, UCLA Chris Williams, Vanderbilt Sete Aulai, BYU Brian Robiskie, Ohio St. Albert Young, Iowa Will Arnold LSU , Notre Dame Ryan Grice-Mullins, Hawai‘i Mike Hart, Michigan Matt Slauson, Nebraska , Wake Forest Jason Rivers, Hawai‘i , Ohio St. , Auburn Blake Schueter, TCU Adarius Bowman, St. P.J. Hill, Wisconsin Jamon Meredith, South Carolina , Arkansas , Texas Yonus Davis, San Jose St. , Boise St. Brett Helms, LSU , Oklahoma Michael Goodson, Texas A&M Kyle Cunningham, La.-Monroe , Alabama Will Franklin, Missouri Jorvorskie Lane, Texas A&M Franklin Dunbar, Middle Tenn. Todd Blythe, Iowa St. , Texas Barry Richardson, Clemson TIGHT ENDS , Texas Tech , Oklahoma , Boston College Shawn Nelson, Southern Miss Ryan Wolfe, UNLV Dantrell Savage, Oklahoma. St. Jeff Akeroyd, Houston Cody Slate, Marshall Casey Flair, UNLV Calvin Dawson, La.-Monroe Robby Heos, Rice Craig Stevens, California Brent Casteel, Utah Tyrell Fenroy, La.-Lafayette , Rutgers , USC Johnny Walker, Colorado St. Marlon Lucky, Nebraska , Rutgers , Missouri Derrek Richards, Utah Rodney Ferguson, New Mexico Ryan Stanchek, West Virginia , Purdue , Florida Aaron Brown, TCU Ryan Durand, Syracuse , , Florida Kyle Bell, Colorado St. , Toledo Andy Boyd, South Carolina , Arkansas Tony Temple, Missouri Sam Baker, USC Cole Bennett, Auburn , Vanderbilt Kalvin McRae, Ohio Jeremy Perry, Oregon St. , Wisconsin DJ Hall, Alabama Shannon Tevaga, UCLA Anthony Harrison, La. Tech , Kentucky Adam Kraus, Michigan Anthony Hill, North Carolina St. Mohamed Massaquoi, Georgia , Hawaii , Michigan Martin Rucker, Missouri Early Doucet, LSU , Louisville Kirk Barton, Ohio St. Jermichael Finley, Texas Kenny McKinley, South Carolina Patrick White, West Virginia Alex Boone, Ohio St. , Texas A&M Andre Woodson, Kentucky Jordan Grimes, Purdue John Carlson, Notre Dame Omar Haugabook, Troy Jeff Cavender, Boise St. Wade Betschardt, Wyoming RUNNING BACKS , Tennessee George Robinson, Oklahoma Damion Fletcher, Southern Miss Brandon Cox, Auburn Tony Hills, Texas WIDE RECEIVERS Anthony Aldridge, Houston Paul Smith, Tulsa Kirk Elder, Texas A&M Chris Williams, New Mexico St. Kevin Smith, Central Florida Justin Willis, SMU Robert Conley, Utah Jarett Dillard, Rice , Georgia Tech Matt Grothe, South Florida Matty Lindner, TCU Duke Calhoun, Memphis C.J. Spiller, Clemson , USC Emmanuel Sanders, SMU James Davis, Clemson Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan , Hawai’i Reggie Campbell, Navy Nate Davis, Ball St. CENTERS , Louisville Ian Johnson, Boise St. Nate Longshore, California , Marshall , Nebraska Patrick Johnson, Louisiana Tech Matt Ryan, Boston College , Louisville , Louisville , Rutgers Rudy Carpenter, Arizona St. , California Derek Kinder, , West Virginia , Missouri Kyle DeVan, Oregon St. Bryan Anderson, Cent. Michigan ,West Virginia Chad Henne, Michigan Antron Harper, Navy Derrick Stewart, Cincinnati Yvenson Bernard , Oregon St. Colt McCoy, Texas Rafael Eubanks, Iowa Sammie Stroughter, Oregon St. Darren McFadden, Arkansas Chase Holbrook, New Mexico St. Tony Brinkhaus, Minnesota DeSean Jackson, California , Arkansas Bobby Reid, Oklahoma St. , Fresno St. , USC BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Ole Miss Graham Harrell, Texas Tech Dominic Green, Michael Bumpus, Washington St. Anthony Dixon, Mississippi St. Shaun Carney, Air Force Cody Wallace, Texas A&M James Hardy, Indiana Rafael Little, Kentucky Brian Johnson, Utah

Left to right: , San Jose State; DeSean Jackson, California; Chase Daniel, Missouri, and , LSU. Page 5 CHECKLIST LINEMEN Titus Brown, Mississippi St. , Michigan Tyrell Johnson, Arkansas St. Albert McClellan, Marshall , Auburn , Ohio St. Damon Nickson, Middle Tennes- , Miami (Fla.) , LSU Dan Connor, Penn St. see , Florida St. Eric Norwood, South Carolina Sean Lee, Penn St. DeJuan Tribble, Boston College , Virginia Marcus Harrison, Arkansas , Wisconsin Kenneth Fontenette, Houston B.J. Raji, Boston College Antwain Robinson, Arkansas Matt Castelo, San Jose St. Dwight Lowery, San Jose St. Tyler Clutts, Fresno St. Jeff Owens Jr., Georgia Alvin Bowen, Iowa St. Mike Mickens, Cincinnati Terrill Byrd, Cincinnati , Colorado Courtney Greene, Rutgers Dan Davis, Connecticut Joe Pawelek, Baylor Mike Jenkins, South Florida Eric Foster, Rutgers Brian Raines, Rice Chris Collins, Oklahoma St. , South Florida Jameel McClain, Syracuse Joey Hudson Miami, Ohio Drew Fowler, Air Force Dowayne Davis, Syracuse , West Virginia Gerald McGrath, Southern Miss Jason Phillips, TCU , West Virginia , USC Nelson Coleman, Tulsa Joe Jiannoni, Utah , Arizona , UCLA Joe Henderson, UAB Cody Kase, New Mexico , USC , Nebraska Vince Hall, Virginia Tech Maurice Crum, Notre Dame , UCLA , USC , Nebraska Wesley Woodyard, Kentucky Charles Godfrey, Iowa Bryan Mattison, Iowa , Virginia Tech , Tennessee Jamar Adams, Michigan Vern Gholston, Ohio St. , Georgia Tech Jonathan Goff, Vanderbilt , Ohio St. Matt Shaughnessy, Wisconsin Erin Henderson, Maryland Jasper Brinkley, South Carolina Justin King, Penn St. Ian Campbell, Kansas St. Jolonn Dunbar, Boston College Prince Hall, Alabama Anthony Scirrotto, Penn St. Matt Hines, Nevada Jeremy Jones, UTEP Ali Highsmith, LSU Stanley Franks, Idaho , Texas Paul Igboeli, Utah St. Danny Beckwith, LSU Marty Tadman, Boise St. Derek Lokey, Texas Ezra Butler, Nevada Jamar Chaney, Mississippi St. Barry Church, Toledo Chris Harrington, Texas A&M , Idaho Brandon Miller, Georgia Jack Ikegwuonu, Wisconsin , Texas A&M Corey Smith, Cincinnati Reggie Smith, Oklahoma , TCU Malik Jackson, Louisville DEFENSIVE BACKS Aquib Talib, Kansas Chase Ortiz, TCU Ben Moffitt, South Florida , UTEP , Colorado Jesse Nading, Colorado St. , USC Will Dunbar, UAB Steve Tate, Utah Tyler Donaldson, New Mexico , USC Brandon Flowers, Virginia Tech Quinn Gooch, BYU , Northern Derrick Doggett, Oregon St. , Miami (Fla.) Klint Kubiak, Colorado St. Brandon Thompson, Army J Leman, Illinois Jamal Lewis, Georgia Tech Tom Zbikowski, Notre Dame Glenn Dorsey, LSU Mike Klinkenborg, Iowa Tony Carter, Florida St. , Army , Florida , Iowa FWAA ALL-AMERICA SPECIALISTS COMMITTEE PUNTERS Connor Barth, North Carolina , SMU , OU ►Bob Holt, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Matt Fodge, Oklahoma St. Chris Manfredini, TCU Pat McAfee, West Virginia Chris Nenduck, Northern Illinois [email protected] (SEC, Sun Belt) Jared Armstrong, Purdue , Georgia ►Bob Clark, Eugene Register-Guard Ken DeBauche, Wisconsin , South Carolina [email protected] (Pacific 10) Zoltan Mesko, Michigan Arthur Carmody, Louisville ►Buddy Davis, Ruston Leader Waylon Prather, San Jose St. RETURNERS Jimmie Kaylor, Colorado St. [email protected] (WAC) Derrick Stewart, Cincinnati , Utah ►Steve Irvine, Birmingham News DeSean Jackson, California , Georgia Tech Sammie Stroughter, Oregon St. [email protected] (Conference USA) Geoff Price, Notre Dame Michael Bumpus, Wash. St. ►Michael Lewis, Salt Lake City Tribune Britton Colquitt, Tennessee Marcus Thigpen, Indiana Ryan Succop, South Carolina [email protected] (Mountain West) Patrick Jackson, La. Tech Chris Miller, Ball State ►Matt Markey, Toledo Blade Felix Jones, Arkansas Andrew Larson, California Rafael Little, Kentucky [email protected] (Big Ten) KICKERS Mikey Henderson, Georgia ►Brett McMurphy, Tampa Tribune Jarod Tracy, Tulsa , Mississippi St. [email protected] (Big East) Jeremy Ito, Rutgers Dwayne Sanders, Nevada ►Robbi Pickeral, Raleigh News & Observer Pat McAfee, West Virginia Perrish Cox, Oklahoma St. Alexis Serna, Oregon St. Brian Bonner, TCU [email protected] (ACC) Brett Swenson, Michigan St. Darrell Blackmon, NC St. ►Chip Brown, Dallas Morning News , Wisconsin Damon Nickson, Middle Tenn. [email protected] (Big12) Aaron Pettrey, Ohio St. Brice McCain, Utah ►Dennis Dodd, CBS SportsLine Jared Strubeck, San Jose St. Chris Garnett, Ohio Dan Kelly, Hawai‘i Jeremy Trimble, Army [email protected] (MAC, Independents) Sam Swank, Wake Forest Page 6 THE FIFTH DOWN Bronko Nagurski watch list announced

The Football Writers Association of America has announced the Watch List for the 2007 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which is awarded to the best defensive player in col- lege football and is sponsored by the Charlotte Touchdown Club. The FWAA All-America Commit- tee selects the Bronko Nagurski winner from the association’s 11- man All-America defensive team in November. The Charlotte Touch- down Club will hold the 2007 ban- quet on Monday, Dec. 3, at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte. The FWAA also selects a Bronko Nagurski Defensive Player of the Week beginning with games on Sept. 1 through mid-November. The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is awarded in memory of the legen- dary Nagurski, a former All-America lineman at Minnesota in 1927-29 and a star for professional football’s in the 1930s. The Watch List was developed by the FWAA All-America commit- tee with the help of the schools and UTEP Jeremy Jones is on the Watch List again af- conferences. ter missing all but two games in 2006 with a broken leg.

NAGURSKI WATCH LIST Xavier Adibi, Virginia Tech Eric Foster, Rutgers Rey Maualuga, USC Tommy Blake, TCU Drew Fowler, Air Force Jerod Mayo, Tennessee Jasper Brinkley, South Carolina Stanley Franks, Idaho. Ben Moffitt, South Florida Calais Campbell, Miami (Fla.) Adrian Grady, Louisville Jesse Nading, Colorado St. Antoine Cason, Arizona Courtney Greene, Rutgers Chase Ortiz, TCU Matt Castelo, San Jose St. Quentin Groves,, Auburn Brian Raines, Rice Barry Church, Toledo Vince Hall, Virginia Tech Keith Rivers, USC Joe Clermond, Pittsburgh Erin Henderson, Maryland Reggie Smith, Oklahoma Tyler Clutts, Fresno St. Matt Hines, Nevada , Kansas Dan Connor, Penn St. Tyrell Johnson, Arkansas St. Steve Tate, Utah Shawn Crable, Michigan Jeremy Jones, UTEP Wesley Woodyard, Kentucky Maurice Crum, Notre Dame James Laurinaitis, Ohio St. Tom Zbikowski, Notre Dame Bruce Davis, UCLA Derek Lokey, Texas Philip Wheeler, Georgia Tech Quintin Demps, UTEP Chris Long, Virginia Derrick Doggett, Oregon St. Dwight Lowery, San Jose St. *Players may be added or deleted Glenn Dorsey, LSU Jameel McClain, Syracuse during the season. Contact your Jolonn Dunbar, Boston College Albert McClellan, Marshall conference representative listed on Larry English, Northern Illinois Gerald McRath, Southern Miss Page 5 to do so. Page 7 THE FIFTH DOWN Outland Trophy watch list announced The Outland Trophy Watch List for the 2007 season has been announced by the FWAA. Since 1946 the Outland Trophy has been presented to the best interior lineman in college football by the FWAA’s All- America Committee, which selects the as- sociation’s 25-man team and picks three Outland Trophy finalists and the winner. The 2007 Outland Trophy announce- ment will be on Dec. 6 in Orlando, Fla., on the ESPN College Football Awards Show. Defensive The Outland Trophy presentation banquet, Eric which is sponsored by the Greater Omaha Foster of Sports Committee, will be in January in Rutgers was Omaha, Neb. Each year, the Omaha Sports Commit- a first-team tee, in conjunction with Downtown Omaha FWAA Rotary Club, and the FWAA also honor a All-American former Outland Trophy winner at the ban- in 2006. quet in Omaha. Oklahoma’s Lee Roy Sel- mon (1975) will accept his trophy in Janu- ary. The Outland Trophy is named after the late John Outland, a lineman at Pennsyl- vania at the turn of the century. Nebraska has more Outland Trophy winners than any other school. Seven Cornhuskers have claimed the trophy, with Nebraska center the only player to win it twice — 1981 and 1982. OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST Jeff Akeroyd, Houston Dallas Griffin, Texas Andre Smith, Alabama Sete Aulai, BYU Antron Harper, Navy Pedro Sosa, Rutgers Sam Baker, USC Robby Heos, Rice John Sullivan, Notre Dame Kirk Barton, Ohio St. Matt Hines, Nevada Cody Wallace, Texas A&M Alex Boone, Ohio St. Steve Justice, Wake Forest Ryan Wendell, Fresno St. Ryan Clady, Boise St. Adam Kraus, Michigan Eric Wood, Louisville Robert Conley, Utah Doug Legursky, Marshall Jeremy Zuttah, Rutgers Kyle Cunningham, La. -Monroe Kory Lichtensteiger, Bowling Green Dan Davis, Connecticut Matty Lindner, TCU Tackles, guards and centers are Glenn Dorsey, LSU Derek Lokey, Texas eligible for consideration. Candi- Franklin Dunbar, Middle Tenn. Jake Long, Michigan dates may be added or deleted Ryan Durand, Syracuse Jonathan Luigs, Arkansas during the season. Contact your King Dunlap, Auburn Alex Mack, California conference representative listed on Sedrick Ellis, USC Michael Oher, Ole Miss Page 5 to do so. Andre Fluellen, Florida St. Frank Okam, Texas Eric Foster, Rutgers Barry Richardson, Clemson Adrian Grady, Louisville Matt Slauson, Nebraska Page 8 THE FIFTH DOWN , poll voting procedures change this season

The entire FWAA membership will be asked to take honor of the legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice, who part in the 2007 Grantland Rice Super 16 Preseason Poll passed away before the '54 season. Florida is the de- this season. The poll will be released in late August. fending FWAA national champion. For the past five seasons, 16 selected members have For more information on the Grantland Rice Trophy taken part in a weekly poll that has also decided the win- and the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the ner of the Grantland Rice Trophy. Week, contact Ted Gangi at [email protected] While each of the 900-plus FWAA members may vote or 214-909-9314. in the preseason poll, the regular season Super 16 Poll will be discontinued. The Grantland Rice Trophy will con- tinue to be rewarded after the completion of the Bowl Championship Series and a panel of national writers and President’s column (cont’d) past FWAA presidents will make that decision. Also, the FWAA will continue to present a National (Continued from page 2) Team of the Week, which has been sponsored by the Dallas is building a $1 billion stadium, and make no Tostitos Fiesta Bowl for each of the past two seasons. mistake about it, the Cotton Bowl would jump into the The panel that votes on the Grantland Rice Trophy will BCS quickly if given the opportunity. decide the weekly nominees and winner. It’s up to New Orleans to take advantage of this op- The Grantland Rice Trophy has been presented to portunity to hold serve in the rotation. As Bloom said, a college football's national champion each year since great deal of time and resources has been put into it, not 1954. It was the first national championship trophy to be to mention the trust of collegiate football’s most visible presented after the post-season. The trophy is named in entity, the championship game.

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