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9RO  1R  The Gators lead a pack Other SEC teams in the Top 25 of six Southeastern schools in the are Tennessee, LSU, Mississippi FWAA’s annual preseason Top State, South Carolina and Ala- ,QVLGH WKLV LVVXH 25 football poll. bama. The Big 12 had five teams Returning 17 starters from a among the nation’s elite – Okla- 3UHVLGHQW·V FROXPQ  2000 team that posted a 10-3 re- homa, Nebraska, Texas, Kansas cord and claimed another SEC ti- State and Colorado. The Pac-10 %XGG 7KDOPDQ UHWLUHV  tle, the Gators were first-place had four – Oregon, Oregon State, Washington and UCLA. The Big &RPSOHWH SROO 3DJH  Ten (Michigan, Northwestern, 3ROO YRWHUV  Wisconsin), Big East (Miami, Vir- choices on six of 17 ballots and ginia Tech and ) and the $OO$PHULFD FKHFNOLVW  easily outdistanced second-place ACC (Florida State, Georgia Tech Miami (Fla.) by 19 points. and Clemson) had three each. ):$$ $OO$PHULFD Notre Dame was the only inde-  The Gators, who last won the FRPPLWWHH PHPEHUV FWAA’s prestigious Grantland pendent ranked in the FWAA’s Rice Trophy as national champi- Top 25. &RWWRQ %RZO KRQRUV ons in 1996, were one of eight In 2000, FWAA preseason vot- WKUHH IRUPHU 2XWODQG  teams to receive more than 300 ers accurately predicted 15 of the ZLQQHUV points in the balloting. 25 teams in the in the final Associ- Following the top two teams ated Press Poll. FWAA writers /RGJH QRWHV «  was 2000 Grantland Rice Trophy picked eventual national cham- th winner Oklahoma with 358 votes, pion Oklahoma 19 in the pre- ([HFXWLYH GLUHFWRU·V  then Oregon, Nebraska, Texas, season poll. The FWAA pollsters FROXPQ Florida State, Tennessee, Virginia had five of the final AP Top 10 in the FWAA preseason poll. The Tech and Oregon State. 9ROQH\ 0HHFH VFKRODU  Miami (Fla.) received four first FWAA writers picked Nebraska to VKLS LQIRUPDWLRQ place votes and Nebraska two. win the national championship, but the Cornhuskers finished Oklahoma, Texas, Oregon, Florida 0HPEHUVKLS DSSOLFD  State and Oregon State each had eighth in the Final AP poll. WLRQ one first-place vote. 3DJH  7+( ),)7+ '2:1

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First Vice President As the FWAA playing its fight song. The interview ar- Kelly Whiteside celebrates its 60th eas are on either side of the ramp. USA Today anniversary with the So the Longhorns' band proudly and start of the 2001 loudly unleashed The Eyes of Texas, Second Vice President season, I'm happy to drowning out Switzer. As the band com- Jack Bogaczyk Roanoke Times report some good pleted its last note, reporters were horri- news. fied to hear the OU coach scream “and, Executive Director In an era when by God, you quote me on every word.” Steve Richardson some officials seem Switzer then returned to the locker Dallas Morning News hell bent on finding room. His interview was over. 2001 Directors ways to make our “Quote him on what?” frustrated writ- Two-Year Terms game-day assign- ers grumbled. “How can we quote him Herb Gould ments even more when we couldn't hear him?” Sun-Times difficult to perform, The band had played so loud that Tim Peeler '$9( we have found some even writers standing next to Switzer did- Greensboro News & Record Dan O'Kane 6,77/(5 people with a differ- n't hear what he said. Tulsa World ent attitude. Similar incidents prompted school of- Greg Pogue Our band of white ficials to locate an interview room. But Daily News Journal (Tenn.) knights includes Errol McKoy, president their options were limited because of Ken Davis of the State Fair of Texas, along with space needed for the State Fair. Hartford Courant Cotton Bowl Athletic Association officials The tiny room they used was so Chris Fowler and athletic department personnel at the cramped that it wasn't unusual to see ESPN universities of Texas and Oklahoma. fights break out between media mem- Andy Bagnato First, some background. bers as they jostled for position. Brian Higgins Any FWAA member who has covered Given the huge media contingent ex- Oakland Tribune one of the college game's greatest rival- pected to cover this season's OU-Texas Natalie Meisler ries, the annual OU-Texas game in Dal- game, many of us have dreaded what Denver Post las, knows where I'm going with this. For the working conditions will be like that Tim Stephens those who have never experienced a first Saturday in October. Herald-Dispatch (W.Va). Red River Shootout, here's a story to But a series of meetings produced a give you an idea of the madness the me- plan that should ensure the best inter- One-Year Terms dia often must endure. view setting in the game's history. Mike Griffith Knoxville News-Sentinel It happened during interviews follow- McKoy has agreed to construct a Ashley McGeachy ing a game in the 1970s. Those were the large, air-conditioned tent a few yards Philadelphia Daily News days when accusations of spying were from the stadium. It will include up to 200 Adam Thompson flying between the two camps and Barry seats and a quality sound system. Denver Post Switzer and weren't on The State Fair will also provide heavy Mike Vega speaking terms. security for writers, players and coaches Globe With cramped locker rooms at the as they make their way through the Gregg Doyel Cotton Bowl stadium, interviews are con- crowd to the interview area. Charlotte Observer ducted outside as thousands of fans and In addition to McKoy and his staff, Neal Farmer Houston Chronicle State Fair visitors crowd against the several others worked hard to make Bob Condotta fence to listen in. these changes. They include Rick Baker Tacoma News-Tribune When reporters approached Switzer and Charlie Fiss from the Cotton Bowl, Steve Kornacki to get his take on the Sooners' loss, it ADs DeLoss Dodds of Texas and Joe Oakland Press took only one question to set off the OU Castiglione of OU, and SIDs John Bi- Doug Zaleski coach. Switzer frantically waved his arms anco of Texas and Mike Houck of OU. Muncie Star Press as he barked a response that was cer- Many of you have encountered simi-

Ex-Officio tain to be loaded with juicy quotes. lar problems. I hope you can use the ex- Jim Daves There was one problem, however. ample of the changes in Dallas to help The winning team's band traditionally improve your situation. Please let me or Maxey Parish marches out via the South end zone and any FWAA board members know if there CoSIDA up the stadium's famous ramp while is anything we can do to help. 7+( ),)7+ '2:1 3DJH 

%XGG7KDOPDQUHWLUHV FWAA TOP25 First-place votes in parentheses Rank Team Points STATE COLLEGE, Pa., -- Longtime FWAA member L. Budd Thal- 1. Florida (6) 398 man, Penn State’s associate athletic director for communications, re- tired July 31 after a distinguished career spanning almost 40 years in 2. Miami (Fla.) (4) 379 athletic communications. 3. Oklahoma (1) 358 A member of the Nittany Lions' athletic staff since August 1986, T-4. Oregon (1) 348 Thalman supervised and administered the operations and budgets for the sports information, publications, Internet, marketing and promotion T-4. Nebraska (2) 348 and radio-television areas. 6. Texas (1) 346 “Budd Thalman is one of the best, if not the best, in his field,” coach 7. Florida St. (1) 341 said. “He has been an important part of our growth and helping Penn State gain national exposure. He and Pattie have become 8. Tennessee 321 good friends, and Sue and I wish them a great retirement.” 9. Virginia Tech 257 A native of Wheeling, W. Va., Thalman is a 1957 journalism graduate 10. Oregon St. (1) 244 of West Virginia University. He worked for one year in the bureau at Huntington, W. Va., before entering the Army, in which 11. Georgia Tech 241 he served from 1958-60 as public information officer for Fort Jay, Gov- 12. Michigan 213 ernor's Island, N.Y. 13. Kansas St. 197 Thalman returned to the AP in 1960, transferring to the Annapolis, Md., bureau. He joined the U.S. Naval Academy as sports information 14. Notre Dame 168 director in 1962, the same year he joined the FWAA. His Navy 15. LSU 164 football handbook was twice honored by CoSIDA as “Best In The Na- 16. Northwestern 155 tion,” and in 1963 he provided assistance to the national media during 's -winning season. 17. Washington 154 Ironically, the first of Thalman's nearly 500 football games as a publi- 18. Clemson 140 cist was a 41-7 Penn State win over Navy in Beaver Stadium on Sep- 19. UCLA 134 tember 22, 1962. Former Penn State athletic director Jim Tarman, with whom Thalman 20. Mississippi St. 131 first became acquainted during the Navy-Penn State football game in 21. South Carolina 116 1962, hired him at Penn State. In 1967, Thalman and Tarman, the Nit- 22. Wisconsin 58 tany Lions’ SID at the time, were hurriedly asked to be the commenta- tors for ABC's telecast of the Penn State-Navy game when the an- 23. Colorado 57 nouncers refused to cross the TV technicians’ picket line. 24. Alabama 34 In 1973, Thalman was named vice president for public relations with 25. Pittsburgh 33 the NFL's . During his 13 years with the Bills, he worked on the NFL public relations staff at seven Super Dave Sittler Bowls and twice served as the American Conference public relations FWAA Member Voters: (Tulsa World);Kelly Whiteside (USA To- director at the . day); Jack Bogaczyk (The Roanoke Last year, Thalman wrote his first book, Quotable Joe: Words of Wis- Times); Shelly Anderson (Pittsburgh dom by and About Joe Paterno, which was released in September. Post-Gazette); Mark Blaudschun Thalman was inducted into the College Sports Information Directors (Boston Globe); Ivan Maisel (Sports Il- of America (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame in 1998. He was the leading vote lustrated); Gregg Doyel (Charlotte Ob- getter to receive the organization's highest honor that server); Blair Kerkhoff (Kansas City year. Star); Dennis Dodd (CBS SportsLine); This past February, he received the President's Award at the Max- Ken Davis (Hartford Courant); Mike well Football Club Banquet in Philadelphia. The honor is presented to Griffith (Knoxville News-Sentinel); Ed individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the Maxwell Graney (San Diego Union-Tribune); Football Club and have helped elevate the organization. The award is Stewart Mandel (CNNSI.com); Don only presented in years the Club feels there is a worthy recipient. He is Borst (Lindy’s); Rob Biertempfel (The a former member of the NCAA Communications Committee. Tribune Review); John Adams Thalman and his wife, Pattie, reside in State College and have three (Knoxville News-Sentinel); Ron Gull- children, Mark, Scott and Kelly. Scott and Kelly earned their degrees at berg (Casper Star-Tribune). Penn State. 3DJH 4 $//$0(5,&$ 2))(16(

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Three former winners were inducted into the South- western Bell Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame on May 15. They were , who won the award in 1966 at Arkansas and is pictured above with his wife, Betsy; Miami’s , the 1990 winner at right, and the late Scott Appleton, the 1963 winner at Texas. /RGJHQRWHV

&RPLQJV DQG *RLQJV Dennis Franchione, the new Alabama coach. … Jon Wilner left The Daily News to take a col- Mark Hansen of The Des Moines Register has left lege sports writing job with The San Jose Mercury News. sports and is doing a news side column. … Craig Harper … Gary Long has retired from The Miami Herald. has taken an early buy out and left The Boulder Daily Camera. … Jonathan Rand is the new beat reporter on 'HDWKV Kansas State football for The Kansas City Star. … Former Nebraska football writer Virgil Parker, who FWAA member Kenny Mossman, formerly at Illinois was sports editor of the Lincoln Journal Star for 20 State, is the new sports information director at the Uni- years, passed away at the age of 77. Since 1988 he had versity of Oklahoma. Former OU sports information di- been head of the Nebraska Golf Association. Since the rector Mike Prusinski is the new director of information last publication, FWAA member John Steadman, a long- for the Byron Nelson Golf Tournament. … Mike Konradi, time writer for the Baltimore Evening Sun, and Bill Bruce formerly with the Big 12, is the new marketing director of Highlands, N.C., also have passed away. for the Cotton Bowl. … Rana Cash is The Dallas Morn- 7KLV DQG 7KDW ing News' new beat reporter on the University of Texas. She formerly covered SMU. … FWAA member Mike FWAA member Doug Huff has helped collaborate on an- Wolf is the new sports information director at Northwest- other record book, The National ern after leaving the same post at Miami (Ohio). ... Sean Record Book, which is the first publication to focus solely Johnson left North Texas to assume the same position on national football records that span more than 120 as SID at New Mexico State. … Greg Creese left New years. Contact Rob Wheat ([email protected]) for more Mexico to take a similar sports information job at Mary- information. … A second edition of Football Clock Man- land. … Mike McKenzie has left Dallas will spend the agement has been released by FWAA member John T. football season in Tuscaloosa. He is finishing a book on Reed ([email protected]). 7+( ),)7+ '2:1 3DJH 

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(Ed. Note: This column has been see the court. reprinted from a recent issue of Tip- Some football writers were out in the rain at the Or- Off, the newsletter for the United ange Bowl. Most of the rest were in the press States Writers Associa- box. They all had to wait nearly an hour for one press tion). conference to start after the title game. Coaches and players were known to be late or not show for weekday It was rather comforting to sit in press conferences. And finding the buses after the on my first USBWA Board meeting game? They were about as easy to discover as a uni- held jointly with representatives of form chad in south Florida. The press box the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball was so crowded the year before and with so few Committee at the Final Four in Min- phones, there was a near riot by reporters. neapolis. Somehow, I kept thinking No, basketball writers don’t have it so bad. The 67(9( how much luckier NCAA may micromanage to the point it gets upset 5,&5,&++$$55'62'6211 writers are than writ- when a host committee has an ice cream machine for ers. reporters at a tournament site. But at least there is There’s somebody who actually some predictability about what the press set up will be pays attention and at least listens to complaints and from one site to another. At least, there is some ac- oversees the press operations of a national basketball countability for coaches and players to do what they are tournament. Let’s count the ways basketball writers can asked to do. thank Big East Commissioner Mike Tranghese, chair- No, I will take the NCAA’s blue curtains and rugs, man of the committee this past tournament. And here’s the words student-athletes from the press conference hoping his voice could be heard in the operation of the moderators, 10-minute cooling off periods and those dry Bowl Championship Series. turkey sandwiches, pretzels and chips. At least I know Basketball writers actually have phones they ordered what I am getting in March. at their seats. Basketball writers actually have press con- ferences that usually start on time. Basketball writers ac- tually have seats with enough electrical outlets for their computers. And, although the buses in Minneapolis sometimes ran more dizzying routes than St. Louis 92/1(< 0((&( Rams pass receivers, at least there were some buses waiting to take writers back to their hotels after the 6&+2/$56+,3 games. And more importantly, at least for the time being, basketball writers have seats on the floor and can see $11281&(0(17 the Final Four and adequately cover the event without having to watch from the baseball press box. For the fifth consecutive year the FWAA will award As unthinkable as it may seem, the aforementioned the Volney Meece Scholarship to the son or daughter necessities and even common media courtesies have of a member. The scholarship, worth $1,000 per year been absent, either at the Nokia Sugar Bowl and the for four years, is available either to high school sen- FedEx Orange Bowls the last two years in the BCS. The iors or those already enrolled in college. Fiesta Bowl has done a great job. The Rose Bowl has Members interested in obtaining application forms yet to perform at a BCS title game, but we will see this should contact Dave Sittler at: [email protected] or coming January. 918-581-5754. Deadline for application is Dec. 1, But .500 doesn’t cut it for most coaches, why should 2001. it for bowls? They need a better performance standard. The four previous winners, their hometowns and Basketball writers, you don’t have it so bad. the colleges they are attending are: Brett Goering, Don’t complain about the hot dogs or the turkey Topeka, Kan., the University of Kansas; Kelley sandwiches at your NCAA Tournament sites. Don’t com- Brooks, Denver, Colo., the University of Colorado; plain about having to pay for beer or wine in the hospital- James Butz, Schaumberg, Ill., the University of Notre ity room. Nobody ever said the NCAA owed you meals. Dame; Sara Barnhart, Atlanta, Ga., the University of Complain only when you are at the top row of the Geor- Georgia. gia Dome next year (it won’t happen) and straining to APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

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