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News and Notes From Around College Football for September 8, 2008Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year
The Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award is back for its third season, and college football fans can again vote for their favorite coaches for an honor that includes $50,000 for the winners' favorite charities and $20,000 for their schools' alumni associations. Liberty Mutual proudly partners with the College Football Hall of Fame to honor one coach from each division who demonstrates excellence on and off the field through victories, community service, charitable endeavors and academic support.
The Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award is back for its third season, and college football fans can again vote for their favorite coaches for an honor that includes $50,000 for the winners' favorite charities and $20,000 for their schools' alumni associations. Liberty Mutual proudly partners with the College Football Hall of Fame to honor one coach from each division who demonstrates excellence on and off the field through victories, community service, charitable endeavors and academic support.
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Three 2008 Hall of Famers to be Honored with On-Campus Salutes This Weekend
Coach Lou Holtz, Wyoming's Jay Novacek and Texas Tech's Dave Parks will be honored this Saturday with On-Campus Salutes in celebration of their induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Coach Lou Holtz, Wyoming's Jay Novacek and Texas Tech's Dave Parks will be honored this Saturday with On-Campus Salutes in celebration of their induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Coach Holtz will be celebrated in South Bend, Ind., as Notre Dame hosts Michigan at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC. He is the only coach in NCAA history to lead six different programs to bowl games and led the Fighting Irish to the 1988 National Championship and 100 wins. NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell will represent the Foundation at the event.
Novacek, a consensus First Team All-America selection who amassed 83 receptions for 1,536 yards and 10 touchdowns in his three-year career, set an NCAA record for average yards per reception by a tight end (22.6) as a senior. Wyoming will take on North Dakota State at 3:00 p.m. ET in Laramie. NFF Director of Special Projects Hillary Jeffries will take part in the presentation.
Texas Tech will honor Parks in Lubbock during the Red Raiders' tilt with SMU at 7:00 p.m. ET on FSN Southwest. Parks is the first Tech player to ever make the Associated Press' All-America First Team and to receive All-Southwest Conference honors twice, while establishing nearly every Texas Tech receiving record. The NFF's representative will be Chief Operating Officer Matthew Sign.
NFF News
The NFF's Greater Atlanta Chapter announced its continued partnership with the Chick-fil-A Bowl. The chapter will present the "George Morris 2008 High School Scholar-Athlete Scholarships" to Georgia high school senior scholar- athletes and scholar-student managers in honor of the late George Morris, former chapter president and 1981 Hall of Fame inductee from Georgia Tech. The scholarships are funded in part by Texaco, Gallagher Electric and The Atlanta Falcons Youth Organization. The Nebraska Football Hall of Fame, which is sponsored by the Nebraska Chapter of the NFF, will introduce its 2008 class at the New Mexico State game this Saturday. Members of Notre Dame's 1953 national championship team reunited at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend last Friday. 1979 Hall of Fame inductee and Heisman Trophy recipient Johnny Lattner and other members of the squad signed autographs during the first of six "Football Fridays at the Hall"
The NFF's Greater Atlanta Chapter announced its continued partnership with the Chick-fil-A Bowl. The chapter will present the "George Morris 2008 High School Scholar-Athlete Scholarships" to Georgia high school senior scholar- athletes and scholar-student managers in honor of the late George Morris, former chapter president and 1981 Hall of Fame inductee from Georgia Tech. The scholarships are funded in part by Texaco, Gallagher Electric and The Atlanta Falcons Youth Organization. The Nebraska Football Hall of Fame, which is sponsored by the Nebraska Chapter of the NFF, will introduce its 2008 class at the New Mexico State game this Saturday. Members of Notre Dame's 1953 national championship team reunited at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend last Friday. 1979 Hall of Fame inductee and Heisman Trophy recipient Johnny Lattner and other members of the squad signed autographs during the first of six "Football Fridays at the Hall"
NFF National Scholar-Athlete Alumni Association
Newest members of the NFF's National Scholar- Athlete Alumni Association: Michael Bramlage (Thomas More, Ky.); Robert Stein (Minnesota); and Dr. Calvin Warren (North Carolina State).To become a member of the National Scholar-Athlete Alumni Association, please contact NFF Director of Special Projects Hillary Jeffries at 800.486.1865 or via email at hjeffries@footballfoundation.com.
Newest members of the NFF's National Scholar- Athlete Alumni Association: Michael Bramlage (Thomas More, Ky.); Robert Stein (Minnesota); and Dr. Calvin Warren (North Carolina State).To become a member of the National Scholar-Athlete Alumni Association, please contact NFF Director of Special Projects Hillary Jeffries at 800.486.1865 or via email at hjeffries@footballfoundation.com.
Two-Minute Drill
Rutgers, one of the closest NCAA FBS schools to New York's Ground Zero, will hold a moment of silence to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 tragedies prior to the RU-UNC game. A New Jersey National Guard Army General will escort the Scarlet Knight captains onto the field for the pregame coin toss, and a stadium flyover is scheduled. Rutgers also will play a video tribute to soldiers deployed overseas at halftime.Oklahoma extended the nation's longest home winning streak to 20 games with its win over Cincinnati. The Sooners are also using FanChatter photos of fans and alumni to post on its new football LED message boards... Purdue's Joe Tiller tied Jack Mollenkopf for the most wins in school history (84) with the Boilermakers win over Northern Colorado last weekend... Florida hosted a record crowd at the Swamp, as 90,833 watched the Gators intrastate win over Miami... Syracuse will premiere "The Express" this Friday, a movie based on College Football Hall of Fame inductee Ernie Davis... Virginia wore "retro" 1984-93 vintage uniforms in last week's home contest vs. Richmond... Colorado held "Ralphie Week" to celebrate its 75th year on the Buffaloes' nickname and to applaud the Buffs' live mascot... UCF is promoting "Do the Knight Thing" to assist with sportsmanship for student-athletes and fans. The Knights also are selling wristbands to benefit the Central Florida Children's Home... Duke has moved its McDonald's Youth Day activities to a Sept. 27 home outing vs. Virginia... Bowling Green coaches and student-athletes handed out free submarine sandwiches in front of the school's student union to thank the student body and faculty for their support... Wisconsin has established a "Think Green, Wear Red" program to assist with additional recycling and conservation at 2008 football games. The Badgers won their 16th straight game at Camp Randall Stadium against Marshall last Saturday... Connecticut and Tennessee will play a two-game series in 2015 and '16... The Texas A&M-Commerce-East Central (Texas) matchup at the Cotton Bowl on Oct. 18 will be named the "Harvey Martin Classic" after the East Texas State and Dallas Cowboy standout... Colorado State has teamed with McDonald's in the "I'm Lovin' the Rams" promotion, offering free admission to the first 200 kids under age 10 at home football games... The Sporting News has enlisted 23 of the nation's top players to serve as columnists Tuesday through Saturdays throughout the fall. Fans can sign up for a free subscription at sportingnewstoday.com. Kentucky placed a marker at its old Stoll Field football facility location to commemorate the first college grid contest in the Deep South in 1880... North Texas unveiled the T.D. Parks Athletics Hall of Fame wing last week and preliminary plans for a new 40,000-seat-plus stadium on campus... The new Alumni Players' Lounge at Notre Dame Stadium opened last Friday night and will be dedicated formally on Sept. 12 prior to the UND- Michigan game... Nebraska plans to expand and enhance its athletics Student Life Center west of Memorial Stadium in development, academics, enrichment, and technology areas... Harvard opened its newly renovated Dillon Field House locker room... Appalachian State recently installed a new Daktronics video board. Daktronics will also design, manufacture and install a video display board with HD-X technology at TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium... St. John's (Minn.) Clemens Stadium turned 100 this year... William & Mary opened its Jimmy Laycock Football Center last weekend... Pittsburg State (Kan.) has added a new video board and LED capacities at its home stadium... Tennessee-Martin completed the $750,000 installation of FieldTurf at its football facility in time for the homer opener last week... The Native American Tachi Tribe, based in Lemoore, Calif., has bequeathed Fresno State athletics $1.5 million over the next six years... Frances Yance donated $500,000 for a new football fieldhouse at South Alabama.UCF AD Keith Tribble and Minnesota AD Joel Maturi have received contract extensions... Longtime football administrator and former head coach Oval Jaynes has been tabbed as AD at Jacksonville State... Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel has added a faculty position in his renewed contract through 2012 and has been teaching a football philosophy class at OSU along with College Football Hall of Famers John Cooper and Earle Bruce.East Carolina was named the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for the Pirates upset of then-No. 8 West Virginia... The Konica Minolta Gator Bowl has unveiled its new 2009 game logo... The initial formal news conference for the 2008 Washington, D.C. Congressional Bowl will be held at Washington Plaza Wednesday.Under Armour will become the exclusive official outfitter of Maryland Athletics effective Jan. 1, 2009... Texas is exploring the possibility of a Longhorn TV Network to carry numerous events outside contracted football games... Comcast SportsNet Northwest and OSN- IMG have reached an agreement to televise Oregon football games... ESPN and the Western Athletic Conference have extended their telecast agreements through 2017... G. Scott Paterson has become president and executive chair of JumpTV... Texas Tech has initiated a new official Web site for 2008- 09... IMG College has extended its pacts with Rice... Washington State and ISP Sports have initiated a new marketing and broadcast agreement starting in 2008-09... The Mtn. has added CommuniComm cable television subscribers in Colorado and Wyoming to its growing network... The Southland Conference's SLC Television Network added Houston's KTBU-TV as a seventh fulltime telecast partner... FamilyNet is the new national TV home for the Liberty Flames. NFF Board Member Jerry Jones (Arkansas), Dallas Cowboys' owner for 19 years, captured the Lamar Hunt Award - the highest honor given by the Dallas All Sports Association at its 2008 Banquet of Champions. The Emmitt Smith Award (named in honor of the 2006 College Football Hall of Fame inductee and Florida grad) was presented to Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars... Texas announced the 2008 inductees into its Men's Longhorn Hall of Honor, which include football standouts Mike Baab, Dan Neil, Knox Nunnally, and Ed Padgett... Columbia's second Athletics Hall of Fame class includes New York Giants' team physician and former NFF Board Member Dr. Russell Warren, Marty Domres and Bruce Gehrke... Eric Turner of UCLA will be inducted into the Bruins' Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 3... Virginia Tech has selected football star Eugene Chung for its '08 Sports Hall of Fame class... Honorary captain for the Ohio State- Ohio contest last week was Dave Foley, an All-America offensive lineman and OSU's only three-time Academic All-America... 1991 College Football Hall of Fame coach Dave Maurer will be honored with "Dave Maurer Day" on Nov. 1, coinciding with Wittenberg's (Ohio) final regular season home game... Former Arkansas State QB Tim Langford, former football manager and ASU faculty member Bob Ferralasco and current Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe will be inducted into the Arkansas State University Athletic Hall of Honor Sept. 12. The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) has denoted winners in its 16th Annual Best Writing Contest sponsored by Insight: Si.com's Stewart Mandel (first place in the enterprise category and a second in the game stories); Eric Hansen of the South Bend Tribune (features); Brett McMurphy of the Tampa Tribune (loose deadline); Chip Scoggins of the Minneapolis Star Tribune (game); and Bud Withers of the Seattle Times (column).Elmer Willhoite, an All-American guard on USC's Rose Bowl championship team in 1952, has died at 78... Rex Sebastian, a four- year letterman at Purdue, passed away on Aug. 28... Dick Enderle, 60, former Minnesota player in the 1960s, died on Sept. 4... Former North Texas receiver Barry Moore, 60, passed away.
Rutgers, one of the closest NCAA FBS schools to New York's Ground Zero, will hold a moment of silence to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 tragedies prior to the RU-UNC game. A New Jersey National Guard Army General will escort the Scarlet Knight captains onto the field for the pregame coin toss, and a stadium flyover is scheduled. Rutgers also will play a video tribute to soldiers deployed overseas at halftime.Oklahoma extended the nation's longest home winning streak to 20 games with its win over Cincinnati. The Sooners are also using FanChatter photos of fans and alumni to post on its new football LED message boards... Purdue's Joe Tiller tied Jack Mollenkopf for the most wins in school history (84) with the Boilermakers win over Northern Colorado last weekend... Florida hosted a record crowd at the Swamp, as 90,833 watched the Gators intrastate win over Miami... Syracuse will premiere "The Express" this Friday, a movie based on College Football Hall of Fame inductee Ernie Davis... Virginia wore "retro" 1984-93 vintage uniforms in last week's home contest vs. Richmond... Colorado held "Ralphie Week" to celebrate its 75th year on the Buffaloes' nickname and to applaud the Buffs' live mascot... UCF is promoting "Do the Knight Thing" to assist with sportsmanship for student-athletes and fans. The Knights also are selling wristbands to benefit the Central Florida Children's Home... Duke has moved its McDonald's Youth Day activities to a Sept. 27 home outing vs. Virginia... Bowling Green coaches and student-athletes handed out free submarine sandwiches in front of the school's student union to thank the student body and faculty for their support... Wisconsin has established a "Think Green, Wear Red" program to assist with additional recycling and conservation at 2008 football games. The Badgers won their 16th straight game at Camp Randall Stadium against Marshall last Saturday... Connecticut and Tennessee will play a two-game series in 2015 and '16... The Texas A&M-Commerce-East Central (Texas) matchup at the Cotton Bowl on Oct. 18 will be named the "Harvey Martin Classic" after the East Texas State and Dallas Cowboy standout... Colorado State has teamed with McDonald's in the "I'm Lovin' the Rams" promotion, offering free admission to the first 200 kids under age 10 at home football games... The Sporting News has enlisted 23 of the nation's top players to serve as columnists Tuesday through Saturdays throughout the fall. Fans can sign up for a free subscription at sportingnewstoday.com. Kentucky placed a marker at its old Stoll Field football facility location to commemorate the first college grid contest in the Deep South in 1880... North Texas unveiled the T.D. Parks Athletics Hall of Fame wing last week and preliminary plans for a new 40,000-seat-plus stadium on campus... The new Alumni Players' Lounge at Notre Dame Stadium opened last Friday night and will be dedicated formally on Sept. 12 prior to the UND- Michigan game... Nebraska plans to expand and enhance its athletics Student Life Center west of Memorial Stadium in development, academics, enrichment, and technology areas... Harvard opened its newly renovated Dillon Field House locker room... Appalachian State recently installed a new Daktronics video board. Daktronics will also design, manufacture and install a video display board with HD-X technology at TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium... St. John's (Minn.) Clemens Stadium turned 100 this year... William & Mary opened its Jimmy Laycock Football Center last weekend... Pittsburg State (Kan.) has added a new video board and LED capacities at its home stadium... Tennessee-Martin completed the $750,000 installation of FieldTurf at its football facility in time for the homer opener last week... The Native American Tachi Tribe, based in Lemoore, Calif., has bequeathed Fresno State athletics $1.5 million over the next six years... Frances Yance donated $500,000 for a new football fieldhouse at South Alabama.UCF AD Keith Tribble and Minnesota AD Joel Maturi have received contract extensions... Longtime football administrator and former head coach Oval Jaynes has been tabbed as AD at Jacksonville State... Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel has added a faculty position in his renewed contract through 2012 and has been teaching a football philosophy class at OSU along with College Football Hall of Famers John Cooper and Earle Bruce.East Carolina was named the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for the Pirates upset of then-No. 8 West Virginia... The Konica Minolta Gator Bowl has unveiled its new 2009 game logo... The initial formal news conference for the 2008 Washington, D.C. Congressional Bowl will be held at Washington Plaza Wednesday.Under Armour will become the exclusive official outfitter of Maryland Athletics effective Jan. 1, 2009... Texas is exploring the possibility of a Longhorn TV Network to carry numerous events outside contracted football games... Comcast SportsNet Northwest and OSN- IMG have reached an agreement to televise Oregon football games... ESPN and the Western Athletic Conference have extended their telecast agreements through 2017... G. Scott Paterson has become president and executive chair of JumpTV... Texas Tech has initiated a new official Web site for 2008- 09... IMG College has extended its pacts with Rice... Washington State and ISP Sports have initiated a new marketing and broadcast agreement starting in 2008-09... The Mtn. has added CommuniComm cable television subscribers in Colorado and Wyoming to its growing network... The Southland Conference's SLC Television Network added Houston's KTBU-TV as a seventh fulltime telecast partner... FamilyNet is the new national TV home for the Liberty Flames. NFF Board Member Jerry Jones (Arkansas), Dallas Cowboys' owner for 19 years, captured the Lamar Hunt Award - the highest honor given by the Dallas All Sports Association at its 2008 Banquet of Champions. The Emmitt Smith Award (named in honor of the 2006 College Football Hall of Fame inductee and Florida grad) was presented to Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars... Texas announced the 2008 inductees into its Men's Longhorn Hall of Honor, which include football standouts Mike Baab, Dan Neil, Knox Nunnally, and Ed Padgett... Columbia's second Athletics Hall of Fame class includes New York Giants' team physician and former NFF Board Member Dr. Russell Warren, Marty Domres and Bruce Gehrke... Eric Turner of UCLA will be inducted into the Bruins' Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 3... Virginia Tech has selected football star Eugene Chung for its '08 Sports Hall of Fame class... Honorary captain for the Ohio State- Ohio contest last week was Dave Foley, an All-America offensive lineman and OSU's only three-time Academic All-America... 1991 College Football Hall of Fame coach Dave Maurer will be honored with "Dave Maurer Day" on Nov. 1, coinciding with Wittenberg's (Ohio) final regular season home game... Former Arkansas State QB Tim Langford, former football manager and ASU faculty member Bob Ferralasco and current Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe will be inducted into the Arkansas State University Athletic Hall of Honor Sept. 12. The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) has denoted winners in its 16th Annual Best Writing Contest sponsored by Insight: Si.com's Stewart Mandel (first place in the enterprise category and a second in the game stories); Eric Hansen of the South Bend Tribune (features); Brett McMurphy of the Tampa Tribune (loose deadline); Chip Scoggins of the Minneapolis Star Tribune (game); and Bud Withers of the Seattle Times (column).Elmer Willhoite, an All-American guard on USC's Rose Bowl championship team in 1952, has died at 78... Rex Sebastian, a four- year letterman at Purdue, passed away on Aug. 28... Dick Enderle, 60, former Minnesota player in the 1960s, died on Sept. 4... Former North Texas receiver Barry Moore, 60, passed away.
Key NFF Dates
Oct. 19: First Release of 2008 BCS Standings - Irving, Texas Dec. 9: NFF Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf=Astoria - New York, N.Y. Jan. 5, 2009: National Hall of Fame Salute at the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl - Glendale, Ariz. Jan. 9, 2009: Presentation of MacArthur Trophy to BCS champion - Miami, Fla.
2009 BCS Schedule
Jan. 1: Rose Bowl presented by Citi - Pasadena, Calif., ABC Jan. 1: FedEx Orange Bowl - Miami, Fla., Fox Jan. 2: Allstate Sugar Bowl - New Orleans, La., Fox Jan. 5: Tostitos Fiesta Bowl - Glendale, Ariz., Fox Jan. 8: FedEx BCS National Championship Game - Miami, Fla., Fox
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Jan. 1: Rose Bowl presented by Citi - Pasadena, Calif., ABC Jan. 1: FedEx Orange Bowl - Miami, Fla., Fox Jan. 2: Allstate Sugar Bowl - New Orleans, La., Fox Jan. 5: Tostitos Fiesta Bowl - Glendale, Ariz., Fox Jan. 8: FedEx BCS National Championship Game - Miami, Fla., Fox
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Founded in 1947 with leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik and immortal journalist Grantland Rice, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, a non-profit educational organization, runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in young people. With 121 chapters and 12,000 members nationwide, NFF programs include the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., the NFF Hampshire Honor Society, Play It Smart, and scholarships of over $1 million for college and high school scholar-athletes. The NFF presents the MacArthur Trophy, the Draddy Trophy, presented by HealthSouth, and releases the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Standings.
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