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D1 College Football News
7-31-06
Source: www.footballfoundation.com
BCS Standings to Release on Sundays; Formula Remains Same for 2006
The Bowl Championship Series Standings, tabulated each season to select the
entrants into college football's national championship game, will be
released on Sundays this year rather than on Mondays, BCS and Southeastern
Conference commissioner Mike Slive announced last week. The move comes as
the BCS enters into a new agreement this year with Fox Sports to be the
television home of three BCS bowls (Allstate Sugar, FedEx Orange and
Tostitos Fiesta) as well as the BCS National Championship Game beginning in
2007. Fox will broadcast the standings to the public on Sunday nights just
after the conclusion of their NFL Sunday doubleheader, usually around 7:30
p.m. EST. The BCS will maintain the same formula this year that produced
the thrilling Rose Bowl match-up between Texas and Southern California in
2005. The standings will average the USA Today Coaches Poll, the Harris
Interactive Poll and the sum total of the middle four of six computer
rankings together to determine the weekly Top 25. The top two teams in the
final standings, released this year on Sunday, December 3, will square off
in the newly created BCS National Championship Game in Glendale, Ariz., on
January 8. The addition of a fifth BCS game this year also allows greater
access to a spot in a BCS game from one of the Division I-A conferences
whose champions do not earn automatic berths (Conference USA, Mid-American,
Mountain West, Sun Belt and Western Athletic). The National Football
Foundation will continue to serve as the impartial arbiter of the standings,
tabulating and releasing them to the public this year for the seventh
consecutive season.
ACC Enacts Hurricane Policy, Bowl Selection Changes During Annual Media
Meetings
The ACC formally implemented a football rescheduling policy for games
postponed by hurricanes or other factors as well as reworked their bowl
lineup for the 2006 season in changes announced during their media days last
week. The conference also agreed to four-year deal with the Orange Bowl to
continue sending their conference champion to the BCS game unless it
qualifies for the National Championship Game. The league's hurricane
policy, enacted in response to more than a dozen games rescheduled due to
hurricanes throughout college football each of the last two years, allows
for the game to be replayed at the original site on any date throughout the
season provided it gives each team a sufficient amount of days off between
games. Any postponed games may also be played at a neutral site or at the
visiting school, with proceeds going to the original host team, or may be
played on the date of the ACC Championship Game if it does not affect who
qualifies to play in the title contest. The new bowl policy states that any
bowl affiliated with the ACC must choose the team with a higher conference
standing or a team within one game of the higher ranked team. Last season,
the Meineke Car Care Bowl passed over Boston College, who finished with five
conference victories, in favor of local North Carolina State, who finished
with three.
Two-Minute Drill
The Division I board of directors will meet next week to decide whether to
change the names of Division I-A and Division I-AA to "Football Bowl
Subdivision" and "NCAA Football Championship Subdivision", respectively...
The Nassau County Sports Commission named 30 players to the 2006 watch list
for the John Mackey Award, annually presented since 2000 to the nation's top
tight end... Former Ole Miss footballer Chucky Mullins, who was paralyzed in
1989 while making a tackle in a game against Vanderbilt and died two years
later from complications resulting from a blood clot, will have his #38
jersey retired by the team during the Rebels opener on September 3 against
Memphis. Mullins joins 1989 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Archie
Manning as the only two Rebels with their jerseys retired...
Training will take place this week for academic coaches involved in the
National Football Foundation's Play It Smart program at the NFF Center for
Youth Development Through Sport at Springfield College in Massachusetts.
More than 150 graduates of the program are expected to play Division I-A
college football this year... Arkansas Baptist announced plans to add
football in time for the 2007 season, as announced by school president and
former San Jose State head coach Fitz Hill... Kirk Tuck, a former walk-on
and All-Conference center at UAB, died last week after battling leukemia at
the age of 27. The school will host an annual golf tournament in his honor,
beginning with one this Saturday... The cover of the 2006 Texas Longhorns
media guide features 3-D images on both the front and back cover... Sports
Byline Radio Network and Sirius Satellite Radio will broadcast a Division
I-AA game of the week each week throughout 2006, the first ever nationally
syndicated series for I-AA football... Former Texas All-Conference defensive
tackle Ray Dowdy died of a heart attack last week at age 56... Special
Spectators, an organization that creates opportunities for seriously ill
children at college football games throughout the season, will hold a
fundraiser on August 15 in Chicago. More information on the event, emceed by
ESPN.com senior college football writer Ivan Maisel, can be found at
www.specialspectators.org...
WAC commissioner Karl Benson announced last week that the league has no
expansion plans for the foreseeable future... Conference USA sent a
contingent of eight league football coaches to New Orleans last week to tour
areas affected by last August's Hurricane Katrina... SEC media days in
Birmingham, Ala., last week drew over 600 members of the media to the
Wynfrey Hotel... The new network formed through an agreement with the
Mountain West Conference and CSTV, called The mtn., will initially launch in
Utah, Colorado and New Mexico and will be available throughout the nation on
numerous cable and satellite providers...
Coaches from the Western Athletic Conference as well as media covering the
league chose Boise State as the favorite to win the conference title this
season during the WAC's annual football media days last week... The 12
Conference USA head coaches predicted Central Florida and Tulsa will
successfully defend their division titles and meet in the conference
championship game for the second consecutive season in a poll compiled last
week... Louisiana-Lafayette edged out defending champion Arkansas State as
the Sun Belt Conference's coaches' favorite to win the 2006 conference title
in a poll taken last week during the league's media days. The coaches also
tabbed Ragin' Cajuns QB Jerry Babb as preseason offensive player of the year
and Florida International senior linebacker Keyonvis Bouie as the preseason
defensive player of the year... Media covering teams in the SEC selected
Auburn and Florida as the West and East Division favorites, respectively,
for 2006...
Texas head coach Mack Brown talked about the Longhorns run to the national
title last year and his plans to defend it this year during his speech as
part of the KeyBank Gridiron Legends Luncheon Series last week at the
College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind. NCAA President Myles
Brand will serve as the final guest of the summer speaker series on August
29... Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer and Vanderbilt head coach Bobby
Johnson served as guest speakers for the Nashville Sports Council's Comcast
College Football Kickoff Luncheon last week... Florida Citrus Sports, in
partnership with Cingular Wireless, will host a roundtable discussion
featuring ACC Commissioner John Swofford, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney
and SEC Commissioner Mike Slive on August 29 in Orlando...
Virginia sold out their season-ticket allotment in record time this year,
the third year in which they've sold all 39,000-plus season ticket
packages... Washington extended their agreement with FSN Northwest for six
years to locally televise all Huskies football games not broadcast through a
national carrier... Arkansas State installed a new drainage system in Indian
Stadium this offseason to coincide with their new artificial ProGreen turf
that will cover the playing field this year...
The FedEx Orange Bowl will officially be branded as the "Home of the ACC
Champions" at each conference school through an agreement with the league
and ISP Sports marketing firm... San Diego County Credit Union extended
their title sponsorship agreement with the Poinsettia Bowl, which has seen
70% of last year's ticket sales already renewed for this year... The New
Orleans Bowl will return to the Superdome this year after playing the 2005
edition in Lafayette, La., due to damage caused from Hurricane Katrina...
Florida State and Miami will meet for the final time on Labor Day this year
as the two teams will explore their options of moving the game back later in
the season after this year... Colorado and Miami (OH) will play a
home-and-home series in 2007 and 2009... NC State and South Carolina agreed
to a home-and-home series beginning in 2008... Nebraska will play Washington
in a home-and-home series in 2010 and 2011... The September 1 game between
Fresno State and Nevada will be the inaugural College Colors Day Classic, a
nationwide promotion created by The Collegiate Licensing Company to
encourage alumni, students and fans to wear apparel of their favorite
college team on designated days throughout the season...
Georgia Tech will sport 1970s-era throwback jerseys during their September
21 game against Virginia... Georgetown hosted more than 100 potential
football prospects for their annual "Prospect Day" last weekend... Players
and coaches from South Carolina hosted their ninth annual Pigskin Poets
event last Thursday that emphasizes the importance of summer reading to
community youngsters... Middle Tennessee will hold their annual Football Fan
Day on August 19 on campus... The annual "Meet the Team Day" at Virginia
will take place on August 17 in Charlottesville... SMU's Football Kickoff
Luncheon on August 16 will feature former player and coach Forrest Gregg as
keynote speaker...
Purdue reached a 10-year marketing agreement with Action Sports Media, Inc.,
to construct and manage new video boards and sideline advertising panels
inside Ross-Ade Stadium... The AT&T Cotton Bowl hired Colvin Sports Network
to explore future marketing opportunities and a potential move from their
current site at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas... Akron agreed to a partnership
with Premiere Sports Travel to be the team's preferred travel provider...
Longtime Big 12 sports information director Bo Carter, who held a similar
position with the Southwest Conference for many years, will be leaving his
post to pursue other interests... Campbell University, which will be adding
football for the 2008 season, named Dale Steele as their head coach... LSU
head coach Les Miles received a five-year contract extension last week that
runs through the 2010 season and pays him $1.65 million this year and $1.8
million beginning in 2007... Steve Kragthorpe, the head coach at Tulsa,
received a six-year contract extension through 2011... New Northwestern head
coach Pat Fitzgerald hired Randy Bates as linebackers coach... Virginia
added Devin Crosby and Corbin Hunt to their athletics administration
staff... The Big 12 Conference named Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman as
the 2006-07 Chairman of its Board of Directors... Rice hired David Sayler as
senior executive athletic director and Russ Dean as associate athletic
director...Fred Jacoby, former Southwest Conference commissioner and the
National Football Foundation's 1995 Outstanding Contribution to Amateur
Football Award winner, retired from his position as commissioner of the Lone
Star Conference and the American Southwest Conference... Tim Cass accepted a
position as senior associate athletics director at New Mexico... Northern
Illinois hired former Tulane administrator Donna Turner as their new
associate athletics director for communications... Mark Meadows left his
marketing position at Middle Tennessee State to take a similar post with the
newly formed Birmingham Bowl.
Schedule Spotlight: Pre-New Year's Day Bowl Games
Bowl - Date - Television Partner
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia - December 19 - ESPN2
Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas - December 21 - ESPN
New Orleans - December 22 - ESPN2
Alltel Wireless (formerly Fort Worth) - December 23 - ESPN
Birmingham - December 23 - ESPN2
New Mexico - December 23 - ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii - December 24 - ESPN
Motor City - December 26 - ESPN
Emerald - December 27 - ESPN
Independence - December 27 - ESPN
Pacific Life Holiday - December 28 - ESPN
AutoZone Liberty - December 29 - ESPN
Champs Sports - December 29 - ESPN
Gaylord Hotels Music City - December 29 - ESPN
Insight - December 29 - NFL Network
Vitalis Sun - December 29 - CBS
Chick-Fil-A - December 30 - ESPN
MasterCard Alamo - December 30 - ESPN
Meineke Car Care - December 30 - ESPN
MPC Computers - December 31 - ESPN
* Unnamed bowl game in Houston, to be televised this year by the NFL
Network, will take place at a yet-to-be-determined date in December
With 120 chapters and 12,000 members nationwide, 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. The NFF
presents the MacArthur Trophy, the Draddy Trophy presented by HealthSouth
and releases the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Standings. NFF programs
include the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., Play It
Smart, the NFF Center for Youth Development Through Sport at Springfield
College (Mass.), the NFL-NFF Coaching Academy, and scholarships of over $1
million for college and high school scholar-athletes.
For more information, please visit www.footballfoundation.org
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