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All eyes on DeAngelo
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FINAL ROUNDUP OF C-USA BOWLS New Orleans Bowl
[Preview]
Tuesday, December 20
Southern Miss 31, Arkansas State 19
Cajun Stadium, Lafayette, LA
Payout Per Team: $750,000
Time: 8 PM; TV: ESPN
GMAC Bowl [Preview]
Wednesday, December 21
Toledo 45, Texas-El Paso 13
Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
Payout Per Team: $750,000
Time: 8 PM; TV: ESPN
Fort Worth Bowl [Preview]
Friday, December 23
Kansas 42, Houston 13
Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX
Payout Per Team: $750,000
Time: 8 PM; TV: ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl [Preview]
Saturday, December 24
Nevada 49, Central Florida 48 (OT)
Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI
Payout Per Team: $750,000
Time: 8:30 PM; TV: ESPN
Motor City Bowl [Preview]
Monday, December 26
Memphis
38, Akron 31
Ford Field, Detroit, MI
Payout Per Team: $750,000
Time: 4 PM; TV: ESPN
AutoZone Liberty Bowl [Preview]
Saturday, December 31
Tulsa
31, Fresno State 24
Liberty Bowl Stadium, Memphis, TN
Payout Per Team: $1,500,000
Time: 1 PM; TV: ESPN
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By The Associated Press
DETROIT — With all the
hype and all the attention, it sometimes seems as if DeAngelo Williams
will be alone on the field at the Motor City Bowl.
The Memphis tailback is
the NCAA's career leader in all-purpose yards, finishing the season with
1,726 yards and 15 rushing touchdowns.
The next test for the
second-team All-American comes Monday against Akron at Ford Field.
"He's an incredibly
dangerous back," Akron coach J.D. Brookhart said. "You know he's going
to bust a couple big runs during the game, but you have to try to limit
him."
The Zips (7-5) beat
Northern Illinois 31-30 in the Mid-American Conference championship
game, but allowed 270 yards to Huskies tailback Garrett Wolfe in the
process.
That worries Brookhart
because, while Wolfe was one of the nation's leading rushers, he isn't
considered the same kind of NFL prospect as Williams.
"Wolfe is a good runner,
but DeAngelo is special," he said. "Garrett will be an NFL draft pick,
but DeAngelo will be a high pick."
Akron defensive end Brian
White agrees.
"He's going to be tough to
stop," he said. "He reminds me a lot of Barry (Sanders)."
The Tigers (6-5) face a
team on one surprising run. The Zips were not highly regarded going into
the season, but they won a tiebreaker to win the MAC's Eastern Division,
then beat Northern Illinois on Luke Getsy's 36-yard touchdown pass to
Dominik Hixon with 10 seconds to play.
The win gave Akron its
first championship in 105 years of football and put the Zips into their
first Division I-A bowl game.
"All we know is that we're
playing a championship team, and that's exciting. ... We know what the
MAC is capable of. ... We'll be ready," Memphis coach Tommy West said.
On offense, Akron is led
by Getsy and Hixson. The junior quarterback threw for 3,000 yards and 19
touchdowns while Hixon had 1,147 receiving yards and seven scores.
Brett Biggs led the Zips
in rushing with 1,184 yards and 10 scores.
02/23/07 10:43 AM
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