News Nuggets, 07.28.04
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GREENSBORO — The Atlantic Coast
Conference is leaning toward finding a permanent home for the league's
football championship game.
When Boston College becomes the ACC's
12th member next year, the league will have enough teams for a lucrative
title game, projected to produce $6 million in extra revenue.
The Southeastern Conference, which
plays its championship games at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, is the only
other conference with a permanent site. The Big 12 and the Mid-American
Conference revolve host cities.
"The thing we want to make certain of
is that it goes to a venue and city that will truly wrap its arms around it
and make it something special," commissioner John Swofford said at the ACC
Football Kickoff.
The extra game was one of the key
components of Swofford's ambitious plan to make the league — once known as a
basketball conference — the nation's best in football.
The ACC began reviewing host proposals
last month from seven cities: Charlotte; Baltimore; Miami; Jacksonville,
Fla.; Orlando, Fla.; Tampa, Fla.; and Washington, D.C.
Swofford said he expects the ACC to
choose a site by early fall, giving the league and the site about a year to
prepare. He said the conference may give a two-year contract to the selected
city, with the ACC holding a two-year option to extend the deal.
Swofford also said the league would
review its bowl game tie-ins as the contracts expire over the next two
seasons. The ACC has six bids, including the Bowl Championship Series berth
that goes to the league champion.
Houston, Memphis stars on Maxwell list
Two Conference USA players are among
the preseason candidates for the 2004 Maxwell Award, given annually to the
nation's most outstanding college football player.
Houston sophomore QB Kevin Kolb and
Memphis junior RB DeAngelo Williams are C-USA's representatives on the
preseason watch list.
In becoming the first-ever true
freshman starting quarterback in UH history, Kolb led the Cougars to their
first bowl berth in seven years and was named the 2003 C-USA Freshman of the
Year in the process. He shattered every single Cougar freshman passing mark
en route to 3,131 yards and 25 touchdowns throwing the ball.
Kolb completed a 61.1 percent of his
passes (220 of 360) with just six interceptions. Kolb also rushed for 346
yards and seven touchdowns while averaging 267.5 yards of total offense per
game. All of his passing and total offense numbers were tops nationally
among Division I-A freshmen quarterbacks.
All eyes will be on Williams this
season as he returns from a torn MCL that held him out of the New Orleans
Bowl victory last December. Williams was named the C-USA Offensive Player of
the Year last season as a sophomore after rushing for 1,430 yards on 243
carries. He ranked fifth nationally in rushing, and led the country in
all-purpose yardage. Williams also scored a league-high 13 touchdowns, while
setting a new league record with 10 consecutive 100-yard rushing games.
A leader in the classroom, as well,
Williams was named to the CoSIDA All-District Academic All-American team and
was presented the New Orleans Bowl Scholar-Athlete Award.
Voters for all the Maxwell College
Awards include NCAA Head College Football Coaches, Athletic Directors and
SIDs, members of the Maxwell Football Club & sportswriters and sportscasters
from across the country.
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