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News Nuggets, 01.27.06
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Fun, not money, motivating DeAngelo Williams
By JOHN ZENOR
AP Sports Writer
MOBILE, AL DeAngelo Williams is
stressed out. The former Memphis tailback isn't fazed by working against
some of the nation's top college defenders under the scrutiny of NFL scouts,
coaches and executives at the Senior Bowl.
But he had to buy 60 tickets to
Saturday's game for family and friends.
"I just spent $330 on tickets,"
Williams grumbled Thursday, shaking his head.
The nation's leading rusher doesn't
have too many other complaints about the weeklong audition, making an
impression with NFL types for both his running and his ability to charm and
get along with his teammates.
It's not just about business for
Williams, though he's expected to be among the first few tailbacks and
possibly the first few players drafted.
"I still have a passion burning inside
me to play football," he said. "Right now I play for passion, not for a
paycheck.
"It's supposed to be fun and once it
stops being fun, I don't want to play anymore."
Williams and Washington State's Jerome
Harrison the nation's top two rushers lead the Senior Bowl tailbacks.
Williams will play for the South and Harrison for the North.
Not present are Southern Cal's Reggie
Bush and LenDale White or Wisconsin's Brian Calhoun all juniors leaving
school early for the NFL and not eligible for the game.
If Harrison and Williams were
overshadowed during the season by Bush and White, they don't seem too
perturbed.
"People fall for the hype," Harrison
said. "A lot of these people on the East Coast, they're usually sleeping
when I'm playing."
But, he adds, "I'm self-motivated. All
that other stuff doesn't bother me. It's politics."
Williams points out that the nation's
media is fickle, focusing on Bush entering the Rose Bowl and Texas
quarterback Vince Young after he led his team to victory and the national
title.
Both Williams and Harrison have packed
their resumes with impressive credentials. They were two of three finalists
for the Doak Walker Award given to the nation's top running back. Bush won
the award.
Harrison ran for 1,996 yards as a
senior, more than double his previous season's numbers after transferring
from junior college.
Williams was a three-time Conference
USA offensive player of the year whose 6,026 career yards rushing ranks
fourth all-time in Division I-A.
His 238 yards rushing in the Motor City
Bowl in Detroit pushed him past Harrison to finish atop the season rushing
charts. It also was his 34th career 100-yard game to break a tie with former
Heisman Trophy winners Archie Griffin and Tony Dorsett for the NCAA record.
Harrison, a Michigan native, saw it in
person with tickets compliments of Williams.
"He's probably one of the reasons I
performed the way I did in the Motor City Bowl," Williams said. "Before the
game I saw him in the stands and he waved at me. He's a great running back
and to be able to perform well in front of him and getting his approval was
fantastic."
Williams got an early but not
unexpected potential setback when NFL teams found out he's only 5-foot-8
at the weigh-in on Monday. That's two inches shorter than his listed height
at Memphis.
The 215-pounder brushes off that number
like a would-be tackler, saying "size isn't anything." Williams has tried to
go about proving that in practices.
"I've just been myself since I've been
here," he said. "I've done what I've done the last four years at Memphis,
and that's play football.
"I don't know if I've impressed anybody
since I've been here, but I've had fun."
Williams earned at least one admirer in
South coach Mike Nolan of the San Francisco 49ers. Nolan praised him as "a
good chemistry player" who's befriended his teammates easily. He was high on
Williams' running ability too.
"He's got great balance, he's got great
vision," Nolan said. "The sign of a good back is his ability when he sees a
hole, he can make the cut and not stumble through it.
"A running back that runs like a
low-profile race car is what you're looking for, and that's what he runs
like."
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule
(Updated
through Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006)
CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS
TEAM
C-USA ALL
Memphis
4-0 18-2
Texas-El Paso
4-0 11-5
UAB
4-1 14-4
Central Florida
3-1 9-8
Southern Methodist 3-2 10-7
Rice
3-2 9-9
Tulsa
2-2 7-10
Houston
2-3 11-6
Marshall
1-3 8-9
Southern Miss
1-4 7-13
Tulane
1-4 5-12
East Carolina
0-5 6-12
----- SCORES -----
THURSDAY,
JAN. 26
Memphis 73, UAB
66
WEDNESDAY, JAN.
25
Central Florida 64, East Carolina 59
Marshall 58, West Virginia 52
Rice 67, Southern Mississippi 61
Houston 82, Tulane 57
TUESDAY,
JAN. 24
Southern
Methodist 84, Texas-Pan American 54
----- SCHEDULE -----
FRIDAY, JAN.
27
No games
scheduled.
SATURDAY,
JAN. 28
Central Florida
at Memphis, 1 pm
Tulsa at East Carolina, 7 pm
Tulane at Rice, 7:05 pm
Marshall at Houston, 8 pm
Southern Mississippi at UAB, 8:30 pm
Southern Methodist at Texas-El Paso, 9:05 pm
SUNDAY, JAN.
29
No games
scheduled.
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