AT&T announced that for the fifth consecutive year college football fans
will have the chance to vote via text messaging for the AT&T All-America
Player of the Week, the only national college football honor that is determined
solely by fans.
AT&T customers can also view
video highlights and
candidates and track their favorite teams through AT&T’s wireless NCAA
Football Portal, which is accessible on AT&T handsets by launching AT&T
MEdia Net and clicking through to the sports category. AT&T wireless
customers with 3G handsets can also watch “Confessions of a College
Football Junkie” video clips featuring Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit by
accessing ESPN on AT&T CV.*
Each week, a panel of experts from ESPN will choose four finalists based on
those players’ outstanding performances from that week. The four candidates
will be revealed at
Sunday on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” via text message alerts and online
at http://www.espnallamerica.com
Fans can register to vote for the AT&T All-America Player of the Week
throughout the season by text messaging VOTE to 87654 on their wireless phones.
They have until
Wednesday to participate in that week’s voting. The winner then will be
announced Thursday at halftime of the ESPN College Football Primetime Presented
by Applebee’s. Standard text messaging rates apply.
There is no limit on fan voting, and each vote counts as one entry into a
sweepstakes to win a trip to the 2009 Bowl Championship Series (
National Championship game in
Full sweepstakes rules can be found at
http://www.espnallamerica.com/rules.aspx.
In December, four finalists for the AT&T All-America Player of the Year
Award will be announced during a one-hour special on ESPN in conjunction with
the announcement of the AT&T ESPN All-America Team as selected by the
Football Writers Association of America. Fans will then get a chance to say who
the best player in the nation is by voting for the AT&T All-America Player
of the Year through the
announced during the
Championship game on
Last year, Texas Tech freshman wide receiver Michael Crabtree was honored as
the AT&T All-America Player of the Year, edging Heisman Trophy winner Tim
Tebow of Florida, Arkansas’ Darren McFadden and Virginia’s Chris Long. Voting
for the 2007 AT&T All-America Player of the Year was the highest total in
the four-year history of the award.
Through the AT&T MEdia Mall, fans can also download fight song ringtones
from more than 150 college and universities. Animated screensavers and 3-D
mobile wallpaper are available for more than 100 college and universities.