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The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Finalists
Show on ESPN Thursday, Dec. 6 - 7:30-9:30 pm Est

(Players listed Alphabetically)

Action Photo - Southern Cal - TE - Fred Davis

Maxwell Award (best all-around player)

Dennis Dixon - QB - Oregon
Darren McFadden - RB - Arkansas
Tim Tebow - QB - Florida

Outland Trophy (best interior lineman)

Anthony Collins - OT - Kansas
Glenn Dorsey - DT - Louisiana St
Jake Long - OT - Michigan

Chuck Bednarik Trophy (best defensive player)

LSU Holds on to #1 Ranking while Kansas moves to #2
Oregon and Oklahoma fall out of Top 5
Team of the Week – Arizona
Frank Coyle - Head Scout - Draft Insiders

The college football top 25 rankings continue an amazing season with additional major changes. Another #2 rated club, Oregon falls from their high ranking when they fell to a fired up Arizona club. LSU remains in the #1 spot and in the best position for a BCS berth with a strong finish. Oklahoma was another top 5 club that tasted defeat at the hands of the explosive Texas Tech club. Ohio St. rebounded from last week’s loss and beat arch-rival Michigan that guarantees them a Rose Bowl berth. Kansas and Hawaii remain the only undefeated clubs at this point of the season. The top 10 teams shuffled once again with Kansas moving into the deadly #2 spot that has seen numerous clubs fall shortly after that high rating. The former top ranked club, Ohio St gets back into the top 5 position and looks to create a major matchup to compete for the national title.

City of Petersburg Prepares for Thanksgiving All-Star Game Tradition
The East Coast Bowl game is an annual college All-Star football game that is played the first Saturday following Thanksgiving in Petersburg, Virginia. The East Coast Bowl VII will be played this year on November 24, 2007 at Historic Cameron Field with kickoff scheduled to be around 12:00 noon.
The East Coast Bowl game has quickly become the Thanksgiving ritual in Petersburg. The game last year, won by the North 26-24, featured top seniors from 25 different states and 20 athletes that signed NFL contracts. The East Coast Bowl Committee will gather more than 250 nominations for this year’s game, which will be narrowed down to the top 70 Division I-FCS (formerly Division I-AA), Division II, Division III and NAIA athletes. Players will report to Petersburg the day before Thanksgiving and spend the holiday with community members that are less fortunate, including visits to community centers, convalescent homes, and children’s hospitals. The game itself is set-up as a scholarship event, with all of the revenue generated going into a fund for a local high school senior who plans on attending a non-Division-I college.

FWAA Names Five Finalists for 2007 Bronko Nagurski Trophy

Five finalists for the 2007 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, including last season's winner James Laurinaitis of Ohio St., were announced this week by the Football Writers Association of America and the Charlotte Touchdown Club.

Vying for the honor of the best defensive football player in college football are linebaker James Laurinaitis, LSU's defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, defensive ends Chris Long of Virginia and George Selvie of South Florida and cornerback Aqib Talib of Kansas.

The winner will be announced on Dec. 3 and presented the Bronko Nagurski Trophy in Charlotte, N.C., where Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer will give the keynote address.

NFL Rookies of the Week – Chiefs’ WR Dwayne Bowe & Browns CB Eric Wright

The NFL ’07 season enters the final two months with several rookies emerging as bona fide playmakers. Chiefs' wide receiver Dwayne Bowe continues his fine rookie season after being selected in the 1st round with the 23rd overall player last April. In the loss to the Broncos last week, he caught 9 passes for 105 yards in a losing cause. He has been very productive since early in the season and leads all rookies with 38 receptions for over 600 yards and a 15 yard + average per catch, in addition to 3 TDs. He is on pace for a 100 yard receiving season, a rare feat for any rookie wideout.

College Player of the Week by Draft Insiders.com – Hawaii’s QB Colt Brennan Ties NCAA TD passing Record
Nov.14
Hawaii’s QB Colt Brennan wins the College Player of the Week by Draft Insiders.com after another outstanding performance last week vs Fresno St. Brennan threw 2 TD passes for 396 yards plus ran for 1 TD that lead to an impressive 37-30 victory that improved the Rainbows perfect record to 9-0. The victory moved Hawaii higher into the top ten rankings and one of two undefeated clubs, Kansas being the other. Brennan left with a minor concussion injury that left his status for the Thursday night ESPN game vs Nevada this week probable at this point. He tied an NCAA career mark for TD passes with 121 career scoring passes set in 1991 by BYU QB Ty Detmer. He has three regular season games remaining to break the career record.

Top 16 Teams - Nov. 11
LSU moves into #1 Ranking as Ohio St. falls to Illinois

Team of the Week – Illinois
Frank Coyle - Head Scout - Draft Insiders

The college football top 25 rankings continue an amazing season with another major change with #1 rated Ohio St. falling from the unbeaten ranks. LSU moves into the #1 spot and is in good position for a BCS berth with a strong finish. The Ohio St. loss leaves only Kansas and Hawaii undefeated at this point of the season. The top 10 teams shuffled once again with several big upsets that affected the rankings especially Ohio St and Michigan which play their rivalry match next week. The former top ranked club, Ohio St got beat by a good Illinois club soundly and continues to be the most improved team in the nation and Big Ten. Oregon was idle but is in good position to challenge for the national title over the final weeks. Several clubs moved into our top 16 positions as a result of a few changes, Texas, Florida, Illinois and Cincinnati.