FORT WORTH, Texas – The Davey O’Brien Foundation today announced the three finalists for the 2011 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award® (The O’Brien), presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback. The candidates were revealed on ESPNU’s second annual The Home Depot College Football Awards Nomination Special. Robert Griffin III (Jr., Baylor), Case Keenum (Sr., [...]
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FWAA: 2011 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Finalists Announced
Posted by Glenn S. Moore on November 22nd, 2011
Posted in FWAA, Team News 
Tags: Andrew Luck, Baylor, Case Keenum, Davey O'Brien Award, FWAA, Houston, Robert Griffin III, Stanford 
No Comments »FWAA: Marshall’s Vinny Curry is Nagurski Player of the Week
Posted by Glenn S. Moore on October 18th, 2011
DALLAS (FWAA) – Marshall defensive end Vinny Curry has been named the FWAA/Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week for games of the weekend of Oct. 15. Curry, a 6-3, 263-pound senior from Neptune, N.J., made nine tackles, including four tackles for losses (3.5 sacks) along with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery [...]
Posted in FWAA, Team News Tags: Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Charlotte Touchdown Club, FWAA, Marshall, NCAAF, Vinny Curry No Comments »FWAA: Michigan State is Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week
Posted by Glenn S. Moore on October 18th, 2011
DALLAS (FWAA) – Beating its in-state rival for a fourth consecutive season while also taking control of its division race enabled the Michigan State Spartans (5-1) to earn the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Oct. 15. Keshawn Martin scored twice in the third quarter, and the [...]
Posted in FWAA, Team News Tags: big ten, FWAA, Michigan, Michigan State, Team of the Week, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl 1 Comment »FWAA: Ryan Tannehill Named Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week
Posted by Glenn S. Moore on October 17th, 2011
FORT WORTH, Texas – Texas A&M senior Ryan Tannehill has been named the Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week after leading the Aggies to a 55-28 win over Baylor. Tannehill was nearly unstoppable through the air, lighting up the Bears defense for six touchdowns. Guiding the Aggies to a momentous conference victory, the senior went [...]
Posted in FWAA, Team News Tags: Aggies, Award, Baylor, Davey O'Brien, FWAA, Quarterback of the Week, Ryan Tannehill, Texas A&M No Comments »FWAA: Oklahoma’s Jamell Fleming is Nagurski Player of the Week
Posted by Glenn S. Moore on October 12th, 2011
DALLAS (FWAA) – Oklahoma cornerback Jamell Fleming has been named the FWAA/Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week for games of the weekend of Oct. 8. Fleming, a 5-11, 191-pound senior from Arlington, Texas, had a career-high 13 tackles in Oklahoma’s decisive 55-17 victory over rival Texas in Dallas. He also returned a fumble [...]
Posted in FWAA, Team News Tags: Bronko Nagurski Trophy, FWAA, Jamell Fleming, NCAAF, Oklahoma 1 Comment »FWAA: Nebraska is Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week
Posted by Glenn S. Moore on October 12th, 2011
NEBRASKA IS TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL NATIONAL TEAM OF THE WEEK DALLAS (FWAA) – Storming from behind to register the biggest comeback in school history allowed the Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-1) to earn the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Oct. 8. Nebraska recorded its first Big Ten win, [...]
Posted in FWAA, Ohio State, Team News Tags: Fiesta Bowl, FWAA, National Team of the Week, NCAAF, Nebraska, Ohio State, Taylor Martinez, Team of the Week No Comments »FWAA: Landry Jones Named Davey O’Brien Quarterback Of The Week
Posted by Glenn S. Moore on October 11th, 2011
Jones leads Sooners to 55-17 win over Texas FORT WORTH, Texas -Following a commanding 55-17 victory over then-No. 11 Texas, Oklahoma’s Landry Jones has been named the Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week. Jones lit up the Longhorn defense for 367 yards in the air while pushing the Sooners to a 5-0 mark for the [...]
FWAA: Alabama’s Tinker nominated for Discover Orange Bowl Courage Award
Posted by Glenn S. Moore on October 5th, 2011
DALLAS (FWAA) – Alabama’s Carson Tinker is the weekly nominee for the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl/FWAA Courage Award, to be announced at the end of the season. Tinker, a junior long snapper from Murfreesboro, Tenn., was thrown 100 yards from his destroyed house by a tornado that ripped through Tuscaloosa, Ala., last April 27. Tinker’s [...]
Posted in FWAA, Team News Tags: Alabama, Carson Tinker, Courage Award, Discover Orange Bowl, FWAA, NCAAF No Comments »FWAA: SMU Is Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team Of The Week
Posted by Glenn S. Moore on October 3rd, 2011
DALLAS (FWAA) – Earning a dramatic 40-33 overtime win over their arch rival to improve to 4-1 for the first time in a generation enabled the SMU Mustangs (4-1) to earn the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Oct. 1. The win is SMU’s first over a [...]
Posted in FWAA, Team News Tags: FWAA, J.J. McDermott, SMU, Team of the Week, Tositios Fiesta Bowl No Comments »FWAA: Russell Wilson Named Davey O’Brien Quarterback Of The Week
Posted by Glenn S. Moore on October 3rd, 2011
Wilson leads Wisconsin to 48-17 win over Nebraska FORT WORTH, Texas – Following a dominant 48-17 win over then-No. 8 Nebraska, Wisconsin’s Russell Wilson has been named the Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week. The win sends the Badgers to 5-0 on the year and a 1-0 start in Big Ten play. The senior connected [...]
