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Reporting days for the record 124 members of the Football Championship Subdivision and over 600 other college football teams on all levels have occurred from last Friday until earlier today. uk travel agents The first college football game on any level is Friday, Aug. 24, when Montana State-Northern hosts Carroll (Mont.) at 6:30 p.m. (MDT).
The National Football Foundation is partnering with Bloomberg to promote the Bloomberg Sports Business Summit on Sept. 6 in New York City with a special discounted rate to attend. To receive the discount information and for a speakers' list, please go to footballfoundation.com/BloombergSummit.
The NFF now is accepting nominations for the 2012 National Scholar-Athlete Awards, presented by Fidelity Investments. The NFF Awards Committee will select a scholar-athlete class (up to 16 members) from
all divisions of football, granting each $18,000 toward postgraduate studies. Each class member will be named a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, awarded to the nation uk travel agents s top scholar-athlete. The winner of the Campbell Trophy, endowed by HealthSouth, will receive a total scholarship of $25,000. Recipients of the 2012 National Scholar-Athlete Awards will be guests of the NFF in New York City for a two-night stay at the prestigious Waldorf=Astoria Hotel. They will be honored at the Annual Awards Dinner on Tuesday,
Dec. 4, alongside the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame Class. Fidelity begins its second year as presenting sponsor uk travel agents of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards, the first presenting sponsor in the 54-year history uk travel agents of the program. Fidelity's partnership includes the NFF Faculty Salute program, uk travel agents an initiative started uk travel agents last year which honors the faculty athletic representative from the institution of each National ScholarAthlete Award recipient. Additionally, Fidelity generously donates $5,000 to each Campbell Trophy finalist's school student-athlete academic services department. Please complete the attached nomination form (Word version also available if needed) and send to the NFF by Friday, Aug. 31. Transcripts and photos are required. Any supplemental information beneficial to a nominee's candidacy (articles, bio, resume, letter of recommendation, etc.) will be accepted and appreciated.
uk travel agents Interested watchers uk travel agents of the 30th Olympiad in London last weekend were DB Aaron Ross of Texas and the Jacksonville Jaguars and C Nick Mangold of Ohio State and the New York Jets. Ross' wife Sanya Richards-Ross of Texas won the USA's first gold medal in the women's 400 meters since 1984 while Mangold's sister Holley Mangold finished 10th overall in women's individual heavyweight weightlifting division. Holley Mangold, who was competing despite an injured tendon, played high school football at Dayton (Ohio) Bishop Alter HS. Both players were allowed time off for travel by their respective uk travel agents NFL teams.
NFL standouts Jack Butler (St. Bonaventure), Dermontti Dawson (Kentucky), Chris Doleman (Pittsburgh), uk travel agents Cortez Kennedy (Miami, Fla.), Curtis Martin (Pittsburgh), and Willie Roaf (Louisiana Tech) were inducted into the Pro Football uk travel agents Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, last Saturday as part of the group's 50th class since 1963.
The NFF College Hall of Fame also has had a strong presence in the Olympics with the likes of Hall of Famers Jim Thorpe and 1928 U.S. Olympic president and NFF tri-founder Gen. Douglas MacArthur. For complete exploits of NFF College Hall of Famers in the Olympic games, please go to footballfoundation.org.
Some key birthdates in NFF College Football Hall of Fame annals in the Aug. 7-13 time period are Aug. 7 (1928) Ron Schipper, Zeeland, Mich.; (1945) Alan Page, Canton, Ohio; Aug. 9 (1899) Ed McGinley, Chester, Pa.; (1955) Doug Williams, Zachary, La.; (1967) Deion Sanders, Ft. Myers, Fla.; Aug. 10 (1961) Billy Ray Smith, uk travel agents Fayetteville, Ark.; (1970) Gino Torretta, Pinole, Calif.; Aug. 12 (1915) Alex Wojciechowicz, South River, N.J.; (1930) Jack Scarbath, Baltimore, Md.
Anniversary death dates of Hall of Famers uk travel agents are Aug. 7 (1962) Vince Stevenson, Philadelphia, uk travel agents Pa.; Aug. 8 (1988) Alan Ameche, Houston, Texas; Aug. 9 (1972) Joe Skladany, Pittsburgh, Pa.; (1999) Riley Smith, Mobile, Ala. Note: Aug. 11 and 13 are two of six dates throughout uk travel agents the calendar year when no NFF College Hall of Famer was born or died.
Maine and Massachusetts will play their 2013 contest at Foxborough Stadium, home of the New England Patriots…Kansas State and UTSA will meet in a 2014-15, '18 series…New Mexico State and UTEP will continue their series through 2016 and possibly beyond…Brigham Young and Notre Dame have moved back their meeting next season to Nov. 23, 2013…Colorado State and Minnesota will tangle in home and home contests in 2015 and '16…The Alabama athletics Board of Trustees approved funding for a new 34,000 square-foot training facility…Louisville is the media choice for 2012 Big East Conference champ at annual Media Days in Newport, R.I….Utah's freshmen and newcomers worked out for three days on the Ute Baseball Field to open 2012 workouts…Wyoming had is first of 25 preseason workouts on campus at 8:45 a.m. (MDT) earlier today…Ohio State has set its annual local media day Sunday at the Woody Hayes Athletics Center…Army is hosting its 77th annual area media day in West Point, N.Y., Wednesday at 10 a.m. (EDT)…Vanderbilt held its popular Dore Jam festivities in Nashville, Tenn., yesterday uk travel agents with team and coaches' autographs uk travel agents and kids' activities…Colorado State athletics officials and local fans met with CSU president Dr. Tony Frank and other administrators about discussing possible new stadium plans in Fort Collins…Notre Dame Stadium could have a FieldTurf uk travel agents surface for the first time as soon as 2013…Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Calif., will be ready for its grand re-opening when California hosts Nevada Sept. 1…Jacksonville State has set its Football Fans Day Aug. 18 in Jacksonville, Ala….Purdue's annual local football media day last Saturday had one of its largest contingent uk travel agents of reporters and videographers…Historic Rosenblatt Stadium, which had hosted NCAA Baseball World Series from 1948-2010 and several historic college and high school football contests along with American Football League contests, is being demolished totally in Omaha, Neb…The University of Charleston's Beckley, W.Va., campus uk travel agents is exploring starting intercollegiate athletics uk travel agents after Jan. 1, 2013, with updated funding…Colleges and high schools in Oklahoma fought through a record four consecutive days of 110-degree-plus temperatures throughout the state as gridiron drills started last week.
Saturday, Aug. 11, is the annual Air Force Football Kids Day at 10 a.m. (MDT) at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colo….Wake Forest hosts its Football Fan Fest on Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. (EDT)…High Point student-athletes completed a successful community service day locally last week…The Arkansas Athletics uk travel agents Razorback Report chronicles one of the school's top academic performances in athletics plus 6,052 composite community service hours…Oakland uk travel agents U. athletics uk travel agents is devoting special recognition programs and cancer-fighting diets for Coaches vs. Cancer…Coaching legends Billy Gillispie and Marsha Sharp will host a celebrity golf tournament to raise funds for the Texas Tech Leadership Academy for youngsters…The traditional bonfire prior to The Game: California-Stanford in Berkeley will be postponed for the first time since its inception in 1892 because of a facility conflict prior to this season's Oct. 20 renewal.
Miami (Fla.) head coach Al Golden was featured uk travel agents on multiple ESPN television, radio and podcast media during uk travel agents a visit to the studios last week in Bristol, Conn….Virginia has added Jonathan Lewis as an assistant coach…Wayne Moses has been named running backs coach at Idaho…Penn State athletics added strength and conditioning coach Robert McLean, athletics trainer Sarah Leslie and equipment manager Graham uk travel agents Pepperman to the 2012-13 staff… Travis Graber will not return as head coach at Bethel (Kan.) in 2012…Florida wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill has left the staff for personal reasons.
Navy director of athletics Chet Gladchuk is recovering well from recent heart surgery…Candy Young has been selected as AD at Delaware State… Hampton hired Novelle Dickenson as AD, Alexiss Robinson as senior women administrator and Kristen uk travel agents Drummond as compliance coordinator…Don DeJulia has been named vice president/director of athletics at St. Joseph's (Pa.)…Byron Hatch has been chosen as associate AD at Arkansas…Michigan State president Dr. Lou Anna Simon has been elected chair of NCAA Executive Committee. Wake Forest president Dr. Nathan Hatch is chair of the of the NCAA Division I Board of Directors while Kansas State president Dr. Kirk Schulz is a recent appointee to the DI Board…Pace athletics tabbed Drew Brown as director of development…Anthony Azama is now assistant AD for marketing at Miami (Ohio). He is a former NFF Middle Tennessee Scholar-Athlete awardee while playing at Vanderbilt.
The Big Ten Conference will provide live public audiostreaming for its weekly uk travel agents football teleconferences uk travel agents starting Tuesday, Aug. 28, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. (Central) through for Nov. 20…The SEC is the first conference since the Big Eight (Oklahoma-Nebraska I 1987) to have two teams (Alabama-LSU) ranked Nos. 1-2 in the preseason USA Today Coaches uk travel agents Poll…Winthrop captured the coveted 2011-12 Big South Conference Kallander uk travel agents Cup for overall athletics excellence…The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is partnering with iHigh internet and communications group…Butler has joined the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference as an adjunct member for golf…Jacksonville State radio play-by-play voice Mike Parris (starting his 30th season in 2012 football) and 38-year sports writing veteran Larry Schmidt are the 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Media and OVC Lifetime Media Award winners, respectively…Valdosta State is the 2012 preseason choice to win the Gulf South Conference as NCAA DII title-winning head coach Bobby Wallace returns to GSC powerhouse