BCS Rankings Have Huge Hornung Award Presence

LOUISVILLE, KY (Nov. 10, 2010) - The top nine teams in the latest Bowl Championship Series rankings have a total of 13 players that are either on the Paul Hornung Award Watch List or have been named as one of the Paul Hornung's Most Versatile Performances of the Week during the 2010 season.      The Paul Hornung Award Watch List was released in August with finalists to be announced in early December. The weekly selections highlight performances each week in college football that display the same versatility on the field as the legendary Paul Hornung.          BCS RANKINGS - HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST & HONOREES 1. Oregon Kenjon Barner (Watch List, Two Weekly Honors) 2. Auburn Demond Washington (Watch List, One Weekly Honor) 3. TCU Jeremy Kerley (Watch List, Three Weekly Honors) 4. Boise State Doug Martin (Watch List) Titus Young (One Weekly Honor) Austin Pettis (One Weekly Honor) 5. LSU Patrick Peterson (One Weekly Honor) 6. Stanford Owen Marecic (Watch List, Three Weekly Honors) Chris Owusu (Watch List, One Weekly Honor) 7. Wisconsin David Gilreath (Watch List, One Weekly Honor) 8. Nebraska Niles Paul (Watch List, One Weekly Honor) 9. Ohio State DeVier Posey (Watch List) Terrell Pryor (Watch List, One Weekly Honor) 25 Players Featured in Head-to-Head Hornung Award Matchups: 25 players, including each of this week's honorees in the "Paul Hornung's Most Versatile Performances of the Week" are among those playing against fellow Hornung Award watch list members. ·        Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010: Kenjon Barner (Oregon) vs. Shane Vereen (California) at 7:30 pm ET ·        Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010: Leon Berry (Mississippi State) vs. Trent Richardson(Alabama) at 7:15 pm ET on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com ·        Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010: Brandon Boykin (Georgia) vs. Demond Washington(Auburn) at 3:30 pm ET on CBS ·        Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010: Tyron Carrier (Houston) vs. Damaris Johnson (Tulsa) at 8:00 pm ET ·        Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010: Randall Cobb and Derrick Locke (Kentucky) vs. Warren Norman [currently injured] (Vanderbilt) at 12:21 pm ET on SEC Network and ESPN3.com ·        Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010: Graig Cooper (Miami) vs. Josh Nesbitt and Jerrard Tarrant (Georgia Tech) at noon ET on ESPN3.com ·        Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010: Tandon Doss (Indiana) vs. David Gilreath (Wisconsin) at noon on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com ·        Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010: Stephon Gilmore (South Carolina) vs. Chris Rainey andJeffery Demps (Florida) at 7:15 pm ET on ESPN and ESPN3.com ·        Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010: T.Y. Hilton (Florida International) vs. Jerrel Jernigan(Troy) at 3:30 pm ET on ESPN3.com ·        Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010: Colin Kaepernick (Nevada) vs. Devon Wylie [currently injured] (Fresno State) at 10:30 pm on ESPN and ESPN3.com ·        Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010: Dyrell Roberts (Virginia Tech) vs. Da'Norris Searcy(North Carolina) at 3:30 pm ET on ABC and ESPN3.com Follow Weekly Schedule on Twitter @hornungaward: Fans and media are encouraged to follow the official Twitter page of the Paul Hornung Award (@hornungaward) to get a weekly schedule of the games being played. Tweets are made between 30 and 60 minutes before kickoff, allowing fans a reminder of when games involving Paul Hornung Award candidates are being played. ###