LOUISVILLE, KY (Nov. 17, 2010) - Thirty-nine players who are on the Paul Hornung Award Watch List are within reach of postseason play as their teams have reached the six win mark. In addition, nine of the Top 10 teams in the BCS rankings have candidates on the Watch List, suggesting that the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Discover Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl and the BCS National Championship Game will feature many of the nation's most versatile players.
A pair of Hornung Award watch list members, Auburn's Demond Washington and South Carolina's Stephon Gilmore, will face off in the Southeastern Conference Championship game after both claimed their division titles over the weekend.
20 Players Featured in Head-to-Head Hornung Award Matchups: 20 players on the Paul Hornung Award watch list are featured in head-to-head matchups this week as positioning for postseason bowl births continues. Among this weeks notables matchups is Graig Cooper and Miami taking on Dyrell Roberts of Virginia Tech and Stanford's Owen Marecic and Chris Owusu facing Shane Vereen of California, who nearly helped the Bears to an upset of top ranked Oregon last week.
· Friday, Nov. 19, 2010: Doug Martin (Boise State) vs. Devon Wylie (Fresno State) at 9:30 pm ET on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com
· Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010: Douglas Beaumont (Louisville) vs. Jock Sanders (West Virginia) at noon ET on ESPN3.com and the Big East Network
· Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010: Graig Cooper (Miami) vs. Dyrell Roberts (Virginia Tech) at 3:30 pm ET
· Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010: Dwight Dasher (Middle Tennessee) vs. Bobby Rainey(Western Kentucky) at 4:15 pm ET on ESPN3.com
· Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010: Stephon Gilmore (South Carolina) vs. Jerrell Jernigan(Troy) at 12:21 pm ET on ESPN3.com and the SEC Network
· Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010: David Gilreath (Wisconsin) vs. Denard Robinson(Michigan) at noon on ESPN and ESPN3.com
· Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010: Derrell Johnson-Koulianos (Iowa) vs. Terrelle Pryor andDeVier Posey (Ohio State) at 3:30 pm ET on ABC and ESPN3.com
· Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010: Owen Marecic and Chris Owusu (Stanford) vs. Shane Vereen (California) at 3:30 pm ET
· Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010: Torrey Smith (Maryland) vs. Greg Reid (Florida State) at 8:00 pm ET on ABC
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.
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