DALLAS (FWAA) – With their 34-12 win at No. 7 Texas,
the UCLA Bruins (2-2) are the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Sept.
25.
The
Bruins forced four first-half turnovers and Johnathan Franklin
ran for 118 yards and a touchdown for UCLA. On the day, the
Bruins ran for 264 yards against the nation's No. 2 rush
defense.
In winning their second straight game after an 0-2 start, the
Bruins registered their first road win against a ranked opponent
since 2001. It was Texas' first home loss since 2007 and its
worst home loss under coach Mack Brown.
"It is a huge thrill for our program to come in and play in
this environment and play the way we did, and to go in there and
feel like now we are maybe getting closer to being a program
where we can be counted on and get back to our roots as a top
program in the country," UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel said after
the game.
Other Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week nominees
for the weekend of Sept. 25 included:
• Toledo (3-1): The Rockets won their third
straight road game, upsetting Purdue, 31-20, in West
Lafayette, Ind. Austin Dantin threw two touchdown passes and
ran for two other scores for the Rockets.
The Football Writers Association of America has named
a national team of the week since the 2002 season. This is the seventh
season that the award has been sponsored by the Tostitos Fiesta
Bowl.
Members of the FWAA All-America Committee decide the weekly honor.
Each remaining Monday during the 2010 college football regular season,
the FWAA will name the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the
Week.
Founded in 1971, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl has hosted six
games that have decided the college football national championship,
including three Bowl Championship Series title games. This season,
the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl will host the Tostitos BCS National
Championship Game on Jan. 10, 2011 at University of Phoenix
Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl will be played
on Jan. 1, 2011 in Glendale and the Insight Bowl will be played
on Dec. 28, 2010 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.
For more information on the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team
of the Week, go to
footballwriters.com
or fiestabowl.org.
2010 FWAA ALL-AMERICA
COMMITTEE |
Desmond Conner |
Hartford Courant |
Big East |
Robert Gagliardi |
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle |
Mountain West |
Cory Giger |
Altoona Mirror |
Big Ten |
Kate Hairopoulos |
The Dallas Morning News |
Conference USA |
Jorge Milian |
Palm Beach Post |
ACC |
Ted Miller |
espn.com |
Pacific-10 |
Brian Murphy |
Idaho Statesman |
WAC |
Joshua Parrott |
Lafayette Daily Advertiser |
Sun Belt |
Randy Rosetta |
Baton Rouge Advocate |
SEC |
John Sahly |
DeKalb Daily Chronicle |
MAC |
Phil Steele |
Phil Steele Publications |
Independents |
Jake Trotter |
The Oklahoman |
Big 12 |
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