DALLAS (FWAA) – With their 35-21 win over No. 1
Alabama,
the South Carolina Gamecocks (4-1) are the Tostitos Fiesta
Bowl National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Oct.
9.
Stephen
Garcia threw three first-half touchdown passes as the
19th-ranked Gamecocks jumped out to a 21-3 lead. Alshon Jeffery
was on the receiving end of two of those scoring passes and
finished the day with seven receptions for 127 yards. Marcus
Lattimore scored two times on the ground as part of a 93-yard
rushing effort and Garcia finished the day completing 17-of-20
passes.
The win ended Alabama's 19-game winning streak and was South
Carolina's first-ever vs. a top-ranked team as the Gamecocks
posted the most points given up by an Alabama defense since
2007.
"Our guys played their hearts out, a lot of outstanding
individual plays," said South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier
after the game. "And we held on and got a few breaks here and
there. That is the best our offense has played ever since I've
been here, without a doubt."
No other teams were nominated for the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
National Team of the Week this week.
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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