Pac-10 honors top achievers
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. —
Flanker Troy Walters of Stanford
and comerback Deltha O’Neal of
California are the Pacific-10 Con
ference’s offensive and defensive
players of the year, the conference
said Monday.
USC split end Kareem Kelly
was named
freshman of
the year and
Tyrone Will
ingham of
Stanford was
named coach
of the year,
honors cho
sen by the
Pac-10 head football coaches.
Walters, a senior from College
Station, Texas, set Pac-10 career
records with 245 receptions and
3,995 receiving yards. He also set a
conference single-season record of
1,456 receiving yards, and ranked
No. 2 in the nation with 132.4 re
ceiving yards per game.
His 1999 stats show 74 recep
tions for 1,456 yards (19.7) and 10
touchdowns, easily becoming the
first player in Stanford history to
record two 1,000-yard receiving
seasons.
He was involved in the longest
passing play in Pac-10 history
when he went 98 yards for a touch
down on a pass from Joe B orchard
against UCLA, this season. He was
named to the first-team All-Ameri
ca by the Football Writers Associa
tion of America and is one of three
finalists for the Biletnikoff Award.
Walters also is a three-time
member of the Pac-10 All-Acade
mic Team and carries a 3.21 grade
point average in communications.
O’Neal, the defensive player of
the year, a senior from Milpitas,
Calif., tied the national lead in in
terceptions with nine, including
four he returned for touchdowns,
setting NCAA and Pac-10 single
season records.
His career total of five intercep
tions returned for scores also is a
Pac-10 career record and ties the
NCAA career record. Twice, after
an interception and a kickoff, he
ran 100 yards for touchdowns.
O’Neal, who led the league with
29.2 yards per kickoff return, was
also named to first-team All
America by the Football Writers
Association of America.
Freshman of the year, Kelly, from
Long Beach, Calif., led USC in re
ceiving yardage and established
Trojan freshman receiving records,
despite starting just two games. He
caught 54 passes for 902 yards
(16.7), which ranked him sixth and
fourth, respectively, in the Pac-10.
He had four touchdown receptions.
Kelly had at least one reception in
every game and four 100-yard re
ceiving games.
The Associated Press
Pac-10 Football
All-Stars
Troy Walters, flanker, Stanford
Deltha O’Neal, cornerback,
California
Kareem Kelly, splitend, USC
Coach of the year
Tyrone Willingham, Stanford
Ducks honored
Reuben Droughns, tailback,
first-team offense
Michael Fletcher, rover/retum man,
first-team defense, second-team
special teams
Peter Sirmon, inside linebacker,
first-team defense
Josh Beckett, offensive lineman,
second-team offense
dustin Wilcox, cornerback.
second-team defense
Kurtis Doerr, punter, second-team
special teams
Dietrich Moore, linebacker,
second-team special teams
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RBJ.R. Redmond, Sr., ArfeonaState
WR Danny Farmer, Sr., UCtA
Wfi DeRonnie Pitts, Sr., Stanford
TE Brandon Manumaleuna, Jr., Arizona
OL Chad Ward, Jr.. Washington
OL Kurth Connell, Sr., Washington
OL Bruce Wiggins, Jr., Arizona ||
OLJosh Beckett, Sr., Oregon
OL Steven Grace, So., Arizona
OUason White, $r., Oregon State
Second Team Defense
OE Larry Tnppiett, So., Washington
DTJoe Tafoya,Jr.,Arizona
DTEnnis Davis,Jr., USD
DE Kenyon Coleman, Jr., UCLA
OLBSteveGfeason,Sr.,Washington
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OLB Riafl Johnson, Sr.,Stanford
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RS Michael Fletcher, Sr., Oregon
ST Dietrich Moore, Sr., Oregon
Virginia Tech secures
shot at FSU in Sugar
By Richard Rosenblatt
The Associated Press
Book it: No. 1 Florida State vs.
No. 2 Virginia Tech in the Sugar
Bowl on Jan. 4.
In what will become a perfect
ending to a perfect regular season,
Virginia Tech is certain to hold off
Nebraska in the final Bowl Cham
pionship Series standings, setting
up a No. 1 vs. No. 2 game for the
national title in New Orleans.
The Hokies (11-0) increased
their second-place lead over the
Huskers from .63 points to 1.54
points m the latest BCS standings
released Monday. The final BCS
standings, which determines the
teams tnat will play in its title
game, will be released Dec. 5.
The advantage, according to
one computer expert, is all but im
possible to overcome — even if
Nebraska routs Texas in Satin
day’s Big 12 Conference title game
in San Antonio.
“There’s no suspense,” Chica
go-based computer expert Jerry
Palm said. “If Nebraska wins 50
0, I’m not sine that could overtake
Virginia Tech.”
From the start of the Hokies
Huskers points battle, Virginia
Tech coach Frank Beamer has been
confident the top teams would end
up in the national title game. But
until the final results are in, he’s not
taking anything for granted.
“Tnere’s too much invested in
the BCS so that the two best teams
will play,” Beamer said. “I person
r
ally think one of the teams has to
be Virginia Tech.
“With all the hard work by our
coaches and all the hard work by
our players, I would be devastated
if we did not make it. ”
The BCS standings are based on
a formula that considers The As
sociated Press media poll and the
USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll,
eight computer rankings, strength
of schedule and losses.
Florida State and Viminia Tech
are 1-2 in the AP poll and the
coaches poll.
Nebraska (10-1) blew its chance
to stay close to Virginia Tech by
beating unranked Colorado 33-30
in overtime last Friday. The Hokies,
meanwhile, rolled to a 38-14 win
over then-No. 22 Boston College.
Hie results lowered the Hokies’
computer average and raised the
Huskers’ average. Tech’s strength
of schedule went from 66th to 54th.
Florida State (11-0), which
locked up first place two weeks
ago with a 30-23 win over Florida,
has 2.24 points — 1 for poll aver
age, 1 for computer rank average,
0.24 for strength of schedule and
zero for losses.
Virginia Tech has 6.16 points—
2 for poll average, 2 for computer
rank average, 2.16 for strength of
schedule, and zero for losses.
Nebraska has 7.70 points — 3
for poll average, 2.86 for computer
rank average, 0.84 for strength of
schedule and 1 for losses.
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