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(PRWEB) December 9, 1999

Bowlnet challenges college football fans to pick the winners of all 23 major bowl games.

The contest site at http://www.bowlnet.com/ features a page that shows which team is favored by Bowlnet players in each bowl. The favorites page updates after each entry.

The site also includes a message board, complete bowl schedule and links to the latest news on all the bowl teams.

Bowlnet is free to play and is open for entries until noon ET on Dec. 25. Contestants are competing for a top prize of $ 500.

Bowlnet is a product of EnterSports Inc. (http://entersports.net) of Jacksonville, Fla.

Contact:

Steve Cheski, President

EnterSports Inc.

904/448-2733

steve@entersports.net

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(PRWEB) May 25, 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Stan Webber

Graphware, Inc.

P.O. Box 373

Middletown, OH 45042

513-424-1091

slwebber@coachsoffice.com

Graphware, Inc. Coach’s Office Joins Forces with Quik Scout Technologies

Alliance Offers a Revolutionary Suite of Software Tools for Football Teams at all Levels.

Middletown, OH – May 24, 2002 – Graphware, Inc., developer of Coach’s Office, and Quik Scout Technologies today announced an alliance to incorporate FireScout FS football video editing into the suite of Coach’s Office software. The partnership integrates a range of program tools that will help football coaches work more efficiently and prepare their players for game day.

Coach’s Office is used by NFL, college, and high school teams to easily draw plays, develop a professional playbook with weekly game plans, print playcards from a practice script, and produce a PowerPoint-type presentation mixing play diagrams with video. “The seamless integration of FireScout FS into the suite of Coach’s Office tools gives coaches the confidence that information they enter into one system will be compatible in another,” states Stan Webber, President of Graphware, Inc. “We spent three years making the software compatible with industry standard databases, word processors, spreadsheets, graphics, and video formats. What appealed to me about FireScout FS was its ease of use and industry standard video format. Unlike some other video editing systems for sports that use a proprietary format that cannot be used by other applications, FireScout FS digitized clips can run on any PC with the Microsoft Media Player.”

FireScout FS allows a coach to simultaneously view digital game footage while analyzing and entering game data into a desktop or laptop computer. It uses the latest industry standard FireWire video technology to bring high-quality video to your PC. “I’m excited about the possibilities this partnership will bring to coaches at all levels and at a price they can afford,” says Randy Bukowski, President of Quick Scout Technologies. “What is also appealing is that football teams can buy different modules from each system as their budget permits and add other modules later.”

About Graphware, Inc.

Graphware, Inc. has been in business since 1982 developing personal computer and web-based applications for Fortune 500 companies, such as Microsoft, P&G, Lexis-Nexis, and many others. Since Graphware, Inc. entered the football market, NFL, Division I-IV colleges, and high schools teams have been using Coach’s Office software.

For additional information visit: http://www.coachsoffice.com.

About Quik Scout Technologies

Quik Scout Technologies, founded in 1983, has been creating scouting software for coaches of all sports at all levels for 20 years. Quik Scout’s thousands of customers include professional, college, and high school programs. From small high schools to state champions and successful college programs such as Pittsburgh State, Quik Scout Technologies offers cutting edge tools at an affordable price.

For additional information visit: http://www.quikscout.com.

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WESTMONT, IL (PRWEB) December 17, 2005

School record-setting quarterback, Josh Johnson, from the University of San Diego, Duquesne University?s all-time sack leader, Antoine Bullock, and the University at Albany?s conference Player of the year, Colin Disch, headline the 2005 Don Hansen?s Football Gazette NCAA 1-AA Mid-Major All-America team. San Diego?s Jim Harbaugh, who led the Hawks to the NCAA Division 1-AA Mid-Major No. 1 ranking and an 11-1 record, was named Coach of the Year.

Johnson earned Offensive Back of the Year while Bullock garnered the Defensive Lineman of the Year Award and Disch is the defensive Linebacker of the Year. Junior Michael Caputo from Saint Francis (PA) University earned Offensive Receiver of the Year honors, while Michael Ford from Duquesne University received Defensive Back of the Year honors. Dayton?s Ryan Winner claims the Offensive Lineman of the year award and Special Teams Player of the Year honors go to Ryan Feely from Jacksonville (FL) University.

Johnson, a sophomore, from Oakland, California, and a 2005 First Team All-PFL selection … led USD to an 11-1 record and the PFL championship … set school records for completions (260), TDs (36), passing yards (3,256), total offense (3,635) and completion percentage (70.1)… tossed 7 TDs at Valparaiso, all in the 1st half … tossed 5 TDs vs. Morehead State in PFL Championship game, all in the 1st half. Johnson also rushed for 379 yards on 86 carries (4.4 yards per carry) and scored four touchdowns.

Bullock, a senior, from Houston, Texas, finished his career as Duquesne’s all-time sacks leader with 27.5 … ranked among nation’s leaders in sacks and fumbles forced all season … totaled a team-high 12.0 sacks and team-best 17.5 tackles for loss … also added four forced fumbled … finished tied for second on the nation’s No. 1 I-AA defense with 73 tackles from his defensive end spot … 2005 first team All-MAAC.

Disch, a sophomore, from North Plainfield, New Jersey, is the 2005 Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year … first-team All-NEC for the second consecutive season … ranks 27 among the NCAA I-AA leaders in tackles at 10.18 per game … made 100-plus tackles for the second straight fall … posted double-figure hits in 17 of 22 games as a collegian … tied the program’s I-AA record with 18 tackles against Central Conn. State on Sept. 24 … NEC Defensive Player of the Week twice … 2004 Football Gazette I-AA Mid-Major All-American … NEC Defensive Rookie of the Year … In 2005 he finished with 112 tackles, including 15 tackles for loss (50 yards) with 4.5 sacks for minus -27 yards. His totals for the year also include one forced fumble, three pass breakups and one interception that he returned for 34 yards.

This marks the 13th year Don Hansen?s Football Gazette, a recognized authority on small college football, has selected an NCAA 1-AA Mid-Major All-America team. A total of 81 players have earned some form of Football Gazette All-America accolades.

For More Information:

Don Hansen

National Weekly Football Gazette

PH: 630-964-1062

website: http://www.donhansen.com

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Media – contact Dave Burch at AFA National Office (877)624-4485 or (941)388-

AFA PRESS RELEASE: (PRWEB) December 13, 2002

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(website) http://www.americanfootballassn.com

AFA Semi-Pro Football Trivia Question:

What do you call a massive body that weighs 24,332 pounds (more than 12 tons) and stands 628’8” high (taller than a 6 story building and/or is longer than 2 football fields) . . . and will be descending on Sarasota, Florida this weekend?

The answer is – - – the 104 semi-pro football players who will be playing in the American Football Association’s 23rd annual National Championship Game in that Florida Gulf Coast city on Saturday, December 14th.

SEMI-PRO and PROUD . . . to be Playing for the 23rd annual AFA National Championship: Taking part in the AFA’s “Super Bowl of Semi-Pro Football XXIII” will be the two top ranked AFA semi-pro teams in the country, the #1 Puget Sound

Washington Jets (state of Washington) and the #2 ranked St. Petersburg, Florida Sharks. Both teams are ‘undefeated’ for the 2002 season and have captured their AFA league, state, regional, and divisional titles along the way.

While the Puget Sound Jets will be traveling more than 3,000 miles for their first shot at an AFA national title, their counterpart, the Sharks, will have a very short trek (about 50 miles) down the Florida interstate to the games host city of Sarasota.

In reviewing the 55 man roster that the Sharks will be bringing to town one can’t help notice that the team weight totals 12,581 lbs for an average of 228.8 lbs per man – while the Jets will be traveling with a 49 man roster which totals 11,751 lbs for an average of 239.8 lbs per player.

Even though those overall height/weight team statistics don’t mean much to anyone other than the restaurant owners and fast food franchises in Sarasota – one can’t help being impressed with the size of both teams offensive and defensive linemen.

For instance, if you’re a football fan who likes to watch the action in the trenches, you’ll get to see the Jets offensive line, which averages 337 lbs (and 6’4” tall) trying to slow down the rush of the Sharks speedy defensive line,

averaging nearly 274 lbs (at 6’2”).

The Sharks will counter with an offensive line that stands 6’4” tall and averages 338 lbs. With the ball in the Sharks hands the Jets will be pressuring with a 6’3”, 284 lb defensive line.

While the overall measurements seem to stack up pretty evenly between the two combatants for the national title, the Jets will be traveling with 10 offensive linemen (rare for semi-pro football teams) – a few who are large enough to block

out some of the bright Florida sun.

Jason (the house) Washington, tips the scales at 450 lbs, stands 6’ 10” high and will bookend with Walter Brown, a 6’6”- 405 pounder that together might well be more appropriately (for Florida anyway) renamed ‘the condos’. Sandwich between

them, if you will, the 295 lb. all-league center, Rod Willison and you have something that might better resemble one of Sarasota’s barrier islands with their beach line of erect standing condominiums.

The Sharks will take up a little real estate of their own as they hit Sarasota High School’s Ihrig Football Field Saturday night with their wide body offensive line of center DJ Weilbacher (6’6” -365); guards Al Perdue (6’6” -360); Ben

Pultorak (6’5” -365); and tackles Wade Alden (5’11” – 280) and Michael Shoro (6’2” -335). St. Pete plans to counter Puget Sound’s bulky O-line with their speedy front four consisting of defensive ends Cornelius Bland (5’11” -250),

Kendran Murphy (6’2” -290), and D-tackles Todd Rivers (5’10” -260), and Michael Lowe (6’2” -250).

As the number 1 and 2 ranked teams in the nation, at seasons end, the Jets and Sharks come to the national title game not only matched in size – but pretty close in point production and point prevention as well. While the team from Puget Sound Washington averaged 34.6 points a game and only gave up an average of 6.1 points, the St. Pete Florida team had a scoring average of 40.1 points per contest and was equally as stingy on defense by allowing only 6.1 points themselves.

While both teams were undefeated this season, the Jets are 33-1 over the past 3 years and the Sharks are sporting a 24 and 1 record in the last two years. The Jets team won 7 Northwest Football League championships in the past 9 seasons.

The Sharks are two time league champs of the Southern States Football League.

Want more information about the AFA’s big weekend in Sarasota, Florida? Check out our website at http://www.AmericanFootballAssn.com

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London (PRWEB) June 10, 2004

Serious Global Holdings Ltd have announced that sales of their UEFA EURO 2004™ CD trading Cardz are well underway. Millions of units have been distributed throughout retail outlets within European territories. UK retailers include Harrods, WH Smith, Woolworth, COOP as well as Tesco Stores, newsagents and petrol stations. The cardz are available throughout European news kiosks and petrol stations too, including France, Spain and Italy, in addition to WalMart and Toom-Markt in Germany and the official Portuguese stadium stores. They will also available online at http://www.euro2004.com and http://www.serious.com

Randomly packaged, the 60 concealed interactive cardz, with up to 80 MB of content each, are available for just £1.99 per card and £199.00 for the complete collector album. Descended from the concept of traditional sports stickers and trading cards, these avant-garde CD (ROM) Cardz (Win/Mac) of 60 football stars from UEFA EURO 2004™, are driving old school paper products off the 21st century pitch.

Each card features a single star from the national squads competing in the June Finals and players include David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Thierry Henry and Michael Owen. Content includes video clips, photos, on line voting poll, trivia and desktop goodies, with exclusive editorial written by commentator, Nick Webster of Fox Sports, mapping out the player’s career leading up to their selection for Portugal 2004. The cardz are also available in French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian.

“Judging by international retail reaction, we anticipate that these cardz are going to be one of the hottest collectables of the world’s 3rd largest sporting event,” commented Kathy Heslop, Chief Licensing and Production Officer at Serious. “In this accelerated information age, fans expect a multi-dimensional collectible, packed with interactive content and our CD Cardz certainly deliver all that and more!”

With offices in London, New York and Singapore, Serious is a privately owned, worldwide publisher of interactive and CD and DVD Cardz™. Reminiscent in shape to traditional trading cards and expanding on the principle of the European football sticker, but with up to 80 megabytes of content, CD Cardz are both Windows and Mac compatible, requiring no additional software or installation. DVD Cardz can be played in any standard DVD player including PlayStation2, Xbox and Game Cube. A pioneer in ‘21st Century Collectible,’ Serious products are presently being sold at over 40,000 retail outlets worldwide and online at http://www.serious.com. In addition to their current partners at the NFL, NBA, UEFA EURO 2004™ and Manchester United, Serious has produced CD Cardz for New-Line Cinema, Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Warner Brothers Pictures, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox, bringing movie fans some of the hottest Hollywood titles, including Spider-Man and The Lord of the Rings.

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(PRWEB) September 22, 2004

Southern California is the number one team in the inaugural Internet Writer’s and Radio Broadcaster’s Poll. The Trojans racked up half of the first place votes and was the only team to be named to the top five on every ballot.

The Oklahoma Sooners finished second in the poll followed by the Miami Hurricanes. SEC teams Georgia and Tennessee round out the top five

Texas starts the second five with Ohio State right behind. The Auburn Tigers, off their strong performance against LSU, come in at eighth. California and Virginia round out the top ten in a tie for ninth.

West Virginia and Utah slot in at tenth and eleventh followed by the Florida State Seminoles. The Big Ten gets its second team in the poll at number fourteen with Purdue. Pat Hill’s Fresno State Bulldogs round out the top fifteen.

The LSU Tigers and Florida Gators are the SEC’s 4th and 5th teams and Nos. 16 and 17 followed by the Big Ten’s 2nd and 3rd teams Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Boise State Broncos finish up the top twenty.

Michigan comes in at number twenty with Oklahoma State right behind. Riding the momentum of the big win against Iowa, Arizona State takes the 23rd slot followed by the Louisville Cardinals. The last team in the top twenty-five is the 3-0 Boston College

Eagles.

Only the top five teams (USC, Oklahoma, Miami, Georgia, and Tennessee) received top five votes from at least half of all voters. USC receieved ten first place votes, Oklahoma had seven, Miami had two, and Georgia received the final one.

Maryland, Virginia Tech, Southern Miss, Iowa, and Colorado just missed out on making the top twenty five.

The Internet Writer’s and Radio Broadcaster’s Poll is comprised of voters from across the nation who are either free-lance writers, work for alternative media, or are radio broadcasters. The poll is designed to give votes to people who get to watch more than one or two games per weekend (AP beat writers) and have no systematic bias (coaches). We believe it is the most accurate of the polls when it comes to evaluating teams from the vantage point of actually watching the teams play multiple times against different opponents in varying situations. In a nutshell, the jobs that writers and coaches have actually impair their ability to evaluate all teams fairly. Our voters don’t have that problem. The poll will be released every Tuesday morning.

For information regarding the poll, please contact Joey Ware at poll@sportswritersdaily.com

The full poll follows:

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(PRWEB) October 6, 2004

The University of Southern California Trojans remain number one in the latest Internet Writers and Radio Broadcasters College Football Poll.

Oklahoma remains number two, but Georgia, following the impressive win against LSU, jumps Miami and Texas to land in the number three spot. The Hurricanes and Longhorns round out the top five.

Auburn jumps from No. 9 to No. 6 with their big win against Tennessee while Purdue takes a leap from No. 12 to No. 7. The Cal Bears shoot to No. 8, followed by Virginia and Florida State.

Utah moves up to start the second ten. Florida, Minnesota, and Arizona State follow. The Wisconsin Badgers jump up five spots to close out the top fifteen.

Tennessee lands ten spots lower after the home loss to Auburn. Michigan continues the slow climb back up the polls at No. 17. Louisville shuffles up four spots to No. 18 followed by Ohio State and Boise State.

Oklahoma State jumps to No. 21. LSU lands at No. 22 with West Virginia and Maryland trailing. South Carolina enters the poll at No. 25.

North Carolina State just missed the top twenty five behind South Carolina.

Fresno State was the only team to drop out of the poll.

The full poll follows:

1. Southern California(9)

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(PRWEB) October 12, 2004

Oklahoma Pulls Even With USC at No. 1 in iTwentyFIve Poll

The Oklahoma Sooners have tied the Southern California Trojans in the latest iTwentyFive College Football Poll. The Trojans garnered one more first place vote than the Sooners. Auburn moves up three spots to No. 3, followed by Miami. The Purdue Boilermakers, after their win at Penn State, round out the top five.

Virginia moves up three spots to No. 6 after crushing Clemson. FSU and their new quarterback also move up three slots followed by Utah. Texas dropped only five spots after their loss to Oklahoma. Wisconsin jumps up five spots and claims the last spot in the top ten.

The Cal Bears drop only three after nearly pulling off the upset at USC and Tennessee jumps up four spots to No. 12 after the win against Georgia. Arizona State, with USC on the schedule this weekend, moves up one with Georgia and Michigan finishing up the top fifteen.

Oklahoma State rockets up five to come in at No. 15. Louisville and LSU follow with Boise State behind them at No. 19. The Golden Gophers of Minnesota drop seven spots all the way to No. 20 after the extremely disappointing loss to Michigan.

Southern Miss enters the poll at No 21, followed by the shrinking Florida Gators at No. 22. Next, West Virginia slots in at No. 23. The Big XII ends the top twenty-five with new entries the Texas A&M Aggies and the Missouri Tigers.

Ohio State, Maryland, and South Carolina dropped from the poll with the Buckeyes just missing out at No. 26.

The iTwentyFive poll was previously named the Internet Writers and Radio Broadcasters Poll

The poll can be found at http://www.iTwentyFive.com

The full poll follows:

1(tie). Southern California(8)

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Spokane, WA (PRWEB) October 28, 2004

As the WSU Cougars and the #1 ranked USC Trojans resume their rivalry at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington on Saturday October 30th, fans will be yelling the theme “Cougar Rah”. Cuda Apparel Inc. announced today that it is sponsoring a Cougar Rah contest during the game, and will be giving away a new Dodge Neon to a lucky attendee. The promotion is co-sponsored by Dave Smith Motors in Kellogg, ID, and Varsity Sportswear in Pullman.

The car will be won after 200 T-Shirts shaped like footballs saying Cougar Rah are launched into the crowd between the third and fourth quarters of the nationally televised game. One fan will catch a T-Shirt imprinted with “You Win”, and that fan will receive the car. If the fan is under 18 years of age, his or her parents will receive the car. The winner will be instructed to meet with Cuda Apparel and WSU Marketing representatives.

The game is a complete sellout, but fans can get two free tickets and a chance to possibly win the car by entering a drawing at the Cuda Apparel/Vyper Sportswear location at 2015 North Division. There is no purchase necessary. The drawing will take place Friday, October 29th at noon. The winner need not be present.

Cuda Apparel’s new “Cougar Rah” theme is designed to help the Cougars rise to the occasion and spring a big upset. “Cougar Rah is way of saying hurrah Cougars” said Zane Troester, General Manager for Cuda Apparel Inc. The entire promotion has been approved by Washington State University.

Troester notes, “This is a one of a kind promotion. When has anyone been able to simply go to a football game and win a new car?” Vice President George Badner adds, “Cuda Apparel is proud to be a licensee of Washington State University, and proud to be able to offer this incredible promotion to loyal Cougar fans.”

The Cougar Rah car promotion is being supported with over $ 35,000 in advertising and prizes. The car will be on display at the main entrance prior to and during the game.

All fans and media are invited to Cuda Apparel at 2015 North Division on Wednesday, October 27th to view the “Cougar Rah” design that will be launched into the crowd.

Cuda Apparel Inc. manufactures and distributes custom screen-printed, embroidered and tackle-twilled apparel, bags, caps and accessories in addition to selling over 50,000 various promotional products. The company features a website at http://www.cudaapparel.com where the new Cougar Rah garments can also be purchased.

For More Information Contact:

Zane Troester

General Manager

(509) 325-0135 (888) 792-4278

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(PRWEB) January 26, 2005

This pilot is announced as part of the Club’s ongoing investigations into a possible broadcast of all Dundee United’s SPL matches to overseas fans. The Live broadcast of the whole game is only available outside the UK and Northern Ireland, with a whole game archive version available globally after the UK blackout restriction period ends at midnight on Sunday. The Dundee United v Dundee match will be available at http://www.internetfootball.co.uk.

Overseas fans may purchase single game live viewing rights for only £5 and the archive version is priced at £3. Orders for the Live game can be placed right up until kick off.

Dundee United FC is delighted to be involved in offering this match LIVE to fans overseas. Derek Robertson, Director, said “Requests for live internet broadcasts and, indeed, radio commentary are received regularly on the ArabFORUM question and answer feature on our website. So, there’s clearly a demand out there. We’ve been looking into this for sometime and this is another step in the process of deciding the way ahead. We’re keen to build good communication links with all of our fans and this added service should help this.”

Archives of recent matches, including Saturday’s Dunfermline v Dundee United match can be found by logging on to http://www.internetfootball.co.uk in

the ‘view archives’ section. To view the action, subscribers must have a Broadband internet connection (min. 512K), Windows Media Player 9 and PC with Windows 98 or later (Macs are not supported due to limitations with DRM). The order procedure is simple, providing the subscriber has Broadband and appropriate pc spec.

1. click on DRM check on front page to check computer spec is compatible)

2. go to ‘purchase ticket’

3. enter valid email and then payment details

4. receive password at email address (entered above)

5. go to ‘watch the match’

6. enter email & password when prompted

7. press play.

http://www.internetfootball.co.uk is a young company with an exciting vision already broadcasting all of Dunfermline Athletic’s SPL matches; they are now aiming at expanding their coverage throughout the SPL.

“We aim to bring Dundee United and SPL football live to international fans and the Dundee derby is a great game to pilot” said Barry Laidlaw of internetfootball.co.uk. Paul Macdonald, director of internetfootball.co.uk and owner of easystream.co.uk, one of the UK’s most innovative streaming companies, is the power behind the internet distribution.

It should be noted that all broadcasts are subject to a contract between the subscriber and the broadcaster http://www.internetfootball.co.uk and not between the subscriber and Dundee United FC.

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