September 12, 2005
LSU Named Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week
...as selected by the pollsters of the FWAA's Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll. Hey, accolades are accolades, even if you've never heard of them before, right?
Ok, it's not really an obscure thing, it's just that the Fiesta Bowl sponsorship is new.
The FWAA has named a national team of the week since the 2002 season. This is the first season that the award has been sponsored by the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. The 16 pollsters of the Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll decide the weekly honor. Each Monday during the 2005 college football season, the FWAA will name the Tostitos Bowl National Team of the Week through Nov. 28. The Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll will resume this season on Oct. 10. The top-ranked team in the final poll will be awarded the Grantland Rice Trophy as the FWAA's national champion. The FWAA has awarded the trophy each season since 1954. USC is the two-time defending FWAA national champion and is ranked No. 1 in the initial 2005 poll.
Other nominees for the Sept. 10th weekend were:
Iowa State for beating Iowa
Texas for beating Ohio State
Notre Dame for beating Michigan
Ohio for beating Pittsburgh
SMU for beating TCU
I'm guessing it was that whole "extraordinary circumstances" thing that pushed LSU over the top here, because under normal conditions, beating ASU wouldn't be considered a spectacular achievement for this year's Tigers; they were ranked much higher and it was a game they were supposed to win anyway.
Regardless, congratulations to the Tigers.
(I hear they're a lock for the Lou Tepper Defense of the Week Award, too.)
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