Davey O'Brien Award Announces Opportunity for Fans to Vote
Thursday, August 30, 2007 | Football
On Sunday, September 2, college football fans around the country will be given the opportunity to start casting their votes for the 2007 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award as announced by the Davey O'Brien committee.
Otherwise known as the O'Brien, the award is given out to the nation's best college quarterback of the year while also inspiring student-athletes to triumph both on and off the field. Fans will now have the opportunity to cast their vote for the starting quarterback from any of the 119 Division I-A football programs across the country. The fan voting component leaves room for an athlete who was not placed on the original watch list to win the award.
The top three fan vote getters will be added to the semifinalist list which will then be narrowed to two finalists and an eventual overall winner. The fan vote will count for 5% of the total and the winner will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN on December 6.
Fans may cast their vote for their favorite starting quarterback once daily on The O'Brien's official website, www.DaveyOBrien.com, in hopes of having their pick chosen as a semi-finalist.
The O'Brien Award becomes just the second award in college football that fans are able to vote for. Prior to this year fan's were only able to vote for the winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy.
