University of Tennessee Athletics
Vote for "Pontiac Game Changing Performance"
November 25, 2007 | Football
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With a trip to the SEC Championship game on the line, Tennessee needed four overtimes to hold off rival Kentucky for an incredible 52-50 win. In a battle that saw more than 1,000 combined yards and 13 touchdowns, the 18th-ranked Volunteers sealed the win and a Pontiac Game Changing Performance nomination when Antonio Reynolds stopped Wildcats??? quarterback Andre Woodson???s two-point conversion attempt to end the game.
Now it is up to Tennessee fans to determine if the Volunteers will earn a ???Pontiac Game Changing Performance??? for the 13th week of the 2007 NCAA?? Football Season. UT fans can go to pontiac.com/ncaa, where they can view video clips of the four finalists and vote for their favorite play. Voting begins on Sunday morning and ends at midnight on Wednesday. ESPN will announce this week???s ???Pontiac Game Changing Performance??? winner, on Thursday night, during the Pontiac Performance Halftime Report.
The winning university earns a $5,000 contribution from Pontiac to their general scholarship fund. Additionally, the winning play will be nominated for the ???Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Year??? and the chance to win a $100,000 General Scholarship from Pontiac.
???Awarding more than $1 million since its inception, the Pontiac Game Changing Performance program continues to be a great example of how passionate fans can have a positive impact academically and athletically by generating scholarship dollars for university-wide programs,??? said Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN GameDay Analyst.
In addition, each week one lucky individual who visits pontiac.com/ncaa, will also win a $5,000 scholarship for them self or their family. In total, Pontiac will provide $300,000 worth of scholarships to universities and individuals throughout the season.
For full program details, visit www.pontiac.com/ncaa.
InSIDe the Vols -- Tennessee???s final position atop the SEC Eastern Division standings is the first time UT held so much as a tie for first place all season ... Saturday???s thriller in Lexington lasted 4 hours and 43 minutes, making it the longest game in school history in terms of elapsed time ... Previous longest was the six-overtime win in 2002 against Arkansas at 4:09 ... Pick of the weekend goes to Vols head coach Phillip Fulmer, who after the team???s Thanksgiving Day practice gave reporters his take on the outcome against Kentucky: ???I don???t have a crystal ball. I tell our guys every week that if it???s 3-0, that???s fine, and if it???s 52-50, that???s fine. As long as we get the win.??? ... Vols got the win, 52-50 in four overtimes ... LSU???s triple-OT loss Friday to Arkansas left Tennessee as the SEC???s only team not to suffer a home loss in 2007 ... The Vols finished 7-0 at Neyland Stadium for the program???s first undefeated home campaign since 1999 ... Quarterback Erik Ainge had a streak of 116 consecutive pass attempts without an interception broken Saturday ... It was the fourth-longest streak in Vols history but only the second best of Ainge???s career ... The UT senior also owns Tennessee???s No. 2 streak at 136, set last season ... Kentucky???s 110 offensive plays Saturday set an NCAA bowl subdivision record for a game that ended in overtime ... The Wildcats broke their own mark of 103 set in 2003???s seven-overtime loss to Arkansas.
