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NEW YORK -- Alabama is No. Dr Dre Beats uk . 1 when it comes to All-Americans. The second-ranked Crimson Tide placed four players on The Associated Press All-America team released Tuesday. Among them was centre Barrett Jones, who became a two-time first-team selection. No other team had more than two players selected to the first team. The Tide also led with six players chosen to all three teams. Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Stanford and Florida were second with four players on the three teams, though linebacker Manti Teo was the only Fighting Irish player to make the first team. Alabama faces top-ranked Notre Dame in the BCS championship game Jan. 7. Texas A&M Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel was the first-team quarterback. Wisconsin running back Montee Ball and Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones also became two-time All-Americans. Nine Southeastern Conference players made the first team, more than any other conference. The Pac-12 was second with six players on the first team. No other conference had more than two. The team was voted on by a panel of 16 AP college football poll voters. Barrett Jones, a senior who made the All-America team as a tackle last season, was joined on the first team by Alabama teammates guard Chance Warmack, linebacker C.J. Mosley and cornerback Dee Milliner. Offensive tackle D.J. Fluker was picked to the second team and quarterback AJ McCarron was selected to the third team. Teo, the Heisman finalists and winner of seven other awards -- including the Maxwell, Nagurski and Butkus -- is the first Notre Dame defensive player to be an AP All-American since defensive back Shane Walton in 2002. Manziel is the first freshman to make the first team at quarterback. On Saturday, the redshirt freshman know as Johnny Football became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. Manziel set an SEC record with 4,600 total yards to rank second in the nation. Heisman finalist Collin Klein of Kansas State was the second-team quarterback. Ball repeated as an All-American, despite a slow start to the season and some early injuries. The senior is seventh in the nation in rushing at 133 yards per game, scored 21 touchdowns, and set the major college football record for career touchdowns. He has 82 going into the Rose Bowl. Arizonas KaDeem Carey, the nations leading rusher at 146 yards per game, was the other first-team running back. The receivers were Southern Californias Marqise Lee, who leads the nation in catches (112) and was second in yards receiving (1,680), and Baylors Terrance Williams, who leads in yards with 1,764. Stanfords Zach Ertz was the tight end. Joining Jones and Warmack on the offensive line were two junior tackles projected to be high first-round NFL draft picks: Texas A&Ms Luke Joeckel and Michigans Taylor Lewan. "Team goals are bigger than individual goals, but one of my personal goals was to be an All-American and its an unbelievable feeling to reach that goal," Lewan said Tuesday. North Carolinas Jonathan Cooper was the other first-team guard. West Virginias Tavon Austin was selected as the all-purpose player, a perfect description of the do-it-all speedster. Austin was primarily a receiver and racked up 1,259 yards through the air. Late in the season, coach Dana Holgorsen used Austin as a running back and against Oklahoma he the senior set a school-record with 344 yards rushing. He finished second in the nation in all-purpose yards with 230 per game, and returned a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns. Tulanes Cairo Santos was the All-American kicker after making all 21 of his field goal attempts. On the defensive side, Teo and Mosley were joined at linebacker by the other two-time All-American. Jones followed-up his sensational sophomore season with 12.5 sacks and 22.5 tackles for loss. Another SEC pass rusher highlighted the defensive line. South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney had 13.5 sacks, tied for the most in the nation, playing in only 11 games. Hell matchup against Lewan in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1. "Hes very explosive player who plays every play to the whistle and never takes a snap off," Lewan said. "Its a great opportunity to see where Im at and where hes at and Im excited about it. But its not about me or him, its about the University of Michigan playing South Carolina at the Outback Bowl." Florida State Bjoern Werner was the other end. He also had 13 sacks. At defensive tackle was a pair of Pac-12 players: Utahs Star Lotulelei and Arizona States Will Sutton, who was the conference defensive player of the year. In the secondary, Jordan Poyer of Oregon State, who had seven interceptions, was the cornerback opposite Milliner. Fresno State safety Phillip Thomas was voted to the first team after leading the nation with eight interceptions, including three returned for touchdown. Floridas Matt Elam was the other safety. 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Bute (30-1) and Froch (29-2) will go at it a second time on either March 16 or March 23 at the Bell Centre, their promoters announced Thursday. To prepare for the rematch, both super middleweights plan to fight in November against opponents yet to be determined.BARRIE, Ontario, Canada -- Pete Shepherd III was in the right place at the right time to take the victory in the Wahta Springs 300 Sunday at Barrie Speedway. It marked Shepherds third career win in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1. Shepherd was running third at the start of a green-white-checkered finish on the tight .333-mile oval when race leader Steve Mathews and second-place J.R. Fitzpatrick got together. The contact allowed Shepherd to slip by into the lead. "This is unreal," said a surprised and happy Shepherd. "Its our first win of the year and having a win three years in a row is really special." Andrew Ranger took second, followed by Noel Dowler. Mathews, who won the pole position in qualifying earlier Sunday afternoon, dropped back to fourth. Dexter Stacey rounded out the top five.Fitzpatrick led a race-high 113 laps but wound up sixth, followed by Ron Beauchamp Jr., Jason Hathaway, Scott Steckly and rookie Larry Jackson. Steckly dominated the late stages of the race -- leading 110 laps -- before contact with Matthews battling for the lead on Lap 294 sent Steckly spinning and set up the final caution. The late-race incident between Mathews and Steckly was the opportunity Shepherd needed to get back in contention for the win after a rough day in the pits which put him in the back of the field near midway of the race. "We had a little problem in the pits with a jack or something, but we have a greatt crew and a fast car and we always know we are able to win these races and we were so strong," said Shepherd. beats by dre uk. Shepherd was making his third start of the season. His previous wins have come at Kawartha in 2010 and Saskatoon in 2011. Ranger stayed out of many of the on-track incidents and collected one his best finishes on an oval track. "Its always interesting to come to Barrie and the races are always exciting," Ranger said. "I knew we probably didnt have the fastest car but when the caution came out there at the end I was excited because I thought I had a shot." It proved to be a great show for the fans who came back out on Sunday after rain postponed the race on Saturday night, as there were 10 lead changes among seven drivers. Points leader D.J. Kennington encountered early-race fuel pump issues and finished 21st, 27 laps down. It was Kenningtons first finish outside of the top-10. While Kenningtons problems at Barrie his lead drops to just 14 over Ranger and 18 over Fitzpatrick with two races remaining. Kennington and Steckly had accounted for five wins in the previous seven races run at Barrie. The Wahta Springs 300 will air on TSN, Saturday, Sept. 15 at Noon ET, and on RDS2, Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 10 p.m. ET The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series returns to the track Saturday, Sept. 15 in the penultimate race of the season for the Wilson Equipment 300 at Riverside International Speedway in Nova Scotia. ' ' '
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