Sun Devil's double-overtime win earns Game of the Week honors
<p><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/www.ussa.edu."> Click for more information about the Academy (ussa.edu)</a></p><separator></separator><p>The Sun Devil's 30-29 Territorial Cup victory over Arizona Dec. 2 was named College Football Game of the Week by the United States Sports Academy, the school announced today.</p><separator></separator><p>ASU blocked a pair of extra-point attempts in the fourth quarter and second overtime, respectively, to secure their sixth win of the season. Junior defensive end <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/brooks_james00.html">J… Brooks</a> got a hand on both the botched kicks.</p><separator></separator><p>Brooks blocked a potential game-winning extra point at the end of regulation to force the game into overtime after completing an 11-point fourth-quarter comeback. Senior kicker <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/weber_thomas00.html">T… Weber</a> and the Wildcat's kicker Luis Zendejas each hit field goals in the first overtime. Sophomore running back <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/marshall_cameron00.htm… Marshall</a> put the Sun Devils ahead by seven in the second overtime before Arizona found the endzone to pull within one.</p><separator></separator><p>Daniel Moore, the American Sports Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA) 2005 Sport Artist of the Year, is commissioned by the Academy each year to create a painting honoring the selected College Football Game of the Year. The Academy donates the painting to the winning university, along with $5,000 for its general scholarship fund. The College Football Game of the Week, voted upon by a national panel of experts, is nominated for the College Football Game of the Year at the end of the regular season.</p><separator></separator><p>The College Football Game of the Year Award was developed in 2005 to pay tribute to a team whose efforts in a college football game exemplify the principles of high athletic endeavor, complete dedication to victory, and unified team effort. The College Football Game of the Year Award is a part of the Academy's Awards of Sport series, which was established as "a tribute to the artist and the athlete." Past game-of-the-year recipients include Rutgers, Appalachian State, Texas Tech and Alabama. Information courtesy of United States Sports Academy.</p><separator></separator><!-- STORY AD BEGINS HERE --></p>