DALLAS (FWAA) With their 9-6 win over No. 9 Nebraska, the Texas A&M Aggies (8-3) are the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Nov. 20.
Cyrus Gray ran for 137 yards in his fifth straight 100-yard game and Randy Bullock's third field goal with 3:02 left in the game provided the margin of victory for the Aggies. Gray also added a career-high 65 receiving yards.
Gray became the first Texas A&M running back to string together five straight 100-yard games since 1990 as the Aggies have won eight regular-season games for the first time since 2006. Their five-game conference winning streak is the school's longest since 1996.
"The consequences of winning are the expectations get higher," head coach Mike Sherman said after the game. "We jumped over another hurdle and have taken another step. We still have another step to take."
Other Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week nominees for the weekend of Nov. 20 included:
Ohio State (10-1): The Buckeyes kept their Rose Bowl hopes alive when Dan Herron ran for a 1-yard touchdown with 1:47 left as Ohio State rallied to beat No. 21 Iowa, 20-17, in Iowa City.
The Football Writers Association of America has named a national team of the week since the 2002 season. This is the seventh season that the award has been sponsored by the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
Members of the FWAA All-America Committee decide the weekly honor. Each remaining Monday during the 2010 college football regular season, the FWAA will name the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week.
Founded in 1971, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl has hosted six games that have decided the college football national championship, including three Bowl Championship Series title games. This season, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl will host the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 10, 2011 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl will be played on Jan. 1, 2011 in Glendale and the Insight Bowl will be played on Dec. 28, 2010 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.
For more information on the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week, go to footballwriters.com or fiestabowl.org.