COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Nevada's Rowe on preseason QB watch list
Associated Press
RENO, Nev. » Nevada senior Jeff Rowe is one of 34 candidates on the 2006 preseason watch list for an award given annually to the nation's best college quarterback.
Rowe is among the 19 seniors, 12 juniors and three sophomores on the list for the 2006 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award presented by the Davey O'Brien Foundation in Fort Worth, Texas.
He joins Hawaii junior Colt Brennan and Boise State senior Jared Zabransky as representatives of the Western Athletic Conference in the hunt for the prestigious award.
Last year's winner was Vince Young from Texas, who led the Longhorns to their first Big 12 Championship since 1996 and their fourth national championship.
The award is named after the late Davey O'Brien, who led the TCU Horned Frogs to the 1938 national championship and was the first player to win the Heisman, Walter Camp and Maxwell awards in one season.
Semifinalists will be announced in early November as voted on by the OBrien Selection Committee, made up of a nationwide panel of sportswriters, commentators and former OBrien Award winners. The winner will be announced on Dec. 7.