Our first installment of In The Trenches debuts with a look at key Outland Trophy matchups in college football each week. We start with Michigan at Notre Dame and Washington vs. Auburn in Atlanta. Both games feature four players on the preseason watch list and should be a great way to start the season for award watchers.

http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/outland/inthetrenches180831.pdf

While you’re at it, we ask that you follow all of the FWAA’s endeavors online:
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We have partnered with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and their #FightFlu campaign this season, so we ask that you join spokesman Joe Thomas, a 2006 FWAA All-American and the Outland Trophy winner, in supporting the cause.

Steve Richardson
Executive Director