DAPHNE, Ala. - Jacksonville State's 49-48 double-overtime upset of Mississippi was named the United States Sports Academy's College Football Game of the Week for the first week of the 2010 season.

The Division 1-FCS Gamecocks' 8-3 record in 2009 included losses to two bowl-bound Division 1-FBS teams (Florida State and Georgia Tech), but they got over the hump with this year's upset of the two-time Cotton Bowl champion Rebels.

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.”

Daniel Moore, the American Sports Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA) 2005 Sport Artist of the Year, is commissioned by the Academy each year to do create a painting honoring the Game of the Year. Traditionally, the Academy donates the painting to the winning university, along with $5,000 for its general scholarship fund.

The College Football Game of the Year Committee reads like a “Who's Who” in college football. Consisting of eminent sport leaders, the committee contains former athletic directors and/or individuals active in collegiate football who meet the criteria to serve on the committee and exhibit no bias in their vote.

The committee is chaired by Jack Lengyel, the former college football coach and athletic director best known for being the head coach that resurrected the Marshall University football program, as shown in the 2006 film “We Are Marshall.” It also includes former University of Georgia head coach and athletic director Vince Dooley.

The United States Sports Academy is an independent, non-profit, accredited, special mission sports university created to serve the nation and world with programs in instruction, research, and service. The role of the Academy is to prepare men and women for careers in the profession of sports. For more information about the Academy, call 251-626-3303 or visit www.ussa.edu.

The Academy is home of the American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA). Founded in 1984, ASAMA is dedicated to the preservation of sports art, history and literature. The ASAMA collection is composed of more than 1,000 pieces across all media, including painting, sculpture, assemblage, prints, posters and photography. The Museum is free and open to the public, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4 pm.