Labor Day Launch!
9/3/2000 8:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 4, 2000
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland Terrapins are five days from opening the 2000 college football season, but the "LaMont Jordan 2000" Heisman Trophy campaign is being launched as head coach Ron Vanderlinden guides his Terrapins through a final week of preseason preparation. Maryland opens the 2000 season on Saturday, Sept. 9 against Temple. Kickoff is 6 p.m. at Byrd Stadium.
--- LaMontJordan2000 Website ---
---- Jordan's Weekly Press Release ---
Jordan, the nation's leading active career rusher, will make his first campaign stop on the home turf just miles from his hometown of Forestville, Md. The senior tailback has rushed for 100 yards or more in eight consecutive games at Maryland's Byrd Stadium, and he needs just 91 yards this Saturday to become the Terps' all-time rushing leader. Jordan enters his final college season with 3,227 rushing yards. Former Terp Charlie Wysocki (1978-91) holds the current school record with 3,317 yards.
Jordan was a unanimous selection for preseason first team All-America honors this past summer. Just days before the start of his final college season, the school's athletic department has launched the LaMontJordan2000.com website which will chronicle LJ's 2000 season from start to finish.
Features on the LaMontJordan2000 website include current audio and video files, up-to-date media information with current statistics, notes and rankings, a weekly Jordan diary, announcements about upcoming chat opportunities, desktop wallpaper, and news clippings from around the country.
Click here to check out Jordan's weekly press release.
Don't forget to visit ESPN.com on Wednesday evening, Sept. 6 when LaMont Jordan will appear on a live chat at 7 p.m. to help kick off ESPN.com's annual "Player's" college football section.
