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BASEBALL / AMERICAN LEAGUE BOXING
N.Y. Yankees 10, Seattle 1 Yankees 10, Mariners 1
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Mayweather pummels Marquez in ring return
Jeter ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .329
LAS VEGAS—Floyd Mayweather
Teixeira powers Sabathia to 18th R.Pena ss
Damon lf
a-S.Duncan ph
0 0
4 2
1 0
0
3
0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 .284
0 .290
1 .167 Jr. returned to the ring with
Hairston Jr. 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 another emphatic victory.
Teixeira 1b 5 2 4 5 0 0 .289
Albaladejo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Maybe next time he’ll pick
A.Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .285 on somebody his own size.
Gardner cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .283
H.Matsui dh 3 1 1 1 1 2 .280 Mayweather overpowered
b-Miranda ph-1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 the smaller, lighter Juan Man-
Swisher rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .254
c-F.Guzman ph-lf 0 0 0 1 0 0 --- uel Marquez for an unanimous
Cano 2b 5 2 4 0 0 0 .323 decision Saturday night, main-
Me.Cabrera cf-lf-rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .275
Cervelli c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .279 taining his perfect record in his
Totals 40 10 18 10 3 5 return from retirement and a
Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 21-month ring absence.
I.Suzuki rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .357 Mayweather knocked down
F.Gutierrez cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .278
Jo.Lopez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .268 Marquez in the second round
M.Sweeney dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .281 and then peppered him with
Beltre 3b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .260
Johjima c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 countless damaging shots to
Hall lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .231 remain unbeaten (40-0, 25
M.Saunders lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .216 KOs).
Tuiasosopo 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .167
Jo.Wilson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .230 “Marquez is tough as nails,”
TED S. WARREN / AP Totals 35 1 7 0 3 10 Mayweather said. “He’s a great
Mark Teixeira has four multi-HR games this season after hitting two on Saturday night. New York 100 141 012 — 10 18 1 little man. He was really hard
Seattle 000 010 000 — 1 7 0 to fight, and he kept taking
SEATTLE—CC Sabathia ignored a scary One night after closer Mariano a-struck out for Damon in the 8th. c-hit a sacrifice fly for Swisher some unbelievable shots.” LAURA RAUCH / AP
in the 9th. E: A.Rodriguez (9). LOB: New York 7, Seattle 10. 2B:
comebacker off his chest for his 18th Rivera was stunned by a game-win- Damon (34), Cano 3 (45), Beltre (24). 3B: Teixeira (3). HR: H.Matsui
Marquez (50-5-1) was a Floyd Mayweather Jr. landed 59 percent of his punches, including this one..
victory, Mark Teixeira homered twice ning, two-run home run in the bottom (26), off Fister; Teixeira (36), off Fister; Teixeira (37), off French. 130-pounder just 18 months
RBIs: Damon (77), Teixeira 5 (118), H.Matsui (86), F.Guzman
and drove in a season-high five runs of the ninth by Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki, (1), Me.Cabrera (64), Cervelli (11). SB: Beltre (12). SF: F.Guzman.
ago, but the Mexican champion astonishing edge in punch of fighters.
and the New York Yankees resumed the Yankees reduced their magic Runners left in scoring position: New York 4 (Swisher, Jeter, moved up two weight classes to stats, landing 290 of his 493 “I’ve been off for two years,
S.Duncan, Me.Cabrera); Seattle 5 (Jo.Wilson, Beltre, M.Sweeney,
their cruise to the A.L. East title with a number to nine for clinching the Johjima, F.Gutierrez). DP: Seattle 3 (Tuiasosopo), (Tuiasosopo,
be Mayweather’s hand-picked blows (59 percent) while so I felt like it took me a couple
10-1 win over the Seattle Mariners. division. Jo.Wilson, Jo.Lopez), (Jo.Wilson, Tuiasosopo, Jo.Lopez). comeback opponent at the allowing just 12 percent of of rounds to really know I was
Sabathia (18-7), who was 1-3 in early Teixeira’s five RBIs leaves the MVP New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA MGM Grand Garden. At Fri- Marquez’s 583 punches to back in the ring again,” May-
May, allowed four hits and one run in candidate with 118, most in the A.L. Sabathia W, 18-7 7 4 1 0 2 8 105 3.31 day’s weigh-in, he was four land. Mayweather landed weather said. “I know I’ll get
Bruney 1 2 0 0 0 2 18 4.24
seven innings to bolster his candidacy He ended up a double short of the Albaladejo 1 1 0 0 1 0 21 4.60 pounds lighter than May- more jabs in each round than better.”
for the A.L.’s Cy Young Award. He cycle, hitting his 37th homer instead. Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA weather, who paid a $600,000 Marquez landed total punches, Judge Burt Clements gave
Fister L, 2-3 4 9 6 6 2 1 79 4.37
walked two, struck out eight and tied “Guys were kidding him to stop at J.Vargas 2 2 1 1 0 2 22 4.96 penalty for missing the bout and just 16 percent of Mar- every round to Mayweather,
Adam Wainwright of St. Louis for the second on the second home run,” Messenger 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 4.66 weight of 144 pounds. quez’s power shots even got to 120-107. Dave Moretti threw
C.Silva 2⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 27 8.59
major league lead in wins. manager Joe Girardi said about Teix- French 1 1⁄3 4 2 2 0 1 25 5.21 The size disparity was pain- Mayweather. the eighth round to Marquez
He also kept New York six games eira’s blast to left-center in the ninth fully obvious from the opening Mayweather often appeared for a 119-108 total, while Wil-
Fister pitched to 5 batters in the 5th. Inherited runners-scored:
ahead of second-place Boston for the inning. “(Derek) Jeter was screaming, J.Vargas 1-0, French 2-0. Umpires: Home, Mike Reilly; First, Chuck bell, but Marquez stayed on his to be toying with Marquez, liam Lerch gave two rounds to
division lead, with 13 games left in the ‘Get down ball.’ ” Meriwether; Second, Laz Diaz; Third, Eric Cooper. T: 3:08. A: 43,173 feet for 12 one-sided rounds. who’s generally considered Marquez, 118-109.
(47,878).
regular season. — The Associated Press Mayweather had an among the world’s top handful — The Associated Press
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POSTGAME REPORT: WEEK 3
Hayes’ Heisman watch
PLAYERS/PERFORMANCES Sporting News Today college football
columnist Matt Hayes sizes up the Heisman
Trophy race after Week 3.
What’s next
After three gimme
putts, Penn State
plays host to Iowa
next week, and TB
Sporting News Today’s Derek Evan Royster’s candi-
Samson covers the best and worst
performances of the week.
1. QB Tim Tebow, Sr., Florida: If Tebow is forced to lug it 24 times a game, he
won’t last the season—and Florida won’t repeat as national champions. dacy can take off.
2. QB Colt McCoy, Sr., Texas: McCoy’s efficient play hasn’t changed from last
fall. Big numbers equal big wins.
Closing in
Playtime is over
Game balls 3. RB Jahvid Best, Jr., California: While everyone else looked average, Best
got five touchdowns in a tough road environment for surging Bears.
for Ole Miss. Here
comes the SEC
season: Time for
1. Jahvid Best, Cal RB. Best
rushed for 131 yards and a modern
4. QB Jacory Harris, So., Miami: Welcome to the Heisman race, Mr. Cool.
Harris needs signature win on the road. QB Jevan Snead to
elevate his play.
school-record five touchdowns to
help the No. 8 Golden Bears beat
5. QB Case Keenum, Jr., Houston: Just because Cougars were idle doesn’t
mean Keenum slips.
RISING FALLING
1. No. 8 California: Whipping Maryland and
winning at Minnesota make Bears top five-
worthy.
1. No. 3 USC: Fixtures of fall—Halloween,
pennant races, what-the-heck losses for
the Trojans.
Curtis’ top 5
1. Florida
2. Alabama
2. No. 9 LSU: Looks like a victory at Washington
isn’t so easy after all. 2. No. 7 BYU: Did we see the real Cougs in the
season opener or on Saturday night?
3. Texas
4. California
3. No. 17 Cincinnati: Big East’s best impress again
by beating up Oregon State. 3. No. 18 Utah: Stumble at Oregon marks Utes’
first loss since Nov. 24, 2007.
5. LSU
against Houston in 2003. Carlos not a big win for Charlie Weis.” twice—a sign from upstairs that
Numbers of the day Brown accounted for 187 of those — Weis, on whether the victory over Michigan State even He couldn’t watch another
yards. will lessen the heat he has been feeling. moment of that offense?
ORLIN WAGNER / AP
Basketball’s another story, but Kansas QB Todd Reesing made it look easy to score on Duke’s defense.
4-2: Southern Miss’ record
in home games
against BCS conference opponents In need of a hug Get over it Red-in-the-face Zone
since 2001. On Saturday, the A week after Texas College, an Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez says Nebraska, up 12-10 late in the
Golden Eagles beat Virginia, which
TEAMS/LEAGUES
NAIA school, lost 92-0 to Stephen he will ask the Big Ten to punish third quarter, had a first-and-goal
has opened the season with three
F. Austin, it was edged 75-6 by any player for a non-football act at the Virginia Tech 6-yard line and
straight losses to non-BCS teams.
Texas Southern on Saturday. The after the conference suspended wound up punting. Yep, you read
Steers fell to 0-4 and have now Jonas Mouton for punching a Notre that correctly. The Huskers were
Meanwhile, the nation’s been outscored 300-12. Dame player. Mouton did not play called for two holding penalties
Sporting News Today’s Derek In 2006, they followed the longest winning streak ended at 16 Saturday in the 45-17 win over (one negated a TD) and two false
Samson covers the best and worst Oregon State loss by blanking games when Oregon knocked off Final Four, Part II Eastern Michigan. starts, then tacked on a sack and
performances of Week 3 in college Stanford 42-0 and the UCLA Utah 31-24. It marked the Utes’ first A week after North Carolina Rodriguez told commissioner Jim suddenly found themselves facing
football. defeat by pasting Illinois 49-17 in loss since Nov. 24, 2007, at BYU. knocked off UConn in a dream Delany he will tell the Big Ten to fourth-and-goal from the 37.
the Rose Bowl. The Stanford loss in Notre Dame beat Michigan basketball matchup turned hideous hold other players to the same Think that’ll come back to bite
So we all know how USC reacts 2007 was the exception, as the State in Notre Dame Stadium for by football, Kansas and Duke took standard as it did Mouton for ya? Sure did: Virginia Tech 16,
after big wins. Trojans beat Arizona the following the first time since 1993. their turn. This one wasn’t quite as non-football acts such as his jab. Nebraska 15.
A big ol’ bellyflop. week in a tight one and then ugly, at least not for the Jayhawks,
Saturday made it five times in the walloped Notre Dame in the State of change who used three Todd Reesing TD Amber Alert
past four years—Oregon State
(2006, 2008), UCLA (2006),
ensuing game.
And last season, after falling to
Washington and Washington
State both won Saturday, which
passes for an easy 44-16 win over
the Blue Devils. Duke, however,
If you spot the missing Boston
College offense, please contact your
BCS standings
Nonconference standings after
Stanford (2007), Washington the Beavers, USC responded by hasn’t happened on the same day owns a 6-2 edge in hoops. local authorities. Somehow, the
three weeks for the BCS leagues:
(2009)—the Trojans have been spanking 23rd-ranked Oregon since Sept. 8, 2007. Utah and BYU school that produced Matt Ryan a
ranked in the top three and fallen 44-10. both lost on Saturday, which hasn’t Coach quote of the day couple years ago mustered just four LEAGUE VS. BCS
OVERALL
to an unranked conference foe. In other words, Washington happened on the same day since “I don’t know if we played very first downs, 29 rushing yards, five NONCONFERENCE
Three of those astonishing upsets State might want to call in sick on Sept. 8, 2007. Spooky, huh? good, but we played hard.” — completions against three intercep- SEC 5-2 19-2
followed a major USC win. Saturday. Washington coach Steve Sarkisian tions, 25 passing yards and 27 Pac-10 6-4 19-6
Not so well-documented is how Unit Watch after his Huskies, winless a year return yards. Big Ten 5-5 24-7
the Trojans react after those Making history Michigan running backs. The ago, upset No. 3 USC. BC had one first down in the first Big 12 4-4 23-9
cover-your-eyes losses. Florida’s win over Tennessee Wolverines ran for 380 yards in a 43 minutes, which came on a Big East 3-5 16-5
Well, here’s how: They get quite set a school record for consecutive 45-17 win over Eastern Michigan, Coach quote II penalty. Of course it did. ACC 3-5 17-10
angry. victories, giving the Gators 13. their best rushing total since 392 “It’s a big win for Notre Dame, it’s Lightning halted this game
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Florida (3-0) def. Tennessee 23-13 EAST South Dakota 51, Drake 21
1. Next: at Kentucky (2-0) Albany, N.Y. 20, Maine 16 South Dakota Mines 41, Dakota St. 7
Army 24, Ball St. 17 St. Cloud St. 28, Northern St., S.D. 17
Texas (3-0) def. Texas Tech 34-24 C.W. Post 51, Cheyney 0 St. John’s, Minn. 31, Concordia, Moor. 17
2. Next: vs. UTEP (0-2) California, Pa. 52, Gannon 10 St. Norbert 45, Lawrence 3
Southern Cal (2-1) lost to Washington 16-13 Capital 46, Heidelberg 32 St. Thomas, Minn. 27, St. Olaf 16
3. Next: vs. Washington State (1-2) Clarion 24, Lock Haven 0 St. Xavier 58, Olivet 20
Colgate 34, Dartmouth 15 Stephen F.Austin 40, W. Illinois 30
Alabama (3-0) def. North Texas 53-7 Columbia 40, Fordham 28 Taylor 38, St. Francis, Ill. 23
4. Next: vs. Arkansas (1-1) Cornell 33, Bucknell 9 Trine 40, Defiance 9
Penn State (3-0) def. Temple 31-6 Cortland St. 24, Rowan 14 W. Michigan 48, Miami (Ohio) 26
5. Next: vs. Iowa (3-0)
Curry 7, Westfield St. 6 Wabash 48, Chicago 10
Dayton 21, Robert Morris 14 Walsh 23, Ohio Dominican 16
Mississippi (2-0) def. Southeastern Louisiana 52-6 Delaware 27, Delaware St. 17 Wartburg 30, Cornell, Iowa 7
5. Next: at South Carolina (2-1), Thursday Dickinson 45, Franklin & Marshall 43 Wayne, Mich. 35, Findlay 21
Edinboro 28, Slippery Rock 24 Westminster, Mo. 51, Minn.-Morris 14
BYU (2-1) lost to Florida State 54-28 Holy Cross 27, Harvard 20 Wheaton, Ill. 54, Concordia, Wis. 3
7. Next: vs. Colorado State (3-0) Ithaca 41, Widener 17 Winona St. 45, Concordia, St.P. 24
California (3-0) def. Minnesota 35-21 John Carroll 43, Baldwin-Wallace 29 Wis. Lutheran 27, St. Scholastica 13
8. Next: at Oregon (2-1)
Kean 31, W. Connecticut 24 Wis.-Eau Claire 52, Hope 45, 2OT
Liberty 19, Lafayette 13 Wis.-Oshkosh 31, Huntingdon 13
LSU (3-0) def. Louisiana-Lafayette 31-3 Lycoming 37, Susquehanna 23 Wis.-River Falls 20, Northwestern, Minn. 17
9. Next: at Mississippi State (2-1) Maine Maritime 41, W. New England 21 Wis.-Stevens Pt. 21, Missouri S&T 17
Massachusetts 30, Rhode Island 10 Wisconsin 44, Wofford 14
Boise State (3-0) def. Fresno State 51-34 (Friday)
10. Next: at Bowling Green (1-2)
Mercyhurst 20, Indiana, Pa. 16 Wooster 37, Ohio Wesleyan 20
Monmouth, N.J. 17, Duquesne 10 SOUTHWEST
Ohio State (2-1) def. Toledo 38-0 Montclair St. 52, Morrisville St. 0 Angelo St. 29, East Central 9
11. Next: vs Illinois (1-1) Muhlenberg 17, Union, N.Y. 7 Connecticut 30, Baylor 22
N.Y. Maritime 28, Merchant Marine 21, OT Delta St. 48, Harding 10
Oklahoma (2-1) def. Tulsa 45-0 Penn St. 31, Temple 6 E. Texas Baptist 33, Sul Ross St. 20
12. Next: at Miami (2-0), Oct. 3 Pittsburgh 27, Navy 14 Georgia 52, Arkansas 41
Virginia Tech (2-1) def. No. 19 Nebraska 16-15 Plymouth St. 28, Coast Guard 17 Howard Payne 56, Bacone 7
13. Next: vs. No. 20 Miami (2-0)
Rutgers 23, Fla. International 15 Louisiana College 28, Hardin-Simmons 7
Shippensburg 38, East Stroudsburg 14 ERIC GAY / AP Mary Hardin-Baylor 59, Texas Lutheran 7
Georgia Tech (2-1) lost to No. 20 Miami 33-17 (Thurs.) St. Anselm 17, Pace 13 Mississippi College 61, McMurry 14
14. St. John Fisher 35, Rochester 33
Texas’ Fozzy Whittaker, left, and Adam Ulatoski got the hype of another big Texas-Texas Tech game started by carrying the American flags onto the Oklahoma 45, Tulsa 0
Next: vs No. 24 North Carolina (3-0) field through the pregame smoke. Texas Tech upset Texas on the last play last year but the Longhorns got their revenge Saturday, winning 34-24.
Stony Brook 21, Brown 20 Oklahoma St. 41, Rice 24
TCU (2-0) def. Texas State 56-21 Syracuse 37, Northwestern 34 Ouachita 24, Valdosta St. 14
15. Next: at Clemson (2-1) The Citadel 38, Princeton 7
Florida 23, Tennessee 13 North Alabama 55, West Georgia 7 Bethel, Minn. 42, Carleton 7 Lake Erie 31, St. Joseph’s, Ind. 21
TCU 56, Texas St. 21
Georgetown, Ky. 21, Webber International 14 North Carolina 31, East Carolina 17 Black Hills St. 50, Mayville St. 12 Loras 45, Simpson, Iowa 21
Oklahoma State (2-1) def. Rice 41-24 Towson 21, Coastal Carolina 17 Georgia Southern 27, W. Carolina 3 North Dakota 27, Northwestern St. 20 Butler 42, Hanover 21 Macalester 52, Maranatha Baptist 12 Tarleton St. 35, Cent. Oklahoma 17
16. Next: vs. Grambling State (2-1) Tusculum 45, Urbana 35 Grambling St. 27, Jackson St. 17 Old Dominion 28, Jacksonville 27 CSU-Pueblo 28, Chadron St. 17 Mary 37, Minn.-Crookston 14 Texas 34, Texas Tech 24
Ursinus 31, Juniata 0 Greensboro 26, Washington & Lee 20, OT Richmond 47, Hofstra 0 California 35, Minnesota 21 Michigan 45, E. Michigan 17 Texas A&M 38, Utah St. 30
Cincinnati (3-0) def. Oregon State 28-18 Villanova 14, Penn 3 Hampden-Sydney 51, Sewanee 7 Samford 31, Miles 12 Carroll, Wis. 28, Grinnell 21 Millikin 30, Albion 13 Texas Southern 75, Texas College 6
17. Next: vs. Fresno State (1-2) Washington & Jefferson 56, Thiel 16 Hampton 24, N. Carolina A&T 14 Shepherd 40, Seton Hill 27 Carthage 50, Lakeland 34 Minn. Duluth 42, Augustana, S.D. 21 W. Texas A&M 41, SW Oklahoma 15
Utah (2-1) lost to Oregon 31-24 Wesley 31, Delaware Valley 13 Jacksonville St. 45, Alabama A&M 13 South Carolina 38, Florida Atlantic 16 Cent. Michigan 48, Alcorn St. 0 Minn. St., Mankato 37, Wayne, Neb. 34 FAR WEST
18. Next: vs. Louisville (1-1)
West Chester 63, Millersville 10 James Madison 44, VMI 16 South Florida 59, Charleston Southern 0 Central 41, Dubuque 27 Minot St. 21, Valley City St. 17 Air Force 37, New Mexico 13
William Paterson 20, King’s, Pa. 6 Kentucky 31, Louisville 27 Southern Miss. 37, Virginia 34 Centre 34, DePauw 24 Missouri 52, Furman 12 Arizona St. 38, Louisiana-Monroe 14
Nebraska (2-1) lost to No. 13 Virginia Tech 16-15 Yale 31, Georgetown, D.C. 10 Kentucky St. 30, Kentucky Wesleyan 25 Southern U. 21, Tennessee St. 17 Coe 19, Luther 6 Missouri St. 35, Murray St. 10 Cincinnati 28, Oregon St. 18
19. Next: vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (2-1) Youngstown St. 38, Northeastern 21 LSU 31, Louisiana-Lafayette 3 St. Augustine’s 27, Virginia St. 14 Crown, Minn. 63, Trinity Bible 14 Mount Union 30, Ohio Northern 10 Colorado 24, Wyoming 0
SOUTH Lambuth 28, Campbellsville 13 Thomas More 47, Waynesburg 24 Dakota Wesleyan 44, Dana 14 N. Dakota St. 59, Wagner 28 Colorado St. 35, Nevada 20
Miami (2-0) def. No. 15 Georgia Tech 33-17 (Thursday) Alabama 53, North Texas 7 E. Washington 16, N. Colorado 0
20. Next: at No. 13 Virginia Tech (2-1) Alabama St. 38, Edward Waters 6
Lenoir-Rhyne 32, North Greenville 16 Trinity, Texas 40, Rhodes 19 Dickinson St. 19, Jamestown 7 N. Illinois 28, Purdue 21
Florida St. 54, BYU 28
Louisiana Tech 48, Nicholls St. 13 Troy 27, UAB 14 E. Illinois 23, SE Missouri 14 N. Iowa 30, St. Francis, Pa. 0
Houston (2-0) was idle Apprentice 67, George Mason 13 Marshall 17, Bowling Green 10 Tuskegee 31, Clark Atlanta 21 Eureka 41, Martin Luther 34 N. Michigan 48, Michigan Tech 16 Idaho 34, San Diego St. 20
21. Next: vs. Texas Tech (2-1)
Ark.-Pine Bluff 27, MVSU 7 Maryville, Tenn. 23, LaGrange 6 UCF 23, Buffalo 17 Grand Valley St. 17, Ferris St. 10 NW Missouri St. 37, Nebraska-Omaha 27 Montana 49, Portland St. 17
Auburn 41, West Virginia 30 McDaniel 21, Catholic 17 Union, Ky. 44, Faulkner 6 Greenville 19, Rose-Hulman 18 Nebraska-Kearney 44, Adams St. 6 N. Arizona 42, S. Utah 39
Kansas (3-0) def. Duke 44-16 Averett 28, Guilford 3 McNeese St. 56, Savannah St. 0 Virginia Tech 16, Nebraska 15 Hamline 30, Gustavus 24, 2OT Northwestern, Iowa 24, Nebraska Wesleyan 20 Oregon 31, Utah 24
22. Next: vs. Southern Miss (3-0) Carson-Newman 35, UNC-Pembroke 22 Memphis 41, Tenn.-Martin 14 Wake Forest 35, Elon 7 Hillsdale 23, Indianapolis 0 Notre Dame 33, Michigan St. 30 San Diego 17, Marist 10
Cent. Arkansas 28, W. Kentucky 7 Middle Tennessee 32, Maryland 31 William & Mary 27, Norfolk St. 15 Illinois St. 38, Austin Peay 7 Ohio 28, Cal Poly 10 Stanford 42, San Jose St. 17
Georgia (2-1) def. Arkanasas 52-41
23. Next: vs. Arizona State (2-0)
Chattanooga 29, Presbyterian 13 Mississippi 52, SE Louisiana 6 MIDWEST Illinois Wesleyan 52, Aurora 6 Ohio St. 38, Toledo 0 UCLA 23, Kansas St. 9
Christopher Newport 27, Salisbury 21, 3OT Mississippi St. 15, Vanderbilt 3 Adrian 41, Bluffton 7 Indiana 38, Akron 21 Otterbein 38, Muskingum 21 UNLV 34, Hawaii 33
North Carolina (3-0) def. East Carolina 31-17 Clemson 25, Boston College 7 Morehead St. 13, N.C. Central 10, OT Alma 51, Rockford 3 Iowa 27, Arizona 17 S. Dakota St. 41, Indiana St. 0 UTEP 38, New Mexico St. 12
24. Next: at No. 14 Georgia Tech (2-1) Cumberlands 28, Bethel, Tenn. 17 Morgan St. 16, Winston-Salem 10, OT Ashland 41, Tiffin 14 Iowa St. 34, Kent St. 14 S. Illinois 59, SW Baptist 7 W. Oregon 17, Dixie St. 16
Davidson 24, Campbell 7 Mount Ida 23, Gallaudet 6 Augustana, Ill. 31, Wis.-Platteville 12 Kalamazoo 48, Manchester 37 SW Minnesota St. 52, Upper Iowa 24 Washington 16, Southern Cal 13
Michigan (3-0) def. Eastern Michigan 45-17 E. Kentucky 17, Tennessee Tech 7 N.C. State 45, Gardner-Webb 14 Bemidji St. 38, Minn. St., Moorhead 13 Kansas 44, Duke 16 Saginaw Valley St. 32, Northwood, Mich. 27 Washington St. 30, SMU 27, OT
25. Next: vs. Indiana (3-0) Emory & Henry 36, N.C. Wesleyan 34 Weber St. 44, Idaho St. 17
Newberry 20, Cumberland, Tenn. 3 Benedictine, Ill. 27, North Park 17 Kenyon 45, Hiram 27 Sioux Falls 49, Hastings 19
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Washington 16, No. 3 Southern California 13
Gators exposed as Kiffin gets last laugh, even in loss ‘We did the best that we could do’
GAINESVILLE, FLA.—Let me paint the picture for you: At some point Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin coached in his first
Saturday, as time wound down in The Beatdown That Wasn’t, Nick SEC game Saturday, and the 30-point underdog
Vols made No. 1-ranked Florida sweat for four quar-
Saban sat and watched from the comfort of home and saw this: ters. After the game, Kiffin met with Sporting News
Florida, exposed. Today’s Matt Hayes and other reporters and discussed
USC, exposed. Tennessee’s performance, Florida quarterback Tim
Is there any doubt now about the most complete team in col- Tebow and more.
lege football? It certainly isn’t defending national champion
Florida, which opened up a big can of boring in
the most anticipated game between Florida Q: What are your thoughts on your
team after your first SEC game?
and Tennessee in years.
Florida fans wanted blood. They got sweat.
And nearly tears.
A: I really thought we had a great game
together. We have a physical team; I
knew we would play physical, tough and
JOHN RAOUX / AP
Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin, left, said his team just
couldn’t stop Superman—Gators QB Tim Tebow, right.
It wasn’t so much the pedestrian 23-13 vic- smart in a hostile environment. Only (three)
tory over outclassed rival Tennessee as it was penalties, and our guys were pounding it the game close?
Matt Hayes
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the way it unfolded: It’s 2007 all over again in
Gainesville. The Tim Tebow Show on offense—
and nothing else.
out. We lost a game which I thought we had
a really good chance to win. A: We came here to win. I was hired to win
here; I wasn’t hired for stats. We
wanted to do the best thing, and that was to
“It wasn’t how we envisioned or hoped,”
Tebow said. “But it’s a win, and it’s good enough for all of us.” Q: Talk about the job the defense
did on Florida’s offense.
control the clock. It’s frustrating, but we did the
best that we could do. I started slowing down
Not everyone. With or without a change today atop of the
polls—why not Alabama?—the team to beat in 2009 suddenly
has become very beatable and very, well, ordinary.
A: Florida has the best offense in the
country, so talented and so fast.
Superman is always there with the ball, and
getting the plays to take time off the clock. I
didn’t want to tell our players what the plan
was. Too many times teams come in here and
“I would think in (Florida’s) locker room there are some frus- we had to figure out how to tackle him. I try to throw it around, and the next thing you
trated guys,” said Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin. “Because they don’t how we do that. If they get to third and know, you’re on the wrong end of a bad game.
had high expectations about what they were supposed to do.” less than four (yards to go), forget about it;
Even in defeat, the mouth that started and stirred this nonsen-
sical offseason hype for months couldn’t have been more right.
he’s going to run it up the middle and get the
first down. He’s not only physical, but he Q: Do you have a lack of confidence
in the passing game now?
While Tennessee played without a quarterback—what else can
you call Kiffin’s conservative play-calling strategy?—and played
keep-away the entire game, Florida couldn’t stop the 30-point
PHIL SANDLIN / AP
Eric Berry (14) and the Vols lost but made things difficult for the Gators.
doesn’t wear out. We were going to try and
pound him, but we couldn’t stop him. I
guess the answer is, we need to find a Tim
A: It’s not no confidence; it’s a risk vs.
reward. It was just a different game
plan. This won’t be the same game plan
underdog Vols from running the ball or running clock. Tebow in recruiting. every week.
While Tennessee sat in two-deep zone on defense and begged “Obviously,” said Florida coach Urban Meyer, “I think we
Florida to run, the Gators could muster next to nothing from
their tailbacks and didn’t have enough speed on the outside to
could’ve played better.”
After the game, after his team extended its winning streak to a Q: Was (Tennessee safety) Eric
Berry the best player on the field? Q: There were a lot of recruits in
the stands considering both
stretch the defense in the passing game.
Here, everyone, is the essence of the game: With three minutes
to go and trailing by 10, the Vols were running the ball to hurry
school-record 13 games, Meyer admitted he had to “lighten the
mood” of his players in the locker room. Meanwhile, outside Ben
Hill Griffin Stadium, about 100 loyal Tennessee fans lined the
A: No, Tebow was. Eric is a phenom-
enal player, but Eric doesn’t touch
the ball every snap. Tim does. The differ-
Florida and Tennessee watching this
game. Do you feel like this game was a
statement to them?
up and get it over with.
And Florida still was playing as if it never started.
Kiffin, of all people, summed up the enormity of the situation
walkway to the team’s buses and let out a roar when the coach-
ing staff walked by.
“There’s a lot of pressure on these guys and I felt it in there,”
ence is Eric can make a phenomenal two or
three plays, which is a good game for him.
Tim catches all the snaps; he’s the most
A: I think we have a powerful message
around the country about what’s
going on in Tennessee football. I think you’ll
without bluster or bravado, but with simple mathematics. Flor- Meyer said. “I’d rather be on that end than on, boy, great job, we valuable player on the field. see a lot of kids who just came here like (UT
ida, he said, has been together as a team for four years. Tennes- lost by 10.” tailback) Bryce (Brown) and Janzen Jackson
see has been together for three games.
Not much separated the two on this day.
He may be on that end sooner than he thinks.
mhayes@sportingnews.com Q: Do you feel like your team
gained a little respect by keeping
who played every snap on defense. If you
come here, you’re going to play.
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No. 1 Florida 23, Tennessee 13 No. 13 Virginia Tech 16, No. 19 Nebraska 15
Gators take only small bite out of Vols Taylor dazzles at right time
GAINESVILLE, FLA.—Tennessee coach basketball and sing it for (coach)
Lane Kiffin jogged to midfield, Bruce (Pearl).”
briefly shook hands with Florida’s Tebow completed 14-of-19 passes Work to do
Urban Meyer and then darted for 115 yards, although he also had With its loss to Virginia Tech,
Nebraska has lost nine consecutive
toward the locker room. two turnovers that Tennessee
games against teams ranked in the
Kiffin kept his head up the whole turned into 10 points. Brandon Top 25, with the most recent four
way. Who could blame him? After James returned three kickoffs for coming during Bo Pelini’s tenure as
all, he had more reason to be 97 yards, but he also dropped a pass Cornhuskers coach. The results of
encouraged than embarrassed after in the end zone. the quartet under Pelini:
his Southeastern Conference Florida’s defense harassed Jona-
Sept. 19, 2009:
opener against the Gators. than Crompton and twice held the No. 13 Va Tech 16, No. 19 Nebraska 15
Tim Tebow ran for 76 yards and a Vols to short field goals when they Nov. 1, 2008:
touchdown, Caleb Sturgis kicked were in position for touchdowns. No. 4 Oklahoma 62, Nebraska 28
three field goals and Florida eked Ahmad Black intercepted Cromp- Oct. 11, 2008:
No. 7 Texas Tech 37, Nebraska 31, OT
out a 23-13 win over the Volunteers ton on fourth down with about 2
Oct. 4, 2008:
on Saturday. minutes to play, ending Tennessee’s No. 4 Missouri 52, Nebraska 17
It wasn’t the beatdown many last chance at pulling off the upset.
expected. It gave Kiffin reason to — The Associated Press
believe Tennessee (1-2, 0-1) is on the STEVE HELBER / AP
right track. It gave Meyer a big Tennessee 3 3 0 7 — 13 Danny Coale (19) races down sideline 80 yards, setting up the Hokies’ final touchdown. Nebraska 3 9 0 3 — 15
JOHN RAOUX / AP Florida 3 10 10 0 — 23 Virginia Tech 7 3 0 6 — 16
enough scare that it could help the
defending national champions the Florida QB Tim Tebow (15) had two rare First Quarter BLACKSBURG, VA.—With pressure After being sacked on the first First Quarter
turnovers vs. the Vols, including this fumble. Fla: FG Sturgis 37, 11:33. VT: R.Williams 1 run (Waldron kick), 11:15.
rest of the way. coming and Virginia Tech desper- play from the 3 for an 8-yard loss Neb: FG Henery 40, :56.
Tenn: FG Lincoln 24, 3:00.
“It wasn’t how we envisioned or Second Quarter ate, Tyrod Taylor’s eyes worked and then rushed into throwing the Second Quarter
Fla: Tebow 1 run (Sturgis kick), 12:48. Neb: FG Henery 27, 12:49.
hoped,” said Tebow, whose streak Kiffin with a poster of Oakland quickly from the left side of the ball away, Taylor scrambled Neb: FG Henery 19, 5:23.
Tenn: FG Lincoln 20, 5:56.
of games with a TD pass ended at Raiders owner Al Davis, Kiffin’s Fla: FG Sturgis 29, :51. field to the right, just fast enough. around for what the school said VT: FG Waldron 39, 2:30.
Third Quarter Neb: FG Henery 38, :18.
30. “But it’s a win, and it’s good former boss. Kiffin said afterward The Hokies quarterback found was nine seconds before rifling Fourth Quarter
Fla: FG Sturgis 35, 9:33.
enough for all of us.” that his plan from Day 1 was to take Fla: Demps 7 run (Sturgis kick), :07. Danny Coale running alone down the ball to Roberts in the end zone Neb: FG Henery 38, 4:33.
Fourth Quarter VT: Roberts 11 pass from T.Taylor (pass failed), :21.
The Gators (3-0, 1-0) won their the focus of his players and put it on the left sideline and hit him for an with 21 seconds left. A: 66,233.
Tenn: Hardesty 17 run (Lincoln kick), 8:11.
fifth straight in the series and set a him. A: 90,894. 80-yard completion, setting up “That’s the game,” cornerback
Neb VT
school record with their 13th con- “It worked perfectly,” Kiffin said. Taylor’s 11-yard TD pass to Dyrell Rashad Carmichael said. “Some- First downs ...............................................18.............................. 11
Tenn Fla
secutive victory. “It took all the pressure off the play- First downs ...............................................13....................................20 Roberts three plays later and res- times you’ve got to pull something Rushes-yards ....................................36-207.........................37-86
Rushes-yards ....................................32-117............................44-208 Passing ....................................................136............................192
Florida started counting down ers. We played the No. 1 team in the cuing the Hokies against Nebraska out of some body part.” Comp-Att-Int ...................................11-30-2.....................12-27-0
Passing ......................................................93................................. 115
the days for this one more than nine nation with no pressure on them. ... Comp-Att-Int ...................................11-19-2..........................14-19-1 for a 16-15 win Saturday. The Hokies (2-1) had struggled Return Yards..............................................86.................................9
Return Yards................................................0......................................0 Punts-Avg. .........................................6-41.5........................8-46.9
months ago, right after Kiffin It was all on me. We were 30-point “Once I saw that he was open, I all day against the Nebraska Fumbles-Lost ...........................................0-0.............................0-0
Punts-Avg. .........................................3-39.3.............................1-55.0
vowed to sing “Rocky Top” all night underdogs in this place and it really Fumbles-Lost ...........................................1-0..................................1-1 just had to let it go,” said Taylor, defense. Penalties-Yards ..................................... 9-60...........................7-53
Penalties-Yards ..................................... 3-40................................4-25 Time of Possession...............................29:46.........................30:14
long after being the Gators. Kiffin helped them go out and play ball.” who was hit just after he released But the Huskers had plenty of
Time of Possession...............................27:20.............................. 32:40
also riled up Florida with his false Kiffin refused to claim a moral the ball. missed chances, like the five drives INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Nebraska, Helu 28-169, Lee 8-38. Virginia Tech,
allegations of NCAA violations by victory, though. So singing “Rocky Coale hauled it in cleanly, but that stalled in Hokies territory, all R.Williams 21-107, Oglesby 3-7, Roberts 1-(minus 2), D.Wilson
RUSHING: Tennessee, Hardesty 20-96, B.Brown 8-21, Crompton 3-6,
Meyer. Top” will have to wait at least Moore 1-(minus 6). Florida, Tebow 24-76, Rainey 9-64, Moody 3-33, was forced out of bounds at the 3 leading to field goals. On another 3-(minus 4), T.Taylor 9-(minus 22).
Demps 4-31, James 3-4, Team 1-0. PASSING: Nebraska, Lee 11-30-2-136. Virginia Tech, T.Taylor
Kiffin ran out of the tunnel just another year. He didn’t even con- with 1:11 left. drive, Nebraska had a first-and- 12-27-0-192.
PASSING: Tennessee, Crompton 11-19-2-93. Florida, Tebow 14-19-
before the opening kick and had sider humming the tune. 1-115. “That’s kind of what you play goal at the 6—and ending up punt- RECEIVING: Nebraska, Helu 4-33, Brooks 2-16, Gilleylen 1-35,
RECEIVING: Tennessee, B.Brown 3-34, Jones 2-25, Cooper 2-16, Paul 1-19, Burkhead 1-16, Me.Holt 1-13, McNeill 1-4. Virginia
90,000 Florida fans screaming at “No, we lost a game,” Kiffin said. for, moments like that,” he said. ing after several penalties. Tech, Boykin 4-43, Coale 2-89, Boyce 1-21, Wheeler 1-14, Roberts
Hancock 1-5, Oku 1-5, Cottam 1-4, Hardesty 1-4. Florida, Hernandez
him. One guy even tried to torment “Maybe I’ll come back here for 4-26, Cooper 3-25, James 3-23, Nelson 2-26, Demps 2-15. But Taylor wasn’t finished. — The Associated Press 1-11, Jefferson 1-7, Boone 1-5, R.Williams 1-2.
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No. 13 Virginia Tech 16, No. 19 Nebraska 15 Q&A with ... Virginia Tech WR Dyrell Roberts
Taylor makes up for horrific day with magic moment ‘That’s one of the fastest
BLACKSBURG, VA.—When great quarterbacks
gain experience, they say the game starts to
move in slow motion. For most of Satur-
balls Tyrod’s ever thrown’
day’s game against Nebraska, that was a Dyrell Roberts opened Virginia Tech’s game against
bad thing for Virginia Tech’s Tyrod Taylor. Nebraska with a 76-yard kickoff return and ended it
Nobody wants to struggle and have it (for all intents and purposes) with an 11-yard touch-
take forever. down catch with 21 seconds to go. In between, he
The Hokies scored a dropped a pass on fourth down in the fourth quarter
that appeared to doom the Hokies. But the defense
touchdown on their first
held, and Roberts got his chance at redemption. The
drive (and even that sophomore talked with Sporting News Today’s Matt
covered only 24 yards) Crossman and other media after his touchdown catch
but did almost nothing won the game for Virginia Tech.
else until the last min-
Matt
ute. They committed
three formation penal- Q: After dropping the fourth down
pass, you caught the game winner.
Crossman
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ties and a false start in
the first quarter alone.
“You just put (mis-
A: That fourth-down catch, once I came
out of my break, I wasn’t expecting it
to be there that fast. I tried to get my hands on STEVE HELBER / AP
takes) behind you. Keep STEVE HELBER / AP it as fast as I could. I just couldn’t come down Dyrell Roberts, top, caught a bullet from QB Tyrod
throwing the football. That happens in Tyrod Taylor made many mistakes, but his winning 11-yard TD strike will be what Hokie fans remember. with the catch. After that, I kind of got down Taylor for the game-winning touchdown vs. Nebraska.
the game of football. You can never get on myself. But my teammates picked me back
down,” Taylor said. And then, two plays erased all of it. at Lane Stadium blow. up, which they do a good job of doing. seemed like forever.
Spoken like a man who won despite
mounds of evidence that he shouldn’t
have. When the elation of this win wears
With 1:11 left in the game and Virginia
Tech trailing 15-10, wide receiver Danny
Coale broke open, alone, down the sideline
While you weren’t looking, Taylor ran
back and forth, waving his arms at his receiv-
ers, trying to tell them where to go, as if they
Going back out there, I was going to try
my best to make a play for my team. We get
out of there for a win, which we’re very
A: When I was running my route, I saw
(Virginia Tech QB) Tyrod (Taylor)
scramble. I saw he was in trouble. I knew
off, the Hokies will have a long day in the to Taylor’s right. Scrambling in the back- were playing in a sand lot. Wide receiver thankful for. We’ve got to get back to work ‘scramble drill’ was in play because he was
film room picking apart their thrilling- field, Taylor swiveled his eyes toward Coale, Dyrell Roberts completed his route, so he ran and get ready for Miami. buying all the time in the world. I’m just glad
but-ugly 16-15 win. saw him, released the ball—and it floated … around in the end zone, playing the obedient he’s got the footwork to be able to do that.
“This is one of those games that could
turn things around, if you build on it and
learn from it,” coach Frank Beamer said.
Took its own sweet time …
Floated some more …
Talk about slow motion …
car to Taylor’s pointing traffic cop.
Roberts needed to create just a sliver for
Taylor to sling the ball through. Finally,
Q: How tough was that catch? It
looked like it was right at your
shoulder.
I wanted him to see me. After that fourth-
down drop, I really, really got down on
myself, so I really wanted to make a play. I
“All those little things in between, we
need to get better at those.”
The Cornhusker defense harassed Tay-
Coale had enough time to collect his
thoughts.
“Make a play.”
Roberts zigged when Nebraska corner-
back Prince Amukamara zagged—thus
creating that sliver. The ball whistled into
A: It was really tough. But I knew,
coming in after dropping that fourth
down catch, no matter how tough it was, I
was really hoping he was looking at me on
every single play, so I could make up for
myself. Luckily, he saw me on that last play,
lor all day, coaxing him into bad throws. He hauled in the pass and, in a foot race, his right shoulder and stuck there. had to make that catch. and we got away with a ‘W.’
And, of course, he also made bad throws reached the 3-yard line before stepping “That play was the longest play I’ve ever
for no apparent reason, and a handful of
his good throws were dropped.
out of bounds.
So Taylor would have to make another
been associated with in my life,” Roberts
said. “That play felt like it took the whole Q: That’s the biggest catch of your
life, right? Q: When the ball was coming at
you, did it look like 100 mph or
Known as much—if not more—for his
running than his passing, Taylor couldn’t
even get it clicking in that department. His
play.
Three snaps later, Taylor scrambled …
close your eyes, count to five, open them,
fourth quarter.”
In real speed, the play took 12 seconds—
most of it being Taylor scrambling. The
A: It’s the biggest game I’ve ever been in
in my life. To come away with the
win, I’m just thankful I was a part of it.
slow motion?
Time for Cal to think big—as in BCS big ‘My game has improved tremendously’
Jahvid Best’s five rushing touchdowns for Cal on
MINNEAPOLIS—Cal had beaten Minnesota Saturday overshadowed another solid outing for
35-21 early Saturday afternoon, and a few Bears QB Kevin Riley. The junior went without an inter-
of the Bears started talking about how ception for a third straight game and completed the
this year would be different. More talent game’s biggest play—a 35-yard pass to Jeremy Ross
and better team chemistry, they said, that helped set up the winning score in a 35-21 victory
would ensure the team wouldn’t fold as it at Minnesota. Riley spoke with reporters, including
had the past two seasons. Sporting New s Today’s Dave Curtis, after the game.
By the time the team
charter touched tarmac
back home, this year Q: What happened on that big
third-down play?
was more different than
they ever could have
imagined.
A: They were just playing their Tampa
2, and the safety stuck with the
inside route. The shot was there, and
Cal started Saturday Jeremy made a good play cutting inside the PAUL BATTAGLIA / AP
as an afterthought in the safety and making some yards. Cal QB Kevin Riley (13) was a solid 16-for-25 for 252 yards.
Dave Curtis national picture. It
COLLEGE FOOTBALL ended the day as the
conference favorite and Q: Do you guys feel like you need a
game like this?
Coach Ludwig, we see eye to eye on the
plays and the reads. It makes you that much
the Pac-10’s best hope to play for a national
championship.
USC tanked at Washington. Oregon PAUL BATTAGLIA / AP
A: Absolutely. I was almost glad that
the situation came up where they
tied it up. Last year and the year before,
more comfortable back there in the pocket
and makes the game easier.
Behind Best, Cal ends road woes Longhorns survive hard-hitting game AUSTIN, TEXAS—Texas fans will line of scrimmage and knocked
MINNEAPOLIS—The California is the team that makes the plays at call it revenge. The Longhorns his helmet off.
Golden Bears were on their heels the end of the football game.” were more likely to describe it as Jordan Shipley’s 46-yard punt
again in a game away from home, Best’s historic day gives Cal some relief. return in the first quarter for
tied with Minnesota going into the momentum heading into a tough Colt McCoy threw a 3-yard Texas was the only time either
fourth quarter with a hostile crowd stretch that includes games at Ore- touchdown pass to Dan Buckner team reached the end zone in the
breathing down their necks. gon, against USC and at UCLA in in the fourth quarter that gave the first half that ended 10-3.
As thoughts of “Here we go the next four weeks. Longhorns some room and No. 2 Shipley’s momentum from the
again” entered the minds of Cal “It is great to play a tough game Texas beat feisty Texas Tech and run took him all the way to the
backers everywhere, Jahvid Best and to be able to play well in the their prolific new passer 34-24. massive live Longhorn mascot
couldn’t wait to show them that fourth quarter and make plays The pass to Buckner with nine Bevo, and he startled the big fella.
this year will be different. when you need to make plays in all minutes left put Texas ahead 31-17, “Bevo surprised me. I looked up
“I’m kind of glad they came back phases of the team,” Cal coach Jeff but it was an otherwise shaky out- and there he was,” Shipley said.
and tested us a little bit,” Best said. Tedford said. “I think it will give ing for last season’s runner-up for “I’m going to try to avoid Bevo
Best rushed for 131 yards and a us a boost and give us a little bit of the Heisman Trophy. from now on.”
modern school-record five touch- confidence.” McCoy finished with 205 yards — The Associated Press
downs to help the No. 8 Golden — The Associated Press and two interceptions on 24-of-34
Bears vanquish a road curse in a passing for the Longhorns (3-0, Texas Tech 3 0 14 7 — 24
Texas 7 3 14 10 — 34
35-21 victory over scrappy 1-0 Big 12). After the game, the
California 14 7 0 14 — 35 First Quarter
Minnesota. Minnesota 0 14 7 0 — 21 senior revealed he missed practice TT: FG Mat.Williams 41, 11:06.
Best scored on runs of 33, 27 and on Tuesday because of flu-like Tex: Shipley 46 punt return (Lawrence kick), 7:02.
First Quarter Second Quarter
2 yards in a breathtaking first half, Cal: Best 33 run (D’Amato kick), 9:51. symptoms that he was dealing Tex: FG Lawrence 43, 14:51.
but his most important runs of the PAUL BATTAGLIA / AP Cal: Best 2 run (D’Amato kick), 7:09. with most of the week. Third Quarter
Second Quarter Tex: Newton 19 run (Lawrence kick), 11:22.
game came on a pair of 2-yard California RB Jahvid Best ran for 131 yards Minn: Decker 26 pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 14:52. “We had to keep fighting as a TT: Leong 14 pass from Potts (Mat.Williams kick), 6:27.
sprints to the corner of the end and scored a school-record five touchdowns. Cal: Best 27 run (D’Amato kick), 3:47. team. Not everything is going to ERIC GAY / AP Tex: C.Johnson 1 run (Lawrence kick), 4:20.
Minn: Decker 12 pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), :40. TT: Leong 10 pass from Potts (Mat.Williams kick), 1:35.
zone to hold off Minnesota and Third Quarter go our way,” said McCoy, who Colt McCoy battled illness earlier in the Fourth Quarter
snap a four-game road losing for 119 yards and two touchdowns, Minn: Gray 7 pass from Decker (Ellestad kick), :29. completed 15 of 18 in the second week but still led Texas to victory. Tex: Buckner 3 pass from McCoy (Lawrence kick), 9:11.
Fourth Quarter TT: Swindall 22 pass from Potts (Mat.Williams kick), 6:58.
streak. and threw another TD for the Cal: Best 2 run (D’Amato kick), 7:14. half, but also threw an intercep- Tex: FG Lawrence 33, 3:49.
“I see him as a complete player,” Golden Gophers (2-1), who gave Cal: Best 2 run (D’Amato kick), 2:59. tion in the red zone. not let the Longhorns pull away. A: 101,297.
A: 50,805.
offensive coordinator Andy Lud- Cal everything it could handle in After Texas Tech (2-1, 0-1) “Survival,” Texas coach Mack TT Tex
wig said. “I don’t see him as a role their shiny new stadium. Cal Minn spoiled the Longhorns’ national Brown said. “I’m proud of the way First downs ...................................25..........................................20
First downs ...............................................18....................................14 Rushes-yards ........................ 18-(-6)..................................41-135
player. That guy, we’re asking him But Adam Weber threw a costly Rushes-yards ....................................44-163..............................21-37 title hopes with a 39-33 win in our guys grew up, the way they Passing ........................................420........................................205
to do a lot and he accepts his work- interception late in the game and Passing ....................................................252................................. 233 Lubbock last season—on a touch- worked, and fought and hit.” Comp-Att-Int .......................46-62-1................................24-34-2
Comp-Att-Int ...................................16-25-0..........................22-34-3 Return Yards..................................10..........................................44
load and responsibility.” Best had too much speed for the Return Yards..............................................10......................................8 down with 1 second to play—a Potts, the latest gunslinging Punts-Avg. ............................. 5-38.4...................................5-38.8
Kevin Riley overcame a shaky Gophers, who were in search of Punts-Avg. .........................................6-41.7.............................7-42.1 record crowd of 101,297 was look- quarterback to guide Texas Tech’s Fumbles-Lost ...............................5-2........................................1-0
Fumbles-Lost ...........................................3-1..................................1-1 Penalties-Yards ..................... 14-108......................................9-76
start to finish with 252 yards for their first victory over a top-10 Penalties-Yards ..................................... 4-45................................3-34 ing to whoop it up for a 4-hour passing wizardry, finished with Time of Possession...................30:34.................................... 29:26
Cal (3-0), which had lost eight of its team at home since beating No. 1 Time of Possession...............................33:26.............................. 26:34 blowout behind McCoy & Co. 420 yards and three touchdowns.
last nine on the road. Michigan in 1977. What they got was a hard-hit- But he also had two fourth quar- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Texas Tech, Stephens 9-27, Batch 4-23, Team 1-(minus
“We tried to make a statement “What I’m really disappointed in RUSHING: California, Best 26-131, Vereen 8-27, Ross 1-7, Sofele 1-2, ting first half in which neither ter turnovers, including a fumble 2), Potts 4-(minus 54). Texas, Newton 20-88, Chiles 2-29, McGee
Riley 6-1, Team 2-(minus 5). Minnesota, Eskridge 7-21, Carpenter 4-9, Monroe 2-6, McCoy 8-5, C.Johnson 2-4, Team 3-(minus 6).
that we’re going to be road war- is we didn’t find a way to win the 2-17, Bennett 7-16, Gray 1-2, Weber 4-(minus 19). team scored an offensive touch- on a sack by Sergio Kindle to set PASSING: Texas Tech, Potts 46-62-1-420. Texas, McCoy 24-34-2-
riors this year,” defensive end game,” Gophers coach Tim PASSING: California, Riley 16-25-0-252. Minnesota, Weber 21-32-3- down. When the fireworks finally up McCoy’s TD pass. 205.
226, Decker 1-2-0-7. RECEIVING: Texas Tech, Britton 8-69, Torres 7-59, Leong 6-80,
Tyson Alualu said. “It’s a different Brewster said. “When you play a RECEIVING: California, Tucker 3-78, Ross 3-73, Best 3-17, Boateng cranked up in the second half, McCoy took his share of lumps Zouzalik 5-73, Swindall 5-67, Franks 4-35, Lewis 4-22, Batch 3-1,
team than last year.” great opponent like you’re playing 2-30, Vereen 2-17, Miller 1-25, Curran 1-11, Marv.Jones 1-1. Min- they watched as Red Raiders too. On one of his first runs of a James 2-15, Stephens 2-(minus 1). Texas, Shipley 11-73, Buckner
nesota, Decker 8-119, Green 3-39, Ni.Tow-Arnett 3-26, Stoudermire 6-75, Chiles 3-30, Kirkendoll 1-11, M.Williams 1-10, Newton 1-3,
Eric Decker caught eight passes today, the team that’s going to win 3-19, Hoese 2-5, Carpenter 1-18, Gray 1-7, Bennett 1-0. quarterback Taylor Potts would game, a defender met him at the G.Smith 1-3.
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No. 4 Alabama 53, North Texas 7 No. 5 Penn State 31, Temple 6
Tide ready for Hogs, SEC opener Lions well enough to handle Owls STATE COLLEGE, PA.—The flu couldn’t 205 yards, and was able to move
North Texas 0 0 7 0 — 7 slow down Evan Royster, and nei- the ball well at times on the Nit-
Alabama 14 16 14 9 — 53
ther could Temple. tany Lions’ tough defense.
First Quarter After two pedestrian weeks, the Illness and all, Penn State still
Ala: McElroy 2 run (Tiffin kick), 7:47.
Ala: Maze 34 pass from McElroy (Tiffin kick), 2:52. shifty tailback put on one of his overwhelmed the Owls with
Second Quarter trademark performances in side- talent.
Ala: Richardson 1 run (Tiffin kick), 11:56.
Ala: Ingram 29 pass from McElroy (kick failed), 3:56. stepping around tacklers and Lee finished with 12 tackles and
Ala: FG Tiffin 35, :00. bouncing off defenders for 134 a sack, while Odrick added
Third Quarter
Ala: Ingram 5 run (Tiffin kick), 12:26. yards and a touchdown in No. 5 another sack. Safety Drew Asto-
Ala: Grant 1 run (Tiffin kick), 4:29. Penn State’s 31-6 win Saturday rino recovered a fumble forced by
NT: Dunbar 34 pass from Tune (Knott kick), 2:11.
Fourth Quarter over the Owls. tackle Ollie Ogbu.
Ala: FG Tiffin 20, 11:42. And to think, just two days ear- Penn State hasn’t given up more
Ala: Grant 9 run (kick failed), 5:59.
A: 92,012. lier, Royster was laid up with what than seven points in each of its
he thought was the flu. three wins—the first time that has
NT Ala
First downs .................................................7....................................28 “The first quarter was kind of happened since the first four
Rushes-yards ......................................26-61............................45-260 tough for me, my legs kind of felt games of 1996.
Passing ....................................................126................................. 263
Comp-Att-Int ...................................16-23-0..........................22-28-0 like they were gone,” Royster said. — The Associated Press
Return Yards................................................0....................................90 “They just felt more tired than
Punts-Avg. .........................................9-42.1.............................1-49.0
Fumbles-Lost ...........................................1-0..................................4-1 they usually are, but I went out Temple 3 0 3 0 — 6
CAROLYN KASTER / AP Penn St. 7 14 3 7 — 31
Penalties-Yards ..................................... 3-27................................2-15 there and just kept playing.”
Time of Possession...............................29:17.............................. 30:43 Penn State RB Evan Royster fought off
Temple couldn’t stop him in a flu-like symptoms to rush for 134 yards. First Quarter
DAVE MARTIN / AP INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PSU: Shuler 1 pass from Clark (Wagner kick), 7:35.
first half in which Royster ran for Tem: FG McManus 25, :00.
A swarming Alabama defense held North Texas RB Jeremi Mathis (24) to seven yards rushing. RUSHING: North Texas, J.Hamilton 7-31, Montgomery 7-8, Tune
1-7, Mathis 4-7, Dunbar 5-5, Carey 1-3, Mosley 1-0. Alabama, 119 yards, leading the Nittany including Royster, were isolated at Second Quarter
Ingram 8-91, Richardson 11-87, Grant 19-79, McElroy 3-16, Goode PSU: Royster 7 run (Wagner kick), 5:46.
Lions to a 21-3 lead. times from the rest of the team. PSU: Moye 4 pass from Clark (Wagner kick), 1:03.
1-14, Team 3-(minus 27).
TUSCALOOSA, ALA.—Alabama coach consistency we played with in the PASSING: North Texas, Tune 16-23-0-126. Alabama, McElroy 13-15- Later, coach Joe Paterno said “We worried about it. ... We Third Quarter
0-176, S.Jackson 9-13-0-87. Tem: FG McManus 35, 12:06.
Nick Saban was waiting for his first two games. We played really about 15 or 16 players had fallen ill tried to space their time a little bit,” PSU: FG Wagner 27, 6:23.
RECEIVING: North Texas, Carey 5-34, Jama.Jackson 4-1, Montgom-
team to play solid ball for the full 60 well at times and at other times we ery 3-17, Dunbar 2-40, Outlaw 2-34. Alabama, Maze 4-49, Ingram during the week with flu-like Paterno said about the illness. “It Fourth Quarter
3-38, McCoy 3-38, Grant 2-29, Hanks 2-28, Peek 2-26, Smelley 2-13, PSU: Green 3 run (Wagner kick), 11:25.
minutes. didn’t, but I feel like we were much symptoms, though most were able was a hit-or-miss kind of thing.” A: 105,514.
Gibson 1-21, Alexander 1-11, Bowman 1-7, Richardson 1-3.
Well, 55 minutes and 40 seconds more solid today and we made some to play Saturday. Five or six play- The illnesses might explain
Tem PSU
isn’t too bad. improvement.” ers had fevers, while Royster was some of Penn State’s choppy play First downs ...............................................12.............................. 21
Greg McElroy fumbled on the Good timing. Star receiver Julio Jones missed one of the other Lions who other- against overmatched opponents to Rushes-yards ......................................29-46.......................36-186
Passing ....................................................205............................173
game’s first play but just about Mark Ingram ran for 91 yards the game with a bruised right knee, wise “felt lousy,” Paterno said. open the season. The trend contin- Comp-Att-Int ...................................15-34-0.....................17-29-1
everything else went well for the and a TD on eight carries, and tailback Roy Upchurch was out Others sickened earlier in the ued against Temple: Return Yards..............................................14.................................2
Punts-Avg. .........................................6-36.2........................4-47.8
fourth-ranked Crimson Tide in a scored on a 29-yard reception for with a high ankle sprain and the week were tight end Mickey Shuler Quarterback Daryll Clark Fumbles-Lost ...........................................1-1.............................1-0
53-7 victory over North Texas on the Tide (3-0) in their final pre-con- subs got plenty of action after ’Bama and star linebacker Sean Lee, who finished 16-for-26 passing for 167 Penalties-Yards ..................................... 8-65...........................6-55
Time of Possession...............................29:01.........................30:59
Saturday. ference tuneup before Arkansas raced to a 30-0 halftime lead. With limped off the field in the fourth yards with an interception and
McElroy passed for two touch- visits last year’s SEC West champi- starting quarterback Riley Dodge quarter with what was later two touchdowns, but didn’t look INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Temple, Griffin 11-42, Pierce 7-24, McPherson 1-0,
downs and rushed for another ons. Freshman Trent Richardson out with a separated non-throwing termed a minor left leg injury. sharp and took some big hits from Charlton 5-(minus 1), Nixon 1-(minus 9), Stewart 4-(minus 10).
before sitting out most of the second added 87 yards and a touchdown, shoulder, North Texas (1-2) was Teammate Josh Hull said Lee had Temple defenders. Penn St., Royster 19-134, Powell 1-24, Green 6-19, Newsome
1-15, Suhey 2-7, Smith 1-5, Carter 3-5, Clark 2-(minus 6), Drake
half. and Terry Grant scored twice and outgained 523-187. a cramp and would be OK. Kick coverage still needs work 1-(minus 17).
“Until today, I wondered, ‘Was gained 79 yards. “Our goal was to dominate for 60 Standout defensive tackle Jared after allowing Temple an average PASSING: Temple, Charlton 15-33-0-205, J.Jones 0-1-0-0. Penn
St., Clark 16-26-1-167, Newsome 1-2-0-6, Drake 0-1-0-0.
this team really going to fulfill its It was the highest-scoring game minutes,” said McElroy. “We were Odrick also said he had felt ill the of 25 yards per return. RECEIVING: Temple, J.Jones 4-75, McPherson 2-27, Harper 2-20,
full potential?’ ” Saban said. “I just for Alabama since a 56-7 win over able to do that.” last few weeks, but was feeling Temple quarterback Vaughn Maneri 2-17, Nixon 1-29, Campbell 1-23, Griffin 1-11, Rodriguez
1-2, Balasavage 1-1. Penn St., Powell 4-40, Moye 4-31, Quarless
wasn’t pleased with the lack of UTEP in 2001. — The Associated Press better. Some of the sick players, Charlton was 15 of 33 passing for 3-45, Green 2-28, Zug 1-12, Drake 1-10, Szczerba 1-6, Shuler 1-1.
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Florida State 54, No. 7 BYU 28 No. 5 Mississippi 52, Southeastern Louisiana 6
Jones in flow, but offense is not Pryor responds with quality numbers
BATON ROUGE, LA.—Chad Jones CLEVELAND—When people said who was sandwiched by defensive
turned in his best performance No. 11 Ohio State had no offense, backs but pulled in the ball to make
since the College World Series, Tough Tigers quarterback Terrelle Pryor took it 14-0.
helping ninth-ranked LSU remain With its win over the Ragin’ offense. “(Terrelle is) a perfectionist. He’s
undefeated on the football field Cajuns, LSU improved to 22-0 The sophomore threw for a never completely satisfied with his
heading into the meat of its South- all-time against UL-Lafayette. Other career-high 262 yards and ran for performance,” Tressel said. “I
eastern Conference slate. prominent streaks held by the 110 yards to help the Buckeyes think he had more fun (than last
The two-sport athlete had two Tigers include: rebound from a disheartening loss week). When you succeed and
interceptions on Saturday night, 32-game winning streak in and the criticism that went with it score points, it’s a lot more fun
leading a dominant defensive per- Saturday night games in Tiger and beat Toledo 38-0 on Saturday playing offense.”
formance by the Tigers in a 31-3 vic- Stadium at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Ohio State’s defense held Tole-
tory over Louisiana-Lafayette. 23 straight wins over teams “I’m just here to win,” said Pryor, do’s Aaron Opelt, leading the
“I definitely feel like I am more in from Louisiana who threw three TD passes and nation in total offense with 437
the flow now,” Jones said. “I’ve been 21 straight nonconference wins, ran for another score. “Whether yards a game, to 181 yards.
trying to watch a little extra film the nation’s longest current streak it’s 100 yards passing or 100 yards “That was our focus, to get to
with the coaching staff to try and 12 consecutive wins in rushing ... it’s not always realistic. him and make him throw it
have the best season I could possi- September Of course I want it, but I’ll still do quickly,” defensive end Thaddeus
bly have. I’m looking forward to whatever I can to get a win.” Gibson said.
that.” It was a resounding response by — The Associated Press
Jones was a relief pitcher on LSU’s the Buckeyes (2-1) a week after a
La-Lafayette 0 3 0 0 — 3 Ohio St. 14 10 7 7 — 38
2009 national champion baseball LSU 7 10 7 7 — 31
crushing 18-15 loss to No. 3 South- AMY SANCETTA/ AP
Toledo 0 0 0 0 — 0
team, but if he’s to play for his sec- BILL HABER / AP ern California. The Rockets are no Terrelle Pryor, left, threw for 262 yards and
First Quarter two TDs and ran for another 110 yards. First Quarter
ond national title in football (he was Chad Jones picked off two passes as LSU’s LSU: LaFell 16 pass from Jefferson (Jasper kick), 3:09.
Trojans, but Pryor and the Buck- OSU: Sanzenbacher 76 pass from Pryor (Pettrey kick), 13:13.
part of the 2007 squad), LSU’s defense held the Ragin’ Cajuns without a TD. Second Quarter eyes got the confidence-boosting OSU: Sanzenbacher 18 pass from Pryor (Pettrey kick), 5:51.
LSU: Holliday 11 run (Jasper kick), 14:52. Second Quarter
offense may need some ULL: FG Albrecht 40, 11:26.
performance they needed. pro-Buckeyes crowd of 71,727 OSU: Herron 4 run (Pettrey kick), 12:31.
improvements. home date with No. 1 Florida, loom- LSU: FG Jasper 52, :00. Pryor set career bests in comple- roared its approval as their team OSU: FG Pettrey 47, :00.
Third Quarter Third Quarter
The Tigers (3-0) were hampered ing in the next three weeks. It didn’t LSU: LaFell 20 pass from Jefferson (Jasper kick), 10:53.
tions and attempts (17-for-28) and steamrolled the Rockets (1-2), who OSU: Pryor 1 run (Pettrey kick), 7:59.
by sloppiness as Jordan Jefferson affect the outcome of this game, Fourth Quarter tossed TD passes of 76 yards and had hopes of adding another big Fourth Quarter
LSU: Scott 1 pass from Lee (Jasper kick), 5:48. OSU: Posey 4 pass from Pryor (Pettrey kick), 7:10.
again struggled to complete deep however. A: 92,443.
18 yards to Dane Sanzenbacher on upset to their resume after beating A: 71,727.
passes and instead threw his first Jefferson’s 165 yards passing and the Buckeyes’ first two posses- Michigan 13-10 a year ago.
ULL LSU OSU Tol
interception of the season. The two touchdown tosses to Brandon First downs ...............................................18....................................23
sions to set the tone against a On third-and-7 from his own 24 First downs ...............................................23.................................9
Tigers also failed to convert a LaFell were enough against the Rushes-yards ....................................29-109............................36-164 Toledo defense that came in giving on Ohio State’s first possession, Rushes-yards ....................................46-247.........................13-13
Passing ....................................................163................................. 166 Passing ....................................................275............................197
fourth-and-1 on a handoff to Charles overmatched Ragin’ Cajuns (2-1). Comp-Att-Int ...................................17-37-2..........................17-26-1
up 45 points and almost 500 yards Pryor flipped a pass over the mid- Comp-Att-Int ...................................18-32-2.....................22-45-1
Scott. Scott and Trindon Holliday also Return Yards..............................................24....................................77 a game. dle to a wide-open Sanzenbacher. Return Yards................................................5.................................6
Punts-Avg. .........................................4-39.5.............................3-44.0 Punts-Avg. .........................................4-42.8......................11-37.0
“Our quarterback was not neces- scored for LSU, who improved to Fumbles-Lost ...........................................1-1..................................1-0
“I thought he threw the ball He split the secondary and raced Fumbles-Lost ...........................................0-0.............................1-1
sarily in a groove early, but we have 22-0 against Louisiana-Lafayette. Penalties-Yards ..................................... 3-27................................5-50 much better than he had in previ- the distance. Penalties-Yards ..................................... 6-35...........................6-50
Time of Possession...............................28:01.............................. 31:59 Time of Possession...............................37:00.........................23:00
some talent and we have the ability “Playing on the road is going to be ous weeks,” said Toledo (1-2) coach Pryor—who was hesitant to run
to make plays,” LSU head coach Les difficult and we know that we are INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Tim Beckman, a former Ohio State and seldom threw longer than 10 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Louisiana-Lafayette, Sails 17-48, Masson 4-25, Y.Walker RUSHING: Ohio St., Pryor 12-110, Saine 9-45, J.Hall 7-44, Herron
Mile said. “We’re not hitting on all going to have to play better if we 3-17, McGuire 3-14, Booker 1-4, Dupre 1-1. LSU, Scott 12-63,
assistant. yards in the first two games— 15-42, Bauserman 1-7, Gantz 1-1, Martin 1-(minus 2). Toledo,
cylinders just yet.” want to win,” Jefferson said. “We K.Williams 10-41, Jefferson 8-25, Shepard 4-21, Holliday 2-14. In the wake of the loss to USC, rushed for two first downs and Collins 7-22, M.Williams 3-7, Opelt 3-(minus 16).
PASSING: Louisiana-Lafayette, Masson 16-36-2-159, McGuire 1-1- PASSING: Ohio St., Pryor 17-28-2-262, Bauserman 1-4-0-13.
It may have been a troubling sign are just so close to busting some 0-4. LSU, Jefferson 16-25-1-165, Lee 1-1-0-1.
Ohio State fans were critical of passed 12 yards to Duron Carter for Toledo, Opelt 22-45-1-197.
for Tigers fans with SEC matchups really big plays you can see that on RECEIVING: Louisiana-Lafayette, Green 6-64, Lee 3-16, Aubrey 2-22, coach Jim Tressel, complaining another the second time Ohio State RECEIVING: Ohio St., Sanzenbacher 5-126, Posey 5-46, Small
Sails 2-20, A.Joseph 2-16, Desormeaux 1-13, Miller 1-12. LSU, Toliver 2-47, Carter 2-21, Saine 2-18, Stoneburner 1-13, Ballard 1-4.
on the road against Mississippi the playing field. You really can.” 6-68, LaFell 3-57, Dickson 3-27, K.Williams 2-(minus 6), Randle 1-15,
about his conservative approach had the ball. That helped set up a Toledo, Page 6-54, Noble 5-35, S.Williams 3-30, Collins 3-25,
State and Georgia, followed by a — The Associated Press C.Mitchell 1-4, Scott 1-1. and play-calling. But a decidedly quick look-in pass to Sanzenbacher, M.Williams 2-14, Cortazzo 1-29, Bailey 1-9, Thomas 1-1.
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No. 12 Oklahoma 45, Tulsa 0 No. 15 TCU 56, Texas State 21
Bradford’s backup has record day Horned Frogs stumble past Texas State
NORMAN, OKLA.—Game by game, FORT WORTH, TEXAS—A perfect vic- football team here, and there is a
Landry Jones is mastering his role Freshman phenom tory for No. 15 TCU and coach reason why they are ranked where
as a stand-in for Heisman Trophy Gary Patterson: a lopsided score they are,” Bobcats coach Brad
Two Oklahoma quarterbacks
winner Sam Bradford. and still plenty of teaching Wright said. “We got a lot to learn
have won the Heisman Trophy this
In just his second career start, decade, but both are now looking points. from this game.”
Jones threw for 336 yards and set a up at a freshman in the school’s Joseph Turner ran for 129 yards Andy Dalton, the Frogs’ third-
school record with six touchdown record book. and three touchdowns on 13 car- year starting quarterback as a
passes, and No. 12 Oklahoma Freshman Landry Jones broke ries and Jerry Hughes had three junior, was 18 of 24 for 222 yards
recorded its second straight shutout the school mark with six TD passes sacks as the Horned Frogs won and a 36-yard TD to Jimmy Young
in a 45-0 win against Tulsa on in Saturday’s win over Tulsa while their home opener 56-21 over in his 19th career victory—one
Saturday. subbing in for starting QB Sam Texas State, a Division 1-AA oppo- more than Davey O’Brien, 10
“It’s just kind of wild right now, Bradford. The reigning Heisman nent that stayed close into the third fewer than TCU leader Sammy
kind of like you’re living a dream,” Trophy winner who is out with a quarter because of TCU mistakes. Baugh.
shoulder injury, Bradford watched
said Jones, who also matched the “We didn’t play the way we — The Associated Press
as Jones broke his record of five
NCAA record for touchdown passes needed to, we didn’t have the emo-
TD passes in a game that he
by a freshman in a single game. shared with 2003 Heisman winner tion we needed to,” Patterson said.
Ryan Broyles caught a career-high “We just came out and did what Texas St. 0 14 7 0 — 21
Jason White and 2000 Heisman TCU 7 21 7 21 — 56
11 passes for 128 yards and three runner-up Josh Heupel. we needed to do.”
touchdowns, and Brandon Caleb With a looming trip to Clemson, First Quarter
TCU: Wesley 13 run (Evans kick), 10:47.
emerged as a potential second viable ALONZO ADAMS / AP that was for TCU (2-0) to get the Second Quarter
target with 104 yards on five catches Tulsa 0 0 0 0 — 0 expected outcome against a lower- DONNA MCWILLIAM / AP TxSt: Reddic 1 run (Garelick kick), 14:26.
Freshman QB Landry Jones threw a record six Oklahoma 10 21 14 0 — 45 TCU: Turner 3 run (Evans kick), 11:47.
and two scores. division team on the same day TCU coach Gary Patterson said his team TCU: Young 36 pass from Dalton (Evans kick), 6:59.
TD passes in his second career start.
Sooners coach Bob Stoops mar- First Quarter Mountain West Conference foes didn’t play with enough emotion. TxSt: Canady 62 pass from George (Garelick kick), 4:50.
Okl: FG Stevens 25, 9:08. TCU: Turner 1 run (Evans kick), :25.
veled at Jones’ performance and Okl: Caleb 7 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), :35. and fellow hopeful BCS busters Third Quarter
even gave Bradford trouble about it best of my abilities.” Second Quarter No. 7 BYU and No. 18 Utah lost. early in the second quarter, put TCU: Hicks 4 run (Evans kick), 12:15.
Okl: Caleb 63 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), 10:54. TxSt: Dillard 16 pass from Hawkins (Garelick kick), 6:47.
in the locker room. Whenever Bradford comes back, Okl: Murray 13 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), 5:57. Patterson said he was ultimately TCU ahead to stay 2½ minutes Fourth Quarter
“It is kind of ironic how all that he’ll be playing opposite a defense Okl: Broyles 10 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), :34. happy with the victory, but knew after the Bobcats (1-1) tied the game TCU: Turner 6 run (Evans kick), 14:21.
Third Quarter TCU: Tucker 1 run (Evans kick), 6:14.
happened, but it’s pretty neat for that keeps getting stingier. The Soon- Okl: Broyles 14 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), 12:58. he was going to be upset with his 7-all on Frank Reddic’s fourth- TCU: Fort 9 run (Evans kick), 5:35.
him. ... He is really playing well and ers have recorded back-to-back shut- Okl: Broyles 35 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), 8:02. team by Sunday morning after down plunge from a yard out. A: 35,249.
A: 84,803.
handling it all, taking it in stride in a outs for the first time since 1987. That Tlsa Okl reviewing the film. Texas State’s 16-play drive started TxSt TCU
really good way,” Stoops said. year, Oklahoma did it against North First downs ...............................................16....................................27 “They already know that. I after an interception, was extended First downs ...............................................15.............................. 28
Rushes-yards ....................................36-116............................45-193 Rushes-yards ......................................24-30.......................46-286
As good as he was, Jones just Carolina (28-0) and Tulsa (65-0). Passing ....................................................153................................. 336 didn’t have to say anything in the with a fake punt and aided by a Passing ....................................................219............................222
might lose his job after the record- “Sam’s a very good player, a great Comp-Att-Int ...................................16-37-2..........................25-37-2 locker room, they already know pass interference penalty in the Comp-Att-Int ...................................18-39-1.....................18-24-1
Return Yards..............................................10....................................55 Return Yards..............................................11.............................. 71
setting outing. The Sooners’ next player actually. And we’ve got con- Punts-Avg. .........................................7-40.6.............................3-42.3 how this is going down,” Patterson end zone. Punts-Avg. .........................................8-44.3........................3-40.0
game is Oct. 3 at Miami, right at the fidence in Landry,” defensive end Fumbles-Lost ...........................................1-1..................................1-0 said. “We have to have attention to When asked about Hughes’ Fumbles-Lost ...........................................1-1.............................2-1
Penalties-Yards .................................11-110................................8-85 Penalties-Yards ..................................... 9-75...........................7-50
end of the two- to four-week win- Jeremy Beal said. “As a defense as a Time of Possession...............................29:46.............................. 30:14 detail, we have to communicate. ... three sacks, Patterson mentioned Time of Possession...............................28:34.........................31:26
dow when Bradford is expected to whole, we feel like no matter who We have the potential to be what the offside penalty against Hughes
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
return from a sprained AC joint in we have, we’ve got to come out and RUSHING: Tulsa, Williams 9-39, Beaver 6-35, Carter 4-27, D.Johnson we want to be. The key to it is we during that drive. RUSHING: Texas St., Reddic 6-28, Canady 9-11, Follis 1-4, Hawk-
his right, throwing shoulder. play great every week.” 2-23, Bower 3-14, T.Johnson 1-0, Kinne 11-(minus 22). Oklahoma, have to go play.” Hughes smiled, then added that ins 4-0, George 4-(minus 13). TCU, Turner 13-129, Tucker 11-57,
C.Brown 16-73, Murray 10-60, Calhoun 9-32, J.Miller 7-30, Madu Dalton 8-35, Wesley 6-26, C.Smith 4-21, Fort 2-11, Hicks 1-4,
“At this point, I’m just taking The win also extended the Soon- 1-2, Broyles 1-1, Team 1-(minus 5). A week earlier, Patterson was Patterson being upset “is a whole Christian 1-3.
every start I can,” Jones said. “If ers’ winning streak on Owen Field PASSING: Tulsa, Kinne 12-26-2-106, Bower 4-10-0-47, Beaver 0-1- upset about giving up two late new creature out there. It will be PASSING: Texas St., George 16-37-1-199, Hawkins 2-2-0-20. TCU,
0-0. Oklahoma, L.Jones 25-37-2-336. Dalton 18-24-1-222.
Sam comes back versus Miami, to 26, breaking a school record in RECEIVING: Tulsa, T.Johnson 4-50, D.Johnson 3-20, Whitmore touchdowns in a 30-14 victory at good for us, will get us to focus RECEIVING: Texas St., Griggs 5-56, Canady 4-93, Dillard 4-34,
that’s fine. And if he doesn’t, I’m existence since 1953. 2-14, Clay 2-13, Williams 2-11, Shelley 1-24, Sears 1-13, Carter 1-8. Virginia. more.” Garcia 3-21, C.Alexander 1-11, Bolden 1-4. TCU, B.Johnson 7-70,
Oklahoma, Broyles 11-128, Caleb 5-104, Murray 2-38, Kenney 2-23, Kerley 4-52, Young 2-42, Clay 2-26, Hicks 1-19, J.Jones 1-7, Turner
going to step in there and play to the — The Associated Press C.Brown 2-11, Madu 1-14, Mensik 1-10, Hanna 1-8. Turner’s first TD, a 3-yard run “Our players played a very good 1-6.
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No. 17 Cincinnati 28, Oregon State 18 No. 16 Oklahoma State 41, Rice 24
‘It was a good thing we could run’ Irish get late break, but Floyd injured Michigan St. 3 14 6 7 — 30
Notre Dame 13 3 10 7 — 33
ANN ARBOR, MICH.—Michigan got a
very freshman-like performance First Quarter
ND: Allen 13 run (Tausch kick), 12:21.
from quarterback Tate Forcier. MSU: FG Swenson 43, 7:11.
The 25th-ranked Wolverines’ ND: Floyd 22 pass from Clausen (kick failed), 4:59.
Second Quarter
running game more than made up MSU: B.White 30 pass from K.Martin (Swenson kick), 9:30.
for a bad day passing by Forcier and ND: FG Tausch 22, 3:14.
MSU: Caper 1 run (Swenson kick), 1:01.
fellow freshman Denard Robinson. Third Quarter
Carlos Brown ran for a career- ND: Parris 5 pass from Allen (Tausch kick), 11:49.
ND: FG Tausch 46, 5:34.
high 187 yards and two scores, MSU: Caper 7 run (kick blocked), 1:24.
including a 90-yarder, and Michi- Fourth Quarter
MSU: B.White 17 pass from Cousins (Swenson kick), 9:33.
gan ran for 380 yards in a 45-17 win ND: Tate 33 pass from Clausen (Tausch kick), 5:18.
Saturday over Eastern Michigan. A: 80,795.
“We weren’t particularly sharp MSU ND
throwing the ball, so it was a good First downs ...............................................27.............................. 25
Rushes-yards ....................................25-105.......................37-133
thing we could run,” coach Rich CARLOS OSORIO / AP Passing ....................................................354............................304
Rodriguez said. RB Carlos Brown (23) helped the Wolverines to their biggest rushing day in six years. Comp-Att-Int ...................................26-40-1.....................24-34-1
Return Yards................................................0.............................. 43
The Wolverines had their highest Punts-Avg. .........................................3-45.0........................3-41.3
rushing total since getting 392 E. Michigan 3 14 0 0 — 17 Fumbles-Lost ...........................................1-1.............................1-0
Michigan 10 14 14 7 — 45 Penalties-Yards ..................................... 6-40.........................11-99
against Houston in 2003.
“I’m giving all the credit to the
Off and running First Quarter MICHAEL CONROY / AP
Time of Possession...............................25:30.........................34:30
Mich: FG Olesnavage 37, 10:46.
offensive line,” Brown said.
Forcier had a lackluster day after
187: Michigan running
back Carlos Brown
rushed for 187 yards Saturday—65
EMU: FG Carithers 43, 5:32.
Mich: C.Brown 9 run (Olesnavage kick), 2:30.
Second Quarter
WR Golden Tate, right, snags the winning touchdown catch for Notre Dame. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Michigan St., Caper 12-51, C.Ray 3-23, Ke.Nichol 2-14,
Winston 6-14, Cousins 2-3. Notre Dame, Allen 23-115, J.Gray 4-24,
EMU: Schmitt 11 run (Carithers kick), 11:16. Tate 1-(minus 1), Clausen 7-(minus 1), Team 2-(minus 4).
two spectacular games for Michi- yards more than he gained all of SOUTH BEND, IND.—Kyle McCarthy second chance and paid for it. PASSING: Michigan St., Cousins 23-35-1-302, Ke.Nichol 2-4-0-22,
last year, when he had to miss Mich: Shaw 5 run (Olesnavage kick), 9:20.
gan (3-0), which matched its win Mich: C.Brown 90 run (Olesnavage kick), 7:15. saved Notre Dame from another Michigan State’s Larry Caper K.Martin 1-1-0-30. Notre Dame, Clausen 22-31-0-300, Crist 1-2-1-
several games because of injury. EMU: Priest 5 run (Carithers kick), 2:05. (minus 1), Allen 1-1-0-5.
total from last season, a dismal 3-9 last-minute loss, one play after slipped through the Irish defense RECEIVING: Michigan St., Cunningham 7-74, Dell 6-121, B.White
Third Quarter
slog in Rodriguez’s first season as Mich: Odoms 13 run (Olesnavage kick), 4:47. Michigan State cut the Fighting and was all alone in the back of the 6-75, Linthicum 3-34, Gantt 2-31, C.Ray 1-14, Sims 1-5. Notre
Mich: D.Robinson 13 run (Olesnavage kick), 3:06. Dame, Tate 7-127, Rudolph 6-95, Kamara 3-23, Parris 3-16, Floyd
coach. Irish a break. end zone. Caper got his hands on 2-38, Allen 2-6, Hughes 1-(minus 1).
Fourth Quarter
The true freshman was 7 of 13 for Center David Molk injured a foot Mich: D.Robinson 36 run (Olesnavage kick), 7:14. McCarthy’s interception at the it, but it was high and he couldn’t
68 yards, had 5 yards rushing and seriously enough for Rodriguez to A: 107,903. 4-yard line with 57 seconds sealed pull it down. Central Michigan that gave the
left the game briefly in the second be concerned and Brandon Minor EMU Mich Notre Dame’s 33-30 win after The play was reminiscent of Chippewas a second chance at the
half with bruised ribs. Robinson aggravated an ankle injury. Right First downs ...............................................17....................................17 Jimmy Clausen threw for 300 Tate Forcier’s game-winning TD winning field goal.
Rushes-yards ....................................48-179............................39-380
scored on a pair of TD runs, but also guard David Moosman didn’t face Passing ....................................................106....................................68 yards, including the game-win- pass with 11 seconds left the week The Irish beat the Spartans in
Comp-Att-Int ...................................15-26-1............................ 7-17-2
threw two interceptions on just four Eastern Michigan because of a dis- Return Yards..............................................29..................................(-2) ning score on a 33-yard touchdown before at Michigan. Notre Dame Stadium for the first
attempts—the only passes he had located shoulder. Punts-Avg. .........................................7-42.4.............................4-45.5 to Golden Tate with 5:18 left. “After last week, how bad every- time since 1993, but lost star wide
Fumbles-Lost ...........................................1-1..................................1-0
caught all day. Michigan hosts Indiana next Penalties-Yards ..................................... 4-30................................2-20 “I think this is a huge step for body felt in a very similar situation receiver Michael Floyd to what
“We had the intention of throw- before going on the road for the first Time of Possession...............................40:02.............................. 19:58 our guys. Not necessarily for the in the ending of the game, to make may be a broken collarbone.
ing a little bit more,” Rodriguez time at Michigan State and at Iowa. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS program, but for the guys in the a play to change the outcome in Floyd was hurt in the first half
said. “But why would you when you Eastern Michigan quarterback RUSHING: E. Michigan, Priest 27-91, Gillett 6-36, Schmitt 5-26, locker room,” said McCarthy, who favor of us, I’m really, really happy and Weis said the training staff
Blevins 5-22, White 1-5, Sherrer 2-3, Team 1-(minus 1), Welch
don’t have to?” Andy Schmitt hurt his right knee 1-(minus 3). Michigan, C.Brown 13-187, D.Robinson 3-60, Shaw has an interception in each game for those kids in there,” said coach told him “clavicle” and he assumes
Michigan won, but may have lost in the fourth quarter after he was 13 9-53, Cox 2-31, Minor 3-21, Odoms 1-13, V.Smith 2-10, Forcier 6-5. this season. “We deserve this Charlie Weis. they meant that it’s broken. Floyd
PASSING: E. Michigan, Schmitt 13-22-1-97, Gillett 2-4-0-9. Michi-
a starting offensive lineman for the of 22 for 97 yards and scored on a gan, Forcier 7-13-0-68, D.Robinson 0-4-2-0. win.” Instead, the unforced error finished with two catches for 38
second straight week and a key run. He will have an MRI today. RECEIVING: E. Michigan, Sanders 4-32, Thayer 4-31, Gage 2-14, It was the second straight week evoked memories of Michigan yards.
Bonner 2-4, Priest 1-9, Welch 1-9, Sherrer 1-7. Michigan, Odoms
running back. — The Associated Press 2-33, Kel.Grady 2-14, Stonum 1-10, Hemingway 1-7, Webb 1-4. the Spartans gave an opponent a State’s offside penalty against — The Associated Press
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Northern Illinois 28, Purdue 21
TEAM
BIG TEN CONF. OVERALL NEXT
RISING
Ohio State defense
Don’t underestimate
shutting out Toledo,
Huskies join MAC’s Big Ten upset party
which has a strong
Indiana 0-0 3-0 at No. 25 Michigan, Saturday, noon offense and talented WEST LAFAYETTE, IND.—Northern Illinois
Iowa 0-0 3-0 at No. 5 Penn State, Saturday, 8 p.m. QB in Aaron Opelt. doesn’t have to say “almost” anymore.
Michigan 0-0 3-0 Indiana, Saturday, noon The Huskies had competed but fallen just
Penn State 0-0 3-0 Iowa, Saturday, 8 p.m. short against BCS teams Tennessee, Minne-
Wisconsin 0-0 3-0 Michigan State, Saturday, noon
FALLING
Indiana’s record sota and Wisconsin the last two seasons, and
Minnesota 0-0 2-1 at Northwestern, Saturday, noon
Run through JV NIU had grown tired of settling for moral
Northwestern 0-0 2-1 Minnesota, Saturday, noon
schedule is over, victories against bigger programs. The Mid-
Ohio State 0-0 2-1 Illinois, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Hoosiers. Welcome
Illinois 0-0 1-1 at No. 11 Ohio State, Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
American Conference school finally broke
back to reality next
Michigan State 0-0 1-2 at Wisconsin, Saturday, noon week vs. Michigan.
through Saturday, holding off a rally to beat
Purdue 0-0 1-2 Notre Dame, Saturday, 8 p.m. Purdue for its first victory over a Big Ten
school since 1988 and its first win against a
BCS program since 2003.
N. Illinois 0 21 7 0 — 28 Wofford 0 0 7 7 — 14 Arizona 7 3 0 7 — 17
Purdue 7 0 7 7 — 21 Wisconsin 3 28 6 7 — 44 Iowa 7 7 3 10 — 27 The Huskies entered the game 1-32-1 all time
against the Big Ten, but afterward they talked
First Quarter First Quarter First Quarter
Pur: Valentin 62 punt return (Wiggs kick), 5:19. Wis: FG Welch 36, 4:23. Iowa: Robinson 2 run (Murray kick), 10:49. like a team that expected to win all along.
Second Quarter Second Quarter Ari: Wade 38 interception return (Zendejas kick), “We came back against Wisconsin (in a
NIU: Spann 1 run (M.Salerno kick), 13:33. Wis: Kendricks 3 pass from Tolzien (Welch kick), 6:57.
NIU: M.Brown 67 run (M.Salerno kick), 8:21. 14:55. Second Quarter 28-20 loss), and we felt like we could beat
NIU: Cunningham 10 pass from Harnish (M.Salerno Wis: Gilbert 0 blocked punt return (Welch kick), Ari: FG Zendejas 20, 9:55. anybody at that time,” NIU quarterback
kick), :34. 12:50. Iowa: Robinson 1 run (Murray kick), 6:28.
Third Quarter Wis: E.Smith 4 run (Welch kick), 10:14. Third Quarter Chandler Harnish said. “We improved from
NIU: Spann 11 run (M.Salerno kick), 2:43. Wis: Graham 7 pass from Tolzien (Welch kick), Iowa: FG Murray 20, 1:47. Week 1 to Week 2 against Western Illinois.
Pur: Elliott 58 run (Wiggs kick), 2:24. 1:32. Fourth Quarter
Fourth Quarter Third Quarter Iowa: FG Murray 40, 14:52. The way we were playing, we felt we could
Pur: Elliott 6 run (Wiggs kick), 5:42. Wof: Palmer 7 run (C.Reed kick), 5:29. Iowa: Wegher 2 run (Murray kick), 4:40. play against anybody.”
A: 53,240. Wis: Brown 2 run (kick failed), 1:45. Ari: Criner 10 pass from Foles (Zendejas kick), 1:53.
Fourth Quarter A: 70,585. The victory came a week after fellow MAC
NIU Pur Wis: Brown 2 run (Welch kick), 9:37. member Central Michigan beat Michigan
First downs ...................................23..................14 Wof: Palmer 1 run (C.Reed kick), 2:24. Ari Iowa
Rushes-yards ........................ 57-280..........23-147 A: 78,253. First downs ..................................... 8..................19 State of the Big Ten.
Passing ........................................174................188 Rushes-yards ........................ 25-148..........42-133 The Huskies held Ralph Bolden, the
Comp-Att-Int .......................15-26-1.........20-33-0 Wof Wis Passing ........................................105................205
Return Yards.................................... 4..................82 First downs ...................................16..................21 Comp-Att-Int .......................10-26-1.........20-32-1 nation’s leading rusher after two games, to 64
Punts-Avg. ............................. 7-40.0...........6-47.5 Rushes-yards ........................ 55-214..........42-258 Return Yards..................................42..................65 yards.
Fumbles-Lost ...............................1-1.................3-3 Passing ..........................................45................172 Punts-Avg. ............................. 6-38.2...........5-51.0
Penalties-Yards ..........................6-51.............. 3-20 Comp-Att-Int ...........................3-7-1.........16-21-0 Fumbles-Lost ...............................1-0.................0-0
Time of Possession...................41:40.............18:20 Return Yards..................................11..................32
Punts-Avg. ............................. 4-29.0...........2-45.0
Penalties-Yards ..........................4-41.............. 5-35
Time of Possession...................22:04.............37:56 Iowa 27, Arizona 17 CHARLIE NEIBERGALL / AP
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Fumbles-Lost ...............................4-3.................6-3
RUSHING: N. Illinois, M.Brown 26-150, Spann Penalties-Yards ..........................3-20.............. 6-63 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS IOWA CITY, IOWA—The motto for Iowa’s defense Iowa’s Brandon Wegher, right, goes head over heels for a two-yard touchdown run against Arizona.
18-80, Harnish 11-35, J.Anderson 1-11, Palmer Time of Possession...................31:04.............28:56 RUSHING: Arizona, Grigsby 11-75, Scott 7-39,
1-4. Purdue, Elliott 6-68, Bolden 12-64, J.Taylor 2-9, Antolin 1-34, Dean 2-8, Diaz 0-1, Crier 1-0, Team this season is “Six Seconds of Hell.” It must
Valentin 1-7, R.Adams 1-0, Crank 1-(minus 1). INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 2-(minus 1), Foles 1-(minus 8). Iowa, Robinson have felt like 60 minutes to Arizona. Ten opponent. The defeat was especially bit- “I announced it at halftime, if anybody has
PASSING: N. Illinois, Harnish 15-26-1-174. Purdue, RUSHING: Wofford, Rucker 7-46, Allen 16-44, 18-101, Wegher 17-46, Chaney 3-16, Stanzi
Elliott 20-31-0-188, Team 0-2-0-0. Palmer 9-43, A.Parks 11-43, Davitte 3-19, Dun- 4-(minus 30). Freshman running back Adam Robinson ter for Stoops, who played for the Hawkeyes football exchange issues in the second half,
RECEIVING: N. Illinois, Lewis 4-49, Skarb 2-46, mire 3-8, Scott 2-7, Nocek 1-3, Youman 1-2, Lees PASSING: Arizona, Scott 4-14-1-50, Foles 6-11-0- rushed for a career-high 101 yards and two in the early ’80s. we’ll go out there and we’ll suspend the Fifth
M.Brown 2-22, Cox 2-17, Palmer 2-17, Cunningham 2-(minus 1). Wisconsin, Phillips 4-92, Clay 12-70, 55, Douglas 0-1-0-0. Iowa, Stanzi 20-32-1-205.
1-10, Ashford 1-7, Moore 1-6. Purdue, K.Adams Brown 12-63, E.Smith 10-54, Team 1-(minus 1), RECEIVING: Arizona, Grigsby 3-14, Roberts 2-44, touchdowns, and Iowa held Arizona to just “We knew defensively they’re as good as Quarter (band performance) and work on
5-42, Valentin 5-39, K.Smith 5-37, Bolden 4-62, Tolzien 1-(minus 7), Gilreath 2-(minus 13). Douglas 2-18, T.Turner 1-16, Criner 1-10, Wright eight first downs and 253 yards of offense, anybody we’ve played,” Stoops said. making sure we have ball security,” Bielema
Carlos 1-8. PASSING: Wofford, Allen 2-6-1-32, Davitte 1-1- 1-3. Iowa, Sandeman 5-47, Stross 4-37, Reisner
0-13. Wisconsin, Tolzien 15-20-0-159, Phillips 3-40, Chaney 3-22, McNutt 2-50, Wegher 2-7, spoiling coach Mike Stoops’ return to Kinn- said. “But because of NCAA rules, I can’t. So,
1-1-0-13.
RECEIVING: Wofford, D.Reed 1-26, Joslin 1-13,
Robinson 1-2. ick Stadium. Wisconsin 44, Wofford 14 we’ll get it tomorrow, I guarantee it.”
Inman 1-6. Wisconsin, Kendricks 6-70, Toon 6-70, “We said last week during practice, just go Wisconsin’s heralded running backs—
Graham 2-11, M.Moore 1-15, Turner 1-6. hard for six seconds every play, because that’s MADISON, WIS.—Wisconsin’s fumbles infuri- John Clay and Zach Brown—fumbled three
usually how much a play takes,” Iowa defen- ated coach Bret Bielema so much that he times in the first quarter alone before Scott
sive end Broderick Binns said. “That’s what threatened to put his players back on the field Tolzien got the Badgers’ offense off the
we did.” after the Badgers’ victory over Wofford for an ground.
Arizona lost its seventh straight to a Big impromptu practice. — The Associated Press
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Clemson 25, Boston College 7
Tigers survive early onslaught with strong finish Bulldogs outslug Vandy
NASHVILLE—Mississippi State Fowler kicked a 20-yard field goal
AUBURN, ALA.—In a wild, rain- West Virginia 21 0 9 0 — 30 coach Dan Mullen won his first to tie it in the second quarter.
delayed game in which Auburn Auburn 10 10 7 14 — 41 game in the Southeastern Confer- “The best way I can say this is
and West Virginia combined for First Quarter ence and didn’t care much what it we got it handed to us,” coach
more than 900 yards, a defensive WVU: Devine 1 run (Bitancurt kick), 12:52. looked like. Bobby Johnson said. “They came
WVU: Devine 71 run (Bitancurt kick), 10:19.
player made the biggest play. Aub: FG Byrum 46, 7:24. “Any victory is an unbelievable out and just were more physical
Craig Stevens intercepted a screen Aub: D.Adams 16 pass from Todd (Byrum kick), 5:16. feeling,” Mullen said. than we were, executed better than
WVU: Sanders 6 pass from Brown (Bitancurt kick), 2:01.
pass by West Virginia and returned Second Quarter Tyson Lee ran 22 yards for a we did, coached better than we
it 16 yards for a touchdown with 3:41 Aub: FG Byrum 42, 9:15. touchdown to seal a 15-3 victory did, played better than we did.”
Aub: D.Adams 4 pass from Todd (Byrum kick), 1:34.
left in the fourth quarter, and Third Quarter Saturday against Vanderbilt for The Commodores allowed just
Auburn defeated the Mountaineers WVU: Devine 12 run (kick failed), 8:51. Mississippi State’s first-year two third-down conversions on 15
Aub: Fannin 82 pass from Todd (Byrum kick), 8:02.
41-30 Saturday night. WVU: FG Bitancurt 28, 1:07. coach. attempts.
“We had a feeling they were going Fourth Quarter Sean Brauchle made three field Brauchle made a 44-yard field
Aub: D.Adams 17 pass from Todd (Byrum kick), 12:07.
to run the screen sometime during Aub: Stevens 15 interception return (Byrum kick), 3:41. goals for the Bulldogs, the longest goal on the first play of the second
that series, so I ended up going on a A: 87,451. from 49 yards, and Anthony quarter and a 27-yarder with 2:14
blitz that play,” Stevens said. “He WVU Aub Dixon rushed for 123 yards on 21 remaining before halftime.
lobbed it just enough for me to tip it First downs ...................................23................................................20 carries. Ten of Vanderbilt’s its first 11
Rushes-yards ........................ 39-207........................................41-100
and I got it in my hands. Once I got in Passing ........................................302............................................. 300 “We talked about relentless possessions ended with punts.
my hands I had to get in the end Comp-Att-Int .......................24-41-5......................................17-33-1 effort, and the fact that we had to — The Associated Press
Return Yards..................................13................................................83
zone.” Punts-Avg. ............................. 2-49.5.........................................5-44.0 keep punching and keep battling,”
Chris Todd threw four touchdown Fumbles-Lost ...............................1-1..............................................1-0 defensive back Zach Smith said.
Penalties-Yards ..........................4-45............................................5-37 Mississippi St. 0 6 3 6 — 15
passes as Auburn (3-0) came back BUTCH DILL / AP Time of Possession...................32:45.......................................... 27:15 That’s what we did which caused Vanderbilt 0 3 0 0 — 3
from an early 14-0 deficit to take the Auburn LB Craig Stevens (46) sealed the victory by returning this interception for a TD. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
us to win.” Second Quarter
lead for good with 12:07 to play on RUSHING: West Virginia, Devine 15-128, Brown 19-66, R.Clarke Christian Ducre had 62 rush- MSSt: FG Brauchle 44, 14:55.
Todd’s 17-yard pass to Darvin yards and passed for 302, but the Chizik said. 2-10, Sanders 2-5, G.Smith 1-(minus 2). Auburn, Tate 19-75, McCa- ing yards on nine carries, and Van: FG Fowler 20, 11:28.
lebb 8-20, Burns 7-10, Zachery 1-9, Fannin 1-0, Todd 5-(minus 14). MSSt: FG Brauchle 27, 2:14.
Adams. It was Todd’s third touch- Auburn defense stiffened after tak- “I am so proud of our guys because PASSING: West Virginia, Brown 18-32-4-221, G.Smith 5-8-1-50, quarterback Chris Relf added 44 Third Quarter
down pass to Adams, and it was set ing the lead in the fourth quarter, they had to fight and claw and Starks 1-1-0-31. Auburn, Todd 16-31-1-284, Burns 1-2-0-16. yards on nine attempts as the MSSt: FG Brauchle 49, :59.
RECEIVING: West Virginia, Sanders 12-115, Arnett 4-61, Lyons 3-30, Fourth Quarter
up by defensive tackle Jake Ricks’ intercepting West Virginia quarter- scratch back to win it,” he said. Starks 2-65, Devine 2-26, Austin 1-5. Auburn, D.Adams 6-80, E.Smith Bulldogs (2-1, 1-1 Southeastern) MSSt: Lee 22 run (pass failed), 3:20.
interception at the West Virginia 19. backs four times in the final period. West Virginia receiver Bradley 3-67, Trott 2-20, Fannin 1-82, Wisner 1-16, Zachery 1-15, Burns 1-8, gained 259 of their 340 yards on A: 31,840.
Bell 1-7, Tate 1-5.
Todd completed an 82-yard scor- The start of the game was delayed Starks said the Auburn crowd did the ground. MSSt Van
ing pass to Mario Fannin to tie the for more than an hour by a powerful play a part in the game. possession, Devine broke through “We were able to run the ball First downs ...................................18..........................................10
Rushes-yards ........................ 56-260....................................29-33
game 27-27 midway through the thunderstorm. Despite warnings “It was real noisy. Don’t get me the middle of the Auburn line and well, and that’s a strong point with Passing ..........................................81........................................124
third quarter. West Virginia took a that people should leave their seats wrong, 87,000 people, that’s a loud ran 71 yards untouched to the end our running backs,” said Mullen, Comp-Att-Int .......................10-18-0................................12-32-1
Return Yards..................................57............................................0
30-27 lead late in the third quarter because of the threat of lightning, one when they are all in one place zone. Brown threw a 6-yard scoring who was offensive coordinator for Punts-Avg. ............................. 8-40.1.................................11-43.0
on a 28-yard field goal by Tyler about 15,000 boisterous fans in the cheering,” Starks said. pass to Jock Sanders late in the first Florida’s last two national title Fumbles-Lost ...............................1-1........................................4-1
Penalties-Yards ..........................3-40......................................3-15
Bitancurt. Auburn student section, refused to West Virginia quickly silenced the quarter. teams. “The defense was able to Time of Possession...................38:09.................................... 21:51
Todd’s four TD passes were the move. Auburn fans after the rain delay as Auburn fought back after the get off the quickly and get our INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
most by an Auburn quarterback Auburn Coach Gene Chizik said the Mountaineers jumped off to a quick West Virginia start and only offense right back out there.” RUSHING: Mississippi St., Dixon 21-123, Ducre 9-62, Relf 9-44,
since Daniel Cobb had four against the will showed by those fans gave 14-0 lead on their first two posses- trailed 21-20 at halftime. Todd threw Vanderbilt (1-2, 0-2) scored after Lee 6-18, Stallworth 5-16, Heavens 3-8, Team 2-(minus 3), Elliott
1-(minus 8). Vanderbilt, Norman 7-26, Stacy 7-9, van Rensburg
Louisiana Tech in 2001. his players an emotional boost. sions. On their third play from 4-yard and 16-yard touchdown defensive end Tim Fugger recov- 1-3, Reeves 7-3, Smith 6-(minus 2), Team 1-(minus 6).
Noel Devine rushed 15 times for “I would like to say that I wish I scrimmage, Jarrett Brown con- passes to Adams in the first half and ered a fumble at Mississippi State’s PASSING: Mississippi St., Lee 8-14-0-66, Relf 2-4-0-15. Vander-
bilt, Smith 12-32-1-124.
128 yards and three touchdowns for had 87,000 game balls because our nected with Starks for 58 yards to Wes Bynum kicked 46-yard and 6. RECEIVING: Mississippi St., Berry 3-17, Bumphis 3-15, Heavens
the Mountaineers (2-1). fans were a huge reason we won that set up Devine’s 1-yard run. 42-yard field goals for Auburn. The Commodores gained three 2-11, Green 1-23, Wilder 1-15. Vanderbilt, Cole 3-32, Umoh 3-21,
Monahan 2-20, Washington 1-29, Wimberly 1-11, Ashley 1-6,
The Mountaineers rushed for 207 game and I want the to know it,” On the Mountaineers next — The Associated Press yards on three runs before Ryan Barden 1-5.
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TEAM
SEC CONF. OVERALL NEXT Wildcats nip rival Cards despite turnovers
EAST
Georgia 2-0 2-1 Arizona State, Saturday, 7 p.m.
LEXINGTON, KY.—When Derrick Locke was intercepted by Johnny Patrick. He
Florida 1-0 3-0 at Kentucky, Saturday, 6 p.m.
returned a first quarter kickoff unscathed completed 20-of-27 passes for 178 yards.
Kentucky 0-0 2-0 No. 1 Florida, Saturday, 6 p.m.
South Carolina 0-1 2-1 No. 5 Mississippi, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
for a 100-yard score, it almost seemed “When times were looking bleak today,
Tennessee 0-1 1-2 Ohio, Saturday, 7 p.m. Kentucky’s retention of the Governor’s I felt like we ended up responding well,”
Vanderbilt 0-2 1-2 at Rice, Saturday, 8 p.m. Cup would go as easily as advertised. Hartline said. “We were resilient. We
WEST But as Louisville and Kentucky have knew there was hope.”
LSU 1-0 3-0 at Mississippi State, Saturday, 12:20 p.m. proven time and again, all bets are off
Auburn 1-0 3-0 Ball State, Saturday, 7 p.m. when Bluegrass bragging rights are on South Carolina 38,
Mississippi State 1-1 2-1 No. 9 LSU, Saturday, 12:20 p.m. the line. Florida Atlantic 16
Alabama 0-0 3-0 Arkansas, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. The Wildcats needed some late heroics
Mississippi 0-0 2-0 at South Carolina, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
by Mike Hartline and Randall Cobb to COLUMBIA, S.C.—Brian Maddox scored
Arkansas 0-1 1-1 at No. 4 Alabama, Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
overcome three third quarter turnovers three touchdowns and Jarvis Giles ran 11
Louisville 7 0 6 14 — 27 Florida Atlantic 3 13 0 0 — 16
and pull out a 31-27 victory, their third times for 113 yards to help South Carolina
Kentucky 10 7 0 14 — 31 South Carolina 10 7 21 0 — 38 straight in the series. to a win over Florida Atlantic.
First Quarter First Quarter
“These fourth quarter comebacks are The Gamecocks (2-1) scored on three
Ky: FG Seiber 26, 9:34. SC: Maddox 3 run (Lanning kick), 13:39. killing me,” said Rich Brooks, now in his straight possessions in the second half to
Lou: Anderson 6 run (R.Payne kick), 5:37. SC: FG Lanning 41, 6:16. seventh year as Wildcats coach. turn an uncomfortably close game at half
Ky: Locke 100 kickoff return (Seiber kick), 5:23. FAtl: FG Gornall 37, :55.
Second Quarter Second Quarter With less than five minutes left and into a rare blowout.
Ky: Conner 2 run (Seiber kick), 2:47. SC: Garcia 15 run (Lanning kick), 8:53. down 27-24, Kentucky got the ball back South Carolina may have found a pair
Third Quarter FAtl: Bonner 23 pass from Smith (Gornall kick),
Lou: FG R.Payne 23, 11:29. 4:28. courtesy of a fumbled kickoff return. Two of star freshmen runners.
Lou: FG R.Payne 42, 4:58. FAtl: Grant 3 pass from Smith (kick failed), :16. plays later, Hartline found Cobb—his one- While Giles averaged 10.3 yards a carry
Fourth Quarter Third Quarter
Lou: Graham 5 pass from Burke (R.Payne kick), SC: Maddox 3 run (Lanning kick), 13:47. time rival for the starting quarterback and got his first career touchdown, Kenny
14:16. SC: Maddox 6 pass from Garcia (Lanning kick), job—in the corner of the end zone, closely Miles looked just as impressive, running
Ky: Locke 2 run (Seiber kick), 8:55. 9:07.
Lou: Guy 66 pass from Burke (R.Payne kick), 7:49. SC: Giles 12 run (Lanning kick), 4:20. guarded. Cobb made the leaping grab. for 56 yards on five carries in one first
Ky: R.Cobb 12 pass from Hartline (Seiber kick), A: 72,017. “I knew when it was in the air I had to quarter series before sitting out the rest of
4:28. FAtl SC
A: 70,988. First downs ...................................21..................21 make a play,” Cobb said. the game with a shoulder injury.
Rushes-yards .......................... 35-96..........35-287 The game remained in the balance with Florida Atlantic quarterback Rusty
Lou Ky Passing ........................................211................229
First downs ...................................19..................18 Comp-Att-Int .......................22-38-1.........21-28-0 2 minutes when Louisville QB Justin Smith was 21-for-31 for 198 yards.
Rushes-yards ........................ 40-133..........33-168 Return Yards................................(-2)................(-9) Burke was driving for a potential win- Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier is
Passing ........................................245................178 Punts-Avg. ............................. 4-41.5...........3-44.3
Comp-Att-Int .......................15-29-1.........20-28-1 Fumbles-Lost ...............................2-2.................3-1 ning score. But he had a pass tipped by 37-0 in his career against teams not cur-
Return Yards.................................... 1..................17 Penalties-Yards ..........................3-30.............. 6-54 Corey Peters that was picked off by Sam rently in the Bowl Championship Series.
Punts-Avg. ............................. 2-43.5...........3-34.3 Time of Possession...................32:10.............27:50
Fumbles-Lost ...............................1-1.................2-2 Maxwell. Kentucky (2-0) had to punt the South Carolina has just five days to get
Penalties-Yards ..........................6-35.............. 8-95 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ball back to Louisville, but Burke’s last- ready for No. 5 Mississippi.
Time of Possession...................32:32.............27:28 RUSHING: Florida Atlantic, Al.Morris 22-79, Rose
4-22, Stinson 6-16, Rolle 1-2, Smith 2-(minus 23). second Hail Mary was incomplete. Burke The Owls (0-2) trailed 17-16 at halftime,
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS South Carolina, Giles 11-113, Miles 5-56, M.Brown completed 15-of-28 passes for 245 yards but turned over the ball twice on their first
RUSHING: Louisville, Anderson 19-110, Burke 1-50, Maddox 10-23, E.Baker 2-22, Garcia 4-18,
8-17, Guy 1-4, Powell 12-2. Kentucky, Locke 15-72, Sherman 2-5. and two TDs. three drives after halftime. Stephon Gilmore ED REINKE / AP
A.Smith 10-45, Conner 3-28, Hartline 3-18, R.Cobb PASSING: Florida Atlantic, Smith 21-31-1-198, Van “We continued to attack,” said Burke. picked off Rusty Smith’s pass, and Eric
1-6, Allen 1-(minus 1). Camp 1-7-0-13. South Carolina, Garcia 20-27-0- Kentucky WR Randall Cobb pulled in the game-winning touchdown with 4:28 remaining.
PASSING: Louisville, Burke 15-28-1-245, Team 222, McCollum 1-1-0-7. “It shows it’s a game of resolve. We just Norwood sacked Smith to force a fumble.
0-1-0-0. Kentucky, Hartline 20-27-1-178, Team RECEIVING: Florida Atlantic, Bonner 6-57, Harmon kept coming back. We just killed our- The Gamecocks took advantage of the
0-1-0-0. 4-57, L.Jean 4-39, Holley 2-29, Rose 2-9, Stinson
RECEIVING: Louisville, Long 5-89, Beaumont 2-6, Da.Williams 1-11, Grant 1-3. South Carolina, selves, but we kept coming back.” short field both times. Gilmore later
3-33, Graham 3-24, Powell 2-21, Guy 1-66, Chich- Gurley 4-100, Barnes 3-40, M.Brown 3-20, A.Jeffery Kentucky (2-0) turned the ball over to recovered a fumble as South Carolina RISING FALLING
ester 1-12. Kentucky, R.Cobb 6-71, Matthews 6-34, 2-24, E.Baker 2-10, LeCorn 2-9, Maddox 2-8, Spur-
Locke 4-47, Roark 2-15, Drake 1-6, McCaskill 1-5. rier 1-13, Saunders 1-7, Moore 1-(minus 2). Louisville (1-1) on three straight third forced three turnovers in the second half Georgia offense Florida’s invincibility
quarter possessions. and stopped Florida Atlantic on a fourth Bulldogs in an SEC shootout for a Suddenly Florida doesn’t appear
second straight week? QB Joe Cox to be a lock. Perhaps it’s good the
Hartline committed two of those mis- down at the Gamecocks’ 5. looks like a legit starter after all. Gators realize it now.
cues on a fumbled snap and a pass that — The Associated Press
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BIG EAST
Syracuse 37, Northwestern 34 Pittsburgh 27, Navy 14
Paulus’ prediction comes true Fans let Stull have it—cheers, that is
SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Doug Marrone and was 24-for-35 for 346 yards PITTSBURGH—Bill Stull found
needed some sort of validation. and two touchdowns with one Henry Hynoski on a 13-yard com-
Greg Paulus and Ryan Lichtenstein interception for the Orange, who pletion on his first pass attempt
provided Syracuse’s rookie head started 0-3 the previous two sea- against Navy and, surprise, heard
coach with more than enough. sons under former coach Greg Rob- loud cheers.
Paulus, the point guard-turned inson. Mike Williams had 11 catches Right then, his Pitt teammates
quarterback, threw for two touch- for 209 yards and two TDs. knew it would be a much different
downs and ran for another and “It’s still always amazing to me. I game for a quarterback who wins
Lichtenstein kicked a 41-yard field think we take it for granted because games, but has trouble winning
goal on the final play of the game to he was such a tremendous high over his own fans.
give Syracuse a 37-34 win Saturday school player and a tremendous Dion Lewis and Ray Graham
night against Northwestern. basketball player,” Marrone said. each scored a touchdown, Stull
Although the Carrier Dome — The Associated Press effectively ran the Panthers’
wasn’t as packed as it was in the offense and Pittsburgh turned a
season-opening, overtime loss to Northwestern 0 21 7 6 — 34
bizarre failed punt by Navy into a
Minnesota, the orange-clad crowd Syracuse 17 7 3 10 — 37 pivotal touchdown during a 27-14
finally left the building with some- First Quarter
victory over the Midshipmen. KEITH SRAKOCIC / AP
thing to talk about after four sea- Syr: FG Lichtenstein 43, 12:33. The Panthers (3-0) held Navy’s Pittsburgh turned this botched punt into a touchdown to help beat Navy on Saturday.
sons that produced just 10 wins Syr: Paulus 10 run (Lichtenstein kick), 9:33. trademark running game to 129
Syr: Williams 66 pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick), 1:17.
under Greg Robinson. Second Quarter yards while improving to 3-0 for “Billy was putting the ball in the Navy 7 0 0 7 — 14
NU: Kafka 3 run (Demos kick), 14:13. Pittsburgh 7 14 3 3 — 27
“I’m excited,” Marrone said after KEVIN RIVOLI / AP
NU: Brewer 39 pass from Kafka (Demos kick), 9:47.
the first time since 2000 and only right places,” Baldwin said. “It (the
the first win at his alma mater. Ryan Lichtenstein’s 41-yard FG gave Doug NU: Dunsmore 22 pass from Kafka (Demos kick), 3:59. the fourth time since Dan Marino’s opening drive) helped his confi- First Quarter
Marrone his first win as the Orange’s coach. Syr: D.Carter 3 run (Lichtenstein kick), 1:15. Pitt: Turner 6 pass from Stull (Hutchins kick), 8:31.
“This helps chip away the monkey Third Quarter
senior season in 1982. The Pan- dence a lot. That first game, people Navy: Dobbs 1 run (Buckley kick), :19.
on your back, the chip on your Syr: FG Lichtenstein 37, 4:52. thers, two spots out of the Top 25 were booing him and we just Second Quarter
NU: Kafka 24 pass from Brewer (A.Fields kick), :17. Pitt: Graham 15 run (Hutchins kick), 13:40.
shoulders.” it, start practicing it. That’s what Fourth Quarter
last week, might be ready to return encouraged him, we were telling Pitt: Lewis 6 run (Hutchins kick), 1:10.
Max Suter set up the winning you’re going to do, and I’ll be first NU: D.Fields 3 pass from Kafka (kick failed), 9:04. to the national rankings. him to just go out and execute and Third Quarter
Syr: Williams 13 pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick), 6:07. Pitt: FG Hutchins 29, 3:22.
points with an interception, return- one to come and tackle you.’” Syr: FG Lichtenstein 41, :00.
Stull, booed loudly during a 38-3 they’ll be quiet then.” Fourth Quarter
ing it to the Wildcats 39. Paulus Paulus, who starred at point A: 40,251. win over Youngstown State two Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt felt it Navy: Curry 4 run (Buckley kick), 11:27.
Pitt: FG Hutchins 18, 5:02.
then guided the Orange into field- guard for Duke for four years before NU Syr
weeks before, went 17 of 24 for 245 helped Stull to go on the road last A: 55,064.
goal range for the freshman kicker, giving football a shot with his final First downs .........................................................25 .......................... 23 yards as Pitt outgained the Mid- week and get away from fans who Navy Pitt
Rushes-yards ................................................28-52 .................. 32-125 First downs .......................................................17.........................18
who had a field goal blocked in the year of athletic eligibility, was elu- Passing ..............................................................414 ........................346
shipmen 369-218. The Panthers weren’t happy with his 7-of-24 Rushes-yards ............................................46-129.................37-126
second quarter. Lichtenstein hit it sive, sharp, and in command from Comp-Att-Int ............................................36-43-1 .................24-36-1 were coming off a 54-27 decision performance during a 3-0 loss to Passing ..............................................................89.......................243
Return Yards........................................................23 .......................... 20 Comp-Att-Int .............................................6-22-0...............19-26-0
true, despite a huge case of nerves. the outset. He displayed a flair for Punts-Avg. ...................................................6-35.3 ....................5-47.2
over Buffalo in which they allowed Oregon State in the Sun Bowl. Return Yards......................................................11...........................0
“It was a completely mind-numb- the deft fake, sidestepped the rush Fumbles-Lost ....................................................2-2 .........................4-1 500 yards yet still won by 27. “He didn’t have to deal with the Punts-Avg. ................................................. 4-45.0..................4-29.0
Penalties-Yards ...............................................7-57 .......................6-64 Fumbles-Lost ...................................................2-0.......................2-1
ing experience,” said Lichtenstein, when he had to, completed throws Time of Possession........................................ 28:02 .....................31:58
Pitt didn’t need long to build off crowd,” Wannstedt said. “I was Penalties-Yards ..............................................5-39.....................6-94
who also kicked a 43-yard field goal on the run against blitzes, and even its highest-scoring game in 10 real curious to see how he played Time of Possession.......................................29:45................... 30:15
for the first points of the game. “I scored on a nifty run. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS years, using up nearly seven min- here. His confidence took a step
RUSHING: Northwestern, Schmidt 10-30, A.Fields 2-24, Persa 2-8, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
didn’t see it.” If he had doubters when he trans- Concannon 1-(minus 3), Kafka 13-(minus 7). Syracuse, D.Carter utes at the start of the game on an forward.” RUSHING: Navy, Teich 12-80, Curry 6-34, Dobbs 26-21, Murray
18-84, A.Bailey 4-26, M.Jones 2-25, Davis 1-16, Paulus 7-(minus 1-2, Delahooke 1-(minus 8). Pittsburgh, Lewis 23-79, Hynoski
Paulus did, though. Heck, he ferred, there can’t be too many left 26).
89-yard drive that ended with Baldwin’s 18-yard reception and 3-23, Graham 3-18, Saddler 1-14, Harris 2-(minus 2), Stull
even predicted it. now. He was a star here in high PASSING: Northwestern, Kafka 35-42-1-390, Brewer 1-1-0-24. Stull’s 6-yard scoring pass to tight end Nate Byham’s 24-yard 2-(minus 2), Team 3-(minus 4).
Syracuse, Paulus 24-35-1-346, Team 0-1-0-0. PASSING: Navy, Dobbs 6-21-0-89, Team 0-1-0-0. Pittsburgh, Stull
“After the first one, I came up to school five years ago, and he’s a RECEIVING: Northwestern, Dunsmore 10-90, Markshausen 9-86,
Oderick Turner, one play after catch highlighted a 59-yard drive 17-24-0-245, Sunseri 2-2-0-(minus 2).
him and said, ‘You’re going to hit budding star now after just three Brewer 4-73, Schmidt 4-46, D.Fields 4-30, Ebert 2-26, Kafka 1-24, Stull’s 22-yard completion to Jona- that ended with Graham’s 15-yard RECEIVING: Navy, Schupp 2-24, Teich 1-23, Washington 1-17,
Rooks 1-23, Frymire 1-16. Syracuse, Williams 11-209, Davis 6-73, Curry 1-13, Myers 1-12. Pittsburgh, Baldwin 6-111, Turner 3-32,
the game-winning field goal,’” Pau- games with the Orange (1-2). D.Carter 2-20, Catalina 2-10, M.Jones 1-14, A.Bailey 1-11, Lobdell
than Baldwin. Baldwin made six run and put Pitt up 14-7. Byham 2-39, Hynoski 2-17, Graham 2-(minus 2), Stull 1-23, McGee
lus said. “I said, ‘Start visualizing Paulus scored on a 10-yard run 1-9. catches for 111 yards. — The Associated Press 1-13, Dickerson 1-6, Lewis 1-4.
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Simple plan gets Buffs on track Senior duo grab spotlight for Tigers
BOULDER, COLO.—Colorado coach two years ago. COLUMBIA, MO.—Jared Perry came controlled the ball for 11 more min-
Dan Hawkins used his team’s 24-0 After scoring just a field goal in to Missouri weighing under 150 utes than the Tigers.
win over Wyoming on Saturday as the first half of each of their first pounds — a good-sized team man- But those numbers don’t reflect
a chance to fire back at his pro- two games, the Buffaloes scored a ager, but hardly sturdy enough for Missouri’s scoring ease after the
gram’s detractors. touchdown on their opening drive the rigors of Big 12 football. Tigers failed to gain a first down
“It’s easy to stand outside the Saturday. It took a heads-up play by Fellow wide receiver Danario on their first two possessions.
arena and point fingers and say wide receiver Scotty McKnight, Alexander, at 6-foot-5 and 215 None of the Tigers’ four offensive
you’re not good enough and ... criti- who scooped up tailback Demetrius pounds, had the physical tools but scoring drives in the first half
cize and be negative,” Hawkins said Sumler’s fumble at the 2 and bar- spent two of his first three seasons lasted longer than three minutes.
after the game. “But when you’re in reled into the end zone. hindered by serious injuries. Perry’s second score came on the
the arena and you’re scrapping, The win helped the Cody Hawk- On Saturday, the seniors com- first play of the drive. Alexander’s
you’re never that far away from vic- ins look forward to the remainder bined for 10 catches, four of which second TD catch capped a 59-sec-
tory, you’re never that far away Colorado’s schedule. went for touchdowns in Missouri’s ond drive.
from defeat.” “College football’s a long season, 52-12 defeat of Furman. They also — The Associated Press
Linebacker Jeff Smart said this and we haven’t even started confer- hooked up on the game’s signature
win wasn’t really a response to the ence play yet,” Hawkins said. “And play, a 40-yard pass from Alexan- Furman 0 0 6 6 — 12
critics who wondered what was that’s going to be tough because we der to Perry that began with a Missouri 14 28 7 3 — 52
wrong with the Buffaloes when play a lot of great teams. But we’re a cross-field lateral to Alexander First Quarter
they stumbled to an 0-2 start. good team, too.” from quarterback Blaine Gabbert. Mo: Perry 40 pass from Alexander (Ressel kick), 4:47.
Mo: Perry 48 pass from Gabbert (Ressel kick), 2:42.
“We knew we had it in us,” Smart — The Associated Press “I’ve been waiting for this Second Quarter
said. “And if we’re showing any- opportunity,” said Perry, who had L.G. PATTERSON / AP Mo: Gabbert 40 run (Ressel kick), 12:05.
Mo: Alexander 13 pass from Gabbert (Ressel kick), 7:10.
body, we’re showing ourselves.” DAVID ZALUBOWSKI / AP Wyoming 0 0 0 0 — 0 37 catches as a freshman, but fal- Missouri QB Blaine Gabbert scores on a Mo: J.Smith 43 interception return (Ressel kick), 3:55.
Quarterback Cody Hawkins Colorado 7 10 7 0 — 24 tered a year later with the arrival 40-yard run, one of his four TDs on the day. Mo: Alexander 17 pass from Gabbert (Ressel kick), :11.
Colorado RB Rodney Stewart, center, Third Quarter
returned from a concussion and finished with 127 yards rushing and two TDs. First Quarter of star receiver Jeremy Maclin and Fur: Maples 21 pass from Sorrells (kick failed), 6:44.
directed four scoring drives, and Col: McKnight 2 run (Goodman kick), 13:30. the emergence of tight end Chase TD passes, tying a career high set Mo: D.Washington 1 run (Ressel kick), 2:00.
Second Quarter Fourth Quarter
Rodney Stewart returned from a games), there’s no reason to slap the Col: FG Goodman 20, 13:35. Coffman. Both now play in the two weeks earlier against Illinois. Mo: FG Ressel 44, 12:28.
hamstring injury to carry 32 times panic button and start freaking Col: Stewart 2 run (Goodman kick), 11:40. NFL. He completed 17 of 25 passes for Fur: Uhaa 2 run (pass failed), 7:19.
Third Quarter A: 61,617.
for 127 yards and a two out.” Col: Stewart 11 run (Goodman kick), 1:17. Alexander also took a step back 256 yards with no interceptions.
touchdowns. The Buffs played fewer personnel A: 50,535. after some early success, missing Perry, now listed at 180 pounds, Fur Mo
Wyo Col First downs ...............................................22.............................. 30
The Buffaloes (1-2) simplified groups, had fewer changes, fewer First downs ...............................................13....................................21 three games with a wrist injury in added a 48-yard TD catch and set Rushes-yards ......................................34-93.......................36-196
their defensive plan after allowing defensive calls, and the Cowboys Rushes-yards ......................................35-76............................45-151 2007 before tearing his anterior career highs with seven catches Passing ....................................................305............................329
Passing ....................................................154................................. 175 Comp-Att-Int ...................................25-40-1.....................23-35-0
77 points and 1,000 yards in their (1-2) went three-and-out six times Comp-Att-Int ...................................15-36-0..........................17-31-0 cruciate ligament in that season’s for 161 yards. Alexander also Return Yards................................................0.............................. 63
losses to Colorado State and Toledo, in the first half. During the half Return Yards..............................................25......................................5 Big 12 title game against Okla- caught two touchdown passes in Punts-Avg. .........................................5-40.0........................3-40.0
Punts-Avg. .........................................9-39.0.............................6-47.7 Fumbles-Lost ...........................................1-1.............................1-0
and it worked wonders. they managed just three first downs Fumbles-Lost ...........................................3-1..................................4-1 homa. The severe knee injury—he the first half. Penalties-Yards ...................................10-94...........................9-75
Colorado’s quarterback said the and 61 yards of offense. Penalties-Yards ..................................... 8-86..............................10-86 had two more surgeries after the Missouri (3-0) led 42-0 at half- Time of Possession...............................35:31.........................24:29
Time of Possession...............................24:52.............................. 35:08
team did not feel a big weight on its “Basically, we just didn’t think. initial operation—continued to time before Furman (2-1) scored INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
shoulders going into the game— We ran around making plays,” Col- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS hamper his effectiveness in 2008. on a 21-yard pass from Jordan Sor- RUSHING: Furman, J.Williams 14-53, Uhaa 15-36, Lenard 2-8,
RUSHING: Wyoming, Carta-Samuels 9-36, Alexander 6-22, Stewart Forcier 1-6, Team 1-(minus 1), Sorrells 1-(minus 9). Missouri,
despite the public perception. orado linebacker Marcus Burton 7-17, Benjamin 6-6, McCoy 1-5, Caraway 1-1, Bolger 1-(minus 2), “They’ve had their injuries and rells to Tyler Maples midway Lawrence 10-77, D.Washington 15-45, Gabbert 2-44, Moye 6-35,
“I thought there was a lot of con- said about the win. “Guys weren’t Terry 3-(minus 3), Sween 1-(minus 6). Colorado, Stewart 32-127, they’ve had their tough times,” through the third quarter. Sorrells J.Jackson 1-7, Costello 1-(minus 6), Team 1-(minus 6).
Sumler 8-37, Lockridge 2-12, McKnight 0-2, C.Hawkins 1-(minus 6), PASSING: Furman, Sorrells 24-39-1-250, Webb 1-1-0-55.
fidence in the locker room in what worried about making mistakes.” Team 2-(minus 21). said Missouri coach Gary Pinkel. completed 24-of-39 passes for 250 Missouri, Gabbert 17-25-0-256, Costello 5-9-0-33, Alexander
we could do,” Cody Hawkins said. The Buffs led 17-0 at the half on PASSING: Wyoming, Carta-Samuels 11-24-0-125, Sween 3-8-0-27, “Both of them had their ups and yards with one touchdown and an 1-1-0-40.
Benjamin 1-4-0-2. Colorado, C.Hawkins 17-31-0-175. RECEIVING: Furman, Mims 10-154, Maples 6-78, Webb 4-34,
“And just because we didn’t we the way to their second shutout in RECEIVING: Wyoming, D.Leonard 6-49, O.Arnold 2-29, Bolger 2-15, downs.” interception. Uhaa 2-12, Cunningham 1-14, Hendrix 1-10, J.Williams 1-3. Mis-
didn’t go out and perform the way the Dan Hawkins era. The first was McNeill 2-11, D.Morgan 1-37, Bolling 1-7, Stewart 1-6. Colorado, Gabbert, a sophomore, added a The Paladins compiled nearly souri, Perry 7-161, J.Jackson 4-64, Alexander 3-46, Moe 2-8, Jones
McKnight 5-77, Geer 4-26, Espinoza 3-18, Lockridge 1-17, Sumler 1-11, D.Washington 1-11, Egnew 1-8, Gerau 1-5, Kemp 1-5, Moye
we wanted to (in the first two a 42-0 whitewash of Miami-Ohio 1-16, Jefferson 1-9, J.Behrens 1-7, Stewart 1-5. 40-yard scoring run to his three 400 yards in total offense and 1-5, Woodland 1-5.
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Connecticut 30, Baylor 22
TEAM
BIG 12 CONF. OVERALL NEXT Dixon, Todman helping UConn move past Brown
NORTH
Kansas 0-0 3-0 Southern Miss, Saturday, noon WACO, TEXAS—Andre Dixon is bigger, carry, a major reason the Huskies held the
Missouri 0-0 3-0 at Nevada, Friday, 9 p.m. with better hair. Jordan Todman is ball nearly twice as long as Baylor (1-1).
Iowa State 0-0 2-1 Army, Saturday, 7 p.m. younger and faster.
Nebraska 0-0 2-1 Louisiana-Lafayette, Saturday, 7 p.m. Together, they’re doing a heck of a job Texas A&M 38, Utah State 30
Colorado 0-0 1-2 at West Virginia, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. replacing Donald Brown in the Connecti-
Kansas State 0-0 1-2 Tennessee Tech, Saturday, 2:10 p.m. cut backfield. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS—Jerrod Johnson
SOUTH Dixon ran for 149 yards and three touch- threw three of his four touchdown passes
Texas 1-0 3-0 UTEP, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. downs and Todman ran for 103 yards, to freshman Uzoma Nwachukwu and
Texas A&M 0-0 2-0 UAB, Saturday, 7 p.m. sending the Huskies home from the far- Texas A&M overcame injuries to two of
Oklahoma 0-0 2-1 at No. 20 Miami, Oct. 3, TBA thest road trip in school history with a its top playmakers in a win over Utah
Oklahoma State 0-0 2-1 Grambling State, Saturday, 7 p.m. 30-22 victory over Baylor on Saturday and State.
Baylor 0-0 1-1 Northwestern State, Saturday, 7 p.m.
leaving their future foes wondering how Johnson completed 21-of-41 passes for
Texas Tech 0-1 2-1 at No. 21 Houston, Saturday, 9:15 p.m.
they’re going to slow this 1-2 combination. 322 yards and Nwachukwu also ran for a
Connecticut 3 10 14 3 — 30 Utah St. 14 0 3 13 — 30 The success of the running game made score for Texas A&M (2-0), which lost
Baylor 7 0 7 8 — 22 Texas A&M 14 10 7 7 — 38 it a lot easier for Cody Endres to fill in for sophomore receiver Jeff Fuller and fresh-
First Quarter First Quarter injured starter Zach Frazer. Endres was man running back Christine Michael to
Conn: FG Teggart 39, 10:22. USU: Turbin 50 run (Ulinski kick), 10:31. 12 of 23 for 147 yards with no turnovers as leg injuries. Fuller was coming off a
Bay: Finley 72 run (Parks kick), 8:49. TAM: Nwachukwu 35 pass from J.Johnson (Bullock
Second Quarter kick), 7:49. Connecticut bounced back from a tough career-best, 10-catch performance in the
Conn: Dixon 1 run (Teggart kick), 14:57. USU: Borel 1 run (Ulinski kick), 5:12. home loss to North Carolina. season opener against New Mexico and
Conn: FG Teggart 30, 7:40. TAM: Nwachukwu 39 run (Bullock kick), 3:38.
Third Quarter Second Quarter “It’s a good win because we came on the Michael rushed for 94 yards on Saturday
Conn: Dixon 10 run (Teggart kick), 13:39. TAM: FG Bullock 31, 6:24. road down to the Big 12,” UConn coach before he was hurt.
Conn: Dixon 1 run (Teggart kick), 10:49. TAM: Nwachukwu 16 pass from J.Johnson (Bullock
Bay: Griffin 5 run (Parks kick), 7:41. kick), 1:26. Randy Edsell said. “The Big East doesn’t Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman said
Fourth Quarter Third Quarter get a lot of respect but we beat a team that Fuller broke his right fibula and is out
Conn: FG Teggart 34, 5:45. USU: FG Ulinski 42, 13:36.
Bay: Griffin 1 run (Akers pass from Griffin), 3:06. TAM: Nwachukwu 50 pass from J.Johnson (Bullock a lot of people had a lot of promise with. It indefinitely. The coach said Michael suf-
A: 40,147. kick), 12:20. just feels good.” fered a minor left calf strain.
Fourth Quarter
Conn Bay TAM: Tannehill 10 pass from J.Johnson (Bullock And it made the 1,800-mile trip back to Diondre Borel threw for 334 yards with
First downs ...................................21..................11 kick), 14:51. Storrs seem a lot shorter. a touchdown and also ran for two scores
Rushes-yards ........................ 58-235..........21-147 USU: Sawyer 19 pass from Borel (run failed), 5:30.
Passing ........................................147................119 USU: Borel 2 run (Ulinski kick), :25. “It’s a far flight and we definitely would for Utah State (0-2), which has lost eight
Comp-Att-Int .......................12-23-0.........17-27-1 A: 73,599. have been miserable (with a loss),” Tod- straight road games and its last 10 games
Return Yards..................................88..................25
Punts-Avg. ............................. 5-43.0...........6-46.5 USU TAM man said. “Now we can go home with a against Big 12 opponents.
Fumbles-Lost ...............................1-0.................3-2 First downs ...................................31..................30 win and enjoy it.” — The Associated Press
Penalties-Yards ..........................8-52.............. 2-37 Rushes-yards ........................ 46-187..........44-251
Time of Possession...................39:44.............20:16 Passing ........................................334................322 The Huskies came into this season
Comp-Att-Int .......................24-48-0.........21-41-0 without a pair of 100-yard running backs
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Return Yards.................................... 2..................28
Punts-Avg. ............................. 7-40.1...........5-43.6 since November 2006, and these guys
RUSHING: Connecticut, Dixon 31-149, Todman
Fumbles-Lost ...............................4-2.................0-0
RISING
22-103, K.Moore 1-(minus 2), Team 1-(minus 2), have already done it twice in three games.
Endres 3-(minus 13). Baylor, Finley 8-121, Griffin Penalties-Yards ..........................9-66..........16-147 Sooners’ defense
10-20, Wright 2-4, Ganaway 1-2. Time of Possession...................32:03.............27:57 Todman was the bigger gainer in the first Oklahoma has outscored last two
PASSING: Connecticut, Endres 12-23-0-147. Bay- two games, and now Dixon led the way, opponents 109-0, including Tulsa
lor, Griffin 17-26-0-119, Wright 0-1-1-0. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RECEIVING: Connecticut, I.Moore 4-76, Todman RUSHING: Utah St., Turbin 13-121, Borel 22-34, showing they are more of a 1-a and 1-b (which was averaging 40.5 ppg).
3-34, Sherman 2-20, Kanuch 2-9, Dixon 1-8. Bay- M.Smith 6-21, Wiliams 2-10, Speight 1-3, Sawyer than starter and backup.
lor, Wright 6-67, Gettis 4-17, Salubi 2-14, B.Taylor 1-0, Butler 1-(minus 2). Texas A&M, Michael 17-94,
2-10, Finley 1-6, Akers 1-5, Sampson 1-0. J.Johnson 11-78, Gray 11-49, Nwachukwu 1-39, So much for the void supposedly cre-
Team 2-(minus 3), Stephens 2-(minus 6). ated when Brown, the nation’s leading FALLING
PASSING: Utah St., Borel 24-47-0-334, Team 0-1-0- Nebraska in big games
0. Texas A&M, J.Johnson 21-41-0-322. rusher last season, turned pro.
RECEIVING: Utah St., Morrison 6-126, Turbin 5-61, Dixon had 31 carries, one shy of his Huskers’ meltdown late in 16-15
Moats 3-41, Sawyer 3-38, Butler 2-16, Gwacham defeat at Virginia Tech marked
2-13, M.Smith 1-16, Alder 1-12, Bartlett 1-11. career best. He had a 10-yard touchdown their 21st loss in the past 22 games
Texas A&M, Tannehill 5-60, Gray 4-34, Nwachukwu run and a pair of 1-yarders. Todman ran against top 20 teams. ROD AYDELOTTE / AP
3-101, J.McCoy 3-66, Michael 2-26, Fuller 2-25,
McNeal 1-5, Morrow 1-5. 22 times. Each averaged nearly 5 yards per Connecticut’s Blidi Wreh-Wilson (5) breaks up a pass to Baylor’s Kendall Wright in the third quarter.
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PAC 10
Washington State 30, SMU 27, OT Stanford 42, San Jose State 17
Two defensive TDs propel Cougars Cardinal use three returns to pull away
STANFORD, CALIF.—Stanford scored tonight, in every different way.”
PULLMAN, WASH.—Washington Washington State got the ball back via kickoff return, interception Owen Marecic’s 34-yard catch
State’s offense had been struggling on its 20 with two minutes left. return and punt return. The Car- from Luck helped set up Gerhart’s
to score points all season. So the The Cougars benefited from a key dinal scored more conventionally, 3-yard TD run in the first quarter
defense lent a hand Saturday. pass interference call on fourth down too: via star running back Toby and Gerhart scored again in the
Linebackers Alex Hoffman-Ellis that gave them first down on SMU’s Gerhart. second on a 1-yard dive into the
and Myron Beck ran back intercep- 34. Quarterback Marshall Lobbes- Chris Owusu opened the game end zone.
tions for touchdowns, and a third tael completed two passes to the 7. with a 94-yard kickoff return and Gerhart’s 11th career 100-yard
pick set up a game-winning field Then he hit a diving Karstetter in the also caught a touchdown pass, rushing game gave him 1,967
goal in overtime by Nico Grasu as end zone with 28 seconds left. Gra- Gerhart ran for 113 yards and two career yards on the ground and
WSU (1-2) beat Southern Methodist su’s extra point tied the game at 27. TDs and Stanford beat San Jose moved him into eighth place on
30-27 for its first win of the season. The 17-point deficit was the big- State 42-17 in its home opener the school’s all-time list.
“The defense kept us in the game gest WSU has overcome for a win Saturday night in the third annual Walsh, a Hall of Fame coach,
and put points on the board,” Grasu since they came back from 18 points Bill Walsh Legacy Game. died in July 2007 at age 75 follow-
said. “You can’t ask for anything down to beat California in 1994. “We take pride in our special ing a long battle with leukemia.
more.” — The Associated Press teams,” Gerhart said. “It was huge — The Associated Press
“They won that game for us,” said SMU 7 10 7 3 0 — 27
today.”
receiver Jared Karstetter, whose Washington St. 0 7 6 14 3 — 30 Corey Gatewood added a San Jose St. 0 7 3 7 — 17
touchdown reception with 28 sec- 23-yard interception return for a Stanford 14 7 21 0 — 42
First Quarter
onds left tied the game in SMU: Wilkerson 46 pass from Mitchell (Szymanski kick), 7:10. touchdown and Richard Sher- First Quarter
regulation. Second Quarter man scored on a 48-yard punt PAUL SAKUMA / AP Stan: Owusu 94 kickoff return (N.Whitaker kick), 14:50.
SMU: FG Szymanski 29, 14:08. Stan: Gerhart 3 run (N.Whitaker kick), 7:59.
SMU (2-1) had a 24-7 lead in the DEAN HARE / AP SMU: Line 4 run (Szymanski kick), 8:23. return for the Cardinal, who are Stanford RB Toby Gerhart (7) had 113 Second Quarter
third quarter and seemed to be cruis- Cougars K Nico Grasu (18) celebrates his WSU: Blackledge 3 pass from Lobbestael (Grasu kick), :30. determined to earn a bowl berth rushing yards and two touchdowns. SJS: Beauchman 1 pass from La Secla (Cope kick), 5:50.
Third Quarter Stan: Gerhart 1 run (N.Whitaker kick), :41.
ing to victory behind spectacular winning field goal in overtime. SMU: Wilkerson 23 pass from Mitchell (Szymanski kick), 9:59. in coach Jim Harbaugh’s third Third Quarter
performances by QB Bo Levi Mitch- WSU: Hoffman-Ellis 52 interception return (pass failed), 1:16. season after a near miss last year. didn’t punt for the first time until Stan: Gatewood 23 interception return (N.Whitaker kick), 12:13.
Fourth Quarter SJS: FG Cope 30, 5:57.
ell (424 passing yards) and receiver SMU: FG Szymanski 45, 10:47. It gets tougher next week, when the 12:28 mark of the third quar-
Emmanuel Sanders (18 catches).
Shadowed by defeat WSU: Beck 67 interception return (Grasu kick), 10:07. Stanford (2-1, 1-0 Pac-10) hosts ter. Stanford, which has three
Stan: Owusu 22 pass from Luck (N.Whitaker kick), 1:44.
Stan: Sherman 48 punt return (N.Whitaker kick), :00.
WSU: Karstetter 7 pass from Lobbestael (Grasu kick), :28. Fourth Quarter
But the wheels came off when The indvidual effort of SMU Overtime Washington. The Huskies will special teams touchdowns and a SJS: Muldrow 14 run (Cope kick), 11:11.
Hoffman-Ellis picked off Mitchell WSU: FG Grasu 39. surely be riding high after their 16-13 defensive TD this season, out- A: 33,560.
receiver Emmanuel Sanders A: 22,319.
and ran 52 yards for the first TD of was overshadowed by the loss. upset of No. 3 Southern California gained San Jose State (0-3) 382- SJS Stan
his football career. “Just run, run like SMU WSU earlier Saturday. Stanford knows it 228. First downs ...............................................16.............................. 16
Sanders, a senior, caught a First downs ...............................................28....................................17 Rushes-yards ......................................28-24.......................40-211
hell,” Hoffman-Ellis recalled of his school record 18 passes for 178 Rushes-yards ......................................27-80..............................17-37 can’t afford the four turnovers the Andrew Luck completed 9-of- Passing ....................................................204............................171
reaction to his first interception. Passing ....................................................424................................. 239 Cardinal committed Saturday. 12 passes for 170 yards, a touch- Comp-Att-Int ...................................23-39-1.....................11-15-1
yards and also broke the school Comp-Att-Int ...................................40-57-4..........................24-53-2 Return Yards..............................................27.............................. 95
The snap for the conversion was record for career receiving yards Return Yards................................................3................................. 140 “They’re a different team than down and an interception. He Punts-Avg. .........................................7-46.3........................2-46.5
fumbled, and the Cougars trailed Punts-Avg. .........................................5-44.8.............................7-43.3 Fumbles-Lost ...........................................1-1.............................3-3
that stood for 30 years. Sanders Fumbles-Lost ...........................................2-1..................................1-1 they were last year,” Gerhart said connected with Owusu on a
Penalties-Yards ..................................... 3-24...........................9-89
24-13. That missed extra point now has 2,844 receiving yards Penalties-Yards ..................................... 6-54................................4-45 of Washington. “They’re confi- 22-yard TD strike late in the third Time of Possession...............................29:37.........................30:23
would end up costing them a chance Time of Possession...............................39:40.............................. 20:20
with eight games to play. dent. They’re playing hard and quarter.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
to win in regulation. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS they’re playing well. Coming off a Harbaugh asked Owusu before RUSHING: San Jose St., Muldrow 5-35, Island 3-29, Perry 5-8, Avila
Matt Szymanski kicked a field RUSHING: SMU, McNeal 22-83, Line 2-11, Mitchell 3-(minus 14). 1-3, Reese 2-0, Team 1-(minus 3), K.Reed 4-(minus 4), Jurovich
Washington St., Tardy 8-33, Montgomery 6-10, Mitz 2-3, Forzani win over USC, their confidence the game for three explosive plays
2-(minus 19), La Secla 5-(minus 25). Stanford, Gerhart 24-113,
goal early in the fourth for SMU. Mitchell led SMU deep into WSU 1-(minus 9). should be sky high.” from the sophomore and he Stewart 5-29, Taylor 4-28, Gaffney 2-20, Luck 4-19, Owusu 1-2.
Then Beck picked off Mitchell territory on the next drive but was PASSING: SMU, Mitchell 40-57-4-424. Washington St., Lobbestael PASSING: San Jose St., La Secla 17-30-1-155, K.Reed 5-8-0-38,
24-52-2-239, Team 0-1-0-0. Stanford should be feeling delivered.
Zavala 1-1-0-11. Stanford, Luck 9-12-1-170, Pritchard 2-3-0-1.
and outran the Mustangs for a picked off by Brandon Jones. The RECEIVING: SMU, Sanders 18-178, Beasley 8-69, Wilkerson 7-113, pretty good about itself, too. “Outstanding special teams RECEIVING: San Jose St., Jurovich 9-103, Otten 4-32, Muldrow
67-yard touchdown that cut SMU’s Cougars’ offense went 3-and-out, McNeal 5-34, A.Robinson 2-30. Washington St., Karstetter 5-63, The Cardinal scored on their play,” Harbaugh said. “I can’t say 4-22, Beauchman 2-19, Avery 2-15, Burns 1-11, Harrison 1-2.
Solomon 4-39, Montgomery 3-26, Blackledge 3-18, Forzani 2-50, Stanford, R.Whalen 3-63, Owusu 3-51, Marecic 2-48, Gerhart 1-8,
lead to 27-20 with 10:07 left. but SMU did the same and Tardy 2-15, To.Thompson 2-15, Mitz 2-2, Stormo 1-11. opening offensive series and enough about how those guys did Sherman 1-2, Patterson 1-(minus 1).
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Arizona State 38, Louisiana-Monroe 14
high 340 yards, found Payne on the RISING FORT COLLINS, COLO.—Dion Morton fig- Morton said. “I do like to throw the Army 24, Ball State 17
right side of the end zone with an up- Air Force defense ured he had thrown his final pass in ball.”
for-grabs pass capping a 14-play
After giving up 327 yards
in a loss last week to
high school. Keep this up and the Travis’ TD pick seals victory
67-yard drive for the Rebels (2-1). Minnesota, the effort was Colorado State senior receiver may be Air Force 37, New Mexico 13
UNLV beat the Warriors (2-1) much better this time. flinging a few more. WEST POINT, N.Y.—Donovan Travis “I just read his eyes,” Travis
despite the efforts of Greg Alexander, Morton threw a touchdown pass ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Jon Davis inter- came up with two pivotal picks in said. “It gave us momentum, let us
who completed 31-of-48 passes for a FALLING and hauled in another, leading the cepted two passes, returning one for a the fourth quarter to make Army a waste some time off the clock and
career high 477 yards and three Hawaii’s hopes Rams to a 35-20 win over Nevada on touchdown, to lead Air Force. winning team—something that helped secure the win we got
touchdowns. Alexander’s final des- It’s just one loss, the first of Saturday. He has now thrown two The Falcons (2-1, 1-0 Mountain could rarely be said about the today.”
peration pass was batted down by the season, but the Warriors touchdown passes on two attempts West Conference) defense held the Black Knights in recent seasons. Army was outgained 375-265
UNLV wide receiver Ryan Wolfe as had some people talking on this season. Lobos (0-3, 0-1) to 290 total yards Travis returned his second and fumbled six times, losing only
the big island.
time expired. A standout quarterback at John W. and forced four turnovers in the con- interception 18 yards for the go- one, but four interceptions and a
Wolfe finished with 130 yards North High School in Riverside, ference opener for both teams. ahead touchdown in the fourth solid ground game (207 yards
receiving and Payne added 94. Calif., Morton didn’t receive many Air Force played most of the game quarter and Army defeated Ball rushing) allowed the Black
Clayton was 28 of 43 with two interceptions. scholarship offers for his arm, despite without starting quarterback Tim State 24-17 on Saturday. Knights to move above .500 under
The Warriors had taken the lead with 5:27 left on Alex Green’s 2-yard throwing 32 touchdown passes his Jefferson, who left in the first quarter Travis picked off Cardinals new coach Rich Ellerson, who is
touchdown run. senior season. with a sprained right ankle. He was quarterback Kelly Page with 6:41 trying to turn around a program
The Warriors (2-1) were coming off a 38-20 win at Washington State, the On Saturday, Morton harkened replaced by backup quarterback Con- remaining and sprinted into the that has languished through more
program’s first road victory over a BCS conference team. Hawaii will con- back to those high school days, toss- nor Dietz, who directed the Falcons to end zone to break a 17-all tie for the than a decade of losing.
tinue east with a game against Louisiana Tech on Sept. 30 ing a 25-yard strike to Eric Peitz on a a series of short scores. Black Knights (2-1). “It feels right. It feels like that’s
UNLV will go to Wyoming Saturday for a noon game. gadget play in the first quarter. Mor- “Obviously, he’s a great player on Earlier in the fourth, with the the way it should be,” Ellerson
— The Associated Press ton took a lateral from Stucker and this team,” Dietz said of Jefferson. score tied and Ball State in Army said. “But we don’t want to start
lofted it to a wide open Peitz. “We all look up to him. I just wanted territory, Travis picked off Page’s the celebration too soon. It abso-
Just like old times. to go in there and help out the team.” pass over the middle on a third- lutely is a process.”
“It is bringing me back a little bit,” — The Associated Press and-30. — The Associated Press
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Southern Mississippi 37, Virginia 34
TEAM
C-USA CONF. OVERALL NEXT
Eagles overcome double-digit deficit for eighth straight win
EAST
Southern Miss 1-0 3-0 at No. 22 Kansas, Saturday, noon HATTIESBURG, MISS.—Southern Mississippi, after fum- 109 yards receiving for the Falcons (1-2). Wright caught
UAB 1-1 1-2 at Texas A&M, Saturday, 7 p.m. bling and bumbling its way through the first half, five passes for 104 yards.
Marshall 0-0 2-1 at Memphis, Saturday, 8 p.m. returned to form late in the game to stretch its winning
East Carolina 0-0 1-2 Central Florida, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. streak with a 37-34 victory over struggling Virginia on Central Florida 23, Buffalo 17
Memphis 0-0 1-2 Marshall, Saturday, 8 p.m. Saturday.
Central Florida 0-1 2-1 at East Carolina, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. The Golden Eagles, after trailing by 17, scored two ORLANDO, FLA.—Nick Cattoi kicked a 22-yard field goal
WEST unanswered fourth-quarter touchdowns to make it eight with 6:02 remaining to break a tie in Central Florida’s
SMU 1-0 2-1 at TCU, Oct. 3, 8 p.m. straight, second only to Florida’s 13-game mark. win over Buffalo.
Tulsa 1-0 2-1 Sam Houston State, Saturday, 7 p.m. “I think it says a lot about our team,” Southern Miss Cattoi, who’s 42-yarder with 1:33 left to play completed
Houston 0-0 2-0 Texas Tech, Saturday, 9:15 p.m. coach Larry Fedora said. “I knew that we would not quit. the scoring, had three field goals in the second half.
UTEP 0-0 0-2 at No. 2 Texas, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. I knew we would play all the way to the end.” Brynn Harvey added a 4-yard touchdown run in the
Tulane 0-1 0-2 McNeese State, Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
The Southern Miss offense was averaging 507.5 yards second half to help the Golden Knights (2-1) rally from a
Rice 0-1 0-3 Vanderbilt, Saturday, 8 p.m.
per game coming into the game, but managed only 344 17-7 halftime deficit.
yards against Virginia, despite Damion Fletcher rushing The Golden Knights had an interception and two fum-
Virginia 13 14 7 0 — 34 for 115 and Tory Harrison for 101. Fletcher scored on a ble recoveries in a second half in which Buffalo had 101
Southern Miss. 0 10 14 13 — 37 RISING 6-yard run in the first quarter and a 10-yard run in the yards.
First Quarter SMU’s Sanders fourth quarter. Brett Hodges was 15 of 20 with 141 yards and Harvey
UVa: T.Smith 69 pass from Sewell (Randolph kick), WR Emmanuel
9:18. Sanders caught
Harrison capped Southern Miss’ rally with a 57-yard rushed for 98 yards on 25 carries for UCF.
UVa: FG Randolph 34, 7:46. touchdown run. The Bulls (1-2) broke a 7-7 tie when Naaman Roosevelt
UVa: FG Randolph 24, 5:25. 18 passes for 178
Second Quarter yards, giving him Austin Davis was 14 of 26 for 130 yards and a 2-yard threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Jesse Rack on a dou-
USM: Fletcher 6 run (Estes kick), 11:08. 35 for 392 yards touchdown pass to Ryan Hanks in the third quarter. He ble reverse. Buffalo held UCF to just 24 yards in the first
UVa: Burd 29 pass from Sewell (Randolph kick), this season. And
7:38. was sacked twice. half after giving up a 68-yard scoring drive.
USM: FG Estes 27, 4:33. somehow, he only
has one TD.
Freddie Parham sparked the Golden Eagles’ rally in
UVa: Sewell 4 run (Randolph kick), :19.
Third Quarter the third quarter when he took a kick 3 yards deep in the Memphis 41, Tennessee-Martin 14
USM: Hanks 2 pass from A.Davis (Estes kick), end zone and sprinted the length of the field to cut Vir-
11:17.
UVa: Sewell 1 run (Randolph kick), 7:19. FALLING ginia’s lead to 34-24. MEMPHIS, TENN.—Tyler Bass threw four touchdown
USM: Parham 100 kickoff return (Estes kick), 7:05. Owl D “Clearly that was a momentum changer,” Virginia MATT BUSH / AP passes and ran for another, leading Memphis in a
Fourth Quarter At least the Rice
USM: Fletcher 10 run (Estes kick), 13:27. coach Al Groh said. “I saw it coming. We didn’t fit on the With his team trailing by 17 in the third quarter, Southern Miss’ blowout of Tennessee-Martin.
USM: Harrison 57 run (kick blocked), 8:01. defense is consis- Freddie Parham ignited the rally with this 100-yard kickoff return.
blocks properly at a number of spots.” Bass was 22-for-28 for 293 yards, four touchdowns
A: 31,170. tent—allowing 44,
55, 41 points in first Southern Miss’ unanswered scores by Fletcher and and an interception for the Tigers (1-2).
UVa USM
First downs ...................................25..................20
three games and Harrison did the rest. Marshall 17, Bowling Green 10 He also rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on 16
Rushes-yards .......................... 43-78..........41-214 458 total yards per The Cavaliers, among the worst offensive teams in the HUNTINGTON, W. VA.—Darius Marshall rushed for 186 carries.
Passing ........................................312................130 game. nation this season, had 390 yards against the Golden yards, including an 80-yard touchdown run, to lead Duke Calhoun caught nine passes for 174 yards and
Comp-Att-Int .......................24-47-1.........14-27-1
Return Yards.................................... 5..................39 Eagles. Marshall to win over Bowling Green. a score, and Carlos Singleton had a pair of touchdown
Punts-Avg. ............................. 5-45.8...........5-35.4 Southern Miss (3-0), a 16½-point favorite, trailed until The Thundering Herd (2-1) trailed 7-0 at halftime after catches on 40 yards receiving.
Fumbles-Lost ...............................2-1.................3-2
Penalties-Yards ..........................6-49.............. 9-92 the fourth quarter, with fumbles and penalties allowing Bowling Green’s Chris Wright caught a 50-yard touch- The Tigers scored the first 31 points.
Time of Possession...................32:55.............27:05 the Cavaliers to surge to a 13-0 lead after one quarter. down pass from Tyler Sheehan, who completed 43-of-62 Bass threw touchdown passes of 19 yards to Single-
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Virginia (0-3) scored on a 69-yard pass from Jameel passes for 383 yards. ton and 85 yards to Calhoun, and also rushed for a
RUSHING: Virginia, Do.Wallace 11-35, Sewell Sewell to Tim Smith and had two field goals, thanks to But Marshall answered with 17 straight points and 7-yarder to stake Memphis to a 24-0 lead in the sec-
23-23, Jackson 7-15, Mack 2-5. Southern Miss.,
Fletcher 26-115, Harrison 3-101, A.Davis 11-0, Southern Miss fumbles. never fell behind again; Brian Anderson connected with ond quarter.
Team 1-(minus 2). A roughing the passer call on Southern Miss set up Antavio Wilson on an 11-yard touchdown, Marshall He connected with Singleton again, this time on a
PASSING: Virginia, Sewell 24-46-1-312, Team 0-1-0-0.
Southern Miss., A.Davis 14-26-0-130, Harrison 0-1-1-0. 4-yard TD run by Sewell to give the Cavaliers a 27-10 scored on his long run and Craig Ratanamorn made a 21-yard score for the 31-0 advantage to open the third.
RECEIVING: Virginia, Burd 6-79, Green 5-30, lead at halftime. 31-yard field goal. The Skyhawks (1-2) then scored consecutive touch-
Mack 4-16, T.Smith 3-76, Jackson 3-44, Brown
2-52, Torchia 1-15. Southern Miss., Harrison 3-34, Sewell was 24 of 46 for 312 yards and two touchdowns, Anderson completed 11-of-21 passes for 100 yards and downs to pull within 17 points, but Bass’ final touch-
Banks 2-39, Baptiste 2-14, D.Brown 2-7, Hanks 2-6, hitting Kris Burd for a 29-yard touchdown in the second threw one interception. Bowling Green’s Freddie Barnes down pass sealed the win.
Massey 1-16, Parham 1-8, Fletcher 1-6.
quarter. Sewell ran for 23 yards and two scores. broke a school record with 17 receptions, finishing with — The Associated Press
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Indiana 38, Akron 21
TEAM
SUN BELT Brown’s big day gives
CONF. OVERALL NEXT
Jenkins helps Bulldogs win first
Louisiana-Lafayette
Middle Tennessee
0-0
0-0
2-1
2-1
at No. 19 Nebraska, Saturday, 7 p.m.
at North Texas, Saturday, 4 p.m. Troy first win of year RUSTON, LA.—Ross Jenkins
WAC
Arkansas State 0-0 1-1 Troy, Saturday, 4:30 p.m. threw for 357 yards and two
Louisiana-Monroe 0-0 1-2 at Florida Atlantic, Saturday, 4 p.m. TROY, ALA.—Levi Brown threw for 413 for 114 yards and ran for 76 yards on 19 touchdowns to lead Louisi-
North Texas 0-0 1-2 Middle Tennessee, Saturday, 7 p.m. yards and two touchdowns to lead Troy carries for the Blazers (1-2). ana Tech to a 48-13 win over
Troy 0-0 1-2 at Arkansas State, Saturday, 4:30 p.m.
to its first victory, beating UAB 27-14 “Webb, in my opinion, is a heck of a Nicholls State on Saturday TEAM CONF. OVERALL NEXT
Florida Atlantic 0-0 0-2 Louisiana-Monroe, Saturday, 4 p.m.
on Saturday. football player,” Blakeney said. “He night.
Florida International 0-0 0-2 Toledo, Saturday, 7 p.m.
Western Kentucky 0-0 0-3 at Navy, Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
It was the second-most passing yards gets downhill running and moving The Bulldogs (1-2) never Boise State 1-0 3-0 at Bowling Green, Saturday, 7 p.m.
in school history. around throwing it. He’s very danger- trailed and claimed a 20-3 Idaho 1-0 2-1 at Northern Illinois, Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
The Trojans rolled up 551 yards of ous and they dropped several balls and lead in the third quarter Hawaii 0-0 2-1 at Louisiana Tech, Sept. 30, 8 p.m.
RISING FALLING total offense, a far cry from last week’s it could have been a different story.” when D.J. Morrow scored on Louisiana Tech 0-0 1-2 Hawaii, Sept. 30, 8 p.m.
Dwight Dasher Division I-A joy Nevada 0-0 0-2 Missouri, Friday, 9 p.m.
139-yard effort at No. 1 Florida. Troy Troy did get linebacker Bear Woods a 9-yard run. Morrow fin-
Middle Tennessee QB W. Kentucky should Utah State 0-0 0-2 Southern Utah, Saturday, 8 p.m.
has cool name and is rethink this I-A biz
hadn’t scored a touchdown since the back after a two-game NCAA suspen- ished with 89 yards rushing
San Jose State 0-0 0-3 Cal Poly, Saturday, 8 p.m.
cool under pressure as after losing to Central second quarter of the season opener at sion. He played in one game in 2006, on eight carries, while New Mexico State 0-1 1-2 at New Mexico, Saturday, 10 p.m.
he showed vs. Terps. Arkansas (I-AA) by 21. Bowling Green. but Troy couldn’t produce documenta- Tyrone Duplessis added 71 Fresno State 0-1 1-2 at No. 17 Cincinnati, Saturday, noon
“We really were struggling a little bit tion for a medical redshirt. He was yards on the ground on eight
with our identity,” Troy coach Larry awarded a fifth year, but had to miss attempts.
Blakeney said. “We didn’t really know the first two games of the year. Louisiana Tech pushed its RISING FALLING
exactly what our chemistry was. We “He’s back and looked like the old lead to 34-3 in the third when Idaho Vandals Colin Kaepernick
thought we were decent and in spots, Bear to me,” Blakeney said. “Certainly Deon Young returned an They haven’t had a Nevada QB has been
we were really good.” he ties us and glues us together as a interception 32 yards for a winning record since disappointment: 37
1999, but they’re off of 61, 400 yds, 1 TD, 4
Brown threw touchdown passes of team and a defensive unit.” score. Dennis Morris then to solid start in 2009. INTs in two games.
20 yards to TeBiarus Gill and 63 to caught a 37-yard touchdown
Chip Reeves. Brown’s performance Central Arkansas 28, from Jenkins, who completed
was just the second 400-yard passing Western Kentucky 7 21-of-30 passes. returned an interception 74 as UTEP topped New Mex-
game in Troy history, behind Sim Jenkins also threw a yards for a first-quarter ico State following a nearly
Byrd’s 454-yard game in 1968. He com- BOWLING GREEN, KY.—Robbie Park threw 6-yard touchdown to Hous- touchdown. The Vandals three-hour lightning delay.
pleted 24-of-32 passes. for 177 yards and two touchdowns to ton Tuminello in the fourth. (2-1) outrushed the Aztecs Jeff Moturi completed
DuJuan Harris ran for a 22-yard lead Central Arkansas past Western Nicholls State’s Jacob Witt (1-2) 147-55. 15-of-32 passes for 182 yards
score to give Troy a 24-6 lead late in the Kentucky. was 9 of 20 with 107 yards San Diego State stayed for the Miners (1-2), who won
third quarter. The Bears (1-1), of the Football Cham- passing and three intercep- close with the help of two for the 50th time in the
The Trojans (1-2) took a 3-0 lead on pionship Subdivision, led throughout tions, including a 24-yard long field goals by Lane teams’ 87 meetings.
Sam Glusman’s 23-yard field goal with against the Hilltoppers (0-3), who are rushing score for the Colo- Yoshida—one from 47 yards, Seth Smith rushed for 100
7:18 left in the first quarter. Troy went in their first season as a member of the nels (1-2). Anton Robinson the other from 46—and yards on 13 carries for the
up 10-0 at the half on Brown’s touch- Football Bowl Subdivision and Sun finished with eight catches touchdown catches by Vin- Aggies (1-2).
down pass to Gill. Glusman hit a Belt Conference. for 101 yards. cent Brown and Robert Wal- Heavy rain and lightning
22-yarder in the fourth quarter. Park was 18-for-21 and the Bears had lace. But the Aztecs failed to swept into the area 15 min-
Troy held UAB’s dual threat quarter- 407 yards of offense, including 193 on Idaho 34, match Idaho’s touchdowns utes after kickoff, forcing
back Joe Webb in check until late in the the ground. San Diego State 20 with their own. both teams to retreat to the
game. Brent Grimes rushed for 91 yards locker room while most fans
Webb hit Anderson with a 17-yard and a touchdown and Leonard Ceasar MOSCOW, IDAHO—DeMaun- UTEP 38, left Aggie Memorial
touchdown pass and hooked up with added 81 rushing yards for Central dray Woolridge rushed for New Mexico State 12 Stadium.
Zach Lankford for a two-point conver- Arkansas. Ceasar had a 51-yard touch- 93 yards and two touch- Play eventually resumed
JOE IMEL / AP
sion to make it 24-14 early in the fourth. down run to open the scoring for the downs to lead Idaho. LAS CRUCES, N.M.—Donald just under three hours later
Central Arkansas RB Leonard Ceasar rushed for 81 yards and a Webb, who came in as Conference Bears. Idaho jumped ahead early Buckram rushed for 113 with the Miners leading 7-0.
touchdown in the Bears’ win over Western Kentucky. USA’s leading rusher, hit 14 of 27 passes — The Associated Press when Joseph Dickson yards and two touchdowns — The Associated Press
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Remote access: A viewer’s guide to Week 2 Are you ready for some wall-to-wall pro football?
Here’s some help before you click away today:
ALL TIMES EASTERN
Ravens at Chargers
10 a.m. 1 p.m. 4:05 p.m. CBS/DirecTV 717
Remember when Baltimore and San
GameDay Morning Patriots at Jets Bengals at Packers Cardinals at Jaguars Diego made you think of defense first?
NFL Network CBS/DirecTV 706 CBS/DirecTV 704 FOX/DirecTV 708 With a more confident Joe Flacco and
Richard Seymour didn’t waste time in making an If you’re tired of the hype on Chad Ochocinco had little to tweet When Larry Fitzgerald and Maurice a cooler than ever Philip Rivers, this
impact with the Raiders, and Marshall Faulk didn’t waste whether Sanchez is the next Tom about after Cincinnati’s passing Jones-Drew are on the screen, it’s contest may quickly turn into a surpris-
the opportunity to go one-on-one with the former Brady, you can finally see how he game sputtered in the stunning loss fun to check them out because they ing Southern California shootout. Hall
Patriots Pro Bowler. Plus, it’s another trip for the “Super stacks up head-to-head against to Denver. Next on his list is Charles are always good for jaw-dropping of Fame Charger Dan Fouts, the game’s
Bowl Journey,” with a look at Redskins tight end Chris Brady. Actually, it will be most interest- Woodson and a strong Packers sec- plays. The playmaker who has a bet- color man, should love breaking down
Cooley and Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora. ing to see how Sanchez fares against ondary. Green Bay has a kind early ter day will likely be on the winning this matchup. Announcers: Dick Enberg,
the scheming of Bill Belichick. The schedule and should do plenty of side. Announcers: Chris Myers, Trent Fouts.
winner gets the early lead in the AFC Lambeau leaping against the Bengals. Green.
11 a.m. East. Announcers: Greg Gumbel, Dan Announcers: Ian Eagle, Rich Gannon. DAVID RICHARD / AP Browns at Broncos
Dierdorf. Rams at Redskins Terrell Owens had two catches for 46 yards CBS/DirecTV 716
Sunday NFL Countdown Vikings at Lions FOX/DirecTV 712 in his Bills’ debut. After the Broncos’ miraculous finish in
Saints at Eagles FOX/DirecTV 711 For you Washington fans who think Cincinnati, there’s no telling what they’ll
ESPN do this week. But thanks to an opportunity
Mark Sanchez had an auspicious debut, but Jeremy FOX/DirecTV 710 As a Packer, Brett Favre had a habit this is a Week 2 cupcake, remember Buccaneers at Bills
No quarterback in the league is hot- of haunting Detroit, especially around that the Rams came up with a shocking to face another woeful Ohio team from
Schaap finds out just how much pressure he has in New FOX/DirecTV 713 the AFC North, the Josh McDaniels era has
York from past Jets quarterbacks. Other features include ter than Drew Brees, but the Eagles Halloween or Thanksgiving. As a win at FedEx Field last October. With The on-field version of the T.O. Show
will try to cool him down with their Viking, he’s coming back to light up the Cowboys, Eagles and Giants all a good chance to start 2-0. Announcers:
how Drew Brees pumps up his teammates and how had a quiet pilot episode against New
ferocious pass rush and opportunistic the Lions a little bit earlier in the year. winning last week, the Redskins can’t Bill Macatee, Steve Beuerlein.
Adrian Peterson looks so good on film. And leave it to England. But after seeing his old team,
Kenny Mayne to get to the bottom of the NFL Twitter secondary. With Donovan McNabb With all due respect to No. 4, however, afford to overlook St. Louis again and the Cowboys, light up Tampa downfield,
controversy. likely out, Philadelphia can’t afford Adrian Peterson is Minnesota’s real fall in a two-game hole. Announcers:
to make this a shootout with either ratings draw. Announcers: Ron Pitts, Sam Rosen, Tim Ryan.
the Bills’ new go-to receiver might make
a big splash in Buffalo’s home opener.
7 p.m.
Kevin Kolb or Jeff Garcia attempting John Lynch. For the Bucs, it’s just good to see Cadillac
Noon to outduel New Orleans’ cool passer. Raiders at Chiefs back. Announcers: Kenny Albert, Daryl Football Night in America
Announcers: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman. CBS/DirecTV 705 Johnston. NBC
The NFL Today No matter where the teams are There has been some set separation on
Panthers at Falcons in the standings, the rivalry remains Seahawks at 49ers Football Night, with Bob Costas now at the
CBS Sunday night game site and Dan Patrick
Sanchez was featured on CBS’ “A” game against FOX/DirecTV 709 heated. Both teams fought superior FOX/DirecTV 714
Considering Carolina’s mis- Week 1 AFC opponents to the end and Keith Olbermann co-hosting from 30
Houston last week and delivered with a star-making per- Yes, it’s true: This game will produce
take-filled opening loss to the last week and should remain inspired Rock. But considering Costas’ strength is
formance. Now, with the Patriots at the Meadowlands a 2-0 team and the early leaders in the
Eagles and Atlanta’s solid outing f o r their archrivals. Oakland setting up the scene and the former “Big
for Week 2, the Jets’ rookie quarterback steps into the weak NFC West. Both teams are look-
against the Dolphins, there might has some exciting Show” duo are at their best doing the
pregame spotlight. He is interviewed by the gang’s resi- ing to build on Week 1 division wins,
be growing separation between young playmakers highlights, NBC is on to something.
dent former Jets quarterback, Boomer Esiason. with especially good showings from the
these teams in the NFC South. At to watch in Darren defenses and running games. It will be on
quarterback, the ever-improving McFadden, Zach
Fox NFL Sunday
Matt Ryan seemingly has the Miller and Louis
Matt Hasselbeck and Shaun Hill to come
through in a tight one. Announcers:
8:20 p.m.
FOX edge over a reeling Jake Murphy. Announcers:
If you like the X’s and Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick.
Delhomme.Announcers: Kevin Harlan, Solomon Giants at Cowboys
O’s of attack defenses, Dick Stockton, Charles Wilcots. NBC
this is your show this
week. Pam Oliver inter-
Davis. 4:15 p.m. If you’re not lucky enough to have tick-
ets for the Cowboys Stadium opener with
views Eagles new coor-
Texans at Titans a clean view of the video board, watching
dinator Sean McDermott Steelers at Bears The Peacock in high def is a pretty good
and finds out just how CBS/DirecTV 707 CBS/DirecTV 715
Houston was a popular preseason alternative. The New York-Dallas series
much his late predeces- Expect millions to tune into this matchup
playoff pick, but the Texans’ opening has been terrific and unpredictable in
sor, Jim Johnson, meant of popular teams, even with defensive
stumble against the Jets has created the Tony Romo-Eli Manning era, and this
to the team. Then Howie headliners Troy Polamalu and Brian Urlacher
doubt at a bad time. After playing on Matt Ryan appears figures to be another down-to-the-wire
Long takes the field to out of action. Bears fans desperately want
opening night 10 days ago, Jeff Fisher’s to have a big edge over classic. Announcers: Al Michaels, Cris
demonstrate the art of to see Jay Cutler rebound from the Packers
team has had plenty of time to prepare Collinsworth.
rushing passers who use Carolina counterpart debacle, and Pittsburgh will bank on Big
a three-step drop. FOX for its division foes. Announcers: Gus Jake Delhomme. — Vinnie Iyer
Ben gritting out another typical road win.
Pam Oliver Johnson, Steve Tasker.
Announcers: Jim Nantz, Phil Simms.
JEFF ROBERSON / AP
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N.Y. GIANTS AT DALLAS Today, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC
‘I’m in the limelight now a little bit, and there’s no denying me’
In an interview this past week with Sporting News
Radio’s Tim Montemayor, Michael Turner talked
about former teammate LaDainian Tomlinson, mak-
in. You know how good you are and what
your potential is, but for some reason guys
want to knock you or give reasons why you
Q: In the magazine, Jon Beason
had some nice things to say
about you. I would think compliments
ing the Sporting News’ top 100 list (No. 42) and “the can’t be successful. But, yeah, it’s my from a guy like that are pretty
target” he’s wearing this season after rushing for motivation off the field to push me to the important.
1,699 yards in 2008 and reaching the Pro Bowl. limit.
A: Oh yeah. We play him twice a year,
and he’s a Pro Bowl linebacker. You
Now, Jets have to back up their words ‘I was beat, but it was a good beat’
BY CLIFTON BROWN Mike Bell subbed in for injured Pierre Thomas in
cliftonbrown@sportingnews.com the Saints’ opener and had a career day, rushing for
143 yards on 28 carries in the 45-27 win over Detroit.
The onus is on the Jets to turn rhetoric Bell had some good moments with the Broncos as a
into results. rookie in 2006 before falling out of favor and getting
Jets coach Rex Ryan began trash-talking cut in 2008. He talked to Sporting News Radio’s Tim
the Patriots months ago. Jets players picked Montemayor about his big day against the Lions, the
up the baton, adding fuel to one of the NFL’s ups and downs in his career and his appreciation for
best rivalries, which continues today in Saints coach Sean Payton, who gave him an opportu-
East Rutherford, N. J. nity last season.
The Jets (1-0) have lost eight consecutive
home games to the Patriots (1-0). But you
would never guess that listening to Ryan
and his players.
Q: Has it been tough to keep your
head up because you’ve been in a
situation where it looked like you
“We know what it takes to beat these weren’t going to get carries?
guys,’’ Jets running back Leon Washington
said. “If we go out there and do what we’ve
been doing all year long, we’ll be fine. We’ll
A: Yeah, it’s real tough, but I come from
a good family and they kept my head
strong and real positive. They kept my faith
back it up.’’ BILL KOSTROUN / AP up. I did a lot of praying and stuff. It wasn’t
The game will be an early-season indica- The Jets have lost eight straight home games to New England, but that was before Mark Sanchez arrived. as hard as you may think.
tion of whether the Jets, with a rookie head
coach and rookie quarterback Mark San-
chez, are ready to contend in the AFC East.
Many factors will determine the outcome,
keep Tom Brady and the Patriots’ offense
off the field.
receiver Andre Johnson (four catches, 35
yards). Revis will shadow Moss on Sunday,
a matchup that Ryan does not fear.
Q: You had 28 carries against the
Lions, which is more than you’ve
had in the last two years combined.
BILL FEIG / AP
Mike Bell rushed for 143 yards in the Saints’ Week 1 win.
but here are a few: Brady vs. the Jets’ blitz. Ryan loves to blitz “I think everybody knows he’s going to Were you tired after the game? pretty good about that.
Chargers with a gaping hole in the middle AFC EAST AFC NORTH AFC SOUTH AFC WEST
of their 3-4 scheme. Williams (6-3, 348) is
a three-time Pro Bowl player and has been
one of the league’s top run-stuffers this NE NYJ MIA BUF BAL PIT CLE CIN IND TEN HOU JAC SD DEN KC OAK
decade. W-L 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1
Pct. 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000
Williams had been listed as question- PF 25 24 7 24 38 13 20 7 14 10 7 12 24 12 24 20
able for today’s game against Baltimore, so PA 24 7 19 25 24 10 34 12 12 13 24 14 20 7 38 24
the decision to put him I.R. was a surprise. Div. 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1
AFC 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1
The Chargers’ Super Bowl aspirations
1 BUF* @HOU @ATL @NE* KC TEN † MIN DEN JAC @PIT † NYJ @IND @OAK* @CIN @BAL SD*
took a significant hit with the announce-
ment. The Chargers signed DE Andre Cole- 2 @NYJ NE IND* TB @SD @CHI @DEN @GB @MIA* HOU @TEN ARI BAL CLE OAK @KC
man off the practice squad to fill Williams’ 3 ATL TEN @SD NO CLE @CIN @BAL PIT @ARI @NYJ JAC @HOU MIA @OAK @PHI DEN
roster spot. 4 BAL @NO BUF @MIA @NE SD CIN @CLE SEA @JAC OAK TEN @PIT DAL NYG @HOU
“It’s a major blow,” G.M. A.J. Smith told 5 @DEN @MIA* NYJ* CLE CIN @DET @BUF @BAL @TEN IND @ARI @SEA — NE DAL @NYG
The San Diego Union-Tribune. “Any time 6 TEN BUF — @NYJ @MIN CLE @PIT HOU — @NE @CIN STL DEN † @SD* @WAS PHI
you lose a great player, it hurts. It makes 7 TB ^ @OAK NO @CAR — MIN GB CHI @STL — SF — @KC — SD NYJ
our road more difficult, for sure, but not 8 — MIA @NYJ HOU DEN — @CHI — SF JAC @BUF @TEN OAK @BAL — @SD
impossible.” 9 MIA — @NE — @CIN @DEN* — BAL HOU @SF @IND KC @NYG PIT* @JAC —
The team will likely start Ogemdi Nwagbuo 10 @IND JAC TB @TEN @CLE* CIN BAL* @PIT NE BUF — @NYJ PHI @WAS @OAK KC
(6-4, 303), an undrafted free agent who 11 NYJ @NE @CAR † @JAC IND @KC @DET @OAK @BAL @HOU* TEN* BUF @DEN SD PIT CIN
spent time on the Chargers’ practice squad 12 @NO* CAR @BUF MIA PIT @BAL @CIN CLE @HOU ARI IND @SF KC NYG § @SD @DAL §
last year, in Williams’ place. Look for the 13 @MIA ◊ BUF † NE ◊ NYJ † @GB* OAK SD DET TEN @IND @JAC HOU @CLE @KC DEN @PIT
Chargers to use more 4-3 fronts and other
14 CAR @TB @JAC @KC DET @CLE † PIT † @MIN DEN STL SEA MIA @DAL @IND BUF WAS
looks.
15 @BUF ATL @ TEN NE CHI GB @KC @SD @JAC † MIA @STL IND † CIN OAK CLE @DEN
The Chargers will be missing two other
16 JAC @IND HOU @ATL @PIT BAL OAK KC NYJ SD° @MIA @NE @TEN° @PHI @CIN @CLE
starters—RB LaDainian Tomlinson (ankle) and
C Nick Hardwick (ankle)—against Baltimore. 17 @HOU CIN PIT IND @OAK @MIA JAC @NYJ @BUF @SEA NE @CLE WAS KC @DEN BAL
Shonn Greene (rib), LB Bryan Thomas (ankle), LB Jamaal Westerman N.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 24 7 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
NEW ORLEANS—Drew Brees TODAY
(quadricep). Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 24 25 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
inspires awe among players ARIZONA CARDINALS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—SAINTS: Miami 0 1 0 .000 7 19 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0
CARDINALS: OUT: DE Kenny Iwebema (ankle), S Matt Ware (shoulder).
and coaches across pro QUESTIONABLE: WR Anquan Boldin (hamstring), WR Steve Breaston
OUT: T Jammal Brown (hip), TE Darnell Dinkins (foot). QUESTIONABLE:
football. DT Kendrick Clancy (knee), RB Pierre Thomas (knee). PROBABLE: T South W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
(knee), WR Early Doucet (ribs), LB Chike Okeafor (shoulder). PROBABLE:
Jermon Bushrod (ankle), S Roman Harper (hamstring), CB Tracy Porter
The paparazzi, entertain- WR Sean Morey (ribs), QB Brian St. Pierre (back), G Reggie Wells
(knee), TE Jeremy Shockey (ankle), S Usama Young (shoulder). EAGLES: Indianapolis 1 0 0 1.000 14 12 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
ment shows and fashion maga- (thumb). JAGUARS: OUT: TE Zach Miller (knee), CB Brian Witherspoon
OUT: S Quintin Demps (hamstring), G Todd Herremans (foot), LB Joe Houston 0 1 0 .000 7 24 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
(hamstring). PROBABLE: DE Quentin Groves (thigh), LB Daryl Smith
Mays (shoulder). DOUBTFUL: QB Donovan McNabb (rib). QUESTION-
Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 12 14 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
zines seem less impressed, (hip). Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 10 13 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
ABLE: DE Victor Abiamiri (groin). PROBABLE: WR Kevin Curtis (knee), T
even if Brees has experimented BALTIMORE RAVENS AT SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—RAVENS:
King Dunlap (elbow), WR DeSean Jackson (groin), G Max Jean-Gilles
with longer hair lately. DOUBTFUL: S Tom Zbikowski (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: TE L.J. Smith North W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
(knee), T Winston Justice (shoulder).
(hamstring). PROBABLE: LB Tavares Gooden (knee), LB Jarret Johnson
Unlike Tom Brady, Tony (shoulder), S Ed Reed (concussion), LB Terrell Suggs (concussion, chest).
OAKLAND RAIDERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—RAIDERS: OUT: Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 38 24 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Romo or teammate Reggie Bush, WR Nick Miller (shin), WR Chaz Schilens (foot). QUESTIONABLE: WR Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 13 10 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
CHARGERS: OUT: C Nick Hardwick (ankle), DT Travis Johnson (groin), RB
Johnnie Lee Higgins (shoulder). PROBABLE: CB Nnamdi Asomugha Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 7 12 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
the 30-year-old Saints quarter- LaDainian Tomlinson (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: LB Antwan Applewhite
(wrist), DE Greg Ellis (shoulder), LB Kirk Morrison (elbow). CHIEFS: Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 20 34 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0
back doesn’t date celebrities. BILL FEIG / AP (hamstring), G Louis Vasquez (knee), DT Jamal Williams (elbow). PROB-
QUESTIONABLE: QB Matt Cassel (knee), CB Brandon Flowers (shoulder).
ABLE: T Marcus McNeill (hand), P Mike Scifres (bilateral groin).
He’s been married for most of No one has thrown for more yardage CAROLINA PANTHERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS—PANTHERS:
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT CHICAGO BEARS—STEELERS: OUT: S West W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
the past three seasons than Troy Polamalu (knee), WR Limas Sweed (foot). PROBABLE: CB Ike Taylor
the past decade and had his first DOUBTFUL: S Chris Harris (knee). QUESTIONABLE: DT Nick Hayden (toe). San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 24 20 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
Drew Brees (13,910). (not injury related), LB Lawrence Timmons (ankle). BEARS: DOUBTFUL:
child—a son—last winter. PROBABLE: DE Everette Brown (ankle), DE Charles Johnson (knee), CB Denver 1 0 0 1.000 12 7 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
TE Desmond Clark (rib), LB Pisa Tinoisamoa (knee). PROBABLE: S Al
Sherrod Martin (knee), T Jeff Otah (shoulder), RB Jonathan Stewart Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 24 38 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Brees doesn’t capture not change any time soon. Afalava (shoulder), DE Mark Anderson (toe), DT Tommie Harris (knee), S
Oakland 0 1 0 .000 20 24 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
(heel). FALCONS: QUESTIONABLE: S William Moore (hamstring). PROB-
national endorsement deals on “I could throw 96 touch- Danieal Manning (back), G Frank Omiyale (ankle).
ABLE: K Jason Elam (left hamstring), DT Peria Jerry (chest).
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—SEAHAWKS:
the level of Peyton Manning or downs,” Brees joked when CINCINNATI BENGALS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS—BENGALS:
OUT: LB LeRoy Hill (groin). QUESTIONABLE: WR Deion Branch NFC
Brett Favre, though he is a asked about the prospect of OUT: CB David Jones (foot), G Nate Livings (knee), T Andre Smith (foot).
(hamstring), CB Travis Fisher (hamstring), T Walter Jones (knee), DT East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
PROBABLE: T Scott Kooistra (knee), RB Brian Leonard (chest), QB Jordan
constant presence on local challenging Brady’s record 50 Palmer (illness). PACKERS: OUT: S Atari Bigby (knee), RB Brandon
Brandon Mebane (calf), C Chris Spencer (quadricep), LB Lofa Tatupu
N.Y. Giants 1 0 0 1.000 23 17 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
public service announcements TD tosses in 2007. “I’m on (hamstring). PROBABLE: WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh (back spasms), S
Jackson (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: G Daryn Colledge (foot), DT B.J. Raji Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 34 21 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
C.J. Wallace (rib). 49ERS: OUT: LB Ahmad Brooks (knee). DOUBTFUL:
and at charity events. pace, right?” (ankle). PROBABLE: CB Will Blackmon (quadricep), K Mason Crosby Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 38 10 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
WR Brandon Jones (shoulder). PROBABLE: G David Baas (biceps), DT
The only really gaudy things It’s early to talk season (abdomen), WR Greg Jennings (wrist). Washington 0 1 0 .000 17 23 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
Aubrayo Franklin (shin), CB Marcus Hudson (knee), G Chilo Rachal
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT DENVER BRONCOS—BROWNS: OUT: G
about Brees are his passing records. Yet, in the context of (neck), DE Justin Smith (elbow), DE Isaac Sopoaga (shoulder).
Rex Hadnot (knee). QUESTIONABLE: LB David Bowens (knee), RB James South W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
ST. LOUIS RAMS AT WASHINGTON REDSKINS—RAMS: OUT: S
statistics. And based on his Brees’ three seasons since Davis (shoulder), WR Mohamed Massaquoi (shoulder), RB Cedric Peer-
Craig Dahl (hamstring), T John Greco (wrist). REDSKINS: QUESTION- New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 45 27 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
six-touchdown, 358-yard per- arriving in New Orleans, man (thigh). PROBABLE: RB Jerome Harrison (knee), TE Steve Heiden
ABLE: DT Anthony Montgomery (knee). PROBABLE: LB Robert Henson Atlanta 1 0 0 1.000 19 7 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0
(knee), RB Jamal Lewis (neck), DT Shaun Rogers (foot), P Dave Zastudil
formance in the Saints’ Week 1 there’s little reason to doubt (right knee). BRONCOS: OUT: LB Spencer Larsen (shoulder), DT Le Kevin
(illness), T Chris Samuels (knee), CB Fred Smoot (rib). Carolina 0 1 0 .000 10 38 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
victory over Detroit, that may his ability to approach some of TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT BUFFALO BILLS—BUCCANEERS: Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 21 34 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Smith (knee). QUESTIONABLE: S Josh Barrett (shoulder), G Chris Kuper
OUT: CB E.J. Biggers (shoulder), C Jeff Faine (triceps). DOUBTFUL: WR
the game’s most esteemed (ankle). PROBABLE: CB Champ Bailey (ankle), S Brian Dawkins (hand),
Antonio Bryant (knee). QUESTIONABLE: TE John Gilmore (ankle), DE North W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
passing marks. WR Jabar Gaffney (finger), RB Knowshon Moreno (knee), QB Kyle Orton
Kyle Moore (groin). PROBABLE: S Jermaine Phillips (calf). BILLS: OUT: LB
(right finger). Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 21 15 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
Betting lines Brees’ yards passing have HOUSTON TEXANS AT TENNESSEE TITANS—TEXANS: OUT: WR
Paul Posluszny (forearm). QUESTIONABLE: CB Terrence McGee (back).
Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 34 20 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0
PROBABLE: TE Derek Fine (hamstring), CB Drayton Florence (knee), DE
FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
increased in each of the last Andre Davis (concussion), CB Antwaun Molden (quadricep). QUESTION- Chicago 0 1 0 .000 15 21 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
Chris Kelsay (knee), DE Aaron Schobel (back). Detroit 0 1 0 .000 27 45 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Today five seasons, even though the ABLE: DT Shaun Cody (knee), RB Vonta Leach (knee), CB Jacques Reeves
NEW YORK GIANTS AT DALLAS COWBOYS—GIANTS: OUT: DE
at Kansas City...........3 .......3...(38½).............Oakland (fibula), WR Kevin Walter (hamstring). PROBABLE: CB Eugene Wilson
at Tennessee ............7 ....6½...... (41).............Houston labrum in his throwing shoul- Chris Canty (calf), T Adam Koets (ankle), WR Hakeem Nicks (foot), West W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
(knee). TITANS: DOUBTFUL: TE Bo Scaife (knee). QUESTIONABLE: TE
New England .......4½ ....3½...... (46)..........at N.Y. Jets der was torn in a scrum over a CB Aaron Ross (hamstring), LB Clint Sintim (groin), RB Danny Ware
Jared Cook (ankle), LB David Thornton (knee). PROBABLE: P Craig San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 20 16 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
at Green Bay.............9 .......9...... (42)...........Cincinnati (elbow). QUESTIONABLE: CB Kevin Dockery (hamstring), S Kenny
Minnesota............9½ .....10...(45½)............at Detroit loose ball in late 2005. Hentrich (back).
Phillips (knee). PROBABLE: LB Michael Boley (hip), S Michael Johnson Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 28 0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
New Orleans ........+1 .......1...(46½)..at Philadelphia His 13,910 yards passing MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT DETROIT LIONS—VIKINGS: OUT: LB Arizona 0 1 0 .000 16 20 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
(shoulder). COWBOYS: OUT: S Michael Hamlin (wrist), LB Jason Williams
at Atlanta .............6½ ....6½...(42½)..............Carolina Erin Henderson (calf). QUESTIONABLE: LB Heath Farwell (hamstring). St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 0 28 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
at Washington .....9½ .....10...... (37)..............St. Louis during the past three seasons PROBABLE: G Anthony Herrera (back), TE Jim Kleinsasser (hand).
(ankle). PROBABLE: LB Curtis Johnson (hamstring), QB Stephen McGee
at Jacksonville......4½ .......3...(42½)...............Arizona leads all NFL quarterbacks. (knee), QB Tony Romo (ankle), S Gerald Sensabaugh (chest).
LIONS: DOUBTFUL: DE Cliff Avril (hamstring), QB Drew Stanton (knee).
at San Francisco .......1 .......1...(39½)................Seattle
“He’s the best, and people QUESTIONABLE: DT Andre Fluellen (knee), CB Eric King (shoulder). Schedule
at Buffalo .................4 ....4½...... (42).........Tampa Bay MONDAY
PROBABLE: CB Phillip Buchanon (neck), K Jason Hanson (right knee), DT Today Cincinnati at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Denver, 4:15 p.m.
at Denver..................3 .......3...... (39)...........Cleveland are going to look at me and say, INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS—COLTS: DNP: WR Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:20 p.m.
at San Diego.........3½ .......3...... (40)...........Baltimore Grady Jackson (knee), CB William James (foot), T Daniel Loper (knee).
‘Didn’t you play with Brett Anthony Gonzalez (knee), CB Tim Jennings (not injury related), G Jamey Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m. Arizona at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh ................3 .......3...(37½)..........at Chicago NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT NEW YORK JETS—PATRIOTS: OUT:
Richard (shoulder), S Bob Sanders (knee), TE Tom Santi (ankle). FULL: T Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Monday
at Dallas ...............2½ .......3...(44½)..........N.Y. Giants Favre?’ ” said Saints safety LB Jerod Mayo (knee). QUESTIONABLE: C Dan Connolly (back), WR
Charlie Johnson (back), CB Jamie Silva (abdomen). DOLPHINS: FULL: LB
Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4:05 p.m.
Indianapolis at Miami, 8:30 p.m.
Monday Julian Edelman (ankle), G Steve Neal (back), LB Rob Ninkovich (calf), DT St. Louis at Washington, 1 p.m. Seattle at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
Indianapolis .............3 .......3......(42).............at Miami Darren Sharper. Akin Ayodele (back). New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago, 4:15 p.m.
—The Associated Press Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Baltimore at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.
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INSIDE DISH THE LAUNCHING PAD
What to expect in the major leagues today
A: I just watch those guys and see A: Yeah, I think so. It is going to
protect their arm in the long
through the minors faster than
you anticipated?
how they go about it. See how
they look at film and scouting reports,
and how they attack hitters. I’ve
run, not throwing as many pitches.
Being young, I think you are still
trying to figure things out with your
A: I think the whole thing with
the draft was that I didn’t
throw particularly hard at the time. I
picked up a lot from them. body. didn’t light up the radar gun. I’ve
always pitched well, and I think as I
Twins get assist in playoff push from dome roof Blalock sparks Rangers off bench
ARLINGTON, TEXAS—Starting for Rangers 3, Angels 2
MINNEAPOLIS—The Metrodome’s tricky, Twins 6, Tigers 2 the first time in nearly two Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Figgins 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .296
graying roof got another chance to tor- Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg. weeks, Hank Blalock gave his M.Izturis ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .294
Granderson cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .250
ment the visiting team by gobbling up a Polanco 2b 5 2 4 0 0 0 .282 scuffling offense a much- B.Abreu rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .295
Guerrero dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .296
routine fly ball. C.Guillen lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .235 needed spark. Tor.Hunter cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .311
Kelly lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
Don Kelly and the Detroit Tigers were a-Raburn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Blalock hit the go-ahead home K.Morales 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .298
1-Willits pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206
the latest victims of the deception, and Mi.Cabrera 1b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .333 run, Scott Feldman picked up J.Rivera lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .291
A.Huff dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .245
the Minnesota Twins cut their A.L. Cen- Ordonez rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .288 his 17th victory and the Rangers H.Kendrick 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .297
Napoli c 3 1 1 1 0 1 .267
tral lead to two games in the process. Thomas rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 kept their slim playoff hopes Totals 33 2 7 2 2 5
Inge 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .235
Orlando Cabrera’s only-in-the-dome Laird c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .224 alive, beating the Los Angeles
Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
double fueled the eighth-inning rally by Everett ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Angels 3-2 Saturday night. Borbon dh 3 0 1 0 0 1 .314
Totals 38 2 12 2 0 4
the surging Twins, and Jason Kubel’s The Rangers had been shut- Andrus ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .272
Dav.Murphy lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .267
two-run single with the bases loaded Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg. out in four of their previous five M.Byrd cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .281
Span cf-lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .309
finished Justin Verlander in a 6-2 vic- O.Cabrera ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .269 games, the first time in club Blalock 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .237
Kinsler 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .252
tory over the Tigers on Saturday. Mauer c 3 2 1 1 1 1 .373 history that happened. N.Cruz rf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .262
Kubel rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .303
“I think this team always knows in Cuddyer 1b 4 1 1 3 0 0 .274 Manager Ron Washington C.Davis 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .217
I.Rodriguez c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .264
this dome, especially with the amount Delm.Young lf 3 0 2 0 0 1 .268 said before the game his lineup Totals 28 3 7 3 2 6
of fans here, if we just get a little bit of 1-Gomez pr-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 needed a veteran presence, so
J.Morales dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .367 Los Angeles 000 110 000 — 2 7 0
momentum going that we will break Buscher 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .235 he gave Blalock his first start Texas 001 011 00x — 3 7 1
through and make something happen,” Tolbert 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 since Sept. 6 in hopes of jump
Punto 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .226 1-ran for K.Morales in the 9th. E: Blalock (6). LOB: Los
said Denard Span, whose one-out single Totals 32 6 10 6 2 7 starting the unit. Angeles 6, Texas 4. 2B: C.Davis (13). HR: Napoli (18), off
in the eighth started the comeback Detroit 101 000 000 — 2 12 0
Blalock took advantage of the Feldman; Blalock (24), off Jer.Weaver. RBIs: Tor.Hunter
(85), Napoli (51), Andrus (34), Blalock (59), C.Davis (50).
against Verlander (16-9). Minnesota 100 000 05x — 6 10 0 rare playing time. He lined a 2-1 SB: Tor.Hunter (17), Willits (5), Andrus (27), Kinsler (29),
On the verge of becoming the second ANN HEISENFELT / AP
a-grounded out for Kelly in the 9th. 1-ran for Delm.
pitch from Weaver into the N.Cruz (20). S: Borbon. Runners left in scoring posi-
tion: Los Angeles 3 (K.Morales, H.Kendrick 2); Texas 4
A.L. pitcher to 17 wins, Verlander got Michael Cuddyer, right, put the finishing touch on the Twins’ latest win with a three-run homer. Young in the 7th. LOB: Detroit 10, Minnesota 4. 2B: grassy area just beyond the (Andrus, N.Cruz 2, Dav.Murphy). GIDP: H.Kendrick,
Cabrera to hit a high, medium-length fly Polanco (30), O.Cabrera (32). HR: Mauer (28), off Ver- wall in center, putting the Napoli, M.Byrd. DP: Los Angeles 1 (Figgins, H.Kendrick,
lander; Cuddyer (28), off Lyon. RBIs: Mi.Cabrera (92), K.Morales); Texas 2 (C.Davis, Kinsler, Blalock), (Andrus,
ball down the left-field line. Kelly, who The lights are shining toward the left field- through with a bloop that Kelly charged A.Huff (84), Mauer (88), Kubel 2 (86), Cuddyer 3 (83). Rangers ahead 3-2 in the sixth. Blalock).
replaced Carlos Guillen for defense the CS: Span (10), Gomez (7). Runners left in scoring
er’s eyes, too, adding another challenge. but couldn’t reach. Michael Cuddyer then position: Detroit 7 (Granderson 2, Inge, C.Guillen,
“The baseball gods blessed
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
inning before, misjudged it and it “That’s the unfortunate part about the met reliever Brandon Lyon with a three- Laird 2, Raburn); Minnesota 2 (Punto, Cuddyer). DP: us by Hank hitting a home Jer.Weaver L, 15-7 6 5 3 3 2 4 101 3.87
skipped just under his glove. Minnesota 1 (O.Cabrera, Punto, Cuddyer).
dome. It does play a part in the ball- run homer to break the game open. run,” Washington said. “I’m Oliver 2 2 0 0 0 2 21 2.59
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Cabrera clapped his hands hard and game,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire This was the largest crowd, 43,338, Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA glad he came through. That’s Feldman W, 17-5 6 2⁄3 4 2 2 1 4 92 3.62
Verlander L, 16-9 7 1⁄3 9 5 5 2 6 128 3.44
pumped his arms after arriving at sec- said. “We’ve seen it a lot of times. That’s here since opening day. Lyon 2⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 11 2.97 what he’s capable of doing.” O’Day H, 18 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 4 1.78
C.Wilson H, 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 15 3.01
ond, and the stadium—which will host why I think people hate coming in “You can just feel it in the fans that Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Texas ended a 25-inning F.Francisco S, 23-26 1 1 0 0 1 0 21 3.35
Pavano 7 11 2 2 0 4 101 4.82
the Twins for only four more regular- here.” they want something special,” Span Crain W, 6-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 5.11 scoreless drought with a run in
IBB: off F.Francisco (J.Rivera). Umpires: Home, Rob
season games before they move across Unfair? They can’t care. The Twins said. Mijares 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 13 2.15 the third, three shy of the club Drake; First, Mike DiMuro; Second, Ron Kulpa; Third,
Guerrier 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.21
downtown to open-air Target Field— have won six straight and are four games Carl Pavano pitched through 11 hits record set in 1972. Texas had Dale Scott. T: 2:31. A: 46,596 (49,170).
erupted in celebration. above the .500 mark, both season and managed to limit the Tigers to two Inherited runners-scored: Lyon 2-2, Guerrier 1-0. scored once in 48 innings
IBB: off Verlander (Mauer). HBP: by Pavano (Inge).
“Once it got above the lights, I lost it,” highs. runs over seven innings, retiring six WP: Pavano. Umpires: Home, Tony Randazzo; First, before that run.
Kelly said. “I had no clue where it was. “We’ve played like a .500 team for a straight after an inning-ending, double- Chris Guccione; Second, Mike Winters; Third, Jerry Layne. “The streak we’ve been on,
T: 2:48. A: 43,338 (46,632).
Obviously, I didn’t pick it back up until long enough time,” Gardenhire said. play grounder by Gerald Laird with the not scoring runs, has been
it was really late.” “Right now we’re finally start to put a bases loaded in the fifth. Jesse Crain really hard on us,” Blalock said.
Afternoon games, when the sun bright- few things together.” (6-4) threw a scoreless eighth for the “We’ve got to stay positive and
ens the baseball-colored, Teflon-coated Joe Mauer was intentionally walked victory. grind through it.”
ceiling, are the toughest for outfielders. after Cabrera’s hit, and then Kubel came — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 11, Baltimore 5 Red Sox 11, Orioles 5 Chicago White Sox 13, Kansas City 3
Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Ellsbury cf 5 0 1 0 1 0 .301
Garza falls back on mastery of Jays to end slump Ellis sets A’s homer standard
OAKLAND—Mark Ellis has a Athletics 8, Indians 4
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.—It shouldn’t come Rays 4, Blue Jays 0 strong bond with former Oak- Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Brantley cf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .314
as a surprise that Matt Garza stopped a Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg. land infielder Dick Green J.Carroll 2b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .287
Scutaro ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .284
slump against Toronto. A.Hill 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .285 because the two men have a lot A.Cabrera ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 .305
Choo rf 4 1 1 0 1 3 .302
Garza struck out 10 while ending a Lind dh 2 0 0 0 2 1 .298 in common, from growing up Jh.Peralta 3b 4 1 0 0 1 2 .266
Encarnacion 3b 2 0 1 0 2 1 .216
personal nine-game winless streak and Overbay 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .266 in the same home town to play- Hafner dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 .268
LaPorta 1b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .262
the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Blue Jays a-V.Wells ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 ing the same position with the Shoppach c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .219
R.Ruiz 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
4-0 on Saturday night. J.Bautista cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Athletics. Crowe lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .230
Totals 37 4 9 3 6 9
“He always pitches great against us,” Snider rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .224 He was honored to pass him
R.Chavez c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .265
Toronto manager Cito Gaston said. “We Jo.McDonald lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238 for the franchise record for Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
R.Davis cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .315
haven’t beat him too many times.” Totals 30 0 3 0 6 12 homers by a second baseman. M.Ellis 2b 4 2 1 1 1 0 .274
Garza (8-10) allowed three hits over 7 Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg. “I actually forgot until (A’s K.Suzuki c 4 3 3 1 1 0 .271
Garciaparra dh 5 1 2 0 0 1 .278
1/3 innings in winning for the first time Bartlett ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .325 announcer) Ray Fosse said Hairston lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .231
Crawford lf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .306
since beating Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay Longoria 3b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .283 something,” Ellis said after Crosby 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .227
D.Barton 1b 3 1 2 0 1 1 .243
4-2 on July 24. He’s 3-5—with all three Zobrist cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .286 homering and scoring twice in Carson rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .286
Burrell dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 .226
victories coming against Toronto—over W.Aybar 1b 2 0 1 1 2 1 .249 Oakland’s 8-4 win over Cleve- Pennington ss 4 0 2 2 0 0 .289
Totals 38 8 16 7 3 4
his past 15 starts. Ch.Richard 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 land on Saturday. “It’s neat
“My record doesn’t matter as long as Kapler rf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .238 whenever we’re in the same Cleveland 000 300 010 — 4 9 1
b-Gross ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Oakland 420 110 00x — 8 16 1
we win,” Garza said. “The last couple Navarro c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223 sentence together. There are a
starts I’ve been on a roll.” Iwamura 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .295 lot of things that are similar E: Brantley (1), Crosby (8). LOB: Cleveland 12, Oakland
Totals 30 4 7 4 4 9 9. 2B: Choo (35), R.Davis (21), K.Suzuki (34). HR:
Since joining the Rays last year, Garza between us, so it’s pretty cool.” M.Ellis (9), off Sowers; K.Suzuki (14), off Ohka. RBIs:
is 6-2 against the Blue Jays. The right- Toronto 000 000 000 — 0 3 0 Ellis homered in the second J.Carroll (25), Shoppach (37), Crowe (14), M.Ellis (55),
Tampa Bay 400 000 00x — 4 7 1 K.Suzuki (79), Hairston (34), Crosby 2 (29), Pennington
hander is 3-0 this season when facing inning off Indians starter Jer- 2 (15). Runners left in scoring position: Cleveland 5
Toronto. a-grounded into a fielder’s choice for Overbay in the emy Sowers, the 79th of his (J.Carroll, Brantley, Hafner, A.Cabrera, LaPorta); Oakland
8th. b-struck out for Kapler in the 8th. E: Bartlett (17). 6 (R.Davis 2, Carson, M.Ellis 2, D.Barton). DP: Cleveland
“He had movement on his pitches,” LOB: Toronto 9, Tampa Bay 7. RBIs: Longoria (108), career and the 77th he’s hit 2 (J.Carroll, A.Cabrera, LaPorta), (A.Cabrera, J.Carroll,
Tampa Bay catcher Dioner Navarro REINHOLD MATAY / AP
Zobrist (77), W.Aybar (34), Kapler (29). SB: Longoria (8). while playing second base for LaPorta).
Runners left in scoring position: Toronto 4 (Overbay
said. “When he fell behind, he made In his past 15 starts, Rays P Matt Garza has three wins—all against the Blue Jays. 2, J.Bautista, V.Wells); Tampa Bay 3 (Iwamura, Navarro, the A’s. That’s one more than Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
pitches.” Kapler). DP: Toronto 1 (Encarnacion, A.Hill, Overbay); Green, who played for the team Sowers L, 6-10 1 9 6 6 1 1 45 4.92
Tampa Bay 1 (Bartlett, Iwamura, W.Aybar). Ohka 4 4 2 2 1 0 57 5.45
Toronto rookie Ricky Romero (12-9) eighth inning Friday night with Tampa of jams in the first and third to help from 1968-74. J.Lewis 1 1 0 0 1 2 27 4.27
lost for the fourth time in five starts, Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Bay ahead 9-4, was hit on the right Tampa Bay win for the fourth time in R.Romero L, 12-9 6 7 4 4 4 6 111 4.28 Every A’s starter had at least R.Perez 1 2 0 0 0 0 14 7.33
K.Wood 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 4.24
giving up four runs and seven hits in six elbow by a Romero pitch. six games, including three in a row, Camp 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.28 one hit and five relievers com- Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
League 1 0 0 0 0 2 18 4.91
innings. “He wasn’t throwing at him,” Gaston following an 11-game skid. Russ Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA bined to allow one run over the G.Gonzalez 3 2⁄3 2 3 1 5 3 83 6.15
Kilby W, 1-0 1 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 3 24 0.00
“Just one bad inning,” Gaston said. said. Springer, Randy Choate and Dan Garza W, 8-10 7 1⁄3 3 0 0 6 10 117 3.70 final 5 1/3 innings while help- Gray 2⁄3 3 0 0 0 0 20 1.71
Springer H, 12 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 5 4.33
“After that he pitched well.” Crawford agreed. Wheeler combined to finish the three- Choate H, 7 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.77 ing Oakland extend its second- Blevins 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 5.11
Ziegler 2⁄3 3 1 1 0 0 17 3.15
The Blue Jays are 4-13 against Tampa “I just think it got away from him,” hitter. Wheeler 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 3.35 longest winning streak of the Wuertz S, 4-6 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 2 23 2.80
Bay this season. Crawford said. “I don’t think he was “I’m really happy with the way the Inherited runners-scored: Springer 2-0, Choate 2-0. season to six games.
Gray pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Sowers pitched to
“When you have streaks like that trying to hit me on purpose.” boys are playing,” Rays manager Joe HBP: by R.Romero (Crawford). Umpires: Home, Sam “We’re playing good baseball 3 batters in the 2nd. Inherited runners-scored: Ohka
Holbrook; First, Mike Estabrook; Second, Dan Iassogna;
against teams, you try not to ask too Evan Longoria then singled in Bar- Maddon said. “There’s a lot of energy Third, Larry Vanover. T: 2:43. A: 22,705 (36,973). and we’re finding ways to score 3-2, Kilby 2-0, Gray 1-0, Blevins 2-0, Wuertz 2-0. WP:
Ohka. Umpires: Home, Mike Everitt; First, Angel Cam-
many questions,” Tampa Bay left fielder tlett to give him 108 RBIs on the year. and fight.” runs up and down the lineup,” pos; Second, Gerry Davis; Third, C.B. Bucknor. T: 3:10. A:
Carl Crawford said. “You just try to keep Ben Zobrist, Willy Aybar and Gabe Navarro was briefly stunned, but Ellis said. “Our bullpen has 17,209 (35,067).
the streak going.” Kapler also singled in a run before remained in the game after being hit in just been incredible. They’ve
The Rays scored four times in the Romero struck out Navarro and the head by Adam Lind’s back swing in been our most consistent asset
first. Jason Bartlett walked and Carl Akinori Iwamura to end the inning. the third. this year, without a doubt.”
Crawford, who stole second base in the Garza, who walked six, worked out — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Rockies 10, Diamondbacks 4
L.A. Dodgers 12, San Francisco 1 Dodgers 12, Giants 1 Colorado 10, Arizona 4 Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Velez lf-rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .273 C.Gonzalez cf-lf 5 2 2 1 0 1 .282
Bowker rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .195 S.Smith lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .303
Rockies stretch
Garland ingratiates self to new squad F.Sanchez 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .292 a-Fowler ph-cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .269
Frandsen 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Helton 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .316
Winn rf 1 0 0 1 0 1 .265 Tulowitzki ss 5 2 2 1 0 2 .287
Joaquin p
F.Lewis lf
0 0
2 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
---
.267
margin to 3 1/2 Hawpe rf
Torrealba c
1 1 0 0
b-Spilborghs ph-rf 2 1 2 2
2 1 1 1
1
0
3
1
0
1
.286
.249
.285
Sandoval 3b 3 0 2 0 0 1 .322
LOS ANGELES—Jon Garland was worried Aurilia 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Stewart 3b 3 0 0 1 1 3 .230
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Barmes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .238
about being accepted by his new team- PHOENIX—Blowing leads has e-Giambi ph 1 1 1 3 0 0 .364
Rohlinger ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .182
mates after a late-season trade to the Ishikawa 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .268 been an uncomfortable trait of F.Morales p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
J.Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Hammel p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .118
Dodgers. They’re more than happy to Bumgarner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 the Colorado Rockies lately. d-E.Young ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .277
have him now. e-J.Guzman ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .176 They did it again Saturday R.Betancourt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Rowand cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .267 f-Quintanilla ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Ronnie Belliard hit a grand slam, Matt A.Torres cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .248 night, only this time, they came Totals 34 10 9 9 7 12
Kemp and James Loney added back-to- Whiteside c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .209 back in a hurry and went on to
a-Posey ph-c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
back drives off former teammate Brad Penny p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .100 pound the Diamondbacks 10-4 C.Young cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .207
Schierholtz rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 S.Drew ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 .259
Penny and Los Angeles routed the San M.Valdez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- and open some breathing space J.Upton rf 3 1 1 4 0 1 .308
Francisco Giants 12-1 on Saturday. Ra.Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 in their wild-card race. Montero c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .297
Garko 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Reynolds 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .268
Garland (11-11) gave up an unearned Totals 35 1 10 1 0 4 The victory, combined with San G.Parra lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .295
g-Ryal ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256
run and seven hits in eight innings, tying Francisco’s 12-1 loss at Los Ange- R.Roberts 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .277
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
his longest outing this season. The right- Furcal ss 4 2 2 0 0 1 .257 les, extended Colorado’s wild-card Allen 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .217
c-J.Castro ph-ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .291 h-Hester ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .313
hander is unbeaten in his last six starts, Ethier rf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .283 lead over the Giants to 3½ games. Scherzer p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .212
four of those with the Dodgers after he M.Ramirez lf 1 1 0 0 2 1 .303 Florida remained four behind Zavada p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Pierre lf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .314 c-A.Romero ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257
was acquired from Arizona on Aug. 31. Kemp cf 4 2 1 1 0 1 .307 and Atlanta 4½ back. L.Rosales p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Repko cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Vasquez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
“It’s nice to pitch a game and not have Troy Tulowitzki homered for Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Loney 1b 4 3 3 2 0 0 .282
to worry,” he said. “I’m starting to be d-Mientkiewicz ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273 a career-best fourth game in a i-Byrnes ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .214
Blake 3b 2 1 0 1 1 0 .280 Totals 33 4 6 4 2 8
part of this team a little more each day. b-DeWitt ph-3b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .162 row and Jason Giambi hit his
They put in so much work since the Belliard 2b 4 1 1 4 1 1 .259 first home run since coming to Colorado 200 200 105 — 10 9 1
R.Martin c 3 1 1 1 1 0 .257 Arizona 003 000 010 — 4 6 1
beginning of spring training. Then to A.Ellis c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Colorado as the Rockies won
Garland p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .088 a-sacrificed for S.Smith in the 7th. b-doubled for
get new players in September, I’ve been for only the second time in the Hawpe in the 7th. c-grounded out for Zavada in the
Jef.Weaver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
on the other side of that and it’s weird.” CHRIS CARLSON / AP Totals 37 12 12 12 6 7 last seven games. 7th. d-fouled out for Hammel in the 8th. e-homered for
Barmes in the 9th. f-popped out for R.Betancourt in the
Garland is 3-0 with a 2.33 ERA in his Ronnie Belliard hit a first-inning grand slam, his fourth homer since joining L.A. late last month. San Francisco 100 000 000 — 1 10 1 “It’s awesome. It’s what you 9th. g-flied out for G.Parra in the 9th. h-struck out for
four starts with the Dodgers. Los Angeles 502 021 20x — 12 12 1 dream about,” Giambi said of Allen in the 9th. i-struck out for Schoeneweis in the 9th.
E: Stewart (10), G.Parra (6). LOB: Colorado 8, Arizona
“He had command of all his pitches runs as the Dodgers improved to 10-7 tied it at 1 before Belliard sent a 1-2 pitch a-grounded out for Whiteside in the 7th. b-homered for being in a playoff race after 5. 2B: C.Gonzalez (12), Spilborghs 2 (23). 3B: S.Drew
Blake in the 7th. c-singled for Furcal in the 7th. d-struck (11). HR: C.Gonzalez (12), off Scherzer; Tulowitzki (29),
and was working off the edges,” catcher against their rivals, with their largest mar- into the Dodgers’ bullpen for his fourth joining the Rockies on Sept. 1. off Scherzer; Giambi (1), off Schoeneweis; J.Upton (25),
out for Loney in the 8th. e-singled for Bumgarner in the
Russell Martin said. “He really didn’t gin of victory this season against them. career grand slam, giving them a 5-1 9th. E: F.Sanchez (5), M.Ramirez (4). LOB: San Francisco “I keep telling people when I off Hammel. RBIs: C.Gonzalez (26), Tulowitzki (81),
9, Los Angeles 7. 2B: Sandoval (42), Furcal (25), Ethier Spilborghs 2 (48), Torrealba (25), Stewart (68), Giambi
make any mistakes.” Belliard has hit four homers since lead and triggering taunts of Penny. He (41). HR: Belliard (9), off Penny; Kemp (25), off Penny; decided to come over here that 3 (9), J.Upton 4 (80). S: Fowler. SF: Stewart, J.Upton.
The Dodgers, who lost the series opener joining the Dodgers on Aug. 30. spent five years in Los Angeles before Loney (13), off Penny; DeWitt (2), off J.Martinez. RBIs: this is the fun part of the game, Runners left in scoring position: Colorado 4 (Ham-
Winn (50), Ethier (99), Pierre (30), Kemp (95), Loney 2 mel 2, Stewart 2); Arizona 1 (Allen).
8-4 on Friday night, remained five games “I was just looking for a pitch to hit. being traded to Boston last year. (87), Blake (75), DeWitt (2), Belliard 4 (34), R.Martin to have something to play for in
(49). SB: Furcal (8), Belliard (3). S: F.Sanchez. SF: Winn. Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
ahead of Colorado in the N.L. West. The He gave me a fastball inside and I reacted “It was pretty obvious he was off today September.” Hammel W, 9-8 7 4 3 3 2 5 110 4.35
Runners left in scoring position: San Francisco
Giants fell 3½ behind the wild card-lead- to it,” he said. “Garland was throwing with his command and his secondary 4 (Uribe, Velez, Bowker 2); Los Angeles 6 (R.Martin, The Rockies matched a fran- R.Betancourt H, 10 1 1 1 1 0 1 18 1.77
Garland 2, Loney, Repko 2). GIDP: Whiteside. DP: Los F.Morales 1 1 0 0 0 2 18 2.92
ing Rockies, who beat Arizona. strikes all day long.” pitches,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy Angeles 1 (Furcal, Belliard, Loney). chise record with their 39th Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
The Dodgers’ victory reduced their Penny (10-9) defeated the Dodgers 7-2 said. “He’s been as good as you can be the San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA road victory, but they know Scherzer L, 9-10 5 1⁄3 3 4 3 5 6 109 4.08
Penny L, 3-1 2 2⁄3 5 7 7 3 1 68 4.01 Zavada 1 2⁄3 2 1 1 1 3 36 3.02
magic number to six for clinching their last Sunday in his first start against them first three starts and he had an off day.” Joaquin 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 19 3.52 they probably win or lose a L.Rosales 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 4.73
M.Valdez 1 2 2 1 1 0 29 5.70 E.Vasquez 2⁄3 3 4 4 1 2 27 4.47
third postseason berth in four years. since being signed by the Giants on Aug. — The Associated Press Ra.Johnson 1⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 14 4.89
playoff spot in their comfort- Schoeneweis 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 0 5 7.43
“We got Jon a lead and he knew what to 31. The righthander had been particu- National League J.Martinez 1 2⁄3 3 2 2 2 2 37 7.50 able surroundings in Denver.
Bumgarner 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 2.84 Inherited runners-scored: Zavada 2-0, Schoeneweis
do with it. That was vintage stuff when larly tough on hitters with runners in wild card standings Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA “We’re 3-5 on this road trip,” 2-2. IBB: off Zavada (Torrealba). HBP: by Scherzer
you see a veteran pitcher with a lead and scoring position and two outs this sea- Garland W, 11-11 8 7 1 0 0 3 96 4.02 manager Jim Tracy said, “and (Hawpe), by Zavada (Helton). Umpires: Home, Marvin
W L Pct. GB Jef.Weaver 1 3 0 0 0 1 24 3.79 Hudson; First, Angel Hernandez; Second, Randy Marsh;
making them hit the ball,” manager Joe son, holding them to a .176 average. Colorado 84 65 .564 — Inherited runners-scored: Joaquin 1-0, J.Martinez we have nine of our final 13 Third, Lance Barksdale. T: 3:08. A: 29,466 (48,652).
Torre said. “It was nice to bounce back.” But Los Angeles pummeled him with San Francisco 80 68 .541 3½ 1-0. WP: M.Valdez. Umpires: Home, Bob Davidson; games at Coors.”
Florida 80 69 .537 4 First, James Hoye; Second, Tim Tschida; Third, Jeff Nel-
Loney went 3-for-4 and drove in two two outs in the first. Loney’s RBI single Atlanta 79 69 .534 4½ son. T: 3:08. A: 52,438 (56,000). — The Associated Press
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Brewers 7, Astros 2
Florida 3, Cincinnati 2 Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 4 Braves 6, Phillies 4
Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Milwaukee 7, Houston 2 Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Rollins ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 .247 Bourn cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .293
Redding quickly ends Mets’ skid Blanco, Pads ‘win ugly’ Eckstein 2b
Ad.Gonzalez 1b 4
Headley 3b
4
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
.263
.274
.259
Ryan has big day—with assist
Venable rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .272
Macias lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .194
MILWAUKEE—Tim Redding was Mets 3, Nationals 2 c-O.Salazar ph-lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .261 ST. LOUIS—Brendan Ryan’s Cardinals 2, Cubs 1
eager to end the New York Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg. H.Blanco c 3 0 0 1 0 2 .239 first hit Saturday is going to get Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
W.Harris cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .227 Gwynn cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .262 Theriot ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .290
Mets’ losing streak—and he C.Guzman ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .288 Cl.Richard p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .063 all the attention. His third hit Fukudome cf-rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .255
wanted to do it fast. J.Burke c 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- M.Adams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- was the most important. D.Lee 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .303
Zimmerman 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .290 b-Ed.Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Ar.Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .321
The righthander pitched A.Dunn 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .278 Gregerson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ryan connected for an out- M.Hoffpauir rf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .243
splendidly into the eighth Willingham lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .275 d-L.Rodriguez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .202 fielder-assisted homer and sin- 1-Fuld pr-cf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .260
Orr 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .313 H.Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Soto c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .225
inning and New York stopped Desmond rf-ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .393 Totals 30 2 5 2 4 6 gled in the winning run in the 2-Taguchi pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
its six-game slide Saturday J.Bard c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .235 ninth inning, lifting St. Louis K.Hill c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
1-J.Padilla pr-rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .100 Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Je.Baker 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .301
with a 3-2 victory over the Lannan p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .148 A.McCutchen cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .274 to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Scales lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .250
Washington Nationals. a-Morse ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Cedeno ss 3 1 1 0 1 2 .273 Cubs that reduced the Cardi- Dempster p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .121
Clippard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Diaz c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .287 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Working quickly with rookie Totals 32 2 5 1 2 7 Doumit rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .237 nals’ magic number for clinch- Totals 31 1 10 1 2 4
catcher Josh Thole, Redding Milledge lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .278 ing the N.L. Central to four.
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Pearce 1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 .210 St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
threw first-pitch strikes to 19 of Pagan cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .299 e-Moss ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .243 Left fielder Bobby Scales had Schumaker 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .303
his 26 batters in a crisp game that L.Castillo 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .306 N.Walker 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Ryan’s fifth-inning drive in his Rasmus cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .255
D.Wright 3b 2 1 1 0 2 1 .315 Bixler 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Pujols 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .328
took only 2 hours, 18 minutes. Francoeur rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .280 Ohlendorf p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .068 glove as he banged into the Holliday lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .354
“There’s a couple good foot- Tatis lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .271 GENE J. PUSKAR / AP a-R.Vazquez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 8-foot-high fence. But it popped Ludwick rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .272
Schneider c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .201 S.Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 DeRosa 3b 4 1 0 0 0 2 .230
ball games that started about Dan.Murphy 1b 3 0 1 2 0 0 .262 Henry Blanco’s ninth-inning sacrifice fly won it for San Diego. Dumatrait p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- out and over for Ryan’s third Y.Molina c 4 0 3 0 0 0 .289
25 minutes ago. I told him, W.Valdez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246 D.Bautista p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- homer of the season and the Br.Ryan ss 4 1 3 2 0 0 .293
Thole c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .324 Totals 31 1 5 1 3 8 C.Carpenter p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .158
‘Let’s keep the pace of this game Fr.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- MILWAUKEE—Will Venable Dumatrait (0-2) walked Cardinals’ only run. It Franklin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
going,’” Redding said. Redding p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .080 was a little worried before the next two batters before San Diego 001 000 001 — 2 5 2 appeared the ball probably Totals 34 2 11 2 1 6
S.Green p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pittsburgh 100 000 000 — 1 5 1
Jeff Francoeur and Daniel Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Neil Walker’s drive settled Blanco’s fly to deep center would’ve hit the top of the fence Chicago 000 000 001 — 1 10 0
Murphy supplied the offense b-Sullivan ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .254 into his glove in right. off Denny Bautista. a-grounded out for Ohlendorf in the 7th. b-flied out on its own, and Scales slapped St. Louis 000 010 001 — 2 11 0
Totals 28 3 6 3 2 5 for M.Adams in the 8th. c-walked for Macias in the 9th.
for the Mets, who won for the Henry Blanco hit a sacri- “It was one of those days d-flied out for Gregerson in the 9th. e-singled for Pearce his glove against his knee and One out when winning run scored. 1-ran for M.Hoffpauir
second time in 12 games. They Washington 000 000 110 — 2 5 1 fice fly in the ninth inning we couldn’t get really get the in the 9th. E: Eckstein (2), Headley (8), Bixler (3). LOB: kicked the air in frustration in the 9th. 2-ran for Soto in the 9th. LOB: Chicago 7, St.
New York 010 000 20x — 3 6 1 San Diego 7, Pittsburgh 6. 2B: E.Cabrera (17), Eckstein Louis 8. 2B: Schumaker (33), C.Carpenter (2). HR:
avoided their longest skid since and Venable hauled in Walk- big hit, we couldn’t score (26), Gwynn (11). 3B: Venable (2). RBIs: E.Cabrera (29), after the play. Br.Ryan (3), off Dempster. RBIs: Je.Baker (19), Br.Ryan
dropping 11 straight Aug. 28 to a-struck out for Lannan in the 8th. b-struck out for Feli- er’s fly ball on the warning runs,” Headley said. “Some- H.Blanco (14), Doumit (33). SB: Venable (6), Doumit “Holy cow,” Ryan said. “He 2 (34). S: Dempster. SF: Je.Baker. Runners left in scor-
ciano in the 8th. 1-ran for J.Bard in the 8th. E: A.Dunn (4), Milledge (6). CS: E.Cabrera (6). S: Cl.Richard. SF: ing position: Chicago 6 (Je.Baker, Fukudome, Soto,
Sept. 8, 2004. (16), S.Green (2). LOB: Washington 5, New York 4. 2B: track for the final out, finish- times you have to win ugly.” H.Blanco. Runners left in scoring position: San kept going and kept going and D.Lee 2, Ar.Ramirez); St. Louis 3 (Ludwick, C.Carpenter,
“That was a nice win,” Fran- J.Bard (17), D.Wright (34), Francoeur 2 (30). RBIs: ing off the San Diego Padres’ Luke Gregerson (2-3) got Diego 5 (H.Blanco, Macias, Venable, L.Rodriguez 2); kept going and next thing I Schumaker). DP: Chicago 1 (Je.Baker, Theriot, D.Lee);
A.Dunn (100), Francoeur (69), Dan.Murphy 2 (58). SB: Pittsburgh 3 (Pearce 2, Doumit). GIDP: Doumit, Ohlen- St. Louis 4 (Schumaker, Pujols), (DeRosa, Schumaker,
coeur said. “We needed that D.Wright (26). CS: Pagan (7). S: Tatis. Runners left in 2-1 victory over the Pitts- three outs to extend his dorf. DP: San Diego 2 (E.Cabrera, Eckstein, Ad.Gonzalez), knew he got a glove on it and I Pujols), (Br.Ryan, Schumaker, Pujols), (Franklin, Br.Ryan,
real bad.” scoring position: Washington 2 (Desmond, A.Dunn); burgh Pirates on Saturday. scoreless streak to 17 (H.Blanco, E.Cabrera, Eckstein). couldn’t tell what happened. I Pujols).
New York 3 (Tatis, Thole, Francoeur). DP: Washington
Redding (3-6) outpitched left- 1 (Zimmerman, Orr, A.Dunn); New York 1 (L.Castillo, “I was a little scared for a innings and Heath Bell San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA kind of sped up for a second Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
hander John Lannan, who grew W.Valdez, Dan.Murphy). second, but it hung up there worked the ninth for his Cl.Richard 6 4 1 0 3 5 103 4.76 and then I saw it in the bullpen Dempster 8 8 1 1 1 6 100 3.72
M.Adams 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 0.89 Marmol L, 2-4 1⁄3 3 1 1 0 0 13 3.52
up in nearby Long Beach and Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA for us,” Venable said. “How- 38th save in 43 opportuni- Gregerson W, 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 2.77 and was totally shocked. St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
tossed complete games against Lannan L, 9-12 7 5 3 3 1 3 74 4.07 ever you can do it to be able ties. Pinch-hitter Brandon H.Bell S, 38-43 1 1 0 0 0 1 9 2.81 “I guess he got an assist.” C.Carpenter 8 8 0 0 2 4 101 2.34
Clippard 1 1 0 0 1 2 21 3.31 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Franklin W,4-3 BS,5-42 1 2 1 1 0 0 10 2.02
the Mets the previous two times New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA to get the W is huge.” Moss singled off Bell with Ohlendorf 7 5 1 1 1 5 94 3.92 The 31-year-old Scales is in
he faced them this season— Redding W, 3-6 7 4 2 1 2 4 98 5.25 In a game between two two out, but Walker’s drive S.Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 3.50 his first major league season Umpires: Home, Mark Carlson; First, Todd Tichenor;
S.Green H, 13 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 19 4.92 Dumatrait L, 0-2 1⁄3 0 1 0 2 0 22 10.80 Second, Kerwin Danley; Third, Marty Foster. T: 2:30. A:
including a shutout. Feliciano H, 22 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.02 teams a combined 49 came up just short. D.Bautista 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 11 5.23 after a long career in the 46,506 (43,975).
the Mets scored twice in the Fr.Rodriguez S, 32-38 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 3.08 games under .500, two of Ross Ohlendorf pitched minors, mostly as an infielder.
Inherited runners-scored: D.Bautista 3-1. Umpires:
seventh to snap a 1-all tie, taking Redding pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Inherited the runs were scored with- seven solid innings for the Home, Gary Darling; First, Bruce Dreckman; Second, Paul He was making his 10th start
advantage of a defensive mistake runners-scored: S.Green 1-1, Feliciano 2-0. PB: out the benefit of a hit. The last-place Pirates, who Emmel; Third, Scott Barry. T: 2:34. A: 20,379 (38,362). in left but offered no excuses
Thole. Umpires: Home, Mark Wegner; First, Rick Reed;
by rookie Ian Desmond, who Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Tim Timmons. T: 2:18. A: winner came when Chase have lost 18 of 21. The right- after a rough day, even punish-
was playing his first profes- 37,906 (41,800). Headley reached on an hander is 0-2 with a 2.94 ing himself by watching sev-
sional game in the outfield. error by second baseman ERA in his last five starts. eral replays.
— The Associated Press Brian Bixler and Phil — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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the Oct. 1 season openers, Sporting
Goals per game 2.90 14t
News Today will preview each of the 2008-09 record: 51-27-4, 106 points Penalty kill percentage 79.94 20
NHL teams, counting backward from Last Playoff: 2009 (lost in conference quarterfinal) Power play goals 58 22
its July 24 Power Poll. Coach: Jacques Lemaire Power Play Percentage 18.89 15
Saves 2208 15
Save percentage .914 4
BY CHUCK GORMLEY Cups in 1995. In five seasons behind the Shorthanded goals 12 3t
Sporting News Yearbooks New Jersey bench, he went 199-122-57. Shots against per game 29.45 12
Lemaire left New Jersey to become the first Shots per game 32.90 4
If Devils general manager Lou Lamori- coach at Minnesota, where his Wild teams Shutouts 7 8t
ello has proven anything during his 22-year thrived over eight seasons. Total points 664 12t
Hall-of-Fame career, it’s that no matter But coaching alone won’t make the Dev- Faceoff percentage .513 10
what happens on the ice or behind closed ils better. By not delving into the offseason Goals against per game 2.52 4
doors, you can never underestimate New free-agent market, Lamoriello must believe
Power play
Jersey’s ability to win hockey games. they have enough talent around Brodeur to 307 30
Opportunities
Would anyone have predicted that the compete with Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Shorthanded goals
Devils would win the Atlantic Division New York for the Atlantic Division title. 4 26t
against
with 106 points last season, even though Up front, the Devils have a star in for- Times shut out 7 5t
goaltender Martin Brodeur was sidelined ward Zach Parise, who is looking to
for three months? improve on a team-best 94-point perfor- Offseason moves
Or that, after such a masterful job behind the mance last year.
bench, coach Brent Sutter would pack his bags Parise is likely to play alongside veteran Additions
and fly back to Calgary, only to be replaced by center Jamie Langenbrunner and winger Yann Danis, G (Islanders); Cory Murphy, D (Lightning)
former Devils boss Jacques Lemaire? Travis Zajak on the Devils’ top line. Once
On paper, it’s hard to imagine Lemaire considered a defensive center, Langenbrun- Subtractions
getting more out of his team than Sutter got ner proved he can play offense last year Scott Clemmensen, G (Panthers); Jon DiSalvatore,
last season. Not when you consider the Dev- with 29 goals and 40 assists while register- RW (Wild); Brian Gionta, RW (Canadiens); John
ils lost goal scorer Brian Gionta, checking- ing an impressive plus-25. The 6-2, 200- Madden, C (Blackhawks); Mike Rupp, LW (Penguins);
line center John Madden, banger Mike Rupp pound Zajac gives the top line size, and he Barry Tallackson, RW (Blues)
and reliable backup G Scott Clemmensen. recorded a career-high 62 points last season
The Devils picked up about $7 million in with a plus-33.
cap space with those departures, but aside At 32, Patrik Elias has shown no sign of offensive contributor. White is the perfect
from giving defensemen Andy Greene and slowing, although a groin issue could cost complement, a punishing stay-at-home
Johnny Oduya modest raises and re-sign- him at least the start of the season. He defenseman who will make safe plays.
ing veteran Brendan Shanahan, the only scored 31 goals last season and provided After Martin and White, the Devils are
spending by Lamoriello netted Islanders serious firepower on the power play. But pretty average on the back end. Mike Mottau
backup goalie Yann Danis. veteran Brian Rolston showed the wear and BILL KOSTROUN / AP has been surprisingly steady for two seasons
“I don’t think they’ve gotten better,” says tear of a 14-year career when his point total After 10 straight seasons of at least 70 games, an injury kept Martin Brodeur to 31 appearances last season. after eight years in the minors, while Bryce
one scout. “They’ve been so good for so dropped from 59 to 32. Salvadore is another no-frills defenseman.
long, but losing Gionta hurts and I guess With Gionta gone, the Devils will need prospects as third- and fourth-line check- Tedenby also will get a look. Oduya and Greene round out the top six.
they’re replacing Madden with (AHL call- David Clarkson to step up his 17-goal perfor- ers. Jay Pandolfo has two more years on his Defensively, the Devils passed on the The saving grace has always been Bro-
up Rod) Pelley. I think they’re lesser than mance, and the rugged winger seems poised contract but showed last season that 11 opportunity to land free agents Jay Bouw- deur, who showed cracks last year but still
they were. I see them as a playoff team, but to fill the role as a second-line producer. Cen- years as a grinder can take its toll. meester, Mattias Ohlund and Francois can be dynamic. The big question is
I don’t see them getting 106 points.” ter Dainius Zubrus, who could be the table- The Devils are hoping to get scoring and Beauchemin. That lack of offseason activity whether, at age 37, he can get the Devils past
Especially when you consider the Devils setter for Elias and Clarkson, will need to physical play from forward Ilkka Pikkara- means Paul Martin and Colin White will the first round of the playoffs again.
will be learning a new system under rebound from a 40-point campaign. inen, a 6-2, 220-pound Finnish acquisition, return as the No. 1 pairing. Martin lacks the — For much more on the Devils, purchase a copy of Sporting News
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N.Y. Rangers 3 1 1 — 5 Buffalo 0 0 3 — 3 Dallas 1 1 2 — 4
Boston 1 1 0 — 2 Detroit 0 1 0 — 1 St. Louis 0 1 1 — 2
Toronto 5, Philadelphia 4, OT First Period: 1, N.Y. Rangers, Kotalik 1 (Del First Period: None. Penalties: Grier, Buf First Period: 1, Dallas, Wandell 1 (Fortunus,
Zotto, Prospal), 4:30 (pp). 2, N.Y. Rangers, Avery (roughing), 4:18; Pyett, Det (interference), 6:41; Skrastins), 4:00. Penalties: Richards, Dal (delay
Beasley set to rejoin team before camp Collins key to Miami proving doubters wrong
The Miami Hurricanes might any official or voluntary team
Heat F Michael Beasley was more than $550,000 annually want to stay away from news- activities during his suspension.
scheduled to complete his drug for the most senior referees. stands. As the various preseason Tabb averaged 3.4 points per
rehab program this weekend, McMorris told CBSSports. magazines start appearing—look game and started 11 games last
meaning he could rejoin the com that NBA senior vice presi- for Sporting News college basket- season.
team, according to The Miami dent of referee operations Ron ball yearbook in early October—
Herald. Johnson received a $50,000 the Canes will see themselves New Alabama coach Anthony
Beasley was required to be in raise this summer, and that two picked last in the ACC by some. Grant landed his first big-time
the NBA’s drug program for a others in the league office who The key to embarrassing those recruit when PG Trevor Releford of
marijuana incident last sum- oversee referee operations selectors? Shawnee Mission, Kan., commit-
mer. He initially was involved received raises of $25,000 each. “Dwayne Collins has to have a ted to the Tide.
in an out-patient program in The NBA declined to comment breakout year,” coach Frank Haith Releford chose Alabama over
Houston, but he had to switch on McMorris’ assertions. said. “And he’s capable of being Oklahoma, according to Scout.
to in-patient after an undis- that good.” J PAT CARTER / AP com. Releford is 5-11, 170 pounds
closed rules violation. Bobcats PG Raymond Felton Collins averaged 10.6 points Dwayne Collins was eligible for the NBA draft, and is ranked No. 50 in the 2010
According to The Herald and doesn’t have his contract situa- and 7.3 rebounds last season for a but discovered he wouldn’t be a high pick. class by Scout.
Sun-Sentinel, Beasley was set to tion settled, but he’s still play- team that played most of the year Trevor’s brother, Travis, is a
finish the required 30 days in ing in pickup games with the on the NCAA bubble but, in the the team needs athletically gifted sophomore shooting guard at
the in-patient program this team at Time Warner Cable end, fell short. Collins shot 58.3 sophomore G/F DeQuan Jones to Kansas, but KU was not on Trev-
weekend. Arena, The Charlotte Observer percent from the field, so he was make significant progress. PFs or’s list of prospective schools.
Beasley, the No. 2 overall pick reported. Felton and his agent capable of producing more points, Adrian Thomas and Cyrus McGowan, Trevor averaged 18.6 points and
in last year’s draft, is expected have been trying to get a long- but the problem is he hasn’t both capable 3-point shooters, 6.3 assists as a junior last season
to be with the team for the start term deal with the team before worked hard enough to get access can draw big defenders away at Bishop Miege High.
of training camp, which opens the start of training camp. If the to the ball. He entered the NBA from the goal. — Mike DeCourcy
Sept. 28. two sides don’t reach an agree- draft last spring but withdrew Haith also expects to see
TOM HEVEZI / AP ment and Felton signs a one- when it became clear he would improved playmaking with the McEachern (Powder
A referee who was previ- Michael Beasley was scheduled to complete his drug year qualifying offer, he’ll not be a high selection. addition of Villanova transfer Springs, Ga.) PG/SG Trae Golden
ously fired by the NBA is among rehab program this weekend. become an unrestricted free “It’s a matter of consistency,” Malcolm Grant at point guard. has committed to Tennessee,
the group of replacements who agent next year. Haith said. “We’ve always “Dwayne should get great Scout.com reported. The 6-1
have agreed to participate in training camp next week. encouraged the team to go inside- opportunities,” Haith said. “He Golden also seriously considered
Michael Henderson is one of 44 who was sent an e-mail In a move similar to other teams’ ticket-pricing out. That hasn’t changed. I think has to have his head into it. He’s Virginia, Marquette and in-state
from the NBA’s referees operations department on Fri- strategies, the Blazers will adopt “variable pricing” for last year, sometimes we got had games where he was phe- Georgia. He is rated a four-star
day. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the e-mail, single-game ticket sales, The Oregonian reported. Ticket caught watching Jack McClinton nomenal. He’s had a great player and national top 100 pros-
which provides the replacements with details about the prices will depend on the quality of opponent, the day play. This team will be totally approach to the offseason. He pect by Scout.com.
meetings, scheduled to begin Thursday in New York. of the week, approaching milestones, injuries and win- different.” talked to some of the NBA people — Brian McLaughlin
NBA spokesman Tim Frank said he could not confirm ning or losing streaks. For examples, ticket prices for a In his final season with the when he was in the draft. They
any names on the list because the league hadn’t final- Saturday night game against the Lakers could cost Canes, McClinton averaged said, ‘You’ve got to prove you can Norcross (Ga.) SG Jeremy Lamb
ized it yet. more than a Tuesday game against the Thunder. nearly twice as many points (19.3) do it every night.’ ” has committed to UConn, Scout.
and took nearly twice as many — Mike DeCourcy com reported. The 6-4 Lamb had
National Basketball Referees Association lead Spain defeated Greece 82-64 to advance to the shots (14 per game) as any of his also taken an official visit to
negotiator Lamell McMorris is upset the NBA released ref- final of the European basketball championship and teammates. Haith expects this Tennessee senior G Josh Tabb Texas, and had a scholarship
eree salary information. In its release stating the league will face Serbia, which beat Slovenia 96-92. Lakers team to focus more on trying to has been suspended indefinitely offer from in-state Georgia.
would train replacement refs after the union rejected PF/C Pau Gasol led Spain with 18 points, and Blazers SG get Collins single coverage by from the team by coach Bruce Pearl Lamb is rated a four-star pros-
its final contract offer, the NBA noted that compensa- Rudy Fernandez added 14. For Serbia, Thunder C Nenad spreading the court and making for violating team rules. Pearl pect by two recruiting services.
tion for entry level referees is $150,000 per year and Krstic scored 18 points. plays off the dribble. Haith said said Tabb will not participate in — Brian McLaughlin
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Sylvania 300
At New Hampshire Motor Speedway; Loudon, N.H.
Montoya undeterred by fans’ boos Momentum on Hamlin’s side
When: Today, 2 p.m. ET
TV: ABC, 1 p.m.
LOUDON, N.H.—Juan Pablo
Radio: PRN/Sirius Satellite Ch. 128 Montoya is the first for-
Track layout: 1.058-mile oval eign-born driver to reach
Race distance: 300 laps/317.4 miles the Chase for the
Estimated pit window: 70-78 laps NASCAR Sprint Cup.
2008 winner: Greg Biffle And if the Earnhardt
2008 polesitter: Kyle Busch
Ganassi Racing driver
Today’s starting lineup
should win the champi-
(Car number in parentheses) onship, he’d become the
1. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 133.431 mph first foreign-born driver
2. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 132.581 to do so.
3. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 132.581 But does he care? Not
4. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 132.03 one bit.
5. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 132.012
“If I win the Cup,
6. (12) David Stremme, Dodge, 131.943
7. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 131.852
cool,” said Montoya, who
8. (71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 131.847 is from Bogota, Colum-
9. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 131.829 bia. “That’s it.”
10. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 131.788 So being the first for-
11. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 131.760 eign champion doesn’t
12. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 131.724 mean anything? JON PIERRE LASSEIGNE / AP
13. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 131.510
“No, that’s not a big Denny Hamlin begins the Chase in fourth place, just 20 points behind Sprint Cup leader Mark Martin.
14. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 131.365
15. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 131.352
deal for me,” Montoya
16. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 131.234 said. “I don’t get any LOUDON, N.H.—Denny streak today and well into are going to have to go by. I
17. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 131.234 special treatment or JIM COLE / AP Hamlin carries consider- the Chase. think he’s won three lead-
18. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 131.229 anything. I wouldn’t Juan Pablo Montoya is making his first Chase appearance in ‘09. able momentum into the “We’re racing for wins ing up to the Chase. I think
19. (07) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 131.089 mind getting some but I Chase for the NASCAR more often than what we in years past, he’s won a
20. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 131.080 don’t.” Sylvania 300, the first more it means I’m doing Sprint Cup—maybe more were,” Hamlin said. “In little bit more than that, so
21. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 131.058
Montoya is hardly the race in the Chase. He even better. So it’s good.” than any driver. years past, I’ve competed will that number be higher
22. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 131.0310
23. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 131.017
Formula One diva many paced all three practice It’s safe to say Montoya Does that mean the Joe for probably 5-6 race wins, or lower? Not sure. I think
24. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 131.008 thought he was when he sessions over the has arrived this year, even Gibbs Racing wheelman been in it with 25 (laps) to the average finish will be
25. (43) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 130.914 first arrived in NASCAR weekend. if many fans still haven’t should be considered a go or something like that. higher.”
26. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 130.649 three years ago. He’s still not treated warmed up to him. He’s championship favorite? Now, it’s more like every Hamlin says past Chase
27. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 130.649 He’s having lots of fun the best by many seeded sixth in the Chase, Perhaps. single week we’re in the appearances have taught
28. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 130.635 with his No. 42 Chevro- NASCAR fans, but that’s with two top-five and 12 Hamlin enters the top two or three cars and him some valuable lessons
29. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 130.617
let team, and it’s show- OK with him. top-10 finishes in the first 10-race playoff, which have a chance to win.” about how to approach that
30. (64) Mike Wallace, Toyota, 130.613
31. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 130.595
ing on the racetrack. “In Formula One you 26 races. begins with today’s Sylva- As for exactly how many critical portion of the sea-
32. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 130.474 “I’m loving it,” Montoya don’t have a lot of relation- And now he has a nia 300 at New Hampshire races a driver will need to son—which could bode
33. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 130.452 said. “It’s kind of nice ship with fans,” Montoya chance at winning the Motor Speedway, fresh off win over the season’s final well for this time around.
34. (44) AJ Allmendinger, Dodge, 130.420 having like zero pressure said. “You do like a parade Sprint Cup a dominant win in last Sat- stretch to claim the cham- His best Chase finish (3rd)
35. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 130.304 right now. It’s cool.” with all the drivers early championship. urday’s race at Richmond. pionship, Hamlin isn’t came as a rookie in 2006.
36. (37) Tony Raines, Dodge, 129.900 Zero pressure? In the in the morning when the “I think we’re pretty Hamlin has finished in sure. “I’ve been in it three
37. (96) Erik Darnell, Ford, 129.789
Chase? stands are half full. You close,” Montoya said of the top 10 in each of his last “I think statistically it’s years and I haven’t won it
38. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 129.626
39. (09) Aric Almirola, Dodge, 129.331
Some other drivers don’t get to see them close his team. “All the A-game six starts, which also been about two or some- any of those three years, so
40. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 129.055 might disagree, but that up or anything. is there as good as any- included an emotional win thing like that,” Hamlin I know what not to do,” he
41. (34) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 128.841 approach could benefit “Here I found the boo- body. We’ve just got to at Pocono in August. The said. “… Jimmie (Johnson), said. “You can’t let one race
42. (6) David Ragan, Ford, Owner Points Montoya. He’s already off ing really cool to tell you keep that A-game more Chesterfield, Va., native he wins a lot of races each get you down or bother
43. (36) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 129.283 to a solid start, winning the truth. I don’t mind at continuously.” has no reason to believe he year and he’s been the you.”
the pole for today’s all. For me when they boo — SceneDaily.com can’t continue his hot benchmark in which you — SceneDaily.com
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INSIDE DISH Busch wins as KHI duo battles behind him
BY REID SPENCER
Gas leak causes explosion at Biffle’s house rspencer@sportingnews.com
Greg Biffle is redefining Murphy’s Law. LOUDON, N.H.—Kyle Busch didn’t have the fastest truck
Biffle was in New Hampshire on Friday for the on Saturday, and he had barely enough fuel to make it to
first race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup the finish line.
when a gas leak caused a fire at his new home in Neither circumstance prevented him from winning
Mooresville, N.C. his third straight start in NASCAR’s Camping World
The fire, mistakenly attributed to a lightning Truck Series and his fifth race of the season. Busch took
strike in early reports, damaged a balcony outside the checkered flag in the Heluva Good! 200 at New
the house, but firefighters contained the blaze before Hampshire Motor Speedway, as points leader and run-
it could do serious damage. ner-up Ron Hornaday Jr. and his team owner and third-
“We have gas lights on the upper balcony at the place finisher, Kevin Harvick, battled for position behind
front of the house, and one of the gas lights, some- him.
thing happened to it and it blew out,” Biffle said Sat- Harvick believed Hornaday’s failure to move over in
urday between practice sessions at New Hampshire. favor of Harvick’s faster truck in the closing laps—which
“It had a leak in the line or something, and it leaked Harvick attributed to lack of communication between
gas into an exterior column on the front of the HAROLD HINSON FOR SN crew chiefs and spotters—cost Kevin Harvick Inc. the
house. That column isn’t on the house, it’s outside of Firefighters kept Greg Biffle’s home from getting major damage. victory. Busch took on four seconds’ worth of fuel dur-
CHERYL SENTER / AP
the house, but it leaked gas in there and ing a splash-and-go on Lap 172 of 200 and got back on
exploded. Stucco and some other stuff got blown out sanctioned tracks is expected to extend through the track ahead of Hornaday, whose stop on Lap 170 had Kyle Busch has won five of his 11 starts this season in the truck series.
into the front driveway. It was a (heck) of an explo- 2010 season. lasted almost twice as long.
sion that people heard all the way up the street.” In an attempt to cut costs, NASCAR announced A debris caution on Lap 189 helped Busch conserve it. It ran out coming into victory lane there.”
The fire is just the latest in a series of calamities last November that instead of having official enough gas to get to the end of the race. His fuel cell hit Harvick expressed his displeasure after the race.
for the driver of the No. 16 Ford. The day after he NASCAR-scheduled tests throughout the year, “empty” as he approached victory lane. “The communication between the spotter and the
won the Nationwide Series race at Phoenix in April, there would be a one-year moratorium on series- “They told me we were going to be about five (laps) crew chief wasn’t relayed to the driver very clear,” Har-
thieves broke into Biffle’s race shop and absconded wide testing and teams also would be prohibited short (after the final stop),” said Busch, who finished .560 vick said. “I felt like one of the two trucks should have
with a number of his prized possessions, including from testing at any track that sanctioned a race in seconds ahead of Hornaday. “I was like, ‘You’re kidding won the race. I felt like we were a little bit better truck,
a pair of custom motorcycles. the Sprint Cup, Nationwide, Camping World Truck me! We just stopped and filled this thing.’ It barely made but you can’t put yourself in position to do something
At 4:30 a.m. Thursday, when Biffle was asleep in and East and West series. underneath him (Hornaday) that would be detrimental
his New York hotel before the start of Chase media Also at Saturday’s meeting, NASCAR officials to his championship chase.
day activities, a security guard attempted to enter said teams should not expect any major rule changes
Heluva Good! 200 results “It’s just some things internally that we probably need
Biffle’s room. Fortunately, his wife Nicole had flipped for 2010, sources familiar with the meeting said. FIN ST TRK. DRIVER MAKE PTS LAPS to work on there.”
the night latch that prevented the door from — Bob Pockrass, SceneDaily.com 1 2 51 Kyle Busch Toyota 190 200 Hornaday, who extended his lead in the series stand-
opening. 2 3 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 180 200 ings to 217 points over Crafton, said he wasn’t aware of
The drowsy driver rolled over and reached for his As a team, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing appears 3 5 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 170 200 the problem until after the checkered flag.
pistol on the nightstand, believing momentarily that to have found something for today’s race. Martin Truex 4 8 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 160 200 “It was a good day—until after the race,” he said. “He
he was still at his home in North Carolina. But it was Jr., who qualified seventh on Friday, was second in 5 7 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 155 200 (Harvick) got up to me three or four times and I backed
New York, and the pistol was still at home—a good both of Saturday’s practice sessions. Teammate Juan 6 14 60 Stacy Compton Toyota 150 200 off. He ran underneath me. I don’t know if he was get-
thing, because athletes, firearms and New York City Pablo Montoya was first in both sessions. 7 6 16 Brian Scott Toyota 151 200 ting loose or whatever underneath me. I had older tires. I
have been an unhealthy combination of late. — Reid Spencer 8 1 5 Mike Skinner Toyota 147 200 didn’t have fresher tires. But I’ll take second. …
It turned out that hotel security was checking on 9 9 6 Colin Braun Ford 143 200 “I’m going to talk to him right now. I don’t know what
an unanswered wake-up call—and had the wrong After drumming up sufficient support from I done wrong.”
10 17 14 Rick Crawford Ford 139 200
room. local sponsors Friday night, eighth-place qualifier
— Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Bobby Labonte got the green light from owner Kevin
Buckler to race the No. 71 today, rather than starting
MORE COVERAGE from sportingnews.com
NASCAR officials told Sprint Cup crew chiefs and parking the car. Results: sportingnews.com/nascar/article/2009-09-19/heluva-good-200-results
Saturday morning that the moratorium on testing at — Reid Spencer Standings: sportingnews.com/nascar/truck_standings
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WNBA PLAYOFFS IN BRIEF
Indiana 81, Washington 74, OT
Fever send
Choi’s career-best 63 BASEBALL
American League
TRANSACTIONS
Mystics home SAN DIEGO—Na Yeon Choi shot a career- Simone Bolelli and Potito Starace
OAKLAND ATHLETICS: Recalled RHP John Meloan, RHP Henry
Rodriguez and OF Travis Buck from Sacramento (PCL).
National League
CINCINNATI REDS: Activated C Ramon Hernandez from the 15-day
INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana Fever have best 9-under 63 to take a two-stroke defeated Marco Chiudinelli and Stanis- DL.
found a winning combination—Tamika lead at the Samsung World Champion- las Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (3) on
HOCKEY
Catchings’ dominating offense and Tully ship over compatriot and second-round Saturday. National Hockey League
Bevilaqua’s scrappy play. leader Jiyai Shin, who had a 68. In Thursday’s draw, Federer was CAROLINA HURRICANES: Reassigned F Mike Angelidis, F Nicolas
The two led the Fever to a 81-74 overtime Choi finished at 15-under 201 to tie selected to team with Wawrinka, reviv- Blanchard, F Chris Terry, F Nick Dodge, D Zack Fitzgerald, D Jonathan
Paiement, D Brett Bellemore and G Mike Murphy to Albany (AHL).
victory over the Washington Mystics on Sat- the tournament’s three-round record ing the team that won the Olympic COLORADO AVALANCHE: Reassigned F Philippe Dupuis, F Justin
urday night to sweep their best-of-three that Annika Sorenstam set when she doubles title last year. But Switzerland Mercier, F Marty Sertich, F Darren Haydar, F Brian Willsie, F Brandon
Eastern Conference semifinal series. won here in 2002 and 2005. captain Severin Luthi decided to rest Yip, D Brian Fahey, D Kevin Montgomery, D Wes O’Neill and D Brett
Catchings had 24 points, 16 rebounds, five Federer in favor of the 117th-ranked Skinner to Lake Erie (AHL).
NEW YORK RANGERS: Agreed to terms with F Brandon Dubinsky.
assists, four steals and four blocked shots CONOVER, N.C.—Jay Haas and Nick Chiudinelli. Assigned G Chad Johnson, G Matt Zaba, D Ilkka Heikkinen, D Corey
before a noisy Conseco Fieldhouse crowd of Price shared the lead at the Greater Federer can seal the team victory Potter and F Paul Crowder to Hartford (AHL).
9,655. Point guard Bevilaqua scored six of Hickory Classic, and 31 players were with a win over Seppi in the first of OTTAWA SENATORS: Assigned D Geoff Kinrade, F Cody Bass, F Ryan
her 13 points and had three rebounds in within six strokes of the leaders going today’s reverse singles matches. Keller, F Jeremy Yablonski, F Ilya Zubov and G Andy Chiodo to
Binghamton (AHL); G Robin Lehner to Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) and F
overtime to spark the Fever, who travel to DARRON CUMMINGS / AP into the final round. Brett Parnham Oshawa (OHL).
Detroit on Wednesday to start the conference Indiana’s Tamika Catchings, left, had 24 points and 16 Haas, the 2005 winner, and Price are Track TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING: Reassigned C Richard Panik to Windsor (OHL).
finals. rebounds to key the Fever victory. at 11-under 133 at Rock Barn Golf and PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA—South Africa’s
“I call her Mighty Mouse,” Catchings said Spa’s Robert Trent Jones course. top track official apologized Saturday
of 5-7 Bevilaqua. “Lindsey Harding had five for denying knowledge of gender tests
fouls. We wanted to get her out. We didn’t get WNBA glance (Best-of-3) OBERWALTERSDORF, AUSTRIA—Benn Bar- done on runner Caster Semenya in the
Major League Soccer
her out, but Tully attacked her, took away First round ham shot 4-under 67 Saturday to take a country, saying he lied to protect her EASTERN CONFERENCE
EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA
some of her offense.” three-stroke lead over Soren Hansen privacy. Athletics South Africa presi- Columbus 11 4 9 42 36 26
Indiana 2, Washington 0 after three rounds of the Austrian dent Leonard Chuene told reporters his Chicago 10 6 9 39 34 29
Sept. 17: Indiana 88, Washington 79 D.C. 8 6 12 36 39 38
Mercury 106, Silver Stars 78 Sept. 19: Indiana 81, Washington 74, OT Open. The 33-year-old Englishman had constant denials of the tests, which he New England 9 8 7 34 29 33
PHOENIX —Diana Taurasi scored 24 points six birdies to finish at 17-under 196. said he was aware of when they were Toronto FC 9 10 7 34 33 38
Detroit 2, Atlanta 0 Kansas City 8 11 6 30 28 34
on 10-of-15 shooting and had six rebounds, Sept. 16: Detroit 94, Atlanta 89 done in early August, were an “error of New York 4 17 5 17 21 43
five assists and two blocked shots to lead Sept. 18: Detroit 94, Atlanta 79 Boxing judgment” and never meant to “deceive”
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Phoenix past San Antonio to even its West- FRANKFURT—The heavyweight fight the public. Semenya won the 800- W L T Pts GF GA
WESTERN CONFERENCE Houston 12 8 7 43 35 26
ern Conference semifinal series at a game San Antonio 1, Phoenix 1 between Russian WBA champion meter race at the world championships Los Angeles 10 5 11 41 33 29
apiece. Sept. 17: San Antonio 92, Phoenix 91 Nikolai Valuev and David Haye of Brit- on Aug. 19 in Berlin in 1 minute, 55.45 Seattle 9 6 11 38 31 24
Colorado 10 8 7 37 39 31
The deciding game of the best-of-three Sept. 19: Phoenix 106, San Antonio 78 ain has been set for Nov. 7 in Nurem- seconds, finishing 2.45 seconds ahead Chivas USA 11 9 4 37 25 24
series will be Monday at U.S. Airways Monday: San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m. berg, Germany. The fight had been of her closest competitor. It was the fast- Real Salt Lake 9 10 7 34 38 31
Los Angeles 1, Seattle 1 FC Dallas 7 12 6 27 41 43
Center. announced in July, after Haye, a former est time in the world this year. San Jose 5 12 6 21 28 41
Sept. 16: Los Angeles 70, Seattle 63
Taurasi, the league’s leading scorer at 20.4 Sept. 18: Seattle 75, Los Angeles 74 cruiserweight champion, pulled out of The IAAF has refused to confirm or
points a game, scored 20 in the first half as Today: Los Angeles at Seattle, 5 p.m. bouts with both of the Klitschko broth- deny Australian media reports that NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
the Mercury (24-12) took control early, lead- ers, Vitali and Wladimir. Semenya has both male and female Saturday’s games
ing 64-42 at the break. San Antonio (16-20) Semifinals characteristics, saying it is reviewing Seattle FC 0, Chivas USA 0, tie
EASTERN CONFERENCE Kansas City 3, FC Dallas 2
never got closer than 17 in the second half.
Wednesday: Indiana at Detroit, TBD
Tennis test results and will issue a decision in Houston 3, Real Salt Lake 2
Los Angeles 2, Toronto FC 0
Sophia Young had 19 points to lead San Friday: Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. GENOA, ITALY—With Roger Federer sit- November on whether the athlete will Today’s game
Antonio, which lost in the WNBA finals a Sept. 26: Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. ting out, Switzerland lost a doubles be allowed to compete in women’s Columbus at Chicago, 3 p.m.
Wednesday’s game
year ago. (x-if necessary) match to Italy in a Davis Cup playoff events. San Jose at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
— The Associated Press but still leads the series 2-1. — The Associated Press