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tlcsnioutcsSunbatflicqistcr November 7,2010 metro edition Ik St. 7 ft 1 1 fym Horse racing: Paddy O'Prado finishes fifth in Breeders' Cup race page3c High schools: Ames captures first state girls' swimming title pageuc tee. OUTDOORS 3C NFL 3C H.S. INSIDER 4C NCAA FOOTBALL 4C-11C NCAA BASKETBALL 12C DesMoinesRegister.comSports Iowa Football Report Saturday: beat Indiana 18-13 Hoosiers drop one into Iowa's grateful lap Indiana receiver cannot corral fourth-down pass in end zone with 28 seconds remaining. DD(g Cyclones lose classic vs.

No. 9 foe, dropping series record to 18-85-2. Nebraska picks off an ISU 2-point attempt for dramatic overtime win. 0 Iowa State's 14-0 fourth quarter sent the Big 12 series finale into overtime. 77 -I ri, a jj.

By ANDREW LOGUE aloguesdmreg.com Bloomington, Ind. A helpless feeling overcame Jeremiha Hunter as he watched Indiana's final bid for an upset unfold. What the Iowa linebacker saw Saturday afternoon made him wince, and then rejoice, Inside "Oh, my goodness," Hunter said after the F'ndPh's, Hawkeves escaped with player an 18-13 football victory. and of "My heart dropped' the game and The Hoosiers' Damarlo commentary Belcher slipped between on Saturday Hunter and safety Brett closewin' Greenwood, but failed Pa9es8C-9C to corral Ben Chappell's fourth-down pass to the end zone. Instead, the football bounced free on the Memorial Stadium turf with 28 seconds remaining.

"I thought he had it," Hunter said. "When he bobbled it and it hit the ground, I was like After a video review upheld the call drawing cheers from roughly 10,000 black-and-gold-clad fans Iowa re-I0WA, PAGE IOC I 'Z 1 7-11 1 4 College Football Across the Country CHRISTOPHER GANNON-'THE REGISTER Iowa State quarterback Austen Arnaud walks off the field following Iowa State's 31-30 overtime loss to No. 9 Nebraska on Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames. The Cyclones nearly pulled off the upset in the teams' final game as Big 1 2 Conference rivals. SERIES' LAST PLAY ISU players stand by coach Rhoads pi By RANDY PETERSON randypetefsonio.dmfeg.com Ames, la.

Paul Rhoads fought back tears Saturday as he explained why he called a play GENE J.PUSKAR ASSOCIATED PRESS Paterno first coach with 400 wins as Penn State tops Northwestern It took 35 unanswered points against a scrappy Northwestern team, but Joe Paterno has 400 wins. The winningest coach in college football history led his team to a 21-point comeback Saturday at home against Northwestern for a 35-21 win. Big Tn Conforanc roundup, Pag 11C Texas wins third straight by stunning No. 11 Oklahoma 33-19 Texas had lost seven straight games to Oklahoma. Now, the Aggies are suddenly 6-3 after a 3-3 start and the No.

11 Sooners will slip in the rankings after Saturday's 33-19 loss. Big 1 2 Conference roundup, Pag 8C No. 4 TCU pummels No. 6 Utah in key Mountain West showdown Texas Christian affirmed its legitimacy as a BCS buster with a 47-7 road rout of Utah that could decide the Mountain West Conference Top 25 roundup, Pag 9C that would either make or break the end of the longest rivalry in Iowa State football history. "The play was there," the Cyclones' coach said after a 31-30 overtime loss against ninth-ranked Nebraska before a crowd of 5 1 1 59 at Jack Trice Stadium.

"We just didn't execute it." 360 That's how many yards Iowa State gained Saturday, 46 more than Nebraska had. More inside Find all of Saturday's stats and analysis from the game, plus photos on a special two-page spread, Pages 6C-7C. Howdidtailgaters send off the Huskers in what appears to be their final trip to Ames for a while? Read about several fans' tributes, Page8C. CHARUE Nit BERGAl PRESS Nebraska's Eric Hagg's interception on a 2-point conversion attempt by Iowa State's Daniel Kuehl was the final play in the 1 05-game series before Nebraska leaves the Big 12. Sea Page 6C for more "lasts" from Saturday's game.

Had holder Daniel Kuehl hit an open Collin Franklin for a two-point conversion pass at the goal line, Iowa State would have left the 105th and possibly ISU, PAGE 7C Better bet: Arnaud in regulation OT-'OS NISSAN AUIMA'S AS 10W AS 1 $14,300 5 CERTIFIED SKIP33M I I '07 NISSAN Ciri' MURANO SL'S 'ruiinriK' Miamt TTNn rolled left and looked for tight end Collin Franklin. Franklin seemed to have a step on his man in the end zone. A tight spiral might've done the trick. Instead, the ball, thrown into a stiff wind, dangled in the air for what seemed like an eternity. Hagg stepped in front of Franklin, who slipped on the play, and the fat lady started singing the KEELER, PAGE 7C of inches," Rhoads, the Cyclones' riverboat gambler of a coach, said after his gutsy bunch slipped to 5-5, 3-3 in the Big 12.

"It exactly is that." If you make it, you're nuts. If you don't make it, you're bonkers. What's done is done: Rather than kick an extra point to tie the score and set up a second overtime, Kuehl, a senior from Sioux City, pulled the ball back. Ames, la. Poor Daniel Kuehl.

It should never come down to your holder. You don't throw the fate of a game, and maybe your season, in the hands of your backup punter. You don't get cute with Nebraska. Still, in Paul Rhoads' defense, nobody saw it coming. Nobody, that is, except for Cornhuskers defensive back Eric Hagg AWO, LEATHER, SUNROOF LOW AS SEAN KEELER sekeelerdmreg com who picked off Kuehl's wounded duck of a pass to seal a 31-30 victory.

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