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iDcs Jlloincs Bcistcr I Tuesday, January 6, 2009 I metro edition "A CONVENIENCE STORE nwr a uum i rr unoci" MiMMIMaMaal 1 1- TV LISTINGS 2C COLLEGE BASKETBALL NBA 5C ROUNDUP 5C I COLLEGE FOOTBALL 6C DesMoinesRegister.comsports Fiesta Bowl: Texas 24, Ohio State 21 McCoy leads dramatic Texas comeback Touchdown pass with 16 seconds left by Heisman runner-up lifts Longhorns. McCoy, the Heisman Trophy runner-up, calmly led the Longhorns 78 yards in 11 plays and 1:42 without calling a timeout. On the touchdown, Cosby caught a short pass, slipped a tackle and sprinted toward the goal line before diving into the end zone. The Longhorns (12-1) rebounded after Ohio State (10-3) had taken a 21-17 lead on a 15-yard run by Dan Herron with 2:05 to go- That score came five minutes after Boeckman hit Pryor for a 5-yard score to cut Texas' lead to 17-15. Pryor's pass on the 2-point conversion was incomplete.

For most of the night, the Buckeyes stifled the high-powered Longhorns, who averaged 43.9 points this season but mustered only a field goal in the first half. They didn't lead until a nifty third-quarter touch- FIESTA, PAGE 6C Texas running back Chris hauls in a pass Monday in front of Ohio State's Chimdi Chekwa in the second quarter of the Fiesta Bowl. Ohio State on Monday night. "I don't think there's anybody in the country who can beat us at this point," McCoy said. The Buckeyes nearly pulled off the upset behind quarterbacks Terrelle Pryor and Todd Boeckman but instead went down to another disappointing bowl loss.

By ANDREW BAGNATO Associated Press Glendale, Ariz. Left out of the national title game, Colt McCoy and Texas made the most of their trip to the Fiesta Bowl. McCoy hit Quan Cosby for a 26-yard touchdown with 16 seconds to play, lifting third-ranked Texas to a 24-21 victory over No. 10 ROSS D. FRANKLINASSOCIATED PRESS Iowa Men's Basketball Next game: Thursday vs.

Minnesota (6 p.m.) Major League Baseball Twins owner, native Iowan, dies at age 93 Pohlad was a billionaire banker Mike Gatens is a picture of composure when he watches his son, Matt, play for Iowa. Dad reacts to turnovers and 3 -pointers with equal stoicism. Eyes on his pride I More inside Read a 1987 Des Moines Register feature on Pohlad, written a few months before his Twins won their first World Series championship. Page 4C By NEAL St. ANTHONY Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn.) Minneapolis, Minn.

Carl Pohlad, a working-poor son of the Great Depression who became one of America's wealthiest dealmakers, died Monday. He was 93. A financier who came to be Pohlad was best known through his applauded, criticized by Twins fans. 1984 acqui where his father was a railroad brakeman and his mother was a maid. Pohlad graduated from West Des Moines' Valley High School, moving in the 1940s to Minnesota, where he made his fortune.

Forbes magazine said in its annual ranking in September that Pohlad was worth an estimated $3.8 billion, the 102nd richest person in America. Pohlad generally was a POHLAD, PAGE 4C sition of the 1 Minnesota Twins, Pohlad also headed a family-owned network of banking, bottling, real estate and other companies. Pohlad was born poor in West Des Moines, A UNI Men's Basketball Today's game: Northern Iowa at Creighton (7 p.m.) Greighton may be hungrier than usual 111 1 "I i It's been a while The Northern Iowa men's team hasn't won at Creighton since a 59-56 victory during the 1996-97 season, and is currently on an 11-game skid in Omaha. 7 HARRY BAUMERTREGISTER PHOTOS Mike Gatens, father of Iowa freshman Matt Gatens, inset, says, "One of the things I've learned over the years is never getting too high when things are going good, and certainly never getting down when things aren't going good." By ANDREW LOGUE aloguedmreg.com Omaha, Neb. Talk about bad timing.

It's never easy to play Creighton on its home floor, but the Northern Iowa men's basketball team has to do it after an embarrassing Bluejays defeat. "Creighton is a really good team," Panther guard Ali Farokhmanesh said. "I think we're all really excited to play them and go into Omaha, be at their venue." There will be an added sense of urgency for the 7 p.m. showdown at the Qwest Center. Creighton coach Dana Altman is hoping his players bounce back from a lackluster 86-64 loss Saturday at Illinois State.

"I was really disap- UNI, PAGE4C By RANDY PETERSON randypetersondmreg.com Iowa City, la. He knows everyone, or so it seems, who attend men's basketball games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Mike Gatens had friends even before his son became a freshman star for the Iowa men's basketball team, Hoosiers. 01' Stone Face just watched. Dad, who played for the Hawkeyes from 1974-76, didn't even crack a smile.

"One of the things I've learned over the years," Mike said, "is never getting too high when things are going good, and certainly never getting down when things aren't go- ing good." 163 points Grinnell breaks record for scoring; Grotberg smashes all-time mark Grinnell set a school record with 163 points on Monday night, beating the previous best of 160 established against Martin Luther College in 2002. The Pioneers beat Fontbonne 163-145. John Grotberg, pictured below in a game earlier this season, had 36 points to become Grinnell's all-time scoring leader with 2,385, passing Steve Wood, Pioneer Bobby Long led all players with 44 points, hitting 15-of-31 shots, including 9-of-21 3-pointers. and he shakes every one of their hands, or so it seems, before games. "I've known a lot of these people forever," Gatens said before Saturday's Matt starred for the Iowa City High team that won the Class 4-A state championship last season.

He was the state's Mr. Basketball, and the rookie opened his "The last thing I want is Matt looking up at me. He should look at the coaches." Mike Gatens email roil. I VjV Plus tux deposit. VI, I.

v. 65-60 victory against Indiana. He makes the rounds, then finally situates himself in his aisle seat, 16 rows behind the Hawkeye bench. He's settled in for another emotionless two hours. Matt Gatens for threeeeeeeeeee.

Son made Iowa's fourth basket of the game, a 3-pointer that resulted in a 10-8 lead against the once-great college career with 15 points in a win against Charleston Southern on Nov. 14 all in the first half. "A buddy of mine came up at halftime and said Matt's going to score a lot of points tonight," Mike said of the season opener. "I said 'Nah, I think he's probably done GATENS, PAGE 4C W' tlimtM me" Crm m.J Promotkm good Ihnj Feb. 28, 2009.

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