St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page C011

11.01.2009 SUNDAY 2 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Cll No. 3 Salukis win big Southern Illinois 33, Indiana State QB Mcintosh leads the way with two rushing touchdowns as SIUC improves to 7-1, 6-0. Johnson gets pole at rainy Talladega Field for Sunday's Amp Energy 500 is set on points when qualifying is washed out. FROM NEWS SERVICES TERRE HAUTE, IND.

No. 3 Southern Illinois allowed just 90 yards of total offense in a 33-0 victory over Indiana State for its 12th straight Missouri Valley Football Conference win on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. The Salukis are 7-1 overall and 6-0 in conference play heading into next week's game at No. 9 South Dakota State. The shutout was SIU's first since Oct.

18, 2008, at Youngstown State when the Dawgs won by the same 33-0 score. Redshirt freshman quarterback Paul Mcintosh threw for 159 yards and rushed for another 57 with two touchdowns on the ground in his first career start. He completed 15 of 22 passes without an interception against the Sycamores (1-8, 1-5). The Salukis outgained Indiana State by 270 yards and had a pair of inter ceptions to extend their streak to nine straight games with at least one interception. Senior running back Deji Karim had a game-high 87 yards on 15 carries.

Wide receiver Bryce Morris had 80 yards receiving as well as a blocked punt that Beau Hoffman returned 4 yards for a touchdown late in the second quarter. Karim scored on a 4 -yard run on a fourth-and-two for the first points of the game early in the second quarter. Four minutes later, Mcintosh capped off an eight-play, 91-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run. Morris blocked Braulio Martinez's punt after the Salukis held the Sycamores to a three -and-out. Hoffman recovered the ball at the 4-yard line and walked in for the score to give SIU a 21-0 lead at THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jimmie Johnson last started from the pole at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in 2002, as the points leader, lined up next to Mark Martin.

He didn't even make it to the first lap. In a bizarre prerace mishap as the drivers were warming up their tires, a problem with Martin's steering box caused him to run into Johnson. The two cars skidded into the infield grass. Johnson suffered damage to the front of his Chevrolet, and had dropped to the back of the field when the race began. "Did you bring that same steering box back?" Jeff Gordon asked Martin on Saturday after rain washed out qualifying at Talladega.

The inclement weather led NASCAR to cancel the qualifying session and set the field for Sunday's Amp Energy 500 on points which put Johnson and Martin side-by-side again, with Hendrick Motorsports teammate Gordon right behind them in the second row. Gordon was only joking when he hinted at potential sabotage, but both he SCORES EAST Boston College 31, Cent. Michigan 10 Cincinnati 28, Syracuse 7 Colgate 27, Lehigh 20 0 Holy Cross 41, Fordham 27 James Madison 20, Delaware 8 Penn 17, Brown 7 Princeton 17, Cornell 13 Rutgers 28, Connecticut 24 Temple 27, Navy 24 William Mary 39, Rhode Island 14 Yale 23, Columbia 22 SOUTH Appalachian St. 52, Furman 27 Auburn 33, Mississippi 20 Clemson 49, Coastal Carolina 3 Duke 28, Virginia 17 E. Illinois 16, Murray St.

10 E. Kentucky 20, SE Missouri 6 Louisiana-Lafayette 17, OT Florida 41, Georgian Florida 31, Morgan St. 28, OT Florida St. 45, N.C. State 42 Grambling St.

50, MVSU 7 Louisville 21, Arkansas St. 13 McNeese St. 38, Nicholls St. 17 Miami 28, Wake Forest 27 Mississippi St. 31, Kentucky 24 S.

Carolina St. 52, Delaware St. 10 Tennessee Tech 20, Tennessee St. 13 Troy 42, Louisiana-Monroe 21 Tuskegee 40, Lane 6 MIDWEST Butler 14, Davidson 7 Carthage 41, Millikin 28 Dayton 21, San Diego 14 Drake 45, Jacksonville 38 Illinois 38, Michigan 13 Illinois St. 24, Missouri St.

14 Iowa 42, Indiana 24 Miami (Ohio) 31, Toledo 24 Michigan Tech 21, Tiffin 14 Minn. Duluth 44, 0 Minn. Mankato 48, Upper Iowa 17 N. Dakota St. 14, W.

Illinois 7 N. Illinois 27, Akron 10 Nebraska-Kearney 24, Colorado Mines 12 Nebraska-Omaha 31, Pittsburg St. 28 North Dakota 31, Cal Poly 17 Northwood, Mich. 38, Wayne, Mich. 24 Ohio 20, Ball St.

17 Ohio St. 45, New Mexico St. 0 Penn St. 34, Northwestern 13 Ripon 38, Grinnell 17 Rose-Hulman 34, Franklin 21 S. Arkansas 24, Incarnate Word 22 S.

Dakota St. 17, Youngstown St. 3 S. Illinois 33, Indiana St. 0 SW Minnesota St.

34, Northern S.D. 10 Saginaw Valley St. 24, Findlay 16 Sioux Falls 49, Northwestern, Iowa 14 St. Cloud St. 47, Minn.

Moorhead 0 St. Norbert 44, BeloitO St. Thomas, Minn. 42, Augsburg 3 Taylor 36, Marian, Ind. 35 Trine 33, Albion 14 Wartburg24, Luther 9 Wayne, Neb.

26, Concordia, St.P. 21 Winona St. 23, Augustana, S.D. 21 Wis. Lutheran 34, Aurora 7 Falls 31, 28, OT 35, 28 41, Pt.

12 Wisconsin 37, Purdue 0 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 63, E. Michigan 27 Hardin-Simmons 38, Texas Lutheran 22 Houston 50, Southern Miss. 43 Howard Payne 38, Mississippi College 24 Mary Hardin-Baylor 52, E. Texas Baptist 10 Nebraska 20, Baylor 10 North Texas 68, W. Kentucky 49 SML 27, Tulsa 13 Sam Houston St.

34, Northwestern St. 30 Southern U. 24, Bluff 10 TCU 41, UNLVO Texas 35, Iowa St. 10 Texas Commerce 27, SE Oklahoma 17 Texas Southern 51, Alcorn St. 21 Texas St.

28, Stephen F.Austin 7 Texas Tech 42, Kansas 21 LAB 38, UTEP 33 FAR WEST Adams St. 22, Western 13 Air Force 34, Colorado St. 16 Boise St. 45, San Jose St. 7 California 23, Arizona St.

21 Carroll, Mont. 26, Montana Western 10 E. Oregon 37, Montana 20 E. Washington 47, Portland St. 10 Fresno St.

31, Utah St. 27 Idaho 35, Louisiana Tech 34 Missouri 36, Colorado 17 Montana 31, Weber St. 10 Montana St. 41, Idaho St. 10 Nevada 31, Hawaii 21 Oregon St.

26, UCLA 19 S. Utah 56, UC Davis 35 Sacramento St. 27, N. Arizona 24 South Dakota 21, N. Colorado 17 W.

Oregon 31, Humboldt St. 28 and Martin know they need something catastrophic to happen to Johnson on Sunday for either to have a chance of challenging him for the Sprint Cup title. The three-time defending series champion has a commanding points lead with only four races remaining in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Johnson has one victory but an overall aver CUP CHASE STANDINGS 1 Jimmie Johnson 6,098 2 Mark Martin 5,980 3 Jeff Gordon 5,948 4 Tony Stewart 5,906 5 Juan P. Montoya 5,898 6 Kurt Busch 5,858 7 Ryan Newman 5,786 8 Greg Biffle 5,748 9 Denny Hamlin 5,746 10 Carl Edwards 5,685 11 KaseyKahne 5,659 12 Brian Vickers 5,568 AREA ROUNDUP Illinois State 24, Missouri State 14 Matt Brown passed for 133 yards and two touchdowns to lead Illinois State to a victory over Missouri State in Springfield, Mo.

Brown's second TD came on a 38-yard pass to Brandon Venson with no time left in the first half, giving the Redbirds (4-4, 3-2 Missouri Valley) a 21-14 lead. Cody Kirby threw a pair of touchdown passes for Missouri State (5-4, 3-3), but the Bears were unable to score in the second half. (AP) North Dakota State 14, Western Illinois 7 Pat Paschall scored on a 24-yard run with 3:10 left to lead North Dakota State to a victory over Western Illinois in Macomb, III. North Dakota State is 2-7 overall, 1-5 Missouri Valley. Western is 1-7, 0-5.

(AP) Eastern Kentucky 20, Southeast Missouri 6 C.J. Walker rushed for two touchdowns to lead Eastern Kentucky to a victory over Southeast Missouri in Richmond, Ky. Eastern Kentucky is 5-3 overall, 5-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Redhawks (1-7, 0-6) scored their touchdown on a 17-yard pass from Matt Scheible to Walter Peoples with 4:05 remaining. (AP) Carnegie Mellon 21, Washington U.

13 Carnegie Mellon University took advantage of special teams turnovers by Washington University for a 21-13 victory over the Bears in Pittsburgh, Pa. WU was leading 13-0 in the third quarter when a fumble on a punt return led to a Carnegie touchdown, and then a fumble on a punt attempt led to another score for the Tartans. Jim O'Brien ran for 111 yards on 15 carries for WU. Stephen Sherman finished 13-of-20 passing for 106 yards and a TD. Senior Andrew Berryman led the defensive unit with a season-high 13 tackles.

WU is 3-5 overall, 0-1 in the University Athletic Association. (News services) Lindenwood 41, Benedictine 31 No. 3 Lindenwood improved to 8-0 with a victory at home. Philip Staback ran for two touchdowns and passed for one for the Lions. Benedictine is 4-5.

(News services) McKendree 38, Quincy 0 McKendree University rolled to a victory at home over Quincy. The No. 11 Bearcats are 8-1 overall, 6-0 in Mid-States play. Joe Beimfohr ran for a game-high 105 yards as the Bearcats had 336 yards rushing. (Newsservices) age finish of just 17.7 at Talladega.

Because of the unpredictability of restrictor-plate racing, the unknowns facing him on Sunday have left Johnson admittedly struggling to sleep the past few days. "Falling asleep lately has been difficult, I have to admit," Johnson said. "The brain wonders and thinks about a lot of different things." The rain means all 12 Chase drivers will start at the front of the field. Kyle Busch wins truck race Kyle Busch got a generous bump from teammate Aric Almirola a few hundred yards from the finish to win the NASCAR trucks race at Talladega Superspeedway. Busch and Almirola pulled wide behind leader Todd Bodine on the final lap of the Mountain Dew 250 and Almirola nudged Busch's No.

51 Toyota to the front. They overtook Bodine just before the finish line in the fading daylight at the massive 2.66-mile oval. Bodine finished third. Hamilton takes pole for Abu Dhabi GP McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton claimed the pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in United Arab Emirates. Hamilton set a time of 1 minute, 40.948 seconds on the last qualifying lap around the new Yas Marina circuit, edging Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel by almost six-tenths of a second.

xbxbybyx SAVE up to s1500 BIOMASS BURNING TAX CREDIT- Geoff Sandt Would like to earn your business! 12 Years Experience tSonwuwto VOLKSWAGEN VOLKSWAGEN NISSAN HONDA (0) 314-731-7777 Complete Heating Cooling System onlvs2950! I Includes: 2.5 Ton Trane 13 Seer Air Conditioner 2.5 Ton Trane Hi Efficiency Trane Coil 80,000 BTU Trane 80 AFUE Furnace New earth Friendly Refrigerant R-410A Offer Expires 11 -7-09 lj This credit can be applied to existing principal residences and is effective immediately, retroactive to any Biomass heating unit purchased since January 1, 2009. For additional tax information please visit the IRS website. QUALITY FIREPLACES napoleonfireplaces.com It's Hard lb StopAThme. All other Trane Systems and sizes available at Special Prices. I ''JrmmK CALL NOW FOR FREE IN-HOME CONSULTATION 636-787-7555 Hechler's Main Street Hearth and Home 521 Main Street Troy, MO 63379 636-528-9443 All Seasons 1 20 South Main Street Edwardsville, IL 62025 618-659-0717 618-688-0707 314-894-8200 www.indoorcomfortteam.com 247 Available Service Hearth Home 556 East Fifth Street Washington, MO 63090 636-390-4242 The Fireplace Store More 1 665 South State Street Jerseyville, IL 62052 618-498-3902.