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NFL Week 12 Vikings at Patriots, lp.m.,Ch. 61 Bills at Jets, lpm, Ch.3 Stories, E4-5 SPOK WWW.CTNOW.COM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2002 THE HARTFORD COURANT SECTION UConn Doesn't Wait Around High-Speed Attack And 22 By Gordon Women's Jimmy Classic No. 6 UConn vs. N.C. State, 4:30 p.m, ESPN Story, E6 because we won with veterans," Calhoun said.

"We went back to what has worked for us and the guys who have been around." On this opening night, the veterans were more than enough. Ben Gordon had 22 points and Taliek Brown 16 points and 10 assists as No. 14 UConn defeated Quinnipiac 91-72 Saturday be Quinnipiac coach Joe DeSantis said. "I don't think we were as prepared as we should have beea" The Huskies gained a working margin midway through the first half. Leading 18-14 with 12:08 remaining in the first half, UConn scored the next six points.

The Huskies got a hoop By MATT EAGAN COURANT STAFF WRITER hoop by Monroe and a three from Patrick Egan, but the Huskies countered with a 9-3 run. Gordon scored the first five points in the stretch and it was 35-22. The Bobcats' Jeremy Bishop, the nation's leading rebounder last season, was in foul trouble most of the game and hindered with a sore back. He finished with four rebounds in 17 minutes. The Huskies' catalyst was Brown, whose speed seemed effortless and his command of the play almost absolute.

He played 34 minutes and committed one turnover. PLEASE SEE WITH TALIEK, PAGE E7 STORRS Jim Calhoun's curiosity did not last All fall, the UConn UCONN 91 coach has wondered QUINNIPIAC 72 what kind of team he has. The first 20 minutes of the season showed him. "This proved to me that we are young fore 10,167 at Gampel Pavilion. Emeka Okafor added 16 points and 12 rebounds and Shamon Tooles and Tony Robertson also turned in reliable work.

Rob Monroe had 15 for Quinnipiac. "We were thrown right into the fire," from Mike Hayes inside, free throws from Brown and then Robertson ran ahead of the defense and scored in transi-tioa The Bobcats cut it back to seven with a BOB MACDONNELL THE HARTFORD COURANT UCONN'S EMEKA OKAFOR (12 rebounds) slams in two of his 16 points. no-rvo ASJi Ji ft i itf-'. -A i 'J. tygxA 1 ('if: ttt 4 Us.V 1 :1 1 4.

a XV ii in. mi 'ZZ-" 1 I -I ASSOCIATED PRESS COACH RANDY EDSALL has the look of a winner as Shaun Feldeisen (87) and Terry Caulley (44) focus on the final play of the game. Caulley finished the season with 1,247 rushing yards. Huskies Stun Iowa State To Finish Season 6-6 Break On Through, Caulley Provides Burst By TERRY PRICE COURANT STAFF WRITER ISU: It Seems Unreal In the final 25:16, UConn outscored Iowa State, 27-0. Terry Caulley rushed 32 times for 191 yards and oneTD.

UConn forced Seneca Wallace into four interceptions and 25 incompletions, and sacked him twice. Dan Orloysky threw three TD passes. Shaun Feldeisen had eight receptions for 85 yards. Marc Hickok scored 13 AMES, Iowa Terry Caulley, the little blur Iowa State never did catch, slowed to a stop and finally allowed himself to be caught in the arms of Randy Edsall "Coach, what's happening?" the freshman running back asked in a bewildered frenzy as they embraced at midfield. "I don't know what's happening." CauUey's goal had been modest enough in the hours leading up to the 37-20 victory that forever changed the way UConn football is viewed both in and outside Connecticut UConn made it happen Saturday.

The Huskies signaled their emergence as a Division I-A program on the rise with a 37-20 upset of Iowa State before 34,582 at Jack Trice Stadium. Freshman Terry Caulley rushed for a season-high 191 yards, including a 68-yard touchdown, and Dan Orlovsky completed three touchdown passes in the victory over a Big 12 team ranked ninth in the country earlier this seasoa "What a great way to end the year," senior tight end Tommy Collins said. "This is going to set the stage for years to come." PLEASE SEE ORLOVSKY, PAGE E10 AMES, Iowa The doors to the UConn locker room were propped open, as if to welcome in the world. At ucONN 37 center he room IOWA STATE 20 coacn Rancry Edsall was surrounded by his players. Then, Edsall said the words that perfectly defined the moment "Today," Edsall said, "this football program is a national program." It didn't just happen with the blink of an eye.

It didn't just happen overnight It just happened. JEFF JACOBS "We wanted," Caulley said, "to shock the world." The last time a UConn athlete used those words, Khalid El-Amin was running offthe basketball court in St Petersburg, with an NCAA PLEASE SEE JACOBS, PAGE Ell Harvard Scrambles For A Solution Break Out The Chips Ohio State Tops Michigan For Fiesta Berth By TOMMY NINE COURANT STAFF WRITER Combined Wire Services COLUMBUS, Ohio With the temperature near freezing, Ohio State players thought it wise not to drench their coach in a THE RIVALRIES Washington 29 Washington State 26 USC 52 UCLA 21 Auburn 17 Alabama 7 Cal 30 Stanford 7 Purdue ..34 Indiana 10 Clemson 27 South Carolina -20 Three overtimes College football, E9-11 traditional Gatorade bath. Instead, the Buckeyes engulfed OHIO STATE 14 MICHIGAN 9 Instead, a scrambling quarterback was the answer. Relying on the quick feet of sophomore Ryan Fitzpatrick, who seemed to gain 4 or 5 yards every time he ran the ball. Harvard defeated Yale 20-13 before a sellout of 30,323 its first home victory over the Bulldogs since 199a "Because of the elements, we toPlanB," Harvanl coach Tim Murphy said.

"We had PLEASE SEE BOTCHED, PAGE eating oranges or sniffing roses, the Buckeyes were happy to revel in corn chips in homage to the Fiesta's sponsor Tostitos. "I could not be prouder of a young bunch of kids like this," said Tressel, who in two years has transformed the Buckeyes from perennial under-achievers to a team that could win its first national title since 1968. After Maurice Hall scored on a 3-yard run with 4:55 left, Ohio State survived two late drives by No. 12 Michigan before a record 105,539 at the Horseshoe. PLEASE SEE CLARETT, PAGE E9 Jim Tressel in dry, salty snacks.

BOSTON Harvard's game plan Saturday changed with the forecast it heard HARVARD 20 Friday. YALE 13 With temper- aturesinthe30s and a swirling wind gusting to 50 mph inside Harvard Stadium, the Crimson's passing offense led by senior Neil Rose became secondary in The Game with Yale. Once second-ranked Ohio State secured a 14-9 victory over archrival Michigan on Saturday to earn a spot in the national championship Fiesta Bowl Jan. 3 in Tempe, Tressel and his team rejoiced in strange fashioa While some teams celebrate bowl berths by.