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i 6 Football Saturday Journal and Courier, Saturday, September 28, 2002 Today' pre DICTIONS got "races? I wumr rlimnlininn; r.nm Picks for today's games by three Journal 'and Couri-. Tom Jeff Brendan 1 COllegefootball- StS.intemetSlteS'( Kubat Washburn Murphy news.com thefinalscore.net Purdue (-3) vs. Minnesota Purdue 31-27 Purdue 31-14 Purdue 27-21 Minnesota 28-24 I Purdue 33-30 (OT) Ohio State (-27 vs. Indiana i Ohio State 45-10 Ohio State 42-7 Ohio State 45-24 Ohio State 45-17 Ohio State 37-13 Michigan State (-23) vs. Northwestern MSU 41-13 MSU 63-13 MSU 52-10 MSU 45-21 MSU 45-17 Penn State (-8) vs.

Iowa Penn State 24-14 i Penn State 21-10 Perm State 21-17 Penn State 38-28 Penn State 31-23 Michigan (-7) at Illinois I Michigan 33-24 Michigan 26-24 Illinois 20-18 Michigan 27-21 I Michigan 23-21 Florida (-19) vs. Kentucky I Florida 44-21 Florida 44-20 Florida 59-24 Florida 38-20 I Iowa St. (even) vs. Nebraska Iowa State 27-24 Iowa State 28-25 Nebraska 13-10 Iowa State 23-20 Auburn (-13) vs. Syracuse I Auburn 28-14 Auburn 30-22 Auburn 30-17 Auburn 34-20 Arizona State (-1) vs.

Stanford I Stanford 34-28 Stanford 35-30 Stanford 28-25 Arizona St. 34-31' Southern California (-3) vs. Oregon State I USC 27-21 USC 23-17 Oregon St. 37-28 USC 34-30 nflafzuott Inn Sprayed-0n Truck Bed Liners 2821 St. Rd.

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In the final 4:55 of the first half, the Gators struck for 24 points. "We hope to play better than we played the last game," Vols coach Phillip Fulmer said. Fulmer may want to remind his players about the first Tennessee-Rutgers game, at Knoxville in 1979. Final score: Rutgers 13, Tennessee 7. Casey Clausen hopes to rebound from his four-fumble effort, and wide receiver Kelley Washington is looking for a big day in his second game since returning from a sprained knee.

He had seven catches for 102 yards against the Gators. Rutgers, meanwhile, is hurting. After a 23-3 loss to Pittsburgh, the Scarlet Knights came away with at least 11 injuries. Among those questionable for Tennessee are quarterback Ted Trump (sprained ankle), running back Markis Fa-cyson (hip pointer) and wide receiver Tres Moses. Washington quarterback Cody Pickett is looking for another 400-yard plus passing day (he had 404 against Wyoming last week).

Idaho's pass defense is ranked 117th and last in I-A, allowing 322.75 yards per game. There's one eye-opener of a point spread this week. Nebraska visits Iowa State, and the game is listed as "pick 'em." In the past 10 years, the Huskers have never been less than 15'2-point favorites over the Cyclones, according to the folks who produce the Glantz-Culver line. The picks South Florida (27) at No. 2 Oklahoma These are Bulls, not Gators OKLAHOMA, 45-0.

No. 3 Texas (-30) at Tulane In first 17 meetings, 'Horns are 15-1-1 with nine shutouts TEXAS, 48-7. No. 5 Virginia Tech (-22) at Western Michigan Hokies allowing just 9.8 points per game TECH, 28-10. Indiana (27) at No.

6 Ohio State Freshman RB Clarett set to return for Buckeyes' Big Ten opener OHIO STATE, 41-10. Kentucky (19) a No. 7 Florida Gators bring Wildcats and QB Lorenzen down to earth FLORIDA, 34-20. New Mexico State (28) at No. 8 Georgia 'Dawgs posted last shutout 24 games ago vs.

Aggies GEORGIA, 31-0. Rutgers (40) at No. 11 Tennessee We can't watch TENNESSEE, 59-7. Iowa (8) at No. 12 Penn State Not a pushover for unbeaten Nittany Lions PENN STATE, 27-21.

Idaho C30'y at No. 13 Washington Huskies QB Pickett third in to tal offense (347.3) WASHINGTON, 49-21. No. 14 Michigan (-7) at Illinois Wolverines still shaky MICHIGAN, 21-20. No.

16 Washington State (3'iJ at California Cal capable of avenging 31-point loss in '01 CALIFORNIA, 34-28. Massachusetts (no line) at No. 17 N.C. State UMass has fine QB in Krohn, but NC State has fab QB in Rivers NC STATE, 42-21. No.

23 Oregon State (3) at No. 18 USC Beavers 0-18 at Coliseum since winning in '60 OREGON STATE, 31-21. No. 20 Nebraska (even) at No. 19 Iowa State With QB Wallace, Cyclones set to end nine-game slide vs.

Huskers IOWA STATE, 28-24. Mississippi State (13) atNo.22LSU LSU has won nine of last 10 vs. Bulldogs, including 42-0 in '01 LSU, 31-10. Louisiana Tech (13) at No. 24 Texas Aggies defense to the rescue TEXAS 20-17.

No. 25 Colorado State (-11) at Nevada Rams 7-0 vs. Wolfpack COLORADO STATE, 31-17. Last week: 13-5 (straight); 9-7 (vs. points) Season: 69-14 (straight); 45-31 (vs.

points) By Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press It's Bully Week in college football. Just about every year, there's a Saturday in September that produces some of the most lopsided scores of the season. That day is here. Seven of the top 13 teams in the AP's Top 25 poll are favored by at least 22 points today, with No. 11 Tennessee topping the list as 40'2-point favorites over Rutgers.

Pity Rutgers (1-3). Not only do the Scarlet Knights have to play in Knoxville, but the Vols aren't in a hospitable mood after last week's 30-13 loss to rival Florida. "I think you have a mad football team, one that's very angry right now," Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said. The other matchups, or likely mismatches: No. 13 Washington is a 30Vpoint favorite over Idaho; No.

3 Texas a 30-point pick over Tulane, No. 8 Georgia a 28l2-point choice over New Mexico State; No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 6 Ohio State are choices over South Florida and Indiana, respectively; and No. 5 Virginia Tech is a 22 -e-point pick over Western Michigan.

While there's little doubt about the outcome, the expected losers also win. The router gets an easy win over a I-A opponent, and the visiting routee cashes in on a big payday to help balance the athletic budget. Thanks to a school-record tying eight fumbles, the Vols are in a foul follett's Purdue Bookstores Find us on the web at efollett.com Purdue West and Black Gold Mine r. fnllptt open till 1 1 pm tonight! iJitAEU: 1-800-837-5388 ale en line WsiSiisSi puts stre PURDUES B1GGEST-EVER CAMPUSW1DE STATE PREVIEW oinnicinniDinig) mm i By Ken Thompson Journal and Courier It's a homecoming for Wabash coach Chris Creighton when he leads the Little Giants to Gam-bier, Ohio, to play winless Keny-on College today. Creighton was a record-setting quarterback for Kenyon in 1990, throwing for a North Coast Athletic Conference 29 touchdowns that season.

That record stood until last season, when his quarterback Jake Knott broke the record with 34 TD passes. "I'm proud to be a part of the history of Kenyon College football," Creighton said. "But from the moment we arrive at the field until the game is over, all I'll be focused on is how to defeat Kenyon." That strategy begins with Knott, who needs 215 yards to break the school's career total offense record. Knott gained 264 total yards in last week's 44-7 victory at Earlham to improve his career total to 9,395. Wabash (2-0) enters with a nine-game winning streak and the For Alumni Friends -Community Families Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:30 a.m.

4:30 p.m. EST Purdue "Mall and 1V1 emo rial 1VI all 4 chances of the string reaching 10 are good. Kenyon (0-3) has endured an injury to its starting running back, Dustin Grannis, and has used Brad Noojin and Nick Stalick at quarterback. Kenyon sophomore linebacker Casey McConnell leads NCAA Division III with 58 tackles. Valparaiso at St.

Joseph's A struggling Valparaiso squad comes to Rensselaer for a noon game. The Crusaders are 0-3 after a 62-10 loss at Tennessee Tech last week. The home team has won each of the last four meetings between the schools. The Pumas (2-2) are coming off a 41-17 home loss to Gannon last Saturday. St.

Joseph's will have to stop quarterback David Macchi, who leads the Pioneer Football League in passing yards per game (256.3 Macchi was 10 of 12 last week against Tennessee Tech for 186 yards and a touchdown. (C 5 p.m. EST Purdue vs Minnesota Homecoming Football Game Zilo Extreme Team Challenge thousands of dollars in cash prizes Join the Purdue Alumni Association and schools and areas throughout the University for a campuswide celebration the event is free. Memphis (2-2) at Alabama-Birmingham (1-3), 6 p.m. South Carolina (2-2) at Vanderbilt (1-3).

6 p.m. Alabama State (3-1 at Alcorn State (2-1 6:30 p.m. Langston (0-4) at Grambling State (3-1). 6:30 p.m. Western Kentucky (2-2) at McNeese State (3-0), 7 p.m.

Nicholls State (3-1) at Southern U. (1-3). 7 p.m. Jacksonville State (1-2) at Tennessee Tech (2-2), 7 p.m. Syracuse (1-2) at Auburn (3-1), 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Indiana (2-2) at Ohio State (4-0). 1 1 a.m. Virginia Tech (4-0) at Western Michigan (1-2), 11 a.m. Duquesne (3-0) at Dayton (3-0). noon Northwestern (2-2) at Michigan State (2-2).

noon Murray State (1-2) at Indiana State (1-3), 1 p.m. Troy State (1-3) at Missouri (2-1). 1 p.m. Kent State (2-2) at Northern Illinois (1-3), 1 p.m. Drake (2-2) at Quincy (0-4).

1 p.m. Valparaiso (0-3) at St. Joseph's. Ind. (2-2).

1 p.m. Sam Houston State (2-2) at Western Illinois (3-0). 1 p.m. Illinois State (2-1) at Eastern Illinois (1-2), 1:30 p.m, Michigan (3-1) at Illinois (1-3). 2:30 p.m.

Nebraska (3-1 at Iowa State (4-1 2:30 p.m. Kentucky State (0-3) vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2-2) at St. Louis. 4 p.m.

Miami (Ohio) (2-2) at Akron (0-4), 5 p.m. Southern Illinois (2-2) at Eastern Michigan (1-3). 5 p.m. Minnesota (4-0) at Purdue (2-2), 5 p.m. Buffalo (1-3) at Ohio (0-4).

6 p.m. Youngstown State (1-2) at Southwest Missouri State (3-1), 7 p.m. SOUTHWEST South Florida (2-1 at Oklahoma (3-0), 6 p.m. Louisiana Tech (2-2) at Texas (2-1 6 p.m. Kansas (1-3) at Tulsa (0-4), 6 p.m.

Alabama (3-1 at Arkansas (2-0). 6:45 p.m. Fresno State (1-3) at Rice (0-3). 7 p.m. Southern Utah (1-2) at Southwest Texas (2-1 7 p.m.

Alabama (1-2) at Texas Southern (1-3), 7 p.m. FAR WEST UCLA (2-1) at San Diego State (0-4), 1 p.m. Air Force (3-0) at Utah (2-2). 2 p.m. Stanford (1-1) at Arizona State (3-1).

2:30 p.m. Idaho (1-3) at Washington (2-1), 2:30 p.m. Colorado State (3-1) at Nevada (2-1), 3 p.m. Western Washington (2-0) at St. Mary's, Cal.

(2-2). 3 p.m. Washington State (3-1) at California (3-1). 4 p.m. Oregon State (4-0) at Southern Cal (2-1).

5:30 p.m. Utah State (1-3) at Boise State (2-1), 7 p.m. Sacramento State (1-2) at Idaho State (1-2). 7:30 p.m. North Texas (1-3) at Arizona (2-1), 8 p.m.

Northern Iowa (2-1 at Cal Poly-SLO (0-4). 8 p.m. Texas-El Paso (1-3) at San Jose State (2-2), 9:15 p.m. Southern Methodist (0-4) at Hawaii (2-1 11:05 p.m EAST Central Michigan (3-1 at Boston College (2-1 11 a.m. Duke (1-3) at Navy (1-2), 11 a.m.

Iowa (3-1 at Penn State (3-0). 1 1 a.m. Cincinnati (1-2) at Temple (1-3), 11 a.m. East Carolina (1-2) at West Virginia (2-1). 11 a.m.

New Hampshire (0-4) at Dartmouth (0-1 1 1:30 a.m. Hofstra (2-2) at Northeastern (3-0), 11:30 a.m. Southern Mississippi (3-1) at Army (0-3). noon Harvard (1-0) at Brown (0-1), noon Delaware State (2-2) at Bucknell (1-2), noon Columbia (1-0) at Colgate (1-2), noon Ball State (1-2) at Connecticut (2-2), noon Yale (1-0) at Cornell (0-1 noon Fordham (2-1) at Fairfield (1-2), noon Towson (2-1 at Holy Cross (2-1 noon Montclair State (0-0) at lona (2-1), noon Rhode Island (1-2) at Maine (4-0). noon Sacred Heart (1-2) at St.

Francis. Pa. (0-2), noon Charleston Southern (2-2) at West Liberty (0-1 noon St. Peter's (2-2) at Canisius (0-3), 12:30 p.m. Siena (1-2) at La Salle (0-3), 12:30 p.m.

Toledo (3-1) at Pittsburgh (3-1), 12:30 p.m. Albany, N.Y. (2-1) at Stony Brook (1-1), 5 p.m. Lehigh (3-0) at Penn (1-0), 5:30 p.m. Wagner (3-0) at Marist (2-1 6 p.m.

Lafayette (2-1 at Princeton (0-1 6 p.m. SOUTH Mississippi State (1-2) at LSU (2-1). 11:30 a.m. Emory Henry (2-1) at Davidson (2-1). noon Georgetown, D.C.

(1-2) at Florida International (2-2). noon New Mexico State (1-2) at Georgia (3-0). noon Austin Peay (2-2) at Jacksonville (1-2), noon Butler (2-1) at Moreh'ead State (3-1), noon Massachusetts (2-1 at N.C. State (5-0), noon Furman (2-1 at Virginia Military (2-2), noon Delaware (2-2) at William Mary (1-2). noon Elon (2-1 at North Carolina AST (1-2), 12:30 p.m.

The Citadel (1-2) at Appalachian State (2-1), 1 p.m. Kentucky (4-0) at Florida (3-1), 2:30 p.m. Georgia Tech (3-1 at North Carolina (1-2), 2:30 p.m. Texas (3-0) at Tulane (2-2). 2:30 p.m.

Flonda (3-1) vs. Tennessee State (1-3) at Atlanta. 3 p.m. Norfolk State (2-0) at Bethune-Cookman (4-0). 4 p.m.

Mississippi Valley State (1-2) at Jackson State (2-2), 4 p.m. Georgia Southern (1-2) at Chattanooga (0-4), 5 p.m. Glenviile State (1-2) at Eastern Kentucky (2-2). 5 p.m. Villanova (3-1) at James Madison (3-1), 5 p.m Wotford (3-0) at Maryland (2-2), 5 p.m.

Liberty (1-2) at Central Florida (0-3), 5 p.m. East Tennessee State (2-2) at Wesern Carolina (3-1). 5 p.m. Virginia (2-2) at Wake Forest (2-2), 5:30 p.m. SE Missouri (2-2) at Middle Tennessee (0-3).

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