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FIRST IRISH SMILING: Quinn leads Notre Dame rout, CC3 LATE KICK BEATS MULES: Johns Hopkins wins 13-10, CC6 EXTRA t1 OvJ 1 Mo. II Ju THE MORNING CALL SECTION CC SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2005 PENN STATE 63, ILLINOIS 10 Mtomiy ymis tsks lift ifrastefeinis They rebound from loss to Michigan by lighting up the Illini. By Beth Hudson Of The Morning Call CHAMPAIGN, III Joe Paterno said he and his team had a "bad taste" in their mouths following last week's loss at Michigan. Illinois coach Ron Zook likely wishes the Nittany Lions had tried Scope or even that yellow, medicinal Listerine. Instead, the Penn State football team cleansed its collective palate by punishing an Illinois squad that fell significantly short of hapless for most of the evening.

To understand how ugly this game was, consider On its way to a 63-10 victory on Saturday, Penn State (7-L 4-1) took a 56-3 halftime lead. That was not only a school record for points in a half, that was the most Penn State had led by at intermission since the 1947 team had led 55-0 at halftime over Fordham. Of course, this was against a Big Ten team and it was without Penn State freshman receiver Derrick Williams, who broke his arm last week against the Wolverines. Michael Robinson completed Vm mi fife i or io passes ror rv4 yaras ana four touchdowns two to Deon Butler in the first half. When he wasn't throwing touchdowns, he was running for them seven carries for 69 yards and two touchdowns before turning over the reins to sophomore Anthony Morelli late in the second quarter.

If Illinois had a shining moment in this game, it was in the first five minutes. The Illini put together a 12-play, 57-yard drive one that didn't include a third down until the Uth play of the drive. But it stalled when quarterback Tim Brasic threw incomplete on third-and-U at the Penn State 24-yard line. Raul Vasqutl KRT in the second quarter against Illinois. Robinson played less than a half, but PENN STATE QUARTERBACK MICHAEL ROBINSON carries the ball into the end zone in for a touchdown set a Nittany Lion record with six touchdowns in a game four passing and two rushing.

PSU PAGE CC2 Penn State looked great vs. Illini, but Comment MARK A WOGENRICH PENN STATE'S CALVIN LOWRY (10) runs through J. Illinois' Kyle Knezetic (49) during a kick return. The Nittany Lions' win was their most lopsided since 1993. Seth Pcrlman Associated Press 1A a note of sober doom, saying he was more worried about this game than any before it.

That most likely was before the coach watched film of the Illinois defense and realized even he could throw for four touchdowns against it. But his point was well taken. In the span of seven days, the Lions went from WOGENRICH PAGE CC2 the half, and by then Illinois was chop-blocking Michael Robinson. Not to pile on, but Illinois, play some defense. When a receiver is open 10 yards behind the secondary, it's time to, you know, get a new secondary.

Penn State's merciless, 63-10 victory over Illinois on Saturday night clearly was meant to be an exorcism. This week, Paterno sounded vertical passing game. Had the Lions attacked Michigan in the first quarter as they did Illinois, the finish might not have been so extreme. Not to nitpick, but Where was Anthony Morelli? Penn State led by 35 before the Illinois band's spit valves had dried, and the backup quarterback was nowhere in sight. He didn't emerge until 1:19 remained in CHAMPAIGN, III Not to belabor the Michigan game, but Where was this last week? The Wolverines started two newbie safeties and a tattered defensive line, and Penn State froze early in the Threatt leads Lehigh to win in his first start TOP 25 SCOREBOARD No.

1 USC 51, Washington 24 No. 2 Texas 52, No. 10 Tex Tech 17 No. 3 Virginia Tech, idle No. 4 Georgia 23, Arkansas 20 No.

5 Alabama 6, No. 17 Tenn. 3 Georgia Tech at No. 6 Miami, ppd. No, 7 LSU 20, No.

16 Auburn 17 No. 8 UCLA 51, Oregon State 28 No, 9 Notre Dame 49, BYU 23 No. 11 Florida State 55, Duke 24 No, 12 Penn State 63, Illinois 10 No. 13 Boston College, idle No, 14 Ohio State 41, Indiana 10 No. 15 Oregon 28, Arizona 21 No.

18 Florida, idle No. 19 Wisconsin 31, Purdue 20 No. 20 West Virginia at Florida, ppd. No. 21 TCU 48, Air Force 10 N'western 49, No.

22 Michigan St 14 North Carolina 7, No. 23 Virginia No. 24 Fresno State 40, Idaho 10 Wash State at No. 25 California, late LOCAL SCORES Millersville 23, Kutrtown 20 Johns Hopkins 13, Moravian 10 Lehigh 42, Bucknell 10 Wilkes 27, Moravian 17 West Chester 18, ESU 17 Turnovers, poor conditions thwart ESU Warriors eliminated from ISAGKast race by losing five fumbles, throwing an interception in 1S-17 loss to WCU. ByjeffSchuier Of The Morning Cill WIST CHESTER It was the longest 84 seconds in East Stroudsburg's season.

And all it cost the Warriors was a shot at a share of the PSAC East title, and also a potential first-round bye and a home game in the NCAA Division II playoffs. West Chester scored twice in that span at the BiTpAGTccs wondered if the Mountain Hawks were just trying to boost Threatt's confidence or whether they really meant it. It turns out that the Lehigh players could not only talk a good game, but they could play one as well with their new QB at the controls. The Mountain Hawks scored on their first three possessions to roll up a 21-3 first-quarter lead and never looked back in a 42-10 Patriot League rout of Bucknell before 2,695 drenched fans at Christy Mathewson Stadium. Threatt was 6-for-7 passing on the first drive of his first career start and finished The sophomore QH takes his team to a 42-10 victory over Bucknell.

By Keith Groller Of The Morning Call UW1SBURG For nearly a week, Lehigh players insisted that their season wouldn't sag just because senior quarterback Mark Borda had suffered a season-ending injury. They insisted that Borda's replacement, sophomore Sedale Threatt, had the arm strength, the athleticism and the moxie to lead the offense in his starting role. But a skeptic might have Morning Call file photo LEHIGH RUNNING BACK ERIC RATH helped take the pressure off QB Sedale Threatt by rushing for 109 yards Saturday. LEHIGH PAGE CC4.