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INSIDE Editorial: 1 0B Business: 9B Lotteries: 12B Weather: 12B www.TheTandD.com SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 SECTION SPORTS U.S. Open Blake shocks Nadal. 3B Tstagj Mtt dft IHkfflnTiKBllS 7.V lit Vr MIX 1 xrsvv CP Ar-o i ri fv) -x i 111 mm Mitf tlfl.lllMT Jil hi i I i i AP South Carolina State's Kelly King dives into the end zone for a touchdown as Alabama State's JohnHogan arrives too late Saturday in Birmingham, Ala. South Carolina State won 27-14. S.C.

State posts impressive 27-14 win over Alabama St. By THOMAS GRANT JR. AW- Senior Sports Writer AP .4 Clemson's Duane Coleman (3) runs for yardage as Texas Ronald Jones (23) tackles him during the first quarter Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Clemson. Clemson upsets No. 1 7 Texas BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

Alabama State quarterback and reigning Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year Tarvaris Jackson was poised to shine before a national television audience and 18,452 fans at Legion Field Saturday. Instead, he and the Hornets became the latest team to fall prey to the "television karma" which once again brought out the best in defending Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion South Carolina State. Getting stellar individual play from quarterback Cleveland McCoy and a punishing effort from a defense, SCSU defeated Alabama State 27-14 in the inaugural Ford MEACSWAC Challenge aired on ESPN2. "We wanted the challenge because we had a chance to play a really good team to measure where we are at this point," SCSU head coach Oliver "Buddy" Pough said. The Bulldogs (1-0) jumped out to a 17-0 lead in the first half and withstood a strong second-half effort by Jackson to even the series at 2-2 with the Hornets (0-1) and improve to 10-0 in televised games under Pough.

SCSU also extended its winning streak dating back to last season to five games and helped the MEAC go 2-0 on Saturday against the SWAC as co-conference champion Hampton defeated Jackson State at the Detroit Football Classic 20-7. tive doing it. He has the potential to be one of the greatest quarterbacks in school history." Also scoring touchdowns for SCSU was junior DeShawn Baker, who rushed for a team-high 71 yards despite not being at full strength as a result of surgery to remove his left meniscus, and freshman backup Jonathan Woods. In addition, freshman placekicker Stephen Grantham had a busy debut as he made all three PATs and was 2-4 in field goals. Defensively, the Bulldogs held the Hornets to 24 rushing yards and forced three turnovers.

Jackson finished the contest 16-33 for 255 yards and two touchdowns, but threw an interception, was sacked three times and constantly hurried by the SCSU defensive line and linebacking corps. A quartet of Bulldog players finished with six tackles, including See SCSU, 2B Leading the SCSU charge offensively was McCoy, who more than held his own statistically when compared to his more experienced counterpart with 275 total yards of offense and a touchdown to earn team game MVP honors. McCoy completed 9-19 passes for 175 yards, with Kelley King and Chris Burgess catching four balls each, and finished with 68 yards on nine carries. Despite the balanced effort, McCoy was his harshest critic. "I give myself a C-plus mainly because I missed a couple of reads that could have made the score a little bit wider than it was," he said.

Pough was more effusive in his praise of the former North-South Ail-Star at Baptist Hill, who he initially wanted to switch to linebacker. "He's as good a young man as he is a football player," Pough said. "It's now to the point when he throws the football, he's very effec Dean struck the 42 yard field goal straight through the uprights. Dean was 6-of-6 on the night with field goals of 21, 21, 25, 18 and 44 yards before his game winner The kicks broke the Clemson mark of five set three times by former all-Atlantic Coast Conference kicker Nelson Welch in 1991 against North Carolina State, 1992 against Maryland and 1994 against North Carolina. It also overshadowed another strong effort by McNeal, who had gained 307 yards of offense against Clemson during Texas 27-6 victory at College Station a year ago.

This time, McNeal finished with 100 yards rushing and threw for 110. Davis ran for 101 yards to lead the Tigers. By PETE IACOBELU AP Sports Writer CLEMSON Jad Dean kicked his school record sixth field goal with 2 seconds left to lift Clemson past No. 17 Texas on Saturday night. The Aggies (0-1) looked like they would grab an opening night win after versatile star Reggie McNeal led a fourth-quarter touchdown drive that ended with his 31-yard touchdown pass to Chad Schroeder for a 24-22 lead.

But the Tigers (1-0), playing the final quarter without starting quarterback Charlie Whitehurst, drove to Texas 25 on eight straight carries by freshman tailback James Davis. After a time out by the Aggies, The Tigers played without Whitehurst down the stretch after he was apparently knocked on the helmet as he slid during a 3-yard gain. Whitehurst left the field on his own and threw some warmup passes behind the Tigers bench. However, a team spokesman said the fifth-year senior was kept out because he was woozy from the hit. Backup Will Proctor led the Tigers on the winning drive.

Early on, Clemson looked like it might have the same troubles with McNeal it had last season. He drove Texas to Clemson's 13 and Courtney Lewis followed with a nifty run into the end zone. But a holding penalty called back the score and, two plays later, settled for a field goal. See CLEMSON, 2B Z'hS No. 13 Georgia wins easily over No.18 Boise St.

48-13 CTl MORE COLLEGE FOOTBALL, his predecessor lacked. Shockley completed 16 of 24 passes for 289 yards numbers that would have been even better without four dropped throws. He also rushed five times for a team-leading 85 yards, even though a 23-yarder was brought back because of an illegal block. Contrast those numbers with the ones put up by Zabransky: four interceptions and two fumbles before he was benched just before halftime. Mentioned as a possible Heisman contender, his candidacy crumbled less than 30 minutes into the season.

As Boise State coach Dan Hawkins ran off the field at halftime, he was asked by a television reporter why he took out See FOOTBALL, 2B By PAUL NEWBERRY AFSportsJyriter ATHENS, Ga. DJ. Shockley was worth the wait, (earning with a revamped Georgia defense to give Boise State a jarring lesson in big-time football. Finally getting to start as a senior, Shockley threw five touchdown passes and ran for another score in the season opener, leading the 13th-ranked Bulldogs to a stunningly easy 48-13 victory over No. 18 Boise State on Saturday.

Jared Zabransky and the high-scoring Broncos were totally overwhelmed by Georgia, which didn't seem to have any trouble replacing David Pollack, Thomas Davis and Odell Thur-man, three defensive stare who moved on to the NFL Shockley, meanwhile, took over as the No. 1 quarterback after backing up David Greene the last three years. He had big shoes to fill Greene, after all, was the winningest quarterback in Division I-A history. After one week, it's already "David who?" The Bulldogs didn't miss a beat with Shockley, who tied Greene's school record for touchdown passes in a game -in less than three quarters and showed an ability to run that AP Georgia's Tony Taylor (43) Is congratulated by teammate Tra Battle after intercepting a pass by Boise State's jared Zabransky during the first quarter Saturday at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ca..