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Austin American Statesman statesman.com austin360.com SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2007 SECTION WORLD SERIES BREEDERS' CUP OUTDOORS IIP HIGH HORSE CLEAN IT UP Curlin ends his championship season with an emphatic victory against his toughest rivals. C4 Improper disposal of deer carcasses induces bad feelings towards hunting. C3 For Saturday's late results from Game 3, go to statesman.com, nn GAME NINE TEXAS 28, Lni uu NEBRASKA 25 Zone-read play changes momentum for Longhorns C13 Bevo buzz: Husker fans hit the road and remain loyal C13 Nebraska may have given great effort, but the result remains the same C14 Scoring summary, game statistics C15 statesman.com For more coverage, including photos, blogs and more, log on to statesman.comhorns BIG 12 COLORADO 31, TEXAS TECH 26 Buffaloes intercept Graham Harrell four times and take down the Red Raiders in Lubbock C12 Missouri struggles, but finally puts away Iowa State, 42-28. C12 of Nebraska defenders while picking up naipiiuaiieia some of his 290 yards on Saturday. Graham Harrell, left TOP 25 5-0REG0N24, 9-USC17 Ducks" can start seriously thinking about a national title run after piling up 339 yards against the Pac-10's best defense CIO Georgia sacks Tim Tebow six times and earns a rare victory against the Gators, 42-30 Cll UConn gets its first-ever win over a ranked opponent, as the Huskies down No.

11 South Florida 22-15 C12 No. 14 Kentucky's high-powered offense takes a huge tumble with a home loss to Mississippi State Cll Top-ranked Ohio State rolls Penn State 37-17 in Happy Valley C12 ASSOCIATED PRESS SOUTHLAND TEXAS STATE 20, NW STATE 17 Andrew Ireland kicks a 28-yard field goal as time runs out to lift Texas State over Northwestern State C12 1 1 'J J. i 1 I 1 NEXT WEEK Texas at Oklahoma State 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Stillwater, Okla. TV: ABC. Radio: KVET (98.1 FM, 1300 AM); KWNX (1260 AM, Spanish) performance, Charles led Texas past an upset-minded Nebraska, 28-25, in front of a sellout crowd of 85,968 at Royal-Memorial Stadium.

Texas fans hadn't witnessed such a rushing performance since Ricky Williams was in the midst of his Heisman campaign in 1998. Charles rushed a career-high 33 times for 290 yards, with 216 of them coming in the fourth quarter. He scored three touchdowns in the final 15 minutes on runs of 25, 86 and 40 yards to erase the remnants of what had been a 14-point See HORNS, C16 Charles' 216-yard, three-touchdown fourth quarter pulls Horns out of a deep hole, on to narrow victory By Suzanne Halliburton AMHUCAN-ffTATfiSMAN STMT After a jubilant Jamaal Charles hugged a teammate and slapped high-fives with the band in the north end zone to celebrate his final touchdown, he trotted to the sidelines to seek his mentor's approval. It was then that Charles, the Texas tailback, and Ken Rucker, the Longhorns' running backs coach, embraced and broke down, allowing the emotions of a frustrating season to overwhelm them both. With his spectacular fourth-quarter Longhorns running back Jamaal Charles Nothing fancy, but Horns defy own deficiencies Good enough.

That's what the Texas football team was on Saturday, and that's the most fitting description for the Longhorns for most of this season except when they weren't good at all. Not top-five impressive. Not even a no-doubt top-10 team that's gotten better every week and is threatening juggernaut status as November nears. And probably not a champion in any form. Neither ordinary nor extraordi- Fran's already 1 ,1 CEDRIC GOLDEN i tries to stay one step ahead of a quartet KIRKBOHLS nary but one that more often than not has overcome its deficiencies, injuries and, at times, uninspired game plans to remain in the national rankings and in the hunt for a top-tier bowl.

BCS fever. Can you feel it? Yeah, me neither. But the Longhorns (7-2) should be commended for pulling out a game they had every chance to lose history, so let's COLLEGE STATION We knew Dennis Franchione was under fire weeks before the Kansas Jayhawks descended upon College Station. Now we know more. The Aggies will probably need a win over Texas to finish with a winning record this season.

1 r- focus on Kansas' rise to power perature soared way past 212 degrees long ago. At least Ftan prevented the first home shutout loss since 1971 by turning quarterback Stephen McGee loose in a desperate fourth quarter. That was little consolation as the See GOLDEN, C9 Jayhawks rise up in second half to take down Aggies, 19-11 C9 Kansas is a legitimate national top 10 team. And the most telling revelation: Fran is no longer under fire. He is in the fire (how would you like your lame duck and the tem liijjiautD umm tarn rm nrnro rrrn I I 1 I mm I I mm I I 1 I 1 11 Ji mm if i A lit dk 4 UmmM iJi.