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the Courier IN THIS SECTION COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD C8 OUTDOORS C9 NFL C9 i POmI i I ft ft (U nVM I nil What: NFL football Teams: Patriots at Cowboys BTime: 3:15 p.m., today Channel: KGAN Why: Game of the year so far, as it's only the fifth time in which unbeaten teams with at least five victories have met. Super Bowl preview, perhaps? Full TV sports schedule, page C8 SUM DAY OCTOBER 14, 2007 SPORTS EDITOR: DOUG NEWHOFF WATERLOO wwvv.wctarisr.comspGrts CEDAR FALLS (31 9) 291 -1 467 sportsdoorwcfcourier.com COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 00. 2 ll Illinois 10 Cm J- i v- 1 1 1 AP PHOTO Texas' Colt McCoy breaks-loose (or a 44-yard touchdown run in Saturday's win over Iowa State. iven up vs. Dlim Texas stampedes Iowa State, 55-3 A stream of Texas well-wishers embraced Gene Chizik before the opening kickoff Saturday rt morning.

ifrVs i Over the next 3 Jf hours, the Longhorns knocked Chizik's new football team flat on its back. Again, and again, and again. FULL STORY, page CG Mo. 1 LSU latest powerhouse to fall Kentucky became the latest team to shake up the national title race. Andre Woodson threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to a wideropen Steve Johnson in the third overtime and the No.

Iowa ends eight-game Big Ten skid with upset of No. 18 Illinois By JIM NELSON Courier Sports Writer IOWA CITY A week ago, Iowa's 2007 season was on life support. But the Hawkeyes came to life and jumped off their death bed Saturday, playing their most complete game of the season in an 10-6 upset of 18th-ranked Illinois at Kinnick Stadium. A struggling offense moved the ball and a defense led by senior linebacker Mike Humpal stymied a potent Mini offense to snap an eight-game Big Ten losing streak for Iowa that dated back to last seasoa "Any win is special and nice, but this one definitely has a lot more meaning, especially with how things had been going," said Humpal a New Hampton native, who registered 18 tackles, 2 12 for loss, a sack and a fumble recovery. Iowa (34 overall 1-3 in the Big Ten) rallied to take the lead late in the third quarter, then sealed the victory when freshman safety Brett Greenwood picked off Illinois' backup quarterback Eddie McGee at the goal line with 1 minute and 12 seconds to go.

See HAWKEYES, page C7 f. Photos by SCOTT MUSSELL Courier Staff Photographer Northern Iowa's Corey Lewis (front left) celebrates as head coach Mark Farley jumps tor joy after the Panthers' 30-24 victory Saturday. 17 Wildcats stunned No. 1 LSU, 43-37. No highly ranked team seems safe in this season of surprises.

It started with Appalachian State knocking off then-No. 5 Michigan in Week 1. In the last two weeks, nine teams ranked in the top 10 have lost, including No. 2 USC falling 24-23 to Stanford last week. FULL STC3Y, page C3 Sherden runs wild in tight Luther win Tyler Sherden and the Luther football team's offensive line were the workhorses.

Marcus Hendrickson saved Vx': the game. NvrOt; Sherden ran for a single-game, school- record 269 yards Saturday afternoon, but Hendrickson, a senior linebacker, pulled in a key interception to preserve a Luther College victory over Buena Vista. FULL STC3Y, page C4 TT A TnTninN 4 I 1 I I I I 1 ft I If No. 2 Panthers send No. 7 Salukis home with first defeat i .1" HIGH SCHOOLS Allen retiring For 28 years, Mike Allen has brought a commanding presence, an endless energy and an understanding ear to the classrooms, offices and hallways of Waterloo schools.

Effective June 30, Allen will retire from education. FULL STORY, page CIO undefeated Football Championship Subdivision powers. Not until senior safety Chris Parsons ran Southern's Alan Turner out of bounds at the Panther 6-yard line with no time remaining could UNI and its standing room-only full house celebrate one of the program's biggest wins in recent history. They fought to the end, and we had to fight back to the end," said Parsons. Turner's last-gasp sprint for the end zone nearly ruined 55 minutes of outstanding foot-See PANTHERS, page C5 By DOUG NEWHOFF Sports Editor CEDAR FALLS Southern Illinois couldn't defeat Northern Iowa by building sizable leads during its last two visits to the UNI-Dome.

The Salukis, who haven't won in the Dome since 1983, couldn't beat the Panthers with a last-minute rally, either. Second-ranked UNI held on for its life while a UNI-Dome record football crowd of 17,074 held its collective breath Saturday night as the Panthers defeated the seventh-ranked Salukis, 30-24, in a battle of I J0HNSCHULTZ Courier Lee News Service Iowa tight ends Allen Reisner and Brandon Myers celebrate following Myers' touchdown reception in the third quarter. VOLLEYBALL Surging Sailors take WaMaC title For the second time this week, Class 2A Columbus faced a highly ranked oppo The Panthers' Brannon Carter gets a hold ol Southern Illinois' Joe Allaria during the second quarter of UNf's 30-24 win. nent in Class 3A. And for the second time, the Sailors, 1 closes out winning weekend ranked No.

11 in 2A, rose to the occasion, winning the WaMaC conference tournament Saturday. FULL STC3Y, page C10 MATTHEW PUTNEY the attention of their fans away from the school's fwtball tilt but no doubt produced an effort of their own that at times, seemed worthy of the big screen. Amy Sampson had a career-high 20 kills to lead the Panthers' charge, while Ashlen Stelken had 19 kills and I aura Rowen looked like her old, all-conference self, registering 15 kills. Also, freshman libero Lllie Blankenship's 31 digs were the most ever by a UNI player in a four game match. See VOLLEYBALL, page C8 sporting double-feature, 27-30, 30-16, 30-27, 30-16 over Evans-ville to earn a season-high three-match winning streak.

"We talked about being the ones that get to end a great weekend," said Petersen, whose club improved to 12 9 overall and 6-3 in Missouri Valley Conference actioa "We talked about this being a match where we showed what being a Panther is all about" In what served as the official end to Northern Iowa's homecoming ceremonies, the Panther volleyball players had to wrestle By KELLY BEATON Courier Sports Writer CEDAR FALLS At the evening's outset Saturday, many Mcleod Center patrons seemed more concerned with Saturday's Northern Iowa athletics matinee than the soon-to-be-played volleyball match. Several fans, for oamplc, craned their neck toward monitors which broadcasted the ranthers' football clash. Bobbi Petersen's women eventually turned heads, however, winning the back end of UNI's Courier Statt Photographer Northern Iowa's Laura Rowen (right) tips the ball over Evansville's Danielle Ciehl (10) and Megan Spurlock (11) in the third game Saturday. BASEBALL Dusty to join Reds Dusty Baker has agreed to become manager of the Cincinnati Reds, the Chicago Tribune learned Saturday night. Baker has agreed to a three-year contract and is expected to be introduced at a news conference in Cincinnati on Monday.

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