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1 Sunday, November 2, 2008 St. Joseph News Press D3 BIG 12: Texas big 3rd quarter gives Aggies win over Colorado nd TD lifts Tech LM Press Texas Tech receiver Tramain Swindall (11) is tackled by Texas linebacker Roddrick Muckelroy on Saturday night (38) during the first half in Lubbock, Texas. and had to be sent off while the play was under review. Once the fans were chased off the field and Tech kicked the extra point, the Red Raiders were penalized and forced to kick off from their own 7. When Texas couldn't pull of a miracle kickoff return, LUBBOCK, Texas Graham Harrell fired a 28-yard touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree with one second left and No.

6 Texas Tech stunned No. 1 Texas 39-33 Saturday night in a wild shootout. Texas had stormed back from a 19-0 deficit to take a 33-32 lead when Vondrell McGee scored on a 4-yard run with 1:29 left in the fourth. Harrell drove the Red Raiders to the touchdown in six plays, slinging the long pass to Crabtree, who broke the tackle of Curtis Brown near the sideline, kept his balance and scooted the last five yards for a score. If he had been tackled inbounds, the clock likely would have run out.

Thousands of Texas Tech fans poured onto the field out sophomore receiver. The challenge is understandable. Bryant caught four touchdown passes on Saturday, giving him 15 for the season, and No. 9 Oklahoma State rebounded from its first loss by routing lowa State. Bryant had nine catches for 171 yards, including touchdowns on plays of 11, 26, 80 and 1 yards as Oklahoma State clinched its first eight-win season since 2003.

The Cowboys are 8-1 for only the third time ever and 4-1 in conference play for the first time since the Big 12 began play in 1996. Texas 2 24 Colorado 17 COLLEGE STATION, Texas Texas coach Mike Sherman needed more than halftime to tell his players what they needed to fix to beat Colorado. Sherman delivered a quick pep talk on the sideline after the break and the Aggies took over in the third quarter and beat the Buffaloes 24-17 at Kyle Field. the fans ran back on the field to celebrate the biggest win in Texas Tech history. Oklahoma State 59 Iowa State 17 STILLWATER, Okla.

With each Oklahoma State game, Dez Bryant's teammates and coaches struggle to find new superlatives to describe the Cowboys' stand- KANSAS ROMPS STATE RIVAL A 5 KANSAS STATE Kansas running back Jake Sharp, left, gets past Kansas State defensive end Ian Campbell for a touchdown on Saturday during the first quarter in Lawrence, Kan. Sharp rushed for 20 yards on the scoring play. Kansas won 52-21. Jayhawk running back Sharp scores 4 touchdowns in impressive win Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. Looking at game film of Kansas State's defense, Kansas' coaches noticed the Wildcats were lightening the box up, plussing linebackers and putting them to the formation.

Translation: We can run on these guys. Associated Press By JOHN MARSHALL And, boy, did they. Jake Sharp had 257 total yards and tied a school record with four touchdowns, and Kansas had a season-best 280 yards rushing to overwhelm rival Kansas State 52-21 on Saturday. "We knew that the running backs would have a big game if K-State continued playing the defense they've been playing," said Sharp, the sixth Kansas player to get four touchdowns in a game. "Coach wanted to capitalize on that, made some great calls, had some great schemes, and I it was think evident out there." Kansas (6-3, 3-2 Big 12) figured to Athletes of the Week Photos weren't available for winners of last week's Athletes of the Week, so the results won't be published until next week.

The News-Press apologizes for the inconvenience. To vote for this week's nominees, visit stjoesports.net. This week's nominees include: Juan Ramirez, Lafayette; John Beamon, cross country; Lee McFadden, football; Troy Meinke, Princeton; Dirk Hudson, West Platte; Conner Rosier, Stanberry; Ashton Stubbs, Platte County; Kelly Walker, Bishop LeBlond; Morgan Goodrick, Central; Lindsay Vollmer, Hamilton; Brandy Helfrey, Maysville; Whitney Harrington, Fairfax. GLENN SUE Press Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray, center, carries for a touchdown on Saturday against Nebraska in the second quarter in Norman, Okla. Bradford leads Sooners past toothless Huskers KANSAS By JEFF LATZKE Associated Press NORMAN, Okla.

Sam Bradford threw for 311 yards and five touchdowns and No. 4 Oklahoma capitalized on three disastrous Nebraska pass plays right off the bat Saturday night to the beat the Huskers 62-28 with its biggest offensive output in the storied series. It was the kind of start that would make Nebraska fans long for the power-running days of the past, and the stars of the Cornhuskers' "Game of the Century" win in 1971 just happened to be on hand for a reunion. This game was hardly another classic in a rivalry full of them. Dominique Franks intercepted Joe Ganz's first pass attempt and returned it 18 yards for a touchdown, and the Huskers (5-4, 2-3 Big 12) also had turnovers on each of their next two passes as the Sooners (8-1, 4-1) raced to a 28-0 lead in the first minutes and never looked back.

Bradford went 19-for-27 and cleared 300 yards passing for the seventh time this season. It was the sixth time he tied the school record with five touchdown passes in a game. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini doesn't figure to be reminiscing much about the first time he got to face longtime friend and fellow Youngstown, Ohio, native Bob Stoops. Oklahoma had never scored more than 55 points in 83 previous meetings with Nebraska dating back to 1912, but got more than halfway to that total in no time. Chris Brown got it started by capping a seven-play, 53-yard opening drive with a 2-yard touchdown run and only 4 seconds ticked off the clock before Franks, a cornerback, stepped in front of Ganz's screen pass behind the line of scrimmage and took it in for another score.

Dreu Young fumbled after catching Ganz's second pass, and Oklahoma cashed in three plays later with a 48-yard pass from Bradford to Quentin Chaney, who had gotten behind safeties Larry Asante and Matt O'Hanlon. Then coincidence turned into absurdity. I-back Marlon Lucky reached up to deflect Ganz's next pass high into the air, and Lendy Holmes picked it off and returned it 26 yards. Bradford made it 28-0 on the next play by zipping a 9-yard touchdown pass to Jermaine Gresham, and there was still 9:27 left to play in the first quarter. By that point, Nebraska had run five offensive plays and committed three turnovers.

Brown tacked on a 1- yard TD catch on the final offensive play of the first quarter, giving Oklahoma a 35-0 lead. It was the first time Nebraska had ever given up more than 28 points in any quarter. DeMarco Murray had two short touchdown runs and caught a 25-yard TD pass to tie Adrian Peterson's record for the most scores by a Sooners player in his first two seasons with 29. Backup I-back Roy Helu ran 16 times for 157 yards and a touchdown for Nebraska, but all while the Huskers were trailing by at least 28 points. Ganz finished 14-for-26 for 206 yards with one touchdown pass and the two early picks.

ORLIN Press have a good day running. The Jayhawks have gradually improved after a woeful start to the season, with Sharp going more than 100 yards twice in the past three games. They also were facing a Kansas State defense that ranked 111th in the nation in rushing defense, allowing just more than 200 yards per game. Still, it was hard to imagine Kansas would have it this easy. Manhandling Kansas State up front from the start, the Jayhawks scored six rushing touchdowns one short of the school record -and had passed their season best by halftime, with 198 yards.

Kansas finished with its most rushing yards since getting 288 against Texas Tech in 2001 and scored its most points in the series since a 55-0 win in 1947. "Every time we made a mistake, they capitalized on it," Kansas State linebacker Reggie Walker said. Sharp did most of the damage early, bursting through huge holes in the offensive line. Get out and do something. LiNe Tass Digital 102 N.

WOODBINE ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI St. Joseph able 279-1234 MORE! The junior from Salina not far from Kansas State had 118 yards on nine carries and scored on runs of 4, 20 and 47 yards in the first quarter to put Kansas up 21-0. Sharp added a 2-yard touchdown run in the third to put Kansas up 45-7 and finished with a career-best 181 yards rushing. He also caught five passes for 76 yards.

"Jake just had a great day," Kansas coach Mark Mangino said. "He not only ran the ball well in space, but he took some vicious hits today and bounced back up. Jake Sharp is a hard-charger. He's a tough The Jayhawks were just as impressive on defense. Kansas was reeling after giving up 108 points and more than 1,200 yards in losses to Oklahoma and Texas Tech the previous two weeks.

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