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Hertitis wwwheraldcor SEcrcs SUNDAY OCTOBER 29 2000 jp-jgw wj I TODAY IN OUR INTERNET EDITION CHECK OUT OUR COLLEGE SPORTS BULLETIN BOARDS i i i i i i fP'p'aq i I Virginia Tech QB Vick sprains ankle in 37-34 win status for UM game uncertain defense struggles in 42-31 victory all eyes are on injury lists for Hokies game BY SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN i the 15 and was sacked in a pile of bodies appearing to twist his leg kind of got it rolled up between a few Hokies trainer Mike Goforth said X-rays showed nothing was broken but Vick will be reevaluated today after the swelling has gone down think that Goforth said terming status as I PLEASE SEE VIRGINIA TECH 3G national championship matchup Jan 3 at Pro Player Stadium And next noon home game vs Virginia Tech is the biggest obstacle between the fourth-ranked Canes and their quest The Hokies (8-0 6-0 in Big East) escaped Pittsburgh on Saturday in Blacksburg Va 37-34 at the cost of losing Heisman Trophy candidate Michael Vick with an ankle sprain PLEASE SEE UM4C From Herald Wire Services BLACKSBURG Va Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick sprained his right ankle late in the first half Saturday against Pittsburgh leaving his status for showdown against No 4 Miami questionable With Vick out No 2 Virginia Tech barely held on to defeat Pittsburgh 37-34 Vick one of the leading contenders for the Heisman Trophy dropped back to pass on third-and-goal from DON PETERSEN AP HURTING: Michael Vick is helped off the field Virginia QB said even put any pressure on com Better snatch up those Virginia Tech tickets Michael Vick or no Michael Vick The University of 42-31 home victory over Louisiana Tech on Saturday night catapulted the Hurricanes (6-1 3-0 in Big East) into their biggest football game since Jan 1 1995 when UM lost its national-title bid against top-ranked Nebraska in the FedEx Orange Bowl goal is to get to the Orange Bowl game again the setting for this I OKLAHOMA 31 NEBRASKA 14 Sooners set to leap to top spot passing sinks Cornhuskers I FLORIDA 34 GEORGIA 23 I From Herald Wire Services NORMAN Okla Oranges were scattered all over Owen Field and the bright yellow goal post at the south end of the stadium lay in pieces in a corner of the end zone Translation? Oklahoma is back all right thanks to a dominating 31-14 vic- tory over No 1 Nebraska on Saturday a win that is expected to send the third-ranked Sooners to the top spot when the AP poll is released today The last time the Sooners were No It was at the end of the 1987 season after beating Nebraska said all along that I had a good feeling about who we are and what second-year coach Bob Stoops said think more than proven who we Josh Heupel passed for 300 yards and a touchdown Derrick Strait PLEASE SEE OKLAHOMA 2C I FLORIDA STATE 58 NC STATE 14 Noles roll get poll help BY KEN RODRIGUEZ krodnguezherald com RALEIGH NC On a chilly autumn night in a packed stadium turned hostile and blood-red Florida State rumbled Having ditched their passing game somewhere between Tallahassee and Raleigh the Seminoles rushed past one team on the field and two or three in the polls setting an unofficial J'JCAA record: most teams leapfrogged in a single game How strange was it? The best passing team No 6 FSU ran for more yards (324) than it threw (195) in defeating No 21 NC State 58-14 in front of 52384 The leading passer quarterback Chris Weinke threw for a season-low 185 yards while tailback Travis Minor rushed for a season-high PLEASE SEE FSU 6C I I DAVID BERGMAN HERALD STAFF GOING NOWHERE: Georgia running back Jasper Sanks center is tackled by a swarm of Gators defenders during the first half of 34-23 victory Saturday With South loss to Tennessee earlier in the day the Gators stand alone atop the SEC East with two conference games remaining Florida holds off Georgia once again stays on track to play for SEC title BY JEFF SHAIN For Florida it certainly is Combined with South last-minute loss to Tennessee earlier in the day the Gators (7-1 5-1 SFC) find themselves alone atop the SEC East with two conference games left Regardless of next outcome at Vanderbilt the Gators can book a trip to the SEC title game by I PLEASE SEE GATORS IOC nance over their border rivaL Robert Gillespie later had a 2-yard touchdown run his second TD of the day as the No 8 Gators rallied from an eight-point deficit to notch their 10th win in the past 11 meetmgs with Georgia just had to keep coming after it and we came out a smiling Brown said as he made his way off the AllTel Stadium field all on something solid Better yet he sent the Dawgs home Brown ripped the ball from Georgia quarterback Quincy grasp with less than five minutes left killing a potential go-ahead drive in 34-23 win over No 13 Georgia that wrote another chapter in the recent domi jshainherald com JACKSONVILLE Time after time week after frustrating week it seemed as though all Alex Brown could grasp this season was air A half-step from a sack A split-second from creating a turnover In Saturday frenetic final minutes All-America defensive end finally got his hands PERFECT ENDING I Kerry Watkins caught a one handed 16 yard TD pass to culminate an 80-yard drive in the final minute that gave Georgia Tech a 31-28 victory over previously undefeated 5th ranked Clerrson 3C Nebraska (71) lost to No 3 Okla (7 0) 31 14 Virginia Tech (8 0) def Pittsburgh 37 34 Oklahoma (7 0) def No 1 Neb (71) 31 14 Miami (6 1) def Louisiana Tech 42 31 Clemson (8 1) lost to Georgia Tech 31 28 Florida St (8 1) def No 21 State (5 2) 58 14 Oregon (71) def Arizona State 56 55 Florida (71) def No 13 Georgia (6 2) 34 23 Washington (71) def Stanford 31 28 Kansas State (7 2) lost to Texas 26 10 fQ GOLDEN VICTORY Javier Beorlegui kicked a 37 yard field goal with three seconds left to lift Central Florida to a 40-38 victory over mistake-prone Alabama 5C fsr LST' ft JL j- ifiti rfi Ait ffil rM (flit fW AnCif VfrHi iWlM fi Mftl fnj IN -4 Li NT lift.