Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 63

cc Sunday November 11 2001 STAR-TELEGRAM WWWDFWCOM A LANDMARK VICTORY CAN YOU GUESS WHO WON? When Oregon State defeated No 8 Washington 49-24 it did more thah knock the Huskies out of the Pac-10 title race It was the Beavers' first victory at home over Washington since 1974 and ended a I3-game losing streak to the Huskies In the first half against Rutgers Pittsburgh averaged almost 10 yards per play gaining 392 yards and scoring on drives of 80 60 80 50 77 and 27 yards Rutgers averaged 25 inches in being held to 21 yards in the half Yes you guessed right Pittsburgh won 42-0 Today TCU bowl hopes fading 888 38 Turnovers mistakes and TC11 AlabamaBirmingham's rushing defense cost the Frogs and damage their bowl hopes TCU is another story The Frogs must sweep Louisville and 4-3 Southern Mississippi in their final two games for any bowl consideration In reality UAB probably closed the Frogs' window "Today we said we had to come in here and be the best defense and we weren't" TCU More on TCU on SCC 40MS 1401trErtAvywoo-rerozwowtvgfritlimmemommAoil evigarommotwomaio ti 4 1 ('-' bki 11MP 1 I 11'' 1 r- 1 l' 6 400 it a -v I -7: 1 i i 1 4 'WI 4 i By TROY PHILLIPS STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER BIRMINGHAM Ala The clock struck 11 and there's one hour to go for TCU It comes in 13 days against Louisville Tick tick tick TCU (4-5 2-3 in Conference USA) all but ended talk of bowls and new momentum in Fort Worth after turnovers a porous defense and a late-arriving offense couldn't overcome Alabama-Birmingham (5-4 4-2) in a 38-17 defeat at Legion Field With Louisville (9-1) and East Carolina (6-3) likely having nailed down two of CUSNs four bowl spots (bids have not officially gone out) UAB moved within a victory of becoming eligible for its first postseason berth with games remaining against Houston and Pittsburgh TCU's Casey Printers left threw for 310 yards but couldn't escape Bryan Thomas and the UAB defense in Saturday's 38- 17 loss THE BIRMINGHAM NEWSFRANK COUCH VIA AP ()! 31 I 10 Kingsbury too much for Oklahoma State Texas Tech quarterback Kliff Kingsbury above passes for 440 yards and four touchdowns to send the Red Raiders past the Cowboys 49-30 Story on 3CC I I 4 1 I SI44141 IN All cylinders working in Longhorns' rout Cedric Benson rushes for 218 yards as Texas starts fast and cruises to a 59-0 rout of Kansas Story on 3CC Dui The Sooners' offense gets "angry" in the second half The Aggies' offense meanwhile sees only five first downs Cornhuskers rally past Kansas State Making the big play at the right time has Nebraska a 31- 21 winner over K-State closing in on a shot at the national championship Wendell Banthouse on 4CC South Carolina can't halt Florida Grossman Rex Gmssman passes for three touchdowns as the Gators rout South Carolina 54-17 ttrr nn 22CC UNT getting closer to a bowl berth North Texas quarterback Scott hail leads the Mean Green to its fourth consecutive victory Story on 7CC 1 ts) (0 I) -10 ri 4 i vl (J 1 0 1 0 4 ti 1 -'4 41 11- I 4 1 I i rt i) t5(iitt 1 ift 7- it 4 t4 4 2 11 5f' 7 I 1441'1'1 -4t' T'k ''f' ii l' -it's l' 'it'' I '4' I 8 1 (1 '('''4 il''''' ir4 11 "'2 '1' 4 1 i'' 2) f-er i t'lltle' -It1 4 i 1 i 11 i I (I PI 11701 it I 0 I 1::4 ft- i ir wk-j 1114 p4 -tr'--' i't 4 -t ielt I -1r t) (- bt 4 il -1? i4 11 17 041 I It ri 11 )tp 1 srl 1 i i--- I A i itj-71--' --4' ''----io '14 -tv o- lif 0: 0 moo (1- 44 '1 1 4 )1' I i $1-1 1 0)1 f) () 1 4-0- AY -'-'''f A''''t't () 4 d116 4 11-A I- i 40F''00 riJ 1 41 ko lcoe r1i'' -4) '4 tx A I 'Ll io w1 -'e 1 tr tt) 'c ts toll I A 'Hd' al So 1 1 rf''''7 0441 40'Y i A 3 of 'P t-I fir 4' i r- i 11-- i kt 4 i i i I rt 4 A 7 4-4: I (1 14 fiA i 4) it 1 i ow 1 co oit r' 42 4 it i t- 1 1A 1 1 ti lc 1 1 (1 i i 7 1 ly 4 1 1 I 11 0 ti It oi' 't 1 A'''' 1 I ''y i 1 i i 1 0 1) 4 Itt By JIMMY BURCH STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER NORMAN Okla Eventually Oklahoma's search for an offensiVe spark resulted in multiple trips into the Texas end zone Saturday But the offense needed a first-half boost from a suffocating defense ankl some creative special-teams units before It began finding the painted grass in a 31-10 victory at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Until then the third-ranked Sooners (9-1 5-1 Big 12) struggled along with the Aggies (7-3 4-3) in trying to make headway against a grudging defense By the fourth quarter Sooners quartet-back Nate Hybl had answers as well as two touchdown passes and i scoring run Hybl threw for 195 yards rushed for 21 and directed game-clinching touchdown drives of 49 and 80 yards that broke open a 17-10 game in the second half By that point Hybl said the Sooners' offense was long overdue to make its contribution More on OU on 8CC SCORES TOP 25 2CC 4CC TCC 1 Miami 18 13 Maryland37 Boston College 7 Clemson 20 4 Florida 54 15 Illinois 33 14 Carolina 17 Penn State 7 Oregon 21 16 Stanford 51 17 UCLA 20 Arizona 37 Oregon St 49 18 Syracuse24 8 Washington 24 West Virginia 13 9 BYU 41 24 Auburn 24 Wyoming 34 19 Georgia 17 NC St 34 Virginia 39 10 Florida St28 20 Ga Tech 38 11 Wash St 28 Indiana 37 Arizona St 16 22 Mich St 28 12 Michigan 31 23 Va Tech Minnesota 10 at Temple 0 BIG 12 3-4CC BCC 2 Nebraska 31 21 Colorado40 Kansas St 21 Iowa St 27 ALLSPORTRONALD MARTINLZ Mark Clayton a redshirt freshman from Sam Houston High School celebrates after scoring Oklahoma's final touchdown Saturday against Texas AMA The 8-yard touchdown pass to Clayton capped an 80-yard march in the fourth quarter Defense alone might not be able to carry OU 3 Oklahoma Missouri 41 Texas 19 3yl9r 24 5 Texas 59 Texas Tech 49 Kansas 0 Okla St 30 CONFERENCE USALgC UAB 38 Carolina 28 ICU 17 Cincipnati26 Tulane 42 25 Louisville 34 Navy 28 Houston lq Buffalo 26 6 Tennessee 49 Army 19 Memphis 28 "Yeah" Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said later "but I remember at this time last year the same thing was happening We had some games where we scored 40 points and people were wondering what's the matter "The offense was criticized Everybody forgets about that" Maybe so But the fate of that More on IIIIRETON on 7CC was in the throes of squandering its sixth possession of the day They booed Not all of the 75525 paying customers by any means but a resonantly vocal minority At the time OU quarterback Nate I lybl had just been sacked the Sooners had been pushed back into their own territory and it was third down and 25 11411000 The Sooners rode the backs of their defense again But Is that going to be enough for where Oklahoma wants to go? Sooners 31 Aggies 10 Instead there was a sound worth remembering in the second quarter while the Aggies led 10-3 and the home team's offense NORMAN Okla Forget if you will the inevitable 427 renditions of Bootner Sooner that were heard throughout the afternoon Forget the second-half reaction of the anxious 75525 who cheered while Oklahoma snuffed the hopes of a truly inert Texas offense Forget the final margin too Gil Le Breton COMMENTARY SUN BELT 7CC North Texas -42 La-Lafayette17 I Alrf1711tWqr Mr Akiggiimoswommomeana m6W4tivimlo-03o.