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Rushing Tide Bowl hopes buoyed Longhorns Will opener It! Chris Mihm scores 18 points and grabs 17 rebounds to lead Texas to an 82-48 victory against Louisiana-Lafayette in the Longhorns' men's basketball season opener 6CC W11111 114111GLIOUL LCtitAroUVO 1 16 men's basketball season opener 6CC Running back Shaun Alexander gained 182 yards rushing including 101 in the fourth quarter as Alabama clinched the SEC West and a Dec 4 date with Florida by winning its annual grudge match with Auburn 28-17 The Tide won at Auburn for the first time in five tries 2CC Uatal 1 IAA SO11110 10411 10 0100 1f 11110 Dec 4 date with Florida by winning its annual grudge match with Auburn 28-17 The Tide won at Auburn for the first time in five tries 2CC Marquise Walker's touchdown catch late in the fourth quarter helped Michigan defeat Ohio State 24-17 and improve 4ciri 10) its chances of landing a spot in a BCS bowl The Buckeyes will miss a bowl for the first time since 1988 2CC in w- 161 L't Ttcwh-a'nces of landing a spot in a BCS bow The Buckeyes will miss a bowl for the first time since 1988 2CC SUNDAY NOVEMBER 21 1999 bdct TOp25 1 I I 0 4 Star-Telegram IrMMA 0 wwwstar-telegramcom wf10- 13 tk nnnin 0 nnis jo 34'5 T' 1 1- 4 i- iN)0 41110) w' 1 SUNDAY NOVEMBER 21 1999 Star-Telegram wwwstar-telegramcom 1:141011 la TOP 25 NO PING 4' Tomlinson runs for record 406 yards scores 6 TDs 1 Florida St 30 3 Florida 23 2' Va Tech 62 Temple 7 7 Tennessee 56 Kentucky 21 8 Alabama 28 Auburn 17 10 Michigan 24 Ohio St 17 22Arkansas 14 12Mississippi St 9 15Michigan St 35 13Penn St 28 Wake Forest 26 14Georgia Tech 23 21Georgia 20 16 Mississippi 17 17 Minnesota 25 Iowa 21 1 Florida St 30 3 Florida 23 18Southem Miss 30 Louisville 27 Utah 20 19 Brigham Young 17 19 Purdue 30 Indiana 24 23 East Carolina 23 NC State 6 25Boston College 31 Notre Dame 29 lik 0 ic-47e 1 cir 'it! -41 1 I 4- I Ift 4 i (I 1 i i 0 i i 1 4 4 "Th I 1 I tika 9 4' I NN '46'4'f i vv 's i i i- ''44 ti )r kit ft rn 'ih is V'-' 4 4- 'N -Art 41 -N so i 1 Ao' 171-A- I 9- 1114" I 1 oV'Siii111 1i r-'-ii- li 4 '4 a 1- 11 A 111 kk it '1X- '-'r'f 7 te 1 ti'ts Nb I -ki'il' 41L 'l 74 if 1k 4 7)1 1 ki- it 4 I 0 1 le 11 1 4 1 i t' 'a It t0 i- i 1 0 li 1kt' 111 'd-11 I I) I -ea-Olf 1 ti- 1 i 1 ') A rk -'4 41 '-4 it''''-'i A4 0 7 1 4- I I I -4 '-s4-i 't I N' I 411 0 4 L- i i -4 1 -4- 4 te i 2CC BY ARTHUR GARCIA Star-Telegram Staff Writer FORT WORTH Move over college football history make room for LaDainian Tomlinson Tomlinson TCU's junior tailback three weeks removed from suffering a serious left ankle mason sprain against Hawaii recorded a game for the ages carrying the Horned Frogs to a 52-24 romp over UT-El Paso yesterday afternoon at Amon Carter Stadium Tomlinson's 406-yard six-touchdown explosion rewrote almost every major rushing mark in the TCU record book And it set the standard for NCAA Division I-A performers For starters Tomlinson set: A single-game NCAA Division I-A record breaking Kansas running back Tony Sands' mark of 396 yards in 1991 He's the sixth back in NCAA history to surpass 400 yards in game The other five including the all-time NCAA mark of 441 by Dante Brown of Division III Marietta played in levels below Division IA Tony Jeffery's TCU-record 343 yards against Tulane in 1986 also went by the wayside A single-season TCU mark with 1725 yards surpassing Kenneth Davis' 15-year-old record of 1611 yards Tomlinson's 236 carries this season also broke Davis' mark of 211 A single-game TCU touchdown record besting Jeffery's five-touchdown game also against Tulane in 1986 A TCU record for 300-yard games in a season with two He (More on TOMLINSON on Page 4CC) BIG 12 OWN tqa 9 Kansas St 66 Missouri 0 Texas Tech 38 Oklahoma 28 Oklahoma St 34 Baylor 14 Kansas 31 Iowa St 28 4 3CC WACLOCAL 52 UTER 24 28 SMU Tulsa 14 Fresno St 63 San Jose St 12 Hawaii Navy Special to the Star-TelegramKEN LAWDERMILK ICU running back LaDainian Tomlinson entered the Division I-A record book yesterday gaining 406 yards to establish the all-time single-game mark New Mexico St 22 North Texas 9 4 5CC TOLILIIISOWS RECORD RIM tPili 411P ibpit a Ivo ICU's LaDainian Tomlinson covered more than four football fields yesterday in setting the NCAA's single-game rushing record The top five: PLAYER YARDS CARRIES OPPONENT YEAR st lokomw4)1 747 too 4 PLAYLK YAKUN LAlitiltb urruntri I tan 1 'i oR voywmz4 7pentri) Nod weekend matquee matchups Anthetty Thempro Indiana 1 ti () 0 377 52 Wisconsin 1989 ct 4111 1 I I "0'ft '-14-tlf Annum Thompson Indiana 'L' 371 52 Wisconsin 1989 1-- -------1 r---------4 p-----------1 4 r- 11 r1 11z' tj -0 14 4) C) 1 IV vi- k-'4'7')I i raj cut Cul 1 i I 44 ''P 4 -it12 1-- (4 'wi 4 i- 0 (11 I I elm tire 11 11 1 -'44 174 -1 1 7: I 117) k- 4 N- i Mississippi at Mississippi State 7 pm Thursday The Egg Bowl will decide both teams' post-season fates The Rebels could be headed to the Cotton Bowl if they beat the Bulldogs and finish 9-2 Star-TelegramiJ EIMMY CANNON WIN AND A Loss () Texas at Texas AN Seminoles pick up ticket to New Orleans in Swamp Texas Tech ends season with victory against Oklahoma but bids farewell to longtime coach 10 am Friday After the bonfire tragedy the emotions for this game have been altered significantly No matter the outcome the Longhorns are headed for the Big 12 championship on Dec 4 in San Antonio I i'7 "f) I'll4 PJ I lt ir40160 14 ----4 Is Si Nebraska at Colorado revenge But it had certain redeeming qualities Warrick the senior wide receiver who traded his Heisman Trophy chances for a deep dis count in a Tallahassee :1 department store was the best player on the field When Florida State need- ed a reception or a run Warrick provided He scored the Seminoles' first touchdown and muted a record crowd of 85747 with a reverse-the-field scamper on Florida State's first drive "When you score on that first drive that tears down a lot of (More on BARNHOUSE on Page 2CC) BY JIMMY BURCH Star-Telegram Staff Writer LUBBOCK Texas Tech football coach Spike Dykes stood arm-in-arm with his wife and daughter eyes welling with tears yesterday as he listened to the school's alma mater after his final game at Jones Stadium Less than five feet away former Tech player Stoney Garland whooped and hollered from his wheelchair Fans ran amok after a 38-28 upset of Oklahoma completing a retirement celebration straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting Dykes 61 swayed to the music after assuring that Tech (6-5 5-3) a 13-point underdog had become bowl-eligible for a seventh consecutive year despite playing without its starting quarterback and leading rusher "I had goose bumps the size of silver dollars" Dykes said "It doesn't get any better than this" Not for Dykes who announced his retirement effective at the end of the season during a postgame news conference Not for Tech players who did not get the official word tfrom their coach until (M(ke on DYKES on Page 3Cd GAINESVILLE Fla Call it The Swamp-shank Redemption Top-ranked Florida State's 30-23 victory 1 against No 3 Florida here yesterday gave the Seminoles an undefeated sea- WEI son and a spot in the BARI national-championship game The last time Florida State defeated the COM Gators in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (aka The Swamp) it won the 1993 title For wide receiver Peter Warrick quarterback Chris Weinke and coach BoDby Bowden the Seminoles' victory didn't exactly feel like 1 WENDELL BARNHOUSE COMMENTARY IELL OUSE TARY a- 1:30 pm Friday The Comhuskers need a victory to clinch the Big 12 North Division title A victory also would keep alive Nebraska's hopes for a trip to the Sugar Bowl to play In the national championship It the Buffaloes triumph Kansas State wins the North Division Star-Telegram11RRY HOCITR Texas Tech's Spike Dykes stands tall as his team upsets Oklahoma in his home farewell as head coach 2g41UkatOMINIAOYAL4 tVid160 1 44VIAifd0404044.