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COLIJiGlityillCII SCHOOLS 3 'V ll Jt Big 12 North picture clearer Sunday November 21 20(M NATION 2CC BIG 12 REPORT 3CC C-USA ROUNDUP 4CC HEISMAN WATCH 6CC 4 Iowa State with receiver Milan Moses and Colorado are the final North title contenders 3CC HIGH SCHOOLS 78CC wwwstar-telegramcom BURNT ORANGE? No 2 Auburn rolls Tide No 4 victory keeps Texas on BCS fringe i i 2CC NO 2 OKLAHOMA 35 BAYLOR 0 Sooners sitting pretty at 11-0 Oklahoma makes the right adjustments at halftime and uses quarter to finish the regular season undefeated brating their third undefeated regular season under coach Bob Stoops easy to do especially in our Peterson who scored three touchdowns league and the division Big 12 South and rushed for 240 yards on 32 carries the More on OU on 3CC a strong third By TRAE THOMPSON STAR-TF LEGRAM STAFF WRITER WACO The first half pretty Sooners (11-0 8-0 Big 12) finished the reg- but the Oklahoma Sooners came back and ular season with a 35-0 victory over Baylor THE associated presstony gutierrez scored plenty of points to stay alive in the on Saturday at Floyd Casey Stadium Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson ran for 240 yards BCS beauty pageant After the game Oklahoma players took against Baylor as OU likely gained some style fived fans cele- points in the NO 5 UTAH 52 BYU 21 Led by freshman running back TCU 42 SOUTHERN MISS BCS standings vLjl osirve cm POWER INFUSION Quincy Butler and Drew Coleman both junior-college transfers have key interceptions Butler returned his 99 yards for a touchdown EXPLOSION Brandon Hassell starts at instead of Tye Gunn and was 19-of-34 for 250 yards four TDs Robert Merrill has 149 rushing yards IMPROVED OUTLOOK After five losses in the past seven games bowl hopes get a big boost TCU needs to win Saturday to qualify for a bowl vif i' i I i 'f -1 i txj "i t-i fA rf 1 Adrian a victory lap and high 17 (t VVk i i OFFENSIVE quarterback accounting for Utah set to crash BCS party Utah kept Its BCS dream alive with a convincing victory against BYU on Saturday in Salt Lake City Utah completed its first unbeaten season since 1930 putting the Utes (11-0 7-0 Mountain West) one step closer to the first appearance in the Bowl Championship Series for a team from a mid-major conference Quarterback Alex Smith didn't have his best game throwing two interceptions to double his season total but he was good enough to beat the Cougars After the game a few fans tossed tortillas and some of the Utes donned sombreros in reference to the Fiesta Bowl where they're most likely headed Utah officially know if it's going to a BCS game until the final BCS standings come out Dec 5 The Utes need to be in the top six to be guaranteed a BCS spot and should hang on to the sixth position they held last week STAFF WRITER WENDELL BARNHOUSE REPORTS 1 4CC HIGH SCHOOLS i £x) La STAR-TELEGRAMSTEWART HOUSE Joseph Agnew prepares to wrap up Gene Norris during the Dragons' 52-14 victory Carroll rolls to region semifinal Things didn't start too smoothly for Carroll the top-ranked team But the Dragons rallied from a 14-7 deficit to throttle Allen 52-14 in a Class 5A Division II area-round game Carroll meets Abilene on Saturday in a Region I semifinal at Texas Stadium In other area playoff games: Everman defeated South Oak Cliff 35-28 in overtime to advance to the Class 3A Division II regional semifinals Summit beat San Angelo Central 26-9 to advance to the Class 5A Division I regional final where it will meet Trinity which beat Duncanville 39-32 in overtime Nolan Catholic advanced to the TAPPS Division I state final with a 10-0 victory over Dallas Bishop Lynch COMPLETE COVERAGE I 8CC Morgan State 37 Texas Southern 21 Northwestern State 37 Stephen Austin 16 Sam Houston State 27 Texas State 9 Frogs ignore owl bid alive The Horned Frogs are a victory away from qualifying for a bowl game after a dominating 42-17 victory over Southern Miss By DAMIEN PIERCE STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER Before the Horned Frogs arrived in Amon Carter Stadium on Saturday afternoon the TCU players spent the week hearing the countless reasons the season would be finished against Southern Miss The Horned Frogs stop the worst offense in the country let alone the Golden offense The Horned Frogs never show up early in a game The Horned Frogs were guilty of too many mental lapses to knock off a team such as Southern Miss The reasons kept streaming in but the TCU piayers bother paying attention never felt like TCU linebacker Martin Patterson said going to get to a bowl and never going to quit until they tell us no Nobody on this team doubted and everything on the outside has nothing to do with us So those doubters can keep The Horned Frogs rendered the critics mute for at least an afternoon Saturday with a dominating 42-17 victory over Southern Miss The Frogs (5-5 3-4 Conference USA) need one more victory to become bowl-eligible and will host Tulane (4-5 2-4) on Saturday The Horned Frogs would likely earn an invitation to the PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl with a victory against the Green Wave -Decked out in black uniforms for the first time in school history TCU coach Gary Patterson and the Horned Frogs put themselves in position to reach the seventh consecutive More on TCU on 5CC STAR-TELEGRAMSHAR0N STEINMAN TCU guarterback Brandon Hassell pushed the Frogs to victory passing for 250 yards and a TD Hassell also ran for three TDs I 'ri i tikj i 1 1 i-l rf 4- Ai ifVr -V 1 3 jV i i i i 4 NW Missouri State 34 Texas 14 Mary Hardm-Baylor 32 Trinity 13 NCAA TICKER Alabama 42 Prairie View 6 mt0m.