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THE NEWSOHTER SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6 2005 SECTION cc ACC NATIONAL SPORT3 IR i PEEL AWA rt Clemson 49 No 8 Notre Dame 41 COLLEGE FOOTBALL regular 05 lft TAnAAPPAA 1 THE EVSOBaVER SUN DAY NOVEMBER 6 2005 SECTION cc COLLEGE FOOTEIALL "ACC NATIONAL CRT3 PEEL AWAY REPLAY: Our regular Sports section inside this eight-page wrap includes Hurricanes hockey PAGE IC IR 05 Clemson 49 Duke 20 Backup QB leads Tigers PAGE 3CC Georgia Tech 30 Wake Forest 17 Yellow Jackets bowl eligible PAGE 3CC No 8 Notre Dame 41 Tennessee 21 Irish surge in the second half PAGE 6CC 1 No10 Penn State 35 No14 Wisconsin 14 Nittany Lions near Big Ten title PAGE 8CC to EPLAY: Our Tts section eight-page includes irricanes hockey PAGE IC COLLEGE FOOTBALL Clemson 49 No 8 Notre Dame 41 1 PEEL AWAY REPLAY: Our Duke 20 Tennessee 21 1 regular Sports section inside this eight-page Backup QB leads IHsh surge in the wrap includes 1111) 111 Wake Forest Georgia Tech 17 30 Tigers PAGE 3CC second half PAGE 6CC No10 Penn State 35 PAGE IC No14 Wisconsin 14 it Hurricanes hockey Yellow Jackets bowl Nittany Lions near Big 14 1 eligible PAGE 3CC Ten title PAGE 8CC CAME OF THE' DAY NC STATE 20 NO 9 FLORIDA STATE 15 Canes thrash thrastr eels click for victory 1 "i 'Et i'l 1 It 0 I 0 tN 1 I' HO les: I OrLiti 1 1 i -d VirginTech sees title hopes crumble 4 4 title h6 1 sees WOLFPACK SURVIVES LATE SCARE STUNS SEMINOLES Kicker Barth goes 3-for-3 ends slump I 4 Amato puts Pack back on track NC States TJ Williams top congratulates Andre Brown after Brown's 65-yard touchdown run on his first carry STAFF PHOTO BY ETHAN HYMAN NC State overcomes two late blocked punts and hangs on to win at Florida State again BY ROBBI PICKERAL STAFF WRITER CHAPEL HILL Quarterback Matt Baker hit receiver Jesse Holley with eight passes for 125 yards Kicker Connor Barth hit all three of his field goals Defensive end Tommy Davis hit Boston College's quarterback twice in the backfield for sacks And thus North Carolina finally hit its stride Saturday at Kenan Stadium upsetting the No 18 Eagles 16-14 to keep its 60110111004 postseason hopes INSIDE within striking distance We don't see any yard return is a team from here on new start for out that we can't UNC 5CC beat that can just outright beat us up" said Holley whose team plays Maryland Duke and at Virginia Tech to finish the regular season We don't see that We know we can practice and continue to work on the small details that we can be a successful team "There's no reason we can't win out and go to a bowl game" Actually the scrappy Tar Heels (4-4 3-2 ACC) now need to win only two of their final three to get the six victories needed to qualify for a bowl With a pair of home games against unranked teams on the horizon before they end the regular season in Blacksburg Va beating Boston College (6-3 3-3) was a giant leap toward that goal It is now coach John Bunting told his players a three-game season "That may not have been as pretty as some people would like it to be but it certainly is what I have been looking for in terms of having a complete game" said Bunting whose team held BC to 100 rushing and 337 yards total "Having our team move the ball run the SEE UNC PAGE 5CC -1 postseason hopes r144 I 14 4 1 t-44 -44 I 'I 'Itl i Iii 4 I 1 1 i -4 A i -y-- 41 1- 4- 4 td 4qo -w fry A 4t 5 BY ROBBI PICKERAL 1 -4 '41 i 1- 4--4 4 STAFF WRITER 0 t- 4 -v it'S1 1 4' 4 i ifr' 1 f' 4f1 1 f3 CHAPEL Matt Baker 1 A 4 1 -1 111 itt I i -sk '114 i rt I hit receiver Jesse Holley with eight 1 i 1 '7A 4 i 4't 1 11 i tt 74 4' 4 -'1 t11 19' ---7: 41 C- '9111: 'T I 471' 444 i r- i A i' ''c passes for 125 yards Kicker Connor 14e 1 -els 41 t) 141rN Barth hit all three of his field goals De- fensive end Tommy Davis hit Boston r- 1 Colleges quarterback twice in the back- 4 A ioikt) I soo 4 )-- i' 7" -t -2 --0 field for sacks ei k--- 1 And thus North 14 --ftw'N tl arolina finally hit its 't 4 "46 1 i ei 11441 t-N 1 stride Saturday at Kenan Stadium up- )0 Nt0 A it tt i At 1: '7' It Milr77m setting the No 18 Ea- 10 'Amtr "4 4'4 1 1 'A ad'aerma---ald gles 16-14 to keep its fi1 ol-N 's i 4111161111111104 141 within striking dis- 1 i I -1 140 4 14 1 I '''r-- 41 1 A i e45 A INSIDE i VI 1 it i14- I X4 4 --4- i i'2- A 44' dam BARNETT: 90- tance "We don't see any i 71 yard return is a team from here on 4 )1 i li '1-i A'''- 41 4'- new start for out that we can't i 1 id-Y 4 A I 7 -3 a 1-(ok UNC 5CC beat that can just l'i t-- )k -1 ft4r -4 Al" 5-'' 1 '--0 1 t-'' 0 i i il: k7 We don't see i outright beat us up" t--- 4 said Holley whose team plays Mary- 1 1 1 -di ''r- land Duke and at Virginia Tech to fin- I 40 1 ish the regular season 0 i i '00041411 -4 that We know we can practice and I 4 fi 4'81 1 3 continue to work on the small details VS A i I tst- 4 that we can be a successful team i 1 ii I' tel "There's no reason we can't win out and ctir 1 I s- 1 I I go to a bowl game" 4 i Ix 4 0 A Actually the scrappy Tar Heels (44 414014 i 411 4 4 9r It i Actua NII)1'L1 14 NA- i r14 'IS -(4c' 4 3-2 ACC) now need to win only two of i A their final three to get the six victories needed to qualify for a bowl With a pair 5 '44 14' i--- ik 4 14" 4 -P vi'1Ai im 37e i 71 A i of htome gapes againsttunrankedt team gs I wIr IT I I 4 i on he honzon before hey end he re 4'---'' 5T771' t'''- Aw AV 1' 0 I' ular season in Blacksburg Va beating -N :1 gikiz40'' 7-( 1 ii) Boston College (6-3 3-3) was a giant ir ei i A 4 i 1 4 1 447 leap toward that goal -PrA i 411 A 1 C4 it is now coach John Bunting told his players a three-game season 4 14-e4e s' 3 "That may not have been as pretty as some people would like it to be but it cerbk I tainly is what I have been looking for in 10-- is 4--1 4 1 I "7 terms of having a complete game" said -I A 1 1 i I Bunting whose team held BC to 100 4N i 1 rushing and 337 yards total 7'0 4 0 I-- I 4 the ball nin the i 5 1 I i "Having our team move I 1 :74 zA 'v'jf'' tr-T 7 )--- i 1: i I 1- k- if 94 1 4 4 4117 i 4 lo etk i c--- 00) SEE UNC PAGE 5CC 7jr 4 4 4 I VI'wr I 1711r1 k' -'t': NC State's TJ Williams top congratulates Andre Brown after Brown's 65-yard touchdown run on his first carry '-i s' V' STAFF PHOTO BY ETHAN HYMAN i 06 i -----111' '4- 1'IA 1 Amato uts ack NC State overcomes two late blocked punts and hangs on to win at Florida State again Et ''''PeN4: back on track ie r4 if--'44'11-14 -i': A 5 A ''A lk 1 1 A A itA 4 i 1 I ---11 -7 A 7) 1 g' 1 il 1 i i 1 14 14 N--14 1 i 7 A 4- 1r ''Yz- 41 ill'Q)i -'4 '40 0 BY JP GIGLIO STAFF WRITER BLACKSBURG Va Cancel the BCS controversy at least any involving Virginia Tech Fifth-ranked Miami took care of that Saturday night with a 27-7 demolition of the third-ranked Hokies at Lane Stadium ESPN's "Game Day" crew came to town to stir the rampant specMIAM1011047 ulation that the Hokies would LE31 go unbeaten and be left out of the national championship picture That dream ended for the Hokles and the crowd of 65115 An ignored Miami team stifled Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick and forced him to turn the ball over six times four fumbles and two interceptions "Rlokies cornerback Jimmy Williams was like 'We want Texas and USC so bad' said Miami tackle Eric Winston who handled Virginia Tech defensive end Darryl Tapp "That's ridiculous I don't care if we're 2-7 if we roll into your place you better bring it" The Canes did despite injuries to their starting running back star kick returner and momentarily to their starting quarterback Backup runner Charlie Jones produced 97 yards and a touchdown to go with a solid effort from QB Kyle Wright who after being temporarily knocked out of the game in the second quarter threw for a touchdown Leading rusher Tyrone Moss sprained his left knee at the end of the first quarter and was on crutches by halftime Star returner Devin Hester strained his left hamstring covering a punt with five minutes left in the half In between quarterback Wright took a helmet-to-helmet hit from Virginia Tech's Tapp with 12 minutes left in the second quarter but returned for the third quarter It didn't slow down the Canes who produced their third touchdown with a sack and fumble recovery in the end zone by Kareem Brown "We knew coming in here everyone was talking about their defense" said cornerback Kelly Jennings who had both interceptions We showed tonight who has the better defense" The defense vs defense matchup everyone anticipated couldn't have been more one-sided The Holdes entered the game with No 1 in scoring defense allowing less than 10 points a game and No 2 in total defense allowing 2313 yards per game Miami led the country in total defense 2215 yards per game and allowed 109 points per game While the Canes cobbled together 304 total yards the Hokles managed only 167 just 77 on the ground In addition to all of Vick's turnovers he was sacked four times By BLACKSBIJ BCS contr( involving Fifth-rank that Saturd demolition Hokies at ESPN's to town to Mt and be left championsh That drea les and the ignored Mh ginia Tech Vick and fo ball over six and two int( Hokies Williams Texas and Miami tackl handled Vir end Darryl' bus I don't take a knee and run out the dock The sophomore now 2-0 as a starter held the football high in one hand while raising a victory fist with the other The Pack has done this kind of thing before you know In 2001 the Wolfpack came to Doak Campbell Stadium and became the first ACC team to win a conference game at FSU holding on for a 34-28 win it was our whole mentality" Wolfpack defensive end Mario Williams said "We weren't going out there to play 'Florida State' and all that We didn't care about them being ranked eighth or ninth or whatever "We went out to play the people in front of us and play 100 percent take a knee and run out the dock The sophomore now 2-0 as a starter held the football high in one hand while raising a victory fist with the other The Pack has done this kind of thing before you know In 2001 the Wolfpack came to Doak Campbell Stadium and became the first ACC team to win a conference game at FSLI holding on for a 34-28 win it was our whole mentality" Wolfpack defensive end Mario Williams said "We weren't going out there to play 'Florida State' and all that We didn't care about them being ranked eighth or ninth or whatever BY CHIP ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER TALLAHASSEE Fla All Derek Morris could do was howl It was a primal kind of thing a rumbling scream mixed with joy and relief with satisfaction and celebration NC State's massive offensive tackle stood in the south end zone Saturday night moments after the Wolfpack's improbable 20-15 victory over ninth-ranked Florida State and howled to the heavens Needless to say so did many of his teammates Garland Heath's interception had clinched it The junior rover picked off a Drew Weatherford pass at the NCSU 32 running 40 yards before going down with nine seconds to play All that was left for State quarterback Marcus Stone to do was BY CHIP ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER TALLAHASSEE Fla All Derek Morris could do was howl It was a primal kind of thing a rumbling scream mixed with joy and relief with satisfaction and celebration NC State's massive offensive tackle stood in the south end zone Saturday night moments after the Wolfpack's improbable 20-15 victory over ninth-ranked Florida State and howled to the heavens Needless to say so did many of his teammates Garland Heath's interception had clinched it The junior rover picked off a Drew Weatherford pass at the NCSU 32 running 40 TALLAHASSEE Fla This was Chuck Amato's biggest win He didn't say so but the circumstances did The NC State football team that Amato brought to Doak Campbell 4- Stadium on Saturday had spent 1 l'''sAk I too much of its season pouring Ieiw 4 kerosene on a flammable situation I -----f At 3-4 overall and 1-4 in the k' ACC before the assignment against Florida State the Wolf-pack and Amato were essentially Callitall cornered Tudor A loss to the ninth-ranked Seminoles plus another next week at Boston College and State would have been left out of the bowl picture for a second straight season Back home the Wolfpack faithful long ago had TALLAHASSEE Fla say so but aiswasCht thucke circumstances sbigegees did He didn't The NC State football team that Amato brought to Doak Campbell Stadium on Saturday had spent I too much of its season pouring kerosene on a flarrunable situation A' i ----1 At 3-4 overall and 14 in the 4 ACC before the assignment against Florida State the Wolf- pack and Amato were essentially Caulton cornered Tudor A loss to the ninth-ranked Seminoles plus another next week at Boston College and state would have hen left out of the bowl nicture UNC's Connor Barth does the bump with defensive coordinator Marvin Sanders after a 44-yard field goal STAFF PHOTO BY ROBERT WILLETT SEE NC STATE PAGE 4CC SEE MIAMI PAGE 3CC SEE TUDOR PAGE 4CC NC Central rallies to win CIAA title Gilbert kicks ganie-winhing field goal with three seconds left to beat i o- 1 '4 A' i 4 'ti vt AN'4100 IC -i "'1 4c) dA Al -42'4 '401011 a ttilmwomtoc- 47- t4: bt til 1 et II '77t 1 1 1 --4 1 4- bt 1 oi -46' I 4 111 i T-Ore 1 il- lif -4! i 400 'w1-1vA-1 7 ci(P44e t' os i ri At-4 1 ja I 1L-1- round game Saturday IN0 Central last made the 'playoffs in 1988 beating Winston-Saleirt State in the first round before losing to California StateSaerameritd $iturday night Ntted tral Nall Rod Broadway told his playetto erkiby their 'onship and the comeback that 'won it for lir As the first half Onfo1li4 the Eagles looked nothing like them- selves Warren took sacks the BY RACHEL CARTER STAFF WRITER DURHAM -Adrian Warren heard the boos as he headed back onto the field late in the second quarter Two quarters later Warren heard and saw the love as NC Central reversed a 17-point halfNCCU10026 time deficit and BOWIES 7 3 defeated Bowie State 26-23 on Saturday on a 30-yard field goal with three seconds left by kicker Brandon Gilbert The win gave the Eagles the first 10-win season in the program's history and more important gave NC Central its first CIAA football title since 1980 "It's hard playing quarterback period I've got to make a lot of decisions" Warren said "If I'm not on point then no one's going to be on point It was hard in the first half they were booing me in the stands That's tough "And after the game everybody's your friend That's why we've always said the only people that we've got is our team We're tight and we're a family and that's how we're going to keep it" With the win the Eagles (104) likely earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament Entering thegame NC Central was fourtb in the) NCAA Southeast RegiOnal The top six teams in the get NCAA bids with the top two team earning byes to the second' round The bids will be announced today between 1 pm and 2 pm on ESPNEWS If the Eagles remain in fourth they would likely host a first NC Central kicker Brandon Gilbert (16) signals 'good' on his game-winning field goal as Bowie's Lamar Jones looks on STAFF PHOTO BY LISA LAUCK SEE NCCU PAGE 2CC 1 It.