Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 15

Tennessee edges Bama B-5 COMING TOMORROW Saints-Raiders coverage Spokes wwwsunheraldcomsports Sports editor Ross Reily (228) 896-2352 or rreilysunheraldcom Sport check B-2 Auto racing B-7 Outdoors B-9 SUNDAY (Xrn)BER24r 2004 -i j-- -r a 1 'fa a a A -y 1 "The fourth quarter you finally felt we were just about to break these guys And when we came together as a unit and just went at Chris McNeil Bulldog's center CHARLES KRUPATHE ASSOCIATED PRESS St Louis starter Woody Williams reacts during the first inning against the Boston during Game 1 of the World Series Saturday in Boston Bellhom blasts Red Sox JAMES EDWARD BATESTHE SUN HERALD Southern Miss halfback Anthony Harris scores a touchdown during Conference USA football action against East Carolina In Hattiesburg on Saturday offense lights up The Rock to win Eighth-inning homer lethal Eagles rebound from loss at Alabama rout East Carolina Qy BEN WALKER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS BY ROGEUO SOUSTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ecstatic Mississippi State fens ride ami carry the north goal post following their 3S31 victory over No 20 Florida In Starkvllle on Saturday MSU upsets dazed Gators MSU The Bulldogs run over Florida In the fourth quarter to pull a huge upset BOSTON Another late October night at Fenway Park another high fly ball off the foul pole Years later the same result Home run Red Sox win Mark Bellhom hit a drive off the foul screen attached to Pole in right field and Boston held on to take the highest-scoring opener in World Series history beating the St Louis Cardinals 11-9 Saturday night two-run shot off Julian Tavarez in the eighth inning decided a game in which the Red Sox blew an early five-run lead And it certainly brought back memories for everyone who watched Carlton 12th-inning drive off the left-field pole in 1975 that stunned Cincinnati in Game 6 By DON HAMMACK THE SUN HERALD STARKVILLE Mississippi offense began game with No 20 Florida using little more than smoke and mirrors The Bulldogs had trouble getting going By the time it was over though the final quarter It capped a 17-piay the MSU offense was belching 73-yard drive featuring 13 running smoke smashing mirrors and plays and put the Bulldogs up 31-24 MS in front of a Scott Field crowd When their linemen are all laying on the ground and they start to get up slow we run it right at them Our guys accepted that The first-year coach already has a signature victory to smile about Norwood leaped into the end zone from the 1-yard line six minutes into mouths and stunning the Gators The By AL JONES THE SUN HERALD HATTIESBURG Southern Miss fresh off a 27-3 dismantling at Alabama needed something good to happen early in its Conference USA showdown with East Carolina With the help of two Pirate mistakes the Golden Eagles got what they needed and rolled to their 13th straight C-USA win with a 51-10 smacking before an MM Roberts Stadium crowd of 32422 Southern Miss has an open week next week before hosting Cincinnati on Nov 6 "It was a real good job by our football team" Southern Miss coach Jeff Bower said "We played hard physical and the players had fun USM "We are going to eqjoy a the open week and get some guys The Golden Eagles CAROLINA now 5-1 overall and 4-0 in A conference play set the tone with an eight-play 80-yard drive to take a 7-0 lead on a four-yard run by Wayne Hardy The drive featured seven running plays and one pass a seven-yard pass from Damion Carter to Marvin Young Southern Miss then took advantage of two gifts for a 21-0 lead The first came on a 62-yard fumble return by Antoine Cash to the two with 1:41 left in the first On first down Anthony Harris scored for a 140 lead The second gift came after the Golden Eagles forced the Pirates to punt from the 27 After a perfect snap punter Ryan Dougherty tried a fake but was tackled at the 18 Four plays later Carter picked up his was missing this time was Bellhom frantically waving trying to keep it fair as Fisk did No matter the 100th World Series was off to a wild crazy start 38 FLORIDA 31 38-31 Bulldogs winless since a seasonopening victory over lowly Tulane losers of eight straight in the SEC and a 2416-point underdog luck their way to their first upset of a ranked team since 2000 This was no fluke They ran the ball down the throat rushing for 149 yards in the fourth quarter Jerious Norwood did the bulk of the damage piling up 118 of his 174 yards in the final 15 minutes He also scored twice in that time frame the second coming on a staggering 37-yard dash with 32 seconds left of 43170 The Gators (4-3 2-3 Southeastern Conference) tied the score quickly going 73 yards in eight plays All but the last three yards came in the air however The Florida defense got only three minutes 55 seconds of rest Mississippi State (2-5 1-3) drove the ball to the Florida 36 on its next drive but turned the ball over on downs when Omarr Conner overthrew Tee Milons on a fourth-and-3 It was one of the few blemishes on Conner's day He completed 15 of 24 passes for 158 yards and one touch- Larry Walker brought the St Louis Cardinals all the way back from a five-run deficit against the Boston Red Sox hitting an RBI double in the sixth inning that tied the game 7-7 Walker was 4-for-4 with two doubles and a home run on a cold night that saw both starting pitchers leave early David Ortiz hit a three-run homer in the first inning that just stayed fur and Boston led 7-2 in the third But the Cardinals came bade helped by walks and defensive mistakes Cardinals starter Woody Williams lasted just 2 1-3 innings allowing 12 of 19 batters to reach base The Red Sox got to him for seven runs eight hits three walks and a hit batter but Dan Haren blunted big boppers Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper Steve Gladney right escorts a joyous Mississippi State football coach Sylvester Croom from the field thought I have it Johnson said Then I looked at my hands and like got The Bulldogs desperate to avoid overtime with a tiring defense took over at their own 44-yard line Norwood converted a third-and-4 with an 11-yard run as Conner sat out a play after tweaking his right knee The State line caved in the left side of the Please see MSU B4 down a toe-dragging second-quarter knew we had to open up our catch by McKinley Scott in the back offense today and try a little bit of of the end zone Conner added State coach Sylvester another 50 yards and a touchdown Croom said there always on 13 rushes comes a point in the game where you It take Conner and the have to run the football and you've offense long to get back on the field got to run it right at them Two plays later safety Jeramie right there after we had Johnson stepped in front of mixed in a couple plays they started Chris Leak attempt to find wide to get up slow what I look for receiver Dallas Baker Please see USM B4 Please see World Series B-10 Picayune Central fall short of state titles Raiders Saints both desperate for a victory iSOFTBALU 5A and 4A state slowipRch title series Gy JAMES JONES THE SUN HERALD feeling Oakland safety Ray Buchanan said both desperately starving for a win just a fact of going to get For the Saints a win would send them into their bye week on a high note And the Raiders sure could use a confidence boost before traveling south to face division rival San Diego just a bad Saints running back Deuce McAllister said the worst way both of us need a The Saints haven't been to the Oakland Coliseum for nearly seven Please see Saints B-10 Both hungry to boost morale end streak Br JANIE MCCAULEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OAKLAND Calif In Week 7 it seems a little early to think about must-win games but not if the New Orleans Saints or Oakland Raiders These two teams are desperate for a victory any way they can get Both are riding three-game losing streaks sit at 24 and know that another defeat could be devastating: They are feeling kind of down about themselves jjst as much but I am not disappointed with our Picayune coach Kristi Mitchell said just started bade our program three years New Hope swept East Central in the 4A State championship series winning 9-1 and 11-0 did not play our Lady Hornets coach Tracy Box said let New Hope take control of the game and us New Hope lmows about pressure They've been Please see Softball B-10 JACKSON Picayune and East Central both failed to capture state championships in slow-pitch softball on Saturday Grenada took two of three from Picayune in their 5A Championship series The Lady Tide won game one 13-9 but lost the last two by scores of64and4-l a hurtful feeling to come this far and fall shrt BUI HABERTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS New Orleans Saints running back Deuce McAllister breaks away from Minnesota Vikings defender Brian Williams on Oct 17 I I.