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4 Sunday September 18 200S Centre Daily Times wwwcentredailycom COLLEGE FOOTBALL BULLETINBOARD Temple routed again Risky business Hobart 34 Franklin Marshall 0 GENEVA NY defense held Franklin Marshall to 199 total yards and forced three turnovers while Doug Blakowski ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns The first score was set up when linebacker Jeff Sanders forced a fumble recovered by linebacker Jimmy Gradis in the second quarter Blakowski's 2-yard run capped an eight-play 26-yard drive Two minutes later Brian Bach ran the halfback option and threw a 68-yard scoring pass to Ryan IJDrazzah to give llobart (3-0) a 14-0 lead at half-time In the third quarter Anthony Hobaica capped a 51-yard drive with a 4-vard run Blakowski made a 59-yard Tl) run in the fourth quarter and Don Gilardi scored on a 55-yard run with 3:29 (o play Shawn Mizro completed 14 of 21 passes for 1 10 yards Indiana Pa 19 Catawba 16 SALISBURY Andrew Krewatch threw a 20-yard pass to Cameron Mobley in overtime as Indiana Pa defeated Catawba Krewatch completed 15 of 28 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns Chris Morgan ran for 72 yards and caught four passes for 44 yards for the Tribe (1-2) IUP (1-2) tied tlie game at 13-13 midway through the fourth-quarter on a 10-yard pass from Krewatch to Deanco Oliver Catawba (31) had a chance to win in regulation but Cory Danell's 51-yard field goal fell short Cornell 24 Bucknell 7 ITHACA NY Ouarter-back Ryan Kuhn rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns feading Cornell to a win over Bucknell Kuhn carried the ball 19 times including a 16yard score at 1 1 34 of the first quarter for the Big Red (1-0) I le completed six of eight passes for 49 yards AJ Weitsman kicked a 45-yard field goal with 6:53 foil in tiie second qiuirtiT Kuhn scored again 20 seconds later on an 8-yard run following Doug Lempa's interception of a Dante Ross pass On its next possession Cornell drove 70 yards in nine plays Izikc Siwula's 6-yard I'D run gave the Big Red a 24-0 halftime lead Cornell limited the Bison to 195 yards of total offense and blocked a field goal attempt and apuiti Gamble pays off for Cavaliers By John Kakls The Associated Press SYRACUSE NY Every time the Syracuse defense seemed to have Marques Hagans cornered he slithered away Eventually he carried Virginia to another win over the Orange Hagans ran for Virginia no yards includ ing a 26-yarder on third-and-6 to help set up Connor Syracuse game-winning 4 field goal and the Cavaliers beat the Orange 27-24 on Saturday "He was pretty said Virginia coach A1 Groh who elected to run down the clock gambling on a fourth-and-1 at the Syracuse 9 with just over a minute remaining the teams that accomplish anything during a season have a quarterback that picks his team up and carries it and he surely did Hughes connected on a 26-yarder as time expired after fullback Jason Snell crucial 4-yard run on fourth down you familiar with the movie What the Groh said of his gamble Hagans didn't let three first-half interceptions ruin his day He converted three critical third downs on a third-quarter drive that ended with a 26-yard field goal by Hughes For the game Virginia was 10-for-17 on third down conversions Hagans was at his best on the winning drive deflating the raucous Carrier Dome crowd by ducking under the rush faking left and sprinting down the right side for the pivotal 26-yard gain He was 16-for-26 for 145 yards passing to lead the Cavaliers (2-0) to their second victory in two years over the Orange (1-2) was disappointed by the three said Hagans who threw only five picks last year team fought hard and all that matters They kept us in the game and won a tough one on the Syracuse tailback Damien Rhodes had 109 all-purpose yards but did not score a week after scoring four times against Buffalo thought we were going to make it into Rhodes said (Hagans) just turned it up another AP photoKevin Rivoli Syracuse's Tim Lane left tries to fight off Virginia's Marcus Hamilton during the second quarter of the Cavaliers' 27-24 victory over tho Orange on Saturday Virginia's Connor Hughes kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired Syracuse has now forced 10 turnovers this season but has yet to convert them into a single point just part of the said rookie head coach Greg Robinson also the team's defensive coordinator I like is they kept fighting back They get discouraged They came up with some huge plays and that's a good Perry Patterson was 17-for-26 for 172 yards and no turnovers and scored twice on short runs for Syracuse which made a game of it by utilizing its tight ends Joe Kowalewski caught a career-high seven passes for 96 yards and Alex Shor had two catches for 15 yards Patterson scored on a 9-yard run to cap the Orange's first possession of the game but the Syracuse offense get going again until late in the third quarter Facing a third-and-7 from his own 43 Patterson eluded the Virginia rush and dumped the ball to Rhodes who ran 24 yards to the Virginia 33 Two plays later Patterson faked a pass to Rhodes in the left flat spun and hit a wide-open Kowalewski on the other side for a 31-yard touchdown to move the Orange within 17-14 The celebration was short lived Less than a minute later Virginia went back in front 24-14 on a 70-yard run around the left side by Michael Johnson Syracuse struck again early in the fourth After passes to Kowalewski and Shor Patterson ran in from the 3 to make it 24-21 and send the Carrier Dome crowd into a frenzy Fired up the defense forced a punt after defensive end Ryan LaCasse sacked Hagans on a third-and-10 play and the Orange took over at their 46 Faced with a fourth-and-4 play from the Virginia 38 Ifotterson hit Kowalewski for 11 yards to set up a 27-yard field goal by walk-on John Barker with 6:25 left For Barker it was the first kick of his career and tied the game at 24-24 offense fought back so hard in the second said LaCasse who had an interception in the end zone early in the second quarter really gave us a shot to win it I foil like the momentum was swinging our way then Hagans once again made a play on Hagans capped a short drive by hitting Cedric Pterman with a 1-yard scoring pass midway through the second quarter to give Virginia a 14-7 halftime lead It was Peerman's second TD of the game SPORTS MENU Pans Mate want Field hockey vs West Chester 2 pm Meals soccer Penn State Nike Classic vs Cal State Fullerton 2 pm soccer vs James Madison 5 pm No scholastic events scheduled ANNOUNCEMENTS Sportsmen's health expo A health and safety expo will be held today from 1 to 5 pm at the Clearfield Fair Grounds Topics to be covered include tree stand safety safetytoed shoes hearing and safety protection and archery-crossbow safety Physical exams vision screens Lyme disease education and diabetes education are among other topics to be discussed Joe Humphreys will give a fly fishing and casting demonstration Daymon Davis will show a turkey calling video and Greg Caldwell of River Valley Calls will five a demonstration There will be a silent auction and gun locks will be provided by the Clearfield County Sheriffs department Free Pepsi products hot dogs and MTOs will be provided basketball piayari sought The Moshannon Valley YMCA has openings for girls in grades 10-12 who want to play in a short-season basketball league Games will be played either Wednesday or Saturday evenings The program is open to anyone looking to play against strong competition There is a $50 fee For more information call Mel Curtis at 342-0889 or e-mail at ymca73verizonnet ON TELEVISION Ses CDTV Sports page CIO ON THE RADIO NFL 6 am WMAJ1450 NFL Preview 10:30 am WMAJ1450 NFL Footbal Houston at Pittsburgh llamWMV50 Auto radng NASCAR NexM Cup Sytva- isa 300 WRSC1390 The Dan Patrick Show 3 pm WMAJ1450 WomeahcolaBe soccer James MaiS-son at Penn State 530 pun WM4J1450 NFL Football Kansas CHy at Oakland 730pm WMAJ1450 IN THE MAJORS Scomboanl: Philadelphia at Florida (81)5 pm) Josh Beckett (148) starts for the 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Michigan Toledo (30) outclassed Temple The Rockets jumped out to a 210 lead in the first quarter and cruised the rest of the way Gradkowski who became the first I-A quarterback to complete at least 70 percent of his passes in two consecutive seasons last year threw TD passes of 13 yards to Trinity Dawson and 22 yards to Chris Hopkins in the first eight minutes Gradkowski broke two school records in the first half becoming the career trader in yards passing (7410) and completions (613) He finished 20 of 29 for 182 yards A sparse crowd turned out at I incofo Financial Field home of the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles to watch Temple play its first game against a Mid-American Conference opponent since joining the league for the 2007 season Temple which went to the MAC after being kicked out of the Big East has one of the toughest schedules in the nation The 11 opponents finished a combined 8348 (634) last year and eight teams played in bowl games It get any easier for Temple which has three games remaining against teams ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 But the Owls have their best chance of winning next week when they host Western Michigan Lebanon Vatey 35 Juniata 27 Dan Kelly threw for 333 yards and two touchdowns to lead I jebanon Valley to a win over Juniata Kelly completed 21 of 33 passes including a 59-yard touchdown pass to Adam Brossman in the third quarter He also connected with Tytor McCauley on a 7-yard scoring pass with 8:31 left in the game which gave I jebanon Valley (1-2 1-1 Middle Atlantic Confer- ence) the lead for good Ryan Brennan capped Ijebanon Valley's 18-point fourth quarter rally with a 35-yard touchdown run with 58 seconds left in the game Louisville linebacker Brandon Johnson blocked a punt and returned an interception for a score and defensive end Elvis Duniervil set an NCAA record with his ninth sack in consecutive games Matt Moore finished 25-fop-48 for 317 yards for Oregon State (2-1) which lost to a ranked opixinent on the road for the seventh straight time UCLA 41 No 21 Oklahoma 24 PASADENA Calif Drew Olson threw for 3 14 yards and three touchdowns UCLA held Alrian Peterson to 58 yards rushing and the Bruins beat the struggling Sooiuts After playing in the last two BCS national eliampinnship games Oklahoma is 1-2 for the first time since 1997 and its offense continued to look tost fumbling six times UC1 A recovered three of the fumbles and turned them into 17 points Redshirt freshman Rliett Boinar complet'd 26of-29 for 241 yards and ran for a 16yard score for Oklahoma but fumbled four times No 2 Texas 51 Rica 10 AUSTIN Texas Freshman Jainaal diaries ran for 189 yards and three touchdowns in his first career start to lead Texas to another win over Rice diaries had a pair of 25yard scoring runs in tiie first quarter and added another 4-yard 'll) in the second as Texas (30) built a 42-0 toad by lialfiime Texas has won 38 of tiie last Virginia Tech posts second shutout in two weeks The Associated Press BLACKSBURG Va Marcus Vick threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third and Virginia Tech got its second shutout in a row with a 430 victory over Ohio University on Saturday The fourth-TOP 25 ranked Hokies ROUNDUP who blanked Duke 450 last Saturday turned three turnovers into touchdowns and turned the Bobcats away twice deep in Tech territory Brooks Rossman missed a 36-yard field goal and an interception ended tiie other drive The Bobcats (1-2) were coming off a 16-10 overtime victory against Pittsburgh that heightened excitement in their first season under former Nebraska coach Frank Solich but they had never played a tram ranked as high as the Hokies And probably be in any rush to again Ohio finished wiih just 188 yards to tiie 473 The Hokies limited the Bobcats to 17 yards on 13 plays in the first quarter then took command by turning a pair of second-quarter turnovers into scoring drives Vick finished 12-for-16 for 200 yards He was sacked three times Cedric Humes added another touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 33-yard run and John Kinzer caught a 38-yard scoring pass from backup Cory Holt in the fourth quarter No 7 Georeia 44 Louisiana-Monroe 7 ATHENS Ga Danny Ware 39 meetings in a rivalry that dates back to 1914 Vince Young was 8-for-14 for 101 yards with one interception and 77 yards rushing No 16 Georgia Tech 28 Connecticut 13 ATI ANTA Redshirt freshman Taytor Bennett playing for Reggie Ball threw a touchdown on his first college pass and Georgia Tech defeated Connecticut Ball coining off a career-best 320 yards passing the previous week began feeling ill Friday and was taken to the hosiiital Saturday morning school officials said He was undergoing tests and scheduled to be kept overnight Iknim-tt finished ll-of-30 for 142 yards Tashard Choice rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns and PJ Daniels had his third straight lUOyard game this season gaining 1 14 on 25 carries Georgia Tech is 30 for tiie first time since 2001 No 19 Texas Tech 80 Sam Houston Stats 21 LUBBOCK Cody Hixlges threw for 356 yards and four touchdowns in the first half to toad Texas Tccli to its high-esl scoring game in 52 years The fiftlvyear senior who tod the nation in total offense com-! ing into the game addl'd 80 yards passing and another'll) -throw in the third quarter to pul Tech up 56-7 before backup quarterback Graham Harrell took over Hodges finished 26-for-37 for 436 yards Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick (5) tries to avoid Matt Muncy (SO) during the first quarter of the rout of tho Bobcats Vick threw for two touchdowns and ran for another AP photo Don Petersen yards in the easy win over the Indians (63) Brandon Coutu kicked a 53yard fit-id for Georgia tied for tiie thiiritongest in sduxil history No 11 Louisville 63 Oregon State 27 LOUISVHIEKy Brian Brolim threw for 368 yards and five touchdowns and Iiiuisville topped 50 points for the ninth time under coach Bobby 1 Ytrina Mario Urrutia caught seven passes for 175 yards with two touchdowns for Louisville (30) which tied an Oregon Slate record for points by an opponent rushed for 109 yards and Martrez Milner caught three passes for 79 yards and a touchdown as the backups led Georgia past Ijouisiana-Monroe I) Shockley completed 13 of 20 passes for 246 yards and a touchdown and added a 28-yard touchdown run while playing three quarters for Georgia Milner filled in at tight end for Leonard Pope who did not play for undisclosed disciplinary reasons Georgia also was without injured starting linebacker Jarvis Jackson but the Bulldogs (3-0) still gained 543 i ft 4 Jw vVfa:.