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i'' i ii i B4 Winston Salem Journal college football Sunday SeptBfTfowgZgQ09 again in drenching rainstorm punt return for LSU (4 0 2 0 No 8 Boise State 49 Bowling Green 14: Kellen No 19 Brigham Young 42 Colorado State 23: Harvey Unga ran for 113 yards and three touchdowns for host BYU which converted two in terceptions and a blocked punt into scores last night Max Hall passed for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Cou gars (3 1) won the Mountain West Conference opener 'No 25 Nebraska 55 Louisiana Lafayette Lee passed for 238 yards and a touchdown Roy Helu Jr scored twice and Nebraska celebrated its 300th consecu tive sellout with a lopsided vic tory last night No 16 Oklahoma State 56 Grambling State 6: Keith Toston ran for 84 yards and three first half touchdowns last night for hostOklahoma State which played without its star running back and wide receiver All America receiver Dez Bryant and All Big 12 tail back Kendall Hunter watched from the sidelines as the Cow boys (3 1 piled up 587 yards of offense No 23 Michigan 36 Indi ana 33: Tate orcier led anoth er fourth quarter scoring connecting with Martavious Odoms with 2:29 left yesterday for the host Wolverines Dono van Warren's interception on the Hoosiers' next snap sealed the victory for Michigan (4 0 1 0 Big Ten) California in an exclusive col lege football club They are the only players with at least 2500 yards rushing 1500 yards in kickoff returns 1000 yards re ceiving and 500 yards in punt returns No 7 LSU 30 Mississippi State 26: Visiting LSU stuffed Mississippi State at the goal line with 1 :08 left yesterday to preserve the victory Anthony Dixon couldn't score on two attempts from inside the 3 with a minute to go LSU then stuffed quarterback Tyson Lee on fourth and inches Brandon Laell caught two touchdown passes and Chad JiminyGrahamdropped two passes on a drive into Virginia Tech territory' in the third quarter when they had closed to within 21 7 and had momentum on their side They had to go for it on fourth and 13 from the 33 and pass to Dedrick Epps went for 9 yards with its third win in a row against a ranked foe In stead Virginia Tech (3 1 1 0) won the game that may matter most giving them the tie breaking advantage against the should they wind up tied The Hokies said they felt slighted by all the attention Harris and the Hurricanes received all week and played like they wanted to remind the country they were the ACC favorites coming into the season felt like we were being a little disrespected" linebacker Cody Grimm said were defend No 25 Nebraska 16 15 "With him running the ball today it opened up a lot of things" Williams said "We were able to get down the field faster and he was also able to throw the ball effectively" Taylor finished 4 for 9 for 98 yards including a 48 yard touchdown to Jar rett Boykin His rushing total also moved him past Michael Vick and into third place among Tech quarter backs The key was the de fense which allowed 209 yards its in first game since being described by defen sive coordinator Bud os ter as and a bunch of good bounces Harris was 9 for 25 for 150 yards with an intercep tion in the fourth quarter that led to the game clinching touchdown but the only problem for le killed Bowden said they've got a great one It was the first time since Steve Taylor ran for 139 yards against the Seminoles in 1986 that a quarterback rushed for more than 100 yards against them lorida State (2 2) lost four fumbles including a critical one by quarterback Christian Ponder that al lowed US to ice the game South lorida (4 0) stuffed lorida running game and sacked Ponder five times No 21 Georgia 20 Arizona State 17: Blair Walsh kicked a 37 yard field goal on the final play and host Georgia escaped an upset last night A Green caught eight 153 yards including a 56 yard touchdown for Georgia His 36 yard grab set up winning field goal No 20 Kansas 35 South ern Mississippi 28: Todd Re esing threw for 331 yards and three touchdowns yesterday and the host Jayhawks shook off the effects of a midweek fight with KU basketball play ers Kansas (4 0) rolled up 433 yards 4 No 15 Texas Christian 14 Clemson 10: Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes and the visiting Horned rogs (3 0) held Clemson to 117 yards in the second half THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLAHASSEE la South lorida fans want to leave Doak Camp bell Stadium yesterday Not even after more than three1 hours of sitting in 90 de gree weather Most of the more than 12000 sun drenched green clad boosters re mained in their end zone seats chanting "US US" for 20 minutes after the Bulls defeated No 18 lorida State 17 7 in the first meeting between the schools It came in front of lorida biggest home crowd in four years "It changes history" said Coach Jim Leavitt of South counted for 341 ofUS's lorida "You have to beat 368 yards of offense them to get talked about Now I can say we should be talked The victory was South lorida's first against the Sunshine big three Miami lorida and lorida State "They whupped said Coach Bobby Bowden of SU a lot better than I BJ Daniels a redshirt freshman who grew up in Tallahassee and was largely ignored by lor ida State recruiters ran for 126 yards threw two touchdown passes and ac one was talking about us having a chance in this Virginia Tech also took the wraps off quarterback the Hurricanes lyrod laylor and he com bined with Williams for most of the Hokies' 272 rushingyards on the rain soaked turf at sold out Lane Stadium Williams ran for 150 yards and two touchdowns and Taylor had 75 after being reluctant to run in the I nonconference toine Hicks to move in iron: with 12:46 left The Tigers (2 2) twice advanced inside 20 down the stretch but score CJ Spiller rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown for Clemson and he joined former Heisman Troohv win Oregon 42 No 6 Cali her Reggie Bush of Southern forma 3: Jeremiah Mason answered his doubters by throwing for 253 yards and three touchdowns yesterday in Oregon's upset victory over visiting California Masol whoi went into the game without a scoring pass this season re sponded by completing 21 of 25 passes for the Ducks (3 1) in a Pac 10 opener for both teams Tailback Jahvid Best ran for only 55 yards for the Golden Bears (3 1) No 1 lorida 41 Ken tucky 7: With one scary hit on Tim Tebow another lorida blowout turned Into the worst fear The Heisman Trophy winning quarterback was' stunning 24 23 win 4 knocked out of vic knocked the Nittany Lions out I Tnn 95 tory at Kentucky of the national title race the I last night after a Hawkeyes (4 0 1 0 Big Ten) hard shot to the head in the beat Penn State (3 1 0 1) third quarter He was taken by ambulance to a hospital don't know I think a said Coach Urban Meyer of lorida think he'll be all right He took a pretty good The Gators were leading 31 7 and driving deep in Ken tucky territory when Tebow was sacked by Kentucky defensive end Taylor Wyndham As he fell back with Wyndham on top of him head struck teammate Marcus leg violently bending his neck forward Tebow lay motionless for several minutes while Com monwealth Stadium fell silent He sat up with some help then slowly made his way off the field to a loud ovation He was eventually carted off the field with concussion like symp toms vomiting several times He was taken to a hospital for tests and was scheduled to stay overnight said lorida spokesman Steve McClain lorida is off next week Jones scored on a 93 yard men piays oct io at lsu The image of their leader SEC) laying helpless proved unset tling tor the detending national champions was a little fuzzy com Moore was nearly flawless for ing off the said backup Boise State throwing for 247 quarterback John Brantley yards and two touchdowns last was looking around I guess night at Bowling Green Ohio making sure he was in Ken Boise State's big play offense tucky" needed four plays or fewer on The victory extended its first six scoring drives iorioas winning streaK to 14 gamesjops in the nation Virginia Tech shuts down No 9 Miami Unbeaten South lorida surprises lorida State JACORY HARRIS Jason Worilds of the Hok games leaving some fans ics who was involved in so disgusted that they left both oftheir other sacks in early last week and missed brutal conditions the stunning last Miami(2 12 1 ACC) in minute turnaround to beat lie top 10 tor the first since Iowa 21 No 5 Penn State TCU trailed 10 7 entering 10: Adrian Clayborn returned tho fourth quarter but Dalton a block punt for a touchdovyn ended a (56 yard drive with a and Iowa left soggy Happy Vai 25 yard touchdown pass to An iuy iib buuunu budiyni upovi ui the Nittany Lions A year after Tebow hurt in 41 7 rout of Wildcats 'Rainy weather doesn't slow down Hokies IHE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLACKSBURG Va Jacory I arris planned to play it cool against Vir ginia Tech 111 The llth ranked Hokies blew up that plan in about 2005 missed a chance to' five minutes harassing take a commanding lead Harris the in the Coastal Division quarterback into early mistakes and dominat ing No' 9 Miami 31 7 in a downpour yesterday Afterward the player getting all the hype took alltheheat "1 take all the blame for what happened Harris said But the Hokies really deserved the credit for making it happen putting pressure on Harris that he hadn't seen in his first two games and causing him to make critical mistakes in cluding a fumble that led to a touchdown after his fifth snap Harris sacked once in ing ACC champs and no his hrst two games was hit by Dorian Porch as he looked downfield He fum bled the ball and Porch re covered at the Hurricanes' 1 1 ive plays later Ryan Williams scored from the 2 and the Hokies had a 7 0 lead after five minutes "or Porch to come off the edge and make that kind of play a big time play it gave us the mo mentum right away and it changed the outlook of the said defensive end No 13 Ohio State 30 Il linois 0: Dan Herron sloqqed No 2 Texas 64Texas EI through a downpour for two Paso 7: Colt McCoy passed touchdowns yesterday and for 286 yards and three touch host Ohio State earned a downs two to Dan Buckner second straight shutout for for the Longhorns yesterday the first time in 1 3 years The at Austin Texas (4 0) led 47 7 Buckeyes (3 1 1 0 Big Ten) at halftime and pressured had zero yards passing in the UTEP quarterback Trevor Vit first half and finished with just tatoe into five turnovers Texas 82 Brandon Saine rushed for held UTEP (1 3) to seven first 81 yards on 13 carries and downs and 53 total yards Herron gained 75 on 14 at tempts scoring on runs of No3Alabama35Arkan 4 and 2 yards sas 7 Greg McElroy passed for a career high 291 yards No 14 Cincinnati 28 res and three touchdowns and no State 20: Tony Pike threw the Crimson Tide won its three touchdown passes in a consecutive Southeastern quick strike offense that was Conference opener yesterday hardly on the field yesterday Alabama (4 0 1 0) scored on and the Bearcats (4 0) held on three big plays Trent Rich to beat visiting resno State ardsonbrokefourtacklesfora Ryan Mathews ran a career 52 yard touchdown run Julio high 38 times for 145 yards for Jones caught a 50 yard touch resno (1 3) uuwn pass un a incx piay ano Mctiroy mt Marquis Maze tor an80 yarder A relentless defense hounded Arkansas (1 2 0 2) which had the No 2 offense nron Deacons Continued rom Page B1 is when you're playing the com petition we play and keep taking it to the last minute or overtime not always going to go your way" This game went the other way although BC could manage only a field goal on its overtime series Wake orest got its chance from the 25 yard line Pendergrass who had scored a on a 76 yard touchdown run in the first half gained 20 yards on three carries and Skinner sneaked another yard for a first down at the 4 Then everything went hay wire on a play Skinner described as a speed sweep to the right "The running back went the wrong way so when I went back there I kind of froze Skinner said didn't th ink he was going a different way I went to put the ball in the other hand and I guess to try to run it or get back to the line of scrimmage and their guys just got a hand on Isaac Johnson stripped the ball and safety Wes Davis recov ered In a flash the Eagles (3 1 1 1 ACC) had the first conference win of 62 year old Coach rank rookie season were on the Spa ziani said Wake orest dropped its league opener and fell to 2 2 overall John Russell a senior defen sive tackle said that veteran players hardly ever expect to win after making a slew of errors and piling up 84 yards in penalties on the road "That really made it tough" he said we all did be lieve it was goingto end up in our favor So it was pretty much just shock at the Senior Skinner completed 25 of 35 passes for 354 yards or 65 yards more than his career high a week earlier against Elon BC led 24 10 when Wake or est took over with 5:04 remain ing largely because a 25 year old freshmannamed DaveShinskie started whipping the ball around like he did as a pro pitcher Shinskie (18 of 29 for 228 yards and three touchdowns) and strong runners revived an offense held to 54 yards at Clem son but after the whistle per sonal fouls sustained the waning Wake orest hopes Skinner ran or passed every play in a 67 yard drive that cul minated with a 12 yard touch down toss to Chris Givens re ducing the spread to 24 17 Then with 1:45 left Skinner overcame a holding penalty and hit 7 of 9 passes on the tying drive that ended with a 16 yard com pletion to Marshall Williams Wake orest trailed by three in OT but had leverage is one where you play it at the end and you probably deserve to be there but you are there" Grobe said The Deacons were there until the fumble "Just lose the ball and we have two more downs and decide if we want to kick a field goal or not" Grobe said "When plays are busted sometimes goofy stuff happens imag ining when we make the handoff they got on him prettyquick and theysurprised The comeback came up short which surprised all the Dea cons 'T lrawlingswsjournalcqm Wakeorest 0 10 0 14 0 24 Boston Co 10 7 0 7 3 27 irst Quarter Aponavicius 32 713 McMichael 50 pass from Shinskie (Aponavicius Second Quarter Pendergrass 76 run (Newman kick) 11:38 Newman 23 5:43 Pantale 4 pass from Shinskie (Aponavicius ourth Quarter Larmond 17 pass from Shinskie (Aponavicius kick) 9:42 Givens 12 pass from Skinner (Newman kick) 3:44 Ma Williams 16 pass from Skinner (Newman kick) Overtime BC Aponavictus 23 i 40892 TEAM STATISTICS WU 3 BC irst downs 21 21 Rushes yards 31 142 45 170 Passing 354 228 Comp Atl Int 25 35 1 18 29 1 Return Yards 13 6) Punts Avg 4 398 6 433 umbles Lost 2 2 0 0 Penalties Yards 10 84 7 70 Time of Possession 28:28 33:32 INbViDUALSTAfiSTTcS Wake orest Pendergrass 5 97 Adams 1 11 47 Givens 1 6 Skinner 7 3 Rinfrette 2 2 Brown 5 (minus 13) Boston College Haden 17 93 Harris 25 76 Shinskie 1 8 Team rt (minus 2) Tuggle 1 (minus 5) Wake orest Skinner 25 35 1 354 Boston College Shinskie 18 29 1 228 Wake orest Ma Williams 12 180 Brown 5 101 Adams 3 36 Givens 2 15 Dembry 1 11 Rinfrette 1 8 ord 1 3 Boston College Jarvis 5 66 Gunnell 5 51 Pantale 4 30 Larmond3 3i McMichael 1 50 ''V 3 lie was learning the hard lrawlingswsjournalcom know we have a busted play cial touchdown pass to Mar but don't put the ball on the shall Williams with 11 seconds lett in regulation On the tirst overtime series Wake orest goal Defensive tackle John Rus sell sensed the momentum and back from a deficit and you jiiuuu owing iciuiuciiiy I felt like it was ours he Scllll inc two runs up tne mutate ana mates down coaches rrnt fho hn II rtnurn tri tho iturac ground once you get there so it just kind of compounded the problem I think honestly our held Boston College to a field Kias nave a lot ot heart 1 hey wanted to win that football game but we were very undis ciplined today untypically of us And really coaching That's my fault when your kids play with much disci pline when we make as many mistakes as we did" The Deacons had 84 penalty yards bril more than in the first three names combined With Pendergrass out of position Skinner tried to patch up theiirst aown playtrom the 4 yard line but a BC defender poked the ball away The Eagles recovered Bailgame The sudden reversal negated the three Pendergrass runs that moved the ball from the 25 yard line to the 5 and dimmed crystal memories of his 76 yard sprint in the second period the mntn iongest toucnaown run in school history almost like it hap Pendergrass saki rccall RflUllinflC ing how the linemen opened nClVVIll middle spaces wide enough for Continued rom Page B1 a narrow jet Skinner takes blame There was plenty of blame to go around Skinner blamed himself "It was bad ball security by me just kind of a sloppy play he said Coach Jim Grbbeblamed himself for concentration lapses that contributed to 16 penalties and missed tackles He blamed Pendergrass and Skinner for the last straw 1 1 1 1 1 I vl 01 HLu 1 1 1 LI 1 1 1 di basicallywentthc wrong Skinner rallied them from 14 way" Grobe said "but then points down in the final five Riley's got to take care of it You minutes completing the cru wasn't easy He remembered the aftermath and the futility of finality "We were right there and we had he said "We drove it down to the 5 It was just one play To see vourteam fight i make it to overtime it was a Intnfpmntinn trninnnn said When Pendergrass hrt just a feeling I had let team the two runs up the middle and mates down mycoachs espe got the ball down to the 5 jt was cialy If it hdppenSi it happes almost a lock So to have it end you have to learn howto deal the way it did is disappointing with it) learn how t() boUnce LI 1 1 1 VV 1 I 1 LI 1 1 cl IIJ bilCr Pick ourselves up ana move Pendergrass picked himself wa7: up and tried to move on but it.