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fAGK C4a LMTOVS'I JO fcptomter 1 3 Mfr COLLEGE OOTBALL The Tar Heels arc 3 0 against the Huskies while UConn has one win in 13 games against Top 25 opponents UConn (1 1 was playing wi thout its best defensive player injured linebacker Scott Lutrus and lost star ting quarter back Zack razer to a knee injury late in the third quarter gart at tire halftime buzzer gave UConn a 3 0 lead The Huskies seemed poised for an upset after cornerback Robert McClain batted Yates pass into tne hands of Twyon Martin at the Tar I feels 26 late in the third quarter UConn tailback Jordan Todman dragged several defenders the final 4 yards for the score putting the Huskies up 10 0 Yates who completed 23 of 32 pass es for 233 yards and two interceptions found his groove in the fourth quarter He led the far Heels on a 78 yard drive HAST HARTORD Conn North Carolina needed to make a big defensive stop and got some help from Dan Ryan Ryan the 1 Iuskicsr senior tackle was flagged for holding defensive end Rob ert Quinn in the end zone with 1:32 left in the game yesterday giving the No 19 Tar Heels a safety and a 12 10 comeback win against the I luskies "I had him beat around the North Carolina Quinn said I was just out there try ing to make a play and then I saw the The play capped a 12 point fourth quarter for UNC (2 0) Casey Barth started the comeback with a 22 yard field goal and TJ Yates led UNC on a 13 play drive that ended with his 2 yard when North Carolina got (he ball back he marched 78 yards again eating up 6:36 before finding in the end zone from 2 yards out team statistics "We were just making adjustments on the run throwing formations we even practiced all week" Yates said pick things up draw some? thing in the dirt see if that works try something new out and see if that works Once that was working we just kept at it and kept at it and mbved the Dau down tne Held 0 0 12 12 0 3 7 0 10 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS hush Narrn tiaro na Houston jj urauEt I 7 I lfrl A DI TfiQm min Al Vatac it TV I II LC LHLIC UIUC ICCIIII 1 1 1 II IU lULW nIIU9 26) Connecticut Todman 18 66 Dixon 7 21 KMoore 2 17 razer4 (minus 6) Team (mmus 12) Endres 3 (mmus 14) North Carolina Yates 23 32 2 233 Connecticut razer 11 19 1 94 Endres 3 7 0 30 1 North Carolina little 8 45 Pianalto 7 87 Highsmith 4 59 Elzy 2 25 Draughn 2 17 Connecticut Kanuch 4 56 Difton 4 25 1 Moore 2 17 Todman 2 9 Griffin 1 13 Dixon 14 tfMiill Anaala 1 I VHUii tuni ivi i UNC rG Barth 22 10'56 Pianalto 2 pass from VatM (Hurth kick) 2:35 UNC Satoty 132 1 38 087 North Carolina Connecticut Second Quarter Teggart 47 :00 Third Quarter touc hdown pass to tight end ZstckPian alto with 2:36 left North Carolina scoreless and with 134 injured his leg jumplngup yards of offense through three quarters and down after the score and tnad to lie They sacked Yates six times and inter taken from the field in an air cist cepted him twice After the safety UConn recovered A 47 yard field goal from Dave Teg the onside kick but couldn get into field goal range told the chancellor 'That's why you see any 100 year old football coaches' said Coach Butch Davis of Late penalty safety lift UNC by UConn 12 10 tout hdowti pass to tlglit end ZxickPian The Huskies' stifling defense that ended with Bank's field goal and UNC UConn irst downs 16 13 Rushas yards 38 35 1 35 72 Passing i 1 233 124 Comp Att lnt 23 32 2 14 26 1 Return Yards '4' 61 12 Punts Avg 640 7 7 473 umbiesLost 2 0 (vll Penalties Yards 5 30 3 18 Time of Possession 33 40 26 20 1 'AP PHOTO Ryan Williams of Virginia Tech stretches across the goal line for a first half touchdown Hokies needing big win stomp Thundering Herd THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLACKSBURG Va rom one of the biggest nationalhelevision spotlights of the season to a game only available on the Internet rom a top 5 opponent to one that struggled to beat a lower divi sion team the week before It matter for Virginia Tech After looking very non BCS like in the Kickoff Classic against Alabama the No 14 Hokies needed a feel good ca thartic win no matter the set ting They got just that yesterday in a 52 10 rout of Marshall just needed to prove to ourselves that we can do said tailback Ryan WiUiams one of two Virginia Tech backs to rush for 160 plus yards 'Outside of football we re ally care about what any body has to say about us or what critics have to say but we had to prove to ourselves that we can move the ball down the field we can run the ball we can pass the ball we can block we can pick up blitzes all those things Williams ran for 164 yards on 16 carries and scored three touchdowns ellow freshman David Wilson performing mostly mop up duty in the sec ond half actually outdid Wil liams by a yard gaining 165 on 1 2 attempts Virginia Tech (1 1) managed only 155 total yards a week ago but that tally was topped before the end of the first quarter vs Marshall (1 1) off of last week and people asking 'Could we get back much is that going to hurt what did it do to Coach rank Beamer said thought our kids and coaches went out there and gave them a response Marshall barely laid a hand on Williams during his 57 yard run up the middle in the first quarter Williams added touch down runs of 4 and 28 yards in the second as the Hokies took a 35 7 halftime lead Tyrod Taylor took a bit longer to find some rhythm He started 0 for 4 with an interception in the end zone but began to use his scrambling ability to find receivers open downfield He threw off his back foot and back across the field to hit Dyrell Roberts in the end zone for a 21 yard touchdown pass saw him running in the back of the end zone with his hand Taylor said he's been talking to me since preseason you see me in the end zone throw me the ball and I'm goi ng to make the He made a great Taylor was 9 for 16 passing for 16 yards and two touch downs and was done for the day late in the third quarter He also ran seven times for 58 yards including a 46 yard run after a nice fake to Williams that fooled the entire Marshall defense Virginia Tech gained 444 of its 605 yards on the ground The Hokies sported an un usual look in their home open er all white uniforms and a throwback helmet with a white below a red The helmet paid tribute to rank Loria a Hokies safetyinthe 1960s who later became an assistant coach with Marshall and died in the 1970 plane crash Brown passes West Virginia by error prone East Carolina THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MORGANTOWN WVa Jarrett Brown is fitting in just fine with West retooled offense Brown passed for a career high 334 yards and four touch downs and West Virginia paid East Carolina back with a 35 20 victory yesterday Brown was at ease in his second start since taking over for the departed Pat White He completed nine straight passes at one point against a veteran defense and finished 24 of 31 He also ran 10 times for 73 yards West Virginia (2 0) sacked Patrick Pinkney four times and held East Carolina (1 1) score less in the second half The Mountaineers used last year's 24 3 loss at East Carolina as motivation and improved to 13 0 all time at home against the Pirates t'' "Last year they just came out and punched us in tian mouth" Brown said "We changed a few things and itworked outfor the best It's a momentum boost for me and my team" East Carolina is still hoping for Pinkney to return to his form from last year when he led the Pirates to a nine win season that included a victory over Virginia Tech Pinkney followed a poor per formance against Appalachian State a week ago by going 16 of 39 for 175 yards with one touch down pass and an interception East Carolina was limited to 237 yards of offense "I know wrong right East Carolina coach Skip Holtz said "I'll have to sit A down and talk with Patrick not calling different plays We throw a deep ball and over throw it We jump offside then he throws a slant route behind the guy We're going to try and get it corrected" Behind Brown West Virginia has balance in its offense mov ing away somewhat from the run based spread attack made popular by former Coach Rich Rodriguez Brown was especially im pressive with the deep ball Two ot his touchdown passes went for more than 45 yards and he had a 28 yard pass for a first down to Jock Sanders Brown capped his day by hitting freshman Tavon Austin with a 58 yard touchdown pass early in the third quarter to put West Virginia ahead 28 20 East Carolina had a chance to close the gap in the fourth but turned the ball over on downs at the West Virginia 25 Noel Devine led West Vir ginia with 80 yards rushing including a 4 yard touchdown run midway through the fourth that capped the scoring Sand ers had nine catches for 99 yards All of East points came with help from West Vir ginia mistakes The Mountain eers committed five penalties on their first two possessions giving the Pirates great field position early and Sanders and te animate Brandon I logan misha ndled second quarter punts East first half scoring drives went 31 26 0 and 1 8 yards the shortest and longest of which went for field goals Top 25 Trojans rally to beat Buckeyes Cougars shock No 5 Cowboys THE ASSOCIATED PRESS No 3 USC 18 No 8 Ohio State 15: Backed up to their own goal line Matt Barkley and Joe McKnight drove into Southern California lore Bark ley the freshman quarterback and McKnight the shifty tailback made big play after big play and Stafon Johnson capped one of the great drives in storied history with a 2 yard touchdown run with 1:05 left to give the visiting Trojans a victory against Ohio State last night or the Buckeyes (1 1) it was an other big game heartbreaker maybe the toughest one yet Ohio State has now lost six straight against top five teams Houston 45 No Oklahoma State 35: Case Keenum threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns and Bryce Beall caught the go ahead 6 yard pass off a batted ball as vis iting Houston stunned Oklahoma State yesterday The Cougars (2 0) gave Coach Kevin Sumlin his first marquee win with the program's first victory over a top 5 team since an upset of third ranked Texas in 1984 Oklahoma State (1 1) was coming off of perhaps the biggest opening win in the history last week against Georgia and vaulted into the top 5 for the first time since 1985 AP PHOTO iliou Stafon Johnson (13) of USC Is tackled by two Ohio State defenders Michigan 38 No 18 Nptre Dame 34: Tate orcier threw a 5 yard touch down pass to Greg Mathews with 11 seconds left lifting Michigan past visiting Notre Dame yesterday Armando Allen ran for a touch down and got the 2 point conversion on a nifty Statue of Liberty play with 5:13 left after Jimmy Clausen threw his third touchdown pass to give the ighting Irish (1 1) the lead but their defense could not deny orcier and the Wolverines (2 0) No 1 lorida 56 Troy 6: Tim Tebow threw four touchdown passes ran for another score and the Ga tors beat visiting Troy yesterday in their final tuneup before beginning Southeastern Conference play lorida (2 0) started slow in this one punting twice and fumbling once in its first four series But once Tebow Co got on track the Trojans (0 2) looked nearly as over matched as Charleston Southern did last week No 2 Texas 41 Wyoming 10: Colt McCoy warmed up after a shaky start and visiting Texas overcame poor special teams play and a bad first half to beat Wyoming on a cold and breezy day yesterday The Longhorns (2 0) looked ready to be lassoed until taking a 13 10 lead just before halftime although their defense had a great afternoon against a spread offense in prepara tion for next weekend's showdown with Texas Tech No 4 Alabama 40 IU 14: Greg McElroy completed a school record 14 straight passes freshman Trent Richardson rushed for a pair of second half touchdowns and No 4 Alabama pulled away for a 40 14 victory over visiting lorida Interna tional last night' The Crimson Tide (243) shake the 33 point underdog Gold en Panthers (0 1) until Richardson scored from 9 and 35 yards in the final 19 minutes Terry Grant added a 42 yard TD run No 7 Penn State 28 Syracuse 7: Evan Royster ran for a touchdown and caught another and No 7 Penn State contained quarterback Greg Paulus and visiting Syracuse Roysterturned a short throw into a 49 yard touchdown on the opening drive and added a 12 yard scoring run to give the Nittany Lionsa 14 0 lead in the second quarter Penn State (2 0) shut down Syra running game and the Orange (0 2) unsuccessfully tried to throw off the Nittany defense at times alternating Paulus and backup Ryan Nassib at quarterback i No 9 BYU 54 Tulane 3: Max Hall threw two touchdown passes Bryan Karlya scored twice yesterday and visiting Brigham Young crushed Tulane The Cougars (2 0) got off to a sluggish start following their big win over Oklahoma managing only two field goals by Mitch Payne in the first quarter BYU began hitting its stride just before halftime building a 20 3 lead BYU had 527 yards of total offense including 206 on the ground No 10 California 59 Eastern Washington 7: Jahvid Best rushed for 144 yards and scored two touch downs to make sure California avoid ed a letdown against visiting Eastern Washington yesterday Best caught a 22 yard touchdown pass from Kevin Riley in the first half and scored on a 1 yard run in the third quarter for the Golden Bears (2 0) Riley also ran for a touchdown and Shane Vareen had three short TD runs as Cal posted its second straight blowout No 11 LSU 23 Vanderbilt 9: Keiland Williams rushed for 72 yards and only two touchdowns as the Tigers (2 0 1 0 SEC) beat visit ing Vanderbilt on a rain soaked night last night The Commodores (1 1 0 1) trailed by only one touchdown midway through the fourth quarter as they attempted to win in Tiger Stadium for the first time since 1951 No 12 Boise State 48 Miami Ohio 0: Kellen Moore threw four touchdown passes and Boise State rolled over visiting Miami Ohio last night The Broncos (2 0) were never really challenged by the rebuilding RedHawks (0 2) still looking for their first points of the season No 13 Oklahoma 64 Idaho State 0: reshman quarterback Lan dry Jones threw three touchdown passes in his first career start and Oklahoma routed visiting Idaho State last night Jones replacing injured Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford found favorite target in Ryan Broyles who caught scoring passes of 24 51 and 11 yards and finished with seven catches for 155 yards for Oklahoma (1 1) which bounced back from a season opening loss to BYU 7 No 16 TCU 30 Virginia 14: Visit ingTCU held new spread offense to seven first downs Satur day and the Horned rogs breezed in their season opener Virginia (0 2) largely avoided the turnover problems that led to their 1 opening loss to William and Mary but couldn't get anything going against the stout TCU defense No 21 Georgia 41 South Caro lina 37: Rennie Curran broke up a fourth down pass at the goal line and Georgia (1 1 1 0 SEC) held off visiting South Carolina (1 1 0 1) in a wild game last night The nearly four hour contest decided until Curran a line backer batted down Stephen Gar final throw on a fourth and 4 play at the Georgia 7 with 27 sec onds remaining No 22 Nebraska 38 Arkansas State 9: Zac Lee passed for 340 yards and four touchdowns and Ne braska warmed up for next trip to Virginia Tech with a rout of visiting Arkansas State yesterday The Cornhuskers (2 0) scored on five of their first six possessions ending any hopes the Red Wolves (1 1) had of pulling an even bigger upset than their win at Texas last year No 23 Cincinnati 70 SE Mis souri State 3: Mardy Gilyard scored four touchdowns as part of the third best scoring performance in Cincin history reaching the end zone on an electrifying punt return a run and two catches last night as the Bearcats routed visiting Southeast Missouri State A quick strike offense scored every which way during a 49 point first half the biggest in coach Brian three seasons at Cincinnati (2 0) Gilyard was the catalyst put ting together one of the top individual performances in school history No 24 Kansas 34 UTEP 7: Jake Sharp ran for 104 yards and three touchdowns while visiting Kansas got two big punt returns from Daymond Patterson to beatTexas EI Paso lastnight Todd Reesing completed 25 of 41 attempts for 260 yards passing one interception He threw a 5 TD to Sharp and worked again Dezmon Briscoe who returned from a one game suspension and had eight catches for 154 yards No 25 Missouri 27 Bowling Green 20: Blaine Gabbert threw two i second half touchdown passes and Derrick Washington scored the go ahead TD late in the fourth quarter helping Missouri rally from a dud start to beat visiting Bowling Green in its home opener last night Washington had 120 yards on 23 carries for the Tigers who jumped into the rankings after an Impres sive opening victory over Illinois and needed a strong finish for any hope of staying there Missouri (2 0) trailed 13 0 In the second quarter and 20 6 midway In tho third before awakening I i.