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Kv A Mtj 41' V' El' Winston Salem Journal Editor Phil Hrichak (336) 727 7329sportswsjournalcom aaaggtgaajH38HgmgijajMEi mm Rose remains on top at BMW He made only one bogey In his 2 under 69 that gave him a four shot lead going into the final round Details Page B3 ACC is about to conquer East Coast Chapel hill North Caro lina and Virginia wandered into the wispy gray mist Saturday afternoon resuming the oldest football ri valry Two dozen flags fluttered along Kenan upper rim and in the vast murky dis tance winds of change battered college crumbling status quo again Carolina won the game 28 17 The ACC took major steps to ward winning a war of survival over the Big East revealing that Pitt and Syracuse had applied for membership aiwiihM j'i Lenox Rawlings lrawllngswsjournalcom If those deals go down and little reason to expect any other result the ACC will leap halfway to the ultimate expansionist fantasy of a 16 team superconference insulated from economic disruption The sudden development jolted the college entertainment industry Dick Baddour Caroli retiring athletics director and a member of ACC commis sioner John study committee said that events moved much faster than he ever expected Only two months ago Baddour predicted no immedi ate changes but that was before Texas joined the SEC pledge class obvious that the world is turning upside Baddour said During the past year the SEC Big Ten and Pac 12 opened doors to muscular newcomers The flow of events put the Big 12 on the implosion watch list The biggest big picture view of the future envisions four 16 team conferences controlling virtually all of the TV riches If chal lenged the heavyweights could break away from the cunent NCAA structure and start a basketball tournament that would drain the NCAA treasury ollowed to a logical exten sionthe fourth 16 team league would revolve around the pre sent ACC Big East or Big 12 By adding Pitt and Syracuse the ACC takes the lead in the buck chasing match race The Big East bedeviled by the complexity of serving basket ball only schools such as Georgetown and Villanova might scramble to keep the lineup intact As a practical matter that looks futile You formally apply for accept tance unless acceptance is a lock 'i In the dreamiest scenario the ACC would snag Texas for a football cornerstone and pick another compatible university to reach 16 The way the expan sion derby took the latest turn though Texas goes East seems less likely now and so does the RAWLINGS Page B8 jii mill 'hsm Ji 3MEHMgr3MMEH jKflHBk a 'I MT Jl kBbME VBMEBMMMMBBMMOIMEaMfiEMEflEIEMME HI A MET MSI jC: ar afei Cv jaga 'Xi A Hfe 3 9L V' li Jr 5 Ill 1 i 1 urrharilH BRUCE CHAPMANJOURNAL WU linebacker Kyle Wilber (97) grabs a fistful of jersey sacking Gardner Chandler Browning Deacons get in step and waltz to victory After a wobbly start Wake orest disposes of Gardner Webb BY DAN COLLINS Winston Salem Journal Wake orest got a jump on its off week by putting Gardner Webb away in time to waltz through the second half of Sat 48 5 walkover in front of 28765 at ield Shaky out of the gates the Deacons scored touchdowns on their final drive of the first half and first three possessions of the second half to send the home fans home early and happy By the time third team tailback Nick Knott scored a 12 yard touchdown to extend the lead to 43 the starters had long since repaired to the sideline to con template an open date to pre pare for the Oct 1 game at Boston College Wake orest improved to 2 1 Gardner Webb of the CS Big South Conference fell to 1 2 enjoyed quarterback Tanner Price said kind of reminded me of high school and being able to watch the third and fourth quarter was a good feeling I wish we did it more Price completed 21 of 32 pass es for 281 yards and two touch downs before being replaced by Ted Stachitas on the second possession of the second half Danny Dembry caught a career high eight passes for 126 yards and Chris Givens caught seven for 85 yards and a touchdown The Deacons piled up 454 yards and 29 first downs compared to 139 yards and five first downs by the Bulldogs Lovell Jackson deliv ered two key plays while filling in for Michael Campanaro who missed the game with a sore hamstring Jackson returned a kickoff 65 yards to set up the first touchdown and caught 21 yard pass on a third and 14 play that led to a 5 yard touchdown pass from Price to Terence Davis and a 27 5 lead But the play that really set the rout in motion was a blocked punt by Givens that gave Wake orest possession at the Gard ner Webb 6 yard line Brandon Pendergrass scored on the next play and the Deacons had their first real working margin at 20 5 with lO'z minutes left in the second quarter Givens got such a jump off the left side of the defense that he actually blocked foe punt by Graham Purvis with his side just block Givens said I came at foe ball I was expecting foe end to come out on me or something but he even come out was surprised that I got there and foe bjock looked pret ty bad because it looked like I just ran into foe punter But I just got there faster than I expec ted to and he was still fumbling around with it I know what to do I just made sure I The Bulldogs com ing off a 30 3 cirubbing at Ohio University gave foe Deacons problems early" driving for a 27 yard field goal by Trever Aus tin on their first possession and then tackling Josh Harris in foe end zone for a safety The offi cials originally ruled Harris down at foe 1 but a replay revealed that his elbow hit foe turf in foe end zone Defensive tackle Matt Goods made foe tackle pulling Gard ner Webb to 10 5 with 2:14 left in foe first quarter Gardner Webb would have made foe game even more har rowing for Wake orest if quar terback Chandler Browning had been able to hit receivers who were open behind foe coverage Browning completed 9 of 23 passes for 108 yards Bud Noel a redshirt freshman DEACONS Page B9 I gats wlm aw Virginia Tar Heels use passing running BY BILL COLE VVInston Salem Journal chapel hill North Caroli na fell behind Saturday for foe first time this season then charged back behind quarter back Bryn Renner and tailback Giovani Bernard' to defeat Vir ginia at Kenan Stadium North Carolina won 28 17 after building leads of 21 3 early in foe third quarter and 28 10 late in foe quarter Renner threw two touchdown passes and Bernard ran for 102 yards to become foe first North Caro lina freshman with a 100 yard rushing game since 2007 The Tar Heels also broke a 10 game losing streak in ACC openers and won consecutive games against foe Cavaliers for foe first time since 1981 82 Renner a sophomore said that foe most important thing' was to be 1 0 in conference play for foe first time since foe 2000 season feels he said thought we played decent We play foe best game of our lives but anytime you can win awesome" North Carolina (3 0) also forced its first turnover of foe season and three total includ ing two on late interceptions Virginia fell to 2 1 (0 1) despite 468 yards of offense Virginia took a 3 0 lead in foe second quarter on a 38 yard field goal by Robert Randolph but Renner led put North Caro lina in control by leading con secutive touchdown drives The first drive covered 74 yards in five plays and ended when Renner connected with receiver Jheranie Boyd on an 18 yard touchdown pass in foe left comer of foe end zone Casey extra point made foe score 7 3 Virginia reached foe North THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fSCr A' MBs JOEL' mMm TiiiyWEI SMI North Dwight Jones (83) and Bryn Renner celebrate Jones' second half touchdown against Virginia Carolina 36 on its next drive but turned foe ball over on downs when linebacker Ebele rush forced reserve quarterback David Watford in to an incomplete pass on fourth and 3 Renner then led a 12 play 64 yard scoring drive that end ed when tailback Ryan Houston leaped into foe end zone from foe 1 just ahead of linebacker Aaron Taliaferro It was foe first of two touchdowns Barth kicked foe extra point putting North Carolina ahead 14 3 but strained a leg muscle and did not return Thomas Moore took over kicking duties Renner said that scoring foe touchdowns after Virginia had taken foe lead was a response went over and said some thing to foe offensive Renner said told them 'We need to get it and stuff like that first two drives go" as planned We switched gears that much late ly so that was a time when we needed to step up and help our TAR HEELS Page B8 WSSU demolishes Chowan high octane offense leads way in 55 24 victory BY JOHN DELL Winston Salem Journal Murfreesboro Dif ferent opponent similar result Winston Salem State rolled to its second straight lopsided win Sat urday night 55 24 against Chowan It followed a 67 16 victory at Virginia Union and although this game as lopsided it was just as impressive As quarterback Kame ron Smith rested on foe bench in foe waning min utes his left knee wrapped in ice he gave a thumbs up to some of foe WSSU fans who braved foe wet weather tried to keep it going from our previous game" said Smith who had career highs for touchdown passes (6) and yards passing (355) tried to come out focus and play our The Rams racked up 619 yards and scored all of 1 their points on offense Against Virginia Union they scored twice on spe cial teams give this to foe line and my said Smith who was 17 of 31 passing but did have one interception his lone mis take The Rams will take a 3 0 record into next Satur home opener against ayetteville State at Bowman Gray Stadium And foe question for other CIAA teams is can foe Rams be stopped? RAMS Page B9 Duke edges BC i on missed try gSZ aj laa THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Boston College kicker Nate reese (85) watches his field goal attempt from the 23 miss Blue Devils QB Rcnfree completes 40 passes in win The Associated Press boston Duke had overcome a 19 7 deficit Its quarterback had tied a school record with 40 completions But foe Blue Devils were just a short field goal at tempt away from losing Then Nate reese knocked his 23 yard kick off foe left upright with 43 seconds left and Duke held on for a 20 19 victory over Boston College in Sat ACC opener for both teams feel horrible and all Singing and cele brating" said David Cut cliffo in his fourth season as coach sport what you do this for I want io sing a lot BLUE DEVILS Page B8 LW ittl.