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Sep 29, 2018 AMHERST, N. Y. Army mixed in a few big scoring plays with its ground-control offense to defeat previously unbeaten Buffalo 42-13 on Saturday. The Black Knights' triple-option offense gained 281 yards and scored four touchdowns on the ground while running up 37:34 in time of possession. They had four touchdown drives of at least 10 plays and 74 yards. Having led the nation in rushing last season, Army (3-2) came into the game ranked fourth at 314. 8 yards per game while leading the country in time of possession at 40:53. Quarterback Kevin Hopkins led the Black Knights with 89 yards on 19 carries. He also completed 4 of 5 passes for 91 yards and a 25-yard touchdown to Jordan Asberry. Calen Holt, Connor Slomka, Darnell Woolfolk and Luke Langdon had rushing touchdowns. Army also scored on Elijah Riley's 80-yard blocked field goal return in the second quarter. The Black Knights slowed a Buffalo offense that averaged 40. 2 points and 428. 8 yards through the first four games. The Bulls (4-1) took an early lead when KJ Osborn tip-toed down the sideline for a 53-yard touchdown on the fourth play of the game. But they finished with 255 total yards. THE TAKEAWAYArmy: Recovering from an overtime loss against No. 5 Oklahoma last week, the Black Knights have a winning record through five games in three straight seasons for the first time since 1984-86. Their five opponents had a combined record of 17-3 entering Saturday. Buffalo: Playing before the fifth-largest crowd in UB Stadium history (23,671) after starting 4-0 for the first time since 1981 - when they played at the Division III level - the Bulls snapped a seven-game winning streak dating to last season. That was tied for the fourth-longest nationally and one shy of the program record. UP NEXTArmy: The Black Knights head into a bye week before traveling to San Jose State on Oct. 13 to finish a three-game road swing. Buffalo: The Bulls return to Mid-American Conference play next Saturday at Central Michigan. POLL IMPLICATIONSBuffalo received six votes in last week's poll but is unlikely to merit consideration after falling from the unbeaten ranks. Some of those votes could go to Army, whose only losses have come on the road against No. 22 Duke and No. 5 Oklahoma.
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Sep 25, 2018 The schedule forces Michigan State to take a step back this week. If the Spartans want to remain in the rankings, they can't afford to take an even bigger step back. Michigan State opened its Big Ten schedule on Saturday night with a 35-21 road victory over Indiana following a bye week. Before the No. 21 Spartans can fully concentrate on competing for a conference championship, they must turn their attention to in-state foe Central Michigan in a nonconference contest. They'll host the Chippewas on Saturday afternoon. "That's not a perfect scenario," Spartans coach Mark Dantonio said. "I'd rather play our out-of-conference games and then go into it. But you know who you're going to play going into (the season), so you need to prepare yourself mentally and focus accordingly. " Michigan State (2-1) already stumbled against an unranked opponent, losing at Arizona State 16-13 in its second game of the season. On that night, the Spartans gave away a fourth-quarter lead. History nearly repeated itself after they built a seemingly safe 21-point advantage against the Hoosiers. Indiana crept within seven points with 3:28 remaining before Spartans freshman receiver Jalen Nailor scored on a 75-yard end around to give them some breathing room. Michigan State overcame four turnovers and a spotty running game, two things that Dantonio seeks to improve upon in the final non-conference tune-up. Quarterback Brian Lewerke was intercepted twice and also lost one of two fumbles. For the season, Lewerke has completed 66 percent of his passes but his TD-to-interception ratio is just 5-to-4. "He tries to carry the load," Dantonio said. "He tries to make plays sometimes when he needs to throw it away. You've got to take the good with the bad. I still think he makes a lot of plays for us, a ton of plays for us and he's delivering the ball to a very large extent on time and in the right place. " MSU running backs Connor Heyward and La'Darius Jefferson combined for just 57 yards on 22 carries. Usual workhorse L. J. Scott missed the game with an ankle injury, though Dantonio expects him to play this Saturday. The Spartans' biggest strength this season has been their rushing defense. They've held opponents to a nation-best 1. 14 yards per carry. No other team has given up fewer than 2 yards a carry. "I'm impressed with our focus and our energy and how we come to play," Dantonio said. "We've stopped the run effectively, we've tackled well and we're starting to pressure the quarterback more effectively. " The Chippewas (1-3) lost to Kentucky, Kansas and Northern Illinois before besting Maine 17-5 last weekend. Junior quarterback Tony Lazzaro made his first career start against the Black Bears in an attempt to inject some life into a moribund attack. It didn't quite work out that way, as the Chippewas mustered just 177 yards of total offense. But Lazzaro did pass for a score and run for another and the defense did the rest. "It was good to see us get a little bit of rhythm there and move the football, but we've got to get healthier on offense and we've got to be more consistent," Central Michigan coach John Bonamego said. Bonamego knows his team will have to play its best game this season just to prevent a blowout. His offense is averaging a paltry 15 points per game. The opportunity to play a high-profile in-state opponent should give the Chippewas a mental boost. "I think it means more to the in-state kids on both teams than maybe to the out-of-state kids," he said to the Detroit Free Press. "But any time you have a chance to play a Big Ten team or any of the Power 5 or the autonomous conferences, it's always a challenge for all of us here in the MAC (Mid-American Conference), and it's something that we gear up for. " Central Michigan has given Michigan State trouble in the past. The Chippewas pulled an upset at Spartan Stadium as recently as 2009, but the Spartans have won the last three meetings and now lead the all-time series 7-3.They last met in 2015, and Michigan State won that game 30-10. The Spartans are 41-6 against current members of the MAC.
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Sep 29, 2018 EAST LANSING, Mich. Brian Lewerke ran for two touchdowns in the first half, and No. 21 Michigan State overcame a slow start and an underwhelming finish to beat Central Michigan 31-20 on Saturday. The Spartans entered with the nation's top-ranked run defense and held CMU to 5 yards on the ground in the first two quarters. Michigan State led 31-3 before letting the Chippewas rally a bit in the fourth. Connor Heyward and La'Darius Jefferson also ran for touchdowns for the Spartans. CMU (1-4) kicked a field goal on the game's first possession and held that lead at the end of the first quarter. Lewerke threw an interception in the end zone in the first, but the Spartans (3-1) would have plenty of chances in the red zone. Lewerke scored on runs of 3 and 5 yards, and Michigan State led 17-3 at halftime. CMU's Tommy Lozzaro threw two interceptions in the first half, giving the Spartans great field position. Heyward and Jefferson scored their TDs in the third, but the Spartans didn't close the game out very emphatically. CMU scored a touchdown, recovered an onside kick and then kicked a field goal to make it 31-13. Then the Chippewas scored on a trick play, with running back Jonathan Ward throwing a 29-yard scoring pass to Tony Poljan with 6:44 remaining. The Spartans, who were without running back LJ Scott for a second straight game, were able to run out the clock after that. Lewerke went 16 of 25 for 185 yards. THE TAKEAWAYCMU: The Chippewas kept this game close for most of the first half, but the turnovers by Lazzaro made a difficult task even harder. The late comeback made the final score respectable. Michigan State: The Spartans aren't at full strength, and mistakes like Lewerke's interception could cause bigger problems against better competition. Still, this was a dominant defensive performance until the final quarter, and if that continues, the Spartans can certainly be a factor in the Big Ten. POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Spartans never seemed like they were in much danger of losing, but they didn't rack up many style points against an opponent they were expected to beat easily. UP NEXTCMU: The Chippewas host Buffalo next Saturday. Michigan State: The Spartans go back to their Big Ten schedule with a home game against Northwestern next Saturday. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25---Follow Noah Trister at www. Twitter. com/noahtrister
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Sep 29, 2018 ATLANTA Georgia Tech rushed for touchdowns the first seven times it had the ball with TaQuon Marshall, Jordan Mason and Tobias Oliver scoring twice each as the Yellow Jackets dominated Bowling Green 63-17 on Saturday. Marshall also had a big day as a thrower. The senior quarterback completed 5-of-6 passes for 160 yards - an average of 32 yards per completion - to help Tech (2-3) break a three-game losing streak. Bowling Green (1-4) entered the game last in the nation in run defense, allowing 333. 5 yards per contest. The Jackets finished with 372 rushing yards. The Falcons had some success passing the ball in Bobby Dodd Stadium, where sophomore quarterback Jarret Doege completed 27-of-44 for 305 yards and a score. He was intercepted twice, though, once by David Curry in the end zone and when Anree Saint-Amour returned a deflected pass three yards for a Tech touchdown in the fourth quarter. The visitors gained little on the ground. They finished with 63 rushing yards, including just one yard as they fell behind 28-10 in the first half. Georgia Tech seized control of the game early in the second half when their first possession ended on a 33-yard scoring run by Mason, a redshirt freshman fullback. Moments later, Doege fumbled when sacked by Tech linebacker Victor Alexander, and reserve end Antwan Owens returned the ball 21 yards. That set up fullback Jerry Howard's 5-yard scoring run to give the Tech a 42-10 lead with 7:44 left in the third quarter. Oliver, Tech's backup quarter, led all rushers with 116 yards, including a 62-yard score late in the game. THE TAKEAWAYBowling Green: Nobody can accuse the Falcons of scheduling down. They've also suffered lopsided non-conference losses of 58-24 at Oregon and 45-14 to Maryland. At least the program earned $900,000 for traveling to Atlanta. Georgia Tech: The Jackets played easily their best game of the season, and one week after head coach Paul Johnson promised that his team would be better at handling the ball in the pitch-heavy spread option offense, Tech recovered its only fumble. A week earlier, the Jackets fumbled eight times in a 49-21 loss to Clemson. UP NEXTBowling Green: With a rare Friday game, the Yellow Jackets return to ACC action at Louisville. Georgia Tech: The Falcons will dig back into a Mid-American Conference rivalry when they travel 25 miles to play Toledo next Saturday. ----------More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 BOSTON Anthony Brown threw for two touchdowns and caught one, AJ Dillon rushed for 161 yards and two scores before leaving with an apparent ankle injury and Boston College held off Temple 45-35 on Saturday in a chippy game that saw three players ejected for targeting. Dillon, the Atlantic Coast Conference's preseason player of the year, limped off favoring his left ankle after a defender fell on the back of his leg early in the third quarter. He went to the sideline, had it taped, but didn't return. Brown completed 15 of 33 passes for 139 yards for the Eagles (4-1), which rebounded from a lopsided loss at Purdue last week that dropped them out of the Top 25. His mom - Carissa Henderson - sang a stirring rendition of `God Bless America' at the end of the third quarter. Backup running back Ben Glines had 120 yards on 23 carries with a TD, and Tommy Sweeney and Jeff Smith each had a TD catch for BC. Ryquell Armstead carried it 24 times for 171 yards and a career-best four scores for the Owls (2-3). It was his third straight 100-yard game. Anthony Russo was 20 of 45 for 255 yards, but he threw two interceptions. Trailing 21-13 late in second quarter, BC capitalized on an interception and scored 18 unanswered points to take a 10-point lead into halftime. Dillon broke around the left side, going 52 yards for a score, and Brown hit tight end Sweeney for a 2-point conversion to tie it. On the Owls' next possession, Taj-Amir Torres picked off Russo before Dillon's 2-yard scoring run pushed BC ahead. Danny Longman booted a 26-yard field - on his first collegiate try - with 20 seconds left in the half. Brown caught his TD - a 9-yarder from QB-turned-receiver Smith - to make it 38-21 midway into the third. THE TAKEAWAYTemple: After a rough start this season, the Owls are playing tough, competitive football. They should be a strong contender in conference action if they bring the same energy. Boston College: The health of Dillon is important for the Eagles' success this season. . BC's offense collected 423 total yards after getting just 229 last week. EJECTIONSBC's DB Lukas Denis was ejected early in the second quarter, Temple's TE Chris Myarick for a helmet hit on an interception return, and Owls' safety Jyquis Thomas for nailing receiver Michael Walker. UP NEXTTemple: Hosts East Carolina in American Athletic Conference play next Saturday. The Owls will be looking to start 2-0 in league action. Boston College: At North Carolina State next Saturday. The Eagles can start 2-0 in ACC play for the first time since 2007.
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Sep 25, 2018 Clemson will put its unblemished record and No. 3 ranking on the line Saturday when the Tigers play host to perhaps the Atlantic Coast Conference's most surprising unbeaten team: Syracuse. "They beat us last year, so they know they can beat us - and we know they can beat us," Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. Indeed, Syracuse is one of just two Atlantic Coast Conference teams (Pitt being the other in 2016) to defeat Clemson since November of 2014. The-then No. 2-ranked Tigers fell at Syracuse last season 27-24 as quarterback Eric Dungey threw three touchdown passes and the Orange defense held the Tigers to only 113 yards rushing. "This quarterback is a baller, man," Swinney said. "We did not contain him very well at all last year. It all starts with this quarterback. He'll have a chance to play after Syracuse, for sure. " Dungey ranks among the ACC leaders in both rushing and passing, totaling 279. 3 yards per game, and keying a Syracuse offense that is averaging 49. 5 points per game, which ranks 10th in the FBS. Both teams enter Saturday's nationally televised noon game with identical 4-0 overall records and 1-0 ACC starts. "If you can think of a way to run a screen, they've got it," Swinney said. "We're going to need our depth in this game for sure. " Despite Syracuse's stunning upset of the Tigers at the Carrier Dome last season, the momentum didn't carry over as the teams went in opposite directions. Clemson won six straight games before losing to Alabama in the Sugar Bowl while the Orange closed the season with five consecutive defeats en route to a 4-8 finish. Swinney insists that revenge isn't a factor this time around. "A bad memory and a bad taste in my mouth is a motivating factor," Swinney said. "Hey, they won the football game, they outplayed us. When you look back on that last year, bad things happened. How do you respond? We want to win this game not to get revenge, but because it's a division game and we want to be the best version of ourselves that we can be. " Syracuse coach Dino Babers will be taking a team into Clemson's Death Valley for a second time, and he'd rather not recall the first trip to Clemson in his first season at the helm in 2016. The Tigers won going away, 54-0, on their way to the national title. "We had a lot of difficulties," Babers said. "We couldn't hear. It's going to be extremely loud, but that's how it's supposed to be in a big game when you're going into somebody else's place. "Clemson's going to be ready to go, and we're not going to have our home crowd with us. They're going to have their home crowd with them. That's a big advantage. " Syracuse also will face one of the nation's top defenses. Led by a defensive front line of All-America candidates Christian Wilkins, Dexter Lawrence, Clelin Ferrell and Austin Bryant, the Tigers rank among the national leaders in total defense, tackles for loss, sacks and rushing defense. "They're an extremely talented team," Babers said. "Their entire front four is going to get drafted. I've never seen a front four like that before. It's going to take an almost spotless game on our part, but we're looking forward to the chance to go down there and play them. " As if that weren't tall task enough for the Orange, Clemson will give freshman quarterback Trevor Lawrence the first start of his career. Lawrence, a 6-foot-6 gunslinger who ranked among the top high school quarterbacks in the country last year, split time with incumbent Kelly Bryant through the first four games, but was named the team's starter for the Syracuse game on Monday. "He has the elite ability to push the ball down the field," Swinney said. "He's got a bunch of touchdown drives and has just been very, very productive. He deserves this. " Lawrence was named ACC Rookie of the Week for his performance in a victory at Georgia Tech last Saturday that included four touchdown passes to four different receivers.
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Sep 29, 2018 CLEMSON, S. C. With new starting quarterback Trevor Lawrence knocked out of the game, No. 3 Clemson rallied behind Travis Etienne, who ran for 2-yard touchdown with 41 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to give the Tigers a 27-23 victory over Syracuse on Saturday. Etienne finished with three TDs and a career-high 203 yards rushing to bail out the quarterback-depleted Tigers (5-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who went from having one too many starting-caliber QBs earlier in the week to not enough by the second half against the Orange (4-1, 1-1). Lawrence left his first career start late in the second quarter with a possible concussion. Lawrence was promoted to starter earlier in the week by coach Dabo Swinney and that prompted senior Kelly Bryant, who had started the first four games and led the Tigers to the College Football Playoff last year, to leave the team. That left one-time third-stringer Chase Brice to lead the comeback - and it looked bleak when Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey bulled his way in for a 1-yard score with 12:58 remaining to make it 23-13. Etienne's 26-yard touchdown run with 11:08 to go drew Clemson within a field goal and Brice, a redshirt freshman with just eight career passes, directed a 94-yard scoring drive that included a 20-yard completion on fourth-and-6 to keep things going. When Etienne went in for the go-ahead score, most of the 80,122 at Memorial Stadium erupted in celebration after fretting most of the contest. Dungey was sacked twice by freshman Xavier Thomas on Syracuse's final drive. The Orange were trying for their first 5-0 start since 1987. Dungey finished with two rushing touchdowns. He was 26 of 41 passing for 250 yards and an interception. The win capped an odd week for the Tigers, who lost a popular, charismatic leader - and potential safety net in Lawrence's absence - in Bryant. And now Lawrence's status is up in the air. The crowd went silent as Lawrence lay on the turf after getting hit hard to the head in the second quarter. Swinney said Bryant would be welcome back to the team if he changed his mind. A new NCAA rule allows players to participate in four games and still take a redshirt season. Bryant's plan is to redshirt this season and transfer to another school, where he would eligible to play immediately next season because he has already graduated. Lawrence, the former five-star recruit, was so-so in his starting debut. Lawrence fumbled on his second snap and was off target much of his time in. He was 10 of 15 for 93 yards. Brice entered right before halftime and ended with 83 yards passing. THE TAKEAWAYSyracuse: The Orange had chances to put this one away and make it two straight victories against Clemson, but could not overcome the Tigers' talented defense in the second half. Clemson: The Tigers would surely love a bye week so Lawrence could heal and the players could have some to absorb their chaotic week. This victory should help galvanize the team as it goes for a fourth straight ACC crown. MISSING TIGERSClemson announced shortly before kickoff two reserves in cornerback Mark Fields and receiver Cornell Powell would not play. UP NEXTSyracuse finishes a two-game road swing at Pittsburgh next Saturday. Clemson heads to Wake Forest next Saturday. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 PISCATAWAY, N. J. Peyton Ramsey ran for a touchdown and threw another and Indiana scored on its first four possessions in beating Rutgers 24-17 on Saturday, sending the Scarlet Knights to their fourth-straight loss. Ramsey scored the go-ahead touchdown with a 1-yard run and added a 2-yard TD pass to J-Shun Harris II in a 17-point second quarter that carried the Hoosiers (3-1, 1-1 Big Ten) over Rutgers (1-4, 0-2). Scottie Stevens tallied on a 16-yard run on Indiana's first possession and Logan Justice kicked a 44-yard field goal on their last possession of the half as the Hoosiers built a 24-7 lead. Freshman Art Sitkowski (18 of 35 for 154 yards) threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Shameen Jones on the opening possession of the game to give Rutgers a short-lived 7-0 lead. The Scarlet Knights threatened in the fourth quarter, cutting the lead to a 24-17 on a 1-yard run by Jonathan Hilliman and a 52-yard field goal by Justin Davidovicz with 3:52 to play. But Ramsey, who was 27 of 40 for 288 yards, completed a 25-yard, fourth-down pass to Peyton Hendershot from the Hoosiers 34 to ice the game in the closing minutes. Ramsey also ran for 47 yards in leading scoring drives 75, 88, 68 and 54 yards. The pass to Henderson came after the tight end went in motion late in the play clock, drawing Rutgers offsides, giving the quarterback a free play. Ramsey's go-ahead, fourth-down 1-yard run came after Indiana had a fumble overturned and Ramsey TD's run upheld on consecutive replays. THE TAKEAWAYIndiana: The start is the best for Indiana since going 4-0 in 2015. The problem is the Hoosiers have Ohio State, Iowa and No. 9 Penn State as their next three opponents. Rutgers: If Rutgers plays as well as it did in the second half, they might win a few more games. UP NEXTIndiana plays at No. 4 Ohio State next Saturday. Rutgers hosts Illinois next Saturday. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 26, 2018 Former Alabama assistant coach Billy Napier will be coming back to Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday. He may not be looking forward to it. The first-year head coach will bring Louisiana, which has never lined up against a team ranked No. 1 in its history. The Ragin' Cajuns (1-2) lost their Sun Belt Conference opener last week to Coastal Carolina 30-28. They've already played an SEC opponent, losing 46-10 at Mississippi State on Sept. 15. "Well, it's humbling," Napier said during his on-campus press conference Monday. "You've got a chance to go play the No. 1 team in the country and coach against the best that's ever done it. So, I think it'll be a great experience for our staff, our players and certainly for me as a first-year head coach. " Napier was one of Nick Saban's reclamation projects after being fired at Clemson, where at age 29 he was once the youngest offensive coordinator in the FBS. He spent the 2011 season as an Alabama analyst, followed Jim McElwain to Colorado State for a season, was hired by Jimbo Fisher at Florida State only to get a call from Saban a few weeks later and signed on to be the Crimson Tide's wide receiver coach from 2013-16. So he recruited many of the players now lighting up the scoreboard for the Crimson Tide this season. "He recruited me," said sophomore wide receiver DeVonta Smith, who hails from Amite, La. "He's a great man. He's over there changing the program around and doing great things. " But he'll be on the opposing sideline Saturday, and Saban isn't known for taking it easy on his former coaches. With last week's 45-23 victory over No. 22 Texas A&M and Fisher, he's 13-0 against his one-time assistants. "I'm sure he knows a lot of the stuff that we do, so that'll pose an extra challenge for us," Alabama senior tight end Hale Hentges said. How much of a challenge is the question. Alabama (4-0, 2-0 SEC) set an SEC record by being the first team in league history to score 50-plus points in each of its first three games, and has topped 500 yards of total offense in all four. Moreover, the Crimson Tide wasn't pleased with how the running game played against the Aggies last week, totaling 109 yards. It's been a point of emphasis in practice this week regardless of the opponent. Louisiana is led by senior quarterback Andre Nunez, who has completed 72. 3 percent of his passes, but has thrown for 541 yards (180. 3 average) with four touchdowns and one interception. Lopez recently set a school record by going 19-for-22 against Grambling for a completion rate of 86. 4 percent. He also spreads the ball around to wide receivers Ryheem Malone, Keenan Barnes and Ja'Marcus Bradley, who are all between 9-13 receptions and 122-143 yards. They combined for 1,690 receiving yards in 2017. "They've done some really good things there this season," Saban said. "I know they're 1-2 record wise, but they have a good quarterback, a lot of good offensive schemes, they present a lot of problems for you defensively in terms of adjustments. They're pretty good at throwing the ball down the field -- a lot of screens and short stuff, kind of RPOs that go with their running game. They've got some pretty decent skill guys that have done a good job at wide receiver. "Their defense has been very disruptive. They do a lot of movements and stunting and things like that that create a lot of negative plays. This is something that we need to improve on being able to block. So this is something we need to definitely do a better job of and it was something that we had some issue with last week. So, you know, important week for us to get better. " Nevertheless, the Crimson Tide has also never lost to Louisiana, going 8-0 although the last meeting occurred Oct. 6, 1990. At the time, the No. 1 song on the charts was "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips, while "Ghost" starring Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg was the top grossing movie. Alabama won that last meeting 25-6. Overall, the Crimson Tide has a scoring edge of 296-53 in the series. Alabama has also won 76 straight games against unranked opponents, the longest streak in FBS history. It dates back to 2007, when Napier was in his second year as Clemson's tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator. "Alabama's the standard in college football, and certainly coach Saban, in my opinion, is the best who's ever done it," Napier said. "And he does that with a tremendous work ethic and self-discipline and sets the tone for the entire organization. " Consequently, Napier knows better than anyone what awaits the Cajuns, who figure to have a tough time doing any Ragin' against the Tide. "They have tremendous personnel at every position," Napier said. "This is probably the best personnel that they've had, There's no chink in the armor. "
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Sep 29, 2018 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Jaylen Waddle returned a punt for a touchdown and caught two scoring passes, including a 94-yarder, in No. 1 Alabama's 56-14 victory Saturday over Louisiana-Lafayette. Quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Jalen Hurts staked the Crimson Tide (5-0) to a 49-0 halftime lead over the Ragin' Cajuns (1-3) en route to the defending national champions' latest blowout. Then third-teamer Mac Jones got into the act with his 94-yarder to the freshman Waddle late in the third quarter. It tied for the second-longest TD catch in Alabama history. Alabama has scored at least 45 points five games in a row for the first time in program history. Tagovailoa completed all eight of his attempts for 128 yards and two touchdowns, mostly in the first quarter. Hurts was 4 of 6 for 118 yards, including a 54-yard touchdown to Henry Ruggs III. Ruggs caught five passes for 116 yards and two TDs. Waddle gained 138 yards on three catches and returned a punt 63 yards for a score. Alabama took a 21-0 lead in the first seven minutes, with help from two big special teams plays, Waddle's return and Derek Kief's blocked punt. Josh Jacobs ran for two touchdowns in the first quarter. The Ragin' Cajuns scored twice in the fourth but were outgained 608-288. Trey Ragas gained 111 yards on 16 rushes with a 1-yard touchdown. THE TAKEAWAYLouisiana-Lafayette: Billy Napier, a former Alabama receivers coach, joins the ranks of ex-Nick Saban assistants who haven't beaten their former boss. Saban is 14-0 against former underlings, including last week over Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher. Alabama: Fourth straight game against teams that aren't ranked. Did what it's supposed to in such an obvious mismatch: Take care of business early. HURTS' 5TH GAMEHurts officially can't follow the path of players such as Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant, leaving teams to preserve a year of eligibility. He entered on the last drive of the first quarter for his fifth game of the season. SMALL CROWDThere were thousands of empty seats for the Tide's latest blowout, and only a fraction of seats in the student sections were filled. UP NEXTLouisiana-Lafayette tries to push its record against Texas State to 5-0. Alabama travels to SEC West opponent Arkansas with another early kickoff. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 25, 2018 It seems like, when this week's college football schedule came out last week and slotted the West Virginia at Texas Tech game on Saturday at noon ET, the powers that be were counting on Oklahoma State winning at home against the Red Raiders a week ago. But when Texas Tech (3-1, 1-0 Big 12) thumped the Cowboys, it made way for a matchup of Top 25 teams to kick off on ESPN2 in Lubbock, Texas. West Virginia (3-0, 1-0) has been highly regarded since the season began. The Mountaineers opened with the No. 17 national ranking and their work since then -- victories over Tennessee, Youngstown State and Kansas State -- has moved the Mountaineers up to No. 12. Meanwhile, the 25th-ranked Red Raiders have opened pollsters' eyes in the last two weeks with resounding wins over Houston and Oklahoma State. The matchup will no doubt be hyped all week as an offensive clash. Texas Tech tops the nation with 623. 5 yards per game while West Virginia is eighth at 545. 3. Texas Tech quarterback Alan Bowman is second in the nation in passing yards with 1,557 in four games, while West Virginia quarterback Will Grier is 12th with 1,117 in three games. Mountaineers coach Dana Holgorsen and Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury have long been regarded as offensive masterminds. They both got their starts playing or coaching for Mike Leach at Texas Tech in the early 2000s. But both have surpassed Leach, whose Washington State team ranks way down the list at No. 30 in total offense. This season, Holgorsen has been impressed by Kingsbury's work with the freshman Bowman. "(Bowman is) being coached by one of the best that's ever done it," Holgorsen said. "It's not the first young kid that (Kingsbury has) had to deal with. It's not surprising at all. If you get coached up by Kliff, you'll be ready to go. " On the flip side, Kingsbury likes West Virginia's veteran quarterback. "(Grier will) be one of the top guys taken this year (in the NFL Draft) and should be," Kingsbury said. "He's got a family, he's married and he's mature, kind of like an NFL player already. I was hoping he would've left last year, but he stuck around and is playing through the roof. " Kingsbury saw what Grier could do a year ago when he threw three fourth-quarter touchdowns that led the Mountaineers from an 11-point deficit to an 11-point victory. He finished with 352 passing yards and five touchdowns. The Red Raiders controlled the first three quarters at West Virginia a year ago. But then the Mountaineers got hot and Texas Tech faded. Kingsbury said he was most concerned about the sloppiness his team showed in the road loss. "We don't talk too much about last year," Kingsbury said. "The biggest thing we've talked about were, I think we had 16 penalties for 160 yards. You're not going to beat anybody doing that. That's really the only thing we've touched on. We've got to play a much cleaner game against this team to have a chance. " With so much attention on the offense, clearly the team that does a better job on the defensive side will give its team a big advantage. Texas Tech is attempting to climb out of the cellar of the national defensive rankings. The Red Raiders gave a good indication of how far they've come by shutting out Oklahoma State in the second half on the road last week. Holgorsen, whose Mountaineers held Kansas State to a pair of field goals last week, said he knows how difficult it is to rebuild a defense and sees Texas Tech doing it. "Those guys have worked their tails off, recruited better and have a philosophy and a scheme that they believe in, and their players have bought into it and their players are playing hard," Holgorsen said. "Their talent appears to be better. Their schemes are really good, and their guys are in positions to be able to make plays. "
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Sep 29, 2018 LUBBOCK, Texas Will Grier threw for 370 yards with three touchdowns, Keith Washington thwarted a rally with 51-yard interception return for a score and No. 12 West Virginia held on for a 42-34 win over 25th-ranked Texas Tech on Saturday. Marcus Simms had nine catches for a career-high 138 yards - all in the first half - for his third straight 100-yard game. The Mountaineers (4-0, 2-0 Big 12) scored 28 first-quarter points. Texas Tech true freshman Alan Bowman, the nation's leading passer coming in, didn't return after getting injured in the first half when he was sandwiched on hits by Ezekiel Rose and Washington as he threw a pass. Sophomore Jett Duffey had his first career touchdown pass and TD run filling in for Bowman as the Red Raiders (3-2, 1-1) stayed close after trailing 35-10 at halftime. With Texas Tech driving for a potential tying score late in the fourth quarter, Duffey's second interception was a leaping grab by Washington , who returned it for a 42-27 lead. Duffey kept one drive alive with a 27-yard run on fourth-and-9 when he avoided three rushers on a blitz and cut inside another defender on the sideline when he was still short of the first down. The Red Raiders pulled within eight when Duffey scored on a 3-yard run . The touchdown was set up by a 35-yard catch by Antoine Wesley , who made the grab after the ball bounced off Washington. Duffey threw for 172 yards and ran for 86. The Heisman Trophy hopeful Grier had 198 yards passing in the first quarter with a 13-yard scoring toss to Gary Jennings and a 45-yarder to Simms for a 21-0 lead . Kennedy McKoy capped the quarter for the Mountaineers with a 38-yard touchdown run with 4 seconds left to put the Mountaineers up 28-7. McKoy had 77 yards on 11 carries. THE TAKEAWAYWest Virginia: The Mountaineers missed a chance to put away the Red Raiders early and cruise to an easy road win. Grier overthrew two open receivers on deep balls near the goal line, including one on fourth down. David Sills V had a third-down drop late in the third quarter that let Texas Tech keep the momentum after a touchdown drive. Texas Tech: Coach Kliff Kingsbury, a week removed from an impressive win at then-No. 15 Oklahoma State that vaulted the Red Raiders into the Top 25, couldn't get that breakthrough win over a ranked opponent at home. Since beating No. 24 TCU in Kingsbury's first year in 2013, Texas Tech has lost eight straight games to ranked visitors. POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Mountaineers could be headed into the top 10 for the first time since 2012, when they reached No. 5 after a 5-0 start before a loss in Lubbock started a five-game skid that led to a 7-6 finish. The Red Raiders' stay in the rankings could be a lot like it was last year: one week with a loss to West Virginia knocking them out. Texas Tech was 24th before last season's loss in Morgantown. UP NEXTWest Virginia: Kansas at home next Saturday. Texas Tech: Open week before trip to TCU on Oct. 11. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 LAWRENCE, Kan. Taylor Cornelius passed for 312 yards and four touchdowns, Justice Hill ran for 189 yards and Oklahoma State cruised to a 48-28 victory over Kansas on Saturday. The Cowboys (4-1, 1-1 Big 12 Conference) came out rolling, finding the end zone on each of their first three possessions and scoring on their first four. Cornelius got things going early, throwing to Tylan Wallace on a slant route for the touchdown before hitting Landon Wolf for a score on a deep ball the next drive. Cornelius' first incompletion didn't come until the third drive, when he overthrew a wide-open Braydon Johnson streaking down the field. Kansas would not learn from that lucky break, though, as Tyron Johnson got open on almost an identical route on the next play on his way to a 64-yard score. Hill was a steady counterweight to the passing game, averaging 6. 1 yards per carry on 31 rushes. He scored in the third quarter, running in from 10 yards out after a pair of big passes got the Cowboys in the red zone. Kansas turned to Carter Stanley for his first start under center all year, benching Peyton Bender who had previously started all four games. Stanley responded well, throwing for 247 yards on 24-of-32 passing and three touchdowns. True freshman Pooka Williams shined once again, picking up 97 yards rushing and 60 yards in the passing game. This included a 60-yard ground burst for a score in the Jayhawks' first drive of the second half, his fourth touchdown on the year. THE TAKEAWAYOklahoma State grabs a much-needed first Big 12 win after taking a 24-point drubbing last week at the hands of Texas Tech. Big victories like these will help the Cowboys make it back into the Top 25. Kansas slides to 2-3 and 0-2 in the Big 12. After a promising start to the year, one has to think David Beaty's leash is growing shorter with every loss. UP NEXTOklahoma State returns home to face Iowa State on Saturday. Kansas hits the road Saturday to take on No. 12 West Virginia.
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Sep 29, 2018 ARLINGTON, Texas Jashaun Corbin had the first 100-yard kickoff return to start a game for Texas A&M since 1994, Trayveon Williams ran for 153 yards with two touchdowns and the Aggies beat Arkansas 24-17 on Saturday for coach Jimbo Fisher's first Southeastern Conference victory. Corbin, a true freshman, fielded his first career return at the edge of the end zone and took off before shooting through an open gap across the field toward the opposite sideline. He streaked by the A&M bench and scored untouched to put the Aggies (3-2, 1-1 SEC) ahead to stay. Williams, whose 1-yard score capped A&M's first offensive possession, had a 4-yard TD with 5 minutes left that made it 24-10 and proved to be the decisive score. Arkansas (1-4, 0-2) was already down 17-0 after having minus-3 total yards with no first downs and punting on each of its first four offensive possessions. But because of two interceptions thrown by Kellen Mond and two missed field goals by Seth Small, the Razorbacks still had a chance when they got the ball back with less than 2 minutes left in the game. But their attempt to force overtime for the fourth time in the last five games in the series ended when Donovan Wilson intercepted a pass by Ty Storey with 1:11 left. Texas A&M has won seven consecutive games against former Southwest Conference rival Arkansas since they reconnected in the SEC in 2012. It's the longest winning streak by either team in the 75-game series that dates back to 1903. THE TAKEAWAYArkansas: The Razorbacks are going to have a difficult time getting an SEC victory in their first season under coach Chad Morris without some drastic improvement, especially on offense. They had only 248 total yards, most of that coming on its two 75-yard touchdowns drives - Storey had a 29-yard TD pass to Mike Woods after Cole Kelley's earlier keeper for a 1-yard score. They went three-and-out on seven possessions. Texas A&M: Mond didn't account for a touchdown for the first time this season and threw both of his interceptions before halftime - both right to linebacker Dre Greenlaw. But Mond was 17-of-26 passing for 201 yards and the Aggies also have one of the SEC's top running backs in Williams. UP NEXTArkansas plays No. 1 Alabama next Saturday in the first of five consecutive home games, four on campus and one in Little Rock. Texas A&M is home next Saturday night to play No. 17 Kentucky, then plays three road games in a row. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 RALEIGH, N. C. Freshman Ricky Person ran for a season-high 108 yards while receivers Kelvin Harmon and Emeka Emezie had big days to help North Carolina State beat Virginia 35-21 on Saturday in its Atlantic Coast Conference opener. Person hadn't played since the season opener while dealing with a hamstring issue, but he provided big-play burst to the Wolfpack's grind-it-out ground game. Harmon finished with six catches for 94 yards and a touchdown on a back-shoulder throw from Ryan Finley in the fourth quarter for the Wolfpack (4-0, 1-0). And Emezie, a sophomore, had a career-best 90 yards on five catches with a second-quarter TD. Bryce Perkins connected twice with Olamide Zaccheaus for touchdowns for the Cavaliers (3-2, 1-1), including a 35-yarder for Virginia's only lead at 7-3. But the Wolfpack responded with 24 unanswered points to lead 27-7 in the third, putting the Cavs in catch-up mode the rest of the afternoon. THE TAKEAWAYVirginia: Perkins and Zaccheaus (nine catches, 109 yards) were tough matchups for the Wolfpack all day, but Virginia's offense struggled to get much going until after N. C. State had taken its big lead. Virginia got a late touchdown, recovered an onside kick and drove down inside the 10 before Dexter Wright batted and intercepted Perkins' pass near the goal line with 1:06 left to seal it. N. C. State: Perhaps there are a few more playmakers ready to step forward for the Wolfpack. Person's big day - including four runs of at least a dozen yards - led N. C. State to a season-high 176 yards rushing. And Emezie had a couple of tough grabs to bail out some iffy throws by Finley, including a 39-yarder on a fleaflicker into double coverage and snatching the 16-yard TD throw in a tight window through physical coverage by Brenton Nelson at the front left pylon. It all helped N. C. State reach 4-0 for the first time since doing so in 2014 and 2015. UP NEXTVirginia: The Cavaliers are off next week and host No. 16 Miami on Oct. 13. N. C. State: Boston College has given N. C. State fits, winning the past two meetings in Raleigh. The Eagles visit the Wolfpack next Saturday. ---More college football: http://apnews. com/tag/collegefootball and http://www. twitter. com/-Top25---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at http://www. twitter. com/aaronbeardap
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Sep 29, 2018 ATLANTA Dan Ellington threw for one touchdown and ran for another as Georgia State opened Southern Conference play with a 46-14 romp over Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday afternoon to halt a three-game skid. Ellington was 15-of-18 passing for 179 yards and ran for 64. The first-year starting quarterback threw for 170 yards in the first half, completing 12 of 13 attempts. Freshman Seth Paige racked up 145 total yards on the ground with two touchdowns. Tra Barnett rushed for 64 yards and a TD. Georgia State (2-3, 1-0) set a program record, racking up 308 yards on the ground. Ellington ran in from the 1 to open the scoring and hit Roger Carter on a 4-yard scoring toss early in the second quarter as the Panthers took a 30-14 lead into the break. Caleb Evans rushed for two touchdowns while throwing for 113 yards for the Warhawks (2-3, 0-2) who have dropped three straight.
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Sep 29, 2018 ATHENS, Ohio Nathan Rourke threw for three touchdowns and ran for another and Ohio recovered from an early 14-point deficit to beat UMass 58-42 on Saturday. Rourke had 270 yards passing for the Bobcats (2-2) and led the ground attack, rushing for 189 yards on 16 carries. Maleek Iron ran for 140 yards and two touchdowns. Ohio trailed 14-0 early in the first quarter when Rourke hit Papi White for a 19-yard touchdown. Rourke ran for another score late in the first and, in the second quarter, threw 12- and 14-yard touchdown passes to White and A. J. Ouellette, respectively, to put the Bobcats ahead 35-28 at halftime. Ohio led throughout the second half and Javon Hagan intercepted Andrew Ford late in the fourth quarter to seal the win. The Minutemen (2-4) scored twice in the game's first four minutes on a Ford pass to Andy Isabella followed by a 55-yard interception return by Isaiah Rodgers. Ford finished with 355 yards and four touchdowns passing.
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Sep 29, 2018 MUNCIE, Ind. Riley Neal passed for 402 yards and four touchdowns - two in the first quarter - and ran for another score as Ball State walloped Kent State 52-24 in a Mid-American Conference opener for both teams on Saturday. His 402 yards was a career-best in a single game for Neal and the seventh 400-yard passing game in the program's history, first since 2013. After faking a handoff left, Neal bolted through the line over right guard and sprinted 31 yards untouched for the game's final score. Kent State had allowed only 10 first-half points in its first three games, but Ball State scored three touchdowns on its first four possessions, leading 21-0 with 3:47 left in the opening quarter, and posted 35 points by halftime. Woody Barrett completed 30 of 44 passes for 314 yards and a score. Isaiah McKoy caught 10 passes - the first time since 2016 a Golden Flashes receiver had that many receptions in a game. --------------More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. Greg Dortch caught 11 passes for 163 yards and four touchdowns and Wake Forest cruised to a 56-24 win over Rice on Saturday. The Demon Deacons (3-2) punted on their opening drive, but that was their lone blemish in what was otherwise a nearly perfect start. Excluding a kneel-down to conclude the second quarter, the offense scored touchdowns on six of its subsequent seven possessions. The team's maligned defense chimed in, forcing a trio of turnovers and converting two into scores of its own. By halftime, the hosts had built a 42-3 lead. The only questions remaining were the final margin of victory and how many times Dortch would score. The sophomore receiver accounted for 134 of Wake Forest's 162 yards passing in the first half. His 54-yard reception opened the scoring. A 4-yard grab midway through the third quarter was Dortch's fourth touchdown reception, tying his own school record for a single game, set last October in a win over Louisville. Rice (1-4) was led by running back Austin Walter, who accounted for 198 total yards and two touchdowns. But those scores came after halftime, when the outcome had already long been decided. THE TAKEAWAYWake Forest: No defensive coordinator? No problem. Less than a week after a 56-27 loss to Notre Dame led coach Dave Clawson to fire defensive coordinator Jay Sawvel (and not name a successor), the Deacons were dominant. Rice trailed 21-0 before earning a first down. Wake Forest cornerback Essang Bassey tipped a pass to teammate Luke Masterson (who returned the interception 43 yards to set up a subsequent score) before finding the end zone himself with a 51-yard return of a recovered fumble. Safety Chuck Wade, Jr. added a 60-yard interception return for a score in the third quarter. It was the Demon Deacons' first game with two defensive touchdowns since a 2008 loss to Boston College. Rice: The Owls' early struggles under first-year coach Mike Bloomgren continued. While Rice eked out a 31-28 win over FCS foe Prairie View A&M in its season-opener, it has followed that up with four consecutive losses, each by at least 14 points. UP NEXTWake Forest: The Demon Deacons return to ACC play when they host No. 3 Clemson, which narrowly avoided an upset at the hands of Syracuse on Saturday. Rice: The Owls will attempt to earn their first win against FBS opposition when they host Conference USA foe UTSA on Saturday. ---More college football: http://apnews. com/tag/collegefootball and http://www. twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 GREENVILLE, N. C. Reid Herring rallied East Carolina to two scores in the last five minutes with Jake Verity kicking a 38-yard game-winning field goal with 46 seconds left and East Carolina (2-2) edged Old Dominion 37-35 on Saturday. Kendal Futrell sacked Blake LaRussa for a 17-yard loss back to the 3 to end Old Dominion's final threat in the last 40 seconds. Herring completed 24-for-42 for 309 yards and three touchdowns. He was intercepted twice. Tahj Deans and Trevon Brown and Deondr Farrier all caught scoring passes, with Deans pulling in a 4-yarder to cap a nine-play drive that cut Old Dominion's lead to a point, 35-34 with 5:22 left to play. Verity's PAT was blocked by Oshane Ximines. East Carolina's defense forced two four-and-outs, setting up the final Pirates drive. Herring completed a 16-yard pass to Dean on fourth-and-10. After stalling at the 21, Verity kicked the game-winner. LaRussa finished 21-for-36 for 250 yards and a pair of touchdowns for ODU (1-4). Jonathan Duhart caught 8 passes for 104 yards, his fourth-straight 100-yard game. -------------More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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3. Firefox RecapLiveSummaryBox scoreVideos Drive Chart SALA LST No TextAppalachian State cruises past South Alabama 52-7 Sep 29, 2018 BOONE, N. C. Zac Thomas passed for two touchdowns and rushed for two more, leading Appalachian State past South Alabama 52-7 on Saturday. Appalachian State (3-1, 1-0) had five consecutive touchdown drives in the first half, scoring 21 points in each of the first two quarters for a 42-7 lead. Thomas had scoring runs of 7 and 54 yards and throwing plays of 2 and 27 yards. App State entered as the Sun Belt leader in scoring (51. 7 points), total offense (525. 7 yards) and total defense (265. 7). Its high-powered offense racked up 517 yards to the Jaguars' 308. Thomas passed for 146 yards with two interceptions and he had 77 yards on six carries. Jalin Moore added 123 yards on the ground with two scores. Three of App State's 10 completions were for touchdowns. Evan Orth had 225 yards passing with an interception for South Alabama (1-4, 1-1). Gus Nave and Travis Reed each made an interception.
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Sep 25, 2018 Central Florida looks to extend the nation's longest winning streak when it plays the second contest of a three-game homestand by hosting Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon. The No. 13 Knights (3-0) will be going for their 17th consecutive victory after also extending their stretch of 30-plus-point games to 16 with their 56-36 victory over Florida Atlantic last week. The last time the Knights failed to score at least 30 points was in a 31-13 loss to Arkansas State in the 2016 AutoNation Cure Bowl. They are averaging 50 points per game, which ranks No. 9 in the nation, and are producing nearly 588 yards per game in total offense, which ranks fifth among FBS teams. Their pace of 80 plays per game concerns Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi, whose Panthers (2-2) gave up 38 points to a winless North Carolina team in their last outing. Simulating the Knights' offense in practice this week was a priority. "Our scout team will probably have wristbands," Narduzzi said. "We're going to try to bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. It's not going to look like them. Just like Georgia Tech's offense didn't look like it. " The uptempo style creates special problems for the defensive game plan, he said. "These guys," Narduzzi said, "they limit you to really doing much pressure-wise because you don't have time to even communicate. " One way to combat that tempo might be by limiting the opportunities for UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton and his mates by controlling the clock with a running game. The Panthers have averaged better than 212 yards a game on the ground and 5. 4 per carry. But that has its downside as well, Narduzzi said. "Yeah," he said, "but the thing we don't want to do is handcuff our offense to the point where, 'Hey, we'll run it three downs in a row, see if we can eat up the clock and don't run out of bounds. '"Nobody wants to coach that way. Nobody wants to play that way offensively. " Pitt's physical style concerns first-year UCF coach Josh Heupel. The Panthers' starting offensive linemen all top 300 pounds, and running backs Qadree Ollison and Darrin Hall, who have handled the bulk of the rushing load, both check in at 225 pounds. The Panthers' defensive front is not as big as the offensive line but ranges from end Rashad Weaver (260) to tackle Amir Watts (290). "They're thick, strong and physical up front," Heupel said. "Extremely big. The biggest defensive front we've seen so far. On the backend, they again are going to contest things. They'll load it up and make it difficult to run the football. You gotta win one-on-ones on the outside. " Despite the wide final margin, Heupel's Knights got a bit of a challenge last week against FAU, trailing for the first time this season when the visiting Owls scored 17 consecutive points to overcome a two-touchdown deficit and take a 17-14 lead late in the first half. But the Knights' deficit lasted for only 1:03 when they responded with a five-play, 78-yard scoring drive capped by a Milton touchdown pass. "I think we came out really fast, handled adversity when they flipped the score on us and came back and responded the way good teams and mature teams do," Heupel said. "We showed that we're mature competitors that way, and I liked the way we played in the third quarter, so a lot of positives. " After playing Pitt, the Knights will be home again to start October against SMU. They will be on the road for the second time this season when they go to Memphis for what shapes up to be a decisive American Athletic Conference outing Oct. 13.
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Sep 29, 2018 ORLANDO, Fla. McKenzie Milton threw for 328 yards and four touchdowns and No. 13 UCF extended the nation's longest winning streak to 17 games with a 45-14 rout of Pittsburgh on Saturday. A week after accounting for six TDs in a lopsided victory over Florida Atlantic, Milton also ran for two scores to give the junior from Kapolei, Hawaii, seven TDs passing and five rushing in his past two games. UCF (4-0) now moves into the heart of its American Athletic Conference schedule, hoping to go undefeated for the second straight year to play its way into consideration for a spot in the College Football Playoff. Pitt (2-3) has had a knack for stunning teams with national title aspirations in recent seasons, however the Panthers were no match for a Milton-led offense that's scored at least 30 points in every game during its school- and AAC-record winning streak. Running back Adrian Killins, Jr. , scored on a 71-yard reception, and Milton tossed TD passes of 24 yards to Gabriel Davis, 2 yards to Michael Colubiale and 13 yards to Otis Anderson. Pitt surprised eventual national champion Clemson on the road two years ago. The Panthers ended a disappointing 2017 season by defeating unbeaten Miami, which at the time had the longest winning streak in the country and was in contention for a CFP berth. The Panthers scored on Maurice Ffrench's 58-yard catch-and-run and Rafael Araujo-Lopes' 86-yard punt return. Milton was 18 of 34 passing with no interceptions. Kenny Pickett was 16 of 26 for 163 yards, one touchdown and one interception for Pitt, which was limited to 109 yards rushing. THE TAKEAWAYPitt: One of the ways the Panthers had hoped to slow Milton was with an effective running game that helped them kept the UCF quarterback off the field for long stretches. That never materialized. The Knights ran 47 plays to Pitt's 28 in the opening half, outgaining the Panthers 316 yards to 114, including 119-36 rushing. UCF: While Pitt isn't one of the top teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Knights' dominating performance nevertheless was impressive. Milton completed passes to six different receivers and easily would have passed for even more yardage is he had been as accurate as usual on deep throws. POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Knights were unbeaten last season, but not invited to the CFP after winning the AAC. They climbed three spots in the Top 25 after beating FAU and didn't do anything Saturday to deter an upward trend. UP NEXTPitt: Home vs. Syracuse. UCF: AAC home opener against SMU. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 OXFORD, Ohio Jon Wassink plowed through a wall of goal-line defenders late in the game to give Western Michigan a 40-39 win over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday. The Broncos (3-2, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) trailed 39-34 late in the fourth quarter when Wassink led a 73-yard drive and scored on a keeper from 2 yards out for a 40-39 lead with 2:53 to play. The two-point conversion failed, however, and the RedHawks (1-4, 1-1) came right back into scoring position on their next drive but Samuel Sloman missed a 50-yard field goal try with 23 seconds remaining. Wassink threw for 439 yards and five touchdowns for the Broncos. Jayden Reed caught four of those and had 137 yards receiving. D'Wayne Eskridge caught seven passes for 141 yards. Western Michigan trailed 27-14 at halftime but Wassink threw three touchdowns in the second half, a pair to Reed and one to Drake Harris to take a 34-33 edge with 7:25 to play. Gus Ragland threw for 294 yards and three touchdowns for the RedHawks.
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Sep 29, 2018 LOUISVILLE, Ky. Deondre Francois threw for a career-best four touchdowns, including a 58-yard scoring pass to Nyqwan Murray with 1:13 left, to rally visiting Florida State to a 28-24 victory at Louisville Saturday. The Seminoles (3-2, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed 21-7 at halftime, but the game-winning drive was set up whenA. J Westbrook intercepted Jawon Pass at the Florida State 19 with 1:56 to go. Francois completed 16-of-27 passes for 294 yards. Murray caught six 114 yards and two scores. Pass, who was removed as Louisville's starting quarterback before last week's 27-3 loss at Virginia, regained the job and threw for a season-high 306 yards and two scores on 24-of-45 passing. However, he also threw two interceptions. He went 6-of-7 for 57 yards on an 11-play, 70-yard drive late in the first half that culminated with a 3-yard pass to Dez Fitzpatrick to make it 21-7 Cardinals (2-3, 0-2) with :10 left in the half. Francois brought the Seminoles back in the second half with touchdown passes of 55 yards to Tamorrion Terry and 25 yards to Tre McKitty. The latter score made it 24-21 with 9:55 left in the game. THE TAKEAWAYFlorida State: The Seminoles needed Murray and Francois' heroics to avoid just their second 0-3 start in ACC history, but a tough road still looms ahead. Florida State has ranked opponents Miami (Fla. ), Notre Dame and Clemson on their docket. Louisville: The Cardinals offense did look improved and more efficient, but mental errors still continue to plague the unit. Pass had a couple of overthrows to open receivers downfield that could have blown open the game for Louisville. Instead, those missed opportunities allowed the Seminoles to stay in the game, and Pass' late play proved devastating. UP NEXTFlorida State goes on the road again and plays No. 16 Miami next Saturday. It'll be the third straight conference road game for the Seminoles. Louisville returns to action Friday night and hosts Coastal Division foe Georgia Tech, which snapped a three-game losing streak on Saturday.
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Sep 25, 2018 NORMAN, Okla. -- Army had plenty of success against Oklahoma last week, though the Sooners still were able to escape with an overtime win. But don't expect much about that game to translate as the Black Knights' offense isn't exactly replicable and Baylor -- the team the No. 6 Sooners host Saturday -- uses a typically wide-open Big 12 offense. "We've been running a little bit of triple option here and there," Bears coach Matt Rhule told reporters Monday. "We ran a couple last week. But I don't think (Oklahoma) is going to be too worried about that from us after seeing it last week with Army. " The Bears figure to challenge the Sooners more downfield -- like Iowa State did regularly earlier this month with Hakeem Butler. But while Oklahoma's cornerbacks struggled against Butler for large portions of the game against the Cyclones, Sooners coach Lincoln Riley said the problem is larger than just with the two starters at that position -- Parnell Motley and Tre Norwood. "I think it's learning to play within the defense. A lot of times people see a corner giving up a play and they think, 'Well, their corner just didn't have good coverage,'" Riley said. "A lot of times there's a lot more to it than that -- where your help is defensively, schematically helping those guys out, obviously pass rush is gonna be a critical factor in that. "There's an area where we feel like we're gonna have some advantages here going forward. It takes everybody. No doubt the big receivers like that who can win their majority of 50/50 balls are always a tough matchup. But we're used to that in this league. We're gonna have to defend it well and have to do a better job than we did on Butler. " Rhule said his team can't afford to get out of its typical game plan offensively to try to consciously slow down the game and keep Oklahoma's prolific offense from getting many possessions. "You'd love to go out there and slow the game down, keep their offense off the field, but that's not where we are right now," Rhule said. "We'll have to go out there and just be us. Army limits mistakes and that's how they win. "Army is built to keep that great Oklahoma offense off the field and I'm not sure that we're really wired for that. " While Oklahoma's defenders -- especially in the front seven -- were battered and bruised after the Army game, forcing Riley to adjust his practice plan slightly to give his defensive linemen and linebackers a bit more rest, the Sooners are fresh offensively after running just 40 plays. "I felt great (Monday)," running back Trey Sermon said. "I just want to go back out there on the field and show what we can do and compete. " A year ago, it was Sermon that helped save Oklahoma's 49-41 win at Baylor with his 148-yard, two-touchdown performance. "It was really big for me in building confidence within myself, knowing I can get the job done," Sermon said. While the Sooners' passing attack gets most of the attention -- and rightly so with Marquise Brown and CeeDee Lamb among the Big 12's best receivers -- Oklahoma's running game has improved recently as Sermon has settled into the role as the No. 1 running back and quarterback Kyler Murray has become a bigger part of the ground game. Sermon ran for 119 yards against Army while Murray had 71 on seven carries. "He is dynamic in the run game," Rhule said of Murray. "OU has a very good power football run game but he is also capable of pulling the ball and making explosive runs. He is also a tremendous passer, so we have to keep him in the pocket and we have to rush him or else he will get out of the pocket and make plays. "
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Sep 29, 2018 NORMAN, Okla. Kyler Murray sat out the Sooners' first offensive series then came on to pass for 432 yards and six touchdowns to help No. 6 Oklahoma defeat Baylor 66-33 on Saturday. Austin Kendall opened the game, but Murray entered on the second possession and played nearly flawless football. His passing touchdown total tied for second-best in school history behind Baker Mayfield's seven against Texas Tech in 2016. The school would not say why Murray didn't start. Murray also ran for 45 yards and a score for the Sooners (5-0, 2-0 Big 12). Marquise Brown caught five passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns, CeeDee Lamb had 101 yards receiving and Lee Morris caught two touchdown passes for the Sooners. Charlie Brewer passed for 400 yards and two touchdowns. Denzel Mims had 11 catches for 114 yards and a touchdown and Jalen Hurd added nine catches for 104 yards and had a receiving touchdown and a rushing score for the Bears (3-2, 1-1). Murray completed 10 of 11 passes for 192 yards and four touchdowns in the first half to help the Sooners take a 28-9 lead. Baylor scored on its first possession of the second half to cut Oklahoma's lead to 28-16, but Lamb turned a third-down screen pass from Murray into an 86-yard touchdown. Murray threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to Brown later in the third quarter, then scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak on an untimed down on the last play of the period to put the Sooners up 49-23. THE TAKEAWAYBaylor: The Bears had gotten off to a pretty good start this season, but they hadn't played a team quite the caliber of the Sooners. They struggled to stop Oklahoma's receivers after the catch. Oklahoma: The Sooners escaped with a 28-21 overtime win over Army last week, and the team had heard enough about how Army controlled much of the contest. Oklahoma was dominant on offense and did a better job of making plays defensively. POLL IMPLICATIONSOklahoma looked more like the dominant team that opened the season. The Sooners might not move up in the poll , but they likely solidified their current position. UP NEXTBaylor hosts Kansas State on Saturday. Oklahoma plays Texas in Dallas on Saturday. This will be the first time since 2015 that the Sooners enter the rivalry game undefeated. ---Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter: www. twitter. com/CliffBrunt---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 LINCOLN, Neb. David Blough threw for 328 yards and accounted for two touchdowns, D. J. Knox scored twice on short runs and Purdue beat Nebraska 42-28 on Saturday to send the Cornhuskers to their program-record eighth consecutive loss. The Huskers amassed 582 total yards and 30 first downs but couldn't overcome five personal fouls and a total of 11 penalties for 136 yards. The Huskers (0-4, 0-2 Big Ten) also set a program record with their seventh straight home loss on a chilly and misty afternoon at Memorial Stadium. ''We don't accept losing - coach Frost doesn't and the players don't,'' quarterback Adrian Martinez said. ''It's not something I'm used to, he's not used to it and we're not going to put up with it. He's given his heart out to us and we have to respond and play. I feel like we let him down a little bit. We need to come back firing this next week. '' Nebraska has the second-longest losing streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision. UTEP took a 16-game losing streak into its game at UTSA. The Huskers' most recent win was Oct. 28, 2017, against the Boilermakers. Their most recent home win was Sept. 23, 2017, against Rutgers. Markell Jones gave Purdue (2-3, 1-1) a 42-21 lead with a 6-yard run early in the fourth quarter. ''I think it's a huge win for us,'' Purdue coach Jeff Brohm said. ''I don't care what Nebraska's record is, coming into the venue against this team that's on the ropes a bit. Every team in our conference is going to be a challenge. '' Devine Ozigbo rushed for a career-high 170 yards for the Huskers, and he scored from 23 yards out to make it a 14-point game with 13:04 left. But Martinez was intercepted and the Huskers turned the ball over on downs on their last three possessions. Martinez, a true freshman starting his second straight game, threw for 323 yards and ran for 91 in his best performance. Knox led Purdue with 87 yards rushing, Rondale Moore caught eight passes for 85 yards and Brycen Hopkins had five receptions for 103. Purdue, which was coming off a 30-13 win against then-No. 23 Boston College, has won two straight after losing its first three games by a total of eight points. THE TAKEAWAY:Purdue: The Boilermakers survived thanks to Nebraska's undisciplined play. Blough completed 25 of 42 passes and ran seven times for 38 yards, and Moore made a number of dazzling plays. Nebraska: The Huskers had the better offensive numbers, but penalties continue to kill them. Now they face back-to-back road games against Wisconsin and Northwestern. UP NEXT:Purdue visits Illinois on Oct. 13. Nebraska visits No. 15 Wisconsin on Saturday.
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Sep 25, 2018 The No. 18 Texas Longhorns travel to Kansas State Saturday with one thing on their minds: change. That idea sounds pretty good to Kansas State right now as well. The Longhorns (3-1, 1-0 Big 12) lost their first game, 34-29, at Maryland before winning their next three games, all at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The two most recent victories both came against teams ranked at the time -- No. 22 Southern California and No. 17 TCU. However, the road has not been kind to the Longhorns, especially in this series. The home team has won each of the last six games between Texas and K-State, and Texas has not won in Manhattan since 2002. Texas won 40-34 last season in Austin. "Our program hasn't won in Manhattan, Kansas, since (freshman defensive back) Caden Sterns was 2 years old," Texas coach Tom Herman said. "We don't take that very lightly. And in our only road contest this year we obviously did not play very well. So we're preparing our tails off. " Texas is balanced on offense. The Longhorns are averaging 163. 8 yards per game on the ground, led by four runners with between 31. 8 and 64. 0 yards per game. Quarterback Sam Ehlinger is completing just over 60 percent of his passes for 244. 5 yards per game. He's thrown eight touchdowns and been intercepted just twice. "(He) certainly has a long way to go," Herman said. "We were very critical; he was of himself and we were as coaches. It's a lot easier to be critical when you win. But there hasn't been a perfect game played yet. But I do think he's progressing. " Texas is 8-10 all-time vs. Kansas State, including 5-9 in Big 12 play, and Herman is not looking past the Wildcats. "They're not going to spot us seven points in Manhattan because we beat TCU," he said. "Can we take the lessons that we've learned, both from a football standpoint and a psychological standpoint from the last couple of weeks? Certainly. "But what happened against TCU, what happened against USC, for that matter what happened against Maryland, is inconsequential to how we play and how Kansas State plays against us in Manhattan. " The change K-State is looking for would be in offensive and defensive efficiency, and this would be a good weekend to start. The Wildcats (2-2, 0-1 Big 12) scored 15 fourth-quarter points to defeat FCS opponent South Dakota 27-24 in their opener. They have been outscored 66-16 by their two ranked opponents -- Mississippi State (31-10) and West Virginia (35-6). Their only good game was a 41-17 home victory over Texas-San Antonio. K-State has struggled on offense and defense, in the passing game and running game. They have been outgained on the ground, 712 to 624, or 178 yards per game for their opponents to 156 for the Wildcats. Through the air they've been outgained 231 to 191 yards per game. The 231 yards per game allowed is significantly better than they allowed last year (309. 1 yards per game). But the two-quarterback system on offense has not worked. Skylar Thompson, the throwing quarterback, is completing 59. 1 percent of his throws, but he is averaging only 126. 2 yards per game. He's thrown four touchdowns and one interception. He's also averaging 44 yards per game on the ground. Alex Delton, who is more of a runner, is completing 48. 4 percent of his passes for 64. 8 yards per game. He's averaging 29 yards per game on the ground. "As I went back and studied the (West Virginia) film a great deal, they (played) about the same," K-State coach Bill Snyder said Monday on the Big 12 coaches teleconference. "Both of them, I thought, did some very good things and both of them had some issues we have to work through, deal with, become better at. " One of the biggest concerns for K-State is the offensive line. A veteran unit with all five starters returning, the Wildcats have allowed 15 sacks in four games. Meanwhile, the defense has sacked opposing quarterbacks just three times. If something doesn't change soon, the Wildcats are in danger of not being bowl eligible for the first time since 2009. "Right now, I feel pretty good," Snyder said of his current state of mind, "and tomorrow will kind of depend on today. "It is not a team yet with an identity. I am looking for improvement in all aspects of the game. The consistency is not there for sure. We need to improve to the point where we are consistently improving. "
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Sep 29, 2018 MANHATTAN, Kan. Sam Ehlinger threw for 207 yards and a touchdown, D'Shawn Jamison returned a punt 90 yards for another score and No. 18 Texas held off Kansas State 19-14 on Saturday to snap a five-game road losing streak to the Wildcats. Keaontay Ingram churned for a first down with less than three minutes to go, allowing the red-hot Longhorns (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) to run out the clock after blowing much of a 19-0 halftime lead. Skylar Thompson threw for 96 yards in relief of ineffective quarterback Alex Delton, and he led the Wildcats (2-3, 0-2) to a pair of touchdowns in the second half. But after they got the ball back with 7:12 to go, Thompson threw a pair of incompletions as Kansas State went three-and-out, and coach Bill Snyder's offense never got another opportunity with the ball. The Longhorns leaned on their defense in the opening half, getting a pair of sacks by Charles Omenihu - one for a safety - while shutting down Kansas State's powerful run game. Meanwhile, the Wildcats' dismal half was summarized by the way it ended, when they had first-and-goal at the Texas 5. Alex Barnes was stuffed, and two runs by Delton went nowhere, before his pass on the final play hit fullback Adam Harter in the hands and dropped incomplete. The result? Texas carried its 19-0 lead into the break. The Longhorns were so stingy on defense - and Kansas State so inept on offense - that running back Tre Watson had more yards passing after a 21-yard halfback pass than the entire Wildcats roster in the first half. Delton was 3 of 7 for 14 yards. In fact, Texas had more yardage in penalties (80) than Kansas State had on offense (64). The Wildcats switched quarterbacks at halftime and Thompson promptly led them 82 yards on their opening possession, capping the drive by keeping it on third-and-goal for a 7-yard touchdown run. Suddenly, that herky-jerky offense had found its rhythm. Texas kicker missed an opportunity to extend the lead when he pushed a 47-yard field goal right, and Kansas State marched downfield again. Thompson hit Dalton Schoen to convert one fourth down, and Barnes plowed in on fourth-and-goal from the Texas 1 to make it 19-14 with 9:55 to go. But after forcing Texas to punt, the Wildcats went three-and-out and the Longhorns got the ball back. They managed to convert on third-and-11 before getting another first down to ice the win. AND STREAKSEhlinger now has nine touchdown passes and just two interceptions this season. . . . Barnes finished with 80 yards rushing for Kansas State. . . . The Wildcats' Isaiah Zuber had five catches for just 33 yards. He was coming off back-to-back 100-yard receiving games. POLL IMPLICATIONSThe march up the rankings will likely continue for the Longhorns, who have followed their season-opening loss to Maryland with their longest win streak since the 2013 season. UP NEXTTexas: Face the Sooners next Saturday in Dallas. Kansas State: Heads to Baylor next Saturday. --More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 EAST HARTFORD, Conn. Cincinnati quarterback Desmond Ridder kept the Bearcats undefeated, throwing for 270 yards and two touchdowns and running for another score in a 49-7 rout of UConn on Saturday. Michael Warren II rushed for 106 yards and touchdowns of 2 and 14 yards for the Bearcats (5-0, 1-0 American Athletic). Cincinnati found the end zone on seven of its first nine possessions. The Bearcats went 74 and 88 yards the first two times they had the ball and got to the UConn 10-yard line on their third trip before a fumbled handoff. UConn had a chance to make it close at the end of the first half. Tight end Aaron McClean came down with a pass just out-of-bounds in the end zone and kicker Michael Tarbott missed a 37-yard field goal wide right that would have brought the Huskies (1-4, 0-2) within four points. Ridder responded by taking the Bearcats back down the field in just 38 seconds, hitting Rashad Medaris, who managed to keep a foot inbounds on the left side for a 21-7 lead with 23 seconds left in the first half. Cincinnati then made it 28-7 just 33 seconds into the second half, when tight end Josiah Deguara (112 yards receiving) made a one-handed grab and jogged untouched into the end zone from 38-yards out and the rout was on. Ridder, who played less than three quarters, completed 20 of his 26 pass attempts. UConn scored on the game's opening drive, when senior receiver Kyle Buss caught his first career touchdown from 5-yards out. THE TAKEAWAYCincinnati: The Bearcats have surpassed their 2017 win total and are off to their best start since going 5-0 in 2012. UConn: The Huskies defense gave up 659 yards, which improved the team's season average. The Huskies came into the game giving up a nation's worst 664 yards and more than 54 points a game. UP NEXTCincinnati: The Bearcats Return home next Saturday to face TulaneUConn: The Huskies began a two-game road trip in Memphis next week.
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Sep 25, 2018 ATHENS, Ga. -- There's no shortage of familiarity between the staffs of Tennessee and No. 2 Georgia. It's everywhere you look. Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt coached with Bulldogs boss Kirby Smart for six years at Alabama before moving, ultimately landing in Athens where he served for two years (2014-2015) as the defensive coordinator for former Georgia head coach Mark Richt. "Kirby is a really good football coach. He is a very hard worker and focuses on the detail. He is a good coach on the field," Pruitt said. "He is a good scheme guy, and it's not just defensively. He is involved in special teams, and he's involved in offense. You can see all of that in their football program. " That's not all. Tennessee co-defensive coordinator Kevin Sherrer was Georgia's outside linebackers coach for four seasons (2014-2017), while Vols defensive tackle coach Tracy Rocker worked in the same capacity at Georgia for three years (2014-2016). You've also got former Georgia tight ends coach John Lilly serving as the "executive assistant" to Pruitt, with Bulldogs co-offensive coordinator Jim Chaney having worked in the same capacity at Tennessee and serving as the team's interim head coach in the 2012 season finale. Georgia offensive line coach Sam Pittman was the Volunteers' offensive line coach in 2012, while Tennessee offensive line coach Will Friends served in the same capacity in Athens for four years under Richt. Smart, however, isn't focused on reunions when undefeated Georgia (4-0, 2-0 SEC) hosts Tennessee (2-2, 0-1) on Saturday (3:30 p. m. ET). "We're really concerned about us. We've got enough issues and holes and things we got to fix," said Smart. "We didn't play with the right kind of physicality in the last game and we're certainly concerned with us. " Georgia needed a strip and subsequent score by cornerback Tyson Campbell and a blocked punt by Eric Stokes to beat Missouri 43-29 last week in Columbia. After allowing the Tigers 172 yards rushing and four touchdowns -- all on the ground -- Smart's more concerned about correcting the mistakes. Ditto for Pruitt. Tennessee turned the football over six times in last week's 47-21 loss to Florida, a game that saw quarterback Jarrett Guarantano take a hit to his shoulder, forcing him from the contest in the third quarter. "Jarrett got banged up a little bit, but I said when I first took the job that Jarrett is a tough guy. I saw him yesterday throwing balls and dropping in the indoor facility," Pruitt said. "I think a lot of our guys are itching to get going again, which is a good thing. You always wonder how people are going to respond when you don't play at your best. Everybody associated with Tennessee has got to be disappointed in how things turned out Saturday. "Nobody is more disappointed than the men in this building. I think everybody involved is trying to find a way to get it right. " Meanwhile, Smart feels his Bulldogs got away from the physical brand of ball they played in previous weeks and wants to see them get back on track against the Vols. "Yeah, I see the physicality they're trying to run the ball with and stop the run," said Smart. "There's no question they're creating identity, and you can tell the way they're committed to the run, and each game they've gone up with the number of runs they've had. I think that's an important part of football. You got to be able to do that. "We didn't exactly do what we needed to do to stop the run last week or run the ball. Our concern is us. My concern is not Tennessee's identity. "
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Sep 29, 2018 ATHENS, Ga. D'Andre Swift ran for two touchdowns, including a late 14-yarder to ice the game, and No. 2 Georgia used dominant defense to overcome a sluggish offensive start in a 38-12 win over Tennessee on Saturday. Freshman quarterback Justin Fields scored on runs of 12 and 15 yards, and Isaac Nauta had a 31-yard touchdown on a fumble return. The Bulldogs led by only 12 points early in the final quarter before pulling away. Georgia (5-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) scored touchdowns on its last drive of the first half and opening possession after halftime but otherwise couldn't maintain momentum. Jake Fromm completed 16 of 22 passes for 185 yards while sharing time with Fields. Tennessee (2-3, 0-2) was held to 209 yards. The Vols finally scored on Jarrett Guarantano's 37-yard pass to Josh Palmer late in the third quarter. Guarantano's 35-yard scoring pass to Ty Chandler about four minutes into the final quarter cut Georgia's lead to 24-12. Georgia answered with the 75-yard drive capped by Swift's strong 14-yard scoring run. The Bulldogs took advantage of Tennessee's first turnover, a fumble by Jeremy Banks, to stretch the lead on Fields' 15-yard scoring run. The loss extended Tennessee's school-record losing streak in conference games to 11 since a 63-37 win over Missouri on Nov. 19, 2016. Guarantano, who left last week's loss to Florida after taking a hit to the left knee, wore a brace on the knee while completing 13 of 21 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns. The Vols failed on 2-point conversions after each touchdown. The bad news for Georgia's misfiring offense was two first-half fumbles by Fromm. The good news is the first fumble, forced by a hit from linebacker Darrell Taylor, was returned 31 yards by Nauta for a touchdown to cap the Bulldogs' opening drive. Fromm fumbled again in the second quarter, and center Lamont Gaillard's recovery led to a 43-yard field goal by Ricardo Blankenship. Finally, late in the half, Fromm and Fields shared time on a 12-play touchdown drive that included Brian Herrien's 6-yard run on a fourth-down play from the Tennessee 32. Swift scored easily from the 1 on a pitch from Fromm with only 30 seconds remaining in the half for a 17-0 lead. Swift had 50 yards rushing in Georgia's balanced running attack led by Elijah Holyfield's 16 carries for 78 yards. Tennessee receiver Marquez Callaway did not return after a hard hit on his 13-yard catch early in the second half. An official, field judge Sean Petty, was carted off the field after he suffered a left leg injury on Swift's scoring run late in the game. THE TAKEAWAYTennessee: A sign of improvement: After six turnovers last week against Florida and a combined eight the last two weeks, the Vols had no turnovers before Banks' fumble was recovered by Georgia's Juwan Taylor with 3:24 remaining. Another reason for encouragement was the comeback attempt which cut the deficit to 12 points early in the final quarter before fading. Georgia: There is more fine-tuning to be done on offense, but the Bulldogs showed improvement in their run defense - a priority for the week for coach Kirby Smart. After giving up 172 yards on the ground in last week's 43-29 win at Missouri, Georgia held Tennessee to 66 yards rushing, including 30 yards on 12 carries in the first half. LEGEND VS LEGENDIn a matchup of team greats, Georgia's Herschel Walker accompanied the team on its pregame Dawg Walk into the stadium and led a pregame cheer on the field. Meanwhile, former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning was on the Tennessee sideline. UP NEXTTennessee: Following a week off, the Vols face another ranked SEC team when they visit No. 10 Auburn on Oct. 13. Tennessee plays No. 1 Alabama on Oct. 20. Georgia: The Bulldogs play their fourth game against a team from the state of Tennessee when Vanderbilt visits Sanford Stadium next Saturday. Georgia already has home wins over Austin Peay and Middle Tennessee State. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. Ty Gangi threw for four touchdowns, two of them to Elijah Cooks, and Nevada held off a late Air Force rally to beat the Falcons 28-25 on Saturday. Gangi completed 24-of-33 for 259 yards with scoring passes of 40 and 23 yards to Cooks, 29 yards to McLane Mannix and 30 yards to Brendan O'Leary-Orange. Nevada (3-2, 1-0 Mountain West) withstood Zane Lewis' school-record 99-yard interception return in the second quarter to win its conference opener and beat Air Force (1-3, 0-2) for the first time in three trips to Falcon Stadium. Nevada's defense also dug in to turn back the Falcons in the final minutes. Donald Hammond III, who had replaced starting quarterback Arion Worthman midway through the third quarter, drove the Falcons deep into Nevada territory but threw incomplete into the end zone under pressure on a 4th-and-8 play from the 11-yard line with 1:16 remaining. Nevada ran off most of the clock before deliberately taking a safety and kicking the ball back to the Falcons with 10 seconds left to play. Hammond got off two passes before time expired - both fell incomplete. Trailing by 14 at the half, Air Force opened the second half by driving to the Nevada 26 before stalling and settling for a 43-yard field goal by Jake Koehnke. Nevada answered with another touchdown pass by Gangi, connecting for a second time with Cooks to rebuild the Wolf Pack's lead to 28-10. Hammond replaced Worthman at quarterback and led the Falcons to their first offensive touchdown of the day, completing a 2-yard scoring pass to Marcus Bennett and narrowing Air Force's deficit to 11 points late in the third quarter. He finished off a second drive with a 9-yard scoring run that pulled Air Force to within 5 points with 6:48 remaining after Nevada stopped a 2-point conversion try. THE TAKEAWAYNevada: Despite a couple of turnovers, Ty Gangi kept his composure and found enough seams in the Air Force secondary to make the critical connections for scores with his receivers. Nevada's offense scored just enough over a scrappy Air Force team to carry the Wolf Pack across the line. Air Force: The Falcons' quarterback position may be in flux. Arion Worthman lost two fumbles and was ineffective for a good portion of the time he was in before being replaced by Donald Hammond III. Hammond led the way to the Falcons' two offensive touchdowns on the day. UP NEXTNevada: Opens its home conference schedule by hosting Fresno State on Saturday night. Air Force: Hosts service rival Navy on Saturday. -----------More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 25, 2018 Auburn's Guz Malzahn was not pleased with his team's offensive showing in last week's 34-3 victory over Arkansas, when the Tigers rushed for only 91 yards and managed only 225 yards in total offense. But the Tigers coach was preaching patience as they began preparations for Saturday's homecoming game against Southern Mississippi. The No. 10 Tigers (3-1) and unranked Golden Eagles (2-1) will kick off at 4 p. m. ET at Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium on the SEC Network. Malzahn said you have to look at the "big picture, and the reality is that we had an offensive line that had less than 20 starts coming into the season. And then you change our center goes with that, and then you've got really four new running backs, three of which are freshmen. And then you have a new freshman receiver who started for the first time. "So there's a lot of youth and inexperience, but I really feel strongly that this group is going to be a good offense. But they're still a work in progress. " The Tigers' rushing total against Arkansas was the lowest in an Auburn victory in Malzahn's tenure and the lowest in an Auburn victory since the 2011 season opener against Utah State. In Southern Mississippi, the Tigers will be up against a defense that has held its three foes to an average of 132 rushing yards per game. Eagles coach Jay Hopson isn't putting all his plans on just stopping Auburn's running game, however. "You always want to stop the run, but if you hold them to zero yards rushing and they have 867 yards passing, then that's not a good day at the office," Hopson said. "You have to be aware of the run and the pass game. " Frankly, the Tigers likely were looking for more out of their passing game this season. Auburn quarterback Jarrett Stidham has completed 64. 2 of his passes but for just under 180 yards a game. Veteran receiver Ryan Davis has 19 catches, more than twice as many as any other receiver, but for only 149 yards -- a 7. 8 per-catch average. Malzahn would like to see more "explosive" plays in both aspects of the offense. "We haven't had near as many as we have liked," he said, "so we've got to figure out how to get that done. " The Tigers' longest rush against Arkansas was for 15 yards, their longest pass play 42 yards. But the defense did keep things under control, holding Arkansas to just 141 yards passing. That is significant because the Golden Eagles are bringing one of the country's most prolific passing games. Southern Miss is No. 8 in the country in passing yardage per game (over 353). Quarterback Jack Abraham has completed 72 percent of his attempts with 10 touchdowns against only three interceptions. Wide receiver Quez Watkins has 24 catches for 304 yards and five touchdowns. "Offensively, they can really throw it," Malzahn said. "I think they're eighth in the country in passing yards. Their quarterback and receivers, they're very impressive. " The Tigers have allowed 211 yards a game to opposing passers, which ranks only eighth in the Southeastern Conference in pass defense, but are tied for second in the SEC in sacks (13) and third in interceptions (5). They held Arkansas to just 141 yards passing and got to the Razorbacks for four sacks and an interception. That was coordinator Kevin Steele's plan. "We talked about putting pressure on the quarterback and disrupting the quarterback," Malzahn said. "I felt like we did that, and I thought Kevin really mixed up his pressures well and presented a lot of different challenges to their offense. "I thought that was good. " Hopson is aware of the task his Eagles face at Auburn. "They're a good football team, there's no ifs or buts about that," he said. "We know we've got a good challenge. "
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Sep 29, 2018 AUBURN, Ala. Jarrett Stidham threw for 245 yards and two touchdowns and No. 10 Auburn beat Southern Miss 24-13 on Saturday night in a game disrupted for nearly three hours by lightning. Playing behind a shuffled offensive line, Stidham completed 19 of 33 attempts, including touchdowns of 46 yards to Seth Williams and 2 yards to Chandler Cox, while enduring four sacks. The Tigers (4-1) had built a 14-3 lead in the first half before the game was delayed for two hours, 44 minutes at the 4:27 mark of the second quarter as lightning forced players and fans to take shelter. Williams finished with two receptions for 60 yards, including the freshman's first career score. Darius Slayton led Auburn with five catches for 91 yards. Stidham was forced to work behind a shuffling offensive line. Freshman Nick Brahms made his second straight start at center only to be replaced by Kaleb Kim, who started the team's first three games. Both of Auburn's starting tackles were also helped to the locker room in the second half. Left tackle Prince Tega Wanogho was replaced by junior Bailey Sharp, and right tackle Jack Driscoll by freshman Calvin Ashley. The Tigers' ground game produced just 96 yards as Auburn failed to break the 100-yard mark in back-to-back games for the first time since 2012. JaTarvious Whitlow left the game with a shoulder injury before the delay and returned without pads. Junior Kam Martin led the Tigers with 90 yards on 24 carries. Entering the game as the No. 8 passing offense in the nation, Southern Miss (2-2) relied heavily on sophomore quarterback Jack Abraham, who completed 30 of 44 passes for 215 yards, a score and two interceptions. Auburn limited the Golden Eagles to 45 yards on the ground. UP NEXTAuburn is at No. 23 Mississippi State next Saturday. Southern Miss is at North Texas on Oct. 13. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 NASHVILLE, Tenn. Kyle Shurmur passed for 297 yards and three touchdowns and Vanderbilt survived a scare from crosstown foe Tennessee State, squeezing out a 31-27 win against the FCS Tigers on Saturday. But after the game, both teams were far more focused on a serious injury than on the surprisingly close final score. The teams huddled together in prayer after the final horn, with coaches Derek Mason of Vanderbilt and TSU's Rod Reed - close friends off the field - joining in an extended embrace. TSU linebacker Christion Abercrombie, an Illinois transfer, was taken off the field on a stretcher and moved to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's emergency room late in the first half with what Reed said was a head injury requiring surgery. ''Football is what we do, not who we are,'' Mason said after the game. ''At the end of the day when serious injuries happen, football becomes secondary. '' The Commodores (3-2) sputtered offensively out of the gate with Shurmur throwing two interceptions - as many as he had in Vanderbilt's first four games - in the game's first 15 minutes. ''We missed opportunities in the red zone,'' Mason said. ''We were so inconsistent today. I told the guys we aren't playing right but you must be living right. '' Sparked by a pair of Power 5 transfers in quarterback Demry Croft and wide receiver Treon Harris, the Tigers (2-1, 1-0) rode their pass-happy offense and played opportunistic defense for a 13-10 halftime lead. Vanderbilt responded with two rapid-fire touchdowns - a 38-yard pass from Shurmur to Kalija Lipscomb and a weaving 78-yard rush by Ke'Shawn Vaughn - in the first six minutes of the second half. With a 24-13 lead and its offensive stars clicking, the Commodores finally appeared to be headed to the expected victory. ''(Shurmur's) going to find Kalija,'' Mason said. ''And Ke'Shawn Vaughn is a special back; he's spectacular with the ball in his hands and when he gets to the second level, he can do some different things. '' Indeed, on his touchdown scamper - the longest for Vanderbilt in six years - he covered the first 39 yards running diagonally from far hashmark to near sideline, and then made a sharp cut, staying inbounds and avoiding TSU defenders while reversing field and then covering the final 39 yards cutting diagonally all the way back across the field to the far pylon for the touchdown. Officially, it went down as 78 yards; in terms of ground covered, it was nearly 120. Despite the two highlight-worthy scores, the Tigers refused to go quietly, charging back and putting the game in doubt until Croft, a Minnesota transfer, threw incomplete on fourth down, turning the ball over on downs with 1:25 remaining in the game. Tennessee State was without leading receiver Chris Rowland, but Harris - who had his best game as a quarterback for the University of Florida against Vanderbilt in 2014 - picked up the slack, with eight catches for 109 yards and a touchdown that gave the Tigers a 13-7 lead halfway through the second quarter. THE TAKEAWAYVanderbilt: The Commodores certainly had moments of offensive excellence - Vaughn's touchdown and the play of Lipscomb in particular - but struggled to slow down their FCS opponents. That doesn't bode well for a team with bowl hopes staring down seven straight SEC games. Tennessee State: Rod Reed's team missed a chance at a defining upset but may turn out to be a surprise team in the OVC this season. UP NEXTVanderbilt: The Commodores travel to No. 2 Georgia Saturday. Tennessee State: The Tigers face another in-state rival, traveling to nearby Clarksville next week to face Ohio Valley Conference foe Austin Peay. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and http://www. twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 25, 2018 Michigan lost its only road game of the season, while Northwestern is winless at home early in the 2018 campaign. One team will at least gain a measure of redemption when No. 14 Michigan pays a visit to Northwestern for a 4:30 p. m. Big Ten contest on Saturday. Michigan (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) lost its season opener at Notre Dame, but has spent the past three weeks dominating inferior opponents at home. The Wolverines have shown flashes of becoming a team that will seriously contend for a Big Ten title and playoff berth. Last Saturday's performance was the best of the season for the Wolverines, who dominated Nebraska in every phase during a 56-10 win in the Big Ten opener. Michigan led 39-0 at halftime, outgunned Nebraska 491-132 in total offense, and outrushed the Cornhuskers 285-39. "We did a good job controlling the line of scrimmage," Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh said. "I though in all phases our offensive line did really well. Maybe their best game of the season. " The stingy Michigan defense, which was expected to be one of the nation's best, is now No. 3 nationally in yards allowed, and transfer quarterback Shea Patterson continues to get more comfortable in the offense for the Wolverines. Sophomore wideout Donovan Peoples-Jones is also starting to come into his own, having caught four touchdown passes and returning a punt for a touchdown in the past three games. "What really stands out is that our team is working hard and it is paying off," Harbaugh said. "They like to practice. They're improving. It's an improving, ascending team. " Michigan will turn its attention to a Northwestern team it has beaten five consecutive times, although this is the first meeting between the teams since 2015 -- when the Wolverines breezed to a 38-0 win. Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald insisted his team's losing streak won't have any impact on Saturday's game. "With every Big Ten opponent, there's good, bad, ugly and spectacular," Fitzgerald said. "There is all kind of history with the games. That has zero net impact on the guys in the locker room right now, and I'm sure their guys too. It's about both teams right here. " This will be the first meeting since 2014 in Evanston, Ill. , a place where Michigan hasn't lost since 2000. Northwestern (1-2, 1-0 Big Ten) hasn't beaten Michigan anywhere since 2008. The Wildcats are headed in the opposite direction as Michigan going into the game, having followed up a solid road win at Purdue to start the season with two straight home losses. One came against a Duke team that is now ranked, but the last loss was inexcusable. Northwestern lost two weeks ago at home, 39-34, to Mid-American Conference opponent Akron, blowing a 21-3 lead at halftime. By the time Saturday arrives, Northwestern will have had two weeks to stew over the loss since the Wildcats had a bye last week. One of the few good things to come out of the Akron game for Northwestern is that senior starting quarterback Clayton Thorson took most of the snaps. After coming back from a torn ACL suffered in Northwestern's Music City Bowl victory last year, Thorson split time with backup T. J. Green in the first two games as Northwestern coaches tried to ease Thorson back into action. But Thorson went 33 of 52 passing for 383 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions against Akron, and with an extra week off he might solely be the man against Michigan. Green only attempted six passes against Akron. "We have to play better," Fitzgerald said. "We can't do the things we did the past couple of weeks and expect to win. We have to be more consistent. We have to take care of the football, we have to take the ball away and we have to win our one-on-one's in the kicking game. We have to keep our quarterback clean. Those are all areas we can control. "
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Sep 29, 2018 EVANSTON, Ill. Karan Higdon ran for 115 yards and two touchdowns, Shea Patterson threw 196 yards and No. 14 Michigan overcame a 17-point deficit to beat Northwestern 20-17 on Saturday. Higdon gave the Wolverines (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) the lead with a 5-yard run with 4:06 remaining. Higdon averaged 3. 8 yards on 30 carries, and Patterson completed 15 of 24 passes to help Michigan win its fourth straight. Michigan held Northwestern to 97 yards of total offense in the final three quarters and had six sacks for the game. Clayton Thorson completed 16 of 27 passes for 174 yards for Northwestern (1-3, 1-1) in the Wildcats' third straight loss. John Moten IV had 36 yards on 13 rushes and a touchdown in his first start for Northwestern. He took over for Jeremy Larkin after Larkin retired this week because of a spinal condition. Michigan has won seven straight games at Ryan Field. A 14 1/2-point underdog, Northwestern jumped out to a 17-0 lead early in the second quarter on short TD runs by Thorson and Moten and a career-high 45-yard field goal by Charlie Kuhbander. Michigan, which had minus-2 yards on its first two possessions, pulled to 17-7 on Higdon's 4-yard run in the second quarter. The Wolverines made it 17-13 in the third on Quinn Nordin's two field goals. Neither team could generate much offense in the fourth until Hidgon's second TD capped an 11-play, 67-yard drive. The key play in the drive was a 22-yard pass from Patterson to Zach Gentry for first-and-goal at the 6. THE TAKEAWAYMichigan: It certainly wasn't pretty - particularly on the offensive side - but the defense stepped up to shut down the Wildcats following a fast start. Northwestern: After being on a pitch count in the first three games, Thorson went the distance and eliminated the mistakes that led to the loss against Akron two weeks ago. But again, the offense bogged down after a fast start and struggled to gain first downs in the second half. UP NEXTMichigan hosts Maryland next Saturday. Northwestern visits Michigan State next Saturday. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 YPSILANTI, Mich. Tre Harbison cracked the goal line on his fourth consecutive carry, lifting Northern Illinois to a 26-23 triple-overtime win at Eastern Michigan in a Mid-American Conference showdown Saturday night. Trailing 23-20, Northern Illinois (2-3, 2-0) took seven plays to score the winning TD. Harbison's 10-yard run gave the Huskies a first-and-goal at the 4. He bulled three yards to the 1, was stopped for no gain, then took a handoff straight ahead through a hole in the line for the winner. Northern Illinois has 11 straight wins over Eastern Michigan, the last three decided in overtime. EMU's Chad Ryland boomed a high, 28-yard field goal to forge a 13-13 tie with three seconds left in regulation. He launched a 42-yarder down the middle to give the Eagles a 23-20 lead in the third overtime. Harbison ran for 136 yards on 32 carries. Marcus Childers rushed for 77 yards and passed for 121 and a score for the Huskies. Shaq Vann scored the first TD in overtime for Eastern Michigan (2-3, 0-2).
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Sep 29, 2018 PULLMAN, Wash. Gardner Minshew threw an 89-yard touchdown pass to Easop Winston Jr. late in the fourth quarter to lift Washington State to a 28-24 victory over Utah on Saturday. Washington State (4-1, 1-1 Pac-12) shredded the nation's No. 1 defense for 454 total yards and won its 10th straight home game. Utah (2-2, 0-2) was coming off a bye week. The Utes defense came in allowing just 12. 3 points and 204 yards per game. Minshew completed 31 of 56 passes for three touchdowns and one interception. Winston caught four passes for 115 yards. Washington State marched to the Utah 17 on the opening drive, but Minshew was intercepted by Corrion Ballard near the end zone to end the scoring threat. On the ensuing series, Utah's Britain Covey appeared to fumble after catching a pass and the ball was recovered by Washington State. But safety Skyler Thomas was called for targeting and ejected from the game and Utah retained the ball at midfield. Quarterback Tyler Huntley ran up the middle for 24 yards and a 7-0 Utah lead. Minshew threw a short touchdown pass to Tay Martin on the next series to tie the score. Zach Moss ran for a 6-yard touchdown to put Utah ahead. Minshew bootlegged 10 yards for a touchdown to tie the score at 14-14. After Utah's first punt, Minshew fired a 65-yard touchdown pass to a streaking Dezmon Patmon, who caught the ball near midfield and ran untouched into the end zone. Utah tied the score at 21-21 on Huntley's 1-yard plunge, and that stood at halftime. The defenses took over in the second half. Matt Gay kicked a 41-yard field goal on the first possession of the third to put Utah ahead 24-21. Blake Mazza tried a 52-yard field goal on the next series for WSU, but it was blocked by Maxs Tupai. In the fourth, Minshew lofted an 89-yard touchdown pass to Winston to take a 28-24 lead with 4:14 left. Utah turned the ball over on downs with 50 seconds left when Huntley's pass fell short on fourth-and-20. THE TAKEAWAYUtah: The Utes' slumbering offense woke up, but the defense could not stop WSU's Air Raid. Washington State: Washington State has won 10 straight home games, dating to its latest loss in 2016. It's the Cougars' longest streak since winning nine in a row from 1941-46 (there was no football in 1943-44 because of the war). UP NEXTUtah plays at No. 7 Stanford next SaturdayWashington State plays at Oregon State next Saturday. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 25, 2018 Florida coach Dan Mullen understands he may get less than a welcoming reception when the Gators visit No. 23 Mississippi State on Saturday. When asked if he expected to hear some boos, Mullen replied: "What do you think? "Mullen will be facing the school he left behind for the first time when the Gators (3-1, 1-1 SEC) travel to Starkville, Miss. , to face the Bulldogs (3-1, 0-1). Mullen led Mississippi State to a 69-46 record and eight bowl appearances in nine seasons before taking the Florida job last November. The highlight of the Mullen era came in October 2014 when Mississippi State, led by quarterback Dak Prescott, earned the No. 1 ranking in the AP poll. "When I think of the fans and I think of the former players and the people of the town of Starkville, I think for the most part they were appreciative in what we were able to accomplish in the nine years that we were there," Mullen said. But after leading Mississippi State to an 8-4 regular season in 2017, Mullen decided the time was right to join former athletic director Scott Stricklin in Gainesville. The Gators are coming off an impressive 47-21 win at Tennessee. Florida forced six turnovers and posted its highest point total at Neyland Stadium in school history. Mullen said Mississippi State will bring a different level of physicality this week. The Bulldogs are coming off their first loss of the season, falling 28-7 at Kentucky, which beat the Gators 27-16 in Week 2. First-year Mississippi State coach Joe Moorhead lamented his team's four unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, which were part of 16 flags for 139 yards last week. "I think you can compete hard, exert maximum effort and do the things necessary to be successful on every play without losing your head and being hot-tempered," Moorhead said. "There's a difference between playing hard and picking up the ball and throwing it at somebody or pushing somebody after the (whistle). That's not toughness. That's extra, unnecessary and unacceptable. " Keeping emotions in check will be even more difficult this week as most of the Bulldogs were recruited by Mullen and the seven assistants who followed him to Florida. "There's an emotional component attached to this game that is relative to coach Mullen and his staff being with these players for an extended amount of time," Moorhead said. "But at the end of the day, I'm not going to be on the field taking any snaps and neither are our assistants or any of their coaches. The game is going to be played on the field between the white lines between 11 Mississippi State players and 11 Florida players. " One of those Mississippi State players recruited by Mullen is senior quarterback Nick Fitzgerald, a dual threat who has accounted for 81 career touchdowns -- 43 passing, 38 rushing. "He's big, he's physical and he's extremely fast," Mullen said. Fitzgerald is the team's second-leading rusher with 286 yards, trailing Kylin Hill, who has 307 yards and averages 8. 5 per carry. Florida counters with an opportunistic defense that leads the nation with 14 takeaways, including 10 fumble recoveries. Senior defensive lineman Cece Jefferson made an impact in his second game back from a disciplinary suspension, forcing a safety in the first half against Tennessee. Linebacker David Reese returned from a preseason ankle injury to make a team-high 11 tackles and recover a fumble last week. As for Florida's quarterback, Feleipe Franks is continuing to make progress in his second season as a starter. Against Tennessee, Franks completed 9 of 18 passes for 172 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions, while rushing for his first score. Franks has posted a TD-to-interception ratio of 12-to-2 through the first four games after posting a 9-to-8 ratio last season. Wide receivers Freddie Swain and Van Jefferson (an Ole Miss transfer) each has three touchdown catches among their eight receptions. Mississippi State also has an all-star defense that ranks eighth nationally in total defense (269. 3 yards per game) and 10th in scoring defense (13. 5 points). Defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons ranks 13th on the 2019 Big Board of NFLDraftScout. com senior analyst Rob Rang, who rates Bulldogs defensive end Montez Sweat at No. 26. Simmons leads the SEC with 7. 5 tackles for loss. Sweat is right behind with seven, including 4. 5 sacks. Mullen, who brought his spread offense with him to Gainesville, said the defenders on his old team might have an edge. "They're going to have comfort going against our scheme," he said.
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Sep 29, 2018 STARKVILLE, Miss. Feleipe Franks threw for 219 yards and Florida's defense dominated in the Gators' 13-6 victory over No. 23 Mississippi State on Saturday night. Coach Dan Mullen won in his return to Starkville, guiding Florida to success in his first appearance at Davis Wade Stadium since leaving Mississippi State in November after nine mostly successful seasons. Florida wasn't great offensively, but it didn't matter. The Gators (4-1, 2-1) broke through in the third quarter when Franks threw a lateral to Kadarius Toney, who then threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Moral Stephens for a 10-6 lead. From that point forward, Florida slowly grinded toward the win. A 10-play, 36-yard drive in the fourth quarter led to a 21-yard field goal by Evan McPherson - giving the Gators a 13-6 lead - and the Mississippi State offense was never able to respond. Mississippi State (3-2, 0-2) had its chances to win and led 6-3 at halftime. The Bulldogs looked like they were going to break the game open in the third quarter when Nick Fitzgerald fired a perfect pass downfield to Osirus Mitchell, but the ball bounced awkwardly off his hands and fell to the turf. The Bulldogs had one more chance late in the fourth quarter, but Fitzgerald was sacked on fourth down. Mississippi State has scored just one touchdown over the past two games. Mullen's Gators took the field to plenty of cowbells and lots of boos before Saturday's game, though the reception wasn't much worse than most opposing teams get in Starkville. Once the game started, highlights were limited. Both teams stuck to a conservative, ground-based offense that produced no first-half touchdowns and the Bulldogs took a 6-3 lead into halftime. THE TAKEAWAYFlorida has now won three straight games since losing to Kentucky in the second week of the season. The Gators leaned on their defense one week after the offense carried them to a 47-21 win over Tennessee. It was another ugly performance from Mississippi State, which also lost to Kentucky 28-7 last week. The Bulldogs have no rhythm offensively and are struggling to both run and pass. It's obviously very early in the coach Joe Moorhead-Mississippi State marriage, but right now, it's a little rocky in Starkville. Mississippi State managed just 202 total yards. UP NEXTFlorida hosts LSU next Saturday. Mississippi State hosts Auburn next Saturday. ---Follow David Brandt on Twitter: www. twitter. com/davidbrandt . ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. Stephen Calvert threw for 417 yards and three touchdowns to lead Liberty to a 52-43 win over New Mexico on Saturday. And Calvert converted a big third-down play in the fourth quarter with a 50-yard completion to Antonio Gandy-Golden, who finished with a career-high 245 yards; a new school record. Liberty (2-2) jumped out to a 42-10 halftime lead as Calvert threw for all of his scores and 264 yards. The Lobos (2-2) rallied in the second half behind back-up quarterback Sheriron Jones, who finished with 312 yards and four scores. Jones came on to relieve starter Tevaka Tuioti who was lost for the rest of the season when he suffered a broken collarbone to his non-throwing shoulder. New Mexico pulled within 49-43 with 5:07 left on Tyrone Owens second touchdown of the game. But Calvert was able to find Gandy-Golden for his 11th catch on the far sideline and he took it down to the 12 with two minutes remaining. That set up Aaron Peart's clinching 22-yard field goal. THE TAKEAWAY: In its first FBS season and playing as an independent, Liberty beat its second FBS opponent after opening the season with a win against Old Dominion. It's not inconceivable that the Flames could turn in a . 500 season with a home-and-home against struggling New Mexico State, and home games against Idaho State and Norfolk State. The Lobos turned in their worst performance of the season. UP NEXT: After enjoying the cooking in Albuquerque this week, Liberty returns to New Mexico on Oct. 6 to meet fellow independent New Mexico State in Las Cruces. The Lobos begin Mountain West play Oct. 6, traveling to meet UNLV.
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Sep 29, 2018 FORT WORTH, Texas Jonathan Song kicked a 28-yard field goal with 37 seconds remaining and TCU beat Iowa State 17-14 on Saturday night. The game-deciding kick came three plays after TCU quarterback Shawn Robinson was helped off the field and taken directly to the locker room after taking a hard hit to his left shoulder at the end of a 1-yard run to the 10. Running back Sewo Olonilua then took direct snaps twice to set up the field goal for TCU (3-2, 1-1 Big 12). Iowa State (1-3, 0-2) tied the game at 14-all with just under eight minutes left when David Montgomery, who ran for 101 yards on 21 carries, scored from a yard out. Quarterback Zeb Noland kept that drive alive when he avoided being sacked by Ben Banogu on third-and-25, then ran 28 yards for a first down. On TCU's ensuing possession, Robinson's pass was intercepted by Braxton Lewis at the 3. But the Cyclones went three-and-out, then punted the ball for the drive that led to the final points. The Frogs led 14-7 when Banogu returned a fumble 47 yards right after halftime, and were driving for a possible two-touchdown lead late in the third quarter when tight end Artayvious Lynn caught a short pass and inexplicably tried to hurdle over a defender. The ball came loose when Lynn made midair contact and was recovered by linebacker O'Rien Vance at the Cyclones 9. After TCU's first game since SMU in 2009 when neither team scored in the first quarter, Robinson was sacked and fumbled in the first minute of the second quarter. Multiple players from both teams had a chance to recover before JaQuan Bailey dived over a TCU lineman to finally secure the pinballing pigskin at the Frogs 22. Four plays later, Noland threw a 3-yard TD to Charlie Kolar. TCU got even on the next drive when Robinson threw a 10-yard TD pass to freshman Taye Barber. THE TAKEAWAYIowa State: A year after beating both Oklahoma and TCU, the two teams that later met in the Big 12 championship game, the Cyclones have lost their first two Big 12 games this season to those same teams. TCU: Robinson was already dealing with an unspecified shoulder issue before the big blow that knocked him out of the game. He has also been prone to turnovers, with five interceptions and three lost fumbles in the last three games. The Frogs defense limited Iowa State to 198 yards. TURPIN TAKEN OUTTCU lost playmaking receiver and returner KaVontae Turpin on its first TD drive on a play that was initially called targeting but overturned after replay despite the vicious helmet-to-helmet contact from cornerback Datrone Young. UP NEXTIowa State travels to Oklahoma State next Saturday. TCU has an open date before hosting No. 25 Texas Tech on Oct. 4, a Thursday night. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 SAN ANTONIO Cordale Grundy threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for another score, and UTSA held off UTEP 30-21 in a Conference USA opener on Saturday night. UTEP's school record losing streak now stands at 17 straight. Grundy was 20-of-35 passing for 187 yards and no interceptions, and carried the ball nine times for 44 yards. Jared Sackett made field goals from 51, 39 and 47 yards for UTSA (1-3, 1-0). Kai Locksley accounted for 223 yards of offense and two touchdowns for UTEP (0-5, 0-1). Quardraiz Wadley also ran for a score. Locksley and Grundy each had scoring runs in the first quarter. In the second, Grundy connected with Carter McCarthy with 10:49 remaining. Clayton Johnson then picked off a Locksley pass on the Miners' next series, and Grundy threw a 15-yard TD pass to Tykee Ogle-Kellogg two plays later. Sackett's 51-yarder made it 24-7 at halftime. Locksley threw a six-yard touchdown pass to David Lucero in the third quarter, and Wadley's 3-yard TD run capped a 10-play, 69-yard drive to open the fourth and pulled UTEP to 24-21. Sackett made two more field goals and the Miners didn't cross midfield again until the final play.
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Sep 29, 2018 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. Tavares Thomas ran for a touchdown with seconds to play and Brent Stockstill connected with Gatlin Casey for the 2-point conversion, giving Middle Tennessee a 25-24 edge over Florida Atlantic Saturday night. The Blue Raiders (2-2, 1-0 Conference USA) trailed 24-17 with 38 seconds to go when Thomas ran it in from the 1 after a 42-yard drive. Stockstill's 2-point conversion pass to Casey gave Middle Tennessee the 25-24 edge. FAU's final drive was snuffed by an interception by Jovante Moffatt. Florida Atlantic took an early lead and it held it until the final score by Middle Tennessee. The Blue raiders closed the gap on a Stockstill scoring pass to Thomas and on a 29-yard touchdown run by Brad Anderson that made it 24-17. Stockstill finished with 259 passing yards. Devin Singletary ran for 118 yards and two touchdowns for the Owls (2-3, 0-1). Chris Robinson threw for 154 yards and ran for a score.
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Sep 29, 2018 LARAMIE, Wyo. Brett Rypien recorded his fourth consecutive 300-yard passing game this season, putting up two touchdowns and 342 yards through the air in leading Boise State over Wyoming 34-14 Saturday in a game played in hazy conditions caused by smoke from a forest fire burning in the area. Rypien completed 28 of 42 pass attempts for the Broncos (3-1, 1-0 Mountain West Conference) who scored on four of their first six possessions in the first half to gain a 24-0 halftime advantage and were never threatened the rest of the game. Rypien entered the game as Boise State's career leader in 300-yard games and now has 18. Also, he has yet to throw an interception this season after four games, which is a school record. A. J Richardson caught six passes for 113 yards and one TD, a 21-yard score. John Hightower caught the other TD pass from Rypien. As tiny specks of ash floated into War Memorial Stadium from a wildfire in the region, Wyoming (2-3, 0-1) could muster little offense against the Boise State defense. The Cowboys, who have lost 12 of 13 contests against the Broncos, managed just 12 total net yards in the first quarter and 73 for the half. Nico Evans led the Cowboys with 138 yards on 11 carries, including a 75-yard TD run on the first play of the third quarter. Tyler Vander Waal completed 15 of 25 passes for 214 yards and one TD, but most of the success coming when the game was no longer in doubt. THE TAKEAWAYBoise State is hoping to re-establish itself in The college football poll with the road victory. The Broncos had been ranked No. 17 earlier but fell out of the poll after losing to Oklahoma State 44-21 back on Sept. 15. Since 1996, when the Broncos joined the FBS ranks, they have returned to The poll after being dropped in the same season four times. Wyoming is left licking its wounds after a disappointing start to a season in which it had hoped to contend for a conference title behind a strong defensive unit, despite having to replace quarterback Josh Allen, who is now starting for the Buffalo Bills in the NFL. But with its offense struggling, the Wyoming defense has been worn down during games. BOUNCE BACK BRONCOSUnder fifth-year coach Bryan Harsin, Boise State has not lost two straight road games in the same season. UP NEXTBoise State returns home Saturday to play San Diego State in another conference matchup. Wyoming travels to league opponent Hawaii on Saturday for the first of two games on the road over the next couple of weeks. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 SAN JOSE, Calif. Ryan Meskell kicked a 35-yard field goal in the fifth overtime, making his last two kicks after missing a pair, lifting Hawaii past San Jose State 44-41 Saturday night. Bryce Crawford attempted to answer for San Jose State, playing at home for the first time since August 30, but missed wide right from 47 yards. The Rainbow Warriors (5-1, 2-0 Mountain West Conference) trailed 31-24 late in regulation, but engineered a 12-play, 75-yard drive with Cole McDonald finding John Ursua for the tying TD. Ursua caught 13 passes for 148 yards and three scores - the first time he had three touchdown receptions in a game. Hawaii opened the overtime with Dayton Furuta carrying the ball on five of six plays and scoring from the 1. San Jose State (0-4, 0-2) matched the TD, but then Crawford and Meskell each missed two field goal attempts before Crawford hit from 20 for a 41-38 Spartans lead. Meskell made two in a row from 35 for the win.
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Sep 25, 2018 DURHAM, N. C. -- Duke dodged trouble in the short term when its starting quarterback went down. Now it's time to see if Virginia Tech can do the same. The teams meet Saturday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Duke's Wallace Wade Stadium. Virginia Tech is coming off a stunning loss at previously winless Old Dominion. Quarterback Josh Jackson suffered a broken left fibula in the defeat. Now it's Ryan Willis' turn to take snaps for the Hokies (2-1, 1-0 ACC). "He's competitive. He has been training and working for this opportunity," Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente said. "It's up to everybody else to step their game up as well and help him out and support him. " No. 22 Duke (4-0, 0-0) is rolling along, holding an unblemished record through four games for the second year in a row. The last two games have been with Quentin Harris at quarterback after three-year starter Daniel Jones went down with a broken collarbone. This has the earmarks of a big game, particularly for Duke. Last year, the Blue Devils didn't capitalize on the 4-0 start, losing their next six games. "I don't think it adds any pressure for us," Harris said. "We look forward to building the momentum. " Willis is a redshirt junior who sat out last year after transferring from Kansas. He started eight games as a freshman. Duke coach David Cutcliffe said the Hokies have enough weapons to create concerns. He said the Blue Devils will be dealing with an upgrade from what they've encountered earlier this season. "Their team speed challenges us in different ways than we've been challenged so far," Cutcliffe said. Cutcliffe said he's not putting a lot of stock in Virginia Tech's stumble at Old Dominion, though he admired the way the underdogs played. "If they play 100 times, that happens only once," Cutcliffe said. "That's why it's an outlier. " Still, Fuente said his team must have a better reaction to adversity and that's one of the main points of emphasis for this week. "We were challenged and did not respond in the right way," he said. "We did not handle it very well. We've got to pull ourselves up and roll our sleeves up and go back to work. . . . We've got to own it and suck it up and go back to work. " The Hokies have generally bounced back after setbacks under Fuente. They're 6-1 in games following a loss with him in charge. Virginia Tech's defense was uncharacteristically torched in the Old Dominion game. A day after, the school announced the dismissal from the team of starting defensive end Trevon Hill, perhaps further complicating matters. Two of Virginia Tech's 34 shutouts with defensive coordinator Bud Foster on the coaching staff have come against Duke. Those were in 1987 and 2005. The Blue Devils are expecting to see different things from the Hokies after last weekend's results. "We definitely think they'll show some different looks defensively that we haven't seen," Harris said. Cutcliffe didn't rule out seeing a return from Jones, pointing out he has been doing some practice work. But with an open date to start October, it figures the Blue Devils would like to give him extra time to heal before he's in game action. Duke also could have the return of receiver Aaron Young, who made a big splash with 114 receiving yards in the opener against Army but has been out with an injury ever since. Duke is shooting for its first 5-0 record since the 1994 season. The Blue Devils have won seven games in a row dating to the end of last season for the third-longest winning streak among Power 5 teams behind Ohio State and Penn State. Virginia Tech is 12-2 against Duke since joining the ACC. That includes a 6-0 record in road games in that span. "Probably the best Duke team we've played since I've been here," Fuente said. "We've kind of seen this coming. They've been a little bit young and they've continued to get better and better. "
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Sep 29, 2018 DURHAM, N. C. Ryan Willis threw for 332 yards and a career-best three touchdowns in his first start at Virginia Tech, helping the Hokies upset No. 22 Duke 31-14 on Saturday night. Willis, a transfer from Kansas taking over for injured starter Josh Jackson, was 17 of 27 with a 27-yard TD pass to Damon Hazelton, a 67-yard catch-and-run score to Dalton Keene and a game-sealing 10-yarder to Phil Patterson. Humiliated in a 14-point loss at Old Dominion last week, the Hokies (2-2, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) bounced back strong, leading virtually all night to earn another lopsided road victory against a ranked league opponent. They routed then-No. 19 Florida State 24-3 in the opener. Daniel Jones - back in the starting lineup three weeks after breaking his collar bone - was 23 of 35 for 226 yards with a 23-yard touchdown pass to Noah Gray and an interception for the Blue Devils (4-1, 0-1), and Deon Jackson had a short touchdown run that cut the deficit to 24-14 early in the fourth quarter. Ranked for the first time since 2015, they were denied their first 5-0 start since 1994 and instead saw the end of a seven-game winning streak that dated to last season. Steven Peoples had a 6-yard touchdown run and Brian Johnson kicked a 28-yard field goal for the Hokies. THE TAKEAWAYVirginia Tech: These Hokies looked nothing like the crew that gave up seven touchdowns and 631 total yards - the worst in a quarter-century with defensive coordinator Bud Foster - at Old Dominion. This time, they held Duke to almost half of that (327). When they had the ball, Willis didn't look much like a backup - instead teaming with his receivers to make Duke's young secondary look, well, young. Duke: The Blue Devils won't like these parallels, easy as they are to draw. For the second straight year, a 4-0 start was wiped out by a no-show loss at home in the league opener against a high-profile Coastal Division opponent; Miami had that honor in 2017, routing Duke 31-6 a year to the day before this one. Now the challenge is to prevent a repeat of what followed that one: A six-game losing streak that put bowl eligibility in peril. UP NEXTVirginia Tech: Plays host to No. 8 Notre Dame next Saturday. Duke: Has next weekend off to regroup and prepare for Georgia Tech on Oct. 13. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 DALLAS William Brown threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns to help lead SMU to a resounding 63-27 victory over Houston Baptist on Saturday night. It was the most points by a SMU team since scoring 72 against Houston in a 72-42 win in 2012. Brown was 8 of 13 for 271 yards and two scores in the first two quarters as SMU dominated from the beginning, taking a 35-10 lead into the break. The Mustangs (2-3) had two receivers break the century mark as Reggie Roberson Jr. pulled in four for 104 yards and Tyler Page had three catches for 102 yards and a touchdown. James Proche, Ben Redding and Judah Bell also grabbed touchdown tosses. Page caught a 92-yard touchdown pass early in the first quarter. SMU dominated in all areas, amassing 653 total yards to 301 for Houston Baptist (1-3). LaDarius Dickens generated some excitement for HBU when he broke for a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown that closed the gap to 28-10 midway of the second quarter.
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Sep 25, 2018 South Carolina will be the next team to see if it can stop or at least slow Kentucky running back Benny Snell when the Gamecocks and Wildcats clash Saturday in Lexington, Ky. Kickoff is 7:30 p. m. ET at Kroger Field with the SEC Network doing the television honors. The No. 17 Wildcats (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) will be looking to go 5-0 for the first time since 2007, which happens to be the last time they were ranked. They also will be going for their fifth consecutive win against the Gamecocks (2-1, 1-1 SEC). So far, the only one to slow Snell has been Kentucky coach Mark Stoops, who limited his prize junior running back to just 15 carries that were good for 75 yards in the 48-10 victory over an overmatched Murray State team. Snell's production in the other three games was 125 yards on 20 carries in the opener against Central Michigan, 175 in a victory over Florida that snapped the Wildcats' 31-game losing streak to the Gators and 165 last week in a 28-7 win over Mississippi State. Coach Will Muschamp, who made his reputation as a defensive coordinator before moving up in the coaching ranks first at Florida and now at South Carolina, said there's only one way to approach a running back like Snell. "Well, you've got to swarm the ball field. That's the bottom line," he said. "When you play really good backs, they are going to make you miss. They are going to break some tackles. You've got to swarm the football. You've got to leverage the ball the right way. The ball carrier is never down until the whistle blows. You've got to finish on the ball carrier, and you have to have the right mindset going into the game. "And I think that's something really important when you play a back like Snell, because he is a guy you're going to have to gang-tackle to get on the ground. " The Gamecocks must win the "one-on-one" matchups to have a chance at success, Muschamp said. "At the end of the day, football is a game where you're matched up against another person," Muschamp said. "Sometimes you may have to face a double-team, but you have got to win your one-on-ones. "We talk in terms of winning downs, which wins possessions, and if you win enough possessions, you win games. So, our approach never changes, as far as that is concerned. " Snell rushed for over 1,000 yards in each of his first two seasons despite not getting onto the field until the third game of his freshman year. Even Stoops couldn't have predicted how Snell has emerged as a possible Heisman Trophy contender. "I've always said -- and you people frame it different ways -- that we had a good idea of who he was," Stoops said. "To say that he would do all this, no, I didn't know that. I just knew he was very mature. "I knew he was strong, got tough yards, and he was disciplined for a young guy. He came in with an edge and an attitude about him from the very beginning and he's been consistent all the way through. That doesn't surprise me one bit. " South Carolina also has an offensive star that will create headaches for Kentucky's defense. Wide receiver Deebo Samuel has had at least six receptions in each of the Gamecocks' first three games and presents challenges in the kicking game as well. He has three career kickoff returns for touchdowns despite missing most of 2017 to injury. "South Carolina is a very good football team across the board," Stoops said. "They're very balanced, as far as being a good special teams, offense, defense. It does present a challenge, especially with their quarterback and wide receivers. "
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Sep 29, 2018 LEXINGTON, Ky. Benny Snell Jr. ran for 99 yards and one of Kentucky's three consecutive first-half touchdowns before the No. 17 Wildcats held on for a 24-10 victory over South Carolina on Saturday night. Kentucky (5-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) quashed initial concerns about a letdown following their first Top 25 ranking since November 2007 by scoring on four straight drives to lead 24-3 at halftime. The Wildcats ended up needing that cushion to offset a scoreless second half and Jake Bentley's 58-yard, third quarter TD pass that kept the Gamecocks (2-2, 1-2) within striking distance. Mike Edwards' interception with 3:47 remaining snuffed one chance by the Gamecocks before they turned the ball over on downs in the final minute. That sealed Kentucky's fifth consecutive series win and continued its best SEC start since 1977. Snell's rushing yardage on 28 carries also made him the third Wildcat to break 3,000 career. His 4-yard score with 4:53 remaining in the second quarter extended his TD record to 40. Quarterback Terry Wilson and A. J. Rose ran for TDs from 1 and 24 yards as Kentucky edged South Carolina 327-321 in yardage. The Wildcats also registered four takeaways, scoring 10 points off a fumble and interception. POLL IMPLICATIONSKentucky's first Top 25 presence in 11 years will last another week. THE TAKEAWAYSouth Carolina: The Gamecocks' passing game cranked up after halftime and they were within two possessions midway in the fourth quarter. But catch-up through the air also resulted in costly interceptions by Bentley (13 of 28 passing, 148 yards), including one in the end zone. Kentucky: The Wildcats seemed headed toward a second consecutive SEC rout at the break by dominating the Gamecocks on both sides of the ball. A scoreless second half opened the door for South Carolina, but the defense came up with two timely turnovers to preserve the lead. That was enough to offset the TD that marked the first points they've allowed in the third quarter this season. UP NEXTSouth Carolina hosts Missouri on Saturday to open a three-game homestand. Kentucky visits Texas A&M on Saturday in its first SEC meeting with the Aggies. ---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 25, 2018 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The booming fireworks that have rocked Beaver Stadium before each of the last few primetime games will be more fitting than usual on Saturday when two of the country's most explosive teams meet. The two highest scoring offenses will square off as No. 9 Penn State hosts the No. 4 Buckeyes. What's on the line? How about a chance to play for a conference title and even a potential College Football Playoff berth. "Three of the last four meetings have been decided by seven points or less," Penn State coach James Franklin said. "So this has been a very competitive series for the four years that we've been here. " Never has there been this much firepower on each side. The Nittany Lions (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) are averaging 55. 5 points per game and have racked up 63 on each of their last two opponents. The Buckeyes (4-0, 1-0) are getting by at a similar clip. They've scored 54. 5 per game and showed off their potential in a 77-point eruption to open the season against Oregon State. Both offenses run through their quarterbacks, but in different ways. Penn State's Trace McSorley has long been a Heisman Trophy hopeful with his dual-threat abilities. He's tossed touchdown passes in 32-straight games and recently became just the second Penn State quarterback to rush for 1,000 career yards. It's his 26-5 record as a starter that has Ohio State coach Urban Meyer's attention. "(He's) a winner, a guy that can do it all," Meyer said. "And a competitor. " McSorley's running abilities have kept defenses honest in the past. Now, Ohio State has to worry about what has emerged as one of the best offensive lines in the nation. Penn State's front five have paved the way for more than 200 yards in each of the last seven games. They're averaging 275 rushing yards per game. Tailback Miles Sanders is fresh off a 200-yard, three-touchdown performance, too. "I think we're in a much different position than we've been in the past with our offensive line," Franklin said. "Not only from protecting our quarterback, but also more consistently being able to run the ball. " The Buckeyes will get a boost in that department with the return of running back Mike Weber. The junior suffered a foot injury in the second quarter of the Buckeye's 49-6 win over Tulane a week ago and did not return. Weber has had to work hard to produce against Penn State. In two games he's carried the ball 28 times for 92 yards with a touchdown. Production from the Ohio State passing game has been much more pronounced. Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins is putting together a Heisman Trophy resume of his own. He's completed 87 of 115 passes for 1,194 yards with 16 touchdowns and just one interception. He's second in passing efficiency among FBS players and has been sacked just four times. Haskins' emergence has changed the complexion of Ohio State's offense. It's not the same option-based spread attack Penn State is used to defending with former Buckeye quarterback J. T. Barrett at the helm. Instead of relying on his quarterback's running ability, Meyer has counted on Haskins to hit his marks with his arm. And he's done a good job spreading the ball to Parris Campbell and K. J. Hill. The two have combined for 40 catches for 558 yards and six touchdowns. Meyer, who'll coach in his second game after serving a three-game suspension to start the season for failing to report an assistant coach suspected of domestic violence, had a message for his young quarterback after last week's game. "I was driving home after the game," Meyer said. "I called (Haskins) just with that message to stay focused. And we've had some pretty high-profile guys around here and I've seen it. One thing about Columbus, Ohio, is this is the show and they become bigger than life, but he's a very humble guy. "
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Sep 30, 2018 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Dwayne Haskins threw two touchdown passes in the final seven minutes as No. 4 Ohio State wiped out a 12-point deficit to beat No. 9 Penn State 27-26 Saturday night in another wild game between the Big Ten powerhouses. Trace McSorley had 461 total yards, including a career-high 175 rushing and threw two touchdown passes, and the Nittany Lions (4-1, 1-1) went up 26-14 with 8:00 left in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard TD plunge by Miles Sanders. The record-breaking crowd of 110,889 at Beaver Stadium was rocking, singing along to ''Sweet Caroline'' and ''Livin' on a Prayer. '' It looked like the Nittany Lions would get another whiteout win against the Buckeyes (5-0, 2-0). Instead, for the second straight season, Ohio State made a fourth-quarter rally from a double-digit deficit. Haskins connect with Binjimen Victor, who weaved and slipped through tacklers for a 47-yard touchdown catch and run that cut it to 26-21 with 6:42 left. Penn State could not put the Buckeyes away with a closing drive but the Nittany Lions buried Haskins and Ohio State at their own 4 with 4:35 left on the clock. A screen to J. K. Dobbins got 35 and took Ohio State out of the hole. Mixing runs and passes, the Buckeyes worked their way into Penn State territory. Haskins hit K. J. Hill with a quick pass to the outside and the receiver picked up a couple of blocks, broke a tackle and went in for a 24-yard score that made it 27-26 with 2:03 left. McSorley and Penn State could not come up with a response. On fourth-and-5 from the Ohio State 43, McSorley handed off to Sanders on a read option and his was smothered by Chase Young, who had a huge game at defensive end for Ohio State. THE TAKEAWAYOhio State: Penalties and a propensity to give up long gains had dogged the Buckeyes early this season and both were a problem against Penn State. For the second time in September, the Buckeyes allowed a 93-yard touchdown, this time on a slant pass from McSorley to K. J. Hamler in the second quarter to make it 13-0. The Buckeyes finished with 10 penalties for 105 yard - and still won. Penn State: The winner of this game has won the Big Ten the past two seasons. The Nittany Lions can still think conference title and College Football Playoff, but their road will be tough with games remaining against No. 21 Michigan State, No. 15 Wisconsin and No. 14 Michigan still left. And no tiebreaker against the Buckeyes. OBJ-ESQUEPenn State receiver Juwan Johnson, who has had an issue with drops the first month of the season, made what could go down as one of the best catches of the season in the first half. Conjuring up comparisons to Odell Beckham's famous one-handed grab against Dallas in 2014, the 6-foot-4 Johnson reached high as he was falling back and made a spectacular right-handed grab for 31 yards down the sideline. UP NEXTOhio State is home to play Indiana next week. Penn State is off next week before hosting No. 21 Michigan State on Oct. 13. ---Follow Ralph D. Russo at www. Twitter. com/ralphDrusso and listen at https://www. podcastone. com/-Top-25-College-Football-Podcast---More college football: https://apnews. com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter. com/-Top25
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Sep 29, 2018 DENTON, Texas Amik Robertson blocked a 46-yard field goal attempt with 33 seconds left to help Louisiana Tech beat previously unbeaten North Texas, 29-27, in a Conference USA opener on Saturday night. Louisiana Tech (3-1, 1-0) scored only once in the second half, a 42-yard field goal from Bailey Hale midway through the third quarter that stretched its lead to 29-21. Mason Fine threw a seven-yard touchdown pass to Rico Bussey Jr. to pull North Texas (4-1, 0-1) to 29-27 with 1:09 remaining in the third. The Mean Green had their chances in the fourth quarter, forcing Louisiana Tech to punt on both of its possessions. Cole Hedlund missed a 41-yard field goal attempt, and the Bulldogs' Connor Taylor tackled running back Nic Smith for no gain on third-and-2 before Robertson blocked Hedlund's final field goal try. J'Mar Smith threw a touchdown pass each to Adrian Hardy and Alfred Smith for Louisiana Tech. Rhashid Bonnette had five catches for 101 yards. Fine was 22-of-35 passing for 296 yards and three touchdowns. Loren Easly added 110 yards on the ground and a score.
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Sep 25, 2018 Two top-10 teams have not squared off at Notre Dame Stadium since 2005. That will change Saturday when No. 7 Stanford (4-0) visits No. 8 Notre Dame (4-0) in a prime-time matchup at 7:30 p. m. ET in South Bend, Ind. Expect millions to be glued to their television sets and more than 80,000 fans in the stadium to reach a steady roar. "I hope it's a great atmosphere," Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly said. "We thrive on our home field. We've had a good run going at home. To have a home game against a top-10 opponent when you're a top-10 team, these are the moments that you wait for. " The Fighting Irish opened the season with wins over Michigan, Ball State, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest. The first three wins came by single digits, but they rolled to a 56-27 win over the Demon Deacons last week after switching to Ian Book at quarterback in place of Brandon Wimbush. It seems likely that Book will start again this weekend, although Kelly refuses to show his hand. "They're both going to prepare the way they have," Kelly said. "Look, it's important that everybody knows that both of these quarterbacks can win football games for us. That's the most important thing. So, as coaches, we have to keep both of them sharp. It's a lot of work during the week, but we'll make sure both of them are ready. " Stanford has posted wins over San Diego State, USC, UC Davis and Oregon. The Cardinal's win last weekend against the Ducks proved to be the most difficult as they held on for a 38-31 victory in overtime. Junior quarterback K. J. Costello has tossed 10 touchdown passes in his first four games. But the national spotlight will be on his teammate in the backfield, running back Bryce Love, who rushed for 2,118 yards a year ago but is on pace for much less this season with 254 yards and two touchdowns to date. However, the Fighting Irish know that Love can break off a big run on any given play. "We know about Bryce Love -- the best back in the country," Kelly said. "Once you think he's down, he's gone. You've got to get him on the ground and tackle him. " Stanford coach David Shaw said Love's persistence and sudden burst were difficult to describe. "I wish I could explain it," Shaw said. "I have no idea. You never know when those plays are going to happen. The funny thing with him is you get to the point you know it's going to happen, so we don't worry about the three- and four-yard gains with him. At some point, he's going to break one. "What is unique about Bryce is a lot of those big runs, they're not untouched runs. They're runs where he has to break a tackle, make a guy miss, and then his acceleration, I don't know that I've seen live, on the field, an acceleration like that. Some of you remember 'Rocket' Ismail from Notre Dame. I have not seen a guy in three or four steps get to full speed like Bryce since 'Rocket. '"This marks the 22nd season in a row that Stanford will play Notre Dame. The winner of the game will claim the Legends Trophy for the next year. The Cardinal have held the trophy since 2015.
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Sep 29, 2018 SOUTH BEND, Ind. Ian Book threw for four touchdowns and No. 8 Notre Dame's defense stifled Stanford to end a three-game losing streak to the Cardinal with a 38-17 victory Saturday night. Starting his second straight game, Book completed 24 of 33 passes for 278 yards, including an 8-yard TD to Miles Boykin. Boykin had career highs in receptions (11) and yardage (144). Boykin's touchdown gave the Irish (5-0) a 31-17 lead over the Cardinal (4-1) with 8:16 remaining. After Notre Dame's Te'von Coney intercepted Stanford quarterback K. J. Costello, Book threw a 35-yard scoring pass to Alize Mack 14 seconds later to seal the victory. Book's other touchdown passes were a 6-yarder to tight end Nic Weishar in the first quarter and a 10-yarder to Chase Claypool just before halftime. The Irish totaled 550 yards, including 272 yards on 55 carries. Senior Dexter Williams, playing in his first game of the season after missing the first four for undisclosed disciplinary reasons, rushed for a career-high 161 yards on 21 carries, the first a 45-yard touchdown that gave Notre Dame a 7-0 lead. The Irish limited seventh-ranked Stanford to 229 yards. Costello threw for just 174 yards and was hurried all night by Notre Dame's front four, which got four sacks and two hurries from 6-foot-7, 305-pound senior defensive tackle Jerry Tillery. Bryce Love, last year's Heisman Trophy runner-up, scored on a 39-yard TD for Stanford, but finished with just 73 yards on 17 carries before limping to the locker room with just over 11 minutes remaining. TAKEAWAYSStanford: After missing his first three passes of the game, Costello connected on his next nine before finishing with 130 first-half yards on 11-of-17 passing but was hurried by Notre Dame's defensive front four in the second half. With Love also struggling on the ground, the Cardinal will have to address the blocking issues of their offensive line. Notre Dame: The Irish came within one yard of having | | | |
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