Undefeated Penn State can start thinking big after college football wild weekend. Could a third national title possibly be within Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno’s grasp? Previously-unbeaten Southern California, Georgia, Florida and Wisconsin all lost. Penn State (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten) took care of its end in a somewhat choppy yet decisive 38-24 win [...]
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Texas senior fullback Luke Tiemann will have season-ending surgery. To repair a torn ACL in his left knee. Tiemann was hurt Saturday in the Longhorns’ 52-10 win over Arkansas. “Luke is one of our great senior leaders,” Texas coach Mack Brown said Sunday. “He is as tough as they come, and has contributed so much [...]
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Michigan strength and conditioning program was revamped by Rich Rodriguez. Who hoped the Wolverines would get stronger toward the end of games. It might’ve just paid off. “Sometimes it takes a win like this to verify that,” Rodriguez said. Unranked Michigan seemed stronger and faster in the second half Saturday against then-No. 9 and unbeaten [...]
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Oklahoma, where the No 1 ranking rests again. The Sooners sit atop the AP Top 25 on Sunday after the first upset-filled weekend of the season gave the media poll a powerful shake. Alabama was both a mover and a shaker, as the Crimson Tide rose to No. 2 after a surprising 41-30 pounding of [...]
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Rutgers suspended leading receiver Kenny Britt and highly regarded starting left tackle Anthony Davis. For Saturday game against Morgan State for an undisclosed violation of team policy. The suspensions, which will last only one game, were announced just minutes before the kickoff. Britt had 21 catches for 262 yards in the first three games. Dennis [...]
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Demetrius Crawford and C J Palmer rushed for two touchdowns each Saturday. To lead Montana State to a 37-18 win over South Dakota. Crawford rushed for 91 yards while Palmer had three carries for 4 yards for Montana State (2-2). Cody Kempt completed 12 of 21 passes for 157 yards and a 9-yard touchdown pass [...]
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Guilford Josh Vogelbach set three Division III career passing records. In a 35-14 loss at Hampden-Sydney on Saturday. Vogelbach, who was 40-of-59 for 383 yards, set career marks with his 1,037th completion, 1,721st attempt and 24th 300-yard game. He surpassed the previous completion mark of 1,012, set nine years ago by Justin Peery of Westminster, [...]
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Saturday Top 25 Capsules. (10) ALABAMA 41, (3) GEORGIA 30 ATHENS, Georgia Nick Saban needed less than two seasons to return Alabama to national prominence. Georgia received an up-close look at just how far the Crimson Tide have come. Sabans 10th-ranked Crimson Tide crushed the third-ranked Bulldogs, 41-30, on Saturday in a contest that quickly [...]
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North Carolina senior Brandon Tate has broken the NCAA record for combined kick return yardage. Tate came into the Tar Heels game Saturday against Miami 36 yards shy of the 3,455 yards Deltha O’Neal had for California from 1996-99. Tate broke the mark by the end of the first quarter after returning kickoffs 19 and [...]
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Butler quarterback Matt Kobli threw two touchdown passes. And ran for 116 yards and a touchdown Saturday as the Bulldogs beat Missouri S&T 41-15. Butler (2-1) took a 13-3 lead into the half before blowing the game open in the second half despite 380 yards passing by Missouri S&T quarterback Jason Schleuter. The Bulldogs took [...]
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