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Show SPORTS 12 DIXIE SUN -- BRONCOS continued from PAGE seemed ready to fight his out Mike of way Shanahan's basement. With three minutes left in the third quarter, and the Broncos trailing O'Neal fielded a punt at the Denver 43 and began an elegant, swift dance to a score. 20-1- Little could he suspect that few minutes later he would be sizzled for the game-winnintouchdown in almost exactly the same spot where he had listened to cheers. a g "That's football," Pryce said in a soft voice. "That's pressure football. You can be on the top of the world one second and a doormat the next." The Broncos' tumble from the elite peak of the NFL to the packed land of mediocrity has been slower, but no less devastating. Hard to believe that less than a month ago, Oct. 5, on a sunny day in Kansas City, the Broncos led the Chiefs in the second half and looked on their way to a record. 5-- 0 the Chiefs' Dante Hall, who smoked them for a gamewinning touchdown return. Then Jake Plummer suffered a busted foot and Ian Gold a mangled knee and John Mobley a frightening injury to his neck. All of a sudden, Givens is offering inventive gyrations for the crowd at Invesco Field and the Broncos have fallen to They now must squint to see a road to the playoffs. That's why O'Neal refused to talk. That's why Darius Holland sat for 15 minutes at his locker, staring at an empty bottle of Gatorade, a green tie and his white dress shirt. Teammates walked by, patted him on the neck, but Holland kept staring straight ahead. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2003 5-- 4 The Broncos had every chance to win. Clinton Portis, in a spinning, roaring performance, muscled his way to yards against one of the best defenses in the NFL. Officials whistled the Patriots for penalties 14 times, handing the Broncos 85 yards. Danny Kanell was disciplined and adequate, declining to seek more than his limited arm can 1 1 1 The celebration was short lived for the members of the Denver Broncos Monday night as they lost to the New England Patriots 30-2- 6 FOOTBALL continued from PAGE 10 hopes. The Rebels must defeat Glendale on Saturday to win the WSFL crown. Glendale has only one loss and is deadlocked in a three-watie for first place with Snow and Dixie State. If the win on Rebels don't Saturday, Snow will win the conference by y If Dixie State has any hopes Prep in Colorado Springs on Nov. 15. If the Rebels don't win either of their games they might not even make an appearance in the Rotary Bowl. Before last week, there were five undefeated teams in the polls, but now there are two-Io- wa Central and Butler Community College are the two teams left. Butler faces Coffeyville CC Sunday in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Championship. The two teams have met once before with Butler coming from behind to win 29-2- If Coffeyville defeats Butler, this week it will leave one undefeated NJCAA team in the nation. If two undefeated teams are left by season-enthe Rotary Bowl will not NJCAA determine the national champion. d DSC 14 0 6 8 Then it all crumbled. The Broncos chose to punt to deliver. d sis 'fooSbal roynnidtuir of a national championship, it must also beat Air Force . Tennessee Saturday afternoon in Logan. local teams The Aggie offense piled up 495 yards of offense, with 301 yards through the air, and 194 yards rushing. Travis Cox was 22-3and was responsible for all of USU's by John Doe Dixie Sun Staff Writer 4 passing and completed 11 straight at one point. David Fiefia led the Aggie ground attack with 101 yards on 23 carries. USU's Travis Davis came just short of 100 with 92 yards on six carries 45, AIR FORCE 43, 30T The Utah Utes put their destiny back into their own hands defeating Air Force in triple overtime. 45-4- 3 Ben Moa rushed for three touchdowns, inlcluding the one in the third game-tyinHe threw the overtime. game winning two point conversion to Matt Hansen. Alex Smith came three yards away from 300 going throwing one interception. He also rushed for 89 yards on 18 carries, to lead the of the teams that survived a scare this team The UNLV Rebels were on end by a lesser-know- n week- g UNLV 37, NEW MEXICO 35 New Mexico committed six turnovers in their home loss to UNLV. snapped UNLV's three game losing streak. UTAH ST. TENNESSEE 41, MIDDLE 20 22-3- 2 Utes. 7 7 10 1 1 . Weekend action of UTAH NMM Jamaal Brimmer scored the game winner picking off Casey Kelly and ran it back 62 yards for a score. The win The Aggies had themselves a shutout until midway through the fourth quarter in their routing of Middle CAL POLY 33, SOUTHERN UTAH 21 Cal Poly overcame three first half fumbles, to defeat the Thunderbirds Saturday afternoon in San Luis Obispo, Calif. The David Mustangs's Richardson stepped in front of a Ryan Zimmerman throw and ran it back 16 yards for a score to take the lead, then the Mustangs forced a Ryan Zimmerman fumble on the SUU 18, and scored to put the nail in the coffin. BOISE ST. 50, BYU 12 Boise State got off to a quick start Thursday, jumping off to a 14 point first quarter lead against the Cougars and caused four Cougar turnovers at Lavell Edwards Stadium in Provo. The Broncos took advantage in the first half, picking off Matt Berry three times in three straight possessions. BSU's Ryan Dinwiddie went for 247 yards and two Tim while touchdowns, 8 Gilligan caught receptions for 209 yards to lead the David Bronco receivers. 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