Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday November 16 2003 — B5 25 Top ' Gators (8-- 3 rally from a lh-- 7 liaHtiim' deficit for their 3th straight u in over the 1 l Gamecocks (5-- 6 While they'll do no worse than a tie with Tennessee and Georgia for first the Gators will need a lot of help to advance to the SEC title ' game for the first time under coach Ron Zook West Virginia 52 No 16 Pittsburgh 31 At Morgantown WVa Rashccd Marshall threw two touchdown passes and ran lor another score for the Mountaineers (Juincy Wilson became the latest running back to put up big numbers against the Pan- titers' leaky defense rolling for 208 yards and four touchdowiis to help the Mountaineers to their fifth straight victory and a tie atop the Big 2-- Continued from B2 scoreless until the fourth quarter With representatives front the Sugar Bowl 1 Southeastern Confer watching LSU ence) moved within a game of Mississippi in the SBC West heading into next week's show- -' down in Oxford and kept puce with Southern California and Ohio Slate in the BCS stand- -' 5-- !'' ' ' ings Y But LSU will have a hard time moving up from fourth to second in the standings that ' determine who plays for the national champi- onship in the Sugar Bowl unless Ohio State ' and USC lose The Tigers have played the weakest schedule of those three teams a key component in the BCS standings No 4 Ohio St 16 No 11 Purdue 13 OT At Columbus Ohio Mike Nugent kicked field goal in overtime and the a : ' Buckeyes survived their third game this sea- -'' son withoutscoring an offensive p touchdown'-- Y y Nugent could have won the game on the last play of regulation but Purdue's Bobby Iwuchukwu leaped high to block a try ' After Nugent converted yn the Buckeyes’ opening possession of pvertime Ben Jones missed a of his own that would have the game going Jones alsoshaiiked a 28- -' kept yard attempt in the third quarter with the game 41-ya- er ' : rd tied at 6 f No 5 Michigan 41 Northwestern 10 At Evanston III John Navarre passed for ' 288 yards and two touchdowns and the Wolverines forced three turnovers: Michigan (9-- 2 6-- 1 Big Tert) is one victory from its league-recor- d 41st conference cham- a and likely pionship trip to the Rose Bowl Michigan hosts No 4 Ohio State next Satur- - ' 1 1 ' 1 ' r "Y ' No 6 Texas 43 Texas Tech 40 ' At Austin Texas Chance Mockhit BJ! touchdown pass with 46 Johnson with a seconds left! sending the Longhorns to a wild Win and keeping them in the hunt for a BCS rd ‘ bowl Mock who began the season as the starter 1 for Texas (9-- 2 Big 1 2) relieved Vince' alter Texas Tech (7-- 4 took a 5 Young Taurean lead on Henderson 7s third touchdown ! run of the night ' ' No 7 Georgia 26 Auburn 7 '' Y At Athens Ga Michael Johnson caught a' " touchdown pass and the Bulldogs fin- -' ished off the Tigers 6n Odell Thurman's 99- interception return 'yard ' 2 The Bulldogs (8-- 2 Southeastern Confer- at Sanford Stadi-uience) beat Auburn (6-- 5 ' for the first time'since 1991 and only the ' ' third time in the past 14 meetings at Georgia's home field Y- No 8 Washington St 34' Arizona St 19 At Pullman Wash freshman Josh Swogger threw his fiFst collegiate touchdown to help the - 6-- ’4-- 40-3- 3) 19-ya- rd 5-- 4-- 3) m - ' 1 ' f s V - Continued from Bt ’ !0-7'- in v-- rd involved with the school's track and cross country pro- Yfe gram for more than '20 years' can't remember a first-yerunner --7 other Y than a junior college trans-— fer qualify for ihe big sure" Reeder said 'fdr " going 10 Nationals That leadsbnc to Wonder ! if Nielson could have' cracked the top 4 at full Y: ' hc-Wa- " strength'' Y " - : ! : first-an- ce - out -! : - day-befor- e- ' ce 1 1 : (1-1- 0) s the-Gaels-' ' ' ? ButtheThimdcrbirds answered With Zimmerman's ! only touchdown pass of the day! a 26yard strike to Steve Price (hat put Southern Utah ahead 20--7 w ilh 5 seconds ' -- " 1 left in the first quarter: From there the thunderbirds outscored St Mary's 2(W) to' finish the rout '"’ 'better : "Somehow I had enough ' strength to run like I did" David Danlcyfinished sec- ond among Aggies (23rd 3 1:504) followed by Clark Brace Yourself for Winter Vintw driving demands that your vehicle be in perfect condition II Pg-istHSCHiEI- Take it to an expertyour GM Goodwrench dealer Let GM Gooctuvrench make sure your vehide s ready for virtually anything winter can dish out raan?ti!aB Widi GW --certified n(A) technicians advanced diagnostic equipment and genuine GM parts your GM Goodwrench dealer knows your vehicle better than anyone else does 11 tJtjto S8 1$ ! ®ISI AXTELL-TAYLO- good Id know it Goodwrench y N MAIN ST LOGAN UT 84341 --2223 (435)752-680- n Itfs GM R 1955 go o?(SEfll ' rd 'Ybcr Suite put the game a team'" 'yy' -- IQlh-pla- for sixth place (Colorado won with 69 ptiinis) hut likely not enough to advance to Iowa as - : returned 29 yards' for a touch1 Y "! v! Southern litah f4-jumped out to an early lead! scoring Y" on Cory Ashby’s run YY less than three minute's into ihc game followed later in the ' quarter by Culpepper's Lyard touchdown run YSt Maiyrs hrielly cut the S'-leato 14-- 7 when Conmjrs hit Kevin Swirn dnaASryard : touchdown pass (he longest ! fdr v scoring'play of "'the scason ' 6) of reach in the secniiid half after Chourrios M:orcd cm 4'Our tWh goals for this race ' yard touchdown riiri and Jbhn: Were toibeat Weber State (sev-- ! V sdn connected on a 23ryard : field goal: enlh with 2()9) and take sixth ' Southern Utah 40f' and that’s exactly what We ' did" 'YY' "Wc said still St:MsiryV7 Danlcy At MoragaCalifr Mike have a prayer for goi ng to ' :Y ' Nationals at sixth hut we Culpepper rah for 91 yards ' ' and a touchdown and Ryan ' would have had a lot better chance if we woiijd have taken Zimmerman completed 8 of ' 15 passes for 93 yards to lead fifth" ' the Thunderbirds' 'Besides Johnson! Lida Ripi felt like crap out here" said The Gaels! who lost their ' plinger if4()th 22:37) Emily ' Nielson of his third in: a row were plagued Prestwicb(59th 23:089)! ' therace jog”! didn't even Strickland (60th by turnovers Zac Connors' Tiffany run the full course because- - ' Y2L 8) and Carol Cabanillas threw three interceptions and ' the lost twb ' my hip waskind of hurting: scored for (82nd 23:398) StMary's ' But on the warmup this fumbles one of w hich was " Aggie women little Clicked a morning things ! The senior from Bellevue Wash was consistently in the : top 12 throughout He tcxik f advantage of the field's slbw'Y start (hcljkcs to speed Up in" ' irach successive mile) and fin- ished only 1014 seconds out (if fourth place! 'You never Would have thought such a performance was possible if yciu were with iijm Friday"It’s funny because I just ge ond-pla- - 5" :'-- - ! 7-- ):Mountain Region is tradition- ally considered strong two to ! four additional squads usually race':"' ' earn hciths' After the : Johnson's' reaction? Well'! athletes on each NCAA d let's just say she was excit-e' hound team arc taken out of ' Y the mix! the lop four remain "I'm pretty excitied" she said "It just feels good when' ing finlshcrs carn individual you go out and you're excited 'spots'' On the Women's side BYU for therace you decide and Colorado earned automat you're going to do good and sec- d ic bids as the then when you come through ' teams f34 and 67 with it it's awesome ( was ' while Colorado (104) points) pretty excited" and Northern Arizona (1 11) ' Mike Nielson bn the men’s will likely be extended invita- -' side' was thrilled as well ' His tions finish will Johnsonwho graduated certainly he (3LI74) from Mountain Crest less than enough to qualify him for ' six months ago placed third Nationals ' Earlier inthe weekReedcr among the remaining teams' runners Shell almost expressed doubt pn w hether' ' first' Nielson would be healthy " the become assuredly freshman woman from USU enough to advance after suf’ to advance to the NCAA' ' fering from walking pndinvv nia the past few weeks Had Championships the ailment not struck Nielson Gensel who has been - Mid-Americ- an ‘ ar $ 5-- two-gain- ! : ' 37-ya- rd ’! : ' East standings' V " 'No 20 Iowa 40 No 19 Minnesota 22 At Iowa City Iowa the Mawkeycs forced ' five turnovers and Nate Kaeding tied his ow n school record with four field goals ' Thanks to the turnovers Iowa (8-- 4-- 3 Big Teri) won easily despite giving u'p'563 yards 3 ) 'Minnesota (9-- 3 playing its regularsea-so- n finale lost three fumbles after driving deepinto Iowa territory —one whenLaurence v AP photo Ben Jones holds his head after missing a field goal iri overtime against Ohio State Purdue place-kickMaroney was about to setire ' ' ' Wisconsin 56 No!' 2 1 Michigan St 2 1 as holder Kyle' Smith (7) falls to the field Saturday! The Buckeyes defeated the Boilermakers 1 3 ' ' At Madison Wis Lee Evans tied the Big Davis' Ten record with five touchdown catches iiuhe Cougars beat the Sun Devils quarter With the Owls tying it field goal with40 seconds left in re'gu- Swogger replaced starter Mutt Kegel in the Badgers'blowout victory' second quarter with the game tied at 10 and ed lalion Evans who missed all of last season followTwo plays in RanJalLwho appears to have two long scoring drives keeping the Cougars ing twit knee surgeries caught It) passes for a ahead of No 2 Southern California atop the School-recor- d won the llokies' quarterback dud w ith Marcus 258 yards He teamed wih Jim Pacific-1- 0 Vick ran 23 yards for a score Sorgi on Jfj plays of 9 75 8'7()r and 18 No 9 Tennessee 59 Mississippi St 21 No 13 Florida St 50 yards tti match the Big Ten mark set in 993 ' At Knoxyille Tenn Casey Clausen threw North Carolina St 44 2()T by' Minnesota's Omar Douglas five touchdown passes three to Chris I lannon At Tallahassee Fla Leon Washington’s 12: Toledo 49 No 21 N Illinois 3(1 and Jahari Davis ran for two scores lor the Vol- -' yard touchdown run lifted the Seminoles past At Toledo Ohio Bruec Gradkiiwski threw' ' ' unteers the Woffpack Wrapping up FSU's th Atlantic for 301 yards and three toiichdow ns leading Coast Conference title' in 2 years The Volunteers (8-- 2 4-- 2 Southeastern Con- the Rockets and damaging the Huskies' hopes ' I Florida State (9-2ference) remained in contention for a trip to )alsrt locked up its "for a bowl hid the SEC championship game in their most' pro- fourth' BCS game in five years after surviving v Gradkowski flawlessly directed the spread ' a brilliant performance by North Carolina' ductive offensive showing this season offense completing 24 of 27 passes lor Toledo ' -(7-- 3 The Bulldogs (2-- 8 1 5) who have one of the Statcts Philip Rivers Conference) The ACCs career passing leader Rivers worst defenses in the league lost their fourth Y No 24 Boise St 51 UTEP 21 ' straight game sincc cpachJackie Sherrill announced he will retire’ at the end ' son The Vols rolled up a season-hig- h ' yards of total offense completed ir ot passes 1 98 the second half and the Hurricanes rebounded No 10 TCU 43 Cincinnati 10 yards and tan three tinieSfor 40 yards to e from their first At Fort Worth Texas Kenny Boyd returned losing streak in more help Boise State (9-- 1 5-- 0 WAC) Win for the than four years to heat the Orangemen a blocked punt for a touchdown linebacker 3lsuiraein32 games and forlhel7ih straight ' Moss a freshman wasiinc of several play- time iit home Boise State also extended its Marvjn Patterson pounced on a fumble in the ' ! ers coach Larry Coker inserted into the game end zone and the HorncdFrogs remained WAC winning striak to J5 games - undefeated Nil! 25 Bowling Green 42 Kent Sf 33 to spark the Hurricanes after l()sses to Virginia ' ' ' Tech and Tennessee 0 Conference USA) Won its' ' At Bowling Greep Ohio Josh Harris threw TCU (IO-- () 1 2th : the- Miami (S-- 2 4-- 1 Big Hast) trailed for 324yards and three touchdowns firrlhe straight game The llorncd Frogs and ' fiiurth quaitcrbelore scirring' 10 straight points Falcons Oklahoma the No I team in' every poll are the only unbeaten (cams in major college foot- - 'to stay in the huni lor the conference title and a Bowling Grecn (X-- 2 5-- 1 berth in a BirwiehampiimshipScricx game ‘ ball ' Conference) hex iichanccU) play in its first No 15 Florida 24 South Carolina 22 No 12 Virginia Tech 24 Tchiple 23 C)T conference iitl'c game since the MAC split into' At Columbia SCC'iatrickT’ason ran fora At Philadelphia Hokics quarterback Bryan two divisions' in 1997' But the Faicons Mill 1 Randall rati 23 yards for a touchdown inover- 90 yards and the Gators heat thd ! must Win at Ball State next Week and against career-hig- h ' ' lime and the Owls missed an ' Toledo Bowling Qrcen then Would host thc: extra point on its Gamecocks for a share of the Soul hcaslcrp " ' ’! 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