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Show DAILY HERALD Sunday, September 7. 2003 C3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL The Top 25 Euic SimsMie s A look No. 3 Miami needs dramatic comeback tobeatrivalFlorida shall picked off freshman Chris Leak's desperation pass. Berlin came back onto the field to down the ball and run out the clock. The junior claimed this was "just another game," but his celebration belied that pronouncement. When the clock hit HO, he threw the ball sky high, then turned to a rowdy Gators rooting section and what else? mocked them with the famous Gator chomp. "It's been a roller-coastride," Berlin said. "I've tried to be as calm as I could these last two weeks. I'm glad it's over with." Berlin's performance turned what looked like a great night r. for the Gators into a 0 led with They 6:10 left in the third quarter, and coach Ron Zook appeared en route to the biggest victory of his checkered year-phi- s as Steve Spurrier's successor. But his young, clearly talented, but unproven team fell apart. This one will probably go down as the worst collapse since 1994, when the Gators blew one at Florida State. In that game, they turned a 31-lead into a 1 tie. It has long been considered their worst-eve- r "loss," but not anymore. The comeback began with Berlin engineering an eight-pladrive during which he barely looked like the same quarterback who wore the green and orange for the first 2 12 quarters. Eddie Pells A, MIAMI Brock Berlin might have thought he hurt Florida when he left for Miami Turns out, that was only the beginning of the pain. Overcoming a deficit early and cramps late, Berlin threw for 340 yards Saturday night to d lead the Hurricanes on a stunning rally for a 333 victory. "I cant explain it," said Berlin, who jilted Florida in f vor of Miami after the 2001 season. "My emotions are just sailing right now." In a performance that will stand with some of the best put in by Miami's long list of great quarterbacks, Berlin overcame two interceptions, a fumble returned for a touchdown and an overall terrible start to go land earn a win in his first home start for the Hurricanes He added to the drama drive that when, on the won the game, he ran around end to convert a fourth-and-then fell to the ground with cramps. The 'Canes took a timeout to help him get over it. On the next play, he hit Kyle Cobia for an gain, and r D i f,. , 3. 2. Ohio State (2-- 0) Next: vs. No. 14 N. Carolina St., Saturday Beat San Diego St. Will Allen returned a tipped pass 100 yards for a touchdown in one of the few Ohio State highlights as No. 2 Buckeyes barely slipped . underdog San Diego State. The Buckeyes won their past 16th game in a row, but were in trouble throughout as quarterback Craig Krenzel had the worst day of his career. Krenzel went 5of 20 for 76 yards with one interception and three sacks.- 16-1- 3. -- , 3.ll,riami(2-0- ) BeatNo. 21 Florida heart-breake- Next: vs. East Carolina, Saturday 38-33- . 4. Southern California beat Brigham Young 5. Michigan (2-- 0) Next: vs. Hawaii, Saturday 35-1- (2-- 0) Beat Houston Next: vs. No. 19 Notre Dame, Saturday Chris Perry ran for 184 yards and two touchdowns for Michi-ga50--3. n. The Wolverines ) host No. 19 Notre Dame next week following two wins by a combined score of 95-1(2-0- 3 31-3- (2-0- WILFHEDO 89-ya- rd 1, the finish this year against Alabama. The Sooners needed every one of his big plays to hold off the Crimson Tide. White threw two long touchdown passes and Oklahoma used a key fake punt to beat Alabama. 33-1- 27-fo- 25 poll fared: I. 0kbhcma(2J) er third-ranke- AP Top Beat Alabama 20-1Next: vs. Fresno State, Saturday Good thing for Oklahoma that Jason White stuck around for . AP SPORTS WRITER at how the teams in the LEEThe Associated Press a touchdown by Frank Gore that put Miami ahead of Florida late in the game. Miami quarterback Brock Berlin celebrates 6. Texas Florida (1-- got the ball back with 1:37 left and drove down to the Miami 20. But Al Mar 0) 7. K2.nsasState(3-0- ) y, 85-ya- three plays later, Frank Gore scored a touchdown to give Miami the lead. (1-- Did not play. Next: vs. Arkansas, Saturday Next: vs. Massachusetts, Saturday Beat McNeese State Rashad Washington had two interceptions, returning one 45 yards for a touchdown, and blocked a punt to set up another score as Kansas State beat McNeese State . 55-1- i 8. Georgia (2-- v 0) Beat Middle Tennessee Next: vs. South Carolina, Saturday Michael Cooper ran for the first two touchdowns of his career and David Greene threw for 267 yards as Georgia struggled ear29-1- foes Air Force, CSU knock off Pac-1- 0 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EVANSTON, III Trevor Hightower felt the game slipping away in the fourth quarter, so he challenged his Air Force defensive teammates to do somettiing about it. They responded quickly. Nate Allen picked off a pass and ran it back 79 yards for a touchdown to help Air Force 1 Saturbeat Northwestern day one of three fourth- quarter interceptions for the 22-2- -- ' Falcons. - trailed 3 Air Force when Allen intercepted quarterback Brett Basanez's errant throw and outran a lone Northwestern pursuer for the score to make it "That was huge," said High-towe-r, an Air Force linebacker. "We were standing on the sidelines and I looked at Nate and said 'It's your time.' He responded, and the defense just fed off that." Air Force went for 2 and the tie after the touchdown, but backup quarterback Adam Fitch was stopped short of the goal line. Needing one more score to pull ahead. Air Force picked off Basanez on Northwestern's next possession. 21-1- (2-0- ) 21-1- 9. No. 2 Ohio St. 16, San Diego St 13: At Columbus, Ohio, defend- This time it was Dennis Poland who stepped in front of the pass, returning it 14 yards to the Northwestern 15. That set up Joey Ashcroft's game-winnifield goal. St. 23, California 21: 's At Berkley, Calif ., Jeff field goal with 25-ya- I Colorado Bab-cock- 32-ya- rd left gave Colorado State a win over California. The Rams led throughout most of the game, only to have Cal take the lead with 6:34 to play on a Geoff McArthur touchdown reception from Reggie Robertson. That gave the Bears a 0 lead. The Rams responded by dri- ving 65 yards in 11 plays with Babcock hitting the game winner, one of three field goals he made in the game. Babcock put the Rams on the board first in the opening quarfield goal. ter with a The Rams then scored with 425 to play in the period on Joel Dreessen's 85 yard scoring Catch from Bradlee Van Pelt, the second longest scoring pass play in school history. The Rams widened the lead in the second quarter on David Anderson's d reception from Van Pelt. Babcock added a field goal in the third quarter to pad the lead at 20-1:57 rd 21-2- 48-ya- 25-yar- 27-ya- rd 7. ing national champion Ohio State stayed perfect despite an imperfect game. Will Allen returned a tipped pass 100 yards for a touchdown for one of the few highlights as No. 2 Ohio State bareunderly slipped past dog San Diego State. "We were reach to play. I'm not sure about the national champions," Aztecs linebacker Kirk Morrison said. "IVe never been a moral victory guy, but no one expected us to be in the game. Thirty-twpoint underdogs? I took offense to that." The Buckeyes were manhandled up front. San Diego State had twice as many first downs and outgained the Buck) Ohio State coneyes third-dow- n verted just opportunities and added two turnovers. o . (20-10- 216-19- 6. I Texas Tech 42, New Mexico 28: At Lubbock, Texas, B.J. Symons threw for five touch- downs and ran for another as Texas Tech beat New Mexico. The Lobos (1-- turned the ball over four times in the game. Casey Kelly was intercepted three times, but Tech only turned one of those into a score. ly before beating Middle Tennessee, I Oklahoma State 48, Wyoming 24: At Stillwater, Okla., Tatum Bell rushed for 215 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries and fullback Shawn Willis added two more scores as Oklahoma State beat Wyoming. Oklahoma State (1-- came out flat in this game, not surprising after a deflating 17-- 7 loss at Nebraska last week that dropped the Cowboys out of the APTop 25 and already put them behind a game in competing for the Big 12 title. But Oklahoma State's offense came alive following Gabe Lindsay's highlight y punt return for a touchdown near the end of the first quarter. Kansas 46. UNLV 24: At Lawrence, Kan., Bill Whitte- more threw for three touchdowns and ran for another and Johnny Beck kicked four field goals for Kansas, which scored 33 straight points in a 4 victory over UNLVon Saturday night. Gabe Toomey scored on a interception return in a third quarter for Kansas ), which trailed 3 with 1:15 left in the first half following Larry Croom's But Beck, who tied his career high with the four field goals. 9. Virginia Tech I 10. Pittsburgh Beat Kent State Nebraska LINCOLN, Neb. coach Frank Solich wants his team to score more touchdowns. Jammal Lord ran for 72 yards and a touchdown as No. 23 Nebraska ) overcame a slow start to beat Utah State 31-- 7 s, Saturday. The who scored one off touchdown in last week's win over Oklahoma State, produced three despite generating 405 total yards against the Ag- (2-0- Corn-husker- en-si- "The offense continues to move the ball, but we're having trouble getting touch- downs," Solich said. "We've got to be more at the end of our drives." Lord also completed 8 of 12 passes for 85 yards before giving way to Joe Dailey late in the third quarter. David Dyches kicked field goals of 23, 20, 29 and 26 yards in his first college game. "It wasn't the kind of game where you ever felt real comfortable," Solich said. "There .were enough things that weren't crisp and sharp that it was a little frustrating." Jason Cox completed 13 of 15 passes for 132 yards in the first quarter as the Aggies ) led . point-producti- rd 7-- 6 13 J Neoraska 6 First Oaartar Net) lord 15 run (kicK faM). 5:31 man Cooley 41 pass from Cm (HamMn Oavies 1 run (run tailed). 7:34: fG Dyches 23, 371 TNrdOtarfcr Neo Home 3 run (Dyches kick), 10:43. Neo fG Dyches 20, 8:33. FG DychA 29. 5:04. Neb WS-- PB the rest and the Demor-- i of the way rio Williams-te- d Nebraska defense limited the Aggies to just 93 total yards after the first Oefour 20 pass from Johnson 20, 4:15 26, Bauer (Johnson 12. Tennessee Next: at No. 21 Florida, Sept. 20 Beat Marshall Casey Clausen threw three touchdowns passes and James Wil- hoit kicked two field goals in the fourth quarter for Tennessee. 34-2- 4. 13. LSUO-0- ) Played Arizona, late. Next: vs. Western Illinois, Saturday 14. North Carolina State FG Dyches M Uak Feat (towns 14 .. ' Rushes-yar- 2340 , ITS 132 Return Yards Punts- - 12 50 Fumttas-la- 7 Passing ' su ws 14 25 Passing 130 202 71 72 Tim Possession isOWWIAL 01 lUSHM-U- tsh Yards 21:43 36:17 PenaWs-Yard- s 1045 Tim ol Possession 23:14 STATISTIC St, Fiefls I. Ma Cm Cooley OM Ngoraska. Inrd Ron Dailey 15). Horns Dairies LeFtore 6. Crtwao Nebraska, lord Cooley Fiefta Herian Daley CrJemaa ' Utah, Rehrer Anderson 1 (minus Samuel MSSMfrS. Utan, Rehrer TuUH StaJeeorth 14, DeFour CMS 1 f run 1 run 27-2- 17. Auburn (0-- : 2) Lost to Georgia Tech . Next: at Vanderbilt, Saturday Freshman Reggie Ball threw for one touchdown and set up two other scores as Georgia Tech handed Auburn another stunning i loss in the first meeting between the schools in 16 years. 17-3- ; 18. Wisconsin (2-- 0) Next: vs. UNLV, Saturday Beat Akron 48-3Lee Evans had 214 yards receiving and Anthony Davis had 247 yards rushing for Wisconsin. Il9. Notre Dame (0-0- Beat Washington State i Nicholas Setta kicked a i Dame overcame a I ' d nt 21. Honda (1-- (1-- Next: at No. 5 Michigan, Saturday field goal in overtime as Notre deficit to beat Washington State. 0) 34-1- 4. , Next: vs. Utah State, Saturday 1) - LosttoNb.3Miami38.Next:vs.n)ridaA&M,Satitf :06. 22. Washington UTA 23 ) 29-2- 6. 16 3. 145 (1-- 1) Next: vs. Idaho, Sept. 20 Beat Indiana 38-1- 3 ' ; 6 15 23. Nebraska 746 FumtiaaRoet PenakMi Yards Trna of PoaeeaakM 3 . Beat Utah State 0 3723 2237 (2-- 0) ( 31-- : Next: vs. Perm State. Saturday 7. 35:46 wam Culpepper 4). Wet St, Bauer 34. Tana 130. Vtaar LaTendresae 14, WUHUILttKMIKt 1 WarMd , BU1 Utah. cUe 14, Sewy Tens AM, Lewis Long H41 Teka Murphy McNssl 14,CarW PASSa- W- IJUtXBUtl 6404-21- 0 1 140, St, 202. 6. Utah, Sms 640, Arty HatSskl Hack 14, 14, Hammer Henderson Cuknppar 14. Weber St, ChournoaS-26, Hale Pany Natl 14l. M (0-- 1) 16404 STATISTICS Henderson Choumos Bauer IKCaVMS Pros 28 Hsmm Yards Fannsr Ton St. Cot fMHdd, run (lock Wed), 10:48. run (Borreson kick), 5:42. , 3). MSSNS-U- sh KCTJVMg Utah St, tflcks Stephana Nebraska. PWongton LeFtore Danes Warhekl Next: at W. Michigan, Saturday 31-- 7. 20. Arizona State 210 04 04 ; Lewis UTA Lost to South Carolina Beat Northern Arizona, 1 , 2 Penaroea-Var- ASM 1) lldes. 4 pase awn FlrstdDvins Putts- - st Germany 2 snvheld 6 (1-- (Peoram kck), 7:58. 4:42. Ruehse-yar- nt Return AAM- 26 26 run (Pegram), Warfteld 15. Virginia 32-ya- rd (Pegram kick), 13:07. (Borreson kick), 6:13. UTA Madsen 45 pass Irom FJsoO (run relied), A 74,019. Johnson 37. 3:55 10311. Rushss-yar- 1 UTA Flit downs 22 SO run Joeeph UT- A- 13:56 WS-- FG A Murphy A&M 1041. TWre" Quarto Nona 26, 10:38. A&M 1) Next: at Wake Forest, Saturday touchdown pass to Charles Sharon Josh Harris threw a with 2.08 left as Bowling Green upset Purdue. 11 13 7 7 14 Texas AIM (1-- Next: at No. 2 Ohio St., Saturday to Wake Forest 38-2Nick Burney ran for two touchdowns to lead an early Wake Forest ground game as the Demon Deacons beat N.C. State. LiOSt 16. Purdue . FaarftOjartsr Neo (2-- 0) Lost to Bowling Green What happened in the second half? "Three turnovers is a good place to start," A&M coach Dennis Franchione said. . "They went down on the opening drive and did a nice job. Then we fumbled the kickoff after that and put them right back out there. Two plays later we fumbled again. "I dont think we were overconfident, I don't believe that. Utah changed the momentum with their opening drive and we gave them life and let them back in the game." Us 12:05 kick), 0 , Continued from CI 93 WS 0) , Utah (2-0- Ned awn , But Cox went 4:17. (2-- 35-1- 17-1- (1-1- 7-- 0 Mck), Next: vs. Ball State, Saturday 43-- II. Rorida State 27-ya- rd Weber St 13. S. Utah 3: At Og- den, Nick Chournos had 38 carries for 196 yards to lead Weber State over Southern Utah. Justin DeFour caught four passes for 108 yards and one touchdown for the Wildcats ), who gained 428 total yards. Southern Utah quarterback Casey Rehrer carried the ball 12 times for 66 yards but only completed 15of 44 passes for 130 yards and one interception for the Thunderbirds (0-2-). Weber State scored on its first two possessions of the game to lead 100 with 4:15 left in the first quarter. Kyle Bauer connected with DeFour on a d pass in the corner of the end zone to lead. give Weber State a S. Utah 9 16 11 16 3 k I Neo (0-2- 7-- 31 0) 46-2- Nebraska rolls over Utah State quarter. "We had to see what they came out and did," defensive coordinator Bo Pelini said. "Once we saw that, we made our adjustments. We settled down and played good footbalL" Nebraska scored on its first possession, with Lord running 15 yards for the touchdown. After Sandro DeAngelis missed the extra point, the Agthe ball gies quickly moved down the field. ' Cox passed three times to tight end Chris Cooley on a four-pla- y touchdown drive that the two capped with a pass. Justin Hamblin's kick lead. gave the Aggieso a UtahSL 7 i t (1-- Next: vs. Georgia Tech, Saturday Beat Maryland Florida State is still perfect against Maryland. Greg Jones ran I for two touchdowns and Chris Rix passed for two more Satur' day night as the Seminoles erased an early lOwint deficit and; defeated Maryland to improve to 14-- against the Terrapins. "The 35 points were the fewest Florida State has scored in seven home wins over Maryland. ' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (2-0- - 1) 1) 55-ya- (2-- 0) Beat James Madison 430. Next: vs. Texas A&M,,Thursday v Cedric Humes ran for three touchdowns after Kevin Jones left the game with an injury to lead Virginia Tech. The Hokies ) held the Dukes (1-- to 143 total yards. . reel-worth- r LsTendreaee Utah, atoa Tan AIM, Sewy Madasn 242, Magi Ml Mas 14. Tsaa AIM. XTaya 14, fianaaa 14. (2-- 0) Beat UCLA Next: vs. Washington State, Saturday 16-1- 4. ' McNeal MtUim 24. Colorado Murphy :2S.Tdl(2-C- ) ; Rpnt ; flaw 17 J ahtrrfav ; , ..' |