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Show PAGES HI . SPORTS EDITOR 1 31, 2008 SUNDAY, AUGUST Darnell Dickson 344-255- ddkksonOhefaldextra.com 5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL OPENING WEEKEND m ' , PAVE MAaTMAssociatsd Press Alabama's Marquis Johmonnv. left celebrates with teammate , ... Cory Reamer after Johnson intercepted a Clemson pass in the second quarter in Atlanta . on Saturday. over No. 9 THE ATLANTA. : . Utah quarterback Brian Johnson (3) celebrates with aiu in Michigan Stadium TONY . .. after Utah beat Michigan 25-2- 3 ASSOCIATED PRESS Ga.--Ni- ck Saban's plan to bring No. 24 Alabama back to prominence looks way ahead of schedule: As for No. 9 Qemsoil, another big game ended with the Tigers on the losing end The Crimson Tide had little trouble rolling past Ctemson 34-10 at the Georgia Dome on Sat- urday night, the biggest victory in coach Sabans two seasons at DWUAuociata Press on Saturday in Ann Arbor. :r . .Alabama. Utes build big lead, then hang on to defeat Michigan more businesslike than shocking. The Utes were just a three-poiTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS underdog and received more votes than Michigan ANN ARBOR. Mich. The Associated Press preseason poll, Michigan's new era opened in a painfully familiar They deserved to win," Rodriguez fans at the Big said. way for the 108,000-plu- s 7 Utah decisively outplayed ! House: With an ugly4ooking loss.;'-.'the Wolverines early and Rich Rodriguez's debut as took a l&point lead into the Wolverines coach was spoiled fourth quarter, but had a when Utah's Brian Johnson punt blocked and fumbled to threw for 305 yards and a give Michigan a shot to come touchdown and Louie Sakoda ..back,!' kicked four field goals, pro-- . Michigan was missing starters on three four-yea- r viding enough scoring to hold offense left tackle Jake , on for a 25-2-3 win Saturday. d "We got a chance to put our was a pick names on the map," Johnson said. in the NFL draft, and quarterback Chad Henne and running back Mike Hart A year ago, Appalachian State were also picked. stunned the Wolverines. But this was Larry . ; ' first-roun- - "It shouldn't haye been as dose as it was. It's a sign of a pretty good football: team when you can not play your best and come away with a win, particularly in a venue like this." . three-and-out- s. . . Georgia Tech transfer Steven Threct, who came in former walk-o- n Nick Sheridan at quarterback, perfectly loft-i- n ed a pass to Junior Hemingway. and Sam McGuffie ran for a score on thenext drive to pull Michigan within two pants midway through the fourth, conver- Threet's pass on the sion was high and the next two drives ended on Michigan's next drive ended with an incomplete pass on fourth down deep in its terri--. tory. "It shouldn't have been as close as ft was," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham g said. Tits a sign of a pretty good ball team, wheq you can not play your best and come away with a win, d . . . UTES:; ' lage . Alabama's defense held Clem- , son to zero yards rushing and John Parker Wilson threw two ; touchdown passes as Alabama beat a top-1- opponent for the first time since topping Na 5 ; Florida in 2005. That was part of the last hurrah for former coach Mike Shula, who followed that ;. 10-season with a 6-- campaign that ended his time with the FROM THE 7 Tide. Alabama hired Subanfrom , the NFL last season to lead the champs back to glory. Based on the opener, Saban and the Tide are on their way. - : eeUTES,D6 I No. 1 Georgia 45, Georgia Southern 21: At Ahtens, Ga,the collar fit; and for at least one game, so did the crown. Kpowshon Moreno ran for .. three touchdowns and Georgia, ranked Na 1 to start a season for the first, time, heat Georgia Southern to give new mascot Uga VII a win in his debut. Moreno needed only eight carries for 59 yards to tie Ns ' career best with three touch-.- , downs. He added two catches for 53 yards, ; ;. Kyle Whittingham Utah nead coach on beating Michigan after the Utes built , a 22-1- 0 lead at halftime . "We had the confidence. We had the swagger. There '1': " :f4 2 Ohio St 43, Youngstown Columbus, Ohio, an eerie silence descended on Ohio Stadium when Ohio States I Na St 0: At football. . Louie Sakoda : rS&j. headcoadiRidi Rodriguez wales r Utah kicker on the Utes victory over the Big Tens Michigan. Sakoda nit four field goals, including a ' in the third quarter ; TONY of the leldcter losing 25-2-3 MNOAisoeiaM Press to Utah on Saturday at the Big House in Ann Arbor. BYU WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL " . : everyone's eye. It's not something I've seen in the last couple years of Utah : Michigan .. . was just a look in Xyv" k . foot-Lon- we nr ... Heisman Trophy prospect Chris Beanie Wells went down with a foot injury in the third quarter. The star tailback was hurt in the third quarter after taking a handoff from Todd Boeckman on " . . See TOP 25, ' D6 PREP CROSS COUNTRY Host Cavemen look kills also notched double-dig- it souri gave us an amazing effort, and Im glad they played with 11 while tying with junior the way they did and we were outside hitter Kayla Walker The Na 20 BYU womens for team-higblocking honors volleyball team took home the able to respond. Thu match with eight rejections. Molten Classic Tournament gives us great moThe Cougars startmentum for the rest title Saturday night after a of the year." . ed strong in Game thrilling fiveet victory (25-25-1Porter led BYU L jumping out to an 2225, 20, with a career-hig- h over Missouri in the Smith early 2 lead thanks to contributions from Fieldhouse. Senior Bryn Porter 19 kBb on the night all over the court. Dewhile also setting a ' earned MVP honors and true freshman Malia Marquardt personal best with spite the BYU pres16 digs. Marquardt was named to the sure, Tulane quickly BYU team for their efforts in tallied the first fought back to even MISSOURI double-doubl- e of her the score at helping the Cougars improve career with 12 kills and 10 digs The two teams battled from to BO on the year. "The theme of this weekend while sophomore setter Kiana there as both offenses proved was maturity, and Im very potent. Walker finally pushed Rogers posted her second of BYU through with a kill and the day with 45 assists and excited for this season bawd 21 digs. Senior a solo Mock to establish an on what 1 saw, said BYU head a career-higlead. The slim margin middle blocker Rachel Dyer coach Shay Goulding. Mis DAR.Y HERALD h 19-2- 5, 17-1- 5) 7-- 10-1- . was enough in the end as the Cougars pulled out a 0 win. BYU held Missouri to a .098 hitting percentage in the game while Porter tallied five kills. Game 2 began in the same fashion as the first set with an ear)y 62 BYU lead that quickly became 126 in the Tigers favor after a 102 run Not to be outdone on her own floor, Barter sent a huge kill crosscourt to keep BYU in the set. Both teams traded scores through the halfway point of the frame until three straight Tiger ki3s gave them their largest lead at Walker stopped the Missouri momentum with a shot 25-2- 17-1- 1. . . er . (66.03). h 18-1- 5 II years," Hunziker said. "It ' gives the girls a little bit of momentum." Alexis Lewis recorded the It's hard to tell how good the American Fork cross country Cavemen's fastest individual ' retime in the girls two-mil- e teams are this early in the a season. lay with a mark of 12.58 time good enough for 14th But girls coach Bruno Hun-zikseemed more than satis- overall. On the varsity boys side, fied at the conclusion of the the Cavemen performed even 12th annual Grass Relays at American Fork on Saturday. better, finishing second overall with a time of 55.28. Timpview The Caveman girls varsity was first in 54.18. with Dateam took fourth with a time of 68.04, finishing behind Davis third (55.46, followed by vis (6344), Mountain Crest Timpanogos (56.14) and Orem (56.18). (65.38) and Timpanogos Ryan Comer HERALD CORRESPONDENT See VOLLEYBALL, D4 - "Its the best we've done in See RELAYS, D5 |