News Nuggets, 11.03.03
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11.02.03: Game
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11.01.03: Bulls'
board endorses cozying up to Big East... .. AD Selmon's son
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at N.C. State TV capsule... ..
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10.31.03: 'Bama
booster indicted in Means recruiting fiasco... .. Tonight's
Cincinnati at USF TV capsule... .. 'Pack's Cotchery named
Biletnikoff semifinalist... ..
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10.30.03: Memphis
bean counters still seeing red... .. TCU's Schobel makes
Lombardi dozen... .. Bulls basketball loses Oglesby to
transfer... ..
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10.29.03: Senate
hearing pits Cowen against BCS... .. Runners to pound pavement
for LeClair... .. Losman among Unitas Award finalists... ..
Punishment looms for riotous WVU students... ..
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10.28.03: Frogs'
No. 12 listing threatens dilemma for BCS... .. TCU's Patterson
in contention for Dodd coaching award... .. Wolfpack's Melvin
loses control of SUV... ..
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10.27.03: College
football weekend: The good, the bad, the ugly... .. C-USA
standings, scores and schedule... .. Win over Pirates propels
Louisville into USA Today/ESPN rankings... ..
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10.26.03: C-USA
roundup: Frogs keep BCS flame flickering... .. League hoops
tips off with media event ... .. DePaul hardwood to be named
Meyer Court ... .. USM baseball sustains Top 25 attendance... ..
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10.25.03: Frogs
intent on avoiding repeat of 2000 stumble... .. Memphis
play-by-play call goes cellular ... .. Tech inclined to
forgive Beamer for slapping incident... ..
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10.24.03: Discipline
in store for miscreant Mountaineer fans... .. N.M. State, Utah
State headed to WAC ... .. U of L hoops scrimmage to benefit
paralyzed former star... .. WABC bails Army radio network out
of World Series dilemma... .. Georgia to be shorthanded
against Blazers... ..
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Kyle MacKenzie went where no Pirate had
gone before. The East Carolina junior finished just ahead of Marquette's
Jeremy Williams to win the 2003 Conference USA Individual Men's Cross
Country title and Male Athlete of the Year honors.
MacKenzie, from Crystal Lake, Ill., completed the course in a time of
25:07.20. By finishing first, MacKenzie became the first ECU male athlete to
win an individual league title in either C-USA or the Pirates' previous
conference, the Colonial Athletic Association.
ECU sophomore Caitlin Littlefield earned third-team all-conference honors by
finishing 13th in the women's race with a time of 21:48.50.
Read a
more detailed story on ECUPirates.com...
College football weekend:
The good, the bad, the ugly
STARS
— Eli Manning, Mississippi, threw for 391
yards and three touchdowns to help No. 20 Mississippi beat South Carolina
43-40.
— Michael Turner, Northern Illinois, had
three touchdowns and rushed for 126 yards in No. 21 Northern Illinois' 48-23
victory over Ball State.
— Philip Rivers, North Carolina State, was
29-of-34 for 410 yards and four touchdowns in the Wolfpack's 51-37 victory
over Virginia.
COACHING RECORD: John Gagliardi tied
Eddie Robinson as college football's career victory leader, guiding Division
III St. John's to a 15-12 victory over St. Thomas. Gagliardi is 408-114-11
in 55 years as coach at St. John's and Carroll College.
WORKING OVERTIME: Arkansas' 71-63
seven-overtime win over Kentucky matched the longest game in NCAA history.
The Razorbacks also won that game in 2001, beating Mississippi 58-56.
Arkansas also played a six-overtime last year, losing to Tennessee, and beat
Alabama earlier this year in a two-overtime game. The Razorbacks have played
six overtime games, winning five times, since Division I-A adopted the
tiebreaker in 1996. Arkansas scored 47 points in overtime, breaking the
record of 41 it set against Ole Miss. The 86 combined overtime points also
broke the record of 80 set in the 2001 game.
RECORD PLAYER: Texas Tech's Wes
Welker set a Division I-A record with his eighth career punt return for a
touchdown in the Red Raiders' 26-21 win over Colorado.
LEG UP: Matt Leach became the first
Florida kicker to nail a game-winner against Georgia since 1967, hitting a
33-yard field goal with 33 seconds remaining in the Gators' 16-13 win over
the Bulldogs.
SLOW NIGHT: B.J. Symons failed to
throw for at least 400 yards for the first time in eight games in Texas
Tech's 26-21 victory over Colorado. Symons was 30-of-51 for 399 yards and a
season-low one touchdown pass. He threw five interceptions.
SHUTOUT: Notre Dame was held
scoreless at home for the first time since 1978, losing to Florida State
37-0. The Irish have been shut out twice in a season for first time since
1960.
SNAPPED: No. 10 Virginia Tech
snapped No. 2 Miami's 39-game regular season winning streak and its 27-game
winning streak in the Big East with a 31-7 victory. The Hurricanes hadn't
lost in league play since 1999 against the Hokies. Saturday's win was
Virginia Tech's first in 40 games against teams ranked No. 8 or higher. ...
Tulsa snapped a 17-game road losing streak, beating Texas-El Paso 56-28.
Last season, Tulsa beat UTEP to end a 17-game losing streak.
STREAKING: Mississippi improved to
5-0 in the Southeastern Conference for the first time since 1963 with a
43-40 win over South Carolina.
SLUMPING: Penn State has its first
five-game losing streak since Joe Paterno came to State College as an
assistant coach in 1950 after a 21-20 loss to No. 8 Ohio State. ... Army
extended the longest losing streak in Division I-A to 11 games, losing to
UAB 24-9.
STRONG IN DEFEAT: Matt Schaub was
41-of-55 for 393 yards with four TDs in Virginia's 51-37 loss to North
Carolina State.
SPEAKING: "I need a hot tub. And
we've got one in our apartment." - Chris Perry, who ran for 219 yards and a
touchdown on a school-record 51 carries in No. 11 Michigan's 27-20 win over
No. 9 Michigan State.
Conference USA standings, scores and schedule
Conference USA Standings,
Scores and Schedule (11.01.03)
Game No. 9 Vitals: ECU at Memphis |
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STANDINGS
C-USA All
Team
W L W L
Texas Christian 5 0 8
0
Southern Miss 4 0
5 3
Louisville 3 1
7 1
Memphis 3
2 6 3
South Florida 3 2
5 3
UAB
3 2 4 5
Houston 2
2 5 3
Cincinnati 2 3
4 4
Tulane
1 4 3 6
East Carolina 1 4
1 8
Army
0 7 0 9
SCORES:
SATURDAY, 11.01.03
Memphis 41, East Carolina 24
Navy 35, Tulane 17
Southern Miss 48, UL-Lafayette 3
UAB 24, Army 9
FRIDAY,
10.31.03
USF 24, Cincinnati 17 (2OT)
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SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY,
11.05.03
Louisville at Texas Christian 6:30 pm
SATURDAY, 11.08.03
Rhode Island at Cincinnati 1:00 pm
Army at Air Force 1:00 pm
Tulane at UAB 3:00 pm
Southern Miss at Houston 4:00 pm
USF at East Carolina 2:00 pm
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Associated Press writers and USA Today/ESPN coaches
polls
ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP
25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated
Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,
records through Nov. 1, total points based on 25 points for a
first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and
previous ranking:
[Conference USA & Carolinas teams
in BOLD]
(First-place votes) Record Points
Previous
1. OKLAHOMA (65) 9-0 1,625 1
2. SOUTHERN CAL 8-1 1,557 3
3. FLORIDA ST 8-1 1,429 5
4. LOUISIANA STATE 8-1 1,393 7
5. VIRGINIA TECH 7-1 1,354 10
6. MIAMI (FL) 7-1 1,294 2
7. OHIO ST 8-1 1,286 8
8. MICHIGAN 8-2 1,178 11
9. GEORGIA 7-2 1,000 4
10. IOWA 7-2 953 13
11. TEXAS 7-2 915 16
12. WASHINGTON ST 7-2 868 6
13. TEXAS CHRISTIAN 8-0 766 15
14. MICHIGAN ST 7-2 742 9
15. BOWLING GREEN 7-1 632 17
16. PURDUE 7-2 623 18
17. FLORIDA 6-3 615 23
18. TENNESSEE 6-2 484 19
19. NEBRASKA 7-2 442 12
20. MISSISSIPPI 7-2 414 20
21. OKLAHOMA ST 7-2 298 14
22. MISSOURI 6-2 288 21
23. NORTHERN ILLINOIS 8-1 287 21
24. MINNESOTA 8-2 199 24
25. PITTSBURGH 6-2 186 25
Others Receiving Votes:
MIAMI (OH) 95, AUBURN 69,
LOUISVILLE 63, BOISE ST 59, KANSAS ST 5, OREGON ST 3, NORTH
CAROLINA ST 2, WASHINGTON 1.
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USA TODAY/ESPN
COACHES POLL
The top 25 teams in the USA
Today-ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in
parentheses, team's records through Nov. 1, points based on 25
points for a first-place vote, through one point for a 25th-place
vote and last week's ranking:
[Conference USA & Carolinas teams
in BOLD]
(First-place votes) Record Points
Previous
1. OKLAHOMA (63) 9-0 1,575 1
2. SOUTHERN CAL 8-1 1,502 3
3. FLORIDA ST 8-1 1,412 5
4. LOUISIANA STATE 8-1 1,337 8
5. VIRGINIA TECH 7-1 1,281 11
6. OHIO ST 8-1 1,263 7
7. MIAMI (FL) 7-1 1,208 2
8. MICHIGAN 8-2 1,135 12
9. GEORGIA 7-2 951 4
10. IOWA 7-2 932 14
11. TEXAS 7-2 881 16
12. TEXAS CHRISTIAN 8-0 875 13
13. WASHINGTON ST 7-2 827 6
14. PURDUE 7-2 667 17
15. MICHIGAN ST 7-2 645 10
16. NEBRASKA 7-2 558 9
17. TENNESSEE 6-2 544 18
18. MINNESOTA 8-2 490 19
19. FLORIDA 6-3 480 21
20. BOWLING GREEN 7-1 369 20
21. PITTSBURGH 6-2 268 23
22. OKLAHOMA ST 7-2 240 15
23. NORTHERN ILLINOIS 8-1 211 22
24. MISSISSIPPI 7-2 181 --
25. LOUISVILLE 7-1 155 25
Others Receiving Votes:
MISSOURI 153, BOISE ST 125, MIAMI
(OH) 57, AUBURN 40, KANSAS ST 38, NORTH CAROLINA ST 25, UTAH
21, WISCONSIN 12, GEORGIA TECH 8, ARKANSAS 5, MARSHALL 2, MARYLAND
1, OREGON ST 1.
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