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News Nuggets, 12.08.03
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Compiled from staff reports
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Football weekend: The good, the bad, the ugly
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12.07.03: Remodeling
job at Duke starts with Roof... .. Army, Navy marching in
different directions ... .. Schnellenberger creeps up on
Tressel... ..
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12.06.03: Wintry
weather grounds Pirates vs. Pirates... .. Saturday TV
capsule: Army vs. Navy ... .. Schnellenberger still on quest
for titles... ..
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12.05.03: USM's
Bower, Davis headline league's individual honors... .. Eli
beats out Losman, Rivers for QB award ... .. Sun Belt
football expands into Sunshine State... ..
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12.04.03: Meager
season doesn't hamper Pirates' all-league haul... .. Rouse
pays price for breaking Herrion law... .. ECU reels in seven
baseball recruits... ..
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12.03.03: Martin
follows Dosh out of Gators program... .. Bowden locks in for
long haul at Clemson... .. Four members of Gamecocks staff
canned by Holtz... .. Tulsa likely bowl foe for Yellow
Jackets... ..
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12.02.03: Contentious
bowl picture settled for C-USA... .. Weak fan support spells
end for Cincy coach... .. Blue Devils big man to transfer...
.. Bowl Championship Series standings... .. Associated Press
basketball poll... ..
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12.01.03: The
good, the bad, the ugly... .. TCU gets unwanted GMAC
invitation... .. UCF player bouncing back from spinal cord
injury... .. C- USA standings, scores, schedule... .. AP &
Coaches polls... ..
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11.30.03: Football
game briefs from around C-USA... .. Marshall names stadium
after woman benefactor... .. Pitino's recruiting haul among
nation's best... .. Tulane baseball inks elite class of
recruits... ..
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11.29.03: U
of L win over Bearcats helps Petrino change the subject...
.. Updated C-USA standings, scores and schedule... .. Exams
complicate Frogs' postseason plans... .. Maryland at Wake
Forest Saturday TV capsule... .. Central Florida player goes
down with spinal injury... ..
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11.28.03: Louisville
at Cincinnati Friday TV capsule... .. Big East wants Miami
legal action suspended... .. Auburn execs beat hasty retreat
after visit with Petrino... ..
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STARS: Darren Sproles, Kansas State,
finished with 235 yards rushing, 88 yards receiving, and caught a touchdown
pass as the 13th-ranked Wildcats upset No. 1 Oklahoma 35-7 in the Big 12
championship game. ... Justin Vincent, LSU, ran for 201 yards and two
touchdowns in No. 3 LSU's 34-13 win over No. 5 Georgia in the SEC
championship game. ... Matt Leinart, Southern Cal, threw five touchdown
passes to help No. 2 Southern California beat Oregon State 52-28. ... Kyle
Eckel, Navy, ran for 152 yards and two touchdowns, leading Navy to a 34-6
victory over Army.
69 YEARS LATER: Kansas State's 35-7 win over top-ranked Oklahoma gave
the Wildcats their first conference title since taking the Big Six in 1934.
Kansas State also beat a top three team for the first time in school history
and will play in the Fiesta Bowl — its first BCS game.
UNLUCKY NUMBER: Army became the
first team to finish 0-13 in major college history after a 34-6 loss to
Navy. The Black Knights have lost 15 straight, the nation's longest losing
streak, and 24 of their last 25. They have lost four of the last five
against Navy.
DEVIL'S DUE: Ted Roof was hired as
Duke's football coach after going 2-3 as interim coach. Under Roof, the Blue
Devils snapped their 30-game conference losing streak with a victory over
Georgia Tech and a 13-game skid against rival North Carolina.
SPEAKING: "This game is important
anyway, but (the war) gives it a little extra. Last night at dinner we had a
flag sent to us that flew over the airport in Baghdad. That they thought
enough to do that, it tells you the military overseas and everywhere can
stop for three, fours hours and it's like being home." - Navy coach Paul
Johnson after the Midshipmen beat Army 34-6.
'Good Samaritan' nails SEC title game loot
LSU might have won Saturday's Southeastern
Conference championship game, but it was a fan thinking about more than
bragging rights who claimed a victory of loftier proportions.
Chuck Barlett won $400,000 at halftime of the Tigers' 34-13 thrashing of
Georgia when he threw a 30-yard pass into a giant blowup of a Dr. Pepper
can. He immediately said he was donating the money to Christian charities.
Barlett, who's from Natchez, Miss., completed one pass from 5 yards out,
then missed from 10 yards. But when he backed up for his final attempt, he
threw a perfect spiral right into the hole of the can.
He raised his arms and looked skyward, then shed a few tears. Barlett's
family joined him on the field for the check presentation, when he announced
where the money was going.
AP
and Coaches polls
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ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP
25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated
Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,
records through Dec. 6, 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]
[Teams from non-BCS conferences in RED]
(First-place votes) Record Points
Previous
1. SOUTHERN CAL (42) 11-1 1,595 2
2. LOUISIANA STATE (21) 12-1 1,580 3
3. OKLAHOMA (2) 12-1 1,491 1
4. MICHIGAN 10-2 1,437 4
5. TEXAS 10-2 1,322 6
6. TENNESSEE 10-2 1,228 7
7. OHIO STATE 10-2 1,208 8
8. KANSAS STATE 11-3 1,151 13
9. FLORIDA STATE 10-2 1,128 9
10. MIAMI (FL) 10-2 1,075 10
11. GEORGIA 10-3 1,018 5
12. PURDUE 9-3 849 11
13. IOWA 9-3 771 12
14. MIAMI (OH) 12-1 756 14
15. WASHINGTON STATE 9-3 638 15
16. MISSISSIPPI 9-3 637 17
17. FLORIDA 8-4 619 16
18. BOISE STATE 12-1 540 18
19. TEXAS CHRISTIAN 11-1 392 19
20. WEST VIRGINIA 8-4 320 21
21. OKLAHOMA STATE 9-3 299 22
22. NEBRASKA 9-3 278 23
23. MARYLAND 9-3 221 24
24. MINNESOTA 9-3 134 25
25. UTAH 9-2 106 --
Others Receiving Votes:
BOWLING GREEN
95, PITTSBURGH 73, SOUTHERN MISS 56,
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 22, OREGON 20,
CLEMSON 19, MICHIGAN STATE 15, MISSOURI 13, VIRGINIA TECH 8,
VIRGINIA 5, CONNECTICUT 4, LOUISVILLE 1,
NORTH TEXAS 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 Dec. 6, 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]
[Teams from non-BCS conferences in RED]
(First-place votes) Record Points
Previous
1. SOUTHERN CAL (37) 11-1 1,542 2
2. LOUISIANA STATE (18) 12-1 1,516 3
3. OKLAHOMA (8) 12-1 1,449 1
4. MICHIGAN 10-2 1,393 4
5. TEXAS 10-2 1,272 6
6. OHIO STATE 10-2 1,168 7
7. TENNESSEE 10-2 1,145 8
8. FLORIDA STATE 10-2 1,124 9
9. MIAMI (FL) 10-2 1,044 10
10. KANSAS STATE 11-3 1,039 13
11. GEORGIA 10-3 999 5
12. IOWA 9-3 839 11
13. PURDUE 9-3 762 12
14. WASHINGTON STATE 9-3 699 14
15. MIAMI (OH) 12-1 664 15
16. BOISE STATE 12-1 557 17
17. FLORIDA 8-4 550 16
18. MISSISSIPPI 9-3 524 18
19. TEXAS CHRISTIAN 11-1 429 19
20. MINNESOTA 9-3 379 20
21. NEBRASKA 9-3 337 21
22. OKLAHOMA STATE 9-3 263 22
23. WEST VIRGINIA 8-4 190 24
24. MARYLAND 9-3 134 25
25. UTAH 9-2 80 --
Others Receiving Votes:
PITTSBURGH 55,
SOUTHERN MISS 54,
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 40, MICHIGAN STATE
33, BOWLING GREEN 32, CLEMSON 30,
VIRGINIA TECH 27, MISSOURI 25, LOUISVILLE
24, OREGON 21, OREGON STATE 9, AUBURN 7,
NEW MEXICO 5, WISCONSIN 5,
MARSHALL 3, NORTH
TEXAS 2, ARKANSAS 1, CONNECTICUT 1,
FRESNO STATE 1, NAVY 1, SYRACUSE
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Final BCS standings
Below are the final BCS
standings announced on Sunday, Dec. 7. The BCS conferences are the ACC,
Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, PAC-10 and ACC. The champion of each BCS
conference is guaranteed a berth in one of the four BCS bowls (Fiesta,
Orange, Rose and Sugar Bowls). BCS affiliate Notre Dame, an independent, may
also qualify for a BCS bowl with a finish in the Top 12 in the standings.
Teams from other Division I-A conferences
or independents other than Notre Dame can be assured of a berth in one of
the four BCS bowls by finishing in the Top 6 of the standings. Teams
without direct BCS affiliation are denoted in bold:
No./Team/Record/Rating/Previous
1 Oklahoma 12-1 5.11 1
2 Louisiana State 12-1 5.99 3
3 Southern California 11-1 6.15 2
4 Michigan 10-2 10.63 4
5 Ohio State 10-2 14.28 5
6 Texas 10-2 14.53 6
7 Florida State 10-2 17.93 8
8 Tennessee 10-2 19.64 9
9 Miami (FL) 10-2 19.79 10
10 Kansas State 11-3 22.73 15
11 Miami (OH) 12-1 24.22 11
12 Georgia 10-3 24.59 7
13 Iowa 9-3 28.94 12
14 Purdue 9-3 32.93 13
15 Florida 8-4 36.80 14
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