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News Nuggets, 10.07.03
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ECU harrier adds to career haul of league honors
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10.06.03: College
football weekend: The good, the bad and the ugly... .. Frogs
regain momentum in both polls... .. Fan jailed for zonking
UNLV coach on noggin... .. Paddy wagon loads up during drunken
post-game melee... ..
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10.05.03: Frogs
still unblemished but Cardinals bite the dust... .. TCU No. 1
in Golfweek/Sagarin golf rankings... .. Baseball America
honors Cougars' Cho... ..
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10.04.03: Jersey
of Pirate-killer Bruce to be retired by Tigers... .. Son of
Buckeye legend will judge Clarett case... .. Another ranked
BCS team falls to 'outsider'... ..
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10.03.03: Wave
athletics launches Losman into Cyberspace... .. Surgery
sidelines Memphis basketball player... .. New ACC scheduling
equation not equal for all... ..
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10.02.03: Charlotte
49ers gearing up for Basketball Madness... .. OutKast to
perform at Tulane Homecoming... .. MAC pulls trigger on
Central Florida invitation... ..
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10.01.03: Fans
show ECU ticket office they're not ready to give up the
ship... .. Vols' thoughts with critically ill player... ..
11-team configuration vexes ACC schedule makers... ..
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09.30.03: Avast
ye scurvy dogs! 'Bones' to officially fly in Ficklen... .. ECU
releases 'new formula' hoops schedule... .. ACC, Miami lawyers
squabble with Big East attorneys... ..
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09.29.03: College
football weekend: The good, the bad and the ugly... .. Cincy
rolls out ticket promotion for USM game... .. Polls unkind to
unbeaten TCU; Cardinals, Wolfpack on the cusp... .. Marquette
books Costa Rican hoops journey... ..
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09.28.03: Administrative
shakeup continues at East Carolina... .. Bower elevates
freshman to starting QB role... .. Famed actor's son leads
Morehouse past Johnson C. Smith... .. Mean Green tie NCAA
record for safeties in Sun Belt win... ..
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09.27.03: Tuition
jackpot and other booty on the line for ECU students... ..
C-USA alums picked for Olympic baseball trials... .. TV shifts
Louisville-TCU basketball game... .. Maine handed a 'W' in
Isabel-canceled William & Mary game... College football TV
capsules for Saturday... ..
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CHICAGO — East Carolina junior Kyle
MacKenzie has been named Conference USA Male Athlete of the Week, the league
announced on Monday. This marks the third time during his career that
MacKenzie has earned the honor. He also won the award twice as a sophomore
in 2002.
MacKenzie ran a personal best 24:17.32 to
finish second at the Overton's/Pirate Invitational held on the 8K course at
Lake Kristi this past Saturday. MacKenzie currently holds three of the top
10 fastest 8K course times in school history.
MacKenzie has competed in three 8K meets
this season and placed among the top 10 in each. He also finished first in a
5K dual meet against North Carolina A&T.
ECU's next scheduled competition is at the
N.C. Intercollegiate Cross Country Championships at Lake Kristi on October
18. MacKenzie placed fifth at the state championship a year ago with a
then-personal best time of 24:52.
Army Heisman heroes still receiving
honors
Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, who won
consecutive Heisman Trophies during their days as "Mr. Inside" and "Mr.
Outside" at Army, have been chosen to receive the Doak Walker Legends Award.
Blanchard and Davis were picked by the
board of directors for the SMU athletic forum, the group that presents the
Doak Walker Award to the nation's top college running back.
The two will be honored Feb. 12 at a
ceremony also honoring this season's recipient of the Walker Award. Larry
Johnson of Penn State won the Walker Award last year, with Earl Campbell of
Texas receiving the Legends Award.
Blanchard won the Heisman in 1945 and Davis
was the runner-up, then Davis won the trophy the following season.
Blanchard scored 38 touchdowns in his
career at West Point and ran for 1,908 yards in three years. He also starred
as a punter and kick returner. He has lived in Texas since retiring after a
career in the Army Air Force.
Davis scored 59 touchdowns for the Black
Knights, averaging almost one every nine plays. He later served in the Army
in Korea, then played on two championship teams with the Los Angeles Rams.
Other previous recipients of the Legends
Award include: Pittsburgh’s Tony Dorsett, Army’s Pete Dawkins, Ohio State’s
Archie Griffin and Gale Sayers of Kansas.
Tough stretch ahead for ambitious Hokies
Virginia Tech is going to find out over the
next month whether it can walk away from its final Big East season with a
title.
The fourth-ranked Hokies (5-0, 1-0) tuned
up for the heart of their conference schedule with an impressive 48-22 win
over Rutgers on Saturday, but on the horizon for Virginia Tech are Syracuse,
West Virginia, Miami and Pittsburgh, which all beat the Hokies last season.
"We've got some teams that knocked us off
last year," Hokies quarterback Bryan Randall said. "But we're a different
team this year."
Actually Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer
said the Hokies can vary from quarter to quarter, something they can't
afford to do in Saturday's Homecoming game against Syracuse.
In the last two games, Virginia Tech showed
the ability to score quickly. They also showed lapses, like Saturday when
they gave up two fourth-quarter touchdowns to Rutgers (3-2, 0-1) in an
18-second span.
After turning the ball over on the first
punt of the game, the Hokies mounted scoring drives of 81, 53, 63 and 58
yards on its next four possessions. The combined drives needed only 22 plays
and covered roughly eight minutes.
Randall was outstanding in running the
show. He was 16-for-22 for 250 yards and four touchdowns, with the other two
TDs going to Mike Imoh.
Kevin Jones also ran for 118 yards and a
touchdown for the Hokies, who will join the ACC next season along with
Miami.
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