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News Nuggets, 09.20.04
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09.19.04: Frogs
to collaborate with European reality TV show ...
Historically black schools get showcase game ... Cal under
the gun to fund stadium upgrades ... Legislation takes aim
at sleazy sports agents
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09.18.04: Diamond
Pirates post 'Help Wanted' notice ... Stanford band's satire
finally goes too far ... Cincinnati vs. Syracuse: Preview of
the future ... Bulls poised for taste of BCS football ...
Wolfpack, Buckeyes try to live up to 2003 classic
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09.17.04: Storm
refugees invited to FSU-UAB game on the house ... Coaches
ditch plan for 5th year of eligibility ... CSU cracks down
on alcohol in wake of death
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09.16.04: Marshall
coach navigates hot water over remark ... Air Force locks in
DeBerry through 2009 ... Bowling Green football player dies
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09.15.04: USM's
Bower blasts Cal handling of postponement ... More Ivan:
Tulane-Louisville game postponed ... Big bucks lure Hawaii
to Alabama in 2006
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09.14.04: Ivan blows Southern Miss-Cal showdown off track ... Happy
days in Memphis over national ranking ... SMU, Texas A&M
agree to three-game series
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09.13.04: C-USA
standings, scoreboard, schedule & TV ... AP Top 25: Memphis,
Louisville make the cut ... College football weekend: stars
& storylines
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09.12.04: Southern
Miss bags big prey in Big 12 country ... Pitcher sues over
weight-training injury
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09.11.04: Tulane football crisis turns into boon for program ...
Sooners licking chops over visiting Houston?
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09.10.04: ECU
boomer Dougherty nominated for punting award ... Army's Ross
still fired up about coaching
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09.09.04: Golden
Eagles in countdown mode for Nebraska ... ESPN branching out
with new ventures ... Tar Heels book trip to Maui
Invitational
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09.08.04: It's
official: Holland the chosen one ... AP agrees: Holland the
chosen one ... Delayed start an unforgiving one for USM ...
Old skeptic Holtz goes positive
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09.07.04: Storm-related
tragedy slams Bowden family ... Army AD Greenspan enlists
with Hoosiers
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09.06.04: Backup
back bids for start after bulldozing Pirates ... Last-second
boot decides Aggie-Eagle Classic ... Frances blows Pitt-USF
game into December ... C-USA standings, scoreboard &
schedule ... Associated Press college football poll ...
College football weekend: Stars and storylines
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(Through games of Sept. 18)
Conference Overall
W L Pct. W L Pct. Pts Opp
Louisville 1 0 1.000 2 0
1.000 80 21
Houston 1 0 1.000
1 2 .333 55 94
Memphis 0 0 .000
3 0 1.000 119 69
Southern Miss 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000
21 17
TCU 0
0 .000 2 1 .667 127 115
UAB 0
0 .000 1 1 .500 63 48
USF 0
0 .000 1 1 .500 24 41
Tulane 0 0 .000
1 1 .500 46 47
Cincinnati 0 0 .000 1
2 .333 58 72
ECU 0
0 .000 0 2 .000 40 87
Army 0 2
.000 0 2 .000 42 87
THURSDAY, SEPT. 16:
California at Southern Miss (postponed)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 18:
Florida State 34, UAB 7
South Carolina 34, South Florida 3
Texas Tech 70, Texas Christian 35
Houston 35, Army 21
Syracuse 19, Cincinnati 7
Memphis 47, Arkansas State 35
Louisville at Tulane (postponed)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 23
Miami (FL) at Houston 6:30 PM (ESPN)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 25
Army at Connecticut 12:00 PM
South Florida at Texas Christian 6:00 PM
Memphis at UAB 6:00 PM
Cincinnati at East Carolina 7:00 PM
Southern Miss at Tulane 8:00 PM
Louisville at North Carolina TBA
Based on data from
Conference USA
Associated Press college football poll
The Top 25 teams in The Associated
Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records
through Sept. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote
through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
[Conference USA team, including
future members, and Carolinas teams in BOLD]
Record Pts Pvs
1. SOUTHERN CAL (54) 3-0 1,613 1
2. OKLAHOMA (10) 3-0 1,562 2
3. GEORGIA (1) 3-0 1,456 3
4. MIAMI (FL) 2-0 1,437 4
5. TEXAS 2-0 1,358 6
6. WEST VIRGINIA 3-0 1,169 7
7. OHIO STATE 3-0 1,117 9
8. FLORIDA STATE 1-1 1,079 8
9. AUBURN 3-0 1,064 14
10. CALIFORNIA 2-0 1,034 10
11. TENNESSEE 2-0 1,031 13
12. VIRGINIA 3-0 919 12
13. LOUISIANA STATE 2-1 844 5
14. UTAH 3-0 763 15
15. PURDUE 2-0 652 18
16. FLORIDA 1-1 646 11
17. FRESNO STATE 3-0 535 19
18. MICHIGAN 2-1 478 17
19. MINNESOTA 3-0 475 22
20. WISCONSIN 3-0 381 20
21. BOISE STATE 3-0 307 23
22. ARIZONA STATE 3-0 210 --
24. LOUISVILLE 2-0 195 24
25. OKLAHOMA STATE 3-0 134 --
Others Receiving Votes:
NOTRE DAME 89, MEMPHIS
78, IOWA 66, KANSAS STATE 46, SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI 34, MISSOURI 33, VIRGINIA TECH 29, ALABAMA 23,
COLORADO 23, BOSTON COLLEGE 19, ARKANSAS 9, GEORGIA TECH 4,
SOUTH CAROLINA 4, UCLA 1.
USM,
Cal reschedule Ivan-delayed game
HATTIESBURG — Southern Mississippi and California
rescheduled their hurricane-delayed game for Dec. 4 in Hattiesburg.
The game, originally scheduled for last Thursday in
order to accommodate an ESPN primetime telecast, was postponed when
Hurricane Ivan closed in on the Mississippi Gulf Coast before making
landfall in nearby Alabama.
"We both looked and found the Dec. 4 date the best
fit for both institutions' schedule," Southern Miss athletics director
Richard Giannini said in a statement Friday. "We tried to move other games
around to try and play this game earlier but it didn't work."
Giannini said talks are continuing with ESPN on
whether the rescheduled game will be televised.
Cowboys in party mode after long skid ends
LAS VEGAS, NM — It was known simply as
"The Streak'' in northern New Mexico, a 25-game skid that began in November
2001. And now it's finally over.
The New Mexico Highlands Cowboys
snapped the longest active losing streak in NCAA Division II football with a
41-24 victory Saturday over conference rival Mesa State, a team that started
the season ranked No. 12 in the nation.
With tears in his eyes after embracing
offensive coordinator Arna Bontemps in the locker room, second-year coach
John Fassel said he hoped his team had turned the corner.
"Now, hopefully, these guys figured out
how to win,'' said the son of former New York Giants coach Jim Fassel.
"Hopefully they can begin to understand what it takes.''
Fans chanted "Go start the bus'' as
Fassel and his players celebrated the victory.
"That fourth quarter was the longest
quarter of my life,'' quarterback Monty Hoffman said.
Unlike the handful of Highlands
meltdowns during the streak, Saturday's win was decisive.
Jess Brinson ran for 178 yards and two
touchdowns. Hoffman finished with 207 yards passing, including three
touchdowns.
"It's time to party and see what kind
of fun we can have,'' defensive back DonTa Bright said. "This ain't the
first time we've been up in a game, but it's the first time we haven't made
the dumb mistakes that cost us a win.''
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