News Nuggets, 09.29.04
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09.26.04: Gamecocks
formally unveil "Pops" in win over Troy ... Major football,
baseball changes under study
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09.25.04: Duke
dealing with meager home crowds, QB issues ... Bush inks
legislation targeting shady agents
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09.24.04: NCAA
gives thumbs up to South Carolina's "Pops" ... Imperfect
Miami manages win at Houston ... Hula Bowl's future in
question
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09.23.04: Pirates
order up heavy hoops menu ... Miami seeks win and new
recruits in Houston
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09.22.04: 'Pack,
Pirates in opposite BCA tourney brackets ... Knight
criticizes Olympic team's priorities ... Bowden Bowl again
pivotal for Clemson coach
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09.21.04: USM
turns to former stars to fill athletics positions ... Tigers
take two of league's weekly awards ... UH students get more
ducats for ESPN game
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09.20.04: C-USA
standings, scoreboard, schedule & TV ... Associated Press
college football poll ... USM, Cal reschedule Ivan-delayed
game ... Cowboys in party mode after long skid ends
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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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Conference Overall
W L Pct. W L Pct. Pts Opp
Louisville 1 0 1.000 3 0 1.000
114 21
Southern Miss 1 0 1.000 2 0 1.000
53 31
UAB 1 0
1.000 2 1 .667 98 76
South Florida 1 0 1.000 2 1 .667
69 85
Cincinnati 1 0 1.000 2 2
.500 82 91
Houston 1 0 1.000 1
3 .250 55 94
Memphis 0 1 .000
3 1 .750 100 69
TCU 0 1
.000 2 2 .500 171 160
Tulane 0 1 .000
1 2 .333 68 81
East Carolina 0 1 .000 0 3 .000
59 111
Army 0 2
.000 0 3 .000 45 127
THURSDAY, SEPT. 23:
Miami (FL) 38, Houston 13 (ESPN)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 25:
Cincinnati 24, East Carolina 19
Connecticut 40, Army 3
Louisville 34, North Carolina 0
South Florida 45, TCU 44 (OT)
UAB 35, Memphis 28
Southern Miss 32, Tulane 14
SATURDAY, OCT. 2
UAB at Cincinnati, 7:00 PM
East Carolina at Louisville, 3:00 PM
Houston at Memphis, 6:30 PM
TCU at Army, 1:00PM
Southern Miss at South Florida, 6:00 PM
Compiled from 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. 25, 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. ECU opponents in
red.]
Record Pts Pvs
1. Southern Cal (46) 4-0 1,605 1
2. Oklahoma (18) 3-0 1,570 2
3. Georgia (1) 3-0 1,452 3
4. Miami 3-0 1,435 4
5. Texas 3-0 1,365 5
6. West Virginia 4-0 1,176 6
7. Ohio State 3-0 1,113 7
8. Auburn 4-0 1,093 9
9. Florida State 2-1 1,074 8
10. California 2-0 1,033 10
10. Tennessee 3-0 1,033 11
12. Virginia 4-0 927 12
13. LSU 3-1 842 13
14. Utah 4-0 764 14
15. Purdue 3-0 669 15
16. Florida 2-1 654 16
17. Fresno State 3-0 531 17
18. Minnesota 4-0 501 19
19. Michigan 3-1 498 18
20. Wisconsin 4-0 380 20
21. Arizona State 4-0 293 22
22. Louisville 3-0 265 24
23. Boise State 4-0 264 21
24. Maryland 3-1 212 23
25. Oklahoma State 3-0 135 25
Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 121, Arkansas 26, Kansas State 24,
Southern Miss 23, Colorado 20, Missouri 11,
Stanford 10, N.C. State 2, South
Carolina 2, Navy 1, Texas Tech 1.
Herd trying to head off worst start in decades
HUNTINGTON, WV — With two months left
in the regular season, Marshall and Miami (OH) have reason to believe their
postseason prospects will be determined Wednesday night.
The RedHawks-Thundering Herd game has
decided the East Division winner of the Mid-American Conference every year
since the league went to two divisions in 1997. The loser has not only been
left out of the MAC title game, but also failed to get a bowl bid.
"This is the tone-setter," Marshall
quarterback Stan Hill said. "You've got to go out there and let this
conference know that we came to win the championship. This is the game to do
it."
With many memorable moments in this
brief but heated rivalry, Marshall is hoping to avoid a low point. A loss in
their conference opener against the RedHawks (2-2, 1-0) would give the
Thundering Herd their first 0-4 start in 35 years.
"How we did the first three games —
3-0, 1-2, 2-1, 0-3, whatever — is really immaterial because the league is
starting," Marshall coach Bob Pruett said. "And for us to get to a bowl
game, we've got to get to the championship game."
Marshall's record is due in large part
to its tough non-conference schedule. The Herd's losses are by a combined 15
points to Troy, No. 7 Ohio State and No. 3 Georgia.
"We know we'll see a different Marshall
team," Miami coach Terry Hoeppner said. "The players know it's a must-win if
we're going to control our own destiny."
This will be the teams' final meeting
before Marshall heads off to Conference USA next season.
The series, led by Marshall 5-2 since
it rejoined the league in '97, has featured three current NFL starting
quarterbacks — Miami's Ben Roethlisberger and Marshall's Chad Pennington and
Byron Leftwich.
Roethlisberger stayed calm through
fierce wind gusts last year as Miami won 45-6 to end Marshall's six-year
reign as MAC East champs. In 2001, Marshall running back Brandon Carey
outdid both Leftwich and Roethlisberger by throwing a pair of touchdown
passes.
But maybe the oddest occurrence came
two years ago, the last time the schools 184 miles apart met in Huntington.
Hill got his first career start in
place of the injured Leftwich, throwing four TD passes and scoring on a
1-yard run with 5 seconds left to lift the Thundering Herd to a 36-34 win.
Moments later, police led Miami defensive coordinator Jon Wauford off the
field in handcuffs.
Wauford allegedly knocked a fan to the
ground in the postgame crowd surge. The fan was hospitalized briefly with a
concussion. Wauford later resigned and a misdemeanor battery charge was
dropped.
Hill's rally in 2002 is one of the
bright spots of an up-and-down career. He missed the second half of the 2003
season — including the Miami game — with a knee injury as Marshall failed to
secure a postseason berth of any kind for the first time since 1990.
He's only thrown two TD passes so far
this season, while Miami's Josh Betts leads the conference with 1,099 yards
passing and nine touchdowns against five interceptions.
"Our margin for error in this game is
not very big," Pruett said. "This is truly two teams that are evenly
matched. The one that makes the most mistakes usually is the one that will
come up on the short end of the stick."
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