News Nuggets, 10.04.04
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C-USA standings, scoreboard, schedule & TV
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10.03.04: Gamecocks
spring surprise in Tuscaloosa ... Pioneer Hayden Fry to
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10.02.04: Memphis
hopes to shed first half doldrums against Houston ... Joy of
winning may be short-lived for SMU
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10.01.04: Punishing
regimen hardens Louisville's defense ... Gamecocks' "Pops"
goes late night ... Ross's challenge at Army proves to be a
daunting one
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09.30.04: Deja
Vu ECU? Florida A&M prez fired amidst turmoil ... Marshall
hangs on to break into win column ... Pessimism wanes at SMU
after long skid ends
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09.29.04: Herd
trying to head off worst start in decades ... C-USA
standings, scoreboard, schedule & TV ... AP college football
poll
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09.28.04: Bearcat
sack artist honored for disrupting Pirates ... C-USA teams
pepper preseason hoops poll
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09.27.04: No Nuggets posted
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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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(Through 10.02.04) C-USA ALL
TEAM W
L W L
Louisville 2 0
4 0
Southern Miss 2 0
3 0
UAB
2 0 3 1
Memphis
1 1 4 1
Texas Christian 1 1 3
2
South Florida 1 1
2 2
Cincinnati 1 1
2 3
Houston
1 1 1 4
Tulane
0 1 1 2
East Carolina 0 2
0 4
Army
0 3 0 4
SATURDAY, OCT. 2:
UAB 30, Cincinnati 27
Louisville 59, East Carolina 7
Memphis 41, Houston 14
Texas Christian 21, Army 17
Southern Miss 27, South Florida 20
THURSDAY, OCT. 7:
Houston at Southern Miss, 6 PM (ESPN2)
SATURDAY, OCT. 9:
Cincinnati at Army, 1 PM
Tulane at East Carolina, 2 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 Oct. 3, 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 (48) (4-0) 1604 1
2. Oklahoma (15) (4-0) 1560 2
3. Georgia (2) (4-0) 1491 3
4. Miami (FL) (4-0) 1409 4
5. Texas (4-0) 1358 5
6. Auburn (5-0) 1305 8
7. California (3-0) 1180 10
8. Florida State (3-1) 1149 9
9. Purdue (4-0) 1047 15
10. Virginia (4-0) 1036 12
11. Utah (5-0) 937 14
12. Florida (3-1) 866 16
13. Minnesota (5-0) 722 18
14. Michigan (4-1) 666 19
15. Wisconsin (5-0) 650 20
16. West Virginia (4-1) 604 6
17. Tennessee (3-1) 551 10
18. Ohio State (3-1) 547 7
19. Arizona State (5-0) 507 21
20. Louisville (4-0) 478 22
21. Boise State (5-0) 396 23
22. Oklahoma State (4-0) 360 25
23. Maryland (3-1) 263 24
24. Louisiana State (3-2) 191 13
25. South Carolina (4-1) 60 33
Other Teams Receiving Votes:
Southern Miss 50,
N.C. State 28, Missouri 24, Fresno State
17, Virginia Tech 17, Navy 15, Stanford 15, Texas A&M 12, Boston College 5,
Notre Dame 2, Nebraska 1, Kansas State 1, Texas Tech 1.
College football weekend: stars & storylines
STARS
Eric Shelton, Louisville,
tied a school record with five rushing touchdowns in the No. 22 Cardinals'
59-7 rout of East Carolina.
DeAngelo Williams,
Memphis, rushed for a school-record 262 yards and scored four touchdowns in
a 41-14 win over Houston.
Hawaii's Timmy Chang
threw for 378 yards and three touchdowns and moved into second place on the
NCAA's career passing yardage list as the Warriors defeated Tulsa 44-16.
Chang passed Philip Rivers' mark of 13,484 yards and is chasing the
13-year-old NCAA mark of 15,031 yards set by Brigham Young's Ty Detmer from
1988-91.
STILL WINLESS
Army's losing streak was extended to 19
games the longest in the nation as Texas
Christian beat the Black Knights 21-17. Lonta Hobbs scored his second
touchdown with 41 seconds left to rally TCU, which scored 21 straight points
after trailing 17-0. Army has not won at home since a 42-37 victory over
Tulane on Oct. 27, 2001.
DEFENSELESS
Rice and San Jose State played in the
highest-scoring regulation game in Division I-A history, with the Spartans
winning 70-63. The 133 points surpassed the total from Middle Tennessee
State's 70-58 victory over Idaho on Oct. 6, 2001. Both schools combined for
19 touchdowns to break the Division I-A record of 18 that had been
accomplished twice, most recently by Middle Tennessee and Idaho in their
2001 game.
FULLER SURPRISES
Vincent Fuller scored on a 74-yard
blocked field goal return and intercepted Rasheed Marshall's pass with 18
seconds left to help Virginia Tech upset West Virginia 19-13 Saturday. Last
year, the Hokies' national title aspirations were dashed by the No. 6
Mountaineers in a 28-7 loss at West Virginia.
BUSY DAY
DeAngelo Williams rushed for a school-record 262 yards and became the
Tigers' leading career rusher with 2,866 yards as Memphis beat Houston
41-14. Williams scored four touchdowns while breaking the mark of 260 yards
by Paul 'Skeeter' Gowen against Tulsa in 1969 and the career mark by Dave
Casinelli (2,636) from 1960-63. Williams' rushing mark also eclipsed the
record for yards by an opponent against Houston, set by LSU's Kevin Faulk in
1996, who had 246 in 1996.
33-YEAR STREAK SNAPPED
Northwestern's 33-27 upset victory over
No. 7 Ohio State was the Wildcats' first win over the Buckeyes since 1971.
Snapping Ohio State's 24-game winning streak in the series and handing them
their first loss in Evanston since 1958.
TECH TWO
Louisiana Tech beat a ranked team for
the second time in school history with a 28-21 upset of No. 17 Fresno State.
The Bulldogs' only other win against a ranked team came in 1999, when the
Bulldogs beat No. 18 Alabama 29-28 in Tuscaloosa.
DECLAWED
No. 3 Georgia ended LSU's hopes of making another run at No. 1 as the
Bulldogs beat the No. 13 Tigers 45-16. David Greene set a school record by
throwing five touchdown passes for Georgia, which had scored only three
touchdowns in its last two victories. Greene tied Johnny Rauch as the
winningest quarterback in school history with his 36th victory as a starter.
EARLY RISERS
Bowling Green had a school-record 442
yards of total offense in the first half of its 70-16 rout of Temple. Omar
Jacobs threw for 306 yards and four touchdowns in the first half to help the
Falcons lead 42-9 at the break one point shy of tying a school
record for points in the first half.
SWEET 16
No. 23 Boise State extended the longest
winning streak in the nation to 16 games with a 38-20 victory over Southern
Methodist.
STREAKING
No. 16 Florida won 45-30 to extend its
winning streak against Arkansas to five games every matchup
since the Razorbacks joined the Southeastern Conference in 1992. ... No. 19
Michigan beat Indiana 35-14 for its third straight win and 13th consecutive
victory over the Hoosiers since 1987. ... Oklahoma State improved to 4-0 for
the first time since 1997, beating Iowa State 36-7 Saturday. The No. 25
Cowboys held the Cyclones to just 59 yards rushing on 37 carries. ...
Nebraska beat the Jayhawks for the 36th straight year with a 14-8 win over
Kansas. Only Notre Dame's 40-game streak against Navy is longer in Division
I-A. ... Mississippi beat Arkansas State for the 12th straight time with a
28-21 victory. The last time the Indians defeated the Rebels was in 1915.
... Boston College beat Division I-AA Massachusetts 29-7 for its fifth
straight win over the Minutemen since 1978. UMass hasn't beaten a Division
I-A team since 1984. ... Louisiana-Monroe's losing streak was extended to
nine, following a 31-10 defeat by Wyoming.
SPEAKING
``All the coaches kept reminding us how they just gave it to us last year.
So they came to our house, and we had to give it back.''
Virginia Tech defensive end Jim Davis, on his team's 19-13 win over the No.
6 Mountaineers. Last year, the Hokies' national title aspirations were
dashed by a 28-7 loss at West Virginia.
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