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12.21.05: USM
caps taxing season with GMAC Bowl win ... Conference USA
Postseason Bowl Scoreboard ... Conference USA Basketball
Scoreboard |
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12.20.05: Conference
USA Basketball Scoreboard ... Conference USA Postseason Bowl
Scoreboard |
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12.19.05: Conference
USA Basketball Scoreboard ... Conference USA Postseason Bowl
Scoreboard |
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12.18.05: Thompson
caught up in Spurrier staff shakeup ... Conference USA
basketball scoreboard ... Conference USA football scoreboard |
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12.17.05: Bowl
tied to ECU football lore changes its name ... Conference
USA basketball scoreboard ... Conference USA football
scoreboard |
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12.16.05: $51
million on- campus stadium okayed for UCF ... Conference USA
basketball scoreboard ... Conference USA football scoreboard |
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12.15.05: Conference
USA basketball scoreboard ... Conference USA football
scoreboard |
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12.14.05: UAB
football coach relinquishes AD position ... Player who broke
teammate's jaw reinstated ... Basketball scoreboard
... Football scoreboard |
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12.13.05: Ex-Pirate
assistant named head coach at MTSU ... Basketball scoreboard
... Football scoreboard |
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12.12.05: Tulsa's
Kragthorpe: No interest in Colorado job ... Basketball
scoreboard ... Football scoreboard |
12.11.05: Heisman
trophy designer's family hits jackpot ... C-USA hoops
scoreboard ...
C-USA football scoreboard |
12.10.05: Contrite
UTEP hoops star accepts punishment ...
C-USA hoops scoreboard ...
C-USA football scoreboard |
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12.09.05: Mazey,
ECU put divorce settlement in writing ... C-USA Basketball
Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football Standings,
Scores & Bowl Schedule |
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12.08.05: Jawbreaker
blow gets UTEP star suspended ... C-USA Basketball
Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football Standings,
Scores & Bowl Schedule |
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12.07.05: Free
webcasts in store for March Madness fans ... C-USA
Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football
Standings, Scores & Bowl Schedule |
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12.06.05: Report
knocks academics of bowl-bound teams ... C-USA Basketball
Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football Standings,
Scores & Bowl Schedule |
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12.05.05: Conference
USA teams corral six bowl berths ... C-USA Basketball
Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football Standings,
Scores & Bowl Schedule |
12.04.05: GMAC
Bowl pairs 8-3 UTEP against 8-3 Toledo ...
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA
Football Standings (final), Scores & Schedule |
12.03.05: Dooley
expresses regret over heated remark ...
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA
Football Standings (final), Scores & Schedule |
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12.02.05: Disney
picks storm- weary Tulane for Spirit Award ... C-USA
Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football
Standings (final), Scores & Schedule |
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12.01.05: Veteran
coach Hatfield steps down at Rice ... C-USA honors O'Leary
after turnaround season ... C-USA Basketball Standings,
Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football Standings, Scores &
Schedule |
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News Nuggets, 12.22.05
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Toledo thumps Texas-El Paso in GMAC Bowl
MOBILE, AL — Bruce Gradkowski and the
Toledo Rockets came up with one big play after another. Texas-El Paso came
up short in the postseason again.
Gradkowski threw five touchdown passes
and Trinity Dawson rushed for 132 yards, leading the Rockets to a 45-13
victory over the Miners on Wednesday night in the GMAC Bowl.
But it wasn't just the offense that
came up big for Toledo (9-3), which had lost its last two bowl games. David
Thomas returned an interception 37 yards for a touchdown and Mike Alston had
two big tackles to end the first half when UTEP was threatening to cut into
a 28-13 deficit.
It was the last time the Miners (8-4)
appeared likely to mount a rally.
UTEP ended its season with a defeat for
the 19th consecutive year and dropped to 0-4 in bowls since 1967, despite
making big strides in two years under Mike Price. Price was fired from
Alabama in May 2003 after an evening cavorting with strippers an hour down
the road from the GMAC Bowl in Pensacola, FL.
He has led UTEP to back-to-back
postseason games for the first time in 50 years, but the Miners finished the
season with three losses in a row.
The MAC continues to dominate the GMAC
Bowl, moving to 5-0 with yet another potent offense showcasing itself.
Gradkowski completed 18-of-32 passes
for 298 yards with TDs to five different receivers. He was intercepted
twice, but it hardly mattered. The senior threw five TD passes in a game for
the first time this season and third time in his career.
The Rockets also harried UTEP's
prolific passer, Jordan Palmer, into an off-night. He was just 14-of-33 for
163 yards with an interception and sat out several series in the second
half.
Conference USA Postseason Bowl Scoreboard
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(Updated through
Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005)
Day/Date/Time
Game/Location
TV/Payout
Teams/Opponent's Conference
Tuesday,
Dec. 20, 8 pm
New Orleans Bowl, Lafayette, LA
[Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Southern Mississippi 31, Arkansas State (Sun Belt)
19
Wednesday, Dec.
21, 8 pm
GMAC Bowl, Mobile, AL [Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Toledo (Mid-American) 45,
Texas-El Paso 13
Friday, Dec. 23, 8
pm
Fort Worth Bowl, Forth Worth, TX
TV: ESPN; Payout: $800,000
Houston vs. Kansas (Big 12)
Saturday, Dec. 24,
8:30 pm
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu, HI
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Central Florida vs. Nevada (Western Athletic)
Monday, Dec. 26, 4
pm
Motor City Bowl, Detroit
TV: ESPN; Payout: $780,000
Memphis vs. Akron (Mid-American)
Saturday, Dec. 31,
1 pm
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis, TN
TV: ESPN; Payout: $1,300,000
Memphis vs. Fresno State (Western Athletic)
----- C-USA STANDINGS -----
EAST DIVISION
TEAM
C-USA ALL
#Central Florida 7-1
8-4*
Southern Miss
5-3 7-5@
Memphis
5-3 6-5
East Carolina
4-4 5-6
UAB
4-4 5-6
Marshall
3-5 4-7
WEST DIVISION
TEAM
C-USA ALL
#Tulsa
6-2 8-4*
Texas-El Paso
5-3 8-4@
Houston
4-4 6-5
Southern Methodist 4-4 5-6
Tulane
1-7 2-9
Rice
1-7 1-10
NOTES: # Denotes
Division champion.
* Overall record includes C-USA
championship game.
@ Overall record includes bowl
game.
SATURDAY, DEC. 3
Conference USA Championship Game
Tulsa 44, Central Florida 27
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C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule
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(Updated
through Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005)
CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS
TEAM
C-USA ALL
Memphis
0-0 9-1
Texas-El Paso
0-0 6-2
Southern Methodist 0-0
5-3
UAB
0-0 5-3
Houston
0-0 4-3
Central Florida
0-0 5-4
Marshall
0-0 4-4
Rice
0-0 5-5
Tulsa
0-0 4-5
Southern Mississippi 0-0 4-7
East Carolina
0-0 3-6
Tulane
0-0 2-6
----- SCORES -----
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21
Toledo 73, East Carolina
62
Sam
Houston State 68, Central Florida 63
Rice 81, Texas Southern 65
Bradley 56, Southern Mississippi 43
----- SCHEDULE -----
THURSDAY,
DEC. 22
Tulsa at Eastern Michigan,
6 pm
Old Dominion at UAB, 8:30 pm
Southern Methodist at Wyoming, 9 pm
FRIDAY, DEC.
23
Houston at North Texas, 2
pm
SATURDAY,
DEC. 24
No games scheduled.
SUNDAY, DEC.
25
No games scheduled.
MONDAY, DEC.
26
No games scheduled.
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published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from Associated Press and
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