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No. 18 South Florida won its second game of the season against a ranked opponent, jumping out early and holding on for a 21-13 victory over No. 5 West Virginia. South Florida took a 14-3 lead at the half, held the powerful Mountaineers offense to 196 yards - 71 on the ground - and knocked out star quarterback Pat White. Matt Grothe completed 11-of-20 passes for 136 yards and a touchdown, connecting with Carlton Mitchell for a 55-yard score in the second quarter to put the Bulls on top 14-0. The two teams combined for 10 turnovers in the game, with West Virginia (4-1, 0-1 Big East) giving the ball back six times. Mountaineers junior quarterback White had a rough first half, throwing an interception to South Florida (4-0, 1-0) linebacker Ben Moffit, who rumbled 26 yards to score the game’s first touchdown. White was injured at the end of the first half and did not return. The Bulls extended their lead to 21-3 in the third quarter, when Jamar Taylor completed the first drive of the second half with a 19-yard run. White’s replacement, Jarrett Brown, completed 11-of-20 passes for 148 yards and rushed for 69 yards but threw two interceptions. He was picked off at the South Florida nine-yard-line and again in the fourth quarter while driving for a score. The turnovers effectively killed any chance the Mountaineers had of getting back into the game. South Florida sacked Brown twice on West Virginia’s final drive of the game and forced a pair of incompletions with less than a minute remaining to clinch the win. The Mountaineers outgained the Bulls by 183 yards, but their Heisman Trophy hopeful, running back Steve Slaton, carried the ball 13 times for just 52 yards and fumbled twice. —————————————————————————– The nfl decided to change their ranking criteria of teams subsequent to coming super bowl championship. The baltimore ravens; who is looking for their success in the match against minnesota vikings, is currently ranked at the top by nfl. However, the pittsburgh steelers is among the heart favorite teams for the final match. Steelers won their second match of the season against ravens. That was a major comeback by steelers in the series. 
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Arizona coach Mike Stoops to be on sidelines despite kidney stones
Arizona coach Mike Stoops spent several hours hospitalized Friday to receive treatment for kidney stones, but is expected to be on the sidelines Saturday for the Wildcats’ game against Washington State.Stoops received undisclosed treatment at University Medical Center in Tucson and was released just after noon. Athletic director Jim Livengood said Stoops will coach Saturday and be re-evaluated Monday. Stoops was resting at home Friday afternoon. The Wildcats (1-3, 0-1 Pac-10) are coming off a 45-27 loss at No. 6 California last week. Washington State (2-2, 0-1 Pac-10) is also trying to rebound from a 47-14 loss to top-ranked Southern California.
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College Football 2007
An examination of this week’s college football scores revealed that no less than 20 games had combined scores of 70 or more. Twenty games resulted in 1,560 points scored, an average of 78 per game. Good grief, whatever happened to defense? Sixteen of these 20 games were not noteworthy despite the score: Oklahoma State at home outlasted Texas Tech 49-45, you choose whether these are two great offensive or two really lousy defensive teams (94 total points). Navy at home beat Duke 46-43 (89). No. 13 Oregon (in the AP Top 25) traveled to Stanford and won 55-31 (86), we expected as much. The Ducks are now 4-0. No. 4 Oklahoma traveled to Tulsa and won 62-21 (83). Bowling Green at home beat Temple 48-35 (83). Troy traveled to LA-Lafayette and won 48-31 (79). Northern Illinois traveled to Idaho and won 42-35 (77). Purdue traveled to Minnesota and won 45-31 (76). The Boilermakers are now 4-0. Arizona State at home beat Oregon State 44-32 (76). The Sun Devils are now 4-0. UCF (the University of Central Florida) at home beat Memphis 56-20 (76). Auburn at home beat New Mexico State 55-20 (75). Tennessee at home beat Arkansas State 48-27 (75). UCLA at home beat Washington 44-31 (75). No. 6 California at home beat Arizona 45-27 (72). The Bears are now 4-0. No. 7 Texas at home beat Rice 58-14 (72). The Longhorns are now 4-0. Toledo at home beat Iowa State 36-35. Four of these 20 games were noteworthy beyond the 70-plus combined score: No. 21 Kentucky traveled to Arkansas and won 42-29 (71). The Wildcats are now 4-0. I still think Kentucky is not as good as its record. They are going to have to beat better competition to convince me. Syracuse (an 0-3 team) traveled to No. 18 Louisville and upset the Cardinals 38-35 (73). Syracuse led 31-14 after the 3rd quarter. I have been saying for three weeks that Louisville has no defense worth talking about. The Washington Huskies traveled to Syracuse in their opener and beat The Orangemen 42-12. No. 19 Hawaii at home beat AA Charleston Southern 66-10 (76). The Warriors are now 4-0 after another cupcake opponent. No. 24 Nebraska at home beat Ball State, yes, THAT Midwestern powerhouse, 41-40 (81). The bottom line: Would the sportswriters who vote in the AP Top 25 Poll get over it and move Louisville, Hawaii and Nebraska right out the poll. All three teams deserve to be booted out. The 4th week saw two other upsets: Miami (FL) at home easily handled No. 20 Texas A&M, and Michigan at home held off No. 10 Penn State 14-9. Michigan was favored in the game, but I think Penn State should have been a visiting favorite if the Nittany Lions are truly the No. 10 team in the country. Along with Louisville, Hawaii and Nebraska, Texas A&M should be voted out of the Top 25 to make room for better teams. No. 1 USC easily slammed Washington State 47-14, No. 2 LSU beat No. 12 South Carolina 28-16, No. 22 Georgia traveled to No. 16 Alabama and won with a perfect touchdown pass and catch on the last play 26-23, No. 3 Florida slid by a weak Mississippi team 30-24, and No. 9 Wisconsin managed to beat a weak Iowa team 17-13 with a last quarter touchdown. No. 5 West Virginia, No. 8 Ohio State, No. 14 Boston College, No. 15 Clemson, No. 17 Virginia Tech, No. 23 South Florida and No. 25 Missouri all won. The bottom line: USC, LSU, Florida, West Virginia, Ohio State, Boston College, Missouri, Clemson, South Florida and Wisconsin all remain unbeaten. I still think Wisconsin is not the 9th best team in college football. Reality finally hit Indiana as it lost its first game to Illinois. Among the unranked and still unbeaten, Kansas at home beat Florida International 55-3, Michigan State traveled to Notre Dame and won 31-14, Connecticut traveled to Pittsburgh and won 34-14, and Cincinnati at home beat Marshall 40-14. Among new coaches, Mark Dantonio of Michigan State is 4-0, Dennis Erickson at Arizona State is 4-0 and Nick Saban at Alabama lost his first game with the Crimson Tide and is now 3-1.
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Arkansas St. 35, Memphis 31
Corey Leonard threw for three touchdowns — all in the second half — to lead Arkansas State to a 35-31 comeback victory over Memphis on Thursday.The Indians (2-2) rallied from a 31-6 halftime deficit, shutting out Memphis (1-3) in the second half. Leonard, a redshirt sophomore, finished with 74 yards rushing and was 16-of-37 passing for 255 yards. Last year, he hit a 53-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass on the final play to defeat Memphis 26-23. The Tigers, coming off a 56-20 loss to Central Florida, had the Indians reeling from the start. They hit a 56-yard pass on their first play and had the ASU defense off stride the rest of the half, in a game that was originally scheduled to be played Sept. 8 but was postponed after several lightning delays. The Indians’ comeback began with Kevin Jones’ 89-yard punt return with 8:15 left in the third quarter. Leonard threw scoring passes of 10 yards to Vernon Caitlin, 27 yards to Levi Dejohnette and 1 yard to Preston Brown that put the Indians on top for the first time in the game, with 4:31 remaining.
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