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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Missouri wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, right, catches a 14-yard pass for a touchdown as Nevada defensive back Kevin Grimes defends during the second quarter of a Big 12 football game Sept. 13 in Columbia, Mo.
Big 12 racks up 3 victories, 3 losses
No. 6 Missouri 42, Buffalo 21
Positive Yardage: Heisman Trophy contender Chase Daniel was the picture of efficiency, completing 36-of-43 passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns. At one time Daniel completed 20 straight passes, a Big 12 record. Wide receiver Jeremy Maclin also continued to amaze as he caught 14 passes for 168 yards.
Negative Yardage: The Tigers turned the ball over three times, something they likely won't get away with against a better team. Maclin, tight end Chase Coffman and wide receiver Jared Perry all fumbled the ball on Saturday.
Next Week: Idle
No.7 Texas 52, Rice 10
Positive Yardage: Texas amassed 600 total yards without controlling the ball for more than half the game. Quarterback Colt McCoy accounted for five touchdowns, four by air and one by ground. McCoy also led the Longhorns with 83 rushing yards, while their defense allowed 0.7 yards per rushing attempt.
Negative Vardage: The Longhorn defense couldn't contain the Owl passing attack, as Chase Clement completed 25-of-37 passes for 254 yards and a touchdown. Tight end James Casey caught eight passes to remain tied with Kansas' Kerry Meier for the national lead in receptions at 37.
Next Week: Arkansas
No. 10 Texas Tech 56,
-Massachusetts 10
Positive Yardage: Running back Shannon Woods rushed for 108
yards and three touchdowns on just 10 carries. Quarterback Graham Harrell had a standard night in coach Mike Leach's pass happy system, throwing four touchdowns and completing passes to 11 different players.
Negative Yardage: Punter Jonathan LaCour averaged only 33 yards per pount. Besides that, every stat favored the Red Raiders.
Next Week: Idle
Connecticut 31, Baylor 28
Positive Yardage: Freshman quarterback Robert Griffin played well in his first road start, throwing three touchdowns and rushing for another score. Defensively, Baylor allowed only 5.4 yards per pass and held UConn to 5-0-12 on third down conversions.
Negative Yardage: The Bears made a costly mistake when they were whistled for kick catch interference on a punt out of their own end zone. The penalty gave UConn possession at the Baylor 30-yard line and Donald Brown scored the
winning touchdown with six minutes left. Griffin's final drive fell just short of field goal range as his fourth down pass fell just short of the receiver.
Miami (Fla.) 41, Texas A&M 23
Next Week: Idle
Positive Yardage: Jerrod Johnson started his first game of the season with Stephen McGee still limited by an ankle injury. The sophomore was solid, throwing for 275 yards and three touchdowns, Junior Mike Goodson led the Aggies in rushing (67) and receiving yards (79).
Negative Yardage: The Aggie defense allowed running back Graig Crago to average eight yards per carry. Cooper torched the unit for 128 yards and two touchdowns. After a Richie Bean goal goal brought Texas A&M within 14-10. Miami scored 27 straight points to put the game out of reach.
Next Week: Army
UNLV 34, Iowa State 31
Negative Yardage: After Iowa State settled for a field goal on its first overtime possession, UNLV wide receiver Phillip Payne caught a touchdown pass on the Rebels' first play. The Cyclones now have lost 13 straight road games.
Positive Yardage: Quarterback Austen Arnaud hit R.J. Sumrall for a game-tying 28-yard touchdown with three seconds left on the clock. It was Arnaud's second touchdown pass of the night and it sent the game into overtime with the game tied at 28.
Next Week: Idle
INTRAMURALS
Lopsided victory for Ocho Cinco
BY NIKKI SCHENFELD
nschenfeld@kansan.com
Ocho Cinco trounced Tau Kappa Epsilon in Friday's intramural flag football match, cruising to a 75-0 victory.
Ocho Cinco looked dominant on the field, with every play resulting in a touchdown, an interception or a sack for the team.
David Kempin, Wichita junior, helped shut out TKE in what looked to be an easy game for Ocho Cinco. Kempin, Ocho Cinco's quarterback, threw for nine touchdowns and ran one in himself during Friday's game.
Marcus Folks, Wichita sophomore who plays for Ocho Cinco, said he was confident about his teammates.
"I think our team did very well. We utilized our strengths and stuck to the game plan," Folks said.
GOLF
Ocho Cinco correctly positioned itself on defense as Alex Ignatowski, Nolan Mansfield and Zach Olsen combined for six interceptions against TKE's quarterback Matt Geier. The team also dominated offensively, scoring seven touchdowns, including five two-point conversions, in the first half.
Although things weren't looking pretty for TKE as it entered the second half, its members still kept their heads held high. But Ocho Cinco had the mind-set of, well, the real Ocho Cinco, Chad Johnson, a wide receiver for the Bengals. Ocho Cinco continued to dominate TKE in the latter part of the game.
In the second half, Ocho Cinco slowed its offense down, scoring only three touchdowns with one two-point conversion and one three-point conversion. In flag football, teams can make point conversions of one, two or three points.
Defensively, Ocho Cinco had three sacks on TKE's quarterback and three interceptions within the final minutes of the game.
With Ocho Cinco now 2-0, the team has high hopes for next week's game against K.K. Amini Scholarship Hall.
"Next week, get your popcorn ready," Folks said.
- Edited by Adam Mowder
NFL
NFL Broncos still undefeated following narrow victory
DENVER — No gutsy 2-point call this week. Just a gut-wrenching close call.
pile up 178 yards and two TDs.
Martin Gramatica's 43-yard field goal try with 1:55 remaining was wide right, and the Broncos escaped. They improved to 3-0 for the first time in five years despite allowing Drew Brees to complete 39 of 48 passes for 421 yards and a touchdown, and Reggie Bush to
The Saints (1-2) never led, but still fought hard after falling behind 21-3 in the second quarter.
Leading 34-32 late in the fourth quarter, the Broncos were going in for a touchdown when Tony Scheffler fumbled away a reception at the New Orleans 5 as he was hit by linebacker Scott Shanle. Jason David scooped it up, giving New Orleans the ball at its 25-yard line with 5:33 remaining.
Associated Press
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Even with Woods absent, Americans triumph in Ryder Cup
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Boo Weekley traded his beloved beer for champagne, filling flutes for fans who turned the familiar European chant "Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole" into "No way, no way."
Phil Mickelson draped an American flag over his shoulders as he sauntered up the 18th fairway. U.S. captain Paul Azinger sprinted up the stairs to the clubhouse balcony at Valhalla, grabbed the biggest bottle of bubbly he could find and joined a party that plays out every two years at the Ryder Cup. Finally, it was the Americans'
Finally, it was the Americans
turn to celebrate.
"I never tried to think about what the outcome might be, and I started to dream about it a little bit today, thinking this could actually happen," Azinger said with the shiny gold trophy at his side. "It just feels great to have it back on our soil."
The Americans didn't need a miracle putt or an amazing comeback like their last victory in 1999.
They didn't even need Tiger Woods.
Strong as a team, equally mighty on their own, they rode the emotion of a flag-waving crowd and their Kentucky heroes on Sunday
to take back the Ryder Cup with a 16½-11½ victory, their biggest margin over Europe in 27 years.
This Ryder Cup was all about role reversal.
It was the Americans who played as a team, with Azinger splitting them into three pods of personalities and keeping them together from the time they arrived at Valhalla.
The biggest puts belonged to the Americans, whether it was Hunter Mahan making one from 60 feet across the 17th green or Kentucky native Kenny Perry making just about everything in the defining moment of his career.
They even found someone to get under Sergio Garcia's skin — Anthony Kim, who refused to concede anything, revved up the crowd and handed Europe's best Ryder Cup player his biggest loss.
Those were Americans huddled around Azinger on the stage at closing ceremonies, stretching to touch that 17-inch chalice.
The biggest change of all?
"Their team was more of a European team," Padraig Harrington said.
They sure got a European result.
"I've been on the other side when they made the winning putt
and it's no fun" said Jim Furyk, whose 2-and-1 victory over Miguel Angel Jimenez gave the Americans the final point they needed. "I had a pretty rotten look on my face during this press conference. And now, I'm pretty damn happy."
Perry, the 48-year-old native son who dreamed of playing a Ryder Cup before a Bluegrass crowd, delivered a 3-and-2 victory that was part of an early push that swung momentum toward the U.S. team.
"I figured this was going to define my career," he said. "But you know what? It made my career."
J. B. Holmes, legendary in these parts for making his high school
team in tiny Campbellsville as a third-grade, showed off his awesome power with two final birdies that set up the Americans for victory.
For all the birdies and spectacular shots over three inspirational days at Valhalla, the Ryder Cup ended with handshake.
Jimenez conceded a short par putt, giving Furyk a 2-and-1 victory and the Americans the $14\%$ points they needed to show they can win on golf's biggest stage — and without Woods, out for the year with a knee surgery but staying involved by text messaging Azinger throughout the final day.
NFL
Dolphins end Patriots' 21-game winning streak
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. —
Ronnie Brown and the lowly Miami
Dolphins ended the Patriots' record
winning streak at 21 and made New
England's defense look as shaky as its Tom Brady less offense Sunday. Brown scored a team record four touchdowns rushing and threw for another — with four of the scores coming on direct snaps to the running back — as Miami stunned New England 38-13.
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The loss ended the Patriots' NFL mark that began after a 21-0 loss to the Dolphins on Dec. 10, 2006 in which Brady was sacked four times. It also ended New England's chance for a second straight unbeaten regular season.
The Dolphins, who lost their first 13 games last year and finished 1-15, won for just the second time in 22 games. It was the first victory for first-year coach Tony Sparano, and it was a stunner.
Brown gained 113 yards on 17 carries and the Dolphins outgained the Patriots 461 yards to 216.
The Patriots kept getting fooled by the same trickery: six direct snaps resulting in four touchdowns after the Dolphins didn't use the play in their other two games.
And New England didn't have the injured Brady to lead a winning comeback as he's done 28 times in the fourth quarter.
Associated Press
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