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Division upsets continue in Big 12 Conference play
The Associated Press
There are some strange going on out on the plains. Aside from the continued brilliance of Oklahoma and Texas Tech, the first two weeks of Big 12 Conference play have been wacky.
K-State 0-2 in the league? The nation's No. 1 defensive team giving up 41 points and 452 yards to an opponent it had beaten 24 straight times? Texas A&M losing by 31 points one week and winning by 63 the next? Kansas shutting down Missouri but giving up 50 to Colorado?
Weird. And it starts with K-State, the preseason favorite in the Big 12 North.
The Wildcats were ranked sixth nationally in September, but now they're out of the Top 25 after losing their second straight league game, 38-34 to Oklahoma State, and third overall.
"We don't seem to have the heart we used to have before," K-State defensive end Thomas Houchin said.
Still, there's hope for the Wildcats, who play their next three games at home. Both losses were to teams from the South Division an
South Division and the four leaders in the North are all 1-1.
Missouri looked downrightmediocre in a 35-14 loss at Kansas. Then, with an extra
week to prepare, they rolled to a 41-24 victory over Nebraska and its top-ranked defense — the Tigers' first victory over the Cornhuskers since 1978.
Colorado was humbled by a loss to Baylor a week ago but bounced back to beat Kansas 50-47 in overtime and snap a three-game losing streak.
Baylor looked strong and confident against Colorado, then looked more like the league doormat they've usually been in a 73-10 loss to Texas A&M.
"We're trying to get our swagger back," A&M safety Jaxson Appel said.
Oklahoma and Texas Tech both have plenty of that, and if things keep going the way they are, their Nov. 22 meeting at Lubbock could decide the South title.
Both teams are on big-time rolls. With its 65-13 shellacking of Texas, Oklahoma topped 50 points for the fourth straight game, something the Sooners had never done before.
Texas Tech can't match the Sooners on defense, but the Red Raiders' offense is something else. They piled up 775 total yards and set a Big 12 record with 45 first downs in beating Iowa State 52-21. Tech even rushed for 240 yards.
Oklahoma State could have a lot to say about the South race. The Cowboys lost their league opener to Nebraska but have won five straight since.
The Texas Longhorns looked tough against K-State, but they wilted at the sight of OU crimson.
Texas finishes the season with tough games against Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Tech and A&M.
Missouri rebounds against Nebraska
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri athletics director Mike Alden swears it was just a coincidence when the school scheduled a reunion for the last coach to beat Nebraska on the weekend of the Nebraska game.
The Tigers made it a memorable weekend for the old coach, Warren Powers, and for themselves with a 41-24 victory over the 10th-ranked Huskers Saturday night. Missouri (5-1, 1-1) capitalized on five turnovers and got a school record-tying four touchdowns from Brad Smith to end a 24-eame losing streak.
"It's great to see us get it back to what they tell me it used to be like a number of years ago at Missouri." Alden said.
Missouri snapped a 45-game losing streak against Top 10 teams and a 20-game losing streak against Top 25 opponents.
It was an even more improbable victory, given Missouri's performance two weeks ago in a loss at Kansas. The Tigers led 14-13 in the third quarter before falling apart in a 35-14 loss in that game, going from No. 23 to not receiving a single vote the next week.
"We weren't playing like we had our hair on fire," coach Gary Pinkel said. "We weren't absolutely getting after it. That's the way I like to play football."
Nebraska also entered with the nation's top-ranked defense, allowing 219 yards pergame. Missouri exceeded that number at halftime on the way to 452 yards in total offense, and raliied with 27 fourth-quarter points.
Smith scored three of his touchdowns in the fourth quarter, recapturing the form that led to him being named Big 12 freshman of the year last season. He
threw his first two interceptions of the year, but made up for those errors with 123 yards on 18 carries, caught a 47-yard touchdown pass on a lateral throwback, and was 13-for-27 for 180 yards.
Missouri also put the extra time of a week off to good use, developing a pair of trick plays that produced touchdowns. Besides Smith's touchdown catch from wide receiver and former quarterback Darius Outlaw, holder Sonny Riccio threw a 15-yard touchdown to Victor Sesay on a fake field goal attempt.
The only sobering aspect of a victory that prompted fans to tear down both goal posts is Missouri has to play next week at top-ranked Oklahoma. The Sooners beat Texas 65-13 on Saturday.
Nebraska was unranked at the start of the season, but climbed in the polls with a series of impressive victories. Next the Huskers will be at home against Texas A&M.
"We've got a bunch of grown men on our team," quarterback Jammal Lord said. "Our team's been down before."
Missouri turned the tables on Nebraska, which had forced 19 turnovers in the first five games. The five giveaways spoiled good statistical games by Lord and backup tailback David Horne.
Lord ran for 111 yards on 19 carries with a 35-yard score and was 12-for-18 for 146 yards and a second score. Horne, who played most of the game after Josh Davis tried to field a punt at the 5 and fumbled, had 119 yards on 26 carries.
Boston College will jump to ACC
The Associated Press
GREENSBORO, N.C. Boston College will join the Atlantic Coast Conference as its 12th member, guaranteeing the league a future football playoff game while landing another major television market.
The school had until Nov.1 to accept the ACC's offer, but agreed in less than four hours after ACC presidents and chancellors voted unanimously to include Boston College in the league's expansion plans.
"This just adds one more excellent school to what now will be a 12-member mix," ACC commissioner John Swofford said.
Big East Conference by-laws require 27 months notice to leave that conference or face a reported $5 million exit fee, meaning the Eagles may not begin participating in ACC sports until 2006, Swofford said.
The addition of Boston College will give the ACC the number of members required by the NCAA to stage a lucrative league championship football game in the future.
"The ACC is a strong, stable conference," William Leahy, Boston College's president, said. "The move to the ACC will generate greater revenues in the future."
The heads of ACC schools voted 9-0 in favor of extending the Eagles an invitation during a teleconference yesterday.
Miami and Virginia Tech were added to the nine-team conference in late June.
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