tuesday, September 2, 2003 news the university daily kansan 3B News NOW Big 12 football games produce few surprises By Kevin Flaherty kflaherty@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter In the first week of college football, all Big 12 Conference teams played games. As Oklahoma and Texas both cruised to victory, it was a victory by Nebraska over Oklahoma State in Lincoln, Neb., that had the biggest conference implications The Nebraska defense slowed one of the Big 12's best offenses and held AllAmerica n kashaun Woods to just 47 yards on five catches. This is the first time the Blackshirts, as the defense is nicknamed, have looked true to form since a 62-35 loss at Colorado in 2001. In all, Oklahoma State had less than 200 yards in total offense and committed five turnovers. Fabian Washington, Nebraska cornerback, said the defense knew it would be better than people thought. "We showed the nation the Blackshirts are back," Washington said. "We knew it in winter conditioning, in the spring and during fall practice. We just had to show the nation today." Nebraska also churned up more than 250 yards on the ground, led by tailback Josh Brown with 95 yards and quarterback Jammal Lord with 90. Oklahoma and Texas each beat lesser schools. Oklahoma had a 37-3 pasting of North Texas, and Texas blew out New Mexico State 66-7. Oklahoma's defense held North Texas to 50 yards through three quarters and the only North Texas scoring drive was against Oklahoma's second stringers in the fourth quarter. While Oklahoma's defense stepped up, the Sooners struggled to find a running game, rushing for only 108 yards. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma coach, said the rushing offense was unacceptable. "That was poor — not at all what we're capable of." Stoops said. "They whipped us up front sometimes running the ball. They had too much penetration and we didn't get as many yards as we're used to getting." Oklahoma is trying to find a replacement for graduated running back Quentin Griffin, who rushed for more than 1,800 yards last year. Texas won with touchdowns from sixplayers,including two on interception returns and two on special teams as Selvin Young returned both a kickoff and a punt fora touchdown. Ell Roberson ran for three touchdowns and passed for another as Kansas State beat up on Troy State 41-5. This wasn't enough to impress the coaches, as the Wildcats were bumped from the top five for a USC team that won against Auburn, 23-0. Colorado's qu Klatt led the Buffaloes down the field to set up Bobby Purify's game- winning touchdown with 40 seconds remaining. Normally known as a running team, Klatt passed for 402 yards and four touchdowns in his debut, a 42-35 win over rival Colorado State. Overshadowed was the play of CSU quarterback Bradlee Van Pelt, who broke two tackles to score on a 30 yard option keeper to tie the game at 35 with 1:44 left. Van Pelt passed for 339 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for 77 yards and two more scores. This marks Colorado's second victory over Colorado State in the last five tries. Texas A&M added a sloppy win over Arkansas State 26-11, and Missouri won against Illinois, 22-15, even though the Fighting Illinois outdid the Tigers by almost 200 yards. Brad Smith had 101 yards passing and 67 yards rushing. It was Smith's six-yard touchdown pass to Darius Outlaw that put Missouri up with 4-12 left on the clock. Alabama Birmingham quarterback Darrell Hackney limped from the sidelines to lead the Blazers to a 24-19 victory over Baylor. Hackney hurt his knee in a collision and disregarded doctor's wishes as he walked into a pressure situation with 1:10 remaining. Two plays later, after a 50-yard, game-winning touchdown strike, he was back on the sidelines. B. J. Symons snoit to run Mike Leach's fun-gunning offense Saturday with 297 yards passing and three touchdowns in Texas Tech's 58-10 rout of Southern Methodist University. Wes Welker tied an NCAA record by returning his seventh career punt for a touchdown. Taurane Henderson added three touchdowns, two on the ground and one on a Symons pass. B. J. Sumons showed his poten- Iowa State struggled but won against Division 1-AA Northern Iowa 17-10. Austin Flynn, taking over for departed quarterback Seneca Wallace, completed half of his 18 passes for 154 yards, a touchdown and an interception. He added 62 yards and one touchdown on the ground. Flynn's three-yard touchdown run ended the game's scoring with 2:20 left in the third quarter. k a n s a n . c o m Some Big 12 games to watch for next week are: UCLA at Colorado (2:30 p.m.-ABC, Sunflower Broadband channels 9 & 12), UNLV at Kansas (6 p.m.), or Oklahoma at Alabama (6:45 p.m.-ESPN, Sunflower Broadband channel 48). 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